Asian Art: Day 1

1: CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON SATIN BY GWAN WEI GUNG Depicts orchids and a poem about how happy one is to be drinking with friends. Sig...

2: CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON SILK Depicts cottages along a river. Signed and seal marked upper left. 39.5" x 17.5". Provenance: The Sy...

3: CHINESE PAINTING ON PAPER After an 18th Century example. Depicts a green parrot on a tree branch. 34.25" x 10.75". Provenance: The S...

4: CHINESE PAINTING ON PAPER Depicts bamboo and calligraphy. Signed and seal marked. 48.5" x 11.5". Framed 61" x 15.5". Provenance: The...

5: CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER Depicts birds in flight through mountains and gorges. Signed and seal marked. 26.25" x 25". Provena...

6: CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER Depicts magpies in a flowering tree. Signed and seal marked lower right. 25.5" x 13.25". Provenance...

7: PAIR OF CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINGS ON PAPER BY TIEN SHAUPEN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1850) Depict ladies, one on a balcony and one in a boat. 33....

8: CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER AFTER MING DYNASTY ARTIST ZHANG ZAO CHUN Depicts four fan-tailed goldfish. Marked with extensive ca...

9: KOREAN SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER Depicts islands, a bridge, a teahouse and calligraphy. 37.5" x 10.5". Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro...

10: CHINESE SPINACH AND EGG GLAZE POTTERY FIGURE OF A RECLINING BOAR Length 4.5". Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro Kuma Collection.

11: CHINESE CHESTNUT GLAZE POTTERY FIGURE OF A RECLINING BOAR Length 4.1". Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro Kuma Collection.

12: CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SEAL PASTE BOX Rectangular, with a bat and vine design. Length 4.5". Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro...

13: CHINESE ROBIN'S-EGG BLUE PORCELAIN WRITER'S COUPE In ovoid octagonal form, with a relief dragon at shoulder. Height 2.1". Includes a.

14: FOUR PIECES OF CHINESE PORCELAIN 1) Cylindrical famille rose jar with floral cartouches on a green ground. Height 10". 2) Yellow gla...

15: CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING Relief dragon design. Modified from a girdle hook and mounted on a wooden stand. Carving length 2". Prove...

16: CHINESE LAPIS LAZULI CARVING OF A RECLINING DOG Rich blue coloring. Length 4". Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro Kuma Collection.

17: CHINESE CARVED WOODEN SCROLL WEIGHT Extensively carved with calligraphy on two faces. Signed and seal marked. Length 10". Provenance...

18: CHINESE BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT In the form of a seated sage holding a scroll. Length 3.25". Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro Kuma Collec...

19: CHINESE GILT WOODEN POLE FINIAL In the form of an acolyte standing on a lotus pod and holding an offering. Height 6". Provenance: Th...

20: TEN CHINESE STONE RUBBINGS From various Chinese monuments. Provenance: The Symmes / Shiro Kuma Collection.