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Zentner Collection
$1,500.00 Antique wooden carving of a Chinese Lohan, which in the Buddhist religion is a state of enlightenment right before becoming a Bodhisattva. The Lohan is shown pulling open his robe to reveal a small child strapped around the front of his chest. There are traces of red lacquer on the carving's face, and his back has a small compartment for holding prayers. Ming dynasty ( 1368-1644)
Size: 24" height, 10" width
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique wooden carving of a Chinese Lohan, which in the Buddhist religion is a state of enlightenment right before becoming a Bodhisattva. He is shown making religious hand gestures called mudra, and wears a painted red robe. His back has a small hollowed compartment into which prayers would be placed. Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Size: 26" height, 8.5" width
Zentner Collection
SOLD Whimsical jadeite carving of a Chinese cabbage, with very detailed leaves slightly peeled back, a bumpy texture and veining on the back of each leaf, and a small critter crawling along the top of the cabbage. Very realistic and beautifully carved. 20th century
Size: 5.25" height, 10" length
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Gorgeous pair of gemstone quality jadeite carvings, each a mirror image to the other, of two cranes standing upon a greatly reticulated tree with creeping vines, thick roots and many outstretched branches with leaves. Exquisitely detailed and breathtaking from all angles, each carving comes with a beautiful wooden stand. 20th century
Size: 23" height (28.25" w/ stand), 18.5" length
Zentner Collection
Sale Pending Antique hardwood stand, beautifully carved along its edges with twisting branches or stems and flowers. Open in its center, with indented edges for holding a vase in place.
Size: 2" height, 8" length
Zentner Collection
$650.00 Antique Chinese coffer, made from huangju/yellow jumu, with large open compartment bordered with oriental carvings, below are two hinged doors with metal handles, five drawers, and one drawer at the top left and right sides of the coffer. 19th century
Size: 34.75" height, 26.25" width, 10" depth
Zentner Collection
$6,000.00 Beautiful Buddha statue carved from very light-toned wood, painted in pastel green, blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink, shown sitting upon a bench with budding flowers at his feet and blue swirling designs. 19th century
Size: 31.5" tall, 13.5" wide
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Set of three beautifully carved white, translucent agate teapots, with small vertical channels carved into the lid and body, with pointed finial on the lids. Two teapots have a ring(s) hanging from their handles. 19th century
Sizes: (from left to right) 4.25" tall, 4.5" tall, 3.5" tall
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$95.00 Chinese Foo Lion carved on 4 corners and lacquered on wood x-cross shape folding display stand, 9 1/2" high, 15 1/2" cross-maximum measurement, 10 1/2" inside display area, center wooden pole is holding two(2) pieces together to make folding position, the wood split in some areas.
Zentner Collection
$6,000.00 Antique brush washer, hand-carved carved from nephrite (one of two species of jade) into the shape of a peach with leaves and a small bat. In Chinese culture, peaches symbolize longevity while bats are symbol of good luck. 18th century
Size: 1.5" tall, 2.25" wide
Momoyama Gallery
$900.00 Superb chinese fluorite carving of Guanyin with a weight of 2,1 kg, made around 1750. It is Jade green in areas and almost clear in others and it shows the numerous flaws running through so stone typical of so-called green quartz (actually fluorite). It is raised on a hardwood stand, which is forming the torso of the Guanyin. Wonderful and unusual display piece with a cubistic aesthetic - definitely singular. Good condition...
June Hastings
$150.00 Chinese dark green spinach jade wine cup. In excellent condition, it measures just under 3 inches high x 1 3/8" diameter. Includes stand.
Zentner Collection
$6,000.00 Beautiful agate carved into a flower basket, extremely detailed. The basket has a handle with removable string attached. The basket itself has almost a flower pot shape to it, with a maze-like design carved around its sides. The top of the basket has a beautiful flower carved on either side with vines and leaves and has a round opening in the center. 19th century
Size: 3.75" wide, 2" tall handle flat, approx 3.27" inches with handle up
Zentner Collection
$8,000.00 Beautiful and elegantly carvedpomander, carved from white Jade. Has an all over floral carved design, with linear etchings around its outer sides. Pomanders are meant to be filled with aromatic dried herbs and spices and usually worn around the neck as a pendant. Opens up into two pieces. 18th/19th century
Size: 2" diameter, 3/4" thick
Zentner Collection
$2,800.00 Chinese antique carving of gourds, made from agate. Gourds are interesting because they have many special meanings to the Chinese. The Chinese would scoop the insides clean and use the hard outer shell as a bottle for medicines, wine, and elixirs. The vines of a bottle-gourd are pronounced as "man" or "wan", which also means "10,000" in Chinese. Because the plant has many seeds, it was symbolic for fertility (10,000 seeds/children)...
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00 Antique carving of a cicada, made from white agate. Cicada appear quite frequently in Chinese art, typically as a symbol for rebirth and renewal. The adult cicada sheds its old skin and emerges in a beautiful, winged form, much akin to the butterfly. 19th century
Size: 1.75" long, 1/2" tall
Zentner Collection
$9,000.00 Antique carving from Jade of a Chinese foo dog in a curled position. Despite the name, foo dogs (or Shi) are actually lions with dragonlike features and are depicted as guardians, often to the rich and powerful. Ming dynasty.
Size: 2.75" long, 1.25" tall
Zentner Collection
$3,500.00 Chinese small dish in the form of an open lotus leaf, finely carved of beautiful translucent jadeite, white color with a mossy green color over a portion of the leaf, two small flowers on the side are also green and orange, mid 20th century.
Size: 3 3/4" wide
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