A huge Chinese Mahakala in Yab-Yum, 19th - early 20th

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A handsome cast brass depiction of the fierce guardian deity Chakrasamvara in tantric yab-yum with the female dei

A BRONZE GROUP OF VAJRASATTVA IN UNION WITH VAJRAMAMANI, 1900s Nepal, late 19th to early 20th century. The deity cast seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus pedestal embracing his consort in yab-yum, his h

Nepal,Ca. Plaque: early 19th - 20th century Ca The wooden carving depicting a 12 armed 3 headed Deity in Yab Yum with consort, trampled victims below their feet. The copper plaque decorated in repouss

East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty to early Republic Period, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A sizable, hand-carved wooden Buddhist temple altar of a tall, rectangular form that rests upon an open

ASIAN: Embroidered antique collar and ornament, Chinese, 19th/ early 20th C., silk with gold metallic thread accents, various motifs including twin koi fish, butterfly, floral and figures, mounted and

A FINELY HOLLOWED DENDRITIC AGATE SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. Dendrites infiltrate a mass of pale lavender and spotting of caramel, ringed mask; a fine tourmaline stopper with gilt m

A DOUBLE HON MASK WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, nephrite. A strong, quadrangular bottle of multiple beveled quatrefoil panels, flanked by straight walled sides carved with r

A RARE RUSSET CARVED YELLOW JADE SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. Russet relief highlights show scholar with staff and young attendant, possibly "in pursuit of peach"; jade stai

A FINELY CARVED FLORAL SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. Heavily carved in relief with roses and asters, the underside with concave, ringed footing.Bottle: 2 1/8 in. (5.40 cm.), with stopp

A RED OVERLAY ARCHER ON HORSEBACK SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. The transparent snowstorm vessel in rounded and flattened form, overlaid in red carved depiction of archer on horseback

A FINELY PAINTED QIANLONG METAL ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, enamel on copper. A double-unit, meandering pattern and outlined lingzhi forms to the neck of the finely painted, c

A PEONY ENAMELED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, enamel on quartz. The round, flattened, and extremely well hollowed bottle enameled with blossoming peonies to both sides.Bo

GRAY JADE VASEChinese, 19th- early 20th century. A well-hollowed gray and mottled jade vase with decorative floral incisions.6 in. (15.2 cm.)

AN ELONGATED JADE GLASS DOUBLE MASK SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, glass. An exceptional bottle with everted lip, cylindrical neck, shoulders of masks with elongated ring 'handles', and

A 'BEIJING ENAMEL' 'CHILDRENS' QIANLONG SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th- early 20th century, enamel on copper. A repeating unit puce scrolled neck and yellow ground lotus sides display two opposing panels o

A FINE QIANLONG TORTOISESHELL CALLIGRAPHY POEM SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th- early 20th century. Apocryphal Xuande mark, but probably Guangxu period; the bottle of tortoiseshell panels with gold inscribe

A RARE MICRO MOSAIC FIVE CLAW DRAGON SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. Jasper, abalone, and lapis lazuli inlaid to create the scales of a five (5) claw dragon displayed to one panel with a

A FACETED SAPPHIRE BLUE SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, glass. An ovate and bulbous shaped bottle with stout, cylindrical neck above thirty-six (36) facets, flat round foot; stopper, gil

A FINE HEXAGONAL TORTOISESHELL CALLIGRAPHY SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. Apocryphal Xuande mark, but probably Guangxu period; the bottle of six (6) tortoiseshell panels with gold inscr

A BEIJING ENAMEL DOUBLE DEER AND HARE SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, enamel on copper. Two (2) rabbits and two (2) deer to both sides of the white grounded, enamel on metal vessel, term

A QIANLONG MARK FLOWER BASKET SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century. Enameled on a pale 'jade-like' slightly opaque glass, a finely handled basket of peony, peach blossoms, asters, and chrysant

A SWAN AND KOI GREEN SNOWSTORM GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, cased glass. Finely carved in red overlay with a koi to one side and swans on waves with lotus pods and blossoms to o

A DOUBLE BAT AND POMEGRANATE ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, smoky quartz. Jadeite stem-form stoppers to a pair of large and small pomegranates carved to reveal interior see

AN AMETHYST STRIPED FIVE BAT SNUFF BOTTLEChinese, 19th-early 20th century, quartz. A striation of purple through the center of the bottle, carved with shou symbol to center surrounded by five (5) bats