AUCTION JUNE, 16TH 2018 Fine Chinese Works of Art 慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩ and Buddhist Sculpturesġ ⍲ἃ㔁晽⁷ AUCTION Fine Chinese Works of Art FRONT COVER: Lot 120 – Detail A LARGE AND VERY RARE KANGXI 慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩ PERIOD FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE ‘LIU HAI AND FEMALE IMMORTALS’ and Buddhist Sculptures BACK COVER: Lot 77 ⍲ἃ㔁晽⁷ A LARGE YUAN / MING DYNASTY PAINTING OF FEMALE DEITIES WITH th pm GESSO HIGHLIGHTS Saturday, June 16 2018 at 2 CET CATALOG CA0618 VIEWING www.zacke.at IN OUR GALLERY June 11th - June 16th Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday - June 16th 10am - 1pm and by appointment GALERIE ZACKE MARIAHILFERSTRASSE 112 Lot 98 A LARGE AND IMPORTANT MING 1070 VIENNA AUSTRIA DYNASTY POLYCHROME-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN Tel +43 1 532 04 52 Fax +20 E-mail offi[email protected] 1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABSENTEE BIDDING FORM (According to the general terms and conditions of business Gallery Zacke Vienna) FOR THE AUCTION FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND BUDDHIST SCULPTURES CATALOG CA0618 ON DATE Saturday, June 16th 2018 at 2pm CET NO. 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Multiple garages directly nearby ADDRESS: Mariahilferstr. 112 1070 Vienna STAIRCASE 1, 2nd FLOOR (ELEVATOR) Further images of all lots at: www.zacke.at 4 5 1 A QING DYNASTY CENTURY CANTON ENAMEL MINIATURE WINE CUP WITH DRAGON Enamel on bronze, multicolored enamels China, Qing Dynasty This colorful, hand painted miniature cup shows a dragon stretching along the entire exterior. The mythical beast is flying amidst a dark blue sky with clouds and flames. The inside and base are enameled in white. Shape: Circular bowl form Dimensions: 3 cm (height), 5,1 cm (diameter) Condition: Small chips to foot rim and few hairlines (mainly visible on the inside) Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection acquired before 1930, with old collector code inscription to underside 㶭ẋ⺋㜙䏢䎭⼑堾䍵漵䲳㜗 嵛悐怲䶋㚱⮷仢⎋⍲䳘⮷檖䴚䵓䷓炷ᷣ天⛐ℭ悐炸 ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⸽ 悐 ⎗ 夳 㓞 啷 㧁 䯥 冯 ㍷ 徘 Estimate EUR 200,- Starting price EUR 100,- 3ġ A FAMILLE ROSE ‘WEIQI PLAYERS’ CANTON ENAMEL TRAY, QING collection of J.A. Lloyd Hyde, included in the exhibition Chinese Painted 2 DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Enamels, The China Institute in America, New York, 1969, cat. no. 13, AN 18th CENTURY CANTON ENAMEL MINIATURE WINE CUP WITH Multicolored enamels on white ground, the body made of copper, with and sold at Christie’s London, 8th July 1974, lot 208; and another sold at SCHOLARS bare lip and raised feet Christie’s London, 17th November 1980, lot 19. Enamel on bronze, multicolored enamels China, 18th century, most likely Qianlong period (1736-1795) China, 18th century ⋩ℓᶾ䲨⺋㜙戭偶䏢䎭Ⱦ⮵㡳ȿ㈀䚌 Delicately painted to depict a group of noble ladies playing Weiqi, 䘥⛘⣂⼑䏢䎭慱炻戭偶炻⒯㱧曚偶炻嵛ᶲ㎂ This finely hand painted miniature cup shows a picturesque scene with two boys watching the game which is about to begin, one female ᷕ⚳炻⋩ℓᶾ䲨炻㤝⎗傥䁢Ḧ昮㗪㛇 (1736-1795) stretching along the entire exterior. Set in a landscape with Daihu rocks, attendant serving tea, the scene set on a lakeshore under a large tree, a pine tree and a small bridge we see a scholar with his pupil studying a surrounded by various bands with peonies, peaches, Buddha hand finger ㍷丒Ḯᶨ佌屜⨎⛐⚺ᷕ䍑⚵㡳炻ℑᾳ䓟⬑⛐㕩怲奨䚳炻ᶨỵἵ⤛㬋䪗叿ᶨ䚌 scroll and to the other side another youthful scholar drinking wine he just citrons, stylized Chilong and several neatly executed geometric patterns, ⎫梇崘役炻⚃␐㧡㛐歖剙䑘丆ˤ䚌㱧ᶲ䵈刚⚻䲳炻攳⃱䘥⛘歖剙㯜㝄䲳ˤ poured himself from a large vessel. the reverse showing an array of flowers and fruit. Among the Confucian ideals were the abilities to write calligraphy and to ₺⭞䎮゛䓇⊾㗗㚠㱽⮵㡳炻㬋⤪㈀䚌ᶲ㇨⯽䣢䘬ˤ⚵㡳炷ㆾ⚵㡳炸㗗ᶨ㫦憅 Shape: Circular bowl form play weiqi, the subject-matter seen on the present tray. Weiqi (or Go) is ⮵ℑ⎵⮵ㇳ䘬㉥尉㇘䔍㡳䚌忲㇚炻℞䚖㧁㗗⌈柀㭼⮵ㇳ㚜⣂䘬柀⛇ˤ忁ᾳ忲 Dimensions: 3 cm (height), 5,2 cm (diameter) an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to ㇚㗗2500⣂⸜⇵ᷕ⚳⎌ẋ䘤㖶䘬炻塓娵䁢㗗Ṳ⣑⁛㈧㚨ᷭ䘬㡳䚌忲㇚ˤ⬫ Condition: Small restorations and several hairlines (mainly visible on the surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in 塓娵䁢㗗⎌ẋ䘬⚃䧖➢㛔㈨傥ᷳᶨ炻⚈㬌斄㕤⬫䘬丒䔓ḇ⎗ẍ⛐⊭㊔㖑㛇 inside) ancient China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest ⽉墥䏢䐗墥⑩ᶲ㈦⇘炻⃀䭉⎒㚱㤝⮹㔠忁栆ἳ⫸ˤ Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection acquired before board game continuously played today. It was considered one of the four ⼊䉨烉㕡䚌 1930, with old collection label and inscription to underside essential arts in antiquity and hence its depiction is also found on early ⯢⮠烉29,5 x 29,5 x 3 cm enamel wares, including imperial commissions, although only very few of ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ᶨṃ䢐㎵炻䡽䡘␴⯨悐ᾖ⽑ˤ ⋩ℓᶾ䲨⺋㜙䏢䎭⼑堾䍵Ⱦ㔯ṢȾ惺㜗 such examples have yet been recorded. ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 嵛悐怲䶋㚱⮷仢⎋⍲䳘⮷檖䴚䵓䷓炷ᷣ天⛐ℭ悐炸 㔯䌣⍫侫烉˪慵天ᷕ⚳喅埻˫炻喯 ⭴ 㭼炻ΐ 㔎炻2016⸜11㚰9㖍炻185嘇㉵⑩ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻1930⸜⇵岤ℍ炻⸽ 悐 ⎗ 夳 㓞 啷 㧁 䯥 冯 ㍷ 徘 Shape: Lobed square shape 炷ᶨẞ⎴㛇⣏✳䰱⼑⺋㜙䏢䎭䚌)烊⎎ ᶨ ẞ ⮷ ✳ 攟 㕡 剙 ⋱ 䲳 䚌炻Ḷ1999⸜6 Dimensions: 29,5 x 29,5 x 3 cm 㚰15㖍⛐Ἓ⢓⼿ΐ㔎句㥴烊ᶨᾳ㶢䡇炻喯㟤嗕⚳⭞⌂䈑棐炻ッᶩ⟉炻⛐ᷕ⚳ Estimate EUR 300,- Condition: Very good condition with some wear, minor scratching, and 喅埻⚳晃⯽奥炻ΐ㔎䘯⭞喅埻⬠昊炻 1935, 䚖抬嘇2202; ⎎⢾ᶨᾳΐ㔎Ἓ Starting price EUR 150,- some restoration to chipping in the front and back of the four corners ⢓⼿2007⸜5㚰15㖍句㥴炻408嘇㉵⑩ˤ⎎夳ᶨᾳ㚜⮷溆䘬䚌⫸炻Ἦ冒J.A. Provenance: Austrian private collection Lloyd Hyde㓞啷炻夳䲸䲬伶⚳ᷕ⚳䞼䨞㇨炻1969⸜炻䚖抬 嘇 13炻Ḷ Ἓ ⢓ ⼿ ΐ 㔎炻1974⸜7㚰8㖍炻208嘇㉵⑩烊ẍ⍲ΐ㔎Ἓ⢓⼿炻1980⸜11㚰17㖍炻19嘇 Literature comparison: Important Chinese Art. Sotheby’s, London, ㉵⑩ˤ November 9th, 2016, lot 185. (for a larger famille rose canton enamel tray from the same period) Also compare a tray of smaller rectangular size Estimate EUR 800,- and painted with flowers, sold at Christie’s London, 15th June 1999, lot Starting price EUR 400,- 123. A lobed tray, in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, was included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 2202; and another was sold at Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot 408. See also a much smaller example, from the 6 7 4 5 A SONG DYNASTY TIXI LACQUER BOWL WITH PEWTER LINING A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘MUSICIANS’ BOX AND COVER, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY Multi-layered lacquer, interior lined with pewter Carved cinnabar lacquer in high relief, black lacquer coating inside and to base China, Song Dynasty China, 16th century The bowl has rounded sides rising from a raised foot rim to an everted rim.