Done
Asheville, NC, United States
Auction Details
Brunk Auctions January 8-9, 2011 Sale
Brunk Auctions
Asian art including the Bridge to Heaven Collection of fine carved jade, View of the Bund at Shanghai attributed to Chow Kwa, works by Wu Jian, and important Chinese ceramics; Fine Art including Old Masters, Dutch, Italian, and French school, works by Stephen Scott Young, Colin Watson, Ken Hamilton, John Koch, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali; Photography by Edward Weston, Edward Curtis, Eugene Atget, Alfred Stieglitz; Important American furniture including a Garvan family blockfront chest and Thomas Pearsall New York clock; Southern furniture including pieces from the Collection of Philip and Charlotte Hanes of Winston-Salem; British and Continental furniture and accessories; Musical instruments including Gibson guitars and 18th century mandolins; American, British, and Continental silver; Jewelry including diamond, sapphire, emerald, ruby rings, bracelets, Tiffany and Rolex watches.
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![Large Arita Porcelain Bowl: Japanese, late 19th/early 20th century, blue and white, interior with [shishi] cavorting between peonies, rocks, verso with [karakusa] design, base with apocryphal Chenghua mark, 5-1/2 x 21-1/4 in.,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342312_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Imari Charger: Japanese, early 20th century, central blue double [vajra,] cartouches with Jo and Uba, the Takasago couple, verso with blue flowering vines, 2-3/4 x 18 in., very minor wear and loss to glaze and gilt](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342313_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)

![Pair Bronze Guardian Dogs (Komainu): Japanese, late 19th/early 20th century, finely modeled with muscular bodies, curling manes and tails, fierce expressions, one with mouth open for [ah], the other with mouth closed for [um]](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342315_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)

![Pair Bronze [Hu-]Form Vases: Japanese, late 19th/early 20th century, deep brown patina, mirror image, necks with applied dragons holding pearls over carved and applied clouds, waves and rocks, 12 in., scratches, wear and loss to](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342317_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)



![Bronze Figure of a Deity: Nepal, 19th century, the multi-armed figure dancing in [ardhaparyankasana] on a lotus throne flanked by two archers, separately cast foliate aureola with birds on a plinth set in a circular concave](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342321_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Bronze Altar Group of Tara, Kinnara: Nepal, 19th century, three bronze figures with brass-mounted wood stand, top with green velvet and gold braid, Tara seated in [lalitasana] pose on a lotus throne, holding lotus stems, her right foot](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342322_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Two [Zushi] (Traveling Shrine): Japanese, 19th century, black-lacquered wood cases with gilt interiors, brass mounts, one [zushi] with Buddha standing with lotus before a mandorla in a stepped and waisted base, 17-1/4 in., [loss to](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342323_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)


![Double [Jian] (Sword): Chinese, 19th century, two double-edged blades with brass-inlaid dots, flat-backed hilts with horn grips, brass pommels and cross-guards with engraved and molded dragons, lion masks, housed in a ray](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/23508/8342326_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)


