Items in this collection represent several collections curated and donated by Dr. Timothy Choy in honor of personal friends and family. This includes the Stella O.H. Library and Jade Collections and the Phillip & Leigh Creighton Art Collection.
One of two black and white photographs taken in the early 1980s of the Dazu rock carvings in china. The carvings are in the high mountains and not easily accessible which explains why many if the larger than life size carvings in the mountain caves survived the destruction of the Red Guards. The photographs from the artist's China Trips were exhibited soon after the trip at The Rourke Gallery in Moorhean, Montana. This photograph captures three statues with ornate clothing and closed eyes.
Ceramic figurine of a woman sitting on a stool with a puppy on her head holding a lunch container in her lap. She is wearing a yellow jacket with green pants that match the stool.
A layered artwork made of various etching prints that have been burned and adhered to one another. The frame creates a shadowbox effect that adds another dimension to the work.
A jade carved button with a flower design and two buttonholes at the center. Collected in Tianjin, China between 1982 and 2011. Pictured on a polished wood stand.
A carved jade button with an open work flower pattern on a polished wood stand. Large flower at the center with smaller flowers decorating the outer edges. Buttonhole at the center. Collected in Honolulu, Hawai'i between 1982 and 2011.
Jade hairpin in long rectangular shape with two carvings at the end. A bat is carved into the bottom half of the end with an abstract human figure in a circular shape on top. Collected between 1982 and 2011 in Shanghai, China.
A carved Jade bowl that sits on top of a bronze stand with small men holding up the base. From the Scholar's Desk Pieces Series in the Stella O.H. Lee Jade Collection. Collected in Datong, China between 1982 and 2011.
A dark-green, jade carving in a flat circular shape. The design is a scholar and a fish in the Lingzhi style. Collected in Shanghai, China between 1982 and 2011.
A white jade Buddha carved in a sitting position with hands on knees and a halo above his head and shoulders. There is a small drill hole in the halo, likely for stringing to make into a necklace or hanging pendant. Back is flat. Collected in Honolulu, Hawai'i between 1982 and 2011.
Carved jadeite piece with a chop block as the base and a Foo Dog on top. From the 20th century and collected by Dr. Timothy Choy in Honolulu Hawai'i sometime between 1982 and 2011.
A flat, rounded jade object carved with an intricate flower and bamboo pattern that gives the appearance of lace. Collected in Shanghai, China between 1982 and 2011.
Small 'snuff bottle' carved from jade with intricate pattern on either side. Part of the Scholar's Desk Items series in the Stella O.H. Lee Jade Collection. Collected in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
A small jade object carved with a frog sitting flat on a billowing leaf. Donated by Dr. Timothy Choy in honor of his aunt, Stella O.H. Lee. Collected in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
