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A Large Silver Thread Kain Selendag Songket, circa 1900 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 1165629
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a fine and large late 19th / early 20th century silver thread ceremonial shoulder cloth, or kain selendag songket, from the Minangkabau people of Sumatra, Indonesia, circa 1890-1920, executed using heavy gauge silver thread intricately woven into floral and geometric motifs on a red silk backing. The processes for creating and spinning the silver thread and weaving the design motifs are excruciatingly time consuming, thus this technique is generally reserved f ...click for details

A Fine Peking Carpet, North China circa 1890-1920 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 1164240
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From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a very fine Peking carpet, North China circa 1890-1920. This particular example features a large open golden orange field, which varies wonderfully in intensity of color throughout the pile. It's sparsely but elegantly decorated in restrained Chinese taste, using only leafy vines set against the open field, and bordered with a rich and still quite vibrant inky blue / navy blue outer border. ...click for details

A Fine Peking Carpet, North China circa 1900-1920 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 1163148
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From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a very fine Peking carpet, North China circa 1900-1920. This fine example features a mustard yellow main field decorated with floral sprays, flying birds, flower vases and Buddhist emblems, all well-executed in varying shades of blue, purple, light green, gray and beige. For a smaller but otherwise very comparable carpet in style and quality recently sold at Christies, see Christies Sale 3001, April 2012, Lot 351, sold for 2,478 US Dollars / 1,875 Euros ...click for details

A Finely Painted Tea Production Plate, Qianlong ca 1740 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 1163144
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very finely painted "Tea Production Plate," early Qianlong Period circa 1740, depicting one of the stages in the cultivation of tea. Derived from an armorial service pattern originally made for an aristocratic Dutch family named Snoek sometime between 1736 and 1738, this plate with its rare "shell and cornucopia border," later became part of a series depicting the 24 stages in the cultivation and marketing of tea. There are 24 di ...click for details

A Very Fine Kangxi (1662-1722) Mark and Period Dish Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 1140208
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very fine Kangxi (1662-1722) Mark and Period porcelain dish depicting an elegant lady being attended to by her servant. Cross-hatched motifs decorate the border, along with four vignettes of peaches signifying longevity. This dish is a very nicely executed example where the painter has skillfully used three different intensities of cobalt blue: Two different shades for the interior fields, and the third / darkest shade reserved only for the hair of t ...click for details

A Large Qianlong Period (1736-1795) Two Quail Platter Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 1136323
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From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a large Qianlong Period (1736-1795) leaf-shaped platter in the so-called "Two Quail Pattern," featuring an elegant Lady and Gentleman exchanging flirtatious glances in a treed pastoral setting with two quail milling about in the foreground. This large and heavy porcelain platter of unusual form is painted in deep blue with brown iron oxide dressing to the outer rim edges. For a published example of dishes in this pattern, see Chris Gurton&# ...click for details

A Kashmiri Silver Surahi (water flask), 19th century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Kashmir: Pre 1900 item# 1128069
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From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, a good Kashmiri silver surahi (water flask), 19th century, of compressed globular base with elongated neck and attached stopper secured by linked silver chain, well-decorated with chased vegetal and floral designs typical for Kashmiri silversmithing of this period. Overall a very attractive example with elegant proportions and good presence. Size and Condition: 9 1/2 inche ...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, conservatively dated as 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 sub ...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

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