ATTRIBUTED TO A MEMBER OF THE GU FAMILY (17TH CENTURY)Deer in a LandscapeEmbroidery and ink on silk, hanging scroll 84cm (33 1/8in) high x 42cm (16 1/2in) wideFootnotes:Provenance From the collection of Liang Zhangju (1775-1849) (title slip)Spink & Son (by repute)鹿遊 綜合媒材絹本 立軸註：元人顧繡十鹿圖真跡。退庵居士题籤鈐印：露香園、青碧斋The technique of combining painting and embroidery reached its zenith in Suzhou during the late Ming and Kangxi periods and is closely associated with the artist Gu Shouqian and her family. They pioneered techniques including the underpainting of embroidered areas and the use of a new 'hairy stitch' technique to reduce unwanted effects of stitches on the silk embroidered ground. Here the techniques effectively bring to life the group of ten deer.For further examples of this technique, preserved from the Imperial collection see Masterpieces of Chinese silk tapestry and embroidery in the National Palace Museum, 1971, pl no 34 – 35. For another example see Sotheby's New York, 19 Sept 2023, lot 625.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS POND' KRAAK WARE BOWLLate Ming DynastyThe central roundel enclosing two pairs of birds at a lotus pond, within a border of ruyi heads, a further border of lotus scroll below the barbed rim. 14cm (5 1/2in) diam.Footnotes:Provenance: S.C. Coles collection.Oriental Ceramic Society, 1954 Exhibition no. 191 (label).Published: Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, 14th to 19th Centuries, 1954, 23 January 1954, cat no 191.明晚期 青花荷塘紋克拉克式盌For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAINMing Dynasty and laterComprising: a celadon bowl incised with floral patterns around a central animal to the interior and covered in a thick olive green glaze; a seal paste box and cover painted with lotus scroll patterns to the cover and sides in underglaze copper red, underglaze blue Kangxi six-character mark to the base; a flambé-glazed washer of compressed rounded form; a copper red glazed cup with deep rounded sides; a pale celadon bottle vase with incised peaches; and a blue glazed cup with foliate rim and a celadon interior. The bowl 16cm (6 1/4in) diam. (7).Footnotes:Provenance: S.C. Coles collection.明及之後 瓷器 一組For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF LARGE PASTE-SET GILT METAL JARDINIERESQianlongOf rectangular form with everted flattened rims and canted corners, rising from four shaped scrolling feet, the gently flaring sides decorated in repousse with scrolling foliage enclosing a central panel, all set with variously coloured paste flowerheads. 38cm (15in wide) x 26cm (10 1/4in) deep x 14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:清乾隆 鎏金花盆 一對This brilliantly gilded and elaborately decorated pair of jardinières is a testament to the artistic and cultural exchange between China and Europe in the eighteenth century. The paste-inset floral heads and Rococo-inspired scroll show the extent to which Chinese craftsmen in both the Imperial palace and Guangzhou quickly embraced and emulated Western techniques on Chinese art for the Imperial court.Such works received the direct patronage of the Qianlong Emperor who commissioned Chinese and Western artisans to work together to create highly decorative pieces to display Imperial supremacy and grandeur. During the mid-18th century European Jesuit artists were employed at the court to design the palaces in the northern part of the Yuanming Yuan. A pair of gilded silver rectangular jardinières with floral decoration inlaid with precious stones, in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 61. A gilt-copper example cast with shou characters in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Yang Xin, Treasures of the Imperial Palace, Beijing, 1995, pl. 59.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE JARKangxiThe squat ovoid body supported on a short foot and rising to a rounded shoulder and upright neck, painted with two figurative panels each divided by a shou character, beneath a key-scroll border to the rim, the panels depicting an attendant entering a room from a garden veranda to greet a scholar. 23cm (9in) diam.Footnotes:清康熙 青花罐On one of the two panels the attendant is presenting an archaic jue vessel to the official, a word which refers to rank or nobility, as well as to the ritual vessel, thereby recalling the Chinese idiom jiaguan jinjue 加官進爵 (promotion to higher rank or nobility). It is highly possible that the vessel was produced as a gift to a young scholar or official to wish them well in their studies.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chinese Scroll Calligraphy By Zhu Yunming. Song Dynasty. Dimensions (Painting View): 53 1/2 x 20 inches (136cm x 51cm). Sakamoto Goro (1923 - August 15, 2016) was a globally renowned Japanese antique art dealer and the founder of the antique art store Buyantang. He became famous for selling a Chinese Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain Jar for approximately 176 million Japanese yen at a Sotheby's auction held in London in 1972. He was actively involved in auctions at houses like Sotheby's and Christie's and set several records for the sale of Asian artworks, bringing numerous exquisite art pieces back to Buyantang. In April 1999, Sakamoto Goro acquired a Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong for 29.17 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a record as one of the highest-priced items in the auction market for ancient Chinese porcelain. Sakamoto Goro made several significant donations of Chinese ceramics, bronzes, and other artifacts to institutions such as the Tokyo National Museum, Nara National Museum, National Museum of China, and the National Palace Museum in Taipei. He often collaborated with institutions like the Tokyo National Museum and Nara National Museum for exhibitions, sharing his extensive collection of fine art with the public through museums. An example of this is the Cizhou Kiln White Glaze Basin he donated to the National Palace Museum, which was exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum in 1961 and the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts in 1978. After these artworks were returned to Buyantang, Sakamoto Goro retained the temporary labels they used during their museum displays. The items being auctioned in this event are from Sakamoto Goro's personal collection, which our auction house diligently collected from a close friend of Sakamoto Goro in Tokyo, Japan. Some of the items in this auction are extensively documented in a beautiful illustrated book titled Illustrated Guide to Chinese Ceramics from Buyantang, which includes detailed descriptions of patterns, dimensions, and bears the Buyantang seal. Some of the ceramics mentioned in this book were previously exhibited at the National Museums, and the labels from these exhibitions are still preserved within the book. He graciously provided us with a beautiful Illustrated Guide to Chinese Ceramics from Buyantang book to share with everyone.
PAIRE DE BOLS EN GRÈS YAOZHOUDynastie des Song du Nord/JinA FINE AND RARE PAIR OF YAOZHOU FOLIATE-SHAPED BOWLSNorthern Song dynasty/Jin Dynasty Each of foliate shape, with shallow sides divided into ten lobes, the interior decorated with a molded design of scattered flower sprays, each lobe with a stylised floral scroll, covered overall with a translucent olive-green glaze suffused with fine crackles, the bases unglazed. 10.7cm (4 1/4in) and 10.9cm (4 1/4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:北宋/金 耀州窰青釉花式盌一對 Provenance:Collection of Jürgen L. Fischer (d. 2013), Baden Baden, acquired來源： 巴登-巴登Jürgen L. Fischer珍藏（逝於2013年）現藏家得自上述收藏A nearly identical pair of flower-shaped bowls from the Bondy Collection was sold by Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 18 and 19 May 1927, lots 65 and 66. A similar piece described as a brushwasher, is illustrated in Shanxi Tongchuan Yaozhou yao, Beijing, 1965, pl.X, fig.8. Compare also with a similar Yaozhou dish divided into 16 instead of 10 petals from the Meiyintang Collection, published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume I, London, 1994, no.434For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
POIDS EN BRONZE INCRUSTÉ D'ARGENT ET D'ORDynastie MingA GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BIXIE' SCROLL WEIGHTMing DynastyHeavily cast in a recumbent position, facing forward with head raised and mouth open and large bulging eyes, his powerfully modelled body with strong haunches, wings drawn back and lying flat against his sides, with a bifurcated tail tucked below the body, with gold and silver-inlaid details, fitted box. 6.5cm (2 5/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:明 銅錯金銀辟邪鎮紙Provenance: Lempertz, Cologne, 23 November 2001, lot 381 來源： 倫佩茨拍賣行，科隆，2001年11月23日，編號381A very similar gold and silver-inlaid bronze water dropper similarly cast as a mythical beast, attributed to the Ming dynasty, is illustrated in Hugh Moss and G. Tsang, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no.208. See also an example published in Rose Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, no.73.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PETITE TRIPODE ARCHAÏSANT EN GRÈS CÉLADON LONGQUAN, JUEXVe siècle A RARE SMALL ARCHAISTIC LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE15th centuryWith a rounded body raised on three high, splayed legs, the wide spout flanked by two short posts above loop handles, the body moulded on either side with leafy tendrils and lingzhi below a classic meandering scroll, applied overall with a lustrous green glaze. 12.2cm (4 3/4in) high.Footnotes:十五世紀 龍泉窰青釉仿古爵Provenance:Collection of Dr. Roland Sonderhoff (1897-1960), Hamburg, collected in Japan before 1942, thence by descent to his daughter, Dr. Ursula Lienert (1934-2017), acquired from her estate來源： 漢堡Roland Sonderhoff博士（1897-1960）珍藏，於1942年前得自日本，後傳至其女Ursula Lienert博士（1934-2017）現藏家得自上述來源Compare with two similarly shaped small vessels, one excavated in Anhui, illustrated in Encyclopaedia of Masterpieces of Chinese Cultural Relics: Ceramics volume , Shanghai, 1995, no. 597, p. 347, the second published in Tsai Mei-fen, Green-Longquan Celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Tapei, 2009, no. 111. See also a Longquan celadon vessel of similar size and shape, sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18 and 19 May 1982, lot 126.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DEUX PETITS POIDS EN BRONZEFin de la dynastie Ming/début de la dynastie QingTWO BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHTSLate Ming/early Qing Dynasty One finely cast in the form of a recumbent mythical beast, the second cast as a recumbent goat with a young on its back. The goat 6.5cm (2 1/2in) long, the mythical beast 5.1cm (2in) long (2).Footnotes:明末/清初 銅獸鎮紙一組兩件Provenance: Formerly in a Belgian collection, acquired in Brussels in the 1960s and 1970sNagel, Stuttgart, 5 November 2010 來源： 比利時舊藏，於1960至1970年代得自布魯塞爾納高拍賣行，斯圖加特，2010年11月5日The fine detail of the casting on all sides, including the finely and realistically worked base of both animals, conveys a realistic naturalism and suggests that they were meant to be handled and viewed from close-up in order to fully appreciate their refined beauty. Such small objects of great artistic and highly tactile quality were made in a variety of materials mainly for the amusement and delight of the scholar-literati These two finely cast animal figures belong to a small group of cast bronze objects made as paper or scroll weights. The were made in many shapes and sizes, see, for instance, two examples illustrated in Rose Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, pls.72 and 73.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
* Chinese ceramics, 18th-19th century, comprising a Chinese famille rose porcelain trembleuse teabowl and saucer, decorated with butterflies and flowers with polychrome and gilt ground, the cup 6.5 cm diameter, the shaped saucer 14 cm long, together with a famille rose teabowl, decorated with panels of flowers and a boat with figures, the interior with a single spray of flowers and a pink beaded border, 7.5 cm diameter, a famille rose salt, predominantly decorated in blue with highlights of pink, green and gold showing a figure on a boat with fish and a European castle within a scroll border, the exterior similarly decorated, 7.8 cm long, plus a Douli bowl probably recovered from a shipwreck, incised with five peach shaped motifs, the interior having lost most of its glaze, chipped to the rim, 16.6 cm diameterQTY: (4) NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.The Douli is styled after the south Chinese and southeast Asian hats traditionally used by farmers throughout the region.
Five Chinese silver 'Immortal' figural scroll weightsChinese character marks to base, stamped 900 Traditional Chinese figures all realistically cast, four male Immortals standing, one female in customary dress seated with stringed instrument, all solid and heavy on flat bases, height largest 7cm, weight total 23.5oz. (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Late 18th century creamware two-handled sugar bowl and cover, perhaps Leeds, painted with rose and flower sprays, with reeded handles (crack to rim), a Chinese export saucer (London decorated), painted with bouquets of flowers within red enamelled and scroll-shaped borders, and an English porcelain teabowl and saucer, attributed to Factory X, Keeling, painted in the famille rose pallette with blue rockwork before terracing Condition Report Sugar bowl - cover with chips and hairline, bowl with crack and small ships to foot. Both with light surface scratches and wear to decoration.Chinese export saucer - areas of loss to decoration, hairline.Tea bowl and saucer - teabowl has hairline to base, crazing, saucer with hairline at rim, both with surface scratches, accretionsAll with general wear and tear.
A VERY EARLY CHINESE IMPERIAL FIVE CLAW DRAGON HANDSCROLL having Chinese script and large eight-character imperial seal marks, all within a dragon border.390cm longThe scroll is heavily worn. The silk on the borders is frayed and has losses. There are numerous stains and wear across the whole script. The damage hasn't affected the writing significantly. The material is brittle and very fragile. A small piece has broken off and the script is dirty.
A 19TH CENTURY SQUARE CHINESE PORCELAIN TEAPOT with coloured floral scroll work decoration on a green ground.18cm wide 14cm high This is in good overall condition. There is a hairline running through the top handle joint to the body. Vieiwed Under UV light. No chips to the spout of the rims. The lid is in good undamaged condition.
A Victorian milk jug and bowl, London, 1893 and 1895, Wakely & Wheeler (James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler), repousse decorated with scrolling floral foliage, 8.4cm diameter; and another milk jug and sugar bowl, Birmingham, 1923, Oldfield Ltd, with shaped rim, scroll handle, raised on three paw feet, the milk jug - 8cm high, the sugar bowl - 8.5cm diameter; together with a pierced bon bon dish, with shaped and beaded rim, 13.5cm wide; a small footed bowl, Chinese character mark, 4.6cm high; a small cup, with engraved monogram, 6.7cm high; a Continental apple shaped shallow dish, 6.7cm wide; and a cased ashtray, with Republica Oriental Del Uruguay 1917 coin to centre and two coin cigarette rests, engraved SADIL / MONTEVIDEO, 11.3cm wide, total weight approx. 15.3oz (9)
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