A RARE BLUE AND WHITE BASINChenghua six-character mark, Tianqi/ChongzhenThe vessel stoutly potted with rounded sides rising to an everted rim painted with gnarled prunus branches, the interior painted with an archaistic vase and square brushpots filled with a profusion of blossoming peonies, lotus buds, and fruiting pomegranate branches surrounded by hovering butterflies, the exterior with butterflies and ducks swimming in a lotus pond, Japanese box.28cm (11in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明天啟/崇禎 青花花卉紋折沿盆青花「大明成化年製」楷書款Provenance: a Japanese private collection來源：日本私人舊藏See an example illustrated by Geng Baocheng, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.291, also illustrated in colour pl.74; See another example illustrated In Pursuit of the Dragon: Traditions and Transitions in Ming Ceramics, An Exhibition from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1988, no.80; see also a related bowl, Tianqi, with similar design of flowers, illustrated by M.Butler, M.Medley and S.Little, Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria Virginia, 1990, p.41, no.5.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A POLYCHROME LOZENGE-SHAPED DISH AND TWO CIRCULAR SAUCER-DISHESTianqi/ChongzhenThe lozenge dish supported on a lozenge-shaped foot, the well painted in Ko-Akae enamels with a Luohan in flowing robes seated on a multi-coloured putuan in a landscape, holding a book in his right hand, beside a low table on which lies a round bowl, facing towards a stove with a boiling pot, all within a central panel surrounded by a double red line, the rim with gilt, 18.5cm (7 2/8in) wide; together with a pair of famille verte saucer-dishes, 14.5cm (5 5/8in) diam.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明天啟/崇禎 五彩人物紋菱形花口碟 及五彩人物紋圓盤一對 一組三件Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York (label; the circular dish)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.44 (lozenge-shaped dish)來源：紐約古董商Chait Galleries（標籤；五彩圓盤）展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號44（菱形花口碟）See a similar dish, Tianqi, illustrated by M.Butler, M.Medley and S.Little, Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, 1990 p.69, no.31. A related dish with the same mark on the base, but with different figural design is illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours: The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2007, p.63, no.58.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE AND FINE YELLOW-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND RUYI' BOWLKangxi six-character mark and of the periodThe bowl finely potted with deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a five-clawed blue dragon on a yellow ground, the exterior similarly decorated with a pair of sinuous five-clawed dragons striding through flames above overlapping lotus petals, alternating with a lingzhi spray supporting a cinquefoil cartouche enclosing respectively the characters shou and fu, box.13.3cm (5 1/16in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清康熙 黃地青花福壽雲龍紋盌 青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 May 1984, lot 170 (label)Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne, Summer Exhibition, 2012, no.35. 來源: 香港蘇富比，1984年5月22日，拍品編號170（標籤）展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號35The present lot is exceptional for its quality and attention to detail. The workmanship of the potter is of the highest standard, with the fine bowl evenly and confidently potted. The painters of both the underglaze blue and the yellow glaze were clearly similar masters of their craft: from the even application of the blue in two tones, to the careful addition of the yellow glaze applied over the white body but avoiding the areas of underglaze blue. Pieces such as the present lot are representative of the finest productions of the Kangxi reign. A similar blue and yellow 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi mark and of the period, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing (acc.no.Gu00157747-6/2158). Very similar bowls are also included in an illustration of the Qianqinggong in the Forbidden City, set out before a throne as part of a large group of bowls containing tempting delicacies including fruit and pastries; see Classics of Forbidden City: Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, no.275. Compare also a very similar bowl in the Nanjing Museum illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.71.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE TRIPLE-GOURD VASESKangxiEach top gourd decorated with butterflies above a waisted section of foliate patterned band, the two lower gourds with alternating panels of river landscapes, mythical beasts, flowering shrubs, auspicious objects and archaistic vessels, divided by bands of galloping horses and floral scrolls, the flaring neck painted with a hanging chime stone ('qing') to each side, the foot with further foliate patterned bands, hongmu wood stands.30.5cm (12in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清康熙 五彩四方葫蘆瓶一對See a related example illustrated by J.Ayers, The Chinese Porcelain Collection of Marie Vergottis, Lausanne, 2004, no.61; and also another example illustrated by W.G.Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, vol.II, London, 1929, no.604.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 PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' VASES AND STANDS, GUYongzhengEach of square waisted section, with simulated 'spotted bamboo' edges framing leaf-shaped panels reserved on a ground of prunus and bamboo amidst cloud scrolls, the panels depicting scenes from The Romance of the Western Chamber, the porcelain stands with shaped aprons and ruyi-cloud feet superbly painted with swirls of chestnut and umber browns in imitation of wood.Each 45.5cm (17 3/4in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清雍正 粉彩開光「西廂記」方觚一對Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.52展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號52Each vase has four panels decorated with scenes from the popular 13th century drama Xixiang Ji (西廂記), or 'The Romance of the Western Chamber'. The play narrates a secret love affair between the young scholar Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying, daughter of a chief minister. Although scholar Zhang and Cui Yingying fell in love with each other at a Buddhist monastery, Cui Yingying's mother disapproved of the match because of Zhang's low station. Yingying's maid, Hongniang, however, took pity on them and arranged to bring them together in a secret union. When Yingying's mother discovered what had happened, she reluctantly agreed to a formal marriage on the condition that Zhang must pass the civil service examination. To the joy of the young lovers, Zhang Sheng passes, is appointed to high office, and the two are finally married. A pair of large famille rose vases, early 18th century, bearing similar scenes from the 'Romance of the Western Chamber' and with spotted bamboo edges, is illustrated by O.V.Krog, et al., Treasures from Imperial China: The Forbidden City and the Royal Danish Court, Copenhagen, 2006, pp.605-606, no.185, where it is noted that a similar pair of vases that was in the Danish Kunstkammer, but is now in the National Museum in Copenhagen, was brought from Guangzhou on the 'Kronprins Christian' in 1732. See also the detailed photographs of the vases, pp.196-199. For another comparable pair of vases with very similar scenes and bamboo edges, dated circa 1730, see A.Varela Santos, Yongzheng Chinese Export Porcelain: A Private Collection, London, 2005, pp.72-73, pl.24.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CARNELIAN AGATE 'DOUBLE CARP' VASEQianlong Meticulously carved in the form of two 'fish dragons' (ao), rising from rocks and crashing waves, their toothed mouths forming the mouths of the vase and joined by a branch of lingzhi, their ruyi-shaped large fins crossing with each other's, their bodies naturalistically carved to render an even scaly texture, the stone of semi-translucent orange-red tone with areas of white and opaque inclusions to enhance the overall design, wood stand. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 南紅瑪瑙雙魚花插The present piece is of unusually large size and the movement of the fish is carved with great vigour. Compare with a related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan lidai yishuguan chenpiepin tumu, Beijing, 1991, pl.1314. See also E.Gorer and J.F.Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, vol.II, London, 1911, pl.249 (left), for an example in the Salting Collection now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAINTED ENAMEL 'BIBLICAL-SUBJECT' SAUCER-DISHQianlongDecorated within a central six-lobed flowerhead panel with a child, probably representing Isaac, reaching up to a bearded figure, possibly Abraham, clad in billowing robes in a landscape setting, on a dense ground of finger citrus and flower sprays within entwined scrolling foliage, the underside pink-enamelled in imitation of ruby-back porcelain, 11.5cm (4.1/2in) diam.; together with a pear-shaped cream jug and cover, 18th century, with a butterfly and insects above fruit and flower sprays, 11cm (4 1/4in) high; and a saucer, 18th century, decorated with two butterflies alighting on sprays of flowering peony and lily, 13cm (5in) diam.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯聖經故事圖盤 及 十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯花蝶圖蓋壺及盤 一組三件Provenance: Kenneth R.Malcolm, CBE (1908-1984), Scotland (collection label 'K.R.M, 281'; the 'Biblical' dish).來源：蘇格蘭，大英帝國司令勳章獲勳人Kenneth R.Malcolm（1908-1984）舊藏（聖經故事圖盤，收藏標籤「K.R.M, 281」）For a painted enamel bowl with a related Biblical subject, 18th century, see T.E.Arapova, Chinese Painted Enamels, St Petersburg, 1988, pl.123.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 GREEN-GLAZED 'YAKSHA' LAMPNorthern Qi DynastyModelled as a muscular male figure kneeling on a domed base applied with lotus lappets, the figure with long hair, elongated earlobes and hunched shoulders, supporting on his head a bowl also applied with petals to the exterior, covered overall in a glassy olive-green glaze, the base unglazed revealing the red biscuit, box.15cm (5 7/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價北齊 綠釉胡人力士燭台Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.21展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號21The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C206f40, dated 12 December 2006, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd.公司熱釋光檢測結果（2006年12月12日，編號C206f40）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Of Central Asian or Indian inspiration, vessels of this type are typical of Chinese sculpture of the second half of the 6th century. Examples of these vessels in various mediums can be found in Museum collections worldwide. See for example, an ivory pedestal base in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated by W.Watson, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, p.12, no.11. A pedestal with similar base and top is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by W.Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol.1, New York, 1994, pl.27; and a related lamp with a human-figure supporter is illustrated by M.A.Rogers in 'Chinese Ceramics in the Matsuoka Museum of Art', Part 1, Chinese Ceramics: Selected Articles from Orientations 1982-1998, Hong Kong, 1999, p.78, fig.18.Related applied decoration can be seen on pottery excavated from the tomb of Lou Rui (d.570 AD), examples of which are illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt et al., China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750, New York, 2004, pp.244-245, nos.139-141.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A YUEYAO PIGPEN3rd/4th century ADStoutly potted with pierced rectangular holes farming the fence, accompanied by a pig standing four-square within, covered overall in a pale green-grey glaze, fitted box, 11cm (4 2/8in) diam.; together with a straw-glazed tilt hammer, a farming implement, Sui/Tang dynasty, 18cm (7in) wide.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價三/四世紀 越窯豬圈 及 隋/唐 陶製農具 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002, no.34 (the pigpen).展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號34（越窯豬圈）See a related green-glazed pigpen, Western Jin dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p.37, no.33. See also a green-glazed farmyard with a similar tilt-hammer, Han dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, p.68, no.81.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CREAM-GLAZED BLUE-SPLASHED BOWLTang DynastyWith deep rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to a flared mouth, applied with a cream glaze splashed in blue falling in streaks particularly to the exterior, where the glaze stops irregularly halfway down the body exposing the fine pale biscuit.10cm (4in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 白釉藍斑盌Provenance: Captain William F. Collins Bluett & Sons Ltd., London acquired from the above on 6 October 1926Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), acquired from the above on 9 November 1926Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Bluett & Sons, 'Early Chinese Works of Art', London, 9-20 November 1926, no.57.Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.27.來源：William F. Collins上尉舊藏倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons，於1926年10月6日購自上者瑞典學者Emil Hultmark博士 (1872-1943年) 舊藏，於1926年11月9日購自上者展覽著錄：Bluett & Sons，《Early Chinese Works of Art》，倫敦，1926年11月9-20日，編號57Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號27Captain W.F.Collins was an agent in Beijing of the Anglo French China Corporation Ltd and of S.Pearson & Son and supplied Bluett's, John Sparks, and Franck & Co.; for more details, see R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxon, 2011, p.124.Dr Emil Hultmark was a Swedish art historian, collector and patron of the arts. After he settled down in Stockholm, a large inherited fortune enabled him to pursue his ambition to collect representative works of art, paintings, sculptures, engravings, furniture, etc. from most parts of the world, in particular Sweden and China, thereby forming one of the most remarkable private collections of art in Sweden. For a related blue-splashed plate, Tang dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, p.183, no.169. See also a related blue-splashed vessel, Tang dynasty, illustrated in The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1964, no.119.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 RARE CREAM-GLAZED TWO-HANDLED AMPHORA VASETang Dynasty The well-rounded ovoid body rising from a flat foot, surmounted by a tall waisted neck and everted lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved strap handles terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped rim, the shoulder applied with embossed rosettes above finely-incised horizontal bands, a parrot-decorated pottery plaque fixed to the neck and a small rosette to the mouth, the buff earthenware covered with a creamy-white slip beneath a greenish-white glaze stopping irregularly around the body.48.2cm (19in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 白釉雙龍耳瓶Provenance: Hans PetersEskenazi Ltd., London, 2003Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: R.Keverne, Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.27.來源：Hans Peters舊藏倫敦古董商埃斯卡納齊，2003年展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號27See a closely-related vessel, Tang dynasty, illustrated in Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, pp.172-173, no.159. See another example, in The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1964, p.33, no.129; another example illustrated by M.Feddersen, Chinese Decorative Art: A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs, Michigan, 1961, p.54, fig.25, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; see another example illustrated by Y.Mino, Pre-Sung Dynasty Chinese Stonewares in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1974, p.32, no.19; Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua Da Quan (Ceramics volume), no.239, p.245, now in the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum; and an example in R.L.Hobson, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, vol.1, London, 1936, no.325, pl.XLVIII.See a related large straw-glazed amphora, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2018, lot 1272.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWLS AND COVERS17th/18th centuryEach decorated with continuous scenes of retreats in mountainous, pine-strewn landscapes, one with a replacement Chinese pomegranate form finial.The largest 27.3cm (10.3/4in) diam. (4).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comThe smaller bowl has a five point star crack across the base. Couple of minor chips to footrim. The larger bowl with replacement Chinese porcelain finial. Approx. 1/3 of the cover rim restuck running 8cm. deep with small related triangular rim section restuck. The bowl with couple of minor surface rim chips/nibbles.
A SELECTION OF CHINESE AND EUROPEAN ART REFERENCE BOOKS AND CATALOGUESIncluding: BAGLEY, R.W, 'Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections', Harvard University Press, 1987; RAWSON, J, 'Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections', Vol IIA and B, 1990; SO, JENNY, 'Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections', Vol. III, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995; HOWARD, D.S, 'A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong', Sotheby's, 1997; SHOW, L.P, 'Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the Ch'ien-lung Reign', National Palace Museum, 2008; CARSWELL, J, 'Blue and White - Chinese Porcelain Around the World', The British Museum Press, 2000; DONNELLY, P.J, 'Blanc De Chine', Faber and Faber, 1969; 'Compendium of Collections in The Palace Museum - Enamels', Vols. 1-5, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2010; 'The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2002. (qty).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • TP• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.TP 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.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A NANKING CARGO PART DINNER SERVICEQianlongComprising: a basin, six large dishes, two smaller shallow bowls; eighteen plates and two footed cups, variously decorated with retreats in tree-strewn river landscapes and flowering peony and prunus sprays. The basin 38.5cm (15.1/8in) diam. (29).Footnotes:Provenance: The Nanking Cargo Chinese Export Porcelain & Gold; Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April - 2 May 1986, ex lots 3546, 2711, 2745 and 3546.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comTwo cups: one with a tiny chip on the mouth rim, small glaze missing on the handle and wear on the glaze from having being under water. The second one has a crack with hairline on the rim and an unglazed part on the handle. Six large dishes: small nibbles and scratches, firing imperfections like dust on the glaze on one and saggar remains on the foot rim of another. Two dishes with small chips. Eighteen dishes: firing imperfections, pitting and nibbles. Two with a piece of the foot ring knocked out during firing. One with a deep fire crack on the bottom. Few with some wear on the glaze because have been under water. One with two chips. Few with burst sand on the glaze. Two shallow bowls: both with several bubbles in the glaze. few nibbles, one with fine surface hairlines. Basin: firing imperfections, few chips and nibbles to the rim, one surface hairline on the central decoration, a little burst sand on the bottom.
SIX NANKING CARGO BOWLS AND TWO TEAPOTS AND COVERSQianlongThe teapots decorated with pavilions and riverside gardens of willow and rockwork; the bowls each with a solitary figure crossing a bridge before retreats on riverbanks of pine and rockwork. The bowls 19cm (7.1/2in) diam. (10).Footnotes:Provenance: The Nanking Cargo Chinese Export Porcelain & Gold, Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April - 2 May 1986, lots 2711, 2745, 2183 and 2195.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAINQianlongComprising: a tankard, a lobed spoon tray; a saucer; a plate and a larger barbed rim dish, variously decorated in coloured enamels, grisaille and gilt with central coats of arms within decorative borders. The largest dish 31cm (12.1/4in) diam. (5).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL IRON RED AND GILT DECORATED VASEFirst half 18th centuryOf baluster form set on a flaring foot, the lower body moulded with petal shaped panels reserved with leafy flowering stems, the upper body and foot decorated with rows of further delicate flower sprays and leafy sprigs. 34.5cm (13.5/8in) high.Footnotes:For a pair of vases and covers of this design see 'The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Porcelain', Christie's New York, 22 January 2002, lot 54.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FIVE BOXES AND LOOSE CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE, ETC, including two damaged Royal Doulton figures, a small quantity of Wedgwood Strawberry Hill pattern dinner wares, early 20th century Japanese eggshell porcelain part tea set with lithophanes to the cups, pressed and cut glass, animal and bird figurines, modern Chinese ceramics, blue and white Willow pattern tea wares, etc (five boxes and loose)
Chinese Vase with Bronze Mountingprobably KangxiVase. Porzellan. Hals mit Dekor in Unterglasurblau mit runden Medaillons mit Gräsern, Bambus und Sträuchern auf Rankengrund, Bauch in Seladon mit reliefierten und in Aufglasurfarben bemalten Symbolen. Bronzemontierung mit drei Löwen-/ Foohundeköpfen. H. 37 cm. Am Boden der Bronzemontierung bezeichnet: J. H […]NKS & SON LIMITED 2271. Chinese Vase with Bronze Mountingprobably KangxiVase. Porcelain. Neck decorated in underglaze blue with round medallions with grass, bamboo and bushes on a tendril base, belly in celadon with symbols in relief and painted in onglaze colors. Bronze mount with three lion / foo dog heads. H. 37 cm. Inscribed on the base of the bronze mount: J. H […] NKS & SON LIMITED 2271.
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Früher Doppelhenkelbecher mit Augsburger Goldchinesen mit Unterschale. Böttger-Porzellan. Konisch ansteigender Korpus, seitlich gegenläufige Volutenhenkel. Beidseitig der Wandung und im Spiegel szenische Darstellungen auf ornamental gerahmten Konsolen. In stilisierter Landschaft, zwischen Palmen und blühenden Bäumen wandelnde Chinesen bzw. unter einem Baldachin sitzende, festlich gekleidete, hochgestellte Persönlichkeiten, flankiert von Diener und Dienerin bei der Vorbereitung einer Teezeremonie. Feine, radierte Goldmalerei der Seuter-Werkstatt. Umlaufende Ornamentbordüren. Teilw. Reste von Eisengallustinte mit Buchstaben "D". Minim. rest.; H. 7,5 cm.Vgl. Ducret, Meißner Porzellan, Nr. 260.An early Boettger porcelain two-handled cup painted with gold chinese figures by the Seuter workshop in Augsburg. Remains of lustre mark "D". Minor restored.Meissen. Um 1720 - 1725.
Frühes Koppchen mit Augsburger Goldchinesen und Unterschale. Böttger-Porzellan. Konisch ansteigender Korpus. Auf der Wandung und im Spiegel Chinoiserien auf Laub- und Bandelwerkkonsolen. Szenische Darstellung von Chinesen zwischen Palmen und blühenden Bäumen wandelnd bzw. hochgestellte Persönlichkeit, unter einem Schirm sitzend. Äußerst fein radierte Goldmalerei aus der Seuter-Werkstatt, wohl von Abraham Seuter. Teilw. Innenrandbordüre aus C-Schnörkeln mit Punktrücken. Innenwandvergoldung. Reste von Eisengallustinte mit Buchstabe "M". H. 4,5 cm.Vgl. Pietsch, Kat. Sammlung Wark, S. 614ff.; Grassi Museum, Schulz-Codex, S. 283.An early Boettger porcelain tea bowl painted with gold Chinese figures by the Seuter workshop in Augsburg. Remains of lustre mark "M". Meissen. Um 1720 - 1725.
Prächtige Tischlampe mit chinesischer Seladonvase und französischer, vergoldeter, reliefplastisch ornamentierter Bronzemontierung. Porzellan mit seladongrüner, großmaschig craquelierter Glasur. 2-flg.; Vierfach ausgezogener, von Blattapplikationen und Lorbeerkranz umzogener Sockel. Balusterförmiger Vasenkorpus im Guan-Stil als Lampenfuß mit seitlichen Griffen in Gestalt von Chilong-Drachen. Oberer, mehrfach profilierter Abschluss. Zylinderförmiger, mit grünem Samt bezogener Schirm. Nachträglich elektrifiziert. Ges.-H. 95 cm. Vasen-H. 38 cm. A splendid gilt-bronze mounted table lamp with Chinese crackle-glazed celadon porcelain vase in Guan style with dragon handles. Electrification later.China. Qianlong-Periode. 18. Jh.; Montierung Frankreich. 19. Jh.
Art Déco-Figur "Chinese, liegend mit Pfeife". Originaltitel Auf querovaler Plinthe liegender, an hoch aufgebetteten Kissen lehnender Chinese, in der rechten Hand eine Opiumpfeife haltend. Polychrome Malerei mit dezentem Golddekor. Entw. Hugo Meisel, 1922. Entw.-Bez. mit Dat. "H. Meisel 22". Modell-Nr. U 418. Minim. rest.; Manufakturmarke. H. 28,5 cm. 39 cm x 20 cm.Vgl. Kat. Schwarzburger Werkstätten, Hohenberg 1993, Abb. 114 und S. 351.A porcelain figure of a Chinese with opium pipe modelled by Hugo Meisel in 1922. Minor restored. Manufacturer‘s mark.Unterweißbach. Schwarzburger Werkstätten. Um 1926 - 1949.
A 19th century Chinese blue & white porcelain plate decorated with a garden scene, dia. 23cm; together with a 19th century Chinese Famille Rose plate, a pair of 19th century Chinese Famille Rose dishes, and a similar tea cup (5)Condition report: Cup – crack from rim to halfway down body.Small plates – both with cracks.Famille rose plate – staple restoration star crack to base, chip to edge.Export plate – nibbling to the edge, some areas of pitting.
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