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Asian Art Montpelier Street, London I 28 and 29 July 2020 Asian Art Montpelier Street, London I 28 and 29 July 2020 Asian Art Part I: Tuesday 28 July 2020 at 10am, lots 1 - 287 Part II: Wednesday 29 July 2020 at 10am, lots 300 - 630 Montpelier Street, London BONHAMS ENQUIRIES 拍賣品之狀況 ENQUIRIES Montpelier Street Rosangela Assennato 請注意: 本目錄並無說明任何拍 For general assistance, Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7393 3883 賣品之狀況。按照本目錄後部份 please contact our London SW7 1HH [email protected] 所載之「競投人通告第15條」,準 Customer Service team. bonhams.com 買家必須拍賣前親自確定拍賣品 Rachel Hyman 之狀況。 London: +44 207 447 7447 +44 (0) 20 7393 3854 VIEWING 純為方便準買家,本公司如果拍 New York: +1 212 644 9001 [email protected] By Timed Appointment Only 買開始前24小時收到準買家的要 Hong Kong: +852 291 84321 Friday 24 July, 9am to 4.30pm Kelsey Chang 求,本公司可提供書面上的狀況報 Saturday 25 July, 11am to 4pm +44 (0) 20 7393 3943 告。該報告是依據「競投人通告 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Sunday 26 July, 11am to 4pm [email protected] 第1.6條」提供。 The United States Government Monday 27 July, 9am to 4.30pm With special thanks to has banned the import of ivory Karl Bartley, Mel Cinpolat, into the USA. 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Bonhams 1793 Limited Registered No. 4326560 Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax 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 Xibo Wang Hong Kong Keason Tang Hong Kong Europe Benedetta Mottino London, New Bond Street Edward Luper London, New Bond Street Xiaoye Gu London, New Bond Street Rachel Hyman London, Montpelier Street Rosangela Assennato London, Montpelier Street Kelsey Chang London, Montpelier Street Ian Glennie Edinburgh Aude Louis Carves Paris USA Bruce MacLaren New York Ming Hua New York Harold Yeo New York Henry Kleinhenz San Francisco Australia Daniel Herskee San Francisco Ling Shang San Francisco Rachel Du Los Angeles Yvett Klein Sydney Asia Representatives Bobbie Hu Taipei Vivian Zhang Beijing Bernadette Rankine Singapore Central Middlesex Acton Ln Hospital Park Royal Acton Ln Sale Cadogan Tate Coronation Road W e d s P a te a o r r n R k A v e R e s A o Information 4 a 0 y h a Park l C Royal iWestern Ave A40 R o Station a 0 d 0 Acton 0 North 4 Cemetery A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V West Acton Horn Lane Station BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & STORAGE AND HANDLING VAT +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE CHARGES ON SOLD LOTS The following symbols are used To bid via the internet please visit LOTS MARKED TP TRANSFERRED TO to denote that VAT is due on www.bonhams.com All sold lots marked TP will CADOGAN TATE the hammer price and buyer’s removed to Cadogan Tate premium. 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Wednesday 29 July 2020. (Note: Charges apply every day Lots not collected by 5.30pm including weekends and Public Tuesday 11 August 2020 will Holidays) be returned to the department storage charges may apply. Part I Tuesday 28 July 2020 at 10am Lots 1 - 287 1 2 3 1 2 3 A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPE’ A BLUE AND WHITE ‘SHOULAO’ BOWL Kangxi BRUSH POT Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Painted with a continuous scene of a solitary Kangxi Painted to the interior with a central fisherman seated on a rocky outcrop, Potted with gently flaring rim and splayed medallion of an Immortal on a log raft, the before pavilions nestling amongst pine on foot above the protruding, straight foot ring, exterior with Shoulao and two Immortals with mountainous shores, the neck with flowering the vessel painted in washes of vibrant cobalt two boy attendants in a pine grove. 19.6cm stems. 25cm (9.7/8in) high. blue with a continuous rocky riverscape (7 5/8in) diam. dotted with trees, a solitary fisherman £2,000 - 3,000 crossing the river to reach an empty pavilion, £1,500 - 2,000 CNY18,000 - 26,000 the base with a lingzhi within a double circle.
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