Paper fan colorfully hand painted with figures in a landscape with a pagoda on one side and a bird among flowers and foliage on the other. Attractive gilt and black lacquer-embellished sticks. Dates to the late 19th C.

Condition: Generally good with some wear to enamels at folds and a few minor separations at the seams on one side (see photo #6).

Decorated in the wucai palette with a phoenix among flower heads and scrolling vines. Approximately 7-1/4 inches tall. Dates to the Transitional Period (1620-1683).

Condition: Minor short cracks around the rim, a small production rim impression, and age-related wear to the enamels.

Old jade snuff bottle carved on two sides with bats and clouds in low relief. Mask handles. Green jade with varying grey and yellow tones punctuated with russet tendrils. Brown hardstone top. Very well hollowed (see photo #6). Approximately 2-5/16 inches tall.

Condition: Good with no notable defects other than a bent spoon (see photo #5)

Chinese cloisonné vessel in the form of a duck. Based on the opening on the top of the head, probably intended as a ewer. Approximately 7-1/2 inches (19 cm). Dates to the late 19th C.

Condition: Good condition, with no cracks, dents, breaks, or repairs. Minor area of enamel loss on the bottom behind one leg (see photo #6).

Late Qing carved and pigmented ivory snuff bottles. Male and female figures approximately 3-3/4 and 3-1/2 inches tall, respectively.

Condition: Generally good with no chips, breaks or repairs noted. Age-related wear to pigments.

Note: We do not ship ivory internationally or to California.

Nut carving of a Chinese pleasure boat with articulated shutters (see open shutters in photos 2 and 3). Approximately 1-3/4 inches in length. Believed to date to the late Qing dynasty.

For an outstanding example of a pleasure boat nut carving, see Sothebys Sale N08974, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, March 19-20, 2013, Lot 366.

Provenance: Previously purchased as part of a fine miniature collection.

Condition: Overall good. Loss of one half of one front shutter set (see photo 5).

Good Chinese yixing teapot decorated with famille rose enamels. Impressed mark on bottom. Approximately 4-10/16 inches tall. Early 20th C.

Condition: Very good, with no chips, cracks, breaks, or repairs.

Carved light celadon jade pendant mounted in silver filigree casing decorated with blue and aubergine enamels. Marked "Silver" on the back. Early 20th C.

Condition: Very good, with only light wear to the enamels.

Small square-from dish with canted edges decorated in the famille verte palette and traces of gilt with pheonixes around a center with birds and flowers. Iron-red floral sprays on the underside. Almost 5-3/8 inches across. Kangxi period.

Condition: Overall good with some areas of enamel wear or loss, especially on the bottom, and a few rim nibbles.

Small carved jadeite budai figure on original custom wood stand. Pleasing sheen and color, the latter characterized by faint apple green touches. Approximately 3 inches high with stand; jade is approximately 2 inches high. Estate piece believed to date to the early 20th C. Old label on bottom of jade (see photos).

Crackleware tripod censor with blue and white dragon chasing a flaming pearl. Brown lacquer simulating bronze on the animal-head handles and feet.

Condition: Excellent with no chips, cracks, breaks, or repairs.

Good Hongxian era porcelain bowl decorated on the exterior with figures and birds and decorated on the interior with a shou medallion. Gilt highlights around the rim. Iron-red Hongxian mark on the bottom. Approximately 8 inches in diameter and 3-3/4 inches tall.

Condition: Generally good with no chips, cracks, breaks, or repairs. Some grittiness on the bowl interior.