Page 216 - Fine Chinese Art Bonhams London May 2018

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳藏品
223
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SHEEP
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic period
Each finely cast standing four-square with curling
gilt-rimmed tufts of ‘hair’ against a white ground,
the head and legs black, the plinth decorated with
overall with dense foliate scrolls and each with a
cartouche containing an Arabic inscription.
Each 32.5cm (12 3/4in) long. (4).
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000
清末/民國 銅胎掐絲琺瑯牧羊擺件 一對

Provenance: Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo,
Rome, prior to 2 October 1947, by repute
Mr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy,
by repute
Raffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany,
Italy, circa 1950s, and thence by descent

來源：
223 據傳於1947年10月2日前由羅馬Gregorio Calvi di
Bergolo伯爵收藏
據傳為意大利托斯卡尼Moriani先生舊藏
約1950年代為意大利托斯卡尼Raffaello Landini先生
收藏，並由後人保存迄今

According to the owner the present lot amongst
other Chinese works of art was sold to Raffaello
Landini in the 1950s as part of Villa Vitiano and
its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr
Moriani, who had acquired the Chinese art collection
from Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo in 1947 as
part of a Rome apartment
and its furnishings.

A closely related pair of cloisonné enamel sheep,
20th century, was sold at Christie’s New York,
16 September 2016, lot 1262.

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品
224
A BRONZE ARCHAISTIC FOOD VESSEL AND
COVER, GUI
18th century
The compressed globular body raised on three
cabriole animal-mask legs, cast with concentric
convex vertical ribs and a band of stylised kui
dragons between key-fret designs, set to each
side with C-shaped handles issuing from makara
heads suspending a pendant tab, the domed cover
similarly cast with a large recessed knop finial.
41.5cm (16 3/8in) wide. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000

十八世紀 銅仿古夔龍紋簋
Provenance: a European private collection
來源： 歐洲私人收藏

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