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LOW HIGH Lot Description Estimate Estimate (lot of 2) Chinese bamboo brush pots; the first, carved with a village scene below a key- 4000 fret band; the second, featuring bamboo and reversed with a poetic colophon, bearing name 'Zhiqian', 7"h $ 250 - 450 Chinese hardwood small brush pot, of cylindrical form with incised bands heightening the 4001 lower edge, and with a flat base, 4.75"h $ 400 - 600 Chinese bamboo and wood vase, the tall cylindrical shape carved with a lotus pond, 4002 bearing signature 'Wang Jian', with wooden rim and base, 11.25"h $ 150 - 250 Chinese triangular form bamboo brush pot, featuring Shoulao followed by two children 4003 holding peaches along with a recumbent deer, 5.6"h $ 150 - 250 Chinese huanghuali wooden brush pot, with thick walls and a slight waist, above the flat 4004 base with a central plug, 6"h $ 300 - 500 4005 Chinese wooden brush pot, carved with three chilong in high relief, accented with floral sprigs, 6.5"h; Provenance: Estate of Father Kirill Hartman, Berkeley, CA $ 150 - 250 Chinese brown glazed ceramic censer, with an everted rim above a low slung body, 4006 flanked by a pair of zoomorphic handles, raised on a tapering low foot, 5.25"w; Provenance: Estate of Dr. Graeme Hanson, San Francisco, CA $ 300 - 500 (lot of 2) Chinese enameled porcelain bowls, molded in the form of flower petals forming 4007 a foliate rim, the exterior decorated with butterflies, flowers and garden rocks, the base marked 'Yishan Tang zhi', 8.25"w $ 300 - 500 Chinese famille rose porcelain brush washer, the compressed body decorated with 4008 various blossoming flowers, below a ruyi band to the mouth, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, 6.75"w $ 150 - 250 Chinese ceramic arrow vase, overall with a celadon crackle glaze, with a cylindrical neck 4009 above the compressed body, 13"h $ 200 - 400 Chinese celadon glazed ceramic vase, with a foliate rim to the wide cylindrical neck 4010 flanked by lug handles, the ovoid body molded with peonies above a stiff leaf band, raised on a splayed foot, 8.75"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 8) Group of Chinese painted fans: the first, Child and Black Sheep, bearing signature Wang Zhongqing (b. 1924) and sealed; the second, Prunus and Buddha hand, bearing signature Lingyun; the third, Li jiang landscape; the fourth, Pine in Landscape; the fifth, 4011 River landscape; the sixth, gilt villa on black paper; the seventh, print reproduction of Qian Songyan landscape; together with a lacquer box with figures in a river landscape, 13.75"w $ 200 - 400 Chinese carved soapstone figural group, consisting of six immortals, set on a separate 4012 base (lacking two immortals), 13.5"w $ 200 - 400 Thai gilt bronze Phra Phrom (four-faced Brahma), with eight arms each with an attribute, 4013 seated in royal ease on a stepped plinth, 8.25"h $ 300 - 500 (lot of 12) Group of Chinese cigarette holders and pebbles, consisting of one jasper and 4014 six quartz pebbles; together with five jade/hardstone cigarette holders of various sizes, 2"w $ 250 - 450 Chinese archaistic hardstone huan, of pentagonal section and an aperture to the center, 4015 incised with a scroll pattern, 3.25"w $ 100 - 200 Page 1 of 60 Chinese enamel square brush pot, each side with a landscape, birds and flowers, monkeys 4016 or figures, each bearing signature Wang Zhang, Liu Yuceng, Bi Botao, and Wang Kun, rim with tendril flowers and ruyi pattern, bottom bearing 'yue yuan hui' mark, 10.25"h $ 250 - 450 Chinese footed porcelain tray, the interior decorated with a pair of peaches in the center 4017 encircled by various flowers, the exterior with bats and the splayed foot with lappets, 9.25"w $ 150 - 250 (lot of 2) Chinese enameled porcelain vases, decorated with bats clutching various 4018 auspicious items amid colored clouds on a turquoise ground, the neck flanked by handles, and the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, 9"h $ 200 - 400 4019 Chinese square brush pot, two sides with snow scenes, the other two sides with poem by Republic period scholars, paintings and calligraphy bearing signature 'Yu Wenxiang', 9.5"h $ 200 - 400 Chinese Longquan small ceramic celadon dish, with an everted foliate rim decorated with 4020 floral sprigs, the well with an additional floral motif, 3.25"w; Provenance: Estate of Dr. Graeme Hanson, San Francisco, CA $ 300 - 500 Chinese enameled porcelain brush washer, of dome form decorated with a mountain and 4021 water landscape, the shoulder with a title, inscribed with cyclical date 'renchen' and bearing signature 'Zou Guojun', the base with a two character mark, 3.25"w $ 300 - 500 4021A Japanese wood carving, of a monkey on the back of a horse, approx. 6"h x 3.5"w $ 50 - 100 Buddhist temple lantern of gilt metal, marked Kongobuji Temple and Koyasan (Buddhist 4022 Shingon sect) on the side, chrysanthemum shaped finial, lotus petal shaped roof, the door with a hook, with a kiri box 5.75"h $ 100 - 200 (lot of 5) Japanese Buddha shaped two bronze altar candle holders and one censer; 4023 together with two kuridashi ihai (memorial tablets), both black lacquered with gilt, double hinged doors, largest (candle holder): 9.25"h; Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove, CA $ 200 - 400 (lot of 12) Collection of Japanese Kutani sake cups; consisting of five Kutani, exteriors with plum blossoms, interiors with poems; three kirande; three with Geisha girls depicted on the wells; one footed Kutani cup; one painted with flowers to the exterior, two men and 4024 scenery to the interior; together with a blue-and-white Arita porcelain bowl, largest (bowl): 9.75"dia; Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove CA $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Japanese Kutani jar/vase, having a short neck above a bulbous body, one reserve decorated with seven good luck gods, another depicting scenery of a pavillion and lake, 4025 base marked 'Kutani Senzan' with a wooden stand; together with a large Kutani kinrande bowl depicting carps, a landscape, and karako, base marked 'Kagakoku Kutani zou', largest: 10"h $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Japanese Satsuma (Awata Kyo-yaki) pitchers, Meiji period, larger one with cranes, peonies, and butterflies by the shore, with a bamboo shaped handle; the smaller 4026 one with a triangle shaped body with butterflies and flowers, both signed 'Kinkozan', largest: 7"h; Provenance: Property from the Christian de Guigne' IV Estate, Hillsborough, CA. $ 100 - 200 Page 2 of 60 (lot of 5) Group of Japanese items; consisting of two bronze yatate (portable writing set), 4027 Edo period; two miniature cast iron tetsubin tea kettles with wooden stands; together with a gilt lacquered incense box, marked 'Sato', largest (yatate): 9"l; Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove CA $ 200 - 400 (lot of 2) Japanese Sentoku vases, Meiji period, each having a short neck above an ovoid 4028 body, one with a long tail rooster perched on a cherry blossom branch; the other with chrysanthemum and plum blossoms in gilt and silver, largest: 9.5"h; Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter's Antiques, Pacific Grove, CA $ 150 - 250 (lot of 3) Japanese cloisonne vases, Meiji period, everted mouth and short neck above an 4029 ovoid body, decorated with butterflies and flowers on a blue ground, largest: 10"h; Provenance: Property from the Collection of Trotter's Antiques, Pacific Grove, CA $ 200 - 400 4030 Japanese Satsuma censer, gilt white karajishi on the lid, bulbous body decorated with peonies and warriors in panels , on zoomorphic tripod (handle repair), approx. 15.75"h $ 150 - 250 (lot of 2) Japanese Karatsu bowl, late Edo period, decorated with a flower in blue and 4031 brown; together with a celadon [Yatsushiro] vase with a squat ovoid body, decorated in the manner of Korean Mishimaware, made in Kyoto area, largest: 8"dia; Provenance: Estate of Raymond J. Wheeler, acquired at Sothebys, London in 1974. $ 150 - 250 Japanese Imari charger, Meiji period, decorated with plum, bamboo and pine in blue-and- 4032 white in the well, surrounded by a man and karako under a cherry blossom tree in reserves, exterior decorated in blue-and-white, 18.25"dia $ 100 - 200 (lot of 4) Japanese lacquered boxes, consisting of two black boxes painted with old books; 4033 two with removable makuno-uchi bento inserts, decorated with flowers in reserves and waves on a gold/brown nashiji ground, largest: 2.5"h x 12.25"l x 9.75"w $ 200 - 400 Japanese ceramic Miroku Bosatsu of celadon and gilt, seated on double lotus pedestal, 4034 approx. 13.75"h x 9.25"w x 8"d $ 200 - 400 (lot of 3) Chinese molded ink blocks; the first, a red one featuring a pavillion with polychrome and color accents; the second, of lobed form with pair of writhing dragons 4035 flanking the studio name 'Rugu Tang', reversed with archaistic vessels in a pavillion; the third, of rectangular form with a scene depicting a monk preaching the Buddhist law, largest: 9"; each with box $ 300 - 500 (lot of 2) Chinese ink stones: one with a qilin above a shaped well; the other of circular 4036 form with dragons on the rim encircling pillars of 'eyes' framing the center well, largest: 14"w $ 300 - 500 Chinese yellow glazed porcelain meiping vase, with a flared rim and short neck, above the 4037 body tapering toward the splayed base, 12.25"h $ 150 - 250 Chinese yellow glazed porcelain vase, trumpet neck with a foliate rim, the shoulder with 4038 zoomorphic handles above the tapering body incised with dragons, above the splayed foot, the recessed base with an apocryphal Hongzhi mark, 13.5"h