Roy Hu's Asian Art 竹溪小隱
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #1363434 (stock #Lot1121)
Hu's Collection
$300.00
One nice set of cup/stand was well mold.
It was applied on the surface with persimmon glaze. The body clay revealed was whitish gray tint.
Both were in old feel.
Date: Ming periods.
Cup width : 7.2cm
Stand width : 11cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1378859 (stock #lot1128)
Hu's Collection
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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 : Pre 1837 VR item #1117008 (stock #lot943)
Hu's Collection
$800.00
Description:

A metal alloyed Monk figure was heavily cast.
By well carved flouring lines on the robe, the deity was in serene mood in meditation posture.
It was preserved in very good condition with darken patina, rust surface.

A similar porcelain Ding piece of Song Dynasty can be a counterpart in the last picture.

Date: Song/Yuan periods, 12th/13th Centuries.

Height: 6.5cm, width:6cm.
Weight: 348grams.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #1400197 (stock #Lot1147)
Hu's Collection
$200.00
18th Century Qing Dynasty.

17cm x11cn (2 pieces)

Original paint preserved.
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 : Hardstones : Pre 1837 VR item #1451505 (stock #lot1200)
Hu's Collection
$600.00
Description: A small jade piece was carved as a ram.
It was an excellent piece by great carving skill.
It was stringed as a hanging necklace with old amber beads.
Date:18th Century, Qing Dynasty.
3.1cm

Even though I dated it as a Qing 18th C...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1800 item #1068272 (stock #lot864)
Hu's Collection
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Description:

A wood water basin was nicely carved in shape of a lotus leaf with a lotus pond.
It was preserved in very good condition by nice brownish patina.
Some of the seeds in the lotus pond were still movable when some were sticked but nothing is missing.
It was a charming and very rare piece by this type.
Most of the old wood pieces were made as brush pots in relief carving...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1800 item #878882 (stock #lot559)
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Description:
An incense cylinder was carved by excellent craftsmanship.
Depicting the casual scene of a court lady reading a scroll under a pine tree while a attendant boy hidden behind the trunk reaching his head out by curiosity, the craftsman maneuvered his fine and affluent carving skill to make the picture as much detailed and pleasant as well.
The cylinder was carved in deep relief and was pierced through in some portions to allow the incense smoke to swirl out.
By a fine...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1350235 (stock #lot1115)
Hu's Collection
$650.00
Description: A Ming porcelain water basin was in very good mood.
Well crackled in the glaze, this scholar item was supposedly being used for some time due to the residue of the paint.
It was heavily potted and owned a unique mood of rural scholar taste.

Date: Ming Dynasty. 16th/17th Centuries.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1700 item #1129602 (stock #lot963)
Hu's Collection
$1200.00
Description:

A Houtien jade pendent was in flat cicada shape.
With original drilling holes at the tip for hanging, the jade piece was covered with unique black stone crust comparing to milky white tint of the pebble.
It was preserved in very good condition with one minute restoration to the lower right rim and some frets in a limited way.
They were caused from old age.

Date: Ming Dynasty, 15th/16th century.

Length:5cm, Width: 2.7cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1447406 (stock #Lot1188)
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Description:
A porcelain female figure holding a baby was well preserved in perfect condition.
Depictied finely in details, this porcelain piece was made in very good crafty skills.
From the facial expressions and the characteristics of the slender limbs, It was verified as an early Qing piece.
The crackles yielded under the glaze justify the verification too.

Date: Early Qing periods (18th century )

Height: 18cm

Condition: Perfect...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1700 item #1114728 (stock #lot940)
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Description:

A bronze figure was finely cast in good size and was depicted by great craftsmanship.
Nice patina was preserved on the surface when accumulations were found within the pleats.
It was heavily cast in hefty weight.

Date: Ming Dynasty, 15th/16th century.

Height: 28cm.
Weight:1292 grams.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Ivory : Pre 1700 item #805818 (stock #lot500)
Hu's Collection
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Description: An ivory niche was kept in very good condition. By an enduring old patina, the lovely niche was carved exquisitely in the front for decoration. Intriguingly making use of the original hole of the ivory tusk for hanging, it was obviously used as a portable niche for devoted people. As a charming piece and a very old one, the ivory niche would be a sought-after piece in your Chinese ivory collection. Date: Ming Dynasty(AD1368-1644), Dimension: 6.9cm x 4.7cm x 4.3cm
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 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 : Hardstones : Pre 1700 item #1301797 (stock #Lot1090)
Hu's Collection
$800.00
Description:
A Houtien jade horse was nicely carved.
In crouching posture, the horse was rendered in simple carvings.
Old condition was kept for verification.

Date: Ming Dynasty, 15th century.

Width: 4.5cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1050705 (stock #lot824)
Hu's Collection
SOLD
Description:

A Cizhou gourd bottle was in lovely shape and was in striking image of russet mottles on the surface.
Well preserved and owned the very characteristics for authentication, the bottle can an important and charming item in early Chinese ceramics' collection.

Date: Yuan Dynasty, 14th century.

Height: 18.5cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1042229 (stock #lot804)
Hu's Collection
$1200.00
Description:

A celadon ewer or water dropper was intriguingly mold as chicken pot.
By cute-looking spout and simple-form wings, the porcelain pot was applied with glass-sheen glaze all over the surface.
On the unglazed bottom, the dense-feel clay was revealed and was with adhesives of burial earth.
Crackles and abrasions were resulted from incursions too.
It was kept in very fine condition...