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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A Chinese 'peach and bat' brushpot, Qianlong six-character blue-and-white seal mark, Republic period, of cylindrical form, painted on two opposing panels with peaches and bats, alternating with two pierced panels, all between two gold-painted bands… ***
*** A Tibetan 'mandala' thangka, 19th century to early 20th century, fitted with woven brocade, inscribed blessing to the back, 35 cm x 51.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese moulded and carved gourd vessel, fitted with ivory rim and coral top, inscribed with a poem to the reserve, 12.5 cm high ***
*** 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… ***
*** A Chinese agarwood archers ring with gold inlays and a plaque, both with fitted boxes, 3.2 cm diam., and 6.5 cm long (2) ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory miniature book, 20th century of 'Dream of the Red Chamber', 8.5 cm wide, 8.4 cm long ***
*** A Japanese Satsuma two handled waisted vase and cover, Meiji Period signed Hotata, signed Hotata painted with panels of confronting samurai, the reverse with Kannon and Rakkan, two rectangular handles and domed cover with panelled finial, seal mark 29 cm… ***
*** A Chinese jade carving of a reclining mythical beast, Qing dynasty, the stone with striated and spotted reddish brown inclusions, the beast holding a branch of ruyi in its mouth, looking back, 8.5 cm wide ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a wood chopper, Meiji to Taiso period, incised Toshifumi. 19.5 cm wide. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A iron-cast bottle-shaped vase, four-character Qianlong mark to the base, Qing, cast in high relief with pheasants among prunus trees and peonies, carved with a poem about the scene. 21.3 cm high ***
*** A Chinese glass gold-splash washer, with spoon, four-character Qianlong seal mark, late Qing or Republic, the compressed globular body, in the form of a lotus flower, the associated bronze spoon with an end in the form of a dragon's head, with stand. 5 cm… ***
*** A Chinese yixing teapot, attributed to Wang Yinxian (1943 - ), incised Mao's famous verse 'serve the people' on one side, and landscape on the other, one seal of the artist to the interior of the lid, and one seal of the artist to the base, accompanied… ***
*** A square Chinese famille-rose 'lotus' washer, Daoguang six-character iron-red mark, with rounded corners on a recessed base, painted around the body with scrolling lotus, the top edges decorated with a band of hui-pattern in pink, 18.1 cm x 12.2 cm x 7.6… ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'the four arts' jar, Underglaze double-ring mark, 11.5 cm high ***
*** A pair of small iron-red-enamel 'dragon' plates, Late Qing or Republic period, with flaring sides, painted in iron-red with a vigorous, four-clawed full-frontal dragon amongst clouds in blue, yellow and aubergine, the white glaze continuing to the outer… ***
*** Cai Xian (1897-1960), pheasant and wisteria, watercolour on paper, framed, inscribed and signed Cai Xian, with two seals of the artist. 34 cm x 73.7 cm. Provenance: private Collection Queensland, 1958 ***
*** A Chinese carved yellow jade figure of a heavenly guard, 7 cm high, 40g ***
*** A carved Chinese black and white jade pendant, of a three-legged toad climbing over a pebble, 7 cm long, 155g ***
*** Three Chinese jade carvings, of a spinach-jade archer's ring, a pale-celadon double-gourd and green-jade Budda, buddha: 5.8 cm high, gourd: 4.6 cm, ring: 2.5 cm high, (3) ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade fish, the stone with slight inclusion, suspending from a beaded necklace, 6.2 cm wide ***
*** A small Chinese blue-and-white wine cup, Xuantong eight-character studio mark and of the period, 1910, with no foot rim, the exterior painted with eight individual flower sprays between two borders, the mark translated as 'Xuantong gengxu (1910) year,… ***
*** A Chinese carved boxwood lingzhi fungus, the branch issuing two small and a large fungus, 38.5 cm long ***
*** A small Chinese 'lion'-handle bronze censer, embossed 'xuan' to the base, of compressed globular form supported on a short foot rim, flanked by two 'lion' handles, 12 cm widest, 4.8 cm high, 569g ***
*** A Chinese red-enamelled 'dragon' plate, Kangxi six-character blue-and-white mark 18 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory card-box, Late Qing dynasty 9.5 cm long ***
*** A pair of blue-and-white 'shou-symbol' vases, late Qing dynasty 30.3 cm high (2). Provenance: Accompanied by an insurance valuation issued by East and West Art, Melbourne, date 16 April 1991 ***
*** A Chinese carved jade 'lotus' cup, in the shape of a lotus flower issuing from its root with a frog climbing about it, 6.7 cm high ***
*** Two Chinese wood carved ruyi sceptres, one of boxwood and the other of zitan, both realistically carved with a slender branch issuing ruyi heads, 32 cm long (boxwood), 37.8 cm long (zitan) (2). ***
*** A Japanese tansu, early Meiji period in pine and mixed timbers configured asymmetrically with one long drawer above two short drawers above a pair of sliding doors beside three short drawers, above two drawers beside a small cupboard door opening to… ***
*** A Chinese black tea brick, pressed with a design of a temple gate between tea plants, with five stars above and the manufacturer information in Chinese characters below, the reverse divided into sixteen sections, 24 cm x 18.5 cm x 2.2 cm ***
*** A marble figure of Guanyin, in typical pose, wearing a jewelled headdress, necklaces and flowing robes and standing on a double lotus base, 97 cm high ***
*** A Chinese Peking red overlay glass bowl, 20th century, cut with flowerheads 15.5 cm diameter ***
*** A celadon-glazed and incised 'fu' bowl 14 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection, Canberra, purchased in Thailand in 1975 ***
*** A large blue-and-white plate, late Qing or Republic period of flaring rim, the interior painted in a central medallion and six surrounding panels with horsemen, the exterior painted with four groups of floral branches to the mouth rim, and patterns of… ***
*** A carved cinnabar lacquer (over wood) vase, late Qing or Republic, the tall vase with angular shoulder and flaring mouth, the body carved in two large panels with garden pavilion amongst mountain landscapes, the rest of the vase entirely carved with… ***
*** A Chinese carved ivory tusk and a carved figure of Shouxin, 20th century, the tusk profusely carved with dragons and phoenixes amongst clouds over a band of wavy patterns, the Shouxin carrying a peach and his staff, both items with wooden stands. 49 cm… ***
*** A Chinese buckle of gilded bronze, 19th/ 20th century, the two parts with sliding mechanism,cast with a large full-faced dragon, its head in high relief, flanked by two smaller dragons, all against a ground of lei pattern. 7 cm long, 3.2 cm high ***
*** A jadeite plaque inscribed with children and Chinese poem, after Zigang, carved with image of children collecting golden coins from a tree. Verso inscribed with a poem by du Fu, describing a late autumn mountain scene, inscribed Zi Gang ***
*** A Japanese lacquer and gilt decorated ladies card case, signed Moho Saku,Meiji period, Recto worked with a scene of possibly Kinkaku-ji (, temple of the golden Pavilion), verso a pair of peacocks against chrysanthemums, the male standing on a piece of… ***
*** A Chinese figure of a beauty, late 19th century in carved pale pink 'Angel Hair' coral seated midst a profusion of fruit and flowers. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales ***
*** An Indian silver tea pot, 19th century, the waisted body with domed hinged lid profusely cast and chased with bands of mythical animals midst dense scrolling foliage. 19 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales, collection of Lockwood de… ***
*** Chenxiang wood Buddhist praying beads with a jade pendant 19th century arranged as alternating large and small beads, with a jade pendant of a carved butterfly resting on a pumpkin ***
*** A Chinese sang de boeuf saucer dish 18th century of typical form with a cream interior with six-character Yongzheng mark, Daqing Yongzheng Nian Zhi) ***
*** A Chinese scroll painting of a mountain landscape, ink on paper, hanging scroll of an early spring mountainous scene. Inscribed, with three seals of the artist, and one of a collector, not dated ***
*** A Japanese Samurai suji kabuto, constructed in the Yoshi-ryu style, the bowl fitted with a lacquered menpo and laced in brown, the wakidate deer horns in black lacquer with evidence of original gilt, missing tehen kanamono, 93 cm wide, 73 cm deep, 46 cm… ***
*** A pair of Chinese limestone gu vase shaped pedestals, of square baluster form with egg carved tops, 34 cm wide, 34 cm deep, 57 cm high ***
*** A Chinese nest of four elm and burr elm tables, with circular tops above a pierced frieze, 42 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 66 cm high ***
*** A Japanese bronze model of a seated fox by Kazuyuki, late 19th century ***
*** A Chinese small famile-rose lantern-shape vase, Qianlong four-character mark, 11.9 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese amber-glass double gourd-shaped vase with gold splash, Qianlong four-character wheel cut mark to the base, 38 cm high ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade 'friend visiting' snuff bottle, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A bronze 'Laozi' incense burner, China, 20th century in the form of a figure astride a horse, figure removable 32.8 cm high ***
*** Three Chinese painted opaque yellow glass snuff bottles, Guyue Xuan mark, 4.5 cm and 5.5 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Indian alabaster hookah bases, late 19th, early 20th century gilt painted with geometric and floral designs 21 cm high (2) ***
*** A Chinese incised olive-brown glass overlay 'bogu' snuff bottle, Yang Zhou, 19th century, 7.3 cm. Provenance: Purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong, Lumsden family collection ***
*** A Chinese sang-de-boeuf bottle-shaped vase, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period 25 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Japanese stained ivory okimono of a branch of persimmon, Meiji period, incised mark to the 'branch', branch: 32 cm long. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Chinese gold-painted brown-glaze 'dragon' washer, Qianlong four-character gold-painted seal mark but later, painted around the body with two dragons against a field of scrolling lotus, between two decorative bands, 8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ge-type vase with tubular handles, 15.3 cm high ***
*** A gilt copper alloy figure of a seated Manjushri, 21.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of a fo lion and cub, 19th century, 16 cm high, with carved wooden stand ***
*** A Chinese flambe-glazed tripod censer, 19th century of squat ovoid form with everted rim, the body glazed in a rich red and purple vertically-streaked glaze, the interior with a creamy crackle glaze, feet with stylised animal mask, wooden stand. 23 cm… ***
*** A Chinese figure of an immortal 19th century in carved coral, standing with his staff on a base of a water gourd midst foaming waves. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales ***
*** A Chinese exportware blue and white mug 18th century, the ample cylindrical body painted with flowers and bamboo in idyllic garden landscape and fitted with a dragon-shaped handle, 13 cm high ***
*** A Chinese amber snuff bottle, 18th century, the rich brown translucent ovoid bottle carved with mock mask handles to the rounded shoulders and fitted with a pink quartz-topped stopper, 4.5 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese footed bowls, with enamelled decoration of roundels of ritual objects on a yellow brocade ground, the interior with delicate radiating bands of flowers and scrolls, Guangxu mark, early 20th century. 5.5 cm high 13 cm diam. ***
*** An enamelled silver marriage lock, Qing dynasty 27.2 cm long ***
*** A blue and white 'ladies' lobed bowl Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi period 12.5 cm diam., 7.1 cm high ***
*** A nutshell court necklace, comprising 88 nutshell beads, divided by four larger lapis lazuli beads, suspending a champagne quartz plaque and a purple quartz pendant, with fitted box, the nutshell beads approx. 0.9 cm diam. each, the necklace fully… ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade 'boating' snuff bottle, 4.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** 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).… ***
*** A Tibetan gold lacquered bronze figure group of Yama Dharmaraja and consort, 18th/19th century, 7.5 cm high ***
*** Two Chinese painted glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5 cm and 5.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A bronze 'crane and turtle' mirror, a gilt 'dragon' covered pot, and a carved cinnabar lacquer plate, Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868) mirror on stand, 10.5 cm diam., 5.5 cm high, 26.5 cm x 26.5 cm (3). ***
*** A Chinese A famille rose Baragon Tumed cup, Iron-red Baragon Tumed mark in Mongolian script, 6.9 cm high ***
*** A Chinese carved tortoiseshell snuff bottle with movable 'Butterflies', late Qing to Republic period dynasty, 6.2 cm high ***
*** 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 ***
*** A Chinese celadon-glaze pot with twin handles, 10 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** Two Chinese painted opaque yellow glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.7 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Huo Gengzhong (1939 - 2000), Village Ink and colour on paper Signed Gengzhong, with one seal of the artist Dated 1997 67.2 cm x 45 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in Rongbaozhai Beijing in 1997 or 1998 ***
*** A Chinese ivory snuff bottle, late Qing or Republic, profusely carved around the body with figures engaging in festive celebration amongst a garden pavilions, between two carved borders of ruyi heads and palmette leaves. 11.7 cm high ***
*** A Chinese burl wood three-tier picnic box, 34 cm wide, 25 cm high, 19 cm depth. Provenance: ACT private collection since 1989. Hong Kong private collection for about three to four decade ***
*** A Chinese celadon jade carving, of a child riding a goose and holding a linzhi fungus, the goose looking back at him. 5.4 cm long ***
*** 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… ***
*** A Tibetan firegilt copper repousse image of a female Snow Lion, circa 18th century with bared fangs and pendulous dugs holding a 'norbu' or wish-fulfilling gem in each hand, original green pigment, 13.4 cm high ***
*** A Chinese Arabic-inscribed bronze censer, six-character Xuande mark to the base, but later, of compressed form, supported on three short feet and flanked by two upturned handles, cast on two sides with Arabic inscriptions set within shaped reserves. 5 cm… ***
*** A Chinese pierced wucai double-wall long-neck vase, Kangxi six-character embossed seal mark, Late Qing or Republic, the globular body moulded and carved in high relief the 18 arhats in groups, each with his representative sttribute, the neck with a flying… ***
*** A Sino-Nepalese figure of Indra, early 20th century, in gilded bronze, seated in lalitasana, with a lotus issuing from her left shoulder, wearing an elaborate Crown, necklace and bracelets, on a lotus base, sealed. ***
*** A Japanese gold lacquer four case inro, Meiji period, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A group of three Chinese celadon jade carvings, one of a pierced jade pendant, one of a carved 'Mi Fu' plaque, one of a 'Guanyin' plaque, 5.2 cm high, 5.5 cm high, 5.5 cm high, (3). ***
*** A large hardwood brush pot, bitong, of classic simplistic form and dark brown tone, the body slightly waisted, a bung stopper fitted to the base. 22.7 cm high, 23 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese bracelet of chenxiang beads, 28.5 cm fully extended ***
*** A carved Japanese figure group, Incised 'Jushan' [] to the base, Meiji or Taisho period, of the God of Longevity accompanied by a child and a potted deer, holding a basket of fruit in his hand, wood stand and box, 19.5 cm high. ***
*** A Chinese carved and pierced ivory brush pot, Repulic period, of various figures amongst a garden pavilion, against a pierced brocade field, the base removable, 11 cm high ***
*** A carved Chinese ivory plaque, 7 cm long ***
*** A carved Chinese green jadeite snuff bottle, Late Qing or Republic period the stone of varying green shades, carved with a carp leaping from under two lotus leaves, its head turned into that of a dragon, 7.8 cm high. Provenance: private collection… ***