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Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art, Day 2; Fine Jewellery — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:305
Sale Title:Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art, Day 2; Fine JewelleryLots with images:301
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:175
Date:17-Jun-2013
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A Chinese carved jade pebble, of a laughing Buddha holding a branch of ruyi in his hand, the back with brown inclusion, 6.5 cm high
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A Chinese carved jade figurine of twins, one seated on the left, the other standing beside him holding a lotus bud raised above her head, a large lotus leaf behind them, wood stand, 9.1 cm high
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A Chinese celadon jade incense burner, of compressed globular form, carved in low relief on each side with taotie masks, flanked with two loose-ring handles with lion-dog masks, raised on three lion-mask legs, the domed cover with a standing-lion finial, wood stand, 13.6 cm wide, 12.3 cm high
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A Mughal-style carved and reticulated jade censer and cover, Qing Dynasty the stone of pale celadon shade with light brown inclusions, supported on a flaring foot rim with prominent cover, the censer flanked by crisply carved 'daisy' handles with loose rings, carved with a layer of petal to the lower portion, repeated at the foot rim, the cover reticulated with floral design raising up to daisy finial with three radiating leaves suspended with loose rings, 19 cm high
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A Chinese carved jade plaque, carved with an aged scholar under a pine tree to the front, and a poem to the back, all below a band of cloud motif, 2.7 cm x 4.2 cm x 0.6 cm
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A Chinese carved jade figure group, of a monkey with her baby on the back, 4.4 cm high
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Two Chinese jade carvings, one of an elephant and one of a child kneeling, holding an ingot in his hands, 3.9 cm wide, 4.8 cm wide
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A Chinese jade carving of a mouse riding a kui dragon, the stone of creamy shade, the slender dragon with a mouse riding on its back, 8.5 cm long
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A Chinese carved jadeite figure group, carved of a monkey playfully climbing over a large peach, strings of coin money suspended from the top of the peach, with a bat, carved out of the reddish brown inclusion, resting on the top, associated stand 8.4 cm high
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A small twin-handled jade urn, fitted with gilded-bronze floral swags, and liner to the base and rim, 14 cm high
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A Chinese 'dragon' pendant, carved with four entwined dragons in openwork, 5 cm wide
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A Chinese carved white jade plaque, the stone with brown inclusion, carved on one side with figures preparing tea under pine trees, a poem on the other side, 4.6 cm wide
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A Chinese jade carving of two fingered citrons, or Buddha's hands with a small monkey climbing on one, 5 cm long
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A Chinese carved white jade mythical beast, pixiu, the stone of even creamy white tone, the ferocious beast squatting, looking up, 7.3 cm long
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A large Chinese carved celadon jade boulder, the stone of dark celadon with brown inclusions, carved vividly of two bears under pine trees, and two garden pavilions afar, with stand, 21 cm high (with stand)
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A Chinese carved jade figurine, the stone of even pale green tone, carved with a boy resting on all fours beside an ingot, 7 cm wide
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Three Chinese carved jade rings, the stones of pale green tone, two of plain design, the other carved with a poem between two decorative borders, 3.2 cm high, 2.6 cm high, 2.6 cm high (3)
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A Chinese carved jadeite plaque, carved with openwork dragon motif within a border of hui patterns, suspending from a necklace of 108 chenxiang beads, 6.7 cm long (plaque)
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A carved and pierced white jade pendant, of a section of bamboo flanked by scrolling flowers, with a small animal above it, 7.2 cm high
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A carved Chinese agate 'cats' pebble, the stone of creamy white and varying brown shades, finely carved from each colour with two identical leopard cats, crouching head to tail, 5.2 cm wide
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A Chinese carved jade 'lotus' cup, in the shape of a lotus flower issuing from its root with a frog climbing about it, 6.7 cm high
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A Chinese carved jade figurine, carved with five children riding a blade of leaf, 11.5 cm wide
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A pair of Chinese carved openwork bamboo incense dispensers, each fitted with rosewood top and base, worked with a field of lotus flowers and leaves, 23.3 cm high
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A carved Chinese bamboo brushpot, carved in high relief around the exterior with landscape of a busy port, with people crossing by boats and pavilions nested midst willows, pines and rocks, 16 cm high
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A Chinese hardwood brushpot with applied metal, to the exterior in high relief of five oxen after the painting by Han Huang (723-787), the base and the interior applied with metal with studded accents to borders, incised four-character mark Jinxian Jushi to the base, 21.6 cm high. Han Huang (723-787), a chancellor during Tang dynasty, is survived by his famous painting, 'five oxen'. The image of the vivid oxen has graced many Chinese decorative art since the accession of the painting to the Chinese…
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A Chinese carved bamboo arhat, in half-leg seating position, the skeletal arhat resting his hands on his right kneel, a string of praying beads suspended from his right hand, 12.3 cm high
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A Chinese carved boxwood Dharuma, standing with solemn expression, holding a pebble in his one hand, the flowing robe open at the chest, 19.5 cm high
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A pair of black lacquer bowls inlaid with mother-of-pearl decoration, late Qing or Republic period each decorated with landscapes of the Yellow Mountain, between two decorative bands, the interior fitted with metal liner, 12.3 cm diameter
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A Chinese hexagonal wooden brush pot with mother-of-pearl inlay, each facet decorated with flower spray arranged with vase or scholar's rocks, 18.5 cm deep, 22 cm high
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A Chinese bamboo brush pot, carved in high relief with mountain landscape of pavilions amongst pine trees around the exterior, signed and inscribed by the artist, 16.4 cm high
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A Chinese bamboo brushpot, raised on short rim supported by three bracket feet, carved with two scenes depicting stories from The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, 16.5 cm high
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A Chinese carved boxwood iron-crutch Li, wearing robes that barely cover his body, supported on his crutch under his right arm, and holding a spider in his right hand, his gourd suspended from his shoulder, stand 23.8 cm high (without stand)
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Two Chinese wood carved ruyi sceptres, one of boxwood and the other of zitan, both realistically carved with a slender branch issuing ruyi heads, 32 cm long (boxwood), 37.8 cm long (zitan) (2).
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A pair of Chinese hexagonal zitan stands, the lobed table tops each supported by six curved legs joined by a six-lobed stretcher, 11.4 cm high (2).
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A Chinese square hardwood scholar's tray, possibly zitan, of simple design, the stand with openwork hui pattern, 26.8 cm x 18.3 cm x 3.3 cm
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A Chinese root wood brushpot, of naturalistic form, 26 cm high
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A Chinese carved wood brushpot, supported on three short bracket feet, with walls imitating upward flower petals, carved in high relief mythical beasts, 20.5 cm high, 21 cm diameter
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A Chinese carved hardwood 'pine and prune' brushpot, carved in high relief with pine and prune tree to each side of the exterior, 13.5 cm high
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A Chinese zitan octagonal brushpot, the lobed cylindrical brushpot of simple form, a removable circular bung stopper fitted to the base, 14 cm high
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A Chinese large zitan brushpot, carved in high relief with a flying slender dragon amongst scrolls of ruyi around the exterior, 16.5 cm high
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A Chinese brown aventurine-glass powder box with hardstone inlay, incised four-character Qianlong mark but later the box of lobed form raised on short foot rim, the top slightly raised, inlaid with green and red hard stones and mother of pearl with flowers, 8.8 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm
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A small Chinese amber glass octafoil vase, blown and moulded in unusually thick lustrous glass of amber tone, the compressed globular body carefully finished, supported by a tall and solid foot, the entire body kneaded with gold flakes, 18 cm high
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A Chinese amber glass gold-splashed washer, four-character Qianlong seal mark, but later the compressed globular body in the form of a lotus flower, the associated bronze spoon with an end in the form of a dragon's head, with stand, 5.1 cm high
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A pair of Chinese cloisonn circular boxes with covers, enamelled with rounded reserves to the top of the cover and four sides of the cover and box with flowers and birds against white ground all in a field of scrolling Indian lotus in cloisonn on blue ground, 14 cm high, 28 cm diameter
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A small Chinese square lacquer brushpot, carved and painted with four different plants and flowers on the exterior, all against a maroon ground of swastika, 13.8 cm high
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A Chinese circular yellow lacquer box with cover, six character Qianlong mark the top carved and painted with Indian lotus and various auspicious symbols amongst scroll foliage, the sides of both the cover and the box decorated with identical scrolling lotus pattern, all against a yellow ground, 25.7 cm diameter
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A Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer box with cover, the box of circular shape supported on short foot rim, the cover carved with scholars, servants and commoners engaging in various activities in garden pavilions, the sides of both the box and the cover with different flowers within four reserves, separated by flowing Indian lotus, 24.7 cm diameter, 14.5 cm high
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A Chinese Han-style etched and inlaid bronze box with cover, the cover etched with stylised dragon and phoenix motif with hardstone inlay, flanked by taotie mask loose ring handles, 36 cm wide, 18.5 cm deep, 17 cm high
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A Chinese soapstone carving of Guanyin, standing on a double lotus base, wearing flowing robes elaborately carved with decorative patterns open at the chest,her left hand holding a vase, the right hand holding a ball, 25.5 cm high
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A Chinese carved soapstone figure group, the stone of yellow tone, of a scholar seemingly intoxicated with alcohol, two ghosts by his side, one holding a wine cup to him and the other holding his right arm, his gourd on the ground and wine pouring from it, 4.5 cm high
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A Chinese soapstone carving of the God of Longevity, the smiling god standing, wearing long flowing robes, stroking his long beard with one hand, and holding his staff in the other, his robes decorated with medallions of the symbols of longevity, stand 32 cm high. Provenance: private collection Queensland
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A Chinese carved soapstone arhat, the arhat resting and leaning on a tree stump, wearing flowing robes carved with various Buddhist symbols within medallions, two books placed on the stump, with stand, 14 cm high
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A Chinese carved soapstone seated Arhat, luohan, the stone of red and green composition, the Arhat wearing long flowing robe, holding a scroll in both hands, the oval base supported on four short feet, 8.9 cm high (Arhat)
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A carved Chinese soapstone reclining Vajraputra, Mid to late Qing dynasty the Arhat with a serene expression on his face, eyes closed, his hands crossed and the sleeve revealing a Buddhist lion looking up to him, his gown finely carved with various medallion patterns, the base carved to simulate a putuan, or futon, 7.5 cm wide (Arhat)
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Attributed to Wu Shixian, Ink and colour on paper, four album leaves Each inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals of the artist Dated the year of Gui Si, 1893 43.2 cm x 22.4 cm, Calligraphy Ink on paper, hanging scrolls Inscribed and signed by the artist, with three seals of the artist. Dated the year of guiwei (2003) 33.5 cm x 136 cm
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Attributed to Li Kuchan (1899- 1983), Bird and Bamboo Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll Inscribed and signed Kuchan, with two seals of the artist Painted when the artist was 81 (about 1979) 49 cm x 96.2 cm
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Zhou Jirong (b. 1962), Beijing No. 8 (2/15) Print-multiple, silkscreen Signed in both Chinese and English by the artist (lower right) Dated 1992 94 cm x 67 cm. Provenance: private collection NSW Zhou Jirong, born in Guizhou province, is a contemporary Chinese print artist, and deputy head of department of printmaking in the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Having numerous group and solo exhibitions around the world, his Beijing series is probably the best known of all his works. Depicting various…
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Su Xinping (b. 1960), Untitled 1 (19/29) Print-Multiple, Lithograph Signed in Chinese by the artist (lower right) Dated 1994 61.5 x 46.3 cm. Su Xingping (b. 1960), is a well-known Chinese contemporary artist. Currently the deputy Head of Printmaking in the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, Su's works cross medium such as oil and print, and he participated in and held numerous group and solo exhibitions around the world. During the 1990s, Su created a few series of works depicting humans or body parts…
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Ge Quan (1904 - 1964), dogs and monkeys ink and colour on paper, fan painting leaves each inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals of the artist 52.5 cm wide, and 52.8 cm wide
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Xu Shaojiu (1911 - '), Bird and flowers Ink and colour, one on gold-flecked paper, one on paper, folding fans Each inscribed and signed by the artist with one seal of the artist Dated summer of the year of Jiawu (1954), 47.8 cm long, and 45 cm long. Provenance: private collection NSW 1954
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Attributed to Lu Yifei (1908-1998), and Wu Hufan (1894 - 1968), peony ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll the painting inscribed and signed Wu Hufan, dated 1957, and later inscribed Lu Yifei the calligraphy inscribed and signed Lu Yifei, dated 1990 painting
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Ren Xun (1834 - 1893), and Yin Zhaoyong (1806-1883), Fruit and calligraphy Ink and colour on gold-flecked paper, mounted on a hanging scroll Inscribed and signed by both artists, and three seals of the artists Undated 54 cm wide. Provenance: Private collection New South Wales
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Song Wenzhi (1919-1999), The Yellow Mountain, Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed by the artist, with four seals of the artist. Dated the year of yiwei, 1979. 50.8 cm x 49 cm
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Two Japanese carved ivory okimono, Taisho period one of a man holding a branch of gourd, incised 'masan', to the base, the other of a doll-artisan, kijishi, incised jinichi, to the base, 11.5 cm high, 7.9 cm high
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A group of seven Japanese okimono and nestuke, Meiji or Taisho period including a carved bone branch issuing fruit, a carved ivory carpenter, an ivory pendant carved with a shogun and crane, a carved wood Dharuma, a carved wood figure group of a monkey riding a turtle, a metal seal of possibly a pre-historic figure, and a carved ivory elephant, 8.5 cm tallest (carved bone fruit branch) (6)
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A carved Japanese ivory figure group, of a child with his hunting fox underneath a tree trump, a ghost standing on top of the trunk, incised two character studio or artist mark to the base, 27.3 cm high
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A Japanese carved bamboo Daruma, Meiji or Taisho period the Buddhist god seated solemnly with his legs crossed, his hands disappearing under his long flowing robe opening at his chest, inscribed 'painted by Cho Densu, Daruma, carved by Chikusanjin' 13.2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Queensland
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A Japanese folding low lacquer table, 20th century of plain design, the table top and the base of the folding cabriole legs painted with red lacquer, 90.2 cm (W) x 90.2 (D) x 30.7 (H)
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A Japanese elmwood tansu, early Meiji period the fall front opening to reveal three short internal drawers above the large open compartment above a scrolled apron on bracket feet fitted with original cast metal hinges and ornaments, 90 cm long, 49 cm deep, 77 cm high. Provenance: The collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct descent
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A Japanese tansu, early Meiji period in pine and mixed timbers configured asymmetrically with one long drawer above two short drawers above a pair of sliding doors beside three short drawers, above two drawers beside a small cupboard door opening to reveal two internal drawers, the whole fitted with original metal extending carrying handles, fittings and decorations, 82 cm long, 40 cm deep, and 89 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct…
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A Japanese lacquered wood Buddha Amitabha, Edo period the standing figure with well carved serene face and tightly curled hair in copper, his right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the left lowered, dressed in crisply flowing robes opened to reveal his chest, the lower robe panel concealing the internal prayer repository, standing before a tall mandorla carved with scrolling cloud on a well-carved double pedestal lotus base on a carved circular panelled foot, 71 cm high. Provenance: collection of Lockwood de…
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A Tokyo school bronze sculpture, Signed Seinan, Meiji period of a smiling bijin standing beside a lantern with bamboo and ropework roof atop a gnarled tree stump, wood stand, 70 cm high (including base). Compare an almost identical piece by the same maker, Christie's London, Lot 94 Sale 4140
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A Japanese gilded bronze Amitabha and a bronze washer, the Buddha standing on an ungilded lotus pedestal, the mandorla decorated with clouds and scrolling karakUSA, the washer cast with a head of a rabbit, 16 cm high (Buddha), 10.5 cm long (washer) (2)
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A pair of Japanese cloisonn vases, Meiji period the faceted baluster bodies decorated with panels of the four seasons on alternating black and brown aventurine-flecked ground beneath brocade borders and rising palmettes about the foot, 32 cm high
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A pair of Japanese cloisonn vases, Meiji period the ovoid bodies with narrow neck and everted lip decorated with irises on a pink ground, impressed marks to base, 16 cm high
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A Japanese stoneware garden seat, late Meiji the barrel-shaped body with moulded studded bands to the upper and lower borders, thickly glazed in rich cobalt, impressed studio or manufacturer mark, 'Shigaraki/ Nagano/ made' to base, 45 cm high. Provenance: private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct descent
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A large Chinese carved wooden table screen with mother-of-pearl inlay, Republic period the screen carved in high relief with a newly-wed couple meeting probably the god of marriage set in a garden landscape, verso with symbols of fortuity and longevity, the wooden frame profusely decorated with mother-of-pearl, 110.5 cm high, 74 cm wide
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A Chinese reception elbow chair, Republic period the chair with high back, profusely pierced and carved with dragon-and-cloud decoration on the back, the arms, and the front legs, 91.4 cm (H) x 61 cm (W) x 48 cm (D)
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A pair of Chinese laquered elm children's chairs, each with curved back with carved panel, and scrolling apron
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A Chinese red painted pine altar table, First quarter 20th century the rectangular panelled top above a carved frieze to both sides, one side with with two short drawers and one false drawer, the other side with one short drawer and two false drawers, raised on square legs, 161 cm wide, 64 cm deep, 92 cm high
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A large Chinese lacquered altar table, of substantial proportions, the top with upward scrolled ends, supported on spreading legs on a platform, with scrolling apron, 258 cm x 38 cm x 13 cm
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Six Chinese carved and pierced wooden screens, late Qing or Republic period each with upper portion of vertical combed panels separated by openwork bands of carved cloud motifs, and lower portion with two square panels with carved cloud motifs, 252 cm high, 50 cm wide (6).
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A set of ten Chinese pine yoke back chairs, 20th century with curved yoke backs above solid central splat and solid seat, raised on round legs loined by stretchers (10)
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A Chinese famille-rose brush pot, painted with a few government officials in a setting of a study, 14.7 cm high
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Two canton enamel square dishes, Republic period each painted within a square border with ladies at court, the sides with peasants and flowers, 18 cm long, 21.5 cm wide
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A Chinese wucai hexagonal garden stand, of baluster shape with pronounced central knop, each section pierced with a design of flowers, plants, symbols of good fortune in aubergine, blue, yellow and white enamel to all facets al on a green ground, 59.9 cm high
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A Chinese Canton enamel tea-serving set, Republic period including a tea pot, a tea filter, four small jars and pots for milk and water, a circular box, and a small cylindrical vessel, 20 cm at tallest (water pot) (8)
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Three Chinese famille rose plates, each painted with figures amongst garden landscape, encircled with flowers of the four seasons,the underside with four bats, 24.9 cm diameter
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Lin Ta-yung eds., Classical Chinese Painting: Selected Masterpieces of all Dynasties, published by the Happiness Publishing Company Hong Kong, 1961 39.5 cm x 27.3 cm x 3.7 cm
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The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art No. 3 - 59, 216, and 234, published by the National Palace Museum in Taipei, 1983 - 2002 missing no. 8, 11, 29, 31 - 41, 43, 46 - 52, 54, 57, and 58
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Ink paintings by Madame Chiang Kai Chek, Wang Yaquan eds., Tapei 1980 including 40 colour plates of Madame Chiang's paintings, with an afterword by the editor, string bound with cover, 26.5 cm x 43.2 cm
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Two reference books of Chinese works of art and paintings, the first edition of Historical Chinese art: works of art, Cultural Relic Publishing House, Beijing, China, 1994 the first edition of Historical Chinese art: paintings II, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Shanghai, China, 1994
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A Chinese carved hardstone boulder, of ten canine mythical beasts crawling over a small rocky hill, 13 cm high
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A framed Chinese ancestral portrait on paper, painted with a number of generations of a family, the patriarch and matriarch seated at the top in front of an altar table and a painted screen, 220 cm high, 170 cm wide
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A Chinese cast iron figure group of Guanyin riding an elephant, the god with serene expression, wearing flowing robes, her hands in Dhyana mudra, 108 cm high, 60 cm wide
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A Chinese black tea brick, pressed with a design of a temple gate between tea plants, with five stars above and the manufacturer information in Chinese characters below, the reverse divided into sixteen sections, 24 cm x 18.5 cm x 2.2 cm
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Five small Asian bronze figures, of a standing Indian goddess, a seated Indian god, a Tibetan Hevajra, a Chinese mounted goddess, and an eastern Asian figure of an aged man, 13.5 cm high, 12.7 cm high, 13 cm high, 15 cm high, 37 cm high
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A Thai gilded bronze figure of Buddha shakyamuni, seated in vajrasana, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, the left resting on his lap in vitarka, 35 cm high
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A south east Asian gilded bronze Goddess, the goddess standing, her hands in fear-not and wish-fulfilling mudras, her hair with blue pigment, 20.5 cm high
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A marble figure of Guanyin, in typical pose, wearing a jewelled headdress, necklaces and flowing robes and standing on a double lotus base, 97 cm high
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