Lots 311 - 320

Lot #311: CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH C.: COUPLE IN EROTIC EMBRACE
Watercolor, unframed; 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (sheet).
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $850

Lot #312: PERSIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH C.: TWO EROTIC SCENES
Watercolor, matted and framed; 9 x 5 1/2 in. (sight), 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (frame).
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $200

Lot #313: PERSIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH C: TWO EROTIC SCENES
Watercolor, matted and framed; 8 3/4 x 5 in. (sight), 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (frame).
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $25

Lot #314: THREE SMALL IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY VESSELS, WARRING STATES
One a globular bowl with deep, thinly potted sides impressed with a fine mesh pattern and applied with two s-scroll appliques below the rim; the other two miniature globular jars, also impressed with fine mesh pattern and applied with pairs of flattened lug handles on the high shoulder (minor rim chips); 1 3/4, 2 1/4 and 3 1/2 in.

A similar jar with s-scrolls applied to the shoulder in the Buffalo Museum of Science is illustrated by Walter Hockstadter, "Pottery and Stonewares of Shang, Chou and Han," B.M.F.E.A., No. 24, pl. 24, no. 93.

For similar jars with lug handles see, Mitsura Uragami, Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Neolithic Period to the Western Han, vol. II, Tokyo, 1994, p. 75, nos. 120, 124, 125 and 126; and Loehr, the catalogue of the exhibition, Relics of Ancient China, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1965, no. 64.

PROVENANCE: Christie's, New York, September 21, 1995, lot 1. The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from the Sze Yuan Tang.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00 Sold at $1300

Lot #315: CHINESE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY BOX AND COVER
The bowl and cover painted in salmon pink and pale greenish white with bands of sweeping interlaced scrolls set between decorative salmon-pink borders, the bowl raised on a shallow foot ring and the cover with a shallow rim encircling a central whorl motif, some rubbing of pigment (shallow rim chips); 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

Compare a painted pottery bowl and cover illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1955, no. 10. The shape and decoration of this lot closely follow contemporary lacquer pieces. See the bowl and cover, excavated from the tomb in Hubei in 1976, and currently in the Hubei Provincial Museum, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Chinese Ancient Lacquer, Beijing, 1987, no. 12.

PROVENANCE: Christie's, New York, September 21, 1995, lot 17. The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from the Sze Yuan Tang.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 4000.00 Sold at $1400

Lot #316: CHINESE TERRACOTTA CEREMONIAL SPOON
The rectangular handle with applied serpent-formed decoration, the wide oval-shaped dish base, raised on two back feet; 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $100

Lot #317: SMALL SICHUAN BLACK POTTERY AMPHORA JAR
Of gray pottery and black pigments, the amphora made in two vertical sections, of which the seams are visible, having been incorporated into the overall geometric design of the amphora. Oval in section, the vessel rests on a small circular for ring and is topped by a short neck fashioned in an almond-shaped section that trumpets into a lozenge-shaped lip. Two broad, flat handles extend from the lip are seamlessly absorbed into the vessel at its widest part. The vessel is decorated with two pairs of carved spirals situated at the waist, three bands of small, closely-packed vertical incisions encircle the neck in imitation of the lozenge shaped lip above. Four carved curved lines, in parallel, ripple outward from the lip on the looped handles, which is further ornamented by two finger impressions running the length of the handles; 6 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.

PROVENANCE: The Chinese Porcelain Co., NY.
Estimate: $ 700.00 - $ 900.00 Sold at $1600

Lot #318: SMALL SICHUAN BLACK POTTERY AMPHORA JAR
Of gray pottery and black pigments, the amphora made in two vertical sections, of which the seams are visible, having been incorporated into the overall geometric design of the amphora. Oval in section, the vessel rests on a small circular for ring and is topped by a short neck fashioned in an almond-shaped section that trumpets into a lozenge-shaped lip. Two broad, flat handles extend from the lip are seamlessly absorbed into the vessel at its widest part. The vessel is decorated with two pairs of carved spirals situated at the waist, three bands of small, closely-packed vertical incisions encircle the neck in imitation of the lozenge shaped lip above. Four carved curved lines, in parallel, ripple outward from the lip on the looped handles, which is further ornamented by two finger impressions running the length of the handles; 6 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.

PROVENANCE: The Chinese Porcelain Company, NY.

Similar examples: Krahl, Regina. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol.I, Azimutu Editions: London, 1994, p.52. pl.65.
Estimate: $ 700.00 - $ 900.00 Sold at $950

Lot #319: CHINESE BRONZE VESSEL
The circular lip above the cylindrical neck and baluster-shaped body, raised on a circular foot; 14 1/4 in., 10 1/2 in. diam.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $550

Lot #320: CHINESE RED POTTERY SIWA JAR
The red pottery jar of high shouldered-form with a waisted neck; the saddle-form mouth with two opposite straphandles. The body with some darker inclusions; the exterior and the interior of the mouth burnished to a glossy sheen; 7 3/4 in., diam. of mouth 7 3/4 in.

PROVENANCE: The Chinese Porcelain Company, NY;
Purchased from the above, 2005.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $525

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