Asian Art— Marlborough & Asian Art—Online Sale 2780M
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American & European Works of Art Auction 2704B 02/07/2014 4:00 PM EST Lot 632 Of 689 - Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Red Circus Horse
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Sale 2780M: Lots 1–422
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Online Sale 2783T: Lots 1001–1516
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Provenance Items sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Formerly in the collection of Robert L. Sandblom, Paradise Valley, Arizona
A large private Japanese anime collection
The library of Anne DeCoursey Clapp, Professor of Chinese Art, Wellesley College
The Charlotte Horstmann collection, Hong Kong
The collection of John Herman Groesbeck Pierson, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu, Hawaii; gift to Laetitia Verdery Pierson, wife of George Wilson Pierson (1904-1993), Professor and Chair of History at Yale University
A private Massachusetts collection
Asian Art – Marlborough Lots 1–422 1 Hardstone Vase, China, 20th century, of archaic shape with banana leaf and taotie masks carved in low relief and flanges carved in high relief, ht. 6 7/8 in. $400-500 2 Agate Fishbowl with Wood Stand, China, decorated with bats and clouds, leaf-shape stand, ht. 5 in. $400-600 3 Two Small Celadon Hardstone Figures, China, each depicted holding a lotus root across on their back, the stone ranging in color from pale celadon to russet, lg. to 2 5/8 in. $400-600 4 Hardstone Carving of Buddha’s Hand, China, 20th century, with openwork pomegranates, stone of brown/gray to dark brown, ht. 7 1/4 in. $500-1,000 5 Jade Vase with Cover, China, 20th century, depicting a scene carved in relief with pine trees, rocks, a boat, and figures, with fourcharacter mark at the neck, with a pair of floriform loose ring handles, domed cover with a lotus bud finial, stone of celadon/white/gray color with black and brown markings, with cover ht. 12 in. $500-1,000 6 Purple Glass Pendant, China, carved in a bell shape, attached to a necklace, lg. 1 in. $100-150 7 Jadeite Plaque, China, 20th century, oval, decorated in high relief with birds and branching kumquats, stone of white and apple green color (not tested), ht. 8 in. $500-700
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8 Jadeite Carving, China, 20th century, depicting a large seashell with high relief crabs, sea berries, and seaweed, white stone with apple green and russet markings (not tested), ht. 9 in. $500-700 9 Jadeite Fan and Jadeite Carving, China, 20th century, the first fan-shape, depicting in low relief an immortal drinking from a libation cup, a bird overhead with prayer beads in his beak, stone of pale lavender and pale apple green, lg. 11 3/4; the other carving depicting a boy holding a banner standing in front of a fan rising from ruyi clouds, the stone of celadon color with dark green markings, ht. 6 in. $300-500 10 Two Hardstone Items, China, 20th century, a rectangular calcite plaque, pierced with a ruyi design, white stone, ht. 2 1/4; and a bracelet comprised of eight beads of pale celadon color, each carved as a luohan, alternating with eight small glass beads of semi-translucent white, dia. 3 1/4 in. $200-300 11 Group of Small Carvings, China, 20th century, seven hardstone and three motherof-pearl plaques, glass snuff bottle, hardstone seated Putai, lg. to 2 5/8 in. $200-300 12 Jade Pendant, China, cylindrical, carved in relief with dragon decoration, stone of pale lavender and green colors, lg. 3 1/8 in. $300-500 13 Jade Carving, China, depicting a cluster of auspicious emblems: dragon, peaches, bats, lingzhi mushrooms, and coins, pale gray stone with bright green inclusions (not tested), lg. 2 1/8 in. $300-500
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14 Six Stone Items, China, a water coupe and two measuring rings, stones of celadon color with russet inclusions, dia. to 2 1/8; a pendant depicting Shoulao, the god of longevity, holding a staff, reverse with a lingzhi sprig flanked by two bats, stone of pale celadon color with mottled gray inclusions, lg. 2 5/8; a standing official, the stone of pale yellow with inclusions, ht. 6; and a kneeling woman, the stone of dark brown color, ht. 4 7/8 in. $400-600 15 Woven Necklace with Jade Pendant and Bone Beads, China, the ovoid, quatrefoil pendant incised with ruyi-heads, pale celadon stone (not tested), lg. 1 1/2 in. $300-500 16 Box of Hardstone Disks, China, 20th century, the red silk box with ninety round hardstone disks of celadon color attached to an embroidered felt cloth, each disk dia. 1 1/8 in. $100-200 17 Jade Carving of Shoulao, China, 20th century, depicted in an oval stone, with stylized lingzhi mushrooms, stone of gray with mottled green and russet markings, ht. 3 1/2 in. $300-500 18 Two Interlocking Hardstone Items, China, 19th century, pale celadon color, surface carved with a parrot and a tiger, the reverse carved with a pattern of seal characters, dia. 2 1/2 in. $150-200 19 Amber Pendant, China, 20th century, depicting a dragon, lg. 2 in. $100-200
20 Scholar’s Rock on Wood Stand, China, of tapering form, with a spiraling, perforated structure with numerous openings of varying sizes, gray stone with white veining, ht. 12 3/4 in. $400-500
26 Pale Celadon Jade Wine Cup, China, 19th century, carved in the form of a peach with a branch as a handle, resting on a carved blossom, on a carved wood stand, wd. 3 1/4 in. $800-1,000
34 Hardstone Covered Box, China, decorated with bird and flower designs, the metal hinge with inscription reading “Yamanaka sterling 04641/52,” spinach green stone, 2 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. $700-900
21 Two Hardstone Scholar’s Rocks, China, 20th century, one of vertical form with overall openwork naturalistic forms in high relief, several bats carved in low relief, the stone of pale celadon and yellowish color with white inclusions, with stand; and one of vertical form with overall openwork, translucent celadon stone with russet markings, with stand, ht. 12 5/8 in. $2,000-3,000
27 Two Hardstone Items, China, 20th century, an archer’s ring, decorated with bead pattern to the exterior, dia. 1 3/8, ht. 1 1/8; and a mandarin duck with incised details, wd. 1 5/8 in. $600-800
35 Hardstone Covered Box, China, decorated with bird and flower designs, spinach green stone with russet and white markings, 2 x 5 x 3 3/4 in. $300-500
22 Hardstone Bowl, China, upturned bell-shape, olive green stone of various tones with russet inclusions, with wood stand, dia. 6 7/8, ht. 2 3/8 in. Provenance: From the Charlotte Horstmann collection. $500-700 23 Quartz Carving on Wood Stand, China, depicting a rooster, a hen, and chicks perched on an openwork basket, stone of semi-translucent gray with golden needleform inclusions, wood stand carved with grapevines, stone ht. 6 1/4 in. $300-500 24 Glass Covered Vase and Rock Crystal Cup, China, 19th/20th century, a baluster-form vase, carved with bamboo pattern, the neck flanked by ram-shape handles, four-character Qianlong mark on base, the cover with a knob finial, ht. 5 1/4; and a yi-shape cup, with a phoenix-form loop handle and a flared spout, the body incised with a leiwen-patterned ground, raised on a short oval footring, ht. 2 1/2, wd. 4 in. $150-200 25 Three Hardstone Items, China, a carving of a boy standing on his left foot, a monkey climbing on his arm, pale celadon stone; a circular plaque, pierced and carved with a phoenix on either side, celadon stone with dark inclusions; and an ovoid white stone plaque, one side bearing an inscription, the other incised with figures in a landscape, lg. to 2 1/8 in. $300-400
28 Hardstone Tung, China, 20th century, cylindrical, with vertical grooves at right angles to each of the four corners, stone of dark green color with pale green inclusions, ht. 7 1/2 in. $400-600 29 Archaic-style Jade Pig, China, drilled through and strung with two bead stoppers above and below, stone ranging in color from celadon to russet brown, ht. 1 1/8, wd. 1 5/8 in. $1,000-1,500 30 Archaic-style Jade Bead, China, tubular with incised ring to both ends, drilled for a string, brown to black stone with greenish markings, lg. 1 1/2 in. $300-500 31 Two Hardstone Pendants and Bangle, China, 20th century, the stone of all three of russet and white color, dia. to 2 1/2 in. $500-700 32 Jadeite Bangle, China, 3/8-in. thick tubular bracelet, without decoration, gray stone with purple tint and apple green inclusions, inner dia. 2 in. $500-700 33 Jade Carving of a Foo Lion with Cub, China, the recumbent beast depicted grasping a ball in its front paws and with its head turned back towards the cub climbing onto its back, yellowish green stone with russet inclusions (not tested), ht. 3 1/2, lg. 6 1/2 in. $1,000-2,000
36 Pair of Hardstone Carvings of Ribbontailed Birds, China, 19th/20th century, each standing with its tail up, on a stand, spinach green stone with mottled inclusions, with a carved wood stand, carving ht. 6 1/4 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $500-700 37 Hardstone Carving of Hotei, China, 19th/20th century, seated with his left leg raised, holding a cloth bag with his right hand, pale jade green with yellow tint, with a lacquered wood stand, ht. 3 1/4, wd. 4 1/4 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $500-700 38 Stone Carving of a Reclined Ox, China, 20th century, with a boy on hands and knees on its back, dark green stone, with openwork wood stand, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 10 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $200-300 39 Pair of Hardstone Phoenixes, China, each perched on a pine with two pairs of birds including one perched on a branch and the other on the ground, celadon stone with white inclusions, with a carved openwork wood stand, carving ht. 14 1/4 in. $2,000-3,000
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40 Violet Blue Lapis Lazuli Covered Censer, China, on four bracket feet, the censer with two lion-head handles, the cover with a cupshape knob with four openwork chilongs, wd. 6 3/8, ht. 4 7/8 in. $200-300
47 Four Hardstone Carvings, China, 20th century, a standing horse and three pendants: a lily, a shou character with peaches, and a house with a boy and a phoenix at the entrance, lg. to 4, dia. to 2 1/8 in. $700-900
41 Jadeite Plaque with Dragon, China, 20th century, rectangular, decorated in bas-relief with a dragon rising up through clouds, ht. 8, wd. 3 1/8 in. $300-400
48 Two Stone Bi Discs, China, one with openwork tianma and incised calligraphy in oracle script, yellow stone with russet markings; the other with a loose openwork inner ring secured to the outer ring with three carved chilongs, celadon stone with white inclusions, dia. to 8 1/4 in. $100-200
42 Jade Mountain, China, 19th/20th century, depicting in relief a rocky mountainside with pines, water, temples, pavilions, and figures, spinach green stone with russet markings, ht. 4 in. $300-400 43 Hardstone Shishi, China, 20th century, seated with a lingzhi mushroom in its mouth, gray stone with russet markings and white inclusions, ht. 2 3/8, lg. 4 1/8 in. $300-400 44 Soapstone Carving, China, 20th century, depicting bamboo and gnarled plum trees growing from rocks in low relief on a mountain-shaped stone with a flat bottom, the stone stained to some areas in russet tones from chestnut to umber, with scrolled wood stand, ht. 3 5/8, wd. 2 1/2 in. $400-600 45 Group of Carved Stone Items, China, pair of dark jade green cups, dia. 2 3/8; a translucent cup mottled with white to dark jade green, with wood stand, dia. 4; a pair of chopsticks, mottled olive green stone, lg. 8 5/8; three reclined animals; and a bat, lg. to 2 in. $200-250 46 Stone Carving of the Eight Immortals, China, 20th century, resting on an old trunk of a pine, on support decorated with a carved dragon with flame and lotus design, undecorated back, yellow Shoushan-style with red to russet inclusions, coated with wax, with lacquered stand, ht. 6 5/8, wd. 9 5/8 in. $500-700
49 Eleven Bi Discs, China, of various stones, colors from white to celadon and dark brown, all decorated with archaic motifs except one with bats and shou characters, lg. 1 1/2 to 3 5/8 in. $100-200 50 Ten Carvings of Mythical Animals and Figures, Asia, including rams, birds, a rhinoceros, sphinx, and a seated man, of various stones, colors from white to celadon, russet, and black, ht. to 3 3/8 in. $100-200 51 Ten Stone Carvings of Animals, Asia, of various stones, colors from white to vermilion, red, celadon, and dark green, including four mythical beasts of dyed stone, wd. to 3 1/4 in. $100-200 52 Ten Stone Humanoid Figurines, Asia, including a woman in an acrobatic pose, of various stones, colors from white to celadon, russet, brown, and black, wd. to 3 1/2, ht. to 5 5/8 in. $100-200 53 Three Stone Ornaments, China, an openwork roundel with dragon and chilong design; a halo-shape plaque with a central hole and openwork chilong and bat design; and an oval buckle with two chilongs, wd. to 5 1/2 in. $100-200 54 Three Archaic-style Stone Ornaments, China, all decorated with openwork chilongs, of various stone, colors including white, celadon, and brown, wd. to 5 1/8 in. $100-200
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55 Three Archaic-style Stone Items, China, two bi discs with openwork plaques decorated with taotie-style masks, ht. to 6 7/8; and a belt buckle with a dragon-head hook, decorated with chilongs and taotie-style faces, celadon with russet and white markings, ht. 4 3/8 in. $100-200 56 Five Stone Ornaments, Asia, all with mythical animal-inspired openwork designs, of various stones, colors from white to yellow, celadon, and dark brown, wd. to 3 5/8 in. $100-200 57 Four Stone Carvings of Mythical Animals and an Ornament, Asia, of various multi-tone stones, ht. 1 3/4 to 3 1/4 in. $100-200 58 Ten Stone Miniature Figurines, Animals, and Ornaments, Asia, of various stones, colors from celadon to russet and brown, ht. to 2 5/8 in. $100-200 59 Eight Stone Carvings and Ornaments, Asia, including one in the shape of cicada and a toggle with taotie masks, stone color varies from celadon to pink, olive green, and brown, ht. to 3 in. $100-200 60 Archaic-style Carved Stone Toggles, Asia, in various stones and shapes including a human mask, a standing figure, a seated figure in ebony stone, a square with a central square hole, a reclining animal, a red stone double gourd with openwork chilongs, an animal head with two holes, and a reclining beast, ht. to 2 1/2 in. $100-200 61 Four Stone Carvings, including a nude male standing with his knees and back bent, dark brown stone; a kneeling man, mottled brown stone; a humanoid chilong-shape belt hook, dark gray stone with russet markings; and a holder with three openwork circles, decorated with human heads to both ends, black stone, lg. to 7 3/8, ht. 7 1/8 in. $100-200
62 Six Stone Carvings, including a seated bird with lamb’s horns; a reclined dog-shape container; a mythical bird with human head and dog-headed tail; a mythical animal standing on its hind legs, holding its tail in its mouth; a mythical four-legged animal with gilt back and belly; and a bird standing on a rock, of various jade stones, wd. to 6, ht. to 6 1/2 in. $100-200 63 Three Carved Stone Items, China, a chicken-shape vase, white stone with russet to dark brown markings; a seated mythical beast, mottled stone with olive green and brown; and a cong-shape tube decorated with an openwork chilong, wd. to 6 5/8, ht. to 4 in. $100-200 64 Five Stone Carvings, China, a mythical bird with a double gourd bottle on its back, green stone; a brush holder in the shape of a reclined two-headed dragon with two boys on its back, yellow/green stone with white mottling; a kneeling beast, gray/green stone stained in brown; a plaque in the shape of a beast with dog-head hand, gray/green stone stained in brown; and an architectural element with a skull, slate stone, lg. to 5 1/2, ht. to 7 1/4 in. $100-200 65 Six Stone Figurines, Asia, including a seal chop with a seated skeleton and two couples in acrobatic poses, of various dyed stone from white to green, ht. to 5 in. $100-200 66 Ten Small Carved Stone Items, including a triangular jade stone bead decorated with incised cicadas; a jade stone pendant with two apple green toggles; two animal-shaped charms; a gray reclined animal with crocodile head; a jade stone pendant with a bearded male mask; a mottled russet brown stone Guanyin figure; a pair of agate skulls; and a mottled stone cane handle in the shape of a skull, lg. to 3 3/8, ht. to 1 3/4 in. $100-200 67 Two Stone Carvings, China, a mythical creature with the head of a monkey flying above a pedestal decorated with stylized waves and openwork chilong scroll background, ht. 7 5/8; and a plaque with a flying deva above clouds, wd. 3 in. $100-200
68 Six Carved Stone Items, China, four seals including a square black stone one with four female heads, a square white stone seal with shishi and chilongs, a rectangular brown stone seal with a sphinx, and a rectangular mottled brown stone with a standing male creature; a square container with sides that widen towards the top; and an oval dish with two mythic creatures and ruyi mushrooms below a meander patterned band, wd. to 6 3/4, ht. to 3 7/8 in. $100-200 69 Six Stone Seals, China, a square brown stone seal with a dragon turtle and chilongs; a square brown stone seal with two chilongs on top; a column-shape with a chilong inspired animal on top and archaic motifs around the sides; a square green stone seal with a reclined animal on top, the stone with green, white, and black inclusions; a two-sectioned square seal with a qilin inspired beast on top; and a two-sectioned square seal with a reclined chilong on top, wd. to 4, ht. to 4 3/8 in. $600-900 70 Eight Small Seals, China, a rectangular white stone seal with an openwork mythical bird; a celadon stone column seal with seated shishi; a mottled brown stone with seated mythical animal; a coral stone with standing turtle; a rectangular ivory seal with a humanoid dragon; a column-shape bone seal with a monkey; a round brown stone seal with two chilongs; and a pendant brown stone seal, lg. to 3, wd. to 2 3/4 in. $200-300 71 Five Resin Carvings, China, two brush washers: one with four boys and one in the shape of a reclining animal; two cups decorated with two openwork chilongs, one mounted on a wood stand; and a boy riding on a qilin holding ruyi mushrooms, dia. to 4 5/8, ht. to 5 1/4 in. $100-200 72 Two Stone Covered Vases, China, a column epitaph-shape vase placed on a shishi, decorated with openwork chilong handles to sides, white stone; and a flattened balustershape vase decorated with openwork shishi design and taotie masks in relief, russet stone, ht. to 9 in. $100-200
73 Five Hardstone Carvings, China, a seated horse with a monkey on its back; a shishi nibbling on lingzhi; one of peaches with a monkey; one with seated figures with a dog and bird; and one with two shishis, ht. to 2, wd. to 1 7/8 in. $100-200 74 Ice Agate Pendant, China, decorated with carved bat on one side and lingzhi on the other, translucent stone with milky white inclusions, dia. to 1 3/4 in. $300-400 75 Tourmaline Pendant, China, decorated with peaches and a bat, transparent stone striated with purple to gray inclusions, lg. 2 in. $400-600 76 Four Stone Mythical Creatures, China, a Buddhist lion playing with a ribbon and a ball carved from pale beige stone with darker brown inclusions; a Buddhist lion standing on a drum carved from pale gray hardstone; a crouching winged Pixiu carved from pale beige stone with darker brown inclusions; and a Pixiu with the body of a duck carved from pale celadon hardstone with a russet brown skin, ht. to 2 1/4 in. $200-400 77 Carved Coral Prayer Beads, China, ranging in color from orange to red, with natural inclusions, thirty-three beads total, bead dia. to 1 in. $200-400 78 Carved Hardstone Prayer Beads, China, carved with the faces of the eighteen luohans, with a double-gourd-shaped anchor bead, nineteen beads total, bead wd. 7/8 in. $200-300 79 Lapis Lazuli Carving, China, in the form of a lotus leaf with open lotus flowers and three frogs, lg. 6 1/4 in. $400-600 80 Hardstone Belt Hook, China, 20th century, incised with a dragon, the stone of dark green color, lg. 4 in. $100-200
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81 Marble Column Capital, carved in the Corinthian order, with three tiers of acanthus leaf decoration rising to four curled acanthus leaves at the four corners, four smaller leaf decorations on the sides of the abacuses, ht. 17 1/2, wd. to 25 in. $3,000-5,000 82 Gandharan-style Gray Schist Head of Buddha, the serene face carved with a soft, bow-shaped mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, with an incised urna, the hair in wavy locks over the ushnisha, mounted on a wood base, ht. 10 in. $800-1,000 83 Stone Carving, China, Parvanirvana Buddha, dark brown stone, lg. 15 in. $500-700 84 Granite Carving of a Man, China, dressed in an official robe, standing on an oval podium, holding an offering with both hands, ht. 11 1/4 in. $100-200 85 Two Song-style Celadon Items, China, a shallow dish with gently lobed sides and everted rim, dia. 4 3/8; and a miniature bowl decorated with crackled glaze, recessed base unglazed, dia. 2 5/8 in. $150-250 86 Famille Rose Plate, China, early 20th century, depicting figures partaking in a ceremony within a garden setting, six-character Qianlong mark in iron red on base, dia. 8 1/2 in. $200-300 87 Ming-style Wucai Covered Box, China, square form with cut corners, decorated with a front-facing dragon amidst ruyi-shaped clouds and peony flowers, six-character Jiaqing mark on base, 4 1/4 x 6 x 6 in. $800-1,000 88 Blue-ground Brush Pot, China, 20th century, decorated in gilt with roundels of stylized auspicious flowers, including lotus, peony, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms, gilt rim, six-character Qianlong mark on recessed base, ht. 6 in. $2,000-3,000
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89 Two Vases and a Lamp, Asia, 20th century, a black-glazed bottle vase decorated with a group of immortals and children in pastel pink, yellow, and blue glazes; a mixed-media ceramic vase incorporating a metalwork dragon band at the shoulders, celadon and blue crackle glazes; and a mixed media ceramic vase fitted as a lamp, also incorporating metalwork and green, brown, and beige crackle glazes, vase ht. to 16 1/2 in. $300-500 90 Pair of Famille Rose Vases, China, baluster form, depicting two of the eight Daoist immortals, Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu, ht. 10 in. $300-400 91 Blanc-de-chine Figure of Guanyin, China, 20th century, with a lotus in her right hand, standing on an embellished pedestal with lotus stalks and flowers, ht. 20 1/8 in. $200-300 92 Blue and White Teacup and Saucer, China, 19th century, the gently lobed saucer with barbed rim, the interior central reserve depicting butterflies amidst flowers and plants growing from rocks, surrounded by six panels of dense foliage, birds, and blossoms, the exterior with leafy, floral sprigs, base with fourcharacter Kangxi mark in a double ring, dia. 4 7/8, the teacup with similar decoration, the smooth walls rising to a slightly paneled body and scalloped rim, with a wave-pattern border along the mouth, base with four-character Kangxi mark in a double ring, dia. 3 in. $200-300 93 Group of Porcelain Items, Asia, a sancaiglazed figure of a woman in traditional Hanstyle robes; a pair of famille noir candlesticks decorated with birds and flowers; and a double gourd vase with bright yellow glaze, ht. to 10 in. $200-300 94 Blue and White Plate, China, possibly 18th century, possibly a charger plate made for export, the center decorated with a basket of flowers, surrounded by rocks with blooming peonies and chrysanthemums, the underside painted with floral sprigs, base with Kangxi pictorial ding mark in a double ring, dia. 11 3/8 in. $600-800
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95 Blue and White Plate, China, possibly 18th century, decorated with leafy stalks bearing flowers and fruit, with a trellis border along the rim, the underside painted with floral sprigs, base unmarked, dia. 12 3/8 in. $600-800 96 Large Famille Rose Yellow-ground Vase, China, bottle shape, with lotus flowers with dense, scrolling foliage against a yellow ground between lotus panels and a ruyi border, the neck with similar decoration above lotus lappets, gilt rim with ruyi motif, turquoiseglazed base and interior, six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 21 in. $300-500 97 Sancai-style Ceramic Foo Lion, China, seated on a rectangular platform with its puppy under its right foot, painted in polychrome enamels, unglazed base, ht. to 6 1/4 in. $300-500 98 Blue and White Porcelain Bowl with Stand, China, Qing dynasty, the exterior decorated with rockwork and a peony branch, with traces of further floral decoration, a leaf motif on the interior, on a carved wood stand, bowl ht. 2 3/4, dia. 6 in. Note: Christie’s Nanking Cargo Lot 3156 sticker on base. $300-500 99 Two Blue and White Bowls, Southeast Asia, one decorated with grapes and lotus leaves, the other with a double dorje at the interior well, the cavetto painted with ruyi and foliate designs, the exterior featuring phoenixes and lotuses, dia. to 5 3/4 in. $200-300 100 Pair of Famille Rose Tea Bowls, China, decorated with the eight Buddhist emblems grouped in pairs, between a key fret border and a band of ruyi-heads, six-character Tongzhi mark on base, dia. 4 1/8 in. $150-250 101 Pottery Figure of a Man, China, modeled standing and dressed in an informal robe beneath a long vest, wearing a hat with upturned brim, removable head, ht. 31 in. $800-1,000
102 Blue and White Vase, China, tubular, decorated with stylized cranes and ruyi cloud motifs, dia. 4 3/4, ht. 11 3/8 in. $200-300 103 Burial Figure, China, standing female figure, with some original pigment, ht. 10 in. $200-300 104 Two Ceramic Vessels, China, 20th century, a blue and white covered jar, eared with two animal-head loops to each side, decorated allover with floral scrolls, with a seated lion on the domed cover as its knob; and an enameled covered bowl with a shallow inner dish inside, decorated with patterned bands and stylized leaf motifs, eared with two animalhead loops and a twisted metal string handle to each side, six-character Tongzhi mark and Jianding export approval seal to base, dia. to 8, ht. to 8 3/8 in. $300-500 105 Famille Verte Vase, China, globular, with waisted neck and dish-shape mouth, resting on a short raised foot, decorated with a legendary scene with horse riding warriors with spears between two decorative bands around the shoulder and bottom, a garden scene with figures to the neck, six-character mark to base, ht. 11 3/8 in. $400-600 106 Three Ceramic Items, a celadon-glazed baluster-shape vase decorated with dragon and phoenix design in underglaze blue to one side, two chilong inspired ears to neck; a baluster-shape vase with two ears to neck, decorated with scholarly items and calligraphy in enamels; and a blue and white jar with four loops, decorated with a landscape, ht. to 17 1/8 in. $300-500 107 Lead Green-glazed Earthenware Vase, China, Han dynasty style, compressed baluster-shape with waisted neck and dishshaped mouth, resting on a high foot with three brackets on base, ht. 13 1/4 in. $900-1,000 108 Doucai Enameled Jar, China, bulbous shape with waisted neck, decorated with four boys alternating with four knotted lantern motifs, a band of meander motif around the neck, sixcharacter Jiajing mark on base, ht. 6 1/2 in. $400-600
109 Blanc-de-chine Figure of Guanyin, China, 19th/20th century, the goddess seated upon a lotus pedestal, holding a child in her lap, ht. 9 1/4 in. $300-500 110 Three Famille Rose Export Ware Items, China, a teapot with gilt knob and C-shaped handle, decorated with butterflies and floral designs, ht. 6 7/8; a rectangular plate decorated with an indoor scene with figures in the well, gilt rim, wd. 9 1/8; and an oval plate with millefleur design, dia. to 12 in. $300-500 111 Two Enameled Covered Jars, China, both oval, with slightly domed cover with a lotus knob, decorated with two planted flowers and calligraphy works between two patterned bands, ht. to 12 in. $300-500 112 Pair of Large Famille Rose Vases, China, for export, rouleau form, both decorated with figures in continuous battle scenes, with applied dragons and lions at the neck, all on a crackle-glazed ground, four-character mark on base, ht. 24 1/4 in. $500-700 113 Two Famille Verte White Porcelain Items, China, a ginger jar, bulbous shape decorated with a garden scene with women and a boy on one side and calligraphy on the other; a bottle vase, decorated with figures and calligraphic works in panels, polychrome decoration and gilt, ht. 14 1/2 in. $400-600 114 Blanc-de-chine Figure of Guanyin, China, seated on a rock with her feet placed on a lotus leaf, her right hand posed as if holding a flywhisk, ht. 9 5/8 in. $200-250 115 Large Satsuma Vase, Japan, early 20th century, decorated with a coiled gilt dragon amidst clouds within a pointed cartouche, two roses on the reverse, surrounded by an allover pattern of leaves and florals in blue, green, and orange glazes, two stylized molded dragon handles at the shoulders, ht. 17 1/2 in. $200-250
116 Small Blue and White Covered Jar, China, decorated with four auspicious flowers between two rings around the neck and bottom, the cover with a pair of books above a double ring around rim, four-character Kangxi mark on base, ht. 4 3/8 in. $200-300 117 Ono Shouji (b. 1927) Octagonal Plate, Japan, contemporary, decorated with a pair of birds surrounded by flowers and fruit in cobalt blue, dia. 11 1/2 in. $300-500 118 Pair of FlambÊ-glazed Vases, China, each baluster-shape, with flared mouth on unglazed footring, the glaze mottled, striated, and splashed in oxblood, gray, brown, and black, ht. 9 7/8 in. $600-800 119 Export Blue and White Bowl, China, low bowl-shape, decorated with a stylized landscape with pavilions and rocks to the exterior, two bands around the interior rim, a plant motif in the well, dia. 10, ht. 4 in. $500-700 120 Small Wucai Jar, China, possibly Transitional period, bulbous-shape resting on a short foot, enameled with stylized lions and Buddhist wheels between rings in underglaze blue, ht. 4 1/8 in. $500-700 121 Yellow Crackle Vase, China, 20th century, bulbous shape with allover fine, yellow crackle, the interior and foot with beige crackle, ht. 5 7/8 in. $400-600 122 Pair of Enameled Jardinières, China, 19th/20th century, each hexagonal, resting on five short bracket feet, decorated with lotus scrolls between two bands of ruyi and lappets, the rim with a meander pattern in iron red overglaze, with conforming wood stands, dia. to 10 1/4, ht. 6 1/8 in. $100-150
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123 Carved Tablet of a Horse, China, Han dynasty style, in a flying position with yinyang circle on its back, wd. 3 1/2 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $500-700 124 Purple-glazed Bottle Vase, pear-shape with two handles to neck, on a short raised foot, ht. 7 1/8 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $100-200
128 Storage Jar, China, 20th century, bulbous shape with dark brown glaze, a fan-shaped cartouche on the shoulder with three characters, ht. 15 1/2 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $100-200 129 Seventeen Famille Rose Porcelain Items, China, 20th century, variously decorated, five plates, dia. to 9; six small dishes, dia. to 4 3/8; two large bowls, dia. to 6 1/8, ht. to 2 1/2; and two small bowls, dia. to 3 3/4; a wine cup, dia. 2 1/2; and a spoon, lg. 4 7/8 in. $300-500
125 Pair of Famille Rose Covered Jars, China, rounded meiping form, each decorated with a phoenix perched on rockwork and surrounded by peonies, a stylized ruyi-head border at the shoulders and on the covers, accented with floral sprigs, butterflies, and painted lotus-bud finials, ht. 15 1/2 in.
130 Two Carved Figures and Two Cups, China and Japan, 19th/20th century, a standing, boxwood figure of Shoulao, an ivory figure of a seated basketmaker, and two carved wood and metal wine cups, ht. to 7 3/4 in. $200-250
Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $800-1,000
131 Large Baluster Vase, China, 19th century, the rounded body decorated with the “Eighteen Luohans� in orange and gilt, an additional band of three seated Luohans at the neck, a scrolling ruyi-head and lotus border at the neck and a stylized lappet border below, fourcharacter Qianlong mark on base, ht. 22 in. $300-500
126 Near Pair of Rose Medallion Jars, China, elongated bulbous-shape with two elephantshape handles with a loose ring, decorated with bird and flower design in two panels surrounded with auspicious fruit and plants, ht. 14 1/2 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $300-500 127 Famille Verte Vase, China, 18th/19th century, long oviform with flared mouth, decorated with a continuous bird and flower design below a band of ruyi design encircling around shoulder, bamboo in black enamel to neck, ht. 9 5/8 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $600-800
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132 Famille Verte Vase, China, 20th century, rouleau-form, with two openwork ears to neck, depicting a continuous scene of celestial women in an exotic garden setting, with bands of geometric designs around shoulder and foot, mark to base, ht. 14 1/2 in. $300-400 133 Blue and White Brush Pot, China, decorated with a dragon and phoenix above a band of lotus lappets, dia. 7 3/4, ht. 6 1/2 in. $200-300 134 Pair of Dragon Plates, China, 19th century, decorated with a pair of dragons coiled around a flaming pearl in the clouds, in orange and blue glaze with gilt details, six-character Kangxi mark on base, dia. 9 1/2 in. $300-500
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135 Porcelain Figure of a Sleeping Cat, Japan, 20th century, with gilt markings and a red decorative bow, lg. 9 in. $200-250 136 Four Ceramic Items, China, a tubular blue and white brush pot decorated with two dragons, resting on three short brackets, dia. 5, ht. 4 1/8; a blue and white rectangular plate with Japanese-style fish and wave design, wd. 7 3/4; a blue-glazed baluster-shape vase with flared mouth, ht. 5 7/8; and a square Doucai covered case with dragon and phoenix design, wd. 3 3/4 in. $200-300 137 Two Enameled White Porcelain Jars, China, both in bulbous-shape with plain wood covers, one decorated with lotuses, cranes, and mantis; and the other with peonies and daisies, one cover slightly oval, ht. 8 3/4 in. $500-700 138 Famille Verte Dish on a Metal Stand, China, with flared mouth and lobed rim, decorated with three floral design alternating with three scholarly object arrangements in six shaped panels, a floral bouquet in the well, attached to a metalwork to be joined to a metal stand (now detached) with three putti and Chinesestyle dragon-head birds, oerall ht. 11 1/4, dish dia. 10 1/2 in. $400-600 139 Archaic Stoneware Jar, China, depicting black painted parallel bands and a band of stylized flowers, ht. 10 7/8 in. $400-600 140 Famille Rose Imari-style Export Charger, China, decorated with floral motifs to the interior, a band of floral motifs in pink enamel near gilt rim, dia. 15 3/8, ht. 2 3/8 in. $500-700 141 Imari Charger, Japan, 19th/20th century, decorated with lotuses in the well and floral sprays on the cavetto between two floral bands, gilt details, dia. 13 3/4 in. $400-600
142 Pair of Canton Enamel Plates, China, octagonal, decorated with bird and flower design in the well, surrounded with a light green border decorated with floral and foliate scroll designs, the underside in light blue enamel, dia. 12 in. $250-350
149 Forty-four Pieces of Imari, Japan, 19th/20th century, comprising twelve shallow bowls, four small covered bowls, four cups and saucers, ten sake cups, ten condiment dishes, and four plates, all decorated in underglaze blue and enamels, dia. to 7 1/2 in. $300-500
143 Three Enameled Eight-sided Porcelain Jardinières with Trays, China, 20th century, with flanged rims, a pair decorated with the “Four Gentlemen” and other flowers; and the other with flowers including lotus and two bird and flower designs, each with four holes to base, dia. to 10 1/4, ht. to 7 1/4 in. $600-800
150 Famille Rose Bowl, China, 20th century, the exterior decorated as a lotus flower with bands of petals, the interior decorated with five bats surrounding a shou character, sixcharacter Jiaqing mark on base, dia. 6 in. $400-600
144 Famille Rose Jardinière and Tray, China, tubular with straight sides widening upward and flanged mouth rim decorated with three floral sprays, the body decorated with chrysanthemums and peonies between two bands of lotus scrolls above and below, two holes on bottom, six-character Guangxu mark on base, the tray with flanged rim decorated with four floral sprays, square mark to base, ht. on tray 7 in. $100-200 145 Two Blue and White Vases, China, 19th and 20th century, a pear-shape vase decorated with four bands including a broad band of lotus scrolls around the belly, allover crackling, four-character Chenghua mark on base; and a bulbous vase with waisted neck and bottom, decorated with bands of lotus scrolls and lappets, ht. to 7 5/8 in. $300-500 146 Pair of Gu-shape Vases, China, with flared mouth and foot, decorated in three sections with a continuous garden scene with women and children between floral designs, sixcharacter Kangxi mark to base, ht. 8 in. $200-250 147 Famille Rose Jardinière, China, upturned bell shape with flanged mouth rim, decorated with a peach tree, rocks, and other small plants between a band of ruyi clouds and a band of lotus lappets above and below, one hole to base, mouth dia. 15 3/4, ht. 14 in. $300-500 148 Eleven Pieces of Imari, Japan, 19th/20th century, nine dishes, a bowl, and a covered bowl, all in underglaze blue with enamel, dia. to 11 in. $200-250
151 Famille Verte Octagonal Covered Jar, China, compressed globular body with a long straight neck and flanged rim, resting on a high pedestal foot, eight-sided bell-shape cover with a carved shishi on its flat top, decorated allover with flower and bird designs, with additional landscape and figure designs to the body and pedestal foot, ht. 18 3/4 in. $1,000-1,500
152 Three Large Pottery Neolithic-style Jars, China, bulbous forms rising from a narrow flat foot, looped handles at the sides, with traces of red and black pigment in geometric designs, ht. to 14 in. $600-800 153 Pair of Round Wood Garden Seats, China, each decorated with hardstone carvings depicting auspicious objects and symbols on the top, one with characters for luck and the other for happiness, ht. 17 7/8, seat dia. 13 1/4 in. $400-600 154 Four Famille Rose Porcelain Plaques, China, 20th century, each depicting figures in different mountain landscape scenes, in hardwood frames, sight size 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. $400-600 155 Two Blue and White Bowls, China, 20th century, a low bowl with metal rim, resting on a short straight foot, decorated with plum and bamboo to the interior, and chrysanthemums and butterflies to the exterior, four-character mark to base; and a bowl with a floral band around the interior rim and two dragons to the exterior, four-character mark to base, dia. 7 7/8, ht. 3 1/4 in. $400-600
156 Blue and White Charger, Japan, for export, decorated with a panoramic landscape below a patterned band around the rim, three stylized floral patterns to the exterior, thickly potted, mark to base, dia. 16 in. $300-500 157 Three Imari Dishes and a Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th century, a deep bowl with scalloped body and floral rim, dia. 9 1/2; and three dishes with scalloped body and floral rim, dia. to 7 3/8 in., all decorated with imperial chrysanthemum seal motifs, six-character mark imitating one of the official Kangxi marks in underglaze blue to base. $500-700
158 Ten Studio Pottery Bowls, Japan, a low bowl with persimmon red glaze; a gray bowl with a paper crane and shou character; a mottled brown high bowl with unglazed bottom; a bowl with jun ware-style glaze; a high bowl with bright blue glaze over ringed body; a polychrome enameled brown bowl with gilt rim; two tenmoku-style corn-shape bowls; a ribbed bowl with white slip brushed designs; and a high bowl with two glazes of sienna and ochre to the interior and exterior, respectively, all except one with potter’s marks or stickers, ht. 2 1/8 to 3 5/8 in. $600-800 159 Studio Pottery Tea Bowl, Japan, 20th century, with warped sides and undulating rim, decorated with bamboo motifs in underglaze iron brown, signed “Doujin” to unglazed base with a splash of gray glaze, ht. 3 3/4, dia. to 7 in. $300-500 160 Sakuma Totaro (1900-1976) Square Ceramic Dish, Japan, glazed with persimmon and brown, with two eggplant motifs at the center, 6 x 6 1/8 in. $300-500 161 Three Studio Pottery Dishes, Japan, a circular dish decorated with brown to black glazes; a square dish with flanged rim, decorated with dripped glazes of green to brown against ochre; and a large dish with radiating white slip designs against brown, dia. to 12 7/8, ht. 3 1/2 in. $200-300
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162 Four Studio Pottery Bowls, Asia, a greenglazed bowl, corn-shape, resting on an unglazed base; a celadon-glazed pottery bowl with allover crackling in olive green and brown-glazed rim edge, without foot; and two jun ware-style octagonal bowls, with marks to unglazed bases, dia. to 7 7/8, ht. to 2 5/8 in. $500-700
169 Burial Figure, China, standing figure with green-glazed robe, ht. 11 in. $300-500 170 White Porcelain Parrot, China, standing on a rock, with details in green and black overglaze, ht. 7 1/2 in. $200-300
163 Two Large Studio Pottery Plates, Japan, both thickly potted, one with rounded corners, decorated with geometric patterns in light blue and white glaze against dark gray, impressed mark on base; and one with flanged rim, decorated with line images in white glaze and brown dots on the rim edge, signed “Hideo” in English to base, wd. to 12 5/8 in. $300-500
171 Swatow Blue and White Vase, China, bottleshape with a long slender neck, decorated with stylized shishi with auspicious cloud motifs and chilong-inspired designs, a band of upright lappets around neck, ht. 9 in. $700-900
164 Kinichi Shigeno (b. 1953) Blue and White Ceramic Dish, Japan, 20th century, square form with cut corners, with cranes painted in brush strokes on the well, floral and foliate designs to cavetto, abstract line works to the exterior, signed “Kinichi” on base, wd. 10 1/2, ht. 2 1/2 in. $400-600
172 Five Small Ceramic Items, China, a mottled oxblood-glazed jar; a blue-glazed compressed globular jar with a short foot; a sky blue-glazed porcelain coupe; a mottled blue balustershape vase; and a celadon vase with two handles to waisted neck, on a raised foot with unglazed footring, ht. 1 1/4 to 5 3/8 in. $300-500
165 Two Archaic-style Earthenware Humanoid Birds, Asia, seated with wings folded, painted in white, red, and brown, wd. to 6 1/2, ht. to 4 7/8 in. $400-600
173 Mottled Flambé-glazed Vase, China, bulbous-shape with long neck and trumpet mouth, on a straight foot, unglazed base, ht. 14 in. $500-700
166 Studio Pottery Bowl, United States, Tim Rowan, square with a bowl-shape interior, slightly concaved sides, with partial sienna glazes, impressed “T” mark in a square on base, wd. to 7 1/2 in. $200-300
174 Seto Umanome Stoneware Dish, Japan, 20th century, with horse eye motifs around the cavetto, unglazed foot, five spur marks in the well, dia. 10 3/4, ht. 2 3/8 in. $200-300
167 Studio Pottery Tea Bowl, Japan, 20th century, upturned triangular form with rounded sides and undulating rim, resting on a short small unglazed foot ring, decorated with underglaze orange and gray spilled over pockmarked surface, unglazed footing, ht. to 4, dia. to 5 7/8 in. $300-500 168 Four Uko Morita Studio Pottery Tableware Items, Japan, a bowl with dark brown glaze; a bowl on a square flat saucer, decorated with splashes of ochre glaze, textured surface; and a square dish, thinly potted, cream-glazed, undulating surface, bowl ht. to 2, wd. to 9 1/4 in. $200-300
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175 Sawankhalok-style Stoneware Covered Jar, Thailand, globular, decorated with lines and broad bands of foliate scroll designs, glazed in brown around the two-tiered lotus knob, mouth dia. 4 1/2, ht. 4 1/8 in. $200-300 176 Two Swatow Bowls, China, one with flared rim, decorated with a stylized landscape and figures; and the other with foliate lappets and a band to rim, both decorated on the wells, dia. to 5 5/8, ht. to 1 1/2 in. $300-500
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177 Mustard-glazed Vase, China, baluster-shape with trumpet mouth, decorated with two chrysanthemums in white, violet, and green underglaze, ht. 5 1/2 in. $200-300 178 Group of Japanese Decorative Items, 20th century, a tall studio pottery vase in brown with a patch of rust orange glaze on one side, mark incised on base, ht. 8 1/2; and two lacquered covered boxes, orange, green, and brown striped, one marked in gilt on base, ht. to 3 1/2 in. $300-400 179 Blue-glazed Famille Verte Bottle Vase, China, pear-shape with long neck, resting on a splayed foot, decorated with two garden scenes in enamels in two white-glazed round panels, between gilt panels around shoulder and bottom, gilt bands around rim and foot, six-character Qianlong mark to base, ht. 16 1/4 in. $600-800
180 Pair of Blanc-de-chine Buddhist Lions, China, the male with a ball under his left paw, the female with a cub under her right paw, standing on tall rectangular pedestal bases, ht. 26 1/2 in. $400-600 181 Pair of Blue and White Covered Vases, China, 19th century, meiping form, decorated with cartouches of plum, peonies, and chrysanthemums, a cracked-ice border at the shoulders, base, and cover rims, ht. with cover 22 1/4 in. $300-500 182 Large Blue and White Charger, China, Yuan dynasty style, decorated with a central roundel depicting two officials on horseback, an attendant standing to the right, in a landscape with mountains, pine trees, and vegetation, the gently sloping sides decorated with a stylized lotus flower and leaf border, rising to a flared, foliate rim decorated with stylized waves, dia. 24 in. $600-800 183 Large Enameled Hu Vase, China, decorated with large goldfish surrounded by stylized flowerheads and scrollwork on a turquoise ground, with two molded scrollwork handles, six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 17 in. $900-1,200
184 Cream-glazed Pottery Pillow, China, rectangular with slanted top, decorated with a pair of deer seated facing each other, surrounded with a band of foliate scroll design, molded designs to four sides, wd. to 8 3/4, ht. 5 1/4 in. $600-800
192 Two Famille Rose Cups, China, 20th century, both upturned bell shape, one decorated with boys at play to the exterior, gilt rim; and one with the immortal Liu Haichan with a toad and bats, both with six-character Guangxu mark on base, dia. to 3 1/2, ht. to 2 1/4 in. $500-700
200 Yixing Teapot, China, 20th century, cylindrical, with a bamboo-form spout, plum branch handle, and a pomegranate knop on the lid, the sides decorated with plum and bamboo carved in relief, four-character mark on base, lg. 6 3/4 in. $300-500
185 Tea Dust Glazed Vase, China, 20th century, bottle-shape, with applied ram ears, sixcharacter Yongzheng mark to base, ht. 13 1/2 in. $300-500
193 Famille Rose Plaque, China, 20th century, depicting a woman in a landscape, with calligraphy at the top right, framed, plaque 13 3/8 x 17 in. $200-400
201 Triangular Kutani Cup, Japan, 19th/20th century, with square handle, the sides decorated with orange and gilt floral motifs, three-character Kutani mark on base, ht. 4 3/4 in. $200-300
186 Figure of Guanyin and a Flambé Vase, China, 20th century, standing Guanyin on a lotus base next to a lion on a rectangular base with overall thick ivory-colored glaze, ht. 10 1/2; and a bottled-shaped vase with underglaze blue mark to base, ht. 4 5/8 in. $200-400
194 Two Doucai Stem Dishes, China, one decorated with a dragon in the well, the other with auspicious fruit and symbols, dia. to 9 3/8, ht. 4 5/8 in. $200-300
187 Enamel Eggshell Bowl, China, 20th century, depicting scrolling dragons and pearls surrounded with flowers on a red ground, iron red Qianlong mark to base, dia. 9 in. $250-350 188 Blue and White Tall Vase, China, cylindrical, the body decorated with vases on stands, leaf lappets at the narrowed mouth rim, ht. 8 1/4 in. $800-1,200 189 Porcelain Figure of Shouxing, China, 20th century, standing holding a ruyi scepter and a peach, his robes decorated with “good luck” characters and stylized flowers, ht. 13 1/2 in. $400-600 190 Monumental Peach Jar Vase, China, 20th century, bottle-shape, depicting branches with peaches, blossoms, and leaves and bats, a calligraphy poem surrounding the shoulder, iron red four-character Qianlong mark to base, ht. 23 in. $400-600
191 Famille Rose Vase, China, decorated with continuous landscape scenes, a border of alternating bats and flowers below, a stylized ruyi-head border above, the shoulders and neck decorated with lotus flowers, scrolling florals, and auspicious double carp and bats, chilong handles, six-character Jiaqing mark on base, ht. 24 1/4 in. $800-1,200
195 Rose Medallion Garden Seat, China, 20th century, with double-coin openwork designs, decorated with three bird-and-flower designs alternating with three scenes with figures in lobed rectangular panels, a band of gilt beads around top and bottom, ht. 18 1/2 in. $500-800 196 Chinese Blue and White Covered Jar, 19th/20th century, baluster-form, the sides decorated with continuous scenes depicting the eight Daoist immortals, a ruyi-head and plum blossom border at the neck, the cover decorated with scholar’s objects and a fully molded Buddhist lion finial, ht. 24 in. $800-1,200 197 Six Pieces of Rose Medallion Porcelain, China, 19th/20th century, a commode set, two covered boxes, a cup and saucer, and a covered bowl, ht. to 16 1/4, dia. to 18 in. $700-900 198 Painted Archaic-style Pottery Jar, China, Neolithic style, bulbous body with two loop handles, decorated with geometric painted designs, ht. 9 3/4 in. $200-300 199 Yixing Teapot, China, 20th century, cylindrical, with a bamboo-form handle and a plum-branch-form spout, the sides decorated with bamboo and plum branches carved in relief, the lid with a plum branch knop, fourcharacter mark on base, lg. 7 in. $300-500
202 Royal Blue Satsuma Meiping Vase, Japan, the body decorated with branches of blossoms in enamels and gilt, a thin band of geometric patterns at the base and mouth rim, ht. 7 1/4 in. $200-400 203 Sumida Ware Cup, Japan, 20th century, with a molded figure climbing the side of the cup, the base with lotus petal molding, and a thick marbled glaze at the uneven rim, ht. 4 5/8 in. $200-300
204 Pair of Blue and White Water Coupes, China, Ming dynasty style, small rounded form with a round mouth opening, decorated with figures of officials in a landscape, ht. 1 3/4 in. $200-400 205 Two Blue and White Bowls, China, one decorated with bands of stylized characters on the exterior, the other with a repeating lotus flower motif, each with a single character mark within a lozenge on the base, dia. to 6 5/8 in. $200-400 206 Pair of Rose Medallion Vases, China, late 19th century, rouleau-form, with applied Buddhist lions and dragons at the neck, the body decorated with cartouches of figures in court scenes, ht. 12 7/8 in. $500-800 207 Pair of Ceramic Mandarin Ducks, Japan, 20th century, a male and a female duck sitting with painted plumage and gilt highlights, marked “Japan” on base, lg. 5 1/2 in. $300-500
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208 Two White Reticulated Covered Jar Lamps, Japan, 20th century, for export, fitted as lamps, baluster-form, decorated with allover leaf patterns and flowering plum branches, on carved wood stands and with shades, total ht. 32 in. $300-500
215 White-glazed Porcelain Water Pot, possibly Korea, tubular form with short waisted neck, flared mouth, and slightly tapering sides, resting on a raised foot, no decoration except an incised ring around the bottom, (two silver kintsugi repairs to rim), ht. 4 7/8 in. $500-700
209 Pair of White Reticulated Ginger Jar Lamps, Japan, 20th century, for export, decorated with an allover leaf pattern and flowering plum branches, on carved wood stands, total ht. 26 1/2 in. $400-600
216 Blue and White Dish with Carp, Korea, 19th century, square with lobed rims, depicting a jumping carp and three others swimming, below a double-line border around rim, the exterior with a floral design to the corners, recessed base with unglazed foot ring, (kintsugi repair to one corner), wd. 6 1/8 in. $500-700
210 Famille Rose Porcelain Tray, China, early 20th century, foliate-form, the interior well decorated with two birds perched on a peony branch, a pair of mandarin ducks swimming below, dia. 17 in. $300-500 211 Five Stoneware Storage Jars, Japan, 19th/20th century, all with brown to gray overall glaze, ht. to 13 1/4 in. $400-600 212 Boxed Tea Ceremony Set, Japan, two celadon ceramic tea bowls, a tea caddy, and a tea whisk, bowl dia. to 5 1/2, box 10 x 10 in. $300-500 213 Polychrome-enameled Porcelain Fishbowl, China, decorated with four bird-and-flower and floral scroll designs between two bands of ruyi clouds and lotus lappets, the interior with goldfish in red, on a round five-feet wood stand, bowl ht. 18 1/8, mouth dia. 21 1/8 in. $300-500 214 Partial Tea Set, Japan, 19th/20th century, three cups, saucers and small plates, each decorated with a different scene depicting frogs in a procession, seven-character mark on base, dia. to 7 1/4 in. $300-500
223 Porcelain Vase, China, 20th century, double gourd shape, depicting scholars engaged in various pursuits on the bottom section and calligraphy on the upper section, underglaze blue on a red ground, double ring to base, ht. 16 3/4 in. $500-700
217 Imari Charger, Japan, the oval well decorated with a crouched mythical beast, the cavetto decorated with alternating floral motifs in blue and orange cartouches, lg. 14 5/8 in. $300-500
224 Pair of Doucai Bowls, China, decorated with dragon and phoenix design around the exterior, the well with peaches, ruyi mushrooms, and a bat design, a patterned band around the rim, six-character Yongzheng mark to base, rim dia. 5 1/2, ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500
218 Two Enameled Porcelain Items, China, 20th century, ribbed bowl with gilt rim, decorated with a woman with children, four-character Tongzhi mark to base, dia. 4, ht. 1 7/8; and a dish decorated with four legendary characters on the interior, mark to base, dia. 7 in. $150-200
225 Pair of Famille Verte Vases, China, 19th/20th century, baluster form with narrow necks, decorated with panels depicting ribbon-tailed birds perched on rockery and surrounded by peonies and butterflies, on a finely crackled ground, mounted as lamps, vase ht. 15 in. $300-500
219 Two Export Imari Items, China, 19th century, a plate decorated with planted flowers in the well and floral sprays around the cavetto, brown rim edge, dia. 8 7/8; and a bowl with a stylized garden scene to the exterior and a patterned band along the interior rim, brown rim edge, dia. 4 1/2, ht. 2 1/4 in. $200-300
226 Four Famille Rose Items, China, a cup and saucer decorated with orange and gilt peonies, and two small dishes decorated with roosters, dia. to 4 5/8 in. $300-500
220 Three Sometsuke Dishes, Japan, 19th and 20th century, one with seven-lobed rim, decorated with flowers and a butterfly, thickly potted; one with stylized scrolls, a punched triangle mark to face, character “dai” (great) mark to base; and one with a flowering plant with butterflies between two double-ring bands, dia. to 7 in. $300-500
221 Porcelain Enameled Vase, China, 20th century, double gourd-shape, depicting lions surrounded with scrolling flowers and leaves, with lappet, palmette, and leiwen borders, the waist with underglaze blue mark, ht. 18 in. $500-700
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222 Blue and White Rouleau Vase, China, 20th century, depicting warriors on horseback in a mountain landscape, the neck and mouth with geometric and lappet borders, double ring mark to base, ht. 15 3/4 in. $500-700
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227 Doucai Covered Box, China, 20th century, decorated with a dragon and a phoenix in a roundel surrounded by the eight Buddhist treasures, six-character Wanli mark on base, dia. 4 1/2 in. $200-300 228 Pair of Large Rose Medallion Fishbowl Jardinières, China, 20th century, the exterior decorated with cartouches of figures in court scenes, alternating with scenes of birds amongst flowers and bordered with gilt, the interior decorated with ten large goldfish surrounded by aquatic plants, on carved wood stands, jardinière ht. 19 1/4, dia. 22 1/2 in. $700-900
229 Interior Painted Glass Bottle Lamp, China, with a continuous garden scene with women, mounted on a round wood stand, surmounted a socket, bottle ht. 7 7/8 in. $200-300
237 Champlevé K’nan Ti, China, standing figure in robes decorated with dragons, shou characters, and key fret design, mark to base, ht. 16 3/8 in. $700-900
230 Reverse Glass Painting of a Woman, China, 19th/20th century, in an interior with curtain, seated with her left hand on a book placed on a desk with coin knot decoration, dressed in an informal Qing-style robe, against a blank dark brown ground, framed, painting 19 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. $600-800
238 Bronze Censer, China, 19th/20th century, bombé form, decorated with two cartouches each incised with figures in a landscape scene, flanked by a pair of duck-head handles and supported on three feet, four-character mark on base, ht. 6 3/4, dia. 7 1/2 in. $800-1,200
231 Pair of Peking Glass Bowls, China, 20th century, decorated with a bird-and-flower design in blue overlay on white, dia. 6 1/2, ht. 3 in. $500-700 232 Ivory Netsuke Man with Mask, Japan, 18th/19th century, sitting with his right knee raised and the left leg folded on the ground, the mask in his right hand, signed “Ichiyuki,” ht. 1 1/2 in. $200-300 233 Two Ivory Netsuke of Birds, Japan, 19th/20th century, including a duck seated with its head turned to the back, stained feather, signed “Gyokuyuki” to base, lg. 1 5/8; two quails sitting in different directions in a bucket, incised, stained, and laminated, signed to base, ht. 1 1/4 in. $400-500 234 Four Ivory Carvings, Japan, 20th century, a rhinoceros, a hippo, and two elephants, lg. to 2 1/2 in. $200-300 235 Ivory Okimono of a Sleeping Boy, Japan, 20th century, lying on his side with his buttocks exposed, his head and crossed legs resting on pillows, a smile on his face, the ivory with excellent grain, lg. 2 1/8 in. $200-300 236 Horn and Ivory Snuff Bottle and Bamboo Needle Case, China, the snuff carved in the shape of a pinecone, ivory mouth and stopper, ht. 3; the case of bamboo stalk, decorated with a carved bat and figure, lg. 8 1/8 in. $200-300
239 Ten Silver-lined Copper Bowls, possibly Nepal, 20th century, with silver overlay with chased decorations of figures and blossoms, dia. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 240 Bronze Gong, Japan, 19th century, circular, with raised double bands circling the center, dia. 5 in. $100-150 241 Iron Lantern, Japan, 19th/20th century, openwork including stylized flowers, ht. 8 1/2 in. $200-300 242 Two Metal Locks with Keys, Korea, 19th/20th century, a cast iron lock, long rectangular form with a tubular lock with the center curving outward like a belly for a navel-shaped keyhole, 5 x 6 7/8; one yellow brass in the shape of fish with a tubular lock running across the top, the front decorated with punched rings and scale design, with two stick-shape keys, 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500 243 Bronze Figure of a Lion, China, 19th century, standing with its head turned and one paw resting on a ball, ht. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 244 Bronze Jardinière and Umbrella Stand, China, a jardinière decorated with a dragon chasing a pearl in high relief, mounted on a tall cylindrical pedestal with tripod elephant-head feet decorated with a pair of phoenixes in high relief; and a tall cylindrical stand with tripod feet similarly decorated, ht. to 24 3/4 in. $200-300
245 Six Mixed-metal Items, Japan and China, four cases with hinged covers, including a cloisonné box decorated with lotus scrolls, a copper and silver box with a peacock and flowers, a parcel-gilt silver box with lotuses, and a gilt-metal lighter case with a landscape and irises in two panels; a cloisonné pipe with a gilt dragon-head finial; and a bronze mirror with handle, decorated with cranes, pine, and a turtle with long tail, inscribed “Yamato Mori” on front, wd. to 12, ht. 9 in. $200-250 246 Two Cast Brass Vases, China, each bulbous, with a long trumpet mouth, decorated with three stylized dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, mark to base, ht. 9, mouth dia. 3 1/2 in. $200-250 247 Seven Cloisonné Boxes and Vases, China, 20th century, three covered boxes, two vases, and a small covered jar with an extra cover, ht. to 9 1/2 in. $250-350 248 Large Bronze Singing Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th century, with round bottom and flat rim, the top decorated with two chased and gilt dragons and the bottom with hammered marks in circles, mouth dia. 14 3/8, ht. 10 1/2 in. $300-500 249 Mixed-metal Vase, Japan, 19th/20th century, bulbous, with a short neck and flat rim, resting on a splayed foot, depicting blooming branches with a bird and butterfly in flight in gold and silver inlays, some details lacquered in brown and black, ht. 2 7/8 in. $300-500 250 Bronze Vase, Japan, 19th century, of baluster shape with applied silver, copper, gold, and shakudo flowers and a bird, ht. 5 in. $200-250 251 Group of Cloisonné Boxes and Vases, China and Japan, 20th century, a turquoiseground vase with flowering plum, a red-ground vase with overall flowers, three small pillboxes, and a cigarette box, lg. to 7 1/4, ht. to 7 3/8 in. $300-500
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252 Pair of Bronze Foo Dogs, China, 20th century, looking up with their mouths open, half-seated on their hind legs, one with a forefoot on a ball and the other on a small foo dog, incised details to the bodies, to 16 5/8 x 14 in. $400-600 253 Bronze Buddha, Thailand, seated on a double lotus-style throne, holding a bowl on his left palm, ht. 18 in. $250-350 254 Parcel-gilt Bronze Figure of Two Monkeys, Japan, seated side by side on a gold ingot decorated with bats, a double-coin ribbon, and an inscription meaning a harmonious and prosperous life, both holding one gold ingot decorated with three-coin ribbon, each also holding another ingot with their feet, signed “Koizumi” or “Kosen” to base, wd. 7, ht. 6 1/2 in. $300-500 255 Bronze Oni, Japan, seated on a table, holding a ball in the palm of his right hand with three fingers, the table with four animal mask feet, separately cast and attached, the top and sides decorated with geometric meander designs, wd. 8, ht. 12 in. $1,200-1,500 256 Parcel-gilt Bronze Garuda, Sino-Tibetan style, half-seated with wings outstretched, wd. 10 1/2, ht. 8 1/4 in. $300-500 257 Parcel-gilt Bronze Garuda, Sino-Tibetan style, with the face of Guanyin, wearing a crown and flowing ribbons, both arms raised with a conch and an ax in her left and right hands, two snakes coiled around her feathered legs, wd. 11, ht. 13 in. $300-500 258 Three Polished Bronze Censers, China, 19th century, all rounded, with lion-head handles, two with a six-character Xuande mark on base, the other with coiled dragons in relief around a six-character Xuande mark on the base, dia. to 6 1/4 in. $300-500 259 Two Large Polished Bronze Censers, China, 19th century, both of squat rounded form with tripod feet and a thick rim, six-character Xuande mark on base, dia. to 9 1/4 in. $500-700
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260 Pair of Cloisonné Vases, China, early 20th century, rouleau-form, each decorated with pomegranates, Buddha’s hand citrons, and bunches of grapes, on an allover blue floral enameled ground, ht. 10 1/8 in. $300-500 261 Pair of Cloisonné Vases and Covered Bowl, Japan, 20th century, baluster-form vases and bowl decorated with groups of cranes in flight on a black enamel ground, ht. to 7 1/4 in. $300-500
262 Large Blue and White Covered Jar, China, late 19th/early 20th century, baluster-form, decorated with plum blossom branches on a cracked ice ground, ht. 17 in. $300-500 263 Cloisonné Dragon Vase, Japan, late 19th/ early 20th century, bottle-form with elongated and slightly flared neck, decorated with a coiled dragon on a navy blue ground, geometric patterns at the base and rim, ht. 9 1/2 in. $300-500
264 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 19th century, fluted, decorated with butterflies and irises on a black scrollwork ground, ht. 8 1/4 in. $300-500
265 Two Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 19th/20th century, both decorated with alternating panels of butterflies and flowers, with a floral border at the shoulders and a flower petal pattern at the mouth and base, ht. 7 in. $200-300 266 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, late 19th/early 20th century, depicting two songbirds on a blossoming branch, on a metallic red enamel ground, ht. 9 in. $300-500 267 Cloisonné Covered Jar, Japan, 19th/20th century, squat round body decorated with floral roundels depicting chrysanthemums on a black and gold swirled ground, on three foliate feet, ht. 4 3/4 in. $300-500
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268 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, late 19th/early 20th century, rounded baluster form, decorated with chrysanthemums on a green ground infused with metallic specks, geometric patterns bordering the base and rim, ht. 9 1/2 in. $300-500
269 Blue and White Swatow Bowl, China, Ming dynasty style, the exterior decorated with stylized lotus motifs, resting on a short, straight, partially unglazed foot, lozengeshaped mark on base, on a carved wood stand, overall ht. 5 in. $300-500
270 Cloisonné Vase, China, 19th/20th century, flared tubular form, decorated with blue and pink peonies and a butterfly on a white ground embellished with a cloud pattern, a border of ruyi-heads at the rim, ht. 7 1/2 in. $200-300 271 Small Mixed-metal Weight, Japan, in the form of a man seated on a large sack of grain accompanied by three mice, ht. 2 1/2 in. $200-300 272 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, late 19th/early 20th century, baluster-form, depicting a kingfisher perched on a branch, silver rim at mouth and base, signed by artist on base, ht. 7 1/8 in. $300-500 273 Bronze Vase, Japan, 19th/20th century, decorated with a frog, dragonflies, a beetle, and flies over basketweave ground, signed with a six-character mark on the side, (missing base), ht. 10 1/4 in. $500-700 274 Tin Tea Kettle, Japan, decorated with roundels containing hollyhock leaves, the crest of the Tokugawa clan, on a carved wood stand, kettle ht. 9 1/4 in. $200-300 275 Two Champlevé Urns, China, one decorated with archaic-style creatures over a hexagonal pattern ground, ornamented with animalmask handles, four-character mark on base, the other with scrolling lotus flowers over a diamond pattern ground with figural handles, fitted as a lamp, ht. to 19 1/2 in. $200-300
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276 Two Cast Metal Deer, India, one horned, each standing on a pedestal base on top of a wood base, 24 x 17 1/2 in. $400-600
285 Embroidered Wall Hanging, Japan, long, horizontal silk embroidery with flowers, clouds, and lines, new hemp lining, approx. 45 x 78 in. $500-700
277 Bronze Covered Censer, Japan, with two S-shape handles and three animal mask feet, the domed cover with openwork swastika and chilong design, animal head knop, the neck with inlaid patterns, ht. 12 7/8 in. $300-500
286 Black Silk Embroidered Kimono, Japan, embroidered with an allover pattern of chrysanthemums, cranes, and pine trees, lg. 52 in. $200-250
278 Cloisonné Vase, China, 20th century, cylindrical, depicting a plum tree and rockery, over a blue ground inlaid with cloud motifs, a ruyi-head border at the rim, ht. 7 1/8 in. $200-300
287 Buddhist Tapestry, China, depicting Buddha with other Buddhist deities in the Buddhist paradise, woven with gold threads, 35 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. $200-300
279 Bronze and Hardstone Archaic-style Axe, China, a bronze axe mounted on a pale celadon hardstone handle, ornamented with a Sanxingdui-style head and curling tendrils, on wood display stand, lg. 9 1/8 in. $400-700
288 Chinese Rug, early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with central floral medallion surrounded by floral sprigs, stylized trees in spandrels, main border with flowering branches and bamboo, 81 1/2 x 47 in. $300-500
280 Bronze Camel, China, depicted seated, with a modern wood stand, camel ht. 2, wd. 3 in. $200-400
289 Chinese Rug, early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with phoenixes and dragons, 70 x 37 in. $300-500
281 Bronze Statue of a Four-faced Brahma, Phra Phrom, Thailand, 20th century, eightarmed, seated on a rectangular multi-tiered lotus throne, his left leg lowered and his right folded toward his body, holding different divine objects in each of his eight hands including a shankha (conch) and a gada (mace), ht. 21 1/4 in. $600-800 282 Bronze Censer, China, with bamboo-form handles, tripod feet, and rim, and bamboo leaf decoration on either side, two-character mark in the center of a dragon roundel on base, on a carved wood stand, dia. 9 3/4 in. $200-250 283 Two Decorative Lamps, China, 19th/20th century, a red and green glazed ceramic lamp decorated with scholarly objects, and a bronze pillar lamp with incised shou symbols and archaic designs, ht. to 36 in. $200-300 284 Bronze Pedestal Stand, Japan, late 19th century/early 20th century, with a flared and lobed base decorated with birds on branches, rising to a cylindrical column supporting a lobed top decorated with stylized dragons, ht. 20 in. $200-300
290 Chinese Rug, probably from Xianjiang, early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with rows of guls, main border with geometric floral meander, 75 x 48 in. $1,000-1,500 291 Chinese Carpet, early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, in the field books and vases surround a central medallion, geometric meanders in the spandrels, main border with floral and endless knot motifs, 48 x 25 1/2 in. $400-600 292 Men’s Blue Gauze Dragon Robe, China, early 20th century, the front woven with three large dragons, each chasing a pearl amidst clouds, cranes and the eight Buddhist treasures, all above a lishui border, lg. 54 in. $500-700
293 Pair of Embroidered Panels, China, 19th century, the rectangular panels embroidered with a central peony in “Forbidden Stitch,” surrounded by butterflies and the eight Buddhist treasures at the four corners, framed and glazed, sight size 15 5/8 x 13 in. $400-600
294 Silk Embroidery of Xi Wangmu, China, the goddess depicted holding a tray of beverages and peaches and seated on a phoenix, an auspicious bat above, on a red silk ground, framed and glazed, sight size 50 1/4 x 23 in. $200-400 295 Silk Brocade Wedding Kimono, Japan, 20th century, decorated with couched gold threads depicting cranes and plum, pine, and bamboo (The Three Friends of Winter) on a creamcolored ground, red lining, lg. 65 in. $400-600 296 Wood Figure of a Luohan, China, 20th century, depicted standing with one foot hiked up on his staff, with a gourd in one hand and a rolled-up bamboo mat on his back, ht. 15 1/2 in. $300-400 297 Small Lacquer Tea Cabinet, Japan, 19th century, black lacquer inlaid with mother-ofpearl depicting geometric and stylized flowers and a peacock, 23 1/4 x 25 x 11 3/4 in. $200-300 298 Snow Fairy Doll, Yukinko, Japan, dressed in a hemp clothing, in a box signed by the artist, ht. 10 3/8 in. $200-300 299 Wood Carpenter’s Line, Japan, 20th century, depicting a turtle resting near a waterwheel with an incised brass turner, of finely grained keyaki elmwood, lg. 13 in. $500-700 300 Lantern, Japan, 19th century, red lacquer wood base with paper shade, original bronze oil dish and pourer, ht. 20 in. $500-700 301 Zen Monk’s Armrest, Japan, 20th century, elmwood, with openwork sides, ht. 18 in. $200-300 302 Hardwood Brush Pot, China, 20th century, cylindrical, carved in relief with one of sevencharacter quatrain by Du Fu (712-770), base with plug, ht. 7 1/4, dia. 7 1/8 in. $400-500
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303 Twenty-six Carved Wood Dish Holders and Stands, China, a pair of large footed dish holders; a pair of small footed dish holders; a footed dish holder with openwork swirls; a cross stand; four hinged dish holders; three pairs of small round stands; a four-foot round stand; a large round stand; a tiny round stand; a horizontally long stand; four plain swirled rectangular stands; a square stand; and a double coin stand with four feet, in various sizes. $300-500 304 Wood Figure of a Royal Lady, China, 19th century, seated in a dragon chair with her right hand holding her belt and her left placed on her lap, polychrome and gilt decoration, ht. 10 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $300-500 305 Buddha Head, China, 20th century, the large head and square base covered in a gilded black lacquer, ht. 18 3/4 in. $300-500 306 Lacquered Table Mirror, Japan, in a frame hinged to a stand, the frame decorated with landscape motifs and floral designs painted in gold lacquer, 19 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 8 1/2, mirror 12 3/8 x 16 1/2 in. $300-500 307 Three Portable Calligraphy Boxes, Japan, 19th/20th century, the hinged cover with a C-shape handle on top and a compartment on the underside, one of the sides with drawers, two with three and one with two, a lockable drawer to each box, of different wood, metal joinery, sizes to 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 8 in. $800-1,000
308 Root Carving of a Group of Chilongs, China, carved utilizing the wood’s natural shapes, wd. 7 3/4, ht. 3 1/2 in. $200-300 309 Cinnabar-style Covered Box, China, rectangular, the cover with slightly domed top and rounded sides, depicting a Daoist landscape in relief with figures on the cover, a floral design to the sides, 2 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 4 in. $800-1,000
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310 Pair of Lacquer Footed Miniature Trunks, Japan, 20th century, each with six legs holding a trunk and cover decorated with scrolling grasses in gold on a black lacquer ground, copper metal hardware, each 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. $100-200 311 Large Bamboo Food Basket, China, late 19th century, divided into four stacked sections with a cover, the wood sides depicting immortals in a mountainous landscape and scrolling dragons and pearls, the brass hardware depicting coins, ht. 40, wd. 22 in. $200-300 312 Eleven-headed Kannon, Japan, 18th/19th century, standing on a lotus base, carved from wood with red polychrome decorated robes, holding a jewel, ht. 16 1/2 in. $500-700 313 Tea Caddy, China, late 19th century, monochrome aubergine glaze with a carved wooden top, ht. 5 in. $200-300 314 Five Wood Statuettes, Japan, a standing Buddha on a half-lotus podium, parcel-gilt; a hermit luohan standing on a high podium, painted in color; a bosatsu standing on a half-lotus podium; a seated shogun on a gilt lacquer board; and a seated samurai on a multi-tier gilt lacquer podium contained in a portable wooden shrine, figure ht. to 8 3/4, shrine ht. 9 in. $300-500
318 Wood Figural Mirror, Southeast Asia, a rectangular mirror framed by a Buddhist shrine, decorated with carved Bodhisattvas, the top and sides heavily adorned with figures, 36 1/2 x 21 in. $300-400 319 Five Carved Wood Export Photo Frames, China, early 20th century, adjustable, one in portrait and four in landscape orientation, three including photographs of people in early 20th century Japan, ht. to 8 in. $400-700 320 Two Bamboo Brush Pots, China, one carved to depict a cricket perched on a lotus leaf, with calligraphy on reverse, the other pot depicting children riding an elephant and playing, with a poem inscribed on the reverse, ht. to 6 in. $400-600
321 Wood Tray with Embroidery, China, rectangular, with two metal handles, the interior decorated with two identical embroidered rank badges with a tiger and a double-knot lantern, on a black silk, covered with glass, tray 11 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. $300-500 322 Boxed Set of Eight Ink Cakes, China, possibly Ming dynasty, in various shapes and colors, each decorated with a parcel-gilt figural scene on one side and calligraphy on the other with a gilt seal, maker’s mark reading “Chen Junfang” to one side, in a conforming box, sizes to 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. $2,000-4,000
315 Carved Wood Mahjong Box, China, the top and sides carved with figures in a landscape in high relief, the lid opening to an inner compartment, with a sliding drawer underneath, 10 3/4 x 6 x 9 1/4 in. $300-400
323 Lacquered Wood Figure of Buddha, Japan, in standing pose, hands in Raigo mudra, an ornamented mandorla behind, on a double lotus pedestal base, traces of gilt, ht. 17 in. $400-500
316 Rosewood Bitong Brush Pot, China, cylindrical, with slightly waisted sides, a circular plug to the center of the underside, the wood lacquered in dark brown, ht. 5 1/4, dia. 5 3/4 in. $700-900
324 Large Carved Wood Figure of Gamma Sennin, Japan, reclining and holding a rope strung with two coins and peaches, a threelegged toad at his side, with inlaid bone and stone eyes and teeth, on a carved wood stand, lg. 13 1/2 in. $200-300
317 Lidded Jewelry Box, China, 20th century, the lid with a central hardwood panel, the three drawers behind two doors, brass hardware, 14 x 10 x 9 in. $200-400
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325 Liquor Cabinet, rectangular, with rounded corners and foliate feet, the hinged top above a two-door compartment, with two doors opening to custom compartments on either side, each panel with carved in relief with Chinese-style decoration of figures at leisure in gardens and pavilions, 37 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 35 1/4 in. $250-350 326 Two Wood Panels, China, each with a carved warrior in relief, colored decoration on a black lacquer ground, the border decorated with dragon and phoenix roundels, framed, 41 x 22 in. $400-500 327 Elmwood Display Stand, Japan, 20th century, irregular shape with free edge, 23 x 24 x 2 in. $200-300 328 Horseshoe-back Armchair, China, 20th century, hardwood, continuous top rail supported by rounded post, plain splat, cane seat set in curve-edged frame, humpback apron, square legs and stretchers, 39 x 21, seat ht. 19 1/2 in. $300-500 329 Inlaid Square Table, China possibly for the export market, early 20th century, hardwood with bone inlays, a landscape scene on top depicts a festival, the narrow apron is carved with floral motifs, the splayed legs support a lower shelf inlaid to depict flowering plants and deer, above a carved apron and spandrels depicting flowers, ht. 26 x 25 x 25 in. $300-500
330 Two Inlaid Stools, China, 20th century, hardwood with bone inlays, one with round top depicting a palace garden scene bordered by dragons and phoenix birds, the other with lobed top depicting tree peonies and insects bordered by dragons and phoenixes, both have top edges, waists, aprons, and curved legs inlaid with bats and peaches, ht. 16 1/2, dia. 16 1/2 in. $200-400 331 Pedestal Desk, Side Chair, and Footrest, China, hardwood, desk with rectangular top and three drawers, on a double pedestal base with four drawers, ht. to 41, wd. to 50, dp. to 24; chair ht. rail 41, ht. seat 19, wd. 20, dp. 16 1/2; footrest ht. 7 3/4, wd. 25, dp. 14 in. $200-300
332 Three-panel Lacquer Floor Screen, China, each decorated in two sections, the upper with a garden scene with women at leisure done in hardstone insets, the bottom with three of the “Four Gentlemen,” the back side of each with an incised landscape on a yellow ground, mid panel 46 x 23, each side panel 44 x 15 1/2 in. $300-500
333 Octagonal Marble-top Stand, China, 19th century, hardwood, rose-colored marble panel set in bead-edged frame, narrow concaved waist, apron and legs deeply carved with floral motifs, legs end in two-clawed feet, deeply carved stretcher near bottom, 36 x 16 x 16 in. $300-500 334 Marble-top Hardwood Stool, China, late 19th/early 20th century, rose-colored marble set in frame with beaded edge, straight waist, carved apron depicting flowers, cabriole legs ending in dragon claw-and-pearl feet, 18 1/4 x 16 x 16 in. $300-500 335 Marble-top Hardwood Stand, China, late 19th/early 20th century, rose-colored marble set in lobed frame with carved edge, apron carved with floral motifs, cabriole legs with dragon heads ending in claw-and-pearl feet, ht. 17 5/8, top dia. 17 3/4 in. $200-250 336 Asian-style Coffee Table, late 20th century, incorporating possibly older elements, lacquered hardwood, the top panel worked in lacquers and mother-of-pearl depicts a palatial garden and may be a fragment of an older screen, protective plate glass top, 45 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. $800-1,200 337 Lacquered Cabinet, China, late 19th/early 20th century, colored lacquers on hardwood foundation, door panels set in gently rounded frames depicting palace pleasure grounds, sides and top depict bats and clouds, brass hinges, lock plate and lock, red lacquered interior with two removable shelves (one a replacement), 50 x 33 x 16 in. $800-1,000
338 Pair of Low-back Armchairs, China, 19th/20th century, lacquered hardwood, rail tenoned to rear posts, arms are through tenoned to posts, back and arms with beaded flanges opened in middle, beveled seat panel is set in a curve-edged frame, simple apron on sides, front apron carved with geometric meander with descending side flanges in front, legs curved in front and squared at back, double side stretchers, single rear stretcher, footrest with plain apron, ht. 34 1/2, ht. seat 20 1/4, wd. 23, dp. 17 1/2 in. $600-800 339 Bamboo Altar Table, China, late 19th/ early 20th century, bamboo and softwood, lacquered top with “ice plate” edge, apron with simple vertical struts, legs frame bamboo latticework panels, 122 x 21 x 35 3/4 in. $800-1,000 340 Miniature Lacquer Screen, China, 20th century, inlaid with hardstone and mother-ofpearl depicting a different flower on each of the four panels, peonies, chrysanthemums, lotus and plum blossom, the interior decorated with the same flowers in gilt, ht. 14 in. $400-500 341 Teak Low Stand, China, with a carved scroll openwork apron on two sides, and carved paw feet, 15 x 15 x 9 1/4 in. $100-150 342 Red-lacquered Long Chest on Stand, China, rectangular, opens at top, a metal handle to the front of the cover, the chest decorated with chrysanthemums and birds on the front, with a lacquered wood stand, chest 12 1/4 x 47 5/8 x 20 in. $200-300
343 Pair of Yoke-back Armchairs, China, 20th century, with straight side stretchers and footrest, 48 x 22 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. $600-800 344 Headside Chest, Meorijang, Korea, 19th/20th century, Ganghwado-style, twolevel structure resting on two railed legs, the upper with four drawers, the bottom with a two-door compartment with a ring fastener, veneered front, brass fittings, 38 1/8 x 37 5/8 x 17 in. $200-300
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345 Study Desk, Gyeongsang, Korea, 20th century, with four drawers and a two-door compartment in the center, the top with upturned ends, decorated with engraved designs, lacquered, brass fittings, 16 1/4 x 39 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. $200-300 346 Two Carved Wood Architectural Elements, a cloud-shape capital with a carved mask and ruyi-style scrolls, wd. 18, ht. 7 1/4; and a standing lion mounted on a peg with carved floral top, nailed to a carved wood stand, wd. 12 1/2, ht. 16 1/4 in. $500-700 347 Six-panel Lacquered Floor Screen, China, 20th century, depicting a Daoist heaven with many figures in a garden scene made with hardstone, mother-of-pearl, wood, and bone insets, gold-painted flowers, plants, and fruit on the back, each panel 72 x 16 in. $400-600 348 Two Small Wood Cabinets, China, 20th century, both rectangular, plain, one with a compartment and drawer; the other with a locking door that opens down, sizes to 28 3/8 x 16 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. $150-200 349 Hardwood Chair, China, 19th/20th century, the back and sides decorated with openwork carved panels and apron of auspicious symbols and animals including shou characters, rolling bamboo footrest, 38 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 19 in. $600-800 350 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Tiger with Bamboo, Japan, on a blank background, ink on silk, inscribed with a seal, painting 40 1/4 x 15 in. $300-500 351 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Monkey, Japan, seated watching a wasp above, on a blank background, signed with two seals, ink and color on silk, 38 1/2 x 13 in. $300-500 352 Loose Painting, China, ink and color on paper, depicting two oxen, with signature, inscribed, with two seals, 39 x 33 in. $200-300
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353 Six Aquatint Prints, Japan, Kunito Nagaoka (b. 1940), depicting abstract landscapes in color, Lietzow edition, all numbered 17/35, signed in pencil with date 1976 except one (1978), with labels in separate booklet case, framed and glazed, print 3 3/8 x 4 1/2, paper 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. $400-600 354 Buddhist Hanging Scroll Depicting Three Bodhisattvas, China, with Avalokitesvara in the center, seated on a lotus throne, holding a Pure Water bottle on her left palm, flanked by two bodhisattvas: one holding a lotus branch and one with a boy with hands folded in prayer, ink, color, and gold on cotton, painting 65 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. $400-600 355 Five Loose Paintings, China, 20th century, ink and color on paper, two depicting flowers, two of dancers, and a calligraphy painting, signed and sealed, size to 28 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. $100-150 356 Buddhist Hanging Scroll Depicting Avalokitesvara, China, seated on a lotus throne with double halos behind her, dressed in a robe decorated with lotus roundels, five miniature Buddha statues seated on her crown, with two flying devas above and below with four Heavenly Guardians in Mongolianstyle costumes, ink, color, and gold on cotton, painting 66 1/4 x 35 in. $400-600 357 Hanging Scroll, China, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Ruiguo Shi, depicting a figure by a river, with two seals, 12 1/2 x 50 in. $200-300 358 Painting Depicting a Woman, China, in the manner of He Jianying (b. 1957), ink and color on paper, the figure partially nude, with cherry branches, signed with three seals, 20 x 19 5/8 in. $300-400 359 Hanging Scroll, China, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Huangzhou (19251997), depicting a girl with donkeys, dated, bears signature, with one seal, 18 x 26 1/2 in. $400-600
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360 Four Calligraphy Scrolls, China, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), dated, bears signature, with five seals, 50 x 13 in. $300-400 361 Doro-e Folk Art Landscape, Japan, depicting a busy business district near the water with an arched bridge and boats, gouache on paper, framed and glazed, painting 11 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. $2,000-3,000 362 Fourteen Ukiyoe Woodblock Prints, Japan, all later editions, eight Hiroshige (1797-1858) color prints with seven from the Fifty-three Tokaido series, including one with Watanabe K-seal (1957-1989) and three mounted on mattes; two Hokusai (1760-1849), including one from the Thirty-three Views of Fuji series; and four others including one by Utamaro (1753-1806), sizes to 9 x 13 1/2 in. $400-600 363 Thirty-four Miscellaneous Works and Prints, Japan, all later editions, including three Hiroshige (1797-1858); one Harunobu (1725-1770); one Sharaku (active 1794-1795); one Hokusai (1760-1849); three loose prints with two in ink; nineteen souvenir-type works mounted on cardboard; four paintings: two fan paintings, a watercolor, and a fish inscribed with Shusui; and two photographs, wd. to 11, ht. to 16 in. $400-600 364 Three Paintings and a Calligraphy, Japan, two sumi-e paintings, each depicting two bamboo stalks combined with a “bamboo� character, sealed; a painting depicting fish, shrimp, and crab with water plants, in the manner of Kubota Beisen (1852-1906), ink and light color on paper; and a fan calligraphy written in oracle script along the upper part of the fifteen-fold fan, inscribed with three seals, mounted on a silk mat, sizes to 9 3/8 x 20 1/4 in. $200-300 365 Four Hanging Scrolls, Japan, 19th century, in the manner of Tanyu Kano (1602-1674), depicting the four seasons: Spring with flowering trees and a waterfall; Summer with a willow and pavilions riverside; Fall with distant mountains and flying geese; and Winter with a snowscape with a distant pagoda, all ink and light color on paper, inscribed with a gourd seal, 43 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. $300-500
366 Boxed Set of Six Reproduced Ukiyoe Prints, Japan, 1995, selected from the Takahashi Siichiro (1884-1982) collection, published by Keio University, including two by Kiyonaga; one by Utamaro; one by Harunobu; one by Eishi; and one by Sharaku, all oban tate-e, box 16 x 12 1/4 in. $50-100 367 Group of Reproduced Woodblock Prints, Japan, a set of eight Edo beauty series, from the collection of Idemitsu Museum of Arts; vol. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 from the twelve-volume set of Utamaro and Sharaku prints, holding two prints, one by each artist per volume, reproduced by Yomiuri Shinbun; volume 17 and 18, from the eighteen-volume set of Hokusai print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, holding two per volume, reproduced by Yomiuri Shinbun; one from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, all oban yoko-e. $50-100 368 Twelve Woodblock Prints, Japan, 18th to 20th century, one by Kunihide, depicting a wrestler in robe; two by Shunsho, each depicting a warrior with sword, to 5 5/8 x 12 3/4; two by Yoshitoshi including one from the series One-hundred Aspects of Warriors and one from the series One-hundred Aspects of Moon, both later edition; one by Kuniyoshi; one by Hiroshige, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, yoko-e; two later reproduced copies including one by Eisen; and a triptych (three oban-size prints) by Kyosai, depicting Daikoku with rats, all oban size to 14 1/2 x 10 in. $1,200-1,500 369 Calligraphy, China, 20th century, a three-line eulogy in semi-cursive script, signed with two seals, mounted on a decorative fabric, 8 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. $200-300 370 Hanging Scroll Depicting Birds, China, perched on branches, in the manner of Ma Yuanyu (c. 1669-1722), of a flowering plum tree intermingled with bamboo and roses, signed with two seals reading “Ma Yuanyu yin” and “Fu Yi,” ink and color on paper, painting 51 x 22 in. $200-400 371 Kiyoshi Saito (1907-977) Woodblock Print, depicting a dog, signed in white in Roman script “Kiyoshi Saito” and sealed in red in Japanese “Kiyoshi,” 11 3/8 x 16 1/2 in. $200-300
372 Kano Painting, Japan, ink and light color on paper, Bird on Winter Tree, signed and with two seals, framed, 33 x 15 1/4 in. $200-300 373 Loose Painting, China, 2003, in the manner of Ge Hongzhen (b. 1946), depicting swimming fish, dated guiwei year (2003), signed, three seals, ink and colors on square paper, 20 x 20 in. $150-250 374 Hanging Scroll Depicting the Shinto Kami, Japan, depicting a male Shinto deity dressed in the formal garb of the court and three female deities dressed in Buddhist robes, each holding a fan, biwa, and fly whisk, all seated in two tiers in a shrine adorned in the Kamakuraperiod style, painting 55 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. $300-500 375 Four Color Engravings, England, all based on topographical illustrations by Thomas Allom (1804-1872), depicting landscapes with people, each printed with a title and engraver including A. Willmore, H. Adlard, S. Bradshaw, and T. Dixon, framed and glazed, print 5 x 7 3/8 in. $300-500 376 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, China, of craggy mountainside with a river, figures in pavilions, and a fisher on boat, inscribed with three seals to upper right, ink and light color on silk, painting 66 x 31 in. $300-500 377 Six Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th and 20th century, four ukiyoe prints including two by Toyokuni II and two by Kunisada, both oban tate-e; one by Akitoyo Terada, depicting a seated Noh actor, chuban tate-e; and one depicting a landscape in ink, signed with two seals, oban tate-e, sizes to 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. $700-900 378 Two Four-panel Painting Screens, China, 20th century, each depicting a continuous panoramic landscape, stretching from top to bottom, one with a bridge leading to a pavilion, pines, and bamboo against a misty mountainside; and the other with many buildings with gardens near a river, both ink and color on paper, 81 x 17 5/8 in. $800-1,200
379 Pair of Ancestral Portraits, China, 20th century, depicting a couple, each seated in a chair, the man portrayed over a bright yellow ground with gilt details, an artist’s seal to the upper center; the woman over a brown ground, lightly colored on silk, framed and glazed, painting 37 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. $300-500 380 Two Woodblock Portraits of a Man and a Woman, Japan, by Toyokuni (1769-1825) and Eisen (1790-1848) respectively, each mounted on a shaped board and framed together, glazed, each 14 3/4 x 10 3/4, with frame 25 3/4 x 33 1/2 in. $150-200 381 Illustrated Manuscript, Persia, 19th/20th century, ink, color, and gold on paper, with ten lines of text to the page and interlinear decorations and illustrations along the exterior border, all above a hunting scene, nine lines of black text verso, framed, 11 1/4 x 8 in. $200-300 382 Painting Depicting a Woman, Japan, 20th century, standing in a garden with plum blossoms, framed and glazed, 27 x 10 7/8 in. $200-300 383 Hanging Scroll Depicting Orchids, Japan, in two clusters in a diagonal composition, inscribed in cursive script with four seals including a collector’s seal to bottom right, ink on paper, painting 49 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. Provenance: From the collection of John Herman Groesbeck Pierson, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu, Hawaii; gift to Laetitia Verdery Pierson, wife of George Wilson Pierson (1904-1993), Professor and Chair of History at Yale University. $400-600 384 Calligraphy, China, 20th century, of fourcharacters, dated and signed with three seals, ink on paper, 51 3/4 x 13 in. $200-300 385 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, China, in the manner of Huang Binhong (1865-1955), with distant mountain peaks, ink and light color on paper, inscribed and signed “Huang Binhong” with a seal reading the artist, painting 26 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. $500-700
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386 Hanging Scroll Depicting Daffodils with Rocks, China, in the manner of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), inscribed and dated with two seals, ink and light color on paper, painting 43 x 15 in. $300-500 387 Thangka, Sino-Tibet, depicting Manjusri bodhisattva riding on a lion in the center, surrounded with other smaller deities and devas, gouache on paper, framed and glazed, sight size 25 3/4 x 17 in. $300-500
388 Hanging Scroll Depicting Two Camels, China, 1979, in the manner of Wang Weizheng (b. 1944), standing with cactuses, titled “Qianlizu” and inscribed with three seals including one near bottom, ink and light color on paper, 52 1/2 x 26 3/8 in. $1,000-1,500 389 Six-panel Screen Painting, Japan, late 19th century, depicting a large flowering plum tree with bamboo, iris, and various ducks and birds, 64 3/4 x 24 in. $800-1,000 390 Six-panel Folding Screen, China, ink and colors on paper, 1980, signed and sealed Zhang Xinquan, depicts a Spring day in Old China, at right a young woman and attendants leave home, her sedan chair waiting, a woman and boy watch a boatman from their waterside pavilion, at far left are shops and a food vendor, the artist’s name, seal, and telephone number are on a poster affixed to the wall of the bank, reverse plain silvery paper, each panel wd. 17 1/2, ht. 83 1/2 in. $3,000-4,000 391 Hanging Scroll Calligraphy, China, in the manner of Qigong (1912-2005), with seven characters, dated 1940 or 2000, signed with two seals, on decorative paper with gilt speckles, calligraphy 51 x 12 in. $300-500
392 Nine Woodblock Prints, Japan, two later edition prints by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) including one depicting Cheoneun Temple in Korea; three by Hiroshige (1797-1858) with two later editions; one by Hokusai (17601849) from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, later edition; one depicting an owl, signed with a seal; one depicting an eagle, signed with a seal; and one depicting a chrysanthemum branch, signed with a seal on print, in various sizes sight to 15 x 9 1/2 in. $300-500 393 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1930, Kura in Tomonoura, later edition, impressed title and signature on the bottom margin, 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. $50-100 394 Five Illustrated Wallpaper Panels, China, featuring birds and flowers, hand-painted over a printed design, each panel 9 ft. 6 in. x 30 in. $200-400 395 Six Mounted Monochrome Woodblock Print Pages, Japan, 18th century, three from Ehon Tokiwagusa by Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750), each with two koban-size pages, glued to support; one possibly by Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785), with two chuban-size pages, glued to support; one possibly by Okomura Masanobu (1686-1764), with two chuban-size pages, glued to support; and one with a 8 7/8 x 5 3/8-in. page and a 8 7/8 x 10 3/4-in. page folded in two. $400-600 396 Large Hanging Scroll Ancestral Portrait, China, Qing dynasty, of nine ancestors from three generations, seated in three rows in front of an altar with ancestral tablets and food offerings, ink and color on cotton, painting 70 3/4 x 47 1/8 in. $300-500 397 Two Paintings Depicting Lotuses, China, 20th century, one with a pair of mandarin ducks, the other with a pair of blue birds, ink and color on silk, framed and glazed, painting size to 34 x 20 in. $300-500 398 Six-panel Folding Screen, Japan, 20th century, depicting a landscape with three scholars playing “go” under a pine tree, with three attendants, signed to bottom right, ink and color on brown paper, each panel 47 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000
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399 Woodblock Print Album, Japan, holding seven triptych oban size prints, including Sugawara no Michizane by Koyochika (18471915), later edition, with wood covers, album 14 x 9 1/8 in. $400-600 400 Katagami Stencil, Japan, in lacquered fabric, decorated with an abstract floral design, framed and glazed, stencil 40 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. $200-400 401 Modern Woodblock Print, Japan, 1978, AP 2/8, depicting an interior with cooking fireplace, titled in Japanese, signed “Kam Kaneda” in English, with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, sight size 22 x 16 1/2 in. $600-800 402 Two Modern Woodblock Prints, Japan, depicting the interiors of an old house in simple forms, one dated “1989.12” and numbered “12/50,” titled in Japanese, signed both in English and Japanese; and the other dated “1988.10,” titled and signed in Japanese, both framed and glazed, sight sizes to 21 x 13 1/2 in. $500-700 403 Hanging Scroll Ancestral Portrait, China, depicting a couple seated in chairs before a folding screen with an ink landscape, inscribed with title “Liang Cai Ruren Chaofeng Zhen Rong” (Color Portraits of an Official and His Wife), ink and color on paper, painting 46 7/8 x 37 in. $800-1,000 404 Four Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866) Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century, the 15th, 22nd, 45th, and 49th from the series Fifty-four Battle Stories of Hisago, signed “Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga,” all oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. $400-600 405 Two Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) Woodblock Prints, Japan, both depicting three strolling women holding umbrellas, from the series Current Manners in Eastern Brocade, later editions by Watanabe with seal, oban tate-e, sizes to 15 x 10 in. $200-400
406 Three Woodblock Prints, Japan, one by Toyokuni III (1786-1864), depicting a woman reading a letter, signed “Kochoro Toyokuniga” in a double-gourd-shape cartouche; one by Yeisho (fl. 1800s) portraying a woman in a bath robe before a mirror; and one depicting a rooster with a hen, signed “Kumohuchi” with a seal, all oban tate-e, sizes to 15 1/8 x 10 in. $300-500 407 Two Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a crane looking up, the other with a standing crane, both signed in pencil with a seal on print, oban tate-e, sight sizes to 15 x 9 1/4 in. $200-400 408 Fan Painting Depicting a Landscape, China, in the manner of Ma Yuan (c. 1160-1225), with willow trees and a bridge over water against a misty mountain range, ink on silk, with three seals, framed and glazed, painting dia. to 9 1/2 in. $600-800
413 Painting Depicting a River Landscape, China, 19th/20th century, with water reeds and two figures on a boat, inscribed with a seal reading “Derun zhi yin,” ink and light color on paper, matted and mounted on a panel, painting 10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. $200-300 414 Xu Quang (b. 1938) Oil Painting, China, 1988, depicting a shepherdess leading a pack of sheep into a barn, signed “Xu Quang, 1988, Painter’s Village” in Chinese to the bottom right corner, oil on canvas, framed, painting 28 x 35 1/8 in. $300-500 415 Xu Quang (b. 1938) Woodcut Block, China, 20th century, depicting the bust of a young boy smiling, titled by the artist “Young Youth on the Pastureland,” incised on the block “Robert L. Sandblom, Xu Quang, 1988, Painter’s Village China” in Chinese, framed and glazed, block 15 1/2 x 20 1/8 in. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Robert L. Sandblom, Paradise Valley, Arizona.
409 Portrait of a Woman, China, seated in a chair with her hands buried under her formal robe embroidered with facing dragons and birds, with an inscription reading “Huangfeng Yipin Zhengfuren Yangmu Zheng Taifuren,” ink, gold, and color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 40 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. $800-1,000 410 Longevity Painting, Japan, depicting a pair of cranes with pine trees, rocks, and minogame, a turtle with a long hairy tail, with two seals, ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 17 3/4 x 26 5/8 in. $300-500 411 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, Japan, 18th century, in the manner of Kano Jushin (1660-1728), with a pavilion and rocks under a pine tree, painted against a misty background with a mountain peak in the distance, signed “Hougen Nyosen Jushin Hitsu” with a seal, ink and light color on silk, contained in a box signed “Kano Jushin” and titled “Sansuiga,” painting 31 x 11 3/4 in. $300-500 412 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Man, China, seated beneath a tree watching two horses before him, ink and color on brown silk, inscribed with a seal, with a calligraphy on paper mounted separately above, signed with a seal, painting 26 1/4 x 13 in. $200-300
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420 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Lotus, China, titled and signed “Liantang Youqu Nie Luyun” with a seal, ink and color on paper, painting 33 x 11 3/4 in. $500-700 421 Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991), Ohara in Autumn, Japan, 1963, color woodblock print, signed and sealed, titled and dated in bottom margin, framed and glazed, sight size 15 1/8 x 10 in. $200-300 422 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Woodblock Print, Japan, c. 1840, depicting a snowy landscape with a Buddhist monk, from the series Sketches of the Life of Koso, oban yoko-e, framed and glazed, sight size 8 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. $200-300
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416 Two Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a cicada on a willow tree, 13 3/4 x 7 3/8; and the other a dog walking on pine needles and cones, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., both signed with a seal. $800-1,200 417 Kako Morita (fl. 1902-1917) Hand-painted Woodblock Print, Japan, depicting a beetle on a daffodil, 12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. $500-800 418 Two Paintings, China, 20th century, birds and plum branches, ink and color on paper, framed, 15 1/2 x 14 1/2, including frame; and Persia, miniature, noble men with attendants, ink and color on paper, 14 x 11 1/2 in., including frame. $300-500 419 Hiroshige (1797-1858) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1853, Owari Province: Tsushima, Tenno Festival, from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, framed and glazed, oban tate-e, sight size 13 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. $500-700
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1002 Four Snuff Bottles, China, an amethyst fruit-shape snuff with cloisonné stopper; an amethyst bulbous-shape snuff mounted on a turtle; a smoky quartz flattened oviform snuff decorated with incised turtle back design; and a crystal flattened round snuff decorated with carved taotie masks, ht. to 3 1/8 in. $700-900 1003 Green and Black Glazed Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, with overall pattern of scrolling flowers and tendrils, ht. 3 in. $200-300 1004 Five Snuff Bottles, China, late 19th century, four Peking glass overlay bottles depicting horses and flowers and birds, and one porcelain, depicting a warrior, ht. to 3 3/8 in. $250-350 1005 Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, a bat-shape murky white snuff, domed with a carved orange stopper; a russet snuff in the shape of a Buddha’s hand citrus with a carved ladybug on one side, well hollowed, with a bone spoon, the stone with gray and orange stripes; and a round gray snuff with a grasshopper gnawing on a daikon in dark brown, domed with brown and yellow agate stopper, ht. to 2 7/8 in. $500-700
1006 Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, a round plain dark brown snuff with gray and white markings, with a domed brown agate stopper; a round ochre to reddish brown snuff, decorated with a carved Daoist landscape with Shoulao and a crane on one side, with a domed brown stopper; a round russet to gray snuff with streaks of dark brown suggesting a tree, decorated with a carved monkey on a horseback, translucent rose quartz stopper with a dyed bone spoon; and an oval gray snuff with a man and a monkey carved in black, agate stopper with hawksbill spoon, ht. to 3 1/4 in. $500-700 1007 Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, a brown snuff, in the shape of a turtle with its head as stopper, with five creatures crawling on it including a snake, frog, and scorpion; a round gray snuff with streaks of white, russet, and brown, decorated with a dancing figure using the natural coloring; and a rounded rectangular gray snuff, with brown streaks on one side and a carved Liu Hai playing with coins, with a domed green onyx stopper, well hollowed, ht. 2 1/4 to 4 1/2 in. $500-700 1008 Four Glass Snuff Bottles, China, a rounded rectangular snuff, decorated with a landscape with figures, the stopper with a carved skull; a globular snuff decorated with two chilongs on the shoulders and shou characters over stylized wave designs, gold flakes around the neck, domed metalwork stopper with a stone, silver spoon; an elongated oviform transparent purple glass snuff, plain, with domed metal stopper with green glass decoration, bone spoon; and a green round snuff with streaks in green and pink, a domed metal stopper with a carved turquoise blue dragon decoration, ht. to 3 3/8 in. $500-700 1009 Four Snuff Bottles, China, a nephrite bulbous-shape snuff, pale celadon stone, bronze stopper topped with a dome-shape green stone; a jadeite rectangular snuff, decorated with two ears with loose rings, rectangular stopper; a nephrite globular snuff, decorated with two carved animal masks on the shoulders; and a nephrite oviform snuff, mottled olive green stone with russet markings, decorated with two carved shishi, brown agate stopper, ht. to 3 3/8 in. $500-700
1010 Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, one globular, on a raised oval foot, with straight neck, well hollowed, stone with stroke patterns of red to russet and dark brown, domed jasper stopper with jewel knob; one globular on a flat foot, with straight neck, the agate with “eye” patterns in orange and milky white, green hardstone rounded stopper; and one flattened round shape with mock mask and ring handles at the sides, the body translucent with vertical striations, domed agate stopper, ht. to 3 3/4 in. $500-700 1011 Four Snuff Bottles, China, a rounded rectangular gray agate snuff with white to gray stripes, a domed pink agate stopper with dark blots; a round white agate snuff with gray to yellow stripes, well hollowed, a striated gray agate stopper; a round gray snuff in the shape of the Eight Trigrams, with a long straight neck, topped with a domed mottled gray stopper; and a double gourd-shape tea crystal snuff with a loose ring, gray stone with white to russet stripes, topped with a domed red stone stopper with a jewel knob, ht. to 3 1/8 in. $500-700
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1001 Four Snuff Bottles, China, a hawksbill rectangular snuff decorated with a four-character epigram each on all four sides; a hawksbill polygon snuff decorated with a four-character epigram each on four sides; an amber pepper-shape snuff with carved foliate scrolls and turquoise stopper; and an amber oval snuff with silver spoon, well hollowed, ht. to 2 7/8 in. $700-900
1012 Four Snuff Bottles, China, a flattened rectangular porcelain snuff, decorated with crickets and floral motifs on both sides; a double-gourd-shape glass snuff; a Peking glass round snuff with gilt flakes inside; and a Yixing pottery flask-shape snuff, decorated with a landscape on each side, ht. to 3 in. $700-900 1013 Seven Assorted Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century, two porcelain with underglaze blue decorations on a crackled ground with green hardstone stoppers; one carved ivory flattened oviform decorated with an incised figure and calligraphy; a snowflake Peking glass snuff bottle with single glass overlay in red depicting scholar’s objects; an interior-painted glass bottle depicting hunting scenes; a carved green hardstone bottle depicting birds perched on blooming branches; and a glass flattened ovoid imitation realgar bottle, with two carved wood stands, ht. to 2 3/4 in. $250-350
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1014 Blue Peking Glass Bowl, China, with deep rounded sides and slightly flaring rim, dia. 6 1/4 in. $400-500 1015 Peking Glass Carving, China, depicting Guanyin standing with her hands clasped and wearing long, flowing robes, opaque white glass with green patterns stimulating mottled green jade, ht. 9 3/4 in. $500-700 1016 Seven Peking Glass Vases and Bowls, China, a pair of baluster-shape vases, with fish in red overlay on white; a baluster-shape vase, with butterflies in light blue on white; a baluster-shape vase with a phoenix in green on white; a baluster-shape vase with flowers and birds in red on white; a deep bowl with flower and a small bird in green on white; and a bowl with flower and a crane in green on white, dia. to 6 5/8, ht. to 12 7/8 in. $250-350
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1017 Carved Ivory Ball, Japan, 19th/20th century, decorated in relief with three Daoist Sennin, including Koreijin with a tiger and Juronjin with a deer, in a natural scene with mountain, bird, waterfall, bamboo, and rocks, stained in brown, with a carved wood stand, ball dia. 2 1/4, stand ht. 2 1/4 in. $700-900
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1018 Ivory Okimono of a Bird in a Nest, Japan, 18th/19th century, carved from one piece of ivory, the nest inlaid, incised, and stained, possibly made of bone, the bird with incised details and stained eyes, signed “Gyokuseki” in an oval reserve, ht. 1 1/2 in. $500-600 1019 Ivory Netsuke of a Pig, Japan, 19th century, lying on the ground with a piglet, the markings incised and stained brown, the eyes inlaid with black beads, signed “Senpo” to base, lg. 2 3/8 in. $500-600
1020 Ivory Netsuke of an Oni Monster, Japan, 19th century, sitting on a giant shell with his left leg raised and his right leg placed parallel to the ground, his left arm stretched back and his right arm folded, expressive face, incised details stained in brown in different shades, signed “Sanseki,” ht. 1 5/8 in. $500-600 1021 Ivory Netsuke of a Kabuki Actor, Japan, 20th century, squatting with his right arm raised, holding a rod, his left hand in his lap with the index and middle fingers pointing to the left, wearing a mask with bulging eyes, with incised details, partially stained in brown tones and green, signed “Kouhiro” to base, ht. 2 1/4 in. $300-400 1022 Ivory Netsuke of a Boy, Japan, 20th century, sitting with one leg raised and the other parallel to the ground, holding a flute with both hands, incised and stained in green, brown, and black, signed “Gyokusho,” ht. 1 5/8 in. $350-450 1023 Ivory Netsuke of Juro, Japan, 20th century, holding a staff in his left hand and a kotobuki character (longevity) in his right, stained in black to brown tones with his beard and eyebrows in white, incised “Taizan” to base, ht. 2 1/4 in. $400-600 1024 Ivory Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, rounded rectangular body with flattened sides, decorated in low relief with carved Immortals with a boy attendant in a room setting in two panels divided by two sets of three lotus roundels in a vertical column, along the shoulder and the bottom embellished with a band of lotus motifs, resting on a short straight foot, some incised details stained in black, ht. 4 1/2 in. $300-500 1025 Wood Fengshui Covered Compass, China, 19th century, stem cup shape, with ivory dials incised with directional marks including the eight trigrams, needle in a round housing, the cover decorated with twelve inlaid ivory circles of incised zodiac animals and a central circle incised with a boy riding on a bull, inscribed to base on inlaid ivory, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 2 3/4 in. $200-300
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1026 Carved Ivory and Painted Fan, China, late 19th/early 20th century, the fan sides and sticks carved with figures in landscapes, the fan painted and with applied mother-of-pearl and silk, in a lacquer and gilt box, box lg. 11 in. $200-400 1027 Three Hardstone Trees in Cloisonné Pots, China, 19th century, composed of green hardstone, agate, rose quartz, malachite, and other stones, set in turquoise cloisonné planters, ht. to 16 1/2 in. $200-300 1028 Bodhisattva Stone Head and Stand, Vietnam, 20th century, the crown with lotus and leaf decoration and the ears with large earrings, head ht. 13 1/2, with stand 22 in. $600-800 1029 Stone Bodhisattva Head, China, 19th century, carved of granite, the hair swept up with a crown, ht. 10 5/8 in. $500-700 1030 Ghandharan-style Gray-Schist Figure of a Bodhisattva, depicted standing wearing flowing pleated robes, jewelry and an ornamented collar, on a rectangular base ornamented with floral carvings, attached to a modern metal base, total ht. 19 1/2 in. Provenance: Acquired from a gentleman residing in London, purchased by him in 1954, exhibited at The Silk Road at 181 Picadilly, December 2001–January 2002, purchased by current owner at Timeline Auctions, London, March 18 2011. Note: For a similar example see Sotheby’s Indian, Himalayan and South-east Asian Art, June 5, 1989, Lot 121, and Ingholt, Gandharan Art in Pakistan, No. 328. $200-300 1031 Set of Four Sometsuke Dishes, Japan, decorated with floral designs in a double ring below a geometric pattern band around the rim, the rim in underglaze brown, dia. 9 in. $200-300
1033 Famille Rose Covered Ginger Jar, China, 19th/20th century, the rounded form decorated with ladies and children at play, on a wood stand carved to depict the twelve animals of the zodiac, overall ht. 12 1/4 in. $250-350 1034 Famille Verte Porcelain Figure of Guan Yu, China, depicted seated with arms raised, wearing heavily ornamented armor, a dragon at his feet, ht. 11 1/2 in. $300-500 1035 Blue and White Plate, China, decorated in underglaze blue with fish amidst aquatic plants, dia. 11 in. $100-200 1036 Blue and White Meiping Ewer, China, Ming dynasty style, with an immortal riding a donkey with attendants, prunus, palm, and rocks, border at shoulder with clouds and horses, three lugs, border of waves, ht. 12 1/2 in. $100-200 1037 Two Yixing Teapots, China, one globular, with loop handle and straight spout, mark on base; the other a flattened form, the top half decorated with a dragon body on either side, with dragon-head spout and tail-form handle, mark on base, cover with pierced finial and mark at interior, dia. to 4 1/2 in. $300-400 1038 Set of Nine White-glazed Dishes, Japan, decorated with molded flowers, birds, and trees in six oval panels, lobed rim, dia. 8 1/8 in. $500-700
1039 White-glazed Porcelain Dharuma, Japan, reclined to his right side, dressed in a flowing robe, his face and part of his hand and foot unglazed, wd. 5 1/4, ht. 3 in. $200-300 1040 Nine Blue and White Cups, Japan, eight with straight sides without foot: three decorated with brushed landscapes, four with brushed floral and foliate design, and one with a floral pattern; and an upturned bellshape resting on a short raised foot, decorated with peonies to the exterior and a patterned band to the interior, dia. to 3 1/2, ht. to 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1041 Blanc-de-chine Figure of Guanyin, China, 20th century, depicted in standing pose wearing flowing robes and holding a lotus flower, ht. 12 1/4 in. $200-250 1042 Five Pottery Funerary Figures and Two Porcelain Items, China, three pottery figures of officials with traces of green and brown glaze; a pottery figure of a mythical creature with the head of a woman; a recumbent dog; a blue and white glazed planter decorated with stylized peonies and shou characters; and a white-glazed cylindrical vase with incised peony, plum and chrysanthemum motif, mock lion-head and ring handles at the sides, vase ht. 12, planter dia. 6 3/4 in. $200-300 1043 Three Blue and White Ming-style Tableware Items, China/Southeast Asia, early 20th century or earlier, a deep bowl with phoenix decorations, with the character xing (star) at the interior well, dia. 9 3/8; a conical dish with bands and abstract scroll motif and a central fu character (blessing), dia. 10 1/2; and a large deep dish with bands and floral decorations, dia. 12 3/4 in. $100-150 1044 Blue and White Brush Pot, Japan, late 19th century, of tall cylindrical shape depicting a courtesan gathering attending to a high class geisha standing in front of a bullock cot, inscribed on the base, ht. 7 1/8, dia. 7 5/8 in. $400-500
1045 Sky Blue-glazed Vase, China, bottleshape, with flared mouth, decorated with a pale blue glaze, six-character Guangxu mark on base, ht. 13 1/8 in. $1,000-1,500 1046 Two Enameled Porcelain Lamps, China, 20th century, each in the shape of a baluster vase with domed cover, depicting various vessels in polychrome enamel including planters and vases with flowers, the lamppost with two sockets, mounted on a wood stand, overall ht. to 31 5/8, vase ht. 16 1/2 in. $500-700 1047 Five Blue and White Teacups with Saucers, China, early 20th century, the saucers decorated with landscape vignettes and a solitary traveler in the central roundel, dia. 4 1/2, the teacups with similar decoration, base unmarked, ht. 1 5/8 in. $300-500
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1032 Three Small Imari Items, Japan, 19th century, a blue and white plate with lobed and gilt rim, decorated with a chrysanthemum spray to the interior and a foliate scroll to the exterior, mark to base, dia. 4; a small low bowl on a straight foot, decorated with flowers and foliate scrolls to the interior and three lingzhi mushrooms and two bands to the exterior, mark to base, dia. 3; and a wine cup decorated with floral designs in persimmon red and gold over an underglaze blue design, dia. 2 3/4 in. $500-700
1048 Blue and White Covered Ginger Jar, China, 19th/20th century, decorated with a bird perched on a rock nestled amongst a flowering peony tree, cover with floral decorations, double ring on base, ht. 5 1/2 in. $500-700 1049 Imari Charger, Japan, for export, depicting a dragon in the well and floral sprays to the exterior, six-character Wanli mark on base, dia. 12 in. $200-250 1050 Celadon Sanggam Bottle, Korea, 19th/20th century, pear-shape body with a long neck slowly flaring to rounded rim, slightly off balance, resting on a short glazed footring with five spur marks, inlaid with four sets of chrysanthemum in black and white, bands of stylized floral and cloud motifs inlaid in white around the waist, decorated with an openwork foliate scroll on neck near the mouth and a band of incised lotus leaves to the bottom, allover craquelure, ht. 10 in. $400-500
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1051 Painted Pottery Figure of a Dancing Lady, China, Tang dynasty style, depicting a court lady dancing with one arm up, wearing flowing robes with long sleeves, with double bun coiffeur, traces of paint remaining, on a wood stand, ht. 12 in. Note: No technical examination done. $300-500 1052 Painted Pottery Figure of a Dancing Lady, China, Tang dynasty style, depicting a court lady with double bun coiffeur wearing flowing robes with long sleeves, her left arm up and body slightly bending forward, traces of paint remaining, on a wood stand, ht. 12 in. Note: No technical examination done. $300-500
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1053 Large Imari Vase, Japan, Meiji period, baluster-shape with bulbous shoulder and flared rim, the sides slowly curved down to a raised foot, decorated with various floral designs with birds and butterflies in variously shaped panels, a band of underglaze blue with foliate scrolls near foot, a band of floral motif around the rim interior, ht. 30 in. $500-700
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1054 Kutani Ewer, Japan, 19th/20th century, globular, with long neck and undulating mouth rim, painted with figures, flowers, and a landscape in three oval panels on a ground filled with floral and foliate motifs in iron red and gold, signed “Watano-sei, Murashou-ga” in overglaze iron red and a mark in underglaze blue on base, ht. 10 1/2 in. $300-500 1055 Pair of Enameled Vases, China, four-lobed baluster-shape, with two chilong-inspired ears to waisted neck, resting on a short splayed foot, the body decorated with landscapes with figures in two panels surrounded with floral bands in underglaze blue, ht. 11 3/8 in. $300-500
1056 Four Ceramic Vase Lamps, China, an octagonal pear-shape enameled vase; a four-sided baluster-shape yellowglazed vase; a four-lobed ge-ware gray vase with two animal mask ears to neck; and a four-sided baluster-shape deep olive green vase, all mounted on a wood stand and surmounted with a lamppost with one or two lightbulbs, vase ht. to 12 1/4 in. $200-300 1057 Blue and White Umbrella Stand, China, 20th century, for export, the central cylinder surrounded by five apertures, overall floral decoration, ht. 23 1/2 in. $250-350 1058 Enameled Porcelain Covered Jar, China, meiping-shape with a straight neck and flat rim, domed cover with button knob, decorated with two potted flowers and calligraphy works between two patterned bands around shoulder and foot, ht. 15 in. $500-700 1059 Ten Pieces of Blue and White Porcelain, China, 20th century, six covered jars, one small vase, two jarlets, and a large, deep bowl, all decorated with underglaze blue flowering prunus, the deep bowl with a high relief dragon, ht. to 15 in. $200-250 1060 Enameled Jar, China, elongated bulbous-shape with short mouth, resting on a recessed footring, unglazed near foot, decorated with a dragon and phoenix with lotus scrolls between two bands around shoulder and bottom, with wood cover with openwork scroll design, six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 7 5/8 in. $300-500 1061 Sancai-style Ceramic Foo Lion with a Cub, China, seated with its head raised, with openwork mouth, painted in underglaze polychrome enamels, wd. 8 1/4, ht. 6 3/8 in. $200-400
1062 Imari Sometsuke Bottle, Japan, pearshape with slender neck and rolled rim, on a short footring, decorated with brushed floral design, ht. 8 in. $200-300 1063 Flambé-glazed Vase, China, elongated pear-shape with rounded rim on a short straight foot, the glaze striated in oxblood, purple, and sky blue, the base with mottled glaze and unglazed footring, ht. 6 7/8 in. $500-700 1064 Pair of Turquoise-glazed Buddhist Lions, China, 19th/20th century, each lion seated upon a square pedestal base, a female lion with a cub, and a male with a ball, mounted as bookends with brass fittings, ht. 9 1/4 in. $400-600 1065 Four Export Blue and White Porcelain Items, China, 19th century, two octagonal plates with auspicious motifs, unglazed footring; an eightlobed oval dish with patterned bands, bisque base, brown-glazed rim; and an octagonal dish with raised basketweave design to cavetto, yellowglazed rim, each decorated with a landscape in the well, dia. to 6 3/8 in. $400-600 1066 White-glazed Ding Bowl, China, Song dynasty style, cone-shape with slightly flared rim, resting on a short foot, molded fish design in the well, six lightly raised lines around the interior, unglazed rim, dia. 7 1/8 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $200-300 1067 Pottery Jar, China, six-sided bulbous jar with rounded shoulder and flat base, decorated with carved floral design to sides and ruyi border around shoulder, partially glazed in greenish blue running from the shoulder, ht. 3 3/4 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $100-200
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Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $100-200 1069 Two Blue-glazed Covered Jars with Gilt-metal Finials, China, globular, with the rim decorated with a band of metal openwork, the fitted domed cover with floral knob, ht. to 9 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $200-300 1070 Pair of Rose Medallion Rouleau Vases, China, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated with rectangular cartouches depicting court scenes, alternating with panels of birds and butterflies, with molded gilt dragons and lions at the shoulders and neck of the vases, four-character Qianlong mark stamped in red on base, ht. 18 5/8 in. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. $800-1,000 1071 Five Enameled White Porcelain Items, China, early 20th century, a lidded four-tier case, decorated with lion and calligraphy, signed “Li Yicheng zao” on base, 4 1/2; a lidded four-tier food bowl, decorated with women, the domed cover with a ring knob, 5 1/4; a pair of miniature jars, bulbous, both decorated with a woman, a boy, and a bat, gilt details, the covers with a bud-shape knob, both on carved wood stands, jar ht. 3 1/4; and a covered ginger jar decorated with women and boys in a garden, on a wood stand, ht. 7 1/4 in. $300-500
1072 Imari Garniture Set and Ginger Jar, Japan and China, a three-piece Imari garniture set: two covered vases and a covered urn; and a blue and white covered ginger jar decorated with a figure in a landscape, on a carved wood stand, with extra cover, ht. to 13 1/2 in. $200-400 1073 Blue and White Temple Vase, China, after ancient bronze prototype, eight-sided, with two elephant ears to waisted neck, decorated in sections with a three-clawed dragon on the body, phoenixes and band of banana leaves to neck, bands of floral scroll and geometric designs to rim, shoulder, and foot, ht. 17 in. $300-400 1074 Imari Charger, Japan, decorated with flying cranes above pines and blossoming plum trees in polychrome enamels and gold on the interior, three stylized floral scroll in underglaze blue to the exterior, dia. 14 3/8 in. $200-300 1075 Blue and White Charger, China, decorated with a willow tree, rocks, and lotus flowers below a band of trellis pattern on the interior, the exterior with three floral scrolls, dia. 17. $300-500 1076 Five Miscellaneous Vessels, Asia, a blue and white covered ginger jar with figural reserves and scrolling lotus design, six-character Kangxi mark on base; a pair of cloisonné bottle vases with pale floral decoration on red ground, stamped “China” on base; a covered blue and white baluster jar with landscape scenes, blossoms, and ruyi-heads, four-character Kangxi mark on base; and a Japanese blue and white plate with ribbed rim and vignettes of pine trees, plum blossoms, and birds, ht. to 9 in. $400-500 1077 Green-enameled Bowl, China, 20th century, with slightly flared rim and straight foot, decorated allover with white plum blossoms, a band of meander line pattern around the foot, four-character mark on base, gilt rim, dia. 7 3/8, ht. 3 1/4 in. $500-700
1078 Small Wucai Jar, China, meipingshape with a straight unglazed mouth, decorated with bird-and-flower design above a double ring near foot, probably missing a cover, ht. 6 7/8 in. $300-500 1079 Plain White-glazed Bowl, China, conical, resting on a raised foot, unglazed base, the glaze with creamy white tone, dia. 8, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1080 Mottled Oxblood Porcelain Vase, China, bulbous bottle-shape with long slender neck, allover crackling visible around white rim, unglazed footring and white-glazed base, ht. 4 5/8 in. $200-250
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1068 Pair of Brown-glazed Pottery Soy Sauce Jars, China, each with round shoulder and tapering sides, short spout and rolled rim, unglazed base, (one stopper stuck), ht. 5 1/4 in.
1081 Eight Pieces of Imari Tableware, Japan and China, mostly 19th century, two oval foliate dishes, two duckshaped dishes, two orange and blue leaf-shape dishes, and two bowls, dia. to 11 1/4 in. $200-250 1082 Two Sets of Three Imari-style Bowls and Two Sometsuke Dishes, China and Japan, bowls with straight sides and rolled rim, decorated with bands of patterned bands and a dragon and phoenix design in the well, dia. to 9 3/4; and a two lozenge-shape dishes, decorated with a stylized crane in the well, brown-glazed rim, dia. 6 1/2 in. $200-300 1083 Four Neolithic-style Pottery Jars, China, bulbous forms with a narrow flat foot, looped handles and traces of red and black pigment in geometric designs, ht. to 11 3/4 in. $500-700 1084 Seven Ceramic Items, Asia, a globular covered ginger jar with enameled plum design, ht. 8 1/4; two blue and white funereal jars with loops to shoulders, ht. to 7 7/8; two small floral stem cups, ht. to 1 7/8; and two blue and white export dishes, dia. to 10 5/8 in. $400-600
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1085 Turquoise Blue-glazed Pottery Vase, possibly Persia, with trumpet mouth and waisted foot, with four-lobed middle, decorated with two carved animal masks, allover crackling, the recessed base with unglazed spots, ht. 4 in. $200-400 1086 Blue and White Zun Vase, China, globular body with trumpet mouth and stem foot, two ruyi-scepter-shape handles to waisted neck, decorated with scholars under a pine tree to one side and wave design to the other side as around foot, six-character Kangxi mark to recessed base, ht. 7 7/8 in. $700-900 1087 Two Blue and White Vases, China, a yen yen vase with metal rim, decorated with peonies and birds; and an oviform vase decorated with plums with two shou characters on one side and a calligraphic work to the other, ht. 11 5/8 in. $400-600
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1088 Blue and White Bottle Vase, Japan, pear-shape, with slender neck and rolled rim, decorated with allover patterns above bands and rings to bottom and foot, ht. 15 1/2 in. $500-700
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1089 Three Plates, Japan, 19th and 20th century, an Imari charger with bands of diaper decorations; large kosometsuke dish with floral design; and a blue and white Imari saucer dish with gilt and enamel decoration, gilt rim, dia. to 12 in. $300-500 1090 Two Imari Bowls, Japan, 19th century, each hexagonal, with ribbed body and scalloped rim, resting on a raised foot, decorated with bird-and-flower motifs in panels defined in underglaze blue, the exterior decorated with floral sprays, a band of leafy lappets in underglaze blue near the foot, dia. to 8 1/8 in. $300-400
1091 Imari Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th century, the deep ribbed bowl resting on a straight foot with a double ring in underglaze blue, decorated with lions in shaped panels with inro cases, ribbons, and flowers, the base with double footrings, dia. 9 3/4, ht. 4 3/4 in. $400-600 1092 Six Asian Ceramic Items, a Kutani bulbous jar, decorated with a bird-andflower design in enamel, “Kutani” mark on base; a Satsuma handled jar with “Kinkozan” mark to the cover interior; a bulbous jar with gilt decoration; a Kutani deep bowl with flaring sides; a bowl with gilt and enameled designs; and a hat holder enameled with a woman, a boy, and a bat in a garden scene, ht. to 10 7/8 in. $500-700 1093 Four Swatow Blue and White Plates, China, all decorated with brushed floral designs to sides and the wells with an auspicious character including “fortune” and “unity,” unglazed rings surrounding the wells, one with potter’s mark to the interior, dia. to 12, ht. to 2 1/2 in. $600-800 1094 Akio Nukaga (b. 1974) Tea Bowl, Japan, 20th century, deep conical shape with black iron glaze over a beige crackled pottery body, dia. 5 1/4 in. $300-500 1095 Pair of Ceramic Shishi Lions, Japan, half-reclined with their forelegs down and hind legs raised, glazed in cream and dark olive green, one with its mouth open, wd. to 8, ht. 6 3/8 in. $200-400 1096 Lacquered Woven Bamboo Basket/ Case, Southeast Asia, possibly 19th century, with sliding cover, exteriors decorated with incised black and white elephants amongst floral and foliate scroll patterns, a mythical bird incised on the cover top, the case ht. 6, the cover ht. 4 1/4, overall 7 3/8 in. $400-600
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1097 White Porcelain Wine Bottle, Korea, globular body with slender neck, decorated with a stylized iris in green and blue underglaze, with calligraphy, ht. 10 1/4 in. $150-250 1098 Six Studio Pottery Plates, Japan, four Seto ware-style plates with horse eye design; a black-glazed dish with bamboo design in iron brown over cream-glazed surface; and a gray plate with a stalk of grain in white, mark to cream-glazed base, dia. 6 7/8 to 12 in. $500-700 1099 Ten Studio Pottery Dishes, Japan, thickly potted, decorated with Vietnamese-style designs and calligraphy, all except the largest dish with unglazed rings around the wells, dia. 6 1/2 to 10 1/2 in. $600-800 1100 Three Studio Pottery Items, Japan, a tea bowl with tenmoku-style glaze, mark to unglazed base, dia. 5 1/2; a rectangular jar with copper cover, the glaze with metal sheen, ht. 4; and a square dish with slanted and undulating sides, gray glaze with bluish tint, thinly potted, mark to base, wd. 12 in. $200-400 1101 Four Studio Pottery Vases, Japan, a rectangular tower-shape vase with a rectangular mouth, resting on four unglazed jutting feet, decorated with geometric lines, shapes, and dots in cream and blue glazes, potter’s signature to base; an octagonal column-shape vase with hanging hook, potter’s mark to base; a column-shape vase decorated with geometric pattern in cream and gray glazes, with a metal hanging hook; and a lotus root vase with coated inside, with a hole to one side, ht. 9 to 13 in. $300-500 1102 White Porcelain Jar, Korea, with calligraphy in iron brown, mouth dia. 2 1/2, ht. 4 1/8 in. $200-300
1104 Imari Dish, Japan, with scalloped rim, decorated with floral and foliate scroll designs in panels, in polychrome enamel and gold overglaze, gilt rim, mark on base, dia. 9 1/2 in. $300-500 1105 Earthenware Rice Bowl, China, with light celadon glaze ending around the middle of the exterior, potting swirls to the interior, dia. 5, ht. 2 1/4 in. $200-300 1106 Studio Earthenware Dishes, Japan, with glazed rim in brown, decorated with two fish impressed and glazed in black and white, dia. to 5 in. $200-300 1107 Imari Sometsuke Tripod Container, Japan, decorated with floral and foliate designs, a pomegranate in the well, brown-glazed rim, mouth dia. 2 5/8, ht. 1 3/4 in. $200-300 1108 Blue and White Porcelain Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th century, resting on a short straight foot, painted with gingko leaves on both interior and exterior, a double ring around the foot, “arita” mark with an unidentified family kiln mark on the recessed base, ht. 2 7/8, dia. 8 1/2 in. $300-500 1109 Two Blue and White Items, Korea, 20th century, a small bottle with bulbous body, decorated with bird and flower design, ht. 6; and an octagonal water dropper with two openings, decorated with flowers and Chinese characters in underglaze copper red and blue, with a carved dog seated on top, dia. 4, ht. 2 5/8 in. $200-300
1110 Pair of Famille Rose Vases Mounted as Lamps, China, early 20th century, ovoid form rising to a short, slightly flared neck, the body decorated with an oval cartouche depicting horses grazing, surrounded by scrolling leaves and florals incorporating dragons and phoenixes, attached to carved wood stand, total ht. 21 in. $400-600 1111 Blue and White Bottle Vase, China, Yuan dynasty style, pear shape rising to an elongated neck, decorated with a continuous mountain landscape scene, a band of flowers and geometric patterns at the shoulders, ht. 14 1/4 in. $200-300 1112 Famille Verte Standing Buddha, China, possibly Kangxi period, in standing pose wearing flowing robes decorated with chrysanthemums and other flowers, holding a medicine jar in one hand, a prominent urna and ushnisha, ht. 13 1/2 in. $200-300 1113 Famille Verte Rooster, China, 20th century, depicting a rooster standing on a branch, impressed mark to base, ht. 13 1/4 in. $300-500 1114 Enameled Vase, Japan, 20th century, baluster shape, with metal foot and mouth, depicting white scrolling flowers and tendrils under the overall green enamel, ht. 7 1/8 in. $200-300 1115 Famille Rose Teapot, China, 20th century, globular shape, two knobs for the handle, depicting two groups of figures in polychrome enamels, gilt lines around the mouth, knobs, and spout rim, four-character “shende tang zhi” mark in iron red overglaze on the base, ht. 4 in. $200-400 1116 Famille Rose Porcelain Cup, China, bell-shape on a stemmed foot, decorated with a peony and a white plum branch, a downturned lotus lappet around the foot, mouth dia. 3 3/4, ht. 3 3/4 in. $300-500
1117 Famille Rose Covered Box, China, 20th century, pressed globular shape, the cover depicting boys at play, a floral band around the rim, in polychrome enamel and gold, the exterior with floral sprays and band, mark on base, dia. 8, ht. 3 7/8 in. $400-700 1118 Ming-style Blue and White Jar, China, bulbous shape with short neck, decorated with the eight Buddhist immortals in a garden scene, between a band of the eight Buddhist treasure symbols and of lappets above and below, six-character Wanli mark in a double ring on base, mouth dia. 7 1/4, ht. 13 in. $500-700 1119 Pair of Famille Verte Jars, China, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated with cartouches containing landscape scenes on one side, and peony branches and songbirds on the other, separated by sprigs of narcissus, peonies, and lingzi mushrooms, all on a finely crackled glaze ground, double ring mark on base, ht. 9 3/4 in. $400-600
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1103 Set of Two Mishima Wine Bottles and Five Cups, Japan, the bottles oviform, with short flared mouth resting on a straight foot, the cups in a small bowl-shape on a short straight foot, decorated with stamped floral designs between two incised double-ring bands over white to pink slip brushed ground, bottle ht. 4 3/4, cup ht. 1 1/2 in. $200-300
1120 Imari Charger, Japan, decorated with three landscapes and three pine trees in six shaped panels in the interior and three stylized phoenixes in underglaze blue to the exterior, dia. 15 1/2 in. $300-500 1121 Seven Blue and White Swatowware Items, China, Ming dynasty style, a stand in the form of a dish on a pedestal base decorated with underglaze floral motifs; a cup decorated with flaming pearls; a shallow dish with a central spiral pattern and floral motifs; two small rounded jars, one decorated with peaches, the other with a stylized dragon; and two small bird feeders, dia. to 6 3/4 in. $500-700 1122 Large Cast Metal Hu Lamp, China, a vase fitted as a lamp with animal mask and ring handles at the neck, the body decorated with archaic scroll patterns and mythical beast faces in relief, overall ht. 39 in. $600-800
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1123 Blue and White Bottle, China, 19th/20th century, square, decorated with a mountain landscape on two sides and peonies on the other, ht. 4 1/4 in. $200-300 1124 Four Pale Celadon Bowls, China, Song dynasty style, each resting on a short, straight unglazed foot, with gently rounded sides, dia. to 4 in. $200-400 1125 Three Blue and White Swatow-style Bowls, China, one decorated with narcissus flowers, one with an allover meandering pattern, and one with a narrow band of floral and geometric motifs at the rim, dia. to 4 7/8 in. $200-400 1126 Small Blanc-de-Chine Libation Cup, China, compressed octagonal form supported by four short feet, the sides decorated with the eight Daoist immortals, wd. 3 in. $200-300
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1128 Eighteen Blue and White Cups, China, 19th/20th century, eight slightly flared cups with stripe decoration, twocharacter mark on base; and ten with straight sides with a band of scholarly objects and a rice-grain pattern, a phoenix motif on the interior, ht. to 2 1/4, dia. to 2 7/8 in. $200-400 1129 Imari Stem Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th century, the interior sides decorated with three goldfish, a central roundel in the interior depicting a flaming oyster shell, the exterior decorated with floral motifs, ht. 5 1/8 in. $400-600 1130 Imari Dish, Japan, 19th/20th century, straight sides with a slightly flared rim, decorated with alternating chrysanthemum and lotus flowers, a central well with cartouches of a landscape and a chrysanthemum, dia. 8 1/2 in. $300-500
1131 Large Famille Rose Charger, China, the central well decorated with a cartouche depicting figures in the home of a court official, bordered by scrolling florals and dragons, sixcharacter Qianlong mark on base, dia. 18 3/8 in. $400-600 1132 Four Export Blue and White Porcelain Items, an oval dish with floral and gilt decoration; a triangular dish with a riverscape; a small covered jar with a landscape with pavilions, gilt decoration around the neck and foot; and a covered cup with a handle, decorated with landscapes, gilt details, dia. to 5, ht. to 5 5/8 in. $200-300 1133 Three Famille Rose Porcelain Bowls, China, 19th/20th century, a deep octagonal bowl with gilt rim, decorated with the eight Daoist immortals in polychrome enamels and gold; a deep covered bowl with lobed and gilt rim, decorated with fishing scenes and figures; a low bowl with lobed and gilt rim with the “Four Gentlemen” flower designs; all resting on a straight foot, decorated with a peach in the wells, with Tongzhi marks in overglaze iron red on the bases, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 4 7/8 in. $400-600 1134 Blue and White Bottle, Japan, bulbous form with a narrow neck and rolled rim, on a short raised foot, decorated with floral patterns in coin knots and bands of geometric designs, ht. 9, dia. to 6 3/8 in. $200-300 1135 Four Small Ceramic Items, Japan and China, 19th and 20th century, a miniature sometsuke covered case; a small Imari blue and white cup with saucer; a Kutani wine cup with cranes on the interior; and a Yixing wine cup with underglaze blue interior, ht. to 1 3/8, dia. to 1 7/8 in. $300-500 1136 Imari Dish, Japan, late 19th century, with floral rim, decorated with bird and flower designs in three shaped panels on the interior and three dragons on the exterior, dia. 8 5/8 in. $100-200
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1137 Blue and White Baluster Vase, China, 20th century, depicting court ladies engaged in scholarly activities in a garden setting, stylized floral and geometric borders, double circle to base, ht. 19 in. $500-700 1138 Republic Famille Rose Vase, China, 20th century, of rouleau shape, depicting court ladies in a courtyard, with scrolling flowers and tendrils on the shoulder and lappet and leiwen borders, iron red Jiaqing mark to base, ht. 19 1/2 in. $300-500 1139 Pair of Famille Rose Bowls, China, each upturned bell-shape resting on a straight foot, decorated with auspicious plants and fruit along with bats and shou characters, six-character Kangxi mark in iron red on base, dia. 4 5/8, ht. 2 in. $400-600 1140 Doucai Bowl, China, decorated with stylized dragon and lotus scroll design around the exterior, the bluish white interior decorated with a band of ruyi cloud patterns around rim, the well with a floral roundel design below a double ring, unglazed rim, six-character Yongzheng mark to base, dia. 5 5/8, ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500 1141 Blue and White Bowl, China, decorated with the eight Buddhist symbols above a band of lotus lappets, a single ring to straight foot, sixcharacter Daoguang mark to base, dia. 6 1/2, ht. 3 in. $200-400 1142 Mashiko Pottery Tea Bowl, Japan, 20th century, the steep sides slightly waisted and decorated with a yellow/ brown glaze, overlaid with a metallic persimmon glaze, dia. 5 1/2 in. $800-1,200 1143 Famille Rose Molded Peach, China, 20th century, used as an altar offering, lg. 4 1/2 in. $300-500
1145 Famille Rose Vase, China, pearshape with a flared mouth, resting on a waisted stem foot, decorated with an interior scene with figures below two bands of ruyi scroll design around the shoulder, potted flowers and scholar’s objects around the neck, ht. 17 1/2 in. $300-500 1146 Famille Verte Jar, China, 19th/20th century, ovoid, heavily potted, decorated with panels depicting egrets in a lotus pond alternating with reserves depicting auspicious emblems and a vase of plum blossoms, with double ring on base, ht. 14 1/2 in. $800-1,000 1147 Blue and White Stem Cup, China, the exterior decorated with various flowerheads surrounded by scrolling leaves, the pedestal base decorated with banana leaves, ht. 3 1/4, dia. 3 7/8 in. $300-500 1148 Massive Sometsuke Blue and White Bowl, Japan, 20th century, octagonal, decorated with floral patterns and designs both to the interior and exterior, swimming goldfish in the well, double footrings, dia. 22 1/4, ht. 8 in. $400-600 1149 Gilt-bronze Buddha Kakebotoke, Japan, 16th century, depicted seated on a lotus throne with drapery covering his left shoulder and legs, with his hands in the wish-granting mudra, with stand and box, ht. 3 5/8 in. $400-500
1150 Silver Comb, China, early 20th century, the double-arched top engraved with birds, flowers, and butterflies against a diapered ground, unmarked, lg. 3 5/8 in. $600-800 1151 Cloisonné Basin with Buddhist Treasures, China, 19th century, with straight sides and a protruded rim with a ridge embellished with a meander pattern, the well and the exterior wall decorated with the eight Buddhist treasures, the interior wall with bats and clouds combined with sui characters on a green blue ground, four-character Wanli mark to base, dia. 17 in. $500-600 1152 Bronze Ornamental Censer, China, ovoid body with archaic decorations of taotie and flanges, with pierced neck and lappet-form rim, flanked by pierced S-shape handles, supported by three waisted legs, the pierced, domed cover with cloud decoration and a large Buddhist lion finial, ht. 19 in. $800-1,200 1153 Pair of Sato Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 20th century, each baluster-shape with a short waisted neck and nickel silver rim, decorated with plum and chrysanthemum on a “pigeon blood” red ground ornamented with repoussé bamboo and chased dots, “Sato” mark to base, ht. 7 1/4 in. $300-500 1154 Bronze Censer, China, the circular body with two ruyi-form handles, supported on three legs with claw-andball feet, dia. 6 5/8 in. $200-300 1155 Red Lacquer and Cloisonné Stand and Pair of Planters, China, 20th century, the stand with scrolling flowers and tendrils with a cloisonné top depicting bands of stylized flowers; the rose famille planters depicting flowers, stand ht. 18 1/2; planters ht. 10 in. $175-200
1156 Four Archaic-style Mirrors, China, circular, one cast with “squirrels-andgrapes” motif, one with blossom motif and the characters “fu gui chang jia,” one with possible “TLV” design (indistinct due to encrustation), and one with stylized chilongs, dia. to 6 1/8 in. $800-1,000 1157 Silvered Bronze Mirror, China, 19th century or later, circular, cast with a central knob rising from an octofoil motif and a raised outer band, dia. 4 3/4 in. $500-700 1158 Bronze Round Censer, China, possibly late Ming dynasty, compressed S-shape with flaring neck, resting on a short straight foot, decorated with two lion-head ears to shoulders, heavily cast, four-character “Chenqiaozhu zhi” mark impressed in a recessed square on base, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 7 1/8 in. $500-700
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1144 Five Ceramic Tableware Items, Japan, 19th/20th century, a Satsuma bowl, two fluted duck dishes, a square dish decorated with Buddhist lions, and a blue and white rectangular dish depicting a fishing scene, dia. to 7 3/8 in. $300-500
1159 Gilt-bronze Seated Figure, China, 19th century, seated in a chair, holding his belt with his right hand, his robe incised with scrolling flowers and tendrils, with wood stand, ht. 7 1/2 in. $500-700 1160 Bronze Lamp Base, Japan, 19th/20th century, two-tier structure with a round base decorated with an openwork flowering branch, the tubular body decorated with two Daoist scenes of figures in deep relief in shaped panels, two detachable openwork ears to sides, with one-lamp socket, ht. 30 in. $400-600 1161 Two Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 20th century, both bulbous, with a short waisted neck and tapering sides, one six-sided, decorated with various floral roundels; the other four-sided, decorated with a flower and butterfly design, both against a black ground with scroll motifs, ht. to 12 1/8 in. $400-600
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1162 Cloisonné Koro Censer, Japan, 20th century, tripod, tubular form with two shishi-shaped handles, decorated with figures in two lobed panels over a ground with floral and foliate scroll design, the cover with openwork design with a shishi knob, “made in Japan” mark on base, ht. 17 3/4 in. $300-500 1163 Four Metalwork Items, Japan, a pair of small cast bronze vases, four-lobed, decorated with chrysanthemums and birds; a cloisonné teapot, bulbousshape with C-shape handle and bud-shape knob, decorated with floral scrolls and butterflies; and a silver cloisonné palanquin, decorated with floral and foliate design, ht. to 4 1/8 in. $200-250 1164 Two Bronze Vases, Japan, 19th century, both with flaring mouths, one depicting cranes in flight surrounding the midsection and a dragon in high relief surrounding the neck, ht. 24; the other depicting a dragon in high relief surrounding the midsection, ht. 22 1/4 in. $400-600
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1165 Brass Gong, China, decorated with a coiled dragon and pearls in the clouds, dia. 24 in. $200-400
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1166 Six Bronze Items, Japan, Meiji period, a baluster-shape vase with long neck and trumpet mouth; a tripod covered censer with two handles and a mouse on top; and three okimono including a seated courtesan playing the shamisen, a seated warrior, a standing boy on a flowering tree trunk, and a table with food, ht. to 10 1/8 in. $250-350 1167 Tripod Bronze Censer, China, hexagonal, with two openwork chilong handles on three elephant-head feet, decorated with stylized archaic-style patterns and motifs, with carved wood cover with openwork chain design, ht. 8 1/2 in. $200-300
1168 Five Metal Items, Asia, a pair of mixed-metal vases, Japan, balustershape with waisted neck and foot, decorated with mixed metal inlays of flowers and birds, ht. 6; a white brass knife with mother-of-pearl decorations to the handle; a yellow brass knife with decoration of cranes in repoussé to handle; and a yellow brass portable inkwell and brush holder, decorated allover with flowers, birds, and deer in bas relief, lg. to 14 in. $200-250 1169 Bronze Koro Covered Censer, Japan, 20th century, globular, tripod form with two inverted U-shaped handles, decorated with lion mask in bas relief, lion head feet, and a standing qilin as the knob (now broken and detached), the cover with openwork cloud design, “Dai Nippon Kyoto” mark to base, ht. 14 1/2 in. $400-600 1170 Bronze Vase, Japan, Meiji period, baluster-shape with long waisted neck, flared mouth with lobed dishshape rim, resting on a high foot, two dragon-head-inspired handles to neck, decorated with flower and bird designs in deep relief to body and foot, ht. 14 1/2 in. $200-400 1171 Brass Alms Bowl, Japan, deep bowl with incised ring near rim and hammered marks overall, dia. 11 3/8, ht. 4 7/8 in. $300-500
1174 Pair of Bronze Lamps, China, threetiered structure with three globular cage-shape openwork decorations in the middle, one-bulb lamp socket, and tripod decorated with animal head designs, ht. 30 5/8 in. $200-300 1175 Cloisonné Vase with Insects, Japan, bulbous-shape with waisted neck and foot, decorated with various insects over a grayish green ground, a band of upturned lotus design around the rim, ht. 6 in. $300-500 1176 Pair of Bronze Figural Oil Lamps, India, the lamp wells held by female figures standing on a double pedestal base, ht. 15 in. $400-600 1177 Inlaid Iron Tsuba, Japan, 19th century, depicting samurai in boats in a mountainous landscape, inlaid with gold and copper, dia. 3 1/8 in. $700-900 1178 Pair of Bronze Candle Holders, Japan, 19th/20th century, multi-tier structure with four globular sections decorated with floral and foliate openwork scrolls and a floral spike, ht. 22 3/8 in. $300-500
1172 Bronze Tableware Items, Korea, possibly 14th century, a bowl with cover, the sides softly widening to make a rounded bottom, thinly built, plain; a spoon with a pointed tip, plain, lg. 10 1/8; and a pair of chopsticks with incised rings, lg. 10 7/8 in. $600-800
1179 Tetsubin Cast Iron Kettle and Brazier, Japan, 19th/20th century, kettle in compressed globular shape, with an alpha-shape handle and short spout, flat cover with a floral knob, ht. 8, dia. 6 3/8; the brazier bell-shaped, with two animal-head handles with loose rings, slightly domed cover with a floral bud-shape knob, ht. 7 3/4, dia. 8 3/8 in. $300-500
1173 Archaic-style Bronze Vessel, China, lei-type jar with bulbous shoulder and slightly waisted bottom, decorated with a band of animal and foliate scroll designs in relief around shoulder, ht. 9 in. $500-700
1180 Pair of Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 20th century, decorated with a rooster standing with a seated hen below a tree, against a light blue ground, a band of floral design to the rim and foot, ht. 9 3/4 in. $300-500
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1182 Canton Enamel Covered Compote, China, 20th century, compressed globular container with five compartments, on a stem foot, decorated with floral design against a light blue ground, dia. 9 1/8, ht. 8 3/4 in. $200-300 1183 Three Small Asian Bronze Items, a four-legged crawling animal; a bird on a dome; and a religious figure kneeling and holding an offering in both hands, on a podium, wd. to 4, ht. to 3 in. $100-200 1184 Parcel-gilt Bronze Figure of a Bearded Monk, seated cross-legged on a double lotus throne with his hands raised and held forward, dressed in a flowing robe, his eyes downcast as in meditation, ht. 11 in. $500-700 1185 Metal Vase, China, 20th century, flattened hu shape with chilong handles and a taotie mask at the mouth, ht. 7 7/8 in. $200-300 1186 Bronze Figure of Guanyin, China, 19th century, seated in a posture of “royal ease,” with one arm resting on her knee, wearing an ornamented headdress and jewelry, attended by Sudhana and Longnu at either side, traces of red pigment, ht. 9 3/4 in. $800-1,000 1187 Four Polished Bronze Vessels, China, 19th century, a cup with a flared rim; a miniature hexagonal meiping vase with phoenix head and ring decoration; a miniature hu vase decorated with archaic patterns in relief four-character Xuande mark on base; and a rounded scroll weight, ht. to 4 3/8 in. $200-400
1188 Three Small Polished Bronze Censers, China, 19th century, a cylindrical censer in the form of a bamboo stalk, with tripod feet also in the form of bamboo stalks, sixcharacter Xuande mark on base; a squat rounded censer with two looped handles, tripod feet and six-character Xuande mark on base; and a rounded censer with two bamboo-stalk-form handles, six-character Xuande mark on base, dia. to 5 1/4 in. $300-500 1189 Three Polished Bronze Censers, China, 19th century, a covered censer in the form of a flowerhead, with a pierced floral cover; a squat round censer with a thick flat rim, resting on tripod feet, two-character Xuande mark on base; and a fluted bulbous censer with lion-head mask handles, six-character Xuande mark on base, dia. to 5 in. $300-500 1190 Pair of Cloisonné Vases, Japan, late 19th/early 20th century, each decorated with four geisha in various poses, with hanging wisteria at the neck and shoulders, on a black enamel ground, ht. 4 1/2 in. $200-300 1191 Pair of Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 19th century, meiping-form, each decorated with a pair of standing cranes on a navy blue enamel ground, ht. 6 in. $200-300
1192 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 19th/20th century, baluster-form, decorated with cartouches depicting a dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, separated on either side by a cartouche containing a pair of birds, with an overall brown scrolling leaf design on a black ground, ht. 11 1/2 in. $300-500 1193 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, late 19th/early 20th century, hexagonal baluster form, decorated with alternating lappets of dragons and phoenixes over a royal blue ground, the shoulders decorated in a patchwork of patterns with butterflies and flowers, ht. 12 in. $300-500
1194 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, early 20th century, decorated with three birds in flight, a group of peonies below, on a navy blue enamel ground, silver at the rim and base and green enamel on the interior and base, ht. 7 1/4 in. $300-500 1195 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 19th century, decorated with alternating panels of butterflies, flower vines, and a phoenix, a band of abstract patterns on a metallic ground at the shoulders, 8 1/8 in. $200-300 1196 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 19th/20th century, with fleur-de-lis motifs in metallic green, purple, and blue on a black enamel ground, ht. 7 1/8 in. $200-300
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1181 Bronze Crane-neck Bottle, Japan, long pear-shape body with long neck, wd. 2 5/8, ht. 10 1/2 in. $300-500
1197 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, 19th century, baluster-form, decorated with cartouches depicting stylized phoenixes in metallic enamels, a floral border at the neck, ht. 7 1/4 in. $200-300 1198 Cloisonné Vase, China, late 19th/20th century, decorated with a pair of dragons facing each other with a pearl between them, on a black ground inlaid with clouds, above a lishui border at the base, a ruyi-head border at the mouth and shoulders, ht. 9 in. $300-500 1199 Two Small Cloisonné Vases, Japan, 19th/20th century, bottle-form, one decorated with cartouches containing alternating stylized phoenixes and dragons, the other decorated with a phoenix and butterflies, ht. to 6 1/2 in. $200-300
1200 Cloisonné Vase, Japan, late 19th/early 20th century, meiping-form, decorated with metallic lilies and anemones on a pale green enamel ground, ht. 6 in. $200-300 1201 Cloisonné Charger, China, 20th century, lotus-shape, with bands of stylized flowers, the center depicting flowers of the four seasons, dia. 18 in. $300-500
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1202 Cloisonné Tile, China, 20th century, depicting flowers and butterflies rising from a lappet border, 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. $200-400 1203 Bronze Covered Censer, Japan, square with two S-shaped handles, decorated with archaic-style designs on the sides, a gilt family pattern to two sides, the cover with a carved shishi lion and four openwork feng shui bagua, ht. 10 1/2 in. $400-600 1204 Bronze Covered Censer, Japan, globular form on a cylindrical base and tripod shishi feet, the body exterior with a flock of birds amidst branches, with stylized shishi handles and a seated shishi finial on the cover, impressed mark on base, ht. 16 1/2 in. $300-500
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1205 Two Pewter Teapots, China, octagonal, one tapered at the top and incised with bamboo on one side and calligraphy on the other, with a pale celadon hardstone handle, spout, and finial; the other incised with Shoulao and Zhang Guolao, the reverse inscribed with lotus flowers, with pale celadon hardstone handle, spout, and finial, ht. to 3 1/2 in. $300-500
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1206 Cast Iron Figure of a Shishi Lion, Japan, seated and resting one paw on a ball, with protruding tongue, ht. 5 in. $400-600 1207 Bronze Buddhist Lion Censer, China, in the form of a seated lion with detachable head that acts as a cover, ht. 6 in. $300-500 1208 Cloisonné Dish, China, decorated with bats, insects, and a central shou symbol, the cavetto bordered by a ruyihead design, dia. 5 1/8 in. $200-300
1209 Two Brass Items, China, a yellow brass kettle with horseshoe-shaped handle, decorated in copper repoussé with dragons and Chinese characters for longevity and fortune, ht. 5 7/8; and a seated white brass ram with wings, mark to base, wd. 6 1/2, ht. 4 5/8 in. $300-500 1210 Tall Bronze Lamp, Japan, 20th century, decorated with a flock of birds and pine trees, ht. 27 1/2 in. $500-700 1211 Three Iron Auspicious Insects, China, two praying mantises and a cricket, chased details, wd. to 8, ht. to 5 3/4 in. $200-300 1212 Bronze Vase, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, pear-shape with trumpet mouth, resting on a straight foot, decorated with raised rings around the neck, shoulder, belly, and bottom, ht. 12 7/8 in. $400-600 1213 Two Bronze Vases, Asia, a Chinese hu-form vase decorated with birds and peonies, two mythical creature handles at the neck; and a Japanese bud vase with an elongated neck decorated with a dragon beneath a cloud, marked “Japan” on base, ht. to 12 3/4 in. $300-400 1214 Cloisonné Covered Vase, Japan, 19th/20th century, decorated with fanshaped cartouches containing birds, butterflies, flowers, and grapevines, ht. 6 in. $300-500 1215 Buddhist Shrine, Japan, 18th/19th century, the black lacquer exterior with finely carved gilt copper metalwork depicting flowers and the Buddhist “wheel,” the gilt interior with a wood lotus base mounted on elaborate gilt stand and mandorla, ht. 21 in. $500-700 1216 Pair of Bamboo Flower Holders, Japan, 20th century, each with four openings for flowers with overall incised clusters of various flowers of the four seasons, ht. 54 in. $100-200
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1217 Root Hanging Flower Holder, Japan, late 19th century, irregular shape, with iron chain, lg. 22 in. $300-500 1218 Wood Mallet, Japan, late 19th century, handwrought elmwood, lg. 32 in. $100-200 1219 Wood Kettle Holder, Japan, 20th century, in the shape of a gourd, with wrought iron chain, lg. 20 in. $200-300 1220 Wood Candlestick, Japan, 20th century, with hexagonal base and handwrought iron pricket, ht. 21 3/4 in. $100-200 1221 Shrine, Tibet, possibly 18th century, polychrome pigments on wood, rectangular with a tri-lobed arch, with ten Buddhas and deities each residing in a niche, originally fitted with a pair of doors, 24 x 14 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. $2,000-3,000 1222 Composite Root Carving of a Luohan, China, 20th century, the figure depicted standing and holding a staff, mounted on a wood stand, overall ht. 11 1/4 in. $400-500 1223 Inlaid Giltwood Kneeling Figure of an Adorant, Burma, 19th century, dressed in a flowing monastic robe, ht. 12 1/4 in. Note: For a similar example see Christie’s New York, Sale 1455, Lot 971, June 2004. $400-600 1224 Large Hardwood Brush Pot, China, 20th century, cylindrical and gently waisted, leveled base, ht. 10, dia. 8 3/4 in. $150-250 1225 Wood Figure of Liu Hai, China, possibly agrawood, depicted holding the immortal toad in one hand and a coin in the other, ht. 6 1/4 in. $4,000-5,000
1227 Five Folding Hand Fans, China and Japan, one with wood openwork carvings; one with flowers and dragonflies painted on silk; one with gold and lacquer frames and color paintings on both sides; one in bone with gold and silver lacquer inlaid designs; and one in bone with embroidered bird and flower designs on silk, in a conforming lacquer case with a bird and flower painting on silk, lg. to 13 1/2 in. $200-250 1228 Lacquered Wood Covered Box, Japan, rectangular, decorated with carved trees, cranes, turtles, and gamon symbols, parcel-gilt, with a suspended interior container, 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 10 in. $300-400 1229 Wooden Mask of a Woman, Arunachal Pradesh, 19th century, the face painted white with rosy cheeks, red lips, and black eyebrows, adorned with a colorful headdress and earrings of floral design, lg. 12 1/2 in. $200-300 1230 Twelve Carved Wood Stands, China, three shaped stands, one with openwork floral branches; an oval stand with four feet; a double round stand with five feet; a double square stand with openwork floral design; and three pairs of round stands including two with openwork floral designs and one with ribbed bottom and six feet. $400-600 1231 Portable Chopsticks and Knife Case, Japan, decorated with metal plate fittings and inlaid bone decorations, holding a knife with bone handle, bone chopsticks with silver tips and finials, a bone stick, lg. 12 3/8 in. $200-300
1232 Black Tea Brick, China, 20th century, the compressed black tea impressed on one side with five stars above a memorial arch flanked by tea trees, below with the characters “Zhongguo cha ye gongsi” (Chinese Tea Company) and “zhao li qiao zhuan cha chang zhi zao” (Made by Zhao Li Qiao Tea Brick Factory), reverse separated into sixteen rectangular reserves decorated with endless knots, 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. $200-400 1233 Pair of Hibachi, Japan, late 19th century, chrysanthemum-shape, depicting autumn flowers inlaid in maki-e lacquer on wood, with copper liners, ht. 9 1/4 in. $200-300 1234 Carpenter’s Line, Japan, carved with a stylized dragon head, lg. 6 in. $600-800 1235 Pale Celadon Hardstone Table Screen, China, 19th century, the circular disk mounted with rose quartz, agate and hardstones to depict a flowering tree and rocks, extending to curled cloud forms at either side, on an intricately carved wood stand depicting curled dragons, overall ht. 17 in. $300-500 1236 Bamboo Food Basket, China, 20th century, with woven sides, comprised of a tray and two large inner sections, the handle with metal floral-form fittings, the sides and lid decorated with phoenixes and scholar’s objects, ht. including handle 16 in. $300-400 1237 Bamboo Settee, China for the export market, 19th century, bamboo and hardwood, camel back with rolled arms, cane seating surfaces, inset bamboo panels with geometric motifs, lg. 87, ht. 35 1/2, ht. (seat) 18, dp. 23 in. $800-1,200
1238 Wood Box with Hinged Cover, Vietnam, 20th century, cover and sides with carvings depicting a landscape with a farmer with an ox, cranes, a pavilion, and a pine surrounded by four bats and two double-coin symbols, 5 1/4 x 19 3/8 x 11 1/2 in. $300-500 1239 Wood Bucket, India, possibly 19th century, tubular with slightly slanted sides, tightened with metal joinery, painted with a male figure and seven women seated in various poses in eight rectangular panels against a black ground, dia. to 7 5/8, ht. 6 7/8 in. $150-250 1240 Two Wood Carvings of Seated Men, China, an official seated in a dragon chair on a square podium, with his feet on a footrest; and a Buddhist guardian seated on a stool, both his feet stepping on animals, ht. to 8 in. $200-300
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1226 Faux Tortoiseshell Hand Fan, China, long clover-shape, decorated with openwork dragons amongst ruyi clouds within a meander design border, plain back, pegged to a wood handle, ht. 13 in. $300-500
1241 Wood Carving of a Man, Japan, depicted standing on a platform with both of his hands raised forward, dressed in a flowing robe decorated with carved roundels and floral and foliate designs, polychrome decoration, inlaid eyes, ht. 16 7/8 in. $300-500 1242 Approximately Seventeen Wood Display Stands, China, three square with triple coin openwork designs, ht. 5 1/2; two round pairs with S-shaped legs, ht. to 5 1/8; a round pair with S-shaped legs, decorated with openwork floral scroll designs; two round low stands on bracket feet, dia. to 3 1/4; three rectangular with scrolled ends, wd. to 4; one square with straight legs, ht. 10 7/8; and two rectangular low stands, one decorated with an openwork design, wd. to 15 1/2 in. $200-300 1243 Carved Wood Mirror, China, a panel with carved and gilt peaches and leaves framing the mirror, 35 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. $200-250
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1244 Huangyangmu Wood Guanyin, China, 20th century, in standing pose holding a rolled scroll with both hands, ht. 11 1/4 in. $500-800 1245 Boxwood Carving of a Luohan, China, 20th century, standing on a round podium with his left foot forward, holding a scroll in his right hand, his eyes downcast as in meditation, ht. 10 1/2 in. $300-500 1246 Giltwood Sign, China, 20th century, decorated with carved bats and grapevine motifs, the Chinese characters “Shang Hai Lou” (Shanghai House), possibly for a restaurant, ht. 53 1/2 in. $400-600 1247 Bamboo Brush Pot, China, carved to depict two scholars appreciating a landscape of pine trees, rockery, and reticulated bamboo stalks, ht. 5 1/2 in. $500-700
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1248 Carved Giltwood Adorant, Burma, kneeling with hands in Namaskara mudra, the robes inlaid with colored glass, ht. 12 in. $300-500
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1249 Carved Bone Opium Pipe, Southeast Asia, the barrel carved with figures and abstract patterns, with a pale celadon hardstone mouthpiece, lg. 20 1/4 in. $300-500 1250 Two Lady’s Robes and a Jacket, China, early 20th century, a blue silk robe woven with dragons and bordered by a black trim; a red silk robe with a woven crane and bat trim; and a short sleeveless jacket with buttons at the top and sides, the front embellished with three Buddhist lions, lg. to 44 in. $300-500
1251 Ten Garments and Textile Fragments, a short embroidered Chinese silk robe, two embroidered Chinese apron skirts, a Japanese silk obi, a Chinese embroidered rank badge, a Chinese embroidered dragon panel with flowers embroidered in “Forbidden Stitch,” and four smaller fragments, skirt lg. 38 in. $100-150 1252 Chinese Carpet, c. 1930, the large center medallion depicting a perched bird and a bird in flight in a flowering landscape, on a midnight blue field sparsely decorated with polychrome blossoming branches, butterflies, and birds, all within a light beige flowering branch main border, 11 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. $700-900 1253 Embroidered Silk Textile, China, sewn into a wall hanging with cotton lining, depicting three dragons above the waves and ruyi clouds in three tiers sectioned by two patterned bands, approx. 49 1/2 x 59 in. $300-500 1254 Five Embroidered Robes and a Pair of Shoes, China, late 19th/early 20th century, three robes: a yellow silk brocade, a maroon gauze, and blue gauze, all with dragon motif roundels; a lady’s pink gauze robe; an embroidered lady’s dragon robe, and a pair of lady’s Manchu embroidered blue silk shoes. $400-600 1255 Embroidered Panel, China, depicting a figural scene with boys and a dog, on silk brocade fabric, framed, 82 x 48 1/2 in. $200-300 1256 Decorative Textile Band, possibly Syria, 20th century, woven with textiles, shells, and feathers, textile foundation decorated with cowrie shells sewn in geometric patterns, at approximately 13 in. intervals are circles of feathers and shells centered on a blue bead, fringes at both ends, lg. 166 x wd. (approx.) 9 in. $100-150
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1257 Two Kesi Embroidered Panels, China, 20th century, both depicting a landscape with figures on a boat in a river, framed and glazed, sight sizes to 37 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. $200-250 1258 Chinese Runner, late 19th/early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with phoenix and scattered flowers, main border depicts a flowering vine, 174 x 29 1/2 in. $400-600 1259 Chinese Carpet, mid-20th century, wool and cotton foundation, main field with scattered flowers, main border with vases of flowering branches extending into the field, 158 1/2 x 122 in. $300-500 1260 Chinese Rug, late 19th/early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with a central floral medallion surrounded by flowers and butterflies, near ends paired medallions, flowering vines in spandrels, main border with flowering vines, 79 1/2 x 49 in. $300-500 1261 Rug, China, early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, the central medallion flanked by dragons, field with auspicious symbols, spandrels with geometric meanders and wans, running key inner guard border, main border of running wans, outer guard solid, 46 1/2 x 25 in. $800-1,000 1262 Chinese Carpet, probably for Xianjiang, early 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with three large vases with stylized flowers and flowering branches, main border continues motif of flowers and branches, 108 x 62 1/2 in. $2,000-3,000 1263 Chinese Rug, possibly for the Tibetan market, late 19th century, wool on cotton foundation, field with three stylized floral medallions, main border with geometric meanders and cartouches with flowers, added blue silk borders at two ends, 68 x 35 in. $600-800
1265 Two Embroidered Silk Textiles, Japan, one with stylized bamboo and daisies, 21 x 9 1/2 in.; and a shawl with knitted tassels decorated with bird and flower design, both framed and glazed. $300-500 1266 Purple Silk Woman’s Winter Robe, China, late 19th/early 20th century, woven with butterfly roundels, the collar, sides, and sleeves trimmed with embroidery depicting butterflies and peonies, with quilted blue silk lining, lg. 55 in. $200-400 1267 Saddle Rug, China, late 19th/20th century, wool on cotton foundation, two panels depict phoenixes and deer in a landscape, main border with auspicious symbols, 51 x 21 in. $400-600 1268 Saddle Rug, China, 20th century, wool on cotton foundation, two central panels depict deer and phoenixes in a landscape, main border with butterflies, flowers, and vases, 51 x 22 in. $400-600 1269 Three Embroidered Panels, China, two depicting flowers with butterflies; and two panels stitched to make a pair, with auspicious symbols, embroidered in part with gilt threads; all framed and glazed, wd. to 10, ht. to 22 in. $600-800 1270 Fragment of a Kesi Dragon Robe, China, 18th/19th century, depicting two dragons above a lishui border, surrounded by auspicious bats and conch shells, mounted on cloth and bordered with embroidered trim, 33 x 34 in. $300-500
1271 Lady’s Silk Apron Skirt, China, embroidered with Buddhist lions playing with balls and ribbons in gold and green and purple silk, bordered by mirrored studs and panels depicting the eight Buddhist treasures, lg. 37 1/2 in. $300-500 1272 Man’s Blue Silk Dragon Robe, China, early 20th century, the front woven with three large dragons, each chasing a pearl amidst clouds, cranes and the eight Buddhist treasures, all above a lishui border, lg. 56 in. $500-700 1273 Silk Brocade Wedding Kimono, Japan, 20th century, depicting pine boughs in red, blue, and green satin stitch threads and cranes in gold threads on a white ground, red lining, lg. 65 in. $400-600 1274 Silk Brocade Wedding Kimono, Japan, 20th century, the lower section depicting a cart holding summer flowers with wisteria flowing from the shoulders, all amongst cranes, all couched in silver threads on a basketweave ground, lg. 72 in. $400-600 1275 Embroidered Mandarin Square, China, for fifth rank with a flying bird with lingzhi mushroom and lishui decoration, bordered with a band of floral and geometric design, framed and glazed, badge 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. $400-600 1276 Formal Manchu Man’s Dragon Robe, China, 20th century, the front embroidered with a large central dragon chasing a flaming pearl, surrounded by smaller dragons and auspicious bats and clouds, a lishui border at the sleeves and bottom of the robe, lg. 53 in. $500-700
1278 Elmwood Display Stand, Japan, 20th century, irregular shape with a free edge, 43 x 14 x 8 in. $400-600 1279 Obi Sash Display Stand, Japan, 20th century, black lacquer with gilt ends to the top stretcher, 59 x 16 in. $100-200 1280 Wood Transom, Japan, 19th/20th century, depicting three reticulated paulownia Tokugawa crests on the main panel, with a bamboo stretcher, 72 x 13 1/2 in. $200-300 1281 Inlaid Gilt and Painted Lacquer Low Table, China, 19th century, the rectangular top set above sides with openwork reserves carved with flowers and birds, the domed apron with openwork lotus flowers and scrolling leafy stalks, decorated with mother-ofpearl inlay depicting vases and flowers, supported by four cabriole legs with foliage terminals and hoof feet, 23 1/4 x 39 x 18 in. $500-700
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1264 Fragment of a Lady’s Robe, China, 18th century, the blue silk embroidered with vases of peonies and peaches, and groupings of ripe fruit and flowers held by bats, interspersed with butterflies over a lishui and ruyi-head border, also detailed with peonies in “Forbidden Stitch,” ht. 37 1/4, wd. 55 in. $400-500
1282 Metal and Wood Thrasher, Korea, 20th century, wrought iron teeth, mounted on a wood base, lg. 25 in. $200-300 1283 Wood Hibachi, Japan, late 19th century, chrysanthemum-shape, with maki-e and shell inlaid flowers, copper liner, dia. 15 1/2 in. $200-300 1284 Red Lacquered Wood Cosmetic Chest, Korea, with two doors to the front and a hinged cover to the top, two drawers inside the two front doors and an inner tray beneath the top cover, yellow brass joinery and ornaments, with a clasp lock and key, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 9 in. $500-700
1277 Silk Brocade Obi Fabric, Japan, woven with a repeating pattern of cranes, plum blossom, bamboo leaves, and chrysanthemums, lg. approx. 13 ft. $300-500
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1285 Single-board Altar Table, China, 19th century, lacquered softwood, top with “ice-plate” edge, beaded apron, squared legs and stretchers, (probably cut down), lg. 85, ht. 20 1/2, wd. 20 1/2 in. $500-600 1286 Small Tansu on Stand, Japan, 20th century, zelkova, six-drawer tansu with simple iron hardware, set on a more recent wood stand, ht. 46, wd. 23 1/4, dp. 14 in. $400-600 1287 Horseshoe-back Armchair, China, 19th/20th century, the back splat decorated with a reserve carved with a writhing dragon above an inset burlwood panel, the outscrolled arms with dragon-form spandrels at the terminals, the seat set above a solid apron carved with pairs of chilong, the four legs surmounted by dragon-heads and claw feet resting on the bracket, 37 x 22 x 27 in. $400-600
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1288 Black Lacquer Box on Stand, China, the rectangular covered box with polychrome lotus motif, the stand with similar decoration and four cabriole legs, 20 x 33 x 16 1/2 in. $150-250
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1289 Three-drawer Coffer Table, China, late 20th century, lacquer and soft wood, top with landscape scene in colors and gilt, drawer fronts decorated the birds and orchids, curved legs and sides all decorated with birds and flowers, lg. 39, wd. 16 1/2, ht. 20 in. $400-600 1290 Four-panel Lacquer Floor Screen, China, decorated with potted plants and flowers of scholarly taste, done in hardstone and soapstone insets over a lacquered ground, the back decorated with floral roundels and plants painted in gold brushwork, 72 x 17 3/4 in. $800-1,200
1291 Marble-top Stand, China, 20th century, hardwood, rose marble panel set in squared frame, frame and upper part of legs carved with a vine and flower motif, apron with openwork geometric meander, middle shelf over curved legs ending in dragon’s claw feet, lg. 16 1/4, wd. 12, ht. 31 3/4 in. $300-500 1292 Pair of Continuous Yoke-back Armchairs, China, 20th century, hardwood, the simple yoke joins the rear posts continuing through the seat to form the back legs, the C-curve splat carved with an auspicious symbol, the C-shaped arms with tapered braces in the middle of each arm, the seat panel set in a curvededge frame, beaded aprons, three stretchers, the footrest with plain apron, ht. 43, ht. seat 20 1/2, wd. 24, dp. 17 3/4 in. $700-900 1293 Asian-style Carved Side Chair, mixed woods and black lacquer, elaborate crest rail depicting a phoenix on front and back, carved splat depicting iris, seat with meander border, front legs and rails deeply carved with floral motifs, 44 1/4 x 24, seat ht. 16 1/2 in. $300-500 1294 Embroidered Dragon Cushion Cover, China, depicting a coiled dragon within a central roundel, embroidered in high relief, with four smaller dragons at each of the four corners, on a black silk ground, framed and glazed, sight size 32 x 32 in. $150-250 1295 Pair of Stools, China, hardwood, 20th century, top panel set in a frame with curved edge, apron with solid panels, one the front of a “hidden” drawer, square beaded legs end in inverted hoof feet, 13 x 13 x 13 in. $100-150 1296 Bandaji Chest, Korea, 19th century, Northern style with lacelike ironwork fittings, resting on two stretcher legs, two double-hook handles to sides, the front with three double-hook handles and a bandaji tongue fastener to the top center, 32 1/8 x 35 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. $1,000-1,500
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1297 Huali Wood Luohan Bed, China, rectangular frame with a narrow recessed waist, supported by curvilinear legs with hoof feet, narrow side and back railings, and small rectangular step of similar design, bed 13 x 37 1/2 x 75 1/2 in. Provenance: Purchased by the owner at Charlotte Horstman, Hong Kong. $1,000-1,500 1298 Marble-topped Stand, China, late 19th/early 20th century, hardwood, rose-colored marble in lobbed frame with curved edge, apron caved in leaf motif, curved legs with dragon heads ending in claw and pearl feet, ht. 18 x diam. 18. $300-500 1299 Marble-topped Stand, China, late 19th/early 20th century, rose-colored marble set in circular frame with carved edge, carved apron depicts Buddhist Lions, cabriole legs carved with floral motifs, circular shelf at bottom in the shape of the “Wheel of the Law,” ht. 19 1/2 x diam. 13 1/2 in. $200-250 1300 Bandaji Chest, Korea, 19th century, Gyeonggido-style, resting on two stretcher legs, iron fittings with three double-hook handles and a bandaji tongue fastener to the top center, 30 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 15 in. $400-500 1301 Hongmu Side Chair, China, 19th/20th century, with a Ming-style crest rail and back with vertical bars, straight footrest, 37 x 19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. $800-1,000 1302 Tall Kitchen Cabinet, Japan, 20th century, of paulownia wood made in two sections, the top section with four sliding doors, the bottom two with metal wire, the bottom section with two sliding doors above five drawers, ht. 63 1/2 in. $500-700 1303 Small Wooden Hibachi, Japan, 20th century, with fitted corners, 11 1/2 in. square. $200-300
1305 Wood Hibachi with Stand, Japan, 19th/20th century, made from finely grained elmwood, keyaki, with a copper liner, wood handles, and five drawers, 28 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. $300-500 1306 Low Table, China, rectangular, the top bordered with carved decorations of stylized dragons and characters, carved aprons and openwork lattice side panels, 23 5/8 x 28 x 21 in. $400-600 1307 Display Cabinet, China, 19th/20th century, with a doored compartment and locking drawer, decorated with bird-and-flower carvings and floral scrolls, 63 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Note: Enclosed are a wooden frame with handwritten information about Yang Ju, the Minister for China in Washington in 1873, and a photograph of a Chinese man riding a horse. $800-1,200 1308 Low Tabletop Stand, China, rectangular waisted hardwood stand with four pointed feet, with impressed marks on the underside, 3 3/8 x 18 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. $200-400 1309 Wood Hibachi with Stand, Japan, 19th/20th century, made of elmwood with five drawers with metal pulls and two side handles, 26 x 13 x 14 1/4 in. $400-600 1310 Marble-top Stand, China, late 19th/ early 20th century, hardwood, rosecolored marble set in frame with carved edge, concave waist, carved apron depicting fruit, legs carved with dragon heads and ending in claw-and-pearl feet, ht. 23 x 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. $300-500
1311 Carved Rosewood Export Stand, China, 20th century, the rectangular top inset with marble, apron pierced with ruyi design, with two under-tiers, four legs carved with blossoms and scrolling foliage, claw-and-ball feet, ht. 31 1/2 in. $200-300 1312 Toyokuni III (1786-1864) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1863, Shiratori Myojin, the 113th from the series Tokaido, signed “Ikkyosai Tsuyanaga ga” with date seal with aratame, framed and glazed, 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. $200-300 1313 Daimyo Handscroll, Japan, ink, colors, and gilt on paper, fine depiction of a procession of figures in a landscape, 12 x 208 in. $200-300 1314 Loose Painting, China, ink and colors on paper, depicting a nude girl, signed, with one seal, 19 x 27 in. $200-300 1315 Hanging Scroll, China, ink and light color on paper, depicting a girl and a water buffalo, inscribed, dedicated to “Comrade Liangyou,” bears signature “Huang Zhou,” dated 1983, with one seal, 26 3/4 x 19 in. $400-500 1316 Two Framed Landscape Paintings, China, ink and color on silk, each with one seal, sight 16 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. $100-200 1317 Hanging Scroll Depicting Bamboo Stalks and Rocks, China, 20th century, inscribed with three seals, ink and color on paper, painting 37 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. $200-400
1319 Six-panel Folding Screen, Byobu, Japan, 20th century, ink, color, and gold on paper, depicting a landscape scene with gently rolling hills, pine trees, and fall foliage, all against a gold ground, each panel 71 3/4 x 24 in. $800-1,000 1320 Loose Painting, China, 20th century, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Huang Qunbi (1898-1991) depicting a landscape with figures, inscribed with a poem, dated, with two seals, 53 1/2 x 13 in. $300-400 1321 Figural Landscape Print, China, depicting a riverbank scene with a passing boat, the mat painted gold, framed and glazed, (not examined out of frame), 9 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. $150-250
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1304 Rectangular Low Table, China, plain, with three drawers, 19 5/8 x 47 7/8 x 22 7/8 in. $400-600
1322 Painting of a Scholar, China, 20th century, in the manner of Chen Shaomei (1907-1954), ink and color on paper, depicted chasing after his windswept hat, bears inscription and two seals, 21 1/2 x 15 1/4, frame 30 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. $800-1,000 1323 Buddhist Hanging Scroll Depicting Seventeen Bodhisattvas, China, standing in prayer amongst auspicious ruyi clouds, dressed in flowing robes luxuriously decorated with roundels of various patterns in gold ink, color, and gold on silk, painting 67 x 37 3/4 in. $400-600 1324 Woodblock Triptych Depicting a Night Scene, Japan, with Shitenno, the four legendary retainers fighting against a demon figure to protect their lord, Minamoto no Yorimitsu on horseback, all mounted in a frame, each print 13 1/2 x 9 in. $300-500
1318 Album of Sixteen Interior Design Models, Japan, 1903 (Meiji 36), woodblock, from ritual vessels to tatehana flower arrangements, publisher Kyoto Bijutsu Kyokai, designer Hurutani Korin (1868-1911), 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. $150-250
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1325 Album of Twenty-four Illustrations, China, in the manner of Chen Shaomei (1909-1954), depicting twenty-four legendary episodes to demonstrate the Confucian filial piety, each leaf with a four-character title and a seal or two, the last leaf dated and signed “Shaomei Chen Yunzhang Jinghui” with two seals, 13 3/8 x 17 1/4, painting 11 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. $200-300 1326 Nine-leaf Accordion-style Painting Album, China, in the manner of Li Keran (1907-1989), depicting a shepherd boy with a cow under a tree branch, entitled “Muniu” on the cover, each leaf signed “Keran” with two seals, each leaf 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. $200-300 1327 Eleven-leaf Painting Album, China, in the manner of Yuan Songnian (18951966), holding ten landscapes, mostly with a figure enjoying scenery with water, each sealed “Songnian,” dated 1947, the last page with date and signature, each leaf 12 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. $200-300
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1328 Hanging Scroll, China, 19th/20th century, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Lan Jungu, depicting a landscape with two figures, dated, with three seals, 23 x 51 in. $200-300
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1329 Hanging Scroll, China, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Zhu Chuan Laoren, depicting flowers, with three seals, 12 x 43 in. $300-400 1330 Hanging Scroll, China, ink and color on silk, in the manner of Zhang Shipu, depicting a landscape with a boat, inscribed, with three seals, 11 x 45 in. $200-300 1331 Hanging Scroll, China, ink and color on paper, in the manner of Liu Haisu, depicting a landscape, dated 1988, inscribed, bears signature, with four seals, 17 1/2 x 34 in. $500-1,000
1332 Two Loose Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century, one depicting a courtesan dressed in a formal kimono seated in a room setting, the other depicting a woman with hair unbound, barefoot, hands in prayer, standing amid falling water, both signed Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), 14 x 9 3/4 in. $150-200 1333 Framed Contemporary Calligraphy, China, each character comprising birdform strokes, bearing three seals and signed “Zhou Hua Nan,” 17 1/2 x 27 in. $200-300 1334 Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Triptych Woodblock Print, Japan, 1884, publisher Matsuki Heikichi, depicting a man begging to a boatman, each oban tate-e, overall 14 3/8 x 29 in. $800-1,000 1335 Otsu-e Folk Painting, Japan, 19th century, depicting Benkei with his spears, ink and color on paper, framed, image 26 x 9 1/2, with frame 34 x 16 in. $800-1,000 1336 Framed Painting Depicting a Heron, Japan, ink and color on silk, the bird standing on one leg beneath bamboo and flowering prunus branches, 38 1/2 x 16 in. $300-400 1337 Two Paintings, Japan, 19th century, in the manner of Taki Katei (1830-1901), one depicting small flowers, inscribed with two seals, dated 1874, signed with a seal; and one with willowing branches, inscribed with two seals, signed with a seal, ink and color on silk, each matted on silk and mounted on a cardboard, 27 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. $800-1,000 1338 Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, one by Hiroshige (1797-1858), from the series Famous Places in Edo; and one by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902-1999), Mt. Fuji from Tateho, the 33th from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, both oban yoko-e, sizes to 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. $500-700
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1339 Serizawa Keisuke (1895-1984) Stencil-dyed Prints, Japan, 20th century, set of ten prints depicting various folk traditions, each signed by the artist in red pigment, three framed, ht. 6 to 10 in. $600-800 1340 Fourteen Photographs, Japan, 19th/20th century, albumen collotype prints, of various landscapes of cities, countrysides, and figures including geisha, farmers, and carpenters captured in various poses and actions, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. $200-300 1341 Four Fan Paintings, Japan, one depicting an ink landscape, signed “Keibun” with two seals; one depicting a seascape with clam diggers, signed with two seals; one depicting a monkey beside a tree, inscribed with a poem with three seals, signed “Sosen” and one depicting floral branches, color on gilt paper, all matted on cardboard except the last, painting to 10 x 20 1/4 in. $800-1,000 1342 Eight Woodblock Prints, Japan, two by Hiroshige, including Karasaki Shrine from the series Eight Views of Omi, and Akabane Bridge and Suiten Shrine from the series Famous Places in Edo, both oban yoko-e; one by Sencho Kikukawa (dates unknown), oban tate-e; one by unidentified artist, depicting a battle scene as mural, inscribed with a seal; and four by Hokusai, including a page of book illustration Atagoyama from the Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance, published in 1800, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8; and three two-leaf pages, framed and glazed, sight size 7 x 10 in. $500-700 1343 Calligraphy by Yamada Mumon (1900-1988), Japan, 1986, box set with six Zen calligraphy works, in ink on various papers, each with three seals, calligraphy 16 7/8 x 22 3/8 in. $200-300
1345 Two Volumes of Reproduced Woodblock Prints, Japan, 1976, Takahashi Seichiro, Ed., The Takahashi Seichiro Collection of Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints, Volume 6, Yoshitoshi, Yoshiku, and Gyosai; and Volume 7, Kiyochika and Yasuji, with an introduction by Takahashi Seichiro, both hardcover in hardcover cases, book 16 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. $800-1,000 1346 Buddhist Painting Album, Japan, Meiji period, with twenty-two spreads, depicting eighteen stories of Kannon Bosatsu, with stories inscribed on each, after three calligraphy works, by two artists, each signed with two seals on the last page with a title and date, ink and light color on paper, with painted seals and calligraphy, hardcover of decorative textile, 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. $200-300 1347 Twelve Woodblock Prints and Two Photographs, Japan, 19th and 20th century, four by Hiroshige including one from the Tokaido series; two by Hiroshige II (Shigenobu); one by Yoshitoshi; one by Kuniyoshi; one by Eishi, reproduction; one by Kunisada; five sections from an eight-section octagonal print depicting a continuous landscape (with two detached); one by Chikanobu, oban yoko-e; and two albumen hand-colored photographs, prints all oban tate-e, photo sizes to 11 1/4 x 9 in. $1,200-1,500
1348 Three Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century, one by Kuniyoshi, signed “Cho o ro Kuniyoshi,” oban tate-e; one by Hiroshige, the fifty-second: Kusastu from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, oban yoko-e; and one depicting fishermen, signed with a seal, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. $200-300 1349 Three Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century, one from the series Famous Commanders of Japan, later edition, oban size; one from the series Essays by Yoshitoshi, oban size; and one from the series Courageous Warriors, chuban, all tate-e. $200-300 1350 Ancestral Portrait of a Man, China, 20th century, seated in a chair, dressed in an official robe with his feet on a footrest, ink and color on silk, framed and glazed, painting 42 3/4 x 25 3/8 in. $200-400 1351 Two Wall Hangings, China, a hanging scroll painting depicting two Buddhist messengers riding respectively on a lion and on a dragon to deliver a scroll to heavenly figures above, ink and color on paper, 59 x 27 1/4; and a wall hanging kesi tapestry, depicting Xi Wangmu standing with a woman attendant and phoenix, 61 x 35 1/2 in. $400-600 1352 Nine Mikumo (Nenjiro Inagaki, b. 1906) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one with birds, 1970, 30/300; one with masks, 225/300; one with figures, with two seals on print, trimmed and pasted to paper support; six on paper mattes including one with abstract imagery, 240/300; one with a calligraphic work in a roundel, 1969, 3/300; one with figures, 1968; and three with figures, all dated 1965, sizes to 23 1/2 x 18 in. $300-500
1354 Hiroshige Woodblock Print, Japan, Ashida, from Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido, late 1830s, framed. $200-300 1355 Calligraphy, China, on paper, signed “Xuezhong,” with one seal, “Zhong guo mei shu jia xie hui chu ban shen, chu ban yong gao” seal, framed and glazed, 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. $150-250 1356 Two Hiroshige Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th and 20th century, one from the series One Hundred Famous View of Edo, later edition; together with a work after Hiroshige: New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ôji, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, later copy, both oban tate-e, sizes to 14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. $100-200
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1344 Ten Woodblock Prints and Two Ink Sketches, Japan, one by Ichikawa, depicting a samurai with a courtesan on his back, 12 7/8 x 5 5/8; one by Kiyochika depicting a bridge in a rainy night, 7 1/2 x 10; a page from a Japanese illustrated dictionary with “snake” characters, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8; seven oban-size later edition prints including three by Kunisada, two by Kuniyoshi; and two ink sketches each depicting a standing courtesan, to 15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. $1,000-1,200
1357 Calligraphy on Woodwork, Japan, rectangular, with nine multi-leveled wood blocks and a compartment, painted brown, decorated allover with a poem written in cursive script, entitled “Saigyo Zakura” (Saigyo Cherries), one of the traditional Japanese verses, choka, 16 7/8 x 13 in. $600-800 1358 Inkstick, China, 20th century, carved with the eight Daoist immortals, reverse with a four-character caption, one side with a six-character inscription, 7 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in. $300-500 1359 Woodblock Print Album Depicting Eighteen Luohans, China, bound in the order that they appeared in Monk Guanxiu’s Dream, in accordion fold, each with a descriptive inscription and the name of painter with a seal or two, print backed, print 5 7/8 x 3 3/8, album 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. $300-500
1353 Hanging Scroll Depicting Daoist Figures, China, looking at a scroll in a garden scene with boy attendants, inscribed with title, dated and a seal, ink and color on paper, painting 50 1/2 x 25 in. $200-400
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1360 Three Prints Depicting Narcissus, China, one ink on paper, unsigned, 19 1/2 x 11 1/2; and two ink and color on paper: one 10 1/8 x 7 1/4, one in the manner of Qi Baishi, bearing signature and seal, 9 x 12 in. $150-250
1366 Hanging Scroll Depicting an Official, China, holding a scepter, accompanied by four attendants, holding a fan, lamp, flower vase, and censer, ink, color and gold on paper, painting 53 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. $200-300
1361 Three Katagami Stencils, Japan, lacquered mulberry paper with human hair, one with floral and vertical line design; one with flora branch design; and one with flowers and honeycomb design, sizes to 12 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. $300-500
1367 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Hermit Scholar, Japan, standing with a cane in his right hand and a sword and a hat on his back, signed with two seals, ink and color on silk, painting 40 x 12 7/8 in. $200-300
1362 Series of Seven Paintings Depicting Landscapes, Korea, 19th/20th century, in the Southern School style, each signed “Kim Jinji” with two seals and a collector’s seal of “Un Hoe Jae” except one, one with a title: “Imitating Song People’s Close-view Landscapes,” light ink on paper, mounted on fabric, 17 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. $500-700
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1363 Two Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, Pomegranate and Parrot, Ohara Koson (1877-1945); and Bunraku Puppet Head, Tobei Kamei (1901-1977), numbered 37/200 and signed “T. Kamei” in pencil on verso, both framed and glazed, print size to 14 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. $300-500
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1364 Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996) Woodblock Print, Japan, “Christmas,” 1964, depicting the holy birth of Jesus with the Three Wise Men in attendance, rendered in mingei folk art style on red momigami paper, 84/210, framed and glazed, 22 x 18 1/4 in. $400-500 1365 Six Katsuyuki Nishijima (b. 1945) Woodblock Prints, Japan, all depicting landscapes with architectural elements such as tiled rooftops, signs, and lanterns, two in oban sizes, with one numbered 388/500, tate-e and the other numbered 391/500, yoko-e, both titled in Japanese, signed in English with a seal, sight sizes to 16 1/8 x 11 1/8; and four in chuban sizes, titled in Japanese, signed in English, 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in., all framed and glazed.
1368 Painting Album, China, 20th century, in the manner of Tang Yun (19101993), containing twelve bird-andflower paintings on six spreads, all inscribed and sealed, 9 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. $400-600 1369 Hanging Scroll Depicting Peonies with Calligraphy, China, in the manner of Chen Daofu (1483-1544), with four seals including a Jiaqing seal, a small inscription separately mounted on the lower left margin, ink and color on paper, painting 48 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. $300-500 1370 Hanging Scroll Depicting Orchids, written inscription, title, and date (1942), with six seals, ink and color on silk, painting 53 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. $300-500
1373 Watercolored Woodblock Print Album, China, entitled Beijing Rongbaoqi Shijianpu, 2 vols., published by Beijing Rongbaoqi in 1955, using munban shuiyin technique, containing thirty-two works by Qi Baishi (18641957), eight by Chen Banding (1876-1970), seven by Wang Xuetao (1903-1982), six by Wu Daiqi (18781949), six by Wang Shizi (1885-1950), and twenty-one by eleven other artists, 12 1/2 x 9 in. $200-300 1374 Three Panel Screen, China, late 19th century, each panel with a panel of floral silk brocade below a carved lacquer panel depicting figures in a landscape, in a carved wood frame, (panels detached), each panel 40 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. $200-250 1375 Two Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a battle scene with archers on horseback protecting a daishogun; and one by Hokusai (17601849), the sixth of the additional ten to the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, oban yoko-e, framed and glazed, sight size to 10 x 14 3/8 in. $100-200 1376 Wall Hanging Depicting a Dancer, Southeast Asia, mixed media on silk, framed and glazed, sight size 31 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. $50-150
1371 Hanging Scroll Calligraphy, China, written in three lines, signed with date and two seals, on brown fabric, calligraphy 45 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. $300-500
1377 Three Woodblock Prints, Japan, each with an illustration and calligraphy: a water wheel, signed with a seal, a wheeled cart, and a stick with a seal, 8 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. $100-200
1372 Two Groups of Miniature Paintings, China, 19th/20th century, color on pith paper, mostly depicting figures in dress customary to their rank, nine in each glazed frame, eighteen in total, each painting 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. $200-300
1378 Album of Woodblock Prints, Japan, ink and color on paper, printed by Yamada Shinjoro, twelve pages total, including landscapes, figurative scenes, and more abstract compositions, 14 x 9 3/8 in. $700-900
Provenance: Private collection in Massachusetts. $1,000-1,500
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1380 Hanging Scroll, China, 20th century, in the manner of Song Wenzhi (1919-1999), ink and color on paper, depicting a landscape of Lake Taihu with peach blossoms, with inscription and a seal, overall 82 x 33, painting 52 x 26 in. $300-500 1381 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, Japan, 20th century, in the manner of Kangai Takakura (18841962), with deer on a hilly mountain in autumn foliage against distant mountain ridge and a half moon in the misty sky, signed with two seals, colors on silk, with a box with inscription, painting 56 x 19 5/8 in. $300-500 1382 Two Scroll Paintings and Two Woodblock Prints, a hanging scroll depicting white peonies, China, signed and sealed 49 3/4 x 16; Dragon, Japan, ink and color on silk, signed Kano Yoshinobu, 39 x 12; and two Ando Hiroshige color woodblock prints, Japan, The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Odawara, and Otsu, framed and glazed, oban tate-e, 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. $200-250 1383 Two Color Engravings, France, a map of China, 1712, titled La Chine suivant les nouvelles observations de Mess. rs de l’Academie royale des sciences, etc, augmentees de nouveau, publisher: Academie des Sciences, editor: chez Pierre Vander AA, sight 9 1/4 x 12; and a page from a book holding two print images, respectively titled “Different Kinds of Boats” and “Serpent or Dragon Bark from Nieuhof,” 1745, framed and glazed, sight 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. $800-1,000
1384 Woodblock Print, Japan, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), depicting a woman with a child, oban, framed and glazed, sight size 13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. $600-800 1385 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, China, after Kao Kekung (1248-1310), in wet ink using boneless technique, ink on paper, titled, signed, and dated with a seal, painting 31 1/2 x 12 in. $300-500 1386 Calligraphy Hanging Scroll, China, writing one of the Gushi Shijiushou (Nineteen Old Poems) by unknown poets, in semi-cursive script, dated and signed with two seals, ink on brown paper, calligraphy 21 3/8 x 14 in. $300-500 1387 Pictorial Wall Hanging, China, late 20th century, silk on silk foundation, depicts Lady Wenji on horseback returning to China with two attendants, reputedly purchased by owner from an art school in Beijing in 1985, 53 3/4 x 48 3/4 in. (including fringe and hanging loops), image based on the handscroll, “Lady Wenji Returns to the Han Court,” by Zhang Wei in the Jilin Provincial Museum. $600-800 1388 Handscroll Depicting a Landscape with Calligraphy, China, 19th/20th century, including an inscription with title, date, and signature with three seals on silk, followed by a landscape, inscribed with two seals reading “Beihai” and “Jixian,” ink and light color paper, 9 3/4 x 22 1/2, and a group of calligraphy works written in various scripts and length on paper, ht. 9 3/4, lg. over 19 ft. $500-700 1389 Hanging Scroll of a Rubbing, China, from a stone stele at Sanguanmiao Temple carved in 1796, with a seal, rubbing 31 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. $500-700
1390 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, China, of a riverside with a pavilion surrounded with pine and bamboo, inscribed “Lifu jushi” with two seals, ink and color on silk, painting 18 x 11 3/8 in. $800-1,000 1391 Hanging Scroll Depicting Butterflies with Flowers, China, 20th century, of red and white peonies and of red pinks, inscribed with title and two seals, the title in calligraphy and mounted separately in a section above, signed with a seal, ink and color on silk, painting 37 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. $300-500 1392 Hanging Scroll Depicting Zhong Kui, China, 20th century, scratching his back with a back scratcher, seated next to a pond with lotus flowers, inscribed with date (1994 or 1934) and a seal, ink and color on paper, painting 52 x 25 3/4 in. $300-500
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1379 Four-panel Floor Screen, China, the frames with carved wood openwork bird-and-flower design, each panel decorated with an embroidered flowerand-bird design on a black silk to one side and the other with a line painting in color on a green paper (most of which torn away now), each panel 76 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. $500-700
1393 Pair of Ancestral Portraits of a Couple, China, 20th century, both sitting upright in a chair, dressed in formal robes, with their feet on a footrest, the man holding a fan in his right hand and a rosary in his left, his robe with a rank badge with auspicious symbols, a “ri” (sun) character, a left-facing bird, the woman with her hands and feet hidden under her robe, wearing a headdress with openwork phoenixes, her robe with a rank badge with auspicious symbols, a “yue” (moon) character, and a right-facing bird, ink, color, and gold on paper, framed and glazed, painting 62 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. Provenance: Purchased at Charlotte Horstmann in 1987. $800-1,000 1394 Hanging Scroll Depicting an Ancestral Shrine, China, possibly Qing dynasty, for rituals with tablets of the 11th through 17th generations, with an ancestral couple of the 12th generation seated in front of the ancestral altar, a rectangular cartouche on top reading “Yangyang ruzai,” ink and color on silk, painting 93 1/2 x 62 1/2 in. $300-500
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1395 Four-panel Lacquer Floor Screen, China, decorated with a Daoist garden with immortals and boys in variously colored stone insets over lacquered surface, the back decorated with the “Four Gentlemen” painted in gold brushwork, each panel 72 1/4 x 18 in. $700-900 1396 Painting Depicting a Landscape, China, 20th century, with a farmer walking in a mountain range with waterfall, inscribed and sealed “Qiuxue” (Autumn Snow), ink and light color on silk, 20 x 34 1/4 in. $400-600 1397 Four Export Gouache Paintings, China, 19th century, depicting living quarters with men and women at work, including one with water buckets; one with mortars; and two with baskets with a slight difference in one man’s pose, all framed and glazed, 12 3/8 x 17 in. $800-1,000
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1398 Woodblock Triptych, Japan, Kiyochika (1847-1915), depicting a samurai seated out of his armor beneath a tree, framed and glazed, sight size 13 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. $300-500
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1399 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) Woodblock Print, Japan, Sarusawa Pond, 1933, signed with a seal on the print, dated and titled in Japanese with “jizuri” mark in the left margin, titled and dated in English in bottom margin with signature written in pencil, oban tate-e, 16 x 10 5/8 in. $600-800 1400 Mabuchi Toru (1920-1994) Woodblock Print, Japan, Dried Fish on the Table, 1963, 41/100, depicting dried fish on a table with lemon, persimmon, and bottles in a Cubist manner, titled in Japanese in the lower left margin and dated in the right in pencil, sight size 15 7/8 x 21 1/2 in. $500-700
1401 Three Hanging Scrolls, China, two rubbings, one with embossed calligraphy and orchids and the other with bamboo stalks with leaves, rubbing to 45 1/4 x 12 1/4; and one depicting lotuses with a school of fish, ink on paper, inscribed with a seal, painting 30 x 18 5/8 in. $200-400 1402 Four Hanging Scrolls, China and Japan, a landscape depicting a quarry, ink and light color on paper, inscribed with a seal; a landscape with a pavilion in craggy mountains, ink and light color on silk, inscribed with a seal; a Kano school sumi-e landscape, ink on paper, signed with a seal; and one depicting an octopus, dated 1915, ink on silk, inscribed with three seals, to 53 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. $200-400 1403 Fifteen Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, a map of Japanese pottery issued by the Mingeikwan in 1958; three Ukiyoe reproduced prints; one reproduced print by Toshio Yoshida, in half oban size; one by Yasuhide Kobashi (1931-2003); three by Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988) including A Plum, 3/50; one by Tobei Kamei (1901-1977); one by Yoshitaka Nakao (b. 1911); three depicting horses with one in sumizuri, with seals; and one by Toko Shinoda (b. 1913), An Ode 0, 36/50; in various sizes. $700-900 1404 Modern Woodblock Print, Japan, depicting a lamp and a persimmon on a wood table, signed “T. Suagaki” in English, framed and glazed, sight size 22 x 16 1/2 in. $200-300 1405 Mikumo (Nenjiro Inagaki, b. 1906) Woodblock Print, Japan, depicting Buddhist statues in rows in a temple, with a seal, framed and glazed, sight size 13 5/8 x 20 in. $200-300 1406 Taizo Minakawa (1917-2005) Print on Batik, Japan, 20th century, depicting a pottery factory and potters near a river with boats and banana trees, framed, 27 3/4 x 53 3/8 in. $300-500
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1407 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Cat, China, after Lan Ting-fang (fl. Qing dynasty), seated on a rock looking a butterfly above, signed with three seals, ink and light color on paper, painting 32 x 18 7/8 in. $700-900 1408 Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, 19th century, one by Yoshimori (1830-1885), depicting an American; and one by Sadahide (1807-1873), depicting an American couple with a monkey, oban tate-e, sizes to 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. $100-200 1409 Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, one by Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993), 1958, 43/60, depicting a night scene with a pagoda, titled, numbered, signed, and dated in pencil with a seal on the print; and one by Tamami Shima (1937-1999), 1961, 68/100, depicting cranes with trees, numbered, titled, dated, and signed with a seal on the print, sight sizes to 21 1/2 x 17 in. $200-400 1410 Two Kenji Ushiku (b. 1922) Color Etchings, Japan, one undated, 20/30, titled, numbered, and signed in Japanese; and the other, 1970, 31/125, titled, numbered, signed, and dated in pencil, sight sizes to 9 x 5 1/2 in. $100-200 1411 Five Ukiyoe Woodblock Prints, Japan, 18th/19th century, two by Hiroshige (1797-1858), including Harima Province from the Views of more than Sixty Provinces and Chiriu from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, published in 1855 by Tsutaya; two by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Moon at Obasute-yama and Kazan Temple Moon from the One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; and one by Utamaro (1753-1806), depicting a woman with a boy catching a mouse, all oban tate-e, sizes to 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. $400-600 1412 Three Ink Sketches, Japan, one depicting four swallows in flight, lightly colored; one with a man seated near a fireplace, lightly colored; and one with a seated man and a mouse, all pasted to cardboard along edges, sight sizes to 10 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. $200-400
1418 Three Photographs, Korea, late 19th/ early 20th century, one with six Korean children in bare feet except one, wearing traditional Korean dresses; one with a group of children standing in a row alongside a wall, wearing traditional Korean dresses and clogs, photo based on a smaller photo; and one with people gathered in front of a brick building with “The Salvation Army” sign, two foreign men in army uniform playing the trumpet and drum, sizes to 16 x 19 3/4 in. $800-1,000
1414 Hanging Scroll Depicting Chicks Under Bamboo, China, 20th century, in the boneless style, inscribed with a poem, dated and signed, with two seals, ink and color on paper, painting 43 1/2 x 15 in. $300-500
1419 Three Hanging Scroll Paintings, Japan, one depicting a Heian-style woman (Ono no Komachi, a renowned female poet) washing a book, ink and color on brown silk, painting 13 1/4 x 18 7/8; one depicting peonies with a lion seated beneath, signed Akizu Hitoshi with a seal, ink and color on paper, painting 38 x 14 1/2; and one depicting bamboo with rocks, signed with a seal, ink on paper, painting 49 x 20 in. $400-600
1415 Book Illustrations of Two Portraits, India, of a Mughal king and queen, portrayed to face each other with a castle in the background, in a rectangular border, ink, color, and gold on paper, framed and glazed, painting 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. $300-500 1416 Three Paintings Depicting the “Four Gentlemen,” Korea, one depicting a plum branch, in the manner of Im Han-sang (fl. 1827-1849), inscribed with a poem and sealed, ink on paper; and one depicting plum and bamboo, in the manner of Jo Hui-ryong (17891866), inscribed with a four-character seal reading “Hosan mugyeon” and an artemisia leaf seal to upper right (now faded and illegible), ink and light color on cotton; and one depicting irises and a rock, inscribed, ink on paper, all framed and glazed, painting 26 3/4 x 14 3/4, 38 x 11 1/8, and 19 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. $300-500 1417 Painting Depicting Bamboo and Plum, Korea, 19th/20th century, with rocks, inscribed with a seal (now illegible) ink and light color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 36 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. $400-600
1420 Two Hanging Scroll Paintings, Japan, one depicting lotuses with other water plants below, inscribed with a poem on lotuses, signed unidentified with two seals, color on brown silk, painting, 39 1/2 x 16 1/2; and one depicting a tree branch with peach blossoms against the moon, inscribed with a poem with two seals and signed with a seal, color on silk, painting 16 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. $400-600 1421 Painting Album of Sixteen Luohans, China, in the manner of Jin Tingbiao (fl. Qianlong period), eighteen-leaf accordion-format album, depicting sixteen luohans and a Buddha seated on a lotus throne painted with a seal in a circular reserve on the opening page, signed “Chen Jin Tingbiao Gonghui” with two seals reading together “tingbao,” the cover with calligraphy by Lu Runxiang (1841-1915), signed with four seals including one of the calligrapher, 13 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. $400-600
1422 Painting Album Depicting Peonies, China, in the manner of Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732), of four types on six leaves, four seals on the inner cover and on the first peony inscribed with date “gengzi” and signed “Nanshao Jiang Tingxi” with two seals including one reading “Tingxi,” each leaf 13 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. $400-600 1423 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Buddhist Monk, China, seated on a rock above a boy attendant also seated, and an ox lying on its belly, a man in official attire standing by with a scepter in his hands, dated 1741, sealed, ink, color, mineral green and orange, and gold on paper, painting 51 x 25 3/4 in. $800-1,000
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1413 Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991), Three Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, 1964, Kasuga Shrine, signed and sealed, titled and dated in bottom margin, numbered in pencil 52/200, oban tate-e, 16 x 11; The First Day of Spring, signed and sealed, titled and dated in the bottom margin, numbered in pencil 29/200, oban tate-e, 16 x 11; and Garden of Zen Temple, signed and sealed, titled and dated in the bottom margin, numbered 64/200 in pencil, oban tate-e, 16 x 11 in. $400-600
1424 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Bird and Rock, Japan, inscribed with two seals, ink on brown paper, painting 48 1/4 x 12 in. $200-300 1425 Ancestral Portrait of a Woman, China, early 20th century, color on silk, wearing Manchu formal robes and headdress, framed, sight size 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. $400-600 1426 Group of Memorabilia, Japan, including a letter dated to 1926, prints by Goho Takase presented to a Mrs. Gates, a stamped letter, etc., various sizes. $100-200 1427 Painting Depicting Three Ducks and Peonies, China, ink and color on silk, signed and sealed, framed and glazed, sight size 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. $300-500 1428 Painting Depicting Two Geese and Bamboo, China, ink on silk, partial painting cut to a circle possibly for a fan, signed and sealed, framed and glazed, sight size 9 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. $300-500
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1429 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), Cave Temple in Ajanta, Japan, 1931, woodblock print, signed with seal, dated and titled in the left margin, with printed English title and signature in pencil in the bottom margin, oban yoko-e, framed and glazed, sight size 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. $300-500 1430 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, China, 20th century, of mountains and clouds from a bird’seye view, in the boneless technique, inscribed with date and three seals including a collector’s seal, ink on paper, painting 32 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. $500-800
1436 Three Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a pair of mandarin ducks with plum; one a mythical animal and a turtle on rocks; and a byobu-style flowers in color and silver, all 9 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. $500-700
1431 Five Ukiyoe Woodblock Prints, Japan, four by Toyokuni III (1786-1865) including one depicting a couple, a diptych depicting samurais, a diptych with a man and woman, and a triptych depicting courtesans on street; and one by Hiroshige (1797-1858), depicting a snowscape, all oban tate-e except the Hiroshige, sight to 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. $200-300
1437 Umetaro Azechi (1902-1999) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1977, 96/150, Mountain of Six People, titled, dated, numbered, and signed in pencil with a seal on print, sight size 7 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. $500-700
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1432 Pair of Ancestral Portraits, China, depicting a man and a woman seated in a chair, each separately mounted as a hanging scroll in a glazed frame, color on paper, frame 38 1/4 x 23 1/8, painting 24 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. $200-300
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1435 Five Ogato Gekko (1859-1920) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a running samurai, 1897, from the series Forty-seven Ronins; one with swimming carp; one with two king snappers; one with a boy riding on an ox; and one with a tiger, sizes to 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. $800-1,200
1433 Two Paintings, Korea, 20th century, each depicting a ceremonial march with people holding palanquins, flags, and musical instruments, ink and color on silk, framed and glazed, painting 9 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. $300-500 1434 Two Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a hawk chasing a flying insect, signed with a seal; the other depicting a moonlit scene with flowers and grasses, sealed, sizes to 14 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. $1,000-1,500
1438 Portable Painting Album, Japan, eighteen-leaf accordion-style album, the title in calligraphy meaning “Flowers Vying with Each Other in Beauty,” fourteen flowers, each painted on a two-leaf spread on paper in ink and color, all inscribed and signed by an unidentified artist, signed “Koshu” to the inner back cover, 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. $300-500 1439 Two Hanging Scrolls, China, depicting a fisherman praying for a big catch, with calligraphy and multiple seals, ink and light color on brown paper; and a landscape with a scholar on horseback climbing tall mountains with waterfalls and pavilions, inscribed with a seal, ink and color on brown silk, painting to 46 x 19 1/4 in. $150-250 1440 Hand Scroll Depicting a Landscape, China, 20th century, with a boat on a river in September, ink and color on paper, inscribed with three seals, matted on silk, painting 26 1/4 x 52 1/2 in. $200-300
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1441 Portrait of the Bishop of Nanking, China, 19th/20th century, color on vellum or pigskin, depicted in simple robes and a hat, illegible seal at bottom left corner, framed and glazed, sight size 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. $500-700 1442 Two-leaf Calligraphy, Korea, late 19th century, Kim Ok-Gyun (1851-1894), writing about Sudhana, a Buddhist boy on tour for seeking enlightenment on a page, signed with two seals reading “Kim Ok-gyun in” and his pen name “Go-gyun geo-sa,” mounted together on a paper support, 18 1/2 x 29 1/8 in. Note: Kim Ok-Gyun is a Korean politician who led a failed coup in 1884. $300-500 1443 Two Framed Works of Calligraphy, China, 20th century, of circular format, ink on silk, dia. of each 9 1/2 in. $200-300 1444 Japanese Anime Cel, with background, preliminary sketch and timing sheet, Goku from the series Dragon Ball Z, 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $400-600 1445 No lot. 1446 Japanese Anime Cel, with background, preliminary sketch and timing sheet, Usagi from the series Sailor Moon, in original Toei Animation bag, 9 5/8 x 11 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $400-600
Provenance: From a large private collection. $400-600 1448 Japanese Anime Pencil Sketch, with Genga/Doga, Faye Valentine from the series Cowboy Bebop, 9 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400 1449 Two-layer Japanese Anime Key Sketch, Wing Gundam from the series Gundam Wing, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400 1450 Japanese Anime Key Cel, with preliminary sketch, Lupin, from the series Lupin III, 9 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400 1451 Japanese Anime Key Cel, Soyokaze, with preliminary sketch, from the series Irresponsible Captain Tyler, 9 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400 1452 Japanese Anime Cel, Hikaru, from the series Magic Knight Rayearth, 9 x 10 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400 1453 Japanese Anime Cel, Tsukushi, from the series Hana Yori Dango, 9 x 10 1/2 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400
1454 Japanese Anime Cel, with background and preliminary sketch, from the series Generator Gawl, background 10 x 13 3/4 in. Provenance: From a large private collection. $200-400 1455 Masao Ida (b. 1945), Two Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, 1990, Tokufuji Temple, sealed, signed, titled, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, print 128/180, framed and glazed, sight size 11 x 15 1/4; and Zen Garden, sealed, signed, titled, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, print 196/200, framed and glazed, sight size 8 3/4 x 18 in. $200-300 1456 Painting Depicting a Landscape, China, with a figure seated in a pavilion under high mountains, depicted in the Southern school style, titled and signed, with two seals, ink and light color on silk, framed and glazed, painting 45 1/4 x 16 in. $200-400 1457 Painting Depicting Cockscomb Flowers, China, also with morning glories, inscribed with three seals, ink and light color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 52 1/2 x 22 3/4 in. $300-500 1458 Six-panel Screen Painting, Japan, 19th century, depicting a bamboo and brush fence in the foreground with autumnal flowers above, 66 3/4 x 24 in. $500-700 1459 Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991), Shadow on the Water, Japan, 1956, color woodblock print, signed and sealed, titled at the bottom, marked in pencil edition 160/200, 16 x 11 1/4 in. $500-700 1460 Hiroshige II (1826-1869) Woodblock Print, Japan, mid-19th century, from the series Tokaido, chuban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. $200-300
1461 Toyokuni I (1769-1825) Woodblock Print, Japan, depicting a courtesan with an umbrella with two men including a warrior running from rain, signed “Kochoro Toyokuni ga” with toshidama seal, oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. $200-300 1462 Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil, by T. Misugi, Hong Kong University Press 1981, 3 vols. $800-1,000 1463 Ten Art Books, Mostly of Chinese Porcelain and Pottery, R. L Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, 1976; Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, Volume I, 1968; Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain: The Ch’ing Dynasty (1644-1912), William Bowyer Honey, The Ceramic Art of China and other Countries of the Far East, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1946, Maria Penkala, Far Eastern Ceramics, 1963; Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, 1964; Margaret Medley, The Chinese Potter, 1986; Calvin Chou, The Hollow Line in Dating Chinese Porcelains, 1978; Ann Frank, Chinese Blue and White, 1969; Property from the Norton Simon Foundation, catalog including Chinese Porcelain, Parke-Bernet, 1971. $200-300
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1447 Two-layer Japanese Anime Cel, with background, Ranma from the series Ranma 1/2, 10 x 13 1/8 in.
1464 Ten Art Books, Mostly Southeast Asian and Chinese Ceramics, John S. Guy, Oriental Trade Ceramics in Southeast Asia, Ninth to Sixteenth Centuries, 1990; Leandro and Cecilia Locsin, Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines, 1967; Larry Gotuaco, Rita Tan and Allison I. Diem, Chinese and Vietnamese Blue and White Wares Found in the Philippines, 1997; Rosalind Fischell, Blue and White China, 1987; Duncan Macintosh, Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, 1994; C.T. Loo and Co., Chinese and other Far Eastern Art, exhibition catalog, 1988; Roxanna M. Brown, The Ceramics of Southeast Asia; Their Dating and Identification, 1989; Sotheby’s International Price Guide, Volume 1, 1985-86 edition; Decorative Techniques and Styles in Asian Ceramics; Colloquies on Art and Archaeology in Asia No. 8, 1978; and Elizabeth Wilson, A Guide to Oriental Ceramics, 1991. $200-300
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1465 Eight Chinese Ceramic Collection Catalogs, Martie W. Young, Early Chinese Ceramics from New York State Museums, China Institute in America, 1991; Julia B. Curtis, Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century, Landscapes, Scholars’ Motifs and Narratives, China Institute, 1995; Louise Allison Cort and Jan Stuart, Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain; Ceramics from Collectors in the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, 1993; Seizo Hayashia and Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics from Japanese Collections, The Asian Society, 1977; Eldon Worrall, Precious Vessels: 2000 Years of Chinese Pottery, 1980; Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1999; John Carswell, Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, 1985; The Taft Museum: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 1995. $100-200
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1466 Ten Books on Chinese Art, Berthold Laufer, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Leiden, 1909; Annette L. Juliano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C.C. Wang Family Collection, 1988; Brian McElney, Ceramics: Black and Brown, The Museum of East Asian Art Journal Volume IV, 1998; Robert L. Thorp and Virginia Bower, Spirit and Ritual: The Morse Collection of Ancient Chinese Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982; Gerald I. Hemrich, The Handbook of Jade, 1966; W.F. Alexander, Cloisonné and Related Arts, 1972; Adrian M. Joseph, Hugh M. Moss and S.J. Fleming, Chinese Pottery Burial Objects of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, 1970; Margaret Medley, Tang Pottery and Porcelain, 1981; Margaret Medley, An Exhibition of Tang Sancai Pottery: Selected from the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1988; Robert D. Mowry, China’s Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix Art Museum, 1993. $300-400
1467 Six Books on Chinese Ceramics, Robert D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and Black-glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Exhibition at Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard, 1996; G. St. G.M. Gompertz, Celadon Wares, 1969; Song Ceramics, Exhibition by the Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1999; An Illustrated Catalog of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1997, Section 7; Hunan Colours: Ancient Ceramics of Hunan Province, The University of Hong Kong, 1998; Ceramic Finds From Henan, The University of Hong Kong and Henan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, 1997. $200-300 1468 Two Chinese Ceramic Collection Catalogs, Christian J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997; and Wu Tung, Earth Transformed: Chinese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2001. $300-500 1469 Three Books on Chinese Ceramics, He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1996, 850 illustrations, 704 color plates; Swatow Wares from the Seikado Collection, The Seikado Bunko Art Museum, 1997; and Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain: A moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989. $500-600
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1470 Seven Books and Exhibition Catalogs on Chinese Porcelain, S.T. Yeo and Jean Martin, Chinese Blue and White Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, 1978; Sir Michael Butler, Margaret Medley, and Stephen Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990; Julia B. Curtis; Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century: Landscapes, Scholars’ Motifs and Narratives, China Institute Gallery, 1995; Stephen Little, Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period: 1620-1683, China Institute in America, 1983; In Pursuit of the Dragon: Traditions and Transitions in Ming Ceramics: An exhibition from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Seattle Art Museum, 1988; Hiromu Honda and Noriki Shimazu, Vietnamese and Chinese Ceramics Used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, 1993; Rosemary E. Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration: Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, A Joint Exhibition from the Collections of Percival David Foundation and CP Lin, 1992. $200-300 1471 Four Books on Chinese Ceramics, Cecile and Michel Beurdeley, A Connoisseur’s Guide to Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1974; Soame Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London 1988; R.L. Hobson, The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Vermont and Japan, 1969; and Margaret Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1977. $100-200 1472 Three Books on Chinese Ceramics, W.B. Honey, Guide to the Later Chinese Porcelain: Periods of K’ang Hsi, Yung Cheng and Chi’en Lung, The Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Ceramics, London, 1927; Great National Treasures of China: Masterworks in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, China, 1983; and Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K’ang Hsi, Yung Cheng and Chi’en Lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, China, 1996. $200-300
1474 Book of Six Stencil Dyed Prints, Japan, Okamura Kichiemon (b. 1916), hardcover, depicting people and folk art items of the Orokko race, in black and red-brown on paper, titled “Orokko” on first spread and signed “Okamura Kichiemon,” signed, dated, and sealed on the last spread, with hard folding cover, each spread 11 x 13 in. $200-300 1475 Book of Japanese Heian Monkagami, Japan, 1936, imported and distributed by Boston Book and Art Shop, bound in the Japanese style, the covers wrapped in silk textile with book title, each leaf 7 5/8 x 11 in. $200-300 1476 Book of Buddhist Chant, Japan, entitled Shoshin Menbutsu Ge roughly meaning “Changing Prayers for Pure Mind,” with pronunciation in katakana, sixteen pages without covers, 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. $200-300 1477 Book of Ikebana Flower Arrangements, Japan, published by Yomei Bunko in 1970, featuring ikebana works found from the Yomei Bunko Collection, with an extensive catalog with essays, in a box, 21 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. $700-900 1478 Four Books on Floral Art, Japan, 20th century, Ikebono Senei, Nihon no Ikebana Volume II, Japan: Shogakukan, 1977, hardcover in a hardcover slip case, 15 1/4 x 12; Kado Kosho Shusei (Collection of Old Books on Ikebana), a copy of Volume II; and two copies of Volume IV, Japan: Shibunkaku, 1930, hardcover, in a slip case, 9 x 6 1/2 in. $500-700
1479 Two Books on Asian Art, George Coedes, Ars Asiatica V: Bronzes Khmers, Paris and Brussels: G. Van Oest, 1923, 13 5/8 x 10 1/2; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Buddhist Art in Its Relation to Buddhist Ideals: with Special Reference to Buddhism in Japan, holding four lectures given at the Museum by Masaharu Anesaki, M.A., Litt.D., Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915, hardcover, 11 7/8 x 9 in. $500-700 1480 Collection of Issues of Arts of Asia, various issues from 1979-2002. $300-500 1481 Inkstone, China, 20th century, irregular shape, carved with a pair of bats flying amidst clouds around a small, shaped well at the back inscribed with the year “Guangxu san nian,” brown stone with lighter striations, 1 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. $300-500 1482 Boxed Set of Five Inksticks, China, 20th century, comprising five variously shaped inksticks of different colors, each decorated with a gilt dragon, some with landscape scenes on the reverse side, others with inscriptions, in a fitted box labeled “Wu Long Tu,” 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. $300-500 1483 Boxed Set of Eight Inksticks, China, 20th century, comprising eight variously shaped inksticks of different colors, each stick with raised gilt decoration and inscriptions, the fitted box labeled “Ba Bao Qi Zhen Tao Mo,” 11 3/8 x 9 in. $300-500 1484 Two Woodblock Illustrated Books, Japan, one entitled Zen Hokusai Fuji shokei, holding ten reproduced Hokusai (1760-1849) color woodblock prints, published in 1892 (Meiji 25) by Sekiguchi Masajiro, 10 x 7 3/8; and one entitled Seitei kacho gafu, vol. 1, holding twenty-four Watanabe Seikei (1851-1918) color woodblock prints including two half-size prints, signed in the last page with a seal, published in 1890-1891, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. $300-500
1485 Eleven Books on Chinese Cave Paintings, including Mogao grottos Dunhuang, 5 vols.; Gray, Buddhist Cave Painting at Tun-Huang. Provenance: From the Library of Anne DeCoursey Clapp, Professor of Chinese Art, Wellesley College. $150-200 1486 Two Books, Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects: including Porcelains, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes and Cloisonné Enamels, compiled by John Getz, New York: Privately Printed, 1919, limited edition, contemporary morocco, gilt edges, cover detached; and Edward R. Bacon, Memorial Catalog of Paintings by Old and Modern Masters, New York: Privately Printed, 1919, limited edition, contemporary morocco, gilt edges, cover detached, 9 x 12 in. each. $300-500
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1473 Book of Noh Costume Patterns, Japan, Tomoyuki Yamanobe, NohShozoku Monyoshu Vol. II, Hinoki Book Store, Tokyo, 1972, holding fifty patterns in color, with English descriptions, hardcover, 12 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. $800-1,000
1487 Osvald Siren, Chinese Paintings in American Collections, 2 parts, Paris and Brussels: G. Van Oest, 1928. $100-200 1488 Fourteen Books on Chinese Painting, Mai-mai Sze, Way of Chinese Painting, Vintage Paperback; Richard Edwards, Li Ti, Freer; C.C. Wang, Album Leaves, China Institute; National Palace Museum, City of Cathay, with foldout scroll in pocket; Sherman E. Lee, Chinese Landscape Painting, Icon Edition; Jeannine Auboyer et al., Oriental Art A Handbook of Styles and Forms, Rizzoli; Laurence Binyon, Paintings of the Far East, Dover edition; H. Hetl-Kuntze, Far East Art, Dell paperback (disbound); Soame Jenyns, Background to Chinese Painting, Schocken edition; Chiang Yee, Chinese Eye, Indiana paperback; Lewis Calvin and Dorothy Brush Walmsley, Wang Wei, Poet Painter, Tuttle; T.C. Lai, Understanding Chinese Paintings, Schocken; Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Animals in Paintings from Asia, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Picture Book 9); Milne Henderson, Art of Chinese Painting, Milne Henderson Gallery. $50-100
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1489 Fourteen Books on Chinese Painting, Alan Houghton Brodrick, Outline on Chinese Painting, Avalon Press (ex libris); Wen Fong and Maxwell Hearn, Silent Poetry, Metropolitan Museum; Los Angeles County Museum, Chinese Paintings, LA County Museum; Mario Bussagli, Chinese Painting, Paul Hamlyn; Raphael Petrucci, Chinese Painters Books for Libraries Press; Max Loehr, Chinese Painting after Sung, (Ryerson Lecture) Yale Art Gallery; Museum of Art, University of Michigan, Paintings of Tao-Chi; James Cahill, Sogen-ga, University Art Museum, University of California; Mark F. Wilson, Friends of Wen Cheng-Ming, China Institute; Center for Asian Art and Culture, Osaka Exchange Exhibition; China Institute, Gardens in Chinese Art; Art of East Asia Library, Chinese Paintings, Crown; Richard Lewis (ed.), Luminous Landscape, Chinese Art and Poetry, Doubleday; James Cahill, Painter’s Practice, Columbia. $200-300
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1490 Eleven Books and Twelve Booklets on Chinese Painting, Max Loehr, Great Painters of China, Icon edition; Mette Siggstedt, Zhou Chen, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities; James Cahill, Chinese Painting, Skira (paperback); Shane McCausland, First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting: the Admonitions Scroll, Braziller; Wu Hung, Double Screen, University of Chicago Press (paperback); National Palace Museum, Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Paintings in the National Palace Museum; Na Chih-Liang, Emperor’s Procession, National Palace Museum; Osvald Siren, Exhibition of Paintings in the National Museum of Stockholm; Wucius Wong, Tao of Chinese Landscape Painting, Design Press; Alice R.M. Hyland, Literati Vision: Sixteenth Century Wu School Painting and Calligraphy, Brooks Museum of Art; Richard Edwards, Art of Wen Cheng-ming, Museum of Art, University of Michigan; Michael Sullivan, Notes on Early Chinese Screen Paintings, (Artibus Asiae offprint); Frank Caro Gallery, Important Chinese Paintings, Walker Art Center, Chinese Paintings; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Paintings Zhi Garden by Zhang Hong; Alice R.M. Hyland, Deities, Emperors, Ladies and Literati, Birmingham Museum of Art; Barry Till, Chinese Paintings in Canadian Collections, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Marjory L. Williams, Chinese Painting: An Escape from the “Dusty” World, Cleveland Museum of Art; James Cahill, Chinese Album Leaves in the Freer Gallery, Smithsonian; Chinese Screen Supplement to China Reconstructs, 1961; Bo Gyllensvard, “Some Early Chinese Figure Paintings in Stockholm,” offprint from Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin, 41; Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Figure Compositions of China and Japan Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Picture Book); Nie Chongzheng, Album of Yuan Jiang’s Landscape with Pavilion Paintings. $100-200
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1491 Nine Books on Chinese Art, Alan Priest (ed.), Ch’ing Ming Shang Ho, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Richard E. Strassberg, Master of Tradition The Art of Chang Ta-ch’ien, Pacific Asia Museum; Roderick Whitfield, In Pursuit of Antiquity, Tuttle; Wan-go Weng, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Dover edition; Jan Fontein and Wu Tung, Han and Tang Murals, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Sydney L. Moss, Between Heaven and Earth, Sydney L. Moss Gallery; Anne DeCoursey Clapp, Paintings of T’ang Yin, University of Chicago Press; Robert A. Rorex and Wen Fong (trans.), Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kiyohika Munakata, Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art, University of Illinois Press. $150-250 1492 Three Books on Chinese Painting, Richard Edwards, Field of Stones: A Study of the Art of Shen Chou, Freer Gallery, 1962; Foreign Languages Publishing, Yongle Palace Murals, 1985; Wai-Kam Ho, Century of Tung Ch’i-ang, University of Washington Press, 1992 (vol. 2 only). $100-150 1493 Ten Books on Chinese Graphic Arts, Art Department, Chinese Publications Centre (eds.), Chinese Rubbings; Art Department, Chinese Publications Centre (eds.), Chinese Wood-block Prints (2 copies); W.M. Hawley, Chinese Folk Designs, Dover edition; Joseph Vedlich (ed.), Ten Bambo Studio, Crescent Books; Max Loehr, Chinese Landscape Woodcuts, Harvard University Press; Joseph Hejzlar, Early Chinese Graphics, Octopus Books; Maria Rudova, Chinese Popular Prints, Aurora Art; Council for Cultural Planning and Development, Traditional Art of Chinese Woodblock Prints; Foreign Languages Press, Ancient Chinese Woodblock New Year Prints. $100-150
1495 Twelve Books on Chinese Art, S.W. Bushell, Chinese Art, V & A Museum, 2 vols.; Nancy Berliner, Chinese Folk Art, New York Graphic Society; Edwin Morris, Gardens of China, Scribner’s; Horizon Magazine, Arts of China; Judith and Arthur Hart Burling, Chinese Art, Bonanza edition; John Hay, Masterpieces of Chinese Art, New York Graphic Society; Shen Zhiyu, Shanghai Museum of Art, Abrams; Edmonton Art Gallery, Chinese Robes; together with three other museum/dealers booklets. $200-400 1496 Four Books on Chinese Art, William Willetts, Chinese Art, 2 vols. in one, Braziller; Laurence Sickman and Alexander Soper, Art and Architecture of China, Pelican History (third edition, first paperback); Michael Sullivan, Short History of Chinese Art, paperback; Francesco Abbate (ed.), Chinese Art, Peerage Books. $10-20 1497 Six Books on Chinese Literature, Foreign Language Press, Dragon King’s Daughter; C.T. Lai, Jade Flute, The Story of Chinese Music; Schoken; Michael Saso, Blue Dragon White Tiger, University of Hawaii; A.C. Graham (trans.), Poems of the West Lake, Wellsweep; R. De Rohan Barondes, China, Lore, Legend and Lyrics, Philosophical Library; Wolfram Eberhard, Dictionary of Chinese Symbols, Routledge and Kegan Paul. $50-100
1498 Eleven Books and Booklets on Chinese Literature, Gary Chalk (ed.), Tales of Ancient China; Tun Li-Ch’en, Annual Customs and Festivals in Peking Vetch, 1936 together with a copy of the second edition 1965; Geremie Barme (ed.), Lazy Dragon, Joint Publishing; Foreign Languages Press, Courtesan’s Jewel Box; Foreign Languages Press edition, Dream of Red Mansions, 3 vols.; Paul Carus, Chinese Life and Customs, Open Court; Wilma Fairbanks, Adventures in Retrieval: Han Murals and Shang Bronze Molds, Harvard-Yenching; Man-Ho Kwok, Tao Te Ching, Barnes and Noble; Dana and Milada Stovickova (eds.), Chinese Fairy Tales, Paul Hamlyn; Stanford University, Magnificent Manchus. $100-200 1499 Seven Books on Chinese Painting and Graphic Arts, Otto Fischer, Chinesische Landschaftsmalerei, Kurt Wolff, 1921; Else Unterrieder, Gluck ein Ganzes Mondjahr Lang: Chinesische Neujahrsbilder, Carinthia Klagenfurt; Smart Art Gallery, University of Chicago, Hsieh Shin-ch’en: A Ming Dynasty Painter Reinterprets the Past; Hugo Munsterberg, Dragons in Chinese Art, China Institute; Chinesische Farbdruche und Malereien aus der Sammlung Winzinger; Rudolph Lepke’s, Ostasiatische Kunst, auction catalog, Berlin, 1931; Ernst Diez, Shan Shui, Vienna, W. Andermann, 1943. $100-200 1500 Eleven Books on Chinese Art, Seizo Hayashiya, Chinese Ceramics in Japanese Collections, Asia Society; Richard E. Strassberg, Master of Tradition: The Art of Chang Tach’ien, Pacific Asia Museum; Nancy Berliner, Emperor’s Private Paradise, Peabody Essex Museum; Palace Arts Foundation, Palace of Gold and Light: Treasures from the Topkapi, 2000; Hugo Munsterberg, Symbolism in Ancient Chinese Art, Hacker Art Books; Maggie Keswick, Chinese Garden Rizzoli, 1978; Lubor Hajek, Chinese Art, Spring Books; Francois Fourcade, Art Treasures of the Peking Museum, Abrams; Kodokawa Shoten (ed.) Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Oriental Arts: China, Crown, 2 vols.; together with two dealers’ catalogs: Donald Wineman and China House of Arts. $100-200
1501 Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts, People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing and Shanghai: Cultural Relics Publishing House, c. 1985, from the series volumes: 2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 21 (volumes treating paintings and graphic arts). $800-1,000 1502 Group of Printed Materials, Gu gong wen yue kan, National Palace Museum, NPM Monthly of Chinese Art, vols. 2, 3, 11, 13, 18, 17, and 46-105, together with eighteen Sotheby’s and two Christie’s auction catalogs from the 1980s and 1990s. $200-400 1503 Group of Printed Materials, Ars Orientalis, vols. 6 and 13–23; National Palace Museum Bulletin, vols. 12–14; Archives of Asian Art vol. 30; three offprints on Chinese paintings from Artibus Asiae; together with a dealer’s catalog from Christian Deydier. $100-200
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1494 Ten Books on Asian Embroidery and Costume, Wai Yin Club, National Minority Costume in China, Joint Publishing (HK); Foreign Languages Publishing, Treasures of Suzhou Embroidery; Young Yang Chung, Art of Oriental Embroidery, Scribner’s; Lydia Chen, Chinese Knotting, Echo; Mario Bussagli, Cotton and Silk Making, Rizzoli; Elizabeth LaFleur, Inside Chinese Embroidery; Katherine Westphal, Dragons and Other Creatures; Wang Yargon, Chinese Embroidery, Kodansha; Mary Hays, Fukusa, Mills College. $50-100
1504 Group of Printed Materials, sixteen Sotheby’s Chinese art catalogues chiefly from the 1980s, together with two other catalogs, two appointment books, and art postcard sets from the National Palace Museum. $50-100 1505 Nine Books on Chinese Art, Foreign Languages Press, Historic Relics Unearthed in the New China, Beijing, 1972; National Palace Museum, Ci xiu te zhan tu lu = Special Exhibition of Embroidery, Taibei, 1992; Board of the Grand Canal of China in Paintings, Grand Canal of China in Paintings, Beijing: Water and Electrical Power Publishing, 1988; National Palace Museum, Chinese Gardens on Paper and Silk; National Palace Museum, Chieh-hua = Ruled-line Paintings; Zhongguo Yangliuquin mu ban hian hua ji = Album of Paintings of China Yangliuqing Woodblock New Years Pictures, vol. 1 (all published), 1992; Paintings Through the Ages, 1982-83, 4 vols.; Ming Paintings vol. 1; Shucun Wang, Zhongguo min jian hua shi tu lu = Color Prints and New Years Cards, Shanghai, 1991, in two volumes; Wu Zhou, Zhongguo ban hua shi tu lu = Woodblock Prints (Ming and Qing), Shanghai, 1988, 2 vols.; Brief Survey of Chinese Paintings, 2 vols. $300-600
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1506 Twenty-seven Books on Chinese Painting, Kuchan Li, Li Kuchan hua ji = Selected Paintings of Li Kuchan, 1981, 15 plates in portfolio; Provincial Museum of Liaoning, Scroll of the Flourishing Times, Exhibition Group of Cultural Relics, Silk Road: Fabrics from the Han to the Tang Dynasty, Museum of the Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, 1973; National Palace Museum, By Imperial Command: an Album of Farming and Weaving Paintings, woodcuts from this series; Edith Dittrich, Westzimmer: Hsi-hsiang chi Chinesische Farbrolzschnitte von Min Chi-chi, Cologne: Museums fur Ostasiatische Kunst, 1977, 21 plates in portfolio; Palace Museum, Paintings of the Sung Dynasty, Beijing, c. 1975; Palace Museum, Selected Paintings of Female Figures Through the Ages; series: Gems of Chinese Fine Arts, issues 1–3, 5–8, 12–21, 23, 24, 30; together with a catalog of modern Chinese painting. $200-400
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1507 Fourteen Books on Chinese Painting and Graphic Arts, Hui Wang, Bai mei tu pu modern reprint of a woodblock edition; S.M. Siu, Collection of Ancient Paintings: Book I, 1956; three books reproducing early Chinese woodblock prints; and nine booklets reproducing famous paintings including Wang Chien, Shen Chou, T’ang Yin, Wang Yuan Ch’i, and Wang Hui. $100-200 1508 Twelve Books on Chinese Painting and Graphic Arts, Kampo Musem of Art, Paintings of the Qing Dynasty; Zeduan Zhang, Qing ming shang he tu reproduction of “Spring Festival on the River” in color together with another edition in black and white; National Palace Museum booklet on Yun Shoup’ing; Lianxi Weng, Qing dai gong ting ban hua, Beijing, 2001, and five other books on woodblock and New Years prints; together with two brief surveys of Chinese paintings. $100-150
1509 Thirteen Books on Chinese Painting and Graphic Arts, National Museum of History, Graphic Art of Chinese Folklore; Council for Cultural Planning and Development, Collectors’ Show of Traditional Chinese Woodcut Prints; Ancient Poems with Illustrative Paintings; Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Chinese Literati Paintings from the Jorakuan Collection; National Palace Museum, Catalogue of Wang Hui’s Paintings in the NPM; National Palace Museum, Glimpses into the Hidden Quarters: Paintings of Women from the Middle Kingdom; National Palace Museum, Special Exhibition of Paintings from the Ming and Ching Dynasties; Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Chinese Woodcuts and Etching of the Ming and Ching Dynasties; Ho KungShang (Art Book Company), Selected Paintings of Beauties Through the Ages; Wang Yucheng (trans.), Mainzhu New Years Pictures; Hwa San-Chiuen, Beautiful Women by Hwa San-Chiuen, Ho Kung-shang (Art Book Company); Chinese Paintings by “Shih Chu” Landy Painters Club; Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Art of the Sung and Yuan Periods, 1961. $200-400 1510 S.W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art: Collection of W.T. Walters, text edition, published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1899. $200-300 1511 Fifty-one Assorted Publications, Japan, China, and United States, books, journals, dictionaries, catalogs, brochures, and postcards, on Japanese and Chinese art and archaeology, with thirty-three volumes in Japanese including one about the roof files of Qin and Han dynasties by Horiguchi Soyama, published in 1930 in Tokyo, and six volumes from the thirty-nine-volume series of Sekai Bijitsu Jenshu (Art of the World), Tokyo: Katokawa Shoten, 1961, hardcover, in slip covers; ten in Chinese including a two-volume series on bronze vessels in the collection of the Palace Museum; and eight in English including Doris Dohrenwend, Chinese Jades, Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1971. $500-700
1512 Gallery Sales Catalog, United States, for a public sale (2120) on December 29, 1927, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Japanese Antique Prints, New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1927, 163 pages, paperback, 10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. $300-500 1513 Masterpieces of the Palace Museum, twenty-five volumes from this series, c. 1970, published by National Palace Museum. $1,000-1,500 1514 Exhibition Catalog and a Print Album, Japan, catalog published in 1901, Bunshichi Kobayashi (18611923), entitled Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings of Kokusai, hardcover, for an exhibition held in 1900 at Uyeno Park, Tokyo, with an inscription by the author reading “To Mr. Arthur W. Dow” with date and signature; and a print album published in 1894, nine-leaf accordion-style album including the covers, holding twelve works by Takeuchi Seiho (18641942), each leaf signed with two seals, 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. $200-300 1515 Seven Publications on Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hugh M. Moss, Ed., Chinese Snuff-Bottles, No. 1, 2, 3, and two of No. 4 with one in hardcover, England: the Roundwood Press Ltd., 1966; a catalog entitled The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff-bottles, for an auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, on June 14, 1971, London; and Lilla S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures & Studies of a Collector, hardcover, Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles, E. Tuttle Company, 1960. $150-250 1516 Three Books, A Study of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of Ada Small Moore, Louise Wallace Hackney and Yau Chang-Foo, Oxford University Press, 1940, two copies, black-andwhite illustrations, with addendum and dust jacket; and Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines, Leandro Locsin, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan, 1967, illustrated, some in color. $400-500
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