John Wickett Museum - Session 2

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This auction will combine the liquidation of the John Stone Wickett Museum and the remaining items of the Eugene O. Perkins estate held back from Christy's single consignor auction in 1989.

The contents of San Francisco's most exclusive private museum will be going up for sale to the highest bidder.

The John Stone Wickett Museum of Ethnographic Arts and Memorabilia opens to the general public at auction Thursday, August 19, Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21. Referred to as "an elegant treasure house of artistic, cultural and historic artifacts," the museum is filled with antique icons from China, Southeast Asia, India, Africa and the Middle East. Also featured is local "Playland at the Beach" amusement park memorabilia.

Collectors of fine art will appreciate unusual and rare items such as an 18-inch crystal Buddha from Nepal, authentic headdresses and crowns worn by Asian royalty, palanquins that carried ancient queens, eastern religions artifacts and colorful tapestries. Of note is a 27-inch carved rhinoceros horn, similar to the one seen in the movie, "The Italian Job." Wickett, a well known figure in San Francisco since the early 1970’s and a Bay Area native, hoped that guests of the museum would walk away with an appreciation of how international arts and cultures have contributed to American society. He died in July 2003.

Mr. Perkins was a world renowned scholar and collector of rare Chinese porcelain and rare paper items. Paper items will include items such as letters from Napoleon, King George III, Lord Byron and more. Porcelain items will include Ming and Tang items, Famille Verde Porcelain, Georgian Silver, important Estate Jewelry, Chinese Frescos, Chinese Bronze Sculpture, Palace size Royal Vienna Vase and so much more.
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Nepalese Crystal Amitayus176 - Nepalese Crystal Amitayus
Madison Auction Company
Nepalese rock crystal figure of a standing Amitayus, 18th/19th Century, 24" tall x 8.5" wide x 4.5" depth, one finger repaired. Cra...
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Start Price : 5,000.00 | Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Huge Carved Rhinoceros Horn177 - Huge Carved Rhinoceros Horn
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Carved Rhinoceros horn on "Three Friends of Winter" carved wood stand, 27" plus stand Stand has minor breakage.
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 10,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Tibetan Silver Lotus Shrine178 - Tibetan Silver Lotus Shrine
Madison Auction Company
Tibetan style lotus petal shrine, silver and silver-gilt, 16” tall 12” wide
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Large Thai Drum - 86"179 - Large Thai Drum - 86"
Madison Auction Company
Large Thai gilt lacquered wood nagaform drum with decorative glass inlays, early 20th century, 86" long, Buyer must arrange own packing & ...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Huge Carved Stone Dragon Column180 - Huge Carved Stone Dragon Column
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Large Chinese carved stone column, encircled by a writhing dragon, top ending in a stupa-form finial, 10'. Repaired, minor losses. Buyer must...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Huge Carved Stone Dragon Column181 - Huge Carved Stone Dragon Column
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Large Chinese carved stone column, encircled by a writhing dragon, top ending in a stupa-form finial, 10'. Repaired, minor losses. Buyer must...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Pair of Huge Chinese Wall Plaques182 - Pair of Huge Chinese Wall Plaques
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Pair of Chinese black & gilt lacquer wall plaques, late qing dynasty, with auspicious inscription and decoration of ribbon tied emblems and fish...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Animated Clown from Playland184 - Animated Clown from Playland
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Animated Clown from Playland, San Francisco, Buyer must arrange own packing & shipping or pick-up.
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Animated Elephant from Playland184A - Animated Elephant from Playland
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Animated Elephant from Playland, San Francisco, Buyer must arrange own packing & shipping or pick-up.
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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2 Tibetan Telescoping Temple Horns185 - 2 Tibetan Telescoping Temple Horns
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Two Tibetan metal and leather mounted telescoping ceremonial temple horns, 20th Century, small loss. One has crushed silver piece - 11' 10"...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Barber Pole186 - Barber Pole
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Barber Pole, Porcelain on metal, 3 pieces stack to make the pole, no mechanical - 36 1/2" high plus base
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nepalese Ritual Crown187 - Nepalese Ritual Crown
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Ritual Crown, Nepalese copper and silver repousse. Ring of skulls with red eyes and teeth over fronted dragons, turquoise and coral insets. h. 8” w.
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Nepalese Headdress Silver and Crystal188 - Nepalese Headdress Silver and Crystal
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Nepalese headdress, mukha gilt and silver repousse with crystal vajra finial, 19” tall x 13” wide x 10.5” depth - crystal finial is 3"
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Emerald Cut Diamond Ring 4.41 ct189 - Emerald Cut Diamond Ring 4.41 ct
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Stamped Platinum lady's cast engagement ring with a bright polish finish has one prong set emerald shaped cut diamond , two prong set baguette c...
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Start Price : 7,500.00 | Estimate : 30,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Diamond Dome Style Ring - 8.77 ct190 - Diamond Dome Style Ring - 8.77 ct
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14 kt. yellow gold lady's cast dome-style ring with a flat shank with a bright polish finish. In addition to the diamonds in the dome, this ring...
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 6,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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African Mask Enamel and Diamond Brooch191 - African Mask Enamel and Diamond Brooch
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Stamped 18kt. yellow gold lady's cast fashion brooch with a bright polish finish. African mask motif, enamelled in colors of blue, green, black ...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Diamond Bracelet - 1.59 ct192 - Diamond Bracelet - 1.59 ct
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18kt. yellow gold lady's cast hinged bracelet with 18kt. yellow gold clasp with a grain finish. This bracelet has 53 prong set round brilliant c...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nepalese Tibetan Coral Collar193 - Nepalese Tibetan Coral Collar
Madison Auction Company
Nepalese collar embellished with coral, turquoise and semi-precious stone, 29 1/2"
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Nepalese Breast Plate194 - Nepalese Breast Plate
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Nepalese Breast plate, inlaid with turquoise and semi-precious stones, 14” x 8.5”
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nepalese Tibetan Coral Cloud Collar195 - Nepalese Tibetan Coral Cloud Collar
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Nepalese/Tibetan Cloud collar elaborately embellished coral turquoise semi-precious stone, 25.5” wide
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nepalese Bride's Headdress196 - Nepalese Bride's Headdress
Madison Auction Company
Nepalese turquoise headdress, ladakh peyrak bride's trousseau/dowry, 33” long x 19.5” wide
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Nepalese Silver and Coral Buckle197 - Nepalese Silver and Coral Buckle
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Nepalese silver buckle with 5 coral cabochons (1 broken), 6
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Crocodile Tooth Necklace198 - Crocodile Tooth Necklace
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Crocodile tooth necklace, missing one tooth
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Famille Rose Vase199 - Chinese Famille Rose Vase
Madison Auction Company
Chinese baluster form vase with long neck and flaring lip. Invested in famille rose with imperial audience scenes.13.5" tall. Mark & period...
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Kang Hsi Jar200 - Kang Hsi Jar
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K'ang Hsi Period Jar, invested overall with a good moderately dark powder blue glaze with four reserves in brilliant white for groups of two chi...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Kang His Celadon Vase201 - Kang His Celadon Vase
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K'ang Hsi period celadon vase, with a large white reserve with a underglaze blue and a underglaze red decoration, 19.5" tall x 10" dia...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Chia Ch'ing Plate202 - Chia Ch'ing Plate
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Chia Ch'ing period plate of coral red ground decorated with seven children with animal on interior, Base is glazed with robins egg blue with som...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Large Royal Vienna Vase203 - Large Royal Vienna Vase
Madison Auction Company
Large Royal Vienna Victorian era gilt decorated vase. Hand painted scene of gleaners at work in the field, marked with the blue shield mar on base, 26
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Unusual Chinese Softpaste Vase204 - Unusual Chinese Softpaste Vase
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Ususual molded blue and white softpaste vase. The elongated body molded with vertical composite flower scroll in white reserve on a fish-roe ground su
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ming Dynasty Vase205 - Ming Dynasty Vase
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Late Ming Dynasty bottle shaped vase invested with a dark brown and ochre colored variegated glaze of great luminosity. Decorated with a 4-claw dragon
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Large Enamelled Chinese vase206 - Large Enamelled Chinese vase
Madison Auction Company
Large Chinese baluster form enamelled vase, powder blue, 18" tall. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger207 - Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger
Madison Auction Company
Japanese bronze tiger, signed Meiji period, 9 1/4" high x 21 1/4" long
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger208 - Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger
Madison Auction Company
Japanese Bronze tiger, signed, Meiji period, 6 1/2" high x 15" long
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Bronze Lion on Branch209 - Chinese Bronze Lion on Branch
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Chinese bronze lion on tree branch base. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Large Indian Bronze Ganesh210 - Large Indian Bronze Ganesh
Madison Auction Company
Indian bronze of Ganesh seated upon a conch shell with rat attendants, Contemporary, 37” tall
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Asian Bronze Camel211 - Asian Bronze Camel
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Asian bronze recumbent camel, Contemporary
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Bronze Dancing Ganesh212 - Bronze Dancing Ganesh
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Bronze Indian style dancing Ganesh, Contemporary, 42" wide x 19" high
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Ch'ien Lung Vase213 - Ch'ien Lung Vase
Madison Auction Company
Famille Verte vase, baluster form, marked underglaze with Ch'ien Lung seal (1736-1795) Provenence - Lot #128 in Christies June 7, 1989 Sale. Fro...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Kang His Vase214 - Kang His Vase
Madison Auction Company
K'ang His period vase. Fine porcelain baluster shaped vase and foo dog cover with audience scene on iron-red ground, two large, 4 small panels. ...
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Famille Rose Chinese Vase215 - Famille Rose Chinese Vase
Madison Auction Company
Chinese enamelled Famille Rose baluster form vase with dragon ears handles, 12" tall x 7" diameter. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Celadon Dragon Vase216 - Celadon Dragon Vase
Madison Auction Company
Celadon vase, top of glaze enameled, 5-toe dragon motif, 8" tall. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ming Dynasty Plate217 - Ming Dynasty Plate
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Ming Dynasty plate, horse motif, 11" diameter. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Enamelled Famille Rose Vase218 - Enamelled Famille Rose Vase
Madison Auction Company
Large enamelled Famille Rose baluster form vase in the "1000 Flower" motif, elephant head handles, 16" tall, circa 19th century. From...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Chia Ch'ing Porcelain Pillow220 - Chia Ch'ing Porcelain Pillow
Madison Auction Company
Chia Ch'ing Period porcelain pillow with flowers ad 4-toe dragon design, 8" x 6" x 5". From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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4 Qing Dynasty Panels221 - 4 Qing Dynasty Panels
Madison Auction Company
Set of four massive Chinese Qing Dynasty carved wood panels from a folding screen, each with refief carved panels and openwork upper sections, Some lo
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Carved Gates222 - Carved Gates
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Carved Gates, India 56" h x 104" w. Buyer must arrange own packing & shipping or pick-up.
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Panels223 - Chinese Panels
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Chinese panels, 3-piece, red with foo dogs, dark brown background, Conditional issues - 50 1/2" high x 112" wide, Buyer must arrange own p...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Panels224 - Chinese Panels
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Chinese panels, 4-piece, red with multi-color, minor loss - 50" high x 115" wide, Buyer must arrange own packing & shipping or pick-up.
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Stoneware Censer225 - Chinese Stoneware Censer
Madison Auction Company
Chinese stoneware censer decorated with monster masks. One leg has been non-professionally reattached. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ming Dynasty Ginger Jar226 - Ming Dynasty Ginger Jar
Madison Auction Company
Small Ming Dynasty ginger jar - no lid. 4.5" tall. From the Estate of Eugene O. Perkins
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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