Collier mit Anhänger "Belle Main"24 kt Gelbgold, 18 kt Gelbgold (Kette). Gegossener ziselierter Reliefanhänger in Form eines weiblichen Halbakts mit langem gewelltem Haar, der auf der Innenfläche einer geöffneten Hand liegt, deren gespreizte Finger mit den erhobenen Armen verschmolzen sind. Stäbchen-Ankerkette mit Hakenösenschließe. Gestempelt: Feingehalte "24 KT" "KT 18", Mailänder Herkunftsmarke, MZ "Gm", "MR 7", Auflage "3/9", signiert und datiert "Man Ray 1937 - 74". Feine Kratzer und Gebrauchsspuren. Anhänger L 13 cm. Kette L gesamt 50 cm. Gesamtgewicht 47,17 g.Entwurf: Man Ray, Paris 1937; Ausführung: GEM Montebello, Mailand 1974.Das Motiv "Belle Main" basiert auf einer gleichnamigen Zeichnung Man Rays aus dem Jahr 1937, das im selben Jahr mit einem Gedicht Paul Eluards in dessen Gedichtband "Les Mains Libres" veröffentlicht wurde. 1971 entstand eine erste, auf neun Exemplare limitierte plastische Ausführung des surrealistischen Sujets in Bronze, 1974 folgte eine , ebenfalls auf 9 Exemplare beschränkte Schmuckedition. Deren Ausführung in Feingold stammt von Giancarlo Montebello, einem auf Editionen zeitgenössischer Künstler spezialisierten Mailänder Goldschmied, der auch Schmuckstücke von Picasso und Max Ernst ausführte. Der vielseitige französische Künstler Emmanuel Rudzitsky, der unter dem Pseudonym Man Ray zu den berühmtesten Vertretern des Surrealismus gehört, war Maler, Fotograf, Grafikdesigner und Avantgarde-Filmemacher. Von grundlegender Bedeutung für seine künstlerische Karriere war sein Treffen mit Marcel Duchamp im Jahr 1915 in New York, mit dem er den amerikanischen Zweig des Dadaismus begründete. In seinem Werk ist das Motiv der Hand immer wieder anzutreffen. So besaß er mehrere Modelhände, die er in der gleichen offenen Position wie "Belle Main" mit unterschiedlichen Objekten fotografierte.GutachtenBestätigung der Erben Giancarlo Montebello, Beatrice und Carlotta Montebello, Mailand, vom 21.3.2023 liegt vor: "Con riferimento all'opera Belle Main di Man Ray edizione di 9 esemplari riteniamo che sulla base delle informazione e immagini ricevute l'esemplare 3 su 9 corrisponda all'edizione prodotta dalla GEM Montebello 1974".ProvenienzItalienischer Adelsbesitz.LiteraturVgl. Penrose, Man Ray, London 1975, S. 139, Nr. 93. Hier eine Abbildung seiner Zeichnung "Belle Main" von 1937.
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Paar Tischleuchter mit Shou Lao-FigurenPorzellan mit farbigem Unterglasurdekor, feuervergoldete Bronze und Draht, Weichporzellan (pâte tendre) mit farbigem Aufglasurdekor. Aus zahlreichen Einzelteilen verschraubte und gesteckte Montierung aus der Régence-Epoche, mit je einer Kerzentülle und Traufschale. Auf der fein profilierten Bodenplatte jeweils drei Salamander, Schneckenhäuser und Eicheln. Minimale Chips an den Blüten, einige Blüten verloren. H 14,5, B 8,8 cm.Die Bronze Paris, um/nach 1740, die Porzellanblumen Vincennes, die Porzellanfiguren China, Qianlong.ProvenienzDeutsche Privatsammlung, erworben bei Röbbig, München.LiteraturVgl. Wannenes, Les bronzes ornementaux et les objets montés de Louis XIV à Napoléon III, Mailand 2004, S. 202, gleiche Figuren ineiner späteren montierung.Vgl. Kjellberg, Objets montés du moyen Âge à nos jours, Paris 2000, S. 92, eine ähnliche Montierung mit blanc de chine-Figuren.Vgl. Lempertz Köln Auktion 1182 From Antiquity to Art Nouveau. The Bernard De Leye Collection, am 15. Juli 2021, Lot 149, eine Londoner Tischuhr mit blanc de chine-Figuren und gleicher Montierung, verkauft für Zuschlag € 20.000.
Paar Appliques mit chinoisen HalbfigurenFeuervergoldete Bronze. Zweiarmige Wandleuchter, aus mehreren Teilen gegossen und verschraubt, ziseliert und gepunzt. Ein Importstempel "c couronné" (weiblicher Leuchter) von 1745 - 49. Gebohrt für die Kabelführung. H ca. 34 cm.ProvenienzSüddeutscher Privatbesitz.
Paar Wandleuchter mit PorzellanblumenVergoldete Bronze, farbig gefasstes Metall/Eisendraht, weißes Weichporzellan (pâte tendre). Zwei Leuchterarme umwunden von grün gefassten Blättern, appliziert sieben bzw. acht Porzellanblumen. Die vier Tüllen und Traufschalen geformt aus vergoldeten Akanthusblättern. H ca. 40 cm.Frankreich, um 1750, die Blüten Vincennes, zugeschrieben.
Aus dem Palais des Tuileries:, Table d'époque Louis XV von Brice PéridiezAmaranth, Rosenholz, Palisander und Buchs auf Eiche, feuervergoldete Bronze, Eisenschloss. Allansichtiger Beistell-/Ziertisch mit Schreibfunktion. Auf schmalen hohen geschweiften Vierkantbeinen ein gerader Zargenkasten mit seitlichem Schub. Geschwungene Platte mit Blattranken auf viergeteiltem Marketeriefond, um den Rand ein Bronzeprofil. Unter der Zarge gestempelt (B) PERIDIEZ JME, unter der Platte Brandstempel gekröntes T für das Inventar des Tuilerienpalastes. In sehr gut restauriertem Zustand. H 71,5, B 49,5, T 40 cm.Paris, vor 1757.Brice Péridiez erhielt seinen Meistertitel vor 1738, denn sein Name erscheint nicht auf den Listen, die nach dem Datum beginnen. Seine Werkstatt lag in der Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. Bekannt wurde er für meisterhaft mit Amaranth und Rosenholz furnierte Möbel mit diesen typischen feinen Blattranken. Er gilt als einziger Ebenist, der einen Schlagstempel mit drei Schriftreihen verwendete. Péridiez verstarb 1757. Sein ältester Sohn Gérard wurde erst 1761 Meister, konnte also das Geschäft seines Vaters nicht weiterführen.Bis zu seiner Zerstörung während des Aufstands der Pariser Kommune im Jahr 1871 grenzte der Palais des Tuileries im Westen an den Louvre. Heute sind nur noch die Gärten oberhalb des Seine-Ufers erhalten. Caterina de' Medici plante den Stadtpalast, der erst nach ihrem Tod weitgehend fertiggestellt wurde. Als Ludwig XIV. Versailles zu seiner Residenz wählte, wurde der Tuilerienpalast nur noch gelegentlich genutzt. Dennoch wurden immer wieder Möbel für die Innenausstattung bestellt, vor allem aber wieder unter Ludwig XVI. Die Sammlung des Mobilier national enthält noch zahlreiche Sitzmöbel, Wandleuchter und auch Teppiche aus der Zeit kurz vor der Revolution und danach, für die Innenausstattung unter Napoléon und Joséphine. Georges I. Jacob und François-Honoré Jacob-Desmalter belieferten u.a. das Stadtschloss mit repräsentativen Stücken.ProvenienzPalais des Tuileries. Süddeutscher Privatbesitz.LiteraturZu den Inventarstempeln s. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIII siècle, 2. Bd., Paris 1959, S. 100, 139.Der Ebenist bei Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIII siècle, Paris 2008, S. 683 ff.Dieses Objekt wurde unter Verwendung von Materialien hergestellt, für die beim Export in Ländern außerhalb der EU eine Genehmigung nach CITES erforderlich ist. Wir machen darauf aufmerksam, dass eine Genehmigung im Regelfall nicht erteilt wird.
Offiziersuhr von Louis Duchêne et filsFeuervergoldete Bronze, weißes Emailzifferblatt mit schwarzen Zahlen, gebläute Stahlzeiger, gewölbtes Glas, Messing, Stahl. Zwei-Tage-Laufzeit, Spindel-Echappement, grande et petite sonnerie, Rechenschlagwerk, Viertelstundenschlag auf zwei Glocken, Repetition und Wecker. Auf dem Ziffferblatt signiert "Louis Duchêne et fils". Zwei zusätzliche Löcher links. H 21,3 cm mit heruntergeklapptem Bügel.Genf, nach 1791.Der Genfer Uhrmachermeister Louis Duchêne (1730 - 1804) war berühmt für seine emaillierten Taschenuhren mit Spielwerken und Automaten, für die Präzision seiner tragbaren Uhren, die Minutenrepetition, das kleine und große Schlagwerk, die springenden Stunden. 1791 stieg sein Sohn als Teilhaber in das Unternehmen ein, das daraufhin in Louis Duchêne et fils umbenannt wurde. Die zuverlässigen Uhren wurden weltweit verkauft und bis nach China exportiert.ProvenienzDeutsche Privatsammlung, 1986 bei Eder in München erworben.LiteraturDer Uhrmacher bei Tardy, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, Paris 3/1972, S. 104, und bei Baillie, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, London-Edinburgh 5/1966, S. 90.
Paar Kerzenleuchter mit ägyptischen KaryatidenFeuervergoldete und brünierte Bronze. Aus mehreren Gussteilen verschraubte "flambeaux". Kleine Löcher in den Traufschalen, Putzspuren. H 36,3 cm.Berliner Gießerei, zugeschrieben, Anfang 19. Jh.LiteraturVgl. Frégnac, Les styles français de Louis XIII à Napoléon III, Paris 1975, S. 183, ein sehr ähnliches Modell aus dem Musée Marmottan.S.a. Werner, Ägyptomanie in Preussen. Die Tafelskulptur zur Hochzeit im Königshaus 1804, Weimar 2016, Kat. Nrn. 6 und 8, vgl. auch die Blattkronen der Tüllen.S.a. Lempertz Berlin Auktion 1217 am 22. April 2023, Lot 157, ein Tafelleuchter mit stehender Ägypterin als Schaft aus patiniertem Eisenkunstguss.
Handleuchter mit UntertasseVergoldete Bronze, lose aufliegende Untertasse aus Porzellan mit farbigem Aufglasurdekor und Vergoldung. Bemalt mit einer Chinoiserie in schwarz konturierter Goldrankenkartusche. Auf der Unterseite drei indianische Blumenzweige. Blaumarke Schwerter, Drehernummer 50, ligiertes goldenes HL. Teller D 13,8 cm.Das Porzellan Meissen, um 1740.ProvenienzWestfälische Privatsammlung.
FÉLIX AGOSTINI (1910-1980)Paire d'appliques 'Flèches'Création en 1958Bronze patiné doréH: 60 cm (23 5/8 in.); L: 28 cm.(11in.); P: 15cm.(5 7/8in.).Nous remercions Madame Dominique Kerguenne de nous avoir confirmé l'authenticité de cette paire d'appliques.A pair of 'Flèches' wall lamps in patinated bronze by Félix Agostini, designed in 1958.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LINE VAUTRIN (1913-1997)Boîte 'Je suis Dieu Maître des trois vertus'Création vers 1950Signé, en bronze et liègeH: 3cm.(1.18in.); L: 13cm.(5.12in.); P: 6cm.(2.36in.).A signed 'Je suis Dieu Maître des trois vertus' bronze box by Line Vautrin designed circa 1950.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LINE VAUTRIN (1913-1997)Vide-poche 'La cueillette des trèfles'Création vers 1950Signé, en bronze doréH: 1,3cm.(0.51in.); L: 9cm.(3.54in.); P: 7,5cm.(2.95in.).A signed 'La cueillette des trèfles' pin tray in gilt bronze by Line Vautrin designed circa 1950.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
EUGÈNE PRINTZ (Attribué à)Importante table de salle à manger et sa rallonge en couronneCirca 1946Bois de palissandre marqueté en damier, bois massif et bronzeSans rallonge: H: 75cm.(29 1/2in.); D: cm.(46 7/8in.).Avec rallonge: H: 75cm.(in.); D: 170cm.(66 15/16in.).An important dining table with its extender in rosewood, wood marquetry and bronze for the decoration of a private house attributed to Eugène Printz circa 1946.Footnotes:Provenance:Ensemble conçu par Eugene Printz pour une collection particulière, Thionville, France Acquis auprès de cette dernière par l'actuel propriétaire, Metz, France(d'après la bonne foi du vendeur )This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W YW Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Iron Age bronze core for plated stater, gold Ferriby type, obverse depicting laureate head of Apollo, reverse showing horse beneath star, circa 20-50 BC; Iron Age bronze Potin, probably of the Thurrock type, Class I, obverse showing bust facing left, reverse deping a charging bull, circa 1st-2nd century BC, identified by York Museum (2)
A BRONZE LAMPHan DynastyCast with a trumpet-shaped base, the waisted body rising towards a shoulder accentuated with a raised horizontal string band, the straight neck supporting a round basin at the top, the surface covered with a malachite-greenish and copper-brownish patina. 14cm (5 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅燈For a similar bronze lamp, Warring State period, see The Complete Collection of Bronzes Unearthed in China, vol.6, Beijing, 2019, pl.364.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE GARLIC-HEAD VASEHan DynastyOf compressed globular body rising from a tall tapering foot, to a long slender neck terminating in a bulbous garlic-shape head, the base with taotie mask loop, the surface patinated with variegated patches of malachite-green and copper-brown. 38.5cm（5 1/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅蒜頭瓶See a similar garlic head bottle, dated late Warring States period to Western Han dynasty, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods, Genova, 2017, p236, pl.10.1.Compare with a related bronze garlic-mouth vase, Han dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 2 November 2022, lot 208.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE PERFUME FLASK AND COVERSui/Tang DynastyOf ovoid shape rising from a short tapered foot to a long waisted neck and flaring mouth rim, the domed cover surmounted by a lotus-bud finial, with mottled green and brown patina. 15cm (5 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價隋/唐 銅長頸瓶Provenance: James Marshall Plumer (1899-1960), Michigan. 來源：James Marshal Plumer (1899-1960) 舊藏, 密歇根Exhibited: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 6 March- 8 April, 1962 (by repute)James Marshall Plumer (1899-1960) was a noted professor and expert on Asian art. Plumer undertook extensive studies abroad, visiting ancient temples and monuments in China, becoming fluent in Chinese, and working as an administrative officer with the Chinese government's Maritime Customs. He was a member of the American Oriental Society, the Royal Asiatic Society, the Chinese Art Society of America, the Japan Society, the Association for Asian Studies, and the Archaeological Society of America. After Plumer passed away, the Detroit Institute of Arts presented a memorial exhibition that featured his collection.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. Another related bronze, Sui/Tang dynasty, is illustrated in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, no.330.Compare also with a similar bronze bottle vase, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 64.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE LAMPHan DynastyCast with a trumpet-shaped foot, the waisted body rising towards a rounded shoulder, bisected by a raised stepped rib, the splayed neck supporting a circular basin at the top, the surfaces covered with a malachite-greenish and copper brownish patina. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 青銅燈For a similar bronze lamp, Warring State period, see The Complete Collection of Bronzes Unearthed in China, vol.6, Beijing, 2019, pl.364.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE RECTANGULAR PEAR-SHAPED VASESong/Yuan DynastyOf rectangular section rising from a tall tapering foot to outward curving body and narrow waisted neck flanked by a pair of taotie-mask handles issuing loops, decorated around the exterior with several registers of lappets and stylised florets. 17.8cm (7in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/元 銅鋪首耳方壺For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASESSong/Yuan Dynasty Each decorated on the lower bodies with a wide band of stylised motifs reserved on a S-shape scroll ground, rising from a flared foot with a band of floral patterns, the necks cast with archaistic taotie masks on key-fret ground, flanked by a pair of handles issuing from mythical-beast heads. Each, 22cm (8 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/元 銅饕餮紋獸耳壺一對Compare with a related bronze double-handled vase, Southern Song/Jin dynasty, in the Henri Cernuschi collection, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.134, no.83.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE CANDLE HOLDERTang DynastyIn two sections, the lower drip pan with gently everted rim rising from a bell-shaped base surmounted by a waisted shaft, the upper section with small drip-pan surmounted by a wide cylindrical mouth. 30cm (11 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅燭臺Provenance: acquired from John Sparks Ltd., London, 1970s (by repute)來源：傳從John Sparks Ltd.處獲得，倫敦，1970年代Bronze examples of Tang dynasty candle holders are rare. However, related examples can be found in pottery. See for example, a related straw-glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty, illustrated by H.Tseng and R.P.Dart, The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1964, pl.62. See also a similarly-shaped sancai-glazed candlestick, Tang dynasty, illustrated by W.Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, London, 1984, p.72, fig.42.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYINHe Chaozong seal mark, late Ming DynastyThe exquisitely cast Goddess of Mercy standing on swirling clouds, swaying gently, her left hand gently resting on her right wrist, both elegantly raised with her fingers beautifully coiled, the benevolent facial expression with her eyes downcast in affectionate and meditative contemplation, her flowing robes inlaid with silver-wire patterned as continuous foliate lotus scrolls, cascading down to her feet, draped around the shoulders and open to reveal the chest with a beaded necklace attached with a ruyi fungus pendant, the back with seal mark. 60cm (23 1/2in) high.Footnotes:明晚期 銅嵌銀絲觀音立像「何朝宗印」篆書款Published and Illustrated: Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900, London, 1989, no.7.展覽著錄：Michael Goedhuis著，《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900》，倫敦，1988年，編號7 The present silver-inlaid bronze figure of the Goddess of Mercy is rare and only a few bronze figures of Guanyin of comparable size with similar hand gestures, dated to the Ming dynasty, seem to be recorded. The present lot also exhibits a similar thickness of the silver wire inlay, typical of late Ming dynasty bronzes. Whereas the silver inlay on later examples is usually much thinner. See three similar silver-inlaid bronze figures of Guanyin, Shisou marks, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Classics of the Forbidden City: Guanyin in the Collection of The Palace Museum, Beijing, 2012, pls.43-45. Compare also with a 16th/17th century silver-inlaid figure of Guanyin, with two-character 'Shisou' mark, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27th May 2021, lot 27; and another silver-inlaid bronze figure of Guanyin, with four-character 'Yutang Shisou' mark, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th May 2014, lot 3529.He Chaozong was a celebrated early 17th century potter who specialised in blanc de Chine wares. Indeed, one can see a related blanc de Chine figure of Guanyin, He Chaozong mark, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum I, Beijing, 2016, pp.43-45. One of the possibilities is that the bronze Guanyin was directly modelled after the blanc de Chine example. This is not unique; see for example, a related rare and large silver-inlaid bronze figure of Buddha, with inlaid He Chaozong seal mark, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 108. The various examples of bronze and porcelain figures of Guanyin from this time related to the increased demand due to the spread of the Guanyin cult from the late Ming period onwards. This may in part have been spurred by images and statues of the Virgin Mary which were brought to China following Spanish and Portuguese presence in the region in the 16th century from Macau and the Philippines; indeed, there are striking similarities between ivory carvings of Guanyin and Christian iconography; see for example, an ivory carving of Guanyin with a boy in her arms, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P.Lin Collection, Hong Kong, 2014, p.297, no.179. Ultimately however, Guanyin was seen as a compassionate saviour who hears the woes of humankind, regardless of age, gender, or social class. Guanyin became a popular intercessor for humanity to understand divine salvation. In times of increasing political instability and social flux such as the late Ming period and early Qing era, Guanyin would have been a source of comfort for many on the margins of society. As the 'Bestower of Sons', Guanyin was venerated by women who sought to have sons of their own. In Confucian China, women were expected to stay within their domestic spaces, where such personal devotional objects offered opportunities to interact intimately with the divine. Perhaps the increased demand for bronze and porcelain statues reflects the growth of small household shrines, that would have allowed people to create a direct link as the faithful sought to emulate and aspire toward this image of divine compassion and motherhood.Due to the development of metallurgical technology, Ming dynasty bronzes ranked among the most exquisite and admired products of China's so-called 'second bronze age'; see China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900 , Phoenix, 1993, p.11. The present lot encapsulates the high level of craftsmanship achieved at the time.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC PEAR-SHAPED VASEYuan/early Ming DynastyThe elegantly elongated ovoid body rising from a spreading foot with key-fret band to a tall cylindrical neck, the shoulders decorated with four long cicada lappets, flanked by a pair of taotie-mask handles issuing small loops, the bronze with a dark chocolate-brown patina. 25cm (10in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元/明早期 銅蟬紋鋪首耳瓶Provenance: Ulrich Hausmann collectionSotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3394.來源：Ulrich Hausmann 舊藏香港蘇富比，2014年10月8日，拍品編號3394Similar decoration of divided lappets running up the shoulder can be found on a double-handled pear-shaped vase, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.136, no.86. Similar lappets are also found on a double-handled pear-shaped vase, Yuan dynasty, illustrated D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods: Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China and Japan, Genoa, 2017, p.308, no.22.2. Another vase with similar lappets, 12th/14th century, is illustrated by R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p.24, no.14.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'ARROW' VASESong/Yuan Dynasty Of archaistic form, the globular body cast with four edges and rising to a galleried square mouth rim, all supported on a spreading foot, the neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles cast with a leiwen ground, the upper neck with a band enclosing archaistic motifs against a leiwen ground, the body similarly cast with two further registers enclosing archaistic designs, the bronze patinated to a dark coppery-brown tone. 21.7cm (8 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/元 銅夔龍紋貫耳方壺Provenance: Ulrich Hausmann collectionSotheby's Hong Kong, 7 October 2014, lot 3385.來源：Ulrich Hausmann 舊藏香港蘇富比，2014年10月7日，拍品編號3385The present lot's archaistic form, made for the altar or scholar's study, can be found in porcelain. For a closely related bronze 'arrow' vase of similar archaistic design, recently excavated from a chamber beneath the Zhenhai Pagoda, built in 1321 at Haiyan in Zhejiang Province, see R.Kerr, 'Rethinking some Later Chinese Bronzes' in Arts of Asia, Nov-Dec, 2013, pp.91-92, where she notes that the scholars who wrote up the excavation report considered the delicate bronze vessels of Song/Yuan date, such as the one mentioned above, to be among the most valuable relics in the 47 groups of objects.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE TALL OCTAGONAL CUPYuan DynastyCrisply cast with eight tapering sides rising from a spreading foot, the exterior with panels enclosing a diamond-pattern, the bronze of chocolate-brown tone. 12.1cm (4 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元 銅菱形紋八角杯During most of the Song dynasty, ceramic vessels were circular or lobed in section, but in the Yuan dynasty, a secondary, parallel taste emerged for polygonal vessels, evinced by several 14th century blue and white octagonal bottles and jars from Jingdezhen. For a discussion on this, see China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix, 1993, p.33.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SMALL BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU12th/13th centuryExpertly cast in elegant pear shape, rising from a tall spreading foot to a waisted neck, the exterior with mottled green and brown patina. 15cm (6in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十二/十三世紀 銅壺For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE BARBED-RIM 'XINIU GAZING AT THE MOON' BASINYuan DynastyDeftly cast with deep curving sides rising to an everted barbed rim imitating mallow petals, the centre of the well with a medallion enclosing a xiniu gazing up at the moon, surrounded by clouds, the metal with a dark-brown patina. 40.5cm (16in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元 犀牛望月葵口銅盤The mythical single-horned creature cast in the well of the present lot is known as a xiniu; see for example, a single-horned mythical animal gazing at a crescent moon, but formed as a bronze mirror stand, 14th/15th century, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.122.The design of 'a xiniu gazing at a moon' (犀牛望月) illustrates the myth that this mythical animal has the magical power of communicating with the heaven with their crescent-shaped horns. This decorative motif appeared first in the Song dynasty and remained popular throughout the following centuries on various materials including porcelains, textiles and metalworks etc. See for example, ceramic dishes with this design, Song dynasty, illustrated by J.Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, Goteborg, 1970, pls.93 and 101.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE SQUARE PEAR-SHAPED VASEYuan/Ming DynastyThe pear-shaped vase of square section, crisply cast around the exterior with three registers, the upper section with leiwen band, the middle and lower sections with archaistic stylised chilong, flanked by a pair of taotie-mask handles issuing loose rings. 23cm (9in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元/明 銅鋪首銜環耳螭龍紋方壺 Compare with a related square-bodied vase, with similar stylised pattern, late Yuan/early Ming dynasty, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors, Flowers for the Gods, Genoa, 2017, p.223, no.7.10.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'ARROW' VASEYuan DynastyFollowing the archaic bronze hu prototype, the finely-cast pear-shaped body decorated with archaistic designs of birds reserved on key-fret ground, stylised swirls and scrolls, supported on a spreading foot with a band of archaistic pattern above a row of rope twist, flanked by a pair of tubular handles with key-fret pattern at the neck. 18cm (7in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元 銅仿古鳥紋貫耳壺Compare with a very similar bronze arrow vase, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, illustrated by Sydney L.Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, Hong Kong, 1991, no.72.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'ARROW' VASEYuan DynastyThe pear-shaped body finely decorated in relief with horizontal bands of kuilong, wan character diaper, and geographic pattern designs, flanked by a pair of tubular handles, all supported on a slightly splayed foot cast with a band of lappet and a band of key-fret pattern. 19.5cm (7 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價元 銅仿古夔龍紋貫耳壺See a very similar bronze arrow vase, Southern Song to Yuan, illustrated by Sydney L. Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, Hong Kong, 1991, no.73.Compare also with a similar bronze archaistic 'arrow' vase, Song/Yuan Dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 October 2014, lot 3384.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE TRUMPET-NECKED PEAR-SHAPED VASE12th/13th centuryWell cast with an ovoid body flanked by two low flanges, rising from a stepped foot to a narrow waisted neck flaring to a foliate rim, the shoulder decorated with a band of archaistic taotie masks, the foot with further archaistic patterns. 25.5cm (10in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十二/十三世紀 銅饕餮紋葵口瓶The elegant foliate rim of the present lot may have been inspired by contemporaneous ceramic pieces. See for example, a Jun-ware vase with foliate rim, Jin dynasty, illustrated by R.Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.32, no.22; see also another red stoneware vase with white slip and turquoise glaze, Jin dynasty, of similar shape, illustrated in Ibid., p.77, no.77.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE 'NINE-BAND' PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HUSong/Yuan DynastyRising from a flared foot with a band of stylised wave pattern, the pear-shaped body decorated with nine horizontal registers separated by plain strips, the registers cast in low relief with designs of lozenges enclosing the swastika motifs, wan-character diaper, phoenix, cranes amidst clouds, floral and foliate patterns, with chocolate-brown patina. 21cm (8 1/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/元 萬字紋仿古銅壺 Published and Illustrated: Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900, London, 1989, no.42.展覽著錄：Michael Goedhuis著，《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900》，倫敦，1989年，編號42The dynamic design around the exterior of the present lot owes much to contemporaneous designs used for ceramics, notably Qingbai wares. See for example, a related floral pattern illustrated by J.Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, Goteborg, 1970, fig.7a. See also a related bronze pear-shaped vase, Song/Jin dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.135.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE 'CHAMPION' VASEMing DynastyComposed of two tubular pedestal vases flanking an eagle with extended wings outstretched across both vases, standing on the head of a bear with outstretched limbs, its hindquarters and bifurcated tail protruding at the bottom on the back below a chilong joining the vases. 16cm (6 1/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅英雄雙聯瓶Vases of this form are known as 'champion vases', which refers to the vessel's twin-tubular compartments connected by an eagle (ying) and a bear (xiong), together forming the pun yingxiong 'champion' or 'hero'. In form, the vase was inspired by earlier bronzes, such as the Tang dynasty 'champion' vase depicted in the Xiqing Gujian, 1751, illustrated by M.Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, p.106, pl.107, which itself draws on Western Han dynasty examples. See a related inlaid gold and silver bronze 'champion' vase, Song to Ming dynasty, illustrated in The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.35.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'QILIN' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER17th centuryThe mythical beast deftly cast with its head turned sharply to its back, its jaws agape with long whiskers falling back towards the almond-shaped eyes, a large horn issuing from the head, the scaly body with mane terminating in a large busy tail formed as the hinged cover, the long legs supported on a circle of swirling clouds. 14cm (5 1/2in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅麒麟形香爐帶蓋For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE MODEL OF A RECUMBENT RAM16th/17th centuryNaturalistically cast with its long horns curled around the pointed ears and four legs tucked under its body, its head raised in an graceful expression, with wide open eyes and a short beard attached to the chest. 16cm (6 1/4in) long.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 銅臥羊擺件For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER17th centuryThe beast exquisitely cast with arched back with finely detailed curls, the head turned to the left and serving as the cover with large bulbous eyes beneath curling bushy brows and mane, the jaws agape beneath ruyi-snout revealing fangs and tongue, all supported on long legs, plastic stand. 25cm (10in) 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 銅獅形香爐帶蓋Compare with a related pair of bronze seated Buddhist lions, 16th/17th century, illustrated by Syndey L.Moss ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.14.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'BUDDHIST LION' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER17th centuryWell cast as a playful lion rising up on its hind legs, its front paws clutching a ball issuing a ribbon reaching to the creature's left foot, the cover formed as the head with mouth agape, large bulbous eyes beneath bushy brows, ruyi-snout and curly mane, a knobbly spine extending down the back with further curls of hair, leading to a large bushy tail, the body with well defined ribs. 20.5cm (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 銅獅戲繡球香爐帶蓋See a related pair of bronze seated Buddhist lions, 16th/17th century, illustrated by Sydney L.Moss, Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, Hong Kong, 1991, no.14.Compare with a related large bronze 'lion' incense burner, 17th century, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 11 May 2016, lot 88.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING OFFICIALLate Ming DynastyThe figure crisply cast with long flowing robes cascading into neat pleats revealing the shoes and holding a ceremonial hu tablet in front of his chest, the bearded face with serene expression between long ears, all beneath an official's cap. 22.2cm (8 3/4in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅鎏金官員立像Provenance: Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd., 1990Sotheby's London, 12 November 2010, lot 1058Compare with a related parcel-gilt bronze figure of a standing official, Ming dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.159, no.113.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF SHANCAI TONGZI AND LONGNU16th/17th centuryThe figure of Shancai tongzi with three tufts of hair rising from his head, dressed in a billowing scarf and a tunic, his hands held upward with palms facing; the figure of Longnü elegantly cast with hands draped with a presentation cloth, supporting a flaming pearl on a offering dish, wearing ruyi-cloud collar, the gentle sway of the full sleeves and flowing scarf imparting a sense of motion to the figure. 15.5cm (6in) high. (2).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 善財童子和龍女鎏金銅像一對The present lot may be identified as Sudhana, known in Chinese as Shancai tongzi, and Longnü, daughter of the Dragon King. They would have stood to the left and right of bodhisattva Guanyin as attendants. According to the Flower Garland Sutra (Huayan jing), Sudhana studied with fifty-two learned teachers and became enlightened. Guanyin was one of his teachers. Longnü, a young girl, is often shown with Sudhana as a visual response to texts claiming that Guanyin taught an invocation to a Dragon King and his daughter while visiting their underseas realm. For a related gilt-bronze example of Sudhana, Qing dynasty, see Selected Gems of Cultural Relics - newly collected in the Palace Museum in the last fifty Years, Beijing, 2005, pp.130-131, no.168.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE BRONZE GOAT-FORM RETICULATED INCENSE BURNER AND COVERMing DynastyGracefully cast in the form of a recumbent sheep, the cover formed as the head with pronounced large eyes and mouth agape with flaring nostrils and long beard, the collar issuing a bell decorated with diaper-pattern, the back with a pierced saddle rug cast with auspicious lingzhi fungus, the legs folded beside the rotund body terminating with a shaggy tail. 23cm (9in) long. (2).Footnotes:明 羊形銅香爐帶蓋Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900, London, 1989, no.16.展覽著錄：Michael Goedhuis著，《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D.1100-1900》，倫敦，1989年，編號16The character for sheep or goat, yang (羊), appeared as early as the Han dynasty as a pun for the character xiang (祥) meaning auspicious or lucky. By the Ming period, the image of sheep had become heavily associated with yang (陽), another homophone but signifying the sun or warm, positive, masculine force in Chinese cosmology.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE BUDDHIST LION JOSS-STICK HOLDER16th centuryThe beast cast seated on its hind legs, its right paw atop a ball, the fierce face with jaws agape and large ruyi-snout, and curly mane extending down the knobbly spine supporting a a small vase, the tail sweeping across its right haunch, attached wood stand. 11cm (4 1/2in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十六世紀 銅獅形香插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 BRONZE FOUR-LEGGED 'MYTHICAL BEAST' STANDLate Ming DynastySturdily cast of oval section, the straight sides with cloud-scroll edges, supported on four long curling feet issuing from mythical-beast heads suspending bell-shaped loose rings. 23cm (9in) wide. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 獸足銅座For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' PRICKET CANDLESTICK16th centuryWell cast on three scrolling feet issuing horned mythical-beast heads surmounted by a Buddhist lion with furrowed brows, his back carrying a baluster vase with lotus-petal base, rising up to a lotus-leaf drip pan and candle-prick. 35cm (13 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十六世紀 銅瑞獸燭臺For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE SQUARE VASE, FANGZUNWanli seal mark, Qing Dynasty or earlierThe body of square section divided by flanges on the edges and raised on a spreading foot, the straight neck flanked by a pair of lug handles and rising to a flaring mouth and galleried rim, the body decorated with archaistic taotie masks, the neck with cicadas beneath further taotie masks, metal liner. 29.5cm (11 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清或更早 饕餮紋貫耳出戟方尊「萬曆年製」篆書款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE TAPIR-SHAPED VESSEL AND COVER, XIZUNMing/early Qing DynastyThe stocky, tapir-like mythical beast heavily cast standing foursquare with head raised, ears pricked and tail pointed downwards, the body inlaid in silver and gold with geometric scrolls, the head cast in relief with curved brows and a collar encircling the neck, the hollow body fitted with a cover on its back surmounted by a bird finial, the cover inscribed with an archaistic symbol. 27.8cm (11in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明/早清 銅錯金銀犧尊This rare zoomorphic vessel is based on ancient prototypes which originated from at least as early as the Western Zhou dynasty. Tapir-form bronze vessels of this type began to appear in greater numbers in the Eastern Zhou dynasty; compare with a tapir-form vessel, Spring and Autumn or Warring States period, finely inlaid with gold and silver geometric designs, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Bronze in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, pl.25.The examples from the Bronze Age appear to have found favour with the Northern Song Emperor Huizong (r.1100-1126), who was a very keen antiquarian and who instigated the publication of illustrated catalogues of the items in his collection. One of these, the 'Xuanhe Illustrated Collection of Antiques' (Xuanhe Bogu tulu), included an illustration of such an early bronze vessel. While the original edition would not have been readily available to later craftsmen, it was reprinted on a number of occasions, and the illustration of this zoomorphic vessel appears, for example, in the 1528 edition, known as the Bogu tulu.The name xizun appears in both the Bogu tulu, compiled during the Northern Song dynasty, and the 'Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Xiqing Pavilion', (Xiqing gu jian), compiled in the eighteenth century. The word xi meaning 'sacrificial victim', often refers to an ox or another animal.Vessels shaped as tapirs are often dated to the Yuan and Ming dynasties. See, for example, a related bronze 'tapir' vessel inlaid with gold and silver, Yuan dynasty, from the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis (acc.no.273:1919), illustrated by P.K.Hu, Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and Robert E. Kresko Collections, St. Louis, 2008, p.45, fig.3, and another Ming dynasty example, similarly inlaid in gold and silver, in the collection of the Cernuschi Museum, Paris, acc.no.M.C.583.Compare with a similar gold and silver-inlaid bronze tapir, Song/Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 3 November 2022, lot 117.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, DINGXuande cast two-character mark, 17th/18th centurySolidly cast with arching loop handles above a waisted neck and compressed globular body all raised on three tapered conical feet surrounding the impressed two-character mark within a cartouche of confronted dragons. 23cm (9in) 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 銅沖天耳三足爐「宣德」楷書款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE OPENWORK 'XIEZHI' SCHOLAR'S-DESK SCREENLate Ming DynastyCrisply cast in openwork with floral scrolls, in the centre a mythical xiezhi with its horned-head turned sharply towards its back and gazing up at a blossoming flower, stand. 18.5cm (7 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅獬豸镂空插屏The xiezhi is a mythical creature often confused with the qilin. It resembles an ox or goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes, and a single long horn on its forehead. It has great intellect and understands human speech. The xiezhi possesses the innate ability to distinguish right from wrong and when it finds corrupt officials, it will ram them with its horn and devour them. It is thus known as a symbol of justice. The present lot therefore, would have been well suited to a scholar-official's desk and in effect, resembles a rank badge worn on official robes.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE 'FOREIGNER TRIBUTE-BEARERS' BRONZE INCENSE BURNERXuande cast six-character mark, 17th centuryCast with plain slightly tapering sides rising from four bracket feet, the handles formed as a pair of turbaned Western Asiatic figures carrying the rectangular vessel, with bulging eyes and bushy beards and brows, the ears with large earrings, their squat bodies clad with billowing scarves and tunics. 20.3 cm (8in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀 銅雙胡人托長方形爐 「大明宣德年製」楷書款Figures of foreigners depicted with large round eyes and bushy eyebrows have been a popular subject in Chinese art dating from at least the Tang period, when the increased presence of foreigners in China prompted a new fascination and a gradual stylisation of the image of the foreigner in Chinese art. Painters of Buddhist luohan and tribute missions to the Imperial Court continued the fascination with the exotic in subsequent periods.The strong facial features, curly beards and hair closely resemble four small foreigners with bare chests kneeling to support a gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel incense of burner, late Ming dynasty: see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Metal-Bodied Enamel Ware, Beijing, 2011, p.273, no.144.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE AMPHORAMing DynastySolidly cast, the large globular body rising from a narrow foot to a waisted neck and everted rim set with a pair of mythical beast-heads issuing handles to the body, the exterior covered with chocolate-brown patina. 31cm (12 5/8in) wide. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 獅首耳銅罐For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIALMing DynastyFinely cast with serene expression and long beard between pendulous ears, all beneath an official's cap, clad in long flowing robes of an official with belt raised by his right hand up to his chest, the left hand resting on his knee, seated on a platform, traces of gilt. 24cm (9 1/2in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅官員坐像For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MOONFLASK, BIANHUSong/Ming DynastyOf flattened ovoid shape rising from a spreading foot to a narrow cylindrical neck, the body cast with panels arranged in three bands and divided by raised borders inlaid with silver and gold, each panel with interlaced hooks and scrolls, the shoulders with applied taotie masks suspending loose rings, the neck with pendent lappets, with gold inlay, box. 14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價宋/明 銅錯金銀仿古扁壺The present lot was inspired by archaic bronzes from the Han period and earlier, which were in turn inspired by flasks from Central Asia; the raised bands for example, imitating the leather strapwork that carried the flasks. See for example a related bronze bian hu, Warring States, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, vol.8, Beijing, 1995, pl.143. Such archaic bronzes such as bian hu were collected by the Song emperor Huizong and are recorded in the Xuanhe bogu tu and reproduced in the Qianlong era; see Chongxiu Xuanhe bogu tu, juan 13, no.12.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CLOUD-HANDLED BRONZE VASE, HUMing DynastyHeavily cast of elegant pear shape, rising from a stepped foot to a narrow waisted neck and galleried rim, the shoulders set with a pair of ruyi cloud-shaped handles, the body decorated around the exterior with continuous lotus scrolls, the foot and neck with stiff-leaf lappets, the mouth and foot rims with cloud-scrolls. 13.5cm (5 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明 銅如意耳纏枝花卉紋壺Compare with a related bronze vase with similar handles, 16th century, in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the ancestors, Flowers for the Gods, Genoa, 2017, p.269, fig.3.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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