Description:

A VINTAGE CHINESE CLOISONNE MOUNTED HARDWOOD BOX AND SILVER COVERED CENSER, REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949), the rectangular carved hardwood box with a hinged lid centering a nicely detailed panel depicting a polychrome enameled five-claw roaring dragon with a tapering serpentine body, chasing a flaming pearl on a turquoise ground of scrolling clouds above rolling waves, enclosed by conforming blossoming foliate details, over matching paneled sides, raised on shaped block feet, height: 5 3/4", width: 9 1/2", depth: 7"; an archaistic style cobalt and turquoise blue enameled cloisonné silver two-handled censer, with a domed lid centering a carved green jade Buddhistic lion finial on scrolling clouds above archaistic glyph banding and fretwork trim flanked by squared handles on a bulbous body with a waisted neck of continuous archaistic qilons flanking taotie masks, over a row of zigzag decoration and serpentine qilons partitioned by vertical bands and ruyi, raised on tripod monopodiae legs surmounted by taotie masks, lid stamped "SILVER." Height: 6 1/2" Width: 4 7/8" Depth: 4 1/8"

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May 18, 2014 1:00 PM CDT
Houston, TX, US

Simpson Galleries, LLC

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$0 $499 $25
$500 $999 $50
$1,000 $1,999 $100
$2,000 $4,999 $250
$5,000 $9,999 $500
$10,000 $19,999 $1,000
$20,000 $49,999 $2,500
$50,000 $99,999 $5,000
$100,000 $199,999 $10,000
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