Cast Bronze Tortoise Stele, China, Ming dynasty style, the long rectangular stele with a long inscription on one side titled "Sheng Zhi" (Royal Edict) on top surrounded with carved wriggling dragons, the tortoise seated on four legs looking straight ahead, a hieroglyphic mark impressed on base, ht. 13 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-09-16
Miniature Cast Bronze Tortoise and Hare Figures, 19th century, ht. 1 1/8, 1 7/8, lg. 3 1/4, 2 7/8 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
comprised of a bronze tortoise surmounted by a bronze tablet containing characters with applied scrolling dragons at top. Height 13 1/4 inches. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-08-15
Mario Negri (Italian, 1916-1987) Stele dell'offerente Monogram stamped "MN" and numbered "1/3" within the cast on the base. Bronze, approximately 74 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-03-06
Parcel-gilt Bronze Vase, China, cast with an upper band of qilin and phoenix, the lower band with dragon and tortoise, ht. 7 5/8 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-06-03
Inlaid Bronze Paperweight, China, 19th century, Shih-so style, cast into a mythical animal with tortoise shell and legs and head of a dragon, lg. 4 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-12-04
Two Bronze Mirrors, China, Tang-style, each cast with four mythical animals encircling a tortoise in the center, further surrounded by a band of birds amidst Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-12-04
Bronze Mirror, Japan, 17th century, the front side cast in relief with pavilions rising above a tortoise in the sea, flanked by cranes and a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-12-03
the slanted hinged top with a rope cast border opening to a velvet lined interior, above a short drawer, raised on cabriole legs. Height 14 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-29
Five Bronzes, China, pair of bronze vessels, of archaic ritual vessel zun shape, each cast with a cartouche of tortoise and lotus pond scene on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-25
Group of Miscellaneous Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, and Decorative Desk and Table Items, including a McClelland Barclay thermometer, enameled hammered copper receiver bowl, Telechron Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-02-16
