A CONVOLUT OF EIGHT CERAMIC ITEMSChina, Ming Dynasty (1386-1644) to Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). A fine lot consisting of eight charming ceramic items: one Qingbai porcelain cosmetic box and cover, one small peach-shape ceramic water dropper, one celadon vase, one miniature ceramic jar, one Jian stoneware tea bowl and three small celadon porcelain dishes.The cosmetic box with an interior opened to a flowerhead borne on curved leafy stems interspersed with three miniature cups, covered in a transparent greyish-blue crackled glaze. The small water dropper with a gentle, C-shaped handle and slender spout, molded to each side of spout and handle with leaves and covered in a celadon crackled glaze of whitish hue. The celadon vase of baluster shape rising into a slender neck with everted rim, molded with vertical ribs to the lower body and covered entirely with celadon, crackled glaze. The miniature jar of compressed globular shape and two tiny handles applied to the short cylindrical neck, covered with a brownish glaze stopping at the base. The stoneware bowl with steeply sloping sides rising from a short foot and curving inwards slightly at the channeled rim, covered in a thick layer of brown and black glaze stopping unevenly short above the foot, where it shows characteristic teardrops. Three small dishes with shallow rounded sides, covered with a lustrous pale celadon glaze in the interior and a whitish glaze to the underside, two of them with a mark to the underside.Condition: The water dropper with visible cracks and flakes to the glaze, one small dish with a hairline crack to the side, the cosmetic box with a reparation to the cover rim, otherwise fine condition with firing imperfections. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a second-generation member of the Holzapfel family and has remained in the family ever since.Weight: 1791 g (total) Dimensions: Height 2.5 cm (small dishes) - 18 cm (vase)
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AN EMBROIDERED SILK BUDDHIST ALTAR FRONTAL, QIANLONG PERIOD China, 1736-1795. Finely worked in multicolored satin stitch, Peking knot, and couched gold thread to depict a central scroll-bordered roundel enclosing a Buddhist lion surmounted by a vase and surrounded by bats as well as the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism (bajixiang), all above lishui. The roundel further surrounded by legendary animals, elephants, tigers, bats, and insects.Provenance: Old Dutch private collection. Condition: Overall in fine condition and presenting very well. The second section missing. Laid down with losses to silk in the background. Significant traces of use and wear, minor soiling, minimal fading, some loose thread. The thin green border surrounding the frontal is of European origin. With a European frame, matted and glazed.Dimensions: Image size 101 x 45.5 cm, Size incl. frame 135 x 85 cmAuction result comparison: Compare a related but larger (78.8 x 165.1 cm) Buddhist altar frontal, also dated to the Qianlong period and with the bajixiang, but in better condition than the present lot, at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 23 March 2012, lot 1626, sold for USD 40,000. 乾隆緞綉祭壇挂屏 中國，1736-1795年。挂屏五彩北京結紋，金線精心綉成。挂屏中央開光可見佛獅與寳瓶紋，麗水江崖紋上蝙蝠環繞，八吉祥，衆多祥瑞神獸以及大象、老虎、蝙蝠等。 來源：荷蘭私人老收藏。 品相：總體狀況良好。 缺少第二部分。背景中的絲綢局部缺損。明顯的使用和磨損痕跡，輕微污跡和褪色，一些鬆散的線。綠色細邊框源自歐洲。 歐式框架，啞光。 尺寸：挂屏101 x 45.5 厘米, 含框135 x 85 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件乾隆年代的相近但更大 (78.8 x 165.1 厘米) 的祭壇挂屏，品相更好，見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art，2012年3月23日，lot 1626，售價USD 40,000。
A FINE SATSUMA EARTHENWARE VASE DEPICTING COURT LADIES AND A LANDSCAPEJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The slender bulbous satsuma vase raises from a spreading foot to a short waisted neck with everted rim, depicting two scenes in polychrome gold, a landscape with temples and water on one side and court ladies in conversation on the other side. The underside is marked.HEIGHT 7.8 cmCondition: Good condition with some wear and minuscule losses to gilding.Provenance: German private collection.
A PALE GREEN CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASEJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)A fine baluster-shaped vase worked with silver wire and colored enamels to depict peonies and chrysanthemums, reserved against a pale green ground. The rims and underside applied with brass and copper.HEIGHT 24 cmCondition: The neck with extensive damage and the body with two nicks with associated hairlines. The base shows remains of silvering Provenance: Austrian private collection.
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Of ovoid, elongated shape with short neck and everted lip, painted in intense underglaze cobalt blue to the exterior with elongated ruyi shaped ground peony lappets, enclosing emblems and flowers scattered across the white ground.Condition: Very good condition with minor firing imperfections and some wear to the foot. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a second-generation member of the Holzapfel family and has remained in the family ever since.Weight: 665 g Dimensions: Height 24.5 cm
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN GARLIC VASE WITH ZHONG KUI AND A POEMChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic Period (1912-1949). The pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a slender neck surmounted by a garlic-head mouth, finely painted in rich underglaze cobalt blue to the exterior and depicting the evil spirit vanquisher Zhong Hui sitting on a horse and pushed by a little demon. With a poem inscribed in cobalt blue as well. The underside with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua reign mark.The image of Zhong Kui is often painted on household gates as a guardian spirit, as well as in places of business where high-value goods are involved.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing imperfections. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a second-generation member of the Holzapfel family and has remained in the family ever since.Weight: 650 g Dimensions: Height 22 cm
AN APPEALING PORCELAIN VASE, YUHUCHUNPINGChina, Republic period (1912-1949). Of an elegant pear-shaped form, rising to a wide trumpet mouth, the body overglazed and finely painted in green, portraying a magnificent landscape with mountains, pavilions, scholars, imposing trees, and a waterfall, all surrounded by a large and tranquil lake. Calligraphy and seals to the side and a four-character mark huiyuan tang zhi to the bottom.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 1.9 kg Dimensions: Height 35.7 cm
A RETICULATED CELADON ARROW VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) or earlier. Of compressed globular body rising from a straight foot to a tall cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles, the inner body contained by a reticulated outer wall carved in openwork. Overall molded with bands of meandering scrolls, palm blades and key fret to the foot. Covered overall with a finely crackled celadon glaze darkening in the recesses, exposing the buff body at the foot rim, partly burnt to orange in the firing.Porcelain arrow vases were originally derived from similar bronze models. These were designed for the ancient Chinese game of touhu 投壺, or 'arrow-throwing', contestants would aim feathered arrows at the various cylinders applied to the vase, with higher points awarded for the less accessible openings.Condition: Very good condition with minor firing irregularities and few small chips to the foot rim.Provenance: British private collection. Weight: 984 g Dimensions: Height 26 cmAuction result comparison: Compare with an almost identical vase dated Yuan - Ming Dynasty at Sotheby's Hong Kong in CHINA / 5000 YEARS on 4 June 2020, lot 331, sold for HKD 375,000.
A GUAN-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON VASEChina, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Of cylindrical form with short straight neck and slightly everted lip, the body molded with horizontal ribs and covered overall with an unctuous pale celadon glaze suffused with a network of black and pale crackle, the foot rim left unglazed revealing the buff ware.Condition: Excellent condition with usual traces of age and wear. Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 976.4 g Dimensions: Height 21 cm
A PAIR OF TWO CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASESJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The two cloisonne vases of a baluster shape, finely decorated with copper wire and polychrome enamels on a red and black sprinkled ground depicting phoenixes and dragons inside heather-shaped reserves with floral decorations and geometrical borders to the rim and foot ring.HEIGHT 17.9 cm Condition: Overall fine condition with traces of wear and ages, surface scratches, chips. One vase with a larger area on the shoulder where the enamel has been damaged. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
A CLOISONNE VASE WITH A MAPLE TREE AND FLOWERSJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster-shaped cloisonne vase with a narrow neck and flaring mouth, beautifully decorated with silver wire and colored enamels on a midnight blue ground depicting a flowering maple tree with wisteria, above a dense composition of irises and other flowers. The rim and foot ring with geometric borders, applied with gilt copper and with a maker's mark to the underside. HEIGHT 15.3 cmCondition: Fine condition with few surface scratches, surface wear to enamels, and a small loss to the upper part of the backside. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE GU VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The Chinese ritual bronze vessel with the central bulbous section adorned with finely incised taotie masks on a diapered-patterned ground and four vertical flanges, the lower section with vertical flanges as well, rising from a tall, splayed foot to the trumpet-shaped, square neck, decorated with further archaistic motifs.Condition: Fine condition with traces of wear and age, nicks, and light scratches. Provenance: German private collection. According to the current owner acquired in the Swedish auction market.Weight: 2.1 kg Dimensions: Height 26.1 cm
A YUAN TO MING STYLE CELADON CERAMIC VASEChina, Yuan to Ming style, 1st half of 20th century. Of globular body rising into an elongated neck with everted lip and a large band of lotus flowers and leaves carved into the walls. Covered overall with a spinach-green celadon glaze.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and some incrustations.Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Weight: 832 g Dimensions: Height 27.5 cm
A YUNYAO 'OXBLOOD' GLAZED BALUSTER VASEChina, 18th century. The sides rising from the circular recessed base over the rounded shoulder to the cylindrical neck with everted rim, covered in a rich and finely crackled oxblood glaze stopping neatly at the base and irregularly to the interior of the neck.Condition: The rim with several cracks with old rivet repair, otherwise in good condition with minor wear and firing flaws.Provenance: Ex-collection Bad Ischl, Austria.Weight: 5,132 gDimensions: Height 45.7 cm
A LARGE IRON-RED, BLUE AND WHITE 'BATS AND CLOUDS' PORCELAIN VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). The globular body rising from a short foot to a cylindrical neck, decorated in underglaze blue and iron-red with a continuous pattern of clouds and bats. The foot with a band of stylized scrolls below a border of crashing waves. The neck with a ring of ruyi-heads and diaper patterns below the rim. Apocryphal Kangxi reign mark to the underside.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear. Provenance: German private collection, according to the vendor acquired at Auction House Stahl, Germany, in 2013.Weight: 6977 g Dimensions: Height 45 cmAuction result comparison: Compare to a related vase dated to the 19th century at Christie's Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 2 October 2017, lot 144, sold for HKD 62,500. For another related vase dated to the 20th century see Christie's Online in Pavilion Online: Chinese Art on 21 - 28 April 2020, lot 81, sold for HKD 23,750.
A LARGE CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' VASE AND COVERChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912- 1949). Each side depicting a dragon in pursuit of the magical pearl surrounded by scrolling vines, Buddhist symbols, and peaches. The top with a fitted cover decorated with an open-work carving of a dragon. The handles carved as beast masks suspending foliate rings. The stone on one side in an even celadon tone, the other side in mottled celadon with russet veins.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear. A few miniscule dents and nicks, especially to the rim. The stone with natural inclusions.Provenance: Private collection, USA. Weight: 2315 gDimensions: Height 28.5 cm5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A PAIR OF SATSUMA CERAMIC VASESJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The two satsuma vases with flaring sides, rising to gently squared shoulders and a lipped rim, surmounted on wooden bases, finely decorated in bright enamels and gilt, to the interior with a township scene with many samurai and villagers inside a lobed reserve, the shoulder, and neck with a variety of brocade and geometrical patterns repeated on the foot.HEIGHT 26.7 cm WEIGHT 1.6 kg (in total)Condition: Good condition with traces of wear and age to the enamels, one vase with a corner of the lip reattached, and the other vase with a crack to one corner of the foot. Provenance: French private collection.
A LAVENDER HUE CHALCEDONY BALUSTER VASE AND COVERChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Slightly flattened shield-shaped body carved in high relief with archaistic taotie and floral decoration to the body and three pair of twin beast-head ring handles, one to the body, one to the neck and one to the lid. Translucent stone of beautiful lavender hue with natural milky and some darker inclusions. With a matching wooden stand.Condition: Very good condition. A few nicks and traces of wear and age.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 761 g Dimensions: Height 22 cm
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The globular body rising from a cylindrical foot to a tubular neck set with a pair of butterfly handles suspending loose rings, cast with alternating bands of chilong and birds on a key-fret ground. Archaistic mark to the underside.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws, few minuscule nicks, and light scratches. The base has been reinserted. Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 1310 g Dimensions: Height 22 cm
AN ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL VASEVietnam, 15 - 16th century. The body potted with eight facets rising from a circular foot and surmounted by a tapering neck, decorated in underglaze blue with floral sprays within lappets borders, the neck with a key-fret band below stiff leaves.Condition: Good condition with extensive weathering and traces of use, some firing flaws, and a tiny chip to the upper rim, all as expected and commensurate with age. Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 268.8 g Dimensions: Height 17 cm
A RARE THANGKA OF LAKSHMIMongolia or Tibet, 18th-19th century. Distemper and gold on cloth. Seated in lalitasana atop a lotus base on a five-stepped throne with rows of various offerings, framed by a billowing curtain, with clouds and a halo behind her. Old silk brocade mounting.Provenance: From a Swiss private collection. Condition: Good condition with old wear, minor losses, creases, abrasions and soilingDimensions: Image size 35.5 x 25 cm, Size incl. mounting ca. 70 x 40 cmThis finely painted thangka depicts the rare subject of the Indian goddess Lakshmi, or Pal Lhamo in Tibetan, the peaceful form of Shri Devi Dudsolma. She is holding a small child in her arm as well as a vase and jewels in her hands. Her robe is finely painted with foliate and floral scroll. The face with a meditative expression marked by almond-shaped eyes below gently arched brows centered by an urna.With a modern frameless backing behind glass, which can be removed upon request.Auction result comparison: Compare a related Mongolian thangka of Lakshmi, dated to the 19th century, at Bonhams London in The Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas on 11 May 2017, lot 37, sold for GBP 28,750. 罕見吉祥天女唐卡 蒙古或西藏，十八至十九世紀。布面膠彩。吉祥天女坐於蓮座上，面前有成排的供品，後有光背與祥雲。舊絲綢錦緞裝幀。 來源：瑞士私人收藏。 品相：狀況良好，磨損、輕微缺損、摺痕、擦傷和污跡。 尺寸：畫面35.5 x 25 厘米，縂約 70 x 40厘米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件十九世紀的蒙古吉祥天女唐卡，見倫敦邦翰思The Jongen-Schleiper Collection of Fine Thangkas 2017年5月11日 lot 37, 售價GBP 28,750。
A FINE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE WITH SPARROWS AND WISTERIA, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF HAYASHI KODENJIAttributed to the workshop of Hayashi Kodenji (1831-1915), unsignedJapan, c. 1900, Meiji period (1868-1912)Worked in bright enamels, silver and gold, and sculpted silver and gold wire with sparrows in trailing white and purple wisteria, the reverse with flowering red and white chrysanthemums, all against a midnight-blue ground. The shoulder and neck with a dense pattern of scrolling vines interspersed with flowerheads below the rim with a floral diaper band as well as flowerheads amid scroll, repeated above the foot below a further floral band.HEIGHT 15.5 cmCondition: Excellent condition with minor wear.Provenance: Swiss private collection.Auction comparison:Compare a closely related but larger cloisonne vase, also attributed to Hayashi Kodenji and of near-identical form, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese and Korean Art, 21 March 2018, New York, lot 2231 (sold for 11,250 USD). Compare also a related but slightly smaller vase, dated to the late 19th century, at Christie's, Japanese Art and Design, 12 May 2010, London, lot 359 (sold for 3,125 GBP).
A FAMILLE-ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'BAJIXIANG' ALTAR VASE, GU, LATE QING TO REPUBLICChina, c. 1870-1949. The flaring trumpet neck and domed base of the gu are finely enameled with the Eight Precious Objects, bajixiang, adorned with fluttering ribbons and entwined with the curly vines of a lotus meander, divided by a bulbous mid-section below bands of ruyi-heads, upright lappets, key-fret patterns and floral scrolls, all against a bright lemon-yellow ground.Provenance: French private collection, acquired from a gallery in Marseille.Condition: Very good condition with only minor old wear, particularly to gilt, some fritting to mouth rim.Weight: 1,097 gDimensions: Height 27.7 cmVases of this type are usually found as part of an altar garniture, with matching incense burner and candlestick holders, all invariably decorated with bajixiang and lotus scrolls. The interior and base with turquoise enamel. Above the bulbous mid-section is a gilt rectangular reserve enclosing an apocryphal iron-red six-character mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi. Auction result comparison: Compare a related famille rose vase, also dated late Qing to Republic and with an apocryphal Qianlong mark, sold in these rooms in Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism & Hinduism on 5 March 2021, lot 327, sold for EUR 12,200. 清末民初粉彩黃地八吉祥花觚 中國，約1870-1949年。花觚喇叭口，細長頸，鼓腹，束腰，覆盆式高圈足。外壁黃地粉彩，頸部與高圈足上，均繪纏枝蓮托八寶紋。外壁口沿下繪松綠地如意雲紋，頸部下方有蕉葉紋，腹部上方飾迴紋，足牆處胭脂紅繪描迴紋一周。花觚造型優雅，結構紋飾富麗堂皇。 來源：法國私人收藏，購於馬賽一家藝廊。 品相：品相極好，僅輕微磨損，局部描金，嘴沿處有一些熔塊。 重量：1,097 克 尺寸：高27.7 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件清末民初乾隆款粉彩瓶，見本藝廊 Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism & Hinduism 2021年3月5日 lot 327, 售價EUR 12,200。
A MONUMENTAL 'SILVER EAGLE' OCTAGONAL BRONZE VASEJapan, early Meiji period (1868-1912)The elegant body of the vase is applied with a massive, layered and craggy bronze rock, traversed by branches of silvered and gilt cherry blossoms, on which a majestic eagle has just landed. Below we find two sparrows, neatly inlaid in silver, gold, shakudo and shibuichi. The feathers of the eagle are cleverly incised to create a dramatic movement, his claws with punched details and gilt. The eyes and talons are finely inlaid in shakudo. Condition: Superb condition with some old wear, a fine naturally grown chocolate-brown patina overall, minor traces of wear and shallow surface scratches, small casting flaws. Faint traces of verdigris to bronze rock.Provenance: Property from a collection in the United Kingdom.HEIGHT 68.5 cm WEIGHT 21.6 kgIn this remarkable portrayal of an eagle's fierce spirit, the artist distilled the soul of the Japanese nation in the second half of the 19th century, which was - at the onset of westernization - exerting itself as an international power. In addition to his regal presence, the 'king of the skies' represents unhesitating, even ruthless action, an indispensable quality during these turbulent times. Determined to break the mold of traditional East Asian sculpture, the artist augmented the vivacity of his subject with youthful audacity, dramatically varying contrasts of light and dark within the plumage. With an increased degree of realism, almost brutal naturalism, the final abandonment of the classical Edo aesthetic becomes apparent in this masterpiece of Japanese metalwork.Auction comparison: Compare the manner of the eagle to a silvered bronze okimono of an eagle by Masatsune sold by Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 5 November 2020, London, lot 288 (sold for 11,312 GBP).
A SMALL LIGHT GREEN GLAZED VASE, YUHUCHUNPINGChina, Republic period (1912-1949). The small vase of a pear-shaped body rising to a thin and elongated neck with an everted rim, covered overall in a monochrome light green glaze. An apocryphal six-character Qianlong reign mark to the bottom.Condition: Overall good condition with minor surface wear and a tiny glaze chip to the foot ring. Provenance: German private collection. Weight: 274 g Dimension: Height 13.9 cm
A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPE' VASEChina, 1946. Of elegant shape, painted in polychrome enamels with a continuous river landscape depicting minuscule figures on fishing boats and houses amid craggy rockwork and pine trees. With inscribed Chinese calligraphy as well as a mark to base.Condition: Very good condition with only minor wear to enamels. Provenance: A noted German private collection, acquired at Nagel Auctions in Stuttgart, Germany on 16.6.2017, lot 728.Weight: 705 g Dimensions: Height 27.8 cm
A LACQUERED WOOD TABLE SCREEN WITH INLAYSChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The panel with hardstone, amethyst, quartz and jade inlays depicting flowers in a vase. The stand decorated with four carvings, the largest depicting a boy and a girl holding a peach. The reverse with calligraphy in gold. Condition: Very good condition with a few light surface scratches, nicks and cracks.Provenance: German private collection. Three paper labels on the top.Dimensions: Height 97.5 cm
A PAIR OF FAMILLE NOIRE BALUSTER VASESChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Each with flaring sides rising to a gently arched square shoulder with a tall trumpet neck. Boldly enameled in bright shades of aubergine, green, yellow, white, and blue with separate scenes on each of the four sides, showing birds perched amidst blossoming prunus branches, butterflies above chrysanthemums and peonies in bloom growing from weathered rocks and herons in a pond surrounded by large lotus leaves, pods, flowers, and buds as well as water reeds, all reserved on a black ground. The recessed base with an apocryphal underglaze-blue Kangxi reign mark.Condition: Overall good condition with firing flaws and surface scratches. One vase with a restoration to the lip. Provenance: Hungarian private collection, according to the current owner acquired in 1980.Weight: c. 4650 each Dimensions: Height 51.5 cm each.Auction result comparison: Compare a pair of related famille noir square vases (50.5 cm high), dated to the 19th century, at Bonhams Edinburgh in Asian Art on 27 March 2013, lot 343, sold for GBP 5,250.
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BALUSTER VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The baluster body rising from a short ring foot to a waisted neck with everted rim, the neck applied with Buddhist lions and chilong, overall painted in underglaze blue with three fierce, sinuously coiled dragons amid dense floral scroll. With an apocryphal six-character Kangxi reign mark to the underside.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws. Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 10.6 kg Dimensions: Height 50.5 cm
A LARGE IMARI PORCELAIN PLATEChina, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Painted in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gold, the show side with a central flower-filled vase, the rim with depictions of butterflies, birds and a shishi lion, interrupted by thick scrolling lotus tendrils reserves. The backside with three flower sprays.Condition: Overall good condition with expected wear. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a third-generation member of the Holzapfel family after 1995 and has remained in the family ever since.Weight: 1690 gDimensions: Diameter 40.5 cm5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A TIBETAN BRONZE WRITING SETTibet, 18th-19th century. Comprising a bamboo pen, a fluted cylindrical bronze pen holder with lotus buds to either end, a vase-shaped inkwell, and a finely pierced cylindrical bronze document container decorated with sinuously coiled dragons amid scrolling vines. The pen holder and inkwell are connected by a brass chain. (4)Condition: Good condition with minor wear, some small nicks, traces of gilt. Provenance: German private collection, acquired from an art dealer in Salzburg, Austria.Weight: 423.9 gDimensions: Length 35.6 cm (the document container), 32.8 cm (the pen holder), and 18 cm (the pen), Height 8 cm (the inkwell)
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASE, LATE QINGChina, 19th to early 20th century. The vase of ovoid shape with the sides tapering to the cylindrical neck with a trumpet-shaped mouth, painted with houses and figures amid a rocky landscape with pine trees, as well as fishermen on boats fishing in a lake or sea.Condition: The glaze is crackled with a brown discoloration within the cracks, otherwise in good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities.Provenance: Old Austrian private collection.Weight: 3,582 gDimensions: Height 45.8 cm
TWO GINBARI CLOISONNE MINIATURE VASESJapan, Meiji to Showa period (1868-1989)The first decorated in green enamels with bamboo stalks on a purple to white fade ginbari ground, the base with a studio mark. The second with crashing waves and birds in flight reserved against a white to yellow fade ginbari ground. The rims and underside applied with brass.HEIGHTS c. 6 cm eachCondition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities as well as a small hairline crack to one vase. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
A LOBED ENAMEL BOX AND A FAMILLE VERTE VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). The baluster vase dates to the late Qing Dynasty and rises from a splayed foot to a waisted neck molded with a bamboo groove, painted in bright enamels from the Famille Verte palette with courtiers in a palace garden. The base with an apocryphal six-character Kangxi reign mark within a double circle.The lobed box dating to the Republic period is brightly enameled to the top of the lid with a couple of magpies perched on a peony branch, the sides with reserves enclosing various birds and flowers, on a scrolling foliage ground.Condition: The box in good condition with some chips along the rims and touch-ups. The vase in excellent condition with only minor surface scratches. Provenance: Austrian Private collection.Weight: 284.7 g (the box), 521.3 g (the vase) Dimensions: Height 8.2 cm (the box), 20.5 cm (the vase)
AN AMBER CRACKLE GLASS VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The transparent amber glass vase of pear shape, rising from a short foot to a waisted neck and everted rim. Suffused overall with dense fine crackle.Condition: Good condition with pitting to the rim. Provenance: French private collection. Weight: 2266 g Dimensions: Height 26. 5 cm
A MIDNIGHT BLUE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE WITH A PIGEONJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster body rising from a short foot to a broad shoulder with waisted neck and everted rim, one side decorated in polychrome enamels with a pigeon perched on a blossoming cherry tree above grass blades and flowers reserved against a midnight blue ground.HEIGHT 15.2 cmWEIGHT 171.5 gCondition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, expected pitting, few small hairlines, and few minuscule losses.Provenance: Viennese private collection, acquired in the local trade before 2000.
TOSHITSUGU: A FINE AND LARGE BRONZE VASE WITH GOOSE AND WATER REEDS By Toshitsugu, signed ToshitsuguJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster-shaped bronze vase massively cast and very finely worked in high relief with minute incision work depicting a goose standing amongst water reeds, its head turned back, the visible eye ringed in gold. Note the superbly detailed plumage. Signed underneath TOSHITSUGU.HEIGHT 33 cmWEIGHT 4,167 gCondition: Very good condition with some minor surface wear, tiny nicks, and light surface scratches. Provenance: Dutch private collection.
A GILT COPPER-ALLOY 'DRAGON' VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The double lozenges shaped vase decorated with high relief applications of chilong dragons, ruyi clouds and archaistic designs on the front and back, and neatly incised with geometric and floral motifs to the sides. On the underside an incised apocryphal four-character Yongzheng reign mark.Provenance: A notable private collector in Kensington, London, United Kingdom.Condition: Very good condition with minor surface scratches, nicks, dents, some wear to the gilt.Weight: 485.6 gDimensions: Height 18.2 cm5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A RARE ENSEMBLE OF A LARGE IMARI VASE AND COVER ON AN ANCIENT HARDWOOD PEDESTALJapan, 18th-19th century, late Edo (1615-1868) to early Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a straight cylindrical neck, the domed cover with a broad flat rim and surmounted by a gilt-enameled shishi. Well painted in gilt, underglaze-blue, and bright enamels with shaped reserves enclosing shishi amid peony, flowering prunus, and a Ho-o bird in flight, all within a terraced garden with a shishi on a high table, pine and prunus, rocks, and chrysanthemum.The design is repeated on the cover, against an elaborate ground with alternating diapered boders. The neck with a band of lotus and linked cash. The foot with evenly spaced stylized floral sprays.The vase is supported on an elaborate and fitted dark hardwood pedestal raised on four reishi-form feet and carved with lappets, bosses, a fluted design, and leaves. Most likely of Austrian origin, the base dates from the second half the 19th century.HEIGHT 135 cm (total), 89 cm (the vase and cover), and 46 cm (the pedestal)Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including manufacturing-inherent warping to the lid. The pedestal with wear and natural age cracks, traces of use and small losses. Provenance: The property of an aristocratic Austrian family, by repute acquired between 1870 and 1880. Thence by descent within the same family. The ancient pedestal was by repute commissioned by a member of the family in the late 19th century. Also by repute, this ensemble of vase, cover and pedestal was once part of a pair, the counterpart having been destroyed during a bombing raid in spring 1945.The present vase and cover, with its fitted wooden pedestal, itself over 100 years old, with its imposing size and superior state of preservation, must be considered exceedingly rare in this overall superb condition.
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE EXPORT GU-FORM BEAKER VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). An archaistic style vase, the trumpet-shaped neck and spreading foot are molded with leaf tips and painted in bright enamels with court scenes, floral motifs and auspicious symbols. The central section with stylized dragons in gold and in relief, their bodies creating a continuous geometric pattern. Condition: Overall good condition with some wear to enamels and some fritting to edges. The upper rim with a chip. Provenance: English private collection. According to the vendor acquired from a private collector in Nancy, France.Weight: 3685 g Dimensions: Height 36 cm
A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASESJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)Each vase baluster-shaped and decorated with silver wire and colored enamels on a fine turquoise-green ground and depicting a blossoming cherry tree branch. The rims and underside applied with copper.HEIGHT 15 cm eachCondition: Few nicks with associated hairlines and minor surface scratches. The rims and base with remains of silvering. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
A FINE LOBED QINGBAI GLAZE PORCELAIN VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) or earlier. The body rising from a flat base to a short cylindrical neck with an ornate rim. The body with twelve lobes and six vertical ribs extending from the foot to the shoulder. Covered overall in an even Qingbai glaze suffused with fine crackle, the base left unglazed.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws. Provenance: Private collection in Paris.Weight: 530 g Dimensions: 20.5 cm
A FINE ENAMELED PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPE' VASE, ATTRIBUTED TO ZHANG ZHITANGAttributed to Zhang Zhitang (1893-1971). The baluster vase finely painted in bright enamels with a continuous landscape of lofty peaks towering around a broad river, trees, and houses, followed by an inscription reading 'In the autumn of Wuzi year (1948) in Xinjiang River, signed Zhang Zhitang', and a seal `Zhitang'. With maker's mark in overglaze iron-red reading Yitao Zhai.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and minimal firing flaws. Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 945.1 cmDimensions: Height 29.5 cmAuction result comparison: Compare a pair of related vases attributed to Zhang Zhitang at Christie's London in Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles on 13 May 2011, lot 1272, sold for GBP 12,500. Another vase attributed to the artist was sold at Bonhams San Francisco in Asian decorative Arts on 13 March 2012, lot 3457, sold for USD 1,500.
A CERAMIC VASE WITH SNAKELaos, 19th century. The globular body with a tall neck, applied with a coiled snake clambering towards the flaring mouth, the shoulders with incised leaf design.Condition: Good condition, with expected abrasions and wear. Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dimensions: Height 17 cm
A ROCK CRYSTAL VASE WITH A 'BUDDHIST LION' FINIALChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). The finely curved body with a pair of Buddhist lion head and ring handles, depicting growing leaves, the cover with an oval aperture in the center and surmounted by a finely carved side-facing Buddhist lion. A Pekingese dog standing next to the base and the rock crystal with good clarity.Condition: Hairlines, cracks, and chips, especially to the Pekingese's feet. Provenance: Hungarian private collection. According to the current owner acquired from a private collector in France. Weight: 337 g Dimensions: Height 15 cm
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' BALUSTER VASEChina, late 19th century. The baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and flaring lip. Painted with a sinuously coiled dragon emerging from crashing waves and chasing the flaming pearl, all surrounded by more flames and framed by circumferential double-lines above the foot and below the rim. Apocryphal Kangxi reign mark on the underside.Condition: Good condition with firing irregularities and a hairline to upper rim. Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 3971 g Dimensions: Height 46 cm
A PORCELAIN DOUCAI VASEChina, Republic Period (1912-1949) or later. The globular body rising from a tapered foot to a short waisted neck with an everted rim. Decorated with lotus scroll, ruyi and key fret band. The underside with an apocryphal six-character Guangxu reign mark.Condition: Very good condition with minor traces of wear.Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 682 gDimensions: Height 13.9 cm
A TURQUOISE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE WITH IRISJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster body rising from a short spreading foot to a broad shoulder with a slender waisted neck and everted rim, decorated with bright enamels depicting blossoming iris and blades of grass, with bands of lappets above the foot and below the rim, all reserved against the deep turquoise ground.HEIGHT 15.2 cmWEIGHT 148.8 gCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, expected pitting, one small nick above one of the flowers.Provenance: Viennese private collection, acquired in the local trade before 2000.
A BLUE AND WHITE FLORAL PORCELAIN VASEChina, 20th century. The compressed globular body rising from a ring foot to a long cylindrical neck with a flaring rim, painted in underglaze cobalt blue to the body with large blossoms on leafy scrolling vines, above a border of lappets. With a stylized scroll band to the foot, raised circular groves to the shoulder enclosing bands of ruyi-head and scrolling blossoms, a band of Key-fret below stiff leaves to the neck and crashing waves to the exterior of the rim. Apocryphal Guanxu reign mark to the underside.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and surface scratches, very few firing irregularities. Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 3505 g Dimensions: Height 38 cm
AN IMARI PORCELAIN VASE AND COVERJapan, Edo period (1615-1868)Of baluster form, the cover surmounted by a karashishi [lion dog] and painted in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gold with floral panels in traditional Imari style.HEIGHT 23 cmCondition: Good condition with traces of use and wear, the cover with two repairs. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a third-generation member of the Holzapfel family after 1995 and has remained in the family ever since.5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
AN OCTAGONAL PEAR-SHAPED VASEChina, 19th-20th century. The vase of octagonal form with a pear-shaped body rising to a concave neck with a trumpet-shaped mouth, painted with dragons amid clouds on a variegating bluish-turquoise glaze ground. Apocryphal Ming dynasty four-character mark to base.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing flaws.Provenance: Old Austrian private collection.Weight: 1,964 gDimensions: Height 37.5 cm
A FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The vase of baluster form with a bamboo groove neck. Decorated with a polychrome landscape with flowers and rocks on both sides, framed by scrolling vines. A double circle on the underside.Condition: Excellent condition with minor traces of wear.Provenance: From a New York private collection. Label of Antiques shop to underside.Weight: 1028 gDimensions: Height 31.5 cm5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A MIDNIGHT BLUE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE WITH CHERRY TREE AND FLOWERSJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The rounded square baluster body rising from a short spreading foot to a slender waisted neck with everted rim, decorated in bright enamels with a blossoming cherry tree as well as peonies, chrysanthemums, and various other flowers, the reverse with iris and grass blades, a key-fret band below the rim and a lappet band above the foot, all reserved against the midnight blue ground.HEIGHT 18.2 cmWEIGHT 214.6 gCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, expected minor pitting, and occasional light scratches.Provenance: Viennese private collection, acquired in the local trade before 2000.
A DECORATIVE 'IMPERIAL YELLOW' BEIJING GLASS VASEChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). With a slender tapering body and an everted mouth rim, masterly cut with immortals, dragons in pursuit of the flaming magical pearl and blossoming trees, an apocryphal four-character Qianlong reign mark to the bottom.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. Provenance: Hungarian private collection.Weight: 1.4 kg Dimensions: Height 26.1 cm
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL PORCELAIN VASEChina, late 19th to early 20th century. Potted with eight facets, the globular body rising from a straight foot to a long neck and tiered mouth. The body finely enameled on each facet with a unique tree, including pomegranate, prunus, peach, mulberry, and finger citron. The neck neatly painted in bright enamels with lotus on continuous scrolling chrysanthemums and a band of ruyi heads, all against a yellow-enameled ground. The foot with a key-fret band and the rim gilt. Apocryphal Qianlong mark to the underside.Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear to enamels and firing irregularities. Provenance: French private collection.Weight: 5798 g Dimensions: Height 44.5 cmAuction comparison: Compare an almost identical octagonal vase at Sotheby's in Chinese and Japanese Works of Art (part2), lot 431.
A PAIR OF ENAMELED PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASES, REPUBLICChina, 1912-1949. Each with ovoid sides rising from a slightly spreading foot to a concave neck with an everted rim and painted with two immortals standing on clouds and a circular reserve surrounded by clouds and showing two ladies near a house, the foot, shoulder and mouth with geometric borders in black. (2)Condition: One vase with several cracks and old repairs, the other in excellent condition with minor wear.Provenance: German private collection.Weight: 1,612 g (total)Dimensions: Height 30.7 cm (each)
AN IMARI PORCELAIN BEAKER VASEJapan, Edo period (1615-1868)Decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gold with floral reserves in traditional Imari style.HEIGHT 17.5 cmCondition: Very good condition with expected traces of use and wear. 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.5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
A GUAN-TYPE OCTAGONAL VASE, BA FANGHU, MID-QINGChina, 18th century. The pear-shaped body rising supported on a spreading foot, the shoulder applied with two large lug handles, which are connected by two molded horizontal bowstrings to either end, covered overall in a thick grayish-blue glaze with a distinctive fine crackle of black and golden color.Provenance: French private collection. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, such as pitting, glaze recesses, and dark spots.Weight: 1,195 gDimensions: Height 24.6 cmThe glaze stopping and pooling irregularly above the foot, revealing the dark brown ware burnt in the firing, with the recessed base glazed as well.Literature comparison: Compare a hu with a similar glaze, illustrated in Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Monochrome Porcelains in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1992, p. 133, no. 80.Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related but smaller (17.9 cm high) guan-type octagonal hu, also dated to the 18th century and of near-identical form, at Christie's London in Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles on 16 May 2014, lot 1316, sold for GBP 16,250. 清代中期官窯八方貫耳瓶 中國，十八世紀。瓶為八方形，口微外撇，頸部凸起两道弦紋，两侧各有一筒状圓形直耳。腹下部豐满，高圈足微外撇。此瓶青色釉面光亮莹潤，通體開細碎魚子紋金線，紋片自然美觀。 來源：法國私人收藏。 品相：品相極好，輕微磨損，如麻點、釉面凹陷和黑斑。 重量：1,195 克 尺寸：高24.6 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件十八世紀官窯八方貫耳瓶相近但稍小 (高17.9 厘米)， 見倫敦佳士得 Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles 2014年5月16日 lot 1316, 售價GBP 16,250。
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASEChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Of baluster form, decorated in underglaze blue depicting magpies, butterflies, bamboo, blossoming flowers, and chrysanthemum, the neck surrounded by a band of stylized patterns.Condition: Good condition with little fritting and manufacturing flaws. Provenance: German private collection. According to the current owner it has been acquired from a Berlin auction in 2013.Weight: 629 g Dimensions: Height 16 cm
A CARVED LONGQUAN WALL VASE, MINGChina, 16th century. The olive-stone-shaped vase raised on a lotus base, carved on each face of the bulbous body with a panel containing a large flower blossom on leafy tendrils, beneath bands of flowers and coins on the waisted neck, all covered by a thick olive-green celadon glaze.Condition: One chip around the mouth exterior, some crackling, minor wear and firing irregularities.Provenance: From a Slovakian private collection.Weight: 1,249 g Dimensions: Height 25.4 cmLiterature comparison: Compare with a related pair of similarly decorated Longquan celadon vases, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Longquan Celadon of China, Zhejiang Province, 1998 pl.141.Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related wall vase offered by Bonham's London (New Bond Street) in Fine Chinese Art on 12 November 2015, lot 33, bought-in at GBP £8,000-£12.000.龍泉青釉刻花紋挂瓶，明代中國，十六世紀。橄欖石形花瓶下一蓮花基座，飾卷葉大花紋，全身覆蓋厚厚的橄欖青釉。品相：瓶口一小開口，一些小碎裂，輕微磨損與燒製瑕疵。來源：斯洛伐克私人收藏重量：1,249 克尺寸：高25.4 厘米
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