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Oriental — Bonhams
Auction House:
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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 gilt and lacquered wooden figure of an official on bronze stand Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century 29.8 cm high. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 23 February 1968 (Receipt). John Lane Esq.. Private Collection, Sydney. Andrew Stuart-Robertson Oriental… | *** |  |
| *** | A doucai 'chrysanthemum' wine cup Yongzheng six-character mark 3.8 cm high, 6.2 cm diam | *** |  |
| *** | An aloeswood 'pine tree' flower stand and box, 7.3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade 'catfish and wan' pebble, Qing dynasty on stand, 9.3 cm long, 242g | *** |  |
| *** | A 'landscape' jade plaque, Qing dynasty fixed on a wooden plaque 8.8 cm long (jade only), 10.5 cm long (with plaque) | *** |  |
| *** | A jade 'cormorant and flower' convex plaque, Qing dynasty fixed on a wooden plaque, 8.5 cm diam. (jade plaque only), 12.0 cm wide (wooden plaque) | *** |  |
| *** | Li Dongxiao (20th/ 21th century), Franca Arena, 1996, inscribed and signed by the artist, 7 cm high. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in 1996, Publication: Patsy Hollis, 'The Chinese Connection', collectors magazine N. 3, 2008, P. 16 to 17,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two white jade carvings, Qing dynasty 4.5 cm wide, 47g; 5.5 cm wide, 32g (2). 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, migrated to Sydney in 1999 for retirement.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese suite of two rosewood chairs and a tea stand, 20th century The chairs: 74 cm wide, 87.5 cm deep, 101 cm high each The stand: 40.5 cm wide, 50.5 cm deep, 74 cm high (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in Hong Kong during the… | *** |  |
| *** | A large white jade carving, the stone with brown inclusions, carved with a large goose, a branch of lotus in its mouth, looking back to its two chicks, the underside carved with spreading waves. 19.4 cm wide, 9.7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara Tantra, 31 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired locally on 11 Oct 1984 from Alan Landis Antiques, on commission for Joseph Neuman (receipt) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver cup and cover, Gem Wo, Canton, circa 1860 the bowl with a vacant shield cartouche amongst profusely chased and embossed scene of warriors and attendants before pavilions, raised on a clump of bamboo plants issuing leaves, domed… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze seated figure of a Green Tara, 26 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inside painted 'landscape' snuff bottle, Dated 1910 7.2 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon-glaze and biscuit 'Shrine' of guanyin and attendants, 39 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Zhao Shaoang (1905 - 1998), Landscape, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll Signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal of the artist 60 cm x 132 cm. Provenance: Private collection VIC Purchased in the late 1990s from a student of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming-style reserve-decorated blue and white 'fish' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark box, 18.8 cm diam.. Provenance: Earl Morse Collection (label) Mann-Tatlow Collection (by repute). Private collection, Sydney | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved white jade mythical beast, pixiu, the stone of even creamy white tone, the ferocious beast squatting, looking up, 7.3 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gilt copper alloy figure of Taoist Deity, Zhenwu, 21 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone carved 'chi-dragon' seal, 3.5 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm, 50g | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone carved 'lion' seal, attributed to Wu Changshuo (1844 - 1927), 2.2 x 3.1 x 6.2 cm, 85g | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of Japanese Shibiyama silver and lacquer vases Meiji period each with fluted rim and tall everted necks decorated in coloured enamel above a collar with six elephant heads and oval panels decorated with a quail, a stork, birds and vases of… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Japanese ivory statues of Takasago Meiji period well carved and rendered in classical pose with each holding their attributes; she with broom and he with rake and fan, tinted accents to robes, incised signatures Shinsho to base | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese coloured ivory cabbage group 19th/early 20th century, one with grasshoppers, beetles and turnip, wooden stand; and the other with grasshopper. Length 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white Kraak charger, 17th century, decorated with a landscape within panelled border. Diameter 52 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'European subject' vase Qianlong four-character enamelled mark with stand and box, 13.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A jade 'butterfly and gourd' pebble, Qing dynasty 7.5 cm long, 174g | *** |  |
| *** | After Qiu Ying (1494-1552), Enjoying Antiquity (Qing dynasty) Ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll Signed Shifu Qiuying, with seal of the artist 138 x 49 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Adelaide | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved white jade melon-form snuff bottle, mid Qing dynasty, 5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilded bronze Shakyamuni, seated in dhyanasana with hands in dharmachakra mudra, clad in a diaphanous robe with hems incised with floral patterns, the base sealed and incised with double-vadjra 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | 12 Chinese inside painted 'The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars' glass snuff bottles, Liu Ziyi (b. 1939), dated 1986 10.5 cm (12). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong b. 1939. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'dragon' ogee bowl, Daoguang six-character seal mark box, 17.1 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'scrolling lotus' bowl Jiajing six-character mark 35.5 cm diam., 16.1 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'deer' cup Jiajing six-character mark with tomobako, 8 cm diam | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-backed incised 'dragon and cloud' dish Yonzheng six-character mark with box, 20.3 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection, Perth, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1990s | *** |  |
| *** | A large gilded bronze figure of Guanyin, 18th/19th century, seated in lalitasana on a Buddhist lion, her hands in karana and varada mudra, with a ruyi in her right hand, her serene face with downcast eyes, framed by pendulous ear lobes, her hair piled… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese white-glaze stem cup, Yongzheng six-character mark with incised eight Buddhist emblems, each above an Indian lotus, the lotus pattern repeated on the side of the foot, 16 cm diam., 10.3 cm high, A well known prototype, a similar piece with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Shiwan-ware celadon-glazed tripod, 19th century, with a stand and a fitted box, 9.8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A string of jade tubes and rings, with an 'Arrow' pendent, probably Han dynasty, the tubes approx. 2.5 cm long, the rings approx. 1.5 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose enamelled 'crane and peach' bowl Daoguang six-character seal mark and box, 21.5 cm diam., 9.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose painted lamp shades on stands By Wang Wenhao and Qiu Fanyu, dated by inscription 1979 the shades 18 cm high each, the stands 13.5 cm high each (4).. Provenance: Tai Sing Co., Hong Kong, 28 January 1984 For the last two decades or so… | *** |  |
| *** | A table screen with a painted famille-rose plaque, Attributed to Shi Yuchu, mid 20th century 19.5 x 12.5 cm (plaque), 27.5 cm high (screen) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese reticulated parcel-gilt bronze 'dragon' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 7.50 cm. Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille-rose porcelain moulded and enamelled 'double-gourd' snuff bottle, Qianlong four character mark, height 5 cm. The prototype of this bottle is well-known. The Qianlong-period examples are in the J & J Collection, Moss, Graham, and Tsang… | *** |  |
| *** | A Buddhist temple deer, Thai or Burmese, carved in repose, in hardwood with elements of original polychrome pigments, with deer antlers 143 wide, 26 cm deep, 86 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon-glazed mallet-shaped vase, 13th/ 14th century stand and box, 19.2 cm high. Provenance: Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, 6 Nov 2014, London, Sale 21355, Lot 172 The result of thermoluminescence test report no. P105y66, dated 31 August 2005,… | *** |  |
| *** | An ox-blood-glaze bottle vase, Mid to late Qing dynasty, 29 cm diam. Provenance: Acquired in London in 1973 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved 'magnolia' white jade washer, Qing dynasty, 12.7 cm long, 165g | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver tea and coffee service and oval tray, by Tuck Chong, circa 1900, by Tuck Chong, circa 1900 the service comprising a coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl, sugar tongs and cream jug, embossed with bamboo and engraved circular discs,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese horseshoe-back huanghuali chair, quanyi, 20th century 64.5 cm wide, 45 cm deep, 104 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese gold-painted wucai 'dragon' bowl, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark and of the period, painted around the body with two dragons chasing flaming jewels above a green 'sea wave' borders, the interior with a central 'shou'-character surrounded by… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Chinese ivory figure group, Qianlong four-character embossed mark to the base, early to mid-20th century, the two halves of the clam shell open and revealing a scene of a Guanyin holding a child in her arms accompanied by her attendant amongst… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille rose washer, four character Hongxian mark but later the shallow vessel of unusual shape with inverted rim and concave base, the interior finely painted with a spray of flowers growing from rocks, the rim decorated with four groups of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hand mirror, circa 1900, in silverplate inlaid with semi- precious stones, the back with an inserted celadon jade panel carved with a jardiniere with scrolling leaves flanked by two bats and mounted on to a jade handle carved with a dragon in… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose 'butterfly and melon' covered cups Daoguang six-character seal mark the cups damaged, cups 10.9 cm diam each, covers 9.8 cm diam. each (4). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese 'peach and bat' parcel-gilt silvered-metal washer, late Qing or Republic period in the form of a large peach resting on a gilded branch issuing smaller peaches, with five bats meticulously carved in high relief in different flying positions, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A gold repousse hairnet ornament of a Buddhist figure, Ming dynasty 3.5 cm long, 6.2g, 22ct | *** |  |
| *** | A rock crystal covered box inset with a gold 'goat' plaque, the box of Qing dynasty, the gold-leaf possibly earlier 5.6 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-glazed 'dragon' vase, 31.5 cm high, No reserve | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'eight immortals' censer Jiajing six-character with a pierced silver cover and box, 12.2 cm diam., 8.9 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white saucer-dish Wanli six-character mark, 16th/17th century with box, 11.4 cm diam.. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 1989, lot 354. R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, 14 August 1989. Mossgreen, The Vincent Massa Collection,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two pale-celadon 'rams and ruyi' jade pebbles, Qing dynasty both on stands, 6.1 cm, 53g; 5.5 cm, 57g (2). | *** |  |
| *** | Shaykh Ibrahim with angels, Hyderabad late 18th century, gouache and gold on paper, laid down on album page with ornate floral motifs in gold on a brown ground, inscription in inner border in nasta'liq script, Album page 413 mm x 248 mm. Provenance: From… | *** |  |
| *** | A pink-glazed 'Buddhist lion' water dropper, 19th century 7.4 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ross Gordon, Brisbane, until 2002 Sotheby's, Melbourne, 2002 (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | An assortment of seven blue-and-white dishes, Kangxi period Varying sizes from 9.6 cm diam. to 16.8 cm diam. (7). | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose Canton enamel saucer-dish, Qianlong six-character blue seal mark, and of the period 15.9 cm diam. Provenance: The British Antique Dealers Association (label) Private collection, Queensland Important Chinese Art & the Spring Auction Series,… | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali brush pot, 18th/ 19th century 18.7 cm high, 20.7 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A 13th-century style Western-Tibetan bronze seated figure of a Tara, height 27 cm. Provenance: Private collection, New Zealand, thence by descent. Private collection | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan gilded bronze Penden Lhamo, Double-vajra to the base, 24.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A gilded bronze figure of a seated White Tara, Qing dynasty, incised double-vajra mark to the circular recess in the base, 28.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze figure of a farmer, signed Shumi the standing figure holding a tobacco pouch, lighting his pipe, a basket on his back, a scythe in his belt and a hoe over his shoulder,on carved wooden stand 52 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese ivory carvings of ladies, Republic, each carved from a single tusk, dressed in flowing robes with jewelled headdresses and carrying their attributes of flowering branches and fans, 45 cm and 46 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Huang Junbi (1898-1991), landscape, ink and colour on paper, mounted, inscribed and signed Huang Junbi, with two seals of the artist, dated yichou year (1985) 41 cm x 68.5 cm. Provenance: Hong Kong private collection, acquired directly from the artist in… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved and pierced Chinese ivory tusk, Early to mid-20th century, in the shape of a dragon boat with its 'dragon's head' amongst the figures, carved with figures of all ages, varying social groups and ethnicities engaging in various activities under… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese moulded and carved gourd vase with ivory and tortoise shell cover, Guangxu incised mark to the base, moulded and carved around the body with a landscape of garden pavilions and gate towers amongst rocks and pine trees, accompanied with a poem… | *** |  |
| *** | Two framed Chinese silk embroidery of various birds, Late Qing dynasty 36 cm x 36 cm (2). Provenance: Harrods Ltd, Picture Department, Knightsbridge London (label) Harrods Ltd | *** |  |
| *** | A 'duan' stone 'landscape' table screen with rosewood stand, 19th century 'Duan' stone: 39.5 x 31 cm, screen with stand: 62.5 cm high. Provenance: The John and Wendy St Alban Collection, Adelaide Elder Fine Art, 12 and 13 September 2009, Adelaide, lot 146… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved white jade plaque, the stone with brown inclusion, carved on one side with figures preparing tea under pine trees, a poem on the other side, 4.6 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A large orange-ground 'Medallion' bowl, 20th century, the exterior in orange ground, painted in four medallions prunus branches, bamboo, prawns and landscapes all with artists' signatures and seals, the interior in turquoise ground, four-character mark to… | *** |  |
| *** | An iron plate with inlaid silver etching, 19th/ 20th century, the heavy plate standing on three feet, etched in the centre a medallion of a ferocious full-faced dragon, entwining a central 'Flaming Pearl' amid a scatter of vaporous clouds and leaping… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese ivory figure of woodcutter Meiji period, the woodcutter smiling, smoking from a pipe in one hand and holding a lantern in the other, carrying a pack of logs on his back, equipped with a large knife and a pouch, stepping on a stone, his… | *** |  |
| *** | A George IV silver-gilt Chinoiserie teapot, by Paul Storr, London 1825, the body with shaped panels heavily chased and embossed with Chinese figures and animals amongst foliage and pavilions, angled handle and spout, flat cover with further flowerheads… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese pale celadon vase and cover, the undecorated flattened baluster body with a pair of pierced foliate handles at the neck,surmounted by a finely carved chrysanthemum finial, tapering to an oval foot. Height 12.5 cm. Width 4.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Jui, with three carved white jade panel s of fish and ritual objects. 42.5 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon-glazed and incised 'plum blossom' bowl 13th/14th century box, 12.2 cm diam. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 20 Jul 2002 (receipt and label) | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade 'citrus fruit' carving Qing dynasty with a fitted 'branch' stand 6.6 cm high, 101g | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon glazed and gilt washer Qianlong six-character gilt seal mark 11.8 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese famille-rose censer, Jiaqing six-character mark, 48 cm high (excluding stand) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white shallow dish, 17th century, painted with ducks by a pond surrounded by panels of flowers. Diameter 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow jade cong, 5.8 cm high, 236g | *** |  |
| *** | An unglazed ceramic sculptural group of Guanyin and two children, late Qing dynasty. stand, 20.9 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne. Unglazed and high-fired ceramic such as the current lot is called fanci (reversed ceramics), shengci (raw… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'courtesans and children' jar Kangxi 20.5 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Oriental Antiques, Sydney, no. RPC (label) | *** |  |
| *** | An aubergine-glazed tripod censer with splashed gold Qianlong four-character seal mark 11.7 cm wide. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1018 | *** |  |
| *** | An inside-painted rock-crystal 'Liu Hai' snuff bottle, Ma Shaoxuan, cyclically dated dingyou year (AD 1897), 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired from Sotheby's in Melbourne in July 1989 | *** |  |
| *** | A carved jade figure of Lan Caihe, Qing dynasty on stand, 10.6 cm high, 294g | *** |  |
| *** | A white jade 'dragon and cloud' hairpin, incised three-character seal script to the side, 22.7 cm long, 55g | *** |  |