Asian / Ethnographic Art Bernheimer Estate

Huge Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Majiayao Culture

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Asian / Ethnographic Art Bernheimer Estate

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Featuring important Asian and Ethnographic Art from the estate of Paul and Louise Bernheimer. Paul and Louise devoted their lives to collecting and dealing in antiques. Paul was scion of the family that founded the world-famous Bernheimerhaus on Lenbachplatz in Munich, Germany, in 1864. By 1900, the Bernheimers had become official purveyors to the Court of Bavaria. Their clients included members of the European aristocracy and American magnates. Louise came to antiques, and to the business, via her professional training as a costume designer. After leaving Germany in 1939, forced into exile by the Nazis, the Bernheimers re-established themselves in the States. They eventually got back into the antique business, first as The Little Box in Norton, Massachusetts, and later, in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA as Bernheimer's Antique Arts, which ran from 1963 to 1992.

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Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Glazed Plate: China, Ming Dynasty, ca 1368 to 1644 CE. Attractive pottery plate with thick glazed surface with floral decorations over off-white base. Lovely deep patina! Size: 6.5" W x 1.125" H (16.5 cm x 2.9

0034: Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Glazed PlateEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Chinese Ming Dynasty Brown Glazed Covered Box: China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 16th century CE. Lovely pottery "box" on short foot, covered in deep heavy brown glaze. Size: 2.5" W x 1.625" H (6.4 cm x 4.1 cm). Provenance: Ex- Collection of Paul and

0034A: Chinese Ming Dynasty Brown Glazed Covered BoxEst. $200-$300

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Chinese Ming Dynasty Ceramic Water Dropper - Tiger: China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 14th to 15th century. Rare mottled glazed pottery water dropper in the form of a recumbent tiger. Impressed with spots and glazed to mimic the coloration of a tiger. Cute!

0035: Chinese Ming Dynasty Ceramic Water Dropper - TigerEst. $500-$700

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Chinese Ming / Qing Dynasty Jade Carving - Zoomorphic: Ming to Qing Dynasty, China, ca. 1368 to 1912 CE. This is a jade (nephrite) carving of some kind of animal; it may be a chimera, with a fish- or amphibian-like head (there might be gills atop the

0035A: Chinese Ming / Qing Dynasty Jade Carving - ZoomorphicEst. $300-$500

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Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Shipwreck Porcelains: Far East, China, found in the Philippines, ca. 16th century CE. This is a group of porcelain from a a Ming period Chinese shipwreck off the coast of Busuanga, Philippines. It contains a large

0035B: Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Shipwreck PorcelainsEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

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16th C. Indo-China Ming Green Glazed Ginger Jar: Southeast Asia, Indochina, Ming Dynasty, ca. 16th century CE. An elaborately decorated Ming Dynasty deep green glazed pottery jar with a shoulder that tapers to a short cylindrical neck. The body is

0036: 16th C. Indo-China Ming Green Glazed Ginger JarEst. $300-$500

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Chinese Ming to Qing Dynasty Jade Carving - B & W: China, Ming to Qing Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1912 CE. This is a carving of a piece of jade that is a milky white on one side and a deep black on the other. It has a hole through the top for suspension.

0036A: Chinese Ming to Qing Dynasty Jade Carving - B & WEst. $400-$600

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Chinese Ming to Qing Dynasty Jade Carving - Zoomorphic: Ming to Qing Dynasties, China, ca. 1368 to 1912 CE. This is a thin black jade (nephrite) carving of an animal that looks like a chimera of a fish and a pig that is curled around itself. It has some

0036B: Chinese Ming to Qing Dynasty Jade Carving - ZoomorphicEst. $400-$600

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Late Ming to Qing Dynasty Chinese Blue & White Jar: China, late Ming to early Qing Dynasty, ca. 16th to 18th century. A very finely potted covered jar decorated in blue and white glaze. Lid is decorated with 4 horses in various poses, small raised

0037A: Late Ming to Qing Dynasty Chinese Blue & White JarEst. $400-$600

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Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Jade Rabbit: China, Qing (Ching) Dynasty, ca. 1644 to 1912 (but certainly made much earlier than 1912). Carved mutton fat jade rabbit standing on all fours, body incised with floral pattern, hole through body

0038: Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Jade RabbitEst. $900-$1,200

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18th C. Chinese Green-Glazed Brinjal Bowl: China, 18th century CE. Gorgeous and quite rare early green porcelain bowl with flaring sides, incised with three sprays of flowering stems picked out in aubergine, white and yellow glazes; and a

0039: 18th C. Chinese Green-Glazed Brinjal BowlEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

18th C. Japanese Wood Dhyana Buddha: Japan, Edo Period, early 18th century (ca. 1720 CE). This is a wooden sculpture of a Buddha seated in the Dhyana mudra, the gesture of meditation, also called the full lotus position. He is covered

0039A: 18th C. Japanese Wood Dhyana BuddhaEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Chinese Qing Jade Carving Flying Lamb: China, Qing Dynasty, 1644 to 1912 CE. This is a green and reddish brown jade (nephrite) carving of a small seated lamb with fanciful wings and his legs tucked up under himself. Size: 1.6" L x 1" W x

0039B: Chinese Qing Jade Carving Flying LambEst. $400-$600

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18th C. Tibetan Gilded Bronze Dorje (Ritual Staff): Tibet, Buddhist ritual use, ca. 1775 CE. This dorje is made of gilded bronze and decorated with carved crowns and a human skull. The details on the crowns are of what appear to be falcons or some

0039C: 18th C. Tibetan Gilded Bronze Dorje (Ritual Staff)Est. $4,000-$6,000

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18th C. Burmese Gilded Wood Buddha, ex-Audry Meadows: Southeast Asia, Burma, late 18th century CE. This is a lacquered, gold-leafed wooden statue of a Buddha in the Burmese Mandalay style. He has fine carved details of his sash and hair, and the carving

0039D: 18th C. Burmese Gilded Wood Buddha, ex-Audry MeadowsEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

18th C. Nepalese Gilded Copper Panel - Bodhisattva: South Asia, Nepal, ca. 1750 CE. A gorgeous, gold gilded and lacquered copper repousse panel depicting a standing Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, with four arms raised holding attributes in each hand,

0039E: 18th C. Nepalese Gilded Copper Panel - BodhisattvaEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Chinese Qing Dynasty Blanc de Chine Water Dropper: China, Qing Dynasty, ca 18th century. Attractive pottery water dropper in the form of an abstract elephant. He stands with trunk raised (a good luck symbol), eyes left unglazed save back pupils,

0040: Chinese Qing Dynasty Blanc de Chine Water DropperEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

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Japanese Edo Period Suiteki - Rabbit Form: Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1700 to 1750 CE. Fine glazed pottery water dropper (Suiteka) in the form of a rabbit. Resting on its haunches, ears back on its shoulders, spout in its mouth, small fill-hole

0041: Japanese Edo Period Suiteki - Rabbit FormEst. $500-$700

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Rare 18th C. Japanese Bronze Suiteki Water Dropper: Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1650 to 1800 CE. Japanese fine bronze water dropper (Suiteka) in the form of a squat pitcher, embellished with dragonfly, landscape and animal form handle. Vessels such as

0041A: Rare 18th C. Japanese Bronze Suiteki Water DropperEst. $600-$800

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18th C. Thai Bronze Ayutthian Style Stupa Reliquary: Thailand, late 18th century CE. This is an Ayutthian style small bronze stupa (Chedi) reliquary. It originally had more details in black lacquer and gilt, but now it has a grey-green patina. The

0041C: 18th C. Thai Bronze Ayutthian Style Stupa ReliquaryEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

18th C. Burmese Teak Wood Monk's Trunk Panel: Southeast Asia, Burma, modern day Myanmar, ca. late 18th century CE. A front or side teak wood panel from a Buddhist monk's storage trunk, with a complex iconographic program comprised of two

0041D: 18th C. Burmese Teak Wood Monk's Trunk PanelEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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Pair Antique Japanese Ivory Netsuke - Horse & Monkeys: Far East, Japan, Meiji Period / Meiji Era to early 20th century CE. This pair of netsuke, made of African ivory, is probably from the earlier part of the listed range; the animals lack the perfect

0041E: Pair Antique Japanese Ivory Netsuke - Horse & MonkeysEst. $300-$500

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19th C. Chinese Celadon Jade Chimera: China, Qing (Ching) Dynasty, ca. 1644 to 1912 (but certainly made much earlier than 1912). Very fine jade carving in the form of a reclining Chimera. Made of celadon jade with areas of brown

0042: 19th C. Chinese Celadon Jade ChimeraEst. $600-$800Lot Passed

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Signed 18th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Jade Buddha: Far East, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An intricately sculpted miniature Buddha incised with a maker's mark on the underside, with an expressive smiling face and

0043: Signed 18th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Jade BuddhaEst. $300-$500

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