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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE OREGON COLLECTOR
9355 9359
A BAITONG TEAPOT A LARGE GROUP OF ASIAN SILVER AND OTHER METAL
LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD DECORATIONS
The tall handle surrounding a fitted circular lid and hardstone finial Including nine miniature silver laborers carrying various objects on
above a body of lobed hexagonal shape incised in alternating shoulder poles, each stamped to the underside Sterling Silver Made
seasonal floral sprigs between poetic and archaistic inscriptions, the in HK; the tenth a model of a rickshaw and runner stamped SW and
underside bearing cast makers’ marks reading dian tong and perhaps 85 below two Chinese characters; the eleventh an unmarked bride’s
heng yi zi hao (scratches, dents). palanquin of silver with colored enamel decoration; the twelfth a gilt
6 1/4in (16cm) width over handles metal talisman of Shoaulao on a deer, now mounted in a wood frame;
the thirteenth a silver tumbler with applied insects stamped HC and
US$1,000 - 1,500 huazhen in Chinese characters (some with losses); the fourteenth a
Japanese miniature model of a tabacbon with movable drawers; a pair
PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN ESTATE of Japanese silver tumblers with dragon decoration stamped to the
base jungin in kanji; the seventeenth a small metal plaque depicting a
9356 multi-armed Guanyin with traces of color and gilt of possible Nepalese
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF EXPORT SILVER origin (wear, possible losses), now mounted and framed; and an
LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD elaborate pieced repoussé copper torque necklace with pendant
including a four-piece dresser set comprising one oval and one circular plaques now used as a mirror frame; together with a miniature model
faced hand mirror, one clothes brush and one small rectangular tray of a boat with movable doors and a separate display stand both
with scalloped edges, chased in high relief with chrysanthemums carved from fruit nuts (losses). [20]
and butterflies on a minutely pounced ground, an illegible Chinese 2in (5cm) height of gilt metal Shoulao
character and ZEEWO in Roman capitals stamped on each piece; the 17in (43cm) height overall of copper alloy mirror and mounts
fifth a circular covered box with similar chrysanthemum decoration but
stamped on the base with one illegible character and WINGONCo in US$1,000 - 1,500
Roman capitals; the sixth a dragon-decorated umbrella handle with
fu-character centering the globular finial, stamped WH,90 (possibly PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
Wang Hing, Hong Kong). [6]
10 1/2in (26.5cm) length of circular hand mirror 9360
A CARVED STONE HORSE’S HEAD
US$1,500 - 2,500 Rendered in the Han dynasty style, and carved from white stone
striated in streaks of gray, the muscular head depicted rearing towards
9357 one side ears tucked, mouth agape, and nostrils flared (chips to
A GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER details).
LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD 10 3/4in (27.4cm) high
Including a three-piece tea set engraved with the initial plaque T J C
on the teapot with hinged cover, creamer and covered sugar bowl, US$2,000 - 3,000
each chased in high relief with flowering lotus on a tiny pounced
ground, bamboo-shaped handles and finials, each stamped LUEN PROPERTY FROM THE JOYCE B. DOHENY TRUST
WO in capital letters and the two-character seal anchang on the base;
the fourth and fifth a crearmer and covered sugar bowl of tree trunk 9361
shape with applied prunus branch reliefs, stamped ZEEWO capital AN UNUSUAL STEATITE FOSSIL PLAQUE
letters and the two character seals shihe and zhichang on each base; Of thick rectangular shape and mottled reddish brown hue, preserving
together with a globular bowl of possible Japanese manufacture on one side the triangular remains of a tail-shaped fossil, possibly of
shaped as a lotus leaf with applied lotus plants on the exterior walls, vertebrate form (corner broken and re-stuck); now firmly attached to a
the square reserve on the base stamped with the two characters reticulated wood display stand.
reading ginsei to the left of three indistinct characters (solder repairs).
[6] 11 1/2in (29.2cm) height including wood stand
9 1/2in 24.2cm) width across handles of tea pot
56.135 t.oz gross weight of the lot US$800 - 1,200
US$1,500 - 4,000 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
9358 9362
AN EXPORT SILVER RECTANGULAR FLOWER ARRANGING A SCHOLAR’S ROCK
VESSEL Likely Lingbi or similar material, the striated stone displaying a slight
LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD greenish tinge and weathered in asymmetrical vaguely zoomorphic
Chased with a band of leafy tendrils along the upright neck, the forms, raised upon a fitted stand.
bombé walls bracketed by a pair of elephant-head handles on the 16in (40.5cm) height inclusive of wood stand
short sides and the long sides applied with reliefs of narcissus, prunus,
peony and fruiting grape vines, four bat-form corner legs supporting the US$1,200 - 1,800
flat base with impressed marks LH (possibly Luen Hing, Shanghai, circa
1875-1930), 90 and the two-character seal possibly reading De ji. 9363
18 1/4in (46.3cm) long NO LOT
104.168 t.oz.
US$8,000 - 12,000
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