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2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery

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<strong>Clars</strong> <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong><br />

<strong>Price</strong>s Realized<br />

June 11th 12th, <strong>2011</strong><br />

2540<br />

2541<br />

2542<br />

2543<br />

2544<br />

2545<br />

2546<br />

2547<br />

2549<br />

2550<br />

2551<br />

2552<br />

Large ivory elephant bridge, intricately carved as group of eleven elephants of graduated size and walking<br />

closely together to form an arched bridge, 26.5''l; with a black‐stained wooden stand, 35.75''l $ 1,000<br />

Japanese sword (katana), circa 1580s, Mino school, late koto/early shinto, nagasa 25.5'' (cut down from<br />

original length of about 27.5''), suguha with togare, the tang bearing the signature Noshu Seki [no] ju<br />

Kanetsune; with a classical leather‐wrapped ray skin handle with copper menuki of bees, the fuchi‐kashira<br />

with an abstract scattered gold pattern, a large mokko‐form iron tsuba with gold overlay of a tiger running<br />

after a dragon disappearing into cloud on the opposite side, the lacquer decorated scabbard (saya) with a<br />

nashiji‐like ground of minute aogai particles and irregular tiger‐like black 'stripes', overall: 38.5''l $ 2,750<br />

Chinese prayer beads, consisting of 108 spherical 'puti zi' (=bodhi seeds) separated by four caramel‐hued<br />

beads, along with two small strands of three counters, approximately 29.5''l $ 110<br />

Tibetan silver prayer wheel, the sides with two registers of ornate repousse decoration of auspicious Buddhist<br />

emblems amid flowering lotus issuing from leafy tendrils, the bottom and removable top with foliatepatterned<br />

repousse work repeated on the tall finial, the interior retaining the original inscribed prayers, 13.5''l $ 175<br />

Tibetan prayer wheel, the cylindrical body of leather set within silver and copper metal fittings with repousse<br />

foliate decoration and fixed by a bud‐form finial, the central band with additional turquoise and coral bead<br />

inlay, further metalwork on the long shaft, 15''l $ 175<br />

Southeast Asian Khmer‐style stone head, Angkor Wat style, the crisply defined facial features framed by an<br />

ornate headdress, 12''h; with a black lacquered wood stand $ 110<br />

Japanese Arita porcelain boat‐form flower container, 20th century, the interior painted in shades of<br />

underglaze blue with a straw rain‐cape and ribbon‐tied auspicious emblems, the upper section of the prow<br />

and stern with phoenix and paulownia amid further ribbon‐tied symbols and applied with an anchor and<br />

tassel, the sides featuring plovers above cresting waves molded in relief, 14.5''l $ 400<br />

Chinese large hardstone model of a ship, 20th century, the multi‐story pleasure boat headed by a pair of<br />

dragon heads carved with exaggerated features, and all surmounted by a openwork sail incised 'yi fan feng<br />

shun' along with another sail featuring a dragon and phoenix, the latter part of the ship further set with a<br />

small viewing pavilion (chips and losses), the stone of a crystaline semi‐translucent matrix with lavender<br />

patches, 22.75''w $ 175<br />

Chinese large figural jade carving of eight steeds (ba jin), each majestic animal sculpted as dynamically<br />

galloping pass scrolling clouds, the stone of a pale green hue mottled with dark patches, 16''w; with a wooden<br />

stand $ 350<br />

Chinese doucai decorated porcelain vase, with a trumpet neck accented by scrolling floral tendrils set over a<br />

compressed globular body featuring dragon reserves and lotus sprigs and raised on a tall splayed pedestal<br />

base decorated with birds and flowers, the shoulder bearing an apocryphal Wanli mark, 17.125''h $ 140<br />

Sino‐Tibetan gilt copper‐alloy figure of Guanyin, 20th Century, the bodhisattva standing in princely raiment on<br />

a separately cast lotus pedestal raised on a stepped plinth, the right hand in the gift‐granting gesture (varada<br />

mudra), the other in the gesture of re‐assurance (abhaya mudra) and holding the stem of a lotus flowering at<br />

his left shoulder, the crisply cast face framed by a diadem fronted by a seated figure of Amitabha Buddha, all<br />

backed by a gilt metal mandorla with an ornate repousse foliate pattern, 16''h $ 400<br />

Chinese large jade seal, Qing dynasty, of cylindrical shape surmounted by a solitary chilong emerging from<br />

clouds, with incised details, the mottled brown and gray stone splashed with russet inclusions, the fourcharacter<br />

carved inscription in seal script of later date, 2.5''h, 2.25''dia $ 375<br />

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