Gemstone Cat's-Eye Hand-Held Beads

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The main beads are deep-blue lapis lazuli with purple-red spacers, a gilt floral back-cloud, and pendants of ruby and pearl. Single bead diameter 1.5 cm, 141 g.

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Gemstone Cat's-Eye Hand-Held Beads

Lot 0035

Estimate $1,000-$6,000Oct 11, 2026, 2:30 AM EDT

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October Treasure Art Auction

Oct 11, 2026, 2:30 AM EDT

ON, NO, Canada

Tianhuang Stone Bi Carved with Sutra on Back, Maitreya Offering Treasure: A circular bi; the outer face is carved in relief with Maitreya and a boy. Supplied with a square black-lacquered box whose lid is gold-traced with a landscape-figure scene. H 1.1 cm, Diameter 7.5

Oct 11, 2026Tianhuang Stone Bi Carved with Sutra on Back, Maitreya Offering Treasure

$500

Copper Swat Seated Buddha: Of bronze with old patina. The Buddha wears a crown and multiple strands of jewelry, seated in full lotus position on a lotus throne with a small guardian figure below the base. H 23 cm.

Oct 11, 2026Copper Swat Seated Buddha

$500

Xuande-Marked Underglaze-Blue and Copper-Red Ewer with Dragon-Phoenix and Floral Scrolls, Ming: Of white porcelain; the body is painted with a phoenix in underglaze blue and copper-red floral scrolls, with an applied iron-red chi-dragon. Cover, spout and handle complete; lotus-petal band near

Oct 11, 2026Xuande-Marked Underglaze-Blue and Copper-Red Ewer with Dragon-Phoenix and Floral Scrolls, Ming

$500

Embroidery of Bamboo, Crane and Spring, Republic Period: A kesi (silk tapestry) work on a tan-yellow ground depicting green bamboo, cranes and flying birds by a waterside; the whole is framed for hanging. L 151 cm, W 76 cm.

Oct 11, 2026Embroidery of Bamboo, Crane and Spring, Republic Period

$500

Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Bronze Mirror with Coiled Dragons: A circular bronze mirror; the back is inlaid in mother-of-pearl with twin dragons on a ground densely set with turquoise chips; the knob is of verdigris copper. Diameter 20.5 cm.

Oct 11, 2026Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Bronze Mirror with Coiled Dragons

$500

Bogus-Object (Shi Sheng) Cabbage Brush Washer: A Qing bogus-ware scholar's vessel modelled as a cabbage, whose name puns on 'a hundred fortunes'. The glaze is highly realistic ?? the yellow-green gradation of the leaves and the wrinkled texture

Oct 11, 2026Bogus-Object (Shi Sheng) Cabbage Brush Washer

$500

Cypress Plank Painting: A wood panel painted in colour with a landscape-figure scene: four ancients converse amid pines and crags while a hunting dog waits nearby. In the upper left is a vertical Chinese title slip; the

Oct 11, 2026Cypress Plank Painting

$500

Pre-Ming Cypress Kesi Happy-Buddha Hanging Panel: A Tibetan Buddhist silk-tapestry (kesi) thangka whose principal is the dual-bodied Happy Buddha. The blue-bodied Buddha sits in lotus position embracing his consort, against a ground of gilt

Oct 11, 2026Pre-Ming Cypress Kesi Happy-Buddha Hanging Panel

$500

Agate Bead Bracelet: An old-bead bracelet: the main beads are barrel-shaped old red agate with the patina of age, separated by black coconut-shell spacers, with a ribbed agate accent bead in the middle. The bead forms

Oct 11, 2026Agate Bead Bracelet

$500

Aquamarine Hand-Held Beads: Aquamarine hand-held beads: clear pale-blue stones with buddha-head and pendant. For wearing or reciting, pure and bright, symbolising peace. Single bead diameter 1.3 cm, 84 g.

Oct 11, 2026Aquamarine Hand-Held Beads

$500

Pair of Pre-Ming Pottery War Horses: Of earthenware retaining red, green, white and blue painted decoration. The two horses stand facing each other, both with saddlery and pendant ornaments, long tassels on their heads; details of the

Oct 11, 2026Pair of Pre-Ming Pottery War Horses

$500

Pearl Carved Fu-Shou Multi-Treasure Court Necklace: Kept in a round brocade box lined with yellow satin. The main beads are white pearls with purple-red spacer beads, accented with red-green gem ornaments, a jade back-cloud pendant and purple-red

Oct 11, 2026Pearl Carved Fu-Shou Multi-Treasure Court Necklace

$500

Amber Snuff Bottle: Of orange-yellow amber with natural flowing grain, bottle-shaped, with a threaded metal mouth and a red domed stopper. H 9.3 cm, L 3.3 cm, W 2.2 cm, 37.5 g.

Oct 11, 2026Amber Snuff Bottle

$500

Gilt Copper Guanyin, Northern Wei: Total H 73 cm, W 24 cm; copper-bodied and gilded, with verdigris. The Guanyin stands on a double-lotus base, wearing a crown; the right hand makes the abhaya (fearless) mudra. The robes and jewelry

Oct 11, 2026Gilt Copper Guanyin, Northern Wei

$500

Hongshan Jade Pig-Dragon: Of greenish jade with dense yellow-brown calcification; C-shaped and coiled, pig-head form, body incised with curling-cloud pattern, a perforation at the back and a large circular hole at the centre.

Oct 11, 2026Hongshan Jade Pig-Dragon

$500

Xianfeng Zhongbao 'Dang Shiwu' Charm Coin: Of brass, round with a square hole. The obverse reads 'Xianfeng zhongbao' in regular script read across; the coin is thick and covered with reddish-brown patina. T 0.2 cm, Diameter 5.3 cm, 32 g.

Oct 11, 2026Xianfeng Zhongbao 'Dang Shiwu' Charm Coin

$500

Gilt-Copper Inlaid Hetian Jade Hu-Figure Pendant: A greenish-white jade openwork figure of a Hu person, mounted in an oval gilt frame with scrolling floral scrolls, with a woven gold cord punctuated by blue segments and knotted to the jade pendant.

Oct 11, 2026Gilt-Copper Inlaid Hetian Jade Hu-Figure Pendant

$500

Majiayao Culture Human-Head Painted Pottery Jar: The mouth is modelled as a human head with clear features; the body is painted in black with banded, triangular and zigzag patterns accented in red, with twin loop handles at the sides. H 26 cm,

Oct 11, 2026Majiayao Culture Human-Head Painted Pottery Jar

$500

Double-Eared Flat Vase with Yellow-Ground Famille-Rose Sea-Wave and Iron-Red Dragon, Qianlong, Qing: The body is decorated on a yellow ground with panels of red dragons amid sea waves; the ears bear iron-red 'shou' (longevity) characters. It comes with a deeply carved cloud-dragon wood box with a

Oct 11, 2026Double-Eared Flat Vase with Yellow-Ground Famille-Rose Sea-Wave and Iron-Red Dragon, Qianlong, Qing

$500

Jadeite Bangles: Round-section bangles showing green, purple and yellow in one piece, of translucent stone with a lustrous polished surface. Inner diameter 5 cm.

Oct 11, 2026Jadeite Bangles

$500

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