ASIAN ART
Lot 1
Standing soldier
China, Han dynasty
Painted with black and red enamels earthenware, the figure with the right arm raised and the left arm along the side.
17.5 x 5.5 x 5.9 in.
Thermoluminescence analysis conducted at Arcadia Milan on 21 November 1999 confirms the proposed dating.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 3
Small female figure
China, Tang dynasty style
Earthenware with traces of painting, model of a 'fat lady'.
Minor defects.
6.3 x 2 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 4
Horse
China, Tang dynasty style
Earthenware, the right foreleg raised and the head slightly twisted.
Restorations.
22.4 x 26 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 6
Horse
China, Han dynasty style
Painted earthenware, missing the legs that were probably originally made of wood.
9.3 x 3.9 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 17
Standing Buddha
China, 20th Century
Carved pale green jade, the deity standing on a double lotus flower base, behind him a flaming almond.
8.5 x 3.9 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 18
Two containers
China, 20th Century
Hard stone, the vase on wooden base.
The largest 5.9 x 4.7 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 24
Two guanyin
China, 20th Century
One in wood, the other in soapstone, on wooden base.
The largest 12.8 x 3.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 31
Guanyin with Child and acolytes
China, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the deity sitting on a rock with a child in her arms and four disciples at her sides.
Defects.
14 x 6.1 x 3.9 in.
A work explicitly intended for export to Europe, characterized by an iconography that clearly refers to the Christian
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 35
Small jar
China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century
Porcelain with underglazed cobalt blue floral decoration.
4.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 37
Flask
China, Ming dynasty style
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, with a decoration of phoenixes flying amidst floral tendrils.
Restorations.
8.1 x 4.9 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 39
Flask
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue with a decoration of stylised waves and vines, apocryphal Xuande mark.
7.5 x 8.3 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 40
Bowl
China, Song dynasty style
Brown glazed ceramic with a reserve stylised decoration, made in Jizhou (Jiangxi province).
1.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 41
Vase
China, Ming dynasty
Céladon and crakled glazed Longquan ceramic, with a relief decoration of floral shoots.
The neck is missing.
7.1 x 5.5 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 42
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Bronze, the exterior and the bottom with a relief decoration of dragons.
2.4 x 4.5 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 49
Xiwangmu
China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century
Gilt-bronze, the Queen Mother of the West, a deity of Taoist origin, dressed in a flowing robe, her hands clasped on her chest, probably holding the hu tablet (now missing), a necklace on her chest and a headdress decorated with birds on her head. The lower part on the
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 50
Taoist deity
China, Ming dynasty
Bronze, the deity depicted seated with the arms on the chest hidden by the wide sleeves of the dress, a headdress on the head.
Defects.
17.7 x 9.1 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.400
Lot 53
Small dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the bottom and the outside of the wall with stylised floral motifs, apocryphal Jiajing mark to the centre of the base.
Diameter 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 54
Brush washer
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with green glaze.
2.2 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 56
Small baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with compositions of flowers and insects within large reserves on a yellow ground decorated with floral motifs in light relief.
8.1 x 3.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 57
Four snuff bottles
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with underglazed cobalt blue decoration, two with apocryphal Qianlong mark, one with illegible mark.
The largest 4.1 x 1.2 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 58
Circular box with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue with decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
6.7 x 10.6 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 67
Water sprinkler
China, early 18th Century
Porcelain with floral decoration painted with Imari-type enamels, the metal spout probably of Ottoman manufacture.
10.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 68
Three dishes
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted with underglazed cobalt blue with a floral decoration, one with apocryphal mark of Chengua, the other two with the mark 聚顺美玉堂制 (Ju shun mei yu tang zhi, ’Made for the Hall of Gathering Obedience and Beautiful Jade’), the rim with a delicate undulation.
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 69
Bowl
China, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with a decoration of floral arabesques in underglazed cobalt blue.
3 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 71
Two figures
China, Qianlong period
Porcelain, one with a polychrome enamel decoration, the other with traces of cold painting probably applied in Turin in the Rossetti factory.
Restorations and missing parts.
7.9 x 2.4 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 73
Pair of large dishes
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted in enamels and gold of 'Imari' type, floral decoration, lingzhi mushroom to the centre of the base of both.
Felure at the rim of one dish.
Diameter 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 76
Lake landscape
China, 20th Century
Fan-shaped print. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
9.1 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 80
ATTRIBUITO A XIE SHICHEN 1487-1567
Two figures in landscape
Ink and colors on silk, seal signature upper left.
84.25 x 21.46 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 81
Three paintings
China, 19th Century
Ink and colors on canvas mounted on cardboard, each depicting an exuberant scene with mythological creatures and Taoist deities, all with title inscribed in a rectangular cartouche (玉虚明皇天尊, Yu xu ming huang tianzun, 玉寳皇上天尊, Yu bao huangshang tianzun, 度仙上聖天尊, Du xian
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 82
ZHENG JIASHENG 1933
The Wise Men Dwell Above the Clouds of the Old Mountain 1987
Vertical hanging scroll painted in ink and soft colors on paper.
65.75 x 19.29 in.
Born in Ningbo (Jiangsu Province), Zheng Jiasheng paints works that are traditional in theme and style, yet infuse them with a touch of modernity.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 83
ATTRIBUITO A GU JIANLONG 1606-1687
Court scene
Ink and colors on silk, signed lower left, depicting a scene in the courtyard of an aristocratic palace crowded with numerous figures including ladies, aristocrats, soldiers and gods. The monumental painting consists of twelve separate panels each within a metal frame
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Starting price: € 10.000
Lot 85
Four small bowls
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with floral decoration, all marked to the center of the base.
0.8 x 2.6 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 89
Container with lid
China, 20th Century
Brass with decoration of lotus flower tendrils in polychrome cloisonné enamels.
5.1 x 7.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 90
Vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, shaped into four lobes and covered with flambé glaze in red and purple tones.
10 x 7.7 x 7.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 91
Vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with crackled grey glaze.
12.6 x 4.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 94
Small bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated on the outside with two peacocks amidst trees, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
2 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 96
Large bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enameled and incised floral decoration on a yellow ground.
4.1 x 11.4 x 11.4 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 101
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration of lotus flower tendrils, auspicious characters and objects on a blue ground, apocryphal Jiaqing mark to the centre of the base.
2.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 104
Vase
China, mid-18th Century
Porcelain painted with ‘Famille Rose’ enamels with a floral decoration.
7.7 x 3.8 x 3.8 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 107
Large dish
China, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, decorated with a glimpse of a garden with flowers and a fence, the rim with four floral bouquets.
Diameter 15.4 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 108
Two dishes
China, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue,with flowers decoration.
Diameter 8.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 110
Container
China, 19th Century
Porcelain modeled in four lobes and supported by bracket feet, with decoration of phoenixes and flowers in underglazed cobalt blue.
Chip.
2.4 x 10.6 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 111
Two dishes
China, 18th-19th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the smallest with pierced rim.
The largest diameter 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 114
Large dish
China, Qianlong period
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, with a landscape.
Diameter 14.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 115
Large dish
China, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the decoration consisting of a glimpse of a garden with flowers and a fence, the rim with four floral bouquets.
Diameter 13.6 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 116
Two large dishes
China, Qianlong period
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, one with a flower decoration, the other with a composition of vases with flowers and rocks.
Small chips to the rim.
Diameter 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 121
Small dish
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain with wall and rim modelled in ogives, the delicate decoration of lotus flowers and birds painted in polychrome enamels of the ‘Famille Verte’ palette and gold.
Diameter 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 124
Seated dignitary
China, 19th Century
Carved, lacquered and partially gilt-wood, the figure sitting in an armchair, the dress decorated with relief motifs, horsehair inserts for the moustache and hair.
Defects.
18.9 x 10.8 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 125
Group with two Taoist deities
China, 19th Century
Wood and wooden root, the two standing figures inserted with pins into the base.
Defects.
22 x 15 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 127
Eight ink sticks
China, 20th Century
Each with a polychrome decoration of landscape, within case.
The largest 2 x 3.1 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 150