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Oriental — Bonhams
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Oriental
- Art (117)
- Bronze (212)
- Brush Pot (45)
- Ceramics - Chinese (678)
- Ceramics - Japanese (46)
- Ceramics - Zother (7)
- Cloisonne (42)
- Furniture (73)
- Inro (3)
- Ivory (109)
- Jade (210)
- Netsuke (4)
- Okimono (26)
- Snuff Bottles (283)
- Textiles & Costume (41)
- Zother (413)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957), Four Apples (1947) Ink and colour on paper, mounted and framed Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist 33.4 cm x 33 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, by descent from Jörn Anner. Collection of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese wucai box with cover, Wanli six-character underglaze-blue mark to the base recess, decorated in the reserves with dragon motifs, the interior painted with various flowers and plants, 29 cm x 23.5 cm x 10.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' box and cover, Wanli six-character mark to base 16.3 cm high, 23.8 cm wide, 23 cm deep. Provenance: Private collection Victoria | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze figure of a seated Amitabha, Yongle six-character incised mark, probably Ming dynasty, the deity seated majestically in padmasana, the hands in dhyanamudra mudra holding the vase of longevity, the rounded face with eyes downcast… | *** |  |
| *** | Four green-glazed 'dragon' bowls, Kangxi six-character mark, early to mid 20th century, 10.4 cm diam. each (4). | *** |  |
| *** | A soapstone 'landscape' seal Incised mark Changshuo with stand and box, 8 cm wide, 4.4 cm deep, 5.7 cm high. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1007 | *** |  |
| *** | A rare Densatil-style gilt copper alloy figure of Mahakala, presenting as Legden, 'the Excellent One', wearing a heavy cloak and boots redolent of indigenous Tibetan spirit deities, a rare form of the deity, 30 cm high (excluding pegs), This rare form of… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white yuhuchun vase Qianlong six-character seal mark with box, 29.1 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A gold repousse figure of a Buddha, Ming dynasty, dated according to inscription, 'the 22nd year of the Wanli reign (1594)' with box, 5.3 cm long, 7.7g, 17ct. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 17 July 2000, no. 1050 (label and receipt) According… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine guan-type bottle vase Qianlong six-character seal mark with box, 30.2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Japan, acquired in Tokyo in 2001, inscribed on the inside of the 'tomobako' | *** |  |
| *** | An underglaze blue and red 'dragon' vase Qianlong six-character seal mark with a stand and a fitted hardwood box, 25.2 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A rhinoceros horn libation cup in the form of an open lotus flower, the stem supporting, the base and forming, the handles with further flower heads carved in relief on the sides | *** |  |
| *** | A 'lotus' gold stem cup, Qing dynasty with box, 9.8 cm diam., 40.4g, 22ct | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five white jade carvings, 19th century and later Varying sizes from 5.2 cm to 6.5 cm high (5). Provenance: Dr T. F. Yeung (1932-2019), Sydney. Dr T. F. Yeung, an Ear Nose and Throat (Ent) doctor in Hong Kong since the mid 1960s, migrated to… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved rhinoceros horn 'magnolia' libation cup, 17th/ 18th century the reddish brown horn naturalistically carved as a large and spreading magnolia blossom raised on a branch issuing blossoms, the interior incised with veins rising to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Bhai ajyaguru, Qing dynasty the Medicine Buddha with serene expression, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing monk's robes, his left hand holding a medicine nectar, his right hand resting on his knee, holding the… | *** |  |
| *** | Two painted ceramic plaques of 'Spring Sowing' landscapes, 1975 Plaque: 80 x 21 cm each Frame: 102 x 36 cm each (2). Provenance: Dr T. F. Yeung (1932-2019), Sydney Dr T F Yeung, an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor in Hong Kong since the mid 1960s,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese imperial famille-rose medallion bowls, Daoguang seal marks and of the period Each finely enamelled around the deep U-shaped body with four medallions enclosing landscapes, reserved on a rich ruby-red scraffiato ground and divided by… | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali and hongmu three-drawer desk, Qing dynasty. 147 cm long, 85.5 cm high, 54 cm deep. Provenance: The Estate of Emilia Stella, Milan, Italy, acquired in Beijing or Shanghai between 1850 and 1870 (letter of provenance, Mossgreen). Mossgreen,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-verte 'peach' saucers, Kangxi, with a fitted box, 9.7 cm diam. each (2). Exhibited and Published: Min Chiu Society, Catalogue of the 7th Annual Exhibition of Porcelain of Ch'ing Dynasty. K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Periods… | *** |  |
| *** | A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Daoguang mark and of the period, 14.8 cm diameter. Provenance: John Kenny, Melbourne, Sotheby's, The Estate of the late John Kenny, Melbourne, 17-18 May 2004, lot 64, also featured on the cover. Private collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese teadust-glaze vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark to the base worked with a gold-painted chi-dragon in high relief 15.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese elmwood tansu, early Meiji period the fall front opening to reveal three short internal drawers above the large open compartment above a scrolled apron on bracket feet fitted with original cast metal hinges and ornaments, 90 cm long, 49 cm deep… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Korean blue and white storage jar, mid to late Joseon dynasty with swelling shoulders balanced on a tapering lower body supporting a long neck, painted with underglaze blue with animals including deer, a tortoise, and cranes amongst pine trees and… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow jade 'chi-dragon' scabbard slide with a bamboo veneer fitted box, 11.7 cm long, 87g | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cloisonne enamel 'lotus' altar vase, Jingtai six-character incised mark, 26.9 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of copper-red glazed stem bowls, Yongzheng six-character mark, late Qing dynasty or Republic period, 13.2 cm high, 18 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze standing figure of a Maitreya, 86 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Switzerland in the 1970s-1980s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, Tibet, 16th to 17th century seated on lotus throne with his hands cradling the kalasa in his lap, adorned with jewellery and large earrings inlaid with turquoise, the forehead centred by an urna, crowned with a tiara, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four painted rectangular porcelain plaques, Wei Yongsheng (1910-1975), Republic period 80 x 20 approx. each (4). Provenance: Private collection, Canberra, acquired in Shanghai prior to 1949 and thence by descent The group depicts four famous… | *** |  |
| *** | A lingbi scholar's rock, stand, 28.3 cm high, 28.8 cm wide. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1060 | *** |  |
| *** | A tea dust glazed three-hole flower stand Yongzheng four-character seal mark 7.8 cm high. Provenance: D. Salman Eaquire Collection (label). Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1019 | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'dragon' bottle vase, Kangxi period, 24.4 cm high. Provenance: See an Old Friend Arts and Antiques, Hong Kong, The four-claw dragon is a familiar motif during the Kangxi period. It appears in underglaze-blue and copper-red, coloured… | *** |  |
| *** | A framed Chinese ceramic plaque, dated by inscription 1959 painted on the plaque a tiger climbing up rocky hills with waterfalls beneath it and bamboo forest behind it, 81 x 20.4 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A soapstone arhat, signed Wei Rufen to the base 11.2 cm high (including base). Provenance: (bearing a label of) Bluett London, Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, No. 1026 | *** |  |
| *** | A blue glaze ormolu mounted 'chrysanthemum' bowl and four plates, the bowl with Yongzheng six-character mark with box, bowl 17.8 cm diam, plates approx. 13 cm diam. each (5). Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'bat and cloud' vase Guangxu six-character iron red mark 32.3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Four painted ceramic plaques of landscapes of the Lu Mountain, By Yang Xiuyong (b. 1939), 1975, 80 x 21 cm approx. each (4)., Yang Xiuyong worked in the Ceramic Factory, and is best known for his painted plaques of landscapes. The technique of outlining… | *** |  |
| *** | A famile-rose 'five bats' saucer dish, Xianfeng six-character iron red mark and of the period, 28.9 cm diam. Provenance: Peng Seng Works of Art, Bangkok, 25 May 1987, The eleven years of the Xianfeng reign saw the Taiping Rebellion, and then the Second… | *** |  |
| *** | An archaistic celadon jade square censer, 18th/ 19th century fitted with reticulated cover and stand, box, 7.5 cm high, 370g, 16.7 cm high (overall). Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney. Private collection, Sydney. Bonhams, Fine Furniture,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pale-celadon jade 'dragon and cloud' brush pot, Qianlong four-character mark 16.1 cm high, 10.5 cm diam., 1320g | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ten-fold hongmu and embroidered screen, Qing dynasty, 183 cm high, 36.5 cm wide (each panel). Provenance: NSW private collection, in Australia since late 19th century | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 41 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'scrolling lotus' bowl with box, 15.7 cm diam., 7.4 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A silk Buddhist priest's 'vajra' robe, kasaya 124 x 265 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, offered with Hanhai auction, Beijing, on 18 December 2006 | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground square 'dragon' bowl, Jiajin six-character underglaze blue mark, with flaring sides each painted in underglaze blue with a ferocious dragon amongst scrolling lingzhi, all between two banded borders, the interior with a 'shou'-character to… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese table screen, 19th century, decorated with real feathers of a scene of two pheasants amongst a rocky and floral landscape including large peonies and scrolling daisies, two bats flying about, the whole mostly in dark turquoise with occasional… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese Buddhist altar, late 19th century, the rectangular case lacquered black and fitted with vertical doors hinged in two sections and inner latticed doors, all opening to reveal an elaborate altar with Amida Buddha and his attendants Kannon… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese haramaki-style suit of armour 20th century, lacquered gold and laced in bright orange and comprising a russet-iron fourteen-plate o-boshi kabuto fitted with gilt-metal shinodare and a large two-stage chrysanthemum tehen kanamono, a wide… | *** |  |
| *** | A massive Japanese bronze model of an Indian bull elephant with ivory tusks by Genryusai Seiya, late 19th century, naturalistically cast as an elephant in mid stride, the head turned slightly to the left, the surface finished to resemble the rough,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Thanka of Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri, Tibet, 1800s Pigment on cloth, the reverse with Tibetan inscription 'Om, ah, hum', with cloth mount, framed and glazed, 113 x 85 cm. Provenance: Dr Paul Sutherland, Sydney. Exhibited: Goddess: Divine Energy,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Jui, with white jade panel s of rampant five-claw dragons midst scrolling cloud on silver inlaid ground with panel s of propitious symbols and bats, verso with peaches of immortality and five-petaled lotus. Length 47 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese deep-aubergine-glaze vase, hu, incised six-character Qianlong mark to the base of baluster form, raised on short foot rim, body tapering from the sloping shoulder applied with a pair of dog-head handles, 28 cm high. Provenance: Bearing a… | *** |  |
| *** | An archaic bronze tripod ritual food vessel and cover, ding Warring States period 25.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 5 May 2000, no. 1518 (invoice) Compare a similarly cast ding, see Christies, Fine Chinese Ceramics and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' bowl, Wanli six-character mark and of the period painted on the underside with six Daoist figures separated by auspicious flora all under a band of decorative patterns, 11.6 cm diam. Provenance: NSW Private Collection.… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'dragon and phoenix' bottle vases, Guangxu mark and of the period, 31.9 cm high (2). Provenance: The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba, Sotheby's Australia, Property from the Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE, Melbourne, 31 March to… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white five lobed washer Jiajing six-character mark with tomobako, 30 cm wide, 10.3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose painted enamel 'floral' vase Qianlong four-character enamelled mark 9.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese pale green jade pebble, Ming, 17th century, in the form of a figure of a smiling Central Asian trader, standing dressed in a long robe with a hood over his head and carrying a lion dog on his right shoulder, 8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese parcel-gilt bronze model of an archer, by Kiyoshi, late 19th century, cast and cold-chiselled and patinated in two shades of brown and gilt highlights as a kneeling archer in court costume and cap, his sleeves rolled up and robes tucked into… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze model of Sumo wrestlers by Miyao Studio, late 19th century, cast as a pair of wrestlers, one lifting his opponent as he resists, using the 'Kawazu Throw', the loincloths decorated with confronted cranes among clouds in gold overlays, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ivory panel, 19th century, depicting figures and animals in a mountainous landscape on a hardwood stand carved as a landscape, the ivory. Height 12 cm. Width 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'bamboo and banana leaves' bowl Wanli six-character mark with tomobako, 16.2 cm diam., 6.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese fine white, ivory and russet toned nephrite plaque, Song - Ming period finely carved and reticulated to each face with two dragons forming supports each side of an ox head rhyton, a rope issuing from the animal's nostril on one side, 7 cm long 4… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese gold and black armour 20th century, decorated over all with scrolling vines on a black ground and comprising a suji kabuto with a four-lame shikoro, the fukig'shi with Shimazu family crests, the metal m'date pierce carved with the Shimazu… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of powder-blue glazed square vases, cong Guangxu six-character mark and of the period 29.4 cm high (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in Calcutta during the 1950s (by repute), thence by descent | *** |  |
| *** | A flambe-glazed censer Yongzheng four-character seal mark 8.5 cm high. Provenance: Bonhams, Fine Furniture Decorative Arts and Asian Art, 26 November 2013, Sydney, Sale 21298, lot 142. Sotheby's Melbourne, Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Jun-ware celadon-glazed cup stands, 15th/ 16th century, with a fitted box, 9.3 cm diam. each (2). | *** |  |
| *** | An iron-red 'butterfly' gourd shaped vase and an iron red 'gold fish' snuff bottle, the bottle with Daoguang six-character iron red mark, late Qing to Republic period, 11.8 cm high, 4.8 cm high (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white 'Buddhist Emblems' bowls, Jiaqing six-character marks, 20th century, with stands and fitted rosewood box, 14 cm diam. (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'bogu' brush pot, Daoguang six-character seal mark box, 14.9 cm diam., 15 cm high. Provenance: (bearing a label of) George Eumonopoulos Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, No. 1173 | *** |  |
| *** | Li Kechang (1942 - ), water margin, 2001, a snuff bottle signed by the artist, with certificate issued by the artists, 7.2 cm high. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 2001, with certificate issued by the artist. Exhibition and Publication:… | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome enamelled porcelain 'Figures' plaque, Liu Xiren (1906-1967), Republic period 38.5 cm x 26.5 cm. Provenance: Dr T. F. Yeung (1932-2019), Sydney. Dr T. F. Yeung, an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor in Hong Kong since the mid 1960s, migrated to… | *** |  |
| *** | Cheng Shifa (1921 - 2007), Girl and Rooster Ink on paper, framed and glazed Inscribed and signed Cheng Shifa, with three seals of the artist Dated 1982 79.5 cm x 49 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in an exhibition held by a regional… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha Shakyamuni, 18th/ 19th century incised to the back of the lotus base, 'made in the 29th year of the Qianlong reign', 43 cm high. Provenance: Perth private collection, inherited from current owner's grandfather who had acquired… | *** |  |
| *** | An agarwood archer's ring inlaid with gold nails and tourmaline carvings, 2.1 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze seated figure of Bodhisattva, Kangxi seven-character incised mark to the back with her both hands in Vitarka mudra, 57 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black-lacquer armour 19th century, the suit laced in blue with white and orange trim, with an akoda nari kabuto constructed of eight plates lacquered black and applied with copper fukurin to the ridges, the recessed Crown mounted with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white charger 16th/17th century, decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, within a cell pattern rim. Diameter 42.3 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Five doucai 'narcissus' wine cups Xianfeng six-character mark with box, approx. 4.6 cm high each (5). Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A mottled celadon jade cong, probably Shang/ Western Zhou, 2.9 cm high, 108g | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose enamelled 'three rams' bowl Daoguang six-character seal mark with box, 13.7 cm diam., 6.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A teadust glazed vase, Guangxu six-character mark, and of the period, with a stand, 32 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney, acquired in China in 1984, with a certificate issued by the bureau of cultural relics dated 11 Nov 1984, and a label to… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'figures' censer with stand and box, 16.4 cm diam., 9.8 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze figure of a seated Buddha, 17th century, 38 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired from Sotheby's on 21 May 1996 in Melbourne, lot 329, Sale AU601 | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali and hardwood plank-top pedestal table, jiaji'an, Qing dynasty the table: 350 cm wide, 99 cm high, 49 cm D the pedestals: 77 cm wide, 91 cm high, 46 cm D. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1990s Probably… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Bhai?ajyaguru, Qing dynasty the Medicine Buddha with serene expression, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing monk's robes, his left hand holding a medicine nectar, his right hand resting on his knee, holding the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese baifurong soapstone Nagasena, Qing dynasty, the stone of creamy beige colour with a stripe of russet-red inclusion carved naturalistically into a string attached to the Arhat's robes, the Arhat with playful expression using a slender stick to… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni, Qianlong embossed mark to the back, 42 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Wang Zheng (1867-1938), Snowstorm, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, dated 1918, 36.8 cm x 72.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An iron-red Arabic-inscribed dish, Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi transcribed phonetically into Arabic script to the base, and of the period. box, 20.9 cm diam.. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1140. This dish belongs to a small group of… | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese wine cup, 19th century, the gently flared sides painted with floral garlands within trailing floral sprays, above the short foot rim, 6 cm diameter, six character Yongzheng mark | *** |  |