WARREN, Maine – On Wednesday, February 9 at 10 am Eastern time, Vintage Accents Auctions will present Far East Flair, a sale of more than 500 lots of Chinese antiques, artifacts and decorative accessories, including porcelain objects, fine furniture, paintings and drawings, carvings, textiles, antiquities, and enamel and metal work. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Featured Chinese porcelain lots include a pair of blue and white lidded temple jars with Phoenix bird and trailing lotus decoration, estimated at $1,500-$2,500; a 19th-century blanc de chine figure of legendary Buddhist monk Bodhidharma seated above the waves, estimated at $1,000-$2,000; and a pair of rouleau floor vases with painted scenes of woman and children playing in a garden.
Furniture will be led by a Chinese black lacquered robe cabinet painted with flowers, scholar’s tools and fortune symbols, and fitted with three interior shelves, estimated at $1,000-$2,000; an early 20th-century Tibetan polychrome painted chest with an identical estimate; and a Kang-form elmwood low storage cabinet.
Also on offer is a watercolor and ink scroll painting of lotus blossoms and sturgeon by Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899-1983), as well as The Historical Story of Twenty-Four Filial Sons, an early 20th-century book of watercolor on rice paper paintings that carries an estimate of $800-$1,200.
Among the many carved pieces in the sale will be a delicate boxwood carving of a standing Guanyin figure, possibly created during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722); two jade cong vessels; and a variety of carved jade amulets, sculptures and utensils.
Other items of interest include an archaic form Peking glass lidded jar, estimated at $700-$900; a pair of Song Dynasty bottle form glazed pottery funerary offering urns, estimated at $800-$1,200; and a lot of two enamel on copper snuff bottles collectively estimated at $800-$1,200.
The Vintage Accents Auctions gallery will be open for previews by appointment only. Please call 207-354-8141 to schedule an appointment, or for more information.
A subsidiary of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Vintage Accents Auctions conducts frequent online sales that feature a diversity of art, antiques and decorative objects curated to appeal to a broad audience – and all with modest opening bids. Vintage Accents sales are designed to let users experience the fun and excitement of a live auction at a pace that is comfortable for both experienced users as well as people new to participating online.
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