Lot Description Price 4000 Chinese Wood Carved Guanyin with Flaming
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Lot Description Price Chinese wood carved Guanyin with flaming mandorla, standing on a mythical beast with fu-dog face and 4000 fish body on waves, right hand holding an amphora and left hand in vitarka mudra, 21''h $ 275 (lot of 5) Indian dancing bangles, four brass and one beaded, together with an Indian oil lamp; bangle: 4002 5''dia; Provenance: The Hemphill Collection of San Francisco $ 20 Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figure, shaped as a bodhisattva seated above rolling waves with an amphora and prayer beads in her hands, the base impressed 'Zeng Yisheng zao', with wood stand, 4003 porcelain: 9.9''h $ 100 (lot of 3) Chinese carved jadeite toggles, each featuring Guanyin in relief standing on a pedestal; the largest: 4004 4.25''l $ 175 (Lot of 3) Chinese small jade carvings, consisting of a recumbent fu-lion with russet hues to the tail, a sea- 4007 green colored cicada, and a figure of Shoulao (god of longevity) clutching onto a staff, largest: 2.3''h $ 100 Strand of coral necklace, comprised of forty-four spherical coral beads of mottled white and coral hues, 4009 16.25''l $ 375 (lot of 3) Chinese jade bangles, two round in ash gray color, and one in emerald green of wide round form 4011 with concaved exterior and straight interior in emerald green, the widest: 2'' w $ 125 Chinese Cizhou-style ceramic pillow, formed as a recumbent cat heightened with brown spots, the back 4012 further decorated with blue flowers, 10''w $ 75 (Lot of 2) Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle and opal carving, consisting of a green overlay glass snuff bottle featuring a deer amid a translucent ground, together with a small opal carving of a fu-lion seated on a 4013 brocaded ball, 2.25''h $ 50 (lot of 3) Chinese snuff bottles, the first of flattened globular form, the smoky glass body overlaid with a blue stiff leaf band on the shoulder, inside painted with figures in landscape; the second of red glass overlay on white, of rectangular section with bamboo, chrysanthemum, plum blossom and orchid; the third of a 4014 lavender-gray agate, of gourd shape with a spider and worm; the tallest: 3.25''h $ 150 (lot of 4) Chinese children's silk zoomorphic hats, elaborately executed with appliques, satin stitches, 4017 couching, and ink, largest: 10''h $ 150 (lot of 8) Chinese polychrome enameled ceramic zoomorphs, featuring three turquoise fu-lions, an aubergine deer, a celadon goat, an elephant, a horse and a yellow single horned beast supported on an 4018 aubergine plinth, 3.3''h $ 275 (Lot of 2) Chinese puppets, each with a turquoise colored wooden head with rosy cheeks, one with black hair and wearing a yellow robe decorated with mirrors, sequins and fur, the other with pale green hair while adorned with a beige robe with couched flowers and applied with mirrors, largest: 19.25''h; 4019 Provenance: The Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ) deaccession $ 150 Chinese hardwood brush pot, the cylindrical body shaped with sides tapering toward the flat base with a 4021 central plug, the wide mouth with a slightly rounded rim (minor hairline cracks), 7.5''h $ 125 Chinese cylindrical bamboo brush pot, featuring a scene with three beauties accompanying three scholars 4022 playing weiqi under a gnarled pine, the opposing side decorated with two messengers on horse back, 6.3''h $ 200 4023 Chinese wooden incense burner stand, elaborately carved with sprigs of lotus leaves and blossoms, 9.5''l $ 175 Chinese small marbled ceramic bowl, with a short tapering neck above a compressed globular body above 4024 raised bands, and resting on a plain foot, 5''w $ 125 Page 1 of 84 Chinese wood and bamboo brush pot, of trefoil form carved and reticulated with scenes of figures gathered 4025 in front of a villa, set with a wooden rim and base which is incised with cyclical date 'dingmao', 7.75''h $ 200 (Lot of 6) Chinese celadon ceramic cups, dishes and jarlets, Ming dynasty, consisting of one cup molded with petal form sides with yellow craquelures set against the celadon ground; a small bowl of domical form resting on a short foot; one olive green dish with sloping sides and a recessed base revealing the unglazed buff colored body; a celadon dish with a rolled rim and slanting sides raised on a short tapering foot; celadon glazed ceramic jarlets, one with a pair of small lugs flanking the short neck and the compressed body molded with flowers and tendrils along with a band of petals encircling the foot which reveals the red clay; the other with similar handles bracketing the neck and with a compressed body tapering toward the 4027 flat base, 5''w $ 125 (lot of 3) Chinese celadon glazed ceramic dishes and bowl, Ming dynasty, consisting of a floral form dish molded with petals to the exterior; a celadon dish with a ring to the well and sloping sides splayed to an 4028 everted rim; together with a shallow bowl with an everted rim encircling the slanted sides, 8.75''w $ 75 (lot of 2) Chinese Jizhou-style ceramic 'leaf' bowls, each bowl of conical form, the interior with a brown leaf 4029 set against a dark glaze thinning brown at the rim, 6.25''w $ 75 Chinese underglaze blue porcelain garlic head vase, with small bulb encircled with tendrils above a splayed neck decorated with lappets and a pear shaped body with a pair of phoenixes, all raised on a a splayed foot, 4030 9''h $ 50 (lot of 2) Vietnamese underglaze blue decorated bowls from the Hoian Hoard, each of the deep bowls with 4031 a band of flowering tendrils above lotus lappets, the interior centered with a floral sprig, 5.9''h $ 75 Korean celadon glazed ceramic dish, the interior molded with floral motifs, the rim heightened with incised 4033 lines to the exterior, all raised on a tapering foot, 6''w $ 75 (Lot of 5) Group of Japanese ceramic studio ware, consisting of an Oribe-style bottle vase with lug handles; a tea bowl molded with short notches to the exterior; one bowl with tapering sides with green splashes; one bowl with brown floral pattern accenting the green glaze; together with a celadon glazed vessel with a 4035 short spout heightened with a brown scroll pattern, 7.75''w $ 125 Japanese stoneware 'kogo' (incense box), attributed to Funaki Kenji (b. 1927), with a trapezoidal lid and a square section body with a similar tapering base, the dark brown ground decorated with a yellow rhombus 4036 form pattern, the recessed base marked 'Funaki Kenji', 2.5''h $ 150 (Lot of 3) Group of Asian ceramic vessels, consisting of a shallow bowl painted with peonies to the interior and exterior; a dark brown glaze teabowl with tapering sides raised on an unglazed foot, the well with an unglazed ring; together with a dark brown glazed domical vessel with a short bottle neck featuring a wide 4037 everted rim, the sides accented with a raised floral pattern, 9.5''w $ 75 Japanese small wood chest of four drawers, overlayed with silvered metal repousse of chrysanthemum 4039 design, 9.25''h x 8.25w x 7''d $ 200 (lot of 15+) Chinese miscellaneous wooden stands, including one red lacquer and gilt Japanese stand, the 4041 largest: 8''l $ 275 Page 2 of 84 (lot of 5) Selection of Asian metal work, consisting of a tripod bronze censer cast with stylized roundels; pair of deep censers accented with a leafy pattern to the rim; a figure of a recumbent horse; one shallow censer 4044 with raised horizontal bands and raised on four short supports, largest: 5.5''w $ 100 Chinese blue monochrome decorated porcelain vase, of hu-form flanked by a pair of elephant formed 4046 handles, all raised on a short splayed foot with a small recessed base (hairline crack), 12''h $ 125 Chinese yellow glazed ceramic meiping vase, the shoulder featuring a stylized phoenix soaring above a writhing dragon, while rolling waves decorated the splayed base, the recessed base with apocryphal 4047 Tongzhi mark, 13.25''h $ 350 (Lot of 2) Chinese enamel decorated crackle glazed bowl and jar, the first of inverted bell form with a scene of a court official and beauty enjoying a performance, the well centered with an inebriated immortal; together with a globular jar with maidens and children at play in a garden, with domical lid (lid repaired), 4048 9.75''h; with wood stand $ 75 (Lot of 4) Group of Korean stoneware jars, dish and a bowl, one celadon glazed small dish incised with a fine sawtooth pattern to the interior; a celadon jar with a low slung body raised on a tall foot (chips to the rim); celadon glazed large stoneware bowl, with a wide rolled rim and rounded shoulders heightened with raised bands, while the body tapers sharply toward the foot (hairline crack) ; together with a compressed 4049 globular jar of russet and pale blue hues; largest 10.25''w $ 125 (lot of 4) Group of pottery vessels, including one pouring vessel, one hanging vessel with small L shaped 4050 handles, largest: 8'' $ 75 (lot of 68) Chinese miscellaneous wooden stands, mostly of circular bases of various sizes and patterns, 4051 largest: 9.5''dia $ 1,500 (Lot of 2) Tibetan large prayer wheels, repousse with reserves of the Eight Auspicious Symbols below 4051A Tibetan text, and surmounted with a lotus bud finial; Provenance: The Hemphill Collection of San Francisco $ 125 (Lot of 14) Group of Tibetan prayer wheels, 20th century, including nine silvered wheels, some with gilt text and stone overlays; together with two decorated with the Eight Auspicious Symbols, Provenance: The 4051B Hemphill Collection of San Francisco $ 150 (Lot of 9) Assortment of Tibetan prayer wheels, 20th century, including five repousse with the Eight Auspcious Symbols, and four with rows of text, largest: 20''l; Provenance: The Hemphill Collection of San 4051C Francisco $ 100 Unframed Japanese woodblock print, 'Spring Rain at Sakuradamon' by Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883- 4052 1957), print: 15.75''h x 10.38''w $ 175 Unframed Japanese color woodblock print, 'Warrior' by Mori Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1898-1992), lower right 4054 artist signature and seal; print: 17.5''h x 12''w $ 50 Unframed Japanese woodblock print, one of the triptych 'Beauties of the Three Capitals' by Torii Kiyomasu 4055 (Japanese, 1690s-1720s), print: 13.25''h x 6.25''w.