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Asian Art — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:69
Sale Title:Asian ArtLots with images:69
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:35
Date:25-Oct-2017
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A set of eight rubbings of Arhats from a stele commissioned by Qianlong Emperor, consisting of portraits of: 02. Kanaka the Vatsa, 07. Kalika, 10. Pantha the Elder, 11. Rahula, 12. Nagasena, 13. Angida, 14. Vanavass, 15. Asita, 45 x 111.7 cm each (8). Provenance: Private collection, Singapore and Sydney
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A Chinese famille-rose porcelain moulded and enamelled 'double-gourd' snuff bottle, Qianlong four character mark, height 5 cm. The prototype of this bottle is well-known. The Qianlong-period examples are in the J & J Collection, Moss, Graham, and Tsang 1993, no. 231; Lady David 1973, no. 836; JICSBS, Summer 1988, inside cover; Geng and Zhao, no. 122; Li Jiufang 2002, no. 311, and etc. One from the Bloch collection was sold with Bonhams Hong Kong for HK$8,384,000 on 23 Nov 2010, lot 121, sale 18592
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A Chinese famille-rose snuff bottle, Jiaqing four-character iron-red mark, height 7.5 cm
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A group of four Chinese famille-rose pieces, Late Qing dynasty, length 19 cm (wall mounts), diameter 9.3 cm, 8.2 cm (4). Provenance: Bonhams & Goodman, Sydney, 22 February 2009 (wall mounts only). Private collection, Sydney, 2009. Bonhams and Goodman
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Two Chinese famille-rose plates, 19th century, diameter 25 cm (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese famille-rose charger, Qianlong period, width 31 cm
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A Chinese famille-rose beer stein and a famille-rose dish, Qianlong period, height 16 cm (stein), diameter 12 cm (dish) (2)
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A famille-verte Shou tea pot, height 24.4 cm
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A Chinese cast-iron infant Buddha, Ming dynasty, height 16 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese gilt-bronze seated figure of a Buddha, possibly Vairochana, and style of Ming dynasty, height 18 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Singapore, acquired in Singapore in the early 1990s
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A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of a seated Gautama Buddha, possibly Vairochana, style of 14th century, height 15.3 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A bronze and parcel-gilt figure of Amitayus, height 45.5 cm
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A gilt bronze Vajrabhairava and consort, Qianlong embossed mark, height 18 cm, 2815 gm
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A 13th-century style Western-Tibetan bronze seated figure of a Tara, height 27 cm. Provenance: Private collection, New Zealand, thence by descent. Private collection
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A Tibetan iron container for food bowl, 16th/17th century, Dege, with etched gilding of 'shou' symbols, 18.5 cm diameter x 9.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: This type of metalwork was produced in exceedingly high quality and vast number in Tibet as early as the 14th and 15th century. Iron is one of the five treasures of Tibetan Buddhism, among gold, silver, copper and brass. Hence it is not surprising that the Tibetans made so many pieces of iron and lavishly decorated them with…
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A famille-rose and gilt enamel figure of a seated Amitayus, height 10.5 cm
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Two Mongolian pottery motif plaques, 16th/17th century, one of Avalokiteshvara, the other of Padmasambhava, length 9 cm, 4.8 cm (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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'The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan', London, 1995, eight volumes, not including the later addition to the set, 'Shibata Zeshin', together with the publication F. M. Jonas
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P. de Tanner, 'Chinese Jade: Ancient and Modern', Berlin, 1925, two volumes, (2)
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Stanley Charles Nott, 'A Catalogue of Rare Chinese Jade Carvings', Florida, 1940, together with Yeung Kin-Fong, 'Jade carving in Chinese archaeology', Hong Kong, 1987; Stanley Charles Nott, 'Illustrated Annotation on the Working and Dating of Chinese Jades', Florida, 1941; 'Chinese Jade throughout the Ages: an Exhibition Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society', Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, (4)
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Franco Maria Ricci, 'Chinese: Arts and Daily Life as seen by Father Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit Missionaries' 1984, Paris, 1984, together with Neville John Irons, 'Silver & Carving of the Old China Trade', Hong Kong, 1983; Neville John Irons, 'Fans of Imperial China', Hong Kong, 1982; Neville John Irons, 'Fans of Imperial Japan', Hong Kong, 1982, (4)
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Four plates from 'Costumes of China', J Dadley after Pu Qua of Canton, published May 4 1799 by W. Miller, including: Plate II: A Watchman, Plate XVIII: A Shoemaker, Plate XXI: A Woman Preparing Tea, Plate XLIII: A Furrier, 24 x 29 cm each (4). Provenance: Private collection, Brisbane
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Anonymous, After The Album of Silk and Rice Production, ink and colour on silk, seven album leaves, each inscribed by the artist, unsigned and undated, including numbers 8, 18, 21, 22 from the 'Rice Production', and 7, 9, 13 from the 'Silk Production', 17.5 x 26 cm each (7). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney,:
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A Chinese blue and white brush pot, height 17 cm
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A Pair of Chinese export blue-and-white 'floral and insects' bowls, Kangxi period, 14.5 cm diameter x 4.4 cm high (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Zhangzhou blue-and-white 'phoenix' dish, 16th/17th century, diameter 25.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese blue-and-white 'seashell' dish, 19th century, Chenghua six-character mark, produced for the Japanese market, diameter 16 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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Three Bleu de Hue 'dragon' and 'phoenix' bowls, Neifu mark, 19th century, Jingdezhen export-ware, each fitted with silver rim, diameter 10.7 cm, 10.3 cm, 11.1 cm (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: From the 1700s onwards, kings of the Le-Trinh dynasty in Vietnam ordered porcelain from China for their court. This type is named after Hue, the 19th-century capital of the last royal dynasty in Vietnam, the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945). Although Chinese artisans executed the painting, Vietnamese…
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A Vietnamese blue-and-white charger, 15th/16th century, painted in the centre with a peony head amongst scrolling leaves, repeated in the circling wide band, the underside with lotus petals, recess unglazed exposing biscuit of dark orange diameter 40 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A blue-and-white 'dragon' bowl, possibly 19th century, Korean, single-character mark, width 17.3 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese celadon jade carving of a 'landscape' boulder, 26 cm high, 14 cm wide, 13 cm deep, 4390 gm
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A Chinese carved celadon jade flat vase, in the style of archaic bronze, height 12.5 cm
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A Chinese celadon jade carving in the shape of a citris fruit, height 7 cm
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Two Chinese jade carvings, of one white jade 'citrus fruit' washer, and one celadon jade 'scholar and crane' piece for a scholar's desk, width 11 cm, 15 cm (2)
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A Chinese carved and tinted soapstone figure group of Maitreya and five climbing children, 11.5 cm high, 18 cm wide, 11 cm deep, 2275 gm
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A group of three Chinese carved jade and hardstone pieces, brush rest 11.8 cm wide, bi: 6.2 cm diameter, pebble: 7 cm long (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese carved soapstone 'chi-dragon' seal, Attributed to Yang Xuanuan, the side carved of 'Yu Xuan', 5 cm high, 2.8 cm wide, 2.8 cm deep. Yang Xuan, style name Yuxuan, was a native of Fujian province. In the Jianpu provincial gazette, it is said that Yang Yuxuan particularly specialised in stone carving, especially figural carvings, animals and vessels, and that everyone wanted to acquire one of his works. In Min Xiaoji, Zhou Lianggong wrote of Yang Yuxuan: 'The excellence of his knife work is the…
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A Chinese carved burl wood 'dragon' brush pot, carved of nine dragons flying amongst thick clouds, a fine rendition of a famous subject of 'nine dragons' in a three-dimensional form, height 18 cm
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A Chinese wood table screen, height 51.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A pair of small Chinese display shelves, 50.3 x 37 x 15 cm (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese white-glaze vase with carved decoration, Qing dynasty, the body carved in two registers of four peony heads connected by scrolling leaves amongst a ground of cloud motif, the neck with similar decoration, separated by a band of diaper ground, height 36.3 cm. Provenance: Collection of Stuart Rattle, a prominent Melbourne designer. Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2014
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A Chinese 'unfinished' blue-and-white bowl intended for a wucai 'dragon' bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, 14.8 cm diameter x 6.7 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: The intended wucai bowl belongs to a well-known imperial group which started its production during the Kangxi era and well continued to the Guangxu period. The standard process was first painting the under-glaze blue for the first round of firing and then applying the enamel of green, iron red, aubergine,…
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A pair of Chinese doucai dishes, Qianlong six-character seal mark, diameter 18 cm (2)
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A Chinese yellow-glaze cup, Jiajing six-character mark, height 6 cm
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A Chinese vase with painted enamel decoration of carp, Attributed to Deng Bishan (1874 - 1930), height 28 cm
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A group of four framed Chinese painted-enamel ceramic plaques, each painted with two figures of the eight immortals, 60 cm high, 20.2 cm wide, 2.4 cm deep (including frame) each (4)
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A Chinese yellow-glaze miniature vase, and a famille-verte water dropper, The vase with impressed Qianlong mark, Late Qing dynasty, 10.8 cm high, 5.2 cm long (2). Provenance: Collection of Hepburn Myrtle (vase only)Collection of William Bowmore. Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese white-glaze head rest, and a figure of Liu Hai, height 15.5 cm, 14 cm (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney''
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A group of Chinese scholars objects and a silver hair pin, The miniature vases with Yongzheng mark, Late Qing dynasty, including a pair of blue-and-white gourd-shaped miniature vases, a cinnabar lacquer plaque, and a silver hair pin with coral inlays, height 4.5 cm (vases), length 6.5 cm (lacquer plaque), 15.3 cm (hair pin) (4). Provenance: Collection of William Bowmore. Private collection, Sydney
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A group of three Chinese monochrome vessels, late Qing dynasty, including a peach-bloom-glaze washer, a sang-de-boeuf bottle vase, and a blue jar, height 11 cm, 29 cm, diameter 11.5 cm (as illustrated) (3). Provenance: Lynette Cunnington, Sydney, circa 2010 (jar and washer only). Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese bamboo jacket, 19th century, made of a network of bamboo tubes, the edges finished in cream silk with ties and a button to the front, 170 cm wide, 70 cm long. Provenance: Judith Rutherford. Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above. Note: The use of bamboo jackets and vests dates back to the Ming dynasty. They were worn as an undergarment to aid air circulation, which helped to protect the outer garments from perspiration stains during the hot weather. A similar jacket was included in…
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A Chinese complete-length of blue silk gauze, Late Qing dynasty, with self-embossed roundels of floral design, intended to be made into a Chinese Changfu (informal robe), 800 x 80 cm. Provenance: Collection of Sir Francis Aglenthence by descent. Private collection, Sydney. Judith Rutherford, Sydney, acquired from the above on 3 September 2006. Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above. Sir Francis Aglen was a friend of Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston, tutor to the last Emperor of China, Pu Yi
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A Chinese silk embroidery bib and a child's hat, Late Qing dynasty to early Republic period, length 39 cm (bib) (2)
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A Chinese bracelet of chenxiang beads, consisting of 18 chenxiang beads, separated by four rose quartz beads, suspended with jadeite pendants, length 31 cm
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A group of three Chinese head and finger decoration, width 14 cm (head piece), length 9 cm (finger decoration) (3)
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A group of four Chinese stoneware jars, Han dynasty, varying heights: 14 to 25.5 cm (4). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Chinese yueyao celadon-glaze washer, Eastern Jin dynasty, 4th/5th century, with three embossed animal masks over a band of low-relief diaper ground around the rim, 19.5 cm diameter x 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A small Chinese qingbai carved celadon dish, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, diameter 9.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A Vietnamese amber-glaze foliate rimmed bowl, 14th/15th century, moulded with floral designs to the centre 19.5 cm diameter x 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Peter Elliott, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney, acquired on 30 August 2015
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Two Southeast Asian celadon bowls, The larger example of Thai, 14th/15th century, diameter 23.5 cm, 11.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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Two Chinese miniature bronze vessels and a black-glaze bottle, Ming dynasty, height 9.5 cm, 6 cm (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, the vase acquired in London in 1972, and the censer acquired in Sydney in 2008
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A Chinese silver and parcel gilt tripod container with dragon-head handle, zhadou, incised inscription to the back, height 10.2 cm, 460 gm
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A Chinese cloisonne candle holder in the shape of a seated ram, Qianlong four-character incised mark, with hinged saddle revealing a candle spike, length 10 cm
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A Chinese square cloisonne 'hibiscus' tray, Republic period, 28.5 cm wide, 2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A japanese tetsubin (iron kettle) with bronze cover, Attributed to Ryubundo, incised with company mark to the underside of the cover [], cast in low relief within a raised reserve a reading woodcutter in a mountain landscape on one side, and a branch of sakura on the other, both with a seal mark, the handle with maple leaf pattern, possibly traces of previously lost inlays, height 23 cm with handle upright. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A black-glaze tea bowl with 'leaf' decoration, diameter 15.5 cm
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A Chinese yixing 'bamboo' teapot, Attributed to Zhu Kexin (1900-1986), two seals of the artist, one to the base, the other to the underside of the lid, 17.5 cm wide, 12 cm high
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A Chinese yixing teapot, Attributed to Wu Yungen (1892 - 1969), incised with four characters to one side, and a branch of prune blossoms to the other, 19 cm wide, 7.5 cm high
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A Chinese yixing hexagonal teapot, Attributed to Xu Hantang(1932 - ), two seals of the artist, one to the base, the other to the underside of the lid, 16 cm wide, 10 cm high
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