1st ASIAN ANTIQUES Auction-Estates/Donations

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Hadley, MA, United States

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1st ASIAN ANTIQUES Auction-Estates/Donations

Asian Antiques Gallery

Our FIRST Charity Auction of a great VARIETY of Asian Antiques will be held Sunday, May 8th @ 6:00PM Eastern Time (3:00PM California Time). All lots will be offered with NO "Hidden Reserves" and no floor bids. Everything has been carefully vetted for accuracy and no-questions Full Refund of the Hammer Price will be given for timely returns. All lots can be viewed from Friday, April 29 (9AM - 7PM incl. Sunday) through 4:00PM the day of Sale...at our Gallery, 299 Russell Street (Route 9), Hadley, MA 01035. Contact us by phone at (413)582-0032 or by email at: antiqasia88@yahoo.com You may Register in advance by email to that address or use the form here at LiveAuctioneers if you have a good auction history and/or Credit Card info posted. Bids can be left at the Gallery in person or emailed. Registration NOT required to view lots or ask questions. Please include complete lot information when writing. You can pay for winning bids with VISA, MasterCard, Discover, DinersClub, Personal or Business Check, Money orders, Bank Drafts, etc. We are volunteers here, so our 10% Buyers Premium can be low and we hope covers advertising, online auction costs, packing materials, etc. We only charge actual shipping costs and no premium for "handling". Next auction we expect will be end of June, and will feature a fine collection of over 50 Antique Chinese Scholars Rings (500BC to Republic periods) in a wide variety of shapes and materials, Annamese(Vietnamese) Ceramics and other antiques, and more SE Asian things. We can accomodate you with FREE verbal Appraisals... and written ones that are legally acceptable for Insurance and Estate purposes. THANKS for checking us out, and I wish you all success in your collecting and dealing endeavors.

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E. Zhou FISH MONEY: Four different examples of Warring States Bronze FISH MONEY, from various locations in China. An interesting part of the "Odd & Curious" money types that flourished before their banishment by the

0139: E. Zhou FISH MONEYEst. US$650-US$850

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Marble PILLAR MONEY: Two nice examples of a shape that has been found in many stone materials, with Marble being the most frequent. Gui-shaped, the white color might have been the reason since they could have been

0140: Marble PILLAR MONEYEst. US$350-US$450Lot Passed

JADE EARRING Pair: A curious pair of Curled Baby Dragon Jade Plaques: thin, hard, and very translucent, the Jade source has not survived into the modern era. Their curiousity stems from the different surfaces they

0141: JADE EARRING PairEst. US$1,200-US$1,600Lot Passed

Small Pottery Jar with GLAZE: 3-1/4" tall, glazed on the upper body, it is a characteristic pot or jar to put in the tomb. Containing food as offering to the spirits or for the use of the recently deceased, I have bought them

0142: Small Pottery Jar with GLAZEEst. US$150-US$200Lot Passed

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Warring States Bronze TIGER: Lovely small Tiger bronze money-form, that has two small loops at the back for attachment to clothing. It was worn on a shirt or jacket so a merchant could see what "trade money" was available from

0143: Warring States Bronze TIGEREst. US$250-US$350

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Stone Sew-On Amulets: Interesting Pair of Face-type small Stone Amulets that were sewn on clothes or worn in the hair. Yunnan province and E.Zhou to Han period. The left-hand example is a hardstone that does not take a

0144: Stone Sew-On AmuletsEst. US$350-US$450

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Brown Jade DRAGON Carving: Brown Jade DRAGON from the ancient State of Zhongshan - currently part of Shanxi Province. It is nicely carved and polished, with some tomb corrosion producing a bit of roughness on the surface. I

0145: Brown Jade DRAGON CarvingEst. US$2,500-US$3,500Lot Passed

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Green Jade "Magic" PLAQUE: Western Zhou Period, this Plaque features a zigzag edge, bevel-carvings and incised line designs. Such a complex piece is usually for a magic function, and the mystical designs present and absence

0146: Green Jade "Magic" PLAQUEEst. US$2,500-US$3,500

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Banded AGATE BEADS: Wonderful hand-made miniature beads from Very Hard Banded Agate. What the ancients "commented" about Agate is not known, but they put a lot of effort into making necklaces or other jewelries from it

0147: Banded AGATE BEADSEst. US$750-US$1,000Lot Passed

Ordos SPEARPOINTS - PAIR: About 3" long and not yet "sharpened". These were a form of Bronze Bullion Money - traded for their metal and later sharpened when a need for them as spearpoints arose. Found around China, but made

0148: Ordos SPEARPOINTS - PAIREst. US$300-US$400Lot Passed

Marble Plaques - NECKLACE: 11-1/2" of parallel marble plaques that were used as a choker. Double holed, excellent patina: organic beads (not surviving) may have gone the rest of the way around the neck - or just silk cord.

0149: Marble Plaques - NECKLACEEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

Large POTTERY DRAGON: Used as a base for Money Trees, with very high auction records. Artifact published in many important museum collections….the pottery has survived when the bronze trees have not. Warring States

0150: Large POTTERY DRAGONEst. US$2,000-US$2,500Lot Passed

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White Jade "RINGS": PAIR of quality ancient Manchurian White Jade Rings of the Eastern ZHOU Period 770BC-207BC). Twist design, likely attached originally with prrecious metal wire that did not survive. Very hard Jade,

0151: White Jade "RINGS"Est. US$1,800-US$2,500

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Tao' T'ieh MASK AMULET: Western ZHOU Period, this exceptional burial-cremated plaque is of Lantian Jade of Shaanxi province. Broken in the center and repaired, the seam of repair has not been covered up (and is just as I

0152: Tao' T'ieh MASK AMULETEst. US$1,700-US$2,200Lot Passed

Sinuous DRAGON PLAQUE - Han times (B.C.): Thin and well-made, the material is Pale "Yellow" Jade (actually yellow-green) with brown cloudy inclusions, and of the Hongshan Jade type stone….great translucency. Western Han or late Warring

0153: Sinuous DRAGON PLAQUE - Han times (B.C.)Est. US$2,500-US$3,500Lot Passed

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String: Banded Agate Beads: Used as Prayer Beads by Buddhist practitioners, these may have been made during the pre-Buddhist Han period, but kept or found and later adopted for a Rosary during the Six Dynasties or thereabouts.

0154: String: Banded Agate BeadsEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Large SPLIT-BI JADE RING: Of provincial manufacture and use, it may have been made for trade to a Tribal leader. The Jade is a hard and porous Manchurian material from Liaoning province, and the workmanship is rather crude

0155: Large SPLIT-BI JADE RINGEst. US$500-US$700

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MAGIC-EYE Bead collection: A nice group of 9 Eastern Zhou ceramic beads with varying but similar "magic eyes" in compatible subdued colors. In the vicinity of 1/2" size, several different makers or kilns are represented here

0156: MAGIC-EYE Bead collectionEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Choice HAN Faience Beads: Both of the pair have nice trailing brown decoration on the Blue faience-surfaced body, and measure about 1" in size. They make a nice comparison set of the general and important type ascribed to

0157: Choice HAN Faience BeadsEst. US$1,200-US$1,500Lot Passed

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Stony-Iron METEORITE: Fun collectible, this dark brown sky-stone fell in Northern Thailand and developed a nice fustion crust from the heat of traversing earths atmosphere (aka - a Shooting Star). Technically of the

0158: Stony-Iron METEORITEEst. US$150-US$200

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Large YUEH-WARE JAR: Fine form with Tao'T'ieh masks above lug handles, three bands of decoration on the upper body and a nice glazed flared mouth rim…all in a pleasing mustard green. The lower body is unglazed and had

0159: Large YUEH-WARE JAREst. US$2,700-US$3,500Lot Passed

Seated Tomb SHAMAN: Large and important Han pottery figure, 14" tall, 9-1/4" wide and about 4" deep. He would have been made to accompany the aristocratic deceased into the next world and aid in his transition to the

0160: Seated Tomb SHAMANEst. US$3,500-US$4,500Lot Passed

YUEH-GLAZED POT: Dull-green Yueh pot, nicely formed with Tao'T'ieh Mask Handles and three concentric bands or panels of decoration around the upper body. The glazed, rolled rim is fine and the lower unglazed region

0161: YUEH-GLAZED POTEst. US$1,200-US$1,600Lot Passed

6-Dynasties 4-LOBED JAR: A greenish-brown glaze sits over a tan body (base area) that fired reddish at the mouth and an area near the glaze end. The glaze shows scattered losses around (none severe) due to water seepage into

0162: 6-Dynasties 4-LOBED JAREst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

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Friday, April 29 (9AM-7PM), to Wednesday, May 4 (9AM-4PM) in the Hadley Gallery. Sunday hours for viewing will be 11AM-6PM.

Asian Antiques & Art Gallery

299 Russell St (Route 9)

Hadley, MA 01035

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All items guaranteed as represented. Hammer price cheerfully refunded upon prompt return - no questions. Please make payment arrangements within 72 hours of Auction closing. For large purchasers, some flexibility can be accomodated, with payments spread over several months. PLEASE INQUIRE. If you are a dealer and buying for "clients" your responsibility to follow these basic regulations is the same as if you were the end user. MUSEUMS and INDIVIDUALS: Please have your financing in order before the Auction so long delays are not experienced. Mass. Sales Tax of 06.25% CHARGED to residents, except where Resale Certificates have been received. Return notifications required within 7 days of receipt of goods, and shipping back within 3 days thereafter. Refunds sent within 48 hrs of our receipt of returns. VISA, MasterCard, Discover, DinersClub, Company or personal checks, bank drafts, International and Postal Money Orders, Cash if sent Registered, etc. accepted. PLEASE INDICATE WITH FIRST INVOICE HOW YOU WANT US TO SEND YOUR LOTS. That way our second or Final Invoice will include the shipping, and a single payment can take care of everything. Items may be picked up at the Gallery in the week following the Auction, or later if full payment has been made....no "storage charges" here, of course. We welcome donations and auction consignments to our charity - which benefits the Building Fund of the World Peace Foundation of Hadley, Mass. Our goal is to build a world-class Peace Monument and Peace Museum here within this decade. We will train "Ambassadors for Peace" who will go to the trouble spots of the world where religious and ethnic violence is still common....with the goal to CHANGE MINDS. We are non- political and non-religious - strictly humanitarian - and not associated with any other organization. You can also pay for Auction Lots or Sell us Gold & Silver items (scrap OK), Old Coins and Paper Money (from foreign countries and USA), Estate Jewelry, and some collectibles - all at competitive rates. Your help is greatly appreciated. GOOD LUCK. Robert

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06.25% Local Taxes Apply, unless Resale Certificate received.