Chinese Jade Covered Vessel
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Pre 1800 item# 353111 (stock# 385AAA)
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Carved in precious jade to imitate an almost-unattainable early Chinese bronze ho (covered tripod pot), this fine detailed piece is supported on three elephant-head legs. The grayish green of the jade suggests the color of ancient bronze, with the dark-ivory striations giving the effect of natural burial incrustation. An important ornament for a scholar’s desk, this Eighteenth Century Chinese jade stands approximately 5-1/2 inches high, exclusive of the one-inch high,wire-inlaid rosewood stand ...click for details
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Chinese Reverse Glass Table Screen
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Pre 1900 item# 146221 (stock# 273AAA)
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A group of five Chinese Immortals, including Kuan Ti, god of war and literature, Kuan Yin, goddess of mercy and Shou-lao, god of longevity, are shown meeting in an elaborate hall on this finely executed reverse-painted glass panel of a large scholar’s desk screen. It is framed in lustrous rosewood and has a removable stand finely carved of the same wood; the back is lacquered in dark red. Chinese, early to mid-Nineteenth Century, in excellent condition, the screen is approximately 24-1/2 inches ...click for details
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Rare Chinese Wood Brush-Pot
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Pre 1700 item# 144848 (stock# 272AAA)
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A lush setting of a bamboo glade with cranes and lotuses, rocks and a pine tree, with an island bearing weeping willow trees, are all carved in bold relief on this very elegant brush-pot in rare zitan (Pterocarpus santalinus) wood. Simple rims define the top and bottom, the latter with three shallow feet. The core at the base has been fitted with a plug of another wood. Chinese, late Ming Dynasty, approximately 6-3/8 at the widest diameter and 6-5/8 inches high.
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