Lot# 2534

Chinese jade boulder (hetian zhiyu), the translucent celadon green stone delicately carved and undercut as a natural grotto with a pair of elderly sage drinking tea on a garden terrace with elaborate pavilions and sheltered by pines partially obscured by clouds continuing to the opposite side to reveal a waterfall and plank bridge framed by wooded cliffs, the russet-colored skin incorporated into the design, with carved wooden stand, 6.5''h

Lot# 2504

Chinese Manchu inscribed spinach green jade imperial-style edict scroll holder, fashioned from two cylindrical tubes joined at center by threaded gilt metal rims, the exterior divided into four registers separated by narrow scroll bands, the upper register with a 50-character poem above alternating Manchu and Chinese inscriptions with an apocryphal Qianlong seal on the second and third bands, the bottom with 40-characters preceeded by a larger four-character legend, a palace workshop seal carved to the top, with traces of inlaid gilt contrasting with the dark green matrix flecked with black, 10.25''h

Lot# 2505

Chinese Manchu inscribed spinach green jade moonflask vase, each of the flat circular faces carved in semi-formal script with a classic Chinese seven-character poetic couplet flanked by a Manchu translation to either side, one face with an apocryphal seal reading 'Qianlong yuzhi', additional lines of Manchu on the curving sides below the cylindrical neck, all supported on a tall splayed foot, the deep green colored matrix suffused with lighter colored flecks, 9.75''h

Lot# 2482

Chinese rare angel-skin coral carving, Qing dynasty, probably 18th century, featuring a female immortal holding a peony sprig and circular fan, her flowing robes forming a support for a crested pheasant, the coral matrix of soft pink tone suffused with white, the fitted wooden stand with wire inlay, 6.75''h

Lot# 2503

Chinese tian-huang seal, the rectangular seal carved and incised to the top with a fu-lion and pup, the bottom with a six-character seal script legend, the translucent polished stone of honey-yellow tone with darker swirling inclusions, 1.5''sq

Lot# 2554

Chinese peacock blue glazed jar, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century, the high-shouldered ovoid body with a wide mouth encircled by a short neck with a rolled rim, covered overall in a rich turquoise glaze suffused with fine crackle and pooling slightly at the slightly flared foot, together with a box inscribed in Japanese 'Dai-Shin Koki kujaku-rokuyu marutsubo'(=Qing Kangxi peacock-blue glaze round jar) (kiln flaw), 8.25''h; Provenance: former Japanese private collection

Lot# 2542

Chinese peach bloom glazed bee-hive ceramic water pot, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, exterior covered overall in a mottled red glaze pooling in the slightly recessed pair of 'dragon' medallions ([ ]anhua) on the sloping sides, the base with a six-character apocryphal Yongzheng mark within an underglaze blue double ring, 3.5''h

Lot# 2536

Chinese small two-section wooden table screen with hetian white nephrite plaque, of oval shape and well carved as a figure of the bodhisattva Manjusri holding a ruyi-head scepter while seated in a pose of royal ease on a lotus pedestal in front of a grotto, the translucent greenish-white stone set off by a rectangular rosewood frame inscribed 'pudu zhongsheng' (= giving relief to all living beings) and supported on a separately fashioned base pierced with foliate decoration, overall:10.25''h x 7.25''w

Lot# 2566

Chinese large polychrome enamel painted porcelain plaque, featuring rooster and hen in a landscape, the top left entitled 'ji ming sheng shi' (= rooster crows in prosperity) along with a long poetic colophon, preceded by the cyclical date renwu (=1942) and signed 'Cheng Yiting' (1895-1948) at Zhushan, seal reads 'Yi ting', together with a reticulated wooden stand, overall: 36.75''h x 30.5''w, plaque: 27.25''h x 27.25''w