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Art — Oriental - Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Auction House:
| Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Art
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Wu Changshuo (1844 - 1927) watercolour scroll with silk brocade depicting flowers. Provenance: From the private collection of Ning Zhi Chao, author of many Chinese Art reference books. Wu Changshuo was a prominent painter, calligrapher and seal artist of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese calligraphy scroll with jade ends | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hand scroll in black ink on paper, by a recognised artist, the narrative of this painting is the fish swimming against the tide, there is an inscription preceding the painting and at the end, there are numerous, personal seals in red of varying… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese scroll painting with artists signature of 'Qi Bai Shi' | *** |  |
| *** | A Map & History of Peiping, with Explanatory Booklet, [Peking] Frank Dorn, 1936, a large colour lithograph, a visual map of Peking, showing the principal sites & occupations of the inhabitants, within a border giving a pictographic introduction to Chinese… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll painting of red and blue flowers 94 x 43 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two finely painted Japanese hanging scroll paintings, [2], two birds on pine trees, unsigned, c. 1900 - 1940, two hawks, signed by Seigai, dated 1860. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection. 59 x 176 cm, 185 x 65 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Yu Feian (1894-1954) depicting birds in a tree watercolour scroll with silk brocade 189 x 46 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese hanging scroll by the 16th century artist Kano Tanyu, of a Rakan / Arahat Buddhist Saint, Kano Tanyu (1602 -1674) was one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kano school. Tanyu's most famous works are probably those he produced for these… | *** |  |
| *** | Two miniatures on ivory - East India Company Interest, the first depicting an Englishman in black waistcoat with cravat, seated upon a chair, the second an Indian official in traditional costume, both with information to verso concerning the sitters,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Li Bai [701-762]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll a man with a fly whisp, possibly after Mei long Fang, 193 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Zhu XI [1130-1,200]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist &… | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Zhang Ji [712-779]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was… | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian portrait of a woman, 1940s, north India; opaque watercolour on paper mounted on board Provenance: from the private collection of an Australian diplomat, collected throughout Asia in the 1980's and 1990's. Height 69 cm. Width 57 cm (incl. Frame) | *** |  |
| *** | Indian school (c.1940), possibly of Maharaja Jasawant Singh II of Jodphur (r.1873 - 1895). Gouache on cardboard. Provenance: from the private collection of an Australian diplomat, collected throughout Asia in the 1980's and 1990's. 49 x 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a Chinese idiom, long Teng Hu Yue, literal translation: as dragon soaring and tiger leaping, describing active and martial movements or… | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian miniature on ivory stick pin, of Maharajah Gholab Singh, Ruler of Jammu, 19th c., mounted in a yellow gold, approximately 9-14ct gold, three quarter view of head & shoulders, looking right, the oval ivory painting of Maharajah Gholb Singh with a… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese hanging scroll paintings, [2], Daruma by Toshu, late 19th century, peonie flowers & a dove, signed Suiko. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection. 195 x 70 cm, 61 x 217 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A woodblock print, Otsu in Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido, signed Hiroshige Ga, Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Japan, the Ukiyo-e first edition, Published by Hoeido, with red seal mark, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: The… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Tibetan Thangkas, 20th century, depicting various deities, some with script verso, two with silk brocade. Height 18 - 23 cm (10) | *** |  |
| *** | Four Chinese Scrolls depicting the four seasons with birds each 132 x 22 cm (image size) | *** |  |
| *** | Two miniature portraits - one of an Indian gentleman and the other of an Indian Colonial building | *** |  |
| *** | Ink and colour on paper, plum blossoms, China, attributed to Wang Mian [1287-1359], cyclical date 1320, with six red seals and a poem on wintersweet to the left corner, framed 149 x 71 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Gouache on paper, Lord Krishna playing his flute, Rajasthan, India, mid 20 C, standing by a lotus pond, surrounded by peacocks within a border of cows on an orange ground within a floral frame, wearing a fanned skirt & several garlands of beads & flowers,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hand scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with three seals, dated 1988, a poem by. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was given this… | *** |  |
| *** | Gouache on paper, the incense seller, table inscribed Yongji, known for incense manufacture, Chinese school, 19th century, the incense packs & the young man's attire intricately rendered, genre painting of everyday life in china, inscribed in pencil lower… | *** |  |
| *** | Gouache on paper, the Indigo silk Dyer, Chinese school, 19th century, the skeins of silk & the young man's attire intricately rendered, genre painting of everyday life in China inscribed in pencil lower left, 44 x 36 cm. Provenance: Charlotte Horstmann &… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese scrolls the first a mountainous landscape with figures, the secong a calligraphic panel, both signed, longest 214 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912), dated 1888, Published by Miyake Hanshiro, Japan, moon Viewing banquet at Yoshino Imperial Palace, lady Saigo holding a dish in a similar shape to the moon rising over the pine tree,… | *** |  |
| *** | Ink and brush on paper, two sparrows swinging on trailing willow branches, Artist Chang Chien-Ying [1913-2004], a well known female student of Xu Beihong, signed centre right, two red seals, one the family name of the artist and one the first name, Zhang… | *** |  |
| *** | A life-size painted Chinese figure of Guanyin standing on a double lotus throne, the round full face with a serene expression, the bodhisattva is dressed in a skirt falling to her bare feet, a shawl draped over one shoulder revealing the lavish necklace,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll depicting a lady and a dog, calligraphy and seal, signed Huangzhou 87.5 x 48 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kochoro Hitsu, Utagawa Kunisada III, (1848-1920), Japan, Kabuki actors, the Ukiyo-e framed & glazed. Condition: good colour & definition. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 34 x 23 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese woodblock prints, signed in pencil artist Toshi Yoshida [1911-1995] +, Sangetsu-an temple in Hakone village, from Hakone Museam, 1954, + Zojo-ji temple: from one hundred Famous Views of Edo, after artist Utagawa Hiroshige [1797-1858], 30 x 23… | *** |  |
| *** | A woodblock print, Kusatsu in Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido, signed Hiroshige Ga, Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Japan, publishers red seal & a signature, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 35… | *** |  |
| *** | A Indian miniature on ivory, the ivory panel depicting Krishna dancing with Radha with clusters of maidens to their flanks, richly coloured and gilt, 19th century. | *** |  |
| *** | A Rooster Catching a Moth, Xian Artist, Gao Ying, black & coloured ink on paper, signed with red seal, inscribed Taoism follows nature, the rooster is the tenth animal in the Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the year of the rooster. Provenance: Purchased from the… | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese school, (late 19th - early 20th century), the banquet, gouache on ricepaper, 19 x 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Gouache on paper, Indo Persian. Provenance: Bought in Indian during the 1970s, 84 x 54 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese reverse glass painting, a beauty seated by a table on a finely carved chair, late Qing Dynasty, holding a book in one hand and a fan in the other, old hardwood and parcel gilt frame, 60 x 46 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Baido Kunimasa Hitsu, Utagawa Kunisada III, (1848-1920), dated 1888, Japan, Kabuki actors, the Ukiyo-e dated & published February 1888, signature & name of the publisher, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych, signed Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912), dated 1897, Japan, the Ukiyo-e with name & seal of the publisher & carver, Chiyoda no gyohyo, the Feudal Lords outside the Chiyoda Palace, the Edo residence of the Daimyo, from the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock print, snow in Kofukuji temple, Asano Takeji (1900-2002), first edition, Published by Unsodo, dated 1952, with seal mark & information of the carver & publisher to the margin. Condition: good. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton… | *** |  |
| *** | Gouache on paper, Indo Persian. Provenance: bought in Indian during the 1970s, 108 x 70 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of two Japanese hanging scroll paintings, [2], two painted raccoons, signed by artist, early 20th century. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection. 56 x 169 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Four Chinese scrolls of pine trees and Squirrel, signed after Gao Jianfu [1879 - 1951], dated Winter 1934, an artist and educator, 195 x 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Gouache on paper, ancestor portraits of a Mandarin of high rank, Qing Dynasty 1644-1912, the male wearing his winter hat and collar trimmed in mink, the female wearing an aristocratic crown. Condition: Probably trimmed from a large scroll, each in gilt… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kochoro Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), Japan, the Ukiyo-e with three seal marks of the carver & publisher & signature, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: The… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Toyokuni Ga & Kunisada Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865) Japan, the Ukiyo-e Bijin, Beauties playing musical instruments, with two seal mark of the carver & publisher next to the signature, framed & glazed.… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Toyokuni Ga & Kunisada Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865) Japan, the Ukiyo-e seal of publisher next to the signature, framed & glazed. Condition: Margins trimmed, good colour & definition. Provenance: The… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych, signed as Kunisada Toyokuni ga, Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, & Kochoro Toyokuni ga, Japan, the Ukiyo-e each with publisher & carver's seal marks, Utagawa Toyokuni II (1777-1835). Condition: Margins trimmed. Provenance: The… | *** |  |
| *** | Indian school, Pages from the Kama Sutra [6], gouache on paper, 19.5 x 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll with landscape, signed by Shi Weng, with cyclical date 1972, 99 x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, ink & colour on paper, with Persimmons, signed by Xiao Quan, & two red seals, 100 x 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock print of a peony, signed by Un'ichi Hiratsuka[1895-1997], with a seal mark, dated 1927, 12 x 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, artist signature Wang Xue tao (1902-1982), the subject of two black birds flying from a flowering tree, L | *** |  |
| *** | Plum Gateway, ink and colour woodblock, originally published in 1935, Japan, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 - 1950) a signature and seal lower left. Condition: good colour, some foxing, margin possibly trimmed or under mount, not removed from bamboo frame 36.5 x… | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese school. (20th century). In the Pleasure garden (4). Embroideries on silk. Each 72 x 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ce Ye album, water based woodblock prints, Qi Baishi [1864 - 1957], Published by Rong Bao Zhai studio in Beijing, 1952 stamp mark of Rong Bao Zhai studio to the last page, no. 507, 22 printed paintings, 22 x 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Ink & colour on paper, from the Mustang caves of Nepal, early 20th century, a Buddhist deity surrounded by heavenly & earthly attendants, the Mustang are a mystical tribe that were isolated from the world until 1992. Provenance: The collection of a former… | *** |  |
| *** | Indian school, 20th century, the lovers [2], gouache on paper, 19.5 x 12.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hand painted scroll depicting an Imperial official., 205 x 91 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silk embroidered wall hanging of the God of Longevity, 20th century, and a painting of a Manchu war Lord [2], hanging 85 cm x 35 cm painting 30 cm x 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Four Japanese woodblock prints, with war Heroes, three framed, 55 x 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A hanging scroll, ink & colour on silk, twenty red seals, including three Qianlong seals, 19th century, four celestial figures, inscribed Zhou Fang, who was a Government official, 170 x 65 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kunichika Ga, Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), dated 1878, Japan, with date of publishing, the Ukiyo-e name & seal of the publisher & signature. Condition: trimmed, good colour & definition. Provenance: The… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kunichika Ga, Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), dated 1878, Japan, the Ukiyo-e with a seal mark of the publisher & signature. Condition: trimmed, good colour & definition. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock, evening snow at Kanbara, from the Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido, after Utagawa Hiroshige, 54 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese woodblock diptych, Hiroshige I (1797-1858), the Ukiyo-e with seal marks of the carver & Publisher, titled. Condition: Staining, margins trimmed, creased. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 32 x 23 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | Three Japanese woodblock prints, Ukiyo-e the beautiful women, Bijin represented in each print, including a rare lesbian encounter in one of the prints, one signed with the carver & publisher's seal marks. Condition: Margins trimmed, the large one with… | *** |  |
| *** | Six Japanese woodblock prints, Ukiyo-e Toyohara Kunichika(1835-1900), three with carvers & Publishers' seal marks, the actors, four of the Ukiyo-e signed as Kunichika ga. Condition: Margins trimmed, one creased to the left side, one with water damage to… | *** |  |
| *** | Seiti Shotei Watanabe, (1851-1918) Japanese, the Cockerel, woodblock print hand coloured, signed with seal lower left, 20.2 x 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese watercolour and gouache on paper, signed Osanu Yamanto 147 x 110 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Indian school. 19th/20th century. In the Harem + under the Bodhi + into Battle + Jain Murorn. Guache. 28 x 20 cm, 24.5 x 14 cm, 41 x 27 cm, 14 x 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Japanese school. (20th century). Geisha by Candlelight. Embroidery. 42 x 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese printed scroll of eagle in a tree - artist Lang SheNing copy with several red Imperial seals | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese hanging scroll paintings, [2], two crows, late 19th century, signed Bunrin, Buddhist deities, late 19th century. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection. 191 x 51 cm, 144 x 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese scroll of men tending horses complete with text and signatures | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Indian portrait miniatures on ivory depicting Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Empress Mumtaz, richly coloured and gilt, both on thin ivory wafers, 19th / 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | Two Indian miniatures on ivory both framed, probably depicting Emperor Akbar and wife Hira Kunwari, richly painted and gilded on a thin ivory wafer, 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Indian miniatures on ivory, probably depicting Emperor Akbar and his wife Hira Kunwari, he in his later years, richly coloured and gilt, 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | Four Indian miniatures on ivory, each framed, two depicting an emperor the other two an empress, all richly coloured, 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll depicting a mountainous landscape with dwelling and figure, 188 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Yoshitora Ga, Utagawa Yoshitora, active from 1850 to 1880, Japan, depicts a battle scene with samurai, title on the right up corner, the Ukiyo-e with artist signature, name & seal mark of the carver & publisher.… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese woodblock prints, Utagawa Yoshitora, active from 1850 to 1880, one signed, with carver & Publisher's seal marks, one from the series of the story of the Faithful Samurai, & one from the series of the Revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin - an 18th… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese woodblock prints, Beauties after their bath, one by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1865) & Torii Kiyonaga(1752-1815), signed Gototei Kunisada ga, with seal mark of the publisher, probably Nishimuraya Yohachi, note: This artist signature used… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Tibetan miniature Thangkas, 19th/20th century, depicting various deities, two with script verso. Height 4 - 8 cm (11) | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese school. (early 20th century). Indoor flower garden. Embroidery on silk. 46 x 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Masterpieces of classical Chinese paintings, oversized volume, printed on Premium paper, folded leaves & hand sewn thread binding, soft covers protected by wrap around case, first published in the United States, 2011, Abbeville press, New York | *** |  |
| *** | A Couplet, hanging scrolls, signed by Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), a Chinese politician, general and diplomat in late Qing dynasty., 182 x 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Indian miniatures on ivory depicting an Indian emperor and empress, probably Akbar and Hira Kunwari, both portraits brightly coloured. Heightened with gilt, on a thin ivory wafer, 19th / 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Indian miniatures on ivory both housed in matching metal and enamel frames, probably depicting Emperor Akbar and his wife Hira Kunwari, he in his later years, both painted on ivory wafers, 20th century. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese painting on silk the cream silk ground enriched with butterfly insects and blossom 107 x 77 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi Ga, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Japan, the Ukiyo-e with publisher & carver's seal mark, created in 1850 & 1851 according to the style of the signature. Condition: Margins trimmed, staining & foxing.… | *** |  |
| *** | Three woodblock prints, signed Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), with carver & Publisher's seal marks, Japan, the Ukiyo-e with Kabuki actors, note: works created after 1847 according to the style of the signature. Condition: Margins trimmed,… | *** |  |