FEBRUARY FINE ASIAN WORKS OF ART ONLINE

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A GREY POTTERY TRIPOD EWER

14 1/8 in.(36 cm.) high, 9 1/4 in.(23.5 cm.) wide

Lot details: The grey earthenware ewer decorated with serrated strips as beak and brows as the head of a bird (perhaps an owl), the bulbous cord-impressed tripod base (li) ending in small feet, single applied loop handle. Qijia culture.

Condition: As expected of this type, crack visible and the ewer was restored. Auction Result Comparison: Compare a close related lot, at Sotheby’s Ancient Civilisations – Neolithic Pottery including the Collection of Ronald W. Longsdorf on 25 May 2022, lot 823. Compare a close related lot, at Sotheby’s Ancient Civilisations – Neolithic Pottery including the Collection of Ronald W. Longsdorf on 25 May 2022, lot 827.

$600~800 2

A PAINTED POTTERY TWO-HANDLED WITH NUDE FIGURE, MAJIAYAO CULTURE

13 in. (33 cm.) high

Lot details: Painted in black and red, the jar is embossed with human-form with two small loop handle.The figure on this jar has both male and female sexual characters, and was related to fertility worship.

Provenance: US Market, by repute from a private collector, US. Condition: There is a minor chip to the edge of the opening. Literature Comparison: A painted pottery jar with closely related features to the present lot, is in the collection of National Museum of China.

$800~1200

A DARK SPINACH GREEN JADE CONG 7 1/2 in.(19 cm.)high, 3 1/2 in.(9 cm.)Diam.

Lot details: Upright form with hollow cylindrical center and flat squared exterior.The dark green jade mottled and streaked with cloudy dark-red and black inclusions.

Condition: Some nicks and nibbling to the edges, the stone with natural fissures. Fine patina.

$2000~3000

A GROUP OF FOUR, ‘THOKCHA’ PENDANTS

Several sizes

Lot details: Comprising: a Garuda (khyung),a vajry, a seal-shaped thokcha,a makaras buckle.

Tokchas (also spelt as thokcha, tokche, thogchak, thog-lcag, or thogchag) are small ‘found’ ancient, sacred objects that went on to serve as votive talismans, and which were valued for their magical properties. Usually they are of bronze or copper alloy. Many are believed to also contain some meteoric metal. Tibetans highly prized them and would wear them to protect them and to absorb evil. Usually they were hung from the neck or attached to clothing, but also were sewn onto amulet pouches or attached to religious articles.

Condition: Minor wear, scratches, occasional dents and losses, stains, and oxidization to the surfaces overall. All are consistent with age and use. Otherwise, overall in good condition.

$800~1200

5 A GROUP OF TEN, SILVER DOLLAR COIN

1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) diam. each coin

Provenance: Formerly in an old German private collection, acquired in the 1980s.

Condition: Scratches, occasional dents and losses, stains, and oxidization to the surfaces overall. All are consistent with age and use.

Literature Comparison: A silver coin with closely related features to the present lot, is in the collection of the British Museum, Accession number 2005,0417.1.

$1000~2000

6 A GROUP OF TEN, SILVER DOLLAR COIN

1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) diam. each coin

Provenance: Formerly in an old German private collection, acquired in the 1980s.

Condition: Scratches, occasional dents and losses, stains, and oxidization to the surfaces overall. All are consistent with age and use.

Literature Comparison: A silver coin with closely related features to the present lot, is in the collection of the British Museum, Accession number 2005,0417.1.

$1000~2000

A SET OF SILVER-GILT LOTUS SAUCERS(4) 4 7/8 in.(12.5 cm.)long, 3 1/2 in.(9 cm.)wide.

Lot details: Four saucers decorated with SHOU and lotus, all well moulded and engraved to a quatrefoil-shape with shallow medallion roundels to the interior.

Provenance: US Market, by repute from a private collector, US. Condition: Minor wear and oxidization to the surfaces overall.

$2000~3000

A RARE SMALL YELLOW-GLAZED TWIN-HANDLED CUP

Kangxi Six-Character Mark 3 1/8 in.(8 cm.)across the handle, 1 1/2 in. (4 cm.) high

Lot details: Of inverted bell form supported on a short straight-cut foot, fine incised with two archaistic five-claws dragons through the cloud, applied on either sides with a C-shaped handle.

Provenance: From an English private collector. Acquired from Shanghai Antique Store originally. Condition: Overall in good condition, minor wear consistent with age and use.

Auction Result Comparison: A comparable example was sold for GBP 25,000 at Christie’s, London,10 May 2011,Lot 227.

$1000~2000

A BLUE AND WHITE OVAL DISH 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) wide

Lot details: Of oval form, painted in shades of underglaze blue and decorated around the slightly everted sides with a mountainous river landscape, pagodas and trees lining the scene, sailing boats on the river.

Provenance: US Market, by repute from a private collector, US.

Condition: Overall in good condition, minor wear consistent with age and use.

Auction Result Comparison: Compare a close related lot at ANITA GRAY in CHINESE QIANLONG AND EXPORT PORCELAIN.

$400~600

A FINE CARVED AND MOLDED ‘DING’ EWER 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) high

Provenance: Formerly in an old German private collection, acquired in the 1980s.

Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, minor old wear.

Auction Result Comparison: Compare a close related lot, at Sotheby’s Important Chinese Art on 21 September 2021, lot 185.

$800~1200

BLUE AND WHITE TIBETAN-STYLE EWER

Qianlong Six-Character Mark

7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high

Lot details: Globular body raised on a splayed pedestal foot and rising to a knopped neck, the canopy-shaped mouth rounding inwards to a narrow opening, set with a curved spout issuing from the gaping jaws of the head of markara, Bajixiang amongst lotus blooms on intertwining tendrils, with a Qianlong six-character seal mark.

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of British Antique Dealer Association. Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, minor old wear.

Auction Result Comparison: Compare a close related lot, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Art, lot 3620.

Auction Result Comparison: Compare a close related lot, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Chinese Art on 08 October 2019, lot 3620.

$1000~2000

PAINTED THANGKA OF GURU

7 1/2 x 11 in.(19 x 28 cm.) without the frame

Condition: Wear, traces of age, framed.

$2000~3000

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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING SILK SCROLL, QIAN WEICHENG MARK

24 13/16 x 47 1/4 in. (63 x 120 cm.)

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Andral, an art adviser in New York. Acquired between 19982002 in the local trade market.

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, little creasing.

$1000~2000

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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING SILK SCROLL, GONG XIAN MARK

52 3/4 x 17 in. (134 x 43 cm.)

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, little creasing.

$1000~2000

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A CHINESE HORSE PAINTING, LANG SHINING MARK

4 x 8 1/3 in. (10 x 21 cm.)

Provenance: Old European private collection. A assembled prior 2001.

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, little creasing.

$800~1200

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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING SILK HAND SCROLL, QIAN WEICHENG MARK

11 5/6 x 216 1/2 in. (30 x 550 cm.)

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, little creasing.

$3000~5000

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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING SILK HAND SCROLL, WEN ZHENGMING MARK

7 1/8 x 137 5/6 in. (18 x 350 cm.)

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, little creasing.

$3000~5000

MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK

Qianlong Six-Character Mark 10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

Lot details: Each side is moulded with a peach-shaped panel that is decorated in the fifteenth century style with two bats in flight around fruiting peach branches. The panel is surrounded by a flower scroll meander, while the narrow sides are decorated with lingzhi scroll interrupted by the bottom terminal of the arched ruyi sceptre handles. The base has a six-character Qianlong seal mark.

Provenance: Hong Kong private collector. Collected from Antique Store originally. Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, minor old wear.

Literature Comparison: Compare flask of the same pattern but with Daoguang seal mark included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Vol II, 1981. pl 112. An identical piece but bearing a Jiaqing mark is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 162, pl. 148. Two similarly decorated Qianlong-marked moonflasks of comparable size were sold at Christie's New York, 30 March 2005, lots 365 and 366.

$1000~2000