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Pegu Terracotta Tile
Lot: 153UnsoldPegu Terracotta Tile, Burma, depicting an elephant holding a shield in high relief, decorated in green and brown glaze on a white glaze ground, 11 x 8 in. more ...
Buddhist Textile Fragment with Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
Lot: 154UnsoldBuddhist Textile Fragment with Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Sino-Tibet, embroidered in polychrome silk floss with the three-armed deities in embrace on a lotus base backed by a flaming mandorla more ...
Buddhist Textile Fragment
Lot: 155UnsoldBuddhist Textile Fragment, Sino-Tibet, embroidered in polychrome silk floss on sage green silk with a wrathful guardian, possibly Garuda, with outstretched wings, standing amidst clouds with ritual more ...
Thangka of Padmasambhava
Lot: 156Sold for: $1,320$1,100Thangka of Padmasambhava, possibly Nepal, distemper on cloth, depicted seated atop a moon edged with lotus blossoms rising from a lake, with his right hand holding a gold vajra and his left hand more ...
Painted Thangka
Lot: 157Sold for: $1,800$1,500Painted Thangka, Tibet, 20th century, possibly of Avalokiteshvara, distemper on cloth, the five-faced, eight-armed deity seated in rajalilasana on a lotus flower growing out of a lake and backed by more ...
Thangka of Mahakala
Lot: 158Sold for: $600$500Thangka of Mahakala, Indo-Tibet, 20th century, distemper and gold on cloth, the blue-hued, six-armed dharmapala holding ritual implements, including a trisula, a skull garland, and a damaru, and more ...
Thangka of a Mandala
Lot: 159Sold for: $1,080$900Thangka of a Mandala, Indo-Tibet, 20th century, distemper and gold on cloth, possibly centered with five forms of Tara, each depicted seated in a roundel and superimposed on a square enclosure more ...
Bronze Kila
Lot: 160UnsoldBronze Kila, Tibet, 20th century, cast with a tripartite blade and serpents emerging from the mouths of three makara, the lotus handle surmounted by three faces of Mahakala, each set in a fierce more ...
Inlaid Silver Vajra
Lot: 161Sold for: $600$500Inlaid Silver Vajra, Tibet, 20th century, cast on each side of the bulbous central grip with a lotus pedestal supporting a four vajra points decorated with dense filigree scrolling foliate motifs more ...
Silver Repousse and Copper Shrine Box, Gau
Lot: 162Sold for: $150$125Silver Repousse and Copper Shrine Box, Gau, Tibet, 20th century, the front of the ogee arched box with repousse decorations of the eight Buddhist Emblems and a kirttimukha mask within beaded more ...
Two Inlaid Silver Amulet Boxes, Gau
Lot: 163Sold for: $480$400Two Inlaid Silver Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet, 20th century, circular, each with filigree decorations and inset turquoise, lapis lazuli, and agate stones, stamped "925" on base, dia. 3 in. more ...
Copper Alloy Shrine
Lot: 164UnsoldCopper Alloy Shrine, Tibet, 20th century, rectangular with an ogee-arched top, the gilt facade with beading and repousse decorations of scrolling foliage and Buddhist precious objects, all framing a more ...
Two Amulet Boxes, Gau
Lot: 165Sold for: $270$225Two Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet, 20th century, a circular wood amulet box decorated with repousse silver, the top depicting animals amidst blossoms and scrolling foliage, the bottom a double dorje and more ...
Three Copper Amulet Boxes, Gau
Lot: 166UnsoldThree Copper Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet, 20th century, a circular box with a silvered top embossed with concentric rings of petals surrounding a central coral bead, dia. 3 7/8, and two oval boxes with more ...
Two Inlaid Silver Amulet Boxes, Gau
Lot: 167Sold for: $240$200Two Inlaid Silver Amulet Boxes, Gau, Tibet, 20th century, eight-point star shape, each with filigree decorations and inset turquoise and agate stones, double-dorje embossed on the removable base, more ...
Silver Repousse and Copper Shrine Box, Gau
Lot: 168UnsoldSilver Repousse and Copper Shrine Box, Gau, Tibet, 20th century, the front of the circular box with repousse decorations of the eight Buddhist Emblems and a kirttimukha mask within beaded borders, more ...
Silver and Coral Gau
Lot: 169UnsoldSilver and Coral Gau, Tibet, 20th century, circular, with concentric repousse and filigree decorations of petals, scrolling leaves, and knots encircling a central coral bead, dia. 6 in. more ...
Ceremonial Conch Shell
Lot: 170Sold for: $120$100Ceremonial Conch Shell, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silvered sheet metal mount chased with animals amidst dense foliage, with coral and turquoise insets, lg. 8 1/8 in. more ...
Metal and Coral "Milk Hook,"
Lot: 171UnsoldMetal and Coral "Milk Hook," Tibet, 20th century, an anchor-shaped belt ornament for women, the bronze hook with silvered metal with etched and studded decorations, inset with five large coral more ...
Two Decorative Belt Hooks
Lot: 172Sold for: $120$100Two Decorative Belt Hooks, Tibet, 20th century, on brocade straps, the silver and brass teardrop-shaped medallions with filigree and repousse decorations, each respectively set with a central more ...
Two Pairs of Silver Earrings
Lot: 173UnsoldTwo Pairs of Silver Earrings, Tibet, 20th century, both pairs with the top hoop decorated with a bevel-set teardrop-shaped turquoise, one pair with coral and turquoise beads, lg. 4 5/8, the other more ...
Pair of Silver Enameled Earrings
Lot: 174UnsoldPair of Silver Enameled Earrings, Tibet, 20th century, the front of the hooks inlaid and enameled with floral designs, each with four red glass beads alternating with enameled decorations suspended more ...
Two Silver Seals
Lot: 175Sold for: $185$150Two Silver Seals, Tibet, 20th century, cylindrical with spherical top, one embossed with Dharma wheels and dragons amidst scrolling foliage, the other with mythical beasts, both with incised seal more ...
Leather Flint Pouch
Lot: 176UnsoldLeather Flint Pouch, Tibet, 20th century, decorated with silver cast with dragon motifs, silver marked "cheng ji" on either side, with flint, wd. 6 1/4 in. more ...
Inlaid Leather Flint Pouch
Lot: 177UnsoldInlaid Leather Flint Pouch, Tibet, 20th century, the silver mount embossed with beading and scrolling foliate decorations, with leather strap and flint, wd. 6 1/2 in. more ...
Leather Pouch Purse
Lot: 178Sold for: $120$100Leather Pouch Purse, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silver and brass mounts embossed with stylized lotus and other floral decorations, the flap inlaid with a turquoise stone, with leather more ...
Leather Pouch Purse
Lot: 179UnsoldLeather Pouch Purse, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silver and brass mounts embossed with floral decorations, the flap inlaid with turquoise and coral, the leather strap embellished with more ...
Leather Pouch Purse
Lot: 180UnsoldLeather Pouch Purse, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silver and brass mounts embossed with fish and foliate decorations, the leather strap similarly embellished, flap inlaid with coral, wd. 4 more ...
Silvered Copper Needle Case
Lot: 181UnsoldSilvered Copper Needle Case, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, decorated with inlays and embossed with stylized lotus flowers, the sides with blossoms on wan fret ground, with leather straps, lg. 3 more ...
Black Bone Powder Horn
Lot: 182Sold for: $150$125Black Bone Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silvered metal mount embossed with dense foliage decorations, the cover embellished with inlays and floral motifs, lg. 9 in. more ...
Bone Powder Horn
Lot: 183UnsoldBone Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silvered sheet metal mount embossed with floral and scrolling foliate decorations, lg. 8 1/2 in. more ...
Powder Horn
Lot: 184UnsoldPowder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the point carved as a makara head, with its wings on either side, interspersed with Buddhist emblems throughout, the wood cover decorated with a more ...
Powder Horn
Lot: 185UnsoldPowder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, typical form, the silvered sheet metal mount decorated with inlay and beadwork, the cover with floral ornamentations, lg. 7 1/4 in. more ...
Copper and Silver Powder Horn
Lot: 186UnsoldCopper and Silver Powder Horn, Tibet, 20th century, decorated with beading and seven bezel-set coral beads, lg. 6 1/2 in. more ...
Ten Silver-lined Copper Bowls
Lot: 187UnsoldTen Silver-lined Copper Bowls, possibly Nepal, 20th century, with silver overlay with chased decorations of figures and blossoms, dia. 4 1/2 in. more ...
Gilt-bronze Figure of Shakyamuni
Lot: 188UnsoldGilt-bronze Figure of Shakyamuni, Nepal, 20th century, depicted standing on a double-lotus base and backed by two flaming aureoles, wearing a samghati and with his right hand in varadamudra and his more ...
Inlaid Gilt-metal Devotional Plaque
Lot: 189Sold for: $2,160$1,800Inlaid Gilt-metal Devotional Plaque, Nepal, Newari, 18th/19th century, centered around the four-armed figure of Vishnu in high relief with inlay of mother-of-pearl, hardstones, and glass backed by more ...
Schist Stele
Lot: 190Sold for: $960$800Schist Stele, Nepal, 18th/19th century, rectangular with arched top, the gray stone carved in relief with a four-armed deity, possibly Kubera, carrying a gada and a bowl, with his wife Riddhi seated more ...
Pair of Wood Carved Models of Tigers
Lot: 191Sold for: $480$400Pair of Wood Carved Models of Tigers, Nepal, 20th century, one male and one female, both depicted crouched, ht. 16, lg. 29 in. more ...
Folding Table
Lot: 192UnsoldFolding Table, Tibet, 19th/20th century, rectangular, polychrome on wood, the carved and pierced front panel with painted and kyungbur gesso-worked decoration of a pair of confronting dragons more ...
Folding Table
Lot: 193Sold for: $120$100Folding Table, Tibet, 19th/20th century, rectangular, polychrome on wood, the front panel comprising two panels carved and pierced with a central lotus blossom and a kirtimukha mask amidst scrolling more ...
Portable Table
Lot: 194Sold for: $900$750Portable Table, Tibet, 18th century, wood with traces of pigments, rectangular, with a recessed top and a molded border, carved on three sides in shallow relief with lotus flowers, fitted with one more ...
Storage Chest
Lot: 195Sold for: $450$375Storage Chest, Tibet, 20th century, rectangular, polychrome on wood, the front panel depicting a prowling tiger in a landscape, surrounded by a border with carved foliate and roundel decorations, more ...
Pair of Painted Storage Trunks
Lot: 196UnsoldPair of Painted Storage Trunks, Tibet, 20th century, rectangular, the fronts painted with mirrored decorations featuring pairs of mythical beasts around a central cartouche of a figure, possibly more ...
Small "Treasure" Chest
Lot: 197Sold for: $1,020$850Small "Treasure" Chest, Tibet, 20th century, rectangular, polychrome on wood, the front panel carved in relief with a pair of tigers and a pair of Buddhist lions amidst foliage and pearls, the back more ...
Small 'Treasure' Chest
Lot: 198Sold for: $180$150Small 'Treasure' Chest, Tibet, 20th century, rectangular, polychrome on wood, the front panel painted with a kirtimukha mask with scrolling foliage in the central cartouche and a wide fretwork more ...
Red-painted Cloth-bound Wooden Box
Lot: 199Sold for: $300$250Red-painted Cloth-bound Wooden Box, Tibet, 20th century, rectangular, the front panel with four oval cartouches featuring a monkey, an elephant, a peacock, and a rabbit, respectively, with Tibetan more ...
Pair of Pillar Carpets
Lot: 201UnsoldPair of Pillar Carpets, Tibet, late 19th century, yellow ground, each woven with a dragon pursuing a pearl amidst scattered clouds, stylized waves below, with endless knots and dragon decorations more ...
Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Gu
Lot: 202Sold for: $42,000$35,000Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Gu, China, possibly Late Shang Dynasty, cylindrical, rising from a splayed foot to a broad trumpet mouth, the neck cast with upright lappets filled with leiwen bands, the more ...
Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Jue
Lot: 203Sold for: $42,000$35,000Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Jue, China, possibly Late Shang Dynasty, raised on three slender, triangular-sectioned feet, the cylindrical body decorated with leiwen bands and flanges, with a loop more ...
Pair of Bronze Yoke Bells
Lot: 204Sold for: $1,476$1,200Pair of Bronze Yoke Bells, China, possibly Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC),each with pierced round top supported by a tapered rectangular base, with verdigris throughout, ht. 4 7/8 in. more ...
Funerary Monochrome Clay Model of a Farm
Lot: 205Sold for: $1,020$850Funerary Monochrome Clay Model of a Farm, China, possibly Late Han Dynasty, the green replica depicting various farm animals within a pen, some facing the figure leaning against the entrance of the more ...
Pair of Lacquered Stone Foo Lions
Lot: 206UnsoldPair of Lacquered Stone Foo Lions, China, 18th/19th century or possibly earlier, each seated on a rectangular plinth with a frieze of lotus petals, with a ferocious expression on its face and ears more ...
Lingbi Scholar's Rock with Stand
Lot: 207Sold for: $3,900$3,250Lingbi Scholar's Rock with Stand, China, 20th century, in the shape of a large bird perched on a rock, the dark gray stone streaked with fine white inclusions on the viewing side, the back of the more ...
Scholar's Rock on Wood Stand
Lot: 208UnsoldScholar's Rock on Wood Stand, China, 19th century, the tripartite shaft with two large apertures rising to a large cresting overhang suggesting the head of a ferocious pixiu (repaired),stone of more ...
Hualimu Brush Pot
Lot: 209Sold for: $1,353$1,100Hualimu Brush Pot, China, cylindrical, raised on three short feet, the mouth and foot each with a rounded molded band, no plug, ht. 7, dia. 6 3/4 in. more ...
Huanghuali Brush Pot
Lot: 210Sold for: $9,000$7,500Huanghuali Brush Pot, China, 19th/20th century, carved around the sides in imitation of burlwood, rich reddish-brown color, no plug, ht. 7 1/8, dia. 6 5/8 in. more ...
Lobed Wood Brush Pot
Lot: 211Sold for: $369$300Lobed Wood Brush Pot, China, 20th century, hexagonal, possibly made of hongmu, with a rim band and everted base resting on six low feet, ht. 4 3/4, wd. 4 1/8 in. more ...
Rosewood Brush Pot
Lot: 212Sold for: $185$150Rosewood Brush Pot, China, 20th century, circular, the thick walls carved in shallow relief with a pair of scrolls flanked by confronting qilin prancing amidst clouds, with raised fretwork bands more ...
Bamboo Brush Pot
Lot: 213Sold for: $9,600$8,000Bamboo Brush Pot, China, 20th century, the irregularly shaped brush pot with a gently tapered body carved with a landscape scene with a figure surrounded by pine, bamboo, and pavilions nestled more ...
Bamboo Brush Washer
Lot: 214Sold for: $270$225Bamboo Brush Washer, China, 20th century, the shallow vessel carved in the form of a Buddha's hand citron, borne on a leafy stem that forms a handle on one side, lg. 5 in. more ...
Bamboo Libation Cup
Lot: 215Sold for: $2,400$2,000Bamboo Libation Cup, China, 20th century, of open lotus leaf-form, deeply carved on the exterior with lotus flowers growing out of intertwining stalks forming the base and handle, with a leaf more ...
Bamboo Libation Cup
Lot: 216UnsoldBamboo Libation Cup, China, 19th/20th century, flowering plum branches carved in relief surround the cup and form the handle, ht. 2 3/8, dia. 3 7/8 in. more ...
Bamboo Box with Four Drawers
Lot: 217Sold for: $9,000$7,500Bamboo Box with Four Drawers, China, 20th century, square shape resting on four corner feet, each of four sides holding a drawer with four compartments and four carved decorations of a bat combined more ...
Cinnabar Inksticks in Wood Box
Lot: 218Sold for: $677$550Cinnabar Inksticks in Wood Box, China, 19th century, rectangular, each decorated with an auspicious motif: butterflies, dragons, bats, and clouds, with details in gilt, each marked Sou Jin more ...
Set of Five Inksticks
Lot: 219Sold for: $1,968$1,600Set of Five Inksticks, China, 19th/20th century, rectangular, some with shaped edges, each depicting an old man at leisure in low relief, with gilt inscriptions on both sides, the fitted lacquer box more ...
Pair of Carved Horn Libation Cups
Lot: 220Sold for: $1,320$1,100Pair of Carved Horn Libation Cups, China, 20th century, each carved with reserves of flowers, with a leiwen border along the mouth, horn of a semi-translucent golden brown tone, on pierced wood more ...
Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup and Wood Stand
Lot: 221Sold for: $22,800$19,000Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup and Wood Stand, China, 17th/18th century, small, deeply hollowed form with extended lip, the exterior carved with magnolia buds and leaves resting upon a branch forming more ...
Rhinoceros Horn "Lily" Cup and Carved Wood Stand
Lot: 222Sold for: $96,000$80,000Rhinoceros Horn "Lily" Cup and Carved Wood Stand, China, 17th/18th century, of tapered ovoid form, depicting a deeply hollowed out lily, the exterior sides carved with an unfurling lily and buds more ...
Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup
Lot: 223Sold for: $42,000$35,000Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup, China, 17th/18th century, the small form carved around the exterior with the Buddha's hand citron and leaves, the interior carved with a Buddha's hand citron and leaves more ...
Inlaid Xiangqi Chess Board
Lot: 224UnsoldInlaid Xiangqi Chess Board, China, possibly 19th century or earlier, the folding huali wood board embellished with bone inlays and metal hardware, 19 x 19 in. more ...
Ceramic Xiangqi Chess Counters
Lot: 225UnsoldCeramic Xiangqi Chess Counters, China, possibly Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),each piece marked with characters in seal script, blue versus red, complete set, each dia. 1 1/2 in. more ...
Huali Dressing Case
Lot: 226Sold for: $3,120$2,600Huali Dressing Case, China, 19th century, rectangular, the hinged cover opening to a shallow coffer, above a pair of panel doors opening to an interior with six drawers with cloud-shaped pulls, with more ...
Covered Yixing Teapot
Lot: 227Sold for: $123$100Covered Yixing Teapot, China, 20th century, double-wall structure with straight sides, round shoulder, and flat bottom, decorated with openwork coin design, the double-wall cover decorated with a more ...
Pumpkin-shape Yixing Teapot
Lot: 228Sold for: $154$125Pumpkin-shape Yixing Teapot, China, 20th century, with three applied frogs around the shoulder, the pot interior unpolished, with an animal figure inside, a rough square cover topped with an applied more ...