FINE PAIR OF INSCRIBED BLUE AND WHITETEA TRAYS
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD ??? ??????????????? ????????????each with shallow lobed sides of quatrefoil section, supported on four short bracket...
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CHINESE STYLE BOAT FORM METAL BIRD CAGEChinese style boat form metal bird cage, in the form of a pleasure boat a person on board, approximately 35"l....
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CHINESE STYLE METAL WIRE BIRD CAGE Chinesestyle metal wire bird cage, in the form of a pleasure boat a person on board, approximately 35"l....
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2 JAPANESE SMALL PAINTED SCREENS & 1HIROSHIGE MINIATUR...Three (3) Japanese art-related items. 1st item: Four-panel polychrome painted screen or divider, Manga school, depicting groups of figures engaging in...
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CARVED CHINESE PLEASURE BOAT/STANDwithwooden stand having naturalistic wave carving. 8 1/2" high, 12" long, 2" deep. Some carved elements missing. Provenance: Property of a New Haven County Collector. International...
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ROMAN LEADED BRONZE PROTOME OF BACCHUSRoman,Imperial, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A fabulous bronze protome displaying the bust of Bacchus - Greek Dionysus - the Roman god of wine, vegetation, and festivity, depicted...
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MONUMENTAL MANTENO BLACKWARE SITTINGCACIQUE INCENSARIO...Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manteno, ca. 850 to 1600 CE. An exemplary and sizeable incensario, skillfully modeled in the form of a male figure - likely a...
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VERY FINE JALISCO FEMALE SHEEPFACE FIGUREPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. One of the finer "sheep-face" figures we have had the pleasure of offering. Seated female wearing a striped and polka dot skirt,...
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YOSHITORA UTAGAWA WOODBLOCK "BATTLEOF DAN'NOURA" 1861Yoshitora Utagawa (Japanese, active 1830-1880). "The Great Battle of Dan'noura" woodblock (triptych), Edo period, 1861. Marks: censor's seal aratame. A striking...
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DELIGHTFUL ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP - EROTICSATYRRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A delightfully well-endowed bronze oil lamp in the form of a squatting satyr. His faun's lower body is crouched, with...
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19TH C. JAPANESE EDO / MEIJI WOOD SHOKANNON BODHISATTV...East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji Period, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful wood carving of Sho Kannon the Japanese version of Guanyin or Avalokiteshvara,...
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RARE CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BRONZE HU VESSELW/ LID!**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE. An elegant, pear shaped hu vessel, the iconographic program of this piece comes to...
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CHINESE IMARI TEAPOT
QING DYNASTY, 18THCENTURY ? ????????????of globular form, painted on both sides with landscapes in lobed cartouches, reserved on a floral ground, attached with a looped handle and a spout(1)17cm...
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CHINESE CARVED PLEASURE BOATThe boatelaborately carved with pierced galleries, open windows with trellis-carved coverings and shutters, the double-tiered open deck with numerous figures, the stern with two standards...
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CHINESE GILT-DECORATED RED GROUND PAPERPANELDepicting a continuous scene with elegant figures on a tiled terrace or in pleasure boats floating in a pond, within an ebonized frame.72 by 84 in. (approx.)...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ART BOOKSLARGECOLLECTION OF JAPANESE ART BOOKS, includes Worldly Pleasures, Earthly Delights, Bertha Lum, Hiroshige Fan Prints, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Ukiyo-E from the MET, Utamaro...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF ART BOOKS INCLUDINGIMPRESSIONISM, POST IMPRESSIONISM, FAUVISM, FUTURISM IMPRESSIONISM, POST IMPRESSIONISM, FAUVISM, FUTURISM, including Degas, Signac Watercolors, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Monet...
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CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SCROLL-FORM WRISTREST likely Jiaqing period (1796-1820), in the form of a hand scroll, finely enameled with pink and blue diaper pattern and a gilt ribbon and inscribed in Chinese "Le Shan...
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GROUP OF CHINESE OLIVE PIT CARVINGSGroup of Chinese olive pit carvings, comprising a miniature model of a pleasure boat with a poetic inscription on the bottom and fitted stand, along with two Buddhist figures,...
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LARGE CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD GILT SKANDA,MING D. A large, Ming Dynasty, gilded, lacquered, wooden statue of Skanda/ Wei Tuo/ Idaten (Jp.), an esteemed bodhisattva & lead defender of the cosmic teachings. This piece,...
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Attractive English Ivory-Painted WoodenJewel Cabinet, third quarter 19th century, in the Chinese taste, having two doors opening to reveal a bank of three transverse shallow drawers with turned and polished bone...
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A Chinese Porcelain Rose Verte Brushpothaving enameled decoration of three men in a pleasure boat traveling down a river beneath craggy cloud covered cliffs with the scene continuing around the vessel with a setting...
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Porcelain Vase Chinese, finely detailedfigures fishing, reading scrolls, eating and other pleasurable pursuits in wooded landscape beside a meandering river, border of iron-red motifs top and bottom, inscription...
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A Chinese Ivory Pleasure Boat the multi-deckboat depicted with figures carved throughout at various pursuits including eating and playing games the windows carved with movable shutters and having free-moving hanging...
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*A Chinese Carved Ivory Plaque the wellcarved plaque of arched form with a central shaped cartouche depicting a scene of pavilions behind a lotus pond with figures at leisure standing on balconies and seated on...
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*A Chinese Export Famille Rose LiddedTureen and Underplate late 18th/early 19th century having underglaze blue decoration throughout of a woman guiding a pleasure boat toward a large palace with foliate form...
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Collection of Cantonese Boat WatercolorsFirst quarter 19th century. ?A fine collection of Chinese "junks" pleasure boats and other marine craft. 15 in total of varying sizes in watercolor and gouache.?Each containing...
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A Collection of Six Carved Ivory Itemscomprising a Chinese pleasure boat two polychrome painted birds and three figures. Height of tallest 4 1/4 inches....
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Two Chinese albums of erotica canton19th century The largest silk bound album encloses eleven ink and wash panels depicting subjects in the pursuit of pleasure, together with a smaller similar album of twelve...
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