CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS Monday March 19, 2018 New York CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS Monday March 19, 2018 at 12pm New York BONHAMS BIDS INQUIRIES ILLUSTRATIONS 580 Madison Avenue +1 (212) 644 9001 Head, Asian Art Group U.S. Front cover: Lot 8028 New York, New York 10022 +1 (212) 644 9009 Fax Dessa Goddard, Director Inside front cover: Lot 8228 bonhams.com [email protected] +1 (415) 503 3333 Inside back cover: Lot 8229 [email protected] Back cover: Lot 8047 PREVIEW Bidding by telephone will only Thursday March 15 be accepted on a lot with a lower Bruce Maclaren, Senior Specialist 10am-5pm estimate in excess of $1000 +1 (917) 206 1677 Friday March 16 [email protected] 10am-5pm Please note that bids should be Saturday March 17 summited no later than 24hrs Harold Yeo, Consultant Specialist 10am-5pm prior to the sale. New Bidders +1 (917) 206 1628 Sunday March 18 must also provide proof of [email protected] 10am-5pm identity when submitting bids. 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NYC License No. 1183066-DCA INTERNATIONAL CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART TEAM Colin Sheaf Dessa Goddard Asaph Hyman USA Bruce MacLaren Ming Hua Harold Yeo Chinese Art Chinese Art Chinese Art New York New York New York Henry Kleinhenz Daniel Herskee Ling Shang Amelia Chau * Mark Rasmussen * Doris Jin Huang Rachel Du Chinese Art Chinese Art Chinese Art Chinese Paintings Indian, Himalayan, & Indian, Himalayan, & Chinese Art San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Southeast Asian Art Southeast Asian Art Los Angeles New York New York ASIA AND AUSTRALIA Xibo Wang Gigi Yu Edward Wilkinson* Yvett Klein Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Sydney EUROPE Benedetta Mottino Sing Yan Choy Edward Luper Rachel Hyman Rosangela Assennato Ben Law Smith Ian Glennie Asha Edwards London, London, London, London, London, London, Edinburgh Edinburgh New Bond Street New Bond Street New Bond Street Knightsbridge Knightsbridge Knightsbridge ASIA REPRESENTATIVES Summer Fang Bernadette Rankine Taipei Singapore * Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES Lots 8000 - 8027 (two views) PROPERTY FROM THE THE COLLECTION OF LOIS F. KLOPPENBURG 8000 AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE Wang Xisan, 1972 Of rounded square form, the narrow sides carved in relief with lion mask and mock ring handles, one interior face painted with two fluffy kittens playing by asters, with one painted seal reading xiao mao (kittens), the other side painted with two cats, their attention transfixed by something in the distance, inscribed linu (an ancient phrase for cat), dated renzi chu chun (early spring 1972), signed Xisan painted at the Yihu Zhai, followed by two painted seals reading Xisan and Wang. 2 5/8in (6.6cm) high $7,000 - 9,000 1972年 王習三内畫水晶「狸奴」鼻煙壺 落款 狸奴壬子初春習三作於一壺齋 Provenance Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973 4 | BONHAMS (two views) 8001 AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE One Bottle Studio, 1971 Of flattened circular form, the narrow sides carved in low relief with lion mask and mock ring handles, each face carved with a raised circular panel, one inside face painted with two cats in front of flowering lilies, the other side painted with two cats, one playing with a butterfly, dated xinhai heyue (sixth month, 1971), and inscribed xie yu Yihuzhai (painted at One Bottle Studio), followed by a painted seal with a contraction of the character Ji, a reference to Hebei province and Wang Xisan’s Ji school. 2 5/8in (6.6cm) high $3,000 - 5,000 1971年 一壺齋内畫水晶雙貓圖鼻煙壺 落款 辛亥荷月寫於一壺齋 Provenance Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973 CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS | 5 8002 A PAIR OF JADEITE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SNUFF BOTTLES 20th century Each of flattened rounded rectangular form, surmounted by tubular necks with flat lips, and supported on oval foot rings, the russet skin on the short sides used to carve a dragon on one, and a phoenix on the other, the green stone with icy-white inclusions and dark green patches. (2) 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high, the taller $3,000 - 5,000 二十世紀 翠玉雕龍鳳紋鼻煙壺一對 Provenance Sotheby’s, New York, lot 153 (according to label) 8002 8003 A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th century Of rectangular form, tapering slightly towards the base, each side with a raised rectangular panel, surmounted by a tubular neck with a concave lip, flanked by lion mask and mock ring handles on the shoulders, all supported on a foot ring of conforming outline, the evenly-colored white stone with minor cloudy inclusions. 2 1/2in (6.2cm) high $5,000 - 7,000 十八世紀 白玉雕舖首耳鼻煙壺 Published The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journal, Spring 1996, cover. 8003 8004 A LAVENDER JADEITE ‘GOATS’ SNUFF BOTTLE 20th century Of ovoid form with a tubular neck, flat lip and flat foot, each side carved in low-relief with a sure-footed goat climbing over jagged rocks, the deep lavender-hued stone with some cloudy inclusions. 2 1/8in (5.5cm) high $3,000 - 5,000 二十世紀 紫羅蘭翠玉雕山羊紋鼻煙壺 8004 6 | BONHAMS 8005 A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF BOTTLE 19th/early 20th century Of flattened ovoid shape, each side finely carved through layers of red lacquer to depict a view of figures heading towards walled temples in a mountainous landscape, each scene framed by lotus scrolls at the sides, and foliate scrolls and lappets at the shoulder and foot. 2 1/2in (6.2cm) high $2,000 - 3,000 十九世紀/二十世紀初 剔紅山水圖鼻煙壺 8005 8006 A MINIATURE RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 18th century Of flattened spherical form, the shoulders rising to a tubular neck with a wide mouth, all supported on a slightly splayed foot ring, the thin transparent walls causing the glass to appear pink. 1 1/2in (3cm) high $2,000 - 3,000 十八世紀 紅料光素袖珍鼻煙壺 A number of glass bottles of this size are illustrated by Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong, 2002, nos. 678, 711, 779, 789, and 815. The authors note that by the standards of the larger bottles of the Qianlong period onwards, bottles of this size might be considered miniature, but such small bottles were not unusual from the Yongzheng and early Qianlong 8006 reigns, op. cit. p. 320. 8007 A BLACK AND RED DOUBLE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘HORSE AND MONKEY’ SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century The flattened globular body of opaque white glass, overlaid with black on red, carved to each face to form the design of a monkey and a horse, the shoulders carved with lion mask and mock ring handles, the overlay also carved to form the oval foot ring. 2 1/8in (5.5cm) high $2,000 - 4,000 十九世紀 涅白地套紅黑料馬上封侯圖鼻煙壺 Provenance Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973 Illustrated 8007 The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journal, Spring 1995, cover. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS | 7 (two views) 8008 AN INSIDE PAINTED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE Wang Xisan, 1971 Of rounded rectangular form, one side painted with two cats playing with butterflies, the other side painted with two cats by a flowering lily, their attention captured by something in front of them, dated xinhai shengxia (deep summer 1971), inscribed Xisan xie yu Yihuzhai (painted by Xisan at the One Bottle Studio), followed by a painted seal reading Xisan. 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high $7,000 - 9,000 1971年 王習三内畫茶晶雙貓圖鼻煙壺 落款 辛亥盛夏習三寫於一壺齋 Provenance Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973 8 | BONHAMS (two views) 8009 AN INSIDE PAINTED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE Wang Xisan, 20th century Of flattened rounded form, one side with brown inclusions and irregular surface, the inside painted with a lotus blossom, reeds and butterfly, the other side painted with an eleborate mansion on the edge of a cliff, surrounded by trees, with a waterfall in the distance, the translucency of the material imbuing the scene with a ethereal feel, signed Wang Xisan, with one painted seal reading Xisan. 2 1/4in (5.5cm) high $6,000 - 8,000 二十世紀 王習三内畫瑪瑙山水蓮塘圖鼻煙壺 落款 王習三作 Provenance Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973 CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS | 9 8010 AN INSIDE PAINTED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE Ding Guiling, 1972 Of flattened rounded square form, one side painted with a scene of Guanyin and Shancai, inscribed Guanyin Dashi (venerable Guanyin) and one painted seal reading yin, the other side painted with six children playing with Budai, inscribed liuzi nao Xifo (six sons play with Happy Buddha), dated renzi dongyue (winter, 1972) and signed Ding Guiling painted in Beijing, followed by one seal reading yin. 2 3/8in (5.7cm) high $1,000 - 1,500 1972年 丁桂玲内畫觀音喜佛圖茶晶鼻煙壺 Provenance Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973 Ding Guiling was a female student of Ye Bengqi. She was active in Beijing in the 1960s and 70s.