24 mai 2019

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GROUP OF NUMBERED JUN BULB BOWLS Rosemary Scott, Senior International Academic Consultant Asian Art Unprecedentedly, the current sale includes an exceedingly rare and important group of four numbered Jun ware bulb bowls; each bearing a different numeral: yi one; san three; si four; and wu five. The numbers on this type of Jun ware vessel relate to their size, with ‘one’ being the largest and ‘ten’ being the smallest. Texts of the Qing period such as the Nanyao biji suggest that the numbers relate to pairs,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 98. A blue and white 'King Wen and Jiang Taigong' baluster vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 43.5cm (17 1/8in) high. Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000. Sold for £ 25,062 (€ 28,447). © Bonhams 2001-2019 Exquisitely painted around the exterior in vivid shades of cobalt blue, depicting King Wen accompanied by guards and attendants holding banners and standards arriving at a lakeside terrace framed by rocks and trees, presenting offerings and greeted by the bearded sage Jiang Ziya, all beneath a band of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 69. A large cloisonné enamel archaistic tripod incense burner, Ding, Late Ming Dynasty; 37.5cm (14 3/4in) high. Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000. Sold for £ 25,062 (€ 28,447). © Bonhams 2001-2019 The globular body supported on three cylindrical legs, the flanged rim chased with a key-fret band and flanked at the sides by a pair of upright bracket handles, decorated in red, blue, yellow and white enamels with stylised archaistic taotie masks on the body and lotus scrolls on the legs against a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. An archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, Jue, Shang Dynasty (circa 1600-1046 BCE); 20.1cm (8 1/8in) high. Estimate £4,000 - £6,000. Sold for £ 25,062 (€ 28,447). © Bonhams 2001-2019 The vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical 'fire-whorl' medallions, the exterior boldly cast with two taotie masks with bulging eyes separated by flanges, one side set with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 208. Six jade carvings of boys, Yuan Dynasty and later. Estimate £4,000 - £6,000. Sold for £ 27,562 (€ 31,285). © Bonhams 2001-2019 Comprising a pale green jade 'boys and drum' group, 7cm (2 6/8in) long; a white jade carving of a kneeling boy carrying a lantern and stalk of grain over his shoulder, 4.5cm (1 3/4in) long; a small white jade 'boy' seal, 3cm (1 2/8in) long; a white and russet jade standing figure carrying a lotus and ruyi sceptre, 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high; a grey... [Lire la suite]

Lot 142. A rare white jade bowl, Qianlong four-character mark, and additional incised jia mark and of the period; 12cm (4 3/4 in) diam. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Sold for £ 27,562 (€ 31,285). © Bonhams 2001-2019 Deftly carved with rounded sides rising from a short tapered circular foot ring to an everted rim, the well-polished translucent stone of even-white tone, the foot ring carved with a jia character, wood stand and zitan box. Provenance: a distinguished Italian private collection formed circa... [Lire la suite]

Lot 95. A blue and white 'hundred antiques' sleeve vase, rolwagen, Chongzhen period (1628-1644); 45.7cm (18in) high. Estimate £ 25,000 - 30,000€ (29,000 - 35,000). Sold for £ 27,562 (€ 31,285) © Bonhams 2001-2019 Finely painted around the exterior in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with a continuous scene of various antique vessels and vases with arranged flowers, all between incised borders on the foot and shoulders, the short flaring neck with pendent plantain leaves. Note: The design known as the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 62. A white and russet jade carving of gourds, 18th century; 6.5cm (2 1/2in) long. Estimate £ £4,000 - 6,000. Sold for £ 27,562 (€ 31,285). © Bonhams 2001-2019 Carved as a large gourd joined to a smaller gourd, borne on gnarled branches issuing curling leaves, the stone of an even white tone highlighted with russet inclusions, wood stand. Provenance: a distinguished English private collection Note: During the last decades of the 18th century, a new taste emerged in Europe among the... [Lire la suite]