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Chinese Ceramic Vases, the First, a Hunting LOW HIGH Lot Description Estimate Estimate (lot of 2) Chinese ceramic vases, the first, a hunting scene on a flambe glazed ground with 1 a blue interior; the second, a doucai style bottle vase, with children at play, bottom with apocryphal Chenghua mark, 5.75"h $ 200 - 400 2 (lot of 2) Chinese painted enamel vessels, one white squash form box incised with butterflies; one of square section with reserves of enameled roosters, 6.5"w $ 150 - 250 (lot of 3) Chinese enameled decorative items, consisting of a cloisonne enameled jar with flowers on a blue ground; one painted enamel bowl with floral scrolls and bats; one 3 lidded sweet meat dish with figural and landscape reserves on a ground with flowers and shou emblem, largest: 7.5"w $ 200 - 400 Chinese two-section porcelain lamp, the shade of hexagonal sections decorated with red 4 enameled bats and tendrils framing pierced walls centered with flowers of the four seasons, raised on a pedestal base, 10"h $ 200 - 400 Chinese enamel porcelain vase, with a rectangular trumpet neck connected to a flattened 5 circular body, both sides with snow scenery and with auspicious phrases to the sides, bearing signature and with mark to the bottom 'Xu Ren chu pin', 7"h $ 150 - 250 6 Chinese lapis lazuli figural carving, of a beauty holding a fan and sprig of peaches accompanied by a young female attendant carrying a peach, with wood stand, 5.25"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Chinese stone carvings, one lapis lazuli carving of an eagle perched on a rock; 7 one turquoise figure of a beauty along with an attendant holding a ruyi scepter, tallest: 3.25"h $ 200 - 400 8 Chinese lapis lazuli covered urn, the lid carved with Shoulao on a crane, and the body with Hehe Erxian with attendant in high relief, with wood stand, urn: 6.5"h $ 300 - 500 (lot of 2) Chinese jade and hardstone carvings, one pierced hardstone toggle carved with 9 deer and cranes amid lingzhi; together with a flattened double gourd bottle incised with leafy tendrils, 4.75"w $ 600 - 900 10 Chinese amethyst toggle, of tear drop form carved with a meandering chilong, 1.25"h $ 200 - 400 11 Chinese stone overlay table screen, the green hardstone plaque with a scene of a bird and flowers executed in various colored stones, with wood stand, overall: 14.25"h $ 150 - 250 (lot of 2) Chinese jadeite carvings; the first, a small shallow snuff dish with splashes of 12 apple green, raised on a slightly tapering foot ring; the second, a floral form libation cup accented by leaves, with wood stand, cup: 2.25"h $ 300 - 500 (lot of 3) Chinese soapstone seals, the first carved with a pair of phoenix, with cyclical year wuchen, bearing name 'Julai' at An'te jingshe; the second, a plain square plinth of tan 13 hue, incised with a colophon; the last, of flattened rectangular form of mottled pastel pink and russet hues, largest: 2.3"h $ 400 - 600 14 Chinese hardstone carving of Guanyin, the bodhisattva seated in royal ease holding an amphora, backed by a flaming mandorla, the gray matrix with russet inclusions, 9.25"h $ 400 - 600 Page 1 of 54 Chinese stone inset wooden ruyi scepter, with three celadon green plaques with peach 15 and foliage, and agate cabochon, 16.75"w $ 300 - 500 Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figure, of a cultural revolution period young woman 16 kneeling with whip in hand, the base marked, 8.5"h $ 300 - 500 Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figure, of a bodhisattva holding a ruyi scepter on a 17 plinth, accompanied by Sudhana above the lotus pond, 13"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 3) Chinese brush pots; the first a wood square example with a dragon in the reserve to each side; the second, of naturally contoured trunk with various knots, with 18 stand; the third with a cylindrical bamboo body depicting cranes and pines, with wood rim and base, largest: 7.25"h $ 400 - 600 (lot of 2) Chinese inlaid wood boxes, one of floral form inlaid with Buddhist Treasures 19 executed in wood and mother-of-pearl, and centered with the character 'fu' (good fortune); the other of rectangular form carved with dragons, 10.5"w $ 500 - 700 Chinese polychrome lacquer peach form box, the lid with the tree trunks forming the 20 stylized characters of 'fu lu shou' on a red ground, base with an apocryphal Kangxi mark, 12"w $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Chinese wood brush washers, one carved with pines to the exterior; and the 21 second carved with an old man sitting against a tree, largest: 7"w $ 400 - 600 Himalayan wooden bowl with handle, decorated with brass repousse appliques, 5"h x 22 10.5"w $ 100 - 200 23 (Lot of 5) Bamboo and wood case with a padded sleep mask, soap, silver-washed inro decorated with phoenix and dragon, and a comb, case: approx. 2"h x 10.25"l x 6.5"w $ 100 - 200 Japanese wooden karajishi, 19th century, reddish brown lacquered, with large black eyes 24 and open jaw showing full teeth, 8"h x 8.25"l $ 200 - 400 (lot of 3) Japanese iron sake server, cherry blossoms on the flattened body with a lacquered takamakie lid; together with lacquered, one circular and one hexagonal trays, 25 largest (tray): 10.5"dia; Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove CA $ 100 - 200 26 Japanese bronze persimmon branch, bearing two round persimmons and leaves, 5.75"h x 14.25"l; Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove CA $ 150 - 250 Japanese yatate (portable brush holder), late Edo period, with a molded crane on the lid, 27 birds on the ink box exterior, carp on the handle and ending with a zoomorphic hook, 14.25"l $ 150 - 250 (lot of 3) Japanese silver smoking set; consisting of a match holder on four supports; an 27A ash tray with removable lid; and a rectangular lidded box with the signature 'Shuzan', with rosewood interior and base, marked 'jungin' (pure silver), incised with traditional Japanese motifs and some gilt inlay, largest (box): 3"h x 5"w x 1.5"d $ 150 - 250 (lot of 4) Japanese Kutani porcelain bowls and bottle, Meiji period, three graduated sizes with scenery, scholars, flowers and birds in gilt and color, base marked 'Dai Nippon 28 Kutani'; the bottle with a stick neck above bulbous body, decorated with birds and flowers, largest: 9.5"dia $ 150 - 250 Page 2 of 54 Japanese black lacquered inro, decorated with a man trying to pull a bamboo shoot, with 29 an ojime of agate and wooden netsuke in the shape of an immortal, (inro): 2.5"h x 2.75"w x 0.95"d $ 150 - 250 Pair of Japanese Kutani porcelain ewers, Meiji period, each having a long neck on a 30 bulbous body, decorated with blossoming branches and a sparrow in gilt and color, base recess marked 'Dai Nippon Kutani', 10.75"h $ 150 - 250 (lot of 4) Group of Japanese ceramics, consisting of a Kutani vase with a long stick neck above an ovoid body, scholars and flowers in panels, based marked 'Kutani'; a coffee cup 31 and saucer; one Okinawa tsuboyaki bottle; together with a kinrande bowl with karajishi, signature on the base, largest: 10"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 3) Japanese two Satsuma vases, one marked 'Asahiyama', the other with a 32 character 'tai' on the base recess, decorated with scenery; together with a jar with molded flowers and sashes and a karajishi on the lid, tallest: 12.25"h $ 150 - 250 (lot of 4) Group of ceramics: pair of Korean celadon tea bowls with a tomobako of kiri 33 wood; one Japanese blue and white hexagonal tea caddy; and a blue eameled Chinese plate with prunus, largest: 9.5" dia $ 150 - 250 (lot of 3) Japanese Imari chargers, Meiji period: the first, with chrysanthemums in the well, surrounded by karajishi and scenery in reserves; the second with various flowers and 34 bamboo in reserves; together with enameled polychrome plate decorated with two phoenix, largest: 15.75"dia $ 200 - 400 35 (Lot of 3) Two Japanese blue and white dishes and one large bowl, interiors decorated with phoenix, peonies and bamboo, mark on the base, largest (bowl): 10"dia $ 200 - 400 36 (lot of 2) Group of underglaze blue porcelain plates; the first, a Chinese dish with floral tendrils, base marked; the second, depicting fish amid water reeds, base marked, 8.5"w $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Chinese blue and white porcelain bowls: the first, a bowl of floral form, with peaches to the well surrounded by flowers on the wall, exterior with grapes and flowers, 37 bottom with apocryphal Xuande mark; the second, a footed bowl with peaches to the well, exterior with meandering dragons and with apocryphal Xuande mark to the rim; largest: 10"dia $ 300 - 500 Manner of Wu Guanzhong (Chinese, 1910-2010), Landscape, album with eight double 38 pages, ink and color on paper, bearing signature and sealed Wu Guanzhong or Tu, cover: 13.3"h x 9"w $ 300 - 500 Manner of Li Keran (Chinese, 1907-1989), Autumn Landscape, album with eight double 39 leaves, ink and color on paper, last page with a colophon, bearing signature Keran and one seal, cover: 9.5"h x 6.5"w $ 300 - 500 (lot of 6) Set of Chinese medical books, 'Jinkui Fangge Kuo', originally by Zhang Zhongjing 40 (Chinese, Han Dynasty), 9"l $ 300 - 500 41 Chinese bronze censer, with a short neck and compressed body, flanked by a pair of lion head handles, the splayed foot with an apocryphal Xuande mark, 7.5"w $ 300 - 500 Chinese underglaze blue porcelain jar, the rim perched with a chilong and bat in relief, the 42 ovoid jar painted with three dragon-phoenix roundels amid tendrils, base with apocryphal Yongzheng mark, with wood stand and box, jar: 7"h $ 300 - 500 Page 3 of 54 43 (lot of 5) Chinese pink sgraffito porcelain bowls, with four roundels of peaches set against the scroll incised pink ground, 6.5"w; 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