ASIAN ART
Lot 1
Mirror
China, Tang dynasty
Bronze, eight-pointed profile, the non-reflecting side with a frog in the centre and birds and flowers around it.
0.2 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 2
Scabbard
China, probably Han dynasty
Green jade with brown inclusions, a relief chilong dragon on one side, the interior with a silver grill.
1.6 x 3.7 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 3
Bi disc
China, Han dynasty
Pale green jade with calcifications and a minute decoration of raised spheres.
0.2 x 2.3 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 5
Carving
China, Song dynasty
Pale green jade with russet inclusions, depicting a child with a monkey on his right shoulder.
3 x 1.2 x 0.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 6
Two carvings
China, Song/Yuan dynasties
Jade, floral plaque and archer's ring.
2.3 x 1.7 in. the plaque
Starting price: € 200
Lot 7
Carving
China, Qing dynasty
Brown jade, depicting a standing child, the other side with lotus leaf.
2.5 x 1.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 13
Small bottle vase
China, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with yellow glaze, double concentric circle in cobalt blue to the base.
8.1 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 22
Pair of Buddhist lions
China, Qing dynasty, second half of the 17th century
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine').
Restorations.
10.4 x 3.5 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 24
Three Buddhist lions
China, Qing dynasty, second half of the 17th century
Dehua glazed porcelain ('blanc de chine').
Restorations.
12.8 x 4.1 x 6.7 in. the highest
Starting price: € 400
Lot 26
Pair of Buddhist lions
China , Qing dynasty, second half of the 17th century
Dehua glazed porcelain ('blanc de chine').
Restorations.
13 x 3.9 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 31
Two taoist immortals
China, Qing dynasty
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two deities depicted seated.
One restored.
8.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 32
Pair of cranes
China , Qing dynasty, 18th century
Porcelain, the two birds standing on a rock.
Minor defects.
8.5 x 3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 33
Pair of Puxian on elephant
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two bodhisattvas of benevolence (Samantabhadra in Sanskrit) seated on the back of an elephant, which in turn is supported by a semicircular plinth decorated on the front
Starting price: € 400
Lot 48
Jar
China, 17th century
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue.
The interest of this jar lies in its evidently incomplete decoration. The polychrome enamels applied in the second firing, with which it would have become an example of wucai porcelain, are infact missing.
16.1 x 13 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 56
Pair of vases
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the neck with floral meanders, the body with a decoration of horses in the landscape with inscription and seals, mark to the center of the base of both, wooden bases.
13 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 58
Shoulao
China, early 20th Century
Carved, incised and inked ivory, the deity standing on a glued wooden base, the right hand holding a stick, the left hand a peach symbolizing longevity.
11.4 x 3.5 x 3 in.
The lot has CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 60
PAIR OF SMALL LOTUS SHOES
China, early 20th century
Silk, pink ground with floral decoration embroidered with polychrome threads.
3.1 x 1.6 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 72
Dignitary
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with traces of gilding, the figure seated on a bench in turn supported by a base with shaped feet, wearing a loose robe with incised floral decoration, the right arm bent with the hand at chest height.
8.7 x 4.7 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.600
Lot 73
Wenchang
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Bronze, the Taoist deity seated on a chair, his right arm bent at the elbow and raised upwards.
9.3 x 58.3 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.400
Lot 74
Xiwangmu
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Gilded bronze, the seated Taoist deity wearing a wide robe with flowing drapery, his hands on his chest holding the hu tablet, his head with a headdress decorated with birds.
15.7 x 9.1 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 76
Snuff bottle
China, 19th-20th century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration in relief of figures, some openwork details, apocryphal Qianlong mark impressed to the centre of the base.
3.2 x 2 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 77
Small box with lid
China, early 20th century
Embossed silver, shaped as a gourd with relief floral decoration.
3.7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 78
Brushwasher
China, 20th century
Porcelain, quadrilobate section, the outside of the wall with an arabesque in relief, the inside with a crab and leaves in accentuated relief, impressed apocryphal Guangxu mark to the center of the base.
1 x 3.7 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 83
Panel
China, early 20th Century
Carved, painted, and gilded wood, wavy shape, openwork decoration, figures in a landscape on the left, a composition with flowers and objects on the right, the two scenes enclosed by a geometric relief border, a Buddhist lion at top right.
Defects.
12.8 x 19.7 x
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 85
Pair of elephants
China, Qing dynasty, late 18th-early 19th Century
Polychrome cloisonné and champlevé enameled metal with extensive gilding, the two animals adorned with floral motifs and the character shou (long life), a vase with a lid and ribbon handles on the back of the two animals.
The elephant symbolizes strength and wisdom,
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 86
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with traces of gilding and lacquering, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base, jewels on the chest and an exuberant headdress, antique inscription in Chinese and an inventory label inside.
8.5 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 900
Lot 87
Ananda
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Lacquered bronze, the Buddha's disciple depicted standing with his hands clasped on his chest.
6.9 x 2.6 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 88
Vase, hu
China, 17th-18th Century
Bronze, animal head handles with movable ring, relief decoration of horizontal bands with archaic motifs.
14.2 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 89
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base with legs crossed in lalitasana, dressed in a large robe that leaves the chest exposed with elaborate jewelry, in each hand a flowering stem, near the shoulder on one side a bird, on the other an ewer, the head
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 92
Carving
China, 20th century
Pink coral, carved with two female figures, glued to a crystal support.
7.5 x 5.5 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 100
Bottle vase
China, 20th century
Flambé glazed porcelain in shades of dark red and blue.
13 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 103
Three dishes
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted with underglazed cobalt blue with a floral decoration, one with apocryphal mark of Chengua, the other two with the mark 聚顺美玉堂制 (Ju shun mei yu tang zhi, ’Made for the Hall of Gathering Obedience and Beautiful Jade’), the rim with a delicate undulation.
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 104
Vase
China, 19th-20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the body and the neck with a fine decoration of floral arabesques of peony and lotus among which bats and knot symbols, the shoulder with bands of stylised flowers, towards the base a band with
Starting price: € 7.000
Lot 105
Large baluster vase
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain molded in light shells and painted with polychrome enamels and touches of gold, pink ground with decoration of dragons chasing the Pearl in flight amidst clouds and darts, stylized waves at the bottom, two
Starting price: € 800
Lot 110
Court robe
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Apricot ground silk finely embroidered with polychrome and gold threads, decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts, stylised waves and mountain peaks at the bottom.
59.1 x 79.5 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 111
Baluster vase
China, Qing dinasty, mid-18th Century
Porcelain, a polychrome enamel and gilded floral decoration within three large leaf-shaped and small polilobed reserves on a blue ground.
The lid missing.
17.3 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 116
Pair of large vases
China, 19th-20th century
Cloisonné enamelled metal in bright polychrome on a turquoise ground, the body with a decoration of powerful dragons flying amidst clouds and darts in pursuit of the Pearl, in the lower section waves and mountain peaks, the foot and the neck with bands with stylised
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 121
Rank badge
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Silk embroidered with polychrome threads, featuring a goose perched on a rock emerging from sea waves, its beak pointing to the sun, intended for a civil official.
For a series of similar rank badges in the Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, see Sous la griffe du Dragon.
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 129
Vase with cover
China, 20th century
Dark brown hard stone with red and ochre streaks, the body with a relief decoration of dragons, dragon-head-shaped handles with a movable ring along the sides, the lid surmounted by a Buddhist lion in the round, with ring handles and a
Starting price: € 800
Lot 130
Large baluster vase
China, 19th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of figures in a landscape, on one side the three Fulushou deities with attendants, handles shaped as a pair of Buddhist lions facing each other.
23.6 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.800
Lot 131
Alzata
China and Europe, early 18th century (dish); 19th century (mount)
The porcelain dish is decorated with auspicious motifs in blue and red Imari enamels, the bronze mount consisting of a stand and rim with flower and leaf handles.
5.5 x 13.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 132
Wenchang
China, 20th century
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine') and hair, the deity depicted seated, in his right hand a ruyi sceptre.
14.2 x 6.3 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 134
Pair of baluster vases
China, early 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the body with a beautiful composition of flowers and birds, enclosed at the top by a relief band of ruyi scepter heads and at the bottom by a series of animal masks, the shoulder and the lower section of the neck with stylized
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 138
TWO PAINTINGS
China, late 19th-early 20th century
Reverse painted glass, each with wooden frame and metal fittings, one depicting an interior scene with four children among various objects, the other a garden scene with a lady and three children.
25.4 x 17.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 149
Frieze
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd Century
Sculpted grey schist, the front with a composition with seven cherubs holding a garland with flowers, fruits and flourishes, the left side outlined by a stylised palmette.
4.7 x 23.6 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 154
Large deity head
Cambodia, Khmer style
Sandstone, with its base.
Defects.
15.7 x 9.8 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 155
Panel
Thailand, 19th-20th century
Carved and gilded wood, decorated with two female figures flanking a flowering tree.
24.4 x 10 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 156
TWO dancing figures
Burma, early 20th century
Carved wood, the two figures depicted in dynamic poses amidst fluttering strips of fabric.
Defects.
29.5 x 17.9 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 158
Buddha
Thailandia, 19th century
Bronze on a wooden pedestal, the standing deity with both arms bent at the elbow and hands with open palms in a gesture of reassurance, wearing a loose robe with ornaments in relief, the face surmounted by a crown, wood pedestal.
In the Ayutthaya style but from a later
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 159
LARGE INCENSE BURNER
China or Vietnam, early 20th century
Gilded bronze, three pieces, the container with four feet resting on a roughly square base, the lid surmounted by a full-relief animal, all the decorative elements inspired by bamboo.
21.7 x 13.4 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 800