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Antiquities — Bonhams & Goodman

$16,800
A rare early jade circular disc, Western Han Dynasty, the olive-…
$6,600
A Chinese hand scroll painting of horses and grooms, after Zhou …
$4,920
A Chinese red pottery figure of a camel, well modelled with upra…
$3,900
An unglazed pottery figure of a camel and cameleer the kneeling …








Auction House: Bonhams & Goodman
Number of lots recorded: 7
Lots with images: 7
Prices available: 7
Category: Antiquities




Lot Description Price Image
*** A rare early jade circular disc, Western Han Dynasty, the olive-toned stone with three brown areas about the rim, well carved with two rings of mock rope twist enclosing shallowly-incised scrolls in seven concentric bands, 17.5 cm dia, Provenance: Purchased from Sydney L Moss Ltd. 23 April 1946 for £35.0.0, Exhibited: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1962-2002., The Cunliffe Collection, Bonhams, New Bond Street London, November 2002, Lot 111. ***
*** A Chinese hand scroll painting of horses and grooms, after Zhou Xun (1649-1729), late 19th century, ink and colour on paper, with five-character inscription of 'Song Shan Zhou Xun Xie' and one 'Shong Shan' seal, 226 cm long and 27 cm high ***
*** A Chinese red pottery figure of a camel, well modelled with upraised head, flared nostrils and arched neck, the back carrying saddlebacks and twisted blankets mounted over rubbed planks, raised on four legs on a rectangular plinth, restorations, 28 cm long, 39 cm high, Provenance: The Collection of David Henwood., University of Wollongong thermo luminescence dating report. Apparent age 1,580 years and Northern Wei. ***
*** An unglazed pottery figure of a camel and cameleer the kneeling camel with well modelled head and naturalistically defined body with a well-shaped saddle and accoutrements between its humps, the cameleers standing on the left side, the whole on a shaped base, minor restorations, 33 cm long, 28 cm high. Provenance: David Henwood Collection. Together with a University of Wollongong thermoluminescence report W2739. Provenance: David Henwood Collection.… ***
*** A Jun-type thickly potted bud-shaped pot, Song Dynasty, in bluish lavender glaze thinning to buff on the lip with deep lavender splashes to the body falling short of the circular foot to reveal the deep orange body, 10 cm high ***
*** Three Qingbai bowls, comprising a conical bowl with plain exterior, the interior moulded with overlapping scrolling leaves in pale-grey glaze, another of hexafoil form with interior roundel of scrolling foliage in pale green-grey glaze, fine hairline, Northern Song , together with a matching bowl in pale, slightly blue-tinged glaze, 17 cm, 16 cm and 15.5 cm dia respectively (3) ***
*** An Archaistic jade phoenix pendant, probably Ming Dynasty, in carved opaque greyish-brown stone as an irregular loop with a crested phoenix head with an open mouth turning into a simple loop with coiled tail and short wing, 5.3 cm wide, Provenance: Purchased from Culty by Bluett & Sons, 18 February 1958., Purchased from Bluett & Sons on 22 April 1958, The Cunliffe Collection, Bonhams, New Bond Street, November 2002, Lot 7. ***

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