Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese (1504)

Chinese antique bronze tripod censer with lid, footed with modeled elephant heads, trunks as feet, pair of elephant head side handles with uplifted trunks, lid with recumbent elephant with garnitures pedestal bowl for handle. Nice dark bronze patina, Fret design on rim, scrolling lotus design on body and reticulated lid.

Chicago Estate
Age Late 19th century, Early 20th century
Size: 10" H x 7 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D

Chinese antique nephrite jade bowl with worn gilt design of maiden and children at play in garden on side, bottom has scrolling vine and imperial mark in cartouche. Old restoration stabilizing crack to body.

Provenance Jack Warner, movie executive's estate

Ming Dynasty, circa Late 17th - Early 18th century
Size: 2 5/8" High x 6 1/8" Diameter

Chinese Ming Dynasty scroll weight of a laying down Fu Dog made of bronze, great patina. A hole was drilled at a later time.

Dates Ming Dynasty
H 1 3/8" x W 2 1/2" x D 1 3/4"

Jade brush rest mounted on stand, showing ocean rock like terrane hollowed with interesting holes and flowing form. Salt water calcification deposits on the jade, a new wood/metal stand.

Provenance East Bay Estate
Dates 19th century
Size H 9" x W 3 3/4" x D 2 3/4"

Chinese bronze fu dog incensor, with hinged neck, holding ball under right paw, open mouth for smoke fumes. Bulging eyes and incised lines for fur. on black lacquer wood base.

Handley Collection
Circa 17th century, Ming Dynasty
Size: Height 12 1/2" Width 14 1/2" Depth 7"

An antique Chinese Fu Dog artist rendered from one piece of natural Wisteria root wood. Designed with its mouth open, it is expelling evil spirits. Its angled posture combined with its knobby and swirling texture adds visual movement to this magnificent burl root .

Age: Republic Period, circa 1920s

Dimensions: 12" High x 15 1/2" Wide x 9" Deep

Chinese Jade carving of a maiden representing "Yuenu", a historic figure famous for her ability at archery and how to use a sword. She came from the Chinese province of Zhejiang and is sometimes called the Maiden of the Southern Forrest. The jade is beautifully carved with her holding a sword in her left hand and a ruyi scepter in her right, cloths flowing in the wind.

Provenance L.A. Collector
Dates Republic Period
H 6 1/4" x W 3" x D 2"

Chinese antique bronze incensor of immortal riding three legged toad, animated modeling of sage joyously riding on money toad with upraised arms and balancing on raised leg. Figure lifts off as cover to container which is the frog's body. Dark patinated bronze. Good condition.

Provenance Handley Collection
Circa 1900s, late Ching Dynasty
Size: Height 13 1/4" Width 9" Depth 6 3/4"

Chinese antique colored porcelain immortal, Sau, beautifully modeled and painted, standing with blooming peach staff, symbol of longevity & immortality, jovial countenance, facial hair attached made of grey horsehair. Yellow robe with Shou on sleeves.shoulders, and back, peaches, dragon in clouds, flying cranes, impressed cartouche on base. Good condition, some wear to overglaze.

Circa 1920s, Republic Period
Size: Height 24 1/4" x Width 9 1/2" x Depth 6 1/2"

An antique Chinese wedding wine table made entirely of Nan-mu wood. Featuring the Ming dynasty style double interlocking rings of marriage surrounding the sides of the table. Supported on the underside by inner humpback stretchers. Clear lacquer finish was used to showcase the beautiful grain of the wood while the legs and sides were carved to look like bamboo...

A pair of antique Chinese architectural spandrels hand carved in high relief from Elm wood in a reticulated design using polychrome natural color pigments. The left panel features a monkey, a fu dog and a parrot while the right panel shows a pair of cranes and a mother deer with its fawn...

Small Chinese Ming natural Celadon finished dish with ribbed interior with fluted flange. Excellent condition with natural patina consistent with age.
Celadon is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware (the term specialists now tend to use, and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was first used on greenware, but later used on other porcelains...

Small Jade fluted bowl most likely a water coupe for calligraphy. Dates from the 19th century.

Provenance Viboonoradej Collection

Dates Qing Dynasty
Size H 3/4" W 2 1/4"

Chinese Tang Dynasty Guardian, having dramatic features and detail, a magnificent terrecotta warrior. Known as mingqui in Chinese, these figures were of servants, soldiers (in male tombs) and attendants such as dancers and musicians, with many no doubt representing courtesans. In burials of people of high rank there may be soldiers and officials as well.

Provenance East Coast Collection

Dates From Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD)

Size H 22 1/4" x W 8" x D 4"

Imperial peking glass snuff bottle, beautifully formed with recessed foot.

Provenance Howard Capland "Jade Collector"
Dates from 19th century
Size H 2 3/4" x W 1 3/4" x 1"

A pair of antique Chinese Stone Fu-Dog Seals, with decorative designs around perimeter, old repair to one. Dramatic patina and well carved will seals on bottom.

LA Collector
Dates 19th century or early 20th
Size (each) H 7" x W 3.5" x D 1.5"

Antique Chinese gilt bronze Medicine Buddha, seated on lotus throne base. With hands held together upright on his lap. Eyes downcast in meditation. Base closed with cover embossed with the visvavajra or double vajra, symbolic of the thunderbolt and diamond. Wear consistent with age.

circa 17/18th century
Size 8" High x 4 3/4" Wide x 3 1/2" Deep

Chinese antique blue and white dragon vase. Three-clawed dragon flying in clouds on body with molded side handles of fu dog heads. Bottom of vase with divided lapels. Unglazed bottom with reddish color. Good condition.

Provenance McIntrye Estate
Dates 19th century
Size: H 13 1/4" x 8" Diameter