November Day 2: Dwell in Beauty

Group of four modern Chinese jade and serpentine carvings. Several with finely pierced decoration and one in the form of a cicada.Height ranges fr...

Set of nine finely carved Chinese jades, likely for wearing around the waist as a belt. In the form of phoenixes and dragons. With lovely russet i...

Modern Chinese carved jade in the form of a qilin with lovely russet inclusions.Height: 1 1/2 in x width: 2 in x depth: 1 in. ...[more]

19th c. Chinese jadeite boat with a wooden stand and small jade censer. The boat with apple green spots.Censer; height: 1 1/2 in x diameter: 2 3/4...

Group of two Chinese objects including one Qing dynasty jade plaque intricately carved with auspicious symbols and one 18th-19th century carved bl...

Chinese chicken blood stone seal signed Ju Lai, likely 2nd half of the 20th century. With streaks of deep red through the gray and white stone. In...

Chinese Qing dynasty carved jade libation cup decorated throughout with foliate motifs and a small bird.Provenance: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 1970; Pr...

Chinese pebble snuff bottle of oval form; well-hollowed with intricate carvings depicting a cat along one side and a dragon along the other. With ...

Group of two Chinese Qing dynasty pale jade snuff bottles. One well-hallowed rounded bottle with carvings along both sides and an orange coral-for...

Group of two Chinese rock crystal snuff bottles of rutilated quartz. One of rectangular form with an amethyst stopper and one of oval form with a ...

Cloisonne enameled snuff bottle in a double gourd form with a gourd design, the vegetable portrayed in green and yellow with leafy vines and spind...

Group of six Chinese carved or painted snuff bottles including lapis, jade, cinnabar lacquer, and porcelain. Two marked along the underside.Height...

Group of three Chinese amber snuff bottles; one of composite amber. The composite snuff bottle is carved in the form of a fish. One snuff bottle i...

Chinese Shang Dynasty Neolithic earthenware pottery tripod vessel (Li), likely lower Xiajiadian culture, ca. 2200-1600 BCE. With a tall body, thic...

A lovely early Chinese Han Dynasty or Warring States bronze sword with elaborate decorative patterns along both sides of the guard. This decoratio...

A well-cast Chinese Qing Dynasty bronze belt buckle depicting dragons. Of fine quality and craftsmanship. Signed along the underside along a belt ...

Two ancient Chinese metal items including a bronze scale weight, possibly a scale weight, and a bronze decorative pushou in the form of a horse wi...

Three Chinese decorative items including:One copper hand warmer with an incised and pierced lid depicting flowers. Trace remains of gilt decoratio...

Modern Chinese bronze sculpture depicting a figure riding a donkey or mule. The figure can be removed from the horse to reveal a hallowed storage ...

Late Qing or early Republic Chinese cloisonne vase marked De Xing Cheng (Teh Hsing Ch'eng) along the underside. Enameled throughout with yellow an...

Pair of Chinese Republic cloisonne vases, marked Jing Yuan Tang along the underside. Of bottle form and decorated throughout with peaches, blossom...

20th-century Chinese export porcelain bowl depicting a phoenix surrounded by flowers with against a deep blue ground.Height: 3 in x diameter: 8 1/...

Chinese famille rose porcelain lamp painted throughout with scenes of home life against a vibrant turquoise ground. Of a rectangular form and fitt...

Chinese Kangxi blue and white porcelain dish, decorated with auspicious Buddhist symbols. Marked along the underside with an apocryphal Chenghua m...

18th c. Chinese blue and white porcelain mallet vase, decorated with interior vignettes interspersed with auspicious Buddhist symbols. Marked alon...

19th or 20th c. Chinese yellow-ground porcelain vase with two handles in the form of dogs. Decorated with famille rose floral decoration throughou...

Unusual early Guangxu Qianjiang jar by Cheng Wannian. With a cyclical date of either 1874 or 1934. Painted on one side with a figure lounging belo...

Set of Chinese export porcelain tea bowls and saucers with lovely famille rose enamels and European gilding. An excellent example of Chinese expor...

Group of four antique porcelain items including one goose, a candlestick with a dish, a low circular dish, and one lidded and pierced vessel. The ...

Chinese Cizhou ceramic cup with cup stand. Stoneware covered with white slip and decorated with floral designs in dark brown glaze.Cup; height: 1 ...

Chinese Yauzhou petal-rim ceramic jar. With a bulbous body rising to a slightly waisted neck, flaring to an everted petal rim. With a high outspre...

Chinese Southern Song Dynasty Jizhou conical ceramic tea bowl, decorated with paper-cut resist patterns to the interior of the bowl. The exterior ...

Chinese porcelain lidded jar, glazed with a scene of a green flying dragon chasing a flaming pearl over a yellow ground. Marked along the undersid...

Chinese Yixing cut corner footed ceramic pottery vase or planter. Decorated throughout with blue glaze and incised calligraphy along all sides. Ma...

Early 19th century scroll painting by Wang Liankui (Chinese, 18th/19th c), depicting a mountainous landscape after a painting by Fan Kuan (Chinese...

Chinese Nichols Art Deco wool carpet. The carpet features a blue border, decorated with asymmetrical floral designs that extend into the central g...

Two pairs of Chinese embroidered silk robe cuffs, each depicting mirrored floral motifs. One with moths and the other with urns.(Each) Unframed; h...

Two pairs of Chinese embroidered silk robe cuffs. One depicting scrolling floral and foliate motifs; the other depicting deer and cats surrounded ...

Chinese Qing blue silk Chaofu for a low rank official with gold thread rims and gilt decorated buttons.This type of robe without dragon decoration...

Early Chinese rank badge, late Qianlong or Jiaqing. Dazi (Peking knot) technique throughout, dated to ca. 1795. Possibly depicting a silver pheasa...

Large Chinese silk textile fragment, possibly 18th century. The work was assembled and backed in the 20th century. Depicting blooming branches and...

17th century Chinese Qing carved huanghuali wooden brush box with beautifully carved decorations of a dragon and phoenix along the top of the lid....

Antique Chinese carved wooden rectangular scholars tray. Double border carved to resemble bamboo. Made of a very dark rosewood.Provenance: Collect...

Pair of 19th c. Chinese bamboo arm chairs. Each in the popular square form with geometric decorations filling the square backs. The arms are made ...

Chinese rectangular bamboo table. With geometric latticework skirt and frets. Black lacquer top.Provenance: Collection of Bruce Dayton & Ruth Stri...

Contemporary Japanese trumpet form bronze vase. With incised inscription along the inside rim.Provenance: Collection of Bruce Dayton & Ruth Strick...

Pair of Japanese Meiji bronze vases, skillfully molded as sheaves of wheat, with several birds perched throughout. Both with an incised mark to th...

Pair of Chinese vases, fitted as lamps, in a dark celadon crackle glaze. With rounded bodies and flared rims.Taller; height: 32 3/4 in x diameter:...

Naoyuki Matsubara (Japanese, 20th c). Group of three studio pottery ceramics, two with boxes. Glazed stoneware with the artist's iconic brush patt...

Group of three Japanese ceramics including two sake bottles and one Arita sake cup with a wooden case. Each piece painted with Japanese characters...

Group of four Japanese studio ceramic vessels including three small cups and one dish. With wooden boxes. By artists such as Yuichi Kurosawa, Seis...

Group of four Japanese studio pottery ceramic vessels in boxes. Two low dishes and two cups. One small cup by David Pinto (Jamaican, 20th/21st c.)...

Group of five Japanese studio pottery ceramics in the form of faces. Glazed stoneware. Each signed illegibly along the underside. Included is a sm...

A group of three Japanese studio ceramic pottery vessels including a lidded jar, a vase, and a faceted vessel. Glazed stoneware in red, green, and...

Group of four Japanese studio pottery ceramic vessels. Glazed stoneware including:One rectangular pot decorated throughout with fish, similar to J...

Southeast Asian stone relief featuring three seated figures arranged in a triangular composition.Provenance: Collection of Bruce Dayton & Ruth Str...

Group of six Polynesian or Aboriginal woomera or atlatl wooden spears.Provenance, by repute: The collection of Jack London's home, Wolf House, col...

Group of nine African swords and knives, many from the Democratic Republic of the Congo including a Bantu Ngulu execution sword, several Ingonda s...

Four pieces of African jewelry or ornaments, likely from Northern Africa. One work with a tag claiming its use as a collar for hogs.Height ranges ...

Group of seven African textiles, likely from the vicinity of the Congo.Length ranges from 9 1/2 in to 95 in; width ranges from 4 in to 43 1/2 in. ...