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Oriental — Bonhams
Auction House:
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Oriental
- Art (117)
- Bronze (211)
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | A white jade 'dragon and cloud' hairpin, incised three-character seal script to the side, 22.7 cm long, 55g | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-glaze bottle vase, Xiangfeng six-character underglazed blue mark, 54 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Li Kechang (1942 - ), the eighteen scholars of Yingzhou, 1996, inscribed and signed by the artist, 5 cm high. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 1996, with certificate issued by the artist | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade scholar's boulder, Ming dynasty 9.9 cm high, 219g | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'lotus pond' cylindrical vases, Inscribed Cheng Yiting, Dated according to inscription bingzi year (1936) 28.6 cm high, 12.5 cm diam., (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'butterfly' vase, Guangxu six-character iron red mark 38.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A table screen with famille-vert enamelled 'Zhang Qian' ceramic plaque, 7.0 x 14.5 cm (plaque), 14.5 cm high (screen) | *** |  |
| *** | A longquan-style celadon glazed tripod censer, with a reticulated metal top and stand, cushioned pouch and box, 11.1 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A set of Chinese amber and hardstone court necklace, Late Qing dynasty 108 cm long and 29 cm long fully extended (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese qianjiangcai square vase attributed to Zhang Yun, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark to the base and of the period, signed and inscribed by the artist, with four seals of the artist, 31.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Ya Ming (1924 - ), Landscape, 1988. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with one seal of the artist, 148 cm x 79 cm. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao Shaoang in Melbourne | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved pale-celadon jade libation cup, 10.3 cm high, 515g | *** |  |
| *** | A fan, Zhu Baoci (1880-1950), Xiao Xun (1883 - 1944), tan Guohuan (19th to 20th), Chen Fangao (1867 - '), Shou Nie (1885 - 1949), Peng Hanhuai (1876 - 1952) and Zhu Bangjin (19th to 20th), various subjects, 1929 to 1931, all signed, five dated 1929, two… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese enamelled bottle-shaped vase, Signed Shi Yuchu (1090-1972), Republic period, painted with two butterflies flying about a field of daisies, with stand and box, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Ex K. Y. Fine Art Exhibited: Lot 21, Innovation and… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), Willow and Bird, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seal of the artist, 47 cm x 79 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, purchased from a student of the… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Chinese agate 'cats' pebble, the stone of creamy white and varying brown shades, finely carved from each colour with two identical leopard cats, crouching head to tail, 5.2 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze figure of Vaishravana, 18th/ 19th century, the deity sitting on his mount, a snow lion, on a lotus base, his face and hands gilded, his hair with red pigment, wearing a diadem, his left hand holding a mongoose, dressed in an elaborate suit of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory figure of a falconer Meiji period well carved with tinted accents, he with an expectant expression, and holding, the falcon in his left hand, incised signature Shinsho to base | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ivory figure group, 19th century, in Ming style, depicting four recumbent deities in a branched boat-shaped setting, each holding his attributes midst flowering branches mounted on a carved wooden base of scrolling waves and fish. Incised… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory figure of a fisherman, Meiji period.seated on a rock, smiling in satisfaction holding a bamboo rod with a large hooked fish in his right hand and a pipe with tobacco sack in his left hand and wearing a short floral patterned kimono, a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white 'Kraak' charger, painted with ducks by a pond with lotus, surrounded by panels of leaves, flowerheads and Buddhistic symbols. Diameter 49 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Shen Daohong (China, b. 1947), Playing the Chess Ink and colour on paper, framed Signed Daohong, with six seals of the artist, and one seal of Wan Fung Art Gallery where the work was sold Dated summer of 1990 182 cm x 96.5 cm. Provenance: Private… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon-glaze jun-type dish, Jin or Yuan, the whole covered in a greyish celadon glaze, light brown towards the mouth rim, supported on unglazed short foot rim. 18 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A wucai 'peony and lion' covered ginger jar without cover 32.6 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An iron-red and green enamelled and gilt bowl Jingsi Tang Four character studio mark with box, 17.5 cm diam., 6.8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Xing white-glazed shallow bowl Five dynasties 15.7 cm diam. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade 'lotus' carving with a carved 'lotus leave' stand, and a cloisonne 'lion' box with a jade plaque inset with Qianlong six-character mark, jade 7.9 cm long, 152g, the box 15.2 x 6 x 9.2 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two rock crystal pagodas with gold-applique insets, 37.0 cm high, 15.5 cm high (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade flat vase with stand 19.9 cm high, 395g. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1177 | *** |  |
| *** | A jade-mounted bronze hand mirror, Qing dynasty 20.3 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inside-painted snuff bottle, Signed Zhou Leyuan, 6 cm high. Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese carved hornbill snuff bottles, 5.6 cm high, 6.1 cm high (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'pomegranate' vase, Daoguang six-character mark stand, 32.6 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese painted yixing snuff bottle, Mid 20th century 7.7 cm, 6.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s Compare a similar example to one of the bottles, see Verene Nicollier The Baur Collection Geneva, Chinese Snuff… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze tripod censer, Four-character studio mark embossed to the base flanked with two slightly flared handles, 13.4 cm diameter, 6.3 cm high, 1300g | *** |  |
| *** | Dai Jitao (1891 - 1949), Calligraphy. Ink on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, with one seal of the artist, and one of the collector, 39.3 cm x 72 cm. Provenance: Collection of Wang Weili. Collection of Wang's family in NSW Australia, with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved white jade 'chi-dragon' disk, Qing dynasty, 5.3 cm diam. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inside painted 'bird and flower' smoky-quartz snuff bottle, Ye Bengqi, signed Ye Xiaosan, undated 7 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood square chair | *** |  |
| *** | A complete Collection of ten-bamboo Studio decorative letter papers, printed by Rongbaozhai in Beijing in 1952, woodblock print in ink and colour on paper, string binding, titled by Yu Feian, first printed in about 1644, originally edited by Hu Zhengyan… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 19 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection | *** |  |
| *** | A carved and tinted Chinese ivory of Iron-Crutch Li, Li Tieguai, Qing dynasty, the Daoist Immortal in the form a beggar supported with his iron-crutch, carrying on his back a gourd bottle, a vapour cloud emanating from the gourd, midst the cloud raising a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese silver five piece tea and coffee service, Arthur & Bond Yokahama comprising a coffee pot, teapot, water pot on stand (lacking heater), sugar bowl and milk jug, all decorated with prunus trees, all signed to base 'Arthur & Bond Yokahama', (5)… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive Japanese lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid cabinet, Meiji period, of rectangular form with an arrangement of sliding panels, drawers and doors with brass mounts and lock plates, all finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with exotic birds amongst… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze model of an elephant with ivory tusks, by Seiya, late 19th century, cast as an elephant, the tusks inlaid in ivory, signed on the underside Seiya chu. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Chinese blue and white porcelain, 17th century, comprising a baluster vase decorated with phoenix, 24 cm. A bowl with a landscape. Diameter 21 cm; two dishes with a bird and Buddhistic symbols. Diameter 15 cm a deep bowl. Diameter 13 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A large collection of Chinese calligraphy brushes, all various sizes and handles, including hardstone and horn, together with a brush stand and brush pot | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese huali wood occasional tables, with cloud band carved friezes. Height 69.5 cm. Width 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon-glazed washer with tomobako, 13.3 cm diam., 3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A parcel-gilt silver figure of seated Padmasambhava, 15.3 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Peking in the 1970s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | Four pale celadon jade and silver hairpins and a plaque, Qing dynasty with box, the hairpins from 10.6 cm to 21.0 cm long, and the plaque 7.1 cm long (5). The three longer pins with a small spoon at the tip were initially intended as ear cleaners, and… | *** |  |
| *** | A yue-ware celadon-glazed 'chicken' ewer Western Jin Dynasty 15.5 cm high. Provenance,. Mossgreen, International Decorative Arts From Three Private Collections, Sydney, 30 Oct 2016, lot 336 (by repute). Private collection, Sydney. International Decorative… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of powder-blue ground and reserve painted vases Kangxi 23 cm high each (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A reserve-painted famille rose vase Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark with box, 32.7 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A hexagonal blue and white and iron-red 'Lotus' covered box, Daoguang six-character mark, 20th century, with a fitted rosewood box with celadon jade inset, 8.2 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A coral-red glazed vase, Daoguang six-character mark, probably 19th century, with stand and a fitted box 28 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved stone head of a Bodhisattva Probably Ming dynasty 19 cm high, 24.8 cm high (with stand). Provenance: The Reid family collection | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon-ground, blue and white decorated vase Qing dynasty 39.8 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze articulated model of a lobster, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) unsigned length with antennae deployed 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese famille-rose hexagonal vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark 43 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An inside-painted glass 'children at play' snuff bottle, Attributed Wang Xisan, cyclically dated yiyou year (AD 1969), 6.9 cm high. During the Cultural Revolution, accusations were made against Wang Xisan and bottles of this period are not always signed.… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white barbed-rim bowl, six-character Chenghua mark, Kangxi, of lobed sides and barbed rim, painted to the exterior with scenes of court ladies appreciating arranged flowers in a garden setting, the interior painted within a central medallion… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four jade plaques, Qing dynasty one of a cormorant amongst lotus flowers, on stand, one of bamboo, on stand, two of dragon boats, 7.5 cm long, 26g; 7.2 cm long, 31g; 7.4 cm wide, 24g; 7.4 cm wide, 22g (4). | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five jade plaques, Qing dynasty one of two figures amongst cloud and vine-leaves, on stand, one of longevity symbol, on stand, one of four Chinese characters, on stand, and two of decorations for textiles, 7.5 cm diam., 59g; 4.5 cm wide, 22g; 5… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Chinese white jade pendant, Qing dynasty with brown inclusions, carved in high relief of a leaping horse under a flying magpie, 6.8 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Two jade and aquamarine belt buckles, Qing dynasty 8.6 cm long, 9.3 cm long (3). | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'landscape' yenyen vase, 49.7 cm high. Provenance: (bearing a label of) Frank Partridge, 26 King Street, St James' Square, S.W. Bonhams, Sydney, Asian Art Collection of Mr Tan Hui Seng, 3 May 2017, sale 24133, lot 130. Private collection… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze Buddha, possibly Padmasambhava, seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with his right hand holding a praying drum, his right hand resting, 15 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yellow-glaze cup, Jiajing six-character mark, height 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille rose baluster vase, Yongsheng painted with the Eight Daoist immortals, 38 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ivory figure group, 17th/ 18th century, Qing dynasty of Wang Zhaojun riding a horse led by her attendant departing for the frontier, the 'rock' base carved in sections, 14.4 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An ivory tusk carved in India, circa 1900, carved on both sides with scenes from everyday Indian life, including working the land, herding animals, milking cows, carrying water from a well, transporting produce, music and dancing, elephants and camels,… | *** |  |
| *** | Various Artists, Yao Beiquan, Fish (61 cm x 88.5 cm), Wang Weibao (b. 1942), Landscape (89 cm x 52 cm), Wang Weibao (b. 1942), Landscape (48 cm x 68 cm), Wu Yumei, Musa (44 cm x 67 cm), Chen Jinyan (b. 1938), Landscape (35 cm x 65 cm), Yang Hanshu,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt-bronze seated Guanyin, Ming dynasty 36.5 cm high. Provenance: Perth private collection, inherited from current owner's grandfather who had acquired the piece in Kyoto during the 1950s, by repute | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali horseshoe-back folding armchair, jiaoyi, 19th century 107 cm high, 73 cm wide, 64 cm deep. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. The folding armchair was popular during the Ming and early Qing dynasty. It was practical for travelling and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese doucai 'lotus' bowl, six-character underglaze-blue Daoguang mark finely painted around the body three sprays of lotus flowers, repeated within the central medallion to the interior, 12.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze incense burner, gui, Republic period of compressed baluster form, cast and gilded in high relief with various mythical beasts, all against an ungilded sea-wave ground and between two bands of decorative patterns, flanked by… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt bronze Guanyin, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, her hands in meditation mudra, wearing a dhoti and a flowing celestial scarf, the head surmounted by a jewelled tiara, the base sealed with a double-vajra, 17.8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Ren Xun (1834 - 1893), and Yin Zhaoyong (1806-1883), Fruit and calligraphy Ink and colour on gold-flecked paper, mounted on a hanging scroll Inscribed and signed by both artists, and three seals of the artists Undated 54 cm wide. Provenance: Private… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'crane and pine tree' vase Qianlong six-character with tomobako, 23 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A teadust-glazed pot Qianlong six-character seal mark 114 cm high, 20.7 cm diam. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann collection, Wollongong, no. 1021 (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-verte square 'four poets' brush pot 11.9 cm high. Provenance: Tsao Chinese Ceramics (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A large pair of general jar, circa 1900, of baluster shape, the body richly decorated with floral scrolls of chrysanthemum and lotus in overglaze orange and blue with bits of gilt, the shoulder decorated with flowers on orange ground bounded by… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese carved ivory figure of a hunter, Meiji period, the aged man dressed in his hunting outfit with a straw vest, drawing a rifle from his back, his bandolier suspended with an inro in the form of a head of a cat, his hunting falcon landing on… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese carved ivory figure group, Meiji periodof a hunter, with rifle on his back, accompanied by a child and two monkeys with a crane on his shoulder and an eagle in his left hand, the boy holding an axe and carrying a bundle of kindling on his back.… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Sino-Tibetan gilded bronze Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara, the four-armed bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana with hand in anjali mudra to the front and vitarka at his sides and holding the stem of a lotus in his left hand and a rosary in his… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory okimono of a fisherman, late Meiji period holding a harpoon, engraved to robe and scarf cap, his hand to his mouth as if shouting, seal mark. Height 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese realistic coloured ivory okimono of apples, lateMeiji periodone with peel suspended down the side and brown patches of bruising. Height 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese ivory table screen, 19th century, carved with figures in a mountainous landscape, scripture to the reverse, on a scroll support. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade recumbent horse, stand, 7.1 cm long, 121g | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone carved 'dragon' seal, attributed to Ye Ximing (Qing dynasty), 6 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm, 140g | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Chinese celadon jade tiger, Qing dynasty, the tiger recumbent on all fours, with brown and stone inclusions on its forehead, back, and forefeet, 9 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four gold filigree hair ornaments, Ming dynasty the inlaid ornaments 3.7 cm and 6.5 cm long, the phoenix ornaments approx. 2.1 cm long each, (4). The two gold examples inlaid with precious stones are the decorative top of a type of hairpins… | *** |  |
| *** | One gold filigree and hardstone hair ornament along with three pairs of gold earrings, Ming and Qing dynasty the hair ornament 6.5 cm wide, the earrings from 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm long (7). The two pairs of earrings with hooks typically dating from the late… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tang-style gilt silver oblong eight-lobed cup, with box, 9.5 cm wide | *** |  |