WHITE-GLAZED HANDLED JAR TANG DYNASTY 唐 白釉四繫罐 the ovoid body supported on a short splayed foot, set on the rounded shoulders with four double-stranded lug handles joining the straight neck, covered overall with a finely crackled ivory glaze of greyish tinge, stopping undulatingly short of the foot revealing the buff body Dimensions:29.6cm high Provenance:Provenance: Clayton, 1976 (according to collector's inventory).Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.72. Note: Note: A comparable jar is formerly in the collection of Mrs Walter Sedgwick, included in the exhibition The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, 1955, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, pl. 177; Also compare to two jars with covers in auctions, one closely comparable in shape, sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 Sep 2020, lot 690; the other of more globular form, sold at Bonham's New York, 20 March 2023, lot 129.Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價
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WHITE-GLAZED JAR AND COVER TANG DYNASTY 唐 白釉蓋罐 finely potted with an ovoid body on a flat foot, rising to short waisted neck and everted rim, the domed cover surmounted with a bud-shaped finial, covered overall in an ivory-coloured glaze, leaving the base unglazed revealing the buff body Dimensions:22.6cm high Provenance:Provenance: Nicholas S Pitcher, 2 February 2018, with an original receipt.Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.166. Note: Note: Comparable white-glazed jars with covers, Tang dynasty, with nuances of size and form, sold at Bonham's New York, 21 July 2020, lot 129; Christie's New York, 24 September 2021, lot 822, and 17 March 2017, lot 1135.Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價
OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) SET OF FIVE INSCRIBED STONEWARE SAKE CUPS 大田垣蓮月 京焼・杯 共箱（共五件） each carved on the exterior with poem, covered in a ivory tinged glaze with fine craquelure, with inscribed and sealed tomobako Dimensions:heights: 3.7cm to 3.8cm Provenance:Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired from Ura Art Museum Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan Note: Note: Ōtagaki Rengetsu is probably the most famous female artist of the 19th century in Japan, especially known for her excellent skills in calligraphy and pottery. She was born the illegitimate daughter of a samurai from the Tōdō family. Soon after her birth, she was adopted by Ōtagaki Mitsuhasa, who worked at Chion'in, an important temple of the Jōdo (Pure Land) school in Kyōto. In 1798, after losing her mother and brother, she was sent to serve as a lady-in-waiting at Kameoka Castle in Tanba, where she was taught classical poetry, calligraphy, and martial arts. At only 33 years of age, she had already experienced some fateful years in her life, losing two husbands and all five of her children. She then decided to shave her hair and take Buddhist vows, taking the name Rengetsu (Lotus Moon). During this time, she lived with her stepfather near Chion'in Temple. After his death in 1832, Rengetsu began making her extraordinary pottery, which she usually inscribed with her own waka (31-syllable classical poetry) and sold to support herself. With her unique combination of pottery, calligraphy, and poetry, Rengetsu gained recognition far beyond the borders of Kyōto during her lifetime.
OTAGAKI RENGETSU (1791-1875) SET OF FIVE INSRIBED STONEWARE PLATES 大田垣蓮月 京焼・杯 共箱（共五件） each inscribed on the interior with poem, covered in a ivory tinged glaze with fine craquelure Dimensions:diameters: 12.6cm to 13cm Provenance:Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired from Wutai Co. Ltd., Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan Note: Note: Ōtagaki Rengetsu is probably the most famous female artist of the 19th century in Japan, especially known for her excellent skills in calligraphy and pottery. She was born the illegitimate daughter of a samurai from the Tōdō family. Soon after her birth, she was adopted by Ōtagaki Mitsuhasa, who worked at Chion'in, an important temple of the Jōdo (Pure Land) school in Kyōto. In 1798, after losing her mother and brother, she was sent to serve as a lady-in-waiting at Kameoka Castle in Tanba, where she was taught classical poetry, calligraphy, and martial arts. At only 33 years of age, she had already experienced some fateful years in her life, losing two husbands and all five of her children. She then decided to shave her hair and take Buddhist vows, taking the name Rengetsu (Lotus Moon). During this time, she lived with her stepfather near Chion'in Temple. After his death in 1832, Rengetsu began making her extraordinary pottery, which she usually inscribed with her own waka (31-syllable classical poetry) and sold to support herself. With her unique combination of pottery, calligraphy, and poetry, Rengetsu gained recognition far beyond the borders of Kyōto during her lifetime.
DEHUA 'BAGUA AND PRUNUS' BRUSH POT LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 明末清初 德化白瓷雕八卦梅花紋筆筒 the cylindrical body with a splayed base supported on a short straight foot, the upper part of the exterior decorated with Bagua- Eight Trigrams, the lower part adorned with branches of prunus flowers, covered overall with a thick creamy white glaze with ivory tinge Dimensions:12.5cm high Provenance:Provenance: Lyon & Turnbull, 5 November 2021, lot 159. Note: Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價
WORKS OF ART REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION 中國藝術參考書籍（共三十六本）含雜項、漆器、掐絲琺瑯、青銅器、家具、文房珍玩、佛教藝術等著作 Including: Chinese works of art, cloisonne enamel, archaic bronze, furniture, Buddhist art, Scholar's pieces etc, in total 36 publications.Including but not limited to:Berliner, Nancy Zeng. Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1996.Brinker, Helmut, and Lutz, Albert. Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection. London: Bamboo Publishing, 1989.Chou, Ju-His. Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art Bookstore, 2000.Clifford, Derek. Chinese Carved Lacquer. London: Bamboo Publishing, 1992.Deydier, Christian. Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Gilt Bronzes and Early Ceramics. 1986.Dye, Daniel Sheets. Chinese Lattice Designs. New York: Dover Publications, 1974.Eskenazi. Chinese Lacquer From The Jean-Pierre Dubosc Collection And Others. London: Eskenazi, 1992.Fang, Jing Pei. Treasures Of The Chinese Scholar. New York: Weatherhill Inc., 1997.FitzGerald, C. P. Barbarian Beds: the origin of the chair in China. London: The Cresset Press, 1965.Gyllensvärd, Bo. Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain: The Kempe Collection. New York: The Asia Society, 1971.Hu, Shih-Chang. Chinese Lacquer. Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 2001.Jenyns, Soame, and Watson, William. Chinese Art: Gold, Silver, Later Bronzes, Cloisonne, Cantonese Enamel, Lacquer, Furniture, Wood (Chinese Art). Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1981.Jenyns, Soame. Chinese Art: Textiles, Glass and Painting on Glass, Carvings in Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn, Carving in Hardstones, Snuff Bottles, Inkcakes and Ink Stones (Chinese Art). Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1981.Kates, George N. Chinese Household Furniture. New York: Dover Publications, 1962.Kerr, Rose. Later Chinese Bronzes. London: Bamboo Publishing, 1990.Krahl, Regina and Morgan, Brian. From Innovation to Conformity: Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to 16th Centuries. London: Bluett & Sons, 1989.Moss, Paul. Educated Palates: an exhibition at 63 East 82nd Street New York. London: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 1987.Moss, Paul. The Literati Mode: Chinese Scholar Paintings, Calligraphy and Desk Objects. Hong Kong: Andamans East International Ltd., 1986.Moss, Paul. The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork. London: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 1991.Mowry, Robert D., and Brown, Claudia. Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' Rocks. Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.Page, J. and Page, S. The Woven Mystery: Old Tibetan Rugs. Bangkok: Craftsman Press, 1990.Pratapaditya, Pal et al. Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet. New York: Hudson Hills, 1992.Rawson, Jessica (Ed.). Treasures from Shanghai: ancient Chinese bronzes and jades. London: British Museum Press, 2009.Rawson, Jessica. Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual. London: British Museum Press, 1987.Rawson, Jessica. The Ornament on Chinese Silver of the T'ang Dynasty, A.D.618-906. London: British Museum Press, 1982.Sir Garner, Harry. Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. London: Faber & Faber, 1970.Spink. Lacquer From The Collection of Derek Clifford. London: Spink, 1999.The British Museum. Chinese and Associated Lacquer from the Garner Collection. London: British Museum, 1973.The furniture of the Ch'ing dynasty: the art pieces with utility purposes. Taipei: Chun Kuei-miao, 1989.Thurman, Robert A. F., and Weldon, David. Sacred Symbols: The Ritual Art of Tibet. New York: Sotheby's, 1999.Vainker, Shelagh. Chinese Silk: A Cultural History. London: British Museum Press, 2004.Watt, James C. Y. and Barbara Brennan Ford. East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.Watt, James C. Y. and Knight, Michael. Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1989.Watt, James C. Y.. The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels. New York: China House Gallery, 1985.河北省文物硏究所，《歷代銅鏡紋飾》，河北：河北美術出版社，1996.Li, Jiufang. Metal-bodied Enamel Ware (金屬胎琺瑯器). Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 2001. Note: Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價
THREE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLESThe first decorated with a scholar reading by candlelight beside an attendant in a hut beneath a pine tree, the reverse with a lengthy inscription, signed Ma Shaoxuan, dated 1899 and of the period, stopper and ivory spoon, 6cm (2 1/4in) high; the second with a pair of goldfish and a carp swimming in a pond, the reverse with a riverside scene, signed Zhou Leyuan, dated 1891 and of the period, tourmaline stopper, 7cm (3in) high; the third with a bird hovering above a floral shrub, the reverse signed Liu Baojun, dated 1903 and of the period, coral stopper inlaid with a pearl, 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high. (6).Footnotes:1899年（己亥年） 馬少宣 玻璃內畫秋聲賦詩文鼻煙壺；1891（辛卯年） 周樂元 玻璃內畫荷塘游魚圖鼻煙壺；1903（癸卯年） 劉寶鈞 玻璃內畫花鳥圖鼻煙壺The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.BCGDF13C該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.BCGDF13CProvenance: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, November 1966 (the Ma Shaoxuan snuff bottle)Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, March 1970 (the Zhou Leyuan and the Liu Baojun snuff bottles)來源：香港古董商Sydney L.Moss Ltd.，1966年11月（馬少宣作）香港古董商Hugh M. Moss Ltd.，1970年3月（周樂元作, 劉寶鈞作）The inscription painted inside the snuff bottle sighed by Ma Shaoxuan is from Song dynasty poet and politician Ouyang Xiu's 歐陽修 (1007-1072) work 'Ode to the Sound of Autumn' (秋聲賦), which reads:錄秋聲賦童子曰：星月皎潔，明河在天，四無人聲，聲在樹間。余曰：噫嘻，悲哉！此秋聲也，胡為乎來哉。己亥臘月上浣。馬少宣Which may be translated as:'Transcribing the Ode to the Sound of Autumn：The boy servant says: The stars and moon shine bright. The Milky Way is high up in the sky. There is no sound of human but that of the forest. I sighs: How sad it is. It is the sound of autumn. Is autumn already here?'The first half of the twelfth month of the year of JihaiCompare the snuff bottle signed by Ma Shaoxuan with a similar inside-painted glass snuff bottle signed by the same artist, 1895-1920, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 21 November, lot 51. Compare the one signed by Zhou Leyuan with a similar inside-painted glass snuff bottle, signed by the same artist, 1892, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 21 November 2022, lot 5.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE WHITE AND BLACK JADE 'DOUBLE' SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th century Expertly carved in the form of two conjoined white and black jade bottles, each of square-section, carved with rectangular panels in low relief on four sides, two stoppers of jadeite and coral respectively, one with ivory spoon. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (3).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.JTN439DK該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.JTN439DK十八/十九世紀 黑白色雙聯玉鼻煙壺Provenance: Sotheby's London, 15 February 1966, lot 222An English private collection, and thence by descent來源：倫敦蘇富比，1966年2月15日，拍品編號222英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a related jade double snuff bottle, 1820-1880, which was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 19 June 2012, lot 6034.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO VERY FINE CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES19th century The first, of flattened ovoid form deftly carved with a continuous scene of a bat and a pair of archaistic chilong amidst swirling clouds, the mythical creatures expertly carved and highlighted with dark-chocolate brown tone, stem shaped stopper with ivory spoon, 4.3cm (1 6/8in) high; and the second, of rounded body surmounted by a cylindrical neck, carved on one side with a monkey leaning against rockwork and holding a lingzhi fungus, the other side depicting a smaller monkey amongst mountain landscape, an agate stopper and ivory spoon, 4.5cm (1 3/4in) high. (4).Footnotes:The items within this lot containing ivory have been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.ULPATHBN, C6Q44W21該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.ULPATHBN, C6Q44W21十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕猴子持靈芝鼻煙壺 及瑪瑙巧雕螭龍蝙蝠紋鼻煙壺 一組兩件Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descentSee a related agate snuff bottle, with darker patches used to depict two monkeys, 1750-1850, illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1995, p.408, no.268. Another agate snuff bottle with a monkey, 19th century, is illustrated in The Baur Collection: Chinese Snuff Bottles, Geneva, 2007, p.267. Compare the 'monkey' snuff bottle, with a similar agate 'monkeys with lingzhi' snuff bottle, 1730-1850, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 34. Compare the 'chilong and bat' snuff bottle with a related agate 'chilong and tiger' snuff bottle, 1750-1860, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 19 March 2018, lot 129.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VERY RARE CARVED AND INSCRIBED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLEWang Baishi (1830-1850)Of flattened baluster shape rising from a flat base, the orange-honey tone bottle finely carved on both sides with a calligraphic inscription by Wang Baishi, seals of Yinfeng (To sing in the breeze), Baishi (used twice), Shanren (hermit, used twice), and Nongyue (To admire the moon), stopper inlaid with a pearl and ivory spoon. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:十九世紀 王白石（1830-1850） 琥珀刻詩文鼻煙壺The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.5DFNKQRH該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.5DFNKQRHProvenance: Tristan Knight collectionHugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, February 1971An English private collection, and thence by descentExhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The Chinese Scholar's Desk, 17th to 18th Century: An Exhibition Held in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1979Published: H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.7 (part 1), Hong Kong, 2009, no.1569, p.259, A2.來源：Tristan爵士舊藏香港古董商Hugh Moss，1971年2月英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今展覽：東方陶瓷學會，《The Chinese Scholar's Desk, 17th to 18th Century: An Exhibition Held in the Ashmolean Museum》，牛津，1979年著錄：H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，第7冊（第1部分），香港，2009年，編號1569，第259頁，A2The inscription on one side reads: 空憐北闕歸東野偶作草堂Which can be translated: 'It is unnecessary to pity a gentleman who leaves the Imperial palace and goes back to the countryside. The occasionally built thatched cottage.The other side with:卻怪西瀼客拾遺偶草并芝蘭It is only needed to blame the west of the Xiang River to treat the Shiyi as a guest.Messy grass and fragrant grass.Shiyi was a the title of an advisory official in the Tang dynasty. This probably refers to the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770), who used to undertake this position and lived in the west of the Xiang river for years. Du Fu was sometimes called Du Shiyi by later generations.Baishi is best known as the carver of a small series of hornbill snuff bottles of masterly quality, but he also made at least three amber snuff bottles, all with inscriptions and seals only, without the pictorial content we have come to expect of his hornbill carvings. H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.7 (part 1), Hong Kong, 2009, p.259, list three known amber snuff bottles by Wang Baishi: the first, noted as A1, no.1570 in the Bloch collection, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 23 November 2010, lot 12; the second, noted as A2, is the present snuff bottle; and the third, noted as A3, with an inscription from an archaic bronze.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE OVERLAY MILKY-WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLECylically dated to the tenth month of the Gengchen Year, corresponding to 1856 and of the period Finely carved through the translucent sapphire-blue overlay to the opaque white ground with a riverside scene depicting a man carrying a vase of flower on a boat besides a crane hovering above a pavilion and beneath a pine tree, inscribed with the cyclical date 'Gengchen shi yue zuo', ('Made in the tenth month of the Gengchen year') tourmaline stopper and ivory spoon. 6cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:1856（庚辰年十月） 白地套藍料松鶴泛舟圖鼻煙壺The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.6NWD415K該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.6NWD415KProvenance: Arthur Gadsby, Hong KongHugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, June 1970An English private collection, and thence by descentPublished and Illustrated: Hugh M. Moss, An exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, June 1970, no.212.來源：Arthur Gadsby，香港香港古董商Hugh M. Moss Ltd.，1970年6月英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《An exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles》，倫敦，1970年6月，編號212See a related blue overlay milky-white glass snuff bottle with inscription, by Li Junting, Yangzhou school, 1810-1830, illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1995, p.264, no.175.Compare with a related inscribed blue overlay white glass snuff bottle, 19th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 June 2016, lot 942.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE AND RARE CARVED FIVE COLOUR OVERLAY GLASS 'LIU HAI' SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th century Of ovoid form standing on a short oval foot ring, with five-coloured single overlay of translucent ruby red, golden yellow, deep sapphire blue, pale turquoise blue and streaky brown, carved in relief with Liu Hai holding a string of cash above the three-legged toad beside ruyi clouds, the other side with the sun within clouds and a bat carrying the endless knot above a jagged rock emerging from foaming waves, coral stopper with ivory spoon. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.E44XKAS5該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.E44XKAS5十八/十九世紀 白地套彩料劉海戲金蟾圖鼻煙壺Provenance: Count Kurt Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt (1901-1975)Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1969Published and Illustrated: Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p.115, no.242. (and cover)來源：Kurt Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt伯爵 (1901-1975)香港古董商Hugh M.Moss Ltd.，1969年著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《Snuff Bottles of China》，倫敦，1971年，第115頁，編號242（及封面）This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A WHITE OVERLAY PINK GLASS 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1820, possibly Imperial Glass WorkshopsOf flattened oviform shape, exquisitely moulded with three layers of graduated lotus petals rising from a further layer formed from a lotus pad with turned-down edges and incised veining, all below a short waisted neck with visible sandwiching of the glass to the mouth edge, supported on a narrow rounded oval foot ring, stopper and ivory spoon. 5.2cm (2 1/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.18735EFY該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.18735EFY1750-1820 粉紅地套白料蓮瓣式鼻煙壺（或為清宮造辦處玻璃廠作）Provenance: Marchant and Son, London, 1967An English private collection, and thence by decent 來源：倫敦古董商Marchant and Son，1967年英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今This bottle belongs to the well-known group of sandwiched pink glass bottles that take the form of lotus flowers. They are all carved with fine details but differ somewhat in their overall shape, from the flattened oviform of our bottle to more squat examples of spherical outline. This is an impressive example of large size with delicate gradations of colour cleverly integrated into the design.A related bottle is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.5, part 2, Glass, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.324-326, no.818. For an example of more rounded form, see the same authors, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, vol.II, New York, 1993, p.597, no.358. Another is illustrated by C.Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom: The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, pp.242-243, no.115.See a similar pink glass 'lotus' snuff bottle, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 February 2021, lot 3018.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CORAL-RED-GROUND GAUZE SILK WOMAN'S ROBE, CHANGYIDaoguangThe coral-red silk gauze finely embroidered in Peking knot with a central panel of two large multi-coloured butterflies flittering amidst blossoming peonies, surrounded by a profusion of flowering sprigs of camelias, lotus, wisteria, prunus, morning glories and rhodea niponica, all woven within a black border decorated with further butterflies and flowers in varying shades of blue, the ivory-ground silk gauze cuffs similarly decorated and continuing into the inner sleeves similarly decorated. 136cm (53 1/2in) long.Footnotes:清道光 紅地納紗繡花卉蝴蝶紋敞衣Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in China in the 1920's, and thence by descent.來源：英國私人收藏，于1920年代，購自中國，並由後人保存迄今Known as changyi, the informal outer robes worn by the female members of the Court are characterised by a wide cut of the body and a long slit from the underarm to the hem, on each side of the garment. To accentuate the slits, wide borders are sewn along the hem, terminating in a shape that resembled the head of a ruyi. This style of robes encouraged the ladies to vie with one another to come up with the most eye-catching design. Compare with a very similar coral-red-ground robe, Daoguang, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, also decorated with Peking-knot designs of large butterflies and satin-stitch sprays of various blossoming flowers, illustrated by V.Wilson, Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City, London, 2010, p.45, no.45.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th century Smoothly carved and hollowed, of rounded square-shaped body surmounted by a cylindrical neck, the semi-translucent beige body encircled with white and grey bands, an ivory spoon and a coral stopper inlaid with a pearl. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.6PSB9C2A該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.6PSB9C2A十八/十九世紀 玉帶瑪瑙鼻煙壺Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今See a related banded agate snuff bottle, 18th century, in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Lifting the Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, Taipei, 2012, p.181. Another related agate snuff bottle, 19th century, is illustrated in The Baur Collection: Chinese Snuff Bottles, Geneva, 2007, p.289. Compare with a similar banded agate snuff bottle, 1750-1860, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 19 March 2018, lot 209.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE DOUBLE-OVERALY GLASS 'EIGHT HORSES OF MUWANG' SNUFF BOTTLEYangzhou Seal school, 1850-1940Expertly formed of flattened globular shape surmounted by a narrow cylindrical neck, with a double overlay of cinnabar red on emerald green on pale café-au-lait ground, carved in high relief with the Eight Horse of Muwang beneath a pine tree, grazing and frolicking amidst pine trees and beneath the sun and the moon on the other side, jadeite stopper, ivory spoon. 6cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.1N8BZBRQ該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.1N8BZBRQ1850-1940 揚州派製米黃地套彩料駿馬圖鼻煙壺Provenance: Count Kurt Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt (1901-1975)Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, April 1969An English private collection, and thence by descentPublished and Illustrated: Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p.115, no.235.來源：Kurt Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt伯爵 (1901-1975)香港古董商Hugh M. Moss Ltd.，1969年4月英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《Snuff Bottles of China》，倫敦，1971，第115頁，編號235The 'Eight Horses of Muwang' or King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty, alludes to a folktale when the King dreamed of being an Immortal. According to the story, the King was determined to visit the heavenly paradise and taste the peaches of Immortality. A brave charioteer named Zaofu used his chariot to carry the King to his destination. During these travels the King's chariot was pulled by eight horses named after the colour of their hair. In other accounts, the horses' names reflected their unusual talents such as 'horse that gallops without touching the ground'.A closely related Yangzhou glass snuff bottle of similar colour scheme, but decorated with Buddhist lions, is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, no.1013.See a related snuff bottle but with three sheep, 19th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 November 2019, lot 507.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CARVED BAMBOO 'LOTUS' SNUFF BOTTLE19th centuryExquisitely carved and hollowed of cylindrical section, the exterior carved in low relief with a continuous meander of blossoming lotus issuing curling leaves, the neck with interlacing geometric designs, stopper and ivory spoon. 7.1cm (2 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.XN2YP5RU該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.XN2YP5RU十九世紀 竹雕蓮花紋鼻煙壺Provenance: Cyril Green collectionHugh M. Moss, Hong Kong, April 1969An English private collection, and thence by descentPublished and Illustrated: Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p.95, no.145.來源：Cyril Green舊藏香港古董商Hugh M. Moss，1969年4月英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《Snuff Bottles of China》，倫敦，1971年，第95頁，編號145This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CARNELIAN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE AND AN AQUAMARINE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE19th centuryThe agate bottle of slightly flattened globular shape surmounted by a short cylindrical neck, the stone of lustrous brownish-red stone with white striations, articulated metal dragon stopper and ivory spoon, 5cm (2in) high; the second of flattened globular shape surmounted by a cylindrical neck, carved on both sides with fish swimming in a lotus pond, the translucent stone of blue-green tone, tourmaline stopper and ivory spoon, 4cm (1 1/2in) high. (4).Footnotes:十九世紀 瑪瑙素面鼻煙壺 及海藍玻璃雕荷塘游魚圖鼻煙壺The items within this lot containing ivory have been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.H9GU4L61, H7W84QNF該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.H9GU4L61, H7W84QNFProvenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare the aquamarine glass snuff bottle, with a related aquamarine glass snuff bottle, 1780-1900, illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, 1995, p.460, no.303. See a related carnelian agate snuff bottle, 18th/19th century, illustrated in The Baur Collection: Chinese Snuff Bottles, Geneva, 2007, p.309.Saleroom notices:Please note that that the 'aquamarine glass snuff' bottle should read 'aquamarine snuff bottle', and not as stated in the catalogue. 請注意此件拍品由'海藍玻璃雕荷塘游魚圖鼻煙壺'更正為'海藍寶雕荷塘游魚圖鼻煙壺'，與圖錄所述不同。This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLES18th/19th centuryThe first, of hexagonal baluster form, painted with a continuous scene of scholars engaging in leisurely pursuits in an interior setting, stylised shou character on the base, coral stopper and ivory spoon, 4cm (1 1/2in) high; the second, larger but similarly shaped as a lobed melon decorated on each lobe with further melons on leafy tendrils, collector's label on the base, tourmaline stopper, Japanese wood box and cover 6cm (2 1/4in) high; the third, of tall cylindrical shape decorated with scholars and attendants admiring scrolls, playing liubo and gazing at the landscape, Qianlong six-character mark, stopper and ivory spoon, 7.5cm (3in) high. (6).Footnotes:The items within this lot containing ivory have been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.NQ9BW35R, UQZ8D4D4該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.NQ9BW35R, UQZ8D4D4十八/十九世紀 青花鼻煙壺 一組三件Provenance: Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1969 (the tall cylindrical snuff bottle)Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong (the small hexagonal snuff bottle)Exhibited, Illustrated and Published: Hugh M. Moss, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1970, no.328 (the small hexagonal snuff bottle)來源：香港古董商Hugh M. Moss Ltd.，1969年（圓柱形鼻煙壺）香港古董商Hugh M. Moss Ltd（青花六方鼻煙壺）展覽著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles》，倫敦，1970年，編號328（青花六方鼻煙壺）Compare the larger blue and white melon-shaped snuff bottle, to a related blue and white snuff bottle similarly decorated with melons and tendrils, 19th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 390. Another melon-shaped blue and white snuff bottle, 18th/19th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2009, lot 269. Compare the blue and white snuff bottle with scholars, to a similar snuff bottle, 19th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 May 2014, lot 1074.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RED GLASS OVERLAY 'CARP' SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th centuryOf elegant pear shape rising from a short oval foot ring to a cylindrical neck, finely carved with a continuous design of four carps in red swimming in a lotus pond, jadeite stopper with ivory spoon. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.T98U56NV該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.T98U56NV十八/十九世紀 白地套寶石紅料荷塘游魚紋鼻煙壺Provenance: Marchant and Son, London, 1969An English private collection, and thence by descent來源：倫敦古董商Marchant and Son，1969年英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a related red glass overlay snuff bottle with fish, 18th/19th century, illustrated in The Baur Collection: Chinese Snuff Bottles, Geneva, 2007, p.115.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE 'LINGZHI' SNUFF BOTTLEQianlong six-character mark and of the periodWell potted of octagonal baluster shape, rising to a narrow flaring neck from from a recessed base with underglaze-blue mark, each of the eight sides vibrantly painted in underglaze-blue with auspicious lingzhi fungus issuing from bamboo stalks, later stopper with gilt rim and ivory spoon. without stopper, 5cm (2in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.EDWWL2GX該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.EDWWL2GX清乾隆 青花靈芝紋鼻煙壺青花「大清乾隆年製」楷書款Provenance: Count Kurt Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt (1901-1975)Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, April 1969An English private collection, and thence by descent Published and Illustrated: Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p.133, no.320.來源：Kurt Graf Blücher von Wahlstatt伯爵 (1901-1975)香港古董商Hugh M. Moss，1969年4月英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《Snuff Bottles of China》，倫敦，1971年，第133頁，編號320This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CARVED AGATE 'PEKINGESE' SNUFF BOTTLE19th century Of rounded square form rising from a short oval foot to a cylindrical neck, one side utilising the dark brown inclusions carved in relief with a playful Pekinese dog and a bird, the other side carved with a squirrel on a grape vine issuing ripe fruits and leaves, coral stopper and ivory spoon. 6.2cm (2 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.2G6UUKAF該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.2G6UUKAF十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕獅子狗圖鼻煙壺 Provenance: Marchant and Son, London, 1969An English private collection, and thence by descent來源：倫敦古董商Marchant and Son，1969年英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今See a similar agate snuff bottle with two dogs, 19th century, illustrated in The Baur Collection: Chinese Snuff Bottles, Geneva, 2007, p.273. Compare with a similar 'lion dog' agate snuff bottle, 1820-90, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 18 May 2018, lot 382.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A JADE 'CHILONG SNUFF BOTTLE TOGETHER WITH A WHITE JADE 'SANYANG KAITAI' SNUFF BOTTLE AND AN INSCRIBED 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th centuryOne snuff bottle of slightly flattened ovoid form, carved in relief with a sinuous chilong clambering over the shoulder, the stone of beige tone with russet veins, coral and jade stopper with ivory spoon, 6cm (2 1/4in) high; the second of flattened ovoid form, carved on one side with the three rams beneath the sun with wispy clouds, the other side with the Immortal Liu Hai playing with a string of cash beside the three-legged toad, coral stopper, 5cm (2in) high; the third of rectangular shape, carved with shou characters in various styles of seal script on both sides, ivory spoon and tourmaline stopper, 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (6).Footnotes:The items within this lot containing ivory have been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.N8SZTS3L, 9UEMXPEZ, DC8J7ZYZ.該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊，Ref.N8SZTS3L, 9UEMXPEZ, DC8J7ZYZ十八/十九世紀 青玉雕螭龍紋鼻煙壺、白玉雕劉海戲蟾及三陽開泰圖鼻煙壺、雞骨玉雕「壽」字紋鼻煙壺 一組三件Provenance: Spink and Son Ltd., London, May 1981 (the chilong snuff bottle)Marchant and Son, London, September 1965 (the chicken bone jade snuff bottle)An English private collection, and thence by descent來源：倫敦古董商Spink and Son Ltd.，1981年5月（螭龍紋鼻煙壺）倫敦古董商Marchant and Son，1965年9月（雞骨玉鼻煙壺）英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE AND RARE CARVED AGATE 'MONKEY' SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th centuryExquisitely carved, of rounded square form rising from a short oval foot, utilising the black inclusions in the stone, carved in relief to one side with a monkey highlighted in red clambering over rockwork to catch a butterfly, the reverse undecorated, coral and turquoise stopper, ivory spoon. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.6CLS3WRW該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊 Ref.6CLS3WRW十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕猴子捕蝶圖鼻煙壺Provenance: Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1970An English private collection, and thence by descentPublished and Illustrated: Hugh M. Moss, An exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1970, no.115.來源：香港古董商Hugh M. Moss Ltd., 1970年英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今著錄：Hugh M. Moss，《An exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles》，倫敦，1970年，編號115Compare with a related agate 'monkeys with lingzhi' snuff bottle, 1730-1850, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 34.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FOUR PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES18th/19th centuryComprising of a small red-glazed globular snuff bottle surmounted by a waisted flaring neck, the recessed turquoise base with Qianlong seal mark and probably of the period, metal stopper with hardstone-inlay and ivory spoon, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high; the second snuff bottle of tall cylindrical form carved around the exterior with two Buddhist lions amidst billowing clouds, all covered in a lime-green glaze, coral stopper and ivory spoon, 7cm (2 3/4in) high; the third snuff bottle of famille rose palette, moulded as a lotus leaf issuing small buds, coral stopper and ivory spoon, 6cm (2 3/8in) high; the fourth, a famille verte bottle with a flattened globular body carved in relief on one side with a gentleman resting beneath a willow tree beside a boy dragging a goat, the other side with jagged rocks issuing gnarled branches and a pine tree, 6.5cm (2in) high. (7).Footnotes:十八/十九世紀 瓷胎鼻煙壺 一組四件The items within this lot containing ivory have been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.MSKHKBTD, 7Z2XU9YB, GTEFVGLU該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）Ref.MSKHKBTD, 7Z2XU9YB, GTEFVGLUProvenance: Christie's London, 14 June 1971, lot 61 (the red glazed snuff bottle)Marchant and Son, London, May 1969 (the lotus snuff bottle)Arthur Gadsby, Hong Kong, March 1970 (The lions snuff bottle)來源：倫敦佳士得，1971年6月14日，拍品編號61（珊瑚紅釉鼻煙壺）倫敦古董商Marchant and Son，1969年5月（荷葉式鼻煙壺）香港古董商Arthur Gadsby，1970年3月（雙獅圖鼻煙壺）See a very similar lotus shaped snuff bottle, 19th century in the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Lifting the Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, Taipei, 2012, p.218. A similar famille rose lotus snuff bottle, 18th/19th century, was also sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 246.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A WHITE-GLAZED 'CHILONG' EWER AND COVERKangxiCrisply potted of cylindrical form and applied around the straight walls of the the tall slender body with a long coiling chilong forming the spout, and another facing downwards as the looped handle, a raised rib around the body of the vessel, the cover with a third smaller chilong with arched back forming the handle, all covered in a minutely-crackled ivory-white glaze. 17cm (6 3/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 白釉貼塑螭龍紋壺帶蓋Provenance: Warren Earle Cox (d.1977), New YorkRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 12 November 2007A European Private Collection來源： Warren Earle Cox (去世於1977年)，紐約Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2007年11月12日歐洲私人收藏The present lot is moulded in the form of a bound scroll surrounded by archaistic chilong. Compare with two very similar blanc-de-Chine ewers and covers, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Dehua Wares Collected by the Palace Museum II, Beijing, 2016, pp.342-349, nos.149-150. See also a similar blanc-de-Chine cylindrical ewer, second half of the 17th century, illustrated by C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, p.240, pl.272.Compare also with a related blanc-de-Chine ewer and cover, early Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot 552.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
ITO SEIU (1882-1961)Scene from a Kabuki Play Showa era (1926-1989)Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in striped silk mounts with prominent jikusaki (scroll ends) made from frost-marked kanchiku bamboo, depicting the merchant Echigo Shinsuke cutting down the geisha Miyokichi at the Edo (Tokyo) Fukagawa Hachiman Festival in a scene from a kabuki play (see below), signed and sealed at lower right Seiu; with wood tomobako storage box inscribed Hachiman matsuri yomiya no nigiwai Seiu ga (Mayhem on the Eve of the Hachiman Festival, Painted by Seiu). Overall: 178cm x 61cm (70 1/8in x 24in); image: 140.7cm x 50.8cm (55 3/8in x 19 15/16in) (2).Footnotes:In a climactic scene from the kabuki play named on the storage box for this scroll (see above), the merchant Echigo Shinsuke slays the beautiful Miyokichi, whom he had previously rescued from drowning in the Sumida River during the collapse of the Eitai Bridge from the weight of people crossing to attend the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival (a historical event that took place in 1807). Shinsuke pawned his goods to raise the funds needed to buy out Miyokichi's contract as a geisha but when she rejected him he went on a killing spree, eventually cutting her down. Shortly afterwards, he discovered that she was in fact his sister. The play premiered in 1860 and was frequently depicted in woodblock prints that provided Seiu with some of the imagery seen in this dramatic visual retelling of the tale, although the murder had previously been shown as being perpetrated on a boat rather than in the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine.Ito Seiu was born in the Asakusa district of Tokyo and received a varied artistic education in metalwork, ivory carving, painting and later sculpture. He started his career as a newspaper illustrator but is best known as the 'father of bondage painting', for which he used as a model Sahara Kise (later his second wife); he also painted violent and ghostly scenes from the Edo period. He fell foul of government censors during the 1930s and much of his work was destroyed during the Tokyo air raids of spring 1945; his surviving paintings are rare.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
YAMADA JOKASAI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro, Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryDecorated in gold takamaki-e and kirikane with a design of shochikubai (the 'Three Friends of Winter', pine, bamboo, and prunus, that flourish at the same time), arranged alternately in horizontal bands across the surface of each case, signed on the bottom case in gold lacquer Jokasai, the interior of matt gold, with a wood two-part manju netsuke with an ivory central peg, carved with tennin (Buddhist angels) on one side and a stylised six-petalled flower on the other; unsigned. 7.8cm (3in) high.Footnotes:Provenance: Presented to Robert Clark, a Civil Engineer at the University of Tokyo 1871-1878, and thence by descent.The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no.T9FA8J39.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SOFT-PASTE WHITE-GLAZED BEEHIVE-SHAPED WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUN KangxiThe domed vessel with orange-peel skin surmounted by a small waisted neck with flaring mouth rim, the sides incised with three roundels containing archaistic chilong, covered in a creamy ivory-white glaze. 12cm (4 3/4 in) diam. Footnotes:清康熙 白釉暗刻團螭紋太白尊Provenance: Professor E.T.Hall C.B.E (1924-2001)Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 70來源： E.T.Hall C.B.E (1924-2001)舊藏倫敦佳士得，2004年6月7日，拍品編號70Professor Edward Thomas Hall C.B.E (1924-2001) was a scientist and inventor. Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he became a leading expert in the development of archaeometry, radio-carbon dating and research in thermoluminescence techniques. A trustee of the National Gallery and the British Museum, he sat on the Advisory Council of the Science Museum. He was also a hot-air balloon pilot and created his own balloon. He was a regular client at Bluett's and purchased Qing Imperial monochromes. See R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxford, 2011, pp.211-212. The Taibo zun vessel such as the present lot is typical of the Kangxi reign. Its name derives from the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai (701-762), also known as Li Taibo who was notorious for his drinking, and is often depicted leaning against a wine jar of this form. This shape is also referred to as a jizhao zun, as it resembles a chicken coop. Waterpots of this beehive shape are more commonly found with peachbloom glazes. See for example, one peachbloom-glazed waterpot, Kangxi mark and period, in the Percival David Collection, the British Museum, illustrated by R.Scott, Qing Porcelain for the Imperial Court from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, Singapore and London, 1997, no.60. See a similar soft-paste beehive-shaped waterpot, Kangxi, in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (acc.no.348.1994). See a related white-glazed waterpot, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, is illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, p.167, pl.139, where the glaze is described as 'moon-white' and the medallions are of 'a dragon biting another creature, and a bat'. Another white-glazed beehive waterpot, Kangxi, is illustrated in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, pp.64-65, no.28.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
BELLE EPOQUE FRENCH SILVER TEA SERVICE Of baluster form, decorated with engine turning and embossed floral swags, Sevigne bows and lotus bud finials with ivory scroll shaped handles. The bases and lids stamped with French Minerva head hallmarks, denoting high quality 950 silver. To include, tea and coffee pots, cream jug and lidded sugar bowl with acanthus scroll handles. Total weight 1114.5 grams
A Chinese silk embroidered robe, 19th century. With gold metal thread, the indigo ground with floral sprays and insects, the white cuffs with flowering vines, butterflies, crabs, beetle and a stylised praying mantis, 108 x 170cm.Please see extra images. Some staining to the ivory coloured cuff bands. Some gilt thread has become unstitched. Some embroidered thread missing or unstitched. Generally good antique condition.
Y ENGLISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A LADY WEARING WHITE LACE TRIMMED DRESS, A PEARL BROOCH AT HER CORSAGE AND GOLD NECKLACE WITH EMERALD JEWEL Watercolour on ivory, oval In a gold frame 6.3cm highPlease note Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lotRef: Y Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The import of lots that are subject to CITES regulations are banned in certain countries. Please check your country's import regulations before bidding.
Various mixed collectibles to include a Victorian novelty teapot modelled showing a gentleman with legs in air, a blush ivory pot-pourri vase, a small Royal Doulton 'Mine Horst' character jug, brassware to include a brass and copper kettle, fireside stand and poker, two cut glass sugar sifters, one with hallmarked silver top, brass trivet, spoons, etc.Condition Report: - The silver top of the caster is quite beaten up and has a lot of indents.
An Edwardian High Sheriff of Norfolk uniform by Olivier & Brown of Sackville Street, London, in an original tin trunk dating from 1909, comprising a midnight blue velvet tailcoat, breeches and waistcoat, with ivory satin evening waistcoat, a pair of black silk hose, a pair of white formal silk hose, a pair of white woven hose, two pairs of ivory kid leather gloves, lace jabot and lace cuffs, a black plush beaver cocked bicorne hat with black rosette, black leather shoes by Manfield & Sons, size 10, with cut steel shoe buckles in presentation case, cut steel etched dress sword by Olivier & Brown, with diamanté handle and matching steel scabbard, the case with brass plaque engraved 'Edward Mann Esquire JP'.Footnote: - Sir Edward Mann First Baronet 1854-1943 held the office of Justice of the Peace for Norfolk, Mayor of Stepney and was created First Baronet Mann of Thelveton Hall Norfolk 1905 and was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1909.
ROYAL WORCESTER; a pair of cabinet plates with painted armorial and floral decoration, by Edward Raby, a pair of blush ivory vases, height 20cm, two further vases, two potpourri jars and a small circular lidded pot.Condition Report: - The larger potpourri has damage to the cover and is missing the outer cover. The smaller potpourri has a small chip to the finial. The smallest of the vases has a chip to the rim.
A W. Watson & Sons Quarter Plate Mahogany & Brass Field Camera, body G, bellows require repair, patina to brass parts, with a Ross No.4 Symmetrical 6" lens, body G-VG, aperture blades move well, optics G-VG, some very light cleaning marks present, together with three wooden DDS, in maker's case,Footnote: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), Ref.YSF9RGFRFlints Auctions CANNOT ship this item out of the UK. Please arrange your own courier or contact Oxford Pack & Send to see if they can offer shipping.Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
A J. Lancaster & Son 'The 1891 Instantograph' Half Plate Mahogany & Brass Field Camera, 1891, mahogany & brass, body G, some patina to brass parts, bellows P, require repair or replacement, some fungus present, with a J. Lancaster & Son Patent lens, optics VG, some light haze present,Footnote: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), Ref.5YM3NKM3Flints Auctions CANNOT ship this item out of the UK. Please arrange your own courier or contact Oxford Pack & Send to see if they can offer shipping.Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
A J. Lancaster & Sons International Quarter Plate Field Camera, 1888, with J. Lancaster * Sons brass lens, body, G, lens, G, complete with one DDSFootnote: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), Ref.8CEN6H84Flints Auctions CANNOT ship this item out of the UK. Please arrange your own courier or contact Oxford Pack & Send to see if they can offer shipping.Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
A Royal Worcester Blush Ivory miniature cup and saucer, decorated with sprays and flowers, and a Royal Worcester Blush Ivory tea cup and saucer, decorated with sprays and flowersTea cup and saucer good condition, slight signs of wear, some rubbing to the gilding, crazed, green back stamp, the miniature cup and saucer again good condition, little bit of rubbing to the gilding, green back stamp
A group of Royal Worcester Blush Ivory jugs and vase, all with floral spray and gilded decoration, 1 with a swan neck handle, no. 1048, 1 numbered 1136, possibly a second, and a pot numbered 1651, tallest 12cmAll in good condition, no chips cracks or repairs, some light rubbing to the gilding only
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