Chinese in California Covers with Contents (115147)

Lot of 4. 1) Tuck Hing & Co., Stockton to Wing Tai Lung Wo Kee in San Francisco in 1920. Note in Chinese. Chinese characters on cover. 2) Wing Hop Co., Oxnard, Ventura County. Sent to Chinese merchant

Lot of 10. No contents. Covers: Gum Yuen Co. (Hanford, 1936); Dr. TW Hing (Sacramento, 1910); Wah Lee & Co. (Santa Barbara, 1910); Yee Lee & Co. (Nevada City, 1905); Ung Song Wau Co. (Santa Barbara, 1

Provenance:Property from The Saul Brandman Foundation, Beverly Hills, California.A Chinese Export Porcelain Tureen And Cover between iron-red boar's head handles: 12 in.(30.48 cm.) W: 8 1/2 in. (21.59

Lot of 3. 1) Lim Yen, Upholster and House Cleaning, Reno. Sent in 1903 to San Francisco. Chinese characters written on the left. No contents. 2) Hi Lay Jan & Co., Winnemucca. Sent in 1911 to SF. Inclu

DA MING JIA JING NIAN ZHI six character mark in underglaze blue (1522–1566) and of the period. Provenance: Private california collector. Missing cover and repaired. Height: 14.5in, width: 16in.

Chinese Snuff Bottles from Southern California Collectors, published in 2017 by The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, hard cover and very good condition!

Autograph ("W.M. Gwin") in upper corner of small envelope to the Secretary of the Treasury. No contents or stamp. 2.75 x 5.25" While a politician, William McKendree Gwin was a major proponent of Calif

Of drum form, the faceted body decorated with a raised 'hundred antiques' design, each of the six lobes depicting different items, in between scrolling flowers pattern at the top and bottom, and a cov

Chinese. The set consists of a teapot and four cups, the base, interior of the covers, and bottom of handle impressed with marks, attributed to Zhou Guizhen. 20th Century. Height: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm) W

The vase is of baluster form, with waisted neck and layered body, the tea-dust glaze covers the vase, the bottom glazed in brownish-red. Qing Dynasty period. Height: 6 3/4 in (16.7 cm) Width: 3 1/2 in

Of rectangular section, the body of slightly tapered form rising from a low splayed foot, the body finely carved in low relief with stylized taotie mask in the central band below band of lotus foliage

The cover decorated in blue, red and red enamels with a stylized lotus bud encircled by eight lotus petals, further surrounded by eight alternating lotus flower borne on meandering scrolls, all reserv

In the form of an archaic bronze guang, the pouring vessel of an oval cross-section, decorated in high relief with two clambering chilong extending from body to the mouth, the body decorated in shallo

Of circular form, the side incised with a band of geometric pattern, the underside carved with four character mark to the center enclosed by a band of key-fret pattern further surrounded by a band of

Chinese. Of ewer shape with pouring rim and animal-head handle, cast with taotie masks around the body, the two head cover formed by mythical beast with horns and protruding eyes, the bronze with an a

清 白玉四方鏤空小香盒 The small censer with body and cover finely reticulated on each side, supported on a wooden stand. Qing Dynasty period

Chinese. Of rectangular section and archaistic You form, body carved with taotie mask in relief, the neck flanked by a pair of bird handles interlinked with a long arched handle, the domed cover surmo

Modelled in the form of the chinese musical instrument Guqin, exterior finely enamelled with meandering lotus scrolls, the center with a medallion of chrysanthemum flower and Xi character, all reserve

Qing Dynasty period. Of globular form, set with lion-mask ring handles to either side, raised on three short cabriole legs, the cover with a 'chilong' knop, the body carved with a raised band of geome

Chinese. Modelled in the form of recumbent ram with cover as the lamp base. Han Dynasty or later. Height: 3 5/8 in (9.0 cm) Width: 5 1/8 in (13.0 cm)

Chinese. Of globular form, the cover top carved through cinnabar lacquer layers to depict two scholars conversingudner large wutong tree, the body carved with friezes of dense scrolling lotus decorati

Supported on three beast feet, the body is of compressed globular form, flanked by two dragon heads suspended with loose ring, the cover further surmounted with a sinuous chilong. Qing Dynasty period.

Chinese. Of globular form, gilt-decorated and enamelled with xi characters and lotus flowers, the cover similarly painted and surmounted with a lotus bud finial, the base inscribed with Jiaqing reign

Of circular form, the cover surmounted with a gilt-bronze phoenix in high relief. Qing Dynasty period. Height: 1 7/8 in (4.8 cm) Diameter: 3 9/16 in (9 cm)