Lot 218

8 Chinese Pipe Bowls, Pottery, Stone, Brass & Wood

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8 Chinese Pipe Bowls, Pottery, Stone, Brass & Wood
8 Chinese Pipe Bowls, Pottery, Stone, Brass & Wood
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8 Chinese Pipe Bowls, Pottery, Stone, Brass & Wood

Estimate: $600 - $900

Starting Bid: $300

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June 5, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
Live Auction
Louisville, CO, US
Description:

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A collection of assorted smoking pipe bowls illustrating the wide range of materials and decorative approaches used in Chinese pipe production. The group includes three ceramic examples: two blue-and-white porcelain bowls, one decorated with auspicious symbols and the other with a landscape scene, and a jade-green glazed stoneware bowl. A carved wooden fist-form bowl bearing a shou longevity symbol on the underside, a brass bowl, a heavy cylindrical quartz stone, black quartzite fitted with a brass neck, and a bright red jasper with a brass neck. Size of largest: 2" W x 2.25" H (5.1 cm x 5.7 cm)

Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000

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Item # 200048

  • Condition: Scratches and patina to brass bowl. Sticker label and wax seal on a pottery bowl. Pitting and nicks to pottery bowls. Chips and abrasions to large quartz stone. All appear to be used conditions with patina and soot residue.

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$300 $999 $50
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$100,000 $199,999 $10,000
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