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Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A wood Lohan was carved in sitting posture. In simple form, the Lohan was well depicted on the wearing robe with delicately lacquered motifs. He was finely preserved on the surface with enduring old patina, like the sheen of the old bronze. The patina was charming and was hardly found from the wood pieces. Some defects were noticed on the decayed hands and at the bottom which were caused from long time of age...
Chinese : Antiquities : Pre 1492
item #1009435
(stock #lot199)
Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A pair of Jizhou tiger toys were excavated in original condition. It is very hard to find genuine Jizhou wares with tortoisshell glaze. It was unique too to find them in pairs even though they're dolls. And most importantly they were in obvious condition for authentication. The buried deposits were firmly left here and there on the surface. And the glaze were partially crackled due to age. The body clay were light brownish with soft matrix quality... From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, an absolutely superb Kangxi Mark and Period Charger, 1662-1722, depicting an elegant lady in a garden pavilion tending to a lit censer while her servant stands adjacent with a ruyi-shaped fan. An egret flies overhead and two rabbits sit in the foreground beneath a banana leaf plant. On the outer rim, there are four cartouches of other elegant ladies interspersed with four cartouches of flowering plants, all separated by key fret reserves...
Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A charming white jade belt hook was exquisitely carved in dragon's head shape. By the precious Hertien pebble quality, the jade piece was reflected with fine greasy-feel sheen on the surface. Characteristic old jade's tissues were revealed under the reflection when some incursions were occurred to the material verifying its authenticity. Date: Ming Dynasty ,1368-1644 Length:8.3cm, Width: 1.3cm, Weight: 30 grams. Condition: Perfect.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful antique Chinese porcelain bowl, underglaze painting of flowers, interior of bowl painted with pomegranates, six side foliate, Ching dynasty- Tao Kuang (1821-1850).
Size: 3 1/8" high x 7" wide.
From our Early Chinese Collection, a very fine Ming bronze of Guanyin, 16th-17th century, crisply cast with a wonderfully serene countenance, a tiered and pierced diadem (crown), urna on the forehead signifying divine sight, body jewelry, and seated with right hand in verada mudra upon a double lotus base. This piece has developed a nice deep brown / dark gray patina with several areas of greenish verdigris suggesting high copper content to the bronze...
Chinese Northern Song (960-1127) dynasty qingbai (yingqing) porcelain glazed bowl with relatively straight sides and slightly flared rim decorated on the interior with combed abstract swirling floral patterns. The smooth, thin, crackled olive-green glaze pools in the center and accumulates at the exterior foot. The low foot is unglazed, revealing a gray-white body. 10th/11th century. 7” diameter x 2 3/8” high. Very good overall condition...
Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A black-glazed covered box was molded with an interesting motif of butterfly on the surface. The box was an excavated piece obtaining with obvious evidences of burial earth and whitish incursions in the glaze. Some similar boxes were in the book of (The Collection of Chinese Box), a book of a famed connoisseur and antique dealer,Ma Wei-Du. Date: Tang Dynasty, 618-907 Provenance: Henan province. Width: 7.2cm...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese pair of Famille Verte porcelain plates with blue glaze and color overglaze on white ground, design of fish and underwater plants, each plate has delicately scalloped surface radiating outward, Kangxi Period, mark on bottom, circa 1700.
Size of each: 5 1/8" diameter x 7/8" high
Chinese Yuan to early Ming dynasty very heavily potted melon form sugary textured pale bluish-white porcelain lidded teapot decorated with moulded stylized birds on opposing sides. A prominent luting line is visible around the mid-section of the ribbed body and the interior is glazed. Small loops are at the edge of the lid and top of the rounded handle for attachment. The slightly concave unglazed base and old firing flaws have oxidized burnt orange. Circa 14th century...
Large Chinese Jin dynasty (1125-1234) Henan globular form stoneware jar with a high neck decorated on opposite sides of the shoulder with two appliqué dragons running around the circumference of the horizontally ribbed body. The interior is fully glazed and the exterior glaze stops well above the unglazed base. The rich black/brown glaze, referred to as “temmoku” by the Japanese, is permeated with russet accents. 7 3/4" high x 9" diameter.
Hu's Collection
SOLD Description:
A tripod porcelain censer was finely potted in the form of an archaic bronze Li vessel. The flattened everted rim poised above the wide straight neck when the compressed globular body with a band around the shoulder extending down to form flanges on the outer side of each leg. The legs tapering down to the orange-russet unglazed tips. The censer was covered all over in an even pale-green glaze and thinning to a whitish-green tone at the rim and flanges...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese antique figure of Fugen the Bodhisatva of Faith and Practice, She is sitting on top of her elephant vehicle with one foot on a lotus blossom, carved of wood with muted gold and red lacquer, 19th century.
Size: 16 1/2" high x 14 3/4" wide x 9 1/4" deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful Chinese carved jade vase, a lovely green and reddish brown jade, the form of the vase itself is carved with a vertically ribbed surface, two highly raised gnarled pine trees are entwined around the vase, beautiful to look at, Republic Period.
Size: 4 3/4" high x 4" wide x 2 1/2" deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Charming Chinese soapstone carving of two children, beautifully carved with much attention to detail, two boys one holding a long string with coins for good luck and prosperity, the other with a straw hat and fan, symbols of the lucky gods. The soapstone itself is a very beautiful yellow color with striations and much character. On nice hard wood base.
Total size with stand: 5 1/4" high
Size of carving: 3 1/2" high x 3 7/8" wide x 2 1/8" deep.
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Chinese Blue and White or Polychrome Sections An excellent pictorial reference book covering the Koger Collection which features Chinese wares spanning the Neolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty. There are about 155 color photos with editorial by John Ayers. The photos here are really quite excellent. In our candid opinion, it's not enough of a reason to purchase an antique merely for the sake of a free book, but any client already seriously contemplating a purchase can enjoy this as a free extra...
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book specializing in Neolithic Period / Early Chinese wares with good informative text by Regina Krahl and other contributors. Truly a must-have reference book for anybody interested in Neolithic / Early Chinese pieces. There are about 65 color photos all of which are really quite excellent. In our candid opinion, it's not enough of a reason to purchase an antique merely for the sake of a free book, but any client already seriously contemplating a purchase can ...
The Bodhisattva Collection
Free with any purchase from our Early Chinese section An excellent pictorial reference book focusing on tomb items from China's Golden Age with heavy concentration on Tang and Han Dynasty items, but Eastern Zhou, Warring States, Spring and Autumn, and Qin Dynasty Periods are covered as well. There are over 120 color photos, most pieces are bronzes and/or gilded bronzes, but there are also some jade and early pottery pieces represented as well. The text is also very informative. In our candid opinion, it's not enough of a reason to purchase an anti...
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