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Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful Chinese brush pot made from a beautiful deep reddish hardwood with a beautiful woodgrain and shine. Very sturdy and attractive.
Size: 4.5" height, 4.75" width
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$3,300.00 Beautiful Chinese vase made from porcelain with a blue cobalt underglaze. Chinese guardian lions (foo dogs) decorate the body of the vase, with allover cloud shaped designs. The top of the vase is covered by a nicely carved wooden lid. Mark on bottom reads "Kangxi Nian Zhi".
Size: 10.25" height, 7" width"
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SOLD Korean kitchen chest decorated with beautiful brass hardware. It has two sets of hinged doors with brass handles decorated with flora designs, and four drawers, each with a small bat shaped handle. The Korean word for 'bat' is a homophone for the Chinese word for 'good fortune', so bats are considered a good luck charm.
Size: 50.25" height, 39.25" width, 18.75" depth
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SOLD Beautiful keyaki wood kuruma tansu (wheeled tansu) from the Iwayadō region. Features iron hardware including a large lock on the top drawer in the shape of a hawk with engraved feathers, kushi-gata handles (comb shape), lock bar securing two middle drawers, lockbox style hinged door with an iron medal engraved with the Japanese god Daikoku, and many other beautiful features. Included are a set of iron keys. Edo period (1615-1867)
Size: 50.25" height, 59.5" width, 22.75" depth
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$675.00 Charming small Japanese standing gosho ningyo boy doll, his body is carved of wood and covered in silk brocade, his face and hands are done in the traditional method of carved wood covered with layers of polished gofun and painted in beautiful detail, he wears a little octagonal hat, early Taisho Period.
Size: 5 3/4" high
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SOLD Adorable Japanese antique porcelain baby doll head, swaddled in silk and nestled in a basket, most likely intended for use as a pin cushion, Taisho Period.
Size: 4" high x 4 1/2" wide
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SOLD Japanese clothing tansu from the Nagoya region, with its original finish and beautiful woodgrain with a kiri wood front and lacquered sugi frame. Its features include six drawers with iron hirute handles, iron locks with brass flowers, lockbox with kan/ring-shaped pull, and iron handles on either side. Key included.
Size: 40" height, 45" width, 16" depth
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$2,500.00 Antique Japanese carved wooden mask of an okina, or old man, used in the theatrical art form of Noh. Every Noh mask represents a specific character, and when the shite (performer) puts on their mask, the term for putting on clothing (kaburu) is not used. Rather, it is called kakeru or tsukeru (to hang/to attach), as this symbolizes the transformation into the character. The mask shows traces of the facial hair it once had, which has been lost due to age. Inside the mask, chisel marks are apparen...
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SOLD Sino Tibetan bronze statue of the Buddhist deity Tara, the "mother of liberation" and representation of the virtues of success in work and achievements. She is a tantric figure whose image is used as a focus for meditation. She is shown gesturing the Dharmachakra Mudra, or Wheel-Turning Mudra, expressing the continuous energy of the cosmic order. She wears elaborate jewelry and her hair has applied blue pigment.
Size: 9" height, 6" width
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$3,500.00 Beautiful kiri wood isho (clothing) tansu chest, originating from the Mikuni region of Japan. It features iron hardware with heart motifs, five drawers with hirute shaped handles and elegant backings and locks, and a bottom corner lockbox with two small drawers hidden inside. Keys are included. Meiji period (4867-1912)
Size: 40.5" height, 34" width, 16.75" depth
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$250.00 Japanese small headside box for storage of small personal items, three small drawers, nice grain, Taisho Period.
Total size: 8" high x 13 1/4" wide x 9 1/2" deep.
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SOLD Beautiful Chinese spirit/scholar's rock with a dark hardwood stand. Scholar's stones, or gōngshÃ, are called as such for scholars' appreciation of the stone's unusual shapes, textures, asymmetry, glossiness, color patterns, and even the sound it makes when struck. It is a gorgeous and contemplative viewing piece.
Size: 17.25" height, 16.5" width
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Sale Pending Chinese slab of jade, carved with an indented circular and a mokko (melon) shape into its surface. It is meant to be used by a calligraphy artist for the grinding and collecting of ink. 18th/19th century
Size: 1/4" thickness, 3.75" height, 1 and 5/8" width
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$2,000.00 Quartz snuff bottle carved with a basketweave design, with an etched, ropey carved texture above and below the woven pattern, with an agate bottle topper. 19th century
Size: 3" height, 2.5" width
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SOLD Beautiful Korean screen with six rice paper panels depicting people amidst gorgeous scenes of nature. Each panel is mostly monochromatic with conservative usage of color in muted shades of yellow, pink, blue, and purple. There are large blooming flowers with a sparrow flying overheard in every panel.
Size: (entire screen) 61" height, 106" width, (artwork only) 27.75" height, 12" length
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$1,200.00 Chinese agate snuff bottle with absolutely beautiful formations and ribbons of varying hues of yellows, browns, and navy blue throughout. 20th century
Size: 2.75" height, 2.25" width
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SOLD Beautifully hand carved jade pendant of the mystical fenghuang, or phoenix, with a blooming lotus beside it. The fenghuang symbolizes the union of yin and yang, and each part of its body represents a different word: its head is for virtue, wings are duty, back is propriety, abdomen for credibility, and chest for mercy. Carving has a small hole drilled through the top for wearing on a necklace. 20th century
Size: 2.25" height, 1.75" height
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SOLD Jade bangle bracelet with apple green highlights, from China with storage box, 20th century
Size: Diameter 3.5" outer, 2.25" inner, .5" thickness
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