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Tibet, 18th century, silver amulet box with bronze base, depicting Avalkitesvara with gilt faces and turquoise beads as earrings, inscription on back and emblem on base (400g, 70% silver XRF tested). Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
Tibet, silver amulet box with bronze backing (9.25cm), 8 armed figure standing holding various implements, cut out backing showing parchment with Tibetan inscription inside, emblem on back, leather cord tied to lugs on side. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Tibet, silver "Om" charm hollow pendant (5.5cm x 4cm) (21.7g, 60% silver XRF tested). Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Tibet, silver amulet box with bronze backing (6.5cm), cut out sacred "Om" symbol with small turquoise bead above, dotted border around. Very fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Tibet, Amitabha buddha silver incense burner, seated holding basket with inscription on front (270g, 45% silver XRF tested). Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Tibet, 19th-20th century, large painted wooden statue of Amoghapasa standing, right hand blessing, rest holding implements. Some areas of paint loss and flaking, colours dulled with age, fair.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Tibet, 19th century, bronze figure of Yama (19.5cm), god of the dead, standing with right hand raised holding a skeleton staff, and a noose in the left hand, garland of heads around body, gilding on face and details, come with a heavy painted metal base; small bronze statue of Yama standing on dead body (9.5cm). Very fine; good fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Tibet, 19th Century, Sakyamuni Buddha carved from tusk, seated cross legged on a high throne, holding a flame with an aureole behind, Qianglong mark on base. Aged patina, very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Tibet, 18th-19th century, clay Tsha-Tsha statue of Amitayus Dhyanibuddha seated on a lotus throne, polychrome paint, on a wooden base. Some areas of paint loss, good fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Tibet, 18th-19th century, Sakyamuni Buddha meditating on the Naga throne, carved from a tusk-like material, traces of paint. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Tibet, 18th-19th century, Chakrasamvara in yab-yum, two figures embraced on a throne, mandala on base. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Tibet, 18th-19th century, Dharmapala seated on a horned beast, shown with four heads each with a jewelled crown, eight arms holding weapons and implements of worship, red and turqoise beads throughout. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Tibet, 17-18th century, Sadaksari copper statue (12cm), figure seated cross-legged with two arms meditatiing and two aloft, traces of red paint all over; bronze statue of a figure seated on a throne (12.5cm) turquoise beads on forehead, arms, and chest with traces of gilding all over; another similar. Fine; fine; fine. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
China, bronze statuette of a Chinese lion sitting, mouth open; a small bronze statue of a seated lion. Very fine; evidence of a repair to the front leg, fair. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
China, Qing Dynasty, red wood snuff bottle with carved relief floral decoration, lid with brass stopper and spoon attached, gilded maker's mark on base; another similar with landscape scene, cork stopper, spoon inside bottle, maker's mark on base. Very fine; fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
China, bronze open work incense burner, tapered hexagonal shape with two dragons as handles, each panel depicting a figure standing on an animal. Two of the feet have evidence of repair, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
China, Qing Dynasty, one of the five hundred Lohan holding a stupa with lotus emission, carved from tusk, standing on a wooden base. Yellow-brown aged patina, very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
China, Taoist bronze statue of a bearded man holding a child; hollow bronze statue of a seated man meditating on a throne. Fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
China, Blanc de Chine Kwan-yi Guanyi seated figure, maker's mark between shoulders. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
China, late 19th century, ivory carved Buddha, seated smiling, holding flower, with child on shoulder, (70mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $900
Passed in
China, early twentieth century, four panel screen, black laquered timber, depicting ladies of leisure in garden scenes, coloured ivory and mother of pearl inlay, (91 x 30 cm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
China, 19th-20th century, porcelain panel, rectangular, depicting a scholar writing at table with musician nearby, in a bamboo woodland, framed, (38.5 x 34cm); 20th century, silk painting, depicting workers cultivating a rice paddy, framed, (44.5 x 39.5cm). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Thailand, 17th-18th century, bronze filled Sakyamuni Buddha head with usnisa flame top, Sukhothai style, mounted on a wooden block. Darl brown patina, very fine.
Estimate $700
Passed in
Japan, bronze incense burners, in the form of a traditional Japanese summer house (13cm x 14cm x 9cm); another similar (6.5cm x 8.5cm x 6cm). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Carved wooden statue or candle bases, red lacquered wood. Fine. (5)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Japan, late 19th century, ivory figure of a standing Hotei/Buddha, smiling, holding large sack and staff, signed at base, (10.5cm high). Extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
Passed in
China, green jade reclining Budai Buddha on wooden stand. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
China, Qing Dynasty, serpentine jade statuette of Sakyamuni^buddha seated on a lotus throne, on a wooden base. Very^fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
China, 20th Century, translucent Jade statue of three Chinese lions chasing a monkey perched atop a tree, on a wooden base. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Near East, silver bowl with scalloped edges, rope pattern around rim and floral motif around foot, hearts around well (XRF tested 96% silver, 323g). Attractive deep irridescent toning throughout, very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420