Clars Auction Gallery July Jewelry Auction

Framed gouache on paper, Abstract Foliage, after Wu Guangzhong (Chinese, 1919-2010), the lower right bearing the signature 'Wu Guanzhong' an...

Framed mixed media on canvas, Bird and Butterflies, by Motomura Tadashi/Taira (Japanese, b. 1937), reverse signed 'Motomura Tadashi saku'(mi...

Framed color brush painting on shikishi, ''Chrysanthemums'', by Chiura Obata (Californian/Japanese, 1885-1975), signed and stamped O...

Framed Japanese modern woodblock print, entitled Nabeshima, from the Inland Sea series, the left margin dated Showa 5 (=1930) and with the two-charact

Framed Japanese monochrome lithograph with hand-painted ink details, Snow, by Toko Shinoda (Japanese, b. 1913), limited edition 33/50, pencil signatur

Framed Korean folk painting, ink and color on paper, Cranes, unsigned, featuring a pair of cranes standing under a stylized pine, top inscribed with a

Framed Chinese handscroll, ink and color on paper, Eighteen Luohan Crossing the River, the left edge bearing the signature 'Zhu Yuan' of Pin...

(Lot of 2) Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain plaques, late Qing/Republic period, the first featuring a pine issuing from the side of a cli

(Lot of 2) Chinese grisaille enamel decorated porcelain plaques, late Qing/Republic period, the first depicting a scene from the novel Hong Lou Meng (

Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain plaque, Republic period, Hejing and Student, attributed to Wang Qi (1884-1942), depicting a young studen

Chinese polychrome enameled porcelain plaque, Republic period, featuring a scholar official clothed in a lime green robe and seated in an outdoor sett

Chinese reverse glass painting in a gilt Chippendale style frame, Qing dynasty 18th/19th century, the central panel depicting a Manchu couple with a s

Chinese eight-double leaf painting album, ink and color on paper, Flower and Insects, after Lou Shibai (Chinese, 1918-2010), last page inscribed with

Chinese ten double-leaf painting album, ink and color on paper, Landscapes, after Wei Zixi (Chinese, 1915-2002), depicting seasonal mountain landscape

Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figurines of the eighteen luohan, each of the Buddhist disciples draped in simple monastic robes with some mounted on

Japanese ivory figural okimono (small sculpture), Showa period, depicting a farmer standing in a short kimono and tunic secured by a belt suspending

Asian carved circular ivory box, late 19th/early 20th century, the low cylindrical container with the fitted lid well carved and incised with a long s

Japanese menpo (armor face mask) and neck guard, Edo period (1600-1868), the black lacquered iron fashioned with a protruding chin, detachable nose pi

Japanese wakizashi (short sword) in matching fittings, the blade: shinto, nagasa 53.9cm (25.25''), saki-zori, o-kissaki, iori mune, kosuji-c...

Japanese sword/katana, gendaito, blade: nagasa 71.5cm (28.125''), torii-zori, chu-kissaki, iori-mune, bo-hi (full/regular hi), ko-itame hada...

Pair of Japanese patinated bronze vases with mixed metal accents, Meiji period, 19th century, each of cylindrical shape and finely decorated with vari

Japanese patinated bronze censer, Meiji period, well cast and incised as two quails, the larger with its removeable wings opening to a hollow compartm

Narwhal tusk (marine ivory), the upper section/tip of a long, spirally twisted tusk of the small arctic whale (Monodon monoceros), (some wormage), 1...

Chinese tinted ivory figure of a beauty, late Qing/Republic period, standing in long wind-swept robes secured by a tasseled belt, both hands with flow

Chinese ivory figural carving of a meiren (beauty), Republic period, standing in long robes with a jewel held to the front in her right hand, the othe

Chinese ivory figural carving, Cultural Revolution era, depicting a young girl standing with two cup-like instruments held to the front, the facial de

Chinese ivory figures of an emperor and empress, each standing in ornate brocade-patterned dragon or phoenix robes, the emperor with a short overcoat

Chinese red coral figure of a beauty, finely carved and incised as a celestial maiden standing in long elaborate robes and wind-swept scarves, her han

Chinese ivory figure of a beauty, standing in a long tiered garment with a fan held in her hands, her smiling face with a wistful expression and frame

Chinese large ivory figure of a beauty, Republic period, the slender standing figure standing in long tiered robes with brocade-patterned accents, her

Chinese tinted ivory vase, late Qing dynasty, with a waisted neck above the tapering ovoid body carved in relief with figures in a landscape with wate

Chinese ivory puzzle ball and stand, the ball carved with entwined dragons amid cloud scrolls enclosing seven or more pierced layers (minor chips and

(Lot of 2) Chinese export small ivory picture frames, Republic period, of oval section with the first carved with a garland of rosettes to the frame a

Chinese ivory figure of Guanyu, the deified general standing in a long brocade-patterned dragon robe secured by a belt suspending a large sword, a hal

Chinese reticulated ivory brush pot, the the contoured segment carved with a scene of Shoulao greeting a young boy and beauty along with attendants in

(Lot of 2) Chinese large ivory figures of Chinese elders, each standing figure retaining the curve of the original tusk, the long robes secured by a t

Chinese export ivory glove stretcher, the large hinged tongs carved and undercut with a pair of lobed reserves featuring an array of blossoms accented

(lot of 2) Strands of Himalayan/Tibetan bone beads, the first consisting of large cylindrical disks separated by three metal toggles including two vaj

Set of Chinese soapstone figural carvings of the eighteen luohan, each of the Buddhist disciples fashioned with prominent individualized facial featur

(lot of 2) Chinese carved horn prayer beads, the first consisting of four groups of twenty-seven dark-hued horn beads, separated by four turquoise-hue

Sino-Tibetan silver tripod censer with inlaid accents, Qing dynasty, either side of the globular body with a carved jade dragon medallion within a rep

Himalayan silver repousse ritual dagger (purbhu) with gilt accents and inlay of semi-precious stones, the triangular tip issuing from a makura below a

Chinese jade figural carving, carved and undercut as a recumbent horse with its legs tucked beneath its body and head turning back towards a small mon

Chinese jade inlaid wooden ruyi scepter, the contoured wooden shaft inset with three shaped celadon plaques carved and undercut with meandering twiste

Chinese fan painting, ink and color on paper, Insect and Double Gourd, after Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957), the upper left bearing the signature &#...

(Lot of 2) Chinese horn carvings, the first a shallow libation cup with a pair of bats below the pouring edge, the opposing handle formed by a chilong

Pair of Japanese patinated bronze candle holders, now mounted as lamps, each of the shafts cast as a tall length of bamboo surmounted by a basket-weav

Japanese Satsuma ware large earthenware vase, first half of the 20th century, the slender body painted in gilt and colored enamels with figures visiti

Japanese Kutani ware large porcelain vase, first half of the 20th century, the tapering ovoid body finely painted in gilt and colored enamels with a l

Chinese Buddhist stone carving, the Northern Wei inspired piece featuring a Buddha standing in the center holding a sacred vessel flanked by two small

Japanese large patinated bronze tripod censer, Meiji period, the hemispherical body raised on three short supports bracketing a recessed circular base

Chinese large langyao/ox-blood glazed baluster vase, now electrified, Republic period, the ovoid body flaring at the base and covered overall in a ric

(lot of 2) Chinese small carved jade zoomorphic carvings, consisting a flat pebble carved and incised as a cat with round eyes under scrolling pointed

Chinese archaic-form jade toggle of an uroboros, rendered from a russet-white matrix with dark markings as a tail bitting dragon shaped with snub nose

Chinese small archaic jade zhang, the semi-translucent sea-green stone mottled by opaque flecks, the flaring blade-like body with a curved end and wit

Chinese carved jade plaque of a dragon, Warring States/Han style, fashioned as a S-curved dragon heightened with small bosses and arabesque flourishes

Chinese archaic jade bi disk with a perforated circular center, the grayish-brown exterior with a few occasional dark and red splashes together with a

Chinese Han-style carved jade plaque (lu), possibly Song dynasty, the front featuring a stylized crested bird below a scrolling chilong with bifurcate

Chinese small rectangular jade plaque, carved and incised with a meditating immortal amid meandering zoomorphs, the reverse similarly decorated with e

Neolithic dark green nephrite tool, the slender bar gradually shaped toward a slanted 'blade', the matrix of a deep green color with occasio...

(Lot of 3) Chinese archaic jade beads/pendants (le), consisting of two cylindrical beads, one of a mottled green hue with calcified patches, the secon

Chinese celadon jade lock-form toggle, the translucent pale celadon-colored stone fashioned as a ruyi lock incised with a shou medallion to the center

(lot of 3) Chinese carved celadon jade toggles, the first pierced with a butterfly accented with incised details on the wings, reversed by a lingzhi s

Chinese cicada-form jade toggle, well carved with bead-like eyes brightening the flat head set off by tear-drop form wings, the underside with a point

Chinese celadon nephrite belt hook mounted to a letter opener, late Qing/Republic period, the jade belt hook carved with a strong featured dragon heig

(lot of 2) Chinese archaic jade toggles, the first shaped as a bird rendered from a sea-green matrix with russet patches to the head and the tail of t

Chinese calcified white jade bi, Han style, the perforated disk carved with a sinuous chilong weaving through openings in high relief to both sides, a

Chinese Ming-style archaistic green-yellow jade plaque (lu), the bar carved with a mirrored image of a S-form zoomorph with a pointed face surmounted

Chinese brown jade ax blade, late Qing/Republic period or earlier, carved with C-form scrolls framing the key-hole shaped perforation flanked by key-f

(Lot of 2) Chinese zoomorphic jade pendants, Ming style, the first a sea-green and russet colored recumbent horse with head turned and resting on its

Chinese zoomorphic form jade carving, shaped with the head and torso of a mythological beast, all set above a lower section tapering to a claw-like po

Chinese green and black mottled jade girdle clasp (sui), probably before the Ming dynasty, the concave front heighten with two raised bands above cant

Chinese carved jade belt hook, Qing dynasty, the hook fashioned as the head of a dragon with protruding eyes, a short snout, pointed ears and a bifurc

Chinese carved jade sword fitting (wei), possibly Qing dynasty, the rectangular upper section carved with a sinuous chilong in low relief with arabesq

Chinese jade/nephrite belt hook, with a dragon-head terminal and a curved shaft reversed by a small knob, the stone of pale green color with faint whi

(Lot of 3) Chinese small jade/hardstone toggles, the first of a semi-translucent caramel-hued matrix carved as a Buddha hand citron reversed by a ling

Chinese brush set with a mottled green hardstone shaft, the cylindrical handle of a pale green matrix heightened with splashes of bright green, set ab

Chinese carved cylindrical jade cup, the exterior probably later incised with an archaistic pattern with leiwen-accented stiff leaf band above a regis

Chinese miniature scholar's stone, the study of a brown color with a natural textured surface with various outcroppings evoking a miniature moun...

Chinese carved archaistic stone cong, with a perforated tubular center shaped with angled corners stacked with five layers of mask-like motifs with in

Chinese spinach jade brush washer, the compressed ovoid body carved with a pair of confronted meandering dragons contesting a flaming jewel, the matri

Chinese small Ge-ware style vase, possibly late Qing/Republic Period, of octagonal section with a swelling pear-form contour bracked by pair of lug ha

(Lot of 4) Chinese polychrome enamel decorated dishes, consisting of: a small fluted bowl painted on the exterior with an audience scene, the base wit

Chinese gilt accented cinnabar ink cake, of circular form molded with a roaring fu-lion with its head framed by tight curls and issuing a flame boundi

Asian underglaze blue decorated porcelain covered censer, late 19th/early 20th century, the lozenge-form vessel with blue-and-white decoration of a cr

Asian archaistic patinated bronze censer (fangding), the two long rectangular sides featuring taotie masks silhouetted against a leiwen ground, suppor

Chinese small patinated bronze cylindrical censer, the straight sides cast with a pair of double T-form handles and decorated on the exterior with spl

Chinese unusual stone brush rest (bi jia)/scholar's rock, carved and undercut as a weather-worn rocky outcropping with hidden grottoes and caves...

Chinese small patinated bronze censer with silver inlay, the slightly tapering cylindrical vessel cast with a sunken reserve featuring an array of blo

Chinese antler carved palette dish (bi tian), the sides encircled with raised vertical lines and with irregular protuberances crowning the top carved

(Lot of 3) Group of Chinese soapstone carvings, the first of a mountain peak form with a caramel-hued matrix featuring Budai and bat in low relief abo

Chinese small patinated bronze censer with zoomorphic handles, shaped with a low slung ovoid body bracketed by a pair of fu-lion form handles to the s

Chinese enameled mixed metal hand warmer, the rectangular nickle-silver body worked with a pair of reserves featuring a shou medallion accented by bat

Pair of Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figural groups, probably late Qing/early Republic period, the mirror images each featuring a large blossoming

Pair of Chinese lead glazed ceramic figures, Ming style, of a male and female attendant, each holding an offering and standing in long green-glazed ro

Chinese glazed figural ceramic architectural ornament, fashioned as a Chinese sage stroking his long black beard while seated on the back of a humorou

Chinese Dehua-style (blanc de chine) figure of Wenchang, the deity of scholarship seated in formal court robes secured by a loose belt and holding a r

(Lot of 2) Chinese cloisonne enamel baluster vases with soapstone panels, each ovoid body with a raised relief of flowering peony or magnolia branches

(Lot of 2) Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain dishes, Qing dynasty, the first molded with fluted sides, the interior finely painted with a

Chinese Dehua (blanc de Chine) figure of Budai, the Buddhist deity with a joyous smile and full belly, the standing figure wearing monastic robes and