Group of three China Trade Paintings. Gouache on silk laid paper. Showing intricately decorated courtyard and interior scenes of pavilions, temples, with group of female and male personages and attendants, men in a courtyard setting smoking and enjoying a game, all shown at leisure activities, making offerings or visiting...

A Chinese painting with ink on woven paper with a red seal, features a pair of songbirds resting together on a bamboo branch. Painted in subtle colours of ivory, brown, green, and orange. Matted in decorative brocade. Unable to determine if the background colour is due to age, or if the paintings have always been brown. Provenance: This painting was acquired in China prior to 1924. Measurements: Frame: 20 7/8" tall, 17 1/2" wide Painting: 17 1/4" tall, 14 3/4" wide

A pair of Chinese paintings with ink on woven paper on brown background. One painting contains a scene featuring a pair of songbirds resting on a bamboo branch in subtle colours of green, ivory, and tan. The second painting depicts a pair of songbirds with chrysanthemums, and decorative rock formations in subtle colours of rose, green, and ivory. Both paintings are matted with decorative brocade patterns...

A pair of Chinese paintings painted in ink on woven paper, on brown background containing a red seal, with calligraphy, matted in decorative brocade, and featuring one bird resting in branches per painting. The first painting depicts a bird looking downward in bamboo. The second painting shows a bird looking outward from a pine branch. Both paintings are with subtle colours of green, ivory, and tan. The calligraphy appears to be printed...

A pair of Chinese paintings done in ink on woven paper, on brown background containing a red seal, with calligraphy, matted in decorative brocade, and featuring two birds resting in branches per painting. The first painting depicts a scene with two Chinese songbirds resting in bamboo branches, and is painted in subtle colours of green, ivory, and orange...

One matching pair of Japanese baluster shape vases with two applied scroll motif handles and decorated with precious metals and alloys. Kaga inlay and takazogan ( relief) techniques with mixed metals of silver, copper and gold. The vases, with large design of birds of Paradise, with female in flight on one vase and male perched on branch on the other vase, both among flowering gourd vines; and the reverse of each vase with morning glory together with smaller bird in flight...

"The Art of Oriental Embroidery, History, Aesthetics and Techniques," by Young Y. Chung. 
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1983.

Necklace with old carnelian and old embossed gilt beads. Each necklace is specially designed. Length: 16".

Colorful scene with pine tree and bamboo, showing group of ladies in pavilion and landscape setting in variety of leisure activities. Calligraphy with signature of Su Lang. Provenance: Acquired prior to the 1930's. Measurements: Scroll: 64" x 24". Painting: 42" x 20".

Both with previous repairs, one with missing tooth but still of charming and fierce demeanor. Both on raised plinth. Late 19th/early 20th century. Measurements: H 13", L 11".

Medium green color with light and dark inclusions. The birds are solid and are able to stand on their own. Perhaps these are carvings of silver pheasants. Dated to the late 19th or early 20th century. Provenance: Acquired by family of current owner late 19th/early 20th century. Measurements: H 9", D 3.5".

The lions are shown in full body armour together with helmets, in which the detailed decoration shown is in raised, pierced, and stamped fashion. The beasts stand foursquare, are with upturned tails, and have ceramic eyes. The heads are separable from the bodies. Similar lions were placed at the entrance of temples to ward off evil and offer protection to their owners. The lion symbolizes power, courage, and majesty in Nepal. The workmanship and the size are extraordinary with this pair...