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Click here to subscribeA CINNABAR LACQUER TRAY, 16th-17th CENTURY China, 16th-17th century. A carved cinnabar lacquer tray showing fine lacquer work and depicting a pavilion below pine trees, mountains and clouds. The side of the tray is decorated with leaves and fruit. Condition: Two horizontal cracks, visible in the images provided. Provenance: French private collection. Weight: 362 g Dimensions: Length 43 cm
A CINNABAR LACQUER VASE China, 19th century. The metal ground and carved cinnabar lacquer vase featuring imageries of traditional Chinese village scenes to the central section and floral decoration to the upper and lower sections. Condition: With natural age cracks and wear as well as some losses to exposed areas. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by second generation members of the Holzapfel family after 1970 and has remained in the family ever since. Weight: 456 g Dimensions: Height 22.8 cm
Group of three vases Chinese, to include a lidded Canton vase decorated with flowers to one side and calligraphy to the other, 37.5cm high, a squat lidded celadon vase decorated with children, 21cm high and a cloisonné lidded vase of black ground 19.5cm high, together with two Chinese wooden stands and a cinnabar lacquer circular small box and cover, Chinese, with leaf carved lid, 11cm across, 2.75cm high (4)
Qing Dynasty Cinnabar Lacquered Antique Imperial Chinese Quadrafoil form Shaped Dish of extremely fine quality. Depicting a 5 clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl to the centre with several lesser dragons to the perimeter. The border carved with an intricate interlaced pattern, the verso with a silvered metal Qinlong seal mark set into the body with finely carved Chinese symbols around the mark. Measuring 14.5 inches in diameter.
Carved cinnabar lacquer ware plateChina, Made by Qian Long workshop (1711-1799)Dimensions: Diameter 33 cm, Height 5,8 cmWeight: 1010 gramsThe bowl is decorated with a repetitive pattern of bats over ocean waves, a common depiction for blessings of longevity "as deep as the ocean". Known to be hanging upside down and in still motion for long time, bats are a symbol of longevity. Also, their Chinese translation is "fu", which is the same word for "good luck" or "blessing". The center is decorated with three peaches, also a symbol of immortality and longevity, and some leaves floating about.
Carved cinnabar lacquer wareChina, Xuan de period(1426-1435), Ming DynastyDimensions: Length 30.5 cm Width 9 cm Height 4.7cmWeight: 730 gramsA red lacquer food tray with vines stemming from wood on the outer side. On the ground we can see a landscape of hills, rocks and the ocean. The sky is filled with clouds. Two mystical dragons are frolicking in the sky around a pearl, a reference to a popular folklore story about a boy providing for this sickish mother in drought times. He manages to find a secret place with lush grass and eventually, a beautiful pearl. It turns out to be magical and doubles the amount of anything it grazes. They start sharing their food with others and word eventually gets around. Greedy people (sometimes the emperor's soldiers) force them to hand in the pearl and the boy swallows it in his desperation. His throat and body start burning like fire and he runs to the little water left in the river to drink it. Upon his mother running up to him, she finds a dragon soaring up to the sky, hence protecting the land.
Carved cinnabar lacquerChina, early Qing Dynasty (1616-1661)Dimensions: Height 23,2 cm Length 11,5 cm Width 11,5 cmWeight: 780 gramsSquare lacquer bottle with hour-glass-shaped neck. The bottom shows two scholars dressed in robes, one young and bald, the other old with long beard and hunched back. They are standing amid a beautiful landscape of grass, rocks, trees, a lake and hills. The bottleneck is decorated with a flower in the center surrounded by ornaments.
A beautifully carved Maya cylinder from El Salvador, ca. 400 - 700 AD. It is 6-1/2 in high, 5-1/4 in in diameter and is decorated with a glyph band characteristic of the Pacific Slope ceramics. The body of the vessel is deeply ribbed, with remnants of painted stucco evident. The glyph band is highlighted with red cinnabar pigment. Intact, strong mineral deposits, old find site sticker on the bottom. (MA841)
A pair of black and red cinnabar lacquer circular lidded boxes, one decorated with guardian lions, a flaming pearl and auspicious clouds. The other portrays a hunting scene featuring armed warriors on horseback with their dogs surrounded by a landscape of trees and mountains. Both with impressed 4 character marks. Diameter 18cm. Height 6cm.
Qing Dynasty Cinnabar Lacquered Antique Imperial Chinese Quadrafoil form Shaped Dish of extremely fine quality. Depicting a 5 clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl to the centre with several lesser dragons to the perimeter. The border carved with an intricate interlaced pattern, the verso with a silvered metal Qinlong seal mark set into the body with finely carved Chinese symbols around the mark. Measuring 14.5 inches in diameter.
A collection of Chinese carved hardwood stands, Qing, 18th/19th century, to include and intricately carved and pierced example with lingzhi funghus, chrysanthemums and rockwork, 11cm wide, a further stand carved and pierced with lingzhi funghus, 10.5cm wide, an open tri stand with ruyi head feet, 16cm diameter, a cinnabar lacquer stepped vase stand, carved with bands of lotus flowers, leiwen (Greek key), and gadroons, 21.5cm wide, 13cm high, three square topped stands and two others, and two Japanese metal stands, one bronze and of octagonal form with simulated bamboo legs, 10.5cm diameterQty: 12Condition report: Cinnabar stand with some small losses to the gallery, one section of the gallery has been broken and glued. Tallest square top stand has a 3cm split to the top. The smallest square stand has small shrinkage cracks to two surface corners. A small section missing from the rim of the lingzhi and flowers stand, but has been missing quite some timw as the patination is uniform with the remainder. Generally no major faults, some good stands.
TWO CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH/20TH CENTURY One carved in cinnabar lacquer with a lady and boy beneath pine in a garden, with a beauty seated by a pavilion to the reverse, the base with a four character Qianlong mark in gilt, the other snuff bottle formed from white glass, enamelled to one side with a floral spray, the reverse with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, with a mark reading Gu Yue Xuan to the base, 5cm and 6.5cm. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, West Sussex, acquired by the current owner during various tours of duty between 1968 and 1985.
A Chinese jade and hardstone model of a tree, 19th century, comprising of nephrite, chalcedony and jadeite leaves and flowers, inset into a cinnabar lacquer jardiniere carved in relief with reserves of sages in landscapes, total height 58cmCONDITION: Some of the leaves and flowers are missing to the ends of the branches, there are a few splits to the wood of the branches, one of the feet had old dried restoration, the others have a few minor losses to the lacquer to them, the lacquer is a little bit grubby and has a few small chips to the bottom edge of the jardiniere, otherwise in a reasonable condition.
Runde Deckeldose aus Rotlack mit figuraler Szene, innen schwarz lackiert CHINA, 19.Jh. D. 28,7 cm Provenienz: Aus einer süddeutschen Privatsammlung, 1999 in Berlin erworben - Etwas bestoßen und restauriert A CARVED ROUND CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER WITH A FIGURAL SCENE, China, 19th ct. - Provenance: South German private collection, bought 1999 in Berlin - Slightly chipped, minor restoration
Blütenförmiger Teller aus tiefgeschnittenem Rotlack mit Szene von Gelehrten, Metallrand CHINA, gravierte Sechszeichenmarke Qianlong und wohl aus der Zeit D. 20,5 cm Provenienz: Aus einer alten euorpäischen Privatsammlung, vor 1990 erworben - Minimale Altersspuren, Holzstand A CARVED CINNABAR BLOSSOM-SHAPED SCHOLAR'S LACQUER DISH, China, engraved Qianlong six-character mark and possibly of the period - Provenance: Old European private collection, assembled prior 1990 - Very minor traces of age, good condition - Wood stand
Deckeldose aus Rotlack mit feinem Blütendekor CHINA, 19.Jh. D. 10,4 cm Provenienz: Aus der Sammlung von Friedrich und Ruth Boss, zwischen 1911 und 1938 in China gesammelt - Innen Gebrauchsspuren A CIRCULAR CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER WITH FINELY CARVED BLOSSOMS, China, 19th ct. - Property from the collection of Friedrich and Ruth Boss, assembled in China between 1911 and 1938 - Inside traces of use
Netsuke eines Akrobaten mit Daruma-Puppe aus Elfenbein JAPAN, signiert Gyokuzan, Meiji-Periode H. 5,8 cm Provenienz: Aus einer europäischen Privatsammlung, vor 2007 erworben - Wenige winzige Bestoßungen A WELL CARVED IVORY OKIMINO OF AN ACROBAT WITH DARUMA DOLL, Japan, signed on a inliad cinnabar lacquer reserve Gyokuzan, Meiji period - Property from a European private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Very few tiny chips
Feine und extrem seltene Stapeldose aus 'goldenem' Zitan mit Stein-, Silber und Perlmutt CHINA, Zhou Zhu zugeschrieben, Jiajing/Wanli-Periode 12,5x18,6x13,5cm Provenienz: Aus einer alten und bedeutenden europäischen Privatsammlung, laut Aufzeichnungen 1928 in Peking erworben - Deckel mit Altersrissan den Kanten, in eine Seite übergehend, wenige sehr kleine Fehlstellen der Einlagen, wenige Klebespuren an den Kanten A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE SILVER-INLAID AND STONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INSET 'GOLDEN' ZITAN THREE-PART STACKING BOX, attributed to Zhou Zhu, Jiajing/Wanli period - Property from an old and important European private collection, bought according records 1928 in Beijing - This exquisite box belongs to a small group of inlaid containers typically produced in the precious zitan wood, and occasionally in huanghuali. Generally they are of rectangular form and are finished with elegantly rounded covers and sides. It is of exceptional quality with the inlay decoration applied both to the cover and the sides which is rarely seen on other boxes of this type. Only one three-tiered box appears to bear such floral side decoration, illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinhua dacidian, Shanghai, 1996, pl. 116 - Property from an old and important European private collection, bought according records 1928 in Beijing - The exceptional workmanship displayed here, especially in the quality of the beautiful inlay suggests that it is by the hand of the Ming master carver Zhou Zhu, famed for his invention of the technique of inlaying a wide variety of precious stones and other materials onto wood and lacquer. What distinguishes Zhou's works from others is his use of a much broader range of material and the complexity of the inlay itself. On the present box, and on others attributed to him, one finds silver, gold, malachite, lacquer, different types of horn, mother-of-pearl and even gilt-bronze, suggesting that he had access to a wide range of crafts and materials within a single workshop. His inlay technique is extremely multifaceted, as he deployed inlay upon inlay and not just setting different material next to each other but creates a three dimensional effect. He also used precious metals such as gold and silver, often creating stunning multi-layer works of art. Later versions, even very fine and complex works from the height of the Qing dynasty, rarely employed such a wide range of complex inlay techniques. Zhou had many talents and also excelled at carving. He is said to have made furniture such as lacquered wood screens, tables, chairs, cupboards and bookcases. He is recorded in the writings of Ming and Qing literati as having worked in Yangzhou in Jiangsu province during the reign of the Jiajing emperor. While his birth date is unknown, the Jiajing period attribution to his work is confirmed by an inlaid box that bears an inscription of a date corresponding to 1537 inscribed in red lacquer on the base, sold at Sotheby's Hongkong, 8th October 2010, lot 2192, richly embellished with an inlay decoration depicting a scene from a Mongolian hunt. Another related cinnabar lacquer box depicting a similar hunt, was also sold at Sotheby's Hongkong in the same sale, lot 2213. The two boxes are undoubtedly the products of the same workshop and possibly made by Zhou himself. It is worth noting that the sides of the lacquer box mentioned above are richly carved with blossoming branches, not dissimilar in style to that seen on this box, suggesting that the idea for the decoration may have derived from carved lacquer vessels - The cover with age cracks to side into one panel, few agecracks and remnants of glue, very minor losses to inlays
Vierpassiges Tablett aus Rotlack und Teller aus Rotlack mit Figurenszenen dekoriert CHINA, der Teller mit Qianlong-Sechszeichenmarke, Qing-Dynastie L./D.19,7-48,8cm Provenienz: Aus der Sammlung von Friedrich und Ruth Boss, zwischen 1911 und 1938 in China gesammelt - Minimal Bestoßungen A LARGE CARVED CINNABER LACQUER TRAY AND A METAL MOUNTED CARVEF FIGURAL CINNABAR LACQUER DISH, China, the dish with Qianlong mark, Qing dynasty - Property from the collection of Friedrich and Ruth Boss, assembled in China between 1911 and 1938 - Very slightly chipped
A CHINESE THREE-COLOUR CINNABAR LACQUER 'PEACHES' BOX AND COVER 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Carved in relief with blossoming and fruiting peach branches, the peaches finely incised with floral diaper, the large leaves picked out in dark green, all reserved on a subtle yellow diamond diaper ground, with bands of fylfots to the sides of the box and cover, the interior and base lacquered black, 11.6cm. (2) Cf. S Kwan, Chinese Lacquer, The Muwen Tang Collection Series, vol.20, pp.324-325, no.120 for a comparable pair of boxes with a lychee design; see also Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colours: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, p.168, nos.187-188 for further similar examples decorated with lotus and peaches respectively.十八/十九世紀早期 剔三彩壽桃紋蓋盒
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