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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A Nepalese Buddhist jeweled headdress, of woven brocade, with five upturned petal shaped panels, encrusted with semi precious stones including turquoise, carnelian, and mother of pearl, with a pair of beaded tassels, 20.5 cm high (without the tassels) ***
*** A jade 'dragon' plaque with fitted box, 9.6 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, 36g ***
*** A blue and white cylindrical incense burner, inscribed Guangxu and of the period, painted around the body with two dragons over wave patterns, presenting an inscribed panel, reading 'a temple of loyal servant' in the title, 'dedicated to Saintly Emperor… ***
*** A carved jadeite bamboo, 19th/ 20th century, carved from a pale green stone with spots of bright green inclusion, the bamboo decorated with leafy scrolls, a bat in low relief, and a ruyi and a flower head to the top. 9.5 cm long ***
*** A Cantonese carved ivory card case, 19th/ 20th century, the sides profusely carved with panels of figures in pavilions within the shade of blossoms and fir trees. 7.5 cm wide, 11.5 cm high, 2 cm deep. Private Collection Sydney, Purchased from Lawsons,… ***
*** A Chinese bronze incense burner, 19th/ 20th century of half lobed rectangular form with twin S-shaped handles on four slightly splayed legs with cast dragon attenuations, complete with a domed carved reticulated wooden cover surmounted by a carved figural… ***
*** A pair of Satsuma ovoid vases Meiji period with a short neck and flared foot rim, finely painted in enamels and gilt, the body with large oval shaped panel enclosing different scenes on profusely decorated floral ground, one of gift giving ceremony and… ***
*** A famille rose bowl with babao motif, late Qing Dynasty, the large body decorated with Buddhist babao motifs between a band of ruyi-head and blue dots on yellow ground to the foot rim and a band of hui pattern around, the mouth rim, inscribed to the… ***
*** A Sino-Tibetan gilded bronze figure of Amitayus, 19th century seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyana mudra, holding a bowl, replaced, and wearing an elaborate Crown, jewellery and flowing robes, accented with semi precious stones and gilt with a later… ***
*** A Chinese opium set, 19th and 20th century, comprising a silver mounted black lacquered wood opium pipe with striated green jade terminals to each end, a pottery octagonal stopper with incised marks of (jiangji, the name of the workshop), (simao, the name… ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory figure of a reclining beauty on stand, with painted accents to the hair and carved jewelled necklace. Circa 1910, together with a carved hardwood stand. Width 33 cm ***
*** An enamelled Chinese vase, 19th century of tall baluster form with bulbous body, enamelled and painted with blossoming trees and birds, within ringed red borders and a gilded lip. Inscribed with mark (made in the years of Kangxi) 42 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese jade panel pendant, of green, purple and mauve carved with a seated sage and attendant in a garden and verso with flowering trees, set in 14ct gold;. Height 9.5 cm. Width 7.5 cm. Depth 1 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a man, late Meiji, blowing a conch shell, wearing a grass apron and standing on a rocky base with coral. Height 19 cm ***
*** A collection of Japanese okimono, comprising an ivory farmer, a lampshade maker (both with losses), two figures with flowers, a sage and another composition group of a sage and child ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of monkey trainer, late Meiji period in a decorated robe with a monkey on his back, holding a perssimon branch and a stick, seal mark. Height 19 cm ***
*** A large Japanese Imari porcelain charger, late 19th century, set on a ring foot and decorated in underglaze blue and red iron oxide and gilt over a clear glaze with a central roundel of a flower stand, the surrounding area with shaped reserves of birds… ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a man 20th century, in tinted clothing in a rope cage, signed. Height 8 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory carving of a master and an apprentice Meiji period both set on a straw mat, the carpenter holding a Tamagushi, wearing a gown showing, the workshop's name, (Yamata Shouten, shop of Yamata's), a young boy at his feet with various… ***
*** A famille-rose 'bird and flower' beaker vase, Hongxian four-character iron-red mark, Republic period, with a fitted box, 29.5 cm high ***
*** A famille-rose enamelled 'flower and bird' plaque 20th century 24.2 x 24.2 cm. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney, 3 June 1995 ***
*** A pair of 'Chinese imari' charger Kangxi period with box, 36 cm diam. (2).. Provenance: David Ho Oriental Art, Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics: Han to Qing dynasties, Sydney, 25 October to 15 November 1988, lot 126. Private collection, Sydney. Bonhams,… ***
*** A Chinese doucai washer, Yongzheng six-character underglaze-blue mark to the base 8.6 cm diam. ***
*** Two Chinese painted-enamel snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 4.8 cm and 5.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two celadon jade carvings, Qing dynasty one of a reclining women wearing an animal mask, the other of a stylised tiger, 6.5 cm wide, 54g; 7.1 cm wide, 55g (2). ***
*** A rare example of a loin cloth, Tanimbar, Spice Islands cotton, deeply saturated indigo and warp ikat loin cloth with supplementary weave decorative ends, decorated with ancient motifs with one eyed creatures found throughout insular Southeast Asia, 404… ***
*** A rust-glazed jar, 18th century, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: George de Menasce Collection, nos. 418, E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 292, Christie's, The E.T. Hall Collection of Chinese Monochrome Porcelains, London, 7 June 2004, lot 214, George de Menasce418, E… ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, Suo Zhenhai, dated by inscription 1974 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Y. F Yang & Company Hong Kong in the late 1980s and early 1990s 1944-2006. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese bronze belt buckle, Waring States 18.5 cm long. Provenance: NSW Private Collection. Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, 21 July 1981 Sydney (label and receipt) ***
*** A Chinese multi-colour glass overlay 'longevity and fortune' snuff bottle, Republic period, 6 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection. . Compare an almost identical bottle in the Bloch collection, see No. 114, Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature… ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, Chen Runpu (b. 1946), dated 1979 'butterfly and cat' in the style of Cao Kejia, 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong Cao Kejia (1906 - 1979), a… ***
*** A Chinese pale-celadon jade 'Dragon' belt buckle, a jadeite archers ring and a jadeite feather tube, buckle: 11.2 cm long, ring: 3.2 cm diameter tube: 6.3 cm long (3). Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong during the… ***
*** A Chinese green-and-crackle glaze long-neck vase, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period 37.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Chinese bronze tripod censer, three-character embossed studio mark, 10.5 cm high ***
*** A carved Japanese ivory figure group, Taisho period carved in sections of a standing general and a kneeling warrior incised mark [koushin] to the base, 32 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** Li Yan (1943 - ), Monkeys, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Undated, 46 cm x 68 cm. Provenance: East & West Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection ***
*** A Chinese yixing stoneware 'landscape' vase, moulded and carved in high relief with clay of different colours with a landscape with garden pavilions, the other side with a poem appreciating the scene, 8.8 cm high ***
*** A late Victorian reverse painted vase and cover, circa 1880, painted with decoupage in Chinese 18th century taste with panels of figures, ritual objects, animals, birds and butterflies, 47 cm high. Provenance: private Collection of a lady and thence by… ***
*** A Chinese moulded and carved 'Guanyin' silver plaque, the BodhisatTVa moulded in low relief, stamped 'pure silver' verso, 10.1 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm ***
*** A Chinese deep spinach jade brushpot, 20th century, the cylindrical body carved with rampant dragons pursuing the fiery pearls midst scrolling clouds. Incised four character mark (the collection of Qianlong) to base. 16 cm high ***
*** A Sino-Tibetan bronze Tara, 19th century seated in vajraparyankasara with her right hand lowered in varada mudra, her left raised and holding the stem of a lotus flowering at her shoulder, surrounded by an arching robe/halo, her hair adorned with a… ***
*** A celadon jade 'mythical figure' plaque with a fitted box, 12.4 cm long, 0.3 cm thick, 21g ***
*** A bronze pear-shaped vase Korea, Goryeo Dynasty (918 to 1392), 13th century 30.8 cm high. Provenance: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 23 June 2020, lot 141. Compare a bronze vase of the same shape and similar decoration of ribbed rings around the body, shoulder,… ***
*** Two gold repousse finials, Ming dynasty 3.8 cm high, 12.8g; 4.2 cm high, 10.2g (2). ***
*** A celadon jade 'Willow landscape' paperweight, Jiajing to Wanli period, 4.1 cm wide, 0.8 cm thick, 35g ***
*** A group of four kingfisher-feather and silver hairpins, Qing dynasty Varying sizes from 11.5 cm to 16.0 cm long (4). ***
*** A moulded gourd 'dragon and cloud' vase Zaoban Chu four-character mark 32 cm high. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1052 ***
*** A bronze articulated model of a swimmer crab, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) length 22 cm ***
*** A Chinese wucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianlong six-character underglaze-blue mark 16.3 cm diam. ***
*** A sancai reticulated globular censer, 12.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese agate snuff bottle, Qing dynasty 7 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Y. F Yang & Company in the 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** An aloeswood 'lion' seal, 7.1 cm high, 69g ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white and underglaze-red 'Buddhist lion' plate, Late Qing dynasty, the underside painted with three bats in underglaze-red, 38.7 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased in Indonesia about 10 years ago from a local dealer… ***
*** A huanghuali brush pot, Late Qing/ Republic period, 12.1 cm diam., 12.2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese white jade carving, of two frogs amongst linzhi fungus and a lotus head, all on a large lotus leaf, with stand. 7.3 cm long ***
*** A carved 'mythical beast' soapstone seal, with a fitted wooden box, 4.2 cm high ***
*** A Chinese carved celadon jade elephant, the elephant tilting its head to the right, a bat of brown inclusion by its side. 3.5 cm high ***
*** Five Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Li Yingtao, Haoyue, Wang Baichuan, Ai Qi, and one unsigned, 1970s to 1980s 8 cm, 8 cm, 7 cm, 7.2 cm, 7 cm (5). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** A gilt-bronze figure of a seated Lama, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi, China in the 1950s (by repute) ***
*** 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 ***
*** A Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle, Yi Ding (b. 1974), dated 1984 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s (b. 1974) David Arts ***
*** A Chinese carved jade figurine, the stone of even pale green tone, carved with a boy resting on all fours beside an ingot, 7 cm wide ***
*** A square cinnabar lacquer plate, mid-Qing Dynasty, carved to the centre with a landscape of a pavilion by a river amongst pines and willows,temples and pagoda standing amongst mountains above clouds in the background,the borders decorated with leafy… ***
*** A Chinese pink globular bottle vase, Qianlong six-character underglaze blue seal mark to the base, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period 31.7 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A pair of Chinese eggshell porcelain bowls, Republic period, attributed to Wu Chengren (1909 - ') painted in iron-red and gold with three registers of two opposing dragons underneath an Indian lotus, connected with three bats, all under a band of ' hui '… ***
*** A Chinese apple-green-ground silk-embroidered jacket and an associated skirt, Late Qing dynasty, jacket: 121.5 cm wide (sleeves extended), 71 cm long, skit: 84 cm long (2). ***
*** A Japanese Satsuma blue ground bowl, Meiji Period, signed Kikozan Zo the interior painted with geese below wisteria, the exterior with panels of birds and flowers, seal mark and paper label, 13 cm diameter ***
*** A Japanese bronze figure group of a tiger attacking a hippopotamus, Meiji Period, 45 cm long. Provenance: Ramornie Antiques Seaforth, Jan 1974 ***
*** A framed Chinese painted ceramic plaque, Attributed to Liu Yucen (1904 - 1969), dated by inscription 1927, Republic period, painted in enamel with two sparrows resting on a floral branch, inscribed and signed by the artist with two seals, 29.5 cm x 52.5… ***
*** A Chinese carved jadeite 'carp' boulder, the stone with pale green tone with slight lavender shade and emerald inclusions, carved with nine carps leaping out of a wave, with stand, 7.9 cm high ***
*** A Chinese carved and tinted bamboo arhat, the arhat hunched back, holding a scroll in his hands, a lion-dog climbing over his right foot, 19.3 cm high ***
*** A Chinese bronze figure of a seated Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha with serene expression, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing layered robes, his left hand holding a medicine nectar, his right hand resting on his knee, holding the… ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white bottle vase, Kangxi period well decorated around the body with flower sprays of the four seasons in the upper portion, and repeated scrolling foliage and butterflies in the lower portion, separated by a band of decorative pattern,… ***
*** Three Chinese carved jade rings, the stones of pale green tone, two of plain design, the other carved with a poem between two decorative borders, 3.2 cm high, 2.6 cm high, 2.6 cm high (3) ***
*** A Chinese carved wood brushpot, supported on three short bracket feet, with walls imitating upward flower petals, carved in high relief mythical beasts, 20.5 cm high, 21 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese ivory tusk carving, 19th century, profusely decorated with scrolling dragon chasing flaming pearls, carved wooden stand (repaired) 72 cm length ***
*** A pear-shaped 'Hundred Deer' vase, 20th century, painted overall with deers in a mountain landscape with pine trees,the neck flanked with two lively deer-head handles, six-character Qianlong mark to the base. 45.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese blue and white porcelain lamp, converted from a jar. Height 42 cm ***
*** Three Imari chargers, late 19th/, early 20th century, the largest charger with central roundel painted with stylized flowers and berries within a panelled border of birds, butterflies and flowers in typical palette with green accents, the two smaller ones… ***
*** A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain jars and covers with painted floral clusters, phoenix and butterflies., the domed covers surmounted by kylin finials and painted with scrolling cloud to one and flowers to the other, 46 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese ivory Guanyin, 20th century, standing bare-footed on a lotus throne, her face with serene expression,her eyes downcast, her hair elaborately coiled, wearing long flowing robes open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace, the whole on a… ***
*** A Chinese Qianlong exportware barrel shape mug 18th century, the moulded banded body delicately painted with floral bouquet and floral sprays in famille rose palette within brocade borders, 17.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ivory figure, 19th century, depicting a character in Peking opera costume, with downcast eyes and slightly smiling mouth, her hair coiled and set with a cloud-like pin, standing dressed in full military regalia, four flags fanning behind her… ***
*** A Japanese bronze figure of a country woman, Meiji period, carrying a basket on her back. Impressed mark. 35 cm high ***
*** A carved Chinese green jade figure of a dog, 9 cm long, 110g ***
*** A black-and-white jade 'landscape' boulder with a 'wave' stand, and fitted box, 13.5 cm long, 282g ***
*** An archaistic celadon jade carving of a stylised kneeling figure, fitted rosewood 'peach' box, jade: 5.8 cm long, 7g, box: 10.5 cm long ***
*** An archaistic pale celadon jade belt buckle, 19th/ 20th century, 8.3 cm wide, 41.8g ***
*** Two archaistic celadon jade sword fittings, Qing dynasty with fitted box, 8.3 cm wide, 57.6g; 6.3 cm wide, 43.2g (2). Provenance: Osaka Arts Club (label) ***
*** A gilt wood Japanese figure of The Buddha, Shakyamuno, Edo period, The standing figure with well carved serene face and tightly curled hair in copper, his right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the left arm lowered, dressed in crisply flowing robes opened to… ***
*** A Chinese carved white-glaze ' kui -dragon' beehive water pot, Kangxi six-character underglaze blue mark 9 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Victoria ***
*** A Chinese celadon crackle-glaze tripod censer, 14 cm high ***
*** Three Chinese painted milky glass snuff bottles, Guyue Xuan and Caihua Tang mark, varying heights from 4.2 cm to 5.5 cm (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, One by Wang Baichuan, the other unsigned, dated 1989 and 1990 8 cm, 9 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company and Hollywood Road in the late 1980s and early 1990s ';. Y.F. Yang & Company;… ***
*** A Chinese blue glass snuff bottle with mother-of-pearl inlays, The bottle late Qing dynasty Inlays probably in mid 20th century in Japan 7.8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong See another very… ***
*** A contemporary Chinese yixing hexaganal tea pot, Attributed to Shi Xiaoma, moulded on four sides in low relief dragons and phoenix, impressed seal mark 'Xiaoma' to the base, 6.2 cm high, 12.3 cm at the widest ***