Fine Decorative Arts Auction - Session 4 - CARPETS, ASIAN WORKS OF ART & TEXTILES, DEVOTIONAL WORKS

A FINE GOURD AND TORTOISESHELL CRICKET CAGE, the brown body fitted with a two piece ivory cap and collar, the cap inset with an openwork shell panel i

A PAIR OF SERPENTINE BOWLS, of lotus form, in a mottled transparent sea green stone, dia. 3.9" - 9.8 cm., China, early 20th c. Est. $100/125

A NEPHRITE JADE TREE FORM VASE, finely worked as a trunk with gnarled roots and branches, ht. 6.7" - 17 cm., China, 18-19th c. See illustration

AN AGATE PENDANT, with a blackish skin carved through with a design of three wine drinkers at a table under a pine, ht. 2.2" - 5.5 cm., China, ...

SEVEN NEPHRITE JADE PLAQUES, comprising a pair of oval discs worked with hydra, two floral design circular discs, two metal mounted openwork discs wit

THREE JADEITE PENDANTS, one with an openwork design of boys and lotus, the second with a bat, the third with a hydra on a gourd; all in mottled emeral

A FINE NEPHRITE JADE BELT HOOK AND PLAQUE, mounted together as the handle and back for a mirror, set in silver mounts, the hook of dragon and hydra fo

A NEPHRITE JADE PLAQUE, of domed form, from a ruyi scepter, worked in relief with two boys and an elephant under a pine, the stone of greyish white co

A NEPHRITE JADE BELTHOOK, the ogee body with dragon head terminal and set with a high relief hydra, in a pale greyish green stone, l. 3.5" - 9 ...

A NEPHRITE JADE BELTHOOK, the ogee body with dragon head terminal and set with a high relief hydra, in a pale greenish white stone, l. 3.7" - 9...

TWO NEPHRITE JADE BELTHOOKS, the ogee bodies with dragon head terminals and set with high relief hydras, in pale greenish white stones, l. 3.7"...

A SILVER BACKED BRUSH, well worked with a snarling dragon set against a finely beaten ground, l. 7.1" - 18 cm., China, early 20th c. Est. $100/1

A JADE DRAGON PANEL, of quatrefoil form with a central hole, with a high relief hydra, the stone of yellowish white colour with brown inclusions; with

AN ARCHAISTIC NEPHRITE JADE BRUSH WASHER, in the silhouette of a Yi ewer, with dragon handle and worked with a band of frets, in a pale greyish green

A PAIR OF NEPHRITE JADE BANGLES, each with conjoined dragons, linked by a stone and metal chain, dia. 3" - 7.5 cm., China, 19th c. Est. $200/250

A NEPHRITE JADE LOTUS AND CITRON GROUP, finely detailed in a slightly greyish white stone, ht. 1.8" - 4.5 cm., China, early 19th c. Est. $150/250

TWO JADE OBJECTS, one a miniature Patu Pounamu in a middle green nephrite, the other a spatulate blade in a deep blackish green nephrite and fitted wi

A FINE SERPENTINE INCENSE BURNER, the bowl with everted rim, worked with flowers, raised on three leaf supports, with a delicately worked domed woo

A CANTON ENAMEL CONDIMENT SET, the lacquered wood box fitted with nine pieces painted with figures on blue and yellow grounds, w. 14.6" - 37

A STONE FIGURE OF A RAM, standing four square on an oblong plinth, a grey stone banded with white, ht. 7.5" - 19 cm., China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.