Roy Hu's Asian Art 竹溪小隱
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1241449 (stock #Lot1064)
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Height: 13cm

Overall in good condition, except some frets on the edges of the glaze and on the mouth-rim.
Egg-shell thin mold body, delicate and elegant, a very rare piece to survive in the history.
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1241128 (stock #Lot1063)
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An official figure most likely as Guamdi was carved in sitting posture. Nice features depicted and well rendered robe in flouring form. A master piece in serene mood.
Height: 22cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1240824 (stock #lot1062)
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The bowl is in nice form easy to hold for drinking tea.
It was well glaze with some loss in random and abstract way.
Width:8.7cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1240607 (stock #Lot1061)
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Max Width : 6cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1240380 (stock #Lot1060)
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Width: 22.5cm, Height: 20cm, Depth: 16cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1239365 (stock #Lot1059)
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Width: 12.5cm.
Condition: Perfect, with only some glaze abrasions.
A cotton box is included.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1238555 (stock #Lot1058)
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Description:
A covered box was uniquely decorated on the surface with black iron spots.
The glaze was in bluish celadon tint and was suffused with whitish incursions in portions.
It was preserved in perfect condition.

Date:Yuan Dynasty, 13th Century.

Width: 7cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1236241 (stock #Lot1055)
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A Houtien jade carving was well preserved.
It was carved as a reclining dog which was a noted subject of the early periods of Chinese jade-carving history.

Date: Song Dynasty 12th century.

Length: 5.2cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1234875 (stock #lot1054)
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A beautiful Ewer pot was well glazed in yellowish slip.
In nice profile, the Ewer was well potted in decent form.
Fine crackles were yielded due to age.
Some abrasions were found on the surface and at the foot base.

Date: Tang Dynasty, 10 Century.

Height:19.5cm

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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1225658 (stock #lot1053)
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Description:
A fine and nice tripod censer was applied on the surface with black glaze.
It was in decent look by well proportioned body with three supporting feet.
The feet was shaped with well-executed skill by apparently a bamboo cutter or some hard tools.
'Cause obvious scraping scars were left at the feet trunks.
The scars were also approved by a documented piece.(See last picture.)
Some similar pieces are in the documentations...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1223017 (stock #lot1051)
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Description:
A wood carving of Guanyin was nicely rendered.
She was well preserved in warm patina and was in nice condition.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.

Height: 16.3cm,

An old wood stand is included. That makes the height to 19cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1206929 (stock #lot1048)
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A Yaozhou water dropper was presented in perfect condition.
The glaze condition was very good except some incursions had been happened to the rim of the venting hole and the beak-like mouth.
Amusingly found at the bottom, there were three padding clays were still adhered without being removed.
It was really rare to find an ancient porcelain ware which was solely for scholar use.
A similar piece but from Longquan site was documented...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1205803 (stock #lot1047)
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A Jianyang tea bowl was unusually-found in mustard-green glaze.
It was in evert form.
Greasy feel condition was yielded on the surface when dark-tinted body clay was revealed at the bottom.
The bowl was preserved in perfect condition.
It was very rare to find a Jianyang tea bowl in green glaze which was caused most likely by transformation of firing temperature.

Date: Southern Song Dynasty,1127-1279.

Width: 12.5cm...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1200832 (stock #lot1043)
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A black-glazed Jianyang Temmoko tea bowl was in nice form.
It was decorated in the covetto and partial of the outer surface with charming and rarely-seen oil spots.
The body clay was revealed at the foot ring in dry and grayish tint which was caused during long periods of burial.

Date: Southern Song Dynasty.1127-1279

Width: 12cm, Height: 6.6cm.

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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1198494 (stock #lot1040)
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Description:
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 1492 item #1196312 (stock #lot1038)
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A Junyao tripod censer was in decent form.
It was well glazed in moon-white tint when subtle green glaze was reflected within.
Some crackles were yielded in the glaze due to enduring time.
Some incursions were happened too.

Date: Jin dynasty, 1115-1234.

Height: 10.4cm, Width: 10.5cm.

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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1193064 (stock #lot1036)
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Description:
A white-glazed Dingyao censer was in decent form.
With two erected loops, the censer was well decorated on the surface with carved floral pattern.
For verification, the body clay was in dense-feel quality which was the very characteristic for Dingyao wares.
The greasy-feel glaze on the surface was in old look by the incursions, especially along the carving lines of the motifs.

Date: Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1127,

Width: 11.5cm, Height: 11.3cm...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1191381 (stock #lot1032)
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Description:
A Blanc De Chin piece was well mold and carved to depict a boy sitting on an ox with flute.
It was well preserved with only one minute defect on tip of the ox's right horn.

Date: Late Qing to early Republic, 19th/20th Centuries.

Height: 10.8cm,

A CUSTOM-MADE COTTON BOX IS INCLUDED.