A FINE LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE BALUSTER VASEXuande Intaglio cast four-character mark, 17/18th centuryThe heavily cast body decorated irregularly all over the exterior and on the short flaring thick neck with rich splashes and dots of patinated gilding, the rectangular mark crisply cast on the flat base. 28cm (11 1/4in) high.Footnotes:十七/十八世紀 銅灑金瓶 「宣德年製」篆書鑄款The shape of the present lot may have been inspired by wannian guan, or 'myriad jars' that were popular during the Tang dynasty. Even the gold-splashes may be inspired by sancai-glazed splashes. Compare with a very similar gold-splashed bronze vase, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period, illustrated by R.Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze: the Robert H.Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix, 1993, no.34. The author notes that 'because so many bronzes with gold-splashed decoration bears spurious Xuande marks, this Kangxi-marked vase is important in establishing the characteristics of the Kangxi style', see Ibid., p.168. See also a gold-splashed archaistic vase decorated with dragons, illustrated by Spink and Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China, London, 1983, p.40, no.51, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 137; see also a related gilt-splashed bronze jar, Xuande mark, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2866.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE VASE, GUMing/early Qing DynastyOf archaistic gu form, rising from a splayed foot the central section enamelled with chrysanthemum, lotus, peony, and pomegranate blossoms in rich tones of red, yellow and green, divided by gilt-bronze vertical flanges in the shape of coiling sinuous chilong, the long neck curving up to a trumpet decorated with various flower heads on leafy tendrils, all reserved on a turquoise ground. 22.5cm (8 3/4in) high.Footnotes:明/清早期 掐絲琺瑯花卉紋出戟花觚Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent來源：瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今The present lot is notable for its extremely rare coiling sinuous chilong shaped flanges. See a related cloisonné enamel gu vase, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Beijing, 2011, p.247, no.124. See also a related cloisonné-enamel gu vase with flanges, early Qing dynasty, illustrated in Ibid., vol.2, p.61, no.34.Compare also with a related cloisonné-enamel and gilt-bronze flaring vase, gu, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, on 17 May 2012, lot 129.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GILT-BRONZE GLASS AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID INCENSE BURNER AND COVER AND A VASEQianlongThe incense burner of rectangular form with upright lug handles, each side of the body and cover decorated with mother of pearl carved with bats and stylised chilong, the cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion, all supported on four flat blade-shaped legs issuing from dragon heads, 16.3cm (6 3/4in) high; the vase of flattened hu-form raised on a short foot, the sides decorated with mother of pearl carved with bats, chilong and geometric patterns, the waisted neck flanked by two s-shape handles, 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high; the outlines of both vessels inlaid with red and green glass stones. (3).Footnotes:清乾隆 銅鎏金嵌料石螺鈿扁瓶及香爐帶蓋 一組兩件The present incense garniture is inspired by the forms of archaic bronzes, which were extremely popular at the Qianlong Emperor's Court. See for example, a gilt bronze and semi-precious stone-inlaid incense burning set, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2007, p.116. See also a small clock, similarly decorated, Qing dynasty, and part of a treasure box, illustrated A Garland of Treasures: Masterpieces of Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection, Taipei, 2014, p.172.A small related pastiche-glass embellished incense burner and cover, Qing dynasty, was sold at Sotheby's Paris, 16 June 2022, lot 140.Saleroom notices:Please note VAT will be charged at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium †.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF LADIES AND BOYCirca 1750-1800 Ink and colours on paper, depicting a boy carrying a blue vase issuing a cloud with five bats, behind him an elegant lady sits beside a table, her sleeves decorated with orchids, her left hand raised, behind her another elegant lady stands before a table with vases and antique vessels, collector's seal of van Gulik. 96cm (37 3/4in) long x 46.5cm (13 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:約1750-1800，版畫美人嬰戲圖Provenance: R.H.van Gulik (1910-1967), acquired in 1936, and thence by descent來源：高羅佩（1910-1967）獲得於1936年，並由後人保存迄今Robert Hans van Gulik (1910-1967), also known as Gao Luopei (高罗佩) was a famous Dutch diplomat, musician, writer and sinologist. He was a great admirer of traditional Chinese literati culture and apart from practicing Chinese calligraphy everyday (the cover of the box on the present lot was written by him), he also learnt to play the guqin, of which, the present lot was said to be his favourite instrument. The guqin was often played by van Gulik at diplomatic events, helping him to forge close ties with China's elite; and his book The Lore of the Lute was the first academic study of the instrument and its role in Chinese culture, introducing it to a Western audience for the first time. Van Gulik was one of the rare and great sinologists at the time who embodied the literati ideal and through his rigorous study and translations of classical Chinese texts allowed Chinese culture to speak for itself, acting as a bridge of understanding between East and West.Van Gulik was born in Zutphen in the Netherlands, but from the age of three he lived in Jakarta, with his father who was a medical officer in the Dutch East Indies. While there, he learned Indonesian and Chinese as well as other languages. In 1935, van Gulik earned his PhD from Utrecht University with a dissertation on Hayagriva, the Mantrayanic aspect of Horse-cult in China and Japan. His linguistic skills allowed him to have a position in the Dutch Foreign Service from 1935 where he was largely based in Japan and China. During the Second World War he was with the Dutch mission in Chongqing. While in Chongqing, he married Shui Shifang (1912-2005), the daughter of a Qing dynasty official.Van Gulik was a polymath with broad interests and expertise. Aside from his interests in the guqin and traditional Chinese culture, van Gulik was a writer of Detective fiction. His 'Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee' (first published in Tokyo in 1949, with illustrations by himself) was based on the 7th century statesman and detective Di Renjie. Based on this, his earned a reputation as an expert on Imperial Chinese jurisprudence. His other pioneering scholarly works were in sexuality and his Sexual Life in Ancient China and Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period are still major reference works in the field. Van Gulik was also an enthusiast of gibbons and kept them as pets as well as writing a study of them: The Gibbon in China.Compare with two rare Suzhou prints of ladies with children, 18th century, which were sold at Bonhams New York, 10 September 2018, lot 216. See also a rare set of three Suzhou prints, Qianlong, by Guan Ruiyu, which were sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 128.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE AND LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE RESERVE-DECORATED 'DRAGON' VASE, MEIPING18th century The vase well-potted with with a tapered body rising to a broad shoulder, finely incised with a sinuous five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst ruyi clouds and above turbulent waves crashing against rocky boulders, all reserved on an vibrant cobalt-blue ground imitating the Ming-style 'heaping and piling' effect, the base unglazed.36.7cm (14 3/8in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 青花藍地白花海水雲龍紋梅瓶Provenance: a British private collection來源：英國私人收藏Well-potted with a powerful writhing dragon pursuing the flaming pearl above cruciform clouds, the present vase is based on prototypes produced during the 15th century and exemplifies how potters during the 18th century revisited highly-regarded designs to suit contemporary taste. The unusual technique of using raised, slip-decorated designs reserved in white against a dark blue ground, was developed in the Yuan dynasty; see for example a Yuan dynasty cover and an ink palette The excavated porcelain from the official kilns in Jingdezhen of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Beijing, 1999, pp.70-71.Although no early Ming counterpart of identical design seems to be preserved, a vase with a very similar bold dragon was recovered from the Yongle stratum of the waste heaps of the Ming Imperial kilns, illustrated in Imperial Hongwu and Yongle Porcelain Excavated at Jingdezhen, Taipei, 1996, no.66, fig.3. See also another meiping decorated with an incised white dragon striding above blue waves, Yongle, illustrated in Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil, vol.3, Hong Kong, 1981, pl.A65.Compare with a very similar blue and white reserve decorated 'dragon' meiping vase, 18th century, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (acc.no.07.31). Another similar meiping vase decorated with a dragon above waves and amidst clouds, 18th century, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, published by R.L.d'Argencé, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, p.114, no.LIIC, where it is dated Ming dynasty, 16th century but later dated as Yongzheng by He Li, Chinese Ceramics A New Comprehensive Survey, San Francisco, 1996, pp.290-291, no.592; see another similar vase decorated with a dragon above waves, Yongzheng, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, vol.3, Hong Kong, 2000, pl.76.Compare with two similar blue and white meiping vases, 18th century, which were sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2018, lot 604, and Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot 2946.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO APPLE-GREEN-GLAZED LONG-NECKED VASESKangxiOne with a broad oviform body and cylindrical tall neck all under a minutely-crackled opaque even rich glaze covering the whole surface except the brown-dressed rim, 23.5cm (9 1/2in) high; and the other pear-shaped on a spreading foot with tall neck moulded with a horizonal rib, under a widely crackled pale turquoise-green glaze, 23.5cm (9 1/4in) high. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 綠釉長頸瓶 及綠釉弦紋撇口瓶 一組兩件Provenance:Edward R. Bacon (1848-1915), New York (the ribbed-neck vase)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 9 May 1947, lot 294 (the ribbed-neck vase)Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976) acquired from the above (the ribbed-neck vase)A European private collection來源：Edward R. Bacon (1848-1915)，紐約 （綠釉弦紋撇口瓶）Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1947年5月9日，拍品編號294（綠釉弦紋撇口瓶）Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976)從上處購得（綠釉弦紋撇口瓶）歐洲私人收藏The green colour employed to make the glaze decorating the present vessels derived from copper; it was used as a monochrome glaze since the Xuande period (1426-1435) and became popular during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., has a collection of apple-green crackled-glazed vessels, mostly from the Widener collection. Compare with three related bottle vases, late 17th or early 18th century, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., all with a globular body and each with a slightly different hue of apple green, illustrated by V.Bower, Decorative Arts, Part 2: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings, Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1998, pls.108-110. See also a glaze bottle vase, Kangxi, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc.no.14.40.346.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE GARNITURE OF FIVE INCISED CELADON-GLAZED VASESKangxiComprising three triple-gourd vases with trumpet neck and two yen yen vases, the exterior of each under a thin pale glaze of greyish green tone, the gourd vases carved with crisp leaves on the lower lobe with large tree peony, the central lobe with a striding chilong pad-footed dragon, the upper lobe with cloud-collar lappets beneath cicada blades on the flaring necks, the yen yen vases with a broad tree peony band beneath large cicada blades. 24cm (9 1/2in) high. (5).Footnotes:清康熙 青釉暗刻花牡丹紋鳳尾尊及葫蘆瓶 一組五件Provenance: H.M. Soames, EnglandAn American private collectionRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 14 November 2001A European private collection來源：H.M. Soames，英格蘭美國私人收藏Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2001年11月14日歐洲私人收藏Notable for their delicate pale celadon glaze and pleasing forms, the present vessels exemplify the elegant aesthetic and technical perfection of early Qing dynasty monochrome porcelains. The glaze was likely based on Longquan celadon wares of the early Ming dynasty.When the Kangxi Emperor revived the Imperial manufactories at Jingdezhen, celadon wares became one of their core products; they were characterised by a particularly clear translucent colour that was particularly effective when applied over carved decoration.Compare with a related carved celadon-glazed triple-gourd-shaped vase and a carved celadon-glazed vase, gu, Kangxi, which were sold as sold at Christie's London respectively on 14 June 2002, lot 301, and 9 November 2007, lot 10.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED LONG-NECKED BOTTLE VASESKangxiOne vase with a pear-shaped profile rising from a slightly splayed foot to an elongated neck, finely coated in a brilliant shiny rich dark glaze, the interior plain, 22cm (8 3/4in) high; the second vase with a globular body below the long neck, with traces of floral gilt decoration, 25cm (9 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 烏金釉長頸瓶 一組兩件Provenance: an American private collection (the pear-shaped vase)Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, on 10 May 2016 (the pear-shaped vase)Professor Edward Thomas Hall (1924-2001) (label) (the globular shape vase)Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, on 18 November 2005 (the globular shape vase)A European private collection來源：美國私人收藏（梨型身瓶）Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2016年5月10日（梨型身瓶）Edward Thomas Hall 教授（1924-2001)（標籤）(球型身瓶)Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2005年11月18日(球型身瓶)歐洲私人收藏Compare the pear-shaped vase with a similar mirror-black-glazed vase, illustrated by P.Y.K.Lam, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, p.235, pl.157. See also a related mirror-black-glazed vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 28. Compare the globular vase with a related black-glazed vase, Kangxi, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.14.40.23). A similar black-glazed vase in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated in Sekai tōji zenshū (Ceramic Art of the World), Vol.15, Tokyo, 1983, p.194, pl.251. Another similar black-glazed vase Kangxi, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated by H.Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, p.282, no.553.See also a similar mirror-black-glazed vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 195.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE FAMILLE VERTE LOBED VASE AND STANDKangxiThe vase of oval hexafoil section, set with two crescent handles beneath the flaring rim variously reserved on trellis-pattern and seeded grounds with four cartouches of single chrysanthemum heads, the four-legged stand with similar decoration. 23cm (9in) high. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 素三彩錦地開光菊花紋雙戟耳瓶帶座Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2 November 2006A European private collection來源： Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2006年11月2日歐洲私人收藏Compare with a related famille verte vase and stand, Kangxi, formerly in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which was sold at Christie's New York, 3 October 2006, lot 261.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO LARGE MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED GILT-DECORATED BOTTLE VASESKangxiSimilarly gilt on the broad globular bodies with a four-clawed dragon coiling around a flaming pearl, a band of cell-pattern around the rim at the top of the long necks. The larger, 46cm (18in) high. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 烏金釉描金遊龍戲珠紋長頸瓶一組兩件Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 13 July 2005 (the vase with label)Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943), New York (the other vase)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 15 October 1943, lot 352 (the other vase)(according to the collector's index card)Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976) acquired from the above (the other vase)A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2005年7月13日(有標籤的一個)Samuel T. Peters夫人(1859-1943)，紐約(另一個)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., 紐約，1943年10月15日，拍品編號352（另一個）（據收藏者索引卡）Hans (1888-1966)和 Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976)從上處獲得（另一個）歐洲私人收藏Samuel T. Peters (1854-1921) and his wife Adeline (1859-1943) were known as great collectors and amassed an impressive and large collection of Chinese works of art.Distinguished from ordinary black glazes coloured with iron, the Kangxi period mirror-black glaze also includes manganese purple and cobalt blue as colourants. See P.Y.K.Lam, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, p.233. A mirror-black glazed brushpot in the Palace Museum, Beijing, inscribed with the cyclical date of Yichou, corresponding to 1685, helps us to date mirror-black glazed wares to this period, when the Superintendent of the Imperial kilns was Zang Yingxuan (臧應選). For this reason, porcelains made during this period are sometimes called Zang wares; see Lu Chenglong, Zhongguo gudai yanse you ciqi, Beijing, 1999, p.137. See two similar mirror black and gilt-decorated bottle vases, Kangxi, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art: in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, pp.593-594, pls.1401-1402.See also a similar mirror-black-glazed bottle vase, but with the gilt rubbed off, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, on 23 September 2020, lot 800.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SMALL CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED VASEKangxi six-character mark, 19th century The very compressed body and tall straight cylindrical neck all under a pale glossy opaque even lavender-grey glaze. 12.5cm (5in) high.Footnotes:十九世紀 天藍釉荸薺瓶青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 5 August 2003A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2003年8月5日歐洲私人收藏The present vase is based on earlier prototypes produced during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. See, for example, a langyao-glazed vase, Kangxi mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2017, lot 1239.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED SLENDER PEAR-SHAPED VASE18th centuryHeavily potted with a twelve-lobed slender body rising to a plain neck set with two mythical-bird flattened handles, all under a pale limpid blue glaze firing to a deeper tone in the vertical grooves of the body. 25cm (9 3/4in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 天青釉獸耳瓜棱瓶Provenance: Willson P. Foss (1855-1930), New YorkRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 13 July 2005A European private collection來源：Willson P. Foss (1855-1930)，紐約Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2005年7月13日歐洲私人收藏Clair-de-lune or 'moonlight' glaze is a variation of Guan-type ware produced during the Qianlong period, along with fenqing and tianqing. The imperial kilns strove to produce glaze colours identical to Northern and Southern Song monochromes, including the fabled Ru ware.Compare with a related pair of clair-de-lune vases, Qianlong, part of a garniture of three vessels embellished with French gilt mounts, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 5 July 2023, lot 24.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED LOBED GARLIC-NECKED VASES18th century The pear-shaped flattened bodies each vertically grooved to create shallow lobes, the waisted necks each set with two stylised animal handles beneath crisply carved garlic-bulb rims, the very pale glaze firing to a darker tone in the vertical grooves. 20cm (8in) high. (2).Footnotes:十八世紀 青釉瓜棱式蒜頭獸耳瓶一對Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2 November 2006A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2006年11月2日歐洲私人收藏The shape of the present vases recalls a Han dynasty bronze flask, but with the innovative feature of vertical ribs simulating textile pleats. The luminous bluish-green glaze reflects the Qing dynasty's admiration for the celebrated Song dynasty green-glazed wares and the technical developments achieved at the kilns to meet the specific taste of the time.Several varieties of celadon glazes were experimented with at the time, ranging from delicate, almost watery celadon colours to slightly bluish-green colours, which were employed to contemporary wares inspired by earlier shapes. Compare with a related green-glazed lazurite vase, Yongzheng mark and of the period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.130. See also a related but much larger celadon-glazed vase decorated with vertical pleats, Yongzheng mark and of the period, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol.2, Geneva, 1999, pl.279.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE PAIR OF GREEN-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE TROMPE L'OEIL VASESQianlong Each vase delicately potted with an ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to an elongated neck with a flaring mouth, the shoulders moulded with a beribboned coral-red sash tied at the centre and filled with gilded designs of vaporous clouds and bats, reserved on the overall turquoise-ground decorated with blossoming lotus, all between a band of ruyi at the foot and shoulders, the neck with further blooming lotus. 16cm (6 2/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:清乾隆 粉彩描金綠地花卉紋包袱瓶一對Provenance: Robert Charles Bruce MC (1898-1953), LondonAntique West Ltd., London, June 1998A European private collectionExhibited, Illustrated and Published:The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, London, 1951, no.202 (one of the pair)來源：Robert Charles Bruce MC (1898-1953)，倫敦倫敦古董商Antique West Ltd.，1998年6月歐洲私人收藏展覽著錄：東方陶瓷學會，《Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912》，倫敦，1951年，第202號（其中一個）Robert Charles Bruce (1898-1953), who ran a business on the London Stock Exchange, developed his interest in collecting after inheriting the Imperial ceramics and cloisonné enamels collected by his great uncle Sir Frederick Wright-Bruce, British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China (1859-1865). He loaned more than a dozen items to the Royal Academy Exhibition in London, 1935-1936. During the First World War he served with the Grenadier Guards and won a Military Cross for outstanding service. Notable for their extravagant designs and refined workmanship, the present vases display the technical innovations and unconventional aesthetics characterising porcelain vessels made during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Porcelain vases decorated with the eye-catching designs of knotted cloths, such as the present examples, are exceedingly rare and remarkable examples of trompe l'oeil. The design was much favoured by the Qianlong Emperor who favoured porcelain wares that contained elements simulating objects in other materials. The potters active at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen were thus prompted to create wares that were technically innovative and unconventional in their aesthetics.The Japanese packaging tradition, known as furoshiki, strongly influenced the silky knotted cloth design on the present vases. The illusion of an object wrapped in cloth was frequently evoked in Japanese lacquer and replicated at the Palace Workshops in various media, such as painted enamels, cloisonné, glass, wood and lacquer, throughout the reigns of the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors. See, for example, a painted enamel vase and cover, Qianlong mark and period, decorated with designs of knotted scarves, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, vol.5, Beijing, 2011, nos.141 and 142. See also a lacquer box, Yongzheng, decorated with knotted cloth designs, illustrated in China: The Three Emperors, London 2005, no.175.The strikingly conceived design depicted on the present vases convey the high standards achieved by the Imperial ateliers inside the Forbidden City, where artists and artisans, well versed in different media, worked together and influenced each other. The resulting overall design is not only visually appealing, but also highly auspicious as the term baofu ('wrapping cloth') is a wordplay on 'wrapping up good luck.'Compare with a green-ground famille rose trompe l'oeil vase, Qianlong mark and period, featuring similar designs of vaporous clouds decorating the beribboned sash, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 5 April 2017, lot 3640; see also a pair of related pink-ground famille rose 'trompe l'oeil' jars and covers, Qianlong marks and of the period, which were sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 October 2016, lot 3611.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE CORAL-GLAZED AMPHORA VASE18th centuryThe slender baluster and trumpet neck with wide rim all under a dappled orange-coral glaze on the exterior, fired white inside the neck and within the foot. 24.5cm (8 1/4in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 珊瑚紅釉撇口瓶Provenance: Professor E.T. Hall (1924-2001) Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 5 August 2004A European private collectionExhibited, Published and Illustrated: The Oriental Ceramic Society, Iron in the Fire: Chinese Potters' Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, London, 1988, no.100來源：E.T. Hall教授 (1924-2001) Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2004年8月5日歐洲私人收藏展覽著錄：東方陶瓷學會，《Iron in the Fire: Chinese Potters' Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes》，倫敦，1988年，編號100Professor Edward Thomas Hall (1924-2001), a scientist and inventor, was a leading expert in the development of archaeometry, radio-carbon dating and research in thermoluminescence techniques.Compare with a related coral-red-glazed vase, Qianlong, which was sold at Christie's New York, 27 March 2018, lot 74.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE IRON-RED SLENDER 'PRUNUS AND CRACKED ICE' VASEKangxiFinely enamelled in shades of iron-red and lightly touched in gold all over the exterior with an irregular pattern of ice roundels on a cracked ground dotted with fallen five-petaled plum blossoms, forming an auspicious rebus for New Year celebrations. 25cm (9 3/4in) high.Footnotes:清康熙 礬紅冰裂梅花紋瓶Provenance: an American private collectionRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 5 November 2018A European private collection來源：美國私人收藏Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2018年11月5日歐洲私人收藏This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED AND GILT-DECORATED YEN YEN VASEKangxi Very brightly gilt all around the lower baluster section with roundels and leaf-shaped panels of prunus blossom branches, bamboo, and other elaborate foliage, the design repeated on the tall trumpet neck, a band of lappets rising from the spreading foot, much of the gilding in unusually good original condition except around the foot. 43.5cm (17 1/4in) high.Footnotes:清康熙 烏金釉描金開光花卉紋鳳尾尊Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 28 February 2019A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2019年2月28日歐洲私人收藏Distinguished from ordinary black glazes coloured with iron, the Kangxi period mirror-black glaze also includes manganese and cobalt as colourants; see P.Y.K.Lam, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, p233. See a related mirror-black glazed vase but without gilt, illustrated in Ibid., p.234, pl.156. Compare also with a similar mirror black-glazed and gilt vase, Kangxi period, which was sold at Christie's London, on 14 May 2014, lot 612. See also two mirror black and gilt-decorated yen yen vases, Kangxi, which were sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge, 5 November 2018, lot 129.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RUBY-RED-ENAMELLED SLENDER VASE18th centuryThe exterior all under a rich even slightly mottled glossy glaze of the rich tone associated with ruby-back dishes, the interior plain. 18cm (7 1/8in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 胭脂紅釉瓶Provenance: Guest & Gray, London (according to the collector's documents)A European private collection來源：倫敦古董商 Guest & Gray（據藏家文件）歐洲私人收藏The ruby-red enamel was first created during the late years of the Kangxi reign, and was one of the favourites of the Imperial household. It is also known as 'Western red' 洋紅 (yanghong) because the pigment was imported from the West. Compare with a similarly-shaped vase, Qianlong, in the collection of the British Museum, London, (acc.no.Franks.477.+). Compare with a related ruby-red enamelled vase, Yongzheng, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 May 2022, lot 505.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE FAMILLE VERTE YELLOW-GROUND 'DRAGON' MOONFLASK, BIANHUKangxiBoldly and brightly enamelled on the biscuit on one side with a large blue four-clawed dragon coiling around a central medallion of a lotus bud in profile and clutching at a flaming pearl, the other side with a similar green-bodied dragon reaching for an aubergine flaming pearl, all within trellis-pattern, the looped handles rising from peach-shaped terminals on the body suspending floral pendants, the garlic neck with four flower heads. 23.5cm (9 1/4in) high.Footnotes:清康熙 素三彩雲龍戲珠紋雙耳抱月瓶Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 18 November 2005A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2005年11月18日歐洲私人收藏The distinctive shape of the present vase is a revival of a classic blue and white 'pilgrim's bottle' produced in the Imperial kilns during the Yongle and Xuande periods and thought to be based on Near or Middle-Eastern metal-ware or pottery prototypes. For a related famille verte moonflask, Kangxi, see Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Hong Kong 1993, p.21, fig.31.Compare with a related famille verte moonflask, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 11 May 2022, lot 14.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE IRON-RUST-GLAZED SMALL BALUSTER VASE, MEIPING18th centuryWell potted, the exterior all under a rust-coloured rich dark mottled glaze firing to a chocolate-brown tone around the slightly-everted flaring neck. 18cm (7in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 鐵鏽花釉梅瓶Provenance: Emil (1869-1948) and Jenny Baerwald, BerlinPaul Baerwald (1871-1961), New YorkJohn Sparks Ltd., London, 1937Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 9 May 2003A European private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst, Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 12 January-2 April 1929, no.845, p.314John Sparks, Paul Baerwald Collection of Chinese Porcelain, London, 15 June–3 July 1937, no.128來源：Emil (1869-1948) 和Jenny Baerwald，柏林Paul Baerwald (1871-1961)，紐約倫敦古董商John Sparks Ltd.，1937Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2003年5月9日歐洲私人收藏展覽著錄：東方藝術協會，《Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst》，柏林，1929年1月12日-1929年4月2日，編號845，第314頁John Sparks，'Paul Baerwald收藏的中國瓷器'，倫敦，1937年6月15日-7月3日，編號128Emil Baerwald collected Chinese porcelain and loaned the present vase to the seminal 1929 exhibition in Berlin. At some point in the 1930s the ownership of the vase and other parts of the collection was transferred to his brother Paul. Paul Baerwald was a German-born American philanthropist and banker. He began his banking career with Lazard-Speyer-Ellissen in Frankfurt, then joined Speyer Brothers in London and finally moved to New York to work with Speyer and Company and finally Lazard Frères until his retirement in 1930. He was also a chairman of the executive committee of Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Co., executive member of the fire Building Corporation, director of the General American Investors Corporation and advisory committee member of the Texas Pacific Land Trust.Baerwald was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain and in 1937, John Sparks in London organised an exhibition on Baerwald's collection and authored a catalogue titled An Exhibition of the Paul Baerwald Collection of Chinese Porcelain: Rare Monochromes, Blue and White, and Other Porcelains of the Sung, Ming and Chʼing Dynasties : June 15th-July 3rd, 1937.Iron-rust glaze (tiexiu hua you 铁锈花釉) was a successful innovation during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor and became popular during the Qianlong period. The major colourants of the glaze are iron and manganese. See P.Y.K.Lam, Shimmering Colours: Monochromes of the Yuan to Qing Periods, Hong Kong, 2005, p.243. As seen in the present lot, the numerous star-like red and brown dots on the dark-brown glaze surface have greatly enriched its vitality. See a similar iron-rust-glazed meiping vase, late 18th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.79.2.806). Another miniature iron-rust-glazed vase, meiping, 18th century, is in the same museum (acc.no.65.86.39). A related iron-rust-glazed vase, illustrated in The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1999, pl.254, p.278.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN UNUSUAL BLUE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASEJiajing six-character mark, KangxiThe oviform body delicately painted on both sides with a coiling five-clawed dragon clutching at a flaming pearl, its ferocious head in profile, a band of cloud-collar lappets above the shoulder, the tall slender neck with a horizontal rib beneath key-pattern and a dot band, the blue glaze of even dark tone. 26cm (10 1/4in) high.Footnotes:清康熙 藍釉雲龍戲珠長頸瓶青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New YorkA European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約歐洲私人收藏This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO APPLE-GREEN-CRACKLE-GLAZED VESSELS18th centuryBoth with a characteristic deliberate wide brown-stained crackle, the taller with oviform body and tall slightly spreading neck, 14.5cm (5 1/2in) high; and the other with baluster body and short thick spreading neck, 11.5cm (4 1/2in) high. (2).Footnotes:十八世紀 綠釉長頸瓶 及綠釉罐 一組兩件Provenance: Danforth Miller Collection (the high-necked one)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 19 October 1944, lot 144 (the high-necked one)來源：Danforth Miller 舊藏(綠釉長頸瓶)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1944年10月19日，拍品編號144 (綠釉長頸瓶)A related apple-green glaze oviform vase, Yongzheng, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome porcelain, Shenzhen, 2010, p.251, no.229. Another related apple-green glazed vase, Kangxi, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.14.40.346). See another similar green-glazed bottle vase, Yongzheng or Qianlong, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, pp.172-173, no.145.Compare the bottle vase with an apple-green-glazed bottle vase, early 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2010, lot 1386; compare the jar with a related apple-green-crackle-glazed jar, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2015, lot 413.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE18th century The exterior all under a rich glossy even glaze firing darker in a narrow line above the slightly-spreading foot. 32cm (12 1/4in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 孔雀藍釉膽式瓶Provenance: J. Hellner (1866-1948), Stockholm, SwedenIra M. Koger, USARalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1 March 2005A European private collection來源：J. Hellner (1866-1948)，斯德哥爾摩，瑞典Ira M. Koger，美國Ralph M. Chait Gallerie，紐約，2005年3月1日歐洲私人收藏Compare with a related turquoise-glazed vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 464.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GUANYAO-STYLE CRACKLE-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, MEIPING18th centuryHeavily potted with a broad shoulder and narrow waist all under a strongly-stained crackled surface, imitating the Southern Song dynasty prototype. 15cm (6in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 仿官窯梅瓶Provenance: a European private collection來源：歐洲私人收藏Compare with a related guan-type crackle-glazed meiping, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 15 May 2012, lot 348.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'DRAGON' BOWLDaoguang seal mark and of the periodThe exterior and interior all under a glossy eggyolk-yellow ground, the exterior enriched with two engraved green-glazed five-clawed dragons striding in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls amidst vapour trails, the interior with a central Shou character, wood stand. 10cm (4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:清道光 黃地綠彩龍紋碗 青花「大清道光年製」篆書款Provenance: Guest and Gray, London, 16 June 2000A European private collection來源：倫敦古董商Guest and Gray，2000年6月16日歐洲私人收藏Strict regulations determined the variety and quantity of tableware to be used by the different Imperial members during the Qing dynasty. According to 'The History of the Imperial House and Court' Guochao Gongshi, first compiled in the seventh year of the Qianlong reign (1742), and 'The Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Qing Dynasty' Huangchao Liqi Tushi, edited in 1759, vessels decorated with designs of green dragons on a yellow ground could only be used by the Emperor's concubines of the second rank at the Court. The prototype to the colour palette and design of the present bowl continued a previous 18th century tradition, which was in turn inspired by an early 16th century prototype; see a yellow and green 'dragon' vase, Zhengde mark and period, in The British Museum, London, illustrated by S.Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1953, pl.84b.Compare with a similar yellow and green-enamelled 'dragon' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 November 2025, lot 140.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO POWDER-BLUE-GLAZED SLENDER BALUSTER AMPHORA VASESKangxiBoth vessels well-potted with a tall slender body and trumpet neck all under an attractively mottled rich deep blue glaze displaying an attractive lustrous surface. The largest 26cm (10in) high. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 灑藍釉撇口瓶 一組兩件Provenance: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York (according to the collector's documents)(the slimmer one)Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York (according to the collector's documents) (the slimmer one)A European private collection來源：Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)，紐約（據藏家文件）(較瘦一個)Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約（據藏家文件）（較瘦一個）歐洲私人收藏Compare the shape of the powder-blue-glazed vase with an iron-red-decorated powder-blue-glazed vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's New York, 23 March 2018, lot 762.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE ROBIN'S-EGG-GLAZED BOTTLE VASEYongzheng The tall slender neck and oviform body entirely covered in an even rich lustrous lavender glaze with minute dappling to simulate a bird's egg, the interior of the foot plain white. 20cm (8in) high.Footnotes:清雍正 爐鈞釉膽瓶Provenance: Ton-Ying & Co., New YorkParke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 1 December 1962, lot 93A European private collection來源：紐約古董商通運公司Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.，紐約，1962年12月1日，拍品編號93歐洲私人收藏Vessels glazed in the so-called robin-egg's glazes were made in response to the Yongzheng Emperor's interest in reinterpreting the classic Jun glazes of the song and Ming dynasties, which he was particularly enamoured with. In order to have the glazes recreated or imitated, the Emperor went as far as sending potters from the Imperial kilns on study trips to the Jun region in Henan province. Several glazes characterised by mottled purple tones were made following the potter's trips, including the flambé types and the mottled turquoise ones, such as the 'robin's egg' varieties. The 'Commemorative Stele on Ceramic Production' Taocheng jishi bei, written by Tang Ying in 1735, lists the 'robin's egg' glaze first in a list of the nineteen most popular types of wares produced by the Imperial factory. Compare with a related robin's-egg-glazed bottle vase, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 25 June 2014, lot 389.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'PHOENIX-TAIL' VASE, YEN-YENYuan DynastyThe broad body applied with a single long continuous tendril coiling suspending four evenly spaced flower heads, between stiff leaves rising from the foot and horizontal ribs beneath the flaring rim, under a pale translucent even greyish-green glaze. 22cm (8 1/2in) high.Footnotes:元 龍泉窯青釉貼塑纏枝花卉紋鳳尾尊Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 20 November 2002A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2002年11月20日歐洲私人收藏The present vase is remarkable for its crisp and elegant floral decoration, which emerges under an attractive green glaze which accentuates the harmonious shape. Subtle details, such as the veining of the flowers and leaves, are visible through the glaze.Spreading over Zhejiang Province into the neighbouring province of Fujian, the Longquan kilns were conveniently located to reach the trade ports of Wenzhou and Quanzhou, from where merchandise could be shipped to foreign markets in the Far East, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and even Africa. This advantage was fully exploited in the Yuan and early Ming dynasty and large quantities of wares were made for foreign markets. Longquan celadon-glazed wares with moulded and applied decoration first appeared in the late Southern Song dynasty and were produced in larger quantities during the Yuan dynasty. Compare a larger vase of the same form and decoration as the present lot, dated by inscription to AD 1327, in the Sir Percival David collection, the British Museum, illustrated by M.Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl.58.Compare with a related but larger Longquan celadon-glazed vase, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by S.Lee and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), 1968, no.63.A related but larger Longquan celadon-glazed vase, Yuan dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 15 May 2017, lot 501.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASES18th centuryThe larger one brightly gilt on the lower lobe with three large roundels of figures and foliage, the waist with a herringbone band, below a wide band of descending lappets at the small neck, 27cm (3 3/4in) high; and another smaller, under a rich dark glaze, 13cm (5in) high. (2).Footnotes:十八世紀 烏金釉描金蒜頭瓶 及烏金釉葫蘆小瓶 一組兩件 Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2 November 2006 (the garlic-head vase)Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 14 November 2008 (the gourd-shaped vase)A European private collection 來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2006年11月2日（蒜頭瓶）Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2008年11月14日（葫蘆小瓶）歐洲私人收藏Compare the garlic-mouth vase with a related mirror-black-glazed and gilt-decorated bottle vase, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's London, on 10 December 2013, lot 30. Compare the other vase with a related mirror-black-glazed double-gourd vase, 18th century, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.50.221.40). Compare also with a related small mirror-black-glazed double-gourd vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 264.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO YELLOW-GLAZED VASES18th centuryA pear-shaped vase under a rich slightly dark yellow-caramel glaze moulded with five horizontal ribs around the broad body, wood stand, 12.5cm (5in) high; and an unusual small baluster vase with a large central aperture at the top, possibly a water dropper for the scholar's table, 11cm (4 3/8in) high. (3).Footnotes:十八世紀 黃釉梅瓶 及黃釉弦紋瓶 一組兩件Provenance:Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943), New York (ribbed vase)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, New York, 15 October 1943, lot 108 (ribbed vase)Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976) acquired from the above (ribbed vase)(according to collector's index card)Seidel and Son, Berlin (meiping vase)(according to the collector's documents) A European private collection來源：Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) 夫人，紐約（弦紋瓶）Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc，紐約，1943年10月15日，拍品編號108 （弦紋瓶）Hans (1888-1966)和 Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976)伉儷從上處購得（弦紋瓶）（據藏家索引卡）柏林古董商Seidel and Son（黃釉梅瓶）（據藏家檔案）歐洲私人收藏Samuel T. Peters (1854-1921) and his wife Adeline (1859-1943) were known as great collectors and amassed an impressive and large collection of Chinese works of art. In the obituary of Samuel T. Peters, the New York Times noted that Peters' gift of about 400 jades to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 'form a collection probably unsurpassed anywhere.'Compare the meiping-shaped vase with a small turquoise-glazed meiping, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot 2995; for the other vase, compare the shape with a related white-glazed vase, hu, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's London, 8 April 2014, lot 14.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE LARGE GREEN-GLAZED INCISED 'PHOENIX TAIL' VASE, YEN-YENYuan DynastyBoldly incised on the lower baluster section with a wide band of four alternating chrysanthemums lotus and peony heads in profile issuing from a long continuous leafy meander and all above a band of stiff leaves, the tall trumpet neck boldly carved with long cicada lappets below the flaring rim. 52cm (20 1/2in) high.Footnotes:元 龍泉窯青釉暗刻纏枝牡丹紋鳳尾尊Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 5 May 2017A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2017年5月5日歐洲私人收藏Although celadon glazes were perfected during the Southern Song period (1127-1279), it was really during the Yuan dynasty that production increased, with approximately three hundred kilns active in the Longquan area. The rivers in the region facilitated the transport and distribution of the ceramics to other areas. At this time, new shapes and decorative designs were introduced, as well as vessels of larger sizes than before including dishes, vases and jars. Compare with a similar vase decorated with a floral decoration to the bulbous section, Yuan dynasty, illustrated in The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256 – 1353, New York, 2002, no.194.A related celadon-glazed vase, late Yuan/early Ming dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 14 September 2017, lot 702.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GUANYAO-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED MALLET-SHAPED VASE17th/18th centuryHeavily potted, the glaze simulating a Song dynasty prototype, the broad oviform body and cylindrical neck with everted rim all under a widely-crackled glaze of pale caramel-brown tone. 16cm (6 1/4in) high.Footnotes:十七/十八世紀 仿官窯長頸瓶Provenance: Samson Collection (probably Henry C. Samson, d.1914, New York)H.A.E. Jaehne, New York A.J. Mercher (active around 1930s-40s), New YorkHans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976), on 7 December 1944來源：Samson舊藏 （或為Henry C Samson，1914年去世，紐約）H.A.E. Jaehne，紐約A.J. Mercher （約活躍於1930-40年代），紐約Hans (1888-1966)和 Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976)伉儷獲得於1944年12月7日Song dynasty glazes were greatly admired by the Emperors of the Qing dynasty because of their beauty and understated elegance, and the potters at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen sought to reproduce these glazes on contemporary porcelain. The glaze coating the present vase is a reinterpretation of the highly-regarded Guan ware. In addition, the mallet shape is based on Song dynasty prototypes, an example of which is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, acc.no.K1B017856.Other Song dynasty inspired glazes on mallet-shaped vases were emulated during the eighteenth century. See a Ge-type mallet vase with straight neck, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3201; see also a crackled-glazed mallet vase, Yongzheng, illustrated by B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p.75, no.194.Compare with a related guan-type mallet vase, 18th century, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc.no.1993.386.26. A related guan-type mallet vase, Yongzheng mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's New York, 24 September 2020, lot 855.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE SANG DE BOEUF-GLAZED LONG-NECKED VASE18th centuryThe compressed globular body and very tall cylindrical neck all under an even slightly streaky rich glaze firing to a pale colour in an irregular band at the top of the neck. 37cm (14 1/2in) high.Footnotes:十八世紀 紅釉長頸荸薺瓶Provenance: an American private collectionRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 10 May 2016A European private collection來源：美國私人收藏Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2016年5月10日歐洲私人收藏See a similar vase, 1723-1735, illustrated by J.Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, pl.198. Compare also with a related flambé-glazed vase, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 17 March 2017, lot 1249.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASEKangxiBoldly painted on the compressed body and very long neck flaring at the rim with large-headed lotus in a dense leafy meander covering all the surface, the rim and shoulder with a band of herringbone-pattern. 44cm (17 1/2in) high.Footnotes:清康熙 青花纏枝菊紋荸薺瓶Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 5 November 2018A European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2018年11月5日歐洲私人收藏Compare with a very similar blue and white bottle vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's New York, 23 January 2020, lot 1.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KAISEKIAn Unusual Pair of Inlaid Four-Sided Wood Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach vase supported on scrolled bracket feet, delicately carved in high relief with a matching design, decorated with inlay of gold and silver with panels of birds and butterflies in flight among seasonal plants and flowers of plum, magnolia, bamboo, and chrysanthemum; each vase signed with a gilt tablet Kaiseki. Each vessel: 14.6cm x 5.2cm (5¾in x 2 1/16in). (2).Footnotes:A similar pair attributed to Tsukahara Katao was sold in these Rooms, 17 May 2018, lot 490.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHOZANA Satsuma-Ware Vase Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely decorated in enamels and gilt, the neck with a thick simulated flambé glaze covering the neck trickling down to the circular squat body depicting a continuous spring rural landscape design of a family of chickens pecking for food on the banks of a river; signed on the base Shozan seizo within a large square seal. 16.2cm (6 5/16in) high. Footnotes:Provenance:Sold at Christie's, London, 28 June 2007, lot 107.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
OKAMOTO RYOZAN FOR THE YASUDA COMPANYA Satsuma-Ware Reticulated Rectangular Vase Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in bright polychrome enamels and gilt over a colourless glaze with fine craquelure, two sides with a central horizontal band enclosing men and women accompanied by children at leisure respectively during the hanami (cherry-viewing) and the momiji (maple-viewing) seasons between slightly recessed panels pierced as lattice work, the alternating sides with further reticulated designs in the shape of a crescent moon or blossoms on a ground finely painted with birds and flowers corresponding to spring and autumn; the base signed Ryozan beneath the Yasuda Company trade mark with the maru ni juji mon (crest of a cross within a circle), emblem of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma; with a separate square wood stand. 19.4cm (7 5/8in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
STYLE OF MAKUZU KOZANAn Earthenware Cylindrical Vase with Appliqué Decoration Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryDecorated in enamels and gilt, moulded and carved in high relief with a sparrow perched on a budding cherry branch beside a stream, surrounded by blooming blue and pink daisies, the neck and foot decorated with bands of various brocade panels and stylised karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); unsigned. 26.1cm x 11.6cm (10¼in x 4 9/16in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) OF KYOTOA Miniature Cloisonné-Enamel Slender Ovoid Vase Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDelicately worked in silver wire with a solitary butterfly hovering over stalks of purple and yellow wild flowers on a midnight-blue ground, the foot and neck of silver; signed directly on the silver base with engraved characters Kyoto Namikawa. 10cm (4in) 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.com
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL BALUSTER VASEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely worked in gold and silver wire of varying gauge with overlapping closed and open ogi (folding fans), each decorated with a different-coloured ground enclosing seasonal kacho-ga (bird-and-flower scenes) scattered over a midnight-blue ground, the neck and foot encircled with a wide swirling simulated brocade enclosing repeated chrysanthemums interwoven among karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); unsigned. 16cm (6¼in) 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.com
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL MASSIVE BALUSTER VASEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge on a lilac-blue ground, decorated with an all-over flamboyant design of different species of birds and fowl among blooming seasonal plants and flowers, the neck and shoulder with a simulated brocade, enclosing on the neck assorted overlapping takaramono ('precious objects'), comprising tama (wish-granting jewel), tsuchi (Dakikoku's magic mallet), makimono (handscroll) and a kakuregasa (hat of invisibility), the shoulder with five confronting dragons writhing among clouds; unsigned. 77.5cm (30½in) high.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANDO JUBEI COMPANYA Cloisonné-Enamel Baluster Vase Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryWorked in silver wire of varying gauge with stalks of windswept white chrysanthemums and hageito (Joseph's coat), more stalks of white chrysanthemums on the reverse, all reserved on a yellow-celadon ground, applied with a silver rim and foot; signed on the base in silver wire with the mark of Ando Jubei. 31cm (12 1/8in) 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.com
MURASE JINZABURO OF NAGOYAA Pair of Cloisonné-Enamel Rectangular Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th centuryEach vase worked in silver wire of varying gauge with an almost identical design, each depicting a profusion of summer and autumn flowers in bloom including maple, lilies, chrysanthemums, peonies, daffodils, and irises; each vase signed on the base Murase seizo. Each vase: 13cm (5 1/16in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MIYABE ATSUYOSHI OF KYOTOA Pair of Inlaid Bronze Slender Ovoid Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryBoth vases decorated with a complementary design depicting sparrows among flowering stalks of nogiku (wild chrysanthemum) growing over a bamboo fence, each worked in gilt, bronze, silver, shibuichi, and shakudo high relief, one vase showing a spider dangling upside down on a single thread from its web, each vase signed on the base with chiselled characters Dai Nihon Kyoto no ju Miyabe Atsuyoshi tsukuru with a kao; with two unrelated inscribed wood storage boxes. Each vase: 19.7cm (7 5/8in) high. (4).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
INOUE OF KYOTOA Pair of Inlaid Bronze Vases, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach vase decorated in high relief of gilt, silver and bronze with a matching design comprising seasonal flowers and plants including rose mallow, camellia, chrysanthemum, peony, plum, and wisteria, each neck encircled with a band enclosing a ho-o bird in flight beneath repeated lappets of tasselled foliate patterns, each foot with chrysanthemum flowers and tendrils, signed on the foot of one vase with seal Inoue sei. Each vase: 24.8cm (9¾in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
YUKIMASA OR YUKIO FOR THE YAMAMOTO COMPANYAn Inlaid Bronze Rectangular Vase Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe rectangular four-sided vase supported on a circular foot, decorated in high and low relief of silver, shakudo, and shibuichi inlay with a different design on each panel: 1, A pine tree; 2, A plum; 3, Bamboo; and 4, A boat laden with rice bales sailing before a snow-decked Mount Fuji in the distance; signed with chiselled signature Yukimasa or Yukio and on the base Yamamoto tsukuru, with an inscribed storage box. 22.8cm (9in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SADAHARU AND TADAYOSHIA Pair of Imperial Silver Handled Matching Presentation Vases Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryEach of baluster form with a trumpet neck and finely worked in low relief with two ho-o birds in flight among densely clustered paulownia, foliage and clouds, the neck and shoulder decorated in low relief with sixteen-petalled kiku-mon (chrysanthemum crest) on the neck and shoulder, scattered among clumps of kiri-mon (paulownia crests), the neck with repeated chrysanthemum heads within hexagonal reserves, the foot with more stylised chrysanthemums interwoven among karakusa ('Chinese grasses') beneath a band of repeated hanabishi (flowery-diamond) patterns, each signed on the base with chiselled characters Tsuiko Sadaharu, Tadayoshi kizamu (Hammered by Sadaharu and chiselled by Tadayoshi); with a wood storage box inscribed Ginsei kabin ittsui (A pair of silver vases). Each vase: 30.5cm (12in) high. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
YOSHIMINE FOR THE TENSHODO COMPANYAn Inlaid Silver Pear Vase Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryDelicately worked in silver, gold and shakudo high relief with a crane and a mandarin duck about to alight among flowering stalks of reeds and chrysanthemums growing along the banks of a river, delineated in katakiribori (engraving with an angled chisel emulating brushstrokes), set on slightly splayed ring foot, signed on the reverse with chiselled characters [...]shusai Sozan Yoshimine koku, stamped on the underside with an impressed mark Jungin Tenshodo; with a wood storage box inscribed Ginsei kabin (silver flower vase) and a separate wood stand. 33.5cm (13 3/16in) high. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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