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Asian Art including a private collection of Chinese paintings — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:109
Sale Title:Asian Art including a private collection of Chinese paintingsLots with images:109
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:47
Date:15-Nov-2018
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A Sino-tibetan gilt copper alloy repousse figure of Tsong Kharpa, 18th century, 41 cm high. Provenance: Frank Zeno Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 18 June 2012, lot 28. Exhibited: Possibly exhibited or loaned to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (label attached to the base). One of the most well-known and revered teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, Tsong Khapa's activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. In this work, the master is shown without a pundit's hat, with a…
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A Japanese gold lacquered wood figure of Amida Buddha, Edo period, with a portable shrine, Buddha 39.5 cm high. Provenance: Acquired in Melbourne in 2009
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A dehua white glazed figure group of Guanyin and attendants, 19th century, 20.5 cm high. Provenance: Moorabol Antique Galleries, Geelong, Victoria
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A Lao carved wooden figure of Shakyamuni, 19th century, 50 cm high
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A Chinese bronze figure of Amitayas, Dated gengzi year (1780) of the Qianlong reign, 19.8 cm high. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 21 November 2011, lot 538
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Two carved wooden figures of Guanyin, 19th century, one figure accompanied by an inscribed note dated to the 25th day of the 12th month of the eighth year of the Tongzhi reign (early 1870), 28.9 cm high (2). Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney, 2009
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A Tibetan gold lacquered bronze figure group of Yama Dharmaraja and consort, 18th/19th century, 7.5 cm high
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A rock crystal Linga and bronze Yoni, Possibly Angkhor period, 9th to 12th century, 21 cm high, Joined together the linga and yoni represent the potent symbols of creation in Indian philosophy. The linga represents the male and is a symbol of the Hindu god Shiva, while the yoni represents the female
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A stoneware tomb brick of an official in high relief, Jin dynasty, 31.5 x 13.5 cm
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A pair of archaistic spinach jade carvings, 11.2 cm long, 10.2 cm long (2). Provenance: Joseph Neuman, Sydney, 1969. Miklos Grunberg collection, Sydney. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 2 June 2008, lot 236
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A Dege wrought iron circular covered box with silver inlay, Qianlong six-character seal mark to the base, Qing dynasty, 9.9 cm high. Provenance: Andrew Stuart-Robertson, London, 1970s to 1990s. Christie's, London, prior to 1995. Apsara Asian Art, Sydney. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 2 June 2010, lot 1105. This type of metalwork was produced in very high quality and vast number in Tibet as early as the 14th and 15th century. The unique technology has been known as 'damascening' to Europeans, but called 'Dege' in…
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A Tibetan ritual silver and bronze water flask, 'Chab Bum', with a kesi 'dragon' cover, 17th/18th century, the bronze flask is mounted with a silver stopper, suspended from an amber bead with woven ribbons, with a kesi cover re-tailored from fragments of a Chinese imperial yardage, bronze flask 3.5 cm long, kesi cover 26 x 27 cm. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art (label). Alex Biancardi Collection since November 2009. Mossgreen, Sydney, 12 December 2016, lot 110. Numerous documented examples attest to…
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A green-glaze tripod vessel with cover, 'ding', Western Han dynasty, 25.5 cm wide
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A Yue proto-porcelain celadon-glaze stoneware vessel, Western Zhou dynasty, 16.2 cm diam. Provenance: Walter Hochstadter Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 14 June 2011, lot 244. Proto-porcelain was not fully understood or clearly defined until the 1950s, when large quantities were unearthed from Erligang, at Zhengzhou, Henan province. Throughout the production and firing process, wood ash was intentionally applied, resulting in the formation of lime-rich glazes. The firing temperature is around the…
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A stoneware cocoon jar, Han dynasty, 23.4 cm high
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Two neolithic stoneware jars, Majiayao culture, mid 3rd millennium BCE, 22.5 cm high, 9.3 cm high (2).
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A green glazed stoneware cockscomb flask, Liao dynasty, 32.2 cm high. Provenance: Dr Peter Elliott collection, Sydney
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A pair of 'sancai' moulded square dishes, Liao dynasty, 11th century or later, 11.4 x 2.6 x 12 cm (2). Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney. Exhibited: Objects of Desire: the Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics from Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 92, pl. 87. Possibly made in the Nanshan kilns of inner Mongolia, the only Liao kilns to have produced sancai lead-glaze pieces, this pair of plates…
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A small sancai glazed bowl, Tang dynasty, 10 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney, 2008
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A white-glaze 'lotus leaf' vase with four looped handles, Northern Song dynasty, 13.9 cm high. Provenance: Dr Peter Elliott collection, Sydney. Mossgreen, Sydney, 1 September 2015, lot 612. For a similar piece with the same shape and decoration, see Regina Krahl, The Meiyintang Collection Volume 1, London, 1994, p. 190-191, pl. 328
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A qingbai six-lobed stem cup, Northern Song dynasty, 6.8 cm high. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 18, pl. 13
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A Qingbai white glazed vase, Northern Song dynasty, 20.8 cm high. Provenance: The Connoisseurs Store, Melbourne, 1998. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 November 2008, lot 1197
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A Yaozhou five-lobed celadon bowl, Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12.6 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A Yaozhou moulded celadon glazed 'floral' conical bowl, 12th/13th century, 17.1 cm diam., Exhibited: Chinese Warriors and Figures from the Tomb, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 10 to 19 December 2010, Sydney. Published in the catalogue of the same name, Sydney, pl. 69
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A Henan russet-splashed bowl, 12th/13th century, 17.9 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A jizhou black glazed 'leaf' bowl, 12th/13th century, 12.2 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A black glazed bowl and vase, 12th/13th century and later, 9.7 cm diam., 9.4 cm high (2). Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A Yaozhou celadon glazed small dish with foliate rim, Northern Song dynasty, 10.1 cm diam. Provenance: K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong
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A yaozhou celadon glazed carved 'fish' plate, Jin dynasty, 19.5 cm diam. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 22 November 2011, lot 541. For a similar piece, see The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1997, p. 84
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A longquan celadon glazed moulded circular box, Yuan to Ming dynasty, 9 cm diam.
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Two Korean celadon dishes with white inlay, Goryeo dynasty, 10th to 12th century, 17.2 cm diam., 8.3 cm diam. (2).
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A longquan green glazed 'scrolling lotus' vase, Early Ming dynasty, 12.2 cm high
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A small Jun celadon glazed bowl, Yuan dynasty, 11 cm diam. Provenance: Capital Galleries, Hong Kong, 2010
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A small Cizhou brown-glaze bowl with white rim, 12th/13th century, 10.1 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A Huairen black-glaze tea bowl, 12th/13th century, 13.3 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A qingbai lobed water jar with four looped handles, Northern Song dynasty, 13.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 15 November 2005, lot 539. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 November 2008, lot 1208. Exhibited: Chinese Warriors and Figures from the Tomb, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 10 to 19 December 2010, Sydney. Published in the catalogue of the same name, Sydney, pl. 80B
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Two qingbai bowls, Southern Song dynasty, 19.5 cm diam., 18.7 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Duncan Macintosh collection. Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 16 April 2014, lot 195. Exhibited: Hong Kong Ceramic Society (label). Duncan Macintosh was a founder of the Hong Kong Ceramic Society and an author, most noted for his study of Chinese blue and white porcelain. . . Duncan Macintosh
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A qingbai moulded conical bowl and a jar, 12th/13th century, 15 cm diam., 4.9 cm high (2). Provenance: Bowl: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 22 November 2011, lot 559
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A longquan celadon 'chrysanthemum' plate, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 17.1 cm diam. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 21 November 2011, lot 49. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p.55, pl.50. It became fashionable in the late Southern Song and the Yuan dynasty to have small cups and bowls placed on broad saucers. Some have a…
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A Longquan green-glaze trigrams' tripod censer', 15th century, 17.5 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A Longquan celadon glazed bowl and a vase, 15th century, 17.3 cm diam., 20 cm high (2). Provenance: Vase: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 2 March 2009, lot 10
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A pair of large qingbai moulded vases, Late Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 23.9 cm high (2). Provenance: Capital Gallery, Hong Kong, 2010. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th Centuries, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 30, pl. 25
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A qingbai moulded 'phoenix' ewer and a floral circular box, Yuan dynasty, 9.5 cm high, 10.7 cm diam. (2)., Exhibited: Ewer: Chinese Warriors and Figures from the Tomb, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 10 to 19 December 2010, Sydney. Published in the catalogue of the same name, Sydney, pl. 79
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Two longquan celadon moulded floral dishes and a celadon carved bowl, 14th/15th century, 11.5 cm diam., 23.9 cm diam., 12.1 cm diam. (3).
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A large cizhou brown-painted slip-decorated storage jar, 16th century, inscribed around the shoulder with well wishes for a flourishing family, 57 cm high. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1990s
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A cizhou-type white glazed 'lotus' bowl, Shanxi Province, Jin dynasty, 16.9 cm diam. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 14 to 15 June 2011, lot 378. The circular unglazed section at the centre for kiln staking is a feature characteristic of many Shanxi kilns. For a similar piece with sgraffito decoration, see Inaugural Exhibition, Volume I: Chinese Ceramics, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England, 1993, p. 150
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A qingbai lobed 'boys' conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 18.3 cm diam. Provenance: Walter Hochstadter Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 14 June 2011, lot 268. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 25, pl. 20. Walter Hochstadter (1914 - 2007) was a collector, dealer and scholar of Chinese art, particularly of ceramics. Pieces…
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A qingbai celadon glazed flat dish with foliate rim, Yuan dynasty, 16.1 cm diam. Provenance: Collection of William Bodor. Bluett, London, 1980 (label). Mossgreen, 14 June 2011, lot 399. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 Oct 2013. Published in the catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 33, pl. 28. A classic example of ceramics during the Song and Yuan dynasty heavily influenced in shape by the earlier…
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A qingbai lobed dish, Northern Song dynasty, 10.2 cm diam. Provenance: Duncan Macintosh Collection. Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 to 18 May 2006, lot 335. Dr Carradus Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 November 2008, lot 1199. Duncan Macintosh was a founder of the Hong Kong Ceramic Society and an author, most noted for his study of Chinese blue and white porcelain
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A sancai glazed pottery model of a table of offerings, Ming dynasty, 21 x 21 x 16 cm, China has a long history of interning funereal goods dating back as early as Neolithic times (about 5000 BC). Burial customs have changed over time as the Chinese society and beliefs change. The emphasis of the custom has shifted from communication between this world and the next in Neolithic cultures, to continuing the lavish lifestyle on earth to the afterlife during the Tang dynasty. . As noted by the Art Gallery of…
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A Dehua white-glaze beaker vase with Taoist motif, Qing dynasty, 23.4 cm high. Provenance: The J Loren Karas Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 2 March 2009, lot 9
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A Dehua white-glaze censer with 'lion' handles, Qing dynasty, 13.2 cm wide. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney
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A large 'anhua'-decorated 'tianbai' 'scrolling lotus' dish, Yongle period (1403-1425), with rounded sides, the dish covered with an unctuous white glaze which stops at the foot rim, the interior delicately incised with a large barbed medallion of lotus borne on foliate scrolls, surrounded by a floral meander issuing nine blooms, the decoration on the cavetto repeated around the exterior but with ten alternating blooms, both sides with borders of classic scroll or 'hui'-patterns beneath the rim, as well as…
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A white glazed 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, 36.3 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Stuart Rattle, a prominent Melbourne designer. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 1 June 2014, lot 339
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A celadon glazed carved and moulded 'Buddhist Emblem' jar, Qing dynasty, 26 cm high
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Two associated Dayazhai turquoise-ground cups, Guangxu four-character iron red mark and of the period, 9.4 cm diam., 9.1 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 18 June 2012, lot 8. The Dayazhai wares were amongst a number of new imperial designs of ceramics which emerged during the late Qing dynasty. Attesting to the Empress Dowager Cixi's personal taste, the main Dayazhai pattern consists of five different designs, apparently two for spring and one each for the other three seasons. The turquoise…
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An ox-blood-glaze bottle vase, Mid to late Qing dynasty, 29 cm diam. Provenance: Acquired in London in 1973
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An incised qingbai 'boys' bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 20.1 cm diam. Provenance: Steven Zador collection, Sydney
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A Longquan celadon glazed melon-shape ewer, 13th/14th century, 7 cm high. Provenance: National Museum of the Philippines, accompanied with a 'Certificate of Registration' issued by the museum to V. M. Antiques on 2 April 1984, and also bearing a museum label on the base
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A Longquan celadon-glazed 'double fish' plate, 14th/15th century, 12.6 cm diam. Provenance: National Museum of the Philippines, accompanied with a 'Certificate of Registration' issued by the museum to V. M. Antiques on 2 April 1984, and also bearing a museum label on the base
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A Qingbai lobed ewer, 12th/13th century, 23 cm high. Provenance: The Reid Family Collection, Sydney
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A Qingbai moulded 'scrolling lotus' ewer, Yuan dynasty, 20.2 cm high. Provenance: The Reid Family Collection, Sydney
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A longquan celadon glazed moulded 'floral' dish, 14th/15th century, 34.3 cm diam.
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A longquan celadon glazed grotto of Zhenwu and Guanyin with their attendants, 33.3 cm high
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A Longquan celadon carved 'lotus' bowl, 12th/13th century, 17 cm diam. Provenance: Chinese Art including Selected Works of Art from the T.Y. Chao Family Collection, Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 November to 1 December 2017, lot 403. Private collection, Sydney
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A cloisonne 'taotie' square vase, 14.4 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A square bronze censer with 'lion' handles, Two-character embossed seal mark to the base, 6.2 cm high, 895g
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A carved bamboo 'boating' brush pot, Attributed to Shi Chengzhi (Qing dynasty), incised mark Qingxi Shanren, 14.1 cm high
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A turquoise, red and white overlay glass 'lotus leaf' jar, Qianlong four-character incised mark to the base, 11 cm high
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A painted ceramic figure group of a pair of red-crowned cranes, 6.5 cm wide
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A soapstone 'landscape' brushpot, Incised 'Yong Xing' mark, 22.4 cm high
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A sandalwood 'mythical beast' seal, 9 x 9 x 7 cm
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A yellow jade figure of a kneeling cow, 5.3 cm long, 55g
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A pair of celadon jade figures, 3.5 cm high, 10g, and 4.5 cm high, 15g (2).
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A white jade figure of a seated zodiac god, 3.7 cm high, 25g
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A group of two yellow jade figures, 3.9 cm high, 20g, and 3.4 cm high, 15g (2).
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A soapstone figure group, 12 cm high
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A soapstone 'mythical beast' seal, Incised 'Baishi' mark to the side, 3.1 x 3.4 x 3 cm
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A famille rose pink-ground 'bogu' medallion bowl, Daoguang six character seal mark in underglaze blue, enamelled around the body with four medallions enclosing 'bogu' arrangements, reserved on a ruby-pink scraffiato ground and divided by leafy floral strapwork, the interior painted with underglaze blue in the centre with four potted plants, surrounded by four lanterns, 14.8 cm diam.
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A pair of famille rose 'Buddhist emblems' bowls, painted in the interior with underglaze blue a scene from the 'Legend of the The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl' surrounded by magpies and clouds, 12.5 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Private collection, Perth, acquired from a local estate of a Scottish gentleman and his wife, who resided in Singapore from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s. ''
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An iron-red painted 'landscape' washer, Qianlong six-character iron red seal mark to the base, 5 cm high
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A small painted 'bamboo' vase, Four character iron red seal mark, attributed to Xu Zhongnan (1872 - 1952), inscribed to the back, 10 cm high
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Two famille-rose painted ceramic plaques, Signed Taomi Daoren Wang Qi, dated gengwu year (1930), 19.8 cm x 12 cm each (2). Provenance: Private collection, Singapore. Private collection, Perth. Wang Qi (1884-1937) was one of the founding members of the 'Eight Friends of Zhushan', who were instrumental in revitalising the porcelain industry after the fall of the Qing dynasty, when Imperial orders for porcelain at Jingdezhen had ceased. Wang's works were influenced by the paintings he studied in Shanghai…
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A celadon jade figure of a tiger, Yuan to early Ming dynasty, 8 cm long, 200g. Provenance: Tang's Hall of Precious, Hong Kong, July 2005. Phillip Burton Collection, Sydney and Queensland. Private collection, Sydney
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A black-and-white jade figure of a mandarin duck, Ming dynasty, 4.7 cm long, 60g. Provenance: David Baker Oriental Art, London. Private collection, Sydney
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A celadon reticulated jade 'three monkeys' carving, 17th century, 4.3 cm high, 30g
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A celadon jade figure of a qilin, Yuan to early Ming dynasty, 4.3 cm long, 55g. Provenance: Ned Roberts Antiques, Adelaide, May 1975. Private collection, Sydney
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A celadon jade figure of a qilin, 17th/18th century, 5.1 cm long, 25g
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An archaistic jade 'taotie' axehead, Ming dynasty, 9.2 cm long, 35g
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A pair of yixing vases, 19th century, 14.2 cm high (2). Provenance: Collection of John Hilliard, London . Private collection, Sydney
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A ruyi sceptre with inserts of reticulated jade plaques, Qing dynasty, 51 cm long. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 14 to 15 June 2011, lot 466. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 16 to 17 June 2014, lot 265 (label)
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A bamboo-root 'peach' washer, 17th century, 9 cm long. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney (label)
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A white glazed Dingyao 'flower head' shallow bowl, Late Tang to Five Dynasties, 12.7 cm diam.
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A 'dragon' ruyi scepter, Qianlong six-character incised mark, 48 cm long, 1776
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A pair of moulded and carved gourd caddies, Qianlong six-character embossed mark, 12 cm high (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney
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A pair of hongmu armchairs with 'dream-stone' marble insets, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, by Li Jiren, 103.5 high, 61.5 wide, 46.5 deep (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in the early 1980s. Erquan Shanmin is the studio name of Li Jiren, who was a stone carver active during the late Qing dynasty and Republic period. Known examples by Li have been seen on the international market recently. In these examples, Li utilises the natural patterns of the dream stones and makes them into…
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A moulded and carved double-gourd bottle vase, Jiaqing mark, Republic period, the lower section with a phoenix standing amongst two peony branches, the upper section with the sun accompanied by scrolling clouds, and a dated inscription, 'first day after the full moon during the second month of the sixth year of Jiaqing (1801)', 27 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. For a very similar gourd vase, with slight difference in the decoration and inscribed dating (1796), see Christie's New York, 22…
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A cloisonne and gilt bronze three-tiered picnic box and cover, Qianlong four-character incised mark, 33.2 cm high
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A large gilt copper alloy figure of Shakyamuni, 61.5 cm high
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A gilt copper alloy figure of Manjurshi, 35.3 cm high
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