Page 16 - Chinese Art October 2017 San Francisco

PROPERTY FROM THE ELISABETH BRUENING COLLECTION
5029
5029
TWO NORTH INDIAN SANDSTONE JALI SCREENS
Each of very similar size, vertical format and deeply undercut with the
same overlapping scale pattern, the fronts then finished with incised
lines that follow the curving lattices (minor losses, soiling).
73 1/2 x 22 x 2 in (187 x 56 x 5cm) and
73 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 2 1/8in (187 x 54 x 5.5cm)
US$2,000 - 3,000
14 | BONHAMS
5030
TWO CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD MASKS
Tibet or Mongolia, early 20th century
Both depicting fanged wrathful deities crowned in a diadem of skulls
above a ‘wisdom eye’ centering their foreheads, one painted in
predominantly red hues and one displaying a cream colored skin tone.
13in (33cm) high
US$1,500 - 2,500
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
5031
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF TSONGKAPA
18th/ 19th century
Attired in Lama’s garb and tall hat separating a book and the
remains of a sword at both shoulders, his hands held upright in the
dharmacakra mudra, all raised on a double layer lotus band plinth, the
reverse showing more prominent areas of gilt, the underside unsealed.
3 3/4in (9.5cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
5032
A THANGKA DEPICTING VAJRAPANI
19th century
The wrathful blue-skinned deity holding his eponymous vajra aloft in
his right hand within a flaming mandorla above a row of smaller figures
including Manjusri and the Sadaksarilokesvara and below a row of
three yellow-hatted guru figures lining the top edge of the painting.
25 3/4in (65.5cm) height of image exclusive of brocade mount
US$1,000 - 1,500
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTIN AND MIRIAM
STAHL
5033
ALIX AYMÉ (1894-1989)
Portrait of a Young Woman
Watercolor and graphite on silk, mounted and framed, at the lower left
signed ALIX AYMÉ with one artist’s seal with two Chinese characters
reading Aimei .
10 3/4 x 7 1/2in (27.3 x 19cm) sight
US$1,500 - 2,500