Roy Hu's Asian Art 竹溪小隱
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #984246 (stock #lot710)
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A big oil painting on cotton was in striking image.
Full of original spirits of the minority people of southern China, the subject of this painting was the Daoist deities of Earthern Father(Tu Di Gon), Earthern Mother(Tu Di Puo) and Guandi who separately stands for Prosperity, Fertilization and Wealthness.
Used the bold colors, the painting was rendered by fluent sketching lines and was finished with profuse tableau...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #830183 (stock #lot523)
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Description: A brick oil-lamp was preserved finely. In cylindrical shape and with a hollowed-out cover, the oil lamp was in decent look when radiating out the ancient light. A Chinese character “Fu”-Good Fortune was intriguingly carved within the pattern of the hollowed cover. By an enduring old patina, the oil lamp was in perfect condition and can be used in a practical way. Date: 19th century. Height: 16.5cm, Width of the base: 16cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #389787 (stock #lot049)
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Description: An unique tea caddy like this piece was made with an extraordinary wood trunk which is in a scholar rock's shape and was framed with pewter. It is a display piece as well as a tea holder. Date: Qing Dynasty (19th Century) Height: 14cm Condition: good with original lid when some glue work had been done to the pewter cap for restoration.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1198494 (stock #lot1040)
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A bamboo brush pen was well preserved.
It was nicely carved with beautiful scenery when characteristic elements of Chinese literati life like - scrolling cloud, plum trees and scholars were included.
Nice and warm patina was yielded.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Length: 34cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #688963 (stock #lot349)
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Description: A bamboo brush pen was preserved in very good condition. By a warm brownish patina, the brush pen was carved exquisitely with grand mountainous scenery. Scholars were watching scroll with attendant under knarred pine trees while crane was flying amid scrolled cloud. Scholar rocks stand stylishly with finely rendered shape...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1092498 (stock #lot912)
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A bamboo brush pot was carved in uniquely curved form.
Decorated on one side with craved motifs of peony flowers and poems on the other side, the brush pot was preserved with Zu-huang(bamboo's inner skin) on the smaller sides.
It was in perfect condition when darken patina was earned.

Date: Late Qing periods, late 19th century.

Height: 11.9cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #704959 (stock #lot370)
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Description: An old bamboo carving of a toad was finely rendered. Making use of the natural form of a bamboo root, the craftsman skillfully depicted the frog in a crouching position. By vivid depiction, the frog was alive and animated as she should be in the weeds...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1077481 (stock #lot889)
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An interesting piece in tea ceremony is a tea scoop carved in shape of a leaf.
Manually carved from a bamboo piece, the leaf-shape scoop was full of joy of a hand-made artifact.

Date: 1950s.

Length: 13.8cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #487293 (stock #lot158)
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Description: A beautiful agate "Juia" was excavated in intact condition without any incursions. With fantastic image, this pendant or an earring can be authenticated by its manual craftsmanship. Ex. the cutting sections of the agate surface with ridges can be observed that it was made by simple instruments and manual cutting skills. And the polishing was omitted without special attentions at the tips of the cutting ends and at the inner side of the rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #427492 (stock #lot083)
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Description: A beautiful toggle was made of ivory. The brownish and crackled surface was reflected with the old age. Date: Qing Dynasty(18th century) Width: 4.0cm Depth: 1.5cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1150647 (stock #lot989)
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A black-glazed covered cosmetic box was in lovely melon shape.
It was preserved good with fine black sheen when pinpoint shrinkage condition was found on the glaze,.

Date: Ming Dynasty, 15th century,

It is in quite good size of..
Width: 13cm, Height: 8.5cm.

A CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED,.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #485872 (stock #lot156)
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Description: A blue and white covered box was applied with motifs of weeds and tendrils all over the surface except the part of the foot rim. Added with a Chinese word 'Shi' (joyful) in duplicate form on the cover's surface, this box was therefore enhancing the charming of a Chinese mood. IT WILL BE A GOOD WISH TO YOUR BELOVED ONES IN THIS SPECIAL SEASON. DATE: Qing Dynasty (late 19th Century) Condition: Perfect Width: 9.6cm Height: 6.0cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #541647 (stock #lot209)
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Description: An imposing blue and white jar was molded in elegant shape . Painted with fluent tendrils of honeysuckle and Chinese characters Sou (longevity), this jar was in quite good size and quite weighty in hand...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 2000 item #387466 (stock #lot045)
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Description: A fantastic boxwood carving of a court lady was carved by famous contemporary artist Won Du-Fun in 1990s. As a registered national honoured artist, Won made numerous works of art which had been collected by the national galleries and museums. A certificate is accompanied with the fine piece. A custom-made silk box is included. Condition: The stem of the flower was once broken and had been re-stuck back. Height: 32cm. .
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #933998 (stock #lot628)
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Description: A rectangular brush-licker was made from a multi-colored pudding stone.
Preserving with fine greasy patina on the surface, the brush-licker was kept in a very good condition except some old abrasions and some original stone defects.
Brush-licker was used for adjusting brush wet when scholars were practicing calligraphy or Chinese brush painting.
In usually-seen flat and simple form, the artistry will always come out of the original beauty of the material itself.
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #499959 (stock #lot171)
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Description: A beautiful Longquan celadon cosmetic covered box was excavated with perfect condition. With charming lake-green glaze and evenly applied crackles and bubbles, the box was set with shallow dishes inside and molded decoration on cover. The excavation evidences were obvious when observing at hand in details which were hard to reveal in my pictures. And THE TRUE BEAUTY IS ASTONISHING IN REAL THAN IN THE PICTURES as well...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #478264 (stock #lot150)
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Description: A jade boy was carved beautifully by a celadon jade pebble. With sharp clean cutting skill, this jade was expressed vividly as a traditional Chinese boy holding a lotus vein. Posed with one foot stepping forward and facial expression described with simple sketchy lines, the figure was shaped by the jade pebble's original size...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #439081 (stock #lot101)
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Description: A wood panel was carved with motifs of a view of a pond. Two egrets were playing by picking a fish on a lotus leaf. Teased with enjoyment by two of the water fowls, the fish yet was not in a easy mood. Date : Qing Dynasty (19th century) Width with frame: 47cm Height with frame: 27cm