09-17-201409-18-2014
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  • Monumental Fencai Flower and Landscape Vase

    Monumental Fencai Flower and Landscape Vase

    Lot: 96
    Sold for: $24,723,000$22,000,000

    Monumental Fencai Flower and Landscape Vase, China, Qianlong period, multi-tiered baluster form vase with two chilong-inspired gilt-bronze ears on the neck, each tier with a different glaze, more ...

  • Bronze Covered Censer with Dragons

    Bronze Covered Censer with Dragons

    Lot: 60
    Sold for: $243,000$200,000

    Bronze Covered Censer with Dragons, China, late Ming dynasty, rectangular form with flared sides and gilt rim, resting on four short bracket animal-mask feet, each side depicting numerous mythical more ...

  • Cloisonne Censer

    Cloisonne Censer

    Lot: 78
    Sold for: $54,120$44,000

    Cloisonne Censer, China, 19th century, compressed globular form, with animal-inspired handles at the neck and shoulder, decorated with lotus scroll and double-fish designs, gilt rim, neck, foot and more ...

  • Reticulated Nephrite Jade Box

    Reticulated Nephrite Jade Box

    Lot: 80
    Sold for: $36,900$30,000

    Reticulated Nephrite Jade Box, China, 18th/19th century, depicting a pair of Mandarin ducks on a lotus pond on one side and a ribbon-tailed bird perched on a pomegranate tree on the other, each more ...

  • Turquoise Covered Bowl

    Turquoise Covered Bowl

    Lot: 90
    Sold for: $35,670$29,000

    Turquoise Covered Bowl, China, flat bowl shape with a flanged mouth rim, resting on a short raised foot, the exterior decorated in bas relief with a meander band and a downcast ruyi lappet around more ...

  • Gilt and Enameled Vase

    Gilt and Enameled Vase

    Lot: 134
    Sold for: $35,670$29,000

    Gilt and Enameled Vase, China, 19th century, oviform with waisted neck flaring to mouth, resting on a raised straight foot, the body decorated with lotus scrolls, bats, swastikas, and shou more ...

  • Landscape Painting

    Landscape Painting

    Lot: 159
    Sold for: $27,060$22,000

    Landscape Painting, China, in the manner of Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997),with mountains, a pavilion on a hill, and a bridge leading to a road with old pines, ink and color on paper, inscribed and signed more ...

  • Cloisonne Covered Censer

    Cloisonne Covered Censer

    Lot: 77
    Sold for: $20,910$17,000

    Cloisonne Covered Censer, China, 19th century, fangding-shape with two high loop handles, decorated with taotie designs to body divided by eight vertical flanges, the feet outwardly curved, each more ...

  • Pottery Caparisoned Horse

    Pottery Caparisoned Horse

    Lot: 45
    Sold for: $17,220$14,000

    Pottery Caparisoned Horse, China, Tang dynasty-style, the horse with one hoof raised in the air, wearing a richly ornamented harness and saddle, with traces of cream, red, green, gray, and black more ...

  • Wood Table Screen with Green Jade Inset

    Wood Table Screen with Green Jade Inset

    Lot: 149
    Sold for: $17,220$14,000

    Wood Table Screen with Green Jade Inset, China, 19th/20th century, the screen mainly decorated with carved openwork scrolls, the oval jade with openwork decoration of a crane and fish on one side more ...

  • Pair of Door Drums with Buddhist Lions

    Pair of Door Drums with Buddhist Lions

    Lot: 164
    Sold for: $15,990$13,000

    Pair of Door Drums with Buddhist Lions, China, 18th/19th century, fine-grained granite with inclusions, a rectangular base supports a "drum," the "heads" carved to depict dragons and deer, the more ...

  • Large Cloisonne Gu Vase

    Large Cloisonne Gu Vase

    Lot: 76
    Sold for: $14,760$12,000

    Large Cloisonne Gu Vase, China, Ming dynasty, three sections ,with a trumpet mouth, a swollen square waist, and a splayed square foot, each section with vertical bamboo-notched flanges along the more ...

  • Gilt-bronze Figure of Yamantaka and Vajravetali

    Gilt-bronze Figure of Yamantaka and Vajravetali

    Lot: 65
    Sold for: $13,530$11,000

    Gilt-bronze Figure of Yamantaka and Vajravetali, Tibet, 19th century, depicting Yamantaka with three faces, six arms, and four feet, holding Vajravetali, and stepping on four figures on top of a more ...

  • Hardstone Belt Buckle

    Hardstone Belt Buckle

    Lot: 86
    Sold for: $9,840$8,000

    Hardstone Belt Buckle, China, 20th century, with an openwork dragon head and two prone monkeys holding a peach between them, translucent pale celadon stone with white inclusions, lg. 4 1/8 in. more ...

  • Pair of Wucai Covered Jars

    Pair of Wucai Covered Jars

    Lot: 140
    Sold for: $9,840$8,000

    Pair of Wucai Covered Jars, China, Transitional Period, of baluster form, decorated with the "Hundred Boys" motif, depicting boys playing with a qilin and engaging in various other activities and more ...

  • Jade Belt Buckle Mounted as the Handle of a Magnifying Glass

    Jade Belt Buckle Mounted as the Handle of a Magnifying Glass

    Lot: 85
    Sold for: $8,610$7,000

    Jade Belt Buckle Mounted as the Handle of a Magnifying Glass, China, 19th/20th century, joined with metal fittings decorated with repousse and chased floral designs, the jade buckle with a carved more ...

  • Famille Verte Censer and Cover

    Famille Verte Censer and Cover

    Lot: 147
    Sold for: $7,995$6,500

    Famille Verte Censer and Cover, China, 18th/19th century, two-tier four-legged form decorated with trellis openwork on the upper tier and a pair of molded dragons on the lower, the bisque body more ...

  • Large Cloisonne Hu Vase

    Large Cloisonne Hu Vase

    Lot: 75
    Sold for: $7,380$6,000

    Large Cloisonne Hu Vase, China, Ming dynasty, globular form with wide flared neck, resting on a splayed foot, two lion masks with loose rings to midsection, decorated with stylized lotus flowerheads more ...

  • Famille Verte Bowl

    Famille Verte Bowl

    Lot: 141
    Sold for: $7,380$6,000

    Famille Verte Bowl, China, 19th century, the gently flared high-sided bowl decorated with roundels depicting alternating landscape scenes and figures, surrounded by a green "key" pattern, a blue and more ...

  • Longquan Celadon Yen-Yen Vase

    Longquan Celadon Yen-Yen Vase

    Lot: 99
    Sold for: $6,150$5,000

    Longquan Celadon Yen-Yen Vase, China, Yuan dynasty, baluster-shape with trumpet mouth and waisted neck and bottom, resting on an unglazed foot ring, decorated with molded flowers and leaves in more ...

  • Iron Red Overglazed Enamel Porcelain Ewer

    Iron Red Overglazed Enamel Porcelain Ewer

    Lot: 127
    Sold for: $6,150$5,000

    Iron Red Overglazed Enamel Porcelain Ewer, China, Qing dynasty, Tibetan bumpa-shape, with S-form spout issuing from the jaw of the molded makara with enameled details and the eyes in underglaze more ...

  • Carved Coral Figure of Guanyin

    Carved Coral Figure of Guanyin

    Lot: 91
    Sold for: $5,843$4,750

    Carved Coral Figure of Guanyin, China, Qing dynasty, carved from red coral with white inclusions, depicted wearing flowing robes and leaning gently to one side, ht. 7 1/4 in. more ...

  • Reticulated Fahua Vase

    Reticulated Fahua Vase

    Lot: 104
    Sold for: $5,535$4,500

    Reticulated Fahua Vase, China, Ming dynasty, meiping form, glazed in deep cobalt blue, turquoise, purple, and tan, the central band depicting two scholars and a pine tree, one scholar depicted more ...

  • Nephrite Jade Carving

    Nephrite Jade Carving

    Lot: 81
    Sold for: $5,228$4,250

    Nephrite Jade Carving, China, 19th/20th century, depicting a peach branch, a double swastika knot, and a bat, all in low relief, the peach leaves curling around the stone's natural form, and other more ...

  • Hanging Scroll Depicting Peonies

    Hanging Scroll Depicting Peonies

    Lot: 160
    Sold for: $5,228$4,250

    Hanging Scroll Depicting Peonies, China, in the manner of Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997),with a butterfly, inscribed with date (1976) and signature with three seals, ink and color on paper, painting 27 1/4 more ...

  • Deep-purple-glazed Libation Cup

    Deep-purple-glazed Libation Cup

    Lot: 121
    Sold for: $4,920$4,000

    Deep-purple-glazed Libation Cup, China, possibly Ming dynasty, tripod jue form, the oviform well with flat base and corn-shaped rim with two upright tubular finials, the exterior decorated with two more ...

  • Three Ornamental Hardstone Plaques

    Three Ornamental Hardstone Plaques

    Lot: 87
    Sold for: $4,613$3,750

    Three Ornamental Hardstone Plaques, China, one in the shape of a butterfly with openwork floral designs, incised and pierced details, pale green stone with mottled white inclusions; one in the shape more ...

  • Pair of Small Green-glazed Vases

    Pair of Small Green-glazed Vases

    Lot: 122
    Sold for: $4,613$3,750

    Pair of Small Green-glazed Vases, China, 18th/19th century, meiping form with waisted neck and flat rim, the glaze mottled in green tones, white-glazed rim and interior, flat and unglazed base in more ...

  • Gourd Cricket Cage with Carved Gourd Cover

    Gourd Cricket Cage with Carved Gourd Cover

    Lot: 42
    Sold for: $4,305$3,500

    Gourd Cricket Cage with Carved Gourd Cover, China, Qing dynasty, gourd-shaped cage with short flared neck, rosewood rim and cover, the gourd decorated with dragons amongst ruyi clouds, subtly more ...

  • Two Blue and White Covered Jars

    Two Blue and White Covered Jars

    Lot: 110
    Sold for: $3,998$3,250

    Two Blue and White Covered Jars, China, late 19th/early 20th century, each similarly decorated with an overall hawthorn blossom and branch pattern against a "cracked ice" ground, a geometric border more ...