Brush Washer
Japanese fitted box A soapstone brush washer, modelled as an open leaf, the stone of mottled reddish brown tone.
Pendant
A pink tourmaline pendant carved with flowering fruiting peach sprays, leaves and branches.
Bronze Pricket Seal
A bronze square seal modelled as a pricket candlestick, the patina of deep tone. The seal translates as Gua-pu (literary name ‘Melon Field’)
Peach Nut
A peach nut carving of a pleasure boat and stand, the interior with eight men in a hot tub, the base with flowers and shrubbery with lines of calligraphy.
Miniature Seals
The largest 1 inch (2.4 cm) A set of ten bronze miniature seals, cast with various animals, including a wild boar, a rabbit, an elephant, a three legged frog and various mythical animals.
Wood Boar
A natural wood model of a sleeping boar, its head curled around to the left.
Waistcoat
A Chinese finely embroidered waistcoat sparsely decorated with exotic and multi-coloured butterflies, the design repeated on the border. mint condition.
Kang Table
A low Kang table with claw and ball feet, the gallery with carved Ruyi heads. The fine dense Hongmu wood with a rich patina.
Silver Wine Cup and Saucer
A particularly unusual and finely executed Chinese export silver wine cup and saucer. The wine cup designed with families in their courtyards within a rocky foreground with pine trees, the base decorated with overlapping western style foliage. The saucer with outer rim with a continuous acanthus leaf boarder, an inner circle of courtiers in their […]
Silver Box
A Chinese export silver box decorated in light relief with bamboo sprays, the interior with rosewood. Signed Tuck Chang, Shanghai