Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
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Chinese Antique Turqouise Magu & Crane & Deer
Lovely pale turquoise with matrix markings carving of beautiful Magu, maiden with crane and deer on rocky landscape, with fitted carved wooden base. Carved using natural curvature of material. Good condition.

Nineteenth century, Ching Dynasty

Size: 9 1/8"H x 6"W x2 1/4"
item #1426292
$6,000.00
Antique Chinese Round Fan with Lady in Garden
Gloriously painted rare round fan of Court maiden in garden with peony flowers and bamboo grove, her beckoning gestures alluding to a secret rendezvous. Reverse with gold flecked silk backed paper, encased in a hardwood frame. Faux bamboo hardwood handle. Good condition.

Size: 15.75" x 10.5" overall, 9.75" x 9.75"
Age: Ching Dynasty, 19th century
item #1426030
$4,500.00
Antique Chinese Porcelain Bat and Cloud Vase
Lovely antique Chinese blue and white porcelain gourd shaped vase with charming design of bats flying in the clouds. Perfect condition. Six character mark on recessed bottom. Xuantong 1909-1912, kaishu mark in regular script. Demonstrates clearly a feature that is often called hollow or fractured, line. The decoration of the piece, iron red bats among clouds is in a distinctly different style as compared to similarly decorated pieces of the previous reign.

Size: 9.5" H x 5"... Click for details
item #1426021
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Chinese Green Ishing Planter
Glorious Chinese antique green Ishing square tubular shaped planter with precise bamboo design and impressed calligraphy. Impressed carouche stamp on bottom. Good condition.

Age: Republic Period

Size: 5.25"H x 1.5" x 1.5"
item #1426020
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Chinese Antique Blue and Silver Dragon Robe,  Qing Dynasty
Chinese dragon robe woven with 8 dragons (3 on the front, 3 on the back, and 1 on each shoulder). Dragons and Taoist symbols woven in silver on a blue silk ground. Black silk sleeves and collar are also woven with silver dragons. The robe is lined in blue silk.

Princes or noblemen were permitted to wear blue (the Qing Dynasty’s official color) while blue-black fabric indicated the wearer was a court official.

Age: Qing Dynasty (19th century)
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item #1425616
$5,750.00
Nephrite Jade Brushwasher
Amazing MIng white nephrite jade with vein highlights two compartments with ruyi shapes coupe with two chilong and phoenix encircling base.

Size: 7.5" Long 6.25" Wide 2.25" High

Caplan Collection, LA inventory tag
item #1425573
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Rare Large Ming Dynasty 17th C. Chinese Bronze In-censor with Fu-dog
An incredible Ming Dynasty large Chinese cast bronze temple in-censor. Sitting atop with turned head an open mouth, sits a fu-dog (Chinese Imperial guardian lions). Well modeled details with high level of craftsmanship. Overall wonderful condition.

Unusual large size indicates this in-censor would have been for a temple. The fu-dogs were thought to protect the building from harmful spiritual influences and harmful people that might be a threat.
Stunning original patina with... Click for details
item #1425555
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Chinese Jade Covered Container on Stand
Beautiful Chinese green jade covered container with tao tie design on wooden stand, with censor shaped form.

9" High x 6" wide x 3" deep

Republic Period
item #1425496
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Chinese Scroll Painting of Beauty with Peony by Wu Fan
Chinese scroll painting of a beautiful maiden. She stands in a loosely draped salmon colored gown with red chording, a transparent shawl around her bare shoulders. Atop her head is a bright pink peony flower. At her feet, is an exuberance of wide leaves, the over all appearance is that she is part of the blossoming plant. Dramatic calligraphy dominates the left hand side of the painting. Signed by Wu Fan. Wu Fan (Simplified Chinese: 吴凡; Hanyu Pinyin: Wú Fán) (born December 1923)... Click for details
item #1425201
$1,200.00
Chinese Antique Porcelain Turquoise and Gilt Vase
Beautiful Chinese antique porcelain turquoise and gilt baluster vase and flared neck with red overglaze markings. Body with floral design done in gilt. with markings on body and inset bottom. Perfect condition.

Size: 9.25"H x 5.5"D

Age: Republic Period
item #1425188
SOLD
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