Catalog: Sold Items: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese (590)

Description: A tripod bronze censer was casted in an elegant shape. By a fine proportion, the subtly slanted feet supported the circular basin in a stylish way. Having been kept in an enduring and charming patina, the censer was in excellent condition without any dents. Date Qing dynasty(18th century), Width: 9.0cm, Height: 5.2cm, Weight: 280g.

Description: A soapstone Guanyin of Qing Dynasty was finely rendered. In a seating posture, the holy deity was holding a scroll in her left hand. On her right lap, a string of rosary was hanging from her right hand. By characteristically carved almond-shaped eyes, the facial features and the reserved pigment, the figure was dated as from 18th century. Height: 12.4cm, Condition: An old restoration was in the neck when an crack line-like stone tissue was subtly revealed across the body...

Description: A prestigious Buddha figure was uniquely molded in cast-iron. Soldered in two parts, the Buddha was rendered finely in features with details when obvious welding lines were being left on the two sides. By a benign facial expression, the Buddha was seated on a double-deck lotus pedestal. As a metal religious figure, cast-iron was a material which was rarely found in the market by its easily eroded condition...

Description: One elegant Qingbai stem cup was molded with beautiful foliate rim. In a milky white glaze, the revealed body clay tells its origination being from Hutien kiln. As being from the same origination of the high-quality Hutien kiln, the delicately shaped stand was especially in a quite good look by its finely pottered rim. In a wonderful profile, the intact porcelains were perfect in sets and as the porcelaineous copy of the metal counterparts of the same date...

Description: One unique and elegant Qingbai covered box was in a decent look. Decorated on the cover with rarely seen ironish brown mottlings, the box was molded with fine circular shape. By a well preserved glaze, the surface was left with obvious whitish incursions here and there as the authentication of an excavation piece. In a quite good size of 14cm x 6.3cm, a decent shape and the unique decoration, this box was therefore being as a sought-after piece to your collection of early ceramics...

Description: A turquoise pendant was intriguingly carved as a binding knot. By well-wished six knots, the pendant was full of flouring lines of beauty. On the surface, the enduring grayish tint was covered due to age. Otherwise, the manually-carved lines were preserved with original residues. From the usually seen knot pattern and the old characteristics, this pendant was authenticated as a piece from Ming or early Qing period. One minute chip was found at the inner rim...

Description: A wood figure of a seating official was finely carved from one piece of camphor wood. Making use of the core of the wood, the wood circular growth rings were obviously revealed on the belly of the figure and were intriguingly as the grains of the wearing drapery. By excellent carving skill, the official was vividly rendered. The enduring patina added more atmosphere to this marvelous piece. Date: Qing Dynasty. Height: 23.5cm

Description: One small but uniquely cast bronze censer was in decent look. Made of fine quality of metal material, the bronze censer was in good weight of 208 gram when in a lovely size of 6.1 cm in width and 4.6cm in height. By a unique trumpet form, the bronze bowl was easy to hold in the palms feeling the warmth, sniffing the aroma of the burning incense when in incense practicing ritual. It could be well used as a water basin or paper weight too...

Description: An archaic nephrite jade pendant or Huang was in greenish tint with white patches. By incursions of calcified white dots on the surface, the ancient jade piece was verified as a newly excavated piece. In a decent look and quite good size, this rare piece was carved meticulously on two sides with characteristic grain patterns. From the jade quality, the sleek manual carving lines, and the obvious incursions, we could authenticate the piece was from the dated Han Dynasty for sure...

Description:
A decent vase with three looped handles was in charming straw glaze.
Applied characteristically on the upper portion of the surface with yellowish glaze, the well shaped bottle was revealed otherwise with beige tint on the body clay.
It was caused by kiln firing.
The actual clay tint was grayish and was revealed under the faded glaze...

Description: A wonderful Jun bowl was with purple splashes in the cavetto in strong form. Molded in quite good size of 15.8cm in width, the bowl was applied with characteristic sky-blue glaze inside and out of the surface only stop short of the foot ring. While was shaped in sleek skill, the steep and unglazed foot ring was cut to a domed shape on the bottom and was slanted outward forming a good angle as a firm support. The molding scars were left obviously at the center of the foot ring...

Description: A handsome jade piece was in a joyful subject- A Boy Having Fun With a Goose. A popular subject as this piece was very well rendered by excellent jade carving maneuvering skill. In a greyish white tint which was the typical characteristic of the dated nephrite jade quality, the jade pebble was in quite good size by which the boy was depicted in fine details on the facial features and on the cloth. Holding with two stalks of lotus flowers and tapping the goose beside him, he bowed i...

Description: A nephrite jade boy was carved uniquely holding a leaf. By the intriguing subject, the jade boy was rendered characteristically by the dated features . In the costumes, he was clad as traditional tribe’s people. In Chinese jade culture, nomadic jades were uniquely grouped by their strong forms. The most obvious characteristics were on the special carving skills which were sleek and simple in expressing the profiles and the details, then were the joyful subjects which were differen...

Description: A rare bronze figure of a bear was in a cute squatting position. By unique image, the bronze figure was probably served as one of the legs of an archaic bronze vessel when hollowed bolt was found on the reversed side. Spread all over the surface with charming verdigris and the darken red patina which was caused by long time of oxidization, the figurine was authenticated as an archaic piece from ancient time for sure. In an intriguing form and strong nomadic mood, it was engraved in ...

Description: A beautiful ink and colors painting was done on the silk surface of a round fan in summer,Guangxu period(AD1878). By nice painting skill, including the meticulous sketching strokes, fine compositions and well manipulating of the colors, an elegant picture depicting the utopia of Chinese literati’s life was nicely rendered. Shen Xie-Yuan who made the work of art and left his calligraphic commentary in the painting was a registered scholar painter with good reputation. Another text ...

Description: A charming group of dolls were amassed in a rare chance. By obvious characteristics of the dated features, the dolls were preserved with original excavation condition. As an excellent example of early ceramics on the glaze and of the body clay, these dolls can well be as teaching materials for Chinese early ceramics or as ancient civilian art with joyful look. Date: Song to Yuan Period (AD12th-13th Century) Height: 5.8cm-4.8cm They will be sold in a group of 7 pieces by $700. Al...

Description: A pair of porcelain whistling dolls were in creamy white slip and were sketched with black paint. Except one broken ankle on the left foot of the bigger one and was glued back, then two of them in very good condition. They whistled well even after 800 years. Height: 5.8cm, 5.0cm.

Description: A triad of brown glazed figurines (two officials and one servant) were preserved in good condition except one minor fret on one of the doll's shoulder. Very amusing pieces indeed. Height: 5.7cm, 5.5cm, 5.4cm.