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Batik Ceremonial Cloth
Lot: 212Sold for: $281$225Batik Ceremonial Cloth, Indonesia, 19th/20th century, decorated with a bird-and-flower design and floral sprays in two indigo blue borders, framed and glazed, cloth 33 x 30 1/4 in. more ...
Pidan Textile
Lot: 213UnsoldPidan Textile, Cambodia, depicting a parade scene in three rows with figures, goats, and elephants, against a deep purple ground, framed, sight size 37 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. more ...
Large Embroidered Hanging
Lot: 214UnsoldLarge Embroidered Hanging, Japan, 19th/20th century, decorated with chrysanthemums, dahlias, and foliage on a blue silk ground in satin stitch, bordered by a gold jacquard textile woven with dragons more ...
Group of Seventeen Mostly Small Fabric Swatch Books
Lot: 215Sold for: $1,625$1,300Group of Seventeen Mostly Small Fabric Swatch Books, Japan, Edo/Meiji period, a registry book, possibly a seller's, with small fragmental swatches accompanied with descriptive records, 4 3/4 x 13; a more ...
Book of Rare Ming-period Textile and Paper Fragments
Lot: 216UnsoldBook of Rare Ming-period Textile and Paper Fragments, Japan, including a red silk fragment from Jiajing Emperor's robe, one from a sutra cover of Yongle period, and a paper slip from a sutra of more ...
Two Katazome -dyed Fabric Sample Books
Lot: 217UnsoldTwo Katazome-dyed Fabric Sample Books, Japan, one with 277 Edo period swatches; and one with seventy-seven early Meiji period, with a stamp mark of Shitayata Takemachi, to 7 7/8 x 10 in. more ...
Six Yuzen -dyed Fabric Sample Swatch Books
Lot: 218UnsoldSix Yuzen-dyed Fabric Sample Swatch Books, Japan, Edo/Meiji periods, two volumes for Mitsukoshi including one selected for Imperial use; one for Mizutani; two for Ishikawa; and one with more ...
Four Assorted Books of Fabric Sample Swatches
Lot: 218AUnsoldFour Assorted Books of Fabric Sample Swatches, Japan, one, Meiji period dated "January 1896"; and three, early 20th century, including two from Yamaguchi Kyoto, early 20th century and one of brocade more ...
Three Fabric Sample Swatch Books
Lot: 219Sold for: $1,250$1,000Three Fabric Sample Swatch Books, Japan, Meiji period, Volume I, II, and III, each cover with a publisher's label reading "Gankin Bunko Kajita Zuanbu," with the original wood box, 17 3/8 x 15 1/4 more ...
Three Fabric Sample Swatch Books
Lot: 220Sold for: $938$750Three Fabric Sample Swatch Books, Japan, Meiji period, Volume VII, VIII, and VIX, in kinran gold brocade covers, each with a publisher's label reading "Gankin Bunko Kajita Zuanbu" in the inner more ...
Roll of Export Hand-painted Wallpaper
Lot: 221Sold for: $875$700Roll of Export Hand-painted Wallpaper, China, depicting figures in traditional landscape scenes, lg. approx. 6 ft. more ...
Hanging Scroll Rubbing of Zhaobo Gantang , Sweet Pear
Lot: 222Sold for: $219$175Hanging Scroll Rubbing of Zhaobo Gantang, Sweet Pear, China, before 1981, from the stele made in 1845 for a temple, with two poems written in 1845 and 1847 by Li Wenhan and Wu Chengjing, more ...
Hanging Scroll Depicting a Gourd Vine
Lot: 223Sold for: $2,875$2,300Hanging Scroll Depicting a Gourd Vine, China, in the manner of Zhu Qizhan (1892-1996),signed "Qizhan" and dated "jiwei chun" (Spring 1979),with two seals reading the artist's name and his age more ...
Fan Painting
Lot: 224Sold for: $188$150Fan Painting, China, 20th century, depicting goldfish in pond under a leafy branch, inscribed and signed "Wang Tinghuai" with a seal, framed and glazed, painting 8 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. more ...
Landscape Painting
Lot: 225UnsoldLandscape Painting, China, in the manner of Hejun Zhuo (b. 1943),with craggy mountains and waterfalls, ink and light color on paper, inscribed with three seals, painting 15 x 18 5/8 in. more ...
Handscroll Depicting a Genre Scene
Lot: 226Sold for: $2,125$1,700Handscroll Depicting a Genre Scene, China, in the manner of Lang Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688-1766),with groups of musicians, fishers, hunters, farmers, etc., signed "Lang Shining zhi" with more ...
Set of Two Handscrolls Depicting the Legend of the White Snake
Lot: 227Sold for: $1,875$1,500Set of Two Handscrolls Depicting the Legend of the White Snake, China, in the manner of Tang Yin (1470-1524),each inscribed "dingluan sanyue Tang Yin xie" with five seals including two at the more ...
Three Album Paintings Depicting Mythological Stories
Lot: 228Sold for: $219$175Three Album Paintings Depicting Mythological Stories, China, 19th/20th century, depicting mythical creatures and legendary figures, ink and color on silk, matted with three openings in a frame, more ...
Two Pith Paintings
Lot: 229Sold for: $250$200Two Pith Paintings, China, 19th/20th century, each depicting a couple facing each other, framed and glazed, mat with two openings, each sight size 6 x 3 3/4 in. more ...
Bust Portrait of a Mongolian Ruler
Lot: 230Sold for: $3,000$2,400Bust Portrait of a Mongolian Ruler, China, dressed in a blue robe, ink and colors on silk, framed and glazed, sight size 24 x 21 1/2 in. more ...
Portrait of an Old Woman
Lot: 231Sold for: $406$325Portrait of an Old Woman, China, 20th century, sitting in a chair in a room with a desk and a window, a girl attendant standing in a garden with bonsai trees and a rock, ink and color on paper, more ...
Two Album Leaf Paintings
Lot: 232Sold for: $1,625$1,300Two Album Leaf Paintings, China, early 20th century, one depicting ladies in a garden scene, the other in nature with scholarly rocks and a bridge, unsigned with two seals, ink and color on silk, more ...
Hanging Scroll Ancestral Portrait
Lot: 233UnsoldHanging Scroll Ancestral Portrait, China, early 20th century, of an official seated in a chair looking straight, dressed in an official winter robe with the 5th civil rank badge with silver more ...
Large Ancestral Portrait Painting
Lot: 234UnsoldLarge Ancestral Portrait Painting, China, 20th century, with multiple groups of ancestral couples from Qianlong to Tongzhi periods, ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, painting 67 1/2 x 36 more ...
Large Ancestral Portrait Painting
Lot: 235UnsoldLarge Ancestral Portrait Painting, China, 20th century, depicting two couples, seated against a three-panel landscape folding screen in the background, ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, more ...
Snowy Landscape
Lot: 236Sold for: $438$350Snowy Landscape, China, after the style of the Four Wangs, with craggy mountains, leafless trees, a temple, and a figure, inscribed with a title, date, and signature reading "Wang Hui" with seven more ...
Hanging Scroll Landscape
Lot: 237Sold for: $2,375$1,900Hanging Scroll Landscape, China, after Xia Gui of Song, depicting a snowed mountain range with a river with bridges and pavilions with figures and a crane, inscribed with a postscript of eulogy, more ...
Framed Handscroll Painting
Lot: 238Sold for: $22,500$18,000Framed Handscroll Painting, China, possibly Qianlong period, depicting a hunting scene with archers on horseback chasing animals and games in a field with water and trees, with an inscription more ...
Reverse Painting on Glass
Lot: 239Sold for: $375$300Reverse Painting on Glass, China, possibly for export to the Indian market, depicting a female with a flower in her left hand against a green background, framed, sight size 19 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. more ...
Set of Four Reverse-paintings on Glass
Lot: 240UnsoldSet of Four Reverse-paintings on Glass, China, 20th century, each with an interior scene with figures, framed, sight size 39 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. more ...