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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1097228
Helen M Edwards
$1100.00
Height: 6 cm (2.4 in)
Width: 15.5 cm (6.2 in)
Weight: 490 gms (1.1 lb)

This exquisite Chinese bronze censer has been very delicately modelled to possibly represent a pumpkin, the accompanying vine and flowers create three vine-like legs. There is a fine crisp Xuande Period mark on the base, though this piece is 18th century. There are two small areas of repair seen only from the interior. It is not obvious, but it looks like one small flower is missing...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Pottery : Pre 1910 item #1050307
Helen M Edwards
$1980.00
Date: Circa 1900
Height: 47 cm (18.5 in)
Width: 15 cm (6 in)

An exquisite Austrian Goldscheider figure of a young country woman carrying a woven cane basket. Fired and painted in earthy colours, this well-sculptured piece shows a pretty girl wandering across a field. The movement depicted in the dress and the expression on the face is beautifully crafted. It is marked with an early Goldscheider plaque with the usual artist and pattern numbers present (3203 / 207 / 14)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1062049
Helen M Edwards
$1610.00
Height: 35 cm (14 in)
Width: 19 cm (7 in)

This 19th century vase is painted in the rose mandarin pattern with wonderfully handpainted cartouches of people in domestic scenes surrounded by floral borders. Other artwork shows bordered depictions of birds, butterflies and flowers. Gilded foo dogs have been applied as handles and there is a pair of gilded salamanders applied to the front and back. There is a small depression on the foot-rim caused during the firing...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1119482
Helen M Edwards
$790.00
Height: 13.5 cm (5.3 in)
Width: 11.6 cm (4.5 in)
Weight: 800 gm (1.8 lb)

This Chinese bronze censer in the form of a peach is complete with its original lid. Produced in the 19th century, this piece has very detailed modelling and is exquisite in form. The peach-shaped lobes are separated by stippled leaves with the perforated lid taking the shape of floral bracts. The condition of this censer is excellent with no damage or repairs.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Ivory : Pre 1900 item #1138204
Helen M Edwards
$990.00
Height: 8.6 cm (3.4 in)
Width: 4.8 cm (1.9 in)

This 19th century Chinese ivory card case is of high quality and shows very detailed deep carving throughout. People are depicted in garden settings with buildings, bridges and stone-work present. There has been some minor restoration to the lid, however it is in very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1149586
Helen M Edwards
$1290.00
Height: 31.5 cm (12.6 in)
Width: 9.5 cm (3.8 in)

This tall Chinese monochrome has an elegant form. There is an underglaze Daoguang mark on the base. This piece is in wonderful condition with typical crazing all over the body and some discolouration inside the rim. Near the base are two small glaze pops. There are no chips, cracks or restoration.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1127302
Helen M Edwards
$600.00
Height: 10.5 cm (4.3 in)
Width: 16.2 cm (6.2 in) to outside of handles
Width: 13 cm (5.3 in) not including handles
Weight: 1.15 kg (2.5 lb)

This Chinese bronze censer shows relief decoration in the form of a kneeling monk praying to a deity and on the reverse, lotus flowers and buds. The bowl has elephant head and trunk handles and stands on three feet. This is a piece made in the period of the ruler of China, Hongxian (1915-16)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1127305
Helen M Edwards
$655.00
Height: 7.8 cm ( 3.1 in)
Width: 12.3 cm ( 4.8 in)
Depth: 8.8 cm (3.5 in)

This Chinese bronze censer has relief floral decoration, the bowl sits on three looped stem-style legs which are a continuation of the decoration on the bowl. The censer has a lovely patina. It is in wonderful condition with no damage.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1129426
Helen M Edwards
$1710.00
Height: 29 cm (11.7 in)
Width: 17.2 cm (6.8 in)
Depth: 9.5 cm (3.6 in)
Weight: 2.4 kg (5.3 lb)

This old Chinese bronze gu shaped vase is decorated on the boss with incised patterns, thunder hatching and four pieces in relief in a demi-lune shape. The vase has a relief character mark on the base and two animal mask handles on the neck. The mask handles would have once supported bronze rings. This piece has a wonderful aged patina and is in excellent condition for its age...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1700 item #1177409
Helen M Edwards
$1900.00
Height: 21 cm (8.3 in)
Width: 11.7 cm (4.6 in)

This Chinese bronze Gu vase has a good patina and is decorated with leiwen-decorated taotie zoomorphic masks on a leiwen ground. The base has been filled at a later date. The original base would have been much higher. The piece is in good condition with no cracks or restoration.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1121265
Helen M Edwards
$470.00
Height: 7.2 cm (2.8 in)
Width: 13.5cm (5.2 in)

This Chinese bronze censer is modelled to represent a peach with leaves adorning the sides and twisting stalks forming the three feet. The peach shape is associated with immortality or longevity. With a wonderful aged patina, the condition of this censer is excellent with no damage or repairs.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1161887
Helen M Edwards
$3400.00
Height:30 cm (12 in)
Width: 16.3 cm (6.3 in)
Weight: 1.8 kg (4 pound)

This archaic bronze gu-form wine vessel dates from the 16th to the 11th century B.C. The trumpet neck is cast with leiwen-accented leaves centered around the notched flanges. Above the central lobe features leiwen-decorated taotie zoomorphic masks on a leiwen ground. This is repeated on the splayed base with the masks also centered on the notched flanges...