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Zentner Collection
$4,500.00 Chinese rock crystal scholar's brush washer. Carved into the form of a large heavenly peach with twisting leaves and branches bearing smaller peaches. A small monkey is carved hanging onto the edge of the large peach, in a playful frog like pose. The reticulated carved brush washer rests on two small carved peaches as the feet.
Dimensions: 6" x 4" x 2" Height
Zentner Collection
$7,500.00 Tibetan bronze figure of Tara, goddess of compassion. She is seated on a double lotus base with her right foot extended and resting on a smaller lotus. Her left hand holds the stem of an utpala flower (symbolizing longevity) between her thumb and third finger in Vitarka Mudra or teaching gesture. Her right hand is resting palm up on her knee with just thumb and forefinger touching in Varada Mudra, the gesture of boundless giving. On her right side, blooms a lotus. She wears an elaborate ...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese black lacquered wood stand, with shell inlay courtyard scene of scholars practicing calligraphy on a scroll, bamboo forest and other floral motifs, a butterfly, and a central figure holding an auspicious two character sign. The side panels have openwork carvings and scrolling apron. The feet all connect to a squared stretcher base.
Dimensions: 24" x 15" x 7 3/4" H
Asian Art Online
$680.00 A Beautiful early 20th C. Chinese export silver enamel turquoise bracelet, in excellent condition. L: 18.5cm $680
The Kura
sold, thank you An exquisite vase decorated with crashing waves and plovers in blue by Seifu Yohei dating from the Taisho era. It is 12 inches (31 cm) tall and in excellent condition. Quite large for a work by Seifu, it is marked on the base with an incised signature. Either the work of the third or fourth generation, according to the definitive book "Kyoto Ceramist Seifu Yohei III", pieces from this era with this signature are impossible to differentiate between the two generations, as they worked side by s...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese pair of bronze chicken and rooster, finely cast with detailed bodies. The male rooster is posed with head bent down to peck at the ground while the female hen is posed with head faced forward.
Meiji period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 6 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 4 1/2"
June Hastings
$365.00 Chinese porcelain vase with yellow ground featuring a dragon with gold highlights wrapping around the vase. In excellent condition, it measures 8.5 inches high. Dates circa 1920.
Ancient East
$395 DESCRIPTION: A fine red and gilt Chinese scholar's ink cake in circular form with the front and back molded in relief in the form of a foo dog (shi shi) with tightly curled mane. Both the front and back have raised Chinese characters in relief. Excellent condition in original box, and dating from the first quarter of the 20th C. or earlier. DIMENSIONS: 2 ¾” diameter (7 cm).
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Chinese hardwood painting table. The whole body, except for the top, is carved in relief with lingzhi fungus. The waist, the apron, and the connecting joints are also decorated. The legs are cabriole with block carved hoof feet.
Dimensions: 68" x 28 1/2" x 34" H
Zentner Collection
$750.00 Chinese antique hardwood box inlaid with stone in a scene of figures in a garden. The hinged lid of the box opens to reveal a mirror underneath and a storage area for jewelry or cosmetics divided into six compartments.
Republic Period Dimensions: 2 1/2" high x 8" wide x 5 3/4" wide.
Zentner Collection
SOLD A Japanese Buddhist temple wall carving / transom, with red and gilt lacquer pigments. Carved with the image of an instrument against a ground of heavenly clouds. Professionally framed to be mounted and displayed on the wall.
Dimensions: 32" L x 27" H
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese yellow soapstone scholar's seal. The stone is carved with scenes of sages and their attendant with landscape ground of mountains, pine trees, and bamboo. The reverse is also carved with a man seated at the edge of water, his finger pointing towards the mountains where a temple roof is partially unobscured. The seal on the base of the soapstone reads "a virtue should be praised".
Dimensions: 3" x 2" x 4" height
Zentner Collection
$850.00 Antique Japanese chirimen (crepe) silk kimono. The fabric is paste resist dyed with fu dogs leaping over a bridge and white chrysanthemum flowers. The interior lining bears a hand-embroidered 3 character signature .
Dimensions: 50" W x 37" H Chinese Republic period white molded biscuit porcelain seven-piece scholar's desk set decorated in relief with bird and flower motifs. The set includes a quadrilobed brush pot, 3” high; an oval water coupe, 2 3/4" long; a rectangular brush rest for three brushes, 2 7/8” long; a square ink paste box and cover with canted corners, 2 5/8” square; a square censer with a cash pattern on top, 1 5/8” square; a rectangular paper weight, 2 1/8”; and a rectangular wrist wrest with reticulated si...
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00 Antique Chinese snuff bottle carved of carnelian with birds on blossoming branches. Matching carved carnelian lid. With custom carved wooden stand (later). Provenance: from the collection of Howard Kaplan.
Late 19th Century Dimensions: Bottle: 2 3/8" high, on stand 2 3/4" high
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00 A Chinese snuff bottle carved from amethyst into a carp fish leaping over waves. The stopper is carved from light green hardstone, possibly fluorite. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
20th century Dimensions: 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
Zentner Collection
$1,500.00 Antique Chinese glass snuff bottle. Flattened round body made of amber color glass. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
Early to Mid 19th Century Dimensions: Bottle 2 1/8" high (with lid 2 3/8" high)
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese rose quartz snuff bottle. Carved in a ovoid shape. With jade cabochon lid. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
Republic Period Dimensions: Bottle 2 1/4" high (including lid 2 3/4" high) |