Roy Hu's Asian Art 竹溪小隱
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1910 item #1481466 (stock #lot1245)
Hu's Collection
$500.00
ㄧ去風雲應有日,莫因香餌誤生涯。Gone with wind in destined Time, Would Have No Regrets in Your Future Life.
A wonderful calligraphy with good meaning was kept in good condition.

Date:19th Century.

Provenance :Japan.

Length:167cm, Width :32.5cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1910 item #1481464 (stock #lot1244)
Hu's Collection
$500.00
With good meaning- 虛己而能容Humble to Yourself and You will be Compatible and Inclusive, a hanging scroll of Chinese calligraphy was well done by a talented artist who was unknown to the public.

Date:19th century.

Provenance :Japan.

Length:193cm, Width:34.5cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1930 item #1475956 (stock #lot1243)
Hu's Collection
$350.00
A wood brush pot was in nice form.
It was well preserved despite the bottom cover was lost and was replaced by an old plank of wood.
The surface was in kind of dry-feel and in pale tint. But I believe it can be transformed easily by rubbing with wood wax and changed to a beautifulcolor.

Date: late Qing to early republic periods, 19th/20th C.

Height: 15.5cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1700 item #1465574 (stock #lot1226)
Hu's Collection
$100.00
A Rare 蔡沈Manuscript 書經集傳序 of Song Dynasty was found.
It was in Chinese calligraphy on an old manually made paper.
It is very hard for me to authenticate if it was from Song dynasty or from later dates.
But I would like to present it as an old Chinese calligraphy work of art at least from 19th centuries.

Dimensions: 24×12cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1492 item #1461264 (stock #lot1216)
Hu's Collection
Price on Request
It is a very rare piece from excavation.
Made of the characteristic soapstone 布丁石 or 滑石 of the dated Tang periods, the item was made in shape by imitating the Persian ware which was affluent in that periods.
Two Similar porcelain pieces were found in the famous Idemitsu Museum出光美術館 of Japan and The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Date:Tang Dynasty, 8th-9th centuries.

Bottom Widths:10.6cm, Height:9.7cm,

An old cotton box is included.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1492 item #1459214 (stock #lot1209)
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A unique and rare stone seal was found in perfect condition.
It was made in simple and characteristic stone-coffin form (石函型制)and the YuZi(魚子紋)marble stone which was usually found in the ancient times.
Manually maneuvered carving was done excellently on this object.
Translations are as follows :
On top of the seal, 雙溪寺製,Made by XungXi Temple.
Printing side, 佛法僧寶,The Treasurable Three Cores.

It was obviously used as a religious object w...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1459003 (stock #lot1207)
Hu's Collection
$1200.00
One precious olive stone carving was depicted as a topic of Martial King Guamgong and his Qitu horse.
It is in good patina and preserved in perfect condition without any defects.
The excellent manual craftsmanship convinced us that it was a piece of art originated from good date.

Height: 3.1cm.

Date: 18/19th centuries, Qing Dynasty.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1700 item #1398967 (stock #Lot1140)
Hu's Collection
$1600.00
A Ming Inkstone was in simple rectangular form and was in decent look.
In characteristic Ming scholar mood, the inkstone was made from the unique Pudding stone.

Date: Ming Dynasty, 15th Century.

Dimension : 26cm x 16cm x 5cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1398098 (stock #Lot1136)
Hu's Collection
$1200.00
Description : A Qing Inkstone was in big size and was in hefty weight.
It was hand-carved and shaped in bridge-type.
Well preserved in perfect condition, this Inkstone owned the original mood of scholarship.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th Century.

Material: Limestone.

Dimension: 27cm x 17cm x7. 3cm.

Weight: 4800g.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1378859 (stock #lot1128)
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Description: It is a very nice water basin of Chinese antiques.
A rare piece for connaisseurs.

Date: Mid to early Qing periods, 17th-18th Century.

Width: 6.0 cm, Hight: 4.3cm.

Condition: Perfect.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1910 item #1362935 (stock #Lot1120)
Hu's Collection
$300.00
A wood scholar stand was well made.
In elegant form, it was used for putting Scholar items or curiosities.
Dimensions : 30.6cm x 14.7cm, Height :10cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1325820 (stock #lot1100)
Hu's Collection
$680.00
Stone weight with decorative Ruiyi pattern on top.
Characteristic old drilling hole for verification.
12.5cm h x 12.5cm w
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1310417 (stock #lot819)
Hu's Collection
$680.00
Description:

A soapstone piece was well carved with a lady and a child.
By nice carvings, the stone piece was preserved with very good patina and in nice condition with only one old defect on the back.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Height, without stand: 15.5cm.

A NEW WOOD STAND IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1920 item #1253850 (stock #Lot1077)
Hu's Collection
$650.00
Description:
An old wood carving was nicely preserved in warm patina.

Condition is perfect.

Height: 13.3cm

Date: 1920s. China.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1245175 (stock #Lot1070)
Hu's Collection
$ 1200.00
A Suanzi wood scholar tray was in rectangular form.
Decently preserved in nice patina, the wood tray was found on the reverse side with inscription attributed to an official of Japanese occupation district in China during World War Two.
During that periods, the Japanese invasion troops undertook the task of finding Chinese antiques back to Japan.
The tray was sent as a gift in great respect due to the excellent craftsmanship on the carving of the inscription...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1243578 (stock #Lot1066)
Hu's Collection
$800.00
A pottery stand was in knurled wood form.
It was well preserved with nice patina.
Width: 17.3cm.
Height: 12cm.
Date: 16th Century, Ming Dynasty.
A Cotton Box is Included.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1185302 (stock #lot1024)
Hu's Collection
$ 500.00
Description:

A root wood mountain was in nice looking.
By natural shape, the root wood was touched with the least manual work.
Nevertheless, it was represented in favoured scholar taste.
Darken patina was yielded in some areas due to age when some portion of the wood was in a quality that in original lighter tint.

Condition: Perfect.

Date: Late 19th Century.

Length: 23.5cm, Height: 13.5cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1144064 (stock #lot983)
Hu's Collection
$800.00
Description:

A root wood carving of a goose was well depicted in vivid form.
In perfect condition and nice patina preserved, the small bird was in charming look by standing on herself.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Width: 10cm, Height: 6.2cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.