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Oriental — Bonhams
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Oriental
- Art (116)
- Bronze (210)
- Brush Pot (45)
- Ceramics - Chinese (679)
- Ceramics - Japanese (46)
- Ceramics - Zother (7)
- Cloisonne (45)
- Furniture (72)
- Inro (3)
- Ivory (109)
- Jade (210)
- Netsuke (4)
- Okimono (26)
- Snuff Bottles (282)
- Textiles & Costume (41)
- Zother (406)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A blue-and-white 'scrolling foliage' vase with tomobako, 18.9 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille rose 'three rams' bowls Daoguang six-character seal mark with box, 13.7 cm diam., 6.3 cm high (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white 'lotus' candle stands, Jiaying Tang hall mark, late Qing dynasty, 12.5 cm high (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon' plate Jiaqing six-character seal mark with box, 13.2 cm diam., 2.9 cm high. Provenance: Huo Zongjie, Canton. Sotheby's York Avenue Galleries, no. 281 (label). Prof. and Mrs Wong Shiu Hon, Hobart, acquired in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Two associated blue-and-white 'landscape' plates, Early Kangxi period, circa 1662-1674 28.2 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Private collection, Brisbane There are numerous dishes of this shape, of varying sizes, with peach or flower marks and a footring that… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of huanghuali chairs and a side table, 20th century chairs: 98 cm high, 76 cm wide, 68 cm D (each)' table: 71 cm high, 48 cm wide, 39.5 cm D (3). Provenance: Private collection, Mr Singh Mann, Wollongong (by repute) Private collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), Monkeys. Ink and colour on paper. Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist, 134.5 cm x 64.8 cm. Provenance: Private collection VIC, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of the artist in Melbourne. Publication:… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese cloisonne 'Dragon' handles, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, baring a Christie's label, 54 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired from a local estate in the 1990s, Hampshire private collection in UK,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Shibiyama, lacquer and ivory two fold screen Meiji period, the two panels depicting three seated men in conversation with a nobleman, being entertained by a dance r and courtesan playing, the samisen, all before a prunus blossom in an ivory… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade vase, Qing dynasty, with an associated 'lotus leave' stand, 23.5 cm high, 1754g. Provenance: Eliot Grant Fitch (1895-1983), Wisconsin, possibly acquired during the 1960s, thence by descent | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four iron-red enamelled 'dragon' cups Guangxu six-character marks with box, 6 cm diam., and 5 cm high (4). Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A square 'river landscape' cloisonne brushpot 18th/19th century 12.5 cm high. Provenance: Alexander Gallery, New York (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A flambe twin-handled incense burner, Yongzheng four-character incised mark, of compressed globular form flanked by a pair of looped handles supported on a flaring foot, the body covered with a striated flambe glaze, the interior with a greyish-crackle… | *** |  |
| *** | Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), landscape, 1986, ink and colour on paper, inscribed and signed by the artist, with three seals of the artist, 137 cm x 68 cm. Provenance: Private Collection VIC, Purchased in the late 1990s from a student of the artist in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period (1654 - 1722) painted with figures on a pavilion terraces in wooded gardens. 45 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese ivory model of a fisherman, by Shinko, late 19th century carved as a fisherman balancing an oar on his shoulder over which hangs a woven basket, a straw hat perched on his head and straw apron tied around his waist, on his left hip hangs… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black-lacquer armour 18th century, the suit laced entirely in blue with white highlights and comprising a bulbous twelve-plate suji kabuto with an extended mabisashi, all lacquered black, the top with a gilt-metal three-lame tehen kanamono… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'Minority group' eggshell vase, Jingdezhen six-character iron-red seal mark, mid 20th century, with an associated stand, 25.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-glazed and moulded 'Dragon' square saucer, Kangxi period, 13.5 cm long. Provenance: Connoisseurs' Store, Melbourne (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon-glazed square pot Qianlong six-character seal mark with box, 14.2 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep, 4.5 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A lacquered zisha tea pot Qianlong six-character seal mark with box, 15.5 cm long, 10.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade 'chi-dragon' circular plaque, Qing dynasty 4.9 cm diam., 55g | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four 'dragon' jade plaques and belt buckle, Qing dynasty one on stand, 8.4 cm wide, 41g; 7.5 cm wide, 75g; 5.4 cm wide, 15g, 9.8 cm wide (4). | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali folding chair, jiaoyi, 18th/ 19th century 99 cm high, 73 cm wide, 61 cm D. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1990s First developed during the Song dynasty, the folding armchair had become a designated… | *** |  |
| *** | A Pala-style bronze figure of a seated Shakyamuni, 14 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi, China in the 1950s, hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | Li Xiongcai (1910-2001), The Yellow Mountains, 1985. Ink on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist, 143 cm x 68 cm. Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai visited Sydney and Melbourne in 1985, and held a joined exhibition 'Guan… | *** |  |
| *** | Chen Wen Hsi (1906 - 1991), Squirrels, Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed, with two seals of the artist 68 cm x 43 cm. Provenance: Private collection Dr Jerry Lim, Singapore, acquired directly from the artist under recommendation of Dr Earl… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese doucai 'floral' bowl, Daoguang six-character underglaze blue mark, 14.9 cm diam. Provenance: Lot 506, Sale L12211, Sotheby's London, 07 November 2012, dated Daoguang period. See an almost identical bowl from the same period, lot 322, Sale N09477… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese moulded celadon-glaze 'lotus' bowl, 29 cm diam | *** |  |
| *** | A wucai square 'dragon' bowl, Jiajing six-character mark 6.2 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming blue and white jar, 17th/ 18th century, the ample oval body well painted with a continuous pattern of lotus flower heads issuing from scrolling leafy foliage, the narrow rolled neck similarly painted. 28 cm diam 36 cm high. Provenance:… | *** |  |
| *** | A pale green jade incense burner with wooden lid, 20th century, in the form of a square ding vessel, flanked with handles of a large dragon-head with loose ring, the body carved in low relief of bands of dragon and ruyi motif and symbol of longevity, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five Chinese snuff bottles, Early to mid-20th century, of various materials including agate, nephrite, and rock crystal, some carved, some inside-painted, each fitted with a stopper of hard stone, coral, or jadeite, box, varying from 6.7 cm to… | *** |  |
| *** | A jade figure group of a mythical figure riding a qilin, Qing dynasty 9.0 cm long, 230g | *** |  |
| *** | A group of archaistic jade carvings, 19th/20th century, with a fitted box, varying length from 7.4 cm to 9.5 cm (4). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved celadon-jade marriage bowl, Qianlong four-character incised seal mark to the base, Qing dynasty, the stone of greenishceladon tone with natural inclusion, gently rising from a shallow foot rim, carved intricately to the centre in high… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of hongmu armchairs with 'dream-stone' marble insets, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, by Li Jiren, 103.5 high, 61.5 wide, 46.5 deep (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in the early 1980s. Erquan Shanmin is the studio name of… | *** |  |
| *** | A large celadon-glazed 'phoenix' mallet vase with stand and tomobako, 47.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'deer and pine tree' vase Qianlong six-character seal mark 34.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory figure of a frog catcher, he standing and smiling, a frog in his left hand and a basket on his elbow a net on a bamboo rod on his right shoulder, dressed in a short kimono patterned with floral symbols, patterned leggings and sandals and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese blue-laced black-lacquer armour 18th-19th century, the momonari kabuto constructed of six plates with a medial ridge running along the Crown and fitted with a five-lame Hineno-style shikoro, the m'date a gold and red-lacquer Buddhist flaming… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black-lacquer armour with a okegawa do 19th century, components all lacquered black with gold and black ishime highlights on the lowest lames, laced in blue and comprising a twenty-four plate suji kabuto lacquered black and with a four-stage… | *** |  |
| *** | A guan-type celadon glaze arrow vase with box, 12.1 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'landscape' rouleau vase Qing dynasty 46.9 cm high. Provenance: Rare Art, New York, 1981 (label). Mossgreen, Fine Chinese & Asian Art, Melbourne, 28 November 2017, lot 655 | *** |  |
| *** | Guan Shanyue (1912 - 2000), Prunus and Chicks, 1985. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist, 146.5 cm x 78.3 cm. Guan Shanyue and Li Xiongcai visited Sydney and Melbourne in 1985, and held a joined… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze footed censer, fang pan, the everted rectangular body with a pair of cast kylin-head handles, cast with a deep band of scrolling waves and repeating Taotie, beneath a narrow banded border on four cast stylised kylin legs, incised… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon and russet jade Ko or Kuei blade, Qianlongfinely carved and detailed to both faces with taotie masks and fish in song style 5 cm wide 10.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black-lacquer armour with a momonari kabuto 19th century, the helmet 18th century, comprising a russet iron momonari kabuto mounted with an unusual five-lame Hineno-style shikoro separated into three pendant sections, the top lame terminating… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese articulated model of a crayfish, late 19th century, carved and assembled from ivory and hinged to allow full articulation in the joints of the tail, legs antenn' and eyes, surface details finely carved and lightly stained, inscribed on… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black-lacquer armour with a nuinobu do 18th-19th century, laced in blue and green with orange and white highlights, the russet-iron sixteen-plate suji kabuto with a three-stage shakudo tehen kanamono and fitted with a four-lame shikoro, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of iron-red enamelled celadon 'phoenix' bowls Daoguang six-character seal mark with box, 14.5 cm diam., 7.2 cm high (2). Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | An underglaze-blue and iron-red decorated 'dragon' bowl Jiaqing six-character seal mark with fitted box, 11.2 cm diam., 6 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Western Australia | *** |  |
| *** | An iron-red enammelled and underglaze blue 'dragon' bowl Shende Tang iron-red seal mark with box, 17.4 cm diam., 6.9 cm high. Provenance: Butterfields Auction 71780, lot 6645 (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-glaze bottle vase Yongzheng six-character seal mark with box, 12 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | An enamelled fan-shaped 'landscape' ceramic plaque Signed Wang Yeping, dated according to inscription 1935 plaque 76 x 43 cm, frame 98 x 60 cm. Provenance: From the collection of Dr TF Yeung (1932-2019) | *** |  |
| *** | Two enamelled ceramic plaques Signed Liu Xiren (1906-1967), dated according to inscription 1931 45.5 x 18.2 cm (2).. Provenance: Dr Alexander Pau (1927-2013), Sydney. then by descent | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved white jade and hardstone 'Aubergine' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty late 18th to early 19th century, attributed to the palace workshop, on a wooden stand, 7 cm high. Provenance: Acquired from Clare Chu for the Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles on… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade 'landscape' boulder, Qing dynasty stand, 11.7 cm high, 732g, 15.9 cm high (with stand). Provenance: (bearing a label of) A&S Hartman Collection, New York, 'J257 Chien Lung' | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese mottle-green jadeite snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 1770-1880, 6.1 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection in the States, acquired circa 1960s-1974, property from the estate of James H. Kelley, Christies New York, 15 September 2009, Lot 176, Hugh… | *** |  |
| *** | A small Chinese celadon ru -type hexagonal crackle-glaze washer, Qianlong six-character underglaze blue seal mark, late Qing dynasty 9.6 cm diameter, 3 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Victoria | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali lute table, 20th century 81 cm high, 129 cm wide, 39 cm deep. Provenance: Private collection, Mr Singh Mann, Wollongong (by repute) Private collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus, 45.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, purchased in the 1960s in Kyoto and hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilded bronze figure of Yamantaka, incised double-vajra mark to the base, 18.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved hongmu six-fold screen with ceramic-plaque insets, dated by inscription 1831, with possibly later parts, 104 cm x 19 cm x 1.8 cm (6). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s from Mr Lam, Foo Chow… | *** |  |
| *** | A framed enamelled rectangular plaque of a monk enjoying a bucket of wine, attributed to Wang Qi (1884 - 1937), Republic period, the monk mouth wide open, enjoying a large bucket of wine, his fly whisk on his shoulder, a wine seller, about to fall down to… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese articulated ivory model of a crayfish, late 19th century, the crayfish carved and assembled with fully articulated joints in the legs, tail and antenn', the surface finished and lightly stained to simulate the rough shell of the crayfish, eyes… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare Japanese ivory model of a rhinoceros by Tomotada, circa 1900, carved from a single section of ivory and finished on the surface to resemble the rough hide of the animal, the natural colour in the material used to good advantage in the overall… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Chinese blue and white bottle vase, decorated with iron red highlights with bullocks, attendants and horses, 6 character seal mark to base, 39 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese doucai 'dragon and phoenix' bowl, Qianglong six-character seal mark and of the period rising from a recessed circular foot, the wide body rising to a lipped rim, the cavetto with five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls and phoenixes amidst… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade flat tube with a fitted box, 12.4 cm long, 0.6 cm thick, 36g | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'sanduo' bowl Jiaqing six-character seal mark 15 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A teadust-glazed vase Qianlong six-character seal mark 21 cm high. Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 1 September 2014, Sydney, lot 17 | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of figural roof tiles, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Modeled as two scholars wearing hats reflecting their office and status, dressed in long robes and standing on scrolling clouds, one holding a fan and the other beads, glazed in tones of aubergine,… | *** |  |
| *** | Three pairs of gilt bronze bangles, Qing dynasty box, varying sizes from 6.5 cm to 8.1 cm wide (6). Provenance: The 'bat' bangles: C. C. Teng, Taipei, 28 February 1995, no. 000470 (label and receipt) | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade 'luohan' bracelet, Qing dynasty and box, jade luohan approx. 2.0 cm long each, the necklace fully extended 20.5 cm long. Provenance: C. C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1 Oct 1996, no. 002776 (label and receipt, NTD180,000, approx US$6,480) | *** |  |
| *** | Six rubbings of archaic bronzes, and two reproduced rubbings of bronze inscriptions, Early to mid 20th century, fitted with three tomobako, The two reproductions 93 x 65.5 cm, and 131 x 50.5 cm, Three larger rubbings 101 x 50.5 cm, Three smaller… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese enamelled white glass snuff bottle, six-character Qianlong mark, 18th to 19th century, 5.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Four painted ceramic plaques of landscapes, by Fan Zikui (b. 1937) and Fan Jingqi, 1984 plaque: 74 x 21.2 cm each frame: 115 x 41.5 cm (4). Provenance: Dr T. F. Yeung (1932-2019), Sydney Dr T. F. Yeung, an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor in Hong Kong… | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome enamelled porcelain 'Buddhist Monk' plaque, Liu Xiren (1906-1967), Republic period 44.5 cm x 12.5 cm. Provenance: Dr T. F. Yeung (1932-2019), Sydney. Dr T. F. Yeung, an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor in Hong Kong since the mid 1960s,… | *** |  |
| *** | A table screen with famille-rose enamelled porcelain plaque, Republic period. Plaque: 43.1 x 30.5 cm; screen: 62.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A turquoise, red and white overlay glass 'lotus leaf' jar, Qianlong four-character incised mark to the base, 11 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Yang Shanshen (1913 - 2004), Peony, 1998. Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll. Signed and inscribed, and with three seals of the artist, 133.5 cm x 65 cm. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in the late 1990s from a student of Zhao… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Tao Lengyue (1895-1985), Plum Blossoms, Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, 29 cm x 69 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Shanghai between 1923 and 1947,… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual Sino-Tibetan silver inlaid casket and cover, Wanli six-character embossed mark and of the period, of rectangular shape, flanked with two upturned 'crane' handles, the long sides each decorated with a circular 'prunus' panel, and other… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Wu Zuoren (1908 - 1997), Eagles (1985) Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist 67 cm x 97 cm. Provenance: Private collection Victoria Purchased in the late 1990s from a student… | *** |  |
| *** | A framed enamelled rectangular plaque of Bodhidharma crossing the Yangtze river, attributed to Wang Qi (1884 - 1937), Republic period, the Buddha dressed in long flowing robes, carrying books of sutras and a large hat on his back, riding just a blade of… | *** |  |
| *** | An rare carved ivory fly swish, Indian, second quarter of 19th century the spiral twist handle with stylised pineapple finial and intricately carved flowering vines, issuing a finely sliced ivory swish, together with a floral painted box with sliding top… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese silver vase, Meiji periodthe ovoid body with delicately applied decoration of a flowering tree in various metals of with birds and insects in polychrome enamel guilloche, incised signature (Kazuyuki or Toshiyuki) and a gold mon 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An 18th century Indian silvered metal mounted ivory box, Pondicherry district of rectangular form, the fielded panelled top formed from sections of ivory, the corners with palmette and scroll mounts, on paw feet, later red velvet interior. Width 40 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ivory figure group, of Guanyin holding her fan with two venerable elders and a child all holding their attributes standing under a flourishing tree with peaches of immortality on a rocky base and stained black accents, 20th century.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black lacquer suit of armour with, late Edo periodlaced in blue, comprising a six plate kabuto covered with yak hair, fitted with a metal ridge running along the Crown and fitted with a m'date with glass eyes and a pair of gilded horns, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black-lacquer armour with a ni-mai yokohagi okegawa do 19th century, laced in blue and comprising a russet-iron sixteen-plate suji kabuto with a three-stage tehen kanamono and a five-lame shikoro, the mabisashi applied with stenciled doe skin… | *** |  |
| *** | A glass and a shadow agate archer's rings Qing dynasty the glass 3.5 cm diam., the agate 4 cm wide (2). Provenance: Christies, the Eric Dale collection (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'floral' bowls Yongzheng six-character mark with box, 10.4 cm diam., (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved celadon jade figure group, of a Buddhist lion and a child holding a branch of ruyi, 13 cm wide, 535g | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon-glazed stem cup 15th/ 16th century 12.8 cm diam., 12.2 cm high. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 28 Aug 2003 (receipt) | *** |  |