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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:44
Lots with images:44
Prices available:44
Category:
Antiquities
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A Chinese Ding white-glaze cup, 12th century, with later band, 8 cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection ***
*** A Korean celadon conical cup, 12th century, 14.1 cm diam., 5.1 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Peter Elliott. Private collection, Sydney Peter Elliott ***
*** An assortment of 42 glass beads, cowrie shell currency, and beads of various material, Shang and Zhou Dynasty, and later Varying sizes from 0.6 cm to 3.6 cm long (42). Cowrie shells were the most widely used currency during the Shang and Western Zhou… ***
*** A Qingbai carved 'lotus' bowl, Song Dynasty, 20.1 cm diam., 7.3 cm high. Provenance: K. Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, : ***
*** A calcite alabaster Sab'an seated figure, Southern Arabia, 3rd - 1st century BCE, 30 cm high ***
*** A bronze 'mythical creature' seal, Han dynasty or later 3.8 cm high ***
*** A jizhou black-glaze 'tiger's fur' bowl, 12th/ 13th century box, 11.1 cm diam.' 5.9 cm high. Provenance: Capital Gallery, Hong Kong ***
*** A Chinese early yue-ware storage jar, hu, Han dynasty, 42.3 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection. Exhibited: Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 2009, lot G1 3/09 ***
*** An incised qingbai 'boys' bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 20.1 cm diam. Provenance: Steven Zador collection, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese white glaze xingyao pentalobe tea cup, Late Tang to Five Dynasties, 10th century, elegantly shaped in the form of a prunus blossom with a faintly recessed rim to the centre, covered inside and out with a glaze of slightly greyish tone falling… ***
*** An early Chinese pottery tomb figure, Tang dynasty, covered with a buff tinted glaze, of a mourner with long sleeves and folded hands, stand, 16 cm high. Provenance: Purchased from Buett & Sons, 1961. Private collection Victoria 1961Buett & Sons ***
*** A calcite alabaster Sab'an Stela, Southern Arabia, 3rd - 1st century BCE, 26 cm high ***
*** A Qingbai white glazed vase, Northern Song dynasty, 20.8 cm high. Provenance: The Connoisseurs Store, Melbourne, 1998. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 November 2008, lot 1197 ***
*** A bronze mirror, Tang dynasty 9.1 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese Longquan celadon-glaze 'double fish' plate, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, the exterior carved with a band of upright lotus petals, 21.5 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased in Jataka about 15 years ago, '' ***
*** Two qingbai bowls, Southern Song dynasty, 19.5 cm diam., 18.7 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Duncan Macintosh collection. Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 16 April 2014, lot 195. Exhibited: Hong Kong Ceramic Society (label). Duncan Macintosh was a founder of the… ***
*** An archaic bronze elliptical cup, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, of compressed globular shape with flaring mouth rim, flanked by a small and large loop handle, carved with seal scripts on one side. 15.8 cm high. Provenance: The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth… ***
*** A bronze mirror, Han Dynasty 18.3 cm ***
*** A Chinese Qingbai jar and cover, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, the shoulder applied with four looped handles, the glaze stopping short around the foot, 16.7 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased on 'Cats Street' off Wyndham Road in HK… ***
*** A yaozhou celadon-glazed cornical bowl, 12th/ 13th century. 4.3 cm high, 11.8 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese cizhou black-glazed tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century with russet-splashed pattern to the interior, rim fixed with metal band, the black glaze stopping at the incised spiral pattern, 13.6 cm diameter. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in… ***
*** A Chinese moulded Qingbai 'phoenix and peony' bowl, Yuan dynasty, 17. cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection ***
*** A small junyao dish, Yuan dynasty, 12.2 cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection, with a Christie's label 'Christie's 125/2 30.10.01', and 'Roy Morrell' possible previous owner' ***
*** A pair of yaozhou celadon-glaze cups, 12th century, 10 cm diam., (2). Provenance: NSW private collection. Ex Luen Chai, Hong Kong (label) ***
*** A orange glass intaglio ring, carved with the image of a Roman, measuring approximately 19.06 x 14.63 mm, mounted in 18ct gold, ring size Q. ***
*** A rock crystal Linga and bronze Yoni, Possibly Angkhor period, 9th to 12th century, 21 cm high, Joined together the linga and yoni represent the potent symbols of creation in Indian philosophy. The linga represents the male and is a symbol of the Hindu… ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white low-fired bowl, Yuan dynasty, 17 cm diam ***
*** A qingbai lobed dish, Northern Song dynasty, 10.2 cm diam. Provenance: Duncan Macintosh Collection. Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 to 18 May 2006, lot 335. Dr Carradus Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 November 2008, lot 1199. Duncan Macintosh was a founder… ***
*** A Chinese cizhou purple-glaze tea bowl, 12th/ 13th century 16 cm diameter. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in London in the 1960s ***
*** A Changsha shipwreck bowl, 9th century, 15 cm diam. Provenance: NSW private collection ***
*** A bronze cup with stag motifs, Northern Iran, Amlash culture first millennium BCE, 8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese 'scrolling vines' blue-and-white bowl, Yuan dynasty, 7 cm diam., 8 cm high ***
*** A rare Chinese stoneware inverse teapot, 17th century style, possibly Song dynasty, the rustic inverted peach-shaped body with animal-like handle and moulded figures raised on an oval foot with glazed brown accents to, the spout, handle and body.… ***
*** A Chinese qingbai combed and carved 'fish' dish, Southern Song dynasty, 7.6 cm diam., 4.2 cm high. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney ***
*** A green glazed stoneware cockscomb flask, Liao dynasty, 32.2 cm high. Provenance: Dr Peter Elliott collection, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese yueyao celadon-glaze washer, Eastern Jin dynasty, 4th/5th century, with three embossed animal masks over a band of low-relief diaper ground around the rim, 19.5 cm diameter x 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney ***
*** A qingbai lobed water jar with four looped handles, Northern Song dynasty, 13.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 15 November 2005, lot 539. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 November 2008, lot 1208. Exhibited: Chinese Warriors and Figures from the Tomb,… ***
*** A qingbai moulded 'phoenix' ewer and a floral circular box, Yuan dynasty, 9.5 cm high, 10.7 cm diam. (2)., Exhibited: Ewer: Chinese Warriors and Figures from the Tomb, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 10 to 19 December 2010, Sydney. Published in the… ***
*** A small Chinese northernware black-glaze bowl, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, the exterior with black glaze stopping around the foot, the interior with white glaze exposing the unglazed rim, 10.7 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased on… ***
*** A Chinese cocoon jar and a vase, Han dynasty, 23 cm high, 22.5 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW private collection ***
*** A miniature Ding lobed jar, Song dynasty, 2.7 cm high ***
*** A group of four Chinese stoneware jars, Han dynasty, varying heights: 14 to 25.5 cm (4). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney ***
*** A Chinese green-glaze 'Tiger' pottery jar, Han dynasty, with stand, 28 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1988 ***
*** Two Korean celadon dishes with white inlay, Goryeo dynasty, 10th to 12th century, 17.2 cm diam., 8.3 cm diam. (2). ***