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A Group of Three Carved Jade Articles,
A Lacquer and Hardstone Screen Six-Panel Floor Screen,
A Chinese Bronze Bell,
comprising a celadon colored cicada with russet skin and incised decoration with a hole through the center, a white and opaque brown colored jade bi with a figure of a climbing qilong at the top with a taotie style mask in the bottom register and a yellow jade bi having a mouse and a dragon carved on the exterior. Height 2 3/8 inches. $1,500-2,000 785
A Group of Two Bronze Censers,
each of rectangular form, one having down pointed squared handles. Width of wider 8 1/4 inches. $500-700 786
A Chinese Bronze Censer,
of circular form with wide rim, having bands of geometric decoration at the top and bottom with the main body flanked by beast head form handles. Width 6 3/8 inches. $600-800
each panel having three recessed cartouches containing gilt and carved jade, ivory and hardstone decoration of items from the scholar’s desk and landscape scenes with flowering plants, framed by carved cinnabar and black lacquer surround having carved geometric decoration, the panels connected with metal rat-tail hinges. Height of individual panel 72 1/8 x width 16 inches. Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $5,000-7,000
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A Gilt Bronze Model of a Buddhist Disciple,
790
the figure wearing traditional robes and raised atop a rectangular base. Height 5 3/4 inches. $300-500
A Pair of Jade, Hardstone, Cloisonné and Carved Wood Lacquer Panels,
797
of vertical rectangular form, depicting various items from the scholar’s desk contained in a carved wood frame and having a black lacquer reserve. Height of panels 36 3/4 x width 25 inches; height overall 39 1/4 x width 27 1/2 inches. Property of a Private Collector, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000
A Group of Tourmaline and Jade Toggles,
791*
798
A Carved Coral Model of a Woman,
787
having double dragon looped handle at the top, the body with decoration in relief of a dragon and phoenix chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds with mountains below. Height 10 3/4 inches. $300-500
comprising a tourmaline fruit form toggle with silk and pearl cord and a white jade knot form toggle with seed pearls and a silk cord having three jadeite linked rings. Length overall of longest 9 inches. $800-1,200
A Chinese Bronze Lidded Circular Box,
of low form flanked by handles, on a splayed foot, having a six-character Xuande seal mark to the base. Width of over handles 7 1/4 inches. $400-600
of deep orange color depicting a standing woman holding a basket of flowers, raised on a wood base. Height 7 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Gabriel Calbeto de Grau, Barcelona, Spain $800-1,200
having decoration on the lid of a lion beneath flowering trees, together with a small bronze baluster form vase. Diameter of first 2 3/4 inches. $800-1,200
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An Agate Cameo Carved Toggle,
A Circular Bronze Censer,
A Chinese Hardstone and Lacquer Five Panel Floor Screen,
having mother-of-pearl and hardstone decoration throughout atop a black lacquer reserve, the reverse having polychrome painted decoration of birds on blossoming flowers. Height of each panel 76 x width 17 inches. $1,500-2,000 788A
A Chinese Five Panel Hardstone and Lacquer Floor Screen,
the front of the screen depicting items from the scholar’s desk in various types of hardstone and bone inlay, having carved wood figural decoration at the top of the panels and at the ends of the screen, the reverse of the screen having lacquered black reserve with gilt sprays and roundels. Height 75 x width 17 inches. $1,500-2,000
A Coral Carving of Shoulao,
of a pink hue, shown holding a peach branch and a craggy staff. Height 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Gabriel Calbeto de Grau, Barcelona, Spain $800-1,200 793
A Rhinoceros Horn Handled Walking Stick,
19th century, of typical form with a crook handle atop a wood shaft. Width of handle at widest 5 inches. Property of a Private Collector, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 794
A Set of Four Chinese Erotic Scenes on Porcelain, of rectangular form with enameled decoration, contained in wood frames. Height visible 8 5/8 x width 11 3/8 inches. $400-600
799 of grey colored stone with brown skin, depicting three climbing monkeys atop a double gourd flanked by two other gourds with a butterfly at the side. Height 2 1/4 inches. $800-1,200 800*
A Group of Two Hardwood Calligraphy Brushes,
one of turned form and having a double band at the top, with turned knob at the base, having beaded rim with grey bristles, the other of turned form with bead element at the top and the base, both unsigned. Height of tallest handle 4 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kammeier, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: MinGei Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, 1991 $800-1,200
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ASIAN WORKS OF ART