2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery

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June 11th 12th, 2011
Chinese polychrome enamel decorated porcelain lamp, Republic period, fashioned in two sections, the upper
globe painted with three figural reserves of scholars or beauties on a garden terrace, the peach‐colored
ground scattered with floral or geometric‐patterned roundels repeated on the lower waisted section with a
painted landscape encircling the center band, 12''h $ 550
Chinese celadon glazed porcelain jar, now electrified, the ovoid body with three roundels each molded with a
stylized phoenix set below an incised floral band to the shoulder, raised bands at the tapering base, jar:
4.75''h, overall: 9''h $ 80
Chinese gilt and black lacquer decorated export sewing box, 19th century, with a hinged lid painted with an
abstract foliate design (extensive losses) and opening to a multi‐chambered compartment with various
lacquer, bone and ivory sewing implements (bobbins, needle cases, shuttle, etc.), further crochet hooks,
buttons, and other implements within the central compartment of the lower drawer (extensive wear and
losses), 13.25''l $ 275
(Lot of 2) Chinese opium pipes, the first with a contoured multi‐section bone shaft with pigment accented
incised scenes of beauties in landscape along with a double gourd and the character 'fu', with additional
repousse metal mountings and bracketed by wooden tips to either end, 15.25''w; the second with a tubular
bone shaft accented by repousse metal bands and fitted with stone ends and a lobed bowl, 16.5''h; one with a
wooden stand $ 475
(Lot of 3) Chinese Yixing clay teapots, the first in the form of a lotus bud with incised details and with overall
light flecks, reads 'piao gu' and bears a Guangxu 'xinsi' date, the openwork handle opposed by a short spout,
base sealed 'Fei Chunfeng zhi', together with a fitted lid; the other two of similar woven basket pattern and
faux bamboo handles, recessed base with studio marks, first: 5.75''w $ 350
Chinese patinated bronze seal, the square slab perpendicularly set with a tapering finial to the left of the
characters 'zhi gao zhi bao' which are repeated on the underside in seal script, 5.6'' $ 150
Chinese large patinated metal tripod censer, the compressed ovoid body raised on three cabriole shaped
leges and incised with figures in a landscape setting, further incising on the waisted neck flanked by a pair of
large S‐shaped handles, 12.75''l $ 700
Thai figural wooden puppet, the princely hero with a pigment decorated wooden face brightened with large
eyes and fitted with hinged jaws, further decorated with a tiered hat, the wooden limbs adorned with sequinaccented
yellow robes, 30.5''h $ 70
(Lot of 35) Selection of Chinese wooden stands, including plate stands, circular bases and rectangular plinths
of various size and styles $ 300
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper, Mountainous Landscape, literati school, depicting a figure on a
bridge approaching a gated country villa below towering peaks, the top left with a long Chinese colophon with
a cyclical date equivalent to 1852, 'summer, 6th month' and signed 'Jianshi', with three seals, painting: 46''h x
20.75''w, overall 78''h x 29.45''w $ 130
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, Chinese or Korean literati school, depicting a Chinese elder leaning
against a tree with an attendant by his side holding a branch tied with a lingzhi fungus, signed [unread],
painting 49''h x 16.5''w, overall 77.5''h x 22.75'' $ 375
Japanese hanging scroll, ink on paper, Kanzan and Jittoku, featuring half‐portraits of the famous pair of
Buddhist recluses, with a long colophon and bearing the signature Buncho, with one seal, painting: 43.5''h x
21''w, overall 82''h x 26.5''w $ 90
Japanese hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, Meiji period, featuring the 'Three Friends of Winter' (pine,
bamboo and prunus) with family of cranes and minogame between a red sun, the right with a long colophon
dated Meiji 26 (=1893) spring day and signed 'Kansai, at 80 years', with one seal, painting: 47''h x 20''w,
overall: 81.5''h x 24.25''w $ 90
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