Page 31 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

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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