2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery

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Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, Cicada and Preying Mantis on a Willow, after Wang Xuetao (1903‐
1982), the lower section bearing a long inscription, followed by the cyclical date 'guiwei' summer at Wahu
Zhai and bearing the signature 'Xuetao', with two seals, sight: 20''h x 8''w, overall: 73.5''h x 17.5''w $ 250
Pair of Chinese wooden panels with polychrome enameled porcelain plaques, late Qing dynasty, each of the
four rectangular plaques expertly painted in 'qianjiang' palette enamels with figures in a landscape setting,
one rendered in a rather impressionistic literati style, others with the landscape elements executed in a more
traditional manner, each inscribed with a poetic colophon of varying length and signed 'Cheng Men' or 'Li
daoren' (Cheng Men, 1833‐1908) preceded by painted seals, all set into a natural and zitan‐stained wood
frame, overall: 72.25''h x 17''w, porcelain: 15''h x 9.75''w; Provenance: ex‐collection of Mrs. Woo Chen Zon
Yin, purchased at Sotheby Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, November 4, 1974, lot #337, by Reynold Tom of Oakland,
now offered by his family $250,000
Pair of Chinese wooden panels with polychrome enameled porcelain plaques, late Qing/Republic period, the
first panel with the upper plaque set within a leaf‐form frame accenting a scene of a stream running by a
rustic villa and entitled 'bei chuan gao wo', the second plaque depicting a pavilion on a mountain peak in pale
enamels along with an poetic inscription, signed 'Cheng Men' (1833‐1908), the next a circular plaque with a
boat amid wind blown reeds entitled '[Lu] gang ting zhou' (=boat moored in reed harbor), with the cyclical
date 'renxu' winter (=1862/1922) and singed 'Wang Nian', sealed 'Wang yin', the last vividly enameled with
pavilions along a river bank backed by green mountains and set within a pink ground floral band; the second
wooden panel with the upper leaf‐form plaque featuring a city wall along side a lake entitled 'Dongting qiu
yue', the second a rectangular panel decorated with rustic dwellings shaded by willows, inscribed with a
poetic colophon, signed 'Li daoren' (=Cheng Men) with a painted cartouche, the third a circular plaque
featuring Shoulao holding a peach and accompanied by an attendant, with the cyclical date 'xinmao'
(=1891/1951) and signed 'Pan Xiaoshan', the last brightly depicting a pair of birds including phoenix, Mandarin
ducks, cranes, swallows amid peonies and trees, each overall 72''h x 13.25''; largest plaque 12''h x 9''w; $ 13,000
(Lot of 2) Japanese ivory figural netsuke, Taisho/Showa period, the first depicting a seated man having his hair
combed by a barber standing behind, the base with a noren incised with place names, with stained details,
1.75''h; the second a humorous protrayal of Fukurokuju and Hotei in a sumo wrestling match, 2''h $ 275
(Lot of 2) Japanese ivory figural netsuke, Meiji/early Showa period, each with the incised details heightened
with dark stain, the first carved and pierced as a fisherman attempting to tie up a giant crab with a long robe,
signed, Kotaro/Yonetaro, 1.5''l; the second of a youth playing with the long beard of a sleeping man, a large
drinking gourd to the reverse, signed [illegible], 1.75''h $ 425
(Lot of 2) Japanese ivory figural netsuke, Taisho/early Showa period, the first of manju form and rendered as a
cluster of sea‐life comprised of an octopus, squid, eel, together with various types of fish, inlaid eyes and
polychromed accents, signed Shozan/Matsuyama, 1.75''l; the second of a small frog climbing up the back of
its larger companion, inlaid eyes and stained details, inlaid signature cartouche [illegible], 2''l $ 425
(Lot of 2) Japanese ivory figural netsuke, Meiji/early Showa period, each well carved and incised as a group of
rats swarming over a ripe pomegranate, the details heightened with pigment, one with a very small inlaid
mother‐of‐pearl cartouche [illegible], the other signed [ ]taro, 1.75''l $ 750
(Lot of 2) Japanese ivory figural netsuke, Showa period, the first of three playful rats besieging a docile cat,
with inlaid eyes and incised details, signed Shozan/Matsuyama, 1.75''l; the second of a rat emerging from a
basket with fruiting sprigs, with polychromed accents, 1.5''l $ 325
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