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Chinese Blue-Ground Gilt Embroidered Dragon Robe. The blue silk ground embroidered in couched gilt wrapped thread with five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amidst lingzhi-shaped clouds and hovering bats above cresting waves and rock formation. 19th century. {Measurements: 56 long x 87 inches across (142.2 x 220.9 cm)}. Condition: Fraying, losses, small areas of staining, thread losses.

DESCRIPTION Attributed to Yun Shouping (1633-1690): Birds and Peonies. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, signed Nantian Shouping, with two seals of the artist. {Image: 61 x 8 1/4 inches (154.9 x 20.9 cm)}. Condition: Foxing, creasing. The silk mounting with areas of staining. The bottom rail detached.

Large Tang Pottery Tomb Figure of an Earth Spirit. Modeled half-seated on a tall shaped plinth, the human head with a bulbous nose and bulging eyes below three conical flanges and tall spiraling horn, all flanked by elephant-like ears, the leonine body bearing blade-shaped projections on the shoulders and upright flat wings at the top of each front leg, the rear legs folded and terminating in horse-like hoofs, the surfaces exhibiting traces of black, red, and white pigments. Tang dynasty (618-90...

Beautiful vintage Chiense cloisonné box, the lidde was decorated with a pair of standing cats, the cat eyes are with coral inlay. Height: approximately 6 3/8 inches.

Pair of Japanese Satsuma Figural Vases. Each similarly decorated in gilt and polychrome paints with shaped panels of figures in outdoor settings within raised borders, amidst brocade and floral patterns, the foot and tall waisted neck embellished with brocade lappets. {Height of each: 10 inches (25.4 cm)}. Condition: One vase with a small chip.

A complete set of 12 dodiac set , fecturing 12 standing robed official figures each holding a zodiac sign animal. {Tallest: 6 3/4 inches (17.1 cm)}. Provenance: from a famous San Francisco Bay Area collection. Condition: Some figures with pigment losses, cracks, chips. The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their ascribed attributes, based on the lunar calendar. In order, the zodiac animals are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Ho...

Large Framed Chinese Antique Tapestry. Executed in satin stitch and couched gilt threads on a red ground, depicting a tripartite image of courtly figures and commanders, within a greenish-gray brocade border of ducks in the river. {Overall (framed): 65 x 71 1/2 inches (165.1 x 181.6 cm)}. Condition: Some areas fraying, losses, tears.

The blue silk ground decorated with a front-facing dragon amidst clouds above a pair of side-facing dragons and mythical felines, with five gilt-metal frog fasteners. {Measurements: 53 1/2 long x 50 inches across (135.9 x 127 cm)}. Condition: Large areas of fraying, losses, some staining and fading.

Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Figural Flower Pots. Each similarly enameled in a continuous scene with scholars and warriors under willow trees in a garden, beneath a horizontal band of ruyi heads around the mouth, drilled a hole in the base for drainage. {Dimensions: 13 (33 cm) high x 14 inches (36 cm) diameter)}.

Han Gan韓幹 (Chinese 706 - 783 AD, Tang Dynasty): “Man Herding horse”. Ink and color on silk hanging scroll, signed Han Gan with total nine red seals. {Height x width of the image: 33 1/4 x 21 inches (84.5.x 53.3 cm)}. condition: [Creasing throughout, the upper side of the image has been partly detached from the paper mounting]. provenance: By descent from the Kaumheimer family, Stuttgart, Germany. Artist background: Han Gan (approximately 706-783), a painter of the Tang...

Two South Asian Bronze Deities. The first, Ganesha on a double-lotus base, holding his attributes in his hands, wearing a tiered headgear, a short striated dhoti, and sacred thread around his portly waist; the second, Vishnu on a double-lotus base surmounted on a square plinth, with his principle right hand raised in Abhaya Mudra, the upper hands holding the chakra and conch, clad in a long dhoti and conical headdress. {Height of first: 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm)}.

Burmese Dry Lacquer Buddha. Hollow gold and colored bejeweled lacquer Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudra, peaceful downward looking face, the heavy sash exposing the right shoulder and richly decorated with colored glass flowing down the back and over both legs, the wide base decorated with similar details. 20th century. {Height: 11 inches (27.9 cm)}.

Chinese Finely Carved Hard Wood 'Dragons Amidst Cloud' Cabinet. The rectangular single door cabinet with the front panels finely carved in high relief with eight writhing five-clawed dragons soaring amidst clouds above mountains and crashing waves, all above the apron carved in high relief with cloud motifs, supported on four square short feet. {Height x width x depth: 63 x 54 x 18 inches (160 x 137 x 45.7 cm)}. [Minor wood cracks and losses commensurate with age and use].

Chinese Hinged Silver Enamel Medicine Bottles. Late Qing to Republic Period. Four hinged enamel decorated medicine bottles, decorated with various flowers on one side and character on another, with stoppers. {Dimension: 1 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches}.

DESCRIPTION Pair of Chinese Framed Embroidered Sleeves Bands, depicting hundred boys at play in the festival scenes. {Each Frame: 22 1/2 x 5 inches}. Condition: age related discoloration and minor losses.

DESCRIPTION Chinese Carved Hardwood Two Door Cabinet. {60 1/4 x 36 x 16 inches (153 x 91.4 x 40.6 cm)}.

Pair of Chinese Republic Period "Hu" form vases. signed and inscribed. Height: 12 inches.

Chinese antique Famille Rose Porcelain Floral vase now electrified as table lamp. Neck was cut short.