Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
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Very Unusual Rotating Antique Chinese Peking Glass Snuff Bottle
Rare Chinese two color rotating peking glass snuff bottle with a freely rotating mid section. The lid of the stopper has a red chimera finished over the original yellow peking glass. The foot flares out dramatically with a deep recess.

Early to Mid 19th century

Dimensions: 2" W x 3 1/4" H
item #1400920
$4,500.00
Antique Chinese Pair of Yellow Peking Glass Gu Vases
An elegant pair of Chinese monochrome yellow peking glass gu vases with relief carvings of waves, archaic scrolling serpents, one vase with a pair of flying dragons and the other vase with many auspicious Buddhist symbols - a lotus, a treasure vase, a pair of fish, the endless mandala knot, and the wheel of Dharma. The foot of each vase is marked with a four character cartouche.

Circa early 1900's

Dimensions: 5 3/4" W x 9 1/2" H
item #1400913
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Antique Chinese Agate Carving of Tiger and Cub
Chinese hard stone agate carving of a mother tiger with her young cub in recumbent pose. The stone has mottled areas of orange, white, spinach green, and grey, exciting a beautiful finish and feel.

Dimensions: 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/4"
item #1400912
$2,350.00
Antique Chinese Canton Enamel Vase
Chinese Canton faceted vase of a hexagonal form, copper with enamel of yellow ground with green vine scrolls and bright pink peonies. The vase interior done in light green enamel, and the flared foot down in white enamel.

Dates 19th c Dimensions: 5" W x 12" H
item #1400872
$975.00
Pair of Chinese Antique Shiwan wear Fu-dogs
Antique Chinese pair of fu-dog (or fu-lions) hand made of Shiwan stonewear ceramic. Shiwan ware (Chinese: 石灣窯; pinyin: Shíwān yáo; Cantonese Jyutping: is Chinese pottery from kilns located in the Shiwanzhen Subdistrict of the provincial city of Foshan, near Guangzhou, Guangdong. It forms part of a larger group of wares from the coastal region known collectively as "Canton stonewares".
The area has been producing pottery since the Neolithic, and over 100 kiln-sites have now... Click for details
item #1400867
$3,500.00
Antique Chinese Green Peking Glass Brush Washer
A Chinese apple green Peking glass brush washer with a graduated lip and a globular , tessellating hexagonal body. The bottom on the brush washer is carved with a recessed foot.



19th century

Dimensions: 3" w x 2 1/4" h
item #1400232
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Antique Chinese Pair of Raspberry Porcelain Vases with Hongxian Mark
Chinese pair of monochrome porcelain vases with a speckled raspberry glaze. They are of an elegant, elongated tapering form, the bases of each vase marked with Hongxian red seal. In the year 1916, Yuan Shikai attempted to reinstate monarchy by naming himself the Emperor of China after the Qing Dynasty was overthrown in 1911. Due to extreme backlash, his reign lasted for less than 100 days, ending on March 1916.

Dimensions: 3 1/4" w x 8 3/4" h
item #1400231
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Chinese Carving of a Candle Holder Attendant
Chinese Carving candle holder attendant, mounted on a gilt bronze French ormolu base. The heavenly attendant has original polychrome pigments of red, green, brown and beige and holds a long staff connected to the brass candleholder.

Circa 18th/19th century

Dimensions: 7" W x 5" D x 20" H
item #1400069
$3,250.00
Antique Chinese Turquoise Encrusted Snuff Bottle
Antique Chinese snuff bottle of a flattened oval form with recessed foot, encrusted with finely crushed turquoise. The stopper has a jadeite lid with bright apple green coloration.

Dimensions: 2 1/8" x 1 1/2" x 3 6/8" Height
item #1399815
$975.00
Antique Chinese Qingbai Bowl with Fish
Chinese qingbai porcelain bowl, egg shell thin body with pale celadon crackle glaze. The well of the bowl incised with two swimming fish over waves, the edges slightly lobed, the rim left in buff. The exterior body is ribbed down to the short foot, and the base of the foot slightly recessed and left in buff.

Dates from Song dynasty (960-1279)

Dimensions: 6 3/4" W x 2 1/4" H
item #1399805
$1,450.00
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