Page 63 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

549 | A CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF
SHOULAO, EARLIER 20TH CENTURY
China, Qing dynasty to Republic, earlier 20th century. The
translucent stone of a greyish celadon tone with amber and russet
inclusions, carved with Shoulao seated and holding a plate with a
peach, a pomegranate and a Buddha’s hand citron, in the other
hand a branch with lingzhi rising behind him.

Condition: Glued to modern wood base, some wear, the natural
fissures and inclusions may have developed into minor chips or
cracks. 552 | AN AGATE PEACH AND BAT WASHER, QING
Provenance: Italian private collection.
China, mid 18th to 19th century. The washer is carved in
openwork in the form of a peach growing from a leafy branch
Weight: 1,032 g.
Dimensions: Height 16.8 cm with one smaller fruit, a flying bat on the side, the banded agate is
of an attractive red (nanhong) tone with several moss inclusions.
Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,- 553 | AN AGATE ‘GRAPEVINE’
Condition: Superb condition with hardly any wear and a fine BRUSH WASHER, QING
patina.
Provenance: A private collection of scholarly works of art. China, 1644-1912. Finely carved with a small bird and a squirrel
on the rim along with vines, grapes and leaves. The translucent
Weight: 99.2 g. stone is of a pale grey color with black and russet inclusions as
Dimensions: Length 5 cm. well as amber shadings in the leaves, giving them a particularly
naturalistic and autumnal look.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a washer also showing
550 | A SMALL SOAPSTONE BRUSHPOT, QING the ‘Peach and Bat’ subject sold at Christies London, June 7th,
2017, in Five Private Collections, lot 106. Condition: Good condition, some of the natural fissures and
inclusions may have developed into minor chips or cracks, also
China, early 19th century. The unusual vessel neatly incised with
a circumferential poem of eight lines with seven characters each, Estimate EUR 500,- some losses.
ending with the four-character signature Lanyin Yushi and seal Starting price EUR 250,- Provenance: French private estate.
Runquan. Thinly coated in buff lacquer bearing a microscopic age
crackling. Weight: 837.1 g.
Dimensions: Height 10.1 cm. Width 16 cm.
554 | A CARNELIAN AGATE GROUP
OF HEHE ERXIAN, QING Estimate EUR 250,-
Condition: Good condition with old wear and one tiny nick to lip
only. China, 18th – 19th century. The fine carving depicts the twins Starting price EUR 125,-
Provenance: English private estate.
standing in front of a large lotus leaf amid flying bats and a
double gourd, the variegating colors of the stone cleverly used by
Weight: 269.8 g. the lapidary to further invigorate the scene. 555 | A CHALCEDONY PEANUTS
Dimensions: Height 11.4 cm. AND JUJUBE CARVING, QING
Signature and seal point to Wu Nianzu, an official of the Jiaqing Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear and some China, 18th - 19th century. Naturalistically carved in the form
dynasty, from which at least one bamboo armrest with the identical traces of use. of three conjoined fruits, well-figured with thin ridges, with four
signature and seal have been recorded.
Provenance: From a French private estate. peanuts at the edges and a minuscule yet brilliantly carved
squirrel sitting atop. This carving serves both as a brush rest and
Estimate EUR 300,- Weight: 130 g. a pendant.
Starting price EUR 150,-
Dimensions: Height 7 cm.
The small statue can also be worn as a pendant, due to two small Condition: Excellent condition with beautiful patina.
holes inconspicuously integrated into the depiction. Provenance: From a private collection in Glasgow, Scotland.
Collected in the 1960s and 1970s.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related carving at
Christies South Kensington on November 11th, 2016, in Chinese Weight: 25.8 g.
Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles Part II, lot 616. Dimensions: Width 4.4 cm.
551 | A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAO
WITH ORIGINAL BASE, QING Estimate EUR 300,- Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related object
Starting price EUR 150,- of similar size, described as a brush rest only, at Sotheby’s Hong
China, end of 19th century. The opaque stone of a milky grey to Kong on May 27th 2014, in Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art,
black color, carved with Shoulao seated on a rock, holding a stack lot 22.
of plates in his right hand. Original matching base from the same
stone, the base and underside of the figure with two drilling holes Estimate EUR 500,-
and incised inscription. (2) Starting price EUR 250,-

Condition: Good condition, some of the natural fissures and
inclusions may have developed into minor chips or cracks, also
some losses.
Provenance: Croatian private collection.
Weight: 280.3 g in total.
Dimensions: Height 13.8 cm incl. base.

Estimate EUR 200,-
Starting price EUR 100,-

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