Roy Hu's Asian Art 竹溪小隱
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1075974 (stock #lot882)
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A black-glazed Zadou was mold in decent form.
In nice proportion, the ware was stand on a foot ring which revealed with beige-tinted body clay.
The glaze on the surface was in greasy feel and was yielded with charming wrinkled results due to age.

Date: Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1127.

Body width: 9.9cm, Height: 7.6cm

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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1075244 (stock #lot877)
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A white-glazed incense burner was supported by three squeezed and applied foot.
While being decorated with iron-oxide spots on the surface, the incense burner was nicely applied with two curved loops on the rim.
It was turn-wheeled when molding scars were easily observed on the body.
The belly was clamped into as gourd shape and make it in a unique look.

Yuan Dynasty, 13th century.

Height: 8.4cm.

Condition: Perfect.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1074616 (stock #lot876)
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A Qingbai ewer was well mold in decent look.
In rice-white tint of the glaze from which infiltration of incursion was observed, the ewer was applied with arched handle and two loops.
Whitish body clay was revealed at the bottom when darken firing tint was yielded along the rim.
Minute incursions were happened to the mouth rims.
It was rarely found a Qingbai ewer with a melon-shaped body.

Date: Southern Song/Yuan periods, 12th,13th century...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1074196 (stock #lot875)
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A Yueyao water basin was in form of a squat turtle.
Well applied with characteristic greenish celadon glaze on the surface, the basin was sit on the flat bottom which was un-glazed and was revealed with the grayish-tinted body clay.
It was preserved in perfect condition and was well cleaned by ex-collecter intended for practical use.
Minute old frets and incursions were found on the glaze when slight crackles were rendered...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1073888 (stock #lot874)
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A pair of Qingbai porcelain ducks or water fowls was nicely mold.
By luting from two halves in the middle, the fowls were depicted vividly in details as well as in postures.
Iron brownish slip was decorated to the eyes and the beaks.
Due to age, icy crackles were rendered in the glaze when burial earth was amid within.
The pairs were sat on square platforms from where marks of cloth paddings were observed at the bottom...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1072183 (stock #lot871)
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A Li-Typed incense burner was well applied on the surface with the unique glassy glaze.
Also uniquely was the crackled condition in the glaze was immensely spread.
It was a charming characteristic that was believed being made intentionally to imitate the Guan ware of Song dynasty.
The body clay revealed amid the frettings was grayish and was in old greasy feel...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1071840 (stock #lot870)
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A decent brush pot was carved from one block of box wood.
By natural root wood form, the wood box was stylized and beautiful when nice and warm patina was obtained on the surface.
It was in good size and was preserved perfectly.
Some protection layers had been done to the bottom by ex-collecter.

It was quite hefty in weight.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Width: 19.5cm x 14cm, Height:16.3cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #1071415 (stock #lot869)
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A stylized Ruyi was rarely found by cast bronze quality.
In unique and beautiful plum flowers and branches form, the bronze Ruyi was put firmly on a stand as a treasured item or on a desk as a nice brush-rest.
It was in quite good size which was rarely found too.
The darken patina was yielded due to age when the overall condition is perfect.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century.

Length: 32.6cm...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1071015 (stock #lot866)
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A Changsha bowl was painted in the cavetto with motif of bird and water weeds.
Maneuvered by deft brush strokes, the picture was vividly rendered with simple lines.
The bowl was heavily potted and was revealed with rough-feel body clay underside.
The characteristic disk-like foot ring was well shaped.
It was applied with white lining paint before dipping into to the brownish pigment and commencing the picture...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1067170 (stock #lot863)
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A crouching Bixie was carved from a pebble of black steatite.
Depicted with protruding eyes, back thrown ears and the broom-like tail, the fairy beast was treated by affluent and sleek carving lines.
An animated form was then vividly rendered. All these were the characteristics for the carvings from Yuan dynasty or earlier periods.
It was kept with very nice patina when some old defects were found. They were caused from the enduring age...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1066803 (stock #lot861)
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A yellow-glazed censer was in archaic Ding shape.
Being applied on the surface with drum-nails and archaic ram masks for decoration, the pottery censer was stand by three squeezed lion's feet.
The tint of the glaze was in beige yellow when the body clay revealed inside the censer was in beige grayish.
It was in perfect condition with minute frets and crackles which also verified it's old age.

Date: Yuan Dynasty, 13th century...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1066622 (stock #lot860)
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A Cizhou covered bowl was applied on the surface with ivory-white glaze.
Characteristically, against the white surface, abundant floral motifs were painted on with darken brownish slip.
The bowl was excavated rarely with the original cover, all in perfect condition.
By keeping the intact condition from excavation, the bowl owned all the characteristics to verify it's authentication.

Date: Jin Dynasty, 12th/13th century.

Width: 13cm, Height: 10.1c...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1065398 (stock #lot857)
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A Jizhou tea bowl was applied with dark brown nearing black glaze on the surface.
Uniquely and characteristically, a leaf motif was decorated on the surface.
By greasy-feel quality of the characteristic Jizhou glaze, the surface was covered with slight burial adhesives when subtle crackles were rendered in the glaze underneath.
By also convincing look of the body clay which revealed at the bottom in soft quality, the foot ring was surrounded by shallow wall.
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1062240 (stock #lot850)
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A black-glazed Cizhou censer was characteristically decorated on the the surface with striking russet strips.
Supported by three squeezed feet on the bottom, the censer owned a round body which extending upward to a wide mouth.
The mouth was framed with a flat band of rim which in everted slope.
It was well preserved in perfect condition and owned the very characteristics for authentication.
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Date: Song/Jing Period...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1061678 (stock #lot848)
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A thin, white-glazed dish was decorated on the surface with vibrant motifs of a galloping horse among flowers and weeds.
By the rice-white glaze, it was revealed with the light grayish-tinted body clay on the rim.
With characteristic shape, the tear-dropping glaze, the dated and exact design of the motifs, and the obvious incursions(which in sore's-like condition under magnify glass) happened to the glaze, the dish can be fully verified its authentication.
It was...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1060520 (stock #lot847)
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One nice brush washer was made from one block of precious Zitan wood.
By purplish black tint, the rare wood piece was preserved very good without any defects and free of any restoration.
It was well carved in beautiful round shape with inverted mouth rim by decent proportion.

Date: Late Qing periods, late 19th century.

Width:12cm.

AN OLD CUSTOM-MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1060152 (stock #lot846)
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A Longquan jar was found rarely altogether with an original cover.
By the charming chrysanthemum form, the Longquan ware was applied on the surface with beautiful celadon glaze when characteristic incursion effects have resulted.
Wired crackles were also caused due to age.
Grayish body clay was revealed at the inner side of the cap and at the foot ring when darken firing tint were rendered within.
It can be perfectly used as a personal tea caddy by its adequa...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1060018 (stock #lot845)
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A Cizhou jar was rarely found altogether with an original cover.
In simple and slender oval shape, the jar was applied with russet glaze which reflected with dazzling and characteristic sheen.
At the inner side of the cap and at the bottom, the rough buff-tinted body clay was revealed.
It can be perfectly used as a personal tea caddy by its adequate size.

Date: Yuan/Ming periods, 14th/15th Century.

Height: 8.5cm.

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