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A FINE WHITE JADE 'FOUR SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS' CARVINGQianlongThe smoothly-polished stone deftly carved in the form of a seven-stringed guqin within a brocade sash loosely tied with a ribbon and partially exposing the instrument, wrapped together with two scroll paintings on the side, a book on the front and a weiqi board on the reverse, finely incised on one side of the instrument with a qian trigram seal, the semi-translucent white stone with faint russet inclusions. 7.2cm (2 3/4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 白玉雕琴棋書畫把件The carefully-carved qian trigram flanked by two chi-dragons on the present lot can be also found on one of the personal seals of the Qianlong emperor, of which the seal impression is published in the Collections of the Palace Museum: Album of the Seal Impressions of Qing Emperors and Empresses, vol.6, Qianlong part II (Gugong bowuyuan cang: Qingdai Dihou Xiyinpu. Di Liuce. Qianlong juan er), Beijing, 2005, p.127.This delicately-carved jade group depicts 'The Four Scholarly Accomplishments', siyi: the four main academic and artistic accomplishments required of the aristocratic Chinese scholar-gentleman, which comprised playing the seven-stringed zither, qin, the strategy game of qi, writing calligraphy or shu, and painting or hua.The seven-stringed zither or qin was an instrument which every scholar in Imperial China was expected to play. The board game of weiqi was considered equally a pastime and an art form. Chinese calligraphy equally comprises a minimalist set of rules which facilitate a system of complexity and grandeur. Calligraphy was highly regarded as an expression of the practitioner's poetic nature and a significant test of manual dexterity. Finally, every scholar was expected to learn the art of brush painting, which was regarded as the greatest expression of individual creativity, through which a Chinese scholar would demonstrate his mastery over the art of line.Compare with a related white jade 'Four Scholarly Accomplishments' paperweight, 18th century, of slightly larger size, but without the qian trigram, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2010, lot 2196; and another pale green jade carving, 18th century, worked with a similar motif, which was sold at Christie's London, 8 November 2011, lot 172.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHINESE SCHOOLQing DynastyInk and pigment on paper, four paintings, one painting depicting a sparrow perched on a snowy reed, calligraphic inscription dated cyclically to the Yihai year of the Daoguang reign corresponding to 1839, signed Weng Luo, with three seals of the artist, mounted, 29.5cm (11 5/8in) x 20cm (8in); the second depicting a mountain landscape with water in the style of Song dynasty artist Mi Fu, with one seal of the artist, mounted, 30.5cm (12in) x 29.5cm (11 1/2in); and a pair of paintings depicting mountainous landscapes with water, both with poetic inscriptions and seals of the artist, mounted, 31cm (12 1/4in) x 24.2cm (9 1/2in).(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清 山水 鏡心 一組四幅For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

THREE CHINESE SCHOOL FAN PAINTINGSQing DynastyOne delicately painted in ink and pigment on paper, depicting a man on a horse before a lady seated in a two-wheeled cart, an elderly attendant beside her with a fan, 55cm (21 5/8in) wide; one painted with ink on gold-sprinkled paper depicting a scholar in a hut beneath a craggy pine amidst rolling hills, signed Yun Zhang, with seal of the artist, 53cm (21in) wide; and one painted with pigment and ink on paper, depicting three scholars on a bridge leading to a hut amidst trees and hills, in the distance two fishermen on a boat, signed Liu, two seals of the artist, 55cm (21 5/8in) wide; all framed and glazed.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清 扇面三幀 鏡框裝裱For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A LARGE PAINTED ENAMEL TURQUOISE-GROUND BASINQing Dynasty four-character seal mark, 19th centuryWith deep curved sides rising to a flat rim, finely painted with a central medallion enclosing a blossoming lotus surrounded by small flower heads within a six-lobed ruyi border and a band of interlocking chilong, the well with a continuous band of alternatingg blossoming lotus and pink and blue bats, the flat rim with four sinuous chilong dividing Shou medallions, the reverse with three large striding chilong.36.5cm (14 3/8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十九世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯福壽紋大盆「大清年製」篆書款See a related large painted enamel basin, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, 5, Beijing, 2011, p.304, no.240; and a related painted enamel basin, 18th century, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, Volume III, London, 2016, no.2138.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DINGYutang Shisou seal mark, Qing Dynasty/Republic PeriodThe deep globular body raised on three small curling legs, the neck set with two crescent handles, the exterior with a deep brown patina.27.5cm (10 7/8in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清/民國 銅三足爐「玉堂石叟」篆書款See a related example illustrated by Lin Pe-yu, Chinese Incense Burners: Collection of Steven Hung & Lindy Chern, Taipei, 2000, no.82; and another, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated by Li Mijia, Xuan Copperware in the Collection of the Palace Museum: Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2020, no.97.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Rare Chinese Doucai Seal Paste Box and Cover, Yongzheng Mark on bottom portion. Diameter: 4.75 inches.

THREE CHINESE LANDSCAPES SCENES Watercolour and ink Inscribed and with artists seal Framed together Each 19cm x 21cm Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use, foxing and humidity spots

A Chinese bowl of squat circular form incised with dragons, having impressed seal mark verso, further engraved Made in China, on a pierced vase stand

A Chinese export porcelain shallow bowl, the centre enamel decorated with flowers in shades of red, purple and blue, having a further floral decorated exterior, with blue seal mark verso, dia.16cmCondition report: Condition appears good.

MORI SOSEN: A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SCROLL PAINTING OF MONKEYS BY A WATERFALLBy Mori Sosen (1747-1821), signed Sosen with seal MorikataJapan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely painted in ink and watercolors on silk and mounted as a hanging scroll with silk brocade frame, the circular image within a rectangular field, depicting a tribe of monkeys in a rocky landscape with blossoming cherry trees and a waterfall, the monkeys engaged in various activities such as climbing, fighting, grooming, eating, and resting. Note the single white-haired monkey near the center of the image, which is almost hidden due to the similarly colored background. The rectangular field with the signature SOSEN and seal Morikata lower right.With an old wood hakogaki (storage box) with an attached label: 群猿之圖、森狙山筆 “Gun’en no zu, Mori Sosen hitsu” [A painting of a group of monkeys, painted by Mori Sosen]A further label to the side: 狙山筆、円相、郡猿圖 “Sosen hitsu, Enso, Gun’en-zu” [A painting of a group of monkeys, as the Enso (The Circle), painted by Sosen] With a large black lacquered wood box.SIZE 89 x 86.5 cm (image) and 190 x 103.5 cm (incl. mounting)Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, little soiling, few creases. The mounting with some wear, traces of use, tears, and few loose threads. The tomobako with extensive wear, cracks, and minor losses. The black-lacquered wood box with some wear, minor nicks, and light scratches.Provenance: Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, acquired from Shukodo, Kyoto. Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art Including Chinese and Japanese Art from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, 16 September 2008, lot 293. US private collection, acquired from the above.Auction comparison: Compare a related painting by Mori Sosen depicting two monkeys and their young, but of considerably smaller size, at Christie’s, Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink: The Irving Collection Day Sale, 21 March 2019, New York, lot 1162 (sold for 15,000 USD).

THREE CALLIGRAPHIES FROM THE RICHARD LANE COLLECTIONJapan, Edo period (1615-1868)Comprising three calligraphies written in ink on paper; the first reading Ryugi (‘Righteousness’), signed Hekidojin, sealed Rakuto Hekido (‘Hekido in Eastern Kyoto’) and Kuraku-tane (‘Seeds of pain and happiness’), the third seal illegible; the second with a lengthy calligraphy which can be roughly translated as ‘This is written to celebrate the teachings of Zen priest Chido, we live our life following disciplines’, signed Sogetsu gisho (‘written by Sogetsu in amusement’), and sealed Sogetsu dojin (‘Sogetsu, a man of Tao’) and Shofu (‘The wind through pine trees’); the third signed Gyokuen sho (‘written by Gyokuen’) and sealed Toyo, the second seal illegible.SIZE 53.5 x 15.6 cm (the smallest) and 66.7 x 25.4 cm (the largest)Condition: Good condition with minor wear, creasing, one sheet with some minuscule losses.Provenance: Ex-collection Richard Lane. Formerly in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. Collector and art dealer Richard Douglas Lane (1926-2002) was a leading figure in the field of ukiyo-e research. In 2003, the Honolulu Museum of Art obtained his collection of approximately 11,000 Japanese woodblock-printed books and manuscripts and 3,000 Chinese, Korean and Japanese paintings.

A BIZEN STONEWARE MODEL OF A SNARLING SHISHIJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The shishi in a recumbent posture, with curled flaming mane and tail, the mouth wide open revealing tongue and fangs as it lets out a fierce snarl, the eyes pierced.  Seal mark beside the tail.WIDTH 22 cmCondition: Excellent condition with only minor wear. Provenance: From the private collection of Professor Filippo Salviati, Rome, Italy. A professor of archeology and art history at the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies at the Sapienza University of Rome, Prof. Salviati has researched and published extensively on Chinese archaic art.

Pair of Chinese blue and white ginger jars painted with Dragons on splatter effect ground, seal mark to base, H24cm

A pair of hand painted Chinese figures, pen and colour wash on unbleached paper, artist's seal to lower right, 38x28cm

Pair of Chinese Republic style cylindrical vases decorated with bird and foliage and script, red seal mark to base (A/F)

An antique Chinese blue and white porcelain seal ink pot and cover, late 19th / early 20th Century. Decorated with dragons in flaming clouds. Measures approx; 9cm wide. No visible damage.

A Chinese Seal Set to Comprise Boxed Soapstone Seal Together with a Boxed Blue and White Pot Containing Red Wax

Two 19th Century Chinese Celadon Glaze Export Plates with Applied Enamels in the Famille Rose Pallet Depicting Birds, Insects, Butterflies and Flowers, Underglaze Blue Seal Mark to Base, 22cm Diameter

SILBERSCHALE AUF HOHEM FUß. Herkunft: China. Dynastie: Qing-Dynastie. Datierung: 19. Jh. Technik: Silber in Repoussé. Beschreibung: Die bauchige Schale mit achtfach geschwungenem Rand, der hohe Fuß eingezogen und mit Linien abgesetzt. Auf der Wandung umlaufend eine Gartenlandschaft mit Damen und Herren unter Bäumen beim Spiel, beim Musizieren, in der Unterhaltung, bei dem Genuss von Räucherwerk und beim Tanz. Der Hintergrund mit dichter Punzierung. Maße: Gewicht ca.1006g, Höhe 16cm, Ø 24cm. Siegel: Im Boden eine Punze: De Cheng Lou. Provenienz:Nachlass eines deutschen Eisenbahningenieurs, Julius Dorpmüller (1869-1945), der sich zwischen 1907 und 1918 in China aufhielt und die chinesische Schantung-Eisenbahn mitkonstruierte. Seitdem in Familienbesitz. Erläuterungen zum KatalogAsiatika - China Kunsthandwerk 19. Jahrhundert Silber Kunsthandwerk China SILVER BOWL ON HIGH FOOT. Origin: China. Dynasty: Qing dynasty. Date: 19th c. Technique: Silver in repoussé. Description: The bulbous, a bit compressed bowl with eightfold curved rim, the high foot indented and set off with lines. Circumfencing the wall a garden landscape with ladies and gentlemen beneath trees playing, making music, entertaining, enjoying incense and dancing. The background with dense punching. Measurement: Weight ca.1006g, height 16cm, Ø 24cm. Seal: Underneath a hallmark: De Cheng Lou. Provenance:Estate of a German railwy engineer, Julius Dorpmüller (1869-1945) who stayed in China between 1907 and 1918 and helped design the Chinese Schantung Railway, and thence by descent. Explanations to the Catalogue

A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle. Moulded in relief with figures and coloured enamels. Seal mark to base. Condition good. No cover, no chips or cracks.

A long Chinese printed scroll bearing numerous printed red seal marks, depicting a busy harbour scene and surrounding landscape, with numerous figures engaged in their business, overall size 14" x 160".

A Chinese polychrome decorated porcelain bowl, decorated to centre with a group of court officials and attendants on a terrace, red printed seal mark to underside, 10" diameter.

A Chinese sang de boeuf glazed vase, of baluster form, dark blue painted seal mark to underside - chip to footrim, 9.1" high

A rare Chinese Yixing enamelled 'Boys' teapot of rectangular plan, with dark blue glazed spout and handle, impressed seal mark to underside, 5.25" high.

A small Chinese gilt bronze two-handled censer, of plain design, raised on three feet, rectangular seal mark to underside, 4.8" diameter.

An early 20thc Chinese baluster vase decorated with bird and floral design, enclosed within chocolate coloured cartouches with floral and stylised banded top and base, four cylinder seal mark verso (18cm x d to top: 8cm)

A group of Chinese snuff bottles, four decorated with birds and branches, one with monkeys, complete with top and spoons (one a/f) and all with seal marks (tallest: 6cm x 5cm x 3cm)

A group of Chinese snuff bottles, three depicting birds on branches, one with squirrels and a monkey and one with scholars, of various shapes and sizes, all with seal marks, tops and spoons (largest: 7cm x 5cm x 4cm)

A Chinese ginger jar depicting a mother with children in garden, circular red seal mark to base, together with a teapot, tea cup with lid and saucer, with seal mark to base and a glazed bottle with pouring spout (ginger jar: 12cm x 12cm)

A small Chinese guan-type vaseWith a blue Qianlong seal mark but later covered in a light grey crackled glaze, 6cm highCondition Report: Good condition.

A Chinese moulded glass figure of Guanyin (2)Of pale green tone, the goddess seated on a rocky base, seal and gourd mark to reverse, 30cm high; and a small green glass figure of a woman, 19cm highCondition Report: Guanyin- minor chip to lotus flower on base, but overall in good condition.Woman- glued break to top section of ribbon above right arm.

A 20th century Chinese bronze bitong/brush pot, decorated in relief figures in a village landscape, four character seal mark, 12cm

TWO CHINESE SILVER INGOTS of boats shape form, with impressed seal marks 6.5cm and 3cm wide, PROVENANCE: Private Somerset collection Large example is 368 gramsSmall example is 38 grams

Three matching framed Chinese silk paintings, all depicting the same four children in an interior, playing games outside and looking at a rabbit - all signed and with seal stamps

A Chinese porcelain vase, early 20th century, with applied shi shi handles, painted with red & yellow double gourds on vines against a blue ground, red stamped Tongzhi seal mark, 37.8cm, on later wood standCondition report: Pierced in the base to accomodate an electric cable.

Two Chinese bronze shi shi, possibly late Ming, mid 17th century, each modelled ready to pounce, the bodies with stylised fur picked out, 5.8cm & 6.5cm, together with a Japanese pottery sake bowl, impressed with seal mark, 5.1cm diameterQty: 3

A pair of large Chinese Famille rose porcelain baluster vases with pieced cloud handles. Probably late Qing dynasty. Painted with a group of characters one sage-like figure riding on a tiger one of his companions has a small blue monkey and the other holds aloft a smoking censer with a dragon emanates from the clouds of smoke above. Bearing an apocryphal red six-character mark in seal for Qianlong to the bases. 45 cm high x 23 cm wideCondition report: No apparent major defects

A GERMAN SILVER MINIATURE NEF, L. NERESHEIMER & CO., HAUAU, CIRCA 1913 modelled as a twin-masted galleon, the hull with Neptune and Amphitrite, London import marks, soldered onto a screw fixed to a Chinese wood stand, 16cm long; together with a German figural silver desk seal, probably Hanau, circa 1910, cast as Pan playing his pipes, the matrix initialled M, London import marks, 6.2cm high; and another German silver seal, probably Hanau, circa 1893, cast as Cupid about to fire his bow, the matrix with scrolled initials GI, 4.3cm high (3)

A CHINESE TEADUST-GLAZED VASE, HU, 20TH CENTURYthe flattened pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall neck, set to either side with a pair of elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, covered overall in a golden-green glaze, the base incised with an apocryphal Daoguang seal mark, box16cm highProvenance: Private European Collection, acquired in Hong Kong, November 1990

Boxes and Objects - a silver vesta case, Birmingham 1894; white metal sliding toothpick, seal top; propelling pencil, similar; another Bakelite 1953 Coronation Blackpool Toilet Ltd; Carnelian shafted, white metal mounted pen, seal top; Weiner Schaberer folding razor; Chinese mother of pearl gaming counters; a Wembley Empire Exhibition brass and enamel badge; a white metal MacDonald crest with spurious motto; etc

A Chinese porcelain famille verte vase and cover, with domed lid, bulbous neck and taper body, the reserves painted with a figure on a bridge in landscape to cover and birds, peonies, vases, etc. to body, signed within a seal to neck decoration and having six character mark to base, 19thC, 31cm high.

A Chinese porcelain ginger jar in the style of Wang Binrong, decorated in relief with a dog of fo seated on a rock among waves and water, on a yellow ground, Wang Binrong seal mark to base, 14cm high.

A Chinese cast bronze tripod censer with loop handles, cast Xuande seal mark to the base, 8cm high, 11cm diameter.

A Chinese carved soapstone scholar's seal, 6 x 6 x 4.5cm.

A Chinese bronze official seal, 10 x 5 x 9.5cm.

A 20th Century Chinese Republic period Oriental Qianlong mark porcelain ceramic sleeve vase / pillow headrest having a deep ochre red ground with polychrome enamel floral sprays and medallions. Central image depicts a group of women playing a game on table. Six character Qianlong reign mark in Zhangzhou seal script. Measures approx; 33cm long. 

A heavy antique Chinese Ming Dynasty Xuande Mark (1426-1435) bronze archaic achiciastic tripod censer prayer bowl ding of low compressed squat form. The vessel having twin looped handles open well and raised on three small feet. Four character cast Xuande mark in Zhuanshu seal script but likely 19th Century. Weighs 1.180kg Measures approx; 8cm x 15cm.

Mixed Lot: Chinese mid-grade yellow metal and jade set spider brooch, together with two antique Victorian gold filled seal fob/charms, one with a shield shaped amethyst matrix, the other a circular white agate example

A Chinese famille-rose vaseblue Qianlong seal mark but 20th centurypainted with birds amongst flowering prunus branches, beneath two lines of black script and three seals, 21.5cm highGood condition

A Chinese famille-rose rouleau vasefour character Qianlong seal mark but laterpainted with a building in a mountainous landscape between iron-red borders, the reverse with black calligraphy and three seals, 31cm highThere is a substance painted on top of the glaze on the front of the vase on the mountain behind the building, approx. 1.5cm square

A Chinese porcelain famille-rose rouleau vasesigned Jiang Yuqing, 20th centurypainted with an old man and a child in a landscape, the reverse with calligraphy and an iron-red seal, iron-red seal mark, 26.5cm. highSome wear to enamels and some markings to the glaze

A group of three Chinese carved celadon vases20th centurycomprising; a pair of vases carved with a lotus pattern and set with elephant head handles, blue apochryphal Qianlong seal marks, 22.5cm high; the third vase carved with lotus and set with elephant head handles, apochryphal blue Yongzheng mark and stamped `CHINA', 22cm high (3)Pair of vases- good conditionSingle vase- there is a haircrack/firing crack running along the top of the rim approx. 2cm length

A Chinese coral-ground medallion bowlblue Qianlong seal mark but probably 19th centurypainted with four circular landscape panels reserved on a coral ground gilt with foliate scrolls, 18cm diameterTwo scratches to the coral ground on the exterior, the largest approx. 4cm length. Very minor wear to the gilding. Some wear to the interior

A Chinese blue and white `crane and trigram' bowlblue Jiaqing seal mark but probably later the exterior painted with cranes amongst the eight trigrams and cloud scrolls, the interior with central waves beneath a trellis pattern border, 14 cm diameter, with fitted case (2)Good condition

A Chinese blue and white bowlblue Daoguang seal mark and probably of the periodpainted on the exterior with branches of fruiting peach, pomegranate and gourds beneath a border of classic scroll, the interior painted with further a sprig of peaches, 15.25cm diameterProvenance: Count H. Brockenhuus-Schack, acquired in Shanghai in the 1930's and thence by descentVery small shallow chip to the rim, approx 0.3cm length. Fine haircrack to the rim, approx. 1.25cm length

A large Chinese armorial bowlPainted with an armorial detailed 'Chateau de Versailles', the body decorated with floral sprigs, the base with a four character red seal mark41cm diameter; 19cm high

Chinese Celadon glazed plant trough, seal mark to base.Condition report: 24.5cm long x 15cm wide x 8.5cm highChip to one corner. Small chips to the feet. Otherwise good.

Chinese blue glazed lotus shape pin dish, 10.5cm across, impressed seal mark.

A trio of large Chinese blue and white figures, impressed seal marks to undersides, height 45cm

Chinese Dreamstone Marble Table Screen, the rectangular marble plaque with inscription and red seal mark, held on a rosewood stand, 21cms wide x 23cms high