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Lot 238: jade, diamond, 18K while gold pendant enhancer. Estimate: $15,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Michaan's Auctions.

Exceptional natural jade jewelry toast of Michaan’s auction Feb. 6

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Lot 238: jade, diamond, 18K while gold pendant enhancer. Estimate: $15,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Michaan's Auctions.
Lot 238: jade, diamond, 18K while gold pendant enhancer. Estimate: $15,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Michaan’s Auctions will present its Feb. 6 sale in celebration of the Lunar Chinese New Year with more than 800 lots of fine art and furniture, jewelry, decorative art, Ethnographic art, coins and Asian works of art.

LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for the 768-lot auction, which begins at 10 a.m. Pacific.

Highlighting the jewelry and timepieces portion are exceptional examples of jade. The marquee lots are a gorgeous, natural jade pendant enhancer encrusted with over 200 diamonds and a natural jade pendant of a serene Quan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. These pieces as well as a varied selection of watches, gemstones, Mexican sterling silver and a large selection of costume jewelry will go to the highest bidder.

The Asian art portion will offer Chinese, Japanese and Southeast Asian works of art. Chinese highlights include jade and ivory carvings, porcelain, textiles, scholar’s objects, paintings and calligraphy.

Furniture and decorative arts will offer groupings of American and European sterling flatware and hollowware including a fine Art Nouveau Tiffany tea service and a circa 1791 Georgian Henry Chawner ivory mounted hot water pot, a collection of English and French earthenware, including a rare Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre bowl by Daisy Makeig Jones and a blue-green Moorcroft Tube lined vase, art glass, enameled boxes, a collection of decorative portrait miniatures and English and French furniture.

French highlights include a lovely pair of Louis XV-style giltwood Aubusson tapestries and a striking provincial bonnetiere. English star pieces include a George II side table with bal-and-claw feet, a Regency mahogany secretary in the Hepplewaite style, a Regency drop-leaf sofa table and a gout stool.

The fine art section is rich in graphics, drawings, lithographs, etching and other works on paper. Featured are a 7-foot-high woodcut by Leonard Baskin and two lithographs by George Tooker, both major American artists. Among the paintings is an oil on canvas by the well-known early California artist William Keith.

Also on Feb. 6 Michaan’s is offering a collection of Native American Indian art, including some very fine early painted pottery bowls and vases from the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest.

For details visit the website www.michaans.com or phone 510-740-0220.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

John Atencio diamond, 14K yellow gold, sterling silver pendant necklace. Estimate: $600-$900. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
John Atencio diamond, 14K yellow gold, sterling silver pendant necklace. Estimate: $600-$900. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Set of four porcelain plaques. Estimate: $800-1,200. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Set of four porcelain plaques. Estimate: $800-1,200. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Tiffany & Co. sterling four-piece tea service, 1907. Estimate: $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Tiffany & Co. sterling four-piece tea service, 1907. Estimate: $5,000-$7,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Wedgwood Fairyland Luster bowl, Daisy Makeig Jones, 1920s. Estimate: $3,000-$4,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
Wedgwood Fairyland Luster bowl, Daisy Makeig Jones, 1920s. Estimate: $3,000-$4,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
George Tooker (American b. 1920), ‘The Voice,’ lithograph, 1977. Estimate: $1,500-$2,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.
George Tooker (American b. 1920), ‘The Voice,’ lithograph, 1977. Estimate: $1,500-$2,000. Image courtesy of Michaan’s Auctions.