Chinese Works of Art Asian Decorative Art Los Angeles | December 17 and 18, 2019 Bonhams 7601 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, California 90046 © 2019, Bonhams & Butterfields Bond No. 57BSBGL0808 Auctioneers Corp.; All rights reserved. Chinese Works of Art Los Angeles | Tuesday December 17, 2019 at 10am, Lots 1 - 312 Asian Decorative Works of Art Los Angeles | Wednesday December 18, 2019 at 10am, Lots 330 - 808 BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES Los Angeles 7601 Sunset Blvd +1 (800) 223 2854 San Francisco Rachel Du, Specialist, Head of Sale Los Angeles, California 90046 +1 (415) 861 8951 fax Dessa Goddard, US Head, +1 (323) 436 5587 bonhams.com Asian Works of Art, Director [email protected] +1 (415) 503 3333 To bid via the internet please visit [email protected] New York PREVIEW www.bonhams.com/25520 Saturday December 14, 10am to 5pm Bruce Maclaren, Senior Specialist Sunday December 15, 10am to 5pm www.bonhams.com/25521 Henry Kleinhenz, Consultant Chinese Art Monday December 16, 10am to 5pm Please note that telephone bids +1 (415) 503 3336 +1 (917) 206 1677 must be submitted no later [email protected] [email protected] SALE NUMBER: 25520 than 4pm on the day prior to Lots 1 - 312 the auction. New bidders must Dan Herskee, Senior Specialist Ming Hua, Junior Specialist also provide proof of identity +1 (415) 503 3271 +1 (646) 837 8132 SALE NUMBER: 25521 and address when submitting [email protected] [email protected] Lots 330 - 808 bids. Telephone bidding is only Dick Lin, Junior Specialist Harold Yeo, Consultant available for lots with a low CATALOG Chinese Paintings +1 (917) 206 1628 $35 estimate in excess of $1,000. +1 (415) 503 3264 [email protected] Please contact client services [email protected] ILLUSTRATIONS with any bidding inquiries. Front cover: Lot 8, 15, Amelia Chau, Consultant SNUFF BOTTLE 59, 74, 109, 131 Please see pages 241 to 244 Chinese Paintings for bidder information including DISCLAIMER Back cover: Lot 165 +1 (415) 503 3397 While Bonhams makes Conditions of Sale, after-sale [email protected] reasonable efforts to ensure collection and shipment. 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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 Xiaoye Gu London, New Bond Street Edward Luper London, New Bond Street Rachel Hyman London, Knightsbridge Rosangela Assennato London, Knightsbridge Kelsey Chang London, Montpelier Street 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 Ceramics ......................................1 - 41 Jade and Hardstone Carvings ............................42 - 70 Chinese Works of Art and Sculptures ......................71 - 102 Furniture and Scholar’s Objects .........................103 - 144 Chinese Painting ....................................145 - 169 Snuff bottles ........................................98 - 137 Asian Decorative Art Jade and Hardstone Carvings ..........................330 - 448 Ceramics ..........................................449 - 551 Bronzes, Cloisonné and Metalwork ......................552 - 583 Textiles ...........................................584 - 601 Chinese Works of Art .................................602 - 635 Furniture ..........................................636 - 665 Asian Religious Sculpture..............................666 - 680 Chinese Paintings, Calligraphy and Prints..................690 - 740 Japanese Works of Art................................790 - 800 Himalayan, South and Southeast Asian Works of Art .........801 - 808 Chinese Works of Art Lots 1 - 169 Lot 4 Chinese Ceramics 1 2 1 3 PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS 1 2 3 A BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGONS A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN JAR BOWL AND ANTIQUES’ BRUSH POT 18th century Guangxu six-character mark Kangxi Of globular form, the exterior walls decorated and of the period Of gently waisted cylindrical form, one side in underglaze blue with scholarly figures in a The wide well centered with a reserve painted with a rectangular panel with indented mountainous landscape, all surfaces except depicting Shoulao and a deer standing corners enclosing a pair of dragons emerging the foot ring covered in a clear glaze. beneath clouds and the exterior walls showing from turbulent waves to contest a flaming 8in (20.3cm) high each of the Eight Immortals, recessed base pearl, the other painted with a ‘One Hundred showing the mark written in standard script. Antiques’ theme to include a table screen, $1,200 - 2,000 8 3/4in (22cm) diam. water droppers, bronze vessels, books and vases, all drawn in dark blue and washed with $1,200 - 1,800 pale blue, the concave base centered with a countersunk foot enclosing a lingzhi mark within an unglazed circle. 7 1/2in (19 cm) diam. $7,000 - 10,000 6 | BONHAMS 4 A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOYS’ BOWLS Daoguang six-character marks and of the period Each finely potted with rounded sides and a flaring rim, the exterior finely decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous scene of groups of boy at play, a clear glaze covering all surfaces except the foot, the underglaze blue mark on the recessed base. 6 1/8in (15.5cm) diam. (2). $10,000 - 15,000 CHINESE WORKS OF ART | 7 5 A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PHOENIX BOWLS Guangxu six-character marks and of the period Painted in shades of deep blue with a pair of opposing phoenixes amid clouds filling the circular roundel at the base of each wide curving well and repeating on the exterior walls, the recessed base centered by the six- character mark in standard script. 6 3/4in (17.2cm) diam. (2). $5,000 - 7,000 5 6 A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JAR Wanli period Of ovoid shape, supported on an unglazed recessed foot, the rounded shoulders rising to a wide metal-mounted neck, painted around the exterior with four ogival panels enclosing flowering plants, below four panels enclosing a peach branch and floral sprigs, all separated from each other by straps and floral buckles reserved against a wan- fret ground, the base encircled with a lappet band. 14 1/4in (36.2cm) high $4,000 - 6,000 A similar example sold at Sotheby’s, London, 9 November 2016, lot 239. 6 7 A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE Circa 1640 The globular body encircled with scholars at ease in a continuous landscape setting, the shoulder with a band of flower heads and leafy scrolls, the long waisted neck with two upright leafy sprays. 13 5/8in (34.5cm) high $5,000 - 7,000 7 8 | BONHAMS 8 A QIANJIANGCAI ENAMELED VASE Qianjiangcai refers to a ‘pastel colored’ palette of enamels necessary Cheng Men (1833-1908), dated by inscription to 1878 after the destruction of the Jingdezhen kilns following the Taiping Of cong form consisting of a waisted neck and foot separated by a rebellion in the 1850s. Cheng Men was perhaps the most famous of tall rectangular body molded to support opposing elephant head and the ceramicists working in this subdued palette, utilizing what could be faux ring handles, the glaze displaying a notable orange peel effect regarded as technical flaws to create painterly works more appealing and covered in the typically fugitive pastel colored enamels to depict to literati taste. a bird and flowers on two sides, and a riverside landscape and an elderly scholar-recluse on the remaining ones, all four sides inscribed A very similar cong vase, painted in 1881 by Cheng Men, was one to include the seals and signatures of the artist’s various sobriquets: of two vases sold in our San Francisco sale 22378, 10 March 2015, Xueli, Songzhu, and Liweng, one inscription including additionally the lot 8170. That cong, like the present lot, had birds and flowers that wuyin year date. compare very favorably to a set of eight porcelain panels offered in our 11 5/8in (29.6cm) high London, New Bond Street sale 23238, 10 November 2016, lot 175. $5,000 - 7,000 CHINESE WORKS OF ART | 9 9 10 9 10 A LARGE POLYCHROME ENAMEL PORCELAIN PLAQUE A QIANJIANGCAI ENAMELED PLAQUE Republic period Cyclical date xinhai, corresponding to 1911 Of tall rectangular section depicting recluse scholars at leisure within Painted in restrained pastel colored enamels to depict a fisherman on an ornate landscape of pavilions, waterfalls and craggy mountains, a boat floating by two scholars in the study of a two-storied mansion, bearing the red seals within an elaborate hardwood frame reticulated in surrounded by trees in a mountainous landscape with lofty peaks in bats and ribbon motifs.