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Click here to subscribeCHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD DRAGON BALUSTER VASE,decorated in relief, 29.5cm highCondition report: Has a split running all the way through vertically and going into the base; further chips and losses, bleaching, scuffs and marks, additional images available, not modern but probably less than 100 years of age
dating: about 1570 provenance: France, Strong, straight blade, ribbed at the center, of lozenge section. Rectangular tang, sharpened towards the center and with remains of gilding and finishing, stamped on the left side in a shape of stylized bird. Elegant gilded bronze hilt, partially abraded. Parallelepiped quillon block (veined on one side) with frames on the borders and a Pan face in bass-relief on both sides, quillons curved toward the blade (one cracked and slightly bent), decorated with floral motifs and animal's masks at the ends, on both sides as well. Parry-ring chiselled with leaves and spirals holding a female face in relief in the center. Quatrelobed pommel, in two halves joined in the center, surmounted with a two-faced lady's bust composing a button; front and back lobes chiselled with a lion's head, the two lateral are bulbiform and enriched with garlands in relief as well. Grip with a naked female figure, in relief, holding a vase with flowers, surrounded by bands and architectonic elements and flowers. Wooden scabbard, covered with velvet (completely worn) with fantastic, gilded bronze mounts. Cap with a scene in which a group of characters is worshiping an idol (a sort of ape demonic figure) placed on a column: in the center and on the right three ladies in classical period dress, one of which kneeling, on the left two male characters, one with a helmet, the other with a long beard and conical hat, under all the characters a crouching lion, the bottom of the cap with a big mask. Upper part of the cap with rounded ring, with a mask in the center surrounded by flowers and fruits. An additional mouthpiece with double slot in the upper part of the scabbard, a knife and an awl inside of it, provided with wooden grip with gilded brass cap, decorated with masks in relief. Long chape decorated with a beautiful effigy of Hermes, messenger of the Gods, surmounted with a garland; below a mask, flowers and effigy that resumes the idol on the cap. Lower end with carving similar to the pommel but of reduced dimensions and with male faces. Back part of the cap engraved with lozenges, with a big cross and provided with a loop, festooned border and engraved with leaves. Back of chape carved with floral motifs. This fantastic dagger shows many details found on works by Hans Holbein the Elder (Augsburg, 1460 - Issenheim, 1524). See a series of Swiss daggers in the Wallace Collection, illustrated in 'European Arms and Armor - Volume II Arms' on plate 137 which contain various resembles with ours, such as the pommel of the A 768 dagger, the chapes of A 769 and A 770 and the drawing of the cap of A 768 (found in our dagger on the back part). The stamp on the blade is very similar to the stamps of the A 768, and vaguely recalls also those of the A 769 and A 770. See also the very similar knife and awl in the dagger kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which also shows similarities with ours on the chape and decoration engraved on the cap. Also the subject of the decorative elements of this dagger is of extreme interest, as the suggested theme is not only pagan, but esoteric: The main image, in fact, that is the scene on the cap, is an explicit esoteric reference, in which the idol worshiped on the column is probably Lucifer himself, portrayed inside a building, in a niche under a canopy (Lucifer, bearer of Light, does not need the light of the sun, since he himself is the light), depicted with monstrous features in the act of spreading his arms holding a scepter and (probably) a cornucopia. On his right he is in fact worshiped by ladies, on the left by a bearded man in the act of swearing, and by a man wearing a helmet pointing (or throwing) a torch (or a scale) to the ground. Pommel with button as two-faced female figure can recall the myth of Janus, who sees the future and the past. The naked figures on the grip can also be interpreted as sacrificial victims tied by straps to an altar. The back of the cap bears the effigy of a large crucifix, but this has engraved arms so that each element has both a light and a dark side, and the foliage at the base of the cap can also be interpreted as flames. The depiction of Hermes, messenger of the gods but also god of writing and Magic. Quillon block bears Pan's heads, obviously also assimilated to the iconography of the Devil. An extraordinary dagger that deserves an adequate study of its unique characteristics. Museum restorations. length 38,2 cm.
dating: Second half of the 18th Century provenance: France, Iron barrel, provided with rib at the back, with foresight and signed 'CHASTEAU A PARIS', then a big, non-legible, trophy finely worked in relief, surrounded by lances and standards, hold by two characters and surmounted by a mask enriched with garlands; the three sides of the breech with remains of racemes engravings and a mythological character with flames crown. 15.5 mm cal. at the nozzle. Tang with another, non-clearly-legible character. Lock with slightly-round plate. Tang with racemes in relief. The central area engraved with a character wearing a laurel wreath and driving a carriage drawn by dogs. The cartouche with the signature 'CHASTEAV A PARIS' on the lower side. Hammer and batterie with fine, floral decorations and masks in relief. Working mechanisms. Wooden full stock with small restorations at the front. Fine, marked, silver mounts. Butt-plate shaped as a bird's beak, with marks and decorated with a vase. Counter-plate with grotesques. Horn-tipped, wooden ramrod. Probably François-Alexander Chasteau, from Paris, documented up to 1784 as 'Armurier du Roi'. length 42 cm.
dating: late 18th Century provenance: France, Octagonal, smoothbore, 17,2 mm cal. barrel, with remains of gilded engravings on the surface: at the base three marks shaped as a cross-palm surrounded by floral designs and with a large vase at the centre; the upper face with remains of the gilded marking 'CN TORDU'. On the left side crowned 'M' mark. At the nozzle, brass foresight. Tang with fixed sight. Lock with flat lock-plate and sealing pan. Working mechanics. Full wooden stock. Checkered grip. Back with carving shaped as a vase and frames. Smooth, iron mounts. Horn-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor. length 30 cm.
A Japanese Fukagawa blue and white porcelain vase, 20th century, of ovoid form, painted and gilt with a lily spray, underglaze blue factory mark to base, height 19.4cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A large Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mid-19th century, the shouldered tapering body painted with opposing scenes of warriors in battle and warriors at rest, below a similarly decorated neck flanked by a pair of Buddhistic lion and cub handles, height 78cm (reduced neck and other minor restoration and faults), together with a later fitted removable giltwood and gilt metal rim and cover.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A small collection of Chinese porcelain, mid to late 19th century and later, comprising a baluster vase, painted with figures in landscape, height 25.5cm, three Canton famille rose enamelled celadon ground side plates, diameter 19cm, a similarly decorated oval dish, length 26.2cm, a blue and white vase, height 15.5cm, and three small bowls (minor faults).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white Vung Tau Cargo export porcelain cylindrical vase and domed cover, Kangxi period, the body painted with opposing landscapes and floral panels, on a circular foot, height 14.5cm, bearing 'Vung Tau Cargo' paper label to underside.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose enamelled and iron red ground porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but probably late Qing dynasty, the baluster body and flared neck painted with panels of figures in landscapes, reserved against an iron red ground filled with gilt lotus and scrolling tendrils, iron red painted pseudo seal mark to base, height 24.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, Kangxi style but later Qing dynasty, of elongated ovoid form, painted with opposing figural panels, reserved against a lotus and scrolling tendril ground, height 19cm (small chip to footrim).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A group of three Persian enamelled copper pieces, 20th century, comprising bowl, vase and dish, each painted with a landscape within floral blue grounds, diameter of bowl 17.5cm, height of vase 19.6cm, diameter of dish 23.3cm (some rim chips).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose enamelled green ground porcelain vase, mark of Qianlong but modern, of flattened form, decorated with lotus and scrolling tendrils on a green ground, iron red pseudo seal mark to base, height 19.2cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain rouleau vase, probably early 20th century, the body painted with a continuous scene of warriors in a rocky landscape, unmarked, height 46cm (minor glaze fritting to rim).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A small group of South-east Asian metalwork, late 19th century and later, including a Japanese brown patinated bronze koro, height 18cm (missing cover), a Tibetan style Buddha, modelled seated on a Buddhistic lion, height 28cm, and an archaistic vase.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vase, mid-19th century, the ovoid body and flared neck painted with figural panels within gilt keyfret framing, reserved against a group of butterflies, flowers and precious objects, height 32.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille verte enamelled porcelain vase and cover, late Qing dynasty, the baluster body painted with birds perched on rocks between bamboo and peony on a green ground, height 28cm (drilled hole to base and cover, converted to a table lamp), together with brass table lamp fitting stand.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Japanese brown patinated bronze vase, Meiji period, the globular body cast with landscape panels beneath a flared neck with dragon handles, on a circular base, unmarked, height 51cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, early 20th century, the elongated ovoid body and flared neck painted with a continuous landscape between iron oxide borders, height 35.2cm, together with another blue and white porcelain vase, painted with a figural scene, height 24cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille verte porcelain bottle vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, of hexagonal form, the body painted with alternating panels of dragons and phoenixes beneath fish vignettes to shoulders and foliate panels to narrow neck, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 29.9cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese cloisonné vase and domed cover, late 19th/early 20th century, of baluster form, decorated with polychrome flowers on a keyfret filled turquoise ground, height 36.3cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, mark of Kangxi but later, of mallet form, painted with opposing dragons, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 20.8cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese Dowager Empress Cixi style porcelain vase, 20th century, of square section double gourd shaped form, painted in iron red, black and gilt with dragons amidst white peonies, on a turquoise ground, unmarked, height 36cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Japanese Imari porcelain vase, early 18th century, of shouldered ovoid form, moulded in low relief and painted with opposing panels of flowers and boy within scroll borders, height 16.5cm (star crack to base), together with a Japanese blue and white porcelain vase, height 18.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese underglaze blue and red porcelain vase, mark of Kangxi but probably late Qing dynasty, of slender baluster form, painted with a figure on horseback and two standing attendants with rocks and shrubs beyond, below six lines of blue text and three larger characters to the shoulder, underglaze blue six-character mark to base, height 15.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase and cover, late 19th century, of baluster form, painted with flowerheads and scrolling leafy tendrils, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 22.8cm, together with a Chinese blue and white ovoid jar, painted with dragon and phoenix, height 14.9cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Japanese Ando cloisonné vase, 20th century, the shouldered tapering body decorated with roses on a pale yellow ground, inlaid factory mark to base, height 24.5cm (dent and chip to rim).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose porcelain rouleau vase, late 19th century, the body painted with a bird perched amidst flowers and rocks, unmarked, height 30.3cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A small group of Chinese porcelain, 18th century and later, comprising a yellow glazed circular dish, mark of Yongzheng but later, incised with dragons, underglaze blue six-character mark within double ring to base, diameter 23.2cm, a famille rose baluster vase, height 19cm, and a famille rose export porcelain punch bowl, diameter 23.5cm, together with a pair of Continental famille rose export style vases and a cover (all with faults).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mark of Daoguang but probably Republic period or later, the shouldered tapering body painted with sages and attendants, seated and standing about a table, opposing lines of black text and three red seals, iron red painted seal mark to base, height 26.2cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille verte porcelain vase, probably 20th century, the tapering body decorated with a lotus pond on a pale green ground, unmarked, height 19.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese turquoise glazed pottery vase, late Qing dynasty, moulded in relief with leaping carp and waves, unmarked, height 26cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, Kangxi period, of swollen cylindrical form, painted with panels of flowers and blossoming branches, height 12.5cm (minor glaze fritting to footrim).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A group of Chinese porcelain, 19th century and later, including a Canton famille rose plate, painted and gilt with a figural scene with a rim of flowers and birds, diameter 21.2cm, and a pair of Canton famille rose enamelled porcelain dessert dishes, painted with birds, butterflies and flowers, length 28.2cm, together with a Japanese porcelain bottle vase, height 25cm (minor faults).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese brown glazed stoneware vase, early 20th century, of hu form with moulded lion mask and ring handles, incised seal mark to base, height 38cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese provincial underglaze blue and red porcelain circular dish, Qing dynasty, painted with four magpies about blossoming prunus and rocks, diameter 28cm (cracked), together with a Chinese blue and white globular pot, height 8.8cm (chipped), a blue and white porcelain and metal box and a Chinese cloisonné vase, decorated with birds and flowers against a green ground, height 26cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese blue and white porcelain cylindrical vase, mark of Kangxi but late 19th century, painted with a dignitary and two attendants in a fenced garden, underglaze blue four-character mark to base, height 36cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose porcelain 'Phoenix Tail' vase, Yongzheng/Qianlong period, the flared neck and baluster body painted with precious objects and vessels within foliate borders, unmarked, height 42cm (minor rim restoration).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose porcelain vase, mid-19th century, of hexagonal baluster form, painted with continuous scenes of figures in and out of doors, the waisted neck with moulded Buddhistic lion and cub handles, unmarked, height 47.5cm (rim repaired and small section missing).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese Jun glazed bottle vase, Song dynasty style but later, the globular body beneath a narrow neck with onion mouth, all covered in a pale blue streaky glaze, height 20.2cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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