Prices Realized May 19th 20th, 2012 Lot Description Price Pair of Chinese wooden figural supports, each carved as a guardian clad in military garb with uplifted arms to support a plinth (now lacking), the stern face heightened with gilt eyes, the lower section carved with small 4000 demons, 15''h. Provenance: Unaccessioned items from the Honolulu Museum of Art $ 150 Chinese light brown soapstone seal, sculpted as a dog seated on its haunches and accompanied by two puppies all supported on a plinth, the base with four seal script characters, 2''h; Provenance: Unaccessioned 4001 items from Honolulu Museum of Art $ 75 (Lot of 4) Chinese assortment of small stone carvings, the first a gray‐green jade carving of a goose; second, a recumbent green‐white horse; third, a turquoise group of a cat clutching sprigs of flowers and peppers; the 4002 last, a chalcedony snuff bottle of flattened form, snuff bottle: 2''h; together with three wood stands $ 125 Chinese jade carving of a dancing figure, with a round face surmounted by a pointed hat, his left arm tossed 4003 over its head while the right arm wraps to the front, accompanied by a small beast to the bottom, 3.75''h $ 50 Chinese patinated bronze seal, cast as a pair of fu‐lion cubs climbing onto an adult seated on its haunches and with its forepaw resting on a brocade ball, all set on a square plinth, seal script characters to the base, 4004 2.3''w $ 125 (Lot of 3) Chinese cloisonne enamel decorated figures of the Three Star Immortals, each depicted with a benevolent gilt face and long beard, Fu and Shou adorned in blue ground robes accented with floral sprigs of pink, yellow and green hue; Lu in a court attire featuring a meandering yellow dragon and clutching a ruyi 4005 scepter (Shou lacking hand), largest: 10.4''h; with wood stands $ 600 Chinese hinged jade bangle bracelet, the gray‐green matrix incised with a pair of stylized dragons, and 4007 mounted in fittings stamped '14K', 3''w $ 150 (Lot of 3) Chinese green hardstone covered urns, the first of flattened hu form featuring a taotie motif; second of fanghu form with dragons flanking the notched flanges, 7.25''h; the last carved with a stylized bat 4008 in low relief, 6.5''h; with wood stands $ 325 (Lot of 2) Chinese jade/jadeite figurines, the first a pale green jade carving of a standing maiden holding a large leafy lotus stalk splashed with apple green, 4.6''h, now attached to a wooden stand; the second a jadeite figure of a dancing child holding a string of cash and perched on a three‐leg toad, the mottled pale 4009 green matrix with patches of ochre and lavender, 4.25'', with a carved wood stand $ 700 Pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel decorated emperor and empress figures, each seated in ornate brocade‐ patterned robes defined in multicolored enamels and supported on a stained wood throne accented with gilt dragons or phoenix, the emperor with an imperial headdress and holding a gilt filigree vase containing auspicious items, the empress with an elaborate crown suspending jeweled strands and wearing a enamel‐ 4010 decorated necklace, her hands holding a vase with feathers and a filgree pocket, 15'' and 15.5''h $ 900 Two sets of Chinese stone seals and boxes, the first shaped with a coin and characters 'Qianlong tong bao' to the lid and with a rectangular yellow soapstone seal carved with a seal script legend; the second with a stylized shou character within key‐fret to the lid, together with two small soapstone seals with one incised 4012 with a lotus, box: 2.5''w $ 225 (lot of 2) Two Chinese miniature agate urns, each of flattened ovoid shape carved and pierced to the front with flowering branches extending up over the fitted lid, one with a pair of birds picked out from the russet inclusions of the honey‐colored ground, the other of grayish hue but also with russet accents, 4.5'' and 4014 3.75''h; with fitted stands $ 800 Page 1 of 97 Prices Realized May 19th 20th, 2012 (Lot of 3) Group of Chinese hardstone snuff bottles and a porcelain jarlet, the first a 'spinach jade' cong form snuff bottle; second, a chalcedony bottle carved with a pair of chilong and with a bird mounted on the lid; 4015 the last a blue‐and‐white covered porcelain jarlet decorated with the 'One Hundred Children' motif, 3.25''h $ 175 (Lot of 2) Chinese polychrome enameled porcelain footed dishes, each of lobed melon form decorated with legendary figures to the exterior alternating with textual cartouche, the splayed foot with cresting wave 4016 pattern, 8.3''w $ 225 Chinese porcelain stem cup, of inverted bell‐form and decorated on the exterior with three fish in copper red and covered overall with a very pale celadon green glaze, the interior well centered by an apocryphal 4017 underglaze blue Xuande mark in a double ring, 3.5''h $ 50 Pair of Chinese doucai porcelain cups, with coral and green blossoms accented with leafy sprigs on the inverted bell form and with underglaze blue lines accenting the rim and foot, an apocryphal Guangxu mark to 4018 base, 2''h $ 100 (Lot of 2) Chinese Fahua‐style porcelain bowls, the first featuring two rows of reserves each framing a stylize lingzhi sprig in hues of aubergine and turquoise on a yellow ground; the second with a pair of aubergine phoenix amid clouds and floral sprays, the recessed base impressed 'yunle', 7.3''w; Provenance: sold on 4019 behalf of the Okawachi Trust $ 75 Pair of Chinese famille rose decorated porcelain cups, each of inverted bell form and featuring two songbirds perched on flowering prunus branches extending over peonies and chrysanthemums of pink, blue, orange 4020 and purple color, the recessed base bearing an underglaze blue 'Jiangxi ciye gongsi' mark, 2.5''h $ 200 Chinese underglaze blue decorated porcelain jar with lid, Republic period, the tapering ovoid body and dome‐ shaped cover painted in shades of cobalt blue with bats amid fruiting gourd vines, portions with a mock heap‐ 4022 and‐pile appearance, the circular foot with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark, with copper‐alloy fittings, 9''h $ 225 Chinese crackle glazed porcelain vase, of hu‐form with a pair of fu‐lion form handles suspending mock loose ring handles bracketing the neck heightened with a raised brown band, the recessed base with an apocryphal 4023 underglaze blue Chenghua mark, 10''h $ 150 Chinese enameled porcelain bowl, Republic period, the tapering sides with various colored sprays silhouetted on the turquoise ground with a Western inspired pattern, the recessed base with an apocryphal Qianlong 4025 mark (chip to foot), 3.5''h $ 700 Pair of Japanese porcelain figures of spotted dogs, each seated on its haunches, the slightly tilted head with a gapping mouth and beady eyes (repair to one), 6.5''h; Provenance: Unaccessioned items from the Honolulu 4026 Museum of Art $ 125 (Lot of 2) Chinese apple green glazed ceramic vases, the first of stick neck form with a compressed ovoid body raised on a short foot, the second with an everted rim above a cylindrical neck and a vertically ribbed 4027 body coated with a green crackled glaze, 9''h $ 75 Chinese polychrome enameled porcelain covered tureen, the exterior and domical lid each decorated with a pair of writhing gilt and coral dragons amid colored cloud scrolls and flaming jewels, all within a key‐fret band, the recessed base of the vessel with an apocryphal Xuantong mark, together with a shallow bowl insert 4028 to the interior, 7.5''h $ 550 Chinese wooden brush pot in the form of a tree trunk, the gnarled segment with natural textured surface 4030 along with knots and voids, 5''h $ 225 Japapnese cloisonne enamel decorated ovoid vase, Meiji period, decorated in muted enamels with stylized leafy flowering sprays and butterflies on a translucent brown ground scattered with flecks of adventurine below a floral lappet band on the shoulder, the waisted neck and base with mottled green fish‐scale bands, 4032 8.5''h $ 125 Page 2 of 97 Prices Realized May 19th 20th, 2012 Chinese cloisonne enameled rectangular box, the hinged top and sides of the container featuring pairs of confronted yellow dragons contesting flaming jewels above rolling waves of a turquoise hue and a black sky 4033 with fine cloisonne clouds, raised on four ball feet, 6.3''w $ 125 Chinese cloisonne enameled flower bowl, with two pairs of confronted yellow dragons set on a black ground with cloud‐form coils, with a turquoise ruyi head below the gilt rim, the interior with a stylized front‐facing 4034 dragon looming over a flaming jewel, the recessed base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, 12''w $ 125 Chinese Canton enameled floriform bowl, painted with blossoming peonies opposed by a branch of Buddha hand citron on a light green ground, the interior of a light blue hue similarly decorated with flowers and 4035 butterflies, 5.5''w; Provenance: Unaccessioned items from Honolulu Museum of Art $ 100 (Lot of 2) Chinese Yixing zisha ceramic teapots, one shaped as a lobed compressed melon accented with flowering sprigs, the other formed as a lotus flower with a lid in the shape of a lotus leaf surmounted by a 4037 frog, each of the bases marked 'Chen Mingyuan', 7.5''w $ 200 (Lot of 2) Chinese ceramic teapots, the first of rectangular section pierced with the shuangxi (double happiness) emblem and with a short spout opposed by an angular handle; the second modeled as a rustic villa raised on slits and with a boatman outside of the gate, the lid with a bird final, both with an apocryphal 4038 Qianlong mark to base, 5.5''h; Provenance: sold on behalf of the Okawachi Trust $ 100 Japanese silver tobacco pipe (kiseru)
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