Fine Chinese Art

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Date of the auction: 16.05.2019

Lot number 63
A white and russet jade 'auspicious fruit' group

18th century Smoothly carved as a water chestnut and flowering prunus branch beside two large ripe...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,564 - US$3,846
Price realised:
£3,562
ca. US$4,566
Lot number 64
A fine white and russet jade 'lotus pond and bird' carving

18th century Carved as two large lotus pods beside a lotus blossom and a large lotus leaf joined...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,128 - US$7,692
Price realised:
£5,312
ca. US$6,810
Lot number 65
A white and russet reticulated jade thumb ring

18th century Carved around the exterior with an archer on horseback in pursuit of a deer, reserved...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,846 - US$6,410
Price realised:
£8,312
ca. US$10,656
Lot number 66Y
A mughal-style green jade bowl

18th century Finely hollowed as an oval bowl supported on a neat foot encircled by a continuous band...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,256 - US$15,385
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 67
A pale green jade pouring vessel, zhi

Ming Dynasty The flattened pear-shaped body supported on a tall and slightly tapered foot encircled...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,692 - US$10,256
Price realised:
£9,437
ca. US$12,099
Lot number 68Y
A lacquered wood recessed painting table, pingtouan

17th century The rectangular red-lacquered top of standard mitre, mortise and tenon construction...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,256 - US$15,385
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 69
A large cloisonné enamel archaistic tripod incense burner, Ding

Late Ming Dynasty The globular body supported on three cylindrical legs, the flanged rim chased with...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,642 - US$38,463
Price realised:
£25,062
ca. US$32,132
Lot number 70
A rare cloisonné-enamel 'pomegranate' vase

Late Ming Dynasty Shaped as a ripe pomegranate with a spiky rim to the spreading neck that rises...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,846 - US$6,410
Price realised:
£3,812
ca. US$4,887
Lot number 71
A cloisonné-enamel 'fish and lotus' Rectangular panel

Mid Qing Dynasty Colourfully enamelled with five-colour golden fish swimming in the white-ground...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,846 - US$6,410
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 72†
A rare pair of qianyin and tianqi lacquer 'phoenix' armchairs

Early Qing Dynasty Each with a shaped top rail supported by an openwork shaped back panel...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,642 - US$38,463
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 73
A coromandel lacquer eight-leaf 'Palace Ladies' screen

Cyclically dated to the Gengwu year corresponding to AD1670 and of the period Skillfully decorated...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$15,385 - US$23,077
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 74
A rare cloisonné-enamel archaistic enamel vase, hu

Qianlong The vase well cast with a globular body supported on a spreading foot rising to a waisted...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,642 - US$38,463
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 75
A rare and gilt polychrome lacquer 'Elephant' incense stand

18th century Finely incised and coloured in varying shades of red, green and brown transmuting to...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
ca. US$64,105 - US$102,568
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 76TP Y
A rare and large huanghuali side table, tiaozhuo

18th/19th century The table with the top panel set flush in a wide mitred frame, supported...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$51,284 - US$76,926
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 77TP Y
A huanghuali armchair

Mid Qing Dynasty The chair with a straight top rail joined to back posts, continuing through the...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,463 - US$64,105
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 78TP Y
A rare huanghuali corner-leg table, fangzhuo

18th century The top of standard mitre, mortise and tenon frame, floating-single panel construction...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$64,105 - US$89,747
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 79TP Y
A rare huanghuali rectangular side table with 'giant's arm' braces

17th/18th century The table with a single-panel top set within the wide, rectangular frame with a...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$51,284 - US$76,926
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 80TP Y
A rare pair of huanghuali benches, banzhuo

Mid-Qing Dynasty Both well-proportioned, displaying a moulded frame of standard mitre, mortise and...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,463 - US$64,105
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 81TP Y
A rare pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, quanshiyi

17th century Each with a wide curving toprail continuing to the armrests with curled back ends, the...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
ca. US$128,210 - US$192,316
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 82TP
A rare set of four zitan armchairs

Qing Dynasty Each with a tall splat scrolling at the top, framed by the openwork back and side...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
ca. US$76,926 - US$102,568
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 84
An exceptionally rare and large blue and white 'Immortals' double-gourd vase

Jiajing six character mark and of the period Heavily potted with tubular neck and large lower and...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
ca. US$102,568 - US$153,853
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 85
A large blue and white 'ladies in garden' jar, guan

16th century The heavily-potted vessel of shouldered hexagonal form with gently rounded sides and a...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£25,000 - £30,000
ca. US$32,052 - US$38,463
Price realised:
£27,562
ca. US$35,337
Lot number 86
A rare blue and white 'three-legged toad' incense burner and cover

Late Ming Dynasty Moulded in the form of a three-legged toad standing above crashing waves, the...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$19,231 - US$25,642
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 87
A rare gilt-bronze blue and white 'squirrel' kendi

Wanli, with later European mounts The top of the lobed bulbous body finely moulded with a large...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,256 - US$15,385
Price realised:
£40,062
ca. US$51,363
Lot number 88†
A rare and large blue and white beaker vase, Gu

Wanli six-character mark and of the period Deftly painted around the central globular body with...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
ca. US$128,210 - US$192,316
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 89
A blue and white barbed-rim 'pheasant and peony' basin for the Japanese market

Wanli The deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted flaring rim, brightly...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,821 - US$19,231
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 90
A blue and white 'Qilin' dish

Wanli Painted in the centre in vivid tones with two mythical qilin beside towering peony and...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,256 - US$12,821
Price realised:
£10,062
ca. US$12,900
Lot number 91
A blue and white 'Jesuit' jar

Circa 1610-1630 The vessel with five-lobed ovoid body rising from a domed foot to a short waisted...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,256 - US$12,821
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 92
A pair of blue and white square bottle vases

Wanli Both vases form with the sides rising to the high rounded shoulders decorated with...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,256 - US$12,821
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 93
A blue and white 'Qilin and Phoenix' sleeve vase, Rolwagen

Circa 1640, with later European mounts With slightly tapering neck rising to a flaring rim, finely...

Bonhams London, 16 May 2019
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,692 - US$10,256
Price realised:
£7,562
ca. US$9,695
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