Auction Preview: Asian and International Auction at Steven's Art & Antiques, Pasadena, July 21
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What: Asian and International AuctionWhere: Steven's Art & Antiques, Pasadena, 140 S Rosemead Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107, USAWhen: July 21; 11.00 am PSTTop lots of the sale:- Blue and white finely potted qinghua porcelain vase, a big plate, a couple of bowlAuction Preview: Asian and International Auction at Steven's Art & Antiques, Pasadena, July 21
What: Asian and International AuctionWhere: Steven's Art & Antiques, Pasadena, 140 S Rosemead Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107, USAWhen: July 21; 11.00 am PSTTop lots of the sale:- Blue and white finely potted qinghua porcelain vase, a big plate, a couple of bowls anlog with a stem cup. Estimate: $ 200,000 - $ 400,000- Blue and White Garlic Mouth Vase; Qianlong Period. A finely potted qinghua porcelain vase, bearing a rounded bottom from a slender neck to a faintly bulbous garlic shaped mouth. The body is decorated with repeating flowering sprays of «Three Abundances (sanduo),» and surrounded by stylized patterns on the neck and at the foot over a light ground tinged with celadon green. H: 10 7/8 in (27.6 cm) W: 5 1/2 in (14 cm) Ft: 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm) M: 1 1/4 in (3.2 cm). Estimate: $ 200,000 - $ 250,000- Impressive 19th Century Gilt Palden Lhamo Statue. A crown of five skulls sit atop her flaming hair while her right ear has a poisonous snake and the left, a lion. A necklace of wet skulls hangs around her neck and she wears an elephant skin. She crosses over the sea of blood on her steed, a mule with a saddle made from human skin along with two other wrathful deities. H: 55 1/4 in (140.3 cm) W: 48 in (122 cm). Estimate: $ 60,000 - $ 120,000- A slender bronze gu vase covered with geometric patterns. Cracked / Chipped. H: 111/2 in (29.5 cm) D: 6 in (15.2 cm). Estimate: $ 60,000 - $ 120,000- Scroll Painting of Bird on Branch; Zhang Yu. Chinese Bronze Gu Vase; Shang Dynasty. A large scroll painting depicts a fall scene of a bird on a branch, with calligraphy and seal of Zhang Yu (1734 - 1803), a famous painter in Qing Dynasty. L: 85 in (216 cm) W: 16 in (40.6 cm). Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000- Mountainscape by Zhang Da Qian. An ink on paper vertical scroll painting of a tranquil scene of a residency nestled beside a river among lush green mountains. L: 86 in (218.4 cm) W: 27 in (68.6 cm). Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000- Blue and White Stem Cup; Qianlong Period. The flaring cup painted to the exterior with Lanca characters divided by lotus scrolls above lotus lappets on the sloping base, the spreading foot with flower-heads above jewelled tassels and ruyi-heads, the interior painted with a stylised flower-head, all between double line borders, Qing Qianlong six-character mark in a line. H: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm) D: 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm) Ft: 2 1/4 in (5.7 cm). Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000For details, visit: https://www.invaluable.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more