04-20-201204-20-2012
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April 20, 2012 11:00 AMCalender

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  • Ivory Carving

    Ivory Carving

    Lot: 119
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    Ivory Carving, China, 19th century, inside hollowed, decoration of blossoming flowers, lg. 5 in. more ...

  • Miniature Ivory Perfume Holder

    Miniature Ivory Perfume Holder

    Lot: 120
    Sold for: $2,066$1,700

    Miniature Ivory Perfume Holder, China, 19th century, finely carved with birds and plum flower branches, ht. 4 1/8 in. more ...

  • Polychrome Ivory Carving

    Polychrome Ivory Carving

    Lot: 121
    Sold for: $4,740$4,000

    Polychrome Ivory Carving, China, 20th century, depicting a grasshopper, an apple, and a peanut atop a cabbage with fringed leaves, includes silk stand, lg. approx. 10 in. more ...

  • Ivory Carving

    Ivory Carving

    Lot: 122
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    Ivory Carving, China, 19th century, depicting a perched phoenix, lg. 3 1/4 in. more ...

  • Ivory Carte-de-visite

    Ivory Carte-de-visite

    Lot: 123
    Sold for: $1,823$1,500

    Ivory Carte-de-visite, China, 19th century, sides carved with figures in a garden pavilion, one side with monogrammed with letters "LL" in cursive within a rectangular frame, 3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. more ...

  • Covered Ivory Box

    Covered Ivory Box

    Lot: 124
    Sold for: $830$700

    Covered Ivory Box, China, 19th century, sides carved with lotus petals, the cover carved with grasshoppers and insects atop leaves, wd. approx. 4, ht. approx. 2 in. more ...

  • Ivory Box

    Ivory Box

    Lot: 125
    Sold for: $5,925$5,000

    Ivory Box, China, 19th/20th century, gourd shape, light polychrome with high relief carving of leaves, flower, and small gourd, and a bat, the interior with a carved peach, lg. 4 3/8 in. more ...

  • Pair of Ivory Horses

    Pair of Ivory Horses

    Lot: 126
    Sold for: $830$700

    Pair of Ivory Horses, China, 19th/20th century, includes stands, wd. 4 5/8, ht. 3 1/4 in. more ...

  • Ivory Clamshell

    Ivory Clamshell

    Lot: 127
    Sold for: $306$250

    Ivory Clamshell, China, 19th century, shell opens to a carved scene of village life, includes stand, lg. 5 in. more ...

  • Polychrome Ivory Carving

    Polychrome Ivory Carving

    Lot: 128
    Sold for: $790$650

    Polychrome Ivory Carving, China, 19th/20th century, standing figure of Kuan Yin carrying a vase on her shoulders, her robe, adorned with peonies, falls into elegant folds, ht. 11 1/2 in. more ...

  • Polychrome Ivory Figural Group

    Polychrome Ivory Figural Group

    Lot: 129
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    Polychrome Ivory Figural Group, China, a woman holding a child with a lady at her side, seated atop rocks, decorated with mother-of-pearl, signed on base, 8 x 5 in. more ...

  • Ivory Carving

    Ivory Carving

    Lot: 129A
    Sold for: $1,185$1,000

    Ivory Carving, Japan, 19th century, Shoki, the demon queller, standing with two supplicants at his feet, finely incised decoration on their robes, signed on the base, ht. 4 in. more ...

  • Ivory Carving

    Ivory Carving

    Lot: 130
    Sold for: $1,103$900

    Ivory Carving, China, 19th century, two fishermen on a cliff, one holding a long pole with a fish, ht. 10 5/8 in. more ...

  • Ivory Carving

    Ivory Carving

    Lot: 131
    Sold for: $2,370$2,000

    Ivory Carving, China, 19th century, seated figure of a luohan with a lizard in his left hand, beads in his right, ht. 3 5/8 in. more ...

  • Calligraphy Album

    Calligraphy Album

    Lot: 132
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    Calligraphy Album, China, in the manner of Gong Qi (1912-2005),twenty-four-page essay on calligraphy training skills, inscribed and signed "Gong Qi," dated 1986 (when Gong Qi was 74 years old),more ...

  • Calligraphic Hanging Scroll

    Calligraphic Hanging Scroll

    Lot: 133
    Sold for: $1,154$950

    Calligraphic Hanging Scroll, China, ink on paper, signed "Shao Tsuen Li Hong Zhang," with two seals, 53 x 13 1/2 in. more ...

  • Pair of Calligraphies

    Pair of Calligraphies

    Lot: 135
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    Pair of Calligraphies, China, on a decorated yellow paper with gilt dots, in the manner of Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997),51 x 12 1/4 in. Provenance: Private collection of a Chinese-American scholar. more ...

  • Loose Calligraphy

    Loose Calligraphy

    Lot: 136
    Sold for: $11,258$9,500

    Loose Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, a poem, signed "Wu Changshuo," with four seals, 7 1/4 x 13 in. more ...

  • Pair of Works of Calligraphy

    Pair of Works of Calligraphy

    Lot: 137
    Sold for: $3,851$3,250

    Pair of Works of Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, signed Xie Zhiliu, each with two seals on each page, 26 x 17 in. Provenance: Prviate estate of a Chinese-American scholar. more ...

  • Fan Calligraphy Leaf

    Fan Calligraphy Leaf

    Lot: 138
    Sold for: $948$800

    Fan Calligraphy Leaf, China, ink on gold paper, signed "Qu Guangzao," with two seals, 20 x 7 in. more ...

  • Calligraphy Couplet

    Calligraphy Couplet

    Lot: 139
    Sold for: $7,110$6,000

    Calligraphy Couplet, China, ink on paper, inscribed, attributed to "Wu Changshuo, seventy-eight years old," with six seals total, 49 x 14 in. more ...

  • Four Pieces of Loose Calligraphy

    Four Pieces of Loose Calligraphy

    Lot: 140
    Sold for: $1,580$1,300

    Four Pieces of Loose Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, attributed to Lin Zexu, inscribed and bears signature, with two seals, 60 x 15 1/2 in. more ...

  • Handscroll Sutra

    Handscroll Sutra

    Lot: 141
    Sold for: $11,850$10,000

    Handscroll Sutra, China, gold color on blue silk, "Ban Ruo Duo Luo Mi Xin Jing," "The Heart Sutra" (Prajna Paramita Hrydaya Sutra),depicting Kuan Yin and Buddha at both ends, dated "Kang Xi Sui Ci" more ...

  • Loose Letter

    Loose Letter

    Lot: 142
    Sold for: $5,036$4,250

    Loose Letter, China, ink on paper, calligraphy, signed "Wu Changshuo, eighty-two years old," dated, with six seals, 20 x 12 in. more ...

  • Framed Calligraphy

    Framed Calligraphy

    Lot: 143
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    Framed Calligraphy, China, ink on silk, attributed to "Ci Xi," depicting fu and shou against a red background, with one seal, glazed, 28 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Provenance: Private estate of a more ...

  • Loose Long Calligraphy

    Loose Long Calligraphy

    Lot: 144
    Sold for: $2,133$1,800

    Loose Long Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, a poem, signed "Shen Congwen," with two seals, 55 x 7 in. more ...

  • Calligraphy Scroll

    Calligraphy Scroll

    Lot: 145
    Sold for: $889$750

    Calligraphy Scroll, China, ink on paper, signed "Yin Xi Shi," with two seals, 50 x 15 in. Provenance: The private estate of General Luo Yiqun (1889-1967). more ...

  • Calligraphy Scroll

    Calligraphy Scroll

    Lot: 146
    Sold for: $182$150

    Calligraphy Scroll, China, ink on paper, dated summer jiazi year, signed "Deng Tuo," with one seal, 28 1/2 x 16 in. more ...

  • Five Pieces of Loose Calligraphy

    Five Pieces of Loose Calligraphy

    Lot: 147
    Sold for: $2,489$2,100

    Five Pieces of Loose Calligraphy, China, ink on paper, inscribed, signed "Yun He," each with one seal, 13 x 10 in. more ...

  • Calligraphy Scroll

    Calligraphy Scroll

    Lot: 148
    Sold for: $1,659$1,400

    Calligraphy Scroll, China, ink on paper, attributed to Fei Xinwo, inscribed and bears signature, with two seals, 40 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. more ...