04-23-201304-24-2013
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  • Han-style Apron Skirt

    Han-style Apron Skirt

    Lot: 286
    Sold for: $584$475

    Han-style Apron Skirt, China, 20th century, made of ivory silk, the front and back panels each couched in gold- wrapped threads with a front-facing dragon surrounded by clouds and four cranes more ...

  • Han-style Pleated Apron Skirt, Baizhequn

    Han-style Pleated Apron Skirt, Baizhequn

    Lot: 287
    Sold for: $2,583$2,100

    Han-style Pleated Apron Skirt, Baizhequn, China, 20th century, made of red silk woven with stylized lotus medallions, the front and back panels each embroidered with a front-facing gold-couched more ...

  • Han-style Apron Skirt

    Han-style Apron Skirt

    Lot: 288
    Sold for: $738$600

    Han-style Apron Skirt, China, 20th century, made of red silk woven with floral roundels on a fret ground, the front and back panels embroidered in Peking knot stitch with a central vase surrounded more ...

  • Han-style Woman's Informal Robe

    Han-style Woman's Informal Robe

    Lot: 289
    Sold for: $923$750

    Han-style Woman's Informal Robe, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),the blue silk damask finely woven with Buddhist emblems, with goldfish-form boats sailing on rolling waves near the hem, bordered by more ...

  • Woman's Informal Robe

    Woman's Informal Robe

    Lot: 290
    Sold for: $4,305$3,500

    Woman's Informal Robe, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),embroidered in satin stitch with butterflies, vases of prunus, and flowering prunus branches on a gray ground, the black trimmings embellished more ...

  • Manchu Wedding Robe

    Manchu Wedding Robe

    Lot: 291
    Sold for: $1,722$1,400

    Manchu Wedding Robe, China, 20th century, embroidered in satin stitch on red ground with eight roundels comprising butterflies, bats, and auspicious fruit and flowers, above a lishui border sea more ...

  • Manchu Wedding Robe

    Manchu Wedding Robe

    Lot: 292
    Sold for: $8,610$7,000

    Manchu Wedding Robe, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),embroidered in count stitch on red silk gauze with eight roundels comprising peonies, chrysanthemums, and butterflies, all amidst scattered more ...

  • Woman's Fur-lined Winter Surcoat

    Woman's Fur-lined Winter Surcoat

    Lot: 293
    Sold for: $2,829$2,300

    Woman's Fur-lined Winter Surcoat, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),the navy blue surcoat woven with roundels comprising stylized foliage and archaic scrolls, the black trim embroidered with double more ...

  • Kingfisher and Sparrow Feather Cape

    Kingfisher and Sparrow Feather Cape

    Lot: 294
    Sold for: $523$425

    Kingfisher and Sparrow Feather Cape, China, 19th century, the short cape entirely made with layers of sparrow feathers and embellished with a flowering sprig formed by kingfisher feathers, finished more ...

  • Woman's Court Vest, Xiapei

    Woman's Court Vest, Xiapei

    Lot: 295
    Sold for: $1,020$850

    Woman's Court Vest, Xiapei, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),embroidered on dark blue satin ground with dragons and birds of rank amidst clouds and bats, with applied Eighth Civil rank badges each more ...

  • Woman's Kesi Dragon Robe

    Woman's Kesi Dragon Robe

    Lot: 296
    Sold for: $3,900$3,250

    Woman's Kesi Dragon Robe, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),woven with eight dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, bats, and the eight Buddhist emblems, against a warm blue ground decorated more ...

  • Child's Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Child's Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Lot: 297
    Sold for: $2,520$2,100

    Child's Dragon Robe, Chifu, China, 20th century, blue silk brocade woven with eight dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, cranes, shou roundels, and Taoist and Buddhist symbols, a ninth more ...

  • Blue Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Blue Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Lot: 298
    Sold for: $4,200$3,500

    Blue Dragon Robe, Chifu, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),embroidered in couched gold-wrapped threads with eight dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, bats, and the eight Buddhist emblems more ...

  • Blue Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Blue Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Lot: 299
    Sold for: $6,000$5,000

    Blue Dragon Robe, Chifu, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),embroidered in couched gold-wrapped threads with eight dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, bats, and the Buddhist emblems, a more ...

  • Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Dragon Robe, Chifu

    Lot: 300
    Sold for: $43,050$35,000

    Dragon Robe, Chifu, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),with eight gold-couched dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst clouds, bats, and floral sprigs against a light brown ground, a ninth dragon on more ...

  • Uncut Yellow Kesi Dragon Robe

    Uncut Yellow Kesi Dragon Robe

    Lot: 301
    Sold for: $17,220$14,000

    Uncut Yellow Kesi Dragon Robe, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),the yardage comprising the front, back, and overflap, woven with twelve Imperial symbols and with nine five-clawed dragons chasing more ...

  • Two Kesi Circular Rank Badges, Buzi

    Two Kesi Circular Rank Badges, Buzi

    Lot: 302
    Sold for: $900$750

    Two Kesi Circular Rank Badges, Buzi, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),one Eighth Civil rank badge woven with a quail perched amidst Buddhist emblems and clouds against a gold ground, and one Third more ...

  • Court Collar

    Court Collar

    Lot: 303
    Sold for: $570$475

    Court Collar, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),depicting a pair of cranes amidst peonies, lotus plants, bats, and fruits on sky blue ground, within a scrolling foliage band and a brocade border, more ...

  • Framed Embroidery Fragment

    Framed Embroidery Fragment

    Lot: 304
    Sold for: $480$400

    Framed Embroidery Fragment, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912),originally part of robe, the panel with a gold-couched, front-facing dragon encircling a flaming pearl amidst clouds and floral roundels, more ...

  • Pair of Embroideries of Flowers and Birds

    Pair of Embroideries of Flowers and Birds

    Lot: 305
    Sold for: $6,600$5,500

    Pair of Embroideries of Flowers and Birds, China, 20th century, each framed on a panel and glazed, depicting various kinds of birds amongst blooming flowers, plants, and rocks, embroidered in mostly more ...

  • Straits Chinese Wedding Jacket and Skirt

    Straits Chinese Wedding Jacket and Skirt

    Lot: 306
    Unsold  

    Straits Chinese Wedding Jacket and Skirt, 20th century, the jacket opens at front and is entirely couched in gold threads on red silk with pairs of dragons and phoenixes chasing pearls amongst peony more ...

  • Pair of Chair Covers

    Pair of Chair Covers

    Lot: 307
    Unsold  

    Pair of Chair Covers, China, 18th/19th century, each embroidered in gold-wrapped threads on a faded red ground with a shou character flanked by clouds at the top and an elephant to the chair back; more ...

  • Kesi Bed Hanging

    Kesi Bed Hanging

    Lot: 308
    Sold for: $300$250

    Kesi Bed Hanging, China, early 20th century, woven and painted with a pair of magpies and butterflies flying amidst a plum blossom tree, a peony tree, and a narcissus plant on a beige ground, the more ...

  • Kesi Bed Hanging

    Kesi Bed Hanging

    Lot: 309
    Sold for: $330$275

    Kesi Bed Hanging, China, 19th/20th century, woven with butterflies, rocks, and a peony tree intertwined with an orchid tree on a bronze ground, bordered by a kesi band depicting narcissus and more ...

  • Red Cut-velvet Over-door Hanging

    Red Cut-velvet Over-door Hanging

    Lot: 310
    Sold for: $1,200$1,000

    Red Cut-velvet Over-door Hanging, China, early 20th century, rectangular, decorated with a central dragon cradling a flaming pearl, with a smaller panel depicting a pair of confronting dragons more ...

  • Kesi Panel

    Kesi Panel

    Lot: 311
    Sold for: $615$500

    Kesi Panel, China, early 20th century, of lime green silk woven with shuangxi characters in gold-wrapped threads, with a kesi border woven with orchids and butterflies on black ground, 36 1/2 x 62 more ...

  • Kesi Tapestry

    Kesi Tapestry

    Lot: 312
    Sold for: $12,000$10,000

    Kesi Tapestry, China, 19th century, woven with the eight Taoist Immortals with attendants in a celestial mountain landscape with pine trees, peach trees, cranes, and pavilions, with further deities more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 313
    Sold for: $510$425

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, copper and bronze, all with carved decoration, two inset with hardstone plaques, lg. to 3 1/4 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 314
    Sold for: $510$425

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-bronze, all with decoration, two inset with hardstone plaques, lg. to 2 5/8 in. more ...

  • Three Half Belt Buckles

    Three Half Belt Buckles

    Lot: 315
    Sold for: $510$425

    Three Half Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, one cloisonne, two gilt-metal with inset hardstone plaques, lg. to 3 1/4 in. more ...

  • Three Half Belt Buckles

    Three Half Belt Buckles

    Lot: 316
    Sold for: $720$600

    Three Half Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset hardstone plaques, lg. to 2 1/4 in. more ...

  • Three Half Belt Buckles

    Three Half Belt Buckles

    Lot: 317
    Sold for: $780$650

    Three Half Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset hardstone plaques, lg. to 2 3/8 in. more ...

  • Three Half Belt Buckles

    Three Half Belt Buckles

    Lot: 318
    Sold for: $570$475

    Three Half Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset hardstone plaques, lg. to 3 3/4 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 319
    Sold for: $840$700

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with glass and hardstone, lg. to 3 3/8 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 320
    Sold for: $2,280$1,900

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with glass and hardstone plaques, lg. to 5 3/4 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 321
    Sold for: $1,560$1,300

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with hardstone plaques, lg. to 3 1/8 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 322
    Sold for: $840$700

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with hardstone plaques, lg. to 3 1/8 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 323
    Sold for: $660$550

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with hardstone plaques, lg. to 2 5/8 in. more ...

  • Three Half Belt Buckles

    Three Half Belt Buckles

    Lot: 323A
    Sold for: $660$550

    Three Half Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with hardstone plaques, lg. to 3 1/8 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 324
    Sold for: $300$250

    Three Belt Buckles, China, 19th century, gilt-metal, all with decoration and inset with glass and hardstone plaques, lg. to 2 5/8 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 325
    Sold for: $677$550

    Three Belt Buckles, China, two bronze with verdigris, a lion and a taotie mask, and one a hardstone dragon, lg. to 3 3/8 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 326
    Sold for: $540$450

    Three Belt Buckles, China, two round white glass and one metal with inset hardstone plaques, lg. to 5 3/4 in. more ...

  • Three Belt Buckles

    Three Belt Buckles

    Lot: 327
    Sold for: $510$425

    Three Belt Buckles, China, two metal, decorated with bats, and one a hardstone dragon, lg. to 3 3/8 in. more ...

  • Jade Sword Hilt

    Jade Sword Hilt

    Lot: 328
    Sold for: $17,220$14,000

    Jade Sword Hilt, China, the pommel carved as a sheep's head, the bottom incised with a stylized lotus flower on each side, stone of grayish-green color with inclusions, lg. 4 7/8 in. more ...

  • Jadeite Figure of Guanyin

    Jadeite Figure of Guanyin

    Lot: 329
    Sold for: $12,000$10,000

    Jadeite Figure of Guanyin, China, the elongated figure draped with flowing robes holds a scroll in her hands, at her feet carved in relief lingzhi emerging from a rock formation, the greenish-white more ...

  • White Jade Pendant

    White Jade Pendant

    Lot: 330
    Sold for: $540$450

    White Jade Pendant, China, oval, with carved and pierced decoration depicting a bird holding a flowering sprig with scrolling leaves in its beak, (stone untested),lg. 1 1/2 in. more ...

  • Jade Pendant

    Jade Pendant

    Lot: 331
    Sold for: $3,240$2,700

    Jade Pendant, China, rectangular, carved and pierced in the form of an archaistic chilong, stone of grayish-white with russet inclusions, lg. 1 7/8 in. more ...

  • Decorative Jade Carving

    Decorative Jade Carving

    Lot: 332
    Unsold  

    Decorative Jade Carving, China, depicting a squirrel climbing on pumpkins, stone of pale celadon color, lg. 2 1/2 in. more ...

  • Decorative Jade Carving

    Decorative Jade Carving

    Lot: 333
    Unsold  

    Decorative Jade Carving, China, in the form of a handscroll, with pierced decoration of a plum blossom branch tucked into the tying cord, stone of pale celadon color, lg. 2 3/8 in. more ...

  • Jade Plaque

    Jade Plaque

    Lot: 334
    Sold for: $1,320$1,100

    Jade Plaque, China, rectangular, carved in low relief with figures beneath a pine tree within a rectangular cartouche, reverse incised with a poem, stone of pale celadon color, lg. 2 7/8 in. more ...

  • Jade Plaque

    Jade Plaque

    Lot: 335
    Sold for: $660$550

    Jade Plaque, China, oval, carved and pierced with scrolling foliage encircling a shou roundel and peaches, stone of translucent mottled green with russet markings, hanging from a cloth necklace more ...

  • Six Jade Plaques

    Six Jade Plaques

    Lot: 336
    Sold for: $6,000$5,000

    Six Jade Plaques, China, mounted on four evening purses dated to the 20th century, a celadon-colored circular plaque carved with trigrams in shallow relief, dia. 2 1/4; a mottled green bell-form more ...

  • Celadon Green Jade Brush Washer

    Celadon Green Jade Brush Washer

    Lot: 337
    Sold for: $24,000$20,000

    Celadon Green Jade Brush Washer, China, 20th century, ovoid bowl shape, the whole surface covered with elaborately carved openwork designs of pine trees, a bat, a pair of cranes, and a badger, in more ...

  • Jade Brush Rest

    Jade Brush Rest

    Lot: 337A
    Sold for: $13,200$11,000

    Jade Brush Rest, China, rectangular, the top carved and pierced with a stylize lotus blossom with scrolling foliage, the sides openwork with bats and archaic scroll design, the base incised with more ...

  • Jade Brush Rest

    Jade Brush Rest

    Lot: 338
    Sold for: $5,700$4,750

    Jade Brush Rest, China, in the form of a low table with pierced apron, the graduating top carved with archaic scrolls intertwined with ruyi and scrolling foliage, stone of light cream color with more ...

  • Jade Seal Paste Box

    Jade Seal Paste Box

    Lot: 339
    Sold for: $660$550

    Jade Seal Paste Box, China, circular, the cover incised with a blossoming plum tree, four-character Qianlong mark on base, stone of semi-translucent celadon green, dia. 1 7/8 in. more ...

  • Celadon Green Jade Seal

    Celadon Green Jade Seal

    Lot: 340
    Sold for: $8,400$7,000

    Celadon Green Jade Seal, China, square block topped with a recumbent dragon carved in high relief with incised details, the seal face carved with four seal script characters, the jade is of celadon more ...

  • Jade Covered Box

    Jade Covered Box

    Lot: 341
    Sold for: $6,000$5,000

    Jade Covered Box, China, quatrefoil, carved with lychee branches in relief, stone of pale cream color with brown tones, 1 x 3 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. more ...