Chinese antique small display shelf with stand, made of hong-mu. A staggered shelf in the middle breaks up the square area. The front and sides of the unit is carved with delicate lined details and cusped edges. On each side of both the top and bottom shelf is a little window (four total) and the back is open. The underside of the base has a black lacquer panel painted with a butterfly and chrysanthemums.
Republic Period
Dimensions: 13 1/4" high x 12" long x 5 3/4" deep.
Chinese pair of carved jichimu wood stools. The curved legs are carved with cusped edges and narrow to lingzhi mushroom shaped feet. The seats are inset with white dali marble.
Republic Period 1912-1949
Dimensions: 18 high x 13 1/2" wide
Chinese antique porcelain brush container with unusually detailed scenes skillfully incised into each of its four sides. These pictorial reserves show figures in various scholarly pursuits including the study of written texts, scroll painting, playing music and board games, all in garden settings with various trees and vertical rock formations. The body of the container stands on four small corner feet. Glazed a turquoise blue and incised with a Qianlong mark (1735-1796)...
Chinese white Peking Glass vase with painting in reddish-pink overglaze of a mountain palace scene. On one side, three figures approach a mountain pavilion where rocky crags rise out of the mist, trees bend and flocks of birds fly. On the reverse side is a lake with fishing boats and mountain peaks rising up in the distance. An inscription in black ink is written on the lake side of the vase. A thin painted ring of gold encircles the rim of the vase...
張大千 倣莫高窟初唐觀音大士像 設色水墨紙本立軸 1946年作 款識:敬撫莫高窟初唐畵纓絡大士。丙戌夏清信士張大千爰敬艁。鈐印:張爰之印信。鑑藏印:吴興徐伯郊鑑藏、百千之一。 Hanging Scroll of Seated Guanyin in Red / Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) 50 1/2 X 25 3/4 inches 128.5 X 65.4 cm Color & Ink on Paper Dated 1946 Inscribed and signed with two artist seals...
Good woman’s skirt panel or apron from a Yunnan ethnic minority, approximately 50 to 70 years old. All the elements in this piece are hand made, even the ribbon along the border which is often machine made (even in old pieces). The beads along the edge are made of seeds. This piece has some old repairs which I have noted in enlargements. The overall embroidered pattern is a combination of white cotton while the greens and reds are either silk or a cotton and silk blend...
張大千(1899-1983)仿六如居士(唐寅)仕女花狸圖 設色紙本立軸 1932年作 款識:六如居士(唐寅)仕女圖曾于海上見之,擬伯清吾兄雅正。壬申二月大千弟爰。鈐印:張爰之印、大千、大風堂。 Hanging Scroll of A Beautiful Lady Playing with a Cat in Style of Mng Artist Tang Yin (Tang Bohu) / Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) 50 1/2 X 25 1/2 inches 128.3 X 64.8 cm Ink and Color on Paper Dated 1932 Inscribed and signed with three artist seals.
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A symbol of humility and modesty, a bed made for the scholar's hermitage aesthetics. Carved huanghuali wood in a naturalistic root form, constructed and joined together creating the enveloping roots and branches. The seat platform is of block wood fitted to mimic woven mats. These types of furniture are reminiscent of the Song dynasty. Scholars retreated into the mountains and relinquished materialism. The aesthetic is based on nature moving away from the lavish life style...
A unique and rare yixing potted table vase from republic era, vase by fu Sen & calligraphy n painting was carved by another pioneer famous carver
Width approximately 18 cm (across the handles). In good condition.
Chinese antique Wood handing chop stick holder with a Bat, nice folk art piece this is one I had kept for myself and used it to hold bills . Refinished as is usual with exported Chinese wood pieces. approx size 10.5" 5" wide 3" deep
Chinese Republic ? Wine or Water pot , in the form of a gourd with cast figures and waves . Nicely cast with a mark on the bottom . Size 5" by 4" by 3.5"
Vintage Chinese Bronze figure of a Sage large and somewhat heavy, no marks . Size approx 10 by 10" and 14 pounds
A Chinese bronze oil lamp in the form of a tapir, with a boy riding on his back holding a pole supporting the lamp for the oil. The oil dish has scroll patterns around its border. The The body of the animal adorned with taotie and scroll elements Non magnetic...
A blue and white stembowl,thinly potted with
deep flaring sides painted on the exterior with flowering branches of chrysanthemum, pomegranate, peony and camillia. The interior with a ribbon-tied lotus bouquet. A four-character Xuande mark below the rim on the exterior...
A celadon-glazed vase (Ganlanping). Covered on the outside with an even celadon glaze stopping just short of the top rim. The inside is glazed white, as well as the base. The base rim left unglazed. A six character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue on the base.
Size: 14" high
Age: Qianlong Mark and Period (1736-1795)
Condition: Overall in very good condition...
Antique Chinese apothecary chest. Upper portion has an open display shelf with pierced carved dragons on the sides and a medallion on the back depicting a bird on a blossoming tree branch. The middle portion has 19 drawers, all the same size with the exception of one wider drawer toward the bottom. Each drawer is divided into three sections for storage of medicines and herbs. There is a hidden storage area accessed by openings beneath the bottom drawers...
Chinese porcelain baluster vase painted in late 'famille rose' style on a white ground with a group of Immortals resting in a landscape. The base glazed white with a six character Jiaqing mark in iron red and of the period.
Size: Approximately 30.5 cm high
Age: Jiaqing (1796-1821)
Condition: There is a gash in the top rim extending approximately 1". A restorer can repair this vase at minimal cost.