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Fine Asian Art including The Collection of Snuff Bottles of Franca Arena A.M. — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:212
Sale Title:Fine Asian Art including The Collection of Snuff Bottles of Franca Arena A.M.Lots with images:212
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:135
Date:3-May-2016
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A group of two Miao tribal necklace jewelleries, mid 20th century, 20 cm and 28 cm wide (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Beijing about 25 years ago
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A Vietnamese blue-and-white deep dish, 15th to 16th century, 26.5 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Bali
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A Vietnamese blue-and-white charger, 15th to 16th century, 37.8 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Adelaide about 20 years ago
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A Vietnamese blue-and-white dish, 15th to 16th century, 24 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Bali about 20 years ago
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A large Laos silver repousse beetle box, late 19th to early 20th century, 9.3 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Singapore during the 80s
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A stone head of a Buddha, Ayutthaya period, 21 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of white Jambhala, 5.7 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Beijing during the 1950s
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A gilt bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, 15 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1980s
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A gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi during the 1960s
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A Chinese famille-rose 'Flowering peach' saucer dish, Yongzheng four-character mark, 20th century, 23.8 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from 'See an old friend' circa 2000, Exhibition and Publication: Innovation and Continuity: 20th century Chinese Ceramics, Asian arts Institute of Australia, no. 34, Compare a Yongzheng dish with similar decoration in the Baur collection, see John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur collection, volume 2, P.104 - 105
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A Chinese doucai ogee-form bowl, Qianlong six-character mark, 21.8 cm diam
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A Chinese blue-and-white spittoon, underglaze double-ring mark, 18 cm high
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A Chinese stone-imitating vase, Qianlong four-character mark, 19 cm high
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A fan, Zhu Baoci (1880-1950), Xiao Xun (1883 - 1944), tan Guohuan (19th to 20th), Chen Fangao (1867 - '), Shou Nie (1885 - 1949), Peng Hanhuai (1876 - 1952) and Zhu Bangjin (19th to 20th), various subjects, 1929 to 1931, all signed, five dated 1929, two dated 1931, all dedicated, and with one to two seals of each artist, 30.5 cm long. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Nanjing Road in Shanghai in 1977 or 1978 (by repute)
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Guo Lanxiang (1885 - 1938) and Wei Xiong (19th to 20th century), Summer landscape (1931) and figures among plum trees (1905), ink and colour on paper, signed and inscribed by the artists, with two seals of the artists, 31 cm long. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Nanjing Road in Shanghai in 1977 or 1978 (by repute)
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Da Xiaoshan, fans, (19th to 20th), Zhang Chonghou (19th to 20th), pan Da (1913 - 1973), various subjects, 1941 and 1934, 31.8 cm long, 32.2 cm long (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Nanjing Road in Shanghai in 1977 or 1978 (by repute)
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Zhang Quan (19th to 20th), Yang Jingbin (19th to 20th), Gu Yan (1872 - 1949), Su Shoucheng (19th to 20th), Xun Huisheng (1900-1968), and Shi Huibao (1881 - 1943), various subjects, 1905, 1928, and 1934, ink and colour on paper, various seals of the artists, 31 cm long, 32 cm long, and 33.3 cm long (3). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Nanjing Road in Shanghai in 1977 or 1978
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A Chinese carved soapstone figure group of Su Wu, 20th century, 22 cm high (with stand). Provenance: HK private collection till 1970s, NSW private collection
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A Chinese carved soapstone of Mi Le, 20th century, 23 cm high (with stand). Provenance: HK private collection till 1970s, NSW private collection
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A Chinese carved soapstone of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, 20th century, 20 cm high (with stand). Provenance: HK private collection till 1970s, NSW private collection
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A Chinese carved boxwood figure of Taoist figure and his mount, 33 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection
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A Chinese blue-and-white and famille-rose egg-shaped vase, Yongzheng six-character underglaze-blue mark to the base, 17 cm high
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A pair of Chinese famille-rose beaker vases, Qianlong six-character seal mark, 21 cm high (2)
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A pair of Chinese doucai bowls, Yongzheng six-character underglaze-blue mark to the base, 11.8 cm diameter (2)
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A Chinese stone-imitating square flower pot, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark, 26.6 cm wide, 17.5 cm deep, 6.6 cm high
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Follower of Dai Jin (1388 - 1462) and Zhao Mengfu (1254 - 1322), landscape album leaf, ink and colour on silk, Autumn landscape album leaf, ink and colour on silk, 21.5 cm x 19 cm, and 24 cm x 19 cm (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from James R. Lawson Auctioneers on 20 & 21 August 1957 and hence by descent (with a copy of the cover and one page from the original catalogue and receipt), collection of renowned architect Hardy Wilson, acquired in China (Lawson's catalogue)
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After Qiu Ying (ca. 1494 - 1552), figures and Architecture, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll (probably a fragment from a multi-scroll composition), two seals of the artists, 134 cm x 38.5 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent, with an unrecorded collector's mark 'P&L.W' on scroll title
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Anonymous, eagle, Ming Academy style, 19th century, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll, 190 cm x 95 cm. Provenance: Acquired in Beijing during the 1920s by Mr A.V.Harvey, an accountant at Yuin Yeh bank in Beijing, Purchased directly from Mr A.V.Harvey in Sydney, where he was by then working as stockbroker, on 7 June 1960, and hence by descent, also acquired was a jade musical stone which was sold at Bonhams London on 11 November 2010, lot 219 sale 17859, : .V.Harvey
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Anonymous, immortal Magu with peach and basket, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll, 145 cm x 76 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent
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Anonymous, two immortals, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll, 92 cm x 62 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent
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Li Peiwen, mountain landscape, ink on silk, hanging scroll, 105 cm x 50 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent
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Dai Kui (Qing dynasty), Chrysanthemums and ducks, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, 149 cm x 52 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent
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Wang Yun (1652 - circa 1735), attributed to Summer Retreat, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, dated 1725, 64 cm x 75 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent, 1725
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Attributed to Zhong Yin (Southern Tang), Birthday Celebration for Queen mother of the West, 19th century, ink and colour on silk, with two seals of the artist, 160 cm x 80 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent
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Unknown, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 43 cm x 59 cm
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A parcel-gilt silver-alloy figure of Padmasambhava, 25 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Beijing during the 1950s (by repute)
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A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 34 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Japan
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A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, 19.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, given as gift in Beijing in the 1950s
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A Chinese doucai 'Floral' bowl, Daoguang six-character underglaze blue mark and of the period, 14.9 cm diameter. Provenance: Lot 506, Sale L12211, Sotheby's London, 07 November 2012, See an almost identical bowl from the same period, lot 322, Sale N09477, Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016
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A pair of underglaze-red 'Phoenix' bowls, Daoguang six-character underglaze blue mark and of the period, 14.6 cm diameter (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from 'See an old friend' in Hong Kong circa 2000, Compare a similar example, see no. 69, Gunbild Avitabile, from the dragon's treasure: Chinese porcelain from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Weishaupt collection, page 58, '', from the dragon's treasure: Chinese porcelain from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the…
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A blue-and-white 'Longevity' box with lid, attributed to the Zhengde period in the inscription, 12.5 cm wide, 12.5 cm deep, 10.5 cm high.Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Japan in the 1950s
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A Chinese iron-red and gold painted vase, Qianlong four-character mark, 16.4 cm high
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A Chinese carved celadon-glaze 'Scrolling foliage' Yaozhou dish, 20.5 cm diam
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A Chinese Yaozhou-Ware carved and moulded 'Three fish' bowl, 12th century, 12 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from KY fine Art, previously known as Luen Chai about 20 years ago, Compare a similar example, see Li Zhiyan, Simon Kwan, the Muwen Tang collection series Vol. 11: song Ceramics, P. 358
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A Chinese Yaozhou carved celadon-glaze 'Chrysanthemum petals' bowl, 12th century, underside repeated of similar decoration, 14.3 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from KY fine Art, previously known as Luen Chai about 20 years ago, Compare a similar example, see Li Zhiyan, Simon Kwan, the Muwen Tang collection series Vol. 11: song Ceramics, P. 330
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A Chinese jian-Ware tea bowl with indented lip and subtle hare's fur markings, 12th century, 12.8 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, Ex Ronald W. Longsdorf collection, no. 1471, Compare a similar example, see nos. 82, Robert D. Mowry, Hare's fur, tortoiseshell, and Partridge feather: Chinese brown- and black-glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, P. 218 - 219, Ronald W. Longsdorf, collector of Chinese porcelain, especially that of the song dynasty, for over 30 years. His sold-out exhibition, curated by J…
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A Chinese jian-Ware 'Hare's fur' tea bowl, 12th century, 11.5 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, Ex Ronald W. Longsdorf collection, no. 1340, Ronald W. Longsdorf, collector of Chinese porcelain, especially that of the song dynasty, for over 30 years. His sold-out exhibition, curated by J. J. Lally in 2013, presented a comprehensive study of ceramics during this period from various important kilns and of refined examples. Longsdorf 1340, Ronald W. Longsdorf2013. J. Lally
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A Chinese jizhou tortoiseshell-glaze tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 11.3 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in the late 1990s to early 2000s
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A white-Ware meiping decorated with lotus flowers, by Chen Wenzeng (1954 - ), dated by inscription 1982, 26 cm high, Exhibition and Publication: Innovation and Continuity: 20th century Chinese Ceramics, Asian arts Institute of Australia, no. 30, Chen Wenzeng was credited with the rediscovery of how to make Ding wares while working at the Quyang Archaeological Research Institute. 1954 - 1982
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A Chinese raozhou -Ware moulded white-glaze Ding-style 'Phoenix and peony' plate, Southern song dynasty, 18.2 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from Luen Chai in Hong Kong (by repute), note: for a similar bowl, see Simon Kwan, the Museum Tang collection series 11: song Ceramics, Hong Kong, 2012, P. 302 - 303
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A Chinese cizhou-Ware green-glaze 'Floral' pillow, Jin dynasty, 30 cm x 23 cm x 13 cm
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A Longquan celadon-glazed mallet-shaped vase, 13th century, 19.5 cm high, the result of thermoluminescence test report no. P105y66, dated 31 August 2005, from Oxford Authentication Ltd. Is consistent with the dating of this lot. Compare a similar vase also with two fish handles, dated to the song-Yuan period, 1250-1400, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in green-Longquan celadon of the Ming Dynasty, Taipei, 2011, p.273, no.153
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A Chinese blue-and-white low-fired bowl, Yuan dynasty, 17 cm diam
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A Chinese carved celadon-glaze 'Lotus' bowl, 31 cm diameter 14 cm high
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A Chinese celadon-glaze and biscuit 'Shrine' of guanyin and attendants, 39 cm high
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Huang Junbi (1898-1991), landscape, ink and colour on paper, mounted, inscribed and signed Huang Junbi, with two seals of the artist, dated yichou year (1985) 41 cm x 68.5 cm. Provenance: Hong Kong private collection, acquired directly from the artist in the 1980s, NSW private collection, 1985
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Sun Wen (1866-1925), calligraphy Couplet, ink on paper, mounted, inscribed and signed Sun Wen, with one seal of the artist, dated minguo eleventh year (1922), 107 cm x 27 cm (2). Provenance: collection of Wang Shangyi (1905-1972), Acquired by his younger brother Wang Weili, collection of Wang's family since 1973
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Gao Jianfu (1879-1951), plum blossoms and rock, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Jianfu, with two seals of the artist, dated (mingguo) twenty-seventh year (1938), 84.5 cm x 30.5 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection since 1977, Hong King private collection
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Li Xiongcai (1910-2002), Poem by Gao Jianfu, 1988, ink on paper, mounted, inscribed and signed Xiongcai, with two seals of the artist, dated wuchen year, 1988, 28.5 cm x 57 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 1988, collection of Dr. Chung Quin-yuen, Australia, 1988
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Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), landscape, 1986, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed by the artist, with three seals of the artist, 137 cm x 68 cm. Provenance: Private Collection VIC, Purchased in the late 1990s from a student of the artist in Melbourne, Publication: Yiyuan Duo Ying: selected works by Lingnan school, Zhao Shaoang, Yang Shanshen, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Shanghai people's Art Publishing house, P. 24, plate 38, 3938, (1986)
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Attributed to Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), Willow and bird, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seal of the artist, 47 cm x 79 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, purchased from a student of the artist in the late 1990s, Publication: Yiyuan Duo Ying: selected works by Lingnan school, Zhao Shaoang, Yang Shanshen, Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, Shanghai people's Art Publishing house, P. 28
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Attributed to Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), owl, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist, with four seals of the artist, 75 cm x 137 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Victoria, Purchased in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang
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Qi Liangchi (1921 - ), Chicks, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist with one seal of the artist, Undated, 68 cm x 34 cm. Provenance: East & West Art gallery, Melbourne, Victoria private collection
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Qi Liangchi (1921 - ), Chicks, ink on paper, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, dated 1973, 35 cm x 131 cm. Provenance: East & West Art gallery, Melbourne, Victoria private collection
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Qi Liangyi (1923 - 1988), morning Glory, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, dated 1973, 34.5 cm x 102 cm. Provenance: East & West Art gallery, Melbourne, Victoria private collection
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Attributed to Guan Liang (1900-1986), Chinese opera, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed by the artist with one seal of the artist, the scroll title inscribed with the title of the painting, with one seal of the Luo College of the Zhejiang Art Institute where Guan Liang was a professor, 26 cm x 30.5 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection and hence by descend
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Elizabeth Keith (1887 - 1956), three 1925 woodblock prints, outside Chang Man gate, Suzhou, pewter shop, Suzhou, spring in Suzhou, approx. 25 cm x 37 cm, (3). Provenance: Zimbabwe private collection. Queensland private collection
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A three-piece armorial tea set, Qianglong period, the saucer: 14.1 cm diameter cup: 6.5 cm high, the sugar bowl: 9 cm diameter (3)
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A Chinese famille-rose export punchbowl, Qianlong period, 28.5 cm diam
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A Chinese famille-rose export vase, Qianlong period, 26 cm high
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A Chinese large famille-rose egg-shell bowl, painted by Xiong Mengting, dated 1957, 19.5 cm diameter
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A pair of famille-rose egg shell 'Peony' bowls, Qianlong four-character mark, mid-20th century, 13 cm diameter (2)
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A pair of Chinese painted enamel 'Buddhist emblems' cups, 5 cm high (2). Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Beijing during the 1950s or 1960s
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A pair of cloisonne scrolling lotus' cups, 6 cm high (2). Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Beijing during 1940s or 1950s
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A Chinese cloisonne Buddhist emblems and scrolling lotus' bowl, Jingtai four-character incised mark, 16.8 cm diameter. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in the early 1990s
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A Chinese cloisonne'qilin' charger, 35.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired locally during the 1990s
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A Chinese cloisonne 'dragon' bottle vase, Qianlong six-character incised mark, 17.3 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired locally during the 1990s
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A Chinese cloisonne-shaped vessel with two covers, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, 20 cm long. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in the early 1980s from a Japanese estate in Kyoto
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A large Chinese cloisonne 'Dragon' handles, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, baring a Christie's label, 54 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired from a local estate in the 1990s, Hampshire private collection in UK, acquired in the early 20th century and then imported to Australia in the 1970s (by repute)
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A rare copy of the Imperially commissioned illustrated edition of the 'Classic of History', Qinding Shujing Tushuo, Guangxu, dated 1905, comprising two volumes, each enclosing eight soft-bound fascicles, each with approximately 40 lithographic annotated illustrations, dated to the 31st year of Guangxu, corresponding to 1905, each bound in yellow paper and encased in cloth-bound fastening slip cases, each volume 32.2 cm x 22.8 cm x 8.8 cm (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Beijing in 1963…
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A catalogue of Chinese pottery and porcelain in the collection of Sir Percival David Bt. F.S.A. R.L. Hobson, the Stourton press, 1934, limited edition number 371 of 650 copies, 30 cm x 41 cm x 6.5 cm
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Two Chinese woodblock-print albums of paintings by Qi Baishi, and a painted album of Guilin, the catalogues published by Rongbao Zhai, probably in 1958 and 1961, 31.5 cm x 42 cm x 3.8 cm, 29.5 cm x 38.7 cm x 4.2 cm, 20 cm x 31 cm x 2.5 cm (3). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Yue Hwa in Hong Kong in the 1970s, the original paintings of the flowers and Insects album was painted in 1942. An outstanding example of Qi Baishi's album paintings, it was auctioned for more than RMB90 million in 2009…
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A set of two Chinese woodblock printed catalogues of Chinese paintings, Published by Rongbao Zhai in 1961, 4 cm x 22.5 cm x 32 cm. Provenance: Switzerland private collection, acquired in the 1979s, NSW private collection, 1961
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A Chinese woodblock printed catalogue of paintings by Qi Baishi, Published by Rongbao Zhai in 1952, 32 cm x 21.8 cm x 2.8 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Beijing in 1963 or 1964
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Illustrated catalogue of Chinese government exhibits for the international exhibition of Chinese Art in London, 1936, Vol II, compiled by the international exhibition of Chinese Art, Chinese organising committee, together with three other books including: hand book of a collection of Chinese Porcelains Loaned by A. Burlingame Hohnson on Exhibition in the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, Miscellaneous Publication no. 3, 1923, 'An English-Chinese…
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A copy of 'The Epigraphy', Jinshi Suo and a copy of 'The Pictorial Dictionary for Children', Chongjiao Mengxue Zike Tushuo, dated 1907 and 1901. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Beijing in 1963 or 1964
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A Chinese cast bronze food steamer, yan, Warring States period, 22.5 cm high
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A Chinese zhou -style cast bronze single hand short sword, jian, 47 cm high
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A Chinese circular bronze vessel, ding, Xuande six-character embossed mark, Qing dynasty, with stand, 14 cm diameter 895g. Provenance: South Australia private collection, Hugo van Dam collection, : m
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A Chinese ' taotie ' bronze vase, hu, 17th century, 25.3 cm high, 1620g. Provenance: South Australian, acquired from America around 2009, Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1950s
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A Chinese green-glaze 'Tiger' pottery jar, Han dynasty, with stand, 28 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1988
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A Chinese crackle-glaze tripod censer, 5.3 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Japan during the 1960s
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A Chinese carved rock crystal seal, 5 cm high. Provenance: UK private collection till early 20th century, NSW private collection
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A Chinese carved archaic-style rhinoceros-horn vessel, 7.4 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired locally in the 1970s
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A group of Chinese scholar's objects, including two ink stones, two ink sticks, and a paperweight, varying length from 10 cm to 17 cm (5). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from Lynette Cunnington Asian Art in 1999, Exhibition: Treasures from the Chinese Studio, Lynette Cunnington Asian Art, 9 June to 9 July 1999, '''''', : 1999n Asian Art, Lynette Cunnington Asian Art
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A Chinese carved bamboo brush pot, 14.6 cm high
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A Chinese carved wooden brush pot, 17.5 cm high
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A Chinese natural-form jichimu brush pot, 18 cm high
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A Chinese incised ivory brush pot, 11.1 cm diameter. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired locally in the 1970s (by repute), Western Australia private collection, imported to Australia in the 1940s (by repute)
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A carved Chinese bamboo libation cup, 12.3 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from Stanley & Co. In 1995, : 1995
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