Asian Art Online | Skinner Auction 2837T

Asian Art online Sale 2837T

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1001 Painting of a Procession with an Elephant, India, 20th century, watercolor and gold on paper, depicting an elephant wearing a howdah and carrying a ruler and attendants, the elephant forming part of a larger procession of men on foot, framed and glazed, painting 13 3/4 x 11 in. $200-300 1002 Painting of a Royal Procession, India, 19th century, watercolor and gold on silk, depicting a large palace overlooking the water, with many figures in the courtyard below including a ruler riding an elephant and many courtiers, some riding horses, dancing, gathering water, and holding fireworks, framed and glazed, sight size 17 x 20 1/2 in. $1,200-1,500

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1003 Two Mughal Paintings, India, 20th century, each depicting a durbar scene in a walled garden with a presiding ruler seated on a podium and visitors in a queue, bordered with floral and foliate margins, color on fabric, framed and glazed, 20 x 13 7/8 in with one in landscape format. $300-500

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1004 Two Folios of Miniature Paintings, India, 20th century, printed with watercolor and gold on paper, one painting depicting a seated ruler drinking from a cup, wearing a red angarkha, a panel of calligraphy above, the other depicting a ruler riding an elephant in the central panel with a snow leopard and a horse in panels above and below, with printed passages of calligraphy in reserves in between the paintings, sizes to 11 x 7 in. $500-700 1005 Pair of Cast Bronze Deer with Antlers, India, 19th/20th century, seated with one foreleg outstretched and the other folded, looking straight ahead, each caparisoned with an ornate saddle and ornamental coverings including a lace-like band around the neck, ht. 27 5/8, wd. 30 1/2 in. $700-900

1006 Two Miniature Paintings, one Persia, 19th century, depicting two gentlemen and two ladies drawing water from a well in a grove of trees filled with birds, ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, sight size 8 1/4 x 5; the other India, 20th century, depicting an erotic scene with a couple at the center surrounded by young women, ink and gilt on bone, framed, sight size 10 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. $250-350 1007 Silver Bracelet, Persia, open circular hoop terminating in stylized serpent heads, with incised scales at the necks, dia. 2 5/8 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection. $300-500 1008 Silver Armlet, Persia, 1200-1600s BC style, open oval hoop tapering at the ends, terminating in the findings for a clasp, the ends covered with a separate piece of hollow metal, decorated with raised dots and beehive-form mounds, raised circles on the interior, dia. 4 3/8 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection. $800-1,000 1009 Silver Talisman Pendant, Persia, square with a lobed arch topped with a loophole, decorated with chased birds, a rider on horseback on the reverse and various symbols and characters on the sides, encasing a shaped lapis lazuli in a bezel setting, with engraved designs and calligraphy, ht. 1 3/4, wd.

1 1/8 in. $700-900 1010 Bronze Flat Pin, Persia, the large circular head decorated with a fivepetaled flower motif and six raised circles, all surrounded by smaller raised circles and supported by a flat pressed joint that extends to a round pin, incised with geometric patterns, lg. 10 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection. $300-500

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1011 Pair of Terra-cotta Wall Mounts, eastern India, possibly Gupta Period (320 to 550 CE), each depicting a Yaksi in relief, 6 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. $200-400 1012 Blue and White Earthenware Tile, India, Northwest region of Surat, 19th century, pointed dome-shape, decorated with a floral design in the center bordered with two bands of foliate and floral motifs in underglaze blue, green, and white, the sides with floral scroll bands, ht. 12 7/8, wd. 12 3/4, dp. 2 1/2 in. $500-700 1013 Two Pairs of Carved Architectural Elements, India, each depicting a rearing leogryph with its forelegs raised above a legendary elephant, to 19 x 26 in. $500-700 1014 Two Pairs of Carved Architectural Elements, India, each depicting a rearing leogryph with its forelegs raised above a legendary elephant, to 23 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. $500-700 1015 Two Pairs of Carved Architectural Elements, India, each depicting a rearing leogryph gnawing on a palmette branch, partially painted, ht. to 20 in. $300-500 1016 Three Carved Architectural Elements, India, a pair depicting three mythical animals each with a legendary bird on top; and one depicting a horse rider with a figure defeated under his horse, ht. to 31 3/8 in. $400-600 1017 Glazed Ceramic Plate, Iran, 20th century, with Islamic calligraphy in a circle surrounded by a radial floral design, a floral and foliate band around the rim, in underglaze blue, dia. 9 in. $400-600

1019 Tibetan Document Box, Tibet, 20th century, the front depicting an elephant wearing a tiger skin draped over its body, in a foliated cartouche, polychrome on wood, 10 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. $200-500 1020 Gilt-lacquered Bronze Buddha Statue, Thailand, late 19th century, Rattanakosin style, seated crosslegged in dhyanasana with his right hands in bhumisparsa mudra, his head without ushnisha, dressed in a robe filled with molded floral and foliate roundels and bands, some details with glass insets, mounted on a threetiered pyramid-like throne, the back lacquered in red with two loopholes, ht.

19 1/4, wd. 16 3/4 in. $700-900 1021 Covered Storage Box, Tibet, with metal lock on front and ring fittings on back painted on wood with the front side decorated with tiger skin-inspired design in a rectangular panel and foliate scroll designs in wedge-shape panels to four corners, 32 x 46 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. $700-900 1022 Bench Table with Hinged Cover, Tibet, sectioned with bordered bands, painted on wood with the front decorated with a dragon-and-phoenix design against a red ground and a ball on the two sides, plain back, the bands decorated with various floral sprays against a black ground, 16 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. $500-700

1023 Cloisonné Covered Bowl and Vase, China and Japan, the bowl, compressed globular shape, resting on a raised foot, slightly domed cover with a knop, decorated with a bird-and flower design against a blue ground with cloud motif, two stickers on base, ht. 5 3/4, dia. 10; and the vase, six-sided baluster-shape, with waisted neck and flaring mouth, decorated with patterned bands of stylized dragons, phoenixes, and bats, ht. 12 in. $200-300 1024 Cloisonné Covered Chalice, China, decorated with floral spray designs against a black ground with trellis, scrolls, and swirls, divided with patterned bands, the domed cover with a lotus knop, ht. 8 3/4 in. $300-500 1025 Cloisonné Covered Bowl, Japan, 20th century, globular, resting on three short foot, decorated with auspicious animals and emblems in two sections divided with two geometric bands, a floral circular design on the base, slightly convex cover with a blue covered bowl-shape knop, ht. 10 in. $700-900 1026 Cloisonné Gilt-copper Clock, China, 19th century, with a square cloisonné base mounted on four winged mythical bird feet, the round watch enclosed in a carved roundel decorated with palmette scrolls in relief and pierced design, mounted on a cloisonné column decorated with metalwork bands, dated “1891” engraved on the back of the watch, ht. 9 1/4 in. $700-900 1027 Cloisonné Vase, China, balustershape with waisted neck and bottom, flared rim, resting on a short raised foot, decorated with floral and foliate scrolls of lotuses against a light blue ground, between two lappet bands around neck and bottom, a band of ruyi clouds around the mouth rim, ht.

13 in. $300-500

1028 Four Cloisonné Vases, China and Japan, late 19th/20th century, all of baluster form, one decorated with a pair of dragons facing each other with a pearl between them, on a black ground inlaid with clouds above a lishui border at the base, a ruyi-head border at the mouth and shoulders, ht. 9; one decorated with alternating panels of butterflies, flower vines, and a phoenix, a band of abstract patterns on a metallic ground at the shoulders, ht. 8 1/2; one decorated with fleur-de-lis motifs in metallic green, purple, and blue on a black enamel ground, ht. 7 1/8; and one decorated with cartouches depicting stylized phoenixes in metallic enamels, a floral border at the neck, ht. 7 1/4 in. $200-300

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1018 Shrine, Tibet, possibly 18th century, polychrome pigments on wood, rectangular with a tri-lobed arch, with ten Buddhas and deities each residing in a niche, originally fitted with a pair of doors, 24 x 14 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. $400-600

1029 Pair of Cloisonné Vases, China, 20th century, four-lobed baluster-shape, with a waisted neck, flaring rim, and resting on a splayed stem foot, decorated with a millefleurs design in three sections divided by a band or two with ruyi-cloud designs, ht. 9 3/4 in. $300-500 1030 Cloisonné Covered Jar and Cloisonné Vase, a cloisonné covered jar, Japan, 19th/20th century, squat round body decorated with floral roundels depicting chrysanthemums on a black and gold swirled ground, on three foliate feet, ht. 4 3/4 in; and a cloisonné vase, flared tubular form, decorated with blue and pink peonies and a butterfly on a white ground embellished with a cloud pattern, a border of ruyi-heads at the rim, ht. 7 1/2 in. $300-500 1031 Pair of Sheet Metal Hanging Lanterns, Japan, 20th century, hexagonal with a latched door, decorated with a pierced honeycomb design, surmounted with a petaled floral cover with domed center, chased details, resting on a hexagonal base with six two-sided shaped feet, pointed dome-shape knop with semicircular handle, ht. 11 1/4 in. $300-500

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1032 Two Metal Locks with Keys, Korea, 19th/20th century, a long, rectangular cast iron lock, with a tubular lock with the center curving outward like a belly for a navel-shaped keyhole, 5 x 6 7/8; and one yellow brass in the shape of fish with a tubular lock running across the top, the front decorated with punched rings and scale design, with two stick-shape keys, 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. $700-900 1033 Pair of Brass Candle Holders, Korea, late 20th century, each on a long baluster, holding a long lobed fanshape reflector, a tubular candle holder on a round dish, mounted on a round stem-foot dish shape base, decorated with chased floral and foliate scrolls over a ground filled with punched rings and a su character and cut and nailed bats on the reflector, ht. to 26 in. $200-300 1034 Two Bronze Items, China, Ming dynasty-style, a bottle-shape vase with slightly pressed pear-shape body, resting on a slightly splayed foot, decorated with raised rings to waist, neck, and near rim, ht. 7 1/8; a stem cup decorated with raised rings, hollowed base, ht. 2 1/8 in. $400-600

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1035 Two Metal Vases, Japan, 20th century, a bronze crane-neck bottle vase, mottled, incised “Eishun,” on base, ht. 10 3/8; and a copper elongated peach-shape vase without neck, hammered texture, incised “Jushan” on base, ht. 5 1/2 in. $400-600

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1036 Bronze Censer, China, 19th/20th century, bombé-form, decorated with two cartouches each incised with figures in a landscape scene, flanked by a pair of duck-head handles and supported on three feet, four-character mark on base, ht. 6 3/4, dia. 7 1/2 in. $400-600 1037 Bronze Vase, Japan, 19th century, bulbous shape, the shoulders with two maple leaves in low relief, each with the stem forming two handles and two other leaves rising from the foot, ht. 10 1/2 in. $300-500

1038 Cast Alloy Ritual Vessel, China, in the shape of a mythical bird with two horns, decorated with archaic-style designs and scrolls, the oval cover with a bird-shape finial, ht. 14 1/4 in. $500-700 1039 Bronze Writing Case, Yatate, Japan, 19th century, the writing case cover decorated with a well-reticulated rabbit, lg. 8 3/4 in. $500-700 1040 Silver Comb, China, early 20th century, the double-arched top engraved with birds, flowers, and butterflies against a diapered ground, unmarked, lg. 3 5/8 in. $300-500 1041 Two Silver-clad Wood Sake Cups, Japan, 20th century, upturned bellshape, resting on a short raised foot, with a conforming silk box, with printed mark “Ikkaku Sai of Nagoya” on the cover interior, ht. 1, dia. 1 7/8 in. $500-700 1042 Three Silverwork Items, China, a chatelaine with five chains including those for an ear pick and a nail cleaner, overall lg. 13 1/2; a set of three fingernail guards with chased and repoussé decoration, lg. to 3; and a cross-shape filigree pendant, ht. 2 1/8 in. $200-300 1043 Silver Necklace with Jade Pendant and Six Jadeite Buttons, China, the necklace with gold-plated silver chain and clasp and apple green jade pendant carved in the shape of gourd with foliate scrolls, lg. 8 1/4, jade ht.

1; the buttons, rounded square with a loop, apple green stone with white inclusions, dia. 5/8 in. $300-500 1044 Plique-à-jour Bowl, Japan, 19th/20th century, with silver-clad rim, decorated with silver wired flowers and leaves painted with translucent enamels, resting on three small silver clad feet, ht. 2 1/2, 4 7/8 in. $300-500

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1045 Painted Yixing Teapot, China, rounded rectangular form with gnarled branch-shape handle and spout, the body and cover decorated with carved and painted foliate grapevine scrolls and a squirrel, square mark on base, the cover interior with “Shun Quan” mark, ht. 4 1/2, wd. 7 1/2 in. $400-600 1046 Yixing Teapot with Robin’s Eggglazed Exterior, China, flattened round form with slightly waisted sides, a short spout, and a geometric handle, the flat cover decorated with a raised rim and a flattened round knop with a steam hole in the center, unglazed clay interiors, mark on base, ht. 2 5/8, wd.

6 5/8 in. $300-500 1047 Three Water Droppers, one Korea, blue-glazed porcelain, in the shape of a rolled fish, with carved details, two holes on top; one possibly Vietnam, blue and white porcelain, in the shape of a duck floating on water, a hole in its beak and another on its back; and one China, carved rock crystal, oval bowl-shape, decorated with a carved bat, a hole in the spout, lg. to 2 3/4, ht. to 2 1/8 in. $300-500 1048 Malachite Brush Rest and Dried Buddha’s Hand Citron, China, both in natural forms, the brush rest on a wood stand, lg. 4 3/4; the citron with a carved stem attached, lg. 6 1/8 in. $400-600 1049 Four Tea Accessories, Japan, a brass tea scoop with repoussé details, lg. 8 3/8; two tea stirrers in a bamboo-stalk case, ht. 9 1/8; a yellow-glazed pottery covered incense case in the shape of a coiled snake, signed “Shiroyama” on bisque base, dia. 2 3/4; and a yellowglazed covered bowl in the shape of a melon, ht. 2 3/4 in. $500-700 1050 Wood Bitong, China, cylindrical, slightly waisted around the middle, with a circular hole to base, with a separately carved plug, plain, both interior and exterior lightly lacquered in dark brown, ht. 5 3/8, dia. 5 5/8 in. $200-300

1052 Large Hardwood Brush Pot, China, 20th century, cylindrical and gently waisted, with a leveled base, ht. 10, dia. 8 3/4 in. $150-250 1053 Blue-ground Brush Pot, China, 20th century, decorated in gilt with roundels of stylized auspicious flowers, including lotus, peony, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms, gilt rim, six-character Qianlong mark on recessed base, ht.

6 in. $500-700 1054 Ge-type High-legged Censer, China, Song dynasty style, a deep bowl with two upright loop handles at the rim, supported on three tall hollowed tubular legs, with an overall pale green glaze suffused with dark and fine golden crackle, ht. 6 5/8 in. $400-600 1055 Turquoise Blue-glazed Brush Washer, China, possibly for the Iranian market, compressed globular shape, resting on a short foot with unglazed footring, metal-clad rim, the opaque glaze with overall crackling, a “CUNLIFFE” sticker on base, ht. 2 1/8, dia. 4 1/4 in. $300-500 1056 Rosewood Bitong Brush Pot, China, cylindrical, with slightly waisted sides, a circular plug to the center of the underside, the wood lacquered in dark brown, ht. 5 1/4, dia. 5 3/4 in. $200-300

1057 Two Black-glazed Jizhou Tea Bowls, China, Song dynasty style, one rounded cone-shape, resting on an unglazed footring, the interior depicting a stylized flower and leaf brushed in brown slip, ht. 1 7/8, dia. 4 3/4; the other conical form with a slightly flared mouth rim, resting on a short straight foot, the black glaze with bluish metallic oil spots of various sizes on the interior and near the rim of the exterior, the rim in underglaze brown, ht. 1 7/8, dia. 4 3/4 in. $1,000-2,000 1058 Hardwood Brush Pot, China, 20th century, lotus form, the rim of the mouth shaped like a lotus rising from fluted columns, with a carved lotus base, ht. 5 3/4 in. $200-300 1059 Carved Bamboo Bitong, China, hexagonal, with two narrower sides, each side depicting a Daoist paradise with trees and rocks, water with bridge, mountains with clouds, and figures at leisure in a rectangular panel, the protruding rims of mouth and base separately carved and joined, as are the four bracket feet under the base, ht. 6 5/8, dia. to 5 3/4 in. $300-500 1060 Two Bronze Ink and Pen Holders, China, 20th century, one depicting scrolling dragons in a cartouche on the inkwell with a leaf finial and a crane, peanut, and gourd in high relief on the pen holder, the other depicting plum, bamboo, and pine in cartouches with a gourd and vine finial, the pen holder decorated with a gourd and vines in high relief, lg. to 12 3/4 in. $300-500 1061 Wood Bitong Brush Pot, China, possibly of zitan, cylindrical with faintly waisted middle, plain, decorated with two raised rings around mouth and foot rims, ht. 5 3/8, mouth dia. 4 7/8 in. $300-500

1063 Three Scholar’s Objects, China, 20th century, an agate wine cup, a Ge-type censer, and a small clair-de-lune brush washer, dia. to 2 3/4 in. $400-600 1064 Three Teacups, Japan, 20th century, one with caramel color glaze and an incised bird, by Toshi Ohi, one with metallic and white glaze, by Ken Matsuzaki, and one with a pinkish orange glaze, by Saka Koraizaimon XII, ht. to 3 3/4 in. $300-500 1065 Blue-glazed Brush Washer, China, compressed globular shape with rolled rim, resting on a short foot, whiteglazed rim, base, and interior, unglazed footring, with a double ring mark in underglaze blue on recessed base, with a round wood stand, dia. to 2 3/4 in. $700-900

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1051 Scholar’s Root Sculpture, China, a natural soft wood root carved and enhanced to balance on four legs, ht. 7 1/4, wd. 13 in. $200-300

1066 Soapstone Carving of Two Figures, China, with a laughing Budai seated leaning on his right arm and holding a leaf in his left, a boy with a stringed hat on his back, genuflecting to hold a mythical animal with three hooves, yellowish brown stone with russet markings, ht.4 1/4, wd. 7 3/8 in. $700-900 1067 Pair of Soapstone Seals, China, 20th century, near square chop with square face, surmounted with a carved shishi lion playing with a ball along with two cubs, red-brown stone with pebbled inclusions, ht. 5 7/8 in. $400-600 1068 Pair of Soapstone Seals, China, 20th century, rectangular chop with square face, surmounted with a carved shishi lion with two cubs, red brown stone mottled with black inclusions, ht. 4 3/4 in. $200-300

1062 Yixing Tea Container, China, 20th century, Qian Zejun (1972-), tea jar with four decorative panels depicting two famous ladies and carved with two poem couplets, each side inscribed and dated “bingwu” year (1966), the base signed “qian ze jun zhi,” ht. 5 in. $200-300

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1069 Eight Inscribed Stone Seals, China, six square-face seals including one, rectangular, with a carved qilin, white stone; one rectangular, with a domed loop, purple brown stone; one, flat plain square, gray stone; one, near square, with an angled corner, purple stone; one, plain rectangular, mottled green stone; one, rectangular, mottled stone in red and gray; one, flat rectangular, olive green stone; and one, cylindrical, plain, of hone, all used, ht. to 3 1/8, wd. to 1 1/4 in. $300-500

1075 Jade Carving of Shoulao, China, 20th century, depicted in an oval stone, with stylized lingzhi mushrooms, gray stone with mottled green and russet markings, ht. 3 1/2 in. $200-300

1070 Hardstone Carving of a Woman, China, 20th century, standing dressed in a Tang dynasty-style robe and hairdo, with a mirror in her hands, stone of olive green with pink to russet markings, ht. 12 in. $400-600

1077 Three Black Jade and Hardstone Plaques, China, one rectangular, black jade with dark green tint, decorated with a carved Guanyin on one side; one rectangular, black hardstone, with carved Avalokitesvara on one side and sutra on the other, drilled; and one rounded rectangular form, black hardstone with dark green tint, with a carved figural landscape on one side, drilled, sizes to 2 3/5 x 1 5/8 in. $400-600

1071 Jadeite Bangle and a Jadeite Pendant, China, the pendant depicting a carp and a lotus blossom with a coin and a ball, the stone ranging from pale celadon to apple green, 14kt gold clasp, total lg. 2; and a bangle ranging from celadon to apple green, dia. 3 1/4 in. $600-800

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1072 Jade Plaque Pendant, China, rectangular, decorated in bas relief with calligraphy on one side and a scholar with a boy under a pine tree on the other, both depicted in rectangular panels surrounded with archaic-style motifs, pale celadon stone, 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. $200-300

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1073 Jade Bi Disc, China, decorated with swirled nipples to both sides, flanked by two facing openwork chilongs and topped with a domed spire, mutton fat white stone with hints of opaque creamy white markings to bottom, ht. 2 7/8, wd. 3 1/2, disc dia. 2 3/8 in. $300-400

1076 Hardstone Covered Box, China, decorated with bird and flower designs, spinach green stone with russet and white markings, 2 x 5 x 3 3/4 in. $100-200

1078 Agate Belt Hook and Button, China, the belt hook carved in the form of a stylized dragon head with a smaller archaic-style openwork dragon, golden brown stone with red inclusions; and a button in the form of a chrysanthemum with carved concave petals, belt hook wd. 3 1/2; button dia. 2 3/4 in. $600-900 1079 Jadeite Bangle and Pendant, China, the gold plated bangle, hinged with gold plated clasp and chain, decorated with incised floral motifs, stone of gray with apple green and white matrix, dia. 2 3/4; and an openwork pendant with a catfish, lotus flower, bud, and leaf, gray stone with dark green, apple green, and russet markings, stringed with a pink stone bead and two clusters of pearly beads, pendant ht.

2 1/4 in. $250-350

1074 Woven Necklace with Jade Pendant and Bone Beads, China, the ovoid, quatrefoil pendant, incised with ruyiheads, pale celadon stone, lg. 1 1/2 in. $100-200

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1080 Ten Assorted Seals, China, a trapezoidal jadeite chop, plain; a rectangular jadeite chop with a square seal face and a carved shishi on top; two square soapstone chops, each with a carved shishi on top; an oval hexagonal rock crystal chop with pointed arch, plain; a U-shape soapstone chop with an oval seal face, incised with fish and lotus; a cylindrical white soapstone chop with gray to white markings; a rectangular soapstone chop with a square seal face; a natural stone-shape stone chop with white stripes; and a small square metal seal with loophole on top, from ht. 1/2 to 3 1/4 in. $300-500 1081 Carved Hardstone Box and Cover, China, 19th/20th century, square, decorated with carved bird-and-flower designs on its cover and sides, spinach green stone with darker inclusions, with wood stand, ht. 1 7/8, wd. 4 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the Priem Gunn-Latchford Collection. $300-500 1082 White Stone Box, China, and England, the hinged cover bordered with rectangular red marble chips, with an amethyst carving on the top of the cover, inscribed “Manufactured in England� to base, 1 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. $500-700 1083 Prayer Bead Necklace, China, of 108 apple green jadeite beads divided in three sections by three flattened globular stone beads, a stone pendant with tassel, lg. to tassel 26 in. $400-600 1084 Three Hardstone Bangles, China, a jadeite bangle, stone of apple green to light purple matrix; a nephrite bangle, white stone with hint of yellow, white inclusions; and a hardstone bangle with carved scroll design, gray stone with apple green and purple marks, dia. from 3 to 3 1/2 in. $300-500 1085 Carved Tablet of a Horse, China, Han dynasty-style, in a flying position with yin-yang circle on its back, wd. 3 1/2 in. $200-300

1087 Four Jadeite Items, China, a long rectangular brooch decorated with openwork auspicious emblems, lg. 2 5/8; an openwork rectangular pendant stringed with a glass bead, jade ht.

1 7/8; a shaped silverwork brooch conform a carved bat on top, with a hinged clasp, wd. 1 5/8; a rectangular double-happiness pendant, ht. 3/4 in. $300-500 1088 Four Hardstone Carvings, China, a seated shishi lion, drilled to mouth; a mythical fish, drilled for a string with a black bead; a seated camel; and a pebble-shape pendant decorated with Shoulao with a bat in deep relief on one side, stringed, all stones celadon with russet to gray markings and white to gray inclusions, ht. to 3 5/8, wd. to 3 1/2 in. $300-500 1089 Agate Carving of a Fisherman, China, standing on a rock with waves, holding two fish in his both hands, near an openwork basket with floral scrolls, russet stone with yellow markings, with wood stand, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 9 in. $400-600 1090 Soapstone Carving of a Horse, China, reclined with its right foreleg raised and the head facing back, mottled stone of celadon and dark brown, with a conforming wood lacquered stand, ht. 5 3/8, wd. 9 3/4 in. $200-300 1091 Amber Snuff Bottle, China, in the form of a natural pebble, with a threecharacter incised mark on base, with a small jade and metalwork stopper, lg. 2 in. $500-700

1092 Jadeite Snuff Bottle, China, flattened baluster form, with a small flat oval foot and a flared mouth rim, carved with archaic-style animal mask and ring handles at the shoulders, ht. 2 1/2 in. $500-700 1093 Jade Snuff Bottle, China, 19th century, depicting Liu Hai carrying a frog on his left shoulder and wearing a lotus leaf hat, resting his right foot on a coin, well hollowed, gray celadon stone with white inclusions, ht. 4 in. $800-1,000 1094 Jade Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, flattened purse shape, slight indentation to base, pale celadon stone, with a pink stone stopper, ht. 2 5/8 in. $700-900 1095 Jade Pebble and Metal Snuff Bottle, China, 19th century, with a white metal case conforming to the natural shape of the pebble, one side incised to depict a peony in full bloom in high relief, the other side showing the jade pebble, celadon stone with russet inclusions, the metalwork stopper inlaid with five red stones, ht. 3 in. $200-400 1096 Jadeite Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval flask-shape with a short widening neck, resting on a short raised oval foot, well hollowed, plain, apple green stone striated with gray and dark green markings, oval button-shape stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8 in. $500-700 1097 Jade Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval, with straight neck, plain, well hollowed, celadon stone striated with white inclusions, slightly domed agate stopper, (missing collar and spoon), ht. 3 in. $500-700

1098 Shoulao-shaped Pink Jadeite Snuff Bottle, China, with Shoulao seated on a lotus leaf holding a peach in his left and a staff in his right, topped with a floral bud-shape black resin stopper, stone of gray mottled with peach and red brown and dark blots, two holes to the back with a metal ring, ht. 3 in. $300-500 1099 Jade Snuff Bottle with Corn Husks, China, 19th/20th century, flattened rectangular form with two dragonhead loop ears over the shoulder to the neck, the body encircled with a continuous row of corn stalks above stylized waves with ducks, all carved in high relief with incised details, ovoid jade stopper with a button-shape knob, translucent celadon stone with russet markings and gray inclusions, ht. 3 1/4 in. $500-700

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1086 Jade Ornaments and Accessories, China, a pair of 18kt gold earrings, each with an elongated teardropshape nephrite pendant and a bead; two gold rings including one with two jade beads in prong setting and one with rectangular flat-top jade in bezel setting; three small pebble-shape jade and jadeite ornaments with openwork carvings on top; and a jade brooch set in a gold frame decorated with a gold plate foliate design to a side, earring lg. 1 7/8, ring dia. to 5/8, ornament to 1 1/4 in. $300-400

1100 Three Peking Glass Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, one flattened round form with a flat oval foot, translucent brown glass with black streaks painted on the inside, brown Peking glass stopper; one flattened oval form with a flat oval foot, opaque milky glass with beige and white streaks, red glass and metalwork stopper; and one flattened rectangular form with beveled edges and a flat oval foot, with green, purple and brown marbling, round amethyst stopper, ht. to 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1101 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, oval form with a raised oval foot, decorated with three monkeys holding a branch of peaches, well hollowed, carved to enhance the natural coloring of the stone which ranges from russet brown to gray and creamy white, with a round agate stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1102 Two Agate Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened round form with a concave oval foot, decorated with a fisherman catching a fish carved to incorporate the color of the stone, with an orange agate stopper; the other flattened rectangular form with a raised oval foot, decorated with two scholars under a pine tree, with a brown agate stopper, ht. to 2 1/2 in. $300-500

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1103 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, round form with a raised oval foot, the flat front carved with a hawk and a tiger beneath a pine tree, the stone ranging in color from caramel brown to pale gray, with a round reddish brown stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1104 Two Agate Snuff Bottles, China, both ranging in color from russet brown to pale gray, one round form with a concave round foot, carved on one side with three scholars playing go beneath a pine tree, with a round brown agate stopper, ht. 3; and one flattened round form with a flat oval foot, carved on one side with two boys playing with a lingzhi mushroom, with a domed green stone stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1105 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, round form with a raised oval foot and a straight neck, beige stone with caramel brown skin, the skin of the stone carved to depict two of the Daoist immortals seated in a boat, another reclining in a cloud above, with a rounded agate stopper, ht. 3 in. $300-500

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1106 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, tapered baluster form, with a flat oval foot and a slightly flared neck, grayish blue stone with a bat carved into the caramel brown skin, with a crazed yellow glass stopper, ht. 3 in. $300-500

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1107 Hardstone Snuff Bottle, China, possibly tiger iron, flattened oval form with a raised oval foot and a straight neck, carved with a bat holding two coins and two peaches in its mouth, with a domed red glass stopper, ht. 2 3/8 in. $300-500 1108 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened square form with rounded shoulders, with a slightly raised oval foot and a straight neck, the slightly concave front carved with a monkey riding a deer, a bird and an insect flying above, pale gray and beige stone with caramel brown inclusions, with a caramel brown agate stopper with jewel knob, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500

1109 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, bottle form with a round pedestal foot, carved with an openwork dragon reaching for a pearl incorporating the red skin of the stone, with a ceramic stopper, ht. 3 1/8 in. $200-400 1110 Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century, warm grayish brown stone striated with gray to russet bands and markings, one flattened horizontal oviform, well hollowed, three stoppers with a domed red stone stopper in the center flanked by two metalwork stoppers topped with domed blue and green stone tops, the blue stopper with spoon, ht. 2 1/4, wd.

2 5/8; one round with a concave round foot, carved with a boy standing on a leaf with a bat hovering above, with an agate finial stopper, ht. 2 7/8; one flattened round form with a flat oval foot, carved with a monkey holding a lingzhi mushroom, with a round agate stopper 2 3/8; and one flattened oval form with a flat oval foot, carved with two bats and a peach, with an agate finial stopper, ht. 2 1/2 in. $500-700 1111 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, round form with a raised wide oval foot, carved to depict a horse on one side and two men and a three-legged toad on the other using the natural inclusions of the stone, stone ranging in color from pale gray to caramel brown, with a coral glass stopper, ht. 2 7/8 in. $300-500 1112 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, round with a raised oval foot and a straight neck, carved with two three-legged toads, one holding a coin and exhaling clouds, beige stone with caramel brown skin and inclusions, agate stopper with a jewel knob, ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500 1113 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened lotus bud form with a flat oval foot, carved with petals ending in points at the mouth and decorated with two boys playing on a lotus plant, one releasing a bat, the carvings incorporating the natural red and pale gray coloring of the stone, with a spherical red agate stopper, ht. 3 in. $300-500

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1114 Black Hardstone Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval form, with a raised oval foot and a straight neck, the brown skin of the stone carved to depict a boy playing with a bat, a lingzhi mushroom below, with a rounded beige stone stopper, ht. 3 1/4 in. $300-500 1115 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form with straight sides, with a raised oval foot, carved with faux lion mask and ring handles, caramel brown stone with gray inclusions, with a coral glass stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1116 Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, one oviform with short straight neck, brown stone with clusters of russet inclusions outlined in white agate stopper of similar pattern with jewel knob, ht. 2 1/2; one baluster form with a concave oval foot and slightly flared neck, with carved lion mask and ring handles, pale gray stone with brown spotted inclusions, with a rounded tiger’s-eye stopper, ht.

2 3/4; and one flattened round with a raised oval foot, with carved lion mask and ring handles, beige and caramel colored stone with banded geometric inclusions, with a gray agate stopper with jewel knob, ht. 3 1/8 in. $300-500 1117 Jasper Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, oviform tapering toward bottom, short straight neck, stone of crimson with clusters of pink to white markings and black lines, olive-green stopper with slightly domed top, ht. 2 5/8 in. $300-500 1118 Striated Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, rounded long rectangularshape, on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, stone of light gray brown with two white streaks, stopper with a carved squirrel, ht. 2 5/8 in. $200-400 1119 Striated Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, rounded rectangular with straight neck, on a raised foot, decorated with carved animal masks to sides, dark brown stone with streaks including a closed streak in white, agate stopper on black collar, ht. 3 1/4 in. $300-500

1121 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form, raised oval foot, carved with various nuts and seeds including peanut, chestnut, and water caltrop over a background of bamboo stalks, the stone ranging in color from russet brown to gray, with a jadeite stopper, ht. 3 in. $300-500 1122 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, flattened round form with a raised oval foot and straight neck, with a slightly concave mouth rim, well hollowed, translucent gray stone with brown and red geometric bands and inclusions, with a domed agate stopper, ht. 3 1/4 in. $300-500 1123 Green Hardstone Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form with a raised oval foot and a flared neck, carved with a chilong holding a lingzhi mushroom, with small handles attached to the sides with a decorative tassel threaded through, with a tall domed red glass stopper, ht. 3 in. $300-500 1124 Orange Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval form with carved lion mask and ring handles, on a raised oval foot, straight neck, with a domed agate stopper, the stone with bands and spotted inclusions, ranging in color from orange-red to beige, ht. 2 5/7 in. $200-400 1125 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, round with a raised round foot, the greenish brown stone carved with birds and narcissus, with a resin and red glass button stopper, ht. 3 in. $200-400

1126 Moss Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened compressed quatrefoil form resting on a flat oval foot, with concave oval cartouches on the sides surrounded by a scrollwork border, domed agate stopper, ht. 2 1/2 in. $200-400 1127 Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval form, with a raised oval foot and straight neck, reddish orange glass with metallic flecks, decorated with a carved dragon, with a domed green stone stopper, ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500 1128 Carnelian Snuff Bottle, China, tapering ovoid with a raised oval foot and a straight neck, carved to depict a scholar and a bat in a landscape, a boy holding a branch on the reverse, with a carved foliate stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1129 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, with a flat oval foot, carved in the form of a double gourd surrounded by smaller gourds and leafy tendrils, with a rounded agate stopper, brown stone with russet brown inclusions, ht. 2 1/2 in. $200-400 1130 Large Agate Snuff Bottle, China, ovoid, with a flat oval foot and a straight neck, carved in high relief to depict a scholar in a pavilion, in a landscape with pine trees, with a round agate stopper, stone ranging in color from dark gray to russet brown and light beige, ht. 3 5/8 in. $300-500 1131 Chalcedony Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval baluster form, resting on a small raised oval foot, carved with elephant-head and loose ring handles at the neck, the body decorated with a dragon clutching a pearl, with a shishi lion and lingzhi mushroom at the side, another shishi carved on the reverse, carved to enhance the stone’s natural white to russet brown coloring, with a rounded agate stopper, ht. 3 1/2 in. $300-500

1132 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, tapering round form, with a raised oval foot and flared mouth rim, carved on both sides with a horse in a rocky landscape, one depicted standing and one rising from seated, with a domed hawk’s eye stopper, ht. 3 in. $300-500 1133 Soapstone Snuff Bottle, China, baluster form, raised round foot, the sides carved with bands of archaic happiness and longevity characters, red glass stopper and brass collar and spoon, with carved wood stand, overall ht. 3 3/4 in. $200-400

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1120 Reconstituted Amber Snuff Bottle, China, tapering baluster form with a flat oval foot and a straight neck, the shoulders decorated with lion mask and ring handles, the body carved on one side with a moon and cloud motif, with an agate stopper with jewel knob, 3 5/8 in. $300-500

1134 Two Moss Agate Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, both stones ranging in color from green to purple, one rounded baluster-form, with a straight neck, and flat foot, carved animal masks and rings at the sides, banded resin stopper in camel; one flattened round with a straight neck on a raised oval foot, carved moss agate finial stopper, ht. to 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1135 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, carved in the form of Liu Hai holding a rope of coins, with a three-legged toad at his feet, with a lotus leaf stopper as his hat, gray-brown stone with russet brown inclusions, ht. 3 in. $300-500 1136 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened double gourd form, with a flat oval foot and everted mouth rim, grayish beige stone with brown inclusions, with an agate finial stopper, ht. 2 5/8 in. $200-400 1137 Smoky Quartz Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval form, carved with a figure holding a rope tied around the shoulders of the bottle, with a flat oval foot and a domed amethyst stopper, on a carved wood stand, snuff ht. 2 7/8, overall ht. 3 1/2 in. $200-400

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1138 Moss Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 19th/20th century, oviform with straight neck, russet to brown stone with red markings and dark spots, topped with carved coral stopper with shou character, ht. 2 5/8 in. $300-500 1139 Moss Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 19th century, rounded rectangular, on a raised foot, and well hollowed, the bright gray stone with dark gray-green markings, metalwork stopper and spoon with jasper top, ht. 2 7/8 in. $300-500 1140 Two Agate Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened round form with a raised oval foot and a slightly flared neck, the stone with banded blots and inclusions ranging in color from dark brown to pale gray, with a greenish white stone stopper; and one round with a flat round foot, gray stone with brown and pale gray inclusions, with a rose quartz stopper, ht. to 3 1/8 in. $300-500

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1141 Moss Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form, with a raised oval foot and a straight neck the stone ranging in color from green to purple and pink, with a domed red agate stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500

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1142 Four Peking Glass Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century, one flattened bulbous form with a raised oval foot, amber-colored glass decorated with carved censers, with a rounded agate stopper; one butterfly shape with a flat foot, amber-colored glass carved with a butterfly motif, with a brown glass stopper; one flattened rectangular form amber-colored glass with a flat foot, with an opalescent stone and metalwork stopper; and one flattened baluster form with a slightly raised oval foot, dark brown glass carved with lion mask and ring handles and two dragons, pink stone and glass stopper, ht. to 2 7/8 in. $300-500

1143 Two Snuff Bottles, China, one turquoise Peking glass, tapered baluster form, with a flat rectangular foot and flared mouth rim, carved with a squirrel and a grapevine on one side and a gourd vine and a dragonfly on the other, the coral stopper carved as a rosebud, ht. 2 5/8; and one greenglazed ceramic bottle, flattened round form with a raised oval foot and a straight neck, decorated with two lion mask and ring handles, with a domed red agate stopper, ht. 2 1/2 in. $200-400 1144 Two Peking Glass Snuff Bottles, China, both dark red, one bottle form with an elongated neck, with a raised oval foot, and a flared mouth, with a carved lion mask and ring handles on the shoulders, with a flat round opal and metalwork stopper, ht. 3 1/4; one cylindrical with a raised round foot and a straight neck, carved with figures in a landscape scene, with a domed white agate and metalwork stopper, ht. 3 in. $200-400 1145 Red Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, China, bulbous bottle form with a raised oval foot, carved with a luohan and a monkey on one side, and a laughing Buddha and monkeys on the other, with a green stone stopper, ht.

3 in. $150-250 1146 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened baluster jar form, with a flat oval foot and a straight neck, translucent gray stone with dark and light brown inclusions, with a carved amethyst stopper, ht. 2 3/8 in. $200-300 1147 Peking Glass “Realgar” Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form with a flat foot and straight neck, red and yellow overlaid glass with red spots to imitate realgar, with a red banded agate stopper, ht. 2 3/4 in. $500-700 1148 Large Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened baluster form, with a raised oval foot and a slightly flared mouth, carved to depict two dragons in the clouds on one side and three boys at play on the other, pale gray stone with dark brown inclusions, with an oval opal and metalwork stopper, ht.

3 3/4 in. $500-700

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1149 Rounded Square Flask-shape Hardstone Snuff Bottle, China, with two carved animal mask handles on sides, resting on a raised oval foot, decorated with twelve zodiac animals on front and back, well hollowed, celadon stone with russet markings, agate stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8 in. $500-700 1150 Flattened Square Flask-shape Jade Snuff Bottle, China, with flat shoulders, tapering sides, and rounded bottom, resting on a shallow oval foot, decorated in relief with a crane perched on a pine on one side and a bird seated on a plum tree on the other, celadon stone, with a floral disc stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/4 in. $500-700 1151 Flattened Oval Flask-shape Jade Snuff Bottle, China, with waisted neck and slightly flanged rim, well hollowed, brass stopper topped with domed cobalt blue glass, plain, (no spoon), pale celadon with white inclusions, ht.

2 1/8 in. $500-700 1152 Flattened Pebble-shape Soapstone Snuff Bottle, China, carved with a jumping carp amongst auspicious clouds with a flaming pearl, well hollowed, brass stopper topped with domed crimson glass, bone spoon, ht.

3 1/4 in. $300-500 1153 Two Agate Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened rounded square with a straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, on one side depicting in relief two figures playing “go” under a pine, stone of yellow with orange and white blots and striae, the domed turquoise blue stopper on a mottled green collar, (no spoon); the other flattened rounded square with straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated with a carved lion under a pine tree and a bird, brown stone with white to gray and brown striae, domed agate snuff on a black collar with a detached spoon, ht. to 2 5/8 in. $300-500

1155 Yixing Snuff Bottle, China, compressed round, with a high straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, plain front and back with two raised bands to sides, two marks in two rectangular cartouche on one sides, silver metalwork stopper topped with domed Yixing and silver spoon, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1156 Agate Snuff Bottle with Dragon and Phoenix, China, carved in high relief using the stone’s natural markings of white and russet, stone of gray and russet, tubular striated agate stopper on a pearl gray collar, (no spoon), ht.

3 7/8 in. $300-500 1157 Flattened Oviform Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck, stone of overall brown suffused with a pattern of rounded and irregular pebbles of gray, pinkish brown, and black, the domed button-shape mottled pink stone stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500 1158 Flattened Oviform Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, stone of transparent gray with layers of irregular faceted shapes of pink-brown, gray, dark gray, and white, pale celadon resin stopper domed with a jewel knob on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 3 1/4 in. $500-700 1159 Flattened Circular Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck, stone of overall pastel brown with circular fossil shapes with beads and radiating lines over the dark brown body, the domed brown glass stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8 in. $500-700

1160 Flattened Oviform Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck, stone of mottled green and pink-brown, tubular light brown jasper stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1161 Two Puddingstone Snuff Bottles, China, flattened rounded square with a straight neck resting on a raised oval foot, stone of grayish olive green suffused with irregular pebbles of gray and light brown, the domed orange brown on a metal collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 5/8 in; one rounded square flaskshape with a straight neck, resting on an oval foot, stone of overall gray suffused with a pattern of irregular pebbles of gray and brown encircled with lines of yellow-brown, tubular button-shape brown agate stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8 in. $300-500 1162 Flattened Oviform Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck, stone of caramel-toned marbled matrix, domed button-shape stone stopper of similar matrix on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 3 5/8 in. $300-500 1163 Flattened Oviform Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with a straight neck, stone of dark and crimson gray suffused with a pattern of irregular pebbles of crimson, pink, and white, the domed button-shape crimson resin stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8 in. $500-700

1166 Grape-shape Amethyst Snuff Bottle, China, with vines and leaves, a carved squirrel using stone’s natural markings, small tubular jadeite stopper on a black collar with silver spoon. $300-500 1167 Four Amber Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened oval shape with a straight neck, plain front and back, decorated with carved animal masks on sides, mottled red brown, tubular stopper, (no spoon), ht. 1 7/8; one flattened oval shape, with a straight neck, tapering toward base, well hollowed, decorated with two carved animal masks on circular sides, mottled red brown, tubular amber stopper with cork and spoon, ht. 1 5/8; one oval flask-shape with a straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, plain, striated orange brown, the gold plated resin button-shape stopper with woven knot design, (no spoon), ht. 1 1/4; one flattened baluster-shape with a straight widening-up neck, resting on a raised oval foot, plain, brown with orange brown markings, domed red resin stopper, (no spoon), 1 3/8 in. $300-500

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1154 Double Gourd Snuff Bottle with Fu Characters, China, carved on the flattened front and back, carved and incised with the eight auspicious symbols below the two bands of meander and lappet design encircling the neck, the green glass stem-shape stopper on a black ring mouth, (no spoon), four-character mark in a square cartouche on base, ht. 3 5/8 in. $300-500

1168 Two Amber Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened oval shape, with a straight neck, resting on a raise oval foot, decorated with two carved chilongs in high relief, translucent brown with black spot inclusions, silver stopper topped with lightly domed pink glass, (no spoon), ht. 1 7/8; one flattened rounded rectangular with a straight neck and slightly bulbous front, well hollowed, decorated with a continuous carved scene with monkeys, peaches, and a bat, red brown, tubular amber stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 in. $500-700

1164 Flattened Oviform Puddingstone Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck, stone of creamy gray suffused with blots of gray and black, tubular jasper stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/4 in. $500-700 1165 Flattened Round Agate Snuff Bottle, China, with a short straight neck, stone of olive brown with fossil-like banded roundels of gray, purple, and white, the olive green agate stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/2 in. $500-700

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1169 Three Reconstituted Amber Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened oviform with a straight widening-up neck, resting on a raised oval foot, plain, orange yellow with creamy white markings, the metalwork stopper domed with a turquoise stone carving, with broken spoon, ht. 2 3/8; flattened oviform, with a long flaring neck, resting on a raised oval foot, plain, yellow with creamy white markings, the silverwork stopper domed with filigree floral work and a turquoise bead finial, ht. 2 1/4; one compressed round flaskshape with a straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, plain, yellow with creamy white markings, the domed turquoise blue resin stopper with a carved dragon design, (no spoon), ht.

1 5/8 in. $300-500

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1170 Amber Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oviform with a short neck resting on a rounded rectangular foot, well hollowed, decorated with nine figures in relief both on front and back, a plain ribbon band encircling the sides, orange-brown, the stopper with domed gray agate on a black collar, bone spoon, ht. 2 5/8 in. $700-900

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1171 Two Amber Snuff Bottles, China, one elongated oval with a straight neck, slightly convex front, well hollowed, decorated with a carved and incised dragon surrounding the body, translucent red brown with opaque inclusions, tubular dark brown amber stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/4; one flattened oviform, with straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, depicting in relief a continuous scene with a boy with a kite in the sky, brown mottled with ochre and black, metalwork stopper with domed orange resin top. $500-700 1172 Amber Snuff Bottle, China, Buddha’s hand fruit-shaped with flattened back, well hollowed, decorated with carved bats and foliate scrolls, incised details, stem-shape stopper, translucent brown amber, ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500

1173 Three Amber Resin or Composite Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century, one rounded square flaskshape with a straight neck resting on an oval foot, plain, orange-brown, the white stone stopper domed with a lotus knob, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8; one flattened circular with a straight slightly widening neck, resting on a raised oval foot, dark brown with various fossil-like composites, domed agate stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/2; one flattened oval with a slightly flared round neck, resting on a raised oval foot, multi-colored and of various substances including amber, copal, glass, and resin, lightly domed tubular stopper, (no spoon), ht. 3 1/8 in. $300-500

1177 Five Glass Snuff Bottles, China, a flattened rounded square, resting on an oval foot, plain pale celadon, bronze stopper topped with a dome-shape green stone; a flattened rectangular flask-shape snuff, decorated with two ears with loose rings, rectangular stopper; a flattened globular snuff, decorated with two carved animal masks on the shoulder, of pale celadon; a flattened rectangular snuff, mottled olive green stone with russet markings, decorated with two carved shishi, brown stopper; and a flattened rounded square snuff, with straight neck and mouth, resting on an oval foot, light brown stopper, (all missing spoon), ht. to 3 3/8 in. $500-700

1174 Two Amber Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century, one amber resin, tree trunk shape with a straight neck and flat base, well hollowed, decorated with a carp with its eye inlaid with glass, mottled dark brown, brass stopper topped with domed green glass, ht. 2 5/8; one pebble-shape amber with a plain undulating surface, polished red brown with camel to russet markings, carved wood stopper missing spoon, ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500

1178 Flattened Rounded Square Resin Snuff Bottle, China, 19th/20th century, with a straight neck and round mouth, decorated with incised and gold-colored tiger and bat, red brown with marbling in pink to brown tones, domed jadeite stopper on a black collar, ht. 3 in. $200-400

1175 Two Organic Snuff Bottles, China, one reptile skin, flattened tubular flaskshape with a threaded round mouth and lightly domed cap, flat resin base, ht. 1 7/8, wd. 1 7/8; one tortoiseshell, flattened oval, decorated with a carved dragon on front and back, a band of meander design along the side with two loops for a woven string, the brass stopper domed with coral glass, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/8 in. $500-700 1176 Orange Peel Snuff Bottle, China, bulbous pear-shape with a waisted neck and sloping shoulder, resting on a raised rounded rectangular faux-tortoiseshell base, well hollowed, faux-tortoiseshell stopper topped with domed orange agate with fauxtortoiseshell spoon, ht. 3 in. $500-700

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1179 Flattened Oval Glass Snuff Bottle, China, with a straight neck, plain wine red glass with gold flecks inside, domed white stone stopper, (missing collar and spoon), ht. 2 5/8 in. $200-400 1180 Brown Reconstituted Amber Snuff Bottle with Bats, China, flattened baluster-shape with slightly narrowing down sides and rounded bottom, a raised animal-head design on two narrow sides and on two broader sides with a bat pendant from the shoulder and ruyi mushrooms near the bottom with other symbols and scrolls, carved in low relief, the domed stopper with shou character in a ring with scroll design around, the amber with yellow to red spots, ht. 3 3/8 in. $600-800 1181 Buddha’s Hand Finger Citron White Coral Snuff Bottle, China, naturalistically carved and decorated with a pair of bats resting on the sides, with a pink and white coral stopper in the shape of a stem, vinyl collar and bone spoon, ht. 2 1/2 in. $200-400

1183 Three Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, a flattened baluster-shape bottle with two loops on shoulder, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated with a band of carved ruyi cloud motifs, stone of gold sheen, the domed orange stopper, (no spoon), with an orange string with tassel; a compressed round snuff with round mouth, well hollowed, decorated with stylized chilong scrolls carved over body, agate stopper on a black collar, (no spoon); and a slightly flattened pear-shape bottle with two animal mask handles on the neck, well hollowed, domed green stone stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. to 2 3/4 in. $500-700 1184 Flattened Oval Tiger’s-eye Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck and round mouth, resting on a raise oval foot with flat base, well hollowed, stone with metamorphic horizontal bands of light brown to brown and vertical dark brown stripes, domed red-brown stopper with a jewel knob, (missing collar and spoon), ht. 2 5/8 in. $500-700 1185 Flattened Oval Agate Snuff Bottle, China, with slightly widening neck and round mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, stone of dark brown with metal sheen and fossil marks, agate stopper with a cone-shape top and straight side, (missing collar and spoon), ht. 2 7/8 in. $500-700

1186 Compressed Round Chalcedony Agate Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck and round mouth, stone of translucent gray to white fossil-like markings over a brown, well hollowed, metal stopper inlaid with a round apple green jadeite, with metal spoon, ht. 2 1/2 in. $500-700 1187 Flattened Rounded Rectangular Malachite Snuff Bottle, China, with waisted neck and oval bowl-shape mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated in relief with a continuous scene with pines, rocks, and clouds incorporating the stone’s natural stripes, domed oviform lapis lazuli stopper on a blue stone collar, ht.

2 1/2 in. $500-700 1188 Flattened Double Gourd-shape Malachite Azurite Pyrite Composite Snuff Bottle, China, joined with a flattened barrel-shape bottle, the gourd bottle, well hollowed, the domed round coral stopper on an oval coral glass collar, (no spoon), the barrel bottle topped with a stem-shape coral stopper, ht. 2 1/2, wd. 2 1/4 in. $500-700 1189 Flattened Baluster Vase-shape Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck and elongated oval mouth, resting on a raised oval foot with flat base, decorated with carvings of two crouching boys to sides, plain front and back, stone of translucent celadon with gray matrix, on front with a heart-shape apple green marking, oval pink quartz stopper, (missing collar and spoon), ht.

2 3/8 in. $700-900 1190 Lapis Lazuli Snuff Bottle, China, in the shape of two double gourds tied with a ribbon, the mottled stone with gray speckles with a broad yellow white stripe to a side, short tubular vermilion stone stopper, ht. 2 in. $300-500 1191 Flattened Oval-shape Amethyst Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck and round mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated with carved lotus leaves, four-character Qianlong mark incised on base, domed turquoise blue stopper on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 3 in. $300-500

1192 Flattened Rounded Rectangular Amethyst Snuff Bottle, China, with straight neck and round mouth, resting on a raised rounded rectangular foot, well hollowed, decorated with a bat and chilong design on both sides, amethyst stopper with angled side and flat top, on a black collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/4 in. $300-500 1193 Pebble-shape Amethyst Snuff Bottle, China, in the shape of a melon and foliate scrolls incorporating the stone’s natural shape, well hollowed, domed coral stopper on a gray collar, ht. 2 1/8 in. $300-500

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1182 Four Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, a flattened pear-shape with two carved ram masks to sides, on a raised oval foot, stone of gray with brown needles, metal work stopper with domed brown top; a flattened double gourd-shape with carved bat and peach design, transparent stone with needles, turquoise blue stone stopper, (missing collar and spoon); a flattened rounded rectangular with a straight neck and round mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, decorated with two carved bats, translucent gray stone, domed metal work stopper inlaid with green and red beads; and a flattened multi-sided rectangular with an incurved mouth, transparent stone with meshes of purple needles, flattened mushroomshape pink stopper, ht. to 2 5/8 in. $300-500

1194 Smoky Quartz Snuff Bottle, China, oval column-shape with short straight neck and oval mouth, recessed base, well hollowed, decorated in relief with a continuous bird-and-flower design, domed rose quartz stopper, similarly decorated, (missing collar and spoon), ht. 2 1/8 in. $500-700 1195 Pebble-shape Amethyst Snuff Bottle, China, carved in the shape of a half-opened corn, resting on an oval splayed stem foot, well hollowed, metalwork stopper domed with translucent green-gray agate, ht. 2 7/8 in. $300-500 1196 Oval Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle, China, slightly flattened, with straight neck and round mouth, well hollowed, decorated with gilt two-line fourcharacter blessing on one side, mark on base, domed stopper with a lotus knob on a black collar, ht. 2 1/2 in. $500-700 1197 Porcelain Snuff Bottle, China, in the shape of a half-open lotus leaf, with carved stalks of bud, pod, and leaves, painted in underglaze green and purple, white mouth rim, domed purple glass stopper, (missing collar and spoon), ht. 2 7/8 in. $200-300

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1198 Large Baluster Flask-shape Agate Snuff Bottle, China, with widening neck and round mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated in deep relief with a continuous Daoist landscape with figures in various actions, stone of translucent brown with black spots inclusions, domed oval red stone stopper, ht. $700-900 1199 Two Agate Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, one flattened bulbousshape with a waisted neck and flanged mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated with a seated monkey holding a peach, stone of striated gray with red-orange markings, button-shape stopper with flat top, (no stopper), ht. 2 1/2; the other flattened round with a short straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated with a fishing figure on a lotus leaf and jumping fish in relief, stone of white with orangered markings, domed screw-shape stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500

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1200 Moss Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, flattened round with a high straight neck slightly flaring outward, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, overall brown stone mottled with gray to dark brown striae and mottles, domed translucent gray and red stone stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 7/8 in. $500-700

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1201 Three Amber/Amber Resin Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened oval with straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, decorated with two carved shishi lions on the shoulders, metalwork crown-shape stopper domed with coral glass, ht. 2 1/2; one amber resin with straight neck, resting on a concave oval foot, decorated with animal-head mask and ring handles at either side, the resin swirled and banded to imitate root amber, with a white hardstone topper and pink collar, ht. 3 1/4; one flattened baluster vase-shape reconstituted amber, with a straight high neck, the straight sides tapering toward the base, resting on a raised oval foot, overall opaque orange-brown with camel to russet matrix, metalwork stopper with slightly domed coral top, ht. 3 1/4 in. $200-400

1202 Walnut Snuff Bottle, China, well hollowed, decorated with carved figures intermingled with a dragon, a tiger, and auspicious clouds and mushrooms, with an oval wood stand, walnut dia. to 1 5/8 in. $500-700 1203 Two Natural Form Snuff Bottles, China, a red coral snuff with carved seated lion, the lion with its hind legs incorporated into a tubular bottle, the tubular stopper with an incised ring, silver spoon, with red to salmon color with striations and blots, ht. 2 7/8; and a bamboo-shaped agate snuff bottle, with an openwork lingzhi mushroom stem, lingzhi-shaped stopper, (no spoon), stone of purple mottled with gray inclusions and russet markings, ht. 3 1/8 in. $300-500 1204 Flattened Bulbous-shape Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 20th century, with a straight neck and oval mouth, resting on a raised oval foot, well hollowed, decorated with openwork stylized chilong scrolls to one side incorporating the stone’s russet markings, stone of celadon mottled with gray, russet and dark green markings, oval stopper, ht. 1 7/8 in. $300-500 1205 Agate Snuff Bottle with Skullshaped Stopper, China, 20th century, in the shape of rocks with a lingzhi mushroom, gray stone with russet markings, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500 1206 Flattened Ribbed Pear-shape Agate Snuff Bottle, China, with long slightly flared neck and round mouth, well hollowed, celadon stone with brown spots and hint of gray streaks, floral bud-shape red brown agate stopper, (no spoon), ht. 2 5/8 in. $200-400 1207 Reclined Qilin-shaped Agate Snuff Bottle, China, 19th/20th century, with its short tail as the stopper, well hollowed, incised details, stone of translucent gray with darker markings, with stopper, (no spoon), ht. 1 1/2, wd.

2 3/8 in. $500-700

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1208 Two Peking Glass Snuff Bottles, China, round flask-shape with short neck and sloping shoulders, resting on a raised oval foot, decorated with a jumping horse with a monkey on one side and potted lotus on the other in reddish brown overlay against a transparent ground, globular transparent glass stopper, ht. 2 1/4; one four-lobed with a long waisted neck, decorated with a carved butterfly in purple against a white ground incised with trellis design, domed stone stopper on a brass collar, (no spoon), ht. 2 3/8 in. $200-400 1209 Three Snuff Bottles, China, one cylindrical agate, stone of orangebrown with white to gray striae, domed yellow resin stopper, (no spoon), ht.

2 1/4, snuff dia. 1/2; one cylindrical agate, stone of red-brown with white striae, lightly domed agate stopper on a black collar with a seated duckshape knob, (no spoon), ht. 2 1/2; one flattened rounded rectangular plastic with a straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, decorated on one side with four goldfish and lotuses in high relief and pairs of goldfish and catfish on the other with an inscription, the domed stopper decorated with a carved band, ht. 3 1/2 in. $150-250 1210 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form with a flat oval foot and a straight neck, depicting two scholars viewing a scroll on one side and a group of scholars gathered on the other, carved to incorporate the variations in the stone with ranges from brown to black and red in color, with a domed beige hardstone stopper, ht.

2 3/4 in. $500-700 1211 Snowflake Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, China, flattened elongated pear-shape with a long straight neck and round mouth, well hollowed, mounted on a metal stand with chased lotus design against a ring-punched ground, the bottle decorated with lotuses in purple brown overlay, the slightly domed striped brown agate stopper mounted on a metal collar (no spoon), ht. 3 3/8 in. $200-300

1213 Canton Enamel Snuff Bottle, China, Republican period, in the shape of a drawstring pouch, both sides decorated with a western man and woman against a foreign landscape in a blue border, the neck decorated with a blue lappet band in blue, metalwork stopper domed with a stem as knob, ht. 2 5/8, wd. 2 in. $500-700 1214 Two Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, one flattened baluster form, tapering to a flat oval foot, with a flared mouth rim, decorated with scrolling lotus flowers and bats over a turquoise ground, six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 2 1/4; and one flattened round form with a raised oval foot, depicting a grasshopper on both sides, fourcharacter Daoguang mark on base, ht.

2 1/8 in. $500-700 1215 Two Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, both tubular bottleshape with straight neck and rolled rim, resting on an unglazed footring, one depicting three figures with a donkey, with a patterned band around the shoulder and neck, six-character Yongzheng mark on base in underglaze blue; the other depicting two boys at play, domed metalwork stopper with filigree decoration and a bone spoon, ht. to 3 3/8 in. $400-600 1216 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened rounded rectangular with rounded corners, resting on a raised oval foot, well-hollowed, decorated with raised animal heads on sides, grayish brown stone with markings similar to tiger skin, the cylindrical jadeite stopper with apple green spots, ht. 3 in. $500-700

1217 Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened round form with straight neck, resting on a raised oval foot, well-hollowed, grayish brown stone with a three-color marbled blot in brown to white tones and two streaks in dark brown, russet agate stopper with a knob on a black collar, ht. 3 in. $200-300 1218 Cinnabar Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval, with straight neck, resting on a short oval foot, decorated in high relief with a continuous Daoist landscape against a trellis ground, one side with two figures in a pavilion, the other with a figure at a desk, the neck encircled with a floral design between two plain bands, the metal stopper surmounted with a domed green stone, ht. 3 in. $700-900 1219 Pebble-shape Soapstone Snuff Bottle, China, 19th century, carved to depict a seated figure using the stone’s russet markings, with incised facial features, translucent yellow stone with white inclusions, the domed persimmon stopper with light blue collar, lg. 2 5/8 in. $300-500 1220 Flattened Rounded Rectangular Soapstone Snuff Bottle, China, 18th/19th century, with slightly tapering oval neck, resting on a short oval foot, decorated with a raised animal head on the two narrow sides, the two broader sides with Daoist immortals and a landscape with two figures, all in low relief on a recessed rectangular panel, the oval silver stopper with a domed amber inset, ht. 3 1/8 in. $800-1,000 1221 Flattened Oval Fossil Stone Snuff Bottle with Agate Stopper, China, with straight neck, pebble conglomerates of light brown pastel tone on a chocolate ground, also with some formless translucent to white inclusions, giving the effect of blossoming flowers, the domed gray agate stopper with a lotus knob mounted on a black collar, the agate with hints of russet markings, ht. 3 1/8 in. $300-500

1222 Closed Lotus-shaped White Agate Snuff Bottle, China, depicted above stylized water, with russet overlay carvings of three lotus stalks and two goldfish, the white stone with a hint of gray streaking to the plain side, domed plain russet stone stopper, ht. 2 7/8 in. $300-500 1223 Set of Amber Resin Kushi Comb and Bira-bira Kanzashi Hairpin, Japan, 20th century, the comb plain with slightly arched shaft, the pin decorated with two detachable openwork finials depicting a foliate cluster of bamboo, leafy branches, and vine scrolls together with dangling leafy elements, with conforming box, comb wd. 3 5/8, pin ht. 11 1/4 in. $200-300

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1212 Yellow Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, China, Qing dynasty, the flattened ovoid form on a raised oval foot, with a single turquoise overlay, carved to depict Liu Hai standing on a threelegged toad, holding a lotus branch above his head, the reverse carved with a man and boy holding plants, ruyi-head handles, pale blue Peking glass stopper, ht. 2 1/2 in. $300-500

1224 Three Amber Resin Kanzashi Hairpins, Japan, 20th century, all twopronged, one with openwork crane and turtle together with pine, plum, and auspicious mushroom; one with three blooming flowers; and one with orchids and plum flowers, ht. to 7 3/4 in. $200-300 1225 Ten Amber Resin Kanzashi Hair Ornamental Items and Fragments, Japan, 20th century, three pronged kanzashi hairpins, two decorated with carved floral and foliate finials and one with a lily of the valley with hanging beads (damage); a pair of openwork ornaments with cranes and flowers (one with damage); a set of three loose openwork bira-bira floral decorations (one damaged); and two broken finial fragments, prong ht. to 5 5/8 in. $200-300 1226 Eight Assorted Kushi Combs, Japan, 20th century, two decorated with lacquer designs on a gilt ground; one decorated with gold and black flowers on a red lacquered ground; one of bone colored in red with floral grasses; one with metalwork flowers over a red lacquered ground; one of amber composite with gold sprinkled teeth and red lacquered shaft; one of red lacquer inlaid with faux shell flowers; and one of ivory inlaid with fine square particles of green, pink, and silver, signed “Matsutoshi,� wd. to 6, ht. to 3 in. $300-500

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1227 Sixteen Assorted Metal Two-prong Kanzashi Hairpins, Japan, 19th/20th century, four bira-bira sticks decorated with openwork floral designs with variously shaped tassels; six with metal leaf and coral glass work flowers, parcel gilt, chased details; three metalwork sticks including one with chased design, one with an openwork scroll, and one with an openwork hexagon; one with a coral glass ball on top, with U-shape holder; one with a sparkly glass ball; and one with a coral reef shape finial, gold-plated, ht. to 8 1/4 in. $300-500 1228 Eight Assorted Kushi Combs and a Stick Kanzashi Hairpin, Japan, 19th/20th century, three lacquered wood combs decorated with floral and foliate designs in hiramaki-e, one with bats in takamaki-e, one applied against a brown ground; a set of brown lacquered comb and kanzashi stickpin, decorated with floral motifs; and four faux tortoiseshell combs, two with gilt details, one plain, and one rimmed with gilt-metal, wd. to 4 5/8 in. $300-500

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1229 Eight Assorted Kushi Combs and Two Kanzashi Hairpins, Japan, 19th/20th century, a set of bone comb and kogai hairpin; four yellow amber resin combs; a plastic comb with openwork shaft; a shell comb; and a set with yellow amber resin comb and kanzashi prong hairpin, decorated with pierced floral design, comb wd. to 4 3/4, pin lg. 8 7/8 in. $300-500

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1230 Twenty-four Assorted Kanzashi Hair Ornaments, Japan, 19th/20th century, fifteen kogai hairpins including three of black lacquer, three of faux tortoiseshell, one possibly horn, one of bone, seven with decorative ends of various materials and shapes; a bone pin with metal and crystal finial; two wood stickpins with hiramaki-e decorations; a bamboo stick; a bamboo ear pick spoon; a metal stick; and two loose ends from a kogai hairpin (now lost), gilt and chased with the Four Gentlemen; and a metal pin with faux tortoiseshell umbrella-shaped finial. $300-500

1231 Twenty-seven Amber Resin Kanzashi Hair Ornaments, Japan, 20th century, three kogai hairpins with tortoiseshell patterns; four stick hairpins with spoon heads; two tall two-prong hairpins with spoon heads, decorated with a floral spray; four stick pins; six small two-prong hairpins including one with a molded crane finial and one of shell; six tall two-prong hairpins with openwork floral roundels; and two small single prong stick with ear pick spoon heads, each decorated with a ball in coral, ht.

4 1/2 to 9 3/8 in. $300-500 1232 Pair of Sancai-style Shishi Lions, China, 20th century, sitting on their hind legs in mirror image, with its head turned to face front, one with an openwork ball under a foreleg and the other with her cub each mounted on a brown-glazed rectangular pedestal with two pierced triangular designs, an oval opening on base, ht. to 14 3/8 in. $700-900 1233 Yellow-glazed Earthenware Roof Tile, China, Ming dynasty style, surmounted with a carved qilin seated on its hind legs, its eyes glazed in black, ht. 15 7/8, wd. 13 1/8 in. $100-200 1234 Three Porcelain Dishes, Korea, 19th and 20th century, two plain white porcelain dishes, each resting on a stemmed foot, one with an inscription on its stem; and a blue and white porcelain dish, resting on a short straight foot, the interior decorated with a sprig in a double ring and a ring around rim, the exterior with three sets of foliate scroll design, dia. to 8, ht. to 3 3/4 in. $200-300 1235 Large Imari Bowl, Japan, 20th century, low bowl-shape, with straight sides and rounded bottom, resting on a double footring, decorated with a landscape in underglaze blue in a diaper band on the well, the side interior with two double-gourd vines with flowers and leaves, alternating with landscapes with figures and birds in panels, the exterior with a doublegourd vines with leaves and tendrils, gilt details, ht. 3, dia. 9 1/2 in. $300-500

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1236 Eight Mashiko Deep Dishes, Japan, 20th century, square shape with deep sides, depicting four cartouches with iron glazed stylized flowers, divided at the corners with a checkered pattern, the center with a four-petal flower, each with an impressed hexagonal seal, lg.

7 1/8 in. $300-500 1237 Eight Studio Sometsuke-style Dishes, Japan, 20th century, seashell shape, the interior depicting a crayfish and seaweed in underglaze blue, each with three feet and an impressed seal, boxed, lg. 7 3/8 in. $200-300 1238 Ten Oribe Dishes, Japan, 20th century, five square dishes depicting pine branches with impressed seals, five quatrefoil shaped dishes with a central Tokugawa crest, lg. to 5 3/8 in. $200-300 1239 Six Sencha Dishes, Japan, 20th century, square, with an overall yellow enamel, the center incised with a dragon and clouds, boxed, lg. 3 1/2 in. $100-200 1240 Twelve Oribe Dishes, Japan, early 20th century, round, depicting a mountain range on an overall impressed mesh ground, dia. 7 1/8 in. $200-300 1241 Cast Iron Kettle with Bronze Cover, China, with a horseshoe-shaped band handle attached to two loopholes to neck, short S-shaped spout, decorated with a raised floral branch and six Chinese characters, the cover with floral bud-shape knob, ht. without handle 5 in. $300-500 1242 Twelve Oribe Dishes, Japan, 20th century, of round shape decorated with underglaze iron baskets and stylized flowers, dia. 7 in. $200-300

1244 Two Export Blue and White Porcelain Items, China, an oval high bowl with flared rim, the body decorated with pierced basketweave design, below a border in underglaze blue, a landscape in the well, ht. 3 3/8, wd. to 9 5/8; and a bowl with flanged hexagonal rim, resting on a tripod stem foot, decorated with a bird-and-flower design in the interior, floral and foliate scrolls on the exterior, ht. 5 7/8 in. $300-500 1245 Famille Jaune Bowl, China, 20th century, decorated with three garden scenes with figures in three panels against a yellow ground with floral and foliate scroll designs, six-character Qianlong mark in a square cartouche of overglaze iron red, mouth dia. 4 5/8, ht. 5 3/8 in. $700-900 1246 Kakiemon Chrysanthemum Dish, Japan, 19th century, with floral rim in overglaze brown, decorated with tall pines in underglaze blue and in overglaze iron red and gold on the interior and a floral scroll in underglaze blue on the exterior, dia. 5 1/2 in. $400-600 1247 Two Large Imari Scalloped Bowls, Japan, 20th century, an enameled bowl, on a short raised foot, decorated with a bird-and-flower design below a diaper band around rim, the exterior with floral and foliate scrolls and auspicious emblems between two underglaze blue bands; and a blue and white Imari bowl, decorated with a bird-and-flower design in the well, a wisteria vine with butterflies around the rims of both the interior and exterior, dia. to 13 1/2 in. $700-900

1248 Blue and White Jar, China, 19th/20th century, Ming-style, bulbous, with a sharp S-curved silhouette and a wide flat-rimmed mouth raised from the shoulder, decorated with four lotus stalks, two of which along with a pair of mandarin ducks between a floral band and a band of lotus lappets, a band of ruyi cloud design around mouth, the interior with wheel marks including a joined line, Christie’s sticker on base, ht. 10 1/2, dia. to 11 1/2 in.

Provenance: Christie’s, Sale 2731, Lot 229, October 1, 2013. $700-900 1249 Pair of Covered Temple Jars and a Vase, China, 20th century, parrotgreen-glazed jars with allover crackling, bulbous-shape with straight neck and waisted bottom, unglazed mouth and footring, white-glazed interior and base with a double ring mark in underglaze blue, the domed cover with a flanged rim, one with a stringed tassel, ht. 16 1/4; and a pear-shape vase resting on a raised foot, brown-glazed with allover crackling in gray, ht. 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased in 1983 from Marcoz in Boston. $300-500 1250 Pair of Famille Verte Jars, China, late 19th/early 20th century, decorated with cartouches containing landscape scenes on one side, and peony branches and songbirds on the other, separated by sprigs of narcissus, peonies, and lingzhi mushrooms, all on a finely crackled glaze ground, double ring mark on base, ht. 9 3/4 in. $200-400 1251 Two Imari Bowls, Japan, 19th century, each hexagonal, with ribbed body and scalloped rim, resting on a raised foot, decorated with bird-and-flower motifs in panels defined in underglaze blue, the exterior decorated with floral sprays, a band of leafy lappets in underglaze blue near the foot, dia. to 8 1/8 in. $300-400

1253 Glass Covered Vase and Glass Cup, China, 20th century, a baluster-form vase, with bamboo pattern, the neck flanked by ram-shape handles, fourcharacter Qianlong mark on base, the cover with a knob finial, ht. 5 1/4; and a yi-shape cup, with a phoenix-form loop handle and a flared spout, the body incised with a leiwen-patterned ground, raised on a short oval footring, ht. 2 1/2, wd. 4 in. $150-200 1254 Famille Rose Eggshell Bowl, China, 19th/20th century, rounded octagonal form, the exterior decorated with dragons in pink, blue, green, and orange, on a yellow ground with an intertwining cloud pattern a ruyi-head border at the rim, and a wave border at the base of the bowl, the interior similarly decorated, with a central dragon clutching a pearl, on a green ground surrounded by lingzhi-form clouds, four-character Qianlong mark on base, dia. 5 3/8 in. $400-600

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1243 Studio Vase, Japan, 20th century, the large round vase covered in a thick white glaze with stylized flowers and leaves, ht. 14 in. $300-500

1255 White-glazed Ding Bowl, China, Song dynasty-style, cone-shape with slightly flared rim, resting on a short foot, molded fish design in the well, six lightly raised lines around the interior, unglazed rim, dia. 7 1/8 in. $100-200 1256 Pair of Brown-glazed Pottery Soy Sauce Jars, China, each with round shoulder and tapering sides, short spout and rolled rim, unglazed base, (one stopper stuck), ht. 5 1/4 in. $100-200 1257 Imari Charger, Japan, decorated with flying cranes above pines and blossoming plum trees in polychrome enamels and gold on the interior, three stylized floral scrolls in underglaze blue to the exterior, dia. 14 3/8 in. $100-200

1252 Six Studio Pottery Plates, Japan, four Seto ware-style plates with horse eye design; a black-glazed dish with bamboo design in iron brown over cream-glazed surface; and a gray plate with a stalk of grain in white, mark to cream-glazed base, dia. 6 7/8 to 12 in. $200-300

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1258 Nine Decorative Ceramic Items, a studio tea bowl with tenmoku-style glaze, Japan, mark to unglazed base, dia. 5 1/2; a rectangular jar with copper cover, Japan, the glaze with metal sheen, ht. 4; a square dish with slanted and undulating sides, Japan, gray glaze with bluish tint, thinly potted, mark to base, wd. 12; an earthenware rice bowl, China, with light celadon glaze ending around the middle of the exterior, potting swirls to the interior, dia. 5, ht. 2 1/4; and a set of five studio earthenware dishes, Japan, with rim glazed in brown, decorated with two fish impressed and glazed in black and white, dia. to 5 in. $200-400

Qingbai White-glazed Vase, China, pear-shape, with waisted neck and flared rim, resting on a raised foot, decorated with a carved dragon and phoenix above a stylized wave design on bottom, ribbed neck with barbed rim, unglazed foot and base, ht. 8 3/4 in. $300-500

1269 Imari Charger, Japan, 19th/20th century, with a scalloped rim, decorated with a phoenix holding a floral branch in its mouth, the rim decorated with a diaper band with dragons in three panels, gilt details, in a metal holder, dia. 18 in. $350-450

1264 Four Peking Glass Vessels, China, two white cups on carved wood stands, a pink cup on a carved wood stand, and a yellow baluster vase, vase ht. 3 3/4; cup ht. to 2 1/8, with stand 4 1/8 in. $200-300

1259 Imari Charger, Japan, decorated with three landscapes and three pine trees in six shaped panels in the interior and three stylized phoenixes in underglaze blue to the exterior, dia. 15 1/2 in. $200-400

1265 Kutani Foo Lion with Brass Mounting, Japan, 19th century, depicting a lion standing on a rectangular plinth with his right paw resting on a ball, ht. 14 3/4 in. $300-400

1270 Set of Imari Floral Plates, Japan, 19th/20th century, with lobed rim, resting on a short raised foot, the cavetto decorated with flowers in three floral panels alternating with three lozenge-shaped ones, the well with a single flower arrangement on a stand inside a patterned band, the exterior with three floral branches, rings in underglaze blue near foot and base, dia. 11 7/8 in. $200-250

1260 Twelve Studio Ceramic Items, Japan and China, 20th century, a Sakuma Totaro (1900-1976) square ceramic dish, Japan, glazed with persimmon and brown, with two eggplant motifs at the center, 6 x 6 1/8; a coneshape green-glazed bowl resting on an unglazed base, a celadon-glazed pottery bowl with allover crackling in olive green and brown-glazed rim edge, and two jun ware-style octagonal bowls with marks to unglazed bases, dia. to 7 7/8; and a set of two Mishima oviform wine bottles and five cups, Japan, decorated with stamped floral designs, bottle ht. 4 3/4, cup ht. 1 1/2 in. $200-400

1266 Pair of Large Satsuma Vases, Japan, 19th century, ovoid, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze with various cartouches depicting figures, flowers, and birds on a brocade ground, drilled on base, one with lamp collar, ht. 13 1/2 in. $400-600

1261 Blue and White Stem Cup, China, the exterior decorated with various flowerheads surrounded by scrolling leaves, the pedestal base decorated with banana leaves, ht. 3 1/4, dia. 3 7/8 in. $200-300 1262 Lidded Lotus Dish, China, 20th century, with mock lion and ring handles, the sides and cover decorated with lotus leaves, buds, and flowers on a gilt ground, a central lotus flower depicted on the top of the lid, four-character “Shen De Tang Zhi” mark on base, ht. 5 1/8 in. $200-400 1263

1267 Pair of Blow fish shaped Imari Tureens, Japan, 19th century, with its tail rolled to its back and shaped into a handle, its head depicted in underglaze blue, the tail with gilt floral design, decorated with figures and calligraphies in overglaze enamels, Arita export ware with “Zoshuntei Sanpo” mark on unglazed base, ht. 7 1/8, wd. 9 in. $700-900 1268 Three Enameled and Gilt Plates, Japan, round with concave well and slanted rim, resting on a short raised foot, decorated with floral and foliate scrolls in red, green, and gold enamels in the well and below a combedpattern band around rim, two with three floral sprays in iron red on the exteriors, each with a mark in a double ring in underglaze blue, dia. to 8 1/2 in. $500-700

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1271 Ko Imari Sometsuke Bowl, Japan, 19th century, with molded floral and foliate scroll design to the interior wall, and a blue band with molded bagua symbols and two characters of “ju” (longevity) and “fuku” (fortune) around the rim, a continuous landscape on the exterior, four-character Chenghua mark to base, dia. 7, ht. 2 3/8 in. $400-600 1272 Imari Tokkuri, China, square with slightly widening sides, angled shoulders, waisted neck, and everted rim, decorated with two floral and two figural designs painted in four lobed diamond panels against a red ground with foliate scrolls, a band of hanging lappets around the neck, gilt details, bisque base, ht. 8 3/4 in. $200-300 1273 Square Wine Bottle, Japan, 20th century, with a short incurved foursided neck, four-sided mouth with flanged rim, and recessed base, decorated with foliate motifs in black slip against a mottle brown ground, ht.

6 7/8, wd. 4 1/4 in. $200-400 1274 Studio Vase, Japan, 20th century, the bulbous shape decorated with a bronze metallic glaze over straw, ht.

9 in. $200-300

1276 Two Imari Nesting Bowls, Japan, 19th century, each interior and exterior borders depicting cartouches with temple scenes and flowers and birds in enamel and gilt, over a red enamel cloud ground, the rims depicting floating clouds in underglaze blue with gilt, the center depicting a rabbit sitting on a quarter moon surrounded by a fret pattern in underglaze blue, underglaze blue mark to base, dia. to 8 3/8 in. $400-700 1277 Five Ceramic Items, Japan, 20th century, a double pinecone-shaped stoneware water dropper, glazed in gold over carved body, mark on base; a miniature handled jar with cover, celadon and creamy yellow glaze with brown underglaze decoration; a miniature brown-glazed ewer with brass cover, allover crackling; a dark brown stoneware covered jar with splashed white glaze over dark brown; and a yellow-glazed teabowl painted with Ishiyama-dera temple, mark on bottom, ht. to 3, dia. to 4 5/8 in. $300-500 1278 Celadon-glazed Earthenware Dish, Japan, 20th century, in the shape of Mt. Fuji, standing on three carved floriform feet, textile textured interior, the glaze mottled in fine meshes, ht. 1 5/8, wd. 8 7/8 in. $200-400 1279 Enameled Vase and Covered Jar, China, both thickly glazed and enameled, the vase, celadon-glazed baluster-shape, with waisted neck and flared mouth, decorated with dragon design above a band of waves against a floral ground with butterflies, ht. 12 1/8; the jar, jun-shape with two animal head loops to each side, the domed cover with flange rim and a seated animal-shape knob, decorated with floral scrolls and sui characters in roundels, against a yellow ground, ht.

9 1/2 in. $300-500

1280 Eight Export Famille Rose Porcelain Items, China, 19th/20th century, a pair of candle holders, with figures in panels, ht. 7; two leaf-shape dishes with half-tube handles, with scholarly motifs and flowers, wd. 8; a floral bowl dish, dia. 8 1/2; a plate with ribbed rim, dia. 9 5/8; an oval plate with openwork basketweave design on the rim, dia.

11 3/8; and a oval crown-shape bowl with openwork basketweave design around the body, flat base, ht. 3 1/2, wd. 9 3/8 in. $400-600 1281 Eleven Famille Rose Porcelain Items, China, 19th/20th century, a rounded diamond-shape covered bowl, decorated interior, dia. to 8 3/4; a tureen on a stem foot, with two openwork handles, dia. to 8 1/4; four mug cups with twisted band handles, ht. to 15; and five dishes including an oval plate, an octagonal dish, a ribbed dish, and two floral bowl dish on a raised foot, all decorated with figures in panels against a floral ground, some along with butterflies, dia. 5 1/4 to 11 1/2 in. $300-500 1282 Two Export Famille Rose Porcelain Plates, China, 19th/20th century, round with shallow well and slightly inverted rim, decorated with a floral basket surrounded with butterflies, bird, insect, lotus, peony, and pomegranate in fencai enamels in the well and a band of scholarly and auspicious objects around the rim, gilt details including two rings around rim and well, dia. to 8 in. $200-300 1283 Five Export Enameled Porcelain Items, China, 19th/20th century, a famille verte baluster-shape vase, with a continuous scene with figures; a cylindrical brush holder; a handled cup, a tureen, rectangular with lobed corners, 9 1/2 x 8, and a covered ewer with handle, all decorated with figures in panels against floral grounds except the ewer, with bird-and-flower-designs against a floral ground with butterflies, gilt details, ht. to 10 1/8 in. $300-500

1285 Tea Dust-glazed Vase, China, hushape, resting on a straight foot with two pierced slits, plain, decorated with two raised bands around mouth, sixcharacter Qianlong mark on base, ht.

12 1/8, rim dia. 4 3/4 in. $700-900 1286 Small Earthenware Birdcage Bowl, China, plain with the rim glazed with a ring in mottled bluish green, resting on a short unglazed stem foot, ht. 1 1/8, dia. 2 in. $300-500 1287 Powder Blue-glazed Covered Box, China, round, plain, resting on a short raised foot, six-character Kangxi mark on base, the cover with a Warren E. Cox Collection sticker pasted on the interior, dia. 3 1/2 in. $500-700

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1275 Satsuma Dish, Japan, 19th/20th century, a dish with irises below blooming tree branches below a gilt border of geometric design, “Kinkozan tsukuru� mark in gold on a red square, dia. 7 5/8 in. $300-500

1288 Small White-glazed Ritual Cup, Korea or China, plain, with two handles shaped with clay bands, resting on an unglazed footring, sands to base, ht. 1 1/4, rim dia. 2 7/8 in. $500-700 1289 Two Jarlets, China, a covered Swatow blue and white jarlet, eight-lobed compressed globular shape, on a short unglazed foot ring, decorated with floral and foliate scroll design between rings; and a celadon jarlet, bulbous, with a waisted neck and rolled rim, unglazed base, thickly potted, plain with allover crackling, ht. to 3 in. $500-700 1290 Three Blanc de Chine Figures of Immortals, China, all depicted standing on oval stands with lingzhi mushrooms with a young boy in one of their arms, with a figure of Shoulao holding a peach in his right hand, with a jumping deer, thickly glazed, drilled on unglazed bases, ht. to 18 in. $600-800

1284 Peking Glass Bowl, China, 20th century, with straight sides, rounded bottom, and everted rim, resting on a short raised foot, glass of purplish wine color, ht. 2 3/8, dia. 4 3/4 in. $700-900

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1291 Pair of Blanc de Chine Vases, China, 20th century, bulbous-shape with waisted neck and flaring mouth, resting on a short stem foot with recessed base, decorated with a raised ring around the shoulder, two carved chilong handles to neck, thickly glazed, six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. to 17 1/2 in. $700-900 1292 Celadon-glazed Meiping Vase, China, Yaozhou ware style, thickly potted slender body decorated with molded lotus flowers and foliate scrolls, between two bands of lotus lappets around shoulder and bottom, flaring neck and mouth, on unglazed footring, allover crackling, ht. 12 1/2 in. $800-1,000 1293 Double Gourd Vase, Japan, early 20th century, depicting scrolling leaves and vines in underglaze iron and blue on a beige crackle glaze ground, ht. 9 1/4 in. $200-300

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1294 Two Tea Dust Ceramic Items, China, 20th century, a small bulbous vase with a long neck and a small censor with two ring handles and tripod feet, impressed mark to base of both, ht. to 5 /4 in. $300-500

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1295 Blue and White Porcelain Vase, China, 20th century, cylindrical with a flared mouth rim, resting on a unglazed footring, decorated with a stylized birdand-flower design with peonies above a band of wave motifs and below a diaper band around the rim, three treelike designs around the rim interior, ht.

17 3/8 in. $600-800 1296 Satsuma Stemmed Dish, Japan, 20th century, compressed upturned bellshape, decorated with grapevines over a river with a pair of birds in a floral panel, rim and exterior decorated with gilt designs on a deep blue ground, gilt rim, signed “Kinkozan sho” in gold, dia.

8 1/4 in. $200-400

1297 Two Blue and White Garden Seats, China, 19th/20th century, barrel-form, the sides and top decorated with a central band of qilin playing with ribbons and a ball in the clouds, a band of stylized ruyi-heads and floral motifs above and below two lion-head handles at each side, the other seat similarly decorated but possibly later, ht. to 19 1/2 in. $800-1,000 1298 Chinese Export Imari Plate, China, with six-lobed rim, decorated with a diaper band with four floral panels below a band of geometric and floral design, inscribed in gilt “Mente Manuque” in a circle in the center, an old sticker reading “Henry Stein Antiques New Orleans” on base, dia.

9 3/8 in. $600-800

1302 Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, Hiroshige Ando (1797-1857), late 1830s, from the series Akasaka, “The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Highway,” publishers Hoeido and Kinjudo, oban, woodblock print, framed, 13 x 8 1/4 in., and Hiroshige II (1829-1869), “Famous Places of Edo,” oban tate-e, framed, 14 x 9 1/2 in. $700-900 1303 Two Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (18391892) Woodblock Prints, Japan, 1881, both from the series Tokyo Jiman Juni Kaketsu, one depicting “April- Yanagibashi Geisha in front of the wisteria in Kameido,” the other “December-Shinbashi Geisha at Asakusa temple,” oban tate-e, framed, 13 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. $300-500

1299 Faux Tortoiseshell Covered Box, China, 19th/20th century, oval, decorated with various sea creatures including goldfish and water plants including lotuses in silver cloisonné enamel, the cover with mirrored interior, dia. to 5 7/8, ht. 1 5/8 in. $500-700

1304 Two Utagawa Hiroshige II (18261869) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting an old scholar with young daimyos, tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 9 1/2 x 4 3/8; the other depicting Hushimi town with people in picnic under a tree and passers-by on the street, yoko-e, framed and glazed, sight size 7 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. $200-400

1300 Two Carved Mother-of-pearl Shells, China, 19th/20th century, both depicting in bas relief a riverside town with figures in various actions, one along with various auspicious fruit and plants, including grapes, pomegranate, and lotus; and the other with lingzhi mushrooms on front and on the reverse with incised gourd vines and foliate scrolls with a butterfly, ht. to 8 7/8, wd. to 9 7/8 in. $800-1,200

1305 Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1852, from the series Hakkenden Inu no Soshi no Uchi (The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes), depicting Ishikameya Jidanta, signed “Kochoro Kunisada ga” with publisher’s seal “Tsutaya Kichizo,” oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. $200-400

1301 Reproduction of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Japan, 1830-31, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, signed “Hokusai Aratame Iitsu Hitsu,” later reprint, oban yoko-e, framed and glazed, sight size 9 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. $200-400

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1306 Woodblock Triptych War Print, Japan, 20th century, commemorating a victory of Japanese army and navy led by General Saigo Judo with two military officials, along with succumbed Taiwanese, each oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 13 1/2 x 28 in. $700-900 1307 Woodblock Triptych War Print, Japan, 20th century, depicting a SinoJapanese battle at sea with Japanese vanquishing Chinese navy with cannon artillery, each oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight sizes 13 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. $700-900

1309 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Japan, 1845, Houshi from the series Genji Kumo Shui (Gleanings from the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji), depicting a warrior with a sword crushing down a monk under his right foot, signed “Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga” with publisher’s seal “Iseya Ichibei” (partly legible now), framed and glazed, oban tate-e, sight size 14 x 9 1/2 in. $200-300 1310 Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) Woodblock Print, Japan, 19th century, depicting warriors in filed training with a young warrior trainer, signed “Kochoro Kunisada ga,” oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 13 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. $200-300 1311 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), Night in Kyoto, Japan, 1933, signed with a seal on print, color woodblock on paper, oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 14 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. $600-800 1312 Four Ukiyo-e Shunga, Japan, Koikawa Shozan (1821-1907), color woodblock print, each of three depicting an intimate moment, on a two-leaf koban spread, with an inscription; and one depicting a courtesan seated in an interior with a window scene, koban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 7 1/4 x 5 in. $300-400 1313 Four Ukiyo-e Shunga, Japan, 19th century, possibly Kunisada or Utagawa school, color woodblock print, each depicting an intimate moment, without inscription, aiban yoko-e, framed and glazed, sight size 8 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. $300-400

1314 Seven Ukiyo-e Shunga, Japan, 19th/20th century, color woodblock print, each depicting an intimate moment, sealed “Haru,” chuban yoko-e, mounted on paper support, framed and glazed, sight size 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. $500-800 1315 Six Ukiyo-e Shunga, Japan, 19th/20th century, color woodblock prints, each depicting an intimate moment, two on a two-leaf koban tate-e spread, inscribed with titles, 7 1/4 x 9 5/8; one, yatsugiriv yoko-e, 3 1/2 x 5; and one with three yatsugiriv yoko-e in a frame, each 3 1/2 x 5 in., all backed or mounted on support, framed, and glazed. $300-400 1316 Four Ukiyo-e Shunga, Japan, 19th/20th century, color woodblock print, each depicting an intimate moment, three without inscription, koban yoko-e, sight size 4 3/4 x 7 1/8; one, titled “kuki” (Viewing Chrysanthemum), depicting on a two koban tate-e spread, in a patterned border, some details in silver, sight size 7 x 9 5/8 in., all backed, framed, and glazed. $300-400 1317 Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), Chimney Forest, Japan, 1985, color woodblock print, titled and dated in left margin, printed English title and signature in pencil in bottom margin, oban yoko-e, 11 x 15 7/8 in. $400-600 1318 Two Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, Buncho, 1927, depicting two sparrows in a cage, titled and dated in right margin, English title and signature in pencil in bottom margin, oban tate-e, 15 3/4 x 10 5/8; and Raicho, 1930, depicting a snow grouse and three chicks, sealed, titled and dated in left margin, English title and signature in pencil in bottom margin, oban yoko-e, 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. $200-400

1319 Four Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, Kikuzaka Street, 1939, signed and sealed, titled and dated in the left margin, printed English title and signature in pencil in bottom margin, chuban tate-e, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4; Nikko, 1940, signed and sealed, titled and dated in left margin, printed English title and signature in pencil in bottom margin, chuban tate-e, 7 7/8 x 9 3/4; Kiyomizu Temple, undated, signed and sealed, English title and signature printed in bottom margin, later reprint, chuban tate-e, 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in; and Havana in 1954, 1985, titled and dated in left margin, printed English title and signature in pencil in bottom margin, oban tate-e, 11 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. $500-800

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1308 Hiroshige II (1826-1869) and Toyokuni I (1769-1825) Woodblock Prints, Japan, mid-19th century, the Hiroshige print from the series Tokaido, chuban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 8 7/8 x 6 5/8; the Toyokuni print depicting a courtesan with an umbrella with two men including a warrior running from the rain, signed “Kochoro Toyokuni ga” with toshidama seal, oban tate-e, framed and glazed, sight size 13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. $200-300

1320 Two Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a hawk chasing a flying insect, signed with a seal; the other depicting a moonlit scene with flowers and grasses, sealed, sizes to 14 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. $500-800 1321 Six Modern Woodblock Prints and a Lithograph, Japan, six by Yuichi Hasegawa (b. 1945) including Star Dust, 1990, 16/18, framed and glazed, Two Moons, 2007, 2/10, Auspicious Sky, 1997, 11/25, Cloudy Snow, 1997, 5/20, Night Sky No. 1, 1999, 5/10, and Night Scene, 1999, 10/17, each depicting an abstract image in colors with textured silver leaf, all numbered, titled (two in Japanese), dated, and signed in pencil, largest to 16 3/4 x 43 5/8; and Shingo Honda (b. 1944), Triangle, 1983, 4/45, photo lithograph, with engraved imagery and cut paper, titled, dated, and signed in pencil, sealed “Shingo Honda” in Japanese, framed and glazed, sight 18 x 12 5/8 in. $300-400 1322 Four Modern Woodblock Prints, Japan, two depicting the interiors of an old house in simple forms, with one dated “1989.12” and numbered “12/50” and the other dated “1988.10,” sight sizes to 21 x 13 1/2; one depicting an interior with cooking fireplace, 1978, AP 2/8, signed “Kam Kaneda” in English, with a seal on the print, sight size 22 x 16 1/2; and one

by Mikumo (Nenjiro Inagaki, b. 1906), depicting Buddhist statues in rows in a temple, with a seal, sight size 13 5/8 x 20 in., all framed and glazed. $500-700

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1323 Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960), Man with Glasses, color woodblock print, depicting a Chinese man in formal dress holding a pair of glasses, his hands resting on his knee, signed in pencil with bat seal, framed and glazed, sight size 15 x 11 1/2 in. $700-900

1328 Two Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, one depicting a girl in red holding a white bird and the other depicting a girl in black holding two white birds, both framed, each 15 x 9 1/2 in. $300-500

1324 Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) Woodblock Print, Japan, 20th century, depicting a young Chinese girl and native seated beneath a tree eating noodles, signed in pencil, “Jacoulet,” with peach seal, framed, 15 x 11 1/4 in. $500-700

1329 Three Clifton Karhu (1927-2007) Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, Anade Farms, 1968, AP, sight 9 5/8 x 16 1/2; An Old House in Kyoto, 1968, 7/50, sight 12 3/8 x 21 7/8; and Lord Mortin, undated, AP, sight 14 x 10 in., all numbered, titled, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin. $400-600

1325 Okie Hashimoto (1899-1993) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1962, 51/70, depicting a street scene with a gated house, colors on paper, titled in Kanji, numbered, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, print 15 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. $500-700

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1326 Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993), Middle Garden A. Houshun-in, Japan, 1966, 70/70, monotone woodblock, depicting a rock garden at the Houshun-in temple, combined with a geometric wallpaper design, numbered, titled in Japanese, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, with a seal on the print, “Hashimoto Okiie saku” seal in green in the bottom right margin, image 21 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. $100-150

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1327 Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993), Rock Garden No. 5 - Ryoanji, Japan, 1969, 53/80, color woodblock, depicting a rock garden in the Ryoanji temple, numbered, titled in Japanese, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, with a seal on print, “Hashimoto Okiie saku” seal at the bottom right, framed and glazed, image 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. $100-150

1330 Two Mikumo Mokuhansha Color Woodblock Prints, Japan, 1959, one depicting the head of a woman in profile in red and black; and the other depicting the face of a woman against a brown background, both with two seals reading “Tomo” and “Mikumo” in Japanese, signed “Mikumo 1959” in pencil in Roman on the prints, without margins, 24 x 13 7/8 in. $300-500 1331 Two Woodblock Prints, Japan, one

by Toyokuni II (Toyoshige); one by Toyokuni III (Kunisada), framed as a diptych and glazed, oban tate-e, prints 14 x 19 1/2 in. $200-300 1332 Takagawa Isaku (1899-2000) Woodblock Print, Japan, 20th century, depicting tropical fish swimming against a vivid green and blue background, signed and sealed “Isaku,” 21 1/8 x 19 in. $500-700 1333 Two Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, one depicting Katsura Villa, signed in pencil “Katsura Kyoto (c),” 61/150, 1955, 24 x 17 5/8 in.; the other depicting a woman in profile, signed in pencil “Coral, (B),” 63/150, 1958, 21 1/4 x 16 1/8 in. $500-700

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1334 Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997), Dancing Geisha, Japan, c. 1960, color woodblock, depicting seated against a mottled gray ground, signed with a seal on print, framed and glazed, image 15 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. $100-200 1335 Two Tadashige Ono (1901-1990) Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, one titled Road, 1961, 3/3, depicting a boy holding a bird; the other titled Field, 1961, 2/4, depicting a man and a dog standing in a field, 17 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. $200-300 1336 Two Modern Woodblock Prints, Japan, 20th century, Masao Maeda (1904-1974), depicting a gate leading to a moss garden, signed and sealed, 20 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.; Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993), depicting a rock garden with autumnal leaves, signed and noted in pencil “17/60, Okiie Hashimoto, 1960,” 22 5/8 x 17 7/8 in. $200-300 1337 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Kinosaki Tajima, Japan, 1924, color woodblock, from the series Souvenirs of Travel III, published by Watanabe with C seal (1929-1942), signed and sealed on print, titled and dated in left margin, publisher’s seal in right margin, oban yoko-e, 10 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. $800-1,200 1338 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Evening at Kintai Doshi Bridge in Spring, Japan, 1947, color woodblock, published by Watanabe with J seal (1946-1957) on the print, signed and sealed on the print, titled and dated in the left margin, print by Ono Kintaro, oban tate-e, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. $800-1,200 1339 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Evening Snow at Ishinomaki, Japan, 1935, color woodblock print, published by Watanabe with J seal (1946-1957) on the print, signed and sealed on the print, titled and dated in the left margin, oban yoko-e, 10 3/8 x 15 5/8 in. $400-600

1346 Makoto Ouchi (1926-1989), Kabuki, Japan, no date, AP, color woodblock with embossing, depicting a geisha image combined with shaped color blocks and an embossed cube, numbered, titled, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, image 21 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. $100-200

1352 Mori Yoshitoshi (1898-1992), Untitled, Japan, no date, 2/10, woodblock, portraying in ink a female face of Buddhist feature with a floral headdress in a red rectangular band, signed and numbered in pencil with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, image 17 x 12 3/4 in. $100-200

1341 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Moon at Ayashi, Japan, 1946, color woodblock print, published by Watanabe with J seal (1946-1957) on the print, titled and dated in the left margin, oban tate-e, 15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. $800-1,200

1347 Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988), Shinagawa, Japan, no date or number, woodblock, depicting a night scene around Shinagawa station, Tokyo, titled in Japanese and signed with a seal on the print, titled in pencil in English on the reverse, image 12 3/4 x 18 in. $100-200

1353 Ray (Rei) Morimura (b. 1948), Great Temple, Japan, 2002, 7/50, color woodblock, depicting a temple with a long stairway in a forest, titled in Japanese, dated, numbered, and signed in pencil with a seal in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 17 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. $150-200

1348 Iwao Akiyama (b. 1921), Woman Bathing, Japan, 1974, 3/100, ink woodblock with red, depicting a woman with naked back, numbered, dated, titled in Japanese, and signed in pencil with a seal in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. $150-250

1354 Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988) Color Woodblock Print, Japan, no date, 61/128, depicting sunlit buildings combined with floral bouquet design, numbered and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 8 x 8 1/4 in. $100-200

1342 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach, Japan, about 1956-1962, color woodblock print, signed and sealed on print dated and titled in right margin, published by Doi Hangaten, printed by Yokoi, and carved by Harada with three seals in the left margin, oban tate-e, 15 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. $500-700 1343 Yuichi Hasegawa (b. 1945), Colorful Rays, Japan, 2008, 5/10, color woodblock, depicting scattered lights in all direction in colors, numbered, titled in Japanese, dated, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, image 20 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. $150-200 1344 Naoko Matsubara (b. 1937), Late Autumn, Japan, 1978, AP, color woodblock, depicting an abstract image in ochre, sienna, and black, numbered, titled in Japanese, dated, titled in English, and signed with a seal in the bottom margin, image 18 x 17 in. $200-300 1345 Makoto Ouchi (1926-1989), Butterfly - Ki, Japan, no date, AP, color woodblock with embossing, depicting an Ukiyo-e image of a butterfly and a character “ki� combined with shaped color blocks, numbered, titled in Japanese and English, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, image 15 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. $100-200

1349 Umetaro Azechi, Red Hat, Japan, 1963, woodblock, one of the series of Akai Boshi, depicting a man wearing a red hat holding a white bird in his hands, dated and signed in pencil in the bottom margin with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, image 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. $150-200 1350 Hideo Hagiwara (1913-2007), Playground I, Japan, 1964, 9/50, color woodblock, depicting geometric shapes against a gray wood grained ground, signed, dated, titled both in Japanese and English, and numbered in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 14 5/8 x 21 in. $150-200 1351 Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979), Snowball (B) Small, Japan, 1964, 10/50, monotone woodblock, depicting a circle between bars in a blue tone, titled, numbered, dated, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, image 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. $150-200

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1340 Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Snow at Hei Shrine, Japan, 1931, color woodblock print, published by Watanabe with B seal (1927-1932) in the right margin, signed and sealed on print, titled and dated in the left margin, Watanabe sticker on the reverse, oban tate-e, 15 x 10 3/8 in. $500-700

1355 Katsunori Hamanishi (b. 1949), Division - Work No. 48, Japan, 1995, 6/50, mezzotints and silver leaf, geometric abstract forms with color blocks and oval imagery, numbered, titled, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 17 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. $150-200 1356 Katsunori Hamanishi (b. 1949), Division I, Japan, 1992, 29/50, mezzotints and silver leaf with embossing, depicting an abstract image with geometric shapes, numbered, titled, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 7 x 5 3/4 in. $150-200 1357 Kazumi Amano (1927-2001), Correlation (Pair - B), Japan, 1970, 3/30, color woodblock with embossing, depicting circles combined with geometric shapes and blocks of printed material, titled, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 23 3/4 x 17 5/8 in. $150-200

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1358 Kazumi Amano (1927-2001), Unity - Trio A, Japan, 1971, 14/35, color woodblock with embossing, depicting spirals in a geometric grid with blocks of printed material, titled, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 22 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. $150-200

1364 Five Ogato Gekko (1859-1920) Woodblock Prints, Japan, one depicting a running samurai, 1897, from the series Forty-seven Ronins; one with swimming carp; one with two king snappers; one with a boy riding on an ox; and one with a tiger, sizes to 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. $400-600

1371 Katsunori Hamanishi (b. 1949), Position VII, Japan, 2000, 12/50, mezzotint and gold leaf, depicting grains and color blocks in red, black, and gold, numbered, titled, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 7 x 11 1/2 in. $150-200

1359 Fumiaki Fukita (b. 1926), White Dream, Japan, 1967, 12/30, woodblock with embossing, depicting a radiating circle flanked with two color bands of cerulean blue and orange, numbered, titled in Japanese, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, image 23 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. $75-100

1365 Umetaro Azechi (1902-1999) Woodblock Print, Japan, 1977, 96/150, Mountain of Six People, titled, dated, numbered, and signed in pencil with a seal on the print, sight size 7 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. $200-400

1372 Tanaka Ryohei (b. 1933), Untitled, Japan, 1997, 18/150, etching and aquatint, depicting huts in snow, numbered, signed, and dated in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 3 3/8 x 4 5/8 in. $75-100

1366 Ten Serizawa Keisuke (1895-1984) Stencil-dyed Prints, Japan, 20th century, the set depicting various folk traditions, each signed by the artist in red pigment, three framed, ht. 6 to 10 in. $400-600

1373 Shigeki Kuroda (b. 1953), Southern Island, Japan, no date, 41/70, etching and mezzotints, depicting bicycles with umbrellas and a red flower, numbered, titled, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 11 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. $100-200

1360 Masao Maeda (1904-1974), Rock Garden Ryoanji A, Japan, 1960, 18/48, woodblock, depicting a rock garden at the Ryoanji temple, dated, titled in Japanese printed on the left margin, numbered in pencil in the bottom margin, signed in pencil with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, image 23 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. $150-200

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1361 Makoto Ouchi (1926-1989), Fan - 3, Japan, no date, 20/60, woodblock, depicting a fan design with a male portrait and a character over a two-part ground with a character, numbered, titled, and signed in pencil on the print, framed and glazed, image 20 x 13 7/8 in. $100-200

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1362 Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988), Kyoto Garden, Japan, 18/200, woodblock, depicting a rock garden in Kyoto, numbered in pencil in the bottom margin, signed with a seal on the print, framed and glazed, image 21 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. $100-200 1363 Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Triptych Woodblock Print, Japan, 1884, publisher Matsuki Heikichi, depicting a man and a boatman, each oban tate-e, overall 14 3/8 x 29 in. $300-500

1367 Ten Mikumo Mokuhansha Prints, Japan, 20th century, depicting various subjects, Buddhist figures, and landscapes in color, all signed in pencil “Mikumo,” dated and sealed, original folio cover, sizes to 16 1/2 x 13 in. $200-300 1368 Masuo Ikeda (1934-1997), Untitled, Japan, 1957, etching and drypoint, depicting an abstract imagery mostly in lines, signed and dated in pen in the bottom margin, image 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. $75-100 1369 Shigeki Kuroda (b. 1953), The Continuous Creation, Japan, no date, 12/45, etching and aquatint, depicting an abstract image with umbrellas, in ink, numbered, titled, and signed in pencil in the bottom margin, matted, image 4 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. $400-600 1370 Kumi Sugai (1919-1996), Untitled, Japan, silkscreen, depicting two mirror images of a geometric shape with the letter K with clover, numbered in pencil and signed in pen in the bottom margin, a watermark reading “Gendai Hanga Center Tokyo Japan” in the bottom right corner, editioned “H.C.” at bottom left, image 8 x 8 in. $75-100

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1374 Kojin Toneyama (1921-1994), The Piper, Japan, 1970, 65/100, color lithograph, depicting an abstract image of hands with a pipe in blue and silver, numbered, signed, and dated in pencil in the print, framed and glazed, image 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. $100-200 1375 Shoichi Hasegawa (b. 1929), Le Dirigeable, Japan, no date, 66/99, color etching and aquatint, depicting a geometric cityscape with a balloon ship in the sky, numbered, titled in Japanese and English, signed in English and Japanese in pencil in the bottom margin, signed “Shoichi” in the print, framed and glazed, image 23 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. $75-100 1376 Francois-Masami Nakayama (18981979), Fuji, Japan, 1966, 73/200, color collagraph, depicting an abstract landscape with a mountain floating over a blue lake, numbered, titled both in English and Japanese, signed both in English and Japanese, and dated in pencil with a seal in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. $150-200

1378 Collection of Six of Han Meilin’s Limited Edition Prints, China, Han Meilin (1936-), six animal prints of a mouse, cranes, birds, fish, and ducklings, color woodblock on paper, four matted and signed “M.L. Han” in pencil, two unsigned, painting size to 10 x 15 in. $800-1,000 1379 Hanging Scroll Depicting Lotus, China, in the manner of Qi Baishi (1864-1957), with a red flower and leaves, ink and color on brown paper, remounted, signed with a seal, 35 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. $800-1,000 1380 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Horse, China, in the manner of Xu Beihong (1895-1953), inscribed, signed, and dated, ink on paper, painting 43 3/8 x 20 3/4 in. $300-500 1381 Hanging Scroll Depicting Orchids, Japan, in two clusters in a diagonal composition, inscribed in cursive script with four seals including a collector’s seal to bottom right, ink on paper, painting 49 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.

Provenance: From the collection of John Herman Groesbeck Pierson, Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu, Hawaii; gift to Laetitia Verdery Pierson, wife of George Wilson Pierson (19041993), Professor and Chair of History at Yale University. $200-400 1382 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Landscape, Japan, with a boat in a misty river, in Haboku-style, with a seal (illegible) on the top right corner, ink on paper, painting 8 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. $400-600

1383 Hanging Scroll depicting Loofas, China, in the manner of Qi Baishi, depicting a basket of loofas, ink and color on paper, inscribed, with one artist seal “Baishi,” painting 39 x 13 in. $200-300 1384 Hanging Scroll, Suzuki Shonen (1849-1918), Japan, late 19th century, depicting eight Buddhist jewels each with a signature and seal of Shonen, ink on paper, 47 x 23 3/4 in. $600-800 1385 Hanging Scroll, Okuhara Seiko (1837-1913), Japan, late 19th century, depicting a group of scholar’s objects with calligraphy, ink and color on paper, 53 x 26 1/2 in. $600-800 1386 Hanging Scroll, Sakai Doitsu (18451913), Japan, 19th/20th century, depicting a flowering peony branch beneath a straw cover, ink and color on silk, 37 3/4 x 13 in. $200-300 1387 Hanging Scroll, Kameda Bosai (17521826), Japan, 19th century, four-line calligraphy poem, signed with three seals, ink on paper, painting 25 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. $300-500 1388 Hanging Scroll, Minagawa Kien (1734-1807), Japan, 19th century, depicting three lines of a calligraphy poem, ink on paper, overall 82 x 20 in. $200-300 1389 Hanging Scroll Depicting Shoki, Japan, 19th century, in the act of quelling a demon, inscribed with a seal, ink and color on paper, painting 44 1/2 x 17 in. $300-500 1390 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Tale of Genji Scene, Japan, Nozaki Hosei (1821-1910), signed with a seal, ink and color on silk, painting 13 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. $200-300

1391 Two Paintings Depicting a Cat, Japan, 1924, one depicting a white cat with red scarf against a black ground; and the other a black cat with red scarf against a blank ground, both dated with a seal, color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. $300-500 1392 Eleven Watercolors, China, c. 1850, depicting various Chinese junks with flags, lanterns, and figures, eight framed and glazed, three loose, each 8 x 12 in. $800-1,000 1393 Hanging Scroll Depicting a Flowering Tree and Bird, China, 20th century, signed with “Bo Su,” and sealed, undated, size 67 x 18 in. $200-400

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1377 Tetsuya Noda (b. 1940), Diary March 3rd, 77, Japan, 1977, AP, silkscreen, depicting a photographic interior scene with sunlit terrace, titled, numbered, and signed in pencil with a seal in the bottom margin, framed and glazed, image 17 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. $100-200

1394 Landscape Depicting a Scholar by a Rock, China, 20th century, depicting pine trees, rocks and a scholar taking a nap, with two artist seals, ink and light color on paper, size 12 x 7 1/2 in. $500-700 1395 Two Birds on a Plum Tree, China, 20th century, with two artist seals, ink and light colors in paper, size 9 x 5 in. $500-700 1396 Two Figure Paintings, China, one depicting a Daoist figure, standing with a staff in his left hand, looking down at a qilin cub; and the other depicting a drunken Daoist figure with a double gourd bottle tied to his waist, riding on a lion, both depicted in fine lines, each signed with two seals, matted on paper, ink, light color, and gold on paper, painting 12 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. $500-700 1397 Three Albums of Portrait Paintings, China, Qing dynasty, each holding four leaves portraying historical figures with calligraphy briefly introducing the depicted figures with names, including Zhang Wencheng of Tang dynasty, the daughter of Taicang of Qi dynasty, and Qiyangwang Li Wenzhong of Ming dynasty, ink and color on silk, mounted on paper, each leaf 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. $500-700

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1398 Two Scrolls of Daoist Paintings, China, depicting a Daoist master with two disciples, with symbolic mountains and clouds as a background, ink and color on paper, each 28 x 14 in. $500-700

1406 Painting Depicting Lotus Stalks, China, with a blooming white flowers, leaves, and a bud, titled and signed with a seal, color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 15 1/2 x 22 in. $700-900

1399 Three Buddhist Painting Scrolls, China, depicting three Buddhist Arhat monks, ink and color on paper, each 22 x 12 in. $500-700

1407 Painting Depicting Qi Baishi, China, 20th century, sitting on a chair at a round table with an ewer, cups and bowls, and chopsticks, with a calligraphic description, gold freckles visible under glass, signed with two seals, ink and light color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. $500-700

1400 Flower Painting Depicting Peonies, China, in the manner of Zhou Qian, inscribed and dated, signed “wu men Zhou Qian,” ink and color on paper, 39 x 20 in. $500-700 1401 Four Landscape Scroll Paintings, China, depicting ladies in a traditional Chinese garden, ink and color on paper, each 59 x 16 in. $600-800

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1402 Landscape Scroll Painting, China, depicting mountains, a river, and a scholar, ink and color on paper, 31 x 17 in. $500-700

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1403 Watercolor Landscape, China, 20th century, depicting a house building with a tree over the roof, watercolor on paper, signed and dated in pen on the bottom left corner, framed and glazed, painting 14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. $400-600 1404 Two Reverse Glass Paintings, China, 20th century, each depicting a baby boy sitting with one leg raised, one with a pomegranate and the other with a watermelon in front, against a sky blue ground, framed and glazed, 15 1/4 x 11 in. $400-600 1405 Landscape Painting, China, depicting a rocky mountain range in mist, with waterfalls, river, trees, and huts, inscribed with two seals, ink and color on paper, matted, framed and glazed with Plexiglas, painting 17 x 25 3/4 in. $400-600

1408 Chinese Calligraphy, China, 20th century, calligraphy of a poem by Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, inscribed and signed “Li Weijun” with one artist’s seal, framed, sight size 25 x 13 in. $200-300 1409 Two Paintings, China, 19th/20th century, a fan painting depicting women at leisure in nature, ink and color on silk, painting dia. 9 3/4; an ink painting depicting an ox with a boy on its back under a willow tree, painting 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 in., both unsigned, framed and glazed. $400-600 1410 Pair of Landscapes, probably Taiwan, one with craggy mountain ranges with water, pines, and a pavilion in the distance; and one with two pines, signed “Yang Meng Shan In” with a seal, ink and light color on fabric, framed and glazed, painting 16 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. $700-900 1411 Painting Depicting Four Scholars, China, sitting around a desk holding brushes in an interior decorated with scholarly items, a round window to the left revealing two female figures looking in while standing in a garden with bamboo, ink and color on silk, inscribed with a seal, framed and glazed, 12 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. $400-600

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1412 Painting Depicting Auspicious Objects, China, 1959, including a tall vase with peonies, a small vase with a blooming branch, a ritual vessel, and coins, titled, dated, and signed with a seal, ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, ht. 37 x 9 7/8 in. $400-600 1413 Painting Depicting Camels, China, with one standing in close view and the other three in distance, in boneless style, inscribed with two seals, ink on paper, framed and glazed, painting 11 x 15 1/4 in. $500-800 1414 Four Flower-and-bird Paintings in Two Frames, China, 19th century, depicting a bird or birds with blossoming tree branches, in boneless technique, each with a seal, ink and color on silk, framed and glazed, each painting 12 1/8 x 12 7/8, each frame 51 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. $400-600 1415 Ancestral Portrait, China, 20th century, of a civil official, seated front in a chair covered with a tiger skin, with both of his hands buried in the sleeves and feet on a footrest, color on paper, framed and glazed, overall 50 x 33 3/8, painting 33 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. $400-600 1416 Two Literati Paintings, Korea, 19th/20th century, with one depicting chrysanthemum flowers with rocks, and the other bamboo with rocks, both inscribed with four seals including one reading “Yi Jungchan in,” “Yudang,” and “Chanok,” ink on paper, both framed and glazed, painting 48 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. $400-600 1417 Painting on Panel, Korea or China, depicting a panoramic landscape of China with a river in a mountain range and people on boats, cut and matted in four sections, ink and light color on brown paper, pasted on a framed wooden board, each painting 21 x 13 in. $800-1,000

1424 Portable Lacquered Gilt Shrine with Giltwood Buddha, Japan, 19th century, standing with his both hands in vitarka mudra with the thumb touching the index finger, standing against a gilt oval openwork mandorla, on a lotus throne mounted on a multitier pedestal base with elaborately carved floral and foliate decorations and a seated shishi on top, the twodoor lacquered case, rectangular with lobed corners and metalwork finishing including a lock, gilt interior, ht. 19 1/2, Buddha with mandorla ht. 11 1/2 in. $300-500

1419 Six-panel Screen Painting, Japan, 19th century, depicting a bamboo and brush fence in the foreground with autumnal flowers above, 66 3/4 x 24 in. $200-300

1425 Ten Black Lacquer Saucers, Japan, 20th century, round, with impressed area for a cup, dia. 4 7/8 in. $300-500

1420 Four Paper Cut Fans, Japan, 20th century, each with a floral cutout mounted on bamboo, dia. 10 7/8 in. $400-600

1426 Black and Gold Lacquer Dishes, Japan, 20th century, a set of five dishes, each with a gold makie-e band depicting paulownia leaves with scrolling tendrils, boxed, dia. 5 3/8 in. $300-400

1421 Boxwood Carving of a Luohan, China, 20th century, standing on a round podium with his left foot forward, holding a scroll in his right hand, his eyes downcast as in meditation, ht. 10 1/2 in. $200-300

1427 Eight Lacquer Dishes, Japan, 20th century, black lacquer decorated with cut gold squares and pine needles, boxed, dia. 4 7/8 in. $400-600

1422 Nara Wooden Toy, Japan, 20th century, gilt and polychrome wood carving of a Noh theater performer, signed, ht. 11 1/2 in $200-300 1423 Wood Netsuke, Japan, 20th century, depicting a reclining tiger with incised stripes, inlaid eyes and an inlaid “kan” on the base, lg. 2 3/4 in. $200-300

1428 Lacquer Box, Japan, 20th century, Wakamatsu lacquer, the three-section square box in pale yellow lacquer with the corner of the cover inlaid with stylized shell leaves, ht. 5 1/4 in. $300-400 1429 Set of Six Lacquer Screen Holders, Japan, 20th century, in the shape of a folded fan, each decorated with flying cranes and scrolling clouds on a black ground, with box, lg. 14 in. $700-900 1430 Two Lacquered Trays, Japan, 20th century, a wood and lacquer tray depicting a radish and mushrooms and a black lacquer tray depicting plum and birds inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gilt, dia. to 16 1/2 in. $300-500

1431 Lacquer Tray, Japan, 20th century, rectangular, decorated with five small togidashi makie-e feathers on black lacquer, 21 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. $400-600 1432 Four Lacquered Items, Japan, a black lacquered covered bowl and plate, decorated with a flying crane in gold lacquer in the well and cover interior of the bowl and plate, ht. to 3 1/4, dia. to 6 3/4; a red lacquered stem dish, dia. 6; and a long rectangular red lacquered covered case for chopsticks, decorated with floral and geometric designs, with a wood box, 9 1/4 x 3 in. $300-500

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1418 Six-panel Folding Screen, China, ink and color on paper, 1980, signed and sealed Zhang Xinquan, depicts a spring day in Old China, at right a young woman and attendants leave home, her sedan chair waiting, a woman and boy watch a boatman from their waterside pavilion, at far left are shops and a food vendor, the artist’s name, seal, and telephone number are on a poster affixed to the wall of the bank, the reverse plain silvery paper, each panel wd. 17 1/2, ht. 83 1/2 in. $700-900

1433 Set of Ten Lacquered Bowls and Covers, Japan, upturned bell-shape, resting on a slightly splayed foot, each decorated with a blooming plum in gold lacquer stretching over the exterior of the bowl and cover, red lacquered interior, ht. 3, dia. 4 3/8 in. $200-300 1434 Lacquer Cosmetic Case, China, 20th century, the domed top lifting to reveal a tray inscribed with the address of the maker of the case, the two doors opening to reveal four drawers, overall black and red lacquer with “ghost” decoration, brass hardware, 15 x 13 x 11 in. $400-600 1435 Black-lacquered Document Box, Japan, 20th century, rectangular, decorated with blooming peony branches in gold and brown takamaki-e, some leaves in motherof-pearl inlay, signed on the cover “Hougetsu” with a square seal reading the artist, “Higaki” in English on the cover interior, ht. 5, wd. 10, dp. 13 in. $500-700 1436 Small Red-lacquered Document Chest, Japan, 20th century, with seven drawers and a compartment with two sliding doors, three drawers with double-hook handles, a horizontally long rectangular opening to both sides, 11 1/8 x 18 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. $700-900

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1437 Red-lacquered Low Table, Japan, 19th century, rectangular with shaped apron and simplified claw feet, plain with a inlaid band with mostly rectangular shell pieces around the top, 4 3/8 x 17 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. $700-900 1438 Pair of Carved Lacquered Wood Parrots, China, standing on a rock with flowers, mounted on an openwork wood stand on top of a rectangular gilt wood podium-style stand, metal lamppost attached to the back, (without light socket and wiring), overall ht. 23 1/2, parrot ht. 11 1/4 in. $300-500 1439 Lacquered Wood Covered Box, Japan, 19th/20th century, rectangular, decorated in gold lacquer with a birdand flower design on the cover, various emblems on four sides of the box, 2 1/2 x 9 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. $500-700

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1440 Shop Sign, Kanban, Japan, late 19th century, in the shape of a folded fan, the folds in red and black lacquer, the ends in gold over black lacquer, lg. 26 1/2 in. $200-300

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1441 Two Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten Bentwood Boxes, Japan, 20th century, each box made from strips of cryptomeria wood with bamboo closures, signed Yoshinobu hitsu, round box dia. 7 3/4, oblong box lg.

6 5/8 in. $200-300 1442 Oribe Basket, Japan, round (warped), the handle band decorated with a ruyi-head openwork on the two ends, glazed in green and cream slip with floral and geometric honeycomb designs in iron red, unglazed base of dark brown, ht. 5 3/4, dia. to 6 5/8 in. $50-100

1443 Large Bamboo Food Basket, China, late 19th century, divided into four stacked sections with a cover, the wood sides depicting immortals in a mountainous landscape and scrolling dragons and pearls, the brass hardware depicting coins, ht. 40, wd.

22 in. $100-200 1444 Stackable Wood Lunch Box, China, with two cases with cover, angled U-shape handle decorated with openwork archaic-style scrolls, hairpin key with holes on cover, ht. 9 3/8 in. $200-400 1445 Two Bamboo Baskets, Japan, 20th century, one square, bleached bamboo with a tall handle, the other a tall cylindrical shape with a diamond pattern weave, ht. to 15 1/2 in. $400-600 1446 Bamboo Basket, Japan, 20th century, the tall cylindrical shape with a double handle, the body woven in a hexagonal pattern, signed, ht. 15 1/2 in. $200-300 1447 Pair of Bamboo Birdcages, China, 20th century, round with a flat top, with a metalwork disk and hanging hook, two openwork fences, a roost, and a round embroidered carpet on the ground, each with five enameled porcelain bowls and bamboo fittings in a box, ht. 11 1/2, dia. 11 1/2 in. $700-900 1448 Hiroichi Tomii (d. 1998) Bentwood Bucket, Japan, 20th century, hand wrought cryptomeria wood and bamboo, ht. 12, dia. 8 1/4 in. $200-300 1449 Three Silk Kimono, Japan, early 20th century, one depicting a snowy village scene on the exterior with three embroidered white cranes, the inside with colorful origami cranes; one yuzen painted silk depicting spring flowers and pine branches with gold embroidery; and one depicting birds on a black silk gauze, approx. lg. to 60 in. $300-500

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1450 Two Indigo Folk Textiles, Japan, 20th century, each depicting white stitched geometric designs on a dark blue indigo cotton cloth, to 156 x 32 in. $300-500 1451 Silk Kimono, Japan, 20th century, silk crepe decorated with white lilies on a subtle bright yellow tie-dye ground, lg.

67 in. $300-500 1452 Three Textiles, Japan, a square piece of woven indigo cotton with a three-character mark in white; a woven silk hanging decorated with scholarly objects, masks and musical instruments, woven with gilt and polychrome threads, woven with hanging tabs; and a band of silk brocade woven with dragon motifs, size to 78 x 45 in. $200-300 1453 Seven Pairs of Children’s Shoes and Two Single Shoes, China, early 20th century, including a pair of cloth boots, two pairs of silk slip-on shoes with embroidery, and four pairs of embroidered and appliquéd formal shoes, lg. to 8 1/4 in. $300-500 1454 Seven Children’s Hats and Headdresses, China, 19th/20th century, embroidery and appliqué on silk with fringes and pom-poms, some decorated with auspicious symbols, others with leaves and floral motifs, and one representing a stylized lion head. $400-600 1455 Approximately Seventeen Textile Fragments, China, 19th/20th century, five pairs of embroidered sleeve bands, in various styles and stitches, a kesi panel depicting a rural landscape scene, a woven silk purse decorated with peaches and a bat, half of a silver pheasant rank badge, two collar fragments, and two rectangular fragments. $300-500

1457 Two Silk Kesi Panels, China, 19th/20th century, depicting figures in garden scenes watching butterflies, with pine trees, peonies, and rockery, on a blue ground, the details handpainted and highlighted with copper thread, framed and glazed, sight size 23 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. $200-250 1458 Embroidered Silk Panel, China, early 20th century, rectangular, depicting arrangements of scholar’s objects in couched gold thread and “forbidden stitch” in shades of blue, bordered by two woven appliqué borders, framed and glazed, panel size 2 4 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. $200-250 1459 Three Embroidered Silk Panels, China, 19th century, assembled from pairs of sleeve bands, one depicting roosters and crayfish with rockery and bamboo and plum blossoms, the others ladies in garden scenes surrounded by rockery and pavilions, all bordered with embroidered or woven accents, framed and glazed, sight size to 28 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. $200-250 1460 Horseshoe-back Armchair, China, 19th/20th century, the back splat decorated with a reserve carved with a writhing dragon above an inset burlwood panel, the outscrolled arms with dragon-form spandrels at the terminals, the seat set above a solid apron carved with pairs of chilong, the four legs surmounted by dragon heads and claw feet resting on the bracket, 37 x 22 x 27 in. $200-300

1461 Three-drawer Coffer Table, China, late 20th century, lacquer and soft wood, top with landscape scene in colors and gilt, drawer fronts decorated the birds and orchids, curved legs and sides all decorated with birds and flowers, lg. 39, wd. 16 1/2, ht. 20 in. $200-300 1462 Marble-top Hardwood Stand, China, late 19th/early 20th century, rosecolored marble set in lobed frame with carved edge, apron carved with floral motifs, cabriole legs with dragon heads ending in claw-and-pearl feet, ht. 17 5/8, top dia. 17 3/4 in. $100-200 1463 Bandaji Chest, Korea, 19th century, Northern style with lace-like ironwork fittings, resting on two stretcher legs, two double-hook handles to sides, the front with three double-hook handles and a bandaji tongue fastener to the top center, 32 1/8 x 35 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. $500-700 1464 Marble-top Stand, China, late 19th/ early 20th century, rose-colored marble set in circular frame with carved edge, carved apron depicts Buddhist Lions, cabriole legs carved with floral motifs, circular shelf at bottom in the shape of the “Wheel of the Law,” ht. 19 1/2 x diam. 13 1/2 in. $100-200 1465 Bandaji Chest, Korea, 19th century, Gyeonggido-style, resting on two stretcher legs, iron fittings with three double-hook handles and a bandaji tongue fastener to the top center, 30 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 15 in. $200-300

1467 Two-tier Chest, Icheung-nong, Korea, late 19th century, with two double-door openings below a row of four drawers, resting on a stand with four dog legs on two stretchers, yellow brass fittings with round hinges, lock plates, and round ring fasteners, divided in multi-panels decorated with burlwood veneers (now cracking), mixed wood with oil finish, 57 5/8 x 43 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. $1,000-2,000 1468 Kang Table, China, 20th century, rectangular with raised edges, resting on four two-tiered legs, decorated with raised ruyi clouds and scroll designs on the aprons and legs, 11 7/8 x 34 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. $800-1,000

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1456 Four Embroidered Textile Samples, Japan, 18th century, a hemp kimono sleeve with flowers; a golden embroidered silk kimono sleeve with a bird; a black silk kimono sleeve with flower and butterfly design; and a light blue linen with flowers, all combined with tsutsugaki dyed designs, mounted on a cardboard, sizes to 18 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. $300-500

1469 Asian-style Coffee Table, late 20th century, incorporating possibly older elements, lacquered hardwood, the top panel worked in lacquers and motherof-pearl depicting a palatial garden, may be a fragment of an older screen, protective plate-glass top, 45 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. $400-600 1470 Low Wood Stand, China, 20th century, long plain rectangular form, on four feet on four stretchers, 6 x 23 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. $300-500 1471 Two Boxes of Assorted Asian Auction Catalogs, Asia, published by Christie’s and Sotheby’s from 1985 to 2006, including Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art Paintings and Furniture, April 17, 1985, New York, and Christie’s Chinese Export Art, January 26, 2006, New York. $600-800

1466 Wood Hibachi with Stand, Japan, 19th/20th century, made from finely grained elmwood, keyaki, with a copper liner, wood handles, and five drawers, 28 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. $200-300

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1472 Collection of Auction Catalogs, approximately thirty Sotheby’s and Christie’s catalogs on ancient Western, Egyptian, and Near Eastern art, including the Hirschmann, Sadler, Christos G. Bastis, and Norbert Schimmel collections, mostly from 1990-2007, and approximately twenty-five Sotheby’s catalogs on contemporary Asian art, including the Ullens collection and the Estella collection (2 copies). $600-800 1473 Kosaku Hamada, YuchikosagoKogyo = Early Chinese Jades, in the collection of the late Riichi Uyeno, 2 vols., 1936. $200-300

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