Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.
Oriental — Bonhams
Auction House:
| Bonhams | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | A Chinese celadon-glaze vase, covered with a celadon glaze except for the foot rim, exposing burnt orange in the firing, carved with a repeated scene of blooming lotus flower drawing a dragonfly, all between two decorative borders, the neck carved with… | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze of Buddha, Republic, the God seated on a lotus base, his hands in Abhaya mudra, dressed in an elaborate flowing robe. 37.4 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inside painted 'zebra and antelope' snuff bottle, Wang Qian, dated 1992 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inside painted 'playing children' amber snuff bottles, Attributed to Ye Zhongsan, Ye family, early 20th century 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese painted-enamel vase, Attributed to Wang Qi, painted around the body with figures of an old gentleman and his servant resting in an autumn forest, inscribed with a poem appropriating the scene, signed, 'Year of kuiyou (1933), Wang Qi, Zhu Shan',… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese archaic-style cloisonne lobed censers, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, 21.3 cm high (2). Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, purchased in the 1950s in Kyoto and hence by descent (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A red sandstone statue of a deity, central India, 12-13th century, the fine featured visage flanked by pendulous ears with pierced lobes adorned with earrings, the downcast almond eyes with arching brows below an elaborate Crown at apex, fragmented halo… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze censer, Xuande six-character embossed mark, of compressed globular form raised in a foot rim, flanked by a pair of gilded 'elephant' handles, 23 cm wide, 2315g | *** |  |
| *** | A cast-iron Guanyin, Chenghua period, Ming dynasty, the Goddess seated in Lalitasana, her right leg supported by a lotus flower, mounted on a lotus her left hand in Vitarka Mudra, seated on a lotus base, all supported by a Buddhist lion, hou, a paragraph… | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese school, possibly Cao Kai Tai (Cantonese), circa 1810, watercolour and gouache on paper, the 12 framed paintings vividly depicting the Feast of the Lanterns, different parades of people dressed in Qing dynasty official garments, some carrying… | *** |  |
| *** | Chinese school, 19th century, ink and gouache on paper of a panoramic view in great detail of Huangpu (or Wampoa) Encourage, 10 miles beyond Humen (or Bocca Tigris) in the pearl river Delta, depicting an extraordinary variety of vessels, including foreign… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese carved ivory corn cobs, with tinted accents heightening the ripened state of one and the other, together with another carved ivory corn cob, 40 and. Width 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Buddha Sakyamuni, possibly Korean 17th century in carved lacquered wood, seated in vajraparyan with hands in dhyana mudra, his hair in tight curls covering the domed usnisha above a crystal urna on his forehead, his face with a serene smile, his robes… | *** |  |
| *** | A black lacquered Chinese low table, kang, decorated with scenes of Chinoiserie figures playing. Width 122 cm. Height 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory okimono of Hotei (the God of Happiness), late Meiji period in coloured robe holding a sack over his shoulder, seal mark. Height 12 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gold plaque with two deer, with box, 3.9 cm wide, 9.8g, 20ct | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five archaistic jade carvings, 19th/ 20th century Varying sizes from 3.7 cm to 7.9 cm long (5). | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon glaze bottle vase with box, 13.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | An agate inkstone with repousse and gilt silver 'dragon' casing Qing dynasty with a box 13 cm long, 7 cm wide, 5.2 cm high. Provenance: Hsiao Chung Lung (1947-2008), Melbourne. Bonhams, 7 Dec 2022, Sydney, lot 95. | *** |  |
| *** | A 'peacock and plum blossom' wine cup, Guangxu iron-red six-character mark. box, 7.2 cm high, 7.1 cm diam.. Provenance: Nagel, Spezialauktion Asiatische Kunst, Stuttgart, Sale 27A, Lot 866, 21 May 2004. Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1074.… | *** |  |
| *** | A bamboo archaistic 'chi-dragon' libation cup, Qing dynasty. 12.4 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A ceramic boulder in natural form Qianlong four-character mark with stand 21.3 cm high, 24.7 cm wide. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1003 | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three Chinese painted porcelain snuff bottles, one 'grasshopper' bottle with four-character Daoguang mark and of the period, the other with a Qianlong mark, 6.5 cm, 6.2 cm, 5.6 cm high (3). Provenance: Victoria private collection, the Wanshang… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved celadon jade boulder, Qing dynasty, carved with a scholar and his attendant amongst a mountain landscape, 12.5 cm long, 178g | *** |  |
| *** | A group of six carved decorative objects, Qing dynasty to early Republic period comprising of a carved cinnabar lacquer circular box, a coral pendant of gold fish and lotus leaves on stand, a jadeite 'dragon' pendant, 'dragon' and 'floral' decorative… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three jade plaques, 19th century 6.8 cm diam., 5.7 cm diam., 5.6 cm diam. (3). Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong | *** |  |
| *** | A large gold lacquered tebako, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with blossom on a nashiji ground with silk tassel cord, 60 cm wide x 41 cm deep x 37 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese 'hundred dear' vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark to the base, 20th century 45 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A porcelain magic bowl for the Islamic Market, China, late 18th Century 14.0 cm diam., Made in the Fujian province and exported through the port of Swatow, or Shantou, these types of wares were made exclusively for the Islamic world. The 'magic square' in… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of turquoise-glazed bowls, Underglaze blue pictorial mark, 18th century 17.8 cm diam., 7,9 cm high (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A near pair of Chinese reserve-painted famille-rose vases, Qianlong iron-red six-character seal mark against a turquoise ground, Republic period, of Dharuma and Wang Xizhi agianst a yellow sgraffito ground, 34.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Acquired during… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese huanghuali table-top chest, guanpixiang, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period of rectangular form with a bail handle on each side, the hinged domed cover set with brass ruyi-head corner mounts and chain, opening to reveal a separate compartment… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese silver bowl, marked Pure Silver, early 20th century, the double walled body richly embossed and chased with a scrolling dragon above waves, 26 cm diameter, 1180 gms (35oz) | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese turqouise ground box, Tihedian Zhi mark iron-red mark to the base, painted in black with bird and flower patterns, 30.5 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three Chinese head and finger decoration, width 14 cm (head piece), length 9 cm (finger decoration) (3) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved archaic style jade 'Taotie' bell, Qing dynasty, 22 cm long (suspended), 255g. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese midnight-blue-ground silk-embroidered robe, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period, 163 cm wide (sleeves extended), 93 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Anonymous, eagle, Ming Academy style, 19th century, ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll, 190 cm x 95 cm. Provenance: Acquired in Beijing during the 1920s by Mr A.V.Harvey, an accountant at Yuin Yeh bank in Beijing, Purchased directly from Mr A.V.Harvey… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Pan Gongshou (b. 1741, d. 1794), Snowy Mountain, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, 34.5 cm x 64 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection | *** |  |
| *** | Ten pairs of Chinese ivory chopsticks with silver fitting, Early to mid-20th century, 26.8 cm long, (20). | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese gilded-bronze figure of an umbrella seller, Taisho period, wearing a brocade-tunic, holding a closed umbrella in his right hand, and waving his left, fitted on a wood stand, 23.7 cm high without stand | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese wucai 'dragon and phoenix' circular box with cover, Wanli six-character blue-and-white mark 29 cm diam. | *** |  |
| *** | A gilded-bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, the monk seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus plinth with beaded edges, hands held in dharmachakramudra, the gesture of teaching, crowned with a peaked hat and dressed in elaborately chased robes, incised double… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export rectangular ivory box 19th century, the cover and sides profusely carved with panels of figures in pavilions and shading by blossom and fir trees, within scrolling foliage, raised on four bat feet | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver inlaid bronze censer, gui, 18th/19th century, in archaic style, decorated with profusion of scrolling cloud to the body, handles and foot, complete with a wooden cover and a carved hexagonal footed stand, inlaid mark Shi Sou to base. 17.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A Burmese Buddha in Shan style, 19th century in giltwood and black lacquer, seated in dhyasana, his hands in bhumparsa and dhyana mudra, his face with serene expression framed by pendulous ears, his hair in tight curls covering the usnisha, flame missing,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese carved ivory figure group, of an elephant attacked by three lions, Meiji period. Width 83 cm. Depth 29 cm. Height 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory okimono of an entertainer, late Meiji, with a dog at his feet and two monkeys clambering over a piece of fruit in his hand, a drum in the other, signed. Height 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'butterfly and cat' cup Baoshan Zhai iron-red studio mark 8.8 cm diam., 6.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon-glazed circular box and cover 12th/ 13th century with box, 9 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 1 July 2007 (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon-glazed double fish plate 13th century with box, 13.3 cm diam. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney (label) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille-rose 'dragon' square pot, Daoguang six-character iron-red seal mark, 20.8 x 11.7 x 6.2 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Singapore | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' box, Wanli six-character mark to the base, 15 x 11.5 x 23 cm. Provenance: Private collection, New Zealand | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille-rose egg shell 'Peony' bowls, Qianlong four-character mark, mid-20th century, 13 cm diameter (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese rhinocerous-horn carvings, each carved in the shape of a double-gourd suspending from its branch, 9.5 cm high, (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese ivory miniature Shodana Meiji period of typical form, with three pair of cupboard doors, one pair with a silver quail handle, and each carved with figures of a thicket gatherer, a boy catching a turtle, women gathering grain, a basket merchant,… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five archaistic jade carvings, 19th/ 20th century Varying sizes from 5.9 cm to 10.2 cm long (5). | *** |  |
| *** | A silk kesi 'dragon' seat cover, Qing dynasty. 180 cm long, 51 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A white-glazed 'dragon' vase, Kangxi six-character mark, 20th century, 25.2 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' brush pot, 22.8 cm diam., No reserve. John Sparks Ltd | *** |  |
| *** | An archaistic bronze wine vessel, gu with box, 29.9 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** |  |
| *** | Two amber 'beans' and 'peaches' carvings, Qing dynasty, with a fitted box, 6.1 cm long, 6.5 cm long (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose reserve painted 'wild ducks' water vessel Shende Tang iron-red seal mark, Republic period with box, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: Hepburn Myrtle, Sydney. Dr Iain Clark, Sydney, acquired in 1994 Exhibitions and Publications: Innovation and… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese carved white jade snuff bottles, the larger one carved with a poem in low relief on the back, each bottle with a coral stopper, 8.5 cm high, 6 cm high (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese coral-red glaze and gold-painted wine cups, Yongzheng six-character underglaze blue mark, 6.9 cm diam. (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille-rose 'elephant'-handle vase, hu, Jiaqing six-character iron-red seal mark, 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze articulated model of a lobster, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) signed ' (Hiromi) (probably Hiromi Fujiwara) length with antennae deployed 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two jade 'goose' and 'qilin' pebbles, Qing dynasty both on stands, 7.2 cm long, 175g; 6.8 cm long, 99g (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of carved stone lions, 'Shishi', architectural ornaments which originated in Chinese Buddhism. This pair once in the sitting room of Fairwater 46 cm wide x 16 cm deep x 41.5 cm high (2). | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved amber snuff bottle, Late Qing or Republic period, both sides carved with figures within garden landscape, 10 cm wide, 135g. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased in 1969 in England, 1969 | *** |  |
| *** | A reticulated and reserve moulded and painted vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark, Republic period 51.8 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Katherine Perrin, Brisbane, acquired in China. Collection of Ross Gordon, acquired from the above during… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose 'Figures and landscapes' square vase, Four-character studio mark, China, Republic period (1911-1949), the reserves within a diaper floral ground, the neck with dragon form handles 32.3 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five Chinese snuff bottles, late 19th century to 20th century, varying sizes from 4.3 cm to 6.5 cm high (5) | *** |  |
| *** | Two associated Dayazhai turquoise-ground cups, Guangxu four-character iron red mark and of the period, 9.4 cm diam., 9.1 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Mossgreen, Melbourne, 18 June 2012, lot 8. The Dayazhai wares were amongst a number of new imperial designs… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese circular lacquer box and cover of marbled pattern, 18th or 19th century, in the form of a large pebble supported on a short foot rim, the body and lid covered with lacquer of marbled pattern of brown, black and red. 21.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A painted ceramic 'Liu Yi' plaque, Attributed to Wang Dafan (1888-1961), Titled, inscribed and signed Wang Dafan, with two seals of the artist, Dated mid-summer of guiwei year (1943), 38 x 56 cm. Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Decorative Arts, San Francisco,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan parcel-gilt-bronze and silver Dakini, 19th century, cast in four separate pieces as the four-armed silver Dakini dancing on a nude female figure, dressed elaborately in celestial robes and jewellery, one of her hands holding a gilded bow and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved 'dragon' duan inkstone, underside carved with similar pattern, 15.6 cm x 26.5 cm x 4.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Wang Lanruo (1911-2015), Landscape, Ink and colour on paper, signed and inscribed, with two seals of the artist, dated jiyou year, 1969, 72.7 cm x 33.5 cm. Provenance: Malaysia private collection, acquired directly from the artistVictoria private… | *** |  |
| *** | Da Xiaoshan, fans, (19th to 20th), Zhang Chonghou (19th to 20th), pan Da (1913 - 1973), various subjects, 1941 and 1934, 31.8 cm long, 32.2 cm long (2). Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Nanjing Road in Shanghai in 1977 or 1978 (by repute) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese light-blue-ground silk-embroidered and ermine's fur robe, Late Qing dynasty, 145 cm wide (sleeves extended), 105 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese silk-embroidered 'apron' skirts, Late Qing dynasty to Early Republic period, 76 cm long (red), 85 cm long (purple) (2) | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese gilt-bronze 'dragon' plaque, 8.5 cm long, 1.8 cm thick (2) | *** |  |
| *** | Gao Jianfu (1879-1951), plum blossoms and rock, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and signed Jianfu, with two seals of the artist, dated (mingguo) twenty-seventh year (1938), 84.5 cm x 30.5 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection since… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille-rose Tibetan-style ewer, penba, Jiaqing six-character mark to the base but later, the compressed globular body finely enamelled with the bajixiang, the Eight Buddhist Emblems, between two decorative borders, all reserved on a yellow ground,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese square blue-and-white 'dragon' box with cover, Jiajing six-character mark, 16.5 cm x 17 cm x 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow glazed 'dragon and phoenix' spittoon, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, covered over all with a yellow glaze bar the foot rim, incised around the body with a dragon and a phoenix pursuing a flaming jewel, the shoulder decorated with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cloisonne-shaped vessel with two covers, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, 20 cm long. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in the early 1980s from a Japanese estate in Kyoto | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon jade 'lotus leaf' washer, Qing dynasty, with some brown inclusions in either side, a roundel recess to the bottom, 11 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ivory of Tao Yuanmin, Late Qing or Republic period, the recluse-poet holding a branch of chrysanthemum in his left hand, and bamboo stick on his right hand attached with a straw hat resting on his shoulder, fitted with a wood stand with… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue-and-white 'scrolling lotus' bowl Jiajing six-character seal mark, Kangxi period with tomobako, 16.1 cm diam., 7.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A carved white jade of Maitreya Buddha and a child, 19th/ 20th century, carved from a pale and creamy stone of very even tone with only a minor area of white inclusion, the Maitreya Buddha with a humorous smile, wearing a long flowing robe that reveals… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cloisonne tripod censer, and a small bronze incense burner, 19th century, the censer of compressed globular form, flanked by two bronze lion masks, the body decorated with lotus blossoms amidst leafy scrolls against a turquoise ground, together… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt-bronze Tibetan mythical beast carrying a stupa, 18th/ 19th century, the whole cast in two sections, one of the beast carrying the base of the stupa on its back, the other of the top of the stupa, the beast looking back, hind legs kneeling, its head… | *** |  |
| *** | Wu Shixian (1845-1916), Misty Mountain Landscape, dated spring of Jiacheng (1904), ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, attributed to Mi-style (Mi Fu and Mi Youren) landscape, Baixia Wu Shixian, inscribed, with one seal of the artist, Wu Qingyun Ying,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese Wanli blue and white Kraak chargers, painted with animals in a landscape with lotus, surrounded by panel s of leaves, flowerheads and Buddistic symbols 32 cm dia | *** |  |