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A BLANC-DE-CHINE PORCELAIN FIGURE
OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY, DEHUA
Molded white porcelain with carved details,
impressed marks to backside
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China, 19 century
The goddess stands on a rounded base with
an incised ocean-wave and -spray décor and
holds a woven openwork basket containing
a bunch of flowers in her right, and a spiky
lotus stem and flower in her left, a billowing
scarf trails down towards the base as she is
wearing her hair pinned-up and bedecked
with finely detailed tiara.

Shape: Sculptural
Weight: 1001 grams
Dimensions: Height 33,5 cm
Condition: Absolutely perfect condition,
which is rare on such a fragile piece!
Provenance: Austrian private collection
㶭㛅⽟⊾䘥䒟奨枛䩳⁷
⽟⊾䨹䘥䒟☐炻䒟偶农⭮炻晽ⶍ䳘兑炻側㚱⡻⌘
ᷕ⚳炻IJĺᶾ䲨
⑩䚠⬴伶
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġEUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-
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A FINELY CARVED SQUARE
WOODEN TWO-STOREY HIGH
TABLE, QING DYNASTY
Made of several jointed pieces of dark
hardwood, possibly Hongmu, with a 35
good patina AN INDIGO BLUE SUMMER DRAGON ROBE, GUANGXU PERIOD
China, late Qing Dynasty Silk gauze with multi-colored silk threads, with woven application borders and loops at
the collar and front, five gilt copper buttons, inside lined with silk
This appealing two-story high table China, Guangxu period (1874 – 1908)
is standing on four legs that end in
lion paws atop little spheres. Lion This delicate silk gauze summer robe shows counted stitch embroidery with with gold-
heads are supporting the tabletop, 34 wrapped and bright silk threads with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing ‘flaming pearls’
with flowers carved underneath A SILVER ‘DRAGON’ WALKING CANE, QING DYNASTY amidst clouds, cranes, and auspicious emblems above crashing waves and lishui stripe.
them. Intricate reticulated panels are The shaft is made of black hardwood (possibly zitan), the handle of silver,
found on all four sides of both stories incised with fine openwork detail Shape: Robe
incorporating various fruits and plants China, late 19 century, with faint silver- or manufacturer-marks on the mane Dimensions: Total width (measured with stretched out sleeves) 190 cm; maximum length
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such as bamboo or pomegranates. 134,5 cm
The handle with a fierce dragon baring his menacing fangs, with good detail Condition: Excellent condition with only very few loose threads
Shape: Square work to his mane, scales and nostrils. Three-character engraving in Chinese Provenance: Old German private collection
Dimensions: 80 x 45 x 45 cm. and European monogram engraved to shaft of handle. The hardwood shaft
Condition: Good condition with some looks a bit like Zitan with its characteristic crab-claw-markings, but cannot be Auction result comparison: Sotheby’s, SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY’S: ASIAN ART, 24
wear and minor nicks here and there, determined due to a later applied European shellac coating. MARCH 2018, New York, lot 1599 (for a near identical robe)
some older scratches
Provenance: Austrian private Shape: Walking cane in L-shape 㶭⃱䵺⸜攻啵䲿䲵暚漵䲳╖堵
collection Weight: 305 grams ㍸剙䵊䶆炻䴚䵊夗塷炻Ḽᾳ挷慹戭憎
Dimensions: Length 87 cm ᷕ⚳炻⃱䵺㗪㛇ĩIJĹĸĵĮIJĺıĹĪ
㶭ẋ䠔㛐晽梦暁Ⰼ檀儛㕡㟴 Condition: The cane with old wear, traces of use, minor dents and one small ⑩䚠㤝⤥
䠔㛐㛸岒炻⎰䎮㍐㷔䁢䲭㛐炻⊭㻧 repair nostril, the hardwood shaft with shellac coating ⽟⚳䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷
列⤥ Provenance: Austrian private collection
ᷕ⚳炻㘂㶭 EstimateġEUR 800,-
⑩䚠列⤥ 㶭ẋ戨㈲晽漵ㇳ㛾 Starting price EUR 400,-
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 䠔㛐㛾幓(ㅱ䁢䳓㨨)炻戨⣿ㇳ㈲炻德晽漵椾
ᷕ⚳炻19ᶾ䲨㛓㛇炻戨㈲ᶲ⌘㚱”⣑㳍⹄”⫿㧋
EstimateġEUR 300,- ⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱ἧ䓐䕽嶉⍲ṃ姙䢐㎵
Starting price EUR 150,- ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷

EstimateġEUR 200,-
Starting price EUR 100,-

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