A RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL-TRIBUTE PAINTED ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DINGQianlong red enamel four-character mark and of the periodThe globular vessel raised on three bulbous feet, colourfully enamelled with a meandering foliate lotus scroll reserved on a pale blue ground rising to the rounded shoulder decorated with lotus-petal panels and cylindrical neck with bats alternating with lotus blossoms, below the wide rim with a composite floral scroll, flanked by a pair of similarly-enamelled S-shaped handles set with openwork gilt-copper cash-motif tubes, the elaborate domed cover decorated with a meandering foliate lotus scroll in openwork between a geometric border around the rim and ruyi-head, floral and rope-twist bands below the reticulated gilt-copper globular finial decorated with a coiled five-clawed dragon pursuing the flaming pearl amidst cloud-scrolls, wood stand.39.1cm (15 3/8in). (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙耳三足蓋爐礬紅「乾隆年製」楷書款Provenance: a French private collectionChristie's London, 6 November 2018, lot 142來源：法國私人舊藏倫敦佳士得，2018年11月6日，拍品編號142The present painted enamel incense burner is an impressive example of Imperial-tribute ware made in Guangzhou for the Qing Court. Such an incense burner would have been the central element in a five-piece garniture, which would have included a pair of candlesticks and a pair of gu vases. For two complete garnitures, mid Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 5, Painted Enamels in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011, nos.176 and 264. Compare also the similar openwork design on the cover of a painted enamel brazier and a pair of painted enamel incense holders, both mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated ibid., nos.254 and 255.The incense burner is of ding form, based on the shape of archaic bronze ritual vessels of the Shang dynasty, and as such reflects the Qianlong emperor's fascination with antiquity and his call for craftsman to take inspiration from forms and designs of antiquity.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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THREE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSELSWarring States/Han DynastyComprising a tripod vessel and cover, ding, cast with a pair of upright loop handles, supported on three waisted legs, the shallow domed cover cast with three evenly-spaced handles, 19.7cm (7 3/4in) wide; a tripod cooking vessel, jiaodou, with a dragon-head handle, 27cm (10 1/2in) long; and a cylindrical vase raised on three legs issuing from animal heads, the body set with a pair of taotie handles suspending loose rings, 25.5cm (10in) high.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價戰國/漢 青銅禮器 一組三件See a soup-warming vessel with dragon-head handle, Six dynasties, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Travelling Exhibitions of the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China's Emperor, Beijing, 2016, no.150, where it is noted that: 'These bronze vessels were some of Emperor Qianlong's favourite treasures'; and a related example of the tripod vessel on the left, illustrated by B.Laufer, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, Leiden, 1962, pl.XX, fig.3; for an example related to the cylindrical base, see International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, no.114.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, DINGQianlongThe globular body finely enamelled around the exterior with elegantly-scrolling foliage and lotus heads beneath a broad band of ruyi-heads enclosing auspicious bats, set with a pair of curving upright handles, all supported on three tall curling legs issuing from mythical-beast heads, the domed cover with gilt lotus-bud finial and openwork panels. 21cm (8 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯三足爐Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 17 May 2013, lot 1212來源：倫敦佳士得南肯辛頓，2013年5月17日，拍品編號1212For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE GREEN-GLAZED VESSELSEastern Han DynastyComprising two green-glazed tripod incense burners, The larger, 20.5cm (8in) diam; and a green-glazed deep pan, lian, with one handle in the form of a stylised dragon. 27.5cm (10 3/4in) long. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價東漢 綠釉奩式爐兩件 及綠釉龍柄盃 一組三件The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence tests no.C206g4 dated 18 December 2006 (green glazed tripod vessel), and no.C109c4 dated 17 February 2009 (bowl with handle), are consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（奩式爐：2006年12月18日，編號C206g4；與龍柄盃：2009年2月17日，編號C109c4）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2008, no.30 (the handled bowl)Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.18 (glazed pottery incense burner on the right)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號30（龍柄盃）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號18（最右）A similar handled bowl, Han dynasty, is illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p.25, no.5.Incense burners of cylindrical shape are frequently found with legs in the form of crouching bears. The present lot is rare because of the depiction of human faces. Another painted pottery incense burner with human-face decoration on the legs, Western Han dynasty, was excavated in 1984 at Pingshuo, Shanxi Province, and is now in the collection of the Pingshuo Archaeological Working Team, illustrated in Huanghe Wenming Zhan, 1986, p.104, no.77.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO GLAZED TRIPOD 'HILL' INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERSEastern Han DynastyThe amber-glazed tripod hill censer supported on three human-figure supports, the cylindrical body with three horizontal diaper-pattern bands, the cover in the form of a conical mountain surrounded by waves, 22.5 (8 7/8in) high; the green-glazed incense burner supported on three mythical-beast supports, moulded around the exterior with a continuous scene of mythical creatures and taotie masks, the cover in the form of a large conical mountain surrounded by four lesser peaks and undulating waves, 28.7cm (11 1/4in) high.(4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價東漢 博山蓋陶奩 一組兩件Compare with a very similar green-glazed incense burner with bear-form feet and similar moulded decoration, Eastern Han dynasty, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (no.M.2000.190.4a-b). For another similar covered vessel, Han dynasty, see B.Laufer, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, London, 1970, p.200, pl.57.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'DRAGONS AND CARP' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERQing DynastyOf compressed globular form, the body finely chased with a pair of five-clawed dragons pursuing the flaming pearl of wisdom amidst cloud-scrolls, the reverse similarly decorated with a pair of dragons chasing the pearl flanking a carp attempting to leap over the gate above mountains, the cylindrical neck cast with a cash-diaper ground, rising to a flared flat rim with foliate scrolls, flanked by a pair of S-shaped handles decorated with foliate scrolls and bats amidst clouds, all raised on three flaring monster-mask legs terminating in clawed feet, the underside decorated with a medallion enclosing a dragon.36.2cm (14 1/4in) wide. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清 魚龍紋三足銅爐For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SANCAI-GLAZED GLOBULAR TRIPOD JARTang DynastyThe vessel raised on three lion-paw legs, covered in a splashed glaze of green, dark and yellowish-amber arranged in stripes on the outcurved rim and falling in an irregular line down the body above the unglazed pale body.21cm (8 2/8in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 三彩三足罐Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2012, no.22.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號22The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C105u5 dated 8 July 2005, is consistent with the dating of this lot.Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2005年7月8日，編號C105u5）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。See a similar sancai-glazed tripod globular jar, Tang dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, nos.237 and 238.Compare with a very similar sancai-glazed tripod incense burner, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 17 March 2017, lot 1139.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLACK-GLAZED RUSSET-SPLASHED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND A BLACK-GLAZED JARTang DynastyThe jar of ovoid form, supported on a short tapered foot, rising to a wide, lipped mouth, covered with a lustrous black glaze falling unevenly above the foot revealing the buff stoneware, 17.4cm (6 7/8in) high; together with a brown-glazed tripod incense burner, supported on three legs terminating in claws, the sides of the vessel round from a flat base, rise vertically, then curve at the shoulder to a short, waisted neck with a flared rim, covered with a finely crackled, chocolate-brown glaze, 17cm (6 3/4in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 黑釉鏽斑三足爐及黑釉罐 一組兩件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2008, no.19 (the tripod incense burner).展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號19（三足爐）See a similar tripod incense burner, Tang dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, p.129, no.210. For a related tripod incense burner, Tang dynasty, but with flatter sides, see R.D.Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge feathers: Chinese Brown and Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge MA, 1996, pp.87-88, no.4.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF JADE AND CARNELIAN CARVED ITEMSQing DynastyComprising: a carnelian double brushwasher, carved in the form of a lingzhi and gnarled trunk section issuing a fruiting peach branch; a sword slide carved with rows of bosses; a miniature spinach jade tripod incense burner; and a jadeite thumb ring. The carnelian washer 7.7cm (3in) long. (4).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comA few nibbles to edges and fissures to stone, particularly to the agate; some natural inclusions particularly to the sword slide.
A BRONZE AND PARCEL GILT TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER18th centuryThe compressed body flanked by lion mask and loose ring handles, decorated with four quatrefoil panels of Buddhist lions and birds amongst flowering plants and blossoming trees, all in high relief, the cover with a seated lion finial on an openwork peony scroll ground. 10.5cm (4.1/8in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comSigns of wear, particularly on the feet. You can see the signs of welding around the handles. Small denting and cracks on top. Some oxidation on the inside and on the top lion. The cover it's quite stiff but it should be possible to remove it. weight: 482gr.
THREE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSELSLate Ming DynastyEach variously cast with archaistic leiwen or stylised bird motifs, comprising: a square incense burner and cover, fangding; a hu vase with paired loop and loose ring handles; and a tripod incense burner, ding, Xuande six-character mark to base. The fangding: 22.8cm. (9in) high. (4).Footnotes:Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descentFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comSigns of wear, rubbing and denting. Fangding: The cover has two cracks on the side. The four legs have been restored and soldered again to the body. Heavy scratches on the bottom, with probably some other later fixing in the center. Signs of oxidation on the patina. A fixing patch soldered on the inside. Hu vase: two holes on the back. Few hits on the body. The patina is heavily scratched. One of the two handle rings is more damaged than the other, possibly restored. Ding censer: encrustation on the inside. One of the leg has been restored.
TWO SILVER WIRE-INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNERSThe gui, 17th/18th century; the ding, Shisou mark, 19th centuryComprising: a small incense burner, gui, finely decorated with bands of archaistic birds and taotie motifs; and a tripod incense burner, ding, decorated with cloud medallions, the base with Shisou mark. The ding: 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high (2).Footnotes:Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descentFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comScratches and denting on the surface as well as some rubbing off of the silver inlays. The gui is heavily scratches next to the handles, one of them has a damage below. A red/purple small oxidation on the patina, near the foot of the gui.
A BRONZE 'DRAGON-HANDLED' TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERXuande mark, Late Qing DynastyThe compressed globular body supported by three small conical feet, the flat rim with paired 'dragon' handles. Approx. 23cm (9in) wideFootnotes:Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERXuande four-character seal mark, 17th/18th centuryThe cylindrical body with lipped rim, supported on three, well-rounded cabriole legs, the straight sides flanked with a pair of mythical beast handles, the brown surface covered in faint gold splashes. 15.3cm (6 in) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comThe surface has been polished, and polish residue is still visible in the crevices, leading to loss of patina and of much of the gold splashes around the cylindrical body; these are still quite well preserved on the base however. Some further encrustation and splashed of verdigris to the exterior. A few scattered minor bruises and a pit to rim. weight: 2.52kg approx.
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNERQianlongThe compressed body decorated with a multitude of leafy flowering stems, supported on three scale patterned bulbous legs, all beneath a waisted neck and everted rim, flanked by a pair of upright loop handles.12cm (4.3/4in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comOverall pitting to the enamels. 0.5cm. infill to the bottom of one leg. 1.5cm. wide dented bruise with related enamel loss to two yellow petals just above one of the legs. Both handles with restoration at the base. Scratching to gilt metal rim. Some infilling to enamels below the rim.
A MASSIVE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DINGLate Qing DynastyThe enormous vessel enamelled with taotie masks, stylised birds and scrolled foliate motifs, the sides flanked with short flanges, the three legs similarly decorated, the mouth rim embellished with key-fret borders and fixed with upright loop handles. 70cm (27 1/2in) wideThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN IMARI BALUSTER VASE AND A TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER18th and 19th centuryThe incense burner with angular handles, moulded and decorated to the body with landscape scenes on dense geometric pattern grounds, the cover with reticulated cloud decoration and Immortal finial; the baluster jar decorated with panels of figures and flowering gardens on a floral and foliate pattern ground.43.5cm (17.1/8in) and 40cm (15.3/in) high. (3).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VESSELSThe vase, 18th century; the bowl, 19th centuryThe first, an unusual bronze-mounted flambé vase, the semi-translucent, crackled glaze with streaks of cobalt blue, copper red and green; the second, a purple-red flambé-glaze tripod conical bowl. The vase, 30cm high; the bowl 23cm diam. (2).Footnotes:Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descentFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT ETC, to include Multiblitz Profilite 200 studio flash set in hard case, separate Multiblitz Variolite 500, twin light stands, two umbrellas, Rollei P355 Autofocus 35mm projector, KindgRegulette 35mm camera, Panasonic A2 VHS camera, with NV180 recorder and VW-ET 180 video tuner/timer, tripod slide trays, projector screen, etc, flash heads working
2 Henri Picard Candelabras, BronzeHenri Picard, Parisabout 1850-19002 Girandolen mit Amoretten. Um 1850. Bronze, feuervergoldet und patiniert. Bronzefiguren (Amor mit Pfeil und Bogen und Amor mit Tuch). Dreifüßige Basis mit Delphinköpfen, geschwungene Leuchterarme mit Blättern und lilienartigen Blüten. H. 60 und 61 cm. Beide Leuchter auf der Basis bezeichnet mit Gießerstempel: H. PICARD. Eine Bronze auf der Baumstütze rückseitig bezeichnet mit Modellnummer: 4009. 2 Henri Picard Candelabras, BronzeHenri Picard, Parisabout 1850-19002 girandoles with cupids. Around 1850. Bronze, fire-gilded and patinated. Bronze figures (Cupid with a bow and arrow and Cupid with a cloth). Tripod base with dolphin heads, curved candlestick arms with leaves and lily-like flowers. H. 60 and 61 cm. Both candlesticks on the base marked with foundry mark: H. PICARD. One bronze on the tree support inscribed on the back with the model number: 4009.
Müller-Oerlinghausen Tripod Mosaic Coffee TableBerthold Müller-OerlinghausenDesign 1950/60sDreibein Mosaiktisch / Coffee Table. Entwurf 1950/60er Jahre. Mosaik in weiß und gold, Messing, goldfarbenes Metall. H. 56,5 x D. 91 cm. Müller-Oerlinghausen Tripod Mosaic Coffee TableBerthold Müller-OerlinghausenDesign 1950/60sTripod mosaic table / coffee table. Designed in 1950/60. Mosaic in white and gold, brass, gold-colored metal. H. 56.5 x D. 91 cm.
Foreign colors porcelainChina , Qian long , Qing DynastyDimensions: Height 27 cm Diameter 12 cmWeight: 1695,8 gramsColorful tripod censer on blue zoomorphic feet and two makara ears. The main body is yellow with a network of colorful floral decorations surrounding a panel showing a Chinese landscape of a sea, a temple and a waterfall on a mountain in the back. The center of the lid is decorated with a lion-like creature. The mark of Qian long in the center of the bottom.
20th century Georgian style mahogany tripod table, circular moulded pie crust tilt top on turned and fluted column, three out splayed acanthus carved supports with ball and claw feet, D76cm, H76cmDimensions: Height: 76cm Depth/Diameter: 76cmClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
Small George III style mahogany tripod table, the top with inlaid satinwood band and reeded edge with two drop leaves over two drawers and two faux drawers, raised on turned column and three inverted splayed supports with peg feet Dimensions: Height: 77cm Length/Width: 28cm Depth/Diameter: 29cmClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
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