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CHINESE BRONzES AND WORKS OF ART, LOTS 236–296
Chinese Bronzes and Works of Art
lots 236 – 296
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243 236* A Chinese Hardstone Model of Flowers, set in a cloisonné enamel jardinière, set on a hardwood base. Height 22 inches. $200-400
237* Two Carved Jade Models of Bears, each of a mottled spinach green stone, raised on carved wood stands. Width of wider 6 inches. $200-400
238* A Pair of Chinese Carved Soapstone Figures, each depicting a lady with coiled coiffure, holding a vessel of flowers and wearing draped robes with a dragon coiled around the base, set against a perforated background and raised on a naturalistically carved wood stand and mounted as a lamp base. Height of stone 11 inches. $400-600
239* A Pair of Chinese Stone Tablets, each of a variegated tan hue and of tapering blade form with a circular piercing. Length 22 1/4 inches. $300-500
240* A Large Chinese Carved Jadeite Figural Composition, depicting the immortal Shoulao with five figures about him, bearing fruits and a double gourd with bats bearing coins and a chilong, carved from the mottled lavender and pale green portion of the stone, the composition continuing below the figures, with a hollowed area carved from green and russet opaque portions of the stone, all enclosed within a russet outer skin, hollowed and of naturalistic carving. Height 18 inches. $8,000-12,000
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241* A Carved Jade Bowl, of a deep spinach green stone, of circular form with everted mouth rim. diameter 9 3/4 inches. $2,000-4,000
242* Two Carved Jade Bowls, each of a deep spinach green, of circular form with everted mouth rims. diameter 6 1/2 inches. $2,000-4,000
243* A Chinese Tourmaline Bottle and Cover, having green and amethyst inclusions to the stone, the cover surmounted with a floral finial, the bottle having high relief lotus pond design. Height 7 inches. $3,000-5,000 244* A Chinese Carved Jade Figure of a Bixie, the beast depicted on all fours, in a stance as if preparing to pounce. Width 4 inches. $1,500-2,000
245* A White Jade Carved Toggle, depicting a figure on a leafy with leafy scrolling tendrils. Width 3 inches. $2,000-4,000
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246* A Carved Jade Pendant, having apple green inclusions, depicting a furled lotus leaf below bats. Height 1 7/8 inches. $400-600
247* A Carved Jade Bi, incised with archaistic C-scrolls and cross-hatch reserves. diameter 1 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000
248* A Carved Jade Disc, the stone simulating grass in snow, centered with a pierced shou within a stippled ring within a ring of raised bosses, the crest of pierced scrollwork. diameter 2 inches. $1,000-2,000
249* A Tourmaline Pebble Pendant, the stone of a rose color with quartz-like inclusions. Height 1 3/4 inches. $200-400
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253* A Carved Jade Figure of a Rhinoceros, of a spinach green stone, with archaistically carved accents depicting the scrolled single horn and pointed snout, the hip joints relief carved as spirals, raised on a naturalistic wood stand. Length 9 inches. $3,000-5,000
254* A Pair of Chinese Carved Stone Architectural Elements, each depicting a Buddhistic lion, recumbent atop a drum form and capital form standard, with a stag and ruyi clouds in relief, with floral elements and scrollwork to the capital. Height 43 inches. $2,000-4,000
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NoRTHeRN WeI dYNASTY (386-534 C.e.) the figure depicted seated in draped and pleated robes cascading over his seat, with concentric halos and backed by a peaked mandorla, the sides of the base depicting small figures in relief. Height 12 inches. Provenance: Purchased from Nagatani, Chicago in 1956. original bill of sale included. $16,000-26,000 256* A Pair of Chinese Textiles Panels,
QING dYNASTY (1644-1911) each roundel depicting a figure and attendant in a robust garden setting, executed in colorful French knot stitch against a black ground and framed. diameter 8 1/2 inches. $150-250
257* A Chinese Embroidered Silk Sleeveband, depicting a pair of colorful pheasants in a rockery with blossoming peonies, framed. Height 22 x width 6 1/2 inches. $100-200
258* Two Chinese Embroidered Silk Panels of Immortals, the first depicting a lady with a flywhisk and lotus, the second a bearded man with a staff, framed. Height 13 1/4 x width 8 1/4 inches. $200-400
259* A Set of Two Kesi Panels, each depicting figures traveling through a watery landscape, spotted with hills and mountains, with scattered pagodas, houses, boats and bridges, with a gilt wrapped thread background, each framed. Height 25 x width 9 1/2 inches. $800-1,200
260* Two Chinese Embroidered Silk Panels, the first depicting flowering peonies and butterflies in French knot stitch, within a blue foliate border, the second depicting traditional vessels, bearing flowering peonies and orchids, with butterflies and a footed bowl of pomegranates, each framed. Height of larger 20 1/2 x width 6 1/2 inches. $200-400
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261* A Group of Four Chinese Embroidered Silk Panels, the first depicting peacocks, cranes, butterflies, lotus and peonies on a deep blue ground, the second depicting double gourds, a bat, coins, fruits and Buddhist emblems in gilt wrapped threads, the third depicting pomegranates and butterflies and the fourth depicting a phoenix and flowers in gilt and silver wrapped threads, each framed. Height of largest 11 1/4 x width 20 inches. $400-600 262* A Pair of Embroidered Sleeve Bands, each depicting figural and floral reserves on a gilt wrapped thread ground, bordered with structures and landscape vignettes, sewn together and mounted within an outer border depicting figures, blossoming flowers, butterflies and other auspicious motifs, the whole mounted on silk and framed. Height 25 x width 12 3/4 inches. $200-400
263* A Tibetan Thangka, depicting a seated bodhisattva with a lotus and a spear below fluffy scrolled clouds and above two other deities. Height 20 1/2 x width 13 inches. $400-600
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264* A Chinese Pottery Burial Tower, having a green glaze throughout, with crackle finish, the tiered dome having multiple beast masks, birds and animals, the base surrounded with an openwork gallery, raised on a pierced, flared foot. Height 35 1/4 inches. $600-800
265* A Pottery Figure of a Dog,
HAN dYNASTY (206 B.C.e. -220 C.e.) the pottery clay of a buff color, the beast depicted recumbent, its head and gaze turned to the side. Width 10 1/2 inches. Accompanied by an oxford thermoluminescence test, dating consistent with attribution. $5,000-7,000 266*
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A Group of Three Chinese Bronze Court Standards,
19TH CeNTURY each incorporating daoist elements including a basket and a double gourd, the standard issuing from a qilin mouth, the handle inscribed Jiu Yao Long Zang San Yue. Length 25 1/2 inches. $800-1,200
267* A Pair of Chinese Gilt Metal Court Standards, each of fan form, surmounted with a dragon head, the pierced fans depicting phoenixes flanking a sun and peonies, the inscription with Guanxu date above fish and other auspicious elements, the standards of dragon form. Height 22 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
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HAN dYNASTY (206 B.C.e. -220 C.e.) of squared baluster form, the cover faceted with three loop handles, the body with ring handles issuing from beast masks and raised on a squared foot, with verdipatination and encrustations throughout. Height 17 inches. $400-600
269* A Tibetan Bronze Figure of a Lama, the figure depicted seated in draped robes, his hands in the teaching mudra, with traces of gilding. Height 10 1/8 inches. $1,000-2,000
270* A Chinese Bronze Elephant Form Censer,
MING dYNASTY (1368-1644) having an openwork, hinged lid depicting a composition of Buddhist emblems, above the caparisoned, four-square elephant. Width at widest 12 inches. $1,500-2,000
271* A Chinese Bronze Figure of Guanyin, having a lacquer finish, the deity depicted standing in draped robes and cradling a bottle, with scrolling lotus decoration to her garments. Height 6 3/4 inches. $400-600
272* A Chinese Bronze Archaistic Gui Vessel, the ritual food vessel of squat form, with relief decoration band over the fluted body, having beast form double handles and beast and taotie banded splayed foot, the underside with crosshatch pattern. Width 12 inches. $1,000-2,000
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273* Two Chinese Bronze Archaistic Vessels, each of gu form, the first with taotie decoration and the second with raised whorls over leiwen and character inscriptions to the center. Height of taller 8 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000
274* A Carved Bamboo Dragon Composition, pierce carved of a single trunk, depicting seven writhing dragons coveting a central pearl, raised atop a carved bamboo base depicting two additional dragons coveting a central flaming pearl, with crashing waves. Width 43 inches. $1,500-2,000
275* A Chinese Bronze Archaistic Fang Ding, the squared vessel having upright loop handles and relief taotie decoration, with notched vertical flanges, raised on shaped legs. Height 12 1/8 inches. $1,000-2,000
276* A Chinese Bronze Archaistic Bird Form Oil Lamp Stand, the lamp holder of circular form, supported by the standing bird standard, depicted on a rounded base with a coiled chilong. Height 12 inches. $600-800
277* A Chinese Bronze Archaistic Elephant Form Vessel, the elephant depicted with archaistic roundel decoration, with a captured rectangular cover to the back, opening to reveal the hollow cavity inside. Length 16 inches. $800-1,200
278* A Chinese Archaistic Bronze Vessel, of spherical form, with loop handles and raised on tripod feet. Height 12 3/4 inches. $800-1,200
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279* A Bronze Archaistic Ding Tripod Vessel, the circular bowl having upright loop handles, with archaistic whorl and lappet design, over the tripod base, having incised inscription to the underside. Height over handles 7 3/8 inches. $800-1,200
280* A Chinese Carved Tortoiseshell Box and Cover, of rectangular form, the central panel depicting the three friends of winter, raised on four carved scrolled bracket feet. Width 3 1/2 inches. $200-400 281* A Gourd Cricket Cage, having a turned wood collar and cover with star patterned piercings. Height 3 1/2 inches. $200-400
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282* A Nepalese Bronze Figure of a Deity, the sixteen-armed deity and consort with gold accents and gilded faces, depicted with a belt of skulls and a crown of skulls, holding a rat and a skull cup and multiple other attributes, standing on a prostrate figure lying atop a recumbent bull, the whole raised on a double lotus base. Height 15 inches. $2,000-4,000
283* A Bronze Duck Form Candle Pricket,
MING dYNASTY (1368-1644) having a lotus form bobeche issuing from the mouth of a mandarin duck, raised on a naturalistic base modeled after a lotus pond. Height overall 21 1/2 inches. $3,000-5,000 284* A Complete First Edition Oriental Ceramics, comprising all twelve volumes, published by Kodansha, number 121 of 300; Japan 1976. Height of each 15 1/2 inches. $4,000-6,000
285* Chinese Porcelains and Hardstones, Edgar Gorer and J. F. Blacker, comprising two volumes, published by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1911, produced and printed by The Menpes Printing and engraving Company, Ltd., with 388 color plates. Height 12 3/4 inches. $6,000-8,000
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286* A Chinese Bronze Hu Vessel,
eASTeRN ZHoU PeRIod (770-256 B.C.e.) having applied, inwardly facing tiger handles at the neck beside small ring handles issued from beast masks, with larger ring handles at the vessel’s center, with horizontal relief band decoration and small loop handles above the base. Height 12 inches. $6,000-8,000 287* A Chinese Bronze Hu Vessel,
WARRING STATeS PeRIod (475-221 B.C.e.) of pear form having small ring handles around the neck and ring handles issued from beast masks flanking the shoulder, with horizontal bands having raised scrollwork motif. Height 12 3/8 inches. $6,000-8,000
288* A Bronze Jue Libation Cup, having taotie decoration with round eyes separated by a vertical flange, over a leiwen ground between two bands of repeating circles, raised on three splayed blade legs, surmounted by whorl finials over two posts. Height 8 3/8 inches. Provenance: Purchased from Gurie Gallery, Montreal $8,000-12,000
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289 detail 289* A Chinese Bronze Ritual Gui Vessel, early Western Zhou style, having double handles surmounted by beast heads and terminating in horizontal, pendent rectangular flanges, the body depicting two pairs of confronting dragons centered by shaped flanges, over a scrolled leiwen ground, the flared foot depicting two pairs of sinuous dragons separated with short vertical flanges, with inscription to the interior. Width over handles 10 5/8 inches.
Provenance: Gurie Gallery, Montreal Notes: Compare to a similar example, Sotheby’s New York, 7 June 2000, lot 8 $10,000-20,000
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290* An Archaistic Bronze Dou Vessel the circular covered food vessel raised on a pedestal foot and flanked by loop handles, with a disc-form finial elevated above the domed cover, having relief decoration of dense scrollwork. Height 8 1/4 inches. $4,000-6,000
291* A Bronze Yu Ritual Food Vessel, of circular footed form with having traces of lacquer, the deeply cast bowl with raised and pointed bosses within a diamond pattern matrix of incised lines, raised on a pedestal foot. Height 6 1/4 x diameter 9 3/4 inches. Notes: Compare to a similar example, Sotheby’s New York 19 March 2013, lot 59 $4,000-6,000
292* A Bronze Lei Vessel, of baluster form, having a flared mouth rim, with raised whorls to the body and with incised geometric and beast design, raised on a circular foot, with traces of lacquer. Height 9 1/2 inches. $4,000-6,000
293* A Bronze Tripod Li Ding, the round bowl surmounted with two upright loop handles, the recessed neck having raised flanges separating sinuous beasts in relief above a the body decorated with taotie and vertical, raised flanges, raised on cylindrical legs. Height over handles 11 inches. $8,000-12,000
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294* A Bronze He Pouring Vessel, of squat round form, having an over-arching handle connected to the circular cover with a linked chain, with a scrolled pouring spout and squat feet. Height 9 1/4 inches. $10,000-20,000
295* A Bronze Ritual Tripod Xian, the rounded, slightly waisted bowl having upright loop handles, with a band of bird and taotie, the tripod lower section having above horned bovine masks. Height over handles 15 7/8 inches. Notes: Compare to a similar example, Sotheby’s New York, September 18th, 2007, lot 176 $10,000-20,000
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296* A Chinese Bronze Ritual Gong Vessel, the beast form vessel having a fitted cover depicting the animal’s scrolled horns above protruding round eyes, the face with C-scrolls and flanked by small tapering ears, the back surmounted by scrolled upright flanges, the handle with incised ribs and terminating in wings, and the body with sinuous beasts over a leiwen ground, with taotie masks having prominent, round eyes separated by knotched vertical flanges, raised on the flared, square base with scrolled, confronting beasts separated by vertical flanges, bearing multiple inscriptions. Height 12 5/8 inches.
Provenance: Gurie Gallery, Montreal bbb Notes: Compare to a similar example with similar inscriptions at the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, published in Rawson, Jessica. Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Volume IIB, Fig. 117.10 $60,000-80,000
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