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Fine Asian Works of Art Asian Decorative Art San Francisco | June 25 and 26, 2019 Fine Asian Works of Art San Francisco | Tuesday June 25, 2019 at 10am Asian Decorative Works of Art San Francisco | Tuesday June 25, 2019 at 3pm, Lots 301 - 397 San Francisco | Wednesday June 26, 2019 at 10am, Lots 398 - 923 BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES New York 220 San Bruno Avenue +1 (800) 223 2854 San Francisco Bruce Maclaren, Senior Specialist San Francisco +1 (415) 861 8951 fax Dessa Goddard, US Head, Chinese Art bonhams.com Asian Works of Art, Director +1 (917) 206 1677 To bid via the internet please visit +1 (415) 503 3333 [email protected] PREVIEW www.bonhams.com/25518 [email protected] Friday June 21, 10am to 5pm Ming Hua, Junior Specialist Saturday June 22, 10am to 5pm www.bonhams.com/25519 Henry Kleinhenz, Consultant +1 (646) 837 8132 Sunday June 23, 10am to 5pm Please note that telephone bids +1 (415) 503 3336 [email protected] Monday June 24, 10am to 5pm must be submitted no later than 4pm on the day prior to [email protected] Harold Yeo, Consultant the auction. New bidders must Dan Herskee, Senior Specialist +1 (917) 206 1628 SALE NUMBER: 25518 also provide proof of identity +1 (415) 503 3271 [email protected] Lots 1 - 221 and address when submitting [email protected] bids. Telephone bidding is only SALE NUMBER: 25519 Los Angeles Lots 301 - 923 available for lots with a low Dick Lin, Junior Specialist Rachel Du, Specialist estimate in excess of $1,000. Chinese Paintings +1 (323) 436 5587 CATALOG Please contact client services +1 (415) 503 3264 [email protected] $35 with any bidding inquiries. [email protected] Please see pages 262 to 267 ILLUSTRATIONS Amelia Chau, Consultant SNUFF BOTTLE Front cover: Lot 89 for bidder information including Chinese Paintings DISCLAIMER Back cover: Lot 58 Conditions of Sale, after-sale +1 (415) 503 3397 While Bonhams makes collection and shipment. [email protected] reasonable efforts to ensure REGISTRATION that a stopper illustrated or IMPORTANT NOTICE Ling Shang, Consultant exhibited with a snuff bottle Please note that all customers, Asian Works of Art lot accompanies the lot irrespective of any previous activity +1 (415) 503 3208 upon collection or release, with Bonhams, are required to [email protected] complete the Bidder Registration it accepts no liability for not Form in advance of the sale. The doing so or for damage or form can be found at the back of Isabelle Zhang, Administrator for loss to stoppers during every catalogue and on our website +1 (415) 503 3414 storage or shipment. In [email protected] at www.bonhams.com and should addition, if a snuff bottle lot be returned by email or post to the is exhibited or purchased by specialist department or to the bids a buyer outside the United department at [email protected] States, Bonhams may remove To bid live online and / or leave any stopper accompanying internet bids please go to a lot that contais restricted www.bonhams.com/auctions/25518 materials. www.bonhams.com/auctions/25519 and click on the Register to bid link at the top left of the page. Bonhams Bonhams US Officers Vice Presidents, Specialists 220 San Bruno Avenue Laura King Pfaff Chairman, Susan F. Abeles, Rupert Banner, Gary Espinosa San Francisco, California 94103 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Judith Eurich, Alan Fausel, Mark Fisher © 2019, Bonhams & Butterfields Matthew Girling CEO, Martin Gammon, Dessa Goddard, Jim Haas Bond No. 57BSBGL0808 Auctioneers James Hendy Chief Operating Officer, Scot Levitt, Mark Osborne, Hadji Rahimipour Corp.; All rights reserved. Leslie Wright Vice President - Trusts and Estates Brooke Sivo, Catherine Williamson Jon King Vice President - Business Development International Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art team Global Asaph Hyman Global Head, Chinese Art Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman Dessa Goddard US Head, Asian Art Asia Europe Xibo Wang Hong Kong Gigi Yu Hong Kong Keason Tang Hong Kong Benedetta Mottino London, New Bond Street Sing Yan Choy London, New Bond Street Edward Luper London, New Bond Street Rachel Hyman London, Knightsbridge Rosangela Assennato London, Knightsbridge Ben Law Smith London, Knightsbridge Ian Glennie Edinburgh Asha Edwards Edinburgh Aude Louis Carves Paris USA Bruce MacLaren New York Ming Hua New York Harold Yeo New York Henry Kleinhenz San Francisco Daniel Herskee San Francisco Ling Shang San Francisco Amelia Chau San Francisco Dick Lin San Francisco Australia Asia Representatives Rachel Du Los Angeles Yvett Klein Sydney Jessica Zhang Beijing Jenny Tsai Taipei Bernadette Rankine Singapore Order of Sale Chinese Works of Art .................................. 1 – 164 Scholar’s Objects...................................... 1 – 52 Jade and Hardstone Carvings ........................... 53 – 65 Ceramics ........................................... 66 – 97 Snuff bottles ....................................... 98 – 137 Works of Art....................................... 138 – 164 Indian and Himalyan Works of Art....................... 165 – 175 Paintings and Caligraphy ............................. 176 – 221 Fine Asian Works of Art Lots 1 - 221 Chinese Works of Art Scholar’s Objects The seals in lot 1-32 come from the collection of a life-long connoisseur of traditional Chinese scholastic values and art. Born in Canton Province, this collector, seeking a better life, came to San Francisco in the 1930s. When the communists came to power in 1949, he determined that returning home would be difficult, and decided to remain in the San Francisco Bay Area. He raised a family and remained active in Chinatown politics until his death. Thereupon the seals entered the collection of the current owner by direct descent. 1-32號拍品的印章來自一位兼具中國傳統文化與審美的舊派文人收藏 家。 此藏家生于廣東省,于1930年代移民到舊金山。1949年後, 由於 歸鄉不便, 他決定長期定居舊金山灣區,隨後在當地成家立業, 同時積 極投身當地唐人街的政治活動。去世後, 印章傳至現任藏家。 1 2 1 2 A GROUP OF THREE JADE SEALS AND DECORATIONS A GROUP OF THREE JADE SEALS The first of tall ovoid section above an uncarved face and supporting All of square section, the first surmounted by a lithe reticulated chilong a seated beast finial, carved from jadeite of cloudy sea green hue beast finial skillfully utilizing more of the predominantly dark brown marked in veins of vibrant apple; the second of short circular section colored areas of the stone, the face carved from the lighter gray base above an uncarved face and supporting a chilong finial formed by to read possibly lian juan ri ye pingjing; the second topped by a curving a perforated disk, the stone of uniformly whitish nephrite; the third handle marked in dense archaistic scroll, the face carved to read of rectangular section with rounded corners supporting a finial of Huang Beishou Yin; the third surmounted by a mythical beast, the face a recumbent lion dog chewing on a lingzhi fungus, the nephrite of carved to read Huang Beishou Yin, the side incised to read Lin Bosong yellowish white color, the face carved in a stylized character likely Ke, the stone of fairly uniform white color. reading fu. 2in (5cm) height of first and largest (3). 2 1/4in (5.7cm) height of first and tallest (3). $2,000 - 3,000 $1,200 - 1,800 印文: [簾捲日(夜)平靜], [黃北壽印], [黃北壽印] 印文: [(福)] 邊款: [林伯松刻] 6 | BONHAMS 3 4 5 3 4 5 A GROUP OF FIVE JADE ANIMAL TWO CARVED SEALS A GROUP OF THREE SEALS CARVINGS Both of tall square section with both ends The first of thin rectangular section Qing dynasty or earlier carved as seal faces, the first of mustard color, surmounted by a fanciful finial of a horse The first, a seated monkey carved from stone the incised dedication to the side including sliding on its back down a slope, the face of uniform whitish gray color; the second, a the gengwu date [equivalent to 1930 or 1990] shallowly and thinly incised to read chenghua recumbent bear or similar mammal carved and the name Wu Pu, the top face reading nian, the stone of mottled yellowish brown from stone of gray color flecked in oatmeal chun hua tao zhi, the bottom face reading ren color; the second retaining its naturalistic colored inclusions; the third, a recumbent xing tian zuo; the second likely jet or similar pebble shape formed of more translucent hound of thin section and long front legs color mineral/hardstone, the side incised in grey color, the face carved to read jian xiao carved from stone whorled in colors of dark a two stanza couplet and the bingchen date in archaistic characters; the third of square brown and off-white; the fourth a small [equivalent to 1976] and the name Shiquan/ section terminating in graceful smoke tendrils recumbent mammal with short front legs, Ishiizumi, the top face incised yi wo dong shan on the rounded top, the sides incised to the stone of uniform coffee color showing san shi chun, the base incised ban tan qiu read possibly chudao fang Han, the face deterioration in places and drilled through the shui yi fang shan. reading possibly baorong zhi yin, the stone of spine for suspension; the fifth a thick and flat 1 7/8 in (4.8cm) height of first and taller (2). gradated hues of cream and khaki brown. pendant carved as a fish-like mythical beast, 1 7/8 in (4.8cm) height of third and tallest (3). the stone streaked in hues of sea-foam and $1,200 - 1,800 pine green. $1,200 - 1,800 3in (7.6cm) length of fifth and largest (5). 邊款: [庚午八月仿漢人憩石岩六兄屬作 吳普] 印文 成化年 見笑 包容之印 印文: [春花陶至] [人杏天作] : [ ], [ ], [ ] $1,200 - 1,800 邊款: [楚島仿漢] 邊款: [供給詩人無別物 半潭秋水一房山 丙辰 秋十 泉石刀] 印文: [一臥東山三十春] [半潭秋水一房山] FINE ASIAN WORKS OF ART | 7 6 A GROUP OF THREE SEALS The first of tall and thin rectangular section, one side incised with the renwu nian date [equivalent to 1942] and the dedication to a hongxue zhuren by a Hu [Tie]an, the face carved to read Huang Beishou cang, the stone of translucent mottled mustard color; the second of tall square section, the foot incised in a thin repeating geometric band, the face carved in deep relief in archaistic dragon patterns, the stone of similar translucent khaki color; the third of square section and rounded top, the sides carved in raised relief rock and flower patterns, the face uncarved, the otherwise translucent caramel colored stone showing patches of cream towards the top and strawberry along the base.