Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 38

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Asian Jade & Foreign Collectibles

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1104		China. A Choice Group of Vintage to Antique Jade Plant and Animal Carvings. Circa 17th -20th century. Colors range from off white to celadon, and to brown. Usual vegetables: a gourd with chilong and bat hovering at one side, another with monkey at side. Among the animals: a pair of intertwined foxes; foo dogs; a bull and a horse; monkeys; people; etc. Last and most interesting, a fossil shell's forms part of a bird on fruit design. Lengths: 1-1/2" - 3". A very fine group. Lot of 17 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,325
Lot 1105		China. A Group of Vintage to Antique Belt Fittings in Celadon-colored Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. Items comprise three matched pairs, and a singleton -- the pairs all color matched. Two pairs are rectangular, having a suspension loop; one openwork, with chilong; another with auspicious signs. The singleton in attractive celadon, with hints of lavender, carved as an archaic vessel. Last are a pair of catches or cinches, in openwork, with paired dragon foreparts. Pieces average: 2-1/4". A very fine group. Lot of 7 items. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,800
Lot 1106		China. A Large Group of Vintage to Antique Jade Carvings of Animals and Plant Subjects. Circa 18th -20th century. Items in light celadons, greens, and browns or reds. Some carvings of the usual plants, fruits, or vegetables. Animals include: chilongs, foo dog, mouse, water buffaloes, goats, and ducks. A handsome intense green, gold-mounted pendant with fruit and bat. Some pieces maybe hat finials. Lengths: 1-7/8" - 2-7/8". Good lot. Lot of 17 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $9,200
Lot 1107		China. A Large Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, a Grab Bag of Interesting Carvings. Circa 18th -20th century. An assortment of all kinds of things - - from vintage to antique, to modern. Jades mostly celadons and greens, along with some fine deep reds and oranges, darker colors, plus a few pieces in soapstone. Includes: two foo dogs in clouds, and a colorful soapstone "mountain," with tiny chilongs in one corner. Also, three small dishes; fruit pendants and openwork plaques; a strand of red and brown jade beads; a good number of cigarette holders(?) in jade (or for incense sticks?); and much more. Many neatly carved, and appealing. Worth a consideration. Lot of 60 items. Estimated Value $600 - 700. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 1108		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade Carvings -- "From a Scholar's Desk." Circa 17th -20th century. Items for use and contemplation. Includes: a narrow tube, inscribed with poem and "key" border; two "hand rests" for calligraphy, one simple and inletted, the other (in dark nephrite) carved as bamboo. Inscribed or decorated objects include: three bells; items resembling an axe head and early money. Other items: a charming study of cats, an elephant; and an "enhydro" geode sphere, i.e. a carefully cut and shaped agate nodule that still retains the original water that accumulated in it over a multi-million year span! Lengths: 1-3/8" - 3-1/8". A good lot. Lot of 13 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $10,810
Lot 1109		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade "Novelty" Carvings. Circa 18th -20th century. Items in off white, celadons, and greens, plus one red-orange. Flattish pieces carved as a length of looped rope. Two hollowed out pieces: a pi which rotates within three loops of cord; an ornately sculpted thick "pi" with rotating inner rosette of darker green. And three carvings with sinuous chilong crawling through the narrow central hole. Last, a large seed carved with a face resembling Daruma. Lengths: 1-1/2" - 2-5/8". Lot of 7 items. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,980
Lot 1110		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, a Variety of Plaques, Discs, and Belt Fittings. Circa 17th -20th century. Items in celadons, plus one red & tan, along with off whites, and one green-flecked jadeite, and several a deep spinach green. The belt fittings include: archaistic cicadas, and a very ornate moth. The discs are mostly finely detailed floral arabesques. The plaques comprise both inscriptions and vegetable motifs, plus a choice rendering of the immortal, Shou Xin, and couple bat amulets. Lengths: 1-3/4" - 3-1/2". A worthwhile lot - - many intricate and quite artistic. A number of fine carvings. Lot of 18 items. Estimated Value $600 - 700. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,520
Lot 1111		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, More Animal Carvings. Circa 17th -20th century. Items in celadons, greens and browns, plus one red & tan. Includes: studies of foo dogs (two with their young); a deeply inletted koi on lily pad; a charming squirrel; a bat amidst foliage; two items with mythical beasts; and a nice antique study of a frog. Most intricate is a carving of a dragon, curled in clouds, taking advantage of the different color zones of the red & tan jadeite. Lengths: 1-3/8" - 3-5/8". Most neatly carved, and appealing. A worthwhile lot. Lot of 11 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 1112		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, a Variety Lot of Mostly Animal and Figural Carvings. Circa 17th -20th century. Items in celadons, plus a red & tan, a quartz crystal, a nephrite; plus two pieces in jade-like carved glass. Subjects include: three frogs, one exceptional with miniaturist detailing; a dachshund; the immortal, Shou Xin; monkeys with young, and one clambering among fruit; nice studies of sheep or goats; chilongs; a boldly carved bird and foliage. Lengths: 1-3/4" - 3-1/2". Nice lot. A number of fine carvings. Lot of 16 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1113		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, a Lot of Mostly Small Carvings. Circa 17th -20th century. Items in celadons, greens, and off whites; plus carnelian, bowenite, aventurine, and perhaps a piece or two of glass. Many of the figural, animal, and vegetable motifs already seen in previous lots, are represented here in miniature. Including a delightful urn in jade, and a deep bowl in carnelian. Lengths: 5/8" - 4-3/4". A worthwhile lot that should be inspected. A number of charming carvings. Lot of 30 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,800
Lot 1114		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, Small Animal Carvings. Circa 17th -20th century. Items in celadons, greens and browns, plus one red-orange. Includes: three different studies of sheep and goats; two of mythical creatures; a duck; a squirrel; a bat amidst foliage; intertwined foo dogs; a frog on unusual plants; two rings formed by fish; and two studies of a horse with monkey groom. Lengths: 1-3/8" - 3". Most neatly carved, and appealing. A good lot. Lot of 15 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,140
Lot 1115		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, a Verdant Grouping of Plant Carvings. Circa 17th -20th century. Items in celadons, greens and browns, plus an attractive red & red-orange. Includes the usual gourds and peach, and many types quite exotic to western eyes, plus those emblems of Chinese mythic and cultural beliefs. Worth a close look. Lengths: 1-1/8" - 3-5/8". Most neatly carved, and appealing. A choice lot. Lot of 15 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1116		China. A Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade, a Lot of Assorted Carvings. Circa 19th -20th century. Items mostly celadon colors; plus a fine carving in turquoise, and another in opal. Four pieces are buckle-like pendants, with floral ornament or inscriptions. Also two small vessels. Also an ornamental tube with chilong; also a seated laughing Buddha, lovingly rendered in fine blue-green turquoise. Lastly a female immortal, seated, in colorful opal (chipped at hair and hand). Lengths: 1-3/4" - 3-1/4". Lot of 10 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,080
Lot 1117		China. A Variety of Vintage to Antique Objects in Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. Items mostly in celadon and greens, some with brown or a touch of red. Included are two small vessels: an oblong hexagonal box, and a circular box with lid. Also three tubular pieces, two enriched with floral ornament, the third with a chilong. Also three items with various ornament; an openwork disc with paired birds; and two small oblong panels, with auspicious writing and designs. Lengths: 2" - 2-3/4". Lot of 11 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,440
Lot 1118		China. Group of Four Vintage to Antique Leaf-shaped Bowls in Jade. Circa 17th -20th century. Bowls in celadons and varied greens, and most appear to have some good age. General type is a lotus flower with the large leaf forming a bowl. The smallest a delightful creation with two tiny birds. The largest with some flaws in the stone, maybe showing its repair. Widths: 3-1/2" - 5-3/4". Lot of 4 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,600
Lot 1119		China. Large Lot of Vintage to Antique Objects Jade Miniature Carvings. Circa 18th -20th century. Items mostly in celadon and greens -- numerous figures of smiling boys, fruits and vegetables, and assorted animals, plus a few amuletic types. In white jadeite, with bright green accents, a recumbent Foo Dog. In red jadeite, a pair of monkeys. Inspection suggested. Average lengths: 1-1/4", some larger, a few smaller. Lot of 42 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,370
Lot 1120		China. Lot of Vintage to Antique Amuletic Carvings in Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. Nice items mostly in celadon and greens, with a few browns. Seen are the usual amulet forms: circular "pi"s; bells; axe blades; bats; lions; etc. These pieces mostly with some age. Newer, are 7 pendants in brightly colored jade - - reds, orange, spinach, and multicolors. These with designs complimentary to the old items. Lengths: 1-1/4" - 3-1/4". Lot of 20 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,920
Lot 1121		China. Lot of Vintage to Antique Carvings in Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. The often smaller carvings, mostly in celadon and greens, with a tan, and a mixed brown. Includes the usual well carved vegetables; a goat; a cat chewing on a butterfly's wing; several of the young boy holding a branch - - two involving a large fish. These pieces mostly vintage or antique. Also four vintage plaques, in celadon color, of three bearded"immortals" and a plump, mature woman. These likely inlays from an elaborate room screen. Average pendant: 2"; Inlay, largest: 4-5/8". Nice items. Lot of 18 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,520
Lot 1122		China. Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade Carvings of Humans. Circa 18th -20th century. Items mostly in celadon and greens with browns, plus two in white or off white jadeite, and one yellow-brown. Half the pieces are of a boy carrying a plant, or similar, on shoulder. Others are of immortals or scholars, including Zhang Guo Lao. One, more unusual, a couple engaged in lovemaking. Lengths: 1-7/8" - 2-7/8". Lot of 10 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,440
Lot 1123		China. Lot of Vintage to Antique Jade Carvings of Humans. Circa 18th -20th century. Items mostly in light celadons and greens with browns, plus a Quan Yin in bright green aventurine. Most of the pieces are of a boy carrying a plant, or similar, on shoulder. Plus a couple of immortals or older subjects. Lengths: 1-7/8" - 2-7/8". Lot of 10 items. Lot of 12 items. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,830
Lot 1124		China. Small Vintage to Antique Bowls & Vessels in Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. Dishes in celadons and greens. Dishes generally simple and straightforward - - brush holders, a plain plate, a tripod bowl. One bowl of lobed shape, another dish with engraved sides; and a larger lidded box with "long life" motif. Also three bases with "key" design, plus a "mistake" - - a "jade" bottle in plastic. Largest piece: 5". Lot of 13 items. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,240
Lot 1125		China. Somewhat Larger Carvings in Jade and Agate. C. 19th -20th century. The jades in off white, celadons and greens, some with brown or red; plus 2 pieces in carnelian. Seen: a bulbous-eyed koi amid water plant leaves; other fish; a dragon spiraling up among clouds; a nice plaque with phoenix and dragon; bat on peach; chilongs; and amulets; along with two smiling boys with a drum. Lastly, in a vivid agate, an amusing bulbous-eyed koi is carved using the stone's coloring to emphasize the fish's eyes. Lengths: 1-1/4" - 3-3/4". Excellent lot. Lot of 19 items. Estimated Value $450 - 550. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $10,580
Lot 1126		China. Strand of Vintage Carved Nephrite Beads. In pale celadon, the beads neatly sculpted and incised with good luck signs. The 28 beads strung with gilt and enamel caps. And, another closely similar group of 16 loose pieces, mounted with gold or gold-colored loops. Bead size: 20 mm. Quality old dealer stock, purchased in the 1960's through 1980's. Estimated Value $125 - 175. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,000
Lot 1127		China. Three Excellent Carvings in Coral; about mid or later 20th century. In a superb red, an elegant, stylized facing head of Buddha. In a handsome pink, a finely detailed portrait of one the eight Daoist "Immortals." This mounted to a 14 kt yellow gold frame. Lastly, a delightful and amusing seated figure of Shou Xin, which means "Star of Longevity" in Chinese. He is both an immortal, and a powerful and popular symbol of long life. Heights: 1-3/4" - 3-1/4". Choice material. Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $450 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $546
Lot 1128		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Archaic-style Pieces in Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. Includes three bladed pieces in deep rich green nephrite: sword and pike blades, plus a ceremonial axe with lion handle. Also a huge, old looking "pi" with paired chilongs and stylized ox heads; and another, smaller and simpler. Last, a standing male figure in voluminous clothes, with one foot on a huge toad. Lengths: 3-1/8" - 12-1/8". Lot of 6 items. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,100
Lot 1129		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Assorted Dishes in Jade. Circa 18th -20th century. In celadon and greens, plus one in a richly colored jade-like aventurine. Includes: an oblong bowl with chilong handles (lightly chipped); a bottle with integral carved chains (some chipping and minor losses); and a pair of "gravy boats," one with fine openwork lid in wood. The aventurine a finely carved traditional tripod vessel with ornate lion handles (still with lot lable from a 1991 Superior auction). Lengths: 2-3/4" - 6-1/2". Lot of 5 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $8,510
Lot 1130		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Jade Animal Carvings. Circa 18th -20th century. Charming works, with some appearing old - - in celadons and green jades, with one in a rock crystal with interesting layers of peppery inclusions. Included: an ornate archaistic duck, a bowl carved as a nesting chicken, a watchful dog; a cchilong; and a fine plaque of a coiled dragon. In quartz, a pair of playful cats. Lengths: 2-3/4" - 6-1/2". Lot of 6 items. Estimated Value $150 - 250. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,750
Lot 1131		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Jade Plant and Animal Carvings. Circa 18th -20th century. Carvings mostly in celadons to light green, darker greens, and brown. Items: amuletic shapes, fruits and vegetables, often combined with animals. Also, a horse, ducks and birds (a charming open work piece with a parrot), monkeys, bats, frogs, and foo dogs. Two of the boy carrying plant, plus other human subjects. Lengths: 1-1/8" - 3". Pleasant carvings. Worth a good look. Lot of 28 items. Estimated Value $700 - 800. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $8,050
Lot 1132		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Jade Plant and Animal Carvings. Circa 16th -20th century. Carvings in celadons and greens, grays, brown, and boldly colored red. Items: pendants resembling a sword guard; plaques, and an urn; other vegetables, often combined with animals; a nice horse, a duck, monkeys, and foo dogs. Three of the youth carrying plant. Lengths: 1-3/4" - 3-1/8". Skillful carvings. Worth a good look. Lot of 19 items. Estimated Value $600 - 700. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $9,430
Lot 1133		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Jade Plant and Animal Carvings. Circa 18th -20th century. Objects in off white, celadons and greens; yellow-tan; and one antique piece in mother of pearl (chipped). Several pendants are elegant studies of fruits, some with bats. Also seen: birds; a snail shell; foo dogs; an elephant; turtle; fish; and a dog scratching. In people: boy with branch; an amusing Buddha bead; various immortals. Lengths: 1-1/2" - 3-1/2". Pleasant carvings. Lot of 19 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,370
Lot 1134		China. Vintage to Antique Lot of Jade "Sea Critters." Circa 18th -20th century. Stones in celadon, greens, reddish, and brown. Included: oval plaque, with intertwined carp;and a neatly stylized crab with decorative body markings; also, a catfish(?) carved in the round. Other animals: frogs or toads; two chilongs and a cute pair of cats; a cicada; and a grasshopper. Other items: fruits and plants; plus amulets. Lengths: 1-1/4" - 3-3/8". Worth inspection, some nice material. Lot of 18 items. Estimated Value $350 - 450. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $7,920
Lot 1135		China. Vintage to Antique, Another Quality Lot of Jade Plant and Animal Carvings. Circa 19th -20th century. One in off white to pale celadon, with the stone's brown skin utilized as the plant's leaf, with fox-like animal among "berries," -- inletted and hollow-carved. Another with sinuous tendrils and leaves, in multi-colored jade, with areas of deep red. Others in off white and celadons: an emblematic bats; a carp; ducks; and a butterfly. Plus a janiform seated Buddha, in light green jadeite, with accents of brighter green; and two amulets. Lengths: 1-1/2" - 2-7/8". Again, attractive, colorful, and skillful carvings. Lot of 11 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,140
Lot 1136		China. Vintage to Antique, Large and Interesting Lot of "Ethnic" Jewelry. Circa 18th -20th century. Items mostly in silver (plain, enameled, or gilt), a few gilt bronze, and most of filigree manufacture. Many with popular emblems, or luck or prosperity signs. The impressive bracelets set with jade, turquoise or lapis lazuli. A nice gilt jewelry element, perhaps Tibetan, set with emerald, beryls, coral, and pearls; also 2 loose jade pendants. And peculiar to China alone, a small run of hairpins set with blue kingfisher feathers. Last, a fascinating lot of antique inlays or pendants in deep red-orange lacquer or copal -- many showing long use. Lot of 42 items. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,840
Lot 1137		China. Vintage to Antique, Quality Jade Carvings of Plants with Animals. Circa 18th -20th century. Pieces mostly in off white to pale celadons. Subjects: a charming fox-like animal among "berries." Also a fine bird on blossoms; a chilong on a "pi"; a goat and kids; exotic plants and vegetables -- one fine piece showing a tight blossom cluster, with sinuous tendrils. Lengths: 2" - 2-3/4". Attractive, skillful carvings. Lot of 16 items. Estimated Value $700 - 800. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $17,825
Lot 1138		China. Vintage to Antique, Quality Jade Carvings of Plants. Circa 18th -20th century. Pieces in off whites and light celadons. Subjects include: elaborate carved knots; fine chilongs; elegant plants; a deeply inletted lily pad and blooms with a frog and bird. Plus two pieces carved as thick, sinuous tendrils or blossoms, one in deep brown, the second of lighter color. Lengths: 1-1/2" - 2". Very handsome carvings. Lot of 13 items. Estimated Value $600 - 700. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $12,650
Lot 1139		Handsome Larger Carvings in Hardstone and Glass. China, 20th century. First, a truly elegant open work sculpture in carnelian/agate of a long-tailed bird (Pheonix?) perched on a flowering bush - - skillful use of the stone's colored bandings defines the elements of the composition. Also, an amusing archaistic resting cat, in brown and olive nephrite; and a pleasing seated plump Buddha. Plus two fine examples of Peking glass: a pair of matched white vases with carved floral scene in green. Four of the items have custom bases. Height of bird item: 6-3/8". Lot of 5 items. Estimated Value $550 - 650. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,800
Lot 1140		Interesting Jade and Jewelry Lot. China. Three quality bangles in red and red-orange jadeite, plus one in white and pale green, all mounted in 14 kt yellow gold as pendants. Also 15 rectangular openwork plaques, with floral motifs, carved in a nice spinach green jade, and could be made into jewelry. Also a pair of deep green nephrite hair pins, in the ancient style, and boxed. Width of largest bangle: 3-3/8". Quality old dealer stock, purchased in the 1960's through 1980's. Lot of 25 items. Estimated Value $450 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,260
Lot 1141		Jumbo Dealer's Lot of Small Jadeite Carvings. China. Another plethora of small pendants in white & bright green, apple greens, and a few other colors, in the usual popular amulet types - - animal, vegetable, and otherwise. A number with 14 kt yellow gold mounts or hangers. Lengths: 1/2" - 1-5/8". Quality old dealer stock, purchased in the 1960's through 1980's. Lot of 85 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 1142		Jumbo Lot of Bead Necklaces. China, 20th century. Materials comprise: rose quartz; coral; agates; glass; tan and reddish jades. Some items perhaps antique. A couple pieces elaborate constructions. Old dealer stock, purchased in the 1960's through 1980's. Pounds of pieces in this lot. Estimated Value $100 - 200. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1143		Neat Carvings in Well-Colored Coral. China and Japan, 20th century. Charming to amusing carvings of mostly Immortals and Buddhas, plus a snuff bottle carved with roses, and a frog and young, on lily pad. Several carved as netsukes. Heights: 1/2" - 2-1/4". Some with stands. Good material. Lot of 11 items. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 1144		Quality Table Top Agate Carving of Dragon and Goddess. China. In a gray-brown chalcedony a lotus-ornamented ring encases a central disc; along the top, a sinuous dragon and seated goddess hold up a smaller multicolored disc, with an equally colorful bat hovering below, on the backside (these carved into the stone's lighter colored "skin"). Piece has custom stand. Total height: 7-1/2".Also a small finely carved single-handled cup, perhaps antique, in gray and black jadeite. Estimated Value $250 - 400. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $324
Lot 1145		Significant Lot of Belt Fittings and Toggles. Large group of "toggles" - - roughly heart-shaped, slab-sided loops, the sides enriched with a wide variety of ornament, from amuletic inscriptions, to scenics, floral displays, and animals. Similarly, the belt fittings, emulating ancient forms, often with animal carvings. Jade mostly of celadon color. Largest width: 3-1/2". Lot of 42 items. Estimated Value $700 - 900. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,530
Lot 1146		Three Larger Stone Carvings. China. Finest is the red & tan soapstone carving of popular and ever present immortal, Shou Xi. He stands leaning forward, holding peach and dragon staff. In a dark spinach green nephrite(?), a lovely lady, perhaps He Xian Gu, the Doaist symbol of devotion and duty. She with beads and lotus scepter. Last, a bold dragon in gray chalcedony/agate (repair at tail). Tallest piece: 15". Attractive. Lot of 3 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,320
Lot 1147		Two Fine Examples of Vintage and Modern Wood Craft. China. Oldest, an intriguing walking stick in bamboo, carved as a worm-eaten trunk, which allows the view of four contesting snakes within. The creatures neatly rendered, with the scales emphasized with blackening, and the snakes' eyes inlaid in mother of pearl. The stick with rich chestnut patina. More recent, about 20-30 years ago, a deep lidded box in rosewood and mahogany, with pastoral scene on lid, beautifully inlaid in brass wire. Cane: 36-1/2"; Box: 21" x 17" x 4-1/2". Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 1148		Unbelievable Jumbo Lot of Jade Hair Pins. Corner the market on this lady's accessory! Pins generally curved, sometimes with rounded or pointed ends. Some more elaborate. Some in delicate openwork traceries, with others with carved disc tops and very archaic-looking. Mostly in celedons and greens, and a few brightly colored mottled green jadeites, and other colors. One mounted on carved wood base, with lable stating it to be Ching Dynasty. Some pieces look to be vintage or antique; a few are in silver. Lengths: 14 - 31 mm. Quality old dealer stock, purchased in the 1960's through 1980's. Nearly 150 pieces. Estimated Value $700 - 900. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $10,120
Lot 1149		Vintage to Antique Lot of Assorted Jades and Other Odds 'n' Ends. China & Elsewhere. c. 18th -20th century. Stones include: a boy with a drum, a cicada, some chilongs, a lion or two, and a belt hook purporting to be Ching. Other items: in brass, two little pendants of men, and a pair of European desk stamps; also some little bone plaques, an ivory stamp, and a pair of little bone monkeys. Rounding out things, a group of nut carvings of mostly florals or philosophers. Largest piece: 3-1/4". Lot of 39 items. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,800
Lot 1150		A Box of "Fun Stuff" from the Desk of a Collector. Mainly China, 19th-20th century. Oddments and knicknacks from the desk drawers of the collector of the Chinese material in this sale. Several belt clasps, including a Warring States belt hook, with others in gilt metal and silver. Three old inro, or little boxes. An antique wood tube containing divining sticks. Two pen knives and a fob. A few items in jade and ivory, plus clenched fist "fittings" in Chinese green & white glass. And an intriguing pair of "Fu Manchu" dagger-like finger tip covers, likely in silver, and more. Take a peek, you'll like what you see. Lot of 36 items. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $863
Lot 1151		A Group of Chinese, and Other "Stuff." China & Elsewhere, 18th-20th century. Included: antique vase with blue floral design, set into an interesting wood base carved as a spotted sea lion. Also a colorful teacup and plate, Chinese, in cloisonné, plus scent bottles in silver or white metal, and two cloisonné snuff bottles. Last, Siamese hentha weights, c. 18th-19th century. Lot of 13 items. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 1152		Antique and Vintage Ink Palettes. Japan or China, c. 19th - 20th century. Four carved from dark red-brown soapstone, as thick, lidded rectangles, all with finely sculpted lids: one with dragon, a stork in trees, one with branch and foliage designs. Last: an ink grindstone housed in an antique rosewood box. Length: 8". Lot of 5 items. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 1153		Outstanding, Colorful Small Agate Carvings. China or Japan, c. 1960's - 1980's. Among the most delightful lapidary items in this oriental collection: the artists use the utmost of their artistry and ingenuity to fashion the stone's colored bandings as lively points of focus, with the rest of the stone as its supporting environment. Seen: a gray-lavender reclining bull on a leafy carpet of rust and orange; a chilong, in tan-creme, on foliage of brown, gray, and white; Buddha within a cave, Buddha an almost gray-lavender, the cave and foliage in yellow-browns and orange; two tussling cats carved out of a bright turquoise nugget; and more. Lengths: 1-1/2" - 3". Inspection recommended -- some delightful sculptures here. Lot of 11 items. Estimated Value $800 - 900. Irving Goodman, Personal Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,035

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