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Clars Auction Sale 503 Prices Realized January 8 and 9, 2011 Lot Description Price 6565 Chinese zitan/zitan‐stained figure of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Mercy seated in her hands hidden beneath the long flowing robes, the serene face with a small urna and framed by her tresses pulled up into a large chignon, 5.5''h $ 950 6566 Chinese tortoise shell tea bowl, probably early 20th century, with flaring sides thinning slightly at the rim and supported on a small ring foot, the translucent honey colored matrix scatttered with brown spots, 4.5''diam 6567 Chinese miniature horn libation cup, the tapering vessel decorated by archaistic taotie motif and carved with a small handle, all raised on three zoomorphic supports, the undulating mouth rim accented with a key‐fret band and carved with a pair of chilong in relief, 2.1''w 6568 Chinese large horn carving, the naturally contoured section carved and pierced as a lotus pond with lush leaves, flowers and pods accented by ducks, fish and frogs, 13''w 6569 Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain brush washer, of lozenge shape with rounded corners and small inverted mouth bracketed by two butterflies with gilt accents, the lower section with an overall millefleur design, the conforming base with an apocryphal Jiaqing mark, 4''l 6570 Pair of Chinese polychrome enameled cups, Republic period, each of tapering cylindrical form decorated a dragon and phoenix in pursuit of a sacred jewel all amid multi‐colored clouds and above cresting, the recessed base bearing a Hongwu mark, 4.25''h 6571 Chinese album with six double‐page paintings, Flowers, after Guo Weiju (1908‐1971), ink and color on paper, each double‐page inscribed, bears the signature 'Weiju' and two artist seals, overall: 12.5''h x 8.5'' 6572 Chinese painting album, after Zhang Daqian (1899‐1983), ink and color on paper, the frontispiece inscribed with a long colophon bearing the signature 'Xinyu' (Pu Ru) and with two seals, followed by eight double pages with paintings depicting subjects such as figures, landscape and still life, along with inscriptions, seals and bearing the signature 'Yuan', one page with cyclical date 'gengzi', cover: 8''h x 5.6''w $ 375 $ 600 $ 3,750 $ 400 $ 425 $ 4,500 $50,000 6573 Chinese gilt and polychrome enameled porcelain ruyi scepter, the lingzhi head featuring a mountain and water landscape reserve accented by a key‐fret band along the edge, the shaped shaft with vivid scrolling floral sprigs set against a yellow ground and framing a second landscape reserve to the center, the reverse bearing apocryphal Qianlong mark, 13.5''w 6574 Pair of Chinese rosewood scroll weights, each of the bars carved with a pair of confronting sinuous dragons writhing amid cloud scrolls all in relief and set within a beaded frame, 12.25''w 6575 (lot of 2) Chinese polychrome enameled porcelain vases, each of baluster form with the first depicting celestial beauties accompanied by a spotted deer in a garden terrace, opposed by a poetic colophon; the second of similar form depicting children at play accompanied by a beauty and inscribed with a colophon to the neck and body of the vessel (minor hairline cracks), 23''h $ 2,250 $ 325 $ 300
Clars Auction Sale 503 Prices Realized January 8 and 9, 2011 Lot Description Price 6576 Chinese dark stained hardwood architectural fragment, possibly a headboard well carved and pierced with a $ 1,100 central flower vase issuing peonies and flanked by blossoming bushes and ruyi‐head scepters above endlessknots, the end terminals with an elephantine head above fruiting grapes and squirrels, 74''l 6577 (lot of 2) Chinese wooden architectural fragments, each carved and incised as a jumping deer with its head tossed back and framed by foliage issuing from rockwork, 35'' and 34.5''l 6578 Chineset trompe‐l'oeil gilt and robin's egg blue glazed jar, of pear shape with simulated gilt metal flange‐like handles issuing from a stiff‐leaf and fretwork band above two large shaped panels of dragons amid cloud scrolls picked out in low relief and reserved on a mottled bright blue ground, a gilt lappet band encircling the slightly splayed foot rim, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, 10.125''h $ 250 $ 1,800 6579 Pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain footed dishes, late Qing dynasty, each with faceted sides decorated with multi‐colored lotus blossoms amid scrolls alternating with shou medallions framed by bats and peaches on a pink ground, the interior accented with floral sprigs of the four seasons, the recessed base bearing an apocryphal Yongzheng mark, 7.75''w 6580 Chinese gilt bronze figure of Guanyin, wearing princely raiment and seated in a pose of royal ease on a stepped platform, the well‐cast face with a slight smile and downcast eyes framed by a cowl partially obscuring the bodhisattva's coiffure fronted by a small seated Buddha image, 14.75''h 6581 Chinese large Dehua (blanc de Chine) figure of Guanyin and child, the bodhisattva wearing long robes and seated in a pose of royal ease with her hands encircling a small seated child holding a lotus and gesturing towards the serene deity with an elaborate coiffure partially hidden by a cowl, all supported on a rocky plinth which supports an amphora to one side, the back bearing two impressed marks reading 'Dehua' and 'He Chaozong yin', 21.25''h 6582 Pair of Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain covered tea bowls, each of inverted bell form and painted with a pair of peacocks amid flowering branches, the domical lid painted en suite, the recessed foot of the bowl and the recessed top of the lid each bearing an apocryphal Qianlong mark (minor chips), overall: 3.6''h 6583 Asian parcel gilt metal figure of a female deity, the bodhisattva seated in a European posture with legs extended, her hands in a teaching gesture and holding two floral spray supporting a blossom to the right and an amphora on the left, backed by a separately formed open work nimbus slotted into the rectangular plinth, 15''h 6585 Chinese patinated bronze censer with silver wire inlay, of compressed pear‐shape cast with a pair of U‐form handles issuing from a thick everted rim, the flaring sides inlaid in thin silver wire with taotie masks on a geometric ground and bordered by a key‐fret band above a raised horizontal ring encircling the lower section, further archaistic zoomorphic designs encircling the high pedestal foot, 7''diam $ 650 $ 1,100 $ 425 $ 900 $ 375 $ 3,500 6586 Chinese hardwood (huali) brush pot, the gradually tapering cylindrical body with thick walls, the interior centered by a circular plug (minor cracks), 6.5''h $ 500
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