(Lot of 2) Chinese Bronze Censers, the First with a Compressed Body
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LOW HIGH Lot Description Estimate Estimate (lot of 2) Chinese bronze censers, the first with a compressed body flanked with lion handles, 1 bottom marked 'yu tang qing wan'; the second with an ovoid body, and a lid of pierced chrysanthemum form, raised on three supports, largest: 6.25w $ 400 - 600 (lot of 4) Group of Himalayan decorative items, consisting of a double vajra; a ghanta (bell) with a vajra finial on the handle; a filigree bottle inlaid with cabochons; together with a 2 necklace with assorted metal and glass beads, largest: 16"l. Provenance: Property of Dr. Bernard C. Gerber $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) East Indian copper and brass dishes, both with silver plated Hindu female deities, 3 decorated with flowers on the rim, largest: 6.25"dia $ 50 - 100 (lot of 2) Chinese porcelain vases: the first, a blue and white vase with figures to the body 4 and bamboo to the neck; the second, a blue glaze square brush pot, with gilt flowers to each side, bottom with apochryphal Qianlong mark, largest: 6.5"h $ 400 - 600 (lot of 8) Selection of Chinese snuff bottles, consisting of three inside painted glass; one blue 5 and white porcelain of double gourd form; two stone and one goldstone glass bottle; largest: 3.25"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 10) Group of Chinese snuff bottles, consisting of two glass, two jade, one white stone 6 with a zoomorph, one opal and one with composition of turquoise color; together with a red carving of Shoulao and two metal locks, 3.25"w $ 300 - 500 Group of Chinese snuff bottle caps, of various colors and mediums, some lacking the spoon, 7 largest: 2.25"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 4) Chinese jade/hardstone toggles, consisting of a leaf, a cicada, a goldfish and a 8 Mandarin duck, largest: 2"w $ 300 - 500 (lot of 2) Chinese hardstone carvings, consisting of a brown gray toad; together with a 9 mythical beast with honey colored inclusions, 3"w $ 300 - 500 (lot of 2) Chinese magnifying glass and letter opener, each with a dark green hardstone 10 handle, largest: 5.5"l $ 100 - 200 (lot of 3) Group of Chinese porcelain, consisting of an enameled circular box with children at 11 play; together with an underglaze blue cup having butterfly and flower reserves; and a blue and white bowl featuring floral scrolls, 5.3"w $ 300 - 500 12 (lot of 4) Chinese hardstone carvings, consisting of a recumbent ox; a lotus leaf form dish; a cluster of grapes; together with a beauty holding a sword and lingzhi, largest: 7"h $ 300 - 500 13 Chinese overlay Peking glass vase, with a dark red dragon in pursuit of a jewel in contrast with the 'gold flecked' translucent orange glass, incised with a wave pattern, 9.8"h $ 600 - 900 (lot of 3) Chinese stone/glass snuff bottles, consisting of two stone bottles; together with an 14 inside painted glass one decorated with birds; largest: 2.75"h $ 300 - 500 Chinese stone boulder, of caramel hue featuring elderly scholars in a landscape, with stand, 15 boulder: 5"h $ 200 - 400 Chinese soapstone seal, the mottled red stone carved with a fu-lion and a recumbent horse 16 above a rectangular plinth bearing the name 'Changshuo', base carved with four characters, 5.25"h $ 300 - 500 Page 1 of 55 Chinese export porcelain vase, decorated with underglaze blue and enameled figures on a 17 green ground (repaired), 10.25"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 3) Chinese porcelain footed dishes; the first, in the shape of a lingjiao (water caltrop) 18 decorated with goldfish; the second, depicting coral red colored bats amid lotus scrolls; the third, featuring flowers of the four seasons, largest: 9"w $ 150 - 250 Chinese enameled porcelain covered jar, the globular body decorated with five children at 19 play in a garden, together with a lid with flowers, 6.75"h $ 300 - 500 Pair of Chinese enameled foliate rim plates, decorated with peonies, bamboo and fruiting 20 tendrils, the recessed base with a Guangxu mark, 8"w; Provenance: Estate of Reynold Tom of Oakland, CA $ 200 - 400 21 (lot of 3) Chinese enameled porcelain plates, Qing dynasty, each with a large peony to the lower left corner, accented by other blossoms (hairline cracks and chips), 9"w $ 200 - 400 (lot of 4) Chinese porcelain plates, each with two dragon roundels and pair of bats, within a 22 key-fret border, the base with an apocryphal Guangxu mark, 8.75"w; Provenance: Estate of Reynold Tom of Oakland, CA $ 300 - 500 (lot of 3) Pair of Chinese cloisonne enameled vases, with a pair of meandering dragons on a 23 black ground; together with a Japanese plique a jour vase with green flowers; cloisonne: 6.5"h $ 100 - 200 (lot of 4) Japanese Imari dishes of various sizes and designs: two foliated dishes with flowers in reserves; two bowls: one painted with cherry blossoms above one hundred men and gilt 24 dragon in the center well, one foliated rim, having flowers in reserves with a blue peach in the center well, largest: 8.5"dia $ 100 - 200 Pair of Japanese champleve bronze jars, having a handle on either side above a bulbous 25 body, decorated with dragons, on a circular foot, 9.75"h $ 150 - 250 26 Japanese totai bottle, Meiji/Taisho period, short trumpet neck above a textured bulbous body, with plum blossoms and butterflies, the base signed 'Okamoto', 4.75"h $ 150 - 250 27 (lot of 3) Japanese cloisonne vase with chrysanthemums; a cast iron sake server, 19th century; together with a tai fish shaped lacquered wooden box, largest:15.5"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Two Japanese tall vases: one Kyo Satsuma, chrysanthemums in color and gilt, in rouleau form, marked 'Moriyama' with Shimazu clan seal; the other with a flared rim, the 28 body decorated with people in Chinese style in the floral courtyard, the base marked 'Oshima', largest: 12.75"h $ 200 - 400 Japanese terra cotta plaque of Bizen style, depicting a man and a child watching a cascade, 29 center with a seal, 11"h x 15.2"w x 0.3"thick $ 100 - 200 Chinese celadon glazed porcelain planter, of octagonal sections molded with flowers of the 30 four seasons alternated with poetic colophons, 7.25"w $ 150 - 250 (lot of 2) Chinese molded ink, one in the form of a bell with dragons, reads 'cheng jun fang 30A zao'; together with a bar with a diaper pattern, 8"h $ 200 - 400 Chinese celadon crackle glazed jar, with a rolled rim and a globular body, raised on a 31 recessed base, 5.125"h $ 400 - 600 Chinese Ru type ceramic censer, with bracket form handles on the rim and above a 32 compressed body, raised on three tapering supports, the underside marked 'Feng Zhao', 4.5"w $ 300 - 500 Page 2 of 55 (lot of 2) Chinese enamel vases: the first one, of a doucai stick neck with ovoid body, the body decorated with rocks and flowers, bottom with apocryphal Yongzheng mark; the 33 second one with red enamel bats to the body and ruyi to the rim, bottom with apocryphal Qianlong mark; largest: 7"h $ 400 - 600 Chinese Guan type floral form ceramic bowl, with a foliate rim and molded petal form walls, 34 raised on a tapering low foot, 5"w $ 500 - 700 35 Pair of Chinese cloisonne enameled planters, of lobed floral form with an everted rim, the body decorated with stylized lotus scrolls, raised on three ruyi head supports, 4.5"w $ 200 - 400 Set of Chinese enameled metal sweet meat dishes, with a lacquer wood tray centered by a 36 rectangular covered box and eight dishes, each with a yellow ground with lotus tendrils, tray: 11.5"w, box: 5"w $ 250 - 450 Chinese celadon crackle glazed arrow vase, with a cylindrical body flanked by tubular 37 handles, above a globular body, raised on a tapering low foot, 8.25"h $ 600 - 900 Chinese Guan-type gu form vase, with a trumpet neck above a bulbous center with raised 38 flanges, above a splayed pedestal base, overall suffused with a network of russet crackles, 6.125"h $ 700 - 900 39 (lot of 2) Chinese opium pipes, one with a wooden shaft with bone reserves incised with landscapes; the other with a green soapstone shaft and metal fittings, largest: 17.5"w $ 200 - 400 Chinese zisha ceramic tea pot, of ovoid form with a branch form handle and leaf, body 40 incised with a poetic colophon, base marked 'muzhua', 6.75"w $ 300 - 500 41 Chinese pewter encased zisha teapot, of foliate form with a poem to the exterior, flanked by a hardstone handle and spout, the base marked 'Yang Pengnian', 6.25"w $ 300 - 500 (lot of 3) Chinese enameled export porcelain, consisting of a teapot and two vases decorated 42 with figural reserves and flowers, largest: 11.5"h $ 300 - 500 Chinese wood document hinged box, top carved with phoenix and dragon, fronted with 43 meandering dragons, 8"h × 15.5"w × 9.5"d $ 300 - 500 (lot of approx. 22) Chinese wood stands, of different sizes and types, including plate stands, 44 round stands, etc. largest: 9"w $ 100 - 200 Pair of Chinese brass cloisonne vases, with birds and flowers on the reserved panel having a 45 yellow ground with flowers, neck flanked with four handles, 12.5"h; Provenance: Estate of Reynold Tom of Oakland, CA $ 200 - 400 46 (lot of appox. 55) Two boxes of Chinese wood stands, of different sizes and types, including round, square, plate stands and etc., together with two black glass stands, largest: 13.5"h $ 400 - 600 (lot of 6) Chinese enameled plates and saucers, each similarly decorated with the Three 47 Auspicious Fruits within a key-fret border, base with apocryphal Guangxu mark, largest: 7.75"w; Provenance: Estate of Reynold Tom of Oakland, CA $ 300 - 500 (lot of 2) Chinese celadon bowls, one molded with lotus form to the exterior, the other one 48 with crackled glaze and leaf patterns to the exterior, largest: 6.5" dia $ 500 - 700 (lot of 2) Chinese enamel porcelain bowls: the first