Lots 1 – 758 Day 2: Sunday, January 26Th at 1:00 PM EST - Lots 759 – 1,062
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Important Two-Day Winter Auction 1/25/2020 Day 1: Saturday, January 25th at 9:00 AM EST - Lots 1 – 758 Day 2: Sunday, January 26th at 1:00 PM EST - Lots 759 – 1,062 LOT # LOT # 1 3 Pc. Chinese Export Silver Tea Service stretcher lines. Old wax relining to canvas. One Chinese Export Heng Li, Tientsin (Tianjin) frame with losses to the bottom edge. Scattered 3-piece sterling silver tea service, including tea tiny flakes, grime and inclusions. 1,400.00 - pot, creamer pitcher, and covered sugar bowl, 1,800.00 each with repousse vignettes of flowering 3 Attr. He Xuren, Winter Landscape Plaque branches, potted plants, and landscape scenes Attributed to He Xuren (Chinese, 1882-1940), with a figure in a boat, bamboo-form handles signed grisaille winter landscape painting on and teapot spout, and round bases. Chinese porcelain, depicting a lone man fishing in a character marks stamped underside of the bases. river, his small boat set against a snow-covered Ranging in size from 3 7/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 3 bank. Signed with seal mark upper right and 1/4" D to 5 7/8" H x 8 3/8" W x 5" D. 25.545 dated 1937. Housed in a hardwood molded total troy ounces. Circa 1900. Condition: frame with shaped metal ornament at top Overall good condition with normal wear, center. Sight - 15" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed - 22" surface scratches. 1/2" dent to bottom of tea pot H x 16 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Nashville spout. 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 collection. Condition: Plaque: Excellent condition. Frame: Minor wear and scuffs. 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 2 Pair of China Trade Scenes, U.S. Flag Attributed to Namcheong (Chinese, active 1840-1870), pair of oval Chinese Export harbor 4 Chinese Duan Inkstone with Bats scene paintings depicting trade ships at the Elaborate and substantial Chinese inkstone, Whampoa Anchorage in the Pearl River Delta carved with bats flying in clouds with precious Region. Includes one painting of ships sailing scholar objects, the rectangular form raised on below the nine story pagoda at Whampoa molded bracket feet. 2 1/4" H x 12" L x 8 1/8" Reach; the other with coastline and multiple D. Republic Period, early 20th century. ships including one, in the background, bearing Provenance: Private Nashville collection. an American flag. Both housed in mid-20th Condition: Scattered surface abrasions, minor century carved giltwood oval frames. Unsigned. wear and light scratching, overall good Sight - 16 3/8" H x 12 3/8" W. Framed - 20" H condition. 500.00 - 600.00 x 16" W. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Note: Namcheong, also spelled Nam Cheong, was a painter who likely had a studio in Whampoa. He was frequently 5 Chinese Jade Boulder Carving and Brush Pot commissioned to create ship and port scenes by Chinese Jade boulder carving and brush pot, 2 Western clients including Thomas Hunt of items total. 1st item: Large white jade boulder Salem, Mass. Many of his canvases share the depicting a landscape with figures on both sides same oval format and compositional interplay of beneath trees and a building above the tree light on water; the 9-tiered pagoda at Whampoa foliage. Some russet inclusions and shading Reach was frequently illustrated in his throughout. Base marked "H349", possibly for a paintings. (Ref. Carl L. Crossman, "The China museum inventory number. Includes a Trade," Princeton: The Pyne Press, 1972, p. hardwood stand with circular base. Boulder - 5 67-71). Provenance: Private Southeast 1/4" H. 2nd item: Spinach jade brush pot with Tennessee collection. Condition: Both canvases carved vine and foliage around the perimeter with overall craquelure, wear to canvas at Case Antiques, Inc. Page: 2 Important Two-Day Winter Auction 1/25/2020 LOT # LOT # including flowers, berry, and bird. 4 3/4" W. 8 Chinese Porcelain Pillows and Bowl Both 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Three (3) Chinese porcelain items, including Mary Ann Bresee, GA. Condition: 1st item: Republic period. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of Very good condition. 2nd item: Small break to Republic Chinese porcelain Famille Rose upper beak tip of bird, otherwise very good pillows with yellow grounds having condition. 400.00 - 450.00 monochrome black enameled bird in flowering 6 Pr. Chinese Export Porcelain Vases & Bowl, 3 pcs. branch and insect decoration and bands of Pair of Chinese Export porcelain vases and one polychrome decoration to tops and lower edges. (1) bowl, 3 items total. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of Fitted with carved hardwood stands. 6" H x 4 Chinese export Rose Medallion garniture vases, 3/4" W x 2 3/8" D. 3rd item: Chinese blue and polychrome enameled with reserves depicting white porcelain bowl decorated with a band of scenes of various Chinese figures surrounded by horses in various poses to the outer body and flowers, fruit, auspicious symbols, and the rim with applied metal band. Base with blue butterflies. Both with gilt highlights, gilt dragon four character mark to base. 1 1/2" H x 5" dia. form handles and scalloped rims. 9 3/4" H. Late 19th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. 19th century. 3rd item: Chinese export Rose William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. Medallion bowl with scalloped rim, polychrome Condition: 1st & 2nd items: Both overall very enameled with reserves depicting flowers, good conditions with light general wear. 3rd birds, and butterflies and scenes of various item: Light wear to base, otherwise overall very Chinese figures, surrounding a center with good condition. 500.00 - 700.00 Chinese character inscriptions, accented with gilt highlights. 2 3/4" H x 10 1/2" dia. Late 19th century. Provenance: the living estate of Annette Petri, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: 9 Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl, Scallop 1st & 2nd items: Overall very good condition Large Japanese Imari porcelain footed punch with one vase having small flake to rim edge, bowl with scalloped rim and gilt highlights, the otherwise overall general wear. 3rd item: center interior with flowering potted plant motif Overall very good condition with general wear and additional floral and tassel to the interior, and losses to decoration. 2 3/4" H x 10 1/2" dia. the exterior body with alternating bands of Felt protective pads added to bases of all pieces. floral decoration on various backgrounds. Fitted 500.00 - 700.00 with a carved footed hardwood stand. Bowl measures: 7 3/4" H x 13 3/4" dia. Stand measures: 4 3/4" H x 10 1/4" dia. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Living 7 Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Planter Estate of Joseph & Bette Bacon, Knoxville, TN. 18th century Chinese Export Famille Rose Condition: Overall very good condition with porcelain planter or jardiniere, square form light general wear. 500.00 - 550.00 raised conforming tray base with reservoir. Enameled vignette decoration to the sides depicting Western figures drinking tea and playing instruments, base with red and gilt 10 6 Japanese Porcelain Items, incl. Imari Charger honeycomb pattern decoration. 5 3/4" H x 10 Six (6) Japanese Porcelain Items. 1st item: 1/4" D x 10 1/4" W. Late 18th century. Large Japanese Imari porcelain charger with Condition: Corners of tray with old repairs central vignette decoration of dragon to center, indicating the loss of the original finials. precious object cartouche and phoenix Chipping to one top corner edge. Old firing decoration to rim. Underside of rim with red flaws and 3/4" firing crack in the making to and blue foliate decoration. Gilt highlights interior. Possibly missing a cover. 500.00 - throughout. 18 1/4" dia. 2nd & 3rd items: Pair 550.00 of Japanese Imari porcelain plates with warrior decoration to the centers, bat decoration to underside of rim and red six character marks to the undersides. 8 5/8" dia. 4th item: Japanese Imari porcelain bowl pentagonal shaped bowl Case Antiques, Inc. Page: 3 Important Two-Day Winter Auction 1/25/2020 LOT # LOT # with cut corners, foliate decoration and gilt 15 Chinese White Jade Ruyi Scepter highlights thoughout. Red artisanal leaf mark to Large Chinese carved white jade Ruyi scepter, the underside. 3" H x 7" dia. 4th item: Japanese the head with carved longevity symbol flanked porcelain rice bowl with blue character marks to by bats and lotus decoration and the handle with the base. 2 3/8" H x 4 1/2" dia. 6th item: Chinese character and peach decoration. 9 1/2" Japanese Nippon porcelain censer form low L. 20th century. Condition: Small fissure and bowl with foliate decoration and tripodal legs. 1 russet inclusions to tip of handle. 600.00 - 3/4" H x 6 1/8" dia. All items Late 19th/Early 800.00 20th century. Condition: All pieces overall good condition with general wear, no cracks or chips. 500.00 - 550.00 11 Carved Chinese Agate Censer w/ Foo Dog Finial 16 Canton Enamel Vase with Gilt Mounts Large carved Chinese purple agate lidded Good quality Chinese Canton Enamel Vase on censer in two parts, the cover with figural foo yellow ground with gilt bronze mounts. Flaring dog finial and the base with carved mask neck with ormolu fret mount over an enameled handles supporting movable rings and short landscape scene flanked by ormolu fret and curved feet with mask knees. 8 3/4" H x 9 1/4" scroll handles; the body with enameled scene of W. 20th century. Provenance: The collection of two young women sitting on a terrace and Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. playing musical instruments, the opposite with Condition: Overall very good condition with interior scene of mother/maiden and two natural inclusions to the stone.