A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'DOUBLE-LOZENGE' VASEQianlong Decorated in mirror image on the two main faces of the body with key-fret and C-scrolls panels on alternating dark-blue and lime-green grounds, the sides with lotus blooms and demi-florette panels on a turquoise ground, dividing a tapering square neck and spreading square foot. 19.5cm (7.5/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雲雷紋方勝式小瓶Provenance: Christie's London, 15 July 1981, lot 55A European private collectionChristie's London, 9 November 2010, lot 221Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.68.來源：倫敦佳士得，1981年7月15日，拍品編號55歐洲私人舊藏倫敦佳士得，2010年11月9日，拍品編號221展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號68Included as part of the Eight Treasures (八寶), the double-lozenge form may have derived from hanging accessories in the ancient past as part of the traditional attire. In Chinese the double lozenge is termed fangsheng (方勝), which uses the character sheng (勝), or 'victory'. It is thus a rebus for 'double blessings' or 'success'. Compare with a similar cloisonné enamel vase, mid Qing dynasty, of double-lozenge shape composed of key-fret borders, and part of a set, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 4, Beijing, 2011, p.164, pl.115.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE, GU18th century The central bulbous section finely enamelled with stylised lotus sprays set between interlocking designs of ruyi and bats and hanging plantain leaves enclosing scrollwork, all reserved on a brightly-enamelled turquoise ground, 21cm (8 2/8in) high; together with a cloisonné enamel lobed bowl and domed cover, 19th century, 14.6cm (5 3/4in) wide.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋觚 及 十九世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋雙耳蓋罐 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2010, no.64 (the bowl and cover).展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，編號64（蓋罐）For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BOTTLE VASEQianlong five-character mark and of the periodColourfully enamelled around the oviform body with two bands of stylised taotie masks, above and below a narrow band of 'C' scrolls, rising to a tall narrow neck with further 'C' scrolls and flower heads.12cm (4 3/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋小瓶 「乾隆年製」、「能」楷書刻款Driven by the Qianlong emperor's call for inspiration to be sought from antiquity, decorative designs on various types of art and craft production increasingly imitated ancient bronze forms and patterns. This is demonstrated by the present vase with its brightly-enamelled archaic taotie masks. For related examples of archaic designs on Qianlong period cloisonné vessels, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, pls.94 and 115.An additional character is occasionally found incised underneath the Qianlong four-character mark, as with the present lot, 'neng' (ability). The additional characters can be a single number between one and five; an auspicious invocation; or an apparent instruction to distinguish the use and category. However, some scholars have suggested that it could have been a way to number the large number of objects in a correct order; see H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pp.74-79.For a related cloisonné enamel vase, Qianlong mark and period, see B.Quette, Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, p.291.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE BALUSTER VASEYongzheng/QianlongFinely enamelled below the well-rounded shoulder with an undulating band of concentric shades of blue on a pale green ground heightened with red, pink and yellow details, the shoulder with a key-fret band, the tapering neck and lower part with mirror bands of acanthus leaves dividing prunus blossom.18.5cm (7 1/4in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清雍正/乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯波曲紋瓶The archaistic motifs on the present reflects the archaistic scholarly trends of the 17th/18th centuries. The academic trend known as the 'search for evidence' (kaozheng 考證) movement began in the early 17th century. Although this movement originated in a renewed scholarly interest in ancient texts and inscriptions on archaic bronzes, as literati sought a more empirical approach to understanding their ancient heritage, it led to a greater fascination for decorative designs adopted from ancient bronzes too. Responding to this wave of archaism which would later be adopted by the Imperial court and Manchu emperors who wished to display their patronage of Han Chinese culture, artisans reproduced the motifs and patterns of ancient bronzes on their cloisonné enamel wares. the Xiqing gujian (Catalogue of the Xiqing Antiquities), provided abundant prototypes to the recreations of archaistic pieces such as the present lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SMALL PALE GREEN JADE VASE, MEIPING18th centuryOf slender tapering form resting on a stepped footring with slightly sunken base, superbly carved with high shoulders and a short cylindrical flaring neck, carved in low relief with a continuous scene of plum blossoms and a gnarled rock, the stone of pale green tone. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 青白玉雕梅瓶Provenance: Sotheby's London, 10 November 2010, lot 274Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.88.來源：倫敦蘇富比，2010年11月10日，拍品編號274展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號88The present lot was probably an Imperial plaything, kept in one of the treasure cabinets, such as those illustrated in A Garland of Treasures: Masterpieces of Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection, Taipei, 2014, pp.171-175.See a related greyish-green jade meiping-shaped snuff bottle, attributed to the Palace workshops, Qianlong, which was sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1562.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A VERY FINE WHITE JADE VASEQianlong The flattened baluster vessel rising from a stepped foot to a tapering neck flanked by a pair of archaistic chilong handles below the splayed rim, the semi-translucent stone of even white colour with an icy vein.15cm (6in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 白玉雙螭耳瓶Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 755 (part lot)Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 3043來源：香港佳士得，1992年9月29日，拍品編號755（部分）香港蘇富比，2014年4月8日，拍品編號3043This superb vase derives its shape from an ancient bronze hu vessel, with the stylised dragon handles seemingly inspired by those found on Eastern Zhou bronze vessels. The Qianlong emperor proposed to 'restore ancient ways', referring to the view of ancient culture as having intrinsic moral qualities of sincerity, simplicity and happy exuberance. For this purpose the emperor instructed the Court to collect drawings of antiquities, such as the Xi Qing Gu Jian (Catalogue of Xiqing Antiquities). Jade carvers were thus encouraged to move away from the 'new style' by studying archaic bronze vessels in the Qing Court Collection or in illustrated woodblock prints, and adapting them to the medium of jade; see Chang Li-tuan, The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pp.49-50.Compare with a white jade vase, Qing dynasty of similar shape, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, vo.10, Beijing, 2011, p.149.A related white jade vase displaying similar chilong handles, Qianlong, was sold at Sotheby's London, 18 November 1998, lot 923.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE 'DRAGON AND YOUNG' VASE AND COVERQianlong The flattened baluster vessel with billowing clouds, the waisted neck climbed by a large scaly dragon and a chilong clambering above craggy rocks around the base, the cover surmounted by a rope-twist finial, the semi-translucent stone of pale green tone with frost-white inclusions, wood stand.17cm (6 3/4in) high. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 青白玉雕蒼龍教子蓋瓶The motif of an adult and young dragon seems to have been favoured by the Qianlong emperor and has been interpreted as conveying the message of the father teaching his son the ways of life, and within the Imperial family, that of the emperor giving lessons to the prince.Compare with a white jade vase and cover, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, carved with adult and young dragons pursuing the flaming pearl, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware II, Beijing, 2008, pl.21. See also another related jade 'dragon' vase and cover, Qianlong, illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Jade from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.191, no.147.See also a related pale green jade 'dragons' vase and cover, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 157.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF PAINTED PEWTER FIGURES OF EUROPEAN TRIBUTE BEARERS18th centuryModelled in mirror image, each figure in typical Georgian dress, kneeling and supporting a faceted baluster vase to one side, set on a circular base with reticulated decorative borders.10.5cm (4 1/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 錫製彩繪歐洲男侍跪像一對See a related set of six standing painted pewter figures of westerners, circa 1780, illustrated by C.L.Crossman, The Decorative Arts of The China Trade, New York, 1991, colour pl.125. See another pair of pewter men as candleholders, c.1800, illustrated by D.S.Howard, A Tale of Three Cities Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong: Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, London, 1997, no.259.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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
AN UNUSUAL PAINTED ENAMEL PLAQUE OF A 'GU' VASE18th centuryThe rectangular plaque depicting a vase of archaistic gu form, finely painted on the tall spreading base with pairs of confronted chilong enclosing Shou character roundels, the bulbous central section and the flaring trumpet mouth with dense, leafy tendrils bearing blossoming lotus flowers, each section separated by horizontal bands decorated with ruyi designs and stylised florets, all reserved on a soft yellow ground, wood frame.20.5cm (8 1/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯花觚圖掛屏Provenance: acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., London, prior to 1968.Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.48.來源：1968年前，購自倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號48For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' VASES AND STANDS, GUYongzhengEach of square waisted section, with simulated 'spotted bamboo' edges framing leaf-shaped panels reserved on a ground of prunus and bamboo amidst cloud scrolls, the panels depicting scenes from The Romance of the Western Chamber, the porcelain stands with shaped aprons and ruyi-cloud feet superbly painted with swirls of chestnut and umber browns in imitation of wood.Each 45.5cm (17 3/4in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清雍正 粉彩開光「西廂記」方觚一對Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.52展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號52Each vase has four panels decorated with scenes from the popular 13th century drama Xixiang Ji (西廂記), or 'The Romance of the Western Chamber'. The play narrates a secret love affair between the young scholar Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying, daughter of a chief minister. Although scholar Zhang and Cui Yingying fell in love with each other at a Buddhist monastery, Cui Yingying's mother disapproved of the match because of Zhang's low station. Yingying's maid, Hongniang, however, took pity on them and arranged to bring them together in a secret union. When Yingying's mother discovered what had happened, she reluctantly agreed to a formal marriage on the condition that Zhang must pass the civil service examination. To the joy of the young lovers, Zhang Sheng passes, is appointed to high office, and the two are finally married. A pair of large famille rose vases, early 18th century, bearing similar scenes from the 'Romance of the Western Chamber' and with spotted bamboo edges, is illustrated by O.V.Krog, et al., Treasures from Imperial China: The Forbidden City and the Royal Danish Court, Copenhagen, 2006, pp.605-606, no.185, where it is noted that a similar pair of vases that was in the Danish Kunstkammer, but is now in the National Museum in Copenhagen, was brought from Guangzhou on the 'Kronprins Christian' in 1732. See also the detailed photographs of the vases, pp.196-199. For another comparable pair of vases with very similar scenes and bamboo edges, dated circa 1730, see A.Varela Santos, Yongzheng Chinese Export Porcelain: A Private Collection, London, 2005, pp.72-73, pl.24.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE 'PHOENIX' SQUARE VASE, FANG GUYongzheng/QianlongThe central part enamelled on each face with an archaistic taotie mask separated by flanges down the centre and at the edges, the upper flaring section similarly enamelled with pairs of archaistic phoenix with pink heads and stylised green scrolling tails also separated by flanges, the spreading base with pendent plantain leaves.33cm (13in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清雍正/乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古饕餮紋出戟方觚Provenance: Sotheby's Paris, 23 June 2016, lot 84來源：巴黎蘇富比，2016年6月23日，拍品編號84This cloisonné fang gu is exceptional for its refined and rare predominant design of double phoenix on each side, above triple bands of taotie masks and plantain leaves. For another example with a primary phoenix motif; see a cloisonné enamel incense burner, ding, Qianlong mark and period, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 2, Beijing, 2011, pl.201. Compare also a related but less refined and smaller cloisonné enamel fang gu, with phoenix on the neck and foot and taotie masks around the centre, 17th/18th century, illustrated by Sir H.Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London, 1962, pl.52.The form and design of the present lot are in line with the Qianlong emperor's wishes for craftsmen to take inspiration from antiquity, in order to 'restore the ancient ways', reinstating the intrinsic qualities of simplicity, sincerity and happy exuberance of the ancient cultures. For this purpose the emperor instructed the Court to collect drawings of antiquities, such as the 'Catalogue of Xiqing Antiquities' (Xi Qing Gu Jian 西清古鑑), which served as sources of designs for the production of vessels. Compare three related archaistic cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze vases, fang gu, Qianlong mark and of the period, illustrated in ibid., pls.143, 146-147.A related cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze vase, gu, Qianlong mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's Paris, 7 June 2011, lot 208.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VASEQianlong The vessel of flattened pear-shaped form, rising from a spreading foot to a tapering neck and lipped rim, each side well carved with a central band depicting a taotie mask, between two further bands decorated with floral arabesques and ruyi leaves, the neck flanked by a pair of Mughal-style handles shaped as curling acanthus leaves, the stone of pale spinach-green tone with paler green inclusions and dark green mottling.14.5cm (5 1/2in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 碧玉仿古饕餮紋飾雙耳瓶Provenance: Tiroche Israel, 19 March 2015, lot 61來源：以色列Tiroche拍賣行，2015年3月19日，拍品編號61For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'HUNDRED ANTIQUES' RECTANGULAR PANELJiaqing/DaoguangFinely decorated with the very auspicious design of 'Hundred Antiques' symbolising long life, happiness and prosperity, depicting a central pale-turquoise-ground vase of blossoming peony and camellia, a red-ground oblong bowl containing assorted fruits, an amusing toad-shaped waterpot, and a yellow-ground fishbowl containing four brightly-coloured fish, all surrounded by scattered berries and hovering butterflies, giltwood frame.39.4cm (15 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清嘉慶/道光 銅胎掐絲琺瑯博古圖掛屏See similar cloisonné enamel panels with the 'Hundred Antiques' motif, late 18th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, Zurich, 1989, nos.307 and 308; see another example illustrated by J.Getz, Catalogue of the Avery collection of Ancient Chinese Cloisonné, New York, 1912, no.9.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE SMALL GILT-BRONZE VASE, HUMing Dynasty or earlierHeavily cast, of elegant pear-shaped form supported on a gently spreading foot, the smooth body divided by five horizontal concentric raised ribs, the shoulders set with a pair of taotie-mask handles, with some malachite encrustation. 11cm (4 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 銅鎏金凸弦紋獸耳小壺Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 10 September 2014, lot 646來源：佳士得南肯辛頓，2014年9月10日，拍品編號646See a related gilt-bronze container, Western Han dynasty, illustrated and discussed by Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2009, p.116, no.51.Compare also with a related gilt-bronze vessel and cover, Western Han dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 4.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CARNELIAN AGATE 'DOUBLE CARP' VASEQianlong Meticulously carved in the form of two 'fish dragons' (ao), rising from rocks and crashing waves, their toothed mouths forming the mouths of the vase and joined by a branch of lingzhi, their ruyi-shaped large fins crossing with each other's, their bodies naturalistically carved to render an even scaly texture, the stone of semi-translucent orange-red tone with areas of white and opaque inclusions to enhance the overall design, wood stand. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 南紅瑪瑙雙魚花插The present piece is of unusually large size and the movement of the fish is carved with great vigour. Compare with a related example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan lidai yishuguan chenpiepin tumu, Beijing, 1991, pl.1314. See also E.Gorer and J.F.Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, vol.II, London, 1911, pl.249 (left), for an example in the Salting Collection now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE THREE-COLOUR-OVERLAY GLASS 'DOUBLE-GOURD' VASEQianlongThe vessel of compressed double-gourd form with a recessed foot, the milky-white body carved through blue, red and green overlay with a continuous design of bats and double gourds growing on curling vines with gnarled stems and trailing tendrils, fitted box.18.5cm (7 2/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 涅白地套彩料福祿紋葫蘆瓶Provenance: Geronimo Berenguer de los Reyes Jr (1936-2020), Manila, PhilippinesChristie's London, 12 May 2015, lot 325Geronimo Berenguer de los Reyes Jr was a Filipino entrepreneur, philanthropist, and art collector.來源：菲律賓馬尼拉Geronimo Berenguer de los Reyes Jr（1936-2020）舊藏倫敦佳士得，2015年5月12日，拍品編號325For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE, GUMid Qing DynastyModelled in the shape of an archaic bronze vessel, enamelled to the exterior on the mid-section with taotie masks divided by gilt flanges, between upright petals enclosing stylised motifs surmounted by lotus scrolls on the trumpet neck and similar decoration on the spreading foot, the interior decorated with lotus scrolls within ruyi-head border.34cm (13 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯仿古紋出戟花觚Provenance: a French private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.62.來源：法國私人舊藏展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號62For a related example of a cloisonné enamel gu vase, Qing dynasty, see H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, nos.223-224; and also another example, 18th century, in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, illustrated by H.Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, London, 1979, pl.66.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SILVER-INLAID ZITAN 'CALLIGRAPHIC' JOSS-STICK HOLDER AND A HUANGHUALI BALUSTER VASE17th/18th centuryThe zitan joss-stick holder of lobed square section with canted edges below the waisted neck, one side inlaid with a silver eight-character inscription above a seal, the wide flat mouth with beaded edges around the rim and circular central aperture, the dark, rich wood with scattered silver speckles; the huanghuali smaller vase smoothly carved of baluster form.The zitan holder 11.1cm (4 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 紫檀嵌銀香插 及黃花梨小瓶 各一Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2005, no.109 (zitan holder)Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2006, no.130 (huanghuali vase)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2005年，編號109（紫檀香插）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2006年，編號130（黃花梨小瓶）The silver-inlaid couplet reads: '良辰美景賞心樂事', which may be translated as 'in propitious times, with beautiful scenery, the heart takes joy'. This is from a preface by Xie Lingyun 謝靈運 (385-433 AD) on government.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
A RARE PAINTED ENAMEL OVAL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' TRAYQianlongFinely painted in the well with a European lady and gentleman seated on the floor beside a table with vase and fruits, a gallery receding into the distance, surrounded by a diaper-pattern band with four panels enclosing dense foliate scrolls, the reverse decorated with a medallion of foliate lotus sprays, the heavy body raised on four bracket feet. 28.3cm (11 1/8in) wide.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯歐洲題材橢圓形盤Provenance: a Belgian private collectionChristie's London, 11 November 2015, lot 850來源：比利時私人舊藏倫敦佳士得，2015年11月11日，拍品編號850The present lot in its exquisite European subject decoration bears witness to the East-West cultural exchange and Qing China's fascination with Western exoticism. This fascination with the west (mirrored in the west by the fashion for Chinoiserie) was most evident in the architecture of the Xiyang Lou within the Yuanmingyuan, but also manifested itself in works of art in various mediums including, porcelain, painted-enamel, cloisonné-enamel, lacquer wares and clocks.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAINTED ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' BALUSTER VASE AND COVER18th centuryThe elegantly elongated vase, decorated with shaped panels of exotic European ladies and gentlemen in garden scenes, birds and flowers, tigers, and mountainous landscapes, all against meandering floral scrolls, the cylindrical neck with plum blossoms against a cracked-ice ground, the domed cover with floral scrolls and surmounted by a lotus-bud finial.29.5cm (11.5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯歐洲主題蓋瓶See a pair of painted enamel garniture vases, Yongzheng, with similar decoration, illustrated by J.A.Lloyd Hyde, Chinese Painted Enamels from Private and Museum Collections, New York, 1969, no.1.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE ARCHAISTIC GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID VASEQing DynastyThe body flanked with stylised dragon-head loop handles, crisply cast in relief to each side with a large taotie mask above a band of four smaller taotie masks and stylised dragons to the spreading foot, all on leiwen grounds, the shoulder with three ribbed bands rising to an everted rim. 29cm (11 3/8in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清 銅錯金銀饕餮紋雙耳瓶See a related example, 17th century, illustrated by M.Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes A.D. 1100–1900, London, 1989, no.84; and also D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods: Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China and Japan, Genoa, 2017, p.234, no.9.5.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE RIBBED BOX AND COVER AND A BRONZE BOTTLE VASETang DynastyThe cylindrical vessel rising from a flat base to straight sides slightly flaring outwards towards the top, neatly divided into six horizontal bands by raised ribs, the slightly-domed cover capped by a bud-shaped finial, the metal body partially covered with pale green encrustation, 9cm (3 1/2in) high; and the bronze bottle vase with large oval body surmounted by a long narrow waisted neck flaring at the mouth, 26cm (10 1/4in) high.(3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅奩盒 及 銅長頸瓶 一組兩件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.14 (the ribbed box and cover)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號14（銅奩盒）The shape of this box appears to have been inspired by a specific vessel, lian, which had existed during the bronze age and used as incense burner. A related bronze cylindrical box and cover, Tang dynasty, is illustrated in the Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Special Exhibition of Tin–Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, p.47, nos.91 and 92. For a related bottle vase, Tang dynasty, see also Bronze Articles for Daily Use: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2006, no.156.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE PAIL, A VASE AND A BASINTang DynastyThe pail with a compressed globular body slightly tapering toward the rim, with large loop handle, 17cm (6 5/8in) high; the vase, zhadou, with wide flaring mouth, waisted neck compressed globular body and short foot, the surface entirely plain, 11.5cm (4 1/in) high; the basin with wide everted rim, deep cylindrical sides and short spreading foot, 20cm (7 7/8in) diam. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 銅提梁罐、銅唾壺、及銅盆 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2001, no.9 (the pail).展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2001年，編號9（銅提梁罐）The form of the pail is found in Tang ceramics. A smaller silver pail, illustrated in Wenwu, no.11, 1995, was excavated at Yaling, Yichuan County, Henan Province, from a Tang tomb dated 824. For similar bronze examples, see Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Special Exhibition: Tin-Bronze of China, Izumi, 1999, pp.44-45, nos.84-87.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CREAM-GLAZED TWO-HANDLED AMPHORA VASETang Dynasty The well-rounded ovoid body rising from a flat foot, surmounted by a tall waisted neck and everted lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved strap handles terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped rim, the shoulder applied with embossed rosettes above finely-incised horizontal bands, a parrot-decorated pottery plaque fixed to the neck and a small rosette to the mouth, the buff earthenware covered with a creamy-white slip beneath a greenish-white glaze stopping irregularly around the body.48.2cm (19in) high.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價唐 白釉雙龍耳瓶Provenance: Hans PetersEskenazi Ltd., London, 2003Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: R.Keverne, Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.27.來源：Hans Peters舊藏倫敦古董商埃斯卡納齊，2003年展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號27See a closely-related vessel, Tang dynasty, illustrated in Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, pp.172-173, no.159. See another example, in The Charles B.Hoyt Collection, Boston, 1964, p.33, no.129; another example illustrated by M.Feddersen, Chinese Decorative Art: A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs, Michigan, 1961, p.54, fig.25, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; see another example illustrated by Y.Mino, Pre-Sung Dynasty Chinese Stonewares in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1974, p.32, no.19; Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua Da Quan (Ceramics volume), no.239, p.245, now in the collection of the Shaanxi History Museum; and an example in R.L.Hobson, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, vol.1, London, 1936, no.325, pl.XLVIII.See a related large straw-glazed amphora, Tang dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2018, lot 1272.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, A SOFT-PASTE VASE AND AN AUBERGINE-GLAZED WATER POTKangxi to 19th centuryThe figure of Guanyin seated with one hand resting on her raised left knee, the other raised, the flowing robes cascading in voluminous folds about her, hardwood stand; a white glazed soft paste baluster vase carved with a landscape scene; and an aubergine glazed lotus leaf form waterpot, the interior applied with a crab. The vase 19cm (7.1/2in) high. (4).Footnotes:Please note this lot will be offered at no reserve.The Property of a European Noble FamilyProvenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Margaretha d'Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894–1986).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comWater Pot: There are several signs of restoration on the rim and on the top of the branch. On the rim, where the restoration occurred sometimes there are some glaze nibbles. One of the areas of restoration has a rim hairline. Tiny nibble to the rim exterior. Inside the pot there are some bubbles in the glaze and a minor firing crack. Vase: 0.5cm. surface chip to the rim exterior. Minor rim hairline. 0.3cm. surface chip to the footrim. Slight glaze discolouration at the neck. Guanyin: chip to the tip of the second finger of the left hand. Chip to the edge of the robes to the front. Some minor rim frits and nibbles. Several areas of firing cracks including to the back of the head and the body. The wooden stand is damaged on the left edge inside.
A GROUP OF MONOCHROME WARESLate Qing DynastyComprising: a copper red glazed baluster vase; a flambé glazed recumbent Buddhist lion, wood stand; a small flambé glazed bowl; a larger flambé glazed bowl; a blue glazed bowl decorated with flowering plants; a miniature bottle vase; and two coral glazed models of fruits, wood stands. The baluster vase 28.5cm (11.1/4in) high. (11).Footnotes:Please note this lot will be offered at no reserve.The Property of a European Noble FamilyProvenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Margaretha d'Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894–1986).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comFlambé vase: star-crack to the unglazed foot. Lion: firing imperfection and burst bubbles. Larger flambé bowl: fritted rim, craqueleure to the glaze to the interior and base. Small flambé bowl: a glaze hairline across the base which appears to be a firing flaw without going through the body, and a further short line across the foot. All with some general surface wear and scratching, and expected firing imperfections. The pumpkins with some rubbing to enamels.
A GROUP OF SIX BLANC-DE-CHINE VESSELS17th/18th to 19th centuryComprising: a large libation vessel decorated with a stag and tiger amongst pine and blossoming prunus; a pair of leaf form vessels; an open flowerhead form vessel set on two feet; and a bottle vase with dragon head and ring handles, three with hardwood stands. The vase 15.8cm (6.1/4in) high. (9).Footnotes:Please note this lot will be offered at no reserve.The Property of a European Noble FamilyProvenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Margaretha d'Austria Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894–1986).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comSome minor firing imperfections. One leaf shaped vessel with 0.2cm. rim nibble. Large libation vessel with 0.3cm. surface chip to rim exterior. Vase with couple of small chips and firing cracks to footrim. Small glaze imperfection to rim.
TWO BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASESKangxiThe first decorated with blossoming prunus branches on a cracked ice ground; the second moulded and decorated with floral roundels and jardinières of flowering plants, within petal form borders reserved with birds and further flower sprays. The tallest 35.5cm (14in) high excluding the mount. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comMoulded vase: Burst firing bubbles, glaze chips and small chips to the foot. Firing crack and related chip to the footrim. Approx. 12cm. firing crack around the luting line. Prunus jar: Approx. 18cm. hairline running around the shoulder. Areas of the shoulder with some dense glaze pits. 0.7cm. glaze chip above the foot. Further scattered glaze chips and pits. Both vases unexamined without the mounts.
A BLUE AND WHITE 'KYLIN' BOTTLE VASE AND A RELATED PAIR OF VASESKangxi and 18th/19th centuryThe first decorated with two kylin crouching on rockwork amidst tumultuous foaming waves; the two mallet form vases variously decorated with the 'Three Friends of Winter' and a river landscape scene beneath stylised medallions to the necks. The tallest 21.5cm (8.1/2in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comKylin vase: Rim polished. Firing crack and pits to the base. Few minor scattered pits to the neck. Related pair: One with 2.3cm hairline to the rim with small related glaze hairline running off to the neck interior. Small firing pit to base. The other with 1.5cm. firing crack to the rim interior.
SU LIUPENG (1791-1862)Scholars gathering in gardensInk and pigment on paper, a set of four leaves, each inscribed with a colophon, signed and with a seal of the artist. each 30cm (11 3/4in) x 52.5cm (20 5/8in) (4).Footnotes:Two paintings by the same artist were sold in our Hong Kong saleroom, Fine Chinese Paintings and Contemporary Asian Art, 23 Nov 2014, lot 1300.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comAll mounted, two attached to a cardboard back through the corner edges. General surface deterioration, foxing and large areas of water damage. General old smoothed out creases and scattered small infilled holes. The painting with three scholars with an arrow vase particularly foxed and water damaged, with the inscription almost illegible. The painting of the scholars looking at paintings with also damage to the inscription, and a large area of damage and a large infilled hole around the ceiling and pine tree.
A PALE JADE FLATTENED PEAR-SHAPED VASEQing DynastyWith paired chilong handles, carved in shallow relief with a roundel of calligraphy and respectively flowering prunus and bamboo at either side, the pale stone of a whitish hue with cloudy inclusions, wood stand. 13cm (5 1/8in) high (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comNatural inclusions and fissures to stone, including one russet fissure approx. 7cm long, and a fainter, smaller one to the other side. Nick to foot, approx. 3mm wide; a further polished off nibble to side of foot, approx. 5mm wide, and another tiny polished nibble to mouth.
A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' MALLET SHAPED VASEUnderglaze blue Yongzheng seal mark, Republic Period or laterDecorated with lotus blooms issuing from scrolling foliate stems. 12.2cm (4.7/8in) high.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.com0.2cm. chip to footrim. 0.8cm firing crack and small related hairline to footrim.
THREE VARIOUSLY JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGSLate Qing DynastyComprising: a translucent green jadeite figure of a standing lady holding a vase; a white, pale lavender and green jadeite baluster vase and cover, flanked by a dragon and phoenix; and a spinach jade carving of a boat manned by two boys, wood stand.The lady: 13.5cm (5 1/4in) high (5).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comall with expected natural inclusions and a few fissures to stone. Nibbling to edges, the lady with a chip at the end of the scarf, approx. 5mm wide.
TWO PALE GREEN JADE RUYI PLAQUES AND A SERPENTINE CARVED DISH19th centuryOne carved with two bats flanking a vase of lotus sprays, the other with a Buddhist lion; together with a serpentine dish carved as a frog on a lotus leaf. The largest ruyi plaque 10.8cm (4.1/4in) long. (3).Footnotes:Provenance: A Scottish Private Collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BEAKER VASE, GULate Qing DynastyPainted throughout with stylised meandering lotus, the base with an underglaze blue double circle.47cm (18 1/2in) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comGenerally good apart from some expected surface wear and firing imperfections consistent with type.
A GROUP OF VARIOUSLY BLUE AND WHITE AND FAMILLE ROSE WARESQing DynastyComprising: a small blue and white pear-shaped vase, probably 18th century; a small blue and white vase with Qianlong seal mark; a small blue and white lobed 'lotus' dish, Qianlong seal mark; and a pair of 'prunus and magpies' famille rose spoons with iron-red four-character seal marks. The largest vase:14.5cm (5 3/4in) high (5).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comThe pear-shaped vase with a shallow surface nick to mouth and an approx. 8mm rim hairline. The small dish with a few rim nibbles and two fine hairlines each approx. 2.5cm long. All with expected surface wear and firing imperfections.
A SILVER WIRE INLAID AND JADE INSET HARDWOOD RUYI SCEPTRE19th centuryThe pale green jade plaques variously carved with a vase of lingzhi flanked by bats, a pendant suspending auspicious characters and twin catfish, the shaft finely inlaid in silver wire with seal script shou characters. 54cm (21.1/4in) long. (3).Footnotes:Provenance: A Scottish Private Collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comLarge jade plaque: 6.5cm. hairline running across the centre. Couple of hairlines running into the plaque from the edge - 1.5cm. and 2cm. long. Couple of diagonally running lines of creamy mottling in the stone to the lower section. Patch of glue reside to the reverse. Middle plaque: Some areas of creamy mottling. Some nibbling to the edges. Lower plaque: Unexamined out of the mount. Some light creamy mottling and small flaw line running across one fish. The wood sceptre with some damages and repair. 2cm. surface chip to the edge of the terminal. Some chipping to edges.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHALCEDONY AGATE CARVINGSLate Qing DynastyComprising: a black and white agate 'lotus' miniature table screen; a pendant with two scholars playing chess; a small vase with a shrew; a russet agate leaf-shaped snuff dish; a carving of a hare; a carnelian agate carving of a toad and carp group; and a carnelian agate carving of a finger citron.The dish: 8.5cm (3 3/8in) wide (7).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comAll with natural inclusions and fissures in the stone, and expected surface wear. The leaf-shaped dish with nibbling to edges, largest about 5mm wide. The hare also with nibbling particularly to the ears, and a chip to the underside of a leg, approx.8x5mm.
A FINELY CARVED IVORY VASE19th centuryThe lower body deeply carved with a continuous scene of ladies gathering on pavilion balconies overlooking a processional scene of a gentleman riding in a sedan chair, escorted by flanks of attendants, the neck with playful Buddhist lions amongst wispy clouds. 28.5cm (11.1/4in) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ?Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.? This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comA crack on the neck, inside the mouth some chips and imperfections. Probably one of the tail of the lions in relief has been glued. Some parts got a more yellowish colour. Few cracks and nibbles on the decoration in relief. The neck and the body are carved from to different tusks joint together.
A BLUE AND WHITE AND COPPER-RED DECORATED BOTTLE VASEChenghua six-character mark, KangxiDeftly painted around the exterior in vibrant tones of blue and copper-red with flowers issuing from gnarled branches and craggy rocks, four small birds in flight, the neck painted with bamboo. 26cm (10 1/4in) high. Footnotes:Provenance: Pullan Collection, sold at Spink & Son Ltd,. London, November 1998, no.45For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com0.5cm. restored chip to rim exterior. 3cm. semi-circular hairline above the foot. Related area of hairlines to the interior of the footrim. 0.5cm. firing flaw above the foot.
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.
A BLUE AND WHITE 'LADIES' JAR AND ASSOCIATED COVERKangxiThe oviform body painted with panelled designs of ladies and attendants in a luxuriant, fenced garden outside the city gates, each panel separated by scrolling floral bands, all above pendant leaves and diaper borders at the foot, the associated cover with a boy at play. 36cm (14 1/8in) high (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comA long strip of restoration, mostly running horizontally for about half the circumference of the vase, covering a star hairline, running from one shoulder along the luting line and then upwards again, visible from interior, and a further hairline to shoulder visible to the interior on the opposite side; some expected firing imperfections including iron spots and pitting. The cover associated and also with some restoration.
FOUR ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASES, HUSong-Ming DynastyEach of pear-shaped form, with mask-and-loop handles, variously decorated with bands of archaistic stylised bird motifs and taotie masks on leiwen grounds, one vase with incised two-character seal mark to base. The largest: 24.8cm (9 3/4in) high (4).Footnotes:Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descentFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comFrom left to right in catalogue image. 1. some old bruising and areas of rough casting around one side of the central taotie band. some minor nibbling to edges and surface wear. 1.408kg. 2. some cracking and bruising around one handle with associated perforation (around 7cm long overall), and two patches of repair to the lower body, largest approx. 5.5cm long. general nibbling/denting to edges and casting imperfections. approx. weight 1.312kg. 3. Two small losses to the edge of the foot, largest approx. 7mm wide. general surface wear and areas of rough casting. approx. weight 0.836g. 4. Surface wear, areas of rough casting, and cracked bruise to base, approx. 1.5cm diam. approx. weight 0.426g.
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOTTLE VASE, TIANQIUPINGQianlong seal mark, late Qing DynastyThe tubular neck and globular body painted with a stylised, large-headed lotus meander, under a ruyi band at the rim, and separated by a thick band of scrolling foliage interspersed with Buddhist symbols at the shoulder.56cm (22in) highFootnotes:Provenance: The Estate of Mr. Roy Moodie. Mr. Roy Moodie had a successful banking career with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the 1950's, where he rose to a senior position in the company. It was this time spent in the Far East that encouraged his love and lifelong interest in Chinese artefacts.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comSlightly warped to one side, otherwise in generally good condition apart from some light surface wear and firing imperfections consistent with type.
AN ISLAMIC MARKET BRONZE VASE AND INCENSE BURNER19th and 20th centuryThe vase of bottle form set on a spreading foot, the slender flaring neck flanked by bamboo form handles issuing leafy trailing stems, four Arabic inscribed cartouches to the lower body; the incense burner set on three feet, bearing three Arabic inscribed panels, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark. The vase 19cm (7.1/2in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE LOBED BEAKER VASE, GUMing DynastyThe slender vessel rising to a broad flaring petal-lobed mouth.27.5cm (10.7/8in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comGeneral expected surface wear including some light denting to edges and surface and flaking to patina in places. The surface appears to have been re-patinated throughout. Weight approx. 1.380 kg.
A PAIR OF POWDER BLUE AND COPPER RED DECORATED BOTTLE VASESKangxiVariously decorated with a variety of mythical beasts, elephants and stags, on mottled powder blue grounds.45.5cm and 46cm (17.7/8in and 18.1/8in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comOne vase with upper section of neck restored - approx. 4cm deep. Circular areas to centre of base restored - approx. 2cm. wide. 0.4cm. glaze chip to the body. The other vase with some areas of glaze imperfections. A few small chips to the footrim. 1cm. infilled plug to centre of base.
AN ARCHAISTIC GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BEAKER VASE, GU17th/18th centuryRising from a splayed foot to a globular waist and flared neck, the central section cast in high relief with a writhing chilong, the bronze a rich dark-brown patina with irregular gold splashes. 23cm (9in) high.Footnotes:Provenance: a Spanish private collection, and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comTwo minor apertures on the body, the largest approx 2mm wide; and a small puncture beside the chilong, approx 2mm wide; very minor nicks and dents to the extremities; minor casting imperfections and general surface wear.
A GILT METAL-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASEThe porcelain KangxiThe baluster body painted in bold washes of vibrant cobalt blue with four ogival medallions of three gentlemen and a beautiful expectant lady, all set against a cell pattern ground, the mouth and foot later mounted in gilt bronze. 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high overallFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comThe vase cut down, probably from a yenyen, and glued to mounts at mouth and foot - porcelain unexamined under mounts. Some scratching and expected surface wear, and some glue residue visible to the interior of the base. Expected firing imperfections including a firing crack to the base, and some general pitting. The luting line at the neck has progressed into a hairline in places.
A HEXAGONAL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL BALUSTER VASELate Qing DynastyThe baluster body decorated with panels of birds and flowers, below stepped decorative bands at the shoulder and lotuses and Buddhist emblems at the flaring neck. 41cm (16 1/8in) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comSurface wear and pitting throughout. General scattered shallow surface hips to enamels. Some denting to edges. Base plate replaced.
A BLUE AND WHITE 'FLOWERS AND BATS' BOTTLEJoseon Dynasty, 19th centuryThe thickly-potted vessel decorated on the pear-shaped body with two bats alighting by floral sprays, the tubular neck terminating in a lipped rim. 30cm (11 3/4in) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comWarped. Extensive old overpainting around mouth, covering approx. 3x1.5cm re-stuck rim chip, and to whole of base and areas of lower body, where it appears it is covering a network of firing cracks which have progressed into hairlines, four of which run up to the lower body where they also have ben partly overpainted, the longest in a star-shape, approx. 8x12cm. The vase is also warped and there are a number of firing glaze liens which do not appear to go through. General scratching and surface wear.
A JAPANESE INLAID METAL VASE AND AN INDIAN SILVER TEAPOT AND COVER19th centuryThe first of tapering form, inlaid with a long tailed cockerel perched on a cherry blossom branch; the lobed teapot decorated in repousse with scenes of figures and a variety of animals in verdant flowering landscapes, with elephant finial and cobra-form handle. The vase 21cm (8.1/4in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF SATSUMA BALUSTER VASESMeiji PeriodDecorated with blossoming prunus trees and floral roundels on graduating blue grounds, within gilt and polychrome floral lappet borders, signed Dai Nippon Kyoto Kinkozan sei.50cm (19.3/4in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comGeneral craqueleure to the enamels. General rubbing to the gilt bands at the rim, shoulder and foot. There is some dulling wear to the darker graduated blue enamel around the base of the necks, under the gilt bands at the rims, and just above the feet. There is some scratching and flaking to enamels and gilt. There are some areas of transparent surface residue which are highlighted by UV inspection but is not visible to the naked eye. One vase with approx. 5mm wide shallow chip to the interior of the foot rim. The other with a tiny nibble to the interior of the foot rim. Expected firing imperfections including a few fine firing cracks.
A PALE CELADON CRACKLE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASELate Qing DynastyThickly potted, with tapering sides rising from a recessed foot to a rounded shoulder and tubular neck, covered overall in a milky, pale glaze with golden crackle. 34.5cm (13 5/8in) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE 'IMARI' LOBED BALUSTER VASE AND COVERMeiji Era (1868-1912)Brightly painted and enamelled in typical colours with circular and fan-shaped medallions of birds and flowers on a scrolling floral ground, the cover decorated ensuite and with knop finial.89cm (35 in) high (2).This 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.comGeneral expected surface wear including some scratching, rubbing and flaking to enamels. Firing imperfections consistent with type include firing cracks to interior, general pitting and iron spots, and at least one large glaze frit to tip of finial.
A GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE VASEGuangxu four-character mark, probably Republic PeriodDecorated with floral and foliate roundels within borders of lappets, prunus and cracked ice and ruyi designs. 38cm (15in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.comGeneral expected surface wear including some shallow scratches and general rubbing to gilt. Firing imperfections include scattered pits and iron spots. At least one tiny rim hairline, approx. 5mm long.
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
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