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An Inscribed Five-Clawed Dragon Memorial Censer, 1934 Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1940 item# 1125607
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, and in honor of the Chinese New Year / Year of the Dragon, we are pleased to offer this large and unusual, five-clawed dragon decorated Shu-family memorial censer, inscribed and dated to the twenty-third year of the Republic (1934), with the "min guo er shi san nian" date appearing on the right side of the ancestral temple, and a family dedication from Shu family descendants appearing to the left. Flanking the ancestral temple on each side ar ...click for details

A Fine and Massive Pair of Ivory Carvings, Early 20th C Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Ivory: Pre 1920 item# 1124292
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From our Chinese Monochrome Collection, a massive and very fine pair of ivory tusk carvings, most likely early 20th century, but quite possibly late 19th. The first carving depicts Guanyin, Goddess of Compassion and Mercy, very crisply detailed with a wonderfully serene and pensive countenance. Her hair sports a tall, well-coiffed chignon, and she stands upon a lotus form base holding a rosary in her left hand, and lotus flowers in her right. The back is mostly plain except for the subtle flow a ...click for details

Very Fine Cinnabar Lacquer Vase, Late 18th / Early 19th Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 1123042
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From our Chinese Monochrome Collection, a very fine late 18th century / early 19th century carved cinnabar lacquer vase of compressed baluster form. The vase sits upon a splayed foot with a trumpet form neck containing reserves of floral springs atop a collar of wave motifs. Below this there are two separate scenes contained within trapezoidal shaped cartouches framed by ruyi head motifs: In the main scene, we ...click for details

A Good Kangxi Period (1662-1722) Flower Basket Plate Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 1113226
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From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a good Kangxi Period (1662-1722) flower basket plate executed in soft famille verte enamels. The flower basket motif is generally associated with symbolizing longevity and abundance, but sometimes its association with one of the most enigmatic and eccentric of the Eight Immortals, Lan Caihe, is overlooked. Lan Caihe was actually the patron saint of florists whose distinguishing attribute is the flower basket. But since so many of the legends and fables ...click for details

A Very Fine Yongzheng (1723-1735) Mark and Period Dish Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 1110700
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very fine Yongzheng (1723 -1735) Mark and Period Dragon Dish of shallow saucer form, depicting an animated dragon clutching a flaming pearl in its right claw while its winding body wraps around the dish and extends onto the reverse, all set against a backdrop of cloud motifs. The entire composition is extremely well-executed in a rich deep blue. The Yongzheng six character mark is contained within double circles and is of the period. The mark is slig ...click for details

A Fine Burmese Kammavaca, Late 19th-Early 20th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1920 item# 1109288
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a fine and complete Burmese Kammavaca Manuscript, late 19th - early 20th century, containing all 16 leaves and the original teak wood covers. Kammavaca manuscripts are a quintessentially Burmese artifact that reflect the general reverence afforded to the monastic system in that country. To Western eyes, they are usually just highly decorative ethnic handicrafts from an isolated a ...click for details

An Exceptional Lacquered and Gilded Ko Kaw Tee, Burma Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1930 item# 1106999
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a truly exceptional lacquered and gilded woven-bamboo basket known as a Ko Kaw Tee, from the Kengtung region in Burma, which is the area of the eastern-most part of the Shan States bordering China. This exceptional example features eight individually crafted alto-relief figures of native tribesmen separated by eight triangular-shaped cartouches of heavy gilding, with the entire composition bordered on the top by a wide band of scrolling gilded thayo, and supp ...click for details

A Beautiful 19th Century Kashmiri Silver Teapot Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Kashmir: Pre 1900 item# 1105434
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From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, a stunningly beautiful 19th century Khavakend-influenced Kashmiri silver teapot of bulbous teardrop form, finely chased in the rosette pattern with paisley and chinar motifs. This extremely fine teapot sits atop a flat rounded base with an avian-form handle, beak-form spout, and a dome-shaped hinged lid. Though the workmanship of this piece is clearly Kashmiri, the overall aesthetic is heavily influenced by the architectural motifs and artistic iconograp ...click for details

Zun-Shaped Bronze Vase, Chinese Ming or Japanese Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Sculpture: Pre 1700 item# 1104172
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An elegant and highly stylized zun-shaped lacquered bronze vase, either Chinese Late Ming Period (1600's) or Japanese Early Edo Period (1600's). This very interesting and attractive piece with its splayed footed base, angular shoulder, and trumpet-shaped mouth that resembles opened floral petals when viewed from the interior, was most likely intended as a flower vase itself, but its intended purpose is no more certain than its actual country of origin. Indeed, despite its presentation of ...click for details

Very Fine Late Shunzhi / Early Kangxi Charger 1645-65 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1700 item# 1099236
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very fine, large, and rare late Shunzhi / early Kangxi porcelain charger circa 1645-1665. This charger is well-painted in a rich blue featuring symmetrically arranged peony sprays within a six-pointed star-shaped central medallion, surrounded on the cavetto with a continuous ring of ruyi head motifs. The reverse features an uncommon double footrim along with Buddhist symbols on the outer border. Interestingly, "chatter marks," (radial line ...click for details

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