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701. A Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), each of squared baluster form with lion mask and faux-ring handles, decorated to the four facets with flowers of the four seasons, height 18 3/8 in., not drilled, now mounted as lamps with wiring to the exterior. $1000/1500
Provenance: Estate of Samuel Goldstein, Shreveport, LA, acquired Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans, LA, August 31, 1988.

702. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lotus-Form Brush Washer, early 20th c., faceted lotus blossom body supported on a veined leaf, height 3 1/4 in. $300/500
Provenance: Dallas, TX Antiquarian.

703. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Wine Cup, Qianlong mark but probably 19th/20th c., bell-form body on short foot ring with gilt rim, decorated to the exterior with four qilong dragons amid a profusion of flower scrolls on a lime green ground above turbulent waves, interior with five iron red bats, base with Qianlong mark, height 2 3/8 in., diameter 4 1/4 in. $400/600
Provenance: Kansas City, KS Collection.

704. A Pair of Chinese Yellow-Ground Grisaille-Decorated 'Dayazhai' Porcelain Dishes, late 19th/early 20th c., each painted in the Empress Dowager style with flowering branches, an iron-red Dayazhai mark inscribed beside a tian di yi jia chun oval seal, the base with iron red Yong qing chang chun mark, diameter 5 5/8 in. $600/800

705. A Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Plaque, carved in rectangular openwork form with a figure and bird amid flowering branches, height 2 1/4 in., width 2 in., depth 1/4 in. $200/400

706. Two Chinese Spinach Green Jade Rectangular Plaques, the first deeply carved to one side with a figure riding a mule up a stair beneath a blossoming prunus, set in an incised white jade 'frame', height 4 in., width 2 in., raised in a reticulated wood stand, overall height 6 in.; the second carved to one side with plantain growing from rocks bedside a gilt incised inscription, the reverse with an insect and flowers, height 3 in., width 1 3/8 in. $500/700
Provenance: Dallas, TX Antiquarian.

707. A Group of Five Chinese Soapstone Figures of Beauties, each elegantly attired figure carved standing or dancing on a shaped soapstone plinth, overall heights 5 3/4 in. to 6 1/8 in. $600/800
Provenance: Estate of Irene Sartor Chandler (1916-2010), New Orleans, LA.

708. A Pair of Monumental Chinese Ivory Phoenix Birds, each magnificent bird depicted in mirror image of the other with a peony spray in its beak standing on a naturalistic rockwork base issuing an intricate profusion of peony blossoms, heights 38 3/4 in., mounted to wood plinths, overall heights 42 1/2 in. Note: scattered losses. $10000/15000
Provenance: New Orleans Collection, acquired at a Minnesota Estate auction during the early 1990s.

709. A Chinese Hardstone 'Elephant and Boy' Group, large grey-green and russet stone carved in the form of a striding elephant with a young boy grasping a large lingzhi spray lying on its back, height 6 in., width 7 1/4 in. $700/900

710. A Chinese Soapstone Finger Citron, carved as a finger citron borne on a leafy branch surmounted by a cat, height 2 1/4 in. $150/250

711. A Sino-Tibetan Jade Inset White Metal Gua Pendant-Hung Necklace, 19th c., the prayer box of lobed ruyi form repoussé decorated with boys at play amid bats and lotus, inset with a reticulated crescent shaped celadon jade plaque carved with a central beetle flanked by figures, height 3 3/4 in., width 4 3/4 in., suspended with chains from a lingzhi and squirrel pendant, the chain necklace hung with turquoise, coral, agate, and wood beads and jadeite bi disks. $600/800

712. Two Chinese Jadeite Carvings, the first carved in the round as a cabbage, its intricately detailed leaves furling at the edges, height 5 1/4 in.; the second carved as an iris and moon group, height 6 in., width 8 1/4 in. $1000/1500

713. A Chinese Jadeite Monkey Group, mottled green stone carved as a seated monkey with another monkey climbing its back and holding a peach in one hand, height 2 7/8 in. $300/400

714. A Chinese Jadeite Figure of Budai, carved as a seated laughing Budai exposing a large belly and holding a pearl in one hand, height 1 7/8 in. $50/100

715. Two Chinese Paktong Handwarmers, 19th c., one of oval form, the other of rectangular form, each with a floral-pierced domed cover, heights 3 3/4 in., widths 4 1/4 in. and 4 1/2 in. respectively. $400/600

716. A Chinese Enameled Paktong Box, late 19th/early 20th c., of rounded rectangular form, relief decorated to the cover with a raised panel enclosing leafy branches and a spider, the sides incised with floral roundels on a geometrically patterned blue enamel ground, height 2 3/4 in., width 3 1/4 in. $150/250
Provenance: With Benjamin Franklin March, Jr. (1899-1934), Curator of Asiatic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts (1927-1931); thence by descent in his family.

717. A Set of Three Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Small Dishes, late 19th/early 20th c., circular bodies with steep walls and concave wells, raised on tapering circular feet, decorated throughout in rose colored wire with a profusion of scrolling vines and scattered flower heads, height 7/8 in., diameter 3 1/8 in. $150/250
Provenance: With Benjamin Franklin March, Jr. (1899-1934), Curator of Asiatic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts (1927-1931); thence by descent in his family.

718. A Chinese Cloisonné Enamel 'Lotus Pond' Baluster Vase, probably 19th c. or earlier, powder blue body with wire wave design, decorated with various birds in flight, wading and swimming amid lotus blossoms, height 12 1/2 in., wired to the exterior and mounted, but not drilled, as a lamp, bearing Henry Stern Antiques. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of Samuel Goldstein, Shreveport, LA; acquired by descent from the Estate of Melanie Goldstein (d. 1969); acquired as a gift from Irving and Bettie Redler, New Orleans, LA; acquired through Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans, LA.

719. Chinese School, 20th c., "Carp Swimming amid Water Reeds", ink and color on paper, inscribed and sealed upper left, 41 5/8 in. x 13 1/8 in., mounted as a hanging scroll. $400/600
Provenance: Estate of noted architect, artist and antiquarian, James R. Lamantia, Jr. (1923-2011).

720. A Collection of Four Chinese and Japanese Paintings, the first, Chinese "Watery Landscape with a Figure in a Boat", ink on paper, inscribed and sealed upper right, 50 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in., mounted as a hanging scroll; the second, Chinese, "Egret and Bamboo", ink on paper, bearing signature of Li Kuchan (1898-1983) and sealed upper left, 52 in. x 26 1/2 in., mounted as a hanging scroll; the third, Chinese, "Scholars in a Garden beneath a Pine Tree", ink and color on paper, inscribed and sealed upper right, 50 1/2 in. x 26 5/8 in.; the fourth, Japanese, "Winter Ducks", ink and color on paper, signed and sealed middle left, 51 in. x 20 in., mounted as a hanging scroll. $800/1200

721. A Chinese Silver Wire and Ivory Inlaid Carved Wood Fan, delicately carved and reticulated body with a central shaped panel enclosing on either side ladies at leisurely pursuits: viewing a hanging scroll and playing the qin, and reading and playing go height 15 1/8 in., width 8 1/2 in., presented in a conforming carved wood stand, overall height 19 1/2 in., width 10 in. $600/800

722. A Chinese Ivory Figure of a Beautiful Maiden, standing figure carved wearing long robes and carrying flower blossoms in her hands, height 6 7/8 in., wood stand, overall height 8 3/8 in. $600/800
Provenance: Estate of Jewell Young Graeber (1923-2011), Marks, MS.

723. A Chinese Lapis Lazuli Figure of a Beautiful Maiden, standing figure carved wearing long windswept robes and carrying a cup in each hand, height 9 3/4 in., mounted in a wood stand, overall height 11 3/8 in. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of Jewell Younger Graeber (1923-2011), Marks, MS.

724. A Pair of Chinese Lapis Lazuli Figures of Beautiful Maidens, each standing figure carved in mirror image of the other wearing a long robe and carrying a large blossoming and fruiting prunus branch, heights 6 in., mounted in wood stands, overall height 7 1/8 in. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of Jewell Younger Graeber (1923-2011), Marks, MS.

725. Chinese School, 20th c., "Mountainous Landscape with Figures", ink and color on paper, bearing signature of Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) and sealed upper left, 50 in. x 22 1/8 in., mounted as a hanging scroll. $500/750
Provenance: Washington Collection.

726. A Chinese Polychrome Decorated Porcelain Vase, Qianlong mark but probably Republican Period (1911-1949), baluster body with cylindrical neck and flared steep mouth raised on a short waisted foot, decorated with a continuous scene of figures boating in a landscape set with mountains, trees and a pavilion, inscribed to one side, base with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, height 10 1/4 in. $300/500
Provenance: Washington Collector, acquired by descent in the family of Zhao Xiwu (1918-2001), well-known herbal medicine practitioner in Beijing.

727. A Pair of Chinese Miniature Wucai Meiping Vases, Chenghua marks but 20th c., enameled with fruiting and flowering branches encircling the sides, bases with apocryphal Chenghua marks, height 3 3/4 in. $200/400

728. A Pair of Chinese Polychrome Decorated Porcelain Garlic Mouth Bottle Vases, Qianlong marks but probably mid 20th c., each painted in mirror image of the other with two ponies beneath a pine set in a watery landscape, each inscribed and sealed, each base with apocryphal Qianlong mark, height 6 1/4 in. $400/600
Provenance: Dallas, TX Antiquarian.

729. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl, Daoguang mark but probably 20th c., finely enameled to the well with a figure of a celestial goddess holding a child beside her attendant amid clouds, the wide everted rim with a profusion of flower heads, base with Daoguang mark, height 1 7/8 in., diameter 8 1/4 in. $500/700
Provenance: Kansas City, KS collection.

730. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl, Yongzheng mark but 20th c., finely enameled to the interior well with three ladies playing go, base with apocryphal Yongzheng mark, height 2 in., diameter 7 3/4 in. $500/700

731. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Brush Pot, Qianlong mark but probably mid-20th c., steep flared sides enameled with the Eight Immortals walking upon a turbulent sea, base with apocryphal Qianlong mark, height 3 in., diameter 6 1/4 in. $400/600

732. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain 'Mille Fleur' Bowl, Yongzheng mark but 20th c., U-form body raised on a tall foot ring decorated to the exterior with a profusion of flower heads, base with apocryphal Yongzheng mark, height 2 7/8 in., diameter 5 5/8 in. $100/200

733. A Chinese 'Blanc-de-Chine' Porcelain Rectangular Narcissus Pot, steep walls on bracket feet, banded around the exterior rim with key-fret design, base with impressed mark, height 2 1/2 in., width 11 3/4 in., depth 8 in. $200/300

734. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of Shoulao, early 20th c., modeled standing on an intrinsic base carrying a staff in one hand and a peach in the other, height 8 3/8 in., wood stand, overall height 9 3/4 in. $200/300

735. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Covered Stem Bowl, Duo, 20th c., globular body with four mask handles set with an inner bowl, raised on a splayed foot with a domed cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion finial, height 7 3/4 in. $300/500

736. A Pair of Chinese Reverse Painted Quartz Crystal "Vases", 20th c., baluster bodies with flared necks and splayed feet, decorated to the interior with boys at play, inscribed, drilled, height 13 in. $700/900

737. A Pair of Chinese Translucent Blue Beijing Glass Bowls, 20th c., bell-form bodies raised on a short foot rings, height 5 1/2 in., diameter 11 3/4 in. $600/800

738. A Pair of Chinese Red Beijing Glass Faceted Bottle Vases, 20th c., globular bodies issuing tall necks raised on short foot rings, height 7 1/2 in., diameter 4 in. $600/800

739. A Chinese Gilt Decorated Red Lacquer Carved Wood Panel, 19th c., deeply relief-carved with a central panel enclosing figures in a garden landscape with a pavilion, 16 3/4 in. x 16 in., framed. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of Leone Simon Marks, New Orleans, LA.

740. A Chinese Fresco Painting, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), pigment on plaster mounted to board depicting an elegantly attired court Lady holding a ruyi scepter beside a pavilion, height 32 1/4 in. x 22 in. Note: condition. $300/500
Provenance: Memphis, TN Collection.

741. A Monumental Chinese Carved Wood Screen, reticulated circular panel carved with the three star gods, Fu Star with a child, Lu Star with a ruyi scepter, and Shou Star with a peach, standing beside Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, with pairs of deer, children and crane beneath and bats and clouds above, set in a reticulated wood frame set into a carved wood stand as a floor screen, height 86 1/4 in., width 66 1/2 in., depth 31 1/2 in. $2500/3500

742. A Chinese Polychrome and Gilt Decorated Carved Wood Architectural Element, carved in the form of a recumbent Buddhist lion, its head turned over its backside toward its bushy tail carrying a large floral spray within its mouth, height 8 1/2 in., width 16 1/2 in. $200/400

743. Two Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Jars, 19th c., squat ovoid bodies banded around the mid-section with flower heads and shou characters, heights 3 5/8 in., and 3 3/4 in., later wood covers, overall heights 4 1/8 in. and 4 3/8 in. $200/400

744. A Pair of Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf Porcelain Bottle Vases, Kangxi marks but probably 20th c., each globular body with a tall cylindrical neck covered overall in an even thick red glaze thinning to white at the mouth and pooling toward the foot, each base with apocryphal Kangxi mark, height 13 1/4 in. $200/400

745. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Candlestands, handled columnar bodies between two bowls, pea vine decoration, height 5 1/2 in. $200/300

746. A Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bulb Vase, lobed body with five apertures issuing a tall neck with a garlic head mouth, figural decoration throughout, height 12 in. $200/300

747. A Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Vase, probably early 20th c., urn-form body with applied mask and faux-ring handles, decorated in verte enamels with battling figures, height 15 1/4 in., now drilled and mounted as a lamp. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of Joseph A. Davenport, Mer Rouge, LA, acquired Bany Chan Oriental Art, New York, NY, 1982.

748. A Pair of Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Hexagonal Beaker Vases, Kangxi marks but 20th c., raised waist with trumpet neck above and splayed foot beneath, each facet decorated in verte enamels with flowering plants and trees, recessed bases with apocryphal Kangxi marks, height 16 1/2 in. $1000/1500

749. A Chinese Bronze Baluster Vase, recessed panels relief molded with Shoulao seated on a deer, a peach bearing attendant and Queen Wangmu at his side, a bat overhead, height 12 in., drilled and mounted as a lamp. $300/500

750. Chinese School, 20th c., "Ancestor Portrait of a Civil Official" and "Ancestor Portrait of His Wife", each ink and color on silk with gilt highlights, 23 1/2 in. x 15 3/8 in., framed alike. $400/600
Provenance: New Orleans, LA Estate.

751. Chinese School, probably 20th c., "Warrior Returning Home to the Farm", ink and color on silk, inscribed and sealed upper left, 21 3/4 in. x 15 1/2 in., mounted as a hanging scroll. $300/500

752. A Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Circular Box and Cover, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), globular body raised on a circular foot ring, the domed cover with a central roundel enclosing three figures beneath a tree amid mountains and rocks, height 4 in., diameter 7 in. Note: Condition. $200/300
Provenance: With Benjamin Franklin March, Jr, (1899-1934), Curator of Asiatic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts (1927-1931); thence by descent in his family.

753. A Set of Chinese Gilt Bronze and Cloisonné Enamel Figures of the Three Star Gods, 20th c., each standing, bearded male figure wearing long robes and carrying his attributes: Fu Star modeled with a child, Lu Star with a ruyi scepter and a scroll, and Shou Star with a peach and staff, height 13 1/4 in. and 14 in., raised on tiered rouge marble inset carved wood stand, overall height 20 in., width 19 in., depth 6 1/2 in. $1000/1500

754. A Chinese Painted Wood Hanging Display Case, glass paneled door opening to shaped shelves, "Made in People's Republic of China" label, height 25 in., width 17 1/8 in., depth 5 in. $300/500

755. A Group of Three Chinese Amber or Amber-Like Snuff Bottles, each of flattened ovoid form raised on a circular foot ring, the first of orange color, carved to one side with two horses beneath a pine and to the other with an ox beneath a willow, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 5/8 in.; the second of cherry color, carved to the sides with birds and butterflies amid flowers and bamboo, sealed, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 3/4 in.; the third of cherry color, carved with figures of Budai surrounded by children, two seals, stopper lacking spoon, height 2 3/4 in. $300/500

756. Two Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles, the first of spade form carved through the yellow-orange overlay to a bubble-suffused clear glass ground, stopper, height 2 3/4 in. Note: Small chip to rim; the second of transparent amber glass, stopper, height 2 5/8 in.; together with three enameled white glass snuff bottles, 20th c., each of flattened globular form with a tall flared neck and waisted oval foot ring, one with apocryphal Guyue Xuan mark, the other two with apocryphal Qianlong marks, each with stopper, heights 3 1/4 in., (5 pcs.) $500/700
Provenance: First acquired New York City, c. 1996; second acquired Chicago, c. 2003.

757. A Chinese Polychrome Decorated White Glass Snuff Bottle, Guyue Xuan mark but 20th c., spade form body with tall neck raised on an oval foot ring, enameled around the sides with butterflies, grasses and flowers, recessed base with apocryphal Guyue Xuan mark, height 2 1/2 in., lacking stopper. $500/700

758. A Chinese Polychrome Decorated White Glass Snuff Bottle, Qianlong mark but 20th c., pear-form body with tall neck raised on an oval foot ring, painted on each side with seated figures, inscription cartouches, recessed base with Qianlong mark, height 2 1/8 in., stopper, overall height 2 1/4 in. $500/700

759. Two Chinese Snuff Bottles, the first, bottle form, of clear glass with yellow overlay, height 2 1/4 in., stopper, overall height 2 1/2 in.; the second, figural form, of quartz, height 2 5/8 in., stopper, overall height 2 7/8 in. $300/500

760. A Chinese Canton Enamel Snuff Bottle, Qianlong mark but 20th c., flask-form body raised on an oval foot ring, decorated to one side with a figural roundel, to the other with a calligraphy roundel, recessed base with apocryphal Qianlong mark, height 2 7/8 in., stopper lacking spoon, overall height 3 1/8 in. $300/500

761. Two Chinese Canton Enamel Covered Jars, probably early 20th c., ovoid bodies with tall cylindrical necks raised on slightly splayed foot rings, domed covers, each with figural landscape reserves on floral strewn yellow grounds, heights 7 1/4 in. and 7 3/4 in., wood stands, overall heights 8 1/2 in. and 9 in. $600/800

762. A Chinese Reverse Glass Painting, 19th c., pigment on glass depicting a Beauty seated at a table holding a qin on her lap, sight 29 1/2 in. x 19 5/8 in., original carved wood frame. $500/700
Provenance: Memphis, TN Collection.

763. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Jardinières, early 20th c., reserve decorated with bamboo on a mottled blue ground, tin inserts, height 7 1/4 in. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of Joseph A. Davenport, Mer Rouge, LA, acquired Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans, LA, 1969.

764. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Baluster Jars and Covers, 20th c., ovoid bodies with short strait necks and splayed feet applied at the shoulders with mask-loop handles, domed covers with Buddhist lion finials, decorated with figures in outdoor landscapes, height 22 1/2 in., diameter 12 in. $1200/1800

765. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Faceted Baluster Vases, 20th c., flat faceted bodies issuing tall necks with square tubular handles raised on tall splayed feet, decorated to the midsection with vining flowerheads, height 19 1/2 in., width 10 1/2 in., depth 7 in. $1000/1500

766. A Set of Six Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Butterfly Bowls and Dishes, early 20th c., three small bowls with gilt foliate rims, the exteriors decorated with multiple butterflies, interiors with floral sprays and peaches, plates en suite, each base with four character Heng Chang xun zhi mark, bowl diameter 4 1/8 in., plate diameter 7 in., (6 pcs.) $200/300

767. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase, 20th c., ovoid body with a waisted neck and flared rim, decorated throughout with birds on flowering branches, height 9 in., now drilled and mounted as a lamp. $150/250

768. A Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases, 20th c., globular bodies with tall flared necks raised on splayed circular feet, decorated throughout with precious antiques, auspicious emblems and bird-on-branch cartouches, porcelain height 13 1/8 in., now drilled and mounted as lamps. $200/300

769. A Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Baluster Vases, Kangxi marks but 20th c., squared tapering bodies with flared necks and everted flat rims, raised on waisted square feet, decorated throughout with figural landscapes on a sky-glue ground, recessed bases with apocryphal Kangxi marks, height 17 1/2 in. $800/1200

770. A Pair of Chinese 'Blanc de Chine' Porcelain Covered Jars, 20th c., double gourd bodies and domed covers with branch finials, relief decorated throughout, height 14 1/2 in. $700/900

771. A Pair of Chinese Iron Red Decorated Porcelain Vases, 20th c., baluster bodies, waisted necks with applied confronting lion-dog handles, and flared upright rims, boldly decorated with Buddhist lions amid cloud scrolls and flying bats, height 23 in. $800/1200

772. A Pair of Chinese 'Blanc de Chine' Porcelain Figures of Guanyin, 20th c., each figure modeled in mirror image carrying a lotus blossom, each base stamped "Made in China". Note: Each figure lacking one removable hand. $100/200
Provenance: Estate of Joseph A. Davenport, Mer Rouge, LA, acquired Petit Musée, Montreal, Canada, 1994.

773. A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase, 20th c., decorated with floral and geometric roundels on a coral ground, height 14 in., now drilled and mounted as a lamp. $150/250

774. Two Chinese Porcelain Cylindrical Brush Pots, 20th c., one with overall teadust glaze, height 4 1/2 in., diameter 3 1/2 in.; the other blue and white crackle with molded café-au-lait decoration, height 5 1/4 in., diameter 5 1/2 in. $300/500

775. A Chinese Powder Blue Glazed Porcelain Tripod Censer, 20th c., cylindrical body raised on three cabriole legs, overall pale blue glaze with hints of lavender thinning to a mushroom around the edges, height 3 3/4 in., diameter 5 1/2 in. $300/500

776. A Chinese Blue Ground Kesi Dragon Robe, Jifu, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), woven in slit-weave technique with nine golden dragons on a blue ground amid ruyi clouds, bats and the bajixiang, above a terrestrial diagram and a wide lishui hem, height 54 in., width 88 in. $4000/6000
Provenance: Estate of Mark J. Scearce (1918-1993), Shelbyville, KY, acquired New York, NY, c. 1960s; thence by descent.

777. A Japanese Brown Ground Embroidered Silk Wedding Robe, Furisode, Meiji Period (1868-1912), dyed and embroidered in satin stitch and gold couched threads to the brown silk ground with designs of fans, pine and clouds, height 69 in. $600/800
Provenance: Estate of Mark J. Scearce (1918-1993), Shelbyville, KY, acquired New York, NY, c. 1960s; thence by descent.

778. A Japanese Red Ground Embroidered Silk Wedding Robe, Furisode, Meiji Period (1868-1912), dyed and embroidered in satin stitch and gold couched threads to the red silk ground with designs of fans, pine and clouds, height 69 in. $800/1200
Provenance: Estate of Mark J. Scearce (1918-1993), Shelbyville, KY, acquired New York, NY, c. 1960s; thence by descent.

779. A Japanese White Ground Embroidered Silk Wedding Robe, Furisode, Meiji Period (1868-1912), dyed and embroidered in satin stitch and gold couched threads to the white silk ground with designs of fans, pine and clouds, height 69 in. $800/1200
Provenance: Estate of Mark J. Scearce (1918-1993), Shelbyville, KY, acquired New York, NY, c. 1960s; thence by descent.

780. A Japanese Kano School Style Four Panel Screen, 20th c., depicting "Winter Pine", ink, color and gold leaf on paper, signed and sealed lower right, 31 3/4 in. x 66 1/2 in., mounted, overall height 36 in., width 70 5/8 in. $300/500

781. A Group of Japanese Porcelain, including a blue and white transfer decorated celadon ground octagonal platter, height 1 1/2 in., length 12 1/4 in., width 9 3/8 in; an Imari dish, diameter 8 3/8 in.; and a blue and white foliate bowl, height 4 in., diameter 9 3/4 in.; together with a blue and white oval platter, length 12 3/8 in., width 9 1/2 in, (4 pcs.). $300/500

782. A Group of Japanese Porcelain Table Ware, Meiji Period (1868-1912), including an Imari circular dish, diameter 12 1/4 in.; an Imari octagonal dish, width 11 3/4 in.; a blue and white lozenge shaped dish, width 11 1/4 in.; a polychrome dish, width 8 1/4 in.; an Imari/Kutani bowl, height 3 in., diameter 9 3/4 n.; and an Arita Kakiemon-style bowl, height 3 3/4 in., diameter 7 3/4 in. (6 pcs.) $600/800

783. A Japanese Imari Porcelain Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912), ovoid body with waisted flared neck and splayed foot, decorated with shaped figural panels depicting a scene from the Tale of Genji, height 14 3/4 in., now drilled and mounted as a lamp. $400/600
Provenance: Estate of Joseph A. Davenport, Mer Rouge, LA, acquired Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans, LA, 1968.

784. A Group of Four Japanese Satsuma Pottery Wares, Meiji Period (1868-1912), comprising a tripod koro with a pierced domed cover, base marked, height 4 3/4 in.; a pair of baluster vases with figural landscape panels on a gilt ground strewn with brocade panels, bases marked, height 6 3/8 in.; together with a dish, 20th c., with figural decoration, diameter 8 3/8 in., (4 pcs.) $400/600

785. A Japanese Sumidagawa-Style Pottery Vase, shaped cylindrical body with molded and applied decoration of figures, trees and birds on a flambé ground, base with impressed four character seal mark, height 21 in. $300/500

786. Three Japanese Cloisonné Vases, 20th c., each decorated with floral sprays, the first ginbari with a red foil ground, base stamped "Sato Cloisonné", height 7 1/2 in.; the second with a pale blue ground, height 14 1/4 in.; the third with a black ground, height 12 1/4 in. $200/300

787. Three Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Dishes, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the first with a large central medallion of a crane in flight above peony blossoms, blue ground, height 1 3/8 in, diameter 11 3/4 in.; the second with a large central medallion of cockerels beneath prunus blossoms, blue ground, height 1 3/8 in., diameter 11 3/4 in.; the third with a small central medallion of birds in flight at night over a turbulent sea, gold-flecked black ground, height 1 3/4 in., diameter 11 3/4 in. $600/800

788. Two Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Dishes, Meiji Period (1868-1912), each similarly patterned with concentric bands encircling a central medallion, one well with butterflies on a jet black ground, the other with a phoenix bird on a pale blue ground, height 1 in., diameter 8 1/4 in. $200/300

789. A Japanese Silk Robe, probably early 20th c., black silk crepe ground colorfully decorated along the interior and exterior hem with a garden scene with seasonal trees, plants and grasses set with cocks and a dragon boat, length 64 in.; together with a vintage Chinese padded jacket with flowering branch design on an ivory yellow ground, label reading "Peony Brand / Shanghai China", (2 pcs.) $200/300

790. A Pair of Japanese Painted Metal Covered Jars, each ovoid body relief molded with a shishi lion above a seal cartouche, domed covers, height 10 1/4 in., now drilled and mounted as lamps. $300/500

791. An Indian or Southeast Asian Gilt Bronze Figure of Avalokitesvara, probably 19th c., the Bodhisattva of Compassion modeled standing in a slightly swayed stance, holding in his four hands a lotus bud, a water pot, a scroll, and a rosary, his hair held high and crowned by a figure of the seated Amitabha Buddha, height 12 1/4 in. $400/600

792. Indian School, probably 19th c., "The Elegant Courtier", miniature painting, gouache on paper heightened with gold, inscribed lower right, 7 3/8 in. x 4 3/8 in., mounted on marbleized paper, overall 9 5/8 in. x 6 1/4 in. $400/600
Provenance: Estate of noted architect, artist and antiquarian James R. Lamantia, Jr. (1923-2011).

793. Indian School, probably 19th c., "Painting a Portrait", drawing, ink on paper heightened with color, inscribed, 9 1/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. $400/600
Provenance: Estate of noted architect, artist and antiquarian James R. Lamantia, Jr. (1923-2011).

794. Indian School, probably 19th c., five works on paper, including four sketches, each ink on paper heightened with color, with further sketches or inscriptions recto, including: "Seated Female and Baboon", 6 1/8 in. x 7 5/8 in.; "Two Male Right Facing Torso Portraits and Male Head", 6 3/4 in. x 4 3/8 in.; "Male Torso Portrait Facing Left", 5 in. x 4 3/4 in.; and "Three Figures, Two Riding Donkeys", inscribed lower right, 5 5/8 in. x 8 1/4 in.; and a miniature album leaf, "Figures beneath a Tree", gouache on paper heightened with gold, inscribed, 6 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in, (5 pcs.). $600/800
Provenance: Estate of noted architect, artist and antiquarian James R. Lamantia, Jr. (1923-2011).

795. Indian School, probably late 19th c., two watercolors on paper, the first a design for a fan, height 9 1/8 in., width 11 1/2 in.; the second an architectural design, sheet 7 1/2 in. x 13 1/4 in. $300/500
Provenance: Estate of noted architect, artist and antiquarian James R. Lamantia, Jr. (1923-2011).

796. A Middle Eastern Copper Ewer Converted to an Oil Lamp, probably 19th c., ewer-form body with domed finialed cover, scroll handles and curved spout, soldered to a reticulated splayed base, height 16 3/8 in. $200/400

797. A Turkish Ottoman Silvered Copper Tombak Ewer, probably late 18th/19th c., lobed globular body with waisted flared neck and splayed foot ring, curved upright spout, height 8 1/2 in. $300/500

798. A Southeast Asian Teak Grinding Wheel, solid oval body with upturned sides, a central deep bowl and four square holes, height 33 1/2 in., width 38 in., custom metal stand, overall height 37 in. $100/200

799. An Ancient Mastodon Ivory Tusk Segment, found 1895, curved body naturally hollowed to a taper within, old label reading: "Brought to San Francisco 1895 by a whaler. Was found in the ice at the head of the (illegible) river B.A. The whole tusk was bought but the rest was sold. Worth $1.50 a pound without cracks as it is .35 a pound", height 11 3/4 in. $500/700
Provenance: The Dominican Sisters of Peace, Historic Veritas House, New Orleans, LA, sold for charitable benefit.