Page 51 - Bonhams Los Angelis Asian Works of Art December 15 to 16 2020

654 654 A

655
656

PROPERTY OF ANOTHER OWNER
654 655
AN ASSEMBLED FIVE PIECE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TEA A CANTON ENAMEL LEAF-SHAPED TRAY
SERVICE WITH PRUNUS DESIGN Qianlong period
late 19th/early 20th century Finely painted with scattered blossoms in pale pink and yellow
Each piece repousse decorated with prunus and birds, comprising enamels on a turquoise ground, the leaf-form tray elegantly fashioned
of a teapot with hinged cover, a tea strainer, a creamer, a sugar bowl with two bats peering into the interior.
and cover, and a pair of sugar tongs, the base of each piece stamped 5 1/2in (14cm) diameter
ZEEWO followed by the Chinese character mark.
6 1/2in (16.5cm)height of teapot, total silver weight approximately $2,000 - 3,000
43oz troy (1337.4gm) (5).
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RICHARD KELTON
$1,500 - 2,500
656
Provenance A GROUP OF CANTON ENAMEL DECORATIONS
Sotheby’s, London, 6 May 1986, lot 534 19th century
The first three a pair of handled and lidded teapots and a quadrilobate
654A tray, all decorated in tableaux of foreigners at leisure drinking in
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER MUG DECORATED WITH A churchyard garden settings; the fourth a ewer molded as a seated
WAR SCENE greyhound, the tail serving as the handle, the scalp hinged as the lid
circa 1890 covering the spout.
The exterior of the body decorated in repoussé with a lively battle 12 1/4in (31cm) width of tray
scene, supporting a dragon form handle, the base stamped with 7in (17.8cm) height of pair of teapots (4).
maker’s mark reading C.C.
4 1/2in (11.4cm)high, total silver weight 11.5 oz troy (357.7gm) $1,000 - 1,500
$1,200 - 1,500

Provenance
Christie’s, New York, 23 August 1988, lot 462
ASIAN DECORATIVE WORKS OF ART | 49