American Furniture & Decorative Arts

407. 
     

     Painted Carved Wood Ship’s Figure Head, Japan, mid-19th century,
     carved wood bust of a man, possibly a western sea captain, carved
     with an Asian face wearing a western-style coiffure and clothing, over
     carved leaves and scrolls, weathered white paint, ht. 39 1/2, wd. 20,
     dp. 11 in.
     $10,000-12,000

     
     


408. 
     

     Chinese School, Early 19th Century

     
     

Still Life of a Compote of Fruit. Unsigned. Reverse-painting on
glass, 8 x 10 1/4 in., in the original Chinese molded giltwood frame.
Condition: Minor paint losses.
$1,000-1,500

409.

Possibly the Work of Sunqua (Chinese, ac. mid-19th Century

Fourteen Framed Works of Assorted Flowers, Insects, and

Vegetation. Unsigned, probably taken from an album of vegetation

subjects. Watercolor and gouache on pith, two vertical and twelve

horizontal works, sight size approx. 7 1/4 x 11 3/4 in., in later matching

wood frames. Condition: Minor creases, small losses, two with tears,

one with small loss.

$800-1,200

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