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Lot 16
Two volumes of Collections de San Donato auction catalogue created on the occasion of the sales held in 1870 of the Demidov collection. Text in French. Green Morocco half bound with gilt title and raised bands to spine. One volume includes 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 29th, 31st March, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th April, lots 1-1297. Objet D'Art, porcelain including Chinese and Japanese, furniture, sculptures, tapestries, arms, jewellery, costumes, bronzes, includes mounted photographs. The other volume includes 21st, 22nd, 26th February, lots 1-556, Tableau de L'Ecole Modern, includes illustrative plates. In good, clean condition. (2) Provenance: Sudeley Castle & Gardens, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
Lot 1037
A COLLECTION OF SIX BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PIECES 18TH CENTURYTwo with the 'Deshima Island' pattern after the design by Frederik van Frytom, depicting three figures and a dog walking in a coastal landscape, the larger one Chinese and the other Japanese; another a small Arita lobed dish with two large European ships and five figures in a smaller boat in the foreground; a small dish with an elephant and his handler, and a decagonal dish with figures in a landscape; the last piece a shallow bowl decorated with three Chinese figures in a sampan underneath a cloudy sky, the reverse a dark navy-blue colour, with a paper label reading 'Stockspring Antiques, London, c.1760', 22.2cm max. (6) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Lot 1094
TWO CHINESE STONEWARE VESSELS TANG DYNASTY The first a tall sancai jar with a band of green, russet and cream-coloured glazes to the shoulder, the rest of the body left unglazed; the other a bulbous olive-green jar and cover, 25.7cm max. (3)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, p.199, fig,184 for a similar vessel.
Lot 1097
A CHINESE 'PHOENIX' EWER AND A CIZHOU 'LOTUS' PILLOW POSSIBLY TANG AND SONG/JIN DYNASTY The upper section of the tall pouring vessel covered in a creamy-white glaze, the spout modelled as a stylised bird and topped with a foliate cup; the pillow covered in an ivory-coloured slip incised with a lotus flower and leaves tied up with a ribbon, 34cm max. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), p.195, fig.177 for a similar pillow.
Lot 1098
A CHINESE SANCAI INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, AND A TILE TANG DYNASTY OR LATER The bulbous body raised on three cylindrical legs and covered in a green and yellow glaze; decorated with a pierced band of figures riding qilin and playing musical instruments, the cover with further openwork decoration and a dragon-shaped handle, and a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.30'; the green and yellow rectangular tile with floral designs and a paper label for 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.22', and another about the provenance, 43cm max. (3)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). According to the paper label at the back of the tile, it originated 'from the Porcelain Pagoda at Nanjin. The tile was made at Jubaoshan near Nanjin, PA.26.1.93'.
Lot 1109
A CHINESE JIAN YAO 'IMPERIAL TRIBUTE' BOWL SONG DYNASTY The conical body with an unctuous black and brown glaze stopping short of the foot; the rim with irregular russet markings, and the unglazed base incised with the characters Gong yu; a paper label to the side reading 'Jian tea bowl bought from Govt shop at Wuyishan Apr 2002', 13cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World of Monochromes, 2009, no.145. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong, p.227, no.209 for a closely related bowl.
Lot 1113
A CHINESE YAOZHOU BOWL SONG DYNASTY The deep conical body covered in a lustrous olive-green glaze, raised on a short unglazed foot, with a paper label reading 'BM/OCS 1997 Oriental Green Wares Exhibition, no.67', 10.6cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Exhibited: The British Museum & The Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Green Wares,1997, no,67. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), p.135, fig.121 for a similar bowl.
Lot 1114
A CHINESE YAOZHOU CARVED 'PEONY' BOWL NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY The wide conical body decorated to the well with a band of peonies and scrolling tendrils; with an olive-green glaze and raised on a short circular foot, 14.8cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), p.161, fig.147 for a similar bowl.
Lot 1125
A SMALL CHINESE JUN YAO 'BUBBLE' BOWLNORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY The rounded body rising from a short straight foot, the surface covered with an unctuous pale blue glaze stopping short of the foot, with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair to the rim; a paper label reading 'EZEKIEL' and another 'OCS 2009, THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES NO.83', 8.8cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Previously in the collection of Marcus D Ezekiel (d.1927). See R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, pp.171-175 for more information on Ezekiel's collection. Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, no.83.Cf. M Tregear Song Ceramics, p.135, pl.166, and Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl.76, for similar examples.
Lot 1190
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN18TH CENTURYComprising: two teapots and covers, a bowl, two jugs, nine other items and a Chinese Imari jug and cover, 23cm max. (18)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Exhibited: the tea bowl, saucer, and jug and cover with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, nos. 172 and 72.
Lot 1192
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE LATER-ENAMELLED ITEMSTHE PORCELAIN MOSTLY 18TH CENTURYComprising: a Dehua mug, a seated figure, a Cadogan teapot, two libation cups, three various cups, one with a paper label for the Watney Collection; and a teapot stand, together with a saucer with a later-gilded rim and four saucers imitating the Meissen Kakiemon style, 15cm max. (14)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Lot 1193
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE LATER-ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE ITEMSTHE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURYComprising: two vases, a bowl and cover, a teapot and cover, a goblet, a small ewer and a plate, 26cm max. (9)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Lot 1212
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS QING DYNASTYComprising: five bowls, one with a cover, a small dish, a saucer and a brush rest, variously painted with flowers, fruits, figures, bats, lion dogs, and floral roundels, 17.5cm max. (9)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Lot 1213
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ITEMSQING DYNASTY AND REPUBLIC PERIODComprising: a pair of millefleurs plates, each with a six-character Qianlong mark, two dishes, and three other items, 27cm max. (9)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Exhibited: one of the millefleurs dishes, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.184.
Lot 1229
TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN BELT HOOKS 19TH CENTURY One a rare famille rose example painted with scrolling tendrils on a pink ground, the head and a smaller dragon emerging from crashing waves covered with a turquoise glaze; the other with an openwork design of a chilong amongst lingzhi and scrolling tendrils, the finial with a monster's head; the colouring imitating jadeite; 11.3cm max. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Lot 1230
A CHINESE 'BARAGON TUMED' DISH DAOGUANG 1821-50 Colourfully painted to the well with the Seven Regal Treasures, (the wheel of the law, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the Queen, the Minister and the General), all between bands of shou characters and Buddhist emblems, set upon stylized waves and lotus blossoms, the interior with a single lotus blossom; the base painted in iron-red with the two-character Mongolian name of the prince of the Tumed banner, 23.5cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Cf. S Jennings, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.CXII for another bowl from the same service. The service was made for the daughter of the Daoguang Emperor, who married a Mongolian prince of the Tumed banner.
Lot 1232
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND 'FU SHOU' BOWL SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908 Painted in polychrome enamels with four shou characters, each encircled by five bats; in between peaches and beribboned fylfots, all on a bright yellow ground, 12.2cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Cf. X K Guo, Imperial Porcelain; the Palace Museum Collection of Qing Dynasty Porcelains, pp.100-101, pl.17 for a related dish with this pattern.
Lot 1234
A CHINESE BLUE AND GILT 'SHOU CHARACTER' CUP SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50 The slightly flaring sides decorated with four shou characters framed by stylised kui dragons, all rendered in relief on the warm gilded ground; raised on a short straight foot, 6.3cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, p.306, no.256 for a related wine cup; see also Christie's London, 5th November 2013, lot 458 for another comparable piece; see also Shanghai Museum, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, pp.352-353, no.236 for a pair of Kangxi bowls also decorated with a gold glaze.
Lot 1262
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE BOWL AND COVER 17TH CENTURY Together with a pair of blanc de Chine cups, a blanc de Chine bowl and an English Bow porcelain coffee cup, all moulded with prunus; the covered bowl with a paper label for the Gaze Cooper Collection, no.88, 16cm max. (6) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Cf. PJ Donnelly Blanc de Chine pl.31 for a similar example.
Lot 1281
A RARE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE MODEL OF WENCHANG AND KUI XING 17TH/18TH CENTURY The God of of Literature stands with his eyes closed, leaning towards Kui Xing and with his arm around his companion's shoulders; the two figures stand on a rocky outcrop, 26.5cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).Cf. J AYERS, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, p. 95, pl.46, for a related group dated to the 17th century.
Lot 700
A LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, 1670-90The foliate dish decorated in underglaze blue and with a brown rim, painted with two men in Chinese garments seated in a pavilion and two others on a bridge, with prunus, pine and maple trees issuing from rockwork to the side, and scrolling clouds above; the reverse painted with a continuous band of karakusa scrolls and a fuku mark, 29.8cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. See the Royal Collection Trust, access. no. RCIN 58992 for four other dishes with the same decoration in the British Royal Collection. Also, see M Fitski, Kakiemon Porcelain, a Handbook, p.82, no.90 for another example at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Lot 745
ANONYMOUS THE SHAKA TRIAD MUROMACHI OR LATER, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER A large and impressive Japanese painting, in ink, colour and gilt on silk, with the central figure of Buddha Shakyamuni raised on a lotus throne, with a jewelled canopy above him and a double halo behind, his hands in the vitarka mudra; Fugen Bosatsu seated beside him on his white elephant and holding the long stem of a lotus flower, Monju Bosatsu on the other side riding his shishi whilst holding a nyoi sceptre, the Historical Buddha and the two bodhisattvas depicted in gilt; the Shaka Triad surrounded by twenty other guardian deities, protectors of the Sutra and all those who recite it, including Xuanzang (602-664), the translator of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra painted in the lower right corner, the Chinese Buddhist monk holding a scroll and brush, his protector the Great General of the Desert Jinja Daisho standing before him; the central panel surrounded by a painted border of gilt dragons amongst scrolling clouds, and large peony flowerheads amongst scrolling tendrils imitating a silk mount, framed and glazed, the central panel 129.5cm x 57.5cm, 211.5cm x 85.5cm overall. Provenance: from the estate of the late Baroness von Hohenberg, formerly, from the collection of Baron Eberhard Bodenhausen-Degener (1868-1918) of Schloss Neubeuern, Bavaria; by descent to Baroness Juli (Luli) Bodenhausen Degener, who married Baron Gottfried von Meyern Hohenberg; by descent to Baron Gottfried Eberhard von Meyern Hohenberg, and thence by descent. Baroness Juli Bodenhausen-Degener (1902-51) was a German-American actress also known under the name 'Luli Deste'. She grew up at Schloss Neubeuern in Bavaria. The castle was owned by her uncle, Jan von Wendelstadt (1856-1909), who was an avid art collector. He often invited her father, Baron Eberhard Bodenhausen-Degener (1868-1918), to stay with him at the castle. Under Jan, the Schloss also became a cultural centre with many German artists and intellectuals visiting him.Jan brought back a large number of souvenirs from his trips to the East, including Chinese bronzes, Japanese screens, and porcelain. A massive pair of Chinese lion dogs were displayed in pride of place in the gardens of the castle. See the Metropolitan Museum, New York, access. no. 2012.18 for another painting of the Historical Buddha with attendants with a similar composition dated to the late 14th century.
Lot 429
A pair of Samson porcelain figures in Chelsea style. Modelled as a flower girl and companion with pseudo red anchor marks, height 15.5cm together with a Samson porcelain sweetmeat dish in the Chinese Export style. (3)The gentleman figure with one arm lacking the other arm with a glued repair, chips to flowers and foliage on both figures, flower girl with two chips to her hat.
Lot 50
Bol à thé et sa soucoupe en porcelaine de Meissen à décor de paillon doré, circa 1720-30 A Meissen teabowl and saucer with gold Paillon decoration, circa 1720-30Decorated in Saxony with die-stamped gold appliqués depicting figures, birds, flowers and floral swags, the teabowl: 4.4cm high; the saucer: 12.4cm diam., (some losses) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Ars Domi, Zurich (paper label to underside)For a discussion of this and related types of gold decoration on Meissen, French and Chinese porcelain, see Errol Manners, Gold Decoration on French, German, and Oriental Porcelain in the early 18th Century, in The French Porcelain Society Journal, IV (2011), pp. 24-42For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 508
LARGE CHINESE PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE VASE LAMP 19TH CENTURY of baluster form with a domed cover, decorated with a fence with ruyi motifs, and with rockwork, flowering peonies, chrysanthemums and weeping willow, below a foliate ruyi border, mounted on an ormolu base with foliate details and scroll feet, now mounted as a lampDimensions:56cm high (excluding fittings)
Lot 212
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'FIGURAL' PORCELAIN19TH CENTURYComprising a pair of bowls and covers with ladies, crane, deer and bats, two jars and covers, one of ribbed form, two further bowls and covers and two shaped boxes with pierced covers, together with four wood stands, 15.4cm. (20)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
Lot 215
A SELECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'WU SHUANG PU' PORCELAIN19TH CENTURYComprising: two bowls and covers, one with a stand, a further bowl, a wine pot and cover, a globular pot and a cylindrical brushpot, two with wood stands, 12.2cm. (12)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
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