Beauty of Asia, majesty of Europe at Morton Kuehnert sale Nov. 13

Buyers may attend the auction at 4901 Richmond Ave., submit absentee bids, arrange for phone bids or bid online at LiveAuctioneers.com.

Items can be previewed in the auction house Monday, Nov. 7, through Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. The public is invited to a champagne preview reception Thursday, Nov. 10, from 5-7 p.m.For details, visit www.mortonkuehnert.com .

The auction will begin with Asian intrigue. Lot 1 is a palatial Chinese 12-panel incised black lacquer screen featuring a summertime palace scene with courtiers, estimated at $10,000-12,000. Lot 16 is an unusual pair of Chinese cloisonné peacock sculptures/candle prickets, estimated at $3,000-6,000. Lots 25, 26 and 27 are three signed original ink and color on paper by noted contemporary artist Chen Xiongli, who was born in Beijing in 1939. Lot 25, Deer Drinking Water is estimated at $7,000-10,000; Lot 26, Three Deer at Dusk, $5,000-8,000; and Lot 27, Galloping Horse is $5,000-8,000. Lot 146 is a 20th-century jewel encrusted ewer from Southwest Asia, estimated at $3,000-6,000. Lot 3 is an interesting Qing Dynasty sedan chair/wooden litter, with two shafts, estimated at $2,500-3,500.

Middle Eastern/African items will follow. A pair of life-size carved blackamoors from the late 19th century, Lot 33, is estimated at $8,000-10,000. Lot 24, a Middle Eastern table-cabinet, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, bone and woods, is estimated at $1,500-2,000. Lot 172, is an exquisite early 19th-century hand-woven Persian Heriz rug, estimated at $19,000-25,000.

Moving on to Europe, Lot 45 is a beautiful pair of Italian marble fruit urns on pedestals, estimated at $5,000-7,000. Lot 72 features a pair of Italian Neoclassical-style console tables, early 20th century, estimated at $4,000-6,000. Lot 75 is a handsome set of four 20th-century Romanesque cameo wall plaques featuring four Roman emperors, which are estimated at $9,000-12,000.

Lot 66 is an exquisitely carved French Rococo mantel mirror, circa 1770, with original plate, estimated at $5,000-7,000. Lot 70 is a pair of intriguing Louis XVI figural chenets/andirons estimated at $4,000-6,000. Lot 120 is a George III-style 19th-century English bookcase, estimated at $4,000-6,000. Lot 124, a mid-19th-century Louis Philippe figural mantel clock featuring a chariot drawn by harnessed lions, is estimated at $10,000-15,000. Lot 200 features a French Provincial late 19th-century center table for $2,500-3,500.

Highlights of the fine art in the auction are Lot 92, Vilmos Aba Novak’s (Hungarian, 1894-1941) oil on canvas, The Traveling Circus, 1930s, estimated at $6,000-9,000; Lot 96, early 20th-century Continental oil on canvas of The Annunciation, estimated at $4,000-6,000; and Lot 95, an oil on canvas of The Jovial Friar Violinist by Roka (Charles Roca) Karoly, estimated at $1,500-2,000.

Lots 219-225 feature fur jackets and coats ranging in estimations of $500 to $3,000.

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