80 | premium
A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL BLUE AND WHITE BUDDHIST EMBLEM BOWL, CHINA, QIANLONG BING WU FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE, CORRESPONDING TO 1786, AND OF THE PERIOD
With steeply rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted around the body in tones of deep cobalt blue with four ruyi-head bordered roundels enclosing four Sanskrit characters reading Shangao-shuichng ( high as the mountain and long as the river), interspersed amongst lotus sprays and beribboned Bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems), all between a classic scroll between a ruyi band above and a lappet band below, with a further ruyi band on the interior rim: the interior with a centred shou character. The base with a four-character mark in underglaze blue: Bing Wu Qianlong. In very good conditions, very minute surface scratch and very minor firing imperfections especially visible to the interior.
16,9 cm diam., 7,8 cm high
16,9 cm diam., 7,8 cm high
ESTIMATE € 3.000 - 5.000
Provenance: from the important mansion in Rome of a Lombard noble lady
Note: A similar one sold at Christie's in New York on 21 Mar 2002, lot 210.
The most common bowl of this type are normally mark with the Qianlong seal and have a little different decoration on inside, and a shallow dish of the same pattern, also bearing a four-character Qianlong bing wu mark, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, London, 1954, pl. 79b.
Note: A similar one sold at Christie's in New York on 21 Mar 2002, lot 210.
The most common bowl of this type are normally mark with the Qianlong seal and have a little different decoration on inside, and a shallow dish of the same pattern, also bearing a four-character Qianlong bing wu mark, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Oriental Blue and White, London, 1954, pl. 79b.
LOTS
40 | premium
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF DAOIST GOD WENCHANG WANG, CHINA, LATE MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF DAOIST GOD WENCHANG WANG, CHINA, LATE MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
ESTIMATE € 10.000 - 15.000
50 | premium
A BLUE EMBROIDERED SEMI-FORMAL DRAGON ROBE (JIFU) QING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
A BLUE EMBROIDERED SEMI-FORMAL DRAGON ROBE (JIFU) QING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 16.000 - 20.000
41 | premium
A LARGE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, SHI-SOU MARK, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
A LARGE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, SHI-SOU MARK, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE € 20.000 - 30.000
59 | premium
A RARE LARGE BUDDHIST BRONZE OF VAJRAPANI, CHINA, MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG (1736- 1795)
A RARE LARGE BUDDHIST BRONZE OF VAJRAPANI, CHINA, MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG (1736- 1795)
ESTIMATE € 30.000 - 35.000