December 4, 2011 Estate Auction

A Small Rectangular Serpentine Table Screen, with hardstone overlay, matching wood stand {Height: 8 7/8 inches (22.5 cm)} Provenance: From an East Bay

A Group of Five Yellow Stone Seals, each in various shapes, with incised descriptions or images, the seal face depicted in one line seal script, with

A Standing Wood Screen with Painted Marble Insets, with seven rows of panel, the front containing calligraphy and landscapes and the reverse with figu

A Marble and Wood Table Screen, the circular stone of deep russet, caramel and gray striations to an overall cream background; set within a wood frame

A Tang Style Carved Stone Figure, shown standing in a contrapposto position, with a scarf draped diagonally around the torso and a diaphanous dhoti ti

A Jade Snuff Bottle, of flattened oval shape, with a crystal stopper {Height: 2 3/8 inches (6 cm)}

A Carved Ivory Snuff Bottle*, depicting figures in a garden below scrolling tendrils and above a key-fret border, with an ivory stopper {Height: 3 1/8

A Macaroni Agate Snuff Bottle, of moonflask shape with a pair of beast-head handles, with a glass stopper {Height: 2 3/4 inches (7 cm)} [Minor chips}

A Group of Six Snuff Bottles, the first of lapis lazuli with carvings, with a lapis lazuli stopper; the second of green glass with a glass stopper; th

Three Snuff Bottles and a Carved Ivory Study*, the first of blue and white porcelain painted with two four-clawed dragons, with a glass stopper; hte s

Three Glass Snuff Bottles, including one of elephant form and two with overlaid decorations depicting a lotus pond and chilong with bat; each with inl

A Group of Three Scholar's Objects, including a stone seal surmounted by a dragon, a yellowish jade pendant with figures and inscription, and a ...

An Bronze Incense Burner, cast with a pair of dragon-form handles, with a six-character Xuande mark to the base {Height: 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm)}

A Gilt Bronze Garlic Head Vase, cast with a compressed globular body and tall neck,its head resting below the lobed garlic-head mouth, the surface cov

A Bronze Ritual Tripod Vessel and Cover, the globular body raised on three short legs, the sides cast with a single band below a pair upright handles,

Three Sets of White Metal Mini Screens, the first set is of 'Bogu' theme, the second depicts the famous 'Four Beauties,' the third s...

An White Metal Ink Well and Lid, in the form of a recumbent dragon, a stylized seal character to the interior {Width: 5 1/4 inches (13.4 cm)}

A Group of Three Cloisonné-Enameled Vessels, including a vase and two jars, all with a blue ground {Height of Vase: 7 1/2 inches (19 cm)}

A Group of Chinese Decorations, including a small jade belt buckle, two pairs of scroll weights made of crystal and reddish hardstone, and a group of

A Hardstone Inlaid Hardwood Brush Pot, depicting two birds on a peach tree accompanied with rocks and bamboo, reversed by butterflies and flowers {Hei