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Asian Art | October 30, 2024

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Offering items from two family collections acquired in China in the early 1900s. One from Dr. Stanley Burns, who worked in China to provide much-needed medical care to the local population. The other group from L. Nelson and Virginia Bell, who were missionaries in China from 1916 to 1941. Other Chinese and Japanese items from private collections include Qing Dynasty enamel porcelains, bronze and porcelain water droppers, a fine selection of snuff bottles, along with a group of jade figures, bronze Buddhas, furniture, and jewelry. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Two Chinese Brass Ink Boxes and Rock Crystal Belt Buckle
Lot 658

Two Chinese Brass Ink Boxes and Rock Crystal Belt Buckle

Estimate: $300 - $500
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19th century, quartz and brass belt buckle, 2-1/4 x 1-3/4 x 5/8 in.; copper and brass box with inscription, with paper translation which reads, "This box goes where I go, Wherever you go and let the Moon be your friend, I and the moon are your friends forever", 1 x 2-7/8 x 2-7/8 in.; copper and brass box with inscription, with paper translation which reads, "It is a rest, Leaving the South, Going North, The flowers of the fields, and the white lilies of the river looked withered, It must be autumn, I am not a weary traveler, Because happy [?], To talk to the evening view of the mountains before me", 1-1/4 x 3-1/8 x 3-1/8 in.

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3/4 in. surface crack to quartz on one edge of buckle, wear to brass with patina; both boxes with wear and micro abrasions to surface consistent with age and use

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