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CHINESE WORKS OF ART PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER 9343
A GILT BRONZE MIRROR HOLDER IN THE SHAPE OF A QILIN
9339 QING DYNASTY
A CLOISONNÉ SEAL PASTE BOX AND A COVER The elaborately horned mythical beast depicted recumbent and
QIANLONG SEVEN-CHARACTER MARK, 18TH CENTURY arching his neck to look towards the sky behind him, his side
The slightly flared halves closing to form a flat globular container with surmounted by a moon-shaped arch parallel to a flaring cloud flange
a short foot, the cover enameled with four red flowers amid scrolls designed to support a circular mirror (notable casting flaws).
surrounding a central yellow flower, the box encircled by six identical 6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
small florets on a scrolling meander, the recessed base bearing the
incised mark da Qing Qianlong nian zhi in a single line above the US$2,000 - 3,000
character xin (assembled, mark possibly added later).
2 3/4in (7cm) diameter Provenance
the Burton H. Miller Collection, purchased in Taiwan in the 1950s, by
US$3,000 - 5,000 repute

Compare two related boxes and covers, Qianlong marks and of the For the Song or Yuan prototype to this mirror holder in the Victoria and
period, with similar shapes and treatment of the lotus scroll as the Albert Museum collection, see the cover of Rose Kerr, Later Chinese
present lot, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, Voyages of Discovery. Bronzes (London: Bamboo, 1990).
A Connoisseur’s Choice: Imperial Masterworks from a Private
Portuguese Collection, sale 20393, 27 May 2012, lots 10 and 11. PROPERTY FROM THE KARL VON HARYES COLLECTION

Provenance 9344
Bonhams, New York sale 22461, 14 September 2015, lot 8088 A CAST BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ARHAT
MING DYNASTY
PROPERTY FROM A SONOMA COUNTY COLLECTION Possibly depicting Kasyapa as identified by his aged visage, the figure
attired in typical monks robes holding his hands in a variant of the
9340 namaskara mudra upon a lotus plinth (casting flaws).
TWO ARCHAISTIC CLOISONNÉ CENSERS 8 1/2in (21.5cm) high
The first, of handled bombé form raised upon three beast head legs
and surmounted by a domical lid of reticulated gilt bat and smoke US$1,500 - 2,500
patterns beneath a lion dog finial; the second, of compressed globular
form raised upon three tall tapered cylindrical legs and surmounted by PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EMMANUEL GRAN,
a waisted neck and tall vertical handles, the exteriors covered in vine BY DESCENT
and lotus patterns.
9 1/2 and 10 1/4in (24 and 26cm) high 9345
TWO BRONZE CUNDI-AVALOKITESVARA MIRRORS
US$1,000 - 1,500 QING DYNASTY
Each mirror cast in high relief with a depiction of the seated eighteen-
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF VIRGINIA MURRAY, armed bodhisattva as viewed from the back and surrounded by
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA the Cundi dharani in Chinese characters, the reverse with the same
dharani in lantsa script surrounding the reflective mirror surface
9341 (surface wear).
A PAIR OF QUAIL-FORM CLOISONNÉ BOXES 3 3/4in (9.5cm) diameters
The fitted halves closing to form irregularly ovoid birds depicted
recumbent on small gilt feet, the exterior surfaces covered in stylized US$2,500 - 4,000
plumage and archaistic scrolling motifs on a turquoise ground.
7in (17.8cm) long 9346
NO LOT
US$1,200 - 1,800

PROPERTY FROM A SONOMA COUNTY COLLECTION

9342
A GROUP OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED METAL VESSELS
Including a pair of miniature ginger jars covered in the mille-fleur
decoration; a square gu-form vase covered in yellow ground archaistic
patterns and a globular five spout ‘tulip vase’ covered in yellow ground
vine and lotus motifs; and a globular stick neck vase and an alms
bowl, both covered in tight gilt spirals on a black ground.
9 3/4in (24.7cm) height of tallest (the tulip vase)

US$1,000 - 1,500

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