ASIAN ART AT AUCTION
Thursday & Friday
December 4th & 5th, 2014
at 10:00 am each day

On View:
Wed., Dec. 3rd, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
& mornings of each sale, 8:45-10:00 am

White jade koro, white jade vase

Iron tsuba

Gilt bronze figures

Chinese items feature a superb one-owner collection of thumb rings and other items from Melbourne, Florida. Also included are jades: a 16" chain vase, white jade Buddha’s hand vase, jadeite bird-form vessel, rectangular white koro, mountains, writer’s coupes, fingering pieces and pendants. Cloisonne enamel includes a pair of 33½" stupa, 19¼" vase, pair of elephant figures, and many other pieces from a local collection. Metals include many gilt bronze figures as well as a fine two-part Ming bronze Buddha. Also featured will be fine porcelains and potteries, numerous paintings, textiles include a nine-dragon robe, snuff bottles in various materials, cinnabar ruyi scepter, early cinnabar stand, carved coral figures, scholar’s items and bamboo carvings.

Japanese items include Yabu Meizan Satsuma vase, Imari, Koransha, Kutani, and other ceramics, prints of the 19th and 20th Centuries including prints by Paul Jacoulet, Hasui and Hiroshige, paintings from a local collection, tsuba and other weapons items, cloisonné enamel, Miyao bronze figure, wood netsuke by various masters, several fine inro, and some very interesting ikebana items. Other items include Dutch East Indian carved wood figure, Korean celadons, blue and whites and metalwork, and fine Indian jewelry.

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