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Click here to subscribePair of Chinese Export Kangxi-style celadon glazed models of ducks, on shaped mottled brown bases, impressed seal marks, 20th century, 23cm high and a pair of Staffordshire pottery small figures of fruit sellers, late 19th century, each wearing purple bodice or jacket, on scroll moulded bases (4)
A Chinese Bronze Circular Two-Handled Censer, with lion dog and scroll handles to the bulbous body 5.75ins (14.6cm) diameter x 8.5ins (21.6cm) handle to handle x 3.75ins (9.6cm) high with seal mark Small dent to rim. A few scattered patches of bronze disease to rim. Some uneven rubbed patches to the patination of the body. Signs of use to interior. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/36jrzashoazlm7ttsynuo/h?dl=0&rlkey=j1qt1bxmojfipat3aj1ndndpa Buyers should be advised that the images within this Dropbox link constitute part of the condition report. Please inspect the images carefully.
Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese, (Late Qing), porcelain vases, each of baluster form with 2 reserves of painted Famille Rose birds, butterflies and flowers within a green scroll border, and 2 reserves of overglaze blue and gilt birds, butterflies, fruit, and flowers, within a similar ground, the shoulder and neck with gilt dragons in relief with 2 kylin handles beneath a Famille Verte floral everted scalloped rim, on a raised circular foot, H.45.3cm, (each with a chipped rim and other defects). (2)
CHINESE HARDWOOD JARDINIERE STAND, 20TH CENTURY the top inset with rouge marble panel, with pierced floral and scroll detail, on cabriole supportsSome pronounced scratches to marble, splits and old repairs to top; some splits and small losses to apron section, stands at a slight angle with one foot slightly raised, quite loose, further splits, repairs and losses around outer edge of top also, further scuffs and general wear and tear
A Chinese patinated bronze and hardwood covered censer probably early 20th century, of rectangular form, with two hooped handles and taotie mask decoration on a keywork ground, raised on four lion mask supports, impressed seal mark to underside, the reticulated hardwood cover with cloud scroll carving and fo dog finial, 10½in. (26.7cm.) high. *Old chip to one foot. Crack to one end of hardwood cover and chip to corner of the top plinth on the cover, below the finial. Some corrosion to interior of censer.
THREE SILVER SWEETMEAT BASKETS one a George III shaped oval example, pierced and chased with beading and scroll foliage, swing corded handle, probably Richard Meach, London, 1768, 16cm long; one probably Straits Chinese, oval, the sides pierced and chased with panels of birds amidst foliage, swing handle, on four ball feet, early 20th century, 19cm long; and one Mexican example, oval, decorated with dolphins, mermaids and foliage, on four dolphin feet, unmarked, 23cm long across end loop handles; 593g
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE GARLIC-NECK VASE, CIRCA 1700 octagonally faceted, the bulbous body painted in Chinese Transitional style with a band of figures in landscapes between a scroll border and lappet decorated base, red painted collection number 372, 29cm high, rim restoredProvenance: Property of a European Collector; The Counts Raben, Aalholm Slot, Nysted, Denmark, sold Sotheby’s, ‘Aalholm Slot’, 20-23 May 1996, lot 1671
An 18th century Chinese export porcelain centre bowl, Qianlong (1736-1795), the circular bowl externally decorated within rococo scroll vignettes depicting figures, floral and fauna, the interior rim of the bowl with spearhead border, 25.5cm diameter (at fault)Condition report - Cracked and re-glued throughout. Section missing to foot rim.
A pair of French ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain figures of Shou LaoThe figures early 18th century, the mounts probably mid-18th centuryEach figure depicting the immortal Shou Lao wearing long flowing robes, seated on the deer and holding a scroll with the left hand, mounted within a gilded sconce and a floral base, 12cm wide, 8cm deep, 13cm high (4.5in wide, 3in deep, 5in high) (2)Footnotes:十八世紀早期 壽老騎鹿瓷擺件（嵌或十八世紀中期鎏金銅飾）一組兩件ProvenanceSegoura, Paris, 27 October 1997.來源Segoura，巴黎，1997年10月27日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
A Dutch walnut and burr walnut side table or cabinet standLate 17th century and laterThe shaped crossbanded top with a moulded edge above a C- scroll and acanthus leaf carved and pierced apron on turned legs united by a shaped X-stretcher on bun feet, 69cm wide x 50.5cm deep x 69cm high, (27in wide x 19 1/2in deep x 27in high)Footnotes:LiteratureThe Chinese Porcelain Company, 'The Age of Gallantry', Fine Decorative Arts of the Netherlands 1672-1800, exhibition catalogue, October - November 1995, lot 35, p.74, illustrated.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots 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 Dutch silver mounted Japanese blue and white porcelain tankardCover with marks for Hendrik de Hondt, Amsterdam, 1689, the porcelain Arita, circa 1700 Of pear form, painted in underglaze-blue with panels of figures in stylised landscape alternating with Chinese-inspired mountainous landscape separated by bands of repeated karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the circular hinged cover with a lobed rim, the shallow dome with alternating lobed decoration, centred with a flower head boss, scroll thumbpiece with fluted junction ajoining the handle, 16cm wide, 16cm deep, 26cm high, (6in wide, 6in deep, 10in high).Footnotes:ProvenanceVeiling van Aziatische Kunst, Amsterdam, 25 April 1989, lot 389;Kunsthandel Fijnaut, Amsterdam, where purchased probably 1999.ExhibitedKunsthandel Fijnaut, TEFAF, Maastricht, 1999.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
A Dutch silver mounted Japanese blue and white porcelain tankardCover with marks for Hendrick von Pruysen, Amsterdam, 1694, the porcelain Arita, circa 1700Of pear form, painted in underglaze-blue with panels of figures in stylised landscape alternating with Chinese-inspired mountainous landscape separated by bands of karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the circular hinged cover with a broad bead rim, bands of thin wirework wavy lines, the raised centre with entwined scroll work over a recessed stippled ground, centred with a flower head boss, scroll thumb-piece and mount adjoining the handle with short bead rat-tail junction, 14cm wide, 14cm deep, 22.2cm high (5 1/2in wide, 5 1/2in deep, 8 1/2in high).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
A large 20th century Chinese Oriental Qianlong four-character mark hand painted ceramic vase on stand. The vase having a tall neck over a globe shaped body. Hand painted decorations throughout in red & black colourways. Depicting a sale of a scroll to a wealthy gentleman, all characters in Ming style garments. Raised on traditional wooden plinth base. Measures approx. 60cm tall x 35cm in diameter.
DONG SHOUPING (Chinese b. 1904-1997) Landscape Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated Spring, yichou year (1985) Scroll and mounted, ink on paper 95cm x 43 cm (37.5" x 17") 董寿平 一九八八年作 题：乙丑 (1985）董寿平写于北京 鈐印：壽平、壽平書畫， Dong Shouping (董寿平; 1904-1997) was a renowned contemporary painter and calligrapher. Formerly known as Dong Gyu, later renamed Shou ping. Born in Shangxi province Hongdong County Du Shu village, Dong Shouping was born to a reputable family, Emperor Dong Jitang of Qing Dynasty famous calligrapher, his grandfather Dong Zhihuan Qing Hanlin. He was influenced by his family in calligraphy and painting, and especially admired at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty the works of painter Yun Shouping, then renamed Shou ping. At the age of 16, Dong Shouping attended the Beijing world language school after the turn of the Department of economics of Nankai University, tianjin. In 1926 he graduated from Burapha University in Beijing and settled in Beijing in 1928. In 1931 he began selling paintings for a living, 1938 articles to Xi'an, back to Chengdu, Sichuan writers have Lin Shan Yu appreciation, to praise to make the name well known in Chengdu, held the first day, in 1939 moved to Sichuan Province Guanxian Dujiangyan Guan Yu Lei, living there for 12 years. In 1941 he donated to support the Anti Japanese war. After the liberation, Dong Shouping returned to Beijing in 1950, Ren Rong Bao Zhai editing, 1952 will hide all the books donated by Shanxi provincial museum. To travel around the China sketch, creating more than. In 1979, Rong Bao Zhai consultants identity to Japan, and lectured at University of the Arts in Tokyo, painting demonstration. He is currently a member of the CPPCC National Committee, director of the China Calligrapher's Association, honorary president of Beijing research China painting. In 1979 the people's Fine Arts Publishing House of the "Dong Shouping" painting series. Dong Shouping started at a young age for art, will develop a reading habit of drawing, half day, he be learned in books, there is a profound knowledge, good at the broad and profound ancient Chinese art and modern techniques of combining. His picture has not only poetry and painting artistic conception, which has the literati scroll temperament, layout composition rich philosophy. He also acquired a hand hanging Book stunts, commended for the artists at home and abroad.
Fu Baoshi 傅抱石 (b.1904-1965) Scholar and maiden 高仕侍女图 Ink on xuan paper Mounted on scroll Measures approx. 190 x 58cm 设色纸本 立轴 款识： 新渝傅抱石写于西郊 鈐印： 傅 . Fu Baoshi is best known for his landscapes, which integrate a variety of influences and historical styles. His career embodies the trajectory of 20th century China; he witnessed the end of China’s last imperial dynasty, the rebellions of the 1920s, Japanese occupation of eastern China and the Communist Revolution, which informed the complex foundation of his painting. He drastically impacted ink painting in China, incorporating foreign styles and, most notably, nuanced techniques and subject matter to achieve a uniquely modern Chinese style. Born in 1904 in Xinyu, China, Fu was educated in Japan, studying the History of Oriental Art at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He held a particular admiration for Qing Dynasty painter Shitao, and even chose and changed his own name to Baoshi, which translates to “embracing Shitao.” He translated Japanese texts and consistently wrote his own art historical theses and treatises, completing research into fourth century landscape painting and artists of the Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. He developed his landscape painting as a young artist, but was also acclaimed for his figural paintings, depicting figures from the third and fourth centuries. After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Mao Zedong called for a modernization of the arts; Fu led the charge in painting and is credited as a major artistic reformer of the 20th century. He revived early traditions based on a broad range of color and turned to modern technological subject matter such as airports and telephone lines. Leading the New Chinese Painting Movement, he called for a spontaneous handling of paint, often spattering or throwing ink or paint in a state of emotional and physical engagement; at times he would even paint after significant drinking to achieve a fully engrossed work. Fu founded the New Nanjing School of Fine Arts, which engaged many major artists of the period such as Chen Zhifo, Qian Songyan, Song Wenzhi and Ya Ming.
A CHINESE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL QING DYNASTYThe interior painted with a stylised flowerhead within a scroll border, the exterior with a wide band of overlapping petals, a six character Xuande mark, 14.3cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIERELATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIODPainted with four scholarly beauties, one playing a qin, another painting, a third playing weiqi, the fourth holds a scroll, all divided by calligraphy, 36.5cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
SHANGGUAN ZHUZHUANGFISHERMEN Three Chinese scroll paintings, ink and colour on paper, all with title slips, together with five other scrolls, some painted and others printed, 94cm x 42cm. (8)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES 17TH CENTURY AND LATERThe largest modelled as Guanyin riding a phoenix, raised on a waisted base with scroll decoration; another depicting Guandi seated on a rocky outcrop and with a turtle emerging from underneath him; the third of another male figure, possibly Guandi, 23.5cm max. (3)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.97, A for a similar example.
A CHINESE HEAVILY CAST GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURYThe circular body set with scroll-shaped side handles and raised on a short flared foot, a six-character Xuande mark, 2.7kg, 20cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
A FINE CHINESE DOUCAI 'MEDALLION' BOWL SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1735-96 The tall flaring sides delicately painted in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, with five roundels formed as fruiting peach trees with leafy branches, alternating with stylised pomegranates and further leaves; a colourful border of lappets with scroll details above the foot; a paper label reading 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.79', 15.2cm.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 in Colours, 2006, no.79. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, p.216, no.197 for a closely related medallion design. This decoration on bowls is based on Kangxi period prototypes, such as the example in the Qing Court collection. The pattern continued in the subsequent reigns, with known examples from the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. Cf. Christie’s London, 6th November 2018, lot 38, for another Qianlong doucai bowl with this shape and decoration from the collection of the late Soame Jenyns.
TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN 18TH CENTURYBoth standing on scroll bases and wearing long flowing robes, 44cm max. (2)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.72, C for a similar example.
A COLLECTION OF SIX BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED PIECES 16TH CENTURY AND LATER Comprising: a Chinese dish painted with a scroll and tassels, framed by scales and fylfot patterns, the reverse with a paper label reading 'O.C.S. 1994 16TH C. STUDY EX. NO.123'; four Japanese moulded bowls, variously decorated with figures on boats, flowers, auspicious characters and other formal designs; and a dish with two figures playing go in a star-shaped panel to the well, 21.2cm max. (6)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
KUSUMI MORIKAGE (C.1620-90) SEKKO (DATES UNKNOWN) KANO RYOMIN TAKANOBU (ACT. 1716-48) AND UNIDENTIFIED EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER Three Japanese scroll paintings, one depicting a white magnolia spray, signed Sekko and inscribed Kanro gannen, Mokutoku o motte osu (The emperor’s virtue rules the country with good heavenly decree); another with Chinese figures and a pavilion in a mountainous river landscape, with a seal reading Morikage; the third with Daikoku standing on a hay bale, signed Kano Ryomin Takanobu hitsu, 123cm x 25cm max. (3)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
ATTRIBUTED TO LI JIAN (19TH CENTURY)MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPEA Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and dated second of the sixth month, signed Erqiao Shanren Li Jian, with two artist's seals, framed and glazed, 56cm x 36cm.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
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.
KANO GYOKUEN NAGANOBU (1816-80)SHOKA/SHOKO (DATES UNKNOWN)EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURYTwo Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), both ink and colour on paper, one in Chinese style depicting travellers visiting a scholar, his young attendant receiving the visitors at the door of the thatched pavilion; the mountainous river landscape extending beyond them, signed lower left Gyokuen Naganobu hitsu and with the seal Kano, 123.5cm x 54cm; the other painting depicting a flowering branch of camellia, signed Shoka/ Shoko and with a red seal mark, 26.6cm x 31.2cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
A George III silver cream jug, with foliate and scroll embossed decoration, on circular foot, maker's mark worn, London 1776, 13cm high, and a collection of further silver comprising a sauce boat, a milk jug, a pair of peppers, a mustard, a Victorian cruet stand mount (lacks base and handle), and a Chinese export compact, 24oz weighable. (qty)
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)
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURAL SCROLL WEIGHT AND A BRONZE MODEL OF A BUDDHIST LIONMING DYNASTYThe scroll weight modelled as a bearded Immortal seated holding a hu tablet and a sword, the snarling Buddhist lion chasing the brocade ball on the accompanying wood stand, 951g and 172g, 15cm. (3)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
A CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND AND GILT DECORATED 'EIGHT IMMORTALS' YEN YEN VASEKANGXI 1662-1722The neck decorated with the three Star Gods above five further Immortals looking at an open scroll, the reverse with pine trees, together with a wood stand, 44.8cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS AND A JAR AND COVER 19TH CENTURYThe smaller bowl decorated with panels of figures, the larger with a continuous floral scroll, the ovoid vase with phoenix and hibiscus flowers, 34cm. (4) Provenance: from the family collection of Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923), and Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980). The original Terry family furniture is on display at Fairfax House in York; it was donated to the York Civic Trust after Noel’s death in 1980. Henry Leetham is recorded by R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.290, as a client of both Bluett's and Sparks between 1914 and 1927.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLSIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722Of flaring form, painted around the exterior with a scholar painting a scroll in an interior, with ladies and a child in a garden, the interior with a narrow band of prunus, the well with peaches and a ruyi sceptre, together with a wood stand, 20.7cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
A CHINESE CELADON JADE 'CHILONG AND BAT' FLATTENED BALUSTER VASE QIANLONG 1736-95With twin pierced C-scroll handles, the stone with brown and white inclusions, together with a wood stand, 10.4cm. (2)PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
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