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448  |  A RARE DRAGON BOWL,
                                                                                                                                                  GUANGXU MARK & PERIOD
                                                                                                                                            China, 1875-1908. Guangxu six-character mark painted in iron red
                                                                                                                                            to the base and of the period. Painted in vivid Famille Rose enamels
                                                                                                                                            and iron-red medallions with two pairs of confronting dragons and
                                                                                                                                            phoenixes surrounded by flying bats and swirling clouds.

                                                                                                                                            Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear. Some wear to
                                                                                                                                            foot rim. Good sound lasting for 2-3 seconds.
                                                                                                                                            Provenance: Swiss private collection.

                                                                                                                                            Weight: 300.9 g.
                                                                                                                                            Dimensions: 16.7 cm.
                                                                                                                                            Note the finely painted Five Bats medallion inside the well. Also
                                                                                                                                            remarkable is the white enameling of the dragon’s claws and the
            444  |  A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN MIXED LOT,                                                                                   bat’s wingtips applied in high relief, a technique that was very
                  QING
                                                                                                                                            popular with iron-red dragon plates and bowls during this period.
            China, 19th century. Consisting of two small lidded boxes                                                                       Estimate EUR 800,-
            formerly used to store seal paste and a bottle vase. One box                                                                    Starting price EUR 400,-
            painted with a dragon, the base with a four-character apocryphal
            Qianlong mark. The second box painted with a goose; the base
            marked Jiangxi. The bottle vase depicting abstract designs. (3)
                                                                                                                                                                                         449  |  A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PHEASANT’
                                                           445  |  A LANGYAO GLAZED AND GILT-PAINTED
            Condition: Overall good condition. The vase with firing   BOTTLE VASE, QING                                                                                                        JARDINIERE, QING
            imperfections and a short hairline to lip that extends to the neck.
            The goose box with a tiny chip to base.        China, 1644-1912. The vase with a long neck and a globular body                                                               China, 18th century. The circular porcelain vessel finely enameled
            Provenance: Austrian Private collection.       on a circular foot rim, the cherry red glaze fading along the neck                                                            with a pair of pheasants facing each other while standing on
                                                           to a colorless glaze that continues onto the interior and covers                                                              rockwork beside magnificent flowering peonies, the reverse with
            Weight: 68 – 210 g.                            the recessed base, the gilt painting above the glaze showing                                                                  springing lingzhi. The everted lip painted with blue flower sprays.
            Dimensions: 30 – 16.5 cm.                      scrolls, lotus, dragons with lappet, ruyi, wave and key fret borders
                                                           as well as the Eight Chinese Symbols (bajixiang).
            Estimate EUR 300,-                                                                                                                                                           Condition: Perfect condition with only minimal wear, few tiny firing
            Starting price EUR 150,-                                                                                                                                                     flaws, some old soiling and calcification inside and at the base near
                                                                                                                                                                                         the piercing.
                                                           Condition: Single drilling to base, intentional crackling, some                                                               Provenance: From an east coast private estate, USA.
                                                           chipping to the foot rim and minor abrasions to the golf.
                                                           Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937).                                                                 Weight: 1283.1 g.
                                                           Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-                                                                    Dimensions: Diameter 23 cm.
                                                           Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of
                                                           the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
                                                                                                                                                                                         The base with an intentionally drilled piercing at the center.
                                                           Weight: 2,492 g.                                                                                                              Estimate EUR 400,-
                                                           Dimensions: Height 34.4 cm.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Starting price EUR 200,-
                                                           Estimate EUR 1.000,-
                                                           Starting price EUR 500,-


                                                                                                                                            450  |  A LARGE BUTTERFLY BOWL, DAOGUANG MARK
                                                           447  |  A YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED ‘PEONIES                                             AND PERIOD
                                                                 AND PEACHES’ BOWL, REPUBLIC
                                                                                                                                            Daoguang seal mark in iron red to base and of the period (1821-
                                                           China, 1912-1949. Finely incised and glazed in green depicting                   1850). Foliate gilt rim, vibrantly enameled with four large butterflies
                                                           two birds amid a fruiting peach tree and flowering branches                      amongst lotus, peony, prunus, chrysanthemum, finger citron and
                                                           issuing from rockwork above grass, all on a rich yellow ground.                  melons, the interior with a bat and peaches.
            446  |  A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN     Apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base.
                  CUPS, REPUBLIC
                                                                                                                                            Condition: Good condition with old wear mostly inside the bowl,
                                                           Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and few firing
            China, 1912-1949. Each with flared sides, finely painted on the                                                                 some scratches to base, one microscopic nibble to lip, the gilding to
            exterior with various scenes showing craggy rocks, bamboo,   flaws.                                                             lip partially worn off, few firing flaws. Long, deep and lasting sound
            dignitaries and attendants in gardens and on the interior with   Provenance: Old “Bernheimer Collection” label on the interior.   (4-5 seconds).
            landscapes showing huts and fishermen in boats. Apocryphal                                                                      Provenance: From an old English private collection. Incised
            six-character Kangxi mark to the base.         Weight: 127.0 g in total.                                                        collector’s mark to glaze (see detail image online).
                                                           Dimensions: Height 6.4 cm.
                                                                                                                                            Weight: 686 g.
                                                           Estimate EUR 500,-
            Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.                                                                                 Dimensions: 21.8 cm diameter.
            Provenance: Austrian private collection.       Starting price EUR 250,-
                                                                                                                                            Auction result comparison: Compare with a pair of related yet
            Weight: 283.2 g in total.                                                                                                       smaller butterfly bowls from the same period at Sotheby’s Hong
            Dimensions: Height 5.6 cm each.                                                                                                 Kong on November 30th, 2017, in Chinese Art, lot 649.
            Estimate EUR 800,-                                                                                                              Estimate EUR 800,-
            Starting price EUR 400,-                                                                                                        Starting price EUR 400,-




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