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TWO HAND COLOURED ETCHINGS OF PALACES, PAVILIONS AND GARDENS CREATED BY GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE IN THE IMPERIAL GROUND AT YUANMING YUAN, THE SUMMER PALACE, BEIJING.
Paris, 1977.
Each plate 61.5 x 96.5cm, framed and one glazed, (2).
£150-250
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A HISTORY OF EARLY CHINESE ART-VOL 1: THE PREHISTORIC AND PRE-HAN PERIODS; VOL 2: THE HAN PERIOD; VOL 3: ARCHITECTURE; VOL 4: SCULPTURE.
1929-1930.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, by OSVALD SIRÉN, 4 volumes, original cloth binding and dust jackets, 33 x 24cm. A fine set of the visually comprehensive reference, photographs from the architecture and sculpture volumes, many taken by Sirén himself, are unique in documenting examples long since destroyed.
£800-1,200
Literature: China National Library of Rare Foreign Books, Beijing Library Press, 2001, pp. 111-112, No. V / N7343 / S61
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FAMOUS CHINESE PAINTINGS, COLLECTED BY PING TENG KO.
1934.
Shanghai: Yu Chen Book Co. Two volumes with a cloth cover, 38 x 26cm
£100-200
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A LIBRARY OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS.
Mainly 1970s-1990s.
Comprising twelve Eskenazi catalogues, four Marchant catalogues, three Bluetts catalogues, old Christie's and Sotheby's catalogues, and collection catalogue volumes relating to Jade, bronzes etc. (quantity)
£200-300
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CHINESE FURNITURE: HARDWOOD EXAMPLES OF THE MING AND QING.
1971.
By Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, cloth in a slipcase, 35 x 27cm, 299 pages, 31 colour plates, with 218 illustrations, together with Chinese paintings of beauties and two auction catalogues. (5)
£80-120
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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING.
Qing.
Framed and glazed, 110 x 42.5cm
£300-400
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TWO CHINESE BUDDHIST PAINTINGS OF LUOHAN.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Each seated in a meditative pose in a landscape setting, 50 x 24cm. (2)
£800-1,200
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CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY.
19th / 20th Century.
Scroll mounted, 174 x 46cm.
£350-400
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SCHOOL OF REN YI (REN BONIAN, 1840-1896).
Late Qing Dynasty.
Figures in a landscape. Fan leaf, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper, 27 x 55cm.
£100-200
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A CHINESE PAINTING OF A BEAUTY ON A BOAT.
19th / 20th Century.
Scroll mounted, 102 x 33cm.
£400-600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTINGS OF BEAUTIES.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Each depicting groups of ladies within a mountainous landscape, framed and glazed, 91.5 x 33cm (2)
£120-150
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HU CHONGDAO.
1937.
Watercolour on paper, depicting antique vases of flowers beside pomegranate and finger citron, signed, dated and inscribed to Doctor and Mrs Wei, framed and glazed, 150 x 79cm.
£200-300
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SHANGHAI SCHOOL.
Qing.
A pair of paintings of precious objects, framed and glazed, 87 x 50cm. (2)
£400 <\!a> 600
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE FAN PAINTINGS.
(8)
£100-200
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A CHINESE FAN PAINTING.
Framed and glazed, the fan 22 x 49cm.
£80-120
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CHIEN-YING CHANG (1913-2004).
"Cottage of a Hermit", 29 x 35cm, framed and glazed.
£300-500
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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Framed and glazed, 35 x 50cm.
£80-120
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ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013).
1950.
Paysage au Soleil, etching, signed in pencil, numbered 88 / 200, framed and glazed, 25 x 25cm.
£600-800
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A CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED 'SHOU' PANEL TEXTILE.
Early 20th Century.
Embroidered with auspicious figurative within a shou character outlined by gold thread, beside calligraphic inscriptions, embroidered on a red silk ground, 130 x 71cm.
£100-200
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A CHINESE KESI TEXTILE PANEL.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Woven in bright colours with cranes among scrolling clouds, framed and glazed.
£300-500
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A CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED PANEL.
Late Qing.
Depicting fruiting and flowering trees issuing from behind rocky outcrops and lingzhi spray, surrounded by birds of various kinds, monkeys, insects and a deer, framed and glazed, 72 x 54cm.
£400-600
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A CHINESE IMPERIAL SILK 'DRAGON' CARPET.
Late Qing, or earlier.
A centrally positioned five clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, with floral sprays and butterflies geometrically arranged on a yellow ground with floral borders to the sides and the top and bottom with rolling and cresting waves, 182 x 91cm.
£100-200
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A PAIR OF RED SILK PANELS WITH GOLD BROCADE.
Ming Dynasty.
Woven with a repeating pattern of lotus flowers alternating with scrolling clouds, mounted, each 29 x 25.5cm.
Provenance: Spink and Sons Ltd, acquired in the 1990s.
£2,000-3,000
Literature: For a related plaque see Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, volume 7, 1987, p 53.
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A CHINESE GOLD PLAQUE.
Liao Dynasty or later.
Decorated in repoussé with a swirling vine supporting five large fruit, supported on a stand, 7.5 x 7.5cm.
£1,000-2,000
Literature: For a related plaque sBalfouree Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, volume 10, 1987, p 68.
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A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE INCENSE STICK HOLDER.
Ming Dynasty, early 17th Century.
Cast in the form of a man holding a vase in both hands, with a fitted wooden stand, 10cm H.
£100-200
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A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A DANCING MUSICIAN.
Qing Dynasty.
Modelled standing in a trailing robe holding a flute in both hands, 7.5cm H.
£100-200
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A CHINESE GOLD SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Of cylindrical form with a bulging underside supported on three short scroll feet, with a pair of lion head handles the mouth of each suspending a loose handling ring, the base cast with a two character Xuande mark within a recessed panel, covered overall with attractive gold splash decoration, 5cm H.
Provenance: Spink and Sons, purchased by the present owner in the 1980s.
£1,000-1,200
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A CHINESE BRONZE PUPPY FORM PAPER WEIGHT.
Qing Dynasty, 17th / 18th Century.
Naturalistically cast, the recumbent animal with legs tucked beneath, with furry ears and large beaming eyes, 9cm long.
£300-500
Literature: For the pair to the present piece see Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Gerard Hawthorn, Sotheby's, lot 103.
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHIST LION DOGS.
17th Century.
Standing on hind legs with the tail raised, one with an open mouth, 10.5cm H. (2)
£150-200
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A BRONZE MODEL OF A BUDDHIST LION DOG.
Standing on hind legs, the tail raised and the head raised and looking over the left shoulder, 6cm across.
£150-200
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A CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHIST LION DOG.
Ming Dynasty.
Seated with the left front paw raised, the mouth open to reveal a mouth full of fangs, fitted wood stand, 12cm H.
£80-120
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A CHINESE BRONZE SEAL.
Qing Dynasty.
The rectangular seal base case supporting a rectangular table with scrolling feet, on which sits a monkey riding a reclining horse, 6cm H.
£80-120
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A CHINESE BRONZE 'QILONG' BRUSH REST.
Qing Dynasty.
Cast in openwork with two qi dragons, their bodies entwined, the grimacing heads facing each other, 16cm long.
£80-120
Literature: for a similar example see China's Renaissance in Bronze: the Robert H Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, 1999, pl. 49, p. 203.
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A CHINESE BRONZE 'QILONG' BRUSH REST.
Qing Dynasty.
Cast in openwork as four entwined qi dragons, 7.5 x 17.5cm.
£120 - 150
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A SILVER INLAID BRONZE 'DRAGON TORTOISE' PAPERWEIGHT.
Ming-Qing Dynasty.
Cast standing foursquare with the dragon head raised skywards with a flame-form tail 16cm long.
£400-600
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A CHINESE BRONZE SILVER INLAID 'DOG' HUFU.
7.3cm length. (2)
£100-200
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A CHINESE SQUARE SECTION BRONZE FANGHU.
Ming.
Of squat form, the four corners with attached elephant head handles, covered overall with key scroll decoration, the body and neck with raised stylised dragon decoration, 14cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER AND COVER.
Ming Dynasty, or later.
The globular body decorated in relief with a dragon and phoenix among scrolling waves, the tripod feet issuing from dragon heads, and the shoulders flanked by a pair of dragons modelled in relief, the pierced cover surmounted by a qilin dragon, apocryphal Xuande six-character mark, 36cm H.
£1,000-2,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE SILVER INLAID 'SHISOU' CENSER.
With twin elephant head handles each suspending a ring, raised on tripod feet, the surface inlaid with bats, cash and key scroll decoration, 10cm H.
£500-600
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A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER.
17th / 18th Century.
The compressed globular body supported by three short conical feet, with wooden stand, the underside crisply cast with a mark within a rectangular cartouche, 13cm H.
£600-800
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A CHINESE BRONZE MIRROR.
Tang Dynasty, or later.
Decorated around the knob with various decorative bands including one of figures and tigers, 18cm diameter.
£200-300
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A STUDY COLLECTION OF CHINESE BRONZE MIRRORS.
Tang-Ming.
Comprising a Rui Shou mirror, early Tang, cast with four ferocious beasts galloping around a hemispherical central boss among wisps of clouds and flames, all enclosed by a band of birds and beasts, held together within a copper band, 12cm diameter; a silvery bronze octalobed mirror, Tang Dynasty, of kuihua shape, finely cast in relief with a pair of birds flanking the domed knob with a contorted dragon above and below, all within a circular border that forms the raised inner edge of the outer lobed band decorated with alternating birds and clouds, 13cm diameter; another decorated around the knob by indistinct animalistic decoration within borders of geometric designs, 8.5cm diameter, an inscribed dragon mirror, early Ming, Hongwu period, 1389, decorated with a dragon among scrolling clouds to the right of a panel inscribed Hongwu ershi'er nian zhengyue zao, 11cm diameter; a lion and grapevines mirror, Tang, crisply cast with a crouching-lion knop in the centre, surrounded by four lions gazing upwards, the concave border containing seated and flying birds also surrounded by fruiting grapevines, all within a decorative tri-foliate border, 9cm diameter; a small mirror with indistinct decoration, 7cm diameter; a twin carp mirror, Jin, cast in high relief with two carp swimming atop a ground of waves, their large twisting bodies filling almost the entire space surrounding the knob; a dragon and lotus flower mirror, Ming, 12cm diameter; a Zhaoming bronze mirror with rings of calligraphic inscriptions,11cm diameter; and a lion and grapevines mirror, worn, 17cm diameter. (10)
Provenance: German private collection, acquired before 1940.
£200-300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE 'BOYS' CANDLESTICKS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century.
Each cast in an acrobatic pose with ribbons trailing behind, the two hands grasping a vase, 21cm long. (2)
£200-300
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A CHINESE SILVER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Standing, dressed in long flowing robes and wearing a necklace, holding a ruyi sceptre, the eyes lowered in contemplation, 34cm H.
£500-1,000
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING LADY.
Ming Dynasty.
Naturalistically cast with the left hand raised and holding a flower, the right arm lowered and enveloped in a trailing robe, a scarf billowing up behind the shoulders and trailing down to the base, with further knotted ribbons at the waist, 16cm H.
£1,800-2,200
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A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING LADY.
Ming Dynasty.
Naturalistically cast, the eyes lowered in a demure expression, and wearing a trailing gown, 15.5cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL STEPPED BOWL.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli.
Decorated with floral decoration on a turquoise blue ground, broken up with bands of white ground decoration, inlaid fa character to base, 14.5cm diameter.
£4,000-6,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENMEL PEAR SHAPED VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
The body is decorated with four bands of alternating upright and pendant lotus heads on a scrolling leafy ground. The foot decorated with a further band of floral decoration, 8cm H.
£1,000-2,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL WATERPOT, TAIBOZUN.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli.
Of domed form, decorated with two rows of scrolling lotus flowers on a lapis green ground, below a row of lappets, the base, possibly later, with Jingtai mark to base, 10cm H. 20cm diameter at base.
£8,000-12,000
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A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL ZHADOU SPITOON, ZHADOU.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Decorated in simulation of cloisonné enamels, the body with coloured enamels on a turquoise ground with lotus blooms borne on leafy stems, a band of lappets below a ring of key scroll around the flaring neck, 8.5cm H.
£600 - £800
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