- PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE COVERED
PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE COVERED TEMPLE JAR LAMPS...Pair of Chinese Blue and White Covered Temple Jars Mounted as Lamps , on teak wood bases, decorated with Chinese dragons which are also known as East Asian dragon or Long. The dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and East Asian culture at large. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. White drum shades included.
Height 16 in.
Condition:
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
- CHINESE WHITE GLAZED "CHILONG" VASEof
CHINESE WHITE GLAZED "CHILONG" VASEof bottle form, having a flared foot and garlic bulb neck, applied and red glazed chilong decoration, impressed mark to base, 12 in.
Note: During the days of Imperial China, the Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial strength and power. The Chinese dragon, also known as loong, long, or lung, is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. They traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, typhoons, and floods. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it in East Asian culture.
Provenance: Private Collection, Colorado
Condition:
residue, embedded dust, spotting, scratching, some flaking to glaze, wear to foot ring
- Three Chinese Green-Glazed Pottery Models
Three Chinese Green-Glazed Pottery Models and A Chinese Pottery Rectangular Cosmetic Box
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220)
comprising of an architectural model of a duck pen and watch tower with several birds, ducks, turtles and fishes, a model of a duck pond in a darker green glaze, and a model of a rice huller and window on a rectangular base with three sides on a rising wall. The cosmetic box is completely covered by the decorated cover in orange-red and black pigments, the top is surmounted by four bosses between a lower rectangular band.
Height of largest 13 1/2 in., 34.3 cm.
- Four Zuni Silver Jewelry Pieces, comprised
Four Zuni Silver Jewelry Pieces, comprised of a vintage Zuni cuff bracelet with rows of alternating silver beads and turquoise nuggets, the outer edges set with a roll of flush inlaid turquoise, the back engraved with a corn plant and "Jobeth Mayes, Maize Zuni"; a matching Zuni silver and mosaic inlay cuff bracelet and ring, each with an oval mother-of-pearl cabochon inlaid with a bluebird in coral and turquoise, the bracelet flanked by two smaller oval mother-of-pearl cabochons; and a Zuni silver necklace with thirteen cast silver fetishes of various animals (including birds, frogs, turtles and fish), l. 24".
- Native American Engraving After John
Native American Engraving After John White Incolarum Virginiae piscandiratio (The Inhabitants of Virginia's Manner of Fishing), by Theodore De Bry, after watercolor by John White, from De Bry's Great Voyages, Vol. 1, part XIII, Frankfurt, originally published 1590 (probably a later printing), Native Americans in a canoe fishing and smoking fish depicted in foreground, elaborate fishing weirs and Native Americans spear-fishing in background, abundant marine life pictured including crabs, horse shoe crabs, stingrays, turtles and fish, Latin title and text description next to image, on laid paper with fleur-de-lis watermark, 19 x 13-1/2 in. (page),