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Asian Art — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:183
Sale Title:Asian ArtLots with images:183
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:137
Date:26-Oct-2016
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A group of six Chinese Yixing teapots, 20th century, of varying sizes from 10.5 cm to 4.5 cm high (6). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade:
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A group of five Chinese yixing teapots, Two attributed to Zhou Guizhen (1943 - ), one by Jiang Tongdi, of varying sizes from 7.5 cm to 9 cm high (5). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade1989
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A group of four Chinese Yixing teapots, 20th century, of varying sizes from 6 cm to 15 cm high (4). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade
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A group of four Chinese export yixing teapots, Late Qing to Republic period, of varying sizes from 11 cm to 15 cm high (4). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade
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A group of four Chinese export yixing teapots, Late Qing to Republic period, of varying sizes from 10.7 cm to 14.7 cm high (4). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade
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A group of seven Chinese ceramic and stone teapots, of varying sizes from 8 cm to 21 cm high (7). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade
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A library of 36 Chinese string-bound books on poetry, Late Qing to Republic period. (36). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection since the late 19th century.
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A library of 20 Chinese string-bound books on history and philosophy, Late Qing to Republic period. (20). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection since the late 19th century.
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A library of 33 Chinese string-bound books of Chinese literature and dictionaries, Late Qing to Republic period. (33). Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection since the late 19th century
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A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 25 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s, hence by descent (by repute)
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A gilt-bronze figure of the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelsang Gyatso, 14.7 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s, hence by descent (by repute)
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A Pala-style bronze figure of a seated Shakyamuni, 14 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi, China in the 1950s, hence by descent (by repute)
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An ottoman sword and an Indian dagger, The sword of early 19th century with probably a later hilt, the dagger of late 19th century, 65 cm long, and 30 cm long (2)
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Wu Guandai (1862-1929), Spring Landscape After Hua Yan. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed Wu Guandai, with two seals of the artist and one seal of the collector, 115.5 cm x 47 cm. Provenance: Collection of Wang Weili. Collection of Wang's family in NSW Australia, with a collector's seal. With an 'External Movement Form' issued by The Art Gallery of New South Wales on 12 January 2000, of insurance valuation $25,000, for selection to be exhibited at Please the Eye, Cultivate the…
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Qi Liangyi (1923 - 1988), Morning Glory. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist, 79.5 cm x 35 cm. Provenance: Collection of Wang Weili. Collection of Wang's family in NSW Australia, with a collector's seal
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Dai Jitao (1891 - 1949), Calligraphy. Ink on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with one seal of the artist, and one of the collector, 39.3 cm x 72 cm. Provenance: Collection of Wang Weili. Collection of Wang's family in NSW Australia, with a collector's seal
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Yang Borun (1837 - 1911), Landscape. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with one seal of the artist, 132 cm x 32.5 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in 1996 from Tsi Ku Chai in Hong Kong (by repute)
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Attribute to Song Wenzhi (1918 - 1999), The Qutang Gorge, 1977. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with three seals of the artist, 67 cm x 38 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in 1990 from Tsi Ku Chai in Hong Kong (by repute)
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Wu Zuoren (1908 - 1997), Eagles, 1982. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, and with two seals of the artist., 62 cm x 98 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, purchased in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang in Melbourne
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Yang Shanshen (1913 - 2004), Peony, 1998. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, and with three seals of the artist, 133.5 cm x 65 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang 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. 40, Plate 71
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Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), Monkeys. Ink and colour on paper. Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist, 134.5 cm x 64.8 cm. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired 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. 8, Plate 9.
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Guan Shanyue (1912 - 2000), Prunus and Chicks, 1985. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist, 146.5 cm x 78.3 cm. Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai visited Sydney and Melbourne in 1985, and held a joined exhibition Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai: Two Chinese Modern Masters at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 to 27 May 1985. This painting must have been created during the same trip. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired in the late 1990s from a student…
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Li Xiongcai (1910-2001), The Yellow Mountains, 1985. Ink on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist, 143 cm x 68 cm. Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai visited Sydney and Melbourne in 1985, and held a joined exhibition 'Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai: Two Chinese Modern Masters' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 to 27 May 1985. This painting must have been created during the same trip. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao…
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Ya Ming (1924 - ), Landscape, 1988. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with one seal of the artist, 148 cm x 79 cm. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang in Melbourne
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Liu Maoshan (1942 - ), Autumn in a Fishing Village. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with four seals of the artist, 67.5 cm x 67.5 cm. (1942 -)
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Attributed to Wang Shuhui (1912 - 1985)
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A gilt bronze figure of Panden Lhamo, 24 cm high
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A gilt-bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 15 cm high
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A Chinese 'Arabic script' bronze censer, Zhengde six-character embossed mark, 9 cm high, 2115g
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A Chinese square bronze censer, Six-character embossed studio mark, 6.6 cm high, 2395g
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Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnamese, 1920-1988), Street Scene, oil on canvas. signed by the artist 31.5 cm x 23 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hanoi in the early 1980s
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Various Artists, Vietnam 20th century, Le Quoc Loc (1918 - 1987), lacquered dish. Nguyen Phan Chanh(1892 - 1984), work on paper. Pham Nguyet Nga(1940-), work on paper. Unknown artist, an oil on board Le Quoc Loc: 30 cm diam., Nguyen Phan Chanh: 43.80 x 43.80 cm, Pham Nguyet Nga: 15.50 x 24.50 cm, Unknown Artist: 19 x 18 cm (4)
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A Korean painting of a Mountain Spirit, 18th/ 19th century, 95 cm x 79 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in the early 70s in Seoul
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A Korean Taoist painting on paper, 76 cm x 104 cm
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A Korean Buddhist painting on canvas, 101 cm x 104 cm
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Unknown Artist, Canton school, Incense vendor, and silk dying. Gouache on paper, framed behind glass, 21 cm x 27 cm (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from Charlotte Horsemann & Gerald Godfrey LTD, Charlotte Horseman & Gerald Godfrey LTD
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Unknown Artist, Golden Island, or Jin Shan. watercolour on paper, framed., 31.8 cm x 18 cm. Provenance: ACT private collection
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A Chinese carved walnut-bead necklace, 90 cm long (suspended)
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A Chinese agarwood archers ring with gold inlays and a plaque, both with fitted boxes, 3.2 cm diam., and 6.5 cm long (2)
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A Chinese agarwoodbead bracelet, and a carved walnut-bead bracelet, both with fitted boxes, 31 cm long, 36 cm long (suspended) (2).
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A Chinese agarwood-bead bracelet with gold inlays of shou characters, with a fitted pewter fitted box, 37 cm diameter
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A carved amber and hardstone rosary, 35 cm long (suspended)
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A group of seven soapstone carved seals and a figure, of varying sizes from 4.5 cm to 7 cm high (7). Provenance: New Zealand private collection by descent. Taiwanese private collection
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A group of five Chinese hardstone carvings, of varying sizes from 4.3 cm to 8 cm high (5). Provenance: New Zealand private collection by descent. Taiwanese private collection
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A group of eight Chinese carved jade pieces, of varying sizes from 3 cm to 8.6 cm high (8). Provenance: New Zealand private collection by descent. Taiwanese private collection
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A Chinese carved archaic style jade 'Taotie' bell, Qing dynasty, 22 cm long (suspended), 255g. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A Chinese carved white jade 'marriage' plaque, Late Qing dynasty. fitted into a later table screen, 12 cm wide,. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A Mughal-style carved celadon jade bowl, 14 cm wide. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A Chinese carved celadon jade plaque, Qing dynasty, 8.2 cm wide (2). Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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Two Chinese carved agate vessels, of a tea pot and a censer, 16 cm wide, and 13 cm wide (2). Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A group of three Chinese carved jade objects, late Qing dynasty to Republic period, of varying sizes from 12 cm wide to 23 cm long (3). Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A group of three Chinese carved jade vessels, of varying sizes from 8.2 cm to 18.5 cm high (3). Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A Chinese carved white jade 'chi-dragon' disk, Qing dynasty, 5.3 cm diam. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent.
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A group of six Chinese carved jade pieces, of varying sizes from 3 cm high to 6 cm diam., (6). Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A group of six Chinese carved jade pieces, of varying sizes from 3.5 cm to 10 cm long (6). Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent
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A group of six Chinese carved jade pieces, Late Qing dynasty, of varying sizes from 4.2 cm to 6 cm high (6). Provenance: NSW private collection
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A Chinese carved celadon jade paperweight, 5.8 cm x 10.4 cm x 0.9 cm, 280g
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A Chinese carved white jade ' pixiu' pendant, by Wu Jinxing, 4.2 cm long, approx. 45g (jade only)
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A Chinese jadeite bangle and a pair of jadeite rings, Qing dynasty, 8.1 cm diam., 3.9 cm diam., (3). Provenance: Lot 750, Sale N09437, Sotheby's New York, 19 September 2015. Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, bequest of Mrs. Mary Ripley Goodwin, 3 October 1912 (accession nos. 12.987, 12.988, 12.989)
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A Chinese 'marriage' necklace of hardstone, jade, and silver beads, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, 57 cm long fully extended, the jade bangle 3.2 cm diam., beads varying from 0.7 cm to 2.5 cm diam., 215g. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1980s in the Hollywood-Road precinct
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A group of six Tibetan jewellery, (6). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Nepal in the early 1970s
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A sancai-glazed small pottery bowl, Tang dynasty, exterior with moulded ground imitating metalwork, the base with a four-petal floral head, 10 cm diam., 4 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired from My Gallery, Hong Kong, in October 2005 for HK$30,000
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A Changsha shipwreck bowl, 9th century, 15 cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection
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A pair of yaozhou celadon-glaze cups, 12th century, 10 cm diam., (2). Provenance: NSW private collection. Ex Luen Chai, Hong Kong (label)
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A Chinese Ding white-glaze cup, 12th century, with later band, 8 cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection
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A Chinese ge-type vase, Meiping, Qianlong six-character underglaze blue mark, 23 cm high
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A Chinese enamelled 'fruit and vegetable' vase, Jingdezheng mark, mid-20th century, 25.3 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection. Ex Chin Hwa GalleryChin Hwa
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A Chinese polychrome 'floral' vase, Six-character studio mark to the base, 38 cm high
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A Chinese doucai 'floral' bowl, Daoguang six-character underglaze blue mark, 14.9 cm diam. Provenance: Lot 506, Sale L12211, Sotheby's London, 07 November 2012, dated Daoguang period. 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 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 parcel-gilt bronze belt hook with turquoise inlay, Warring States period, 21.5 cm long
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A Chinese bronze belt hook with gilt silver inlay, Warring States period, 22 cm long
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A Miao embroidered 'hundred-bird' festival coat and a hat, Guizhou province, Southern China, late 20th century, 165 cm long (coat), 22 cm high (hat) (2). For another hundred-bird coat with chicken-feather decoration, see Gina Corrigan, Miao Textiles from China, University of Washington Press, July 2001. Traditional costume is one of the major living visual art forms of the Miao culture. Living as swidden cultivators with virtually no chattels, the Miao people have long come to cherish the festival costumes…
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A Miao embroidered woman's panel skirt, Guizhou, Southern China, mid to late-20th century, 116 cm x 82.5 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s. Exhibition: Miao Textiles, Delmar Gallery NSW Australia, 6 to 20 March 2016., Delmar 20163620
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Two Miao embroidered blankets, Guizhou, Southern China, mid to late-20th century, 102 cm x 52 cm, 97 cm x 48.5 cm (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s. Exhibition: Miao Textiles, Delmar Gallery NSW Australia, 6 to 20 March 2016., Delmar 20163620
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A Miao embroidered baby carrier, Guizhou, Southern China, mid to late 20th-century. the decoration consisting of couched-down pieces of floss silk, outlined with stitched and raised borders, 77 cm long. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s. Exhibition: Miao Textiles, Delmar Gallery NSW Australia, 6 to 20 March 2016., Delmar 20163620
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A Miao embroidered baby carrier, Guizhou, Southern China, mid to late-20th century. the decoration of overlapping silk-like cloth sewn with satin-stitch motifs and garnished with pieces of mica, 71 cm x 40 cm (embroidered area). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s. Exhibition: Miao Textiles, Delmar Gallery NSW Australia, 6 to 20 March 2016., Delmar 20163620
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A group of three Miao embroidered baby carriers, Guizhou, Southern China, mid to late-20th century. the T-shape baby-carrier predominantly embroidered in a chan stitch filled with satin stitch, worked with a twisted thread, the tying bands torn, 70 cm x 50 cm, 74 cm x 64 cm, and 81 cm x 37 cm (3). Compare a similar T-shape baby carrier, see Gina Corrigan, Miao Textiles from China, University of Washington Press, July 2001, P.74. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s.…
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A group of six Miao embroidered panels, Guizhou, Southern China, mid to late-20th century, the baby carriers of 69 cm and 66 cm long, the square panels of 62 cm and 40 cm long, (6). The two pieces of long panels are excellent examples of a secret technique associated with a group of Miao in a remote valley. Thin strips of a metal alloy are stitched on aprons and back of jackets, predominantly in a hooked geometric pattern. On the fringes and at the bottom of a piece, the alloy is wrapped around a line of…
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A group of nine Indonesian batik textiles, Mid-20th century. (9). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s
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A group of nine Indonesian batik textiles, Mid-20th century. (9). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s
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A group of seven Indonesian woven textiles, Mid to late 20th-century. (7). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Indonesia in the 1970s
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