Furniture, paintings and works of art
AUCTION
Thursday 12 December 2024, from 2.30 p.m. (lots 1-309)
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Lot 1
Bodhisattva
Cina, Ming dinasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with traces of gilding, the deity depicted seated on the back of a mythological animal, itself resting on a lotus flower base.
Consumption and cooking defects.
9.3 x 5.9 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 2
Seated Buddha
China, 19th-20th Century
Lacquered gilt-wood.
8.7 x 5.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 3
Basin
China, 20th Century
Metal with cloisonné enamel floral decoration, wooden base.
5.9 x 15.2 x 15.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 4
Pair of baluster vases
China, 20th Century
Metal with cloisonné enamel decoration, wooden base.
8.3 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 5
Tea caddy
China, 19th Century
Rectangular, black and gold lacquered wood, with a scene of figures in the landscape inside cartouches on a geometric background with dragons on the upper side. Internal pewter tea cannister with engraved decoration of figures in the landscape.
Wear to the gilding,
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 6
Octagonal vase with lid
China, Qing dinasty, mid-18th Century
Famille Rose porcelain, on the body a background of small circular honeycombs and flowers on which lobed profile reserves with floral compositions and glimpses of landscape with figures stand out, similar scenes also on the neck and on the lid, which has a pinecone
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 7
Group of three dishes
China, later 18th Century
Porcelain, with polychrome enamel decoration, each with a scene with figures in the center of the plate, floral compositions on the brim.
Diameter 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 8
Carving
China, 20th Century
Ice-white jadeite with apple-green inclusions, carved to form a scene with two female and one male figure, flowers and rocks.
6.3 x 3.9 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 9
Large bowl
China, 20th Century
Metal decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamel with a phoenix in flight among flowers, stylised clouds and waves on the outside, Buddhist lions on the inside. Apocryphal mark of Qianlong in the centre of the base.
Measures including wooden base.
10.2 x 6.7 in.
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Starting price: € 150
Lot 10
Turquoise vase
China, 20th Century
Carved and decorated only on the front with peonies and a pair of bulbul, on a wooden base and silver thread.
Height 3.5 in. including wooden base.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 11
Vase with lid
China, 20th Century
Archaic-shaped green stone, stylized lion-shaped handles, on the outer surface motifs in archaic style.
13 x 5.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 12
Coral vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Red coral with some inclusions, with peonies, bulbul and a phoenix on the lid.
Reglued break on the lid.
Height 8.4 in. including the base
Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 13
Turquoise vase
China, 19th-20th Century
High relief decoration with flowers, pumpkins and a couple of doves.
Few veins, a chip on one leaf, with glued wooden base.
4.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 in. including wooden base
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 14
Malachite composition
China, 19th-20th Century
Composition with magu and girl, with basket of flowers and peonies.
Height 9.6 in. including the base
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 15
Gu vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Blue and white porcelain decorated with motifs of archaic taste, double concentric circle in the centre of the base.
Chips on the rim of the mouth.
9.8 x 5.7 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 16
Large bottle vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain with blue glaze, apocryphal Daoguang mark at the center of the base.
15.7 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 17
Bottle vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Blue and white porcelain decorated with motifs of archaic taste, double concentric circle in the centre of the base.
A chip on the rim of the mouth.
11 x 4.9 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 18
Baluster vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting deities in landscape.
Minor defects.
22.8 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 19
Baluster vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Famille Verte porcelain depicting figures of armourers in the landscape.
19.7 x 8.3 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 20
Baluster vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting on one side an exuberant array of containers with flowers, on the other an inscription.
22.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 21
Large vase with lid
China, Qing dinasty, mid-19th Century
Canton polychrome porcelain, with a circular cross-section with maximum width near the base, it has a low-profile lid with a knob grip. The decoration presents an exuberant background of flowers and butterflies against which stand out reserves with figures between
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 22
Pair of Gu vases
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting female figures among pavilions and landscape views, apocryphal mark of Kangxi in the centre of the base.
10.2 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 23
Meiping vase
China, 20th Century
Lacquered wood, on the body decoration of dragons in flight between clouds and thunderbolts, on the shoulder lotus flowers.
Damage to the lacquer.
6.7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 24
Pair of vases
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome decoration, assembled as a lamp, shaped wooden base.
16.9 x 6.9 x 6.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 25
Vase
China, second half of the 19th Century
Baluster-shaped, porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, with a céladon background with birds and mythological animals.
Restored.
23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 26
Group of three paintings
China, early 20th Century
Ink and colours on silk, the first depicting a procession of gods, the second two large figures on horseback in the landscape (one large seal at the top and two in the lower right-hand corner), the third a large
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 27
Pair of potiches
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with Imari-type enamel decoration, circular cross-section and low-profile lid with knob grip.
31.9 x 15 x 15 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 28
Group of three dishes
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with Imari enamel decoration.
Minor chips.
The larger diameter in. 8.9
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 29
Group of three dishes
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with Imari enamel decoration.
Minor chips.
Diameter in. 8.7
Starting price: € 100
Lot 30
Group of three dishes
China, Qing dinasty, early 18th Century
Porcelain with Imari enamel decoration.
Minor chips.
The larger diameter in. 11
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 31
Large painting
China or Korea, early 20th Century
Ink and colours on paper applied on canvas within European-style painted wooden frame, depicting a crowded procession starting on the upper left, moving through streets lined with architecture and enters into the lower register from right to left.
33.5 x 59.1 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 32
Pair of armchairs
China, 20th Century
Elegantly turned mahogany essence, accompanied by cream silk cushions with floral decoration.
34.6 x 24 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 33
Baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting dragons in flight amidst clouds and fish amidst waves and rocks, Buddhist lions shaped handles on the neck.
18.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 34
Baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting three male figures in landscape, inscription with seals, mark in centre of base, attributed to Wang Qi (1884-1937).
16.5 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 35
Baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Polychrome enamel decoration with figures of deities in the landscape, Buddhist lions shaped handles on the neck.
14.6 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 36
Showcase
China, 20th Century
Wood, the large upper case with elegant slender profiles, the two lower compartment doors decorated with a circular medallion with two dragons around a bi-disc, two spotlights.
Uncut glass shelves, electrified.
71.7 x 31.9 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 37
WU JINGHENG 1865-1953
Calligraphy
Eight characters in archaic style, colophon and two seals.
Framed.
42.91 x 22.44 in.
Wu Jingheng, also known under the pseudonym Wu Zhihui, was a renowned linguist and philosopher, author of good quality calligraphies.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 38
Pair of large cache-pots
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, the outside with a black background and floral elements on which ogival profile reserves with compositions of figures and objects stand out, inside goldfish among aquatic herbs.
21.3
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 39
Baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Famille Verte porcelain, polychrome enamel painting above glaze, four-character Xuantong mark in the centre of the base, with exuberant decoration of figures in landscape and pavilions.
25.2 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 40
Large cache-pot
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting on the outside a refined decoration with figures in the landscape, trees, pavilions, streams and hills; on the inside, fish swimming among aquatic grasses.
23.6 x 20.1 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 41
Baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration depicting floral elements and containers of different shapes in accentuated relief.
23 x 8.3 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 42
Pair of table screens
China, 20th Century
Carved and lacquered gilt-wood, the panels, rectangular, finely carved in relief and ‘open’ with geometric, anthropomorphic and phytomorphic motifs, the central panel with figures of warriors in a landscape with rocks and trees, on shaped bracket feet.
32.7 x 15.7 x 12
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 43
Pair of dancing deities
India, 19th-20th Century
Bronze, on a lotus flower-shaped base.
7.1 x 4.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 44
Stem cup
Tibet, 20th Century
Metal, wood and cabochon inlays of semi-precious stones, the base has a circular cross-section on which a green jade stem is grafted to support the metal and wooden cup.
6.3 x 11.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 45
Seated Buddha
Thailand, 18th-19th Century
Gilt-bronze.
5.9 x 3.5 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 46
Standing Buddha
Thailand, 19th-20th Century
Gilt-bronze, the deity depicted standing on a multi-register base.
28.7 x 6.5 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 47
Baluster vase
Japan, Meiji period
Imari porcelain, Jōsei (上製) mark in centre of base.
Measures excluding the wooden base.
24 x 11.4 x 11.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 48
Painting
Japan, Meiji period
Ink and colours on silk, in the format of the horizontal scroll to be unrolled (emakimono), depicting from right to left a sequence of scenes illustrating the processing of tea, and depicting utensils for its preparation, Japanese silk
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 49
Monumental cense-burner
Japan, Meiji period
Dark patina bronze, on a circular section base, richly decorated on various registers, signed 日本帝國東京住藤原利定造 (Nihon mikado kuni Tokyo Fujiwara Toshisada zō, ‘Made by Fujiwara Toshisada resident in Tokyo in the Empire of Japan’).
Starting from the bottom we see a group of
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 7.000
Lot 50
SCUOLA ITALIANA DEL XVI SECOLO
Moses brings forth water from the rock
Oil on canvas.
51.97 x 42.52 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600