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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Ceramics - Chinese
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*** A Chinese famille-rose 'geese and peony' vase, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark, Late Qing to Republic period, 58.3 cm high ***
*** A Pair of porcelain saucer dishes, Guangxu four character mark and period (1874-1908) painted with bamboo, fruit and a butterfly, 15 cm diameter (2) ***
*** A Chinese longquan celadon-glaze plate, Yuan or Ming dynasty, moulded with a peony in low relief to the centre, covered overall with a sea-green glaze except for a circle within the foot rim exposing the burnt orange during the firing process, 25 cm diam.… ***
*** A set of three enamelled 'landscape' ceramic plaques Mid 20th century 24.5 x 16 cm (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1970s ***
*** A famille-rose 'flowering quince and peach' plate, Yongzheng six-character mark, 21.5 cm diam., 4.6 cm high ***
*** A pair of tuiquoise-ground 'butterfly' bowls, Jiaqing iron-red six-character mark. 19 cm high, 18.2 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese ru-type pale-celadon-glaze vase, Qianlong six-character underglaze-blue seal mark, 22 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese doucai dishes, Qianlong six-character seal mark, diameter 18 cm (2) ***
*** A famille-rose 'floral' bowl, and a pink-glazed bowl, Yawan Zhencang and Yongzheng marks, Republic period, with stands and a box, 15.1 cm diam. and 12.5 cm diam. (2). ***
*** A gold 'ram and crane' belt hook, Possibly Ming dynasty 3.2 cm long, 13.0g, 20ct ***
*** A famille-rose 'Lotus' bowl, Daoguang mark and of the period, interior decorated in under-glaze blue with four lanterns and a 'Floral' medallion, 15.2 cm diam. ***
*** An red-glazed sqaure vase, Guangxu six-character underglaze-blue mark. 29.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, possibly Melbourne (label: Sotheby's 263). Private collection, Sydney (Sotheby's 263). ***
*** A Jian black-glaze tea bowl 12th/13th century 12.5 cm diam., 6.4 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 4 March 2003, no. 2078 (label and invoice) ***
*** A famille-rose 'melon' gourd-shaped vase Hongxian four-character mark, mid 20th century 23.9 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese export famille-rose 'pheasant' plate, 18th century possibly decorated in Europe, 22.3 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese fahua-glazed 'lotus pond' jar, Late Ming dynasty with stand, 7.5 cm diam. Provenance: Victorian Private Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1988 ***
*** A doucai 'dragon' plate, Yongzheng six-character mark, Republic period to mid 20th century box, 19.9 cm diam., 4.4 cm high ***
*** A Dehua white-glaze censer with 'lion' handles, Qing dynasty, 13.2 cm wide. Provenance: Apsara Asian Art, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese yixing 'grapes and squirrel' tea pot, Zhu Kexin (1904 - 1986) two seals of the artist, one to the base and the other to the interior of the lid 11 cm high ***
*** A Chinese celadon-glaze vase, covered with a celadon glaze except for the foot rim, exposing burnt orange in the firing, carved with a repeated scene of blooming lotus flower drawing a dragonfly, all between two decorative borders, the neck carved with… ***
*** A Chinese painted-enamel vase, Attributed to Wang Qi, painted around the body with figures of an old gentleman and his servant resting in an autumn forest, inscribed with a poem appropriating the scene, signed, 'Year of kuiyou (1933), Wang Qi, Zhu Shan',… ***
*** A celadon glaze bottle vase with box, 13.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** A 'peacock and plum blossom' wine cup, Guangxu iron-red six-character mark. box, 7.2 cm high, 7.1 cm diam.. Provenance: Nagel, Spezialauktion Asiatische Kunst, Stuttgart, Sale 27A, Lot 866, 21 May 2004. Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1074.… ***
*** A ceramic boulder in natural form Qianlong four-character mark with stand 21.3 cm high, 24.7 cm wide. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1003 ***
*** A large Chinese 'hundred dear' vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark to the base, 20th century 45 cm high ***
*** A porcelain magic bowl for the Islamic Market, China, late 18th Century 14.0 cm diam., Made in the Fujian province and exported through the port of Swatow, or Shantou, these types of wares were made exclusively for the Islamic world. The 'magic square' in… ***
*** A pair of turquoise-glazed bowls, Underglaze blue pictorial mark, 18th century 17.8 cm diam., 7,9 cm high (2). ***
*** A near pair of Chinese reserve-painted famille-rose vases, Qianlong iron-red six-character seal mark against a turquoise ground, Republic period, of Dharuma and Wang Xizhi agianst a yellow sgraffito ground, 34.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Acquired during… ***
*** A famille-rose 'butterfly and cat' cup Baoshan Zhai iron-red studio mark 8.8 cm diam., 6.5 cm high ***
*** A Longquan celadon-glazed circular box and cover 12th/ 13th century with box, 9 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 1 July 2007 (label) ***
*** A Longquan celadon-glazed double fish plate 13th century with box, 13.3 cm diam. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney (label) ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose 'dragon' square pot, Daoguang six-character iron-red seal mark, 20.8 x 11.7 x 6.2 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Singapore ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' box, Wanli six-character mark to the base, 15 x 11.5 x 23 cm. Provenance: Private collection, New Zealand ***
*** A pair of famille-rose egg shell 'Peony' bowls, Qianlong four-character mark, mid-20th century, 13 cm diameter (2) ***
*** A white-glazed 'dragon' vase, Kangxi six-character mark, 20th century, 25.2 cm high ***
*** A famille-rose reserve painted 'wild ducks' water vessel Shende Tang iron-red seal mark, Republic period with box, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: Hepburn Myrtle, Sydney. Dr Iain Clark, Sydney, acquired in 1994 Exhibitions and Publications: Innovation and… ***
*** A pair of Chinese coral-red glaze and gold-painted wine cups, Yongzheng six-character underglaze blue mark, 6.9 cm diam. (2). ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose 'elephant'-handle vase, hu, Jiaqing six-character iron-red seal mark, 29 cm high ***
*** A reticulated and reserve moulded and painted vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark, Republic period 51.8 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Katherine Perrin, Brisbane, acquired in China. Collection of Ross Gordon, acquired from the above during… ***
*** A famille-rose 'Figures and landscapes' square vase, Four-character studio mark, China, Republic period (1911-1949), the reserves within a diaper floral ground, the neck with dragon form handles 32.3 cm high ***
*** Two associated Dayazhai turquoise-ground cups, Guangxu four-character iron red mark and of the period, 9.4 cm diam., 9.1 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 18 June 2012, lot 8. The Dayazhai wares were amongst a number of new imperial designs… ***
*** A painted ceramic 'Liu Yi' plaque, Attributed to Wang Dafan (1888-1961), Titled, inscribed and signed Wang Dafan, with two seals of the artist, Dated mid-summer of guiwei year (1943), 38 x 56 cm. Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Decorative Arts, San Francisco,… ***
*** A famille-rose Tibetan-style ewer, penba, Jiaqing six-character mark to the base but later, the compressed globular body finely enamelled with the bajixiang, the Eight Buddhist Emblems, between two decorative borders, all reserved on a yellow ground,… ***
*** A Chinese square blue-and-white 'dragon' box with cover, Jiajing six-character mark, 16.5 cm x 17 cm x 11 cm ***
*** A yellow glazed 'dragon and phoenix' spittoon, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, covered over all with a yellow glaze bar the foot rim, incised around the body with a dragon and a phoenix pursuing a flaming jewel, the shoulder decorated with a… ***
*** A blue-and-white 'scrolling lotus' bowl Jiajing six-character seal mark, Kangxi period with tomobako, 16.1 cm diam., 7.5 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese Wanli blue and white Kraak chargers, painted with animals in a landscape with lotus, surrounded by panel s of leaves, flowerheads and Buddistic symbols 32 cm dia ***
*** A pair of wucai 'qilin' vases Kangxi 23.4 cm high (2). ***
*** A blue and white ink stone Yongzheng six-character mark, Qing dynasty 12.9 cm diam. Provenance: Hsiao Chung Lung (1947-2008), Melbourne. Bonhams, 7 Dec 2022, Sydney, lot 100. ***
*** A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Guangxu six-character mark, but later, stand and box, 14.5 cm diam. ***
*** A blue crackle glaze four-lobed washer Late Qing dynasty to Republic period with stand and box, 17.1 cm wide, 3.8 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** An enamelled 'crane' ceramic plaque Signed Wang Heting, dated according to inscription 1985 plaque: 56 x 32 cm, frame: 75 x 51 cm. Provenance: From the collection of Dr TF Yeung (1932-2019) ***
*** Two underglaze-red painted 'Lotus' bowls, Six-character Kangxi mark, China, 20th century, each profusely painted with lotus design, 40.5 and 42 cm diam. (2). ***
*** A famille-rose 'cherry blossom' plate, Shengdetang mark, Daoguang period, 26.9 cm diam. Provenance: Collection of Professor and Judge Arthur Rogerson, Adelaide, Small & Whitfield, Adelaide, 24 April 2007 (receipt), Private collection, Adelaide, Authur… ***
*** A Chinese blue-ground and green-enamelled 'dragon' plate, Qianlong six-character underglaze-blue mark 25.1 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese huanghuali brush pot with inlays of hardstones and mother-of-pearl, 18th century. the embellishment probably later, 12 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Japan in the 1960s, hence by descent (by repute) ***
*** A Chinese celadon-glaze jar, Qianlong six-character underglaze-blue mark 23 cm high ***
*** A Chinese coral-red ground yellow-glaze brush handle, Wanli six-character mark, 17.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese dehua white-glaze figure group, of Guanyin and two child-attendant, 15.3 cm high ***
*** A red-glazed vase, Qing Dynasty, 13.3 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Fu Hua (b. 1926), acquired in London in the 1980s, thence by descent ***
*** A Chinese celadon-glaze vase with tubular handles, Label: Bonhams and Butterfields 7286/3, 18 cm high ***
*** A millefleur and gilt decorated 'peony and chrysanthemum' vase, Guanxu six-character iron-red mark, Republic period stand and box, 24.4 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, E. G. E. Bundy (1911-1981), Brisbane Meldrum & George, Brisbane, 25 November… ***
*** A Chinese quadrilobed famille-verte baluster vase, Late Qing dynasty the vase of flattened form, painted in reserves possibly scenes of Chinese opera, against a pale-green ground with Indian lotus, all within decorative borders, 44.4 cm high ***
*** A large Chinese flambe baluster vase, on a spreading circular foot,early 20th century. Height 40 cm (Rushtons fine arts Auction 26/07/1997 Lot 64.). ***
*** A Chinese doucai plate, Kangxi period, apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark bearing possible museum accession number, '5 51728' to the base, 16 cm diam., 3.8 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Hong Kong, possibly acquired during the 1970s or… ***
*** A Chinese doucai plate, Kangxi period, apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark bearing possible museum accession number, '5 51730' to the base, 16.2 cm diam., 3.8 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Hong Kong, possibly acquired during the 1970s or… ***
*** A Jian black-glaze 'hare's-fur' conical bowl 12th/13th century 15.8 cm diam., 6.2 cm high. Provenance: The Reid family collection ***
*** A small blue and white brush holder, pictorial mark of a leaf to the base, Kangxi, of flaring mouth rim supported on short foot rim, painted around the body with figures amongst a landscape of rocks and various trees, all between two borders. 14 cm high ***
*** A painted famille-rose plaque, By Wei Qingquan, mid 20th century 20.2 x 12.8 x 5 cm (plaque), 29.1 x 21.5 cm (frame) ***
*** A famille rose 'Flower' octagonal vase, four-character Yongzheng mark, Republic, the globular body and tall neck supported on a foot rim, the body painted in enamel with various flower branches between two decorative borders, the neck with symbols of… ***
*** A Chinese black-glazed ewer with 'rooster' spout, Possibly Eastern Jin period, with a curved handle on the opposite side to the spout, connecting the mouth and shoulders, the body flanked by a pair of bridge-shaped handle, 17 cm high. Provenance: Private… ***
*** A pair of turquoise and aubergine glazed pottery chiwen roof fragments, Ming dynasty 55.5 cm high (2). Chiwen, said to be one of the dragon's nine sons, has a dragon head and fish tail. It is often installed as a pair on both ends of the main ridge on the… ***
*** A Chinese vase with painted enamel decoration of carp, Attributed to Deng Bishan (1874 - 1930), height 28 cm ***
*** A Chinese twin-handled vase of glaze imitating stone, Qianlong four-character mark, 15.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese jun-glaze yixing teapot, Four-character studio embossed mark to the base 22 cm high ***
*** A Chinese clay 'prunus blossom' teapot and two associated tea cups, attributed to Gu Jingzhou, tea pot: 21 cm spout to handle, cups: 5.2 cm high (3) ***
*** A Chinese yellow glaze bowl, Daoguang six-character seal mark supported on a short foot rim, covered with a thin yellow glaze over all stopping near the foot rim, 12.5 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co.… ***
*** A tea-dust glaze chrysanthemum plate, 17.5 cm diam.. Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne (label) ***
*** Two associated Chinese 'dragon' plates, Kangxi six-character mark but later each painted with a central medallion of two rampant dragons in aubergine and green around a flaming ball, the underside with four sprays of grapes, all against a yellow ground,… ***
*** A Chinese exportware platter 18th century of octagonal form, painted and enamelled in famille rose palette with a central vase of flowers within a border delicately decorated with floral swags, 45 cm long, 35 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese famille vente, blue ground porcelain vases, 81.5 cm high, and a Chinese lidded vase, 26 cm high, all converted to lamp bases, a ranch style lamp and a pair of ovoid floral pottery lamps ***
*** A famille-rose 'floral' cup, Jiangxi Porcelain factory mark, Republic period to mid 20th century, with a stand, 6 cm high, 7.3 cm diam. ***
*** A famille-rose 'Boy and chicken' cup, Qianlong Fanggu six-character mark, 20th century, with a box, 6.7 cm high, 8 cm diameter. Provenance: Bonhams Skinner, Massachusetts, 3-13 Sep 2022, lot 116 ***
*** A tea dust glazed conjoined vase with box, 24.4 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection ***
*** Two famille-rose water pots Qianlong six-character mark, and Jurentang four-character mark, mid 20th century each with stand, 7.5 cm high, 6.6 cm high (2). ***
*** A large Chinese blue-and-white 'Lotus' bowl, six-character Jiaqing mark to the base, of deep form and flaring mouth rim, painted around the exterior with the eight Buddhist emblems among scrolling lotus flowers between two double-circles, the interior… ***
*** A Chine tea-dust-glaze long-neck vase, Qianlong six-character incised seal mark, 21.3 cm high ***
*** A famille-rose 'pomegranate' vase, Daoguang six-character mark stand, 32.6 cm high ***
*** A large Imari centre bowl, Japan, 19th century, the well painted with willow, the bowl embellished with alternating cartouche of birds, pearls and cloud motifs within diaper borders 37.2 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese blue-glaze 'elephant'-handle square vase, cong, Qianlong six-character seal mark, the square body supported on a circular foot rim and raised to a circular neck, flanked by a pair of 'elephant' each suspended with a ring, covered overall with a… ***
*** A Chinese export hexagonal vase and cover, Qianlong period, painted on each side in a reserve with a continuous image of figures set in a garden pavilion, each side accompanied by two smaller reserves around the neck and near the foot rim, painted with… ***
*** Two associated famille rose 'medallion' bowls, six character Guangxu mark each enamelled on the exterior with three gold-encircled medallions containing landscape with goat, each divided by a group of scholar's objects and all reserved on a sgraffiato… ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose bowl, six-character Daoguang iron red mark painted to the exterior in enamel with fortuitous emblems alternating with scrolling lotus in two registers, the interior painted in underglaze blue within a central medallion with lingzhi… ***
*** A pair of Chinese famille-rose dishes, six-character blue and white Guangxu mark to the base, but probably later each finely painted with four phoenix in different colours separated by scrolling flowers, all within a gilded border, underside with three… ***
*** A pair of famille rose vases, Daoguang seal mark, Republic period, the baluster body with trumpet neck fitted with a pair of qilong dragon handles, finely enamelled with flowering lotus and scrolling foliage in shades of pink, blue, yellow and lime on… ***
*** A Chinese circular tureen and cover 18th century with half-moon chrysanthemum handles, decorated in underglaze blue and white with peonies, bamboo and rock garden motifs, the domed cover surmounted with a mushroom-shaped finial painted with a radiating… ***