With a selection of works on paper, pottery, jade figures, and important cultural artifacts, Freeman’s Collect: Asian Arts has something for new and established collectors alike. The June 23 sale features works from across Asia: Chinese porcelains and jades, Japanese vases and writing boxes, Vietnamese decorative objects dating back to the 12thcentury, and works from Tibet, Korea, and India. Collectors of Chinese art will find several striking works of painting and calligraphy on fans or silk, including by Liu Zhan and Cao Kejia; the sale also features a fine selection of Japanese enameled Satsuma pottery vessels. Lush, detailed examples of Tibetan thangkas—paintings on fabric depicting important Buddhist deities—populate the auction, presenting unique and accessible collecting opportunities.
Lot 98
A Chinese white marble figure of a crouching rabbit Tang dynasty or later
Sold for $3,024
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 99
A Chinese carved white marble figure of Buddha seated
Sold for $1,260
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 101
Three Chinese carved jade items Ming/early Qing dynasty and later
Sold for $5,040
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 102
A Chinese scholar's rock on wood stand, possibly red Taihu stone
Sold for $1,071
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 106
Four assorted Chinese and Japanese wood, lacquer and bamboo boxes and cases
Sold for $756
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 112
Ten Bamboo Studio Letter Paper Rongbaozhai edition, printed 1982
Sold for $1,512
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 113
Two carved boxwood figures, a sandalwood case, and a bamboo cricket cage
Estimated at $900 - $1,200
Lot 119
A Chinese fresco panel depicting celestial beings on a "Dragon-Fish" Ming dynasty or later
Sold for $3,276
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 121
A Chinese carved and lacquered wood figure of Guanyin
Sold for $693
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 123
A Chinese bronze figure of the infant Buddha Ming dynasty
Sold for $1,890
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 124
A Chinese patinated bronze archaistic vessel, "Bianhu" 17th/18th century or earlier
Sold for $252
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 128
A Chinese carved white jade Mughal style small bottle vase Qing dynasty 18th/19th century
Sold for $3,276
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 129
Group of four assorted small white jade figural pendants
Sold for $1,386
Estimated at $900 - $1,200
Lot 130
Group of six small white jade animal-form pendants
Sold for $945
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 132
A group of three Chinese white jade carvings and a carnelian pendant
Sold for $2,772
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 134
Two patinated bronze archaistic gu-form vases 18th/19th century or earlier
Sold for $441
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 141
A Chinese hardwood side table 19th/early 20th century
Sold for $693
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 143
A Chinese embellished lacquer and carved hardwood table screen
Sold for $1,008
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 144
A Chinese patinated bronze lobed pear-shaped vase 18th/19th century or earlier
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,500
Lot 148
A Chinese gilt-bronze and cloisonné "Qilong" scroll weight
Sold for $1,197
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,500
Lot 149
A Chinese jade carving of a horse, a jadeite plaque, and a jadeite "Dragon" carving
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 150
A Chinese carved jadeite "Dragon" plaque and a part set of twelve amber beads
Sold for $693
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 152
A pair of Chinese jadeite and hardwood scroll weights
Sold for $378
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 156
An unusual Chinese lacquer geomancer’s box 19th to early 20th century
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 159
A Large Chinese carved celadon and russet jade mountain and wood stand
Sold for $3,528
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 160
A Chinese carved white jade "Phoenix and Peach" large ornament
Sold for $819
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,500
Lot 162
A Chinese carved white jade double-gourd washer with wood stand
Sold for $2,394
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,500
Lot 164
A Chinese red-glazed small meiping and two porcelain snuff bottles
Sold for $3,276
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 168
Group of five Chinese snuff bottles and a jade carving
Sold for $1,134
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 175
Group of five assorted jade carvings and snuff bottles
Sold for $4,410
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 178
Two Chinese rock crystal snuff bottles and one lapis lazuli snuff bottle
Sold for $441
Estimated at $600 - $800
Lot 183
A group of eight Chinese assorted conglomerate and patterned stone snuff bottles
Estimated at $600 - $800
Lot 184
An assorted group of seven Chinese carnelian and agate snuff bottles
Estimated at $500 - $700
Lot 185
An assorted group of eight Chinese agate snuff bottles
Sold for $252
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 186
One Chinese bamboo veneer and one amber snuff bottle
Sold for $1,512
Estimated at $900 - $1,200
Lot 190
An embroidered panel depicting the eight Daoist Immortals with dragon
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 192
A Tibetan Thangka depicting White Tara 19th century or earlier
Sold for $2,016
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500