AN EXTREMELY RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL QUADRILOBED BOX AND COVER, QIANLONG FIVE-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIODChina, 1736-1795. Supported on a flari...

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL MALLET VASE, QIANLONG FIVE-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD China, 1736-1795. The cylindrical body rising from a spreading foo...

A LARGE 'BIRDS WORSHIPPING THE PHOENIX' CLOISONNE BASIN, MING DYNASTY China, 16th to early 17th century. The interior exquisitely decorated...

A CLOISONNE ENAMEL JAR AND COVER, 18TH CENTURY China. Of compressed globular form, tapering towards the foot, the short neck with a gilt rim, d...

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINIATURE CLOISONNE HAT STAND, JIAQINGOpinion: This splendid little 'hat stand', the perfect receptacle for the finest and sma...

A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF DUCKS, QING DYNASTY China, 1780-1840. Modeled standing with upright head, the wings and tail decorated with...

A LARGE SILVER TRAY, HUNG CHONG & CO., LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD China, Shanghai, mid-19th century to early 20th century. Of circu...

A CINNABAR LACQUER THREE-TIERED BOX AND COVER, LATE YUAN TO MID-MING DYNASTYChina, 14th-16th century. Of rounded square form, supported on a sprea...

A ZITAN FIGURE OF A DEER HOLDING LINGZHI, 18TH CENTURYChina. Superbly carved in a recumbent posture with the hind legs drawn in and the front legs...

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' BOX AND COVER, BY JIANG QIANLI, KANGXI PERIODChina, 1662-1722. Of circular...

AN IVORY FIGURE OF SHOULAO, MING DYNASTYChina, 16th-17th century. The standing Immortal carved from the curved tusk holding a peach and wearing lo...

A BUFFALO HORN AND SILVER LIBATION CUP, TIBET, 19TH CENTURYFinely carved in the form of an ingot, the sides flaring upwards to a high arch, each e...

A LARGE SCHOLAR'S ROCK, SEDIMENTARY STONE, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th - 19th century. The rock with many conglomerate layers of various colors domina...

A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF VIJRAPUTRA, MID-QING DYNASTYExpert's note: The present lot depicts Vijraputra, one of the eighteen luohan, who is also known...

A PALE GREEN JADE 'CLOUD-SCROLL' PENDANT, HONGSHAN CULTUREChina, c. 4000-3000 BC. Well carved and pierced, the stylized cloud scroll with subsidia...

A GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, NEOLITHIC PERIODChina, 3rd millennium BC. Of trapezoidal form with a straight upper edge and beveled lower edge, dr...

AN AWL-SHAPED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE PENDANT, LIANGZHU CULTUREChina, circa 3300-2200 BC. Of slender tubular form, with a conical end and pierced at t...

A GREEN JADE 'BIRD' PENDANT FRAGMENT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY China, 1100-1000 BC. The flat stone carved in the form of a stylized bird, each ...

A SMALL PALE CELADON JADE 'HUMAN FIGURE' ORNAMENT, HUANG, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTYChina, 1100-771 BC. The arched ornament is neatly carved in relief d...

A GREEN JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, EASTERN ZHOUJade. China, Eastern Zhou, 7th-3rd century BCThe jade carved in the form of a dragon, with circular eye...

EIGHT BI-CONICAL WHITE JADE BEADS, EASTERN ZHOUJade. China, Eastern Zhou, 4th - 3rd century BCThe eight small bi-conical beads are decorated with ...

A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' ORNAMENT, WESTERN HANJade. China, Early Western Han dynasty, Xuzhou type, 2nd century BCPublished: Filippo Salviati, 4000 Ye...

A 4-PART WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SWORD FITTING, WESTERN HANJade. China, Western Han, 2nd - 1st century BCPublished: Filippo Salviati, 4000 Years of ...

A SPLENDID WHITE JADE BI-DISC WITH CHILONG, HAN DYNASTYChina, Han dynasty, c. 2nd - 1st century BCCarved from splendid white jade with some russet...

A CELADON JADE 'BIRD' PENDANTJade. China, Six Dynasties (3rd - 6th century AD) to Tang dynasty (618-907)Carved as a bird with slightly hooked beak...

A FINE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'GOOSE' CARVING, LATE SONG TO MING DYNASTYJade. China, 13th-14th centuryCarved as a recumbent goose, with its head ...

A PALE CELADON AND BROWN JADE 'BUDDHIST LION' BELT BUCKLE, MING DYNASTYChina, 1368-1644. Finely carved as a coiled Buddhist lion facing the front,...

A WHITE JADE 'LYCHEE' BOX AND COVER, LATE MING DYNASTYChina, 16th-17th century. The shallow box of oval form, carved and incised to the top with t...

A GRAY AND BLACK NEPHRITE JADE FIGURE OF A HORSE, MING DYNASTYChina, 17th century. Well carved as a recumbent horse with the legs tucked in. The h...

A GRAY JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST, 17TH CENTURYChina. The recumbent beast carved with its feet tucked under the body, the bushy ruyi-shaped t...

A CELADON JADE 'TURTLE' SEAL, 17TH CENTURY China. The square seal surmounted by a turtle standing foursquare, its minuscule head almost entirel...

A WHITE AND GRAY JADE GROUP OF A LION AND CUB, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th to 18th century. The recumbent mother lion carved from t...

A CHICKEN BONE JADE 'CHILONG' BELT HOOK AND BUCKLE, MING DYNASTY China, 16th-17th century. Each of rectangular form and carved in openwork with c...

A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE 'KUI DRAGON' PLAQUE, LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTYChina, 17th to 18th century. Of rectangular form, finely carved and reti...

A CHICKEN BONE JADE 'DOUBLE FISH' MARRIAGE BOWL, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. The flared sides supported on four short feet and rising to an everted br...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A BOY RIDING A DRAGON-CARP, 17TH-18TH CENTURYChina. The youth clutching the beast's horn with one hand and gra...

AN IMPERIAL CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'CHILONG' RHYTON, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. Of baluster form with a handle in the form of a cl...

A FINE PALE CELADON AND CHESTNUT BROWN JADE 'MONKEYS AND PEACH' GROUP, 18TH CENTURYChina. Intricately and imaginatively depicted with an adult mon...

A PALE CELADON FIGURE OF A BOY WITH A HOBBY HORSE, 18TH CENTURYChina. Carved as a striding boy holding the reins of the hobby horse with one hand,...

A WHITE JADE 'LOTUS AND BEETLE' PENDANT, 18TH CENTURYChina. Finely carved in openwork as lotus leaves and pods borne on intertwined stems forming ...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MINIATURE MOUNTAIN, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Carved to the front with two wayfarers pulling horses over a bridge to...

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'FOUR SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS' GROUP, SIYI, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. The stone carved in the form of a qin,...

A 'SASH-TIED QIN' JADE PENDANT, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Of qin form, well detailed in low relief with hui (note markers), strings, and a cas...

A WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE LOBED BOWL, 18TH CENTURYChina. The shallow washer with petal lobed sides, barbed rim, flanked by scrolling handles with ...

A SMALL WHITE JADE MINIATURE WATER POT, 18TH CENTURYChina. Of compressed globular form, supported on a thick circular foot, and surmounted by a sh...

A BLACK AND WHITE JADE 'ARCHAISTIC' AXE-FORM OPENWORK PENDANT, 18TH CENTURYChina. Finely carved in the form of an axe-form bell detailed with a ba...

A PALE CELADON JADE-MOUNTED WOOD RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The hardwood frame inset to either terminal and to the center with...

AN APPLE AND EMERALD GREEN JADEITE 'CHILONG' BELT HOOK, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC China, 1840-1940. The top is carved as a sinuous chilong grasping a...

A LAVENDER AND APPLE GREEN JADEITE 'CHAIN' VASE AND COVER, EARLY 20TH CENTURYChina. The translucent stone is of a fine apple green and pale lavend...

AN APPLE- AND EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH-19TH CENTURYChina, 18th-19th century. Well hollowed, of flattened globular form, supported ...

A RUBY-RED OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON CARP' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYChina, 1760-1860. The tapering elongated ovoid body rising from a thick circular ...

AN INSIDE-PAINTED HAIR CRYSTAL 'FISH' SNUFF BOTTLE, BY YE ZHONGSAN, DATED 1916 China, the bottle 1740-1860, the painting 1916. Of slightly flatte...

AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE BY CHEN ZHONGSAN, DATED 1911 Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9...

AN IMPERIAL MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, JIAQING MARK AND PERIODChina, Jingdezhen kilns, 1796-1820. The flattened ovoid bottle is c...

AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED 'FIVE MONKEYS' SNUFF BOTTLE, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIODChina, Jingdezhen kilns, 1820-1850. Of cylindrical form wit...

AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE 'BOYS AT PLAY' PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIODChina, Jingdezhen kilns, 1821-1850. Of flattened globular ...

A PAINTED POTTERY TWO-HANDLED JAR, NEOLITHIC PERIODChina, Majiayao culture, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. The compressed globular jar tapering towards th...

A DUCK-HEADED PAINTED POTTERY VESSEL, HAN DYNASTYChina, 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. The bulbous body raised on a spreading foot ring and sur...

A GREEN GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DUCK, HAN DYNASTY China, 206 BC to 220 AD. Molded as two halves joined in the middle, the standing duck lookin...

A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A TRICORN, HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC - 220 AD. The sturdy beast is shown mid-stride with its three-horned bovine h...