Old Chinese burlwood brushwasher with red cinnabar lacquer on the inside. Excellent work, very beautiful material with rich colors and textures, traces of ink in the well, superb patina, scratches to the bottom, in great condition. Wonderful piece for scholar’s table. Height 1 1/2 inches, diameter 4 1/2 inches.
Old Chinese scholar’s rock in a form of a turquoise chunk suggesting mountain of dramatic shape with crevices and caves. The stone provides several different views. Beautiful turquoise matrix of green and brown colors with very richly textured surface, nicely carved fitted hardwood stand. Wonderful object for contemplation on scholar’s table. Height with stand 3 1/4 inches, length 4 inches.
Unusual buffalo horn carving of a reclining one-horned chimera snarling with its mouth wide open. Does not photograph well. Wonderful carving with great face, mane, tail and powerful paws, in superb condition. Excellent quality amber colored translucent horn (see backlit photo), very beautiful finish. Wonderful object for scholar’s table. Length 1 11/16 inches.
Chinese scholar’s brush washer turned out of buffalo horn with four carved chimeras in different attitudes along its perimeter and key fret collar around its mouth. Does not photograph well. Superbly beautiful material with even texture and subtle translucency, wonderful carving. Excellent item for scholar’s desk. Width 2 7/8 inches, height 7/8 inches.
Chinese fan painting in ink and slight colors on paper depicting a landscape in scholarly taste with two thatched roof scholar’s huts among low hills and flowering bushes, and misty mountains in the background. Fantastic quality painting with bold features and great mastery of the brush. Elegant composition, perfectly captured mood of the scene, beautiful use of color and ink washes, in excellent condition. Lengthy calligraphic poem, signed and sealed ZHU MEICUN for Chinese painter Zhu Meicun (1 ...click for details
Chinese fan painting in ink and colors on paper depicting a landscape in scholarly taste with a wide view of hilly coastal area with numerous temples, huts and boats. Fantastic quality painting with bold features and great mastery of the brush. Elegant composition, perfectly captured mood of the scene, beautiful use of color and ink washes, in excellent condition. Calligraphic poem, signed and sealed XIAO PING for Chinese painter Xiao Ping (born in 1942). Mounted on paper: paper size 14.5x25.5 i ...click for details
Chinese fan painting in ink and colors on paper depicting a long-tailed tropical bird about to take flight off a branch of a flowering cherry tree. Superb quality work, elegant composition, perfectly captured mood of the scene. Excellent depiction of feathers and plant textures. Inscribed with a poem, signed and sealed by Chinese female artist Yu Zhi-zhen (1915-1995). Beautiful painting in excellent condition, mounted on paper: paper size 14.5x25.5 inches, painting size 21.5 inches at the widest ...click for details
Old Chinese scholar’s rock in a form of a turquoise chunk suggesting mountain of dramatic shape with foothills and caves. The stone is four-sided, providing at least 4 different complete views. Beautiful turquoise matrix with very richly textured surface, nicely carved fitted hardwood stand. Wonderful object for contemplation on scholar’s table. Height with stand 2 11/16 inches.
Early 20th century Chinese horn cylindrical seal with very elegantly and crisply carved Chinese characters on the base and traces of red seal paste in the grooves. The impression of the seal is shown on Enlargement 1. Beautiful dark dense horn, natural imperfections in the material. Mellow patina, overall in very good condition. Very nice object for scholar’s table. Height 2 3/16 inches, diameter 9/16 inches.
Early 20th century Chinese horn cylindrical seal with very elegantly and crisply carved Chinese characters on the base. Excellent dark dense horn, wonderful patina, traces of red seal paste, very pleasant finish to the surface. The impression of the seal is shown on Enlargement 3 (photo is flipped horizontally to show what impression looks like). Very nice object for scholar’s table. Height 1 3/8 inches, diameter 1/2 inches.
