1 Ivory Carved Ornamental Vase, Circa 1940’s
2 Export Ivory Chess Set with Puzzle Balls, Early 20th Century
Of cylindrical form, the well hollowed sides carved in high relief with a continuous scene of flora and fauna including cranes and pine. Affixed to wood stand
Each standing figure carved in the round atop a small puzzle ball, one set stained, the other natural 4.9 ins 12.5 cms
Each panel inset with bone and mother-of-pearl to depict entertainers, one with a fan, the other with a monkey on his back
9.3 ins 23.5 cms
$150—250
41.5 ins 105.5 cms
$300—500
2a Pair of Bone and Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Panels of Entertainers, Japan, Circa 1900
3 Set of Ivory Carved Animals Each carved in the round, including: two goats/rams, boar, tiger, horse, hatchling, seated dog, snake, rat, two monkeys 1.8 ins 4.5 cms $200—300
$300—500
4 Japanese Carved Ivory and Bone House God Treasure Boat, circa 1900
5 Group of Five Japanese Carved Ivory Netsukes, Late 19th Century
6 Japanese Carved Bone and Ivory Shrine, Circa 1900
7 After Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806)
Playfully rendered with several removable portions including a large sail, flag, small fish, and group of five seated Japanese deities
Individually rendered in the round, the figures each carved in a seated position
Watercolour on paper
1.4 ins 3.5 cms
Carved in the round and supported on a multi-tiered pedestal, the structure densely decorated with patterns of lotus, dragons, and phoenix with a pair of hinged doors opening to reveal a seated Buddha
$300—400
10.6 ins 27.0 cms
9.3 ins 23.5 cms $500—700 $300—400
16.7 ins 42.5 cms $100—200
8 After Genhan Rozan
9 After Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806)
10 After Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806)
11 After Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806)
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour on paper
16.5 ins 42.0 cms
16.5 ins 42.0 cms
16.5 ins 42.0 cms
$100—200
$100—200
$100—200
13 Japanese Woodblock Print framed
14 Japanese Woodblock Print Framed
15 Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Triptych, Samurai Scene
Ink and colour on paper
Ink and colour on paper
Ink and colour on paper
14.4 ins x 9.8 ins; 36.5 cms x 25.0 cms
14.4 ins x 9.8 ins; 36.5 cms x 25.0 cms
13.4 ins x 27.4 ins; 34.0 cms x 69.5 cms
$150—200
$150—200
$100—200
Ink and colour on paper 16.1 ins 41.0 cms $100—200
12 Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) REPRODUCTION Print on paper 16.1 ins x 22.0 ins; 41.0 cms x 56.0 cms $50—100
16 Framed Japanese Woodblock Print, Temple Gate, Yoshida
17 Naoko Matsubara (1937- ) WATER - IN PRAISE OF HANDS, 1974
Ink and colour on paper
Sosaku woodblock print, titled, signed, numbered A/P 1974 in pencil TOGETHER WITH 4 Views of the Tokaido Road, After Hiroshige. All framed
15.4 ins x 10.0 ins; 39.0 cms x 25.5 cms
18 Japanese Scroll Painting
19 Pair of Japanese Dolls
Ink and colour on paper
Seated figures of an emperor and empress, adorned with layered silks and each with a headpiece
50.0 ins x 16.1 ins; 127.0 cms x 41.0 cms $100—200
$100—200
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
22.0 ins x 17.7 ins; 56.0 cms x 45.0 cms
14.6 ins 37.0 cms
$100—200
$100—200
20 Group of Eight Imari Wares, Meiji Period, Circa 1900
21 Large Porcelain Charger, Meiji Period, Circa 1900
Including three graduating foliate rimmed bowls; two rectangular form trays; two dishes; larger jar
With a wide rim and shallow cavetto decorated with three female musicians reserved alongside bursting chrysanthemum blooms
22 6-Piece Kutani Service
11.6 ins 29.5 cms
Comprised of a pot with a lid, a pitcher and four mugs, all decorated with two windows, one showing a figural scene and the other a landscape. Handles evocative of Art Nouveau style.
$200—400
9.4 ins 24.0 cms
23 Group of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics Including two censers, a decorative crackle glazed vase, a small crackle glazed vase with a figure, a waterpot and a Japanese bowl 5.3 ins 13.5 cms
$100—200
$150—200 $100—200
24 White Glazed Box, South East Asia
25 South Asian Miniature
26 South Asian Miniature
27 South Asian Miniature
Tempera on card
Tempera on card
Tempera on card
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
10.2 ins x 14.2 ins; 26.0 cms x 36.0 cms
9.4 ins x 11.4 ins; 24.0 cms x 29.0 cms
10.2 ins x 14.2 ins; 26.0 cms x 36.0 cms
$50—100
$50—100
$50—100
28 Amber School
29 Kangra School
30 Persian Miniature
31 Kangra School
Tempera and ink on paper, calligraphy to its back
Tempera on paper
Tempera on card
Tempera and ink on card
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
6.9 ins x 9.1 ins; 17.5 cms x 23.0 cms
6.7 ins x 10.0 ins; 17.0 cms x 25.5 cms
8.0 ins x 10.0 ins; 20.2 cms x 25.5 cms
$50—100
$50—100
$50—100
With a molded lid featuring a peony and butterfly Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
$50—100
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007 5.9 ins x 8.7 ins; 15.0 cms x 22.0 cms $50—100
32 Mewar School
33 Late Mewar School
34 Mughal School
35 Persian Miniature
Tempera on card
Ink and tempera on paper, calligraphy to the back
Tempera and ink on paper, calligraphy to its back
Tempera and ink on paper
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007
4.9 ins x 14.0 ins; 12.5 cms x 35.5 cms
6.1 ins x 10.4 ins; 15.5 cms x 26.5 cms
$50—100
$100—200
36 Persian Miniature
37 Indian Silk Quilt
38 Silvered Indian Tankard
Tempera and ink on paper
British-made Indian silk quilt completed in 1824. Containing over 3000 pieces and over 1500 varieties of silk and velvet, including the Royal Purple which is now unobtainable and silk from the Royal family of George IV.
Molded with Indian fauna and flora.
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007 11.2 ins x 8.1 ins; 28.5 cms x 20.5 cms $50—100
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007 6.5 ins x 11.0 ins; 16.5 cms x 28.0 cms $100—200
Provenance: Toronto collection, acquired from northern France in 2007 7.9 ins x 13.2 ins; 20.0 cms x 33.5 cms $100—200
62.6 ins x 61.6 ins; 159.0 cms x 156.5 cms $150—200
3.5 ins 9.0 cms $100—150
39 Brass Koran Album, Probably Indo-Persia, First Half 20th Century Ten pages with impressed text and rounded corners, the edge with two large ring handles 7.7 ins x 5.5 ins; 19.5 cms x 14.0 cms $200—300
40 Ivory Carved Elephant and Rider, India, First-Half 20th Century
41 Cloisonne Enamel and Brass Pipe, Early 20th Century
Carved in the round as a striding elephant with a mahout seated a top the majestic animal TOGETHER WITH an ivory round box and cover with elephant finial
With garden scenes reserved along both sides of the rounded body and bordered by prunus flowers
42 Two Yellowstone ‘Lion’ Seals
43 Group of Five Dzi Beads
Each carved in the round with a ferocious lion seated atop of the square-form base TOGETHER WITH a carving of three immortals with a dragon. Wood stand
Each of slender proportion with a slightly bulging waist
11.4 ins 29.0 cms
$100—150 5.5 ins 14.0 cms
$80—120 $150—200 $150—250
44 Bronze Tea Pot; Ming Dynasty (Xuande mark)
45 Chinese Soapstone Carving of Shoulao
Intricately engraved with base featuring a repeating lotus pattern and two smiling figures. Two scrolling handles are affixed to base. Lid also adorned with repeating lotus pattern; carved lion affixed as lid’s handle.
The smiling, bearded immortal holding staff to his right hand, longevity peach to his left, wearing Han-Chinese robe. Boy servant on the side
46 Hardstone Peach Tree Peaches and plethora of leaves in various hardstones with knotted string accents, vividly modelled trunk raised from a circular hardstone planter. 16.1 ins 41.0 cms
13.4 ins 34.0 cms 5.1 ins x 7.5 ins; 13.0 cms x 19.0 cms $200—400
47 Chinese Silk Robe together with Pair of Women’s Shoes with Black Cape Delicately embroidered in rich hues of cobalt blue, sky blue, purple, green, brown and rust with peonies, butterflies and lotus TOGETHER WITH embroidered shoes and a black cape, adorned with glass beads.
$200—300 $150—200 $200—300
48 Archaic Jade Bangle with Chilong Carving Finely carved with two ‘chilong’ chasing each other Provenance: Distinguished private collection from Marseille, France
49 Tixi Lacquer Box Carved in alternating layers of red and black, both the cover and box feature a cloud pattern throughout. Interior black lacquered. 2.8 ins 7.0 cms
49a Pair of Large Cinnabar Lacquer Vases Supported on wide spreading feet, each with a pear shaped body and carved in high reilef with four landscape scenes reserved along the exterior and surrounded by dense scrolling floral vines
50 Carved Cane, Figural Scene Carved lacquer cane with figural scenes and wooden handle 38.0 ins 96.5 cms $50—80
$50—100 15.4 ins 39.0 cms $150—250
51 Bone Inlaid Zodiac Compass
$150—250
52 Scholar Fluorite Stone on Rosewood Stand
53 Double Layer Peking Glass Snuff Bottle
54 Large Taiwanese Mei-Nung Umbrella, mid-20th Century
With two immortals on the cover and painted zodiac signs surrounding the compass dial on the interior
Greenish fluorite stone with fitted painted hardwood reticulated stand
Decorated on both sides with a ferocious lion and clouds
Of calligraphy and a seated budai
3.3 ins 8.5 cms
$100—200
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
28.7 ins 73.0 cms
13.4 ins x 12.2 ins; 34.0 cms x 31.0 cms $100—200
$100—200 $50—100
55 Two Taiwanese Mei-Nung Umbrellas, mid-20th Century
56 Pair of Tang Style Figures of Servants Mounted as Lamps
57 Purple Quartz Carving Mounted as Lamp
58 Chinese Pottery Architectural Fragment Mounted as Lamp
Both painted with crane and pine tree
Jovial figures in dynamic stances with outstretched arms, mounted on a wooden base
Carving of a lady and boy mounted on a brass base
Architectural fragment of a man riding a deer, mounted on a lucite base
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
5.1 ins 13.0 cms
9.8 ins 25.0 cms
$200—300
$100—200
23.2 ins 59.0 cms $50—100
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 21.5 ins 54.5 cms $200—300
59 Flambe Vase Mounted as Lamp, 19th/20th C.
60 Chinese Soapstone Pagoda, 19th/20th C.
61 Agate Carving Mounted as a Lamp, 20th C.
62 Jadite Carving Mounted as a Lamp, 20th C.
Of rich strawberry hues with streaks of green, mounted on a carved wooden base
Of seven tiers, with carved flora and an eagle finial
Delicately rendered carving of a songbird feeding its offspring, perched atop branches and a bed of flowers, mounted on a wooden base
Carving of a kingfisher with lotus blooms and a carp rising from waves, mounted on a wood base
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 17.1 ins 43.5 cms
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
$200—300
7.9 ins 20.0 cms
11.8 ins 30.0 cms
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 8.3 ins 21.0 cms
$500—700
$200—300 $200—300
63 Archaistic Hardstone Cong With bands of horizontal flanges throughout the column Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 28.5 ins 72.5 cms
64 Green Jade Mountain Grotto Guanyin and Elephant
64a Green Jadeite Carved Mountain Grotto Buddha
65 Pair of Spinach Green Jade Peach-Form Trays
Carved in high relief with Guanyin holding a vase while seated on an elephant, the whole scene set in a rocky landscape
Rendered with seated Buddha in a cavernous space surrounded by bamboo, lotus, and pine, the stone with hues ranging from pale celadon to dark green
Each with deep rounded sides and bordered by twisting branches of prunus flowers and peaches
Provenance: Chinese Hardstone Carvings from a Vancouver Collection
$400—500
Provenance: Chinese Hardstone Carvings from a Vancouver Collection
Provenance: Chinese Hardstone Carvings from a Vancouver Collection 8.3 ins; 21.0 cms
7.5 ins 19.0 cms 6.1 ins 15.5 cms
$300—400
$200—300 $300—400
65a Spinach Green Jade Double Dragon Head Brushwasher
66 Spinach Green Jade Mountain Grotto Guanyin
67 Three Hardstone Vases, Mid20th Century
68 Large Elmwood Altar Table, First Half 20th Century
The rounded body flanked by a pair of dragon heads carved in high relief. Fitted wood stand
Surrounded by an elaborate canopy and crashing waves, the serene and smiling figure of Guanyin seated in the centre holding a beaded necklace and bowl in hand, the large carving rendered from dark green spinach stone. Fitted wood stand
A pale celadon miniature vase and cover with ring handles and longevity scene; a celadon vase with longevity deer and lingzhi fungus, the cover with cranes; and a rose quartz vase with archaistic design and dragons, the cover with a large bixie
Large elmwood altar table with carved openwork apron
Provenance: Chinese Hardstone Carvings from a Vancouver Collection
8.7 ins 22.0 cms
Provenance: Chinese Hardstone Carvings from a Vancouver Collection 5.9 ins; 15.0 cms $200—300
10.2 ins 26.0 cms $200—300
$150—250
33.1 ins x 78.7 ins; 84.0 cms x 200.0 cms $300—500
69 Wool Peking Carpet, First-Half 20th Century
70 Group of Thirteen Carved Wood Stands
71 Famille Rose Scallop Form Shallow Dish, 19th Century
72 Two Export Blue and White Platters, 18th/19th Century
Decorated with central floral clusters flanked by precious antiques, all on a blue and yellow ground
Thirteen carved wood stands of varying sizes
With central longevity character and ‘ji yang’ roundels
The first a rare hexagonal platter depicting hunters chasing their prey; the second foliate-form with landscape and lakeside houses
$50—100
$100—150
Provenance: Art Dialogue, Toronto. 90.6 ins x 59.1 ins; 230.0 cms x 150.0 cms
$300—500
$200—300
73 Small Famille Rose Brush Pot, 19th Century
74 Chinese Export Famille Rose Dish, 19th Century
Of slender cylindrical form with four plump songbirds in a rocky garden brightly enamled along the exterior
With a wide rim and shallow interior, the cavetto brightly enameled with a basket of peonies, the central scene bordered by designs of prunus flowers
75 Famille Rose Plate
76 Famille Rose Vase
Divided into scenic quadrants, each ornately decorated. Two feature lush flora with birds and insects, while two depict figural scenes of ladies and scholars.
Of globular body, rising to a long neck, featuring two windowed figural scenes of scholars and ladies. Body is adorned with blooming flora and butterflies.
9.4 ins; 24.0 cms
14.6 ins 37.0 cms
$250—350
$300—400
$100—150 $200—300
77 Famille Rose Cylindrical Vase Decorated on one side with a collage of scroll fragments of varying pastel shades. 11.2 ins 28.5 cms $100—200
78 Matched Pair of Chinoiserie Porcelain Jar with Lid and Pitcher, 19th C. Jar decorated over body and lid with repeating floral motifs; pitcher decorated on one side with black and gilt floral spray and crosshatch pattern around the rim Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
79 Canton Famille Rose Oval Plate With a gilt rim and a shallow interior, decorated with four reserves of flora & fauna and figural scenes of scholars & ladies Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 12.4 ins; 31.5 cms
80 Pair of Canton Famille Rose Vases, late 19th C. A matched pair of meiping body tapering towards a narrow foot, each adorned with reserves of flora & fauna and figural scenes with scholars & ladies. A pair of gilt dragons circle the rim Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
$200—300
81 Canton Famille Rose Teapot with Two Cups in Original Basket, 19th C. Decorated with windows of flora and fauna and figural scenes, in original basket Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch
5.9 ins 15.0 cms
9.4 ins 24.0 cms
$100—200
$300—500
82 White Crackle Glazed Vase, 19th/20th C.
83 Small Scholar Jar with Lid and Lion Finial 17th C.
With a cylindrical neck rising from a globular body and a crackle glaze throughout
Decorated in vibrant tones of cobalt blue with panels of flowers and geometric borders along the rim and lid, surmounted by a lion
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 10.6 ins 27.0 cms
Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, 7 April 1992, Lot 657 (part): The Vung Tau Cargo, Chinese Export Porcelain
4.9 ins 12.5 cms $300—400 $400—500
Notes: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 6.3 ins 16.0 cms $300—500
84 Imperial plate fragment from shipwreck, Wanli Period (15631620) 萬曆青花盤殘片 Decorated with five Buddhist emblems within floating clouds
$200—300
85 Red-Glazed Bowl, Xuande Mark, Qing Dynasty Heavily potted with everted rim.
86 Group of Chinese Porcelain
87 Three Blue & White Plates
88 Cizhou Style Ewer and Bowl
Including: a crackle-glazed ewer and warmer ; an unusual corn cob water dropper and a crackle glazed bowl
Including: blue & white Korean plate with abstract flower decoration and a matched pair of blue & white plates with lotus
Ewer decorated throughout with flowers and bowl with a repeating peony pattern
6.1 ins 15.5 cms $50—100
9.3 ins 23.5 cms 8.5 ins; 21.6 cms
$100—200
$100—200 $100—200
89 Group of Chinese Wares Including: a flambe Meiping vase; a cobalt blue glazed vase with blue & white decorations on the interior; a flambe hoop vase and a turquoiseglazed dish with purple burst
90 Group of Four Green-Glazed Ceramics
91 Famille Rose Vase
92 Longquan-Glazed Ewer Of a bulbous body, decorated with a phoenix on both sides and a repeating foliage pattern around the base. Base unglazed.
11.6 ins 29.5 cms
Decorated on two sides with prunus flowers extending from archaic bronze, repeating geometric pattern at the base and ruyi pattern around the mouth. Calligraphy on two sides and the neck with lion handles
$150—200
13.8 ins 35.0 cms
$200—300
Including: a double gourd vase, a Meiping vase, a turquoise crackle glazed water jug and a wine pitcher
8.1 ins 20.5 cms
12.4 ins 31.5 cms $200—300 $50—100
93 Cizhou Style Vase, Meiping
94 Miniature Long Neck Flambe Vase
95 Cizhou Style Figure of Cat, 18th/19th Century
Of rich strawberry hues with a burst of green on one side of the body
Body of white glaze and overglazed black vividly depicting a sitting cat
With a bulbous body tapering to a narrow neck, decorated throughout with lush peonies
6.5 ins 16.5 cms
7.1 ins 18.0 cms
8.3 ins 21.0 cms
$50—100
$200—300
$100—200
97 Group of Chinese Wares
98 Cizhou Style Cat Pillow
99 Toad-Shaped Water Dropper
100 Sky Blue Vase and Censer, Qianlong Mark
Including: a Longquan pot with lid, a blue and white pot with lid and a pair of figural oil lamps
Depicting a recumbent cat, body covered with dark-brown glaze, base unglazed.
Light-brown glazed decorated with beaded pattern
4.1 ins 10.5 cms
11.4 ins; 29.0 cms
4.3 ins x 7.5 ins; 11.0 cms x 19.0 cms
$200—300
$100—200
$50—100
Decorated with cursive flower and foliage
96 Yaozhou-Glazed Long Neck Vase
7.5 ins 19.1 cms $100—200
The vase decorated with ‘shou’ characters, bats, and clouds; censer with ‘chilong’ pattern 12.0 ins 30.5 cms $80—150
101 Famille Rose Stacking Box
102 Group of Chinese Porcelain
A set of three stacking boxes with a lid, each mounted with handles and decorated with intricate pastel floral decoration
Including: a hexagonal bowl with turqoise-glazed interior and figrual decoration on one side; an unusal bowl decorated with cabbage and butterflies and a yellow-glazed vase with globular body tapering to a long narrow neck
5.9 ins 15.0 cms
103 Blue and White Porcelain Small Jar Decorated in cobalt blue with prunus flowers over the body and lid, with a key-fret border surrounding the rim and base. 3.1 ins 8.0 cms
104 Ru-Glazed Three Ram Vase, Zun Of archaic bronze ritual vessel form, the body finely composed of three standing ram, with ru-glazed surface 8.3 ins 21.0 cms $100—200
$100—200 9.6 ins 24.5 cms
$50—100
$150—200
105 Pair of Ding Style Lotus Bowl
106 Three Monochrome Vases
107 Imitation Realgar Vase
108 Pair of Flambe Glazed Vases
Finely molded in lotus shape with white glaze
Imitating realgar, with smooth, undecorated sides
2.5 ins 6.3 cms
Including: the largest of celadon crackle glaze, one of imitation realgar and a ge-type bottle vase. Some firing flaws noted.
Of gourd-form, with rich and varying shades of red. Each is streaked with milky green at its centre, surrounded by shades of magenta stippling. Bases unglazed.
$100—200
7.5 ins 19.0 cms
$200—300
7.5 ins 19.0 cms
9.8 ins 25.0 cms $100—300 $100—200
109 Group of Three Chinese Ceramics Including: a circular box and cover, a small circular censer, and an ewer
$100—150
110 Celadon-Glazed Crackleware Vase, Qing Dynasty
111 Ru-Glazed Hexagonal Tripod Brushwasher
With a large bulbous body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck and a flat circular rim, the celadonglazed body with crackle patterning throughout
Finely potted with hexagonal form, supported by three short pots, surface with crackled ru glaze
7.1 ins 18.0 cms
$100—200
112 Baluster-Form Crackleware Vase Raised on a tall foot with fluted sides, the bulging waist rising towards a narrowed neck and foliate form rim and covered in an all-over crackle pattern 5.5 ins 14.0 cms $200—300
$200—300
113 Flambe Floriform Tripod Bowl
114 Large Longquan Brushpot
115 Group of Four Asian Items
116 Famille Rose Faceted ‘Daoist’ Vase, 19th Century
Raised on three curving feet, the shallow bowl rendered in the shape of a lotus with a red-purple glaze along the exterior and moulded rim surrounding the cavetto covered in a pale powder blue glaze
Thickly potted sides rising from a narrow base towards a wide rim and rendered with subtle bamboo patterns along the exterior TOGETHER WITH a small longquan dish with a pair of moulded carp along the cavetto
Including three bowls: one export blue and white with floral designs, one famille rose ‘erotic scene,’ one foliate-form and of Imari design TOGETHER WITH bronze cover depicting a rider surrounded by four bulls
Of tapering rectangular form with a pair of moulded monster head handles to either side of the neck rising towards a flat rim, the exterior with a continuous figural scene set in an outdoor pavilion
9.4 ins 24.0 cms
12.6 ins 32.0 cms
$200—300
$300—500 $100—150
$500—1,000
117 Group of Chinese Wares Including: three canton rose export dishes, 12 later Chinese Imari dishes, carved hardstone bowl, carved rose quartz censer and cover
$100—150
118 Blue Ground ‘Deer and Monkey’ Vase, Guangxu Mark Thickly potted with a tall funnel neck rising from the globular body and gilt decorations of deer and monkeys in a forest scene against a rich dark blue ground, the whole supported on a tall foot with scrolling Greek key-fret pattern 15.0 ins 38.0 cms $1,000—1,500
121 Group of Approximately 50 American Auction House Catalogues, Mostly with Asian Subjects
122 Group of Approximately 45 European Auction House Catalogues, Mostly on Chinese Art and From France
119 Group of Approximately 40 Chinese Auction Catalogues, Mostly Poly and Xiling
120 Group of 30 Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonham’s Chinese Art Catalogues
POLY, BEIJING ‘Joyful Contemplation: Imperially Inscribed Scholarly Works of Art’ Dec 5, 2012; Oct 7, 2013; Dec 4, 2013; Dec 5, 2013; Jun 4, 2014; Zisha Teapots, Jun 4, 2014; Gilt Bronze Buddhist Status, Jun 5, 2014; Bronze Censers of the Ming and Qing, Jun 5, 2014; Delights from Connoisseurship, Jun 5, 2014; The New Moon Gathering, Jun 5, 2014; Exquisute Chinese Cloisonne Enamels, Jun 5, 2014; Art of the Great Ming, Jun 7, 2015; Oct 25, 2014; Oct 26/27, 2014; The Perfection of Confucius Perspective, Dec 3, 2014; Spirits of Excellence, Dec 3, 2014; Dec 3, 2014; Eternalize the Splendor Ambilight, Dec 4, 2014; Important Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Status,
CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK Sept 14/15, 2009; Sept 16/17, 2010; Mar 25, 2011 Part 2; Mar 20/21, 2014 Part I & 2; Sept 18/19, 2014 Part I & 2; ‘Mandarin and Menagerie: The Sowell Collection’, Jan 26, 2015 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK Mar 18/19, 2014; Sept 16/17, 2014; Fine Chinese Classical Paintings, Sept 18, 2014; Images of Enlightenment, Sept 17, 2014; Sakamoto Goro: Song Ceramics, Sept 16, 2014 SOTHEBY’S LONDON May 14, 2014; The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics: The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection, May 13, 2015 SOTHEBY’S HONG KONG Apr 8, 2011; Fine Chinese Paintings, April 7, 2014; Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale, April 5, 2014; 20th
123 Pair of Chinese Export Pith Paintings - Framed
124 Style of Zhao Yong (1289-?) Ink and color on paper
Paired scenes of an emperor and empress with their servants DOYLE, NEW YORK Mar 17, 2014; Sept 15, 2014 (2 copies) SKINNER, BOSTON Apr 27/28, 2014; ‘Hasui and His Contemporaries’, Nov 22, 2014; Feb 26, 2015; May 16, 2015 JAMES D JULIA, FAIRFIELD Aug 19, 2014; ‘The Personal Collection of Dr Helga Wall-Apelt: formerly the Museum of Asia Art, Sarasota, Florida, Mar 23, 2015 FREEMAN’S Sept 13, 2014; Mar 14, 2015 LESLIE HINDMAN AUCTIONEERS, CHICAGO Mar 25, 2014; Aug 6, 2014; Sept 22, 2014 ROBERT C ELDRED CO, CAPE COD May 1, 2014; Dec 4, 2014; May 1, 2015 DU MOUCHELLES, DETROIT Oct 2014;
TAJAN Apr 3, 2014; Jun 10, 2014; Nov 19, 2014; Dec 9, 2014; Jun 8 2015 PIASA Jun 13, 2014; Dec 12, 2014; Jun 18, 2015 ARTCURIAL Mar 19, 2014; Apr 15, 2014; Jun 9 2014; Dec 8, 2014; Dec 15, 2014; Dec 18, 2014; Apr 22, 2015; Jun 9, 2015 REMY LE FUR Jun 11, 2014 (2 copies); Dec 9, 2014; Apr 16, 2015 (2 copies); Jun 9, 2015 YESSIER SARROU Jun 16, 2014; Dec 15, 2014; May 7, 2015; Jun 15, 2015 THIERRY DE MAIGRET Dec 17, 2014; Apr 15, 2015; Jun 5, 2015 BEAUSSANT LEFEVRE Nov 19, 2014; Apr 10, 2015 JJ MATHIASJun 27, 2014; Dec 10, 2014 BRISCADIEU BORDEAUX Mar 8,
Provenance: Estates of James Bisback & Jonny Kalisch 7.2 ins x 7.1 ins; 18.4 cms x 18.0 cms $300—400
48.8 ins x 15.7 ins; 124.0 cms x 40.0 cms $100—200
Dec 2014; Jan 2015; Feb 2015; Mar
2014 (2 copies) RIEUNIER Apr 7,
125 Dai Shen CRANES AND DEER IN LANDSCAPE
126 Attributed to Yan Yifeng (1961- )
127 Style of Huang Binhong (18651955) '(?)
In and color on paper Ink and color on paper 21.3 ins x 40.9 ins; 54.0 cms x 104.0 cms
Ink and colour on paper' Ink and colour on paper'
25.6 ins x 51.6 ins; 65.0 cms x 131.0 cms
53.9 ins x 33.9 ins; 137.0 cms x 86.0 cms
$200—300 $100—200
129 Style of Dong Qichang (15551636) '(?)
$100—200
130 Style of Kang Youwei (1851-1927) '(?)
131 Style of Zhang Shanzhi (18821940) '(?)
In and colour on paper'
132 After Hu Mei (Qing dynasty) TWO LARGE EAGLES Ink and colour on paper
Ink and colour on paper' 52.0 ins x 19.7 ins; 132.0 cms x 50.0 cms $100—200
$100—200
36.2 ins x 17.5 ins; 92.0 cms x 44.5 cms
$100—200
Ink and colour on paper' 49.2 ins x 25.2 ins; 125.0 cms x 64.0 cms
128 Style of Xu Beihong (1895-1953) '(?)
Notes: Zhang Shanzhi is brother of Zhang Daqian, specializing in tiger paintings."',' 53.5 ins x 26.6 ins; 136.0 cms x 67.5 cms $100—200
64.6 ins x 36.2 ins; 164.0 cms x 92.0 cms $400—600
133 Lin Shu (1852-1924) LANDSCAPE Ink and colour on paper, cyclically dated 1922. Framed Provenance: Private Toronto Collection, purchased by the father of the current owner during the 1930’s in China. Notes: This painting was originally from a set of four. 53.1 ins x 25.6 ins; 135.0 cms x 65.0 cms $2,000—3,000