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Antiquities — Bonhams
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
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| *** | A buff sandstone head, Avalokitesvara or Shiva, Khmer, Bayon period, late 12th/early 13th century, the Bayon period and Javamayan VII was dominated by Buddhism. This head probably originated as Avalokitesvara and was later modified to be Shiva as… | *** |  |
| *** | Of Napoleonic interest. A Chinese export carved ivory cockade fan, circa 1790, the complete circle of sticks opening to reveal a finely carved intricate design of an oval cartouche with script initials JB, probably, the Imperial monogram of Empress… | *** |  |
| *** | Hotchkiss model AD 20/30 two seater Registration no. Not Registered engine no. 4354, a slump in demand for the products of its munitions factory at St Denis (Paris) prompted the Company founded in 1875 by American Benjamin Hotchkiss (1826-85) to diversify… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of bronze and hardstone seals, Han dynasty or later Varying sizes from 1.0 cm to 2.5 cm wide (51). | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 36 bronze seals, Han dynasty or later Varying sizes from 0.6 cm to 2.5 cm wide (36). | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 45 bronze seals, Han dynasty or later the snake-knot seal possibly silver, varying sizes from 1.0 cm to 2.5 cm wide (45). | *** |  |
| *** | A grey sandstone torso of a deity, Khmer, Angkor Period, 12th/ 13th century together with two installation shots by Max Dupain for the exhibition at the David Jones' Art Gallery, 57.5 cm high. Provenance: (of the Torso) David Jones' Art Gallery, Indian,… | *** |  |
| *** | A cloisonne 'scrolling lotus' incense box, Qianlong four-character mark, and an inventory mark, gui. 6.7 cm diam., 3.5 cm high. Cloisonne in the form of earlier bronze prototypes were used profusely during the Qianlong period (1735-1796) as trios of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jizhou black-glaze deep tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century with spotted design, 11.1 cm diam., 7.5 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A qingbai 'wave' gourd-shaped ewer, Song dynasty, 12th century. 15.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney. A few associated pieces from different kilns have been published. The most closely related, both in form and size, is probably… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 49 bronze and hardstone seals, Han dynasty or later Varying sizes from 0.9 cm to 2.1 cm wide (49). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yaozhou celadon-glazed incised plate, Northern Song Dynasty the interior carved and combed with peony patterns within a thin circular band, the underside incised freely with circular strokes, the base coated with celadon glaze within a… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese moulded yaozhou celadon bowls, 12th century, Northern Song to Jin Dynasty, the slightly rounded flaring sides rising to a lipped rim, decorated on the interior with a crisply moulded design of six scrolling blooms, joined by a slender… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 40 bronze seals, Han dynasty or later, varying sizes from 0.8 cm to 2.5 cm wide (40). | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze and cloisonne enamel 'lotus' censer, Qianlong incised six-character mark reign mark in a vertical line, above a single character, guo, box, 9.8 cm high. Provenance: Tony Omura, 'See an Old Friend' Gallery, Hong Kong. Private collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze 'chi-tiger' nesting seal, Han dynasty the inner seal missing, with box 3.8 cm high, 42.5g. Provenance: C. C. Teng, Taipei, no. 003267 | *** |  |
| *** | A carved celadon-glaze 'scrolling foliage' yaozhou dish, Northern Song dynasty, the underside carved with a band of scrolling foliage between two borders, the base recess glazed in the centre, 20.5 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A group of eight gold hairpins, Song to Yuan dynasty Varying sizes from 15.5 cm to 19.2 cm long (8). Hairpins made from folded long pins such as this example are called zhegu chai and were popular during the Song and Yuan dynasties. Simpler designs such… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 28 metal and hardstone seals, Han dynasty or later Varying sizes from 1.2 cm to 4.5 cm wide (28). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved qingbai 'boy' bowl, 12th century 20.5 cm diam. 7.7 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, acquired from Luen Chai (former KY Fine Art) in the 1990s (label) Note: For a similar bowl, see lot 3209, sale 3433, Christie's, 3 June 15… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of gold 'goddess' earrings, Song dynasty 5.0 cm and 5.1 cm long, 5g each, 20ct (2). Images of apsara, goddesses, or child attendants are common design elements of the Song dynasty decorative arts. In earrings they typically appear in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese lobed and carved qingbai foliate dish, 12th century 18 cm diam. 6.5 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, acquired from Luen Chai (former KY Fine Art) in the 1990s (label) Note: For a similar 'peony' pattern, compare a qingbai lobed dish… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese qingbai carved 'lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty, 17.5 cm diam., 6.3 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, acquired 10 March 2001. Exhibited: Long-term loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A group of six archaistic jade carvings Varying sizes from 4.7 cm to 8.5 cm wide (6). Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | An octafoil silver 'twin birds' dish, Southern Song dynasty 14 cm diam.,. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney (no. 2962) Compare an almost identical dish with the same inscription, see J. J. Lally & Co., Silver and Gold in Ancient China, 16… | *** |  |
| *** | A jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century restored with silver with 'gourd and vine leaves' motif, box, 6.9 cm high, 12.4 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | Complete Nine Volume of 'Paintings of the Sung Dynasty', Selected and reproduced by the Palace Museum, Peking(possibly) 1957 each book with cover: 33.5 cm wide, 37.3 cm long, 3.8 cm high (9). Provenance: NSW Private Collection. by descent NSW Private… | *** |  |
| *** | A Roman marble bust, possibly 3rd century AD modelled as the upper torso, with drapery to one shoulder and head turned to the right, raised on a later stepped circular marble plinth, the bust 76 cm high, the stand 102 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A group of six gold hairpins, Ming to Qing dynasty Varying sizes from 10.6 cm to 16.0 cm long (6). To compare a similar flat pin to the ' guanyin ' piece in this lot, also with a chased ornament applied to the beaten gold sheet cut at the top with slender… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to various Artists including Mei Lanfang (1894 - 1961), Cheng Yanqiu (1904 - 1958), Shang Xiaoyun (19001976), Xun Huisheng (1900-1968), and Liu Yazi (1887 - 1958), Vines and Chrysanthemum, Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed and… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'peony' jar late Ming dynasty 40.9 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A striated pale grey jade carving of a recumbent ram, Song Dynasty 6 cm long, 79g. Provenance: Douglas J. K. Wright, Oxon UK, 11 February 2003 (receipt, bought for £4,600). Private collection, United Kingdom thence by descent. Private collection, Sydney.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Greek red-figure krater Apulia, 4th BC height: 37.5 cm. Provenance: Acquired from Arte Primitivo, Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York, in 1997 | *** |  |
| *** | Two sets of gilt bronze belt plaques and fittings, Possibly Song dynasty with box, (23). Plaque segments of belt in this form, in metal or jade, were likely influenced by the central Asia nomadic cultures, with known examples dating from as early as Han… | *** |  |
| *** | An Egyptian bronze cat, circa 664-332 B.C. seated on its haunches, with forepaws together and tail curling to the right side, mounted on wooden base, figure 11.7 cm, with base 14.5 cm. Provenance: From the collection of Lockwood de Forest II (1850-1932)… | *** |  |
| *** | A small blue-and-white water jar with a looped handle, Yuan dynasty 6.4 cm high. Provenance: K.Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong. Private collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved yaozhou celadon-glaze bowl, 12th century, 15 cm diam., 6.9 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art | *** |  |
| *** | A black-glazed 'chrysanthemum' jar, Jin or Yuan dynasty 13.9 cm diam., 8.2 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A jizhou black-glazed paper-cut resist-decorated 'prunus spray' tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century 12.8 cm diam., 6.5 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, no. 2184 | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 12.3 cm diam., 8.1 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, acquired 8 August 2003 | *** |  |
| *** | A group of 11 gilt bronze 'cowrie shell' coins, Zhou dynasty, possibly the Jin, Lu, and Wei cultures with box, Approx. 2.8 cm long each (11). Provenance: C. C. Teng, Taipei, 28 February 1995, no. 002550 (label and receipt) Cowrie shells are amongst the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Jizhou brown-glazed bowl, 12th/ 13th century. box, 5.8 cm high, 11.2 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese qingbai octagonal vase, 12th/ 13th century 20.3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese henan 'red oil spot' black-glaze tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century the shallow bowl covered on the interior with a lustrous blackish glaze decorated with five large russet splashes composed of russet flecks reserved against a ground of more dispersed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yaozhou persimmon-glaze tea bowl, 11th/ 12th century, 12.4 cm diam., 7 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, acquired 25 May 2008 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yaozhou celadon-glaze carved bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 16 cm diam., 7 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, acquired 29 July 2005 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 12.4 cm diam., 8.2 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Jizhou black-glaze bowl, Southern song Dynasty, c. 12th century, painted in the in the centre with prunus in pale russet. 11.6 cm diameter. Provenance: Bluett London label. | *** |  |
| *** | A Jian 'hair's fur' bowl, 12th/13th century, 12.6 cm diam., 6.7 cm high. Provenance: 'See an Old Friend' Arts and Antiques, Hong Kong, in the late 1990s | *** |  |
| *** | A Jizhou russet-decorated black-glazed bowl and a jar, Jin or Yuan Dynasty 14.4 cm diam. 8.5 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection. The bowl: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, 20 May 1995 Sydney (label and receipt) The jar: Andrew Stuart-Robertson,… | *** |  |
| *** | A jizhou black-glaze 'leaf' bowl, 12th/ 13th century box, 11.6 cm diam., 4.8 cm high. Provenance: K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jian 'hare's fur' tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 12.2 cm diam., 9 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese henan russet-splashed tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 14.3 cm diam., 8.4 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art | *** |  |
| *** | A jian black-glaze 'hare's fur' bowl, 12th/ 13th century box, 9.2 cm diam., 4.6 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese xing-type white-glaze dish, 10th/ 11th century with lobed rim, 12.8 cm diam., 6.1 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, acquired 25 May 2008, as of xing kiln Compare a similar cup catalogued in Watson, William, Tang and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese henan black-glaze tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century with russet streaks, 14.9 cm diam., 7 cm high. Provenance: BCI Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa, acquired 1 September 2001 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue-glaze jun dish, Late Northern Song dynasty or 12th century, 20.5 cm diam. Exhibition and publication: 'The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th Centuries', Asian Art Institute of Australia, 12-13 October… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jun-type bowl, Possibly Jin to Yuan dynasty, 17.8 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood brushpot with applied metal, to the exterior in high relief of five oxen after the painting by Han Huang (723-787), the base and the interior applied with metal with studded accents to borders, incised four-character mark Jinxian Jushi… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese pale celadon and black jade pendant carved as a stylised archaistic dragon, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the curved body well carved and pierced in mottled white jade with a black seam to the upper section, the body decorated with scrolled panels.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Yaozhou 'hare's fur' bowl, 12th/13th century, 12.5 cm diam., 6.5 cm high, Exhibited: The Tea Bowl in China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Australia: A Study in Cultural Influence, Synthesis and Metamorphosis, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, New South Wales,… | *** |  |
| *** | A jizhou black glazed 'leaf' bowl, 12th/13th century, 12.2 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese huairen black-glaze tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 13.1 cm diam., 8.9 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, acquired 8 April 2001 | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze 'phoenix' plaque, Liao dynasty with box, 10.2 cm long, For a similar piece, see Artemis Gallery, Colorado, Auction 17 June 2021, lot 109 | *** |  |
| *** | A cizhou russet-streaked bowl, Yuan dynasty, 16.8 cm diam., 8.1 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, R&V Tregaskis | *** |  |
| *** | A Yaozhou five-lobed celadon bowl, Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12.6 cm diam. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A Yaozhou celadon glazed small dish with foliate rim, Northern Song dynasty, 10.1 cm diam. Provenance: K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong | *** |  |
| *** | A huozhou white-glaze cup, Jin or Yuan dynasty with a 'cloud' handle, 9.9 cm wide, 3.5 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, 15 January 2002, No. 1353 | *** |  |
| *** | A jizhou black-glaze 'moon and blossoming plum' bowl, 12th/ 13th century 11.1 cm diam., 4.5 cm high. Compare a similarly decorated bowl, see Li Zongyang and Qiu Donglian eds., Zhongguo Songyuan Ciqi Mulu, Nanfang Publishing, Haikou, 2000, p. 82 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jun-type purple-splashed dish, Yuan dynasty 17 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese celadon-glaze yaozhou tea bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 13.5diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A Luristan bronze master of animals finial circa early first millennium B.C., the finial in the form of facing Ibex animals with rings on a support base, 30 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A jian-ware black-glazed cup, 12th/ 13th century. with later silver band 6.4 cm high, 12.3 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A moulded Ding 'phoenix and peony' bowl, Song dynasty, 18.2 cm diam. Provenance: K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, : | *** |  |
| *** | A Yue celadon jar, Jin Dynasty, 16.1 cm high. Provenance: 'See an Old Friend' Arts and Antiques, Hong Kong, in the late 1990s | *** |  |
| *** | An amber-glazed vase, Liao Dynasty, 18.5 cm high, Exhibited: Objects of Desire, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics Song to Yuan Dynasties, 10th to 14th Centuries, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, Sydney, 2013, cat. 85, : Objects of Desire, The Classic… | *** |  |
| *** | 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:… | *** |  |
| *** | A Jizhou russet-decorated black-glazed bowl, Jin or Yuan Dynasty, with widely flared sides rising to the upturned rim, glazed to the interior and exterior with a black glaze ending on the exterior in an irregular line above the foot, the interior with… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | Three gold leaves and a gilt bronze 'animal mask' currency, Zhou dynasty two leaves in the shape of cowrie shell, removed from their bronze core, the other in the same 'animal mask' design as the gilt bronze piece, also removed from its bronze core, The… | *** |  |
| *** | Four sets of gilt-bronze belt plaques and fittings, Possibly Song or Liao dynasty with box, the decorative segments of varying sizes from 2.0 cm to 2.8 cm wide (62). Segments of belt in this form, in metal or jade, were likely influenced by the central… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese black-glaze tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 13.7 cm diam., 7.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An ancient Roman terracotta shipwreck amphora vase, 3rd century B.C., the large mouth, narrow neck with a pair of handles above a swollen belly and a pointed bottom, with natural fossilization, mounted in a contemporary iron stand, 119 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A set of Chinese Tangram puzzle, Late Qing dynasty the seven pieces each carved and reticulated with designs of dragon, bat, or phoenix, configured in a square sliding box carved with figures against a background of garden landscapes on the top and the… | *** |  |
| *** | A bone belt hook, Warring States period with box, 15.7 cm long. Provenance: C. C. Teng, Taipei, 28 February 1995, no. 001650 (label and receipt) Compare a similar slender-formed hook, see Sotheby's, Chinese Art including Property from the Collection of… | *** |  |
| *** | A jizhou black-glaze 'phoenix' bowl, 12th/ 13th century box, 12 cm diam., 5 cm high. Provenance: Capital Gallery, Hong Kong Compare a similarly decorated jizhou bowl, see Peng Minghan, Jizhou Kiln, Wenwu Publishing, Beijing, 2007, P. 94, Pl. 51. | *** |  |
| *** | A green-glaze 'lotus petal' bowl, late 5th to early 6th century fitted box, 10 cm diam., 5.6 cm high. Provenance: Tony Omura, 'See an Old Friend' Gallery, Hong Kong Pieces of this type are often grouped among Yue wares, but were also made in Jiangxi… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jizhou 'tortoiseshell'-glaze tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty, covered inside and out with a variegated glaze of milky beige, russet and brown tone falling short to the foot to expose the pale orange-buff ware, 11.2 cm diam. Provenance: Private… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jian hare's fur tea bowl, 12th century, 12.4 cm diam | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cizhou black-glazed tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century, 13.6 cm diam. | *** |  |