Chinese painting, Ming Dynasty, overall size 83 x 40 inches (211 x 102 cm), image: 71 x 36 inches (180 x 91 cm). Estimate: $5,000-$7,000. Material Culture image.
Asian highlights include a Chinese Ming period painting of deer in a pastoral mountain setting, purchased from the Damion Spelios collection in the early 1990s; a group of five 18th/19th century Chinese silk dragon robes from a private New York collection; an outstanding 19th century Indian Pichvai painting rendered in brilliant body colors and gold leaf; and an early Ming period bronze vase in archaic style from the collection of Kirk Lawson.
Highlights among the many antiquities offered are 28 lots of fine Gandharan (second to third century) artifacts from the collection and estate of Alvin Newman, including an outstanding gray schist bust of the Buddha.
Ethnographic arts include an outstanding Solomon Islands ceremonial paddle of carved wood and inlaid pearl shell (provenance: J.J. Klejman Sale 9/24/1974, Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York); a Nigerian Yoruba “Ile Ori” headdress of monumental scale from an important private Montreal collection; and a wide selection of early/mid 20th century African artifacts from several estates in Pennsylvania and California.
Highlights of textile arts include a rare Coptic piece with a totemic “evil eye” symbol in surprisingly clear, well-preserved colors; a fine 19th century Bolivian ponchito; an 18th/19th century Greek Island embroidery, silk on linen, in an Ottoman prayer rug design; and an array of 19th C. Central Asian textiles, including an outstanding collection of silk Uzbek robes, as well as several outstanding silk embroidered suzanis.
Among the more than 150 estate carpets offered are many fine 19th century Caucasian pieces, including an outstanding mid-19th century Marasali prayer rug from the estate of Alvin Newman. Among the Asian, Tibetan and Chinese carpets being offered, there is an outstanding 18th century Khotan “saf” carpet formerly in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
For details contact the Material Culture auction department at 215-438-4700.
ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
Chinese painting, Ming Dynasty, overall size 83 x 40 inches (211 x 102 cm), image: 71 x 36 inches (180 x 91 cm). Estimate: $5,000-$7,000. Material Culture image. Fine 19th century pichvai, Nathdwara, Rajisthan, India. Image: 52 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (133 x 85 cm). Estimate: $1,500-$2,500. Material Culture image. Solomon Islands ceremonial paddle, carved wood inlaid with pearl shell, 28 1/2 x 7 x 1 inches (72 x 18 x 3 cm). Estimate: $1,500-$2,500. Material Culture image. Chinese silk dragon robe, 18th/19th century, 62 1/2 x 50 inches (159 x 127 cm). Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Material Culture image. Marasali prayer rug, Caucasus, mid-19th century, ends expertly rewoven, 4 feet 7 inches x 3 feet 4 inches (140 x 102 cm). Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Material Culture image. Gray schist head of a bodhisattva, Gandhara, second-third century, 8 x 5 x 6 inches (20 x 13 x 15 cm). Estimate: $800-$1,200. Material Culture image.
