AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HUHan DynastyThe pear-shaped vessel rising from a flaring foot to a waisted neck and flaring mouth, the body encircled by three bands cast in relief, a smiliar band encircling the mouth, the shoulder flanked by a pair of taotie masks suspending loose rings, the round cover with three 'S'-shaped finials, the patina of mottled grey colour with green encrustation.37cm (14 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅鋪首耳壺See a similar vessel and cover, Qin dynasty, illustrated by J.Portal, The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army, London, 2007, fig.52. See also an example lacking a cover unearthed in 1994–1995 from the King's tomb at Shizishan, illustrated in Da Han Chu Wang: Xuzhou Xihan Chu Wan Lingmu Wenwu Jicui, Beijing, 2005, p.190.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A RARE LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD BASINHan DynastyThe large basin rising to an everted rim, standing on three standing human supports, a raised band around the vessel cast with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending loose rings. 28cm (11in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅鋪首耳三人形足大盆See a related example illustrated by R-Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, pl.LVIII; See also another example in the collection of the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Duan Shu'an, Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji, Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji, vol.12, Beijing, 1997, no. 90.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE 'TORTOISE' SEALWu shan taishou seal mark, Northern Wei DynastyThe seal heavily cast as a tortoise set on a square base, incised four-character seal mark, 3.2cm (1 1/4in) high; together with a rare bronze pendant, circa 6th century AD, cast as a toad perched on the back of a recumbent bixie, 4cm (1 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價北魏 銅龜鈕印 及 約六世紀 銅辟邪 各一Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2005, no.9 (tortoise seal)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號9（銅龜鈕印）The seal face reads Wu shan taishou or 'Governor of Wushan'. The term Taishou was used from the Qin to Sui dynasties to refer to a Governor, the head of a Commandery. For similar tortoise seals, Northern Wei, see Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Bronze Seals Throughout the Dynasties in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, pp.294-295, no.215. See another example illustrated in the Shanghai Museum: Chinese Seal Gallery, Shanghai, p.11.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE AXE BLADE, GESpring and Autumn/Warring States PeriodThe blade issuing from a vertical hollow shaft, cast behind the blade with a snarling mythical animal above and gripping the back of a crouching bird with large beak and elaborate plumage, with a rounded cutting edge on the plain blade, wood stand.14.5cm (5 3/4in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價春秋/戰國 獸紋青銅戈Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2012, no.2.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號2See a similar bronze axe blade, ge, illustrated by T.Lawton, The Art of the Warring States Period, Washington, 1982, no.113. Compare also with a related ceremonial axe blade, ge, Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pl.83; and another example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Yu Kuo-Ching, Rituals Cast in Brilliance: Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages, Taipei, 2014, p.125.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE MARBLE HEAD OF BUDDHANorthern Qi DynastyCarved with a serene and meditative countenance expressed by a pair of downcast eyes, pursed lips and pendulous ears, framed by tight curls densely covering the head, stand.23cm (9in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價北齊 理石雕佛首像Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 1999, no.1.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，1999年，編號1See a related example illustrated in China: Cultuur Vroeger en Nu, Ghent, 1979, no.292; see also D.Lion-Goldschmidt and J-C.Moreau-Gobard, Chinese Art: Bronze, Jade, Sculpture, Ceramics, Oxford, 1960, pl.118.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE RITUAL WATER-POURING VESSEL, KUNDIKATang DynastyStanding on a thin flared foot, the oviform body set on the sloping shoulder with a short lobed spout with cupped opening and hinged lid, all surmounted by a bowstring at the base of the tall waisted neck cast with a wide collar rising to a lobed section and tapered opening.24cm (9 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅淨瓶Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.9.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號9Called 'Kundika' after the Sanskrit term for a 'pure-water bottle', this type of vessel originated in India and became popular in China in the Tang dynasty for use during Buddhist ceremonies. It was filled through the side spout, which was closed by the hinged lid, with water being poured out through the top opening. Originally a bronze shape, this vessel was also produced in glazed stoneware during the Tang dynasty.Compare with a bronze Kundika in the Idemitsu Museum, illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pl.328. White-glazed stoneware examples of Kundikas are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Ceramics, vol.4, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, Beijing, 2013, pls.183-184.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE BRONZE VESSELSTang DynastyComprising a shallow dish; an alms-bowl-shaped vessel; and a compressed globular vase with trumpet neck.The vase 20.2cm (8in) wide. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅器 一組三件For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE RETICULATED 'FLYING GEESE' COMB TOPTang DynastyEmbossed in relief and pierced from a thin metal sheet as two geese flying away from a central upright double-lotus spray, a single bloom above each of them, on a ground of densely-coiling stems, within a beaded and shell-motif border.14cm (5 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 局部鎏金銅花鳥紋梳背For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PART-SET OF THREE REPOUSSÉ-BRONZE RETICULATED BELT PLAQUES14th/15th centuryThe largest rectangular, chased and repousse with a crouching qilin looking backwards at its bushy upright tail, within a beaded border, 6.5cm (2 3/4in) wide; and two kidney-shaped plaques, each with a similar qilin within a beaded border, 4cm (1 1/2in) wide, all with traces of gilding.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十四/十五世紀 銅麒麟紋帶銙 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.9.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號9Openwork plaques such as the present lot are rare in bronze, but are more commonly found in other materials such as jade or ivory. See a related pair of gilt-bronze openwork cape weights with dragons, 15th/16th century, illustrated by J.So, Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection, vol.3, Hong Kong, 2013, p.218, pl.B.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN IRON MODEL OF A STANDING OXTang DynastyHeavily cast standing four-square with horned head raised and wearing a thick collar, the iron surface typically rustic.7.5cm (3in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 鐵牛Provenance: Dr Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New YorkChristie's New York, 2 April 2009, lot 219 (part lot)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2009, no.13.來源：紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒（1913-1987）舊藏紐約佳士得，2009年4月2日，拍品編號219（部分）展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號13See a related example illustrated by A.J.Koop, Le Bronze Chinois Antique, Paris and Brussels, 1924, pl.93B (left).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE HEXAGONAL BALUSTER VASEYuan/Ming Dynasty Of elegant baluster form with large spreading foot rising to a waisted neck and flaring mouth, applied with a pair of writhing chilong handles on the shoulders, with a dark-brown patina. 27cm (10 1/4in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元/明 銅雙螭耳六方瓶For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASEYuan/Ming DynastyThe rounded body set on a gently-spreading foot and rising to a cylindrical neck with a broad recessed band of leiwen decoration, flaring outwards to a galleried rim, the sides set with a large pair of dragon-mask-ring handles. 29cm (11 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元/明 銅雙獸耳瓶See a related example illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no.448; see also M.Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D. 1100–1900, London, 1989, no.43. See a similar bronze vase, Yuan/Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3302For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DINGYuan/Ming DynastyHeavily cast standing on three lion-mask-headed clawed feet, the vertical top section applied with two plain pierced upright handles at the sides and cast in crisp shallow relief with a continuous band of irregularly-shaped dragon panels on grounds of breaking waves and flames, the body undecorated, the surface with an attractive old dark patination. 28cm (11in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元/明 銅龍紋沖天耳三獸足爐Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.13.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號13A related example in the collection of the Museo d'Arte Cinese e Ethnografico dei Missionari Saveriani, Parma, is illustrated by F.Mignini, Padre Matteo Ricci: L'Europa alla corte dei Ming, Milan, 2003, p.143. For a bronze incense burner, Yuan dynasty, with a similar frieze of slender dragons, see Li, A selection of the Treasure of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 1987, no.264. See a related but larger bronze tripod incense burner and cover, late Ming dynasty, with a Japanese inscription dated 1613, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2013, lot 305.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE AND LARGE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, HUMing DynastyOf compressed form, with flaring neck and foot, the sides set with two stylised-dragon-head loop handles, the body finely cast with a broad band of taotie masks above descending formal leaf lappets with archaistic motifs on leiwen grounds, the neck and foot with panels of confronted phoenix. 48cm (18 7/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅仿古饕餮紋大壺Compare with a related bronze vase, but with tubular handles, and archaistic motifs, 12th-14th century, illustrated in The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.72. See also an earlier bronze vase of similar shape, Song dynasty, illustrated by M.Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-1900, London, 1989, no.41.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BALUSTER VASE, HUMing DynastyThe body flanked by a pair of taotie-mask loose-ring handles, cast with two horizontal bands of cusped undulating tri-linear designs, the gently-flaring neck with formal leaf lappets reserved with further archaistic designs and supporting four smaller taotie-mask loose-ring handles, the foot with confronted phoenix panels. 43cm (17in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅波曲紋活環耳大壺For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO BRONZE BUDDHIST FIGURES16th/17th centuryThe first figure of Buddha Shakyamuni with eyes downcast, the head adorned with tight curls around the ushnisha, seated in dhyanasana with his hands clasped in front of his chest, wearing long flowing robes adorned at the hems, raised on a triple-lotus pedestal, traces of gilt-lacquer remaining, wood stand, 14.8cm (5 15/16in) high; the second a bronze figure of Sudhana, the acolyte of the Goddess of Mercy, poised bowing with his hands joined in reverent prayer, wearing a long billowing celestial scarf, his garments tied around his chest and adorned with lotus and floral scrolls, wood stand, 16.2cm (6 3/8in) high.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十六/十七世紀 銅釋迦牟尼像 及銅善財童子像 各一For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU16th/17th centuryThe Daoist deity cast seated with his hands resting on his knees, wearing long flowing robes with the left upper part billowing, open at the chest to reveal scale armour above a belt and a writhing dragon in relief, with a serene expression, with finely-detailed beard and long flowing hair at the back, the bare feet protruding under the robes, traces of gilt lacquering remaining.28.2cm (11 1/16in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十六/十七世紀 銅真武大帝像Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2012, no.11.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號11Compare with a related bronze figure of Zhenwu, late Ming dynasty, in the British Museum, illustrated by S.Little, Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, 2000, p.295, no.104.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A DOCUMENTARY BRONZE FIGURE OF WENCHANGInscribed Xue Mingyang Zhi, late Ming DynastySeated with the left hand clasping his belt securing his dragon robe over a rotund belly, his head with an official's cap over his face with five apertures for whiskers and a beard, the sleeves and hem draped in luxuriant folds, the reverse incised Xue Mingyang zhi (made by Xue Mingyang). 23cm (9in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅文昌帝君坐像 「薛鳴陽製」楷書刻款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE TRIPOD 'NINE SAGES' INCENSE BURNERLate Ming DynastyThe cylindrical exterior cast in high relief with nine bearded scholars engaged in various pursuits within a rocky garden beneath a large gnarled pine tree and billowing clouds above, all supported on three cabriole feet, wood cover and stand. 9cm (3 1/2in) high. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 浮雕高士圖銅三足爐This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI18th/19th centuryThe body flanked by a pair of stylised dragon-head loop handles with vertical incised tabs, cast on each side with a broad taotie mask divided by a notched flange, all on a leiwen ground, the tall stepped foot with a running band of stylised scrolling dragons, the interior with an archaistic inscription reading Bo zhi yi 'Bo made this vessel', hongmu stand.16.5cm (6 1/2in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八/十九世紀 仿古饕餮紋簋Provenance: an English private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.18.來源：英國私人舊藏展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號18Compare with a very similar bronze vessel, 18th/19th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.21, fig.11.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE AND A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERMing DynastyThe baluster vase with a border around the shoulders enclosing taotie masks reserved on diaper grounds suspending cicada blades around the similarly-decorated body, the shoulders set with a pair of taotie-mask ring handles, the exterior with warm chestnut patina with green encrustation, 28.4cm (11 3/16in) high; the incense burner of compressed globular form rising on three tall flared elephant legs, the cylindrical neck cast with an archaistic band enclosing a taotie mask on a leiwen ground below the flared flat rim, the exterior with a warm brown patina, 13.4cm (5 5/16in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅製活環耳蟬紋瓶 及銅三足爐 各一For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VERY LARGE BRONZE YENYEN VASEXuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryHeavily cast, the exterior entirely plain, the tall flaring neck set with two crescent handles above two horizontal ribs at the shoulder, the surface overall with an even pale glossy patination.65cm (25 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 銅雙戟耳大鳳尾尊「大明宣德年製」楷書款Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition,London, 2011, no.11.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號11For a related bronze yenyen vase with dragon handles, Xuande mark, 16th-18th century, see Sydney L Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.65; and for a blue and white vase of similar form, Jiajing/Wanli, see A.Frank, Chinese Blue and White, New York, 1969, p.51.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER POURING VESSEL, YIFirst half 17th centuryBased on the archaic bronze ritual pouring vessel, yi, the oval vessel standing on a short foot, the sides finely carved with birds perched on flowering prunus and peony branches on a hatched-pattern ground under a key-fret band, the rim with an everted lip opposite the mythical-beast loop handle, the interior and base painted black.11.5cm (4 1/2in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀上半葉 剔紅花鳥紋匜Provenance: M.Doullens, French Ambassador to China in Beijing before 1914.Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.104.來源：M.Doullens舊藏，曾於1914年前作為法國駐中大使任職於北京展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號104A similar pair of carved red lacquer pouring vessels supported on short feet is illustrated in Im Zeichen des Drachen: Von der Schonheit chinesischer Lacker, Hommage an Fritz Low-Beer, Stuttgart, 2006, p.114, no.63. See also a pair, in the collection of the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, illustrated by P.Frick and M.Prüch, Im Zeichen des Drachen: Von der Schönheit chinesischer Lacke, Hommage an Fritz Löw-Beer, Munich, 2006, no.63.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'SCHOLAR' INCENSE-STICK HOLDER AND A BRONZE 'TOAD' SCROLL WEIGHTLate Ming DynastyThe incense-stick holder finely cast as a bearded scholar with long flowing robes seated on a gnarled tree-trunk, a small aperture behind the scholar for inserting incense; the scroll weight formed as a recumbent toad, with large round eyes, ready to pounce.The larger 9.2cm (3 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 高士形銅香插 及銅蟾形紙鎮 各一For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE 'BOY ON LEAF' JOSS-STICK HOLDER17th centuryThe bronze group modelled as a boy seated upon a large leaf, holding a flowering lotus stem, with a pot behind him serving as a joss-stick holder, 7cm (2 3/4in) wide; together with a bronze seal, Ming dynasty, modelled as a seated Buddhist lion with curled mane and upright tail, with a loose ball in its mouth, with zhuanshu script to the seal face, 3.5cm (1 1/2in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅持蓮童子香插 及 明 銅獅鈕印 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.12 (seal)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號12（銅獅鈕印）For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE BRONZE SEATED FIGURESLate Ming DynastyComprising a gilt and lacquered figure of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, cast with a serene expression and downcast eyes, elaborately attired with a long flowing robe and beaded jewellery, crowned by an ornate headdress, the right knee raised supporting her arm, her left hand beside the child Sudhana sitting on her left knee, 20.5cm (8 1/8in) high; and two bronze figures of Zhenwu, each figure cast seated in military attire, the smaller with traces of gilt-lacquering, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) and 16.2cm (6 3/8in) high. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅鎏金觀音像 及銅真武大帝像兩件 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.5 (smaller figure of Zhenwu).展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號5（銅真武大帝像較小者）For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYINMing DynastyThe deity seated in dhyanasana with the right hand raised, the left hand holding a flaming pearl, attired in flowing robes with incised floral hems, open at the chest to reveal pendent jewellery, wearing an elaborate high five-pointed tiara, seated on a separate two-tiered lotus-petal stand.27cm (10 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅觀音像For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN17th centuryThe figure seated with the hands resting across each other on her raised left knee, the face with serene expression and hair fashioned in a chignon, fastened with a pin, the robes falling in elaborate pleats, incised around the shoulders with lotus sprays, boxwood stand.10.5cm (4 1/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅觀音坐像For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE GROUP OF TRIBUTE BEARERSMing DynastyThe twin figures, possibly representing the Hehe Erxian, identically clad, each standing with one arm wrapped around the other's shoulder, one holding an ingot, the other a lobed box and cover, on a stepped rectangular base with bracket-lobed edges.13.7cm (5 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅進貢使臣二人像Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2012, no.12.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號12For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE 'SHOULAO AND DEER' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER17th centuryThe Immortal standing holding a scroll and peach, the robes with a heart-shaped aperture on the back, the vessel base modelled as a rocky outcrop issuing lingzhi with a stag raising its head to one side.11.7cm (4 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 壽老形銅熏爐For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'FINGER CITRON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER17th/18th centuryHeavily cast in the auspicious form of a 'Buddha's hand', the gnarled branch issuing leaves forming the handle and supports, surmounted by a reticulated leafy cover with a smaller finger citron finial.19.3cm (7 5/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 銅佛手式蓋爐See a related parcel-gilt bronze 'peach' incense burner and cover, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3400.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE TRIPOD 'EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS' INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, 18th/19th centuryThe cylindrical vessel supported on three tapering legs rising to the wide flat rim, the body decorated in relief on the exterior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, on a geometric diaper ground, with reddish-brown patina extending over the rim, the base with the six-character mark.13.4cm (5 5/16in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八/十九世紀 銅八寶紋三足爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE OVAL INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryOf narcissus-bowl form, set on four ruyi feet, with two confronted sinuous chilong clambering at either end of the flattened everted rim, cast apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base.17.5cm (6 7/8in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 銅雙螭龍耳洗式爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款Provenance: an English private collectionBonhams Knightsbridge, 5 September 2012, lot 100Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.2來源：英國私人舊藏邦瀚斯騎士橋，2012年9月5日，拍品編號100展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號2A related bronze oval incense burner, 16th/17th century, is illustrated by P.Moss and G.Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.43. See also R.Krahl, 'The Yongzheng Emperor and the Qing Court Collection', in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol.80, 2015–2016, fig.61, where a related bronze censer and stand is depicted on the Guwantu scroll in the Percival David Collection in the British Museum. See a related bronze incense burner with chilong handles, Ming/Qing dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3666.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE DRUM-SHAPED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryThe rounded body flanked by lion-mask handles and framed with beaded borders, set on three short feet, cast apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base.16cm (6 1/4in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 銅鼓形獸耳三足爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款 See a related example illustrated by Lin Pe-yu, Chinese Incense Burners: Collection of Steven Hung & Lindy Chern, Taipei, 2000, no.103; see another example illustrated by Liu Xirong, Zhong Ding Ming Xiang: Rong Zhai Xuan Lu Qing Shang, Beijing, 2010, pp.164–165.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, GUIXuande six-character mark, 17th century The rounded sides rising to a gently-flaring rim, flanked by a pair of stylised archaistic fish handles.14cm (5.1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅雙戟耳彝爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.9.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號9See a related example illustrated in Jinyu Qingyan, Beijing, 1996, no.160; and also by He Chaoyang, ed., Ming Qing Xuande Lu, Beijing, 2012, no.110. See a very similar incense burner, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3304.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A cloisonné enamel vase, hu17th centuryThe elegant pear-shaped body supported on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck with flared rim, the shoulders set with a pair of taotie-mask handles suspending loose gilt-bronze rings, the exterior brightly enamelled on a turquoise ground with sections enclosing large lotus blooms wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling leaves, the four main horizontal bands divided by three thinner bands of floral scrolls on a darker blue ground, the spreading foot similarly decorated with a band of lotus blooms.31cm (12 5/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮紋鋪首耳壺Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.52展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號52Compare with a cloisonné enamel 'lotus' vase of similar design and form, 17th century, but without taotie-mask handles, illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, pl.183; another related example is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels II, Beijing, 2010, p.52. A similar cloisonné enamel 'lotus' vase, 17th century, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 7 April 2015, lot 3727.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL FLORIFORM PRICKET CANDLESTICKKangxiFormed as a small drip pan, cylindrical shaft, larger lobed drip pan, baluster stem and high domed base, all finely decorated in bright vibrant colours with archaistic coiling dragons and scrolling lotus. 18.3cm (7 2/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清康熙 銅胎掐絲琺瑯螭龍紋瓣式燭台See a related cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze lobed pricket candlestick, second half 17th century, illustrated by Sir H.Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, pl.62A.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, FANGHU17th centuryOf square form, supported on a tapered foot rising to a waisted neck, set with a pair of taotie ring-handles on the shoulder, brightly and lavishly enamelled around the exterior with stylised taotie masks, horses around the foot, mythical beasts around the shoulder and neck, all reserved on a turquoise ground decorated with flowers.39cm (15 1/4in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯饕餮紋鋪首耳方壺Compare with a related cloisonné enamel vase, early Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, with similar band of galloping horses on the foot, illustrated in the Compendium of Collection of the Palace Museum: Enamels 2, Beijing, 2011, no.19. For a related cloisonné enamel vase of square form, late 17th century, of slightly larger size (38.5cm. high), decorated with dragons, see H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.157.Compare with a very similar cloisonné enamel vase, second half of the 17th century, with the same motif and design, which was sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2010, lot 1033.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER IN THE FORM OF DU FULate Ming DynastyCast in two sections, the base as a stubborn mule standing four-square with head lowered and ears pricked, the cover as the poet Du Fu seated in a simple tied robe and holding a rolled scroll in his right hand, the surface irregularly mottled and with some brownish-red lacquer remaining on the harness trappings. 49cm (19 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 「杜甫騎驢」式銅蓋爐With scholar's cap, the sage of poetry Du Fu (712-770) holds the reins in one hand and a scroll, symbolising his literary erudition, in the other. Depictions of Du Fu travelling by horse or mule to some remote retreat were perennial favourites of painters, and the subject would sit well on the late Ming scholar's desk.Du Fu is considered to be the greatest of Chinese poets who lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), a golden age for Chinese poetry. His poetry was not only praised and enjoyed for its technical brilliance, but also for his moral engagement with current and historical events such as the devastating An Lushan rebellion (755-763) from which the once mighty Tang would never quite recover. For this reason, Du Fu is also known as the 'Poet Historian'.Such depictions of Du Fu on muleback may derive from his poems, which refer to mules frequently as a symbol for the scholar official - either travelling to their next post, tired and emaciated, or well fed and powerful. The mule therefore, had poetic significance for Du Fu and could be used for satire. For example in one poem, Du Fu wrote 'The Dong family promised to lend me an old nag, in the slippery mud I don't dare ride to court 東家蹇驢許借我，泥滑不敢騎朝天.' The 'old nag' refers to Du Fu himself in slippery political circumstances at court.For examples of bronze depictions of Du Fu on muleback, see P.Moss and G.Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.22.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF LAOZI17th centuryThe figure of Laozi seated wearing long flowing robes with chased floral borders, holding a ruyi sceptre with slender curved shaft in his left hand, aperture on the back, 17.2cm (6 3/4in); together with a bronze seated figure of the Arhat Bakula, typically modelled holding a mongoose in the left hand and a pearl in the raised right hand, 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅老子像 及銅巴沽拉尊者像 各一For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU16th/17th centuryThe Daoist deity cast seated on a rectangular plinth open at the sides and raised on supports, wearing long flowing robes over the armour tied and belted around the rotund belly and terminating in side ribbons, his hands resting over the knees, with traces of red pigment remaining on the lips.30.7cm (12 2/16in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十六/十七世紀 銅漆金真武大帝坐像See a related example illustrated in China: Cultuur Vroeger en Nu, Ghent, 1979, no.190.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CAI GUOJIUMing DynastyThe bearded Daoist Immortal standing slightly turning to the right, holding in front castanets, smiling and wearing a tall scholar's hat with its pair of ribbons resting on his shoulders, the long flowing robes adorned at the hems with lingzhi shaped scrolls, wood stand.27cm (10 5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 局部鎏金銅曹國舅像Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.8.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號8Cao Guojiu is one of the Eight Immortals and was supposedly a Song dynasty official who is usually depicted wearing official's dress and holding castanets. He is the patron of actors. See a related set of eight bronze Immortals, including Cai Guojiu, Ming dynasty, 17th century, illustrated in Bronzes de la Chine imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, no.106. See also a similar bronze figure of Cao Guojiu, Ming dynasty, illustrated in China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix, 1994, no.51.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANDILate Ming DynastyThe God of War cast standing upright with his right hand holding his official belt, his left hand hidden within his long voluminous sleeve, the face with stern expression beneath a scholar's cloth cap, pierced with apertures for the insertion of hair. 21.5cm (8 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅關帝立像For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO BRONZE FIGURES OF IMMORTALSMing DynastyThe first probably representing Lü Dongbin, wearing a billowing belted tunic and tabbed hat, the hands clasped and concealed beneath voluminous sleeves, a sword and hollowed gourd flask slung across his back, 13.5cm (5 1/4in) high; the second similarly robed, the right hand raised and face turned to the left with smiling expression, some gilt traces remaining, 18cm (7 1/8in) high, fitted stands.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 道教人物銅像 一組兩件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.4 (the bronze figure of Lu Dongbin)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號4（圖左呂洞賓像）See a related figure of Lü Dongbin, late Ming dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, no.108; see also a similar bronze figure of Lü Dongbin, Ming dynasty, illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, pl.64, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.See a very similar bronze figure of Lü Dongbin, late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3341.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER DOUBLE-SIDED TABLE SCREEN18th centuryThe front attractively inlaid in mother-of-pearl, ivory or bone, iridescent shell, red lacquer and hardstones with an archaistic tripod bowl and cover, vase of flowering peony, weiqi board with containers for playing pieces, and a small red lacquer incense box, the reverse shell-inlaid with a twelve-character poem and square seal, mounted on a zitan stand 24.6cm (9 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 黑漆嵌寶博古圖硯屏Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2001, no.124.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2001年，編號124The inscription reads:未調金鼎內，先映玉階前 晴峰 江松濤制Which may be translated as:Inside the still silent bronze vessel, is reflected before the jade steps.Qingfeng, made by Jiang Songtao. Compare with a related inlaid table screen with a poem on the reverse, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, p.201, no.174.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN ON AN ELEPHANT17th/18th centuryThe figure, possibly representing Kalika, seated cross legged, studying an open scroll held before him, the robes falling in elaborate pleats over the right shoulder, the smiling face framed with tightly-curled beard and eyebrows, the recumbent elephant adorned with jewelled trappings, the head turned to its left, the patina of rich brown hue.17.2cm (7in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 銅騎象羅漢For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE BRONZE FIGURES17th centuryThe first female Immortal dressed in elegant flowing robes and billowing scarf, holding aloft a flower spray in her left hand, the right hand concealed beneath a voluminous sleeve to the rear, with remnants of gilt lacquering, 16cm (6 1/4in); the second a parcel-gilt figure of a scholar, wearing a double belted robe and scholar's hat, holding a tablet in his right hand, 15cm (5 7/8in) high, wood stand; and a figure of a lady in long flowing robes adorned with lotus scrolls in a dancing posture with raised right arm holding a vessel. 19cm (7 1/2in) high.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅製人像 一組三件Compare the dignitary (left) with a related figure of an official, Ming dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, no.113. See also a related bronze figure of an official, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3367.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL GILT AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN17th centuryCast seated with the left hand resting on the knee and right hand raised in a mudra, the flowing robes with voluminous sleeves and chased floral hems, wearing a beaded necklace falling to the chest, with a twin-tasselled pendant to the reverse, the underside with a two-character inscription reading Kun Jiu and an additional character possibly reading she.8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅鎏金彩繪羅漢像「九崑」刻款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN17th centuryStanding wearing long flowing billowing robes, incised with cloud-scroll motifs and foliate meander at the hems, the left arm held across his body holding a scroll, wood stand.19cm (7 1/2in) high (including base support). (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅羅漢像Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London來源：倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.See a related example in the Illustrated Catalogue of the Furniture and Embellishments from the Imperial Palace Pekin, New York, 1917, lot 142.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'PRUNUS AND CRACKED-ICE' QUATREFOIL FLOWER-HOLDERFirst half 18th centuryThe exterior decorated on a rich dark-blue ground with multi-coloured prunus blossoms linked by leafy tendrils, the flat top gilt with cracked-ice-pattern around five small circular openings, all on four short feet.9.8cm (3 7/8in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀上半葉 銅胎掐絲琺瑯冰梅紋海棠式花插Provenance: a European private collectionBonhams London, 8 November 2012, lot 239來源：歐洲私人舊藏倫敦邦瀚斯，2012年11月8日，拍品編號239For a cloisonné enamel flowerpot of similar decoration and size, see H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl.301.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF BRONZE ELEPHANT VASES18th centuryThe animals heavily cast standing four-square with their heads lowered and looking to the left and right, each body elaborately grooved with hide markings and draped with caparisons around an elaborate saddle supporting a pear-shaped vase.19cm (7 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅製太平有象一對The elephant together with the vase forms a rebus. The 'vase' (ping 瓶) which puns with 'peace' (ping 平), and elephant (xiang 象) which also means 'sign' or 'portent', forms a rebus for the phrase taiping youxiang (太平有象), meaning 'Where there is peace, there is a sign (or elephant)'. See a similar pair of elephant vases, 18th century, illustrated by P.K.Hu, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E.Kresko Collections, Saint Louis, 2008, no.30.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, FANGDING18th centuryThe body of gently tapered rectangular form, each side decorated with a lu character amidst scrolling lotus, divided at the edges with notched vertical flanges, the broad flat rim set with a pair of upright loop handles, standing on four curling legs issuing from mythical-beast-heads decorated with scrolling lotus. 16cm (6 1/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯「祿」字紋小方鼎For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE ARCHAISTIC BEAKER VASE, GUQianlongThe trumpet neck and high spreading base decorated with stylised cicada lappets, lotus blooms and archaistic designs, the oviform central section with two large taotie masks within ruyi borders.24.7cm (9 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋觚For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAISTIC WHITE AND RUSSET JADE VASEQianlongCrisply carved with four horizontal ribs around the body and neck, the body with a shallow-relief symmetrical design of C-scrollwork on both sides, the stone of white tone with minor cloudy-white and russet inclusions. 16.3cm (6 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 白玉帶皮仿古弦紋瓶The luminous tone of the stone of the present piece is further accentuated by the archaistic low-relief carving. In the subtle curves of the form, the craftsman has successfully captured the stone's innate beauty. The Qianlong emperor commissioned a large number of jades which were inspired by the forms and designs of antiquity. Jade carvers were encouraged to study archaic bronze vessels in the Qing Court Collection or in illustrated woodblock prints, and adapt them to the medium of jade. Inspired in its decoration by archaic bronzes, the present lot epitomises this trend.See a related archaistic white jade bottle vase, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2010, lot 1882.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SMALL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BALUSTER VASEIncised Qianlong seven-character mark and of the periodThe body set with three gilt-bronze lion masks and loose-ring handles, finely decorated with polychrome lotus blooms and scrolling foliage, the rounded stepped shoulder and neck with stylised blossom and scrolling stems, the base incised with the Qianlong six-character mark and additional character 'feng'.12.2cm (4 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋鋪首耳瓶「大清乾隆年製」「鳳」楷書刻款Provenance: a European private collectionBonhams London, 8 November 2012, lot 245來源：歐洲私人舊藏倫敦邦瀚斯，2012年11月8日，拍品編號245The shape of the present lot is extremely rare. A related cloisonné enamel bottle vase, Qianlong five-character mark, in the Robert H.Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, is illustrated by B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, pl.130.See a cloisonné enamel vase, incised Qianlong six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3541.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BLUE-GROUND WALL VASE18th centuryOf tri-lobed baluster form, finely decorated on a rich blue ground with long coiling sprays of leafy blossoms between key-fret borders, the neck similarly decorated below pendent blades and a ruyi-head band, belong the gilt-bronze rim, the slightly waisted neck flanked by a pair of dragon handles, raised on a conforming spreading foot with C-scroll and pearl decoration, the flat gilt-bronze back with a rectangular aperture for hanging. 21.7 cm (8 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雙螭耳壁瓶Compare with a cloisonné enamel wall vase of meiping form, but with similar decoration, Qianlong, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3404.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VERY RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'TRAVELLING' PRICKET CANDLESTICKQianlongCleverly designed to be taken apart for more convenient storage in transit, comprising a domed base, two short vertical shafts variously shaped as small vases, and two deep drip pans, the larger drip pan and domed base forming two halves of a box, the turquoise ground enriched with a continuous floral meander, linked ruyi and blossoming lotus.19cm (7 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯花卉紋便攜燭台The present lot, which was made for a journeying scholar-official, is very rare. See one very similar cloisonné enamel 'travelling' pricket candlestick, Qianlong, illustrated by Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., The Literati Mode, London, 1986, pp.272-273, no.135.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'DAJI' DOUBLE-GOURD VASEQianlongOf flattened double-gourd form, finely enamelled with a dense pattern of fruiting and flowering leafy vines hung with an abundance of colourful double gourds alternating with a butterfly and a dragonfly, the upper and lower gourd respectively enclosing the characters da and ji within a circular medallion, the sides with the attributes of each of the Eight Daoist Immortals and set with strap handles, all on a turquoise ground.18.7cm (7 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯「大吉」葫蘆式扁瓶Provenance: Bonhams London, 10 November 2011, lot 486Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.65來源：倫敦邦瀚斯，2011年11月10日，拍品編號486出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號65This type of gourd decoration can be seen on a large Qianlong mark and period double-gourd vase illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, no.294. See also a large cloisonné enamel lamp of this form illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol.4, Beijing, 2011, no.42.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE OCTAGONAL JARDINIÈRESQianlong/JiaqingEach standing on eight ruyi feet, decorated with panels of bats suspending chimes above lotus blooms, within borders of lotus stems and scrolling foliage, the everted rims with a meander of lotus and foliate scroll work, original liners.30cm (11 3/4in) wide. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆/嘉慶 銅胎掐絲琺瑯開光蝠罄蓮紋八方花盆一對For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BEAKER VASE, GUMid Qing DynastyThe tall trumpet-shaped neck and high spreading foot decorated with stylised lotus blooms on scrolling leafy stems above a large band of overlapping leaf lappets within a ruyi border, the baluster mid-section with four Shou-medallion roundels.32cm (12 5/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯團壽番蓮紋觚Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.62.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號62Compare with a similar cloisonné enamel vase, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol.3, Beijing, 2011, no.88.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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