Important Two-Day Winter Auction 1/25/2020
Day 1: Saturday, January 25th at 9:00 AM EST - Lots 1 – 758 Day 2: Sunday, January 26th at 1:00 PM EST - Lots 759 – 1,062 LOT # 1
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3 Pc. Chinese Export Silver Tea Service Chinese Export Heng Li, Tientsin (Tianjin) 3-piece sterling silver tea service, including tea pot, creamer pitcher, and covered sugar bowl, each with repousse vignettes of flowering branches, potted plants, and landscape scenes with a figure in a boat, bamboo-form handles and teapot spout, and round bases. Chinese character marks stamped underside of the bases. Ranging in size from 3 7/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 3 1/4" D to 5 7/8" H x 8 3/8" W x 5" D. 25.545 total troy ounces. Circa 1900. Condition: Overall good condition with normal wear, surface scratches. 1/2" dent to bottom of tea pot spout. 1,200.00 - 1,400.00
Pair of China Trade Scenes, U.S. Flag Attributed to Namcheong (Chinese, active 1840-1870), pair of oval Chinese Export harbor scene paintings depicting trade ships at the Whampoa Anchorage in the Pearl River Delta Region. Includes one painting of ships sailing below the nine story pagoda at Whampoa Reach; the other with coastline and multiple ships including one, in the background, bearing an American flag. Both housed in mid-20th century carved giltwood oval frames. Unsigned. Sight - 16 3/8" H x 12 3/8" W. Framed - 20" H x 16" W. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee Collection. Note: Namcheong, also spelled Nam Cheong, was a painter who likely had a studio in Whampoa. He was frequently commissioned to create ship and port scenes by Western clients including Thomas Hunt of Salem, Mass. Many of his canvases share the same oval format and compositional interplay of light on water; the 9-tiered pagoda at Whampoa Reach was frequently illustrated in his paintings. (Ref. Carl L. Crossman, "The China Trade," Princeton: The Pyne Press, 1972, p. 67-71). Provenance: Private Southeast Tennessee collection. Condition: Both canvases with overall craquelure, wear to canvas at
LOT # stretcher lines. Old wax relining to canvas. One frame with losses to the bottom edge. Scattered tiny flakes, grime and inclusions. 1,400.00 1,800.00 3
Attr. He Xuren, Winter Landscape Plaque Attributed to He Xuren (Chinese, 1882-1940), signed grisaille winter landscape painting on porcelain, depicting a lone man fishing in a river, his small boat set against a snow-covered bank. Signed with seal mark upper right and dated 1937. Housed in a hardwood molded frame with shaped metal ornament at top center. Sight - 15" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed - 22" H x 16 1/2" W. Provenance: Private Nashville collection. Condition: Plaque: Excellent condition. Frame: Minor wear and scuffs. 2,400.00 - 2,800.00
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Chinese Duan Inkstone with Bats Elaborate and substantial Chinese inkstone, carved with bats flying in clouds with precious scholar objects, the rectangular form raised on molded bracket feet. 2 1/4" H x 12" L x 8 1/8" D. Republic Period, early 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville collection. Condition: Scattered surface abrasions, minor wear and light scratching, overall good condition. 500.00 - 600.00
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Chinese Jade Boulder Carving and Brush Pot Chinese Jade boulder carving and brush pot, 2 items total. 1st item: Large white jade boulder depicting a landscape with figures on both sides beneath trees and a building above the tree foliage. Some russet inclusions and shading throughout. Base marked "H349", possibly for a museum inventory number. Includes a hardwood stand with circular base. Boulder - 5 1/4" H. 2nd item: Spinach jade brush pot with carved vine and foliage around the perimeter