Scholars's objects @ Doyle New York
Large and fine Chinese carved bamboo mountain. 18-19th century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Typical form, deeply carved and undercut to show hilltop pagoda among pine and blossoming trees flanking a procession of approximately sixty-three immortals and attendants, over scrolling sea and well-worked rock work, good patina. H: 13 W: 5 1/4 in.. Estimate $20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection of a Princeton Gentleman
Purchased Jade Dragon 2002
Chinese White Jade Brushpot . 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of tapering oval form, the exterior carved in high relief with cranes and a pine tree, reverse incised and gilded with an inscription. Height 5 1/4 inches. Estimate $10,000-15,000
Rare Chinese incised boxwood brushpot and stand.
Cylindrical form, pheonix and foliate band to rim, detailed poetic script to body above simulated bamboo band, raised on a Greek key and foliate stand terminating on bracket feet. H: 9 1/2 D: 5 1/2 in. Estimate $8,000-10,000
Rare Chinese carved zitan ink stone, dated 25th year of Qianlong, 1761. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Square form, thick purple hued section plank, the surface with rectangualr trough, flanked by alternating Shou characters, beaded edge, the underside worked with matching edge, and central poetic dated scripts, with inscription from the City of Nau-Chang. D: 10 1/2 in. Estimate $7,000-10,000
Good condition with handling wear; ink staining to face and a dark patina but crisp carvings throughout
Chinese Malachite Brushwasher. 17th/18th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of triangular shape, carved in high relief on the exterior with bats flying amid lingzhi fungus. Height 4 1/4 inches, width 9 inches. Estimate $6,000-8,000
Piece was cracked through and repaired
Fine Chinese carved bamboo brushpot, 17-18th century, Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Bitong cylindrical form, rounded rim, the body carved in high relief to show moun. H: 6 D: 5 1/4 in. Estimate: $4000 - 6000
PROVENANCE: With Japanese collectors box
Chinese White Jade Boulder. 18th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of flattened ovoid form, deeply carved on one side with figures strolling over a bridge towards a village in a rocky landscape, reverse continues with the landscape and a series of steps between pine trees, the stone with rose-tone inclusions. Length 6 inches. Estimate $4,000-6,000
Property of a Private Collector
Chinese Gourd-Form Cricket Cage. Dated to the sixth year in the reign of Jiaqing, 1801. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
The molded gourd with a design of chrysanthemum, prunus and butterfly, an inscription and signature on the reverse reading Xingyouheng Tang Shubingzhi, seal of the studio of the Fifth Prince Ding, Zaichuan, ivory rim, the lid carved and pierced tortoise shell depicting dragons and auspecious symbols. Height 7 inches. Estimate $4,000-6,000
See Fang Jing Pei, Treasures of the Chinese Scholar, p. 119, fig. 111
Chinese Jade Boulder. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Carved in relief with a boy on a buffalo and huts nestled within a mountain landscape. Height 7 inches. Estimate $4,000-6,000
Property from the Estates of Walter and Sonja Caron Stein
Two Similar Chinese Jade and Cloisonne Table Screens. 18th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Each of squared form, one with rounded corners, the frame, back and base worked in gilt-bronze and cloisonne, the jade inset panels carved and pierced with dragon motifs. Height of tallest 8 1/4 inches. Estimate $3,000-5,000
Round edge scree: Bottom right jade crack on the end and a small area of chip; the frame, two chips, one 1/4 of an inch, and one 1/2 inch to the cloisonne.
Square screen: top crack to the jade, and small loss to the jade, top two corners have small cracks to the cloisonne. Loss to the knee of the leg.
Overall gilt loss.
Chinese Yixing Water Pot. Late 17th century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Naturalistically potted as a pine trunk segment with a twisted branch forming the handle, flowering twigs on either side, base with impressed seal Chen Mingyuan and incised potters mark Mingyuan. Height 2 1/2 inches. Estimate $3,000-5,000
Property of a Florida Collector
Overall good condition.
Chinese Celadon Jade Boulder. 18th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of ovoid form, carved on one side with figures in a boat approaching a shoreline village, the stone with russet and gray inclusions. Length 5 1/2 inches. Estimate $3,000-5,000
Property of a Private Collector
Good condition.
Fine Chinese carved bamboo lingzhi form brushpot, dated 6th year of Guangxu period. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Lingzhi form, well carved in low relief to show mountain scholar and rows of poetic script, wood stand. H: 5 1/4 D: 5 in. Estimate $3,000-4,000
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Pittsburgh
Chinese Jade Ruyi. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Carved in relief with a bat at the head and smaller ruyi issuing from the main stem, the stone a gray tone fading to brown at one end. Length 6 1/2 inches. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Chinese carved bamboo brush pot. Qing dynasty. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Large brush pot carved in light relief to show figures in idyllic natural setting; inscribed. H: 7 1/2 in. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Chinese Celadon Jade Boulder. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of triangular form, carved on one side with a boy on a buffalo in a pine forest, stone a grayish tone with darker inclusions. Height 4 inches. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Property of a Private Collector
Very good condition.
Chinese Zitan Box. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of rectangular form, heavily carved in high relief with dragons chasing pearls before swirling clouds. Height 3 inches, width 11 inches, depth 6 inches. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Very good condition
Chinese Celadon Jade Brushpot. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Carved in the round with figures admiring a mountainous landscape from a pavilion veranda. Height 4 1/4 inches. Estimate $2,000-3,000
Property of a Private Collector
Very good condition.
Chinese Bamboo Brushpot. 18th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of cylindrical form, carved in the round, in low relief with a scholar seated in a lush mountainous landscape. Height 5 1/4 inches. Estimate $2,000-2,500
Two small cracks issuing from base, approximately 1 inch
Chinese Celadon Jade Boulder. Qing Dynasty. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of oval form, carved in high relief with a scholar standing next to a table set for tea below a pine tree, the stone with minor chestnut inclusion. Height 2 inches. Estimate $1,500-2,500
Chinese Celadon Jade Brush Washer.. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of circular form, carved as an open flower, the interior center with a raised toad, a dragon crawling over the lip to form the handle, on lingzhi fungus feet. Diameter 3 1/2 inches. Estimate $1,500-2,500
Property of a Private Collector
Large Chinese Jichimu and dali marble insert scroll pot. 19th century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of octagonal form, each faceted side with three white and grey marble circular inserts, over molded base. H: 11 1/2 D: 9 1/3 in. Estimate $1,500-2,000
Chinese Soapstone Mountain-Form Boulder. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of vertical shape, carved in low relief with clouds swirling among trees growing from ledges. Height 3 1/2 inches. Estimate $1,000-2,000
Chinese Spinach Jade Brushwasher. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Carved as a section of a gnarled pine tree trunk with branches extending over the rims, a single songb. rd perched on one branch, fitted wood stand. Length 9 inches. Estimate $1,000-1,500
Provenance: Yamanaka & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Estate of Sonja Caron Stein
Chinese rootwood pot, Qing dynasty, Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Wide, natural-form pot with smooth texture mounted to wooden base. H: 4 1/2 in. W: 10 in. Estimate: $1000 - 1500
Chinese Celadon Jade Brushwasher. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of oval form, the sides decorated in high relief with prunus branches. Length 4 1/4 inches. Estimate $1,000-1,500
Group of Three Chinese Calligraphy Brushes. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Comprising two wood and one tortoise shell glass; Together with a Burl-Wood Brush Pot. Length of largest brush 13 inches. Estimate $700-900
Estate of Karl Lunde
Chinese duan inkstone. 19th century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Square form, with rounded surface, incised to show Fu bats and two seal marks, script to surface, recessed underside. L: 8 1/2 in. Estimate $500-800
Chinese Soapstone Seal. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of boulder form, with trees and rockwork in low relief, the flat base carved in relief with characters. Height 2 1/2 inches, diameter 4 inches. Estimate $400-600
Very good condition
Chinese Celadon Jade Brushwasher. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of lotus leaf form, furled upward at the sides, lotus buds and leaves carved in relief on the rim, wood stand. Diameter 4 1/2 inches. Estimate $400-600
Chinese Dreamstone Table Screen. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Of horizontal rectangular form, inset into a carved wood frame. Height 10 1/2 inches. Estimate $400-600
Estate of Karl Lunde
some minor wood shrinkage, stone in good condition. small areaswhere joints have been glued to reinforce, can be restored.
Chinese burlwood tray. 19th century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Naturalistic shaped handle over circular shaped basin; H: 7 in. Estimate $300-500
Chinese Soapstone Libation Cup. 19th Century. Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York
Carved on the exterior with a blossoming prunus branch forming the handle, stone a grayish brown color. Height 2 1/2 inches. Estimate $300-500
Two small rim chips, surface scratches to base
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