Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 133 W 616. A Group of Indian Ivory and Bone Figural Carvings , including an ivory finial carved as four conjoined lions standing upon a barrel-form base, relief decorated around the sides with pinwheels and various animals, height 2 1/4 in., on a tiered circular stand, overall height 3 3/4 in.; an ivory figure of the four- armed goddess Lakshmi standing on a lotus flower base, height 6 1/4 in. Note: One arm and a portion of the aureole missing; and a bone or ivory boat carved with a Phoenix bird prow and multiple figures on deck, height 5 5/8 in., width 14 1/4 in. (3 pcs.) $500/700 617. A Chinese Carved Ivory Figure of Luohan , standing bearded figure carved carrying a shoe cradled in his arm, wearing a long robe open at the chest revealing an emaciated frame, height 11 in., wood plinth overall height 12 3/8 in. $800/1200 W 618. A Group of One Hundred Thirteen Chinese Coral Beads , carved with shou characters and dragon-design, each approx. 10 mm. $500/700 619. A Pair of Antique Chinese Carved Wood Recessed-Leg Benches , rectangular top, over scrolled bracketed aprons, recessed beaded legs, square stretchers, each bearing Sotheby’s New York lot tag, height 29 1/2 in., width 46 1/2 in., depth 13 in. $2500/3500 W 620. Chinese Nanyang School, early 20th c ., a “pokerwork” or pyrography album consisting of twelve double sheet landscape and bird- and-flower roundels, each sealed, inscribed in interior “gift of Hugh W Hubbard/ 3 December 1928” above the Benjamin March collector’s seal, each double sheet 9 3/4 in. x 11 1/2 in., silk bound cover, sealed, further paper cover bearing instructions: “Suggest this be offered to Dept. of Prints & Drawings. Museum of Art”; accompanied by a typed letter dated April 16, 1929 from Benjamin March to Ralph M. Chait stating in part: “This album was given to me by a friend and I know absolutely nothing about the history or practice of the art as this example and yours are the only pieces of the kind I have ever seen”; together with Turn to the East , by Caroline Singer and Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, Minton, Balch & Company, New York, 1926. $400/600 Provenance: With Benjamin Franklin March, Jr. (1899-1934), Curator of Asiatic Art, Detroit Institute of Arts (1927-1931); thence by descent in his family. W 621. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Decorated Celadon Ground Porcelain Vases , 19th c., baluster bodies with pairs of confronting Buddhist lion handles applied to the necks, each decorated in near mirror image with playful Buddhist lions and cubs, height 17 in., wood stands, overall height 17 5/8 in. $500/700 622. A Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Covered Jars , tapering ovoid bodies and flat covers with metal ring finials, decorated with large shaped flower and rock panels on a dense scroll ground, height 22 1/2 in. $2000/3000 617 619 622