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Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese carved cabinet made all of beautiful hongmu hardwood, front is carved with four scenes of immortals and children with birds and animals in mountain pavilion setting, interior has a shelf with two drawers, the inside of each of the cabinet doors is also beautifully carved, brass hardware on inside and out, circa 1900.
Size: 55 3/4" high x 42 1/2" wide x 16" deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese hardwood ruyi scepter, naturalistically carved in the gnarled form of a lingzhi mushroom. A ruyi (meaning "as desired" or "as you wish" in Chinese) is a symbol of power and good fortune. Larger ruyi were held by nobility as scepters, smaller ruyi acted as a talisman. Because of it's many medicinal uses and it's power to balance one's qi (life force), lingzhi fungus is often seen in Chinese art as a symbol of health and longevity.
Republic Period (1912-1949)
Zentner Collection
$8,800.00 Antique Chinese branch coral carving of a beautiful maiden. She stands holding a vase with peonies. Her hair is pulled up into a high bun on which is perched a bird. Her robes flow around her and she stands on a rocky out cropping. The coral is perfectly balanced on an ornately carved hardwood base.
Age: Qing Dynasty (circa 1800's) Dimensions: 13 1/4" high (total) x 7" wide
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer screen, 4 panels in a deep red color with wooden frame. Intricately carved with 16 separate and unique reserves depicting detailed scenes of court figures and animals in a garden pavilion setting. The area around the reserves is carved with a geometric design of flowers. Ching dynasty 19th century.
Dimensions: 65 1/2" high x 67 1/2" wide
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle. Made of black glass overlaid on a pink glass ground. It is carved with a man on a horse on one side and the other with a scholar's attendant walking with a large blossoming branch slung over his shoulder. Large flowering branches sprout from the ground on either side. The lid is made of rose quartz and the spoon is bone.
Age: Qing Dynasty (turn of the century) Dimensions: 2 5/8" high x 1 3/8" wide x 7/8" wide
Zentner Collection
$1,450.00 Antique Chinese carved bamboo brush pot. Shaped in an oval form and carved with two standing figures on one side and a man with a donkey on the other. Carved all over with scholarly writing.
Age: 18th/19th century Dimensions: 6 1/4" high x 3 1/2" wide x 2 1/2" wide
Zentner Collection
$1,250.00 Chinese carved bamboo brush pot standing on three feet, carved on one side with scene of bird on blossoming peony branch and the other side with a scene of figures in a mountain pavilion setting with pine trees, beautifully carved, 19th century.
Size: 7 3/4" high x 5 1/8" wide diameter
Zentner Collection
$850.00 Antique Chinese carved bamboo bitong (brushpot). Carved with scenes of mountain landscapes and bamboo groves with figures engaged in various rural activities. The rim is carved with a scrolling key motif.
Dimensions: 6 5/8" high x 5" wide x 4" wide
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese fine and extremely ornate carved altar cabinet with mother of pearl inlay, pierced carved with dragons in swirling clouds, center panel with family of three fu-dogs, claw feet, mother of pearl scenes of figures, flowers and buddhist symbols, bone carved details, sides carved with flowers in vases, hardwood, 18th/ 19th century.
Total size: 43" high (40 1/4" high to table top) x 52 1/2" wide x 20 1/2" deep (18" deep table top).
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese carved amethyst snuff bottle. Carved with a garden pavilion and blossoming trees on one side. The scene continues on the other side with a scholar and young attendant in the garden. Lid is made of agate and has a copper spoon.
Age: 19th century Dimensions: 3" high x 2 1/8" wide x 1 1/4" wide
Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1920
item #1472761
Zentner Collection
$3,800.00 Antique Chinese amber snuff bottle carved all over with a design of blossoming trees and birds. Made of a beautiful dark mottled amber with sections of deep yellow and orange. Agate lid.
Dimensions: 2 7/8" high x 2 1/8" wide x 1 1/4" deep
Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1930
item #1493032
(stock #WN439)
A large Chinese snuff bottle, made from mottled brown amber, the stopper en suite. Carved with relief decoration of birds among flowering trees, the sides with lion masks. Condition: few traces of usage, no spoon. Dimension: total height: c. 7.3 cm, c. 6.8 cm wide, c. 3.9 cm deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese beautifully carved altar cabinet, made of jumu wood, flanged top, the top portion has four drawers carved with flowers, the middle portion has two large compartments opened by four drawers on dowel hinges and carved with lions and flowers, the bottom portion has four drawers with no carving, late 19th century.
Size: 37" high x 76 3/4" wide x 19 1/4" deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese scroll painting of 5 large carp swimming in pond with lotus and other water plants. Painted in ink and light colors on paper. Artist signature and seal by Li Fang Yin (1696–1755), known as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. Inscription reads "Qianlong 8th Year, third month, Li, Fangying of Qingjiang".
Size of painting: 49 1/4" high x 24 3/4" wide
Size of scroll: 75 3/4" high x 31" wide
Zentner Collection
Sale Pending Antique Chinese wardrobe cabinet, made with nice hardwood paneling and inlaid with light boxwood carved scenes depicting scholarly figures in a garden like setting with animals in the trees, calligraphy inlaid on upper portion of each door panel, 19th century.
Size: 65 1/2" high x 36 3/4" wide 23" deep
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese bitong (brush pot) made of boxwood (huangyang) burl. Beautifully gnarled surface. Foot and mouth made of carved ebonized rosewood.
Age: Republic Period (early 20th century) Dimensions: 7 5/8" high x 6 1/2" wide
Zentner Collection
950.00 Antique Chinese monochrome vase. Brown stoneware ceramic with a rich brown and black mottled glaze. Starting with a lovely cafe au lait rim and dripping down with dramatic hare's fur effect.
Age: Republic Period (early 20th century) Dimensions: 7 1/2" high x 3 3/4" wide
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese antique bronze tripod censer with lid, footed with modeled elephant heads, trunks as feet, pair of elephant head side handles with uplifted trunks, lid with recumbent elephant with garnitures pedestal bowl for handle. Nice dark bronze patina, Fret design on rim, scrolling lotus design on body and reticulated lid.
Chicago Estate Age Late 19th century, Early 20th century Size: 10" H x 7 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D |
