2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery
2011 Lot Description Price - Clars Auction Gallery
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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