A PAIR OF LARGE PAINTED ENAMEL VASES, GULingde Tang three-character marks, late Qing DynastyEach of archaic bronze gu form with rounded central section supported on a tall flared foot rising to a trumpet neck with upright rim, elaborately enamelled to the exterior and interior of the trumpet neck with composite foliate scrolls on a bright blue ground, all within decorative borders formed by stylised leaves and ruyi-heads, the rim and border of the foot painted with key-fret, each shoulder reserved with three medallions enclosing a three-character hall name, Lingde Tang, 'Hall of Excellent Virtue', in red enamel on a green ground.Each 49.5cm (19 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清晚期 銅胎畫琺瑯纏枝蓮紋花觚一對 「令德堂」楷書款Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., LondonA Texas private collectionChristie's New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1460Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2010, no.61來源：倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.美國德州私人舊藏紐約佳士得，2016年3月17日，拍品編號1460展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，編號61The hallmark on the present lot, Lingde Tang ('The Hall of Virtue'), may be associated with the Lingde Tang School in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, which was founded in 1883 by Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909) while he was the Governor (Xunfu) of Shanxi. An avid advocate of controlled reform, Zhang summarised his method in the phrase 'Chinese Learning as Substance, Western Learning for Application', and introduced his principle into the curricula of the many academies he had founded in different cities.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A RARE PAIR OF CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE QUATREFOIL JARDINIÈRESQianlong Each four-lobed oval vessel raised on four ruyi feet, the flaring sides rising to a flat rim chased with lotus reserves, both ends set with a high-relief lotus and acanthus-leaf loose-ring handle, the body brightly enamelled in tones of lapis-blue and turquoise with lotus-blossom cartouches beneath a chased key-fret border, each vessel containing a fitted bronze lobed oval liner, possibly original. 25cm (9 7/8in) long. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎鏨胎琺瑯纏枝蓮紋海棠式花盆一對Compare with a related flowerpot, Qianlong, in the collection of the Museum of Asian Art, Moscow, illustrated by M.A.Neglinskaya, Chinese Cloisonne' Enamels Fifteenth to Twentieth Century, Moscow, 2006, no.108, pp.52 and 149; and see the similar design and workmanship on a gilt-bronze and champlevé enamel flowerpot, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol.4, Beijing, 2011, pl.26.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNER AND COVERQianlongThe bowl of deep U-shape with flaring sides rising to an upright rim with chased key-fret border, surmounted by a domed cover culminating in a delicate four-petalled finial with pierced centre, each decorated to the exterior with formal lotus on turquoise ground and lapis-blue ruyi borders at the rims, the bowl supported on an elaborate, reticulated stand comprising eight fixed scrolling leaves and four detachable inset curling leaves, variously enamelled gilt, turquoise and lapis-blue, all above a domed base in the shape of a lotus leaf.25.7cm (10 1/8in) high (8).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅鎏金鏨胎琺瑯纏枝蓮紋熏爐Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2010, no.62.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，編號62Related objects usually come in the form of altar implements in the shape of Buddhist Emblems, which are generally found in sets; see, for example: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, p.145, no.139.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE MINIATURE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND HUANGHUALI HALBERD, QINGLONG JIQianlongThe huanghuali shaft carved two-thirds from the handle with a raised double band flanked by leafy crowns, one end mounted with a cloisonné enamel spearhead above a crescent-moon blade above a lotus- lappet wrist guard, the other end with a three-sided stabbing blade flame, all on a turquoise ground enriched with minute flower heads on blue tendrils.42cm (16 1/2in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 黃花梨鑲銅胎掐絲琺瑯袖珍青龍戟The present lot was probably an attribute for a statue. See for example, a gilt-bronze figure of Zhoucang, an attendant of Guandi, the God of War, holding a halberd, 18th/19th century, illustrated in Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, p.190, no.88. A gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel figure of a westerner, early 18th century, without attribute, is illustrated by D.S.Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai and Hong Kong: Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, London, 1997, no.205.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
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BOX AND COVERQianlongThe cover decorated as a blue chequered playing board with white square panels reserved with ruyi motifs, the gilt wire to the sides simulating the leaves, the box enamelled with lotus sprays and foliage on a turquoise ground.17.5cm (6.7/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯棋盒See a similar cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze box and cover, Qianlong, in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p.160, no.73. See also related cloisonné enamel book-shaped boxes and covers, Qianlong, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, Beijing, 2009, nos.7 and 312.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE QUATREFOIL FITTINGSHan DynastyEach of quatrelobe form, centred with a large domed knob, the reverse with long shaft and aperture, on plastic mounts.Each 6.7cm (2 3/4in) wide. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 花形車飾一對For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOKQianlongFinely cast with a ruyi-shaped head and a wide curving body mimicking a ruyi sceptre, elaborately decorated with multi-coloured glass inlays forming stylised florets to the front, on a granulated gilt ground, framed by raised foliate borders, the underside with a circular button.10.5cm (4 1/8in) long. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅鎏金嵌寶如意帶鉤Provenance: formerly the property of a European private collector, resident in China between 1925 and 1931.Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.15.來源：歐洲私人藏家舊藏，原藏家於1925至1931年間旅居中國出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號15The elaborate embellishment of the present lot may have been influenced by clocks designed by James Cox (1723-1800), a London jeweller and clockmaker. Cox's automaton clocks were particularly prized in the Qing Court and are arguably the most elaborate ever produced in England; for a comprehensive discussion of James Cox, see I.White, English Clocks for the Eastern Markets: English Clockmakers Trading in China & the Ottoman Empire 1580-1815, Ticehurst, 2012, pp.94-207.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SMALL GILT-BRONZE VASE, HUMing Dynasty or earlierHeavily cast, of elegant pear-shaped form supported on a gently spreading foot, the smooth body divided by five horizontal concentric raised ribs, the shoulders set with a pair of taotie-mask handles, with some malachite encrustation. 11cm (4 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅鎏金凸弦紋獸耳小壺Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 10 September 2014, lot 646來源：佳士得南肯辛頓，2014年9月10日，拍品編號646See a related gilt-bronze container, Western Han dynasty, illustrated and discussed by Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2009, p.116, no.51.Compare also with a related gilt-bronze vessel and cover, Western Han dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 4.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BARBED-RIM JARDINIÈREQianlong The tapering body with lobed panels of leafy lotus stems within turquoise archaistic designs, the everted rim with a meander of blossom and foliage, all on a reddish-brown enamel ground.20.2cm (8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅鎏金掐絲琺瑯花卉紋棱式葵口盆Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.67.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號67Compare with a related cloisonné enamel jardinière, mid Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections of the Palace Museum: Enamels, 4, Beijing, 2011, no.21.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SMALL GILT-BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' SEAL6th century The square seal surmounted by a finely-modelled recumbent mythical beast with a short-snouted head raised upwards, defined by a long beard and long eyebrows, the face incised with four seal-script characters 'Li Jiang si yin, 'the private seal of Li Jiang', box.2cm (3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價六世紀 銅鎏金神獸鈕印See a very similar gilt-bronze mythical beast seal, probably 6th century, illustrated by H.Moss and G.Tsang, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, p.152, no.125, where it is noted that it 'is remarkably close to a monumental stone animal at the mausoleum of Emperor Wu of the Chen dynasty (r.560-567).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE, GUMid Qing DynastyModelled in the shape of an archaic bronze vessel, enamelled to the exterior on the mid-section with taotie masks divided by gilt flanges, between upright petals enclosing stylised motifs surmounted by lotus scrolls on the trumpet neck and similar decoration on the spreading foot, the interior decorated with lotus scrolls within ruyi-head border.34cm (13 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古紋出戟花觚Provenance: a French private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.62.來源：法國私人舊藏展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號62For a related example of a cloisonné enamel gu vase, Qing dynasty, see H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, nos.223-224; and also another example, 18th century, in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, illustrated by H.Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, London, 1979, pl.66.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SET OF FOUR BRONZE-INSET BLACK LACQUER 'CALLIGRAPHIC' PANELSMid Qing DynastyEach panel inlaid with bronze characters, narrating a section of Ban Gu's Preface to the Two Capitals Rhapsody, all within stylised angular scrollwork borders and mounted frames with key-frets outlined in gilt, set with gilt-bronze fittings at the top.Each 65.7cm (25 7/8in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 黑漆嵌銅片「兩都賦」掛屏Ban Gu (32-92 AD) was an historian, stateman and poet. He is best known for compiling the Book of Han, the second of China's twenty-four dynastic histories, after Sima Qian's Shiji. Ban Gu was also a poet who mainly wrote in the fu rhapsody form, a literary form that was part poetry and part prose. The inscription on the present lot is the preface to his rhapsody. It reads:...之，蓋奏御者千有餘篇，而後大漢之文章，炳焉... 舊式，國家之遺美，不可闕也。臣竊或以抒下情...同見海內清平，朝廷無事，京師宮室，浚城隍，而起苑囿，以備制度。節兩都賦壹鼎。The fu describes the palaces of the Western Capital Chang'an (modern Xi'an) and the Eastern Capital Luoyang, and the activities of the Court during rituals, banquets, dances, and Imperial hunts. It is a praise of the glory of the Han dynasty and its courtiers and ministers, and can be interpreted to represent the glorification of China's ancient part.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL PAINTED ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'PEACH' WATERPOT18th centuryThe scholar's vessel formed as a deeply-hollowed ripe peach with generously-rounded sides, the fruit blushing a deep pink shading to pale lime-green around the circular top aperture, applied with a gilt-bronze leafy stem forming the handle and feet of the vessel, the high-relief leaves enamelled in shades of green with black veins.8.5cm (3 3/8in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯桃式水丞Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.59 (left)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號59（圖左）A similar painted enamel peach-shaped brush washer, Yongzheng, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p.203, no.194.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE DAGGERHan DynastyThe cylindrical handle cast with two horizontal raised ribs to increase the grip, the blade plain and extensively patinated.32cm (12 1/2in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅匕首For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO PAIRS OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'QUAIL' INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERSMid Qing DynastyEach pair facing each other with the heads turned left and right, the wings tucked behind forming the rounded covers, one pair turquoise-bodied, the other pair blue-bodied, each with white enamel detailing to the chests.The taller pair 13.5cm (5.3/8in) high. (8).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯鵪鶉香爐 一組兩對See a similar pair of gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel partridges, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated by Zhang Xin, Colorful, Elegant and Exquisite: A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr.Robert Chang's Collection, Suzhou, 2007, pp.98–99. See another related example illustrated by A. Du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College, Winchester, 2019, p.129, no.CH140.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GOLD-HANDLED BRONZE SCHOLAR'S KNIFEWarring States Period The slightly curved thin blade narrowed to a short handle, with a thick gold oval-shaped loop attached to the end, the blade and handle both encrusted with malachite, box.17.4cm (6 7/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 鎦金環首青銅書刀Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.6出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號6A very similar bronze knife dating from the Spring and Autumn period, excavated in 1977 from Gaozhuang M18, Fengxiang (site of a Qin capital), and now in the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Institute, is discussed by J.Portal, The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army, London, 2007, p.64, no.30, fig.54, where it is noted that knives of this kind were used by officials for scraping off mistakes made when writing on wood or bamboo slips, as shown by the detail from a terracotta official, fig.53, no.24, of such a knife hanging from the belt. For such knives in bronze with gold handles, Warring States period, see The Art of the Warring States Period, Osaka, 1991, p.101, no.144; and Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua Da Quan (Bronze volume), Hong Kong, 1994, p.271, no.976.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BLACK-GROUND MAGPIESJiaqingThe birds naturalistically modelled with gilt-bronze beaks and large eyes, their heads turned sharply to the side, the body delicately enamelled in black, the wings neatly folded with finely detailed and multi-coloured feathers.19.5cm (7 6/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清嘉慶 銅胎掐絲琺瑯喜鵲一對For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'DRAGONS AND CARP' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERQing DynastyOf compressed globular form, the body finely chased with a pair of five-clawed dragons pursuing the flaming pearl of wisdom amidst cloud-scrolls, the reverse similarly decorated with a pair of dragons chasing the pearl flanking a carp attempting to leap over the gate above mountains, the cylindrical neck cast with a cash-diaper ground, rising to a flared flat rim with foliate scrolls, flanked by a pair of S-shaped handles decorated with foliate scrolls and bats amidst clouds, all raised on three flaring monster-mask legs terminating in clawed feet, the underside decorated with a medallion enclosing a dragon.36.2cm (14 1/4in) wide. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清 魚龍紋三足銅爐For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GOLD-SHEET-MOUNTED BRONZE EMBOSSED 'DRAGON' FITTINGWarring States Period or Han DynastyFormed as a thin gold sheet attractively embossed with a rounded square design of a densely-coiled dragon, set into a bronze mount with a clip on the underside.4.5cm (1 3/4in) square. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 貼金銅蟠龍紋飾Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.4展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號4A very similar example is illustrated in The Art of China's Warring States Period, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi, p.148, no.247. For related fittings, Western Han dynasty, see B.Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain: The Kempe Collection, New York, 1971, pp.72-73, fig.11.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'DRAGON' SPEAR ORNAMENT, DUNWarring States PeriodThe hollow ferrule of tapering oval section relief cast with a dragon head forming the closed end, with a pair of curling horns above stylised eyes, the exterior inlaid throughout in darkened silver sheet with geometrical designs. 9cm (3 1/2in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 銅錯銀龍形鐏Provenance: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York, (inventory number v3612)來源：紐約亞瑟·M.賽克勒博士（1913-1987）舊藏，器身內部收藏編號v3612See a similar ferrule, Eastern Zhou dynasty, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, London, 1990, no.86; and also one example in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Yu Kuo-Ching, Rituals Cast in Brilliance: Chinese Bronzes Through the Ages, Taipei, 2014, p.125. See another example in Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2007, no.184.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT FITTINGWarring States PeriodThe hollow cylindrical shape inlaid in gold and silver with overlaid interlocking geometric designs of stylised phoenix, separated by a raised horizontal border above two small apertures to secure a pin, wood stand.11cm (4 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 錯金銀鳳鳥紋車飾Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London, by reputeA European private collection來源：據傳購自倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.歐洲私人舊藏See a related example illustrated by R.J.Poor, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Ceramics and Jade, Honolulu, 1979, no.46; another example is illustrated by B.Karlgren, A Catalogue of the Chinese Bronzes in the Alfred F. Pillsbury Collection, Minneapolis, 1952, no.98, pl.112, and no.101, pl.113.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF ORDOS BRONZE 'WATER BUFFALO' BELT PLAQUES4th/3rd century BCEach rectangular reticulated plaque cast in shallow relief with a bushy two-horned beast standing four-square with lowered head, one looking to the right and with two loops applied to the back, the other looking to the left and cast with an original loop for fastening within the herringbone border and applied with one loop on the back. 6cm (2 1/4in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價公元前四至三世紀 青銅牛紋飾牌一對See a related example illustrated by M.K.Hearn, Ancient Chinese Art: The Ernest Erickson Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987, no.86; and also in Duan Shu'an, Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji: Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji, 15, Beijing, 1997, no.113.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSELS AND COVERS, HUHan DynastyThe vessels with pear-shaped body raised on a spreading pedestal foot with upright sides, flanked at the shoulder with a pair of taotie-mask handles suspending loose rings, the domed covers each with four flat S-shaped finials, the bronze with some pale green and earth-toned encrustation.26cm (10 2/8in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅鋪首耳壺一對See a related example illustrated by Li Jianwei and Niu Ruihong, Zhongguo Qingtongqi Tulu, Beijing, 2000, p.226.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE CIRCULAR 'TLV' MIRRORHan DynastyThe upper side cast in crisp relief with three symbols resembling the Western letters T, L and V spaced in four groups at the compass points around a plain central boss, within two geometric bands, the reflective surface shallowly rusted overall.10cm (4in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅博局紋鏡For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSELS AND COVERS, FANGHUHan DynastyThe vessels of square section, each supported on a tall, slightly tapering foot, the shoulder with two relief-cast taotie-mask handles suspending loose rings, each cover with canted sides beneath four vertical finials shaped as stylised birds at the corners.Each 42.5cm (16 3/4in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅鋪首銜環耳方壺一對For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE JADE-INLAID BRONZE MIRRORWarring States PeriodOf circular form, with a channelled rim surrounding a pale green jade disc decorated with twisted-rope designs, the central medallion with a small flower-shaped knop, the surface with a dark patina and some malachite encrustation.17.3cm (6 6/8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 嵌玉青銅鏡Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.10.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號10See a related mirror with similar jade rope-twist band, and additionally inlaid with glass, Warring States period, in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, illustrated in Hai-wai Yi-chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Bronze I, Taipei, 1987, p.171, no.168.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE AND RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID RETICULATED BRONZE BELT HOOKWarring States PeriodElaborately inlaid with shallow gold and silver sheet on the upper face, the design cast as two deeply-entwined back-to-back mythical birds with curling plumage principally highlighted in silver sheet, the crested heads turning away from each other to the sides at the upper end of the plaque, beneath the hook formed as an animal head inlaid with two gold eyes, the underside with a large stud, fitted box.10.5cm (4in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國 錯金銀鳥紋帶鉤See a related example illustrated by B.Karlgren and J.Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes: The Natanael Wessén Collection, Stockholm, 1969, pl.62, no.50e.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOKWarring States/Han DynastyWith chilong head hook, the sinuous arch of its neck issuing from the open jaws of a horned mythical beast with black glass eyes at the base of the convex shaft, with further crawling chilong in shallow relief among three turquoise beads, the reverse with circular boss.19.7cm (7 7/8in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 銅鎏金嵌寶帶鉤Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, Chinese Jewellery Accessories and Glass, London, December 1991, no.98.Robert Kleiner, London, July 2008來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd，收錄於《Chinese Jewellery Accessories and Glass》，1991年12月，編號98倫敦古董商Robert Kleiner，2008年7月Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2009, no.4.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號4Compare with a similar gilt-bronze belt hook, Eastern Zhou dynasty, but without glass inlay, illustrated by J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.210-211, no.128. Another similar inlaid hook, Warring States period, is illustrated in Art of the Warring States Period, Osaka, 1991, p.104, no.152.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FOUR BRONZE BELT-HOOKSWarring States to Han DynastyComprising a long belt hook with geometric patterns inlaid in gold, terminating with a beast head, 20.5cm (8in) long; a gilt-bronze belt hook with bold mythical beast design, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; a bronze cylindrical belt-hook with traces of silver-wire inlay, 12.7cm (5in) long; and a small elephant-shaped belt buckle inlaid with gold, 4cm (1 1/2in) long.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國至漢 銅帶鉤 一組四件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2001, no.7 (long buckle)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2001年，編號7（最長者）See a very similar gold-inlaid bronze belt hook, Warring States period, in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by T.Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 BC, Washington, 1982, p.96, no.45.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE RIBBED BOX AND COVER AND A BRONZE BOTTLE VASETang DynastyThe cylindrical vessel rising from a flat base to straight sides slightly flaring outwards towards the top, neatly divided into six horizontal bands by raised ribs, the slightly-domed cover capped by a bud-shaped finial, the metal body partially covered with pale green encrustation, 9cm (3 1/2in) high; and the bronze bottle vase with large oval body surmounted by a long narrow waisted neck flaring at the mouth, 26cm (10 1/4in) high.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅奩盒 及 銅長頸瓶 一組兩件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.14 (the ribbed box and cover)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號14（銅奩盒）The shape of this box appears to have been inspired by a specific vessel, lian, which had existed during the bronze age and used as incense burner. A related bronze cylindrical box and cover, Tang dynasty, is illustrated in the Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Special Exhibition of Tin–Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, p.47, nos.91 and 92. For a related bottle vase, Tang dynasty, see also Bronze Articles for Daily Use: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2006, no.156.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE POURING VESSEL, YITang DynastyThe shallow vessel standing on a short spreading foot rising to gently rounded sides and a waisted everted mouth with a shallow plain spout at one side, the surface with a dark patina and malachite encrustations.21.5cm (8 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅匜Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.13.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號13A similar silver-gilt vessel unearthed from Hejiacun, Xi'an, in 1970, and now in the collection of the Shaanxi Historical Museum, is illustrated in Treasures of Chang'an: Capital of the Silk Road, Hong Kong, 1993, pp.134-135, no.42. See also another example illustrated in Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, no.135.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE PAIL, A VASE AND A BASINTang DynastyThe pail with a compressed globular body slightly tapering toward the rim, with large loop handle, 17cm (6 5/8in) high; the vase, zhadou, with wide flaring mouth, waisted neck compressed globular body and short foot, the surface entirely plain, 11.5cm (4 1/in) high; the basin with wide everted rim, deep cylindrical sides and short spreading foot, 20cm (7 7/8in) diam. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅提梁罐、銅唾壺、及銅盆 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2001, no.9 (the pail).展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2001年，編號9（銅提梁罐）The form of the pail is found in Tang ceramics. A smaller silver pail, illustrated in Wenwu, no.11, 1995, was excavated at Yaling, Yichuan County, Henan Province, from a Tang tomb dated 824. For similar bronze examples, see Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Special Exhibition: Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, pp.44-45, nos.84-87.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GILT-BRONZE LEAF-SHAPED HORSE-HARNESS PENDANTTang DynastyThe front cast in crisp high relief with an upright slender predatory animal biting the hindquarters of a running deer, within overlapping folded edges of the leaf, the top with a loop for attachment, the front with much gilding remaining.7.5cm (3in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅鎏金捕獵紋杏葉Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe, Ekolsund, Sweden (1884-1967)Exhibited and Published: Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, no.163 (label)來源：瑞典收藏家卡爾·坎普（1884-1967）舊藏展覽著錄：《Mostra d'Arte Cinese》，威尼斯，1954年，編號163（標籤）Carl Kempe belonged to a group of Chinese art connoisseurs who began collecting in about 1930; he was also a member of the Chinese Club in Stockholm (a local branch of the Oriental Ceramic Society in London). He was an early member of the OCS and lent pieces to the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1935-1936. He apparently visited China for the first time in 1935, and began specialising in monochrome whiteware porcelain after that date. His collection fell into three principal areas: Chinese gold and silver from the Zhou to the Qing period, Chinese whitewares, and Chinese glass; but he also collected Chinese lacquer, snuff-boxes, bronzes and other metalwork, enamels, hardstones and Roman glassware.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BELT PLAQUETang DynastyThe upper face decorated in crisp shallow relief with a heavily-armoured warrior Immortal seated on a cloud raft trailing ribbons and holding a sword across his lap, flanked at the left by a lady holding a tiered vessel, and at the right by a ferocious guardian attendant, the surface with much shallow gilding remaining except on the points of highest relief, one end of the plaque curved in a gentle crescent, the other straight, fitted box.9cm (3 1/2in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅鎏金仙人紋帶銙Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.8展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號8The present lot is very rare with its depiction of celestial figures. See a related set of belt ornaments, decorated with seated male figures, illustrated in Bronze Articles for Daily Use: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2007, p.201, no.178.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE COMBTang DynastyThe gilt upper section of the comb shaped as a crescent moon, decorated in repoussé with a pair of birds in flight by a large leafy flower, all on a ring-punched ground, between two rocks on either side, framed by a beaded border, above a wave border and beneath pine needles, box.14cm (5 1/2in) wide. (2).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Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2009, no.11. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號11See a similar parcel-gilt bronze comb, Tang dynasty, in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no.337. See another example illustrated by C.Deydier, Imperial Gold from Ancient China, London, 1990, pp.30-31, no.7. A related parcel-gilt comb, Tang dynasty, was sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2008, lot 50; another, Tang dynasty, from the Carl Kempe Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 12 September 2019, lot 564.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE BRONZE AND REPOUSSÉ SILVER-ALLOY 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRRORTang DynastyCrisply cast with a central crouching mythical beast knop, encircled by a band of four recumbent lions amongst fruiting grape vines, surrounded by a band with birds and further grape vine, the reverse plain and polished to a high sheen. 10.2cm (3 1/2in) diam. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅海獸葡萄紋鏡For a similar example, see J.Chou, Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Cleveland, 2000, no.55, where the author suggests dating the mirror to the late 7th Century, based upon a similar example found in the tomb of Dugu Shizhen, at Xian and dated to 698; and for another 'lion and grapevine' bronze mirror, Tang dynasty, see the Royal Academy of Arts International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, no.669.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE PRUNUS-SHAPED CUPSTANDSong DynastyThe delicate rounded side of the hollow bowl supported on a wide dish with a six-lobed rim resembling the petals of a prunus flower, naturalistically divided by ridges on the cavetto and underside, all raised on a tall hollow flared foot.14cm (5 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋 銅花形盞托Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.19.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號19This form was particularly popular during the Song dynasty in various mediums including lacquer, ceramic and silver. For a silver example, see P.Uldry, Chinesisches Gold und Silber: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1994, p.228, no.269. See another example, illustrated by N.Hiroko, The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, 2004, Tokyo, fig.150.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A HONGMU 'ANTIQUES' SIDE CABINET19th/20th century Formed from two hat-box compartments from a pair of wardrobes, the rectangular top above two pairs of cupboard doors each carved in relief with a single archaistic vessel after bronze prototypes, raised on a well-matched stand carved with scroll designs on squat cabriole supports with mythical bird carved knees and ending in ball and claw feet.119.5cm high, 100cm wide, 45cm deepThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comSplit along grain line to upper surfacer up to 10mm wide. Other side panels also showing natural contraction at sides of panels. Lower panel on cainet's right side also with vertical crack just beginning to appear along grain at one side inside of the edge down the molding. The panels to other side show sun bleaching. Cabinet stands well without movement. Hinges loose so doors rubbing at bases.
A PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE18th century, seal ShangxinShaped as a flattened bianhu flask, finely enamelled with a continuous scene depicting a quail standing beside a flowering bush of chrysanthemums, the reverse with a pair of birds perched on a branch of blossoming peonies, all above overlapping lotus petals and below a ruyi band, gilt-bronze stopper, ivory stand. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide (3).Footnotes:Provenance: a European private collectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ?Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.? 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.comSome wear to the surface in the form of light dents, scratches, pitting and small losses of the enamels, the largest area approx. 0.8x0.6cm.
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