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A RARE BRONZE 'TORTOISE' SEALWu shan taishou seal mark, Northern Wei DynastyThe seal heavily cast as a tortoise set on a square base, incised four-character seal mark, 3.2cm (1 1/4in) high; together with a rare bronze pendant, circa 6th century AD, cast as a toad perched on the back of a recumbent bixie, 4cm (1 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價北魏 銅龜鈕印 及 約六世紀 銅辟邪 各一Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2005, no.9 (tortoise seal)展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《冬季展覽》,倫敦,2005年,編號9(銅龜鈕印)The seal face reads Wu shan taishou or 'Governor of Wushan'. The term Taishou was used from the Qin to Sui dynasties to refer to a Governor, the head of a Commandery. For similar tortoise seals, Northern Wei, see Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Bronze Seals Throughout the Dynasties in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1987, pp.294-295, no.215. See another example illustrated in the Shanghai Museum: Chinese Seal Gallery, Shanghai, p.11.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER TRAY AND STANDRyukyu Islands, Qianli seal mark, 17th/18th centuryThe canted square tray with a central yin yang symbol encircled by the Eight Trigrams within a rounded cavetto and flat rim with geometrical inlaid border and red lacquer edge, the sides of the tall stand with archaic vessels, a scholar and attendant, luduan and a poetic inscription and Qianli mark, the tray base and stand interior painted with the character yi 益.Tray, 14cm (5 1/2in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價琉球,十七/十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿八卦圖倭角方盤連座「千里」款Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.115. 展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2005年,編號115The poem is a line by the famous Song dynasty stateman and reformer Wang Anshi (1021-1086) and reads: 細數落花因坐久, which may be translated as: 'the small and numerous fallen blossoms whereupon I sit for long', followed by the seal mark of the lacquer craftsman Jiang Qianli. Jiang Qianli was a renowned craftsman specialising in inlaid lacquer. Although he was traditionally thought to have lived during the late Ming period, recent scholarship placed him a little later in the Kangxi period; see G.Tsang and H.Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no.144.Compare with a similar example in the British Museum, no. 1974,0226.70.a, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, pl.197. See also a related tray and stand in Ryukyuan Lacquerware from the Urasoe Art Museum Collection, Urasoe, 1995, p.71, no.44.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN17th/18th centuryOne modelled as a seated figure of Guanyin with her left hand resting on her raised left knee, her right hand holding a scroll, cold painted and gilt-lacquered, 17.7cm (7in) high; and a standing figure of Guanyin, modelled with serene face and down-cast eyes, clad in loose flowing robes, 34cm (13 1/4in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 德化白釉觀音像 一組兩件See a related blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin illustrated by B.Gundestrup, The Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1737, Copenhagen, 1991, pp.148-149; and another example illustrated by Å.Setterwall, S.Fogelmarck and B.Gyllensvärd, The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm, Copenhagen, 1974), pp.168-169. For a related standing figure of Guanyin impressed with a He Chaozong seal mark, see C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, no.281.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL 'LANDSCAPE' SAUCER-DISHES18th centurySimilarly decorated with retreats nestling amongst craggy rocks, pine and blossoming trees in mountainous river landscapes within blue-enamel chilong borders, the exteriors with bamboo and rockwork, the bases with three-line inscriptions, signature and seal. 15.8cm (6.1/4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯亭台山水圖碟一對Provenance: Charlotte Horstmann Ltd. (label)來源:古董商Charlotte Horstmann Ltd.(標籤)One plate is inscribed underneath with the first line of a poem by Li Bai (701-762), which reads:青山橫北郭,白水繞東城。This may be translated as:'The verdant mountains to the north of the walls, the white waters flowing down east of the city.'See a similar pair of painted enamel dishes with mountain landscapes, Qianlong, illustrated by J.A.Lloyd Hyde, Chinese Painted Enamels from Private and Museum Collections, New York, 1969, no.32.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL JARDINIÈRES18th centuryEach of canted rectangular form, finely painted with panels depicting a variety of birds perched on rockwork in flowering gardens, alternating with river landscape panels to the corners, all on dense floral and foliate grounds, set on four shaped feet decorated with bats, the rims with key-fret and scrolling foliage on lime-green grounds.29cm (11 3/8in) wide. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯開光花鳥紋倭角花盆一對Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.45.展覽著錄:Roger Keverne Ltd.,《夏季展覽》,倫敦,2013年,編號45For a similar painted enamel rectangular jardinière, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol.5, Beijing, 2011, no.154; and another, Qianlong period, in Chinese Pianted Enamels: The China Institute in America, New York, 1969, no.40.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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

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