05 novembre 2007
Bonhams New Bond Street : A fine pink glass bottle vase. 18th century
A fine pink glass bottle vase. 18th century
The exterior moulded with a flowering prunus tree issuing from rockwork encircling the foot. 25cm (9¾in) high. Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000
Provenance: The Toms Collection, Switzerland, sold at Sotheby's London, 1998.
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Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 5 Nov 2007. New Bond Street - www.bonhams.com
Bonhams : Two white-glazed dogs from The Ca Mau Shipwreck Cargo. Yongzheng
Two white-glazed dogs from The Ca Mau Shipwreck Cargo. Yongzheng
Each one modelled as a seated hound, looking to the right; with a brocade box. 3 inches [7 cms.] high [3] - Estimate: £300 - 500
Footnote: The cargo of the Ca Mau shipwreck was salvaged from a Chinese Junk which sank in the South China Sea off the Vietnamese Coast. Whilst the exact date of the wreck is uncertain, it is notable that some of the recovered wears bear the nien hao of The Yongzheng Emperor.
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Bonhams. A Private European Collection of 19th and 20th Century Chinese Porcelain, 5 Nov 2007. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com
Bonhams New Bond Street : a Gandhara seated stucco figure of Sakyamuni Buddha. 4th century AD
A finely carved Gandhara seated stucco figure of Sakyamuni Buddha. 4th century AD
The finely carved figure naturalistically depicted with aristocratic Hellenistic features, prominent forehead, angular nose and serene expression, the robes neatly gathered around the chest, stand (restoration to neck and halo). 56.3cm (22in) high. Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000
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Christies : A carved rhinoceros horn tripod vessel, jue. 18th century
An extremely rare carved rhinoceros horn tripod vessel, jue. 18th century
Very finely carved from one horn in the form of an archaistic bronze ritual jue, the body delicately carved in high relief with lotus flowers borne on undulating stems rising up the body, supported on three slender curved legs incised with additional foliage details, paper label to base (tight crack to rim and minor chip to foot). 14cm (5½in) high. - Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000
Provenance: S Gorer & Son, London, 21 June 1908 - An English private collection
Footnote: For a similar vessel, see Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, p.75, where the author comments that such vessels were extremely laborious to produce; the legs are usually cut from the narrow end of a long wide horn and then pulled apart when the horn is made pliable through soaking.
Another rhinoceros horn carved in the form of a jue in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, is illustrated Zhu Mu Ya Jiao Diao ke, Bamboo, Wood and Horn Carvings, p.154, pl.136.
Edgar Gorer was one of the greatest early dealers in Chinese art, based in London and New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. Amongst the many clients and collectors Gorer sold to were John Pierpont Morgan, Nellie Ionides and Henry Clay Frick. He died in 1915 when travelling with Frank Partridge from New York to England on the Lusitania, which was torpedoed by a German U-Boat.
Christie's London. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART INCLUDING EXPORT ART. 6 November 2007, 10:30 am. 8 King Street, St. James's, London - www.christies.com
Bonhams New Bond Street : A large Vietnamese two-part blue and white altar vessel. Late 15th/early 16th century
A rare large Vietnamese two-part blue and white altar vessel. Late 15th/early 16th century
The lower baluster section molded in crisp relief with a brown unglazed dragon coiling almost around the body to a relief-moulded inscription, the detachable upper section with four mythical birds, the background painted in greyish blue with fire and cloud scrolls beneath a crackled glaze. 78 cm (30¾in) high. (2.). Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
Footnote: The five-character moulded inscription reads: May the Supreme Figure live for 10,000 years
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Bonhams New Bond Street : A bronze tortoise-shaped waterdropper. Han/Six Dynasties.
A bronze tortoise-shaped waterdropper. Han/Six Dynasties. Finely cast in an alert stance with head slightly raised, clasping in its mouth the remains of a sceptre, the domed carapace with hexagonal petal lappets emanating from a central aperture, the mouth with a small aperture for channelling water. 11cm (4½in) long. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Footnote: Provenance: Robin Herridge. Purchased at Sotheby's New York, The Ellsworth Collection, 19 March 2002
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Bonhams New Bond Street. Fine Chinese Art, 5 Nov 2007