Chinese Carved Jadeite Urn

Chinese Jadeite covered vase/urn with phoenix and chilong designs.
CIRCA: Late 19th – Early 20th Century.
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: H: 7.5″ x W: 3″ x L: 3.5″

Ex Christies Grade A Jadeite Gold Mounted Brooch

Ex Christie’s Auction Guaranteed GIA Grade A Jadeite carved on both sides, yellow and gold mounted brooch. (Grade A Jadeite Guaranteed- GIA certificate lost.)

CIRCA: Late Qing Dynasty
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: H: 58mm x L: 37mm (Total Weight: 21.68 Dwt.)

Pair of 18th Cent. Doucai Porcelain Jars with Wood

A pair of Doucai porcelain jars with yellow ground color and wood covers. Has Chenghua mark at underside.
CIRCA: 18th Cent. Possibly Older.
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: H: 9.75″ x D: 7.5″

Chinese Formal “Chaopao” Silk Court Robe with Dragons

Chinese formal “Chaopao” silk court robe. Decorated with 5 clawed Dragons. Extremely fine craftsmanship with very stitching to the silk and gilt wires. Completed with original gilt buttons.
CIRCA: 18th Cent. Qing Dynasty.
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: H: 50″ x W: 83″

Large Chinese Jade Peach Shaped Brush Washer

A large Chinese Celadon jade peach-formed brush washer.

Provenance: From a private collection

CIRCA: 18th – 19th Cent.
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: H: 3.5″ x W: 7″ x L: 6.5″

Chinese Imperial Gilt Bronze Embellished Panel Tribute

Chinese Imperial gilt bronze tribute box with hand chased enamel and sea pearl panels, further accented with ruby like colored glass embellishments, completed with with mirror along lid and bottom opens revealing hidden compartment.

See Bonhams November 24th 2013 Lot [15] for similar box sold for $136,126

CIRCA: 18th Century. (Qianlong)
ORIGIN: China
DIMENSIONS: H: 1.75″ x W: 2.5″ x L: 3″

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Lower Sepik River Figure, Kandimbong

Lower Sepik River Figure, male ancestor Kandimbong, with headdress and mask-like face, geometric design on back of neck, and wearing original mal or loin-cloth.

In his Diary page 163 (lot 108 box F1), Ledoux may have been referring to this particular figure when he writes: “Collected a malita (pidg.) or NUMARUKIRAR. First scratched a bit …, then given to woman to make her like you….Collected small figures. One male one to put on canoe bow with food offerings to make the canoe go well….little figures remain on the shore but a big one with a mal goes along in the stern of the canoe. These are also called Kandimbong … ”

Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea

Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, fiber
Dimensions: H12 1/2″
Technique: Carved

Openwork Figure, Kopar / Angoram

Openwork carved figure, Kopar / Angoram style, with white stripes, red and yellow pigment, shell and rope ornamentation. Anthropomorphic.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art describes a similar openwork figure attributed to the collection of Wolfgang Paalen, a Surrealist painter (1905-1959). as being used perhaps as dance wands. The long beak-like nose and lean body likely represent powerful spirits.

Similar figure held by the Uebersee-Museum in Bremen, Germany is described by Suzanne Greub (see Similar items below) in 1985 “In the area of Angoram … , figures of this kind seem to have been carried at dances tied to short bamboo wands.”

Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, pigment, shell, rope
Dimensions: H 26″ / 66 cm
Technique: Carved

Lower Sepik River Figure, Male Kandimbong

Lower Sepik River Figure, male Kandimbong with loin cloth

Lower Sepik River Figure, Kandimbong, with long nose, standing on pedestal, mask-like face, big round eyes, spiral design on shoulders and shoulder blades, fiber armband, wearing mal (loin cloth).

In his Diary page 163 (lot 108 box F1), Ledoux may have been referring to this particular figure when he writes: “Collected a malita (pidg.) or NUMARUKIRAR. First scratched a bit …, then given to woman to make her like you….Collected small figures. One male one to put on canoe bow with food offerings to make the canoe go well….little figures remain on the shore but a big one with a mal goes along in the stern of the canoe. These are also called Kandimbwag …”

Similar figure displayed at 2015 Myth + Magic, Art of the Sepik River exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, and labeled “Kandimbong [ancestor figure] early 20th century prior to 1936, wood, fiber, ochre, wood, bark cloth”.

Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, fiber
Dimensions: H11″ / 28cm
Technique: Carved

Paracas Bone Spatula / Drug Spoon w/ Spotted Jaguar

**Originally Listed At $6000**

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Paracas, ca. 400 to 200 BCE. Very interesting bone (appears to be a human radius) implement used to stir and mix hallucinogenic drugs. Carved with long scoop, head of the bone in the form of a spotted jaguar, decorated with added shell eyes, and drilled spots. An additional pair of incised feathers adorns the area just below the feline. To the ancient Andeans, jaguars were creatures top be feared and yet revered. They are often represented in ancient Andean art sometimes in very menacing forms, others in forms that are almost amusing. Quite rare this nice! Size: 10.25″ L x 1.5″ W (26 cm x 3.8 cm)