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Asheville, NC, United States
Auction Details
Brunk Auctions May 28-29th Sale
Brunk Auctions
Important modern works of art including Romare Bearden, Motherwell, Picasso, Chihuly; Part two of the Bridge to Heaven Jade Collection, over 50 pieces of important Chinese jade; Chinese porcelains, bronze, scrolls, paintings and furniture; Silver including Savannah coin teapot and creamer, Cartier Puiforcat flatware, Hepplewhite tea service; American works of art by N.C. Wyeth, Koerner, Albright, Wiggins; British and Continental furniture, accessories, and art including old master paintings, bronze, Meissen, Chelsea faience, garden furniture; Important collection of banks and toys collected in the 1930's; American and Southern furniture, folk art, pottery, Charleston slave tags, Shelton sisters baskets; Important American and British autographs and letters including presidential and founding fathers, Thomas Edison autograph and light bulb, 1525 Papal bull of Pope Clement VII, British noblemen autograph collection; Jewelry and gold including diamond tennis bracelet, solitaire ring, wedding set, pearl necklace, Patek Philippe and Tiffany watches.
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![Finely Carved Wood Picture Frame: Chinese, late 19th/early 20th century, very intricately carved with dragons balanced on three-legged toads, processions with immortals mounted on [qilins,] buffaloes, cartouches with village scene,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125112_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![Ivory Brush Pot: Chinese, 19th century, finely carved with figures and buildings in a garden on a reticulated ground of coin pattern, on a base with three [ruyi-]head feet between lotus and vine aprons, 4-1/2 in.,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125113_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)




![Inlaid Wood Table Screen: Chinese, 18th and 19th century, hardwood with abalone inlay, rectangular frame held by trestle style stand, shaped brackets, 30-1/2 x 20 x 8-1/4 in., [brackets loose, very minor losses to inlay;]](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125118_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)



![Four Bronze Mirrors: one "TLV" type, triangle borders, square cartouche circled by eight nipples, beasts, Chinese, Han Dynasty (BC 206-AD 220), 4-1/4 in., [minor corrosion;] one with dragon border, four lions separated](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125122_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)


![Bronze Figure of Shakyamuni Buddha: Chinese, 19th/20th century, in the style of Gandhara, seated in [dhyanasana] on a throne flanked by lions, a vignette of acolytes and buddhas before the throne cloth, 8-3/8 in., minor voids and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125125_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)

![Bronze Figure of Avalokitesvara: Chinese, 18th century, Ming style, old lacquered surface, the three-faced twelve-armed [bodhisattva] seated in [dhyanasana] pose, primary arms with hands together, other arms radiating down and up](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125127_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)





![Silver Tripod Censer: Chinese, modern, reticulated lid with bixie finial, embossed [ruyi] head border with phoenixes and vines, waisted neck, embossed flattened ovoid body with dragons and vines, bixie handles, lion head](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125133_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![[Kesi] Chair Panel: Chinese, 18th century, gold-thread ground with finely woven bat with [ruyi] scepter, phoenix on rock formation, lotus flanked by clouds and bats, pagoda at waves with bats overhead, [tama] floating](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/24872/9125134_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
