Page 45 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

492 | A LARGE CLOISONNÉ
JARDINIÈRE, QING
China, 18th – 19th century. Enameled décor
of various birds and flowers, cranes, peaches,
lotus, pomegranates on a turquoise-blue
ground, all between circumferential lappet
borders. European gilt-bronze stand.

Condition: Several damages to enamel, wear
and traces of use, the inside with calcification.
The stand has been attached with a drilling to
the base. The bronze with considerable patina.
Provenance: From a Latvian private collector. 495 | A SMALL FLORAL CLOISONNÉ TRAY, MING
Weight: 15.8 kg (including the bronze base). China, 1368-1644. The small tray raised on three gilt feet,
Dimensions: Height 39 cm. Diameter 42 cm. decorated with floral patterns all around.
Estimate EUR 900,- 496 | A GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
Starting price EUR 450,- Condition: Strong wear, extensive damage to the edges, old HEAD OF A HORSE, REPUBLIC
repairs, pitting.
Provenance: Austrian private collection. China, 1912-1949. The horse’s mane, ears, and mouth gilt,
showing archaistic cloisonné decorations with phoenixes
Weight: 172.3 g. amongst various borders, stylized clouds, and vines.
493 | A CLOISONNÉ AND GILT Dimensions: Diameter 12.7 cm.
ENAMEL CYLINDRICAL BOX
AND COVER, QING Estimate EUR 200,- Condition: Good condition with minor stress areas and small
Starting price EUR 100,- old fillings around the ears, minor losses, and traces of wear,
China, 19th century. The domed cover with extensive patina to the base.
a crane in a circular reserve surrounded by Provenance: Austrian private collection.
polychrome clouds with stylized crane heads,
the sides of the cover with circumferential Weight: 3,494 g.
bats, the sides of the box with the same crane Dimensions: Height 33.5 cm.
and cloud designs as on the top, flowers and
leaves on the underside. Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 250,-
Condition: Good condition with old traces of
use, minor pitting and wear to the gilt.
Provenance: From the collection of Alexander 498 | A LIDDED ‘CARP’ TUREEN, QING
Popov in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbia,
China, late 19th century. The large three-part tureen is made of
acquired between 1900-1920.
pewter with brass finials, a glass cabochon inlaid as the fish’s eye,
fine incisions and auspicious Chinese characters incised to the
Weight: 127.6 g.
carp’s cheeks. Each part bears three stamped Chinese hallmarks.
Dimensions: Height 7.1 cm. Diameter 6.8 cm.
Estimate EUR 300,-
Condition: Good condition with extensive wear and traces of
Starting price EUR 150,-
use, minor dents and some soiling.
Provenance: English private collection.
494 | A CLOISONNÉ TRIPOD CENSER Weight: 1675 g.
AND COVER, LATE QING Dimensions: Length 32 cm.
China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). The Estimate EUR 300,-
censer is flanked by two curved handles, Starting price EUR 150,-
the ends of which are crafted in the form
of dragon heads. The feet of the censer are
surmounted by the same dragon heads, while 497 | THREE-LEGGED SILVER ALLOY JUE VESSEL
the pierced cover shows a Buddhist lion finial.
China, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-
1949). The jue is an archaic Chinese vessel form, exactingly
Condition: Firing flaws, chipping and losses, reproduced here on a smaller scale. Saber-like legs, handles
some verdigris. on the sides and vertical posts. Originally, such bronze vessels
Provenance: From the collection of Georg were used to heat wine for sacrificial libation. This jue has a
Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in background leiwen pattern, which shows two kinds of creatures –
the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian four stags and four fish-like dragons.
industrialist and the first governor of the
Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia
and Slovenia. Condition: Good condition.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 1,726 g.
Dimensions: Height 31.8 cm. Dimensions: Height 12.2 cm. Width 11.3 cm.

Estimate EUR 1.500,- Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 750,- Starting price EUR 150,-

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