ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-300)
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Lot 1
Pair of mirrors
China, Han dynasty (?)
Bronze, circular in shape, both with widespread encrustations.
The largest 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 2
Mirror
China, 19th-20th Century
Bronze, decorated in relief with Zhou-style geometric motifs.
0.2 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 3
Group of six amulets
China, 20th Century
Bronze.
The largest 2.8 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 4
Incense burner
China, Qing dynasty
Bronze, tripod modeled on archaic dings, the upper section of the body on the outside with an inscription in Sanskrit, apocryphal Xuande mark to the center of the base.
5.2 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 5
Vase
China, 20th Century
Metal with polychrome cloisonné enamel decoration, stylised dragons-shaped handles, decorated with vegetal racems and geometric bands.
9.4 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 75
Lot 6
Altar set
China, 20th Century
Copper alloy, including a large incense burner with cover, two incense vessels and a censer with two handles.
The largest 18.5 x 14.2 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 50
Lot 7
Group of five dishes
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration.
Defects.
The largest 1 x 9 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 8
Group of nine figures
China, Qing dynasty
'Blanc de chine' porcelain.
Defects and losses.
The highest 13 x 3.9 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 9
Group of six dishes
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, one of probable European manufacture in Chinese style.
Defects.
The largest 1.4 x 9.2 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 10
Plate
China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and touches of gold, in the centre a composition of flowers, rocks and birds, the rim with arabesques.
1.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 11
Jar with cover
China, early 20th Century
Porcelain painted in cobalt blue with stylised vegetal arabesques, the lid surmounted by a crouching lion finial.
8.7 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 12
Group of seven cups
China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold; each cup on one side features an European taste scene, depicting a lady and a Cupid within a Rococo-style foliate frame, while the other one displays a floral composition.
1.6 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 13
Bowl
China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period
'Blue and white' porcelain, the exterior depicting children in various activities.
2.2 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 14
Three Buddhist lions
China, Qing dynasty, second half of the 17th century
Dehua glazed porcelain ('blanc de chine').
Restorations.
The highest 12.8 x 4.1 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 15
Two taoist immortals
China, Qing dynasty
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two deities depicted seated.
One restored.
8.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 16
Pair of cranes
China , Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain, the two birds standing on a rock.
Minor defects.
8.5 x 3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 17
Pair of Puxian on elephant
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two bodhisattvas of benevolence (Samantabhadra in Sanskrit) seated on the back of an elephant, which in turn is supported by a semicircular plinth decorated on the front with a relief floral motif.
Restoration.
8.5 x 4.5 x 2.4 in.
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 18
Pair of vases
China, 20th Century
'Blue and white' porcelain, the decoration consisting of the character shou ("long life") on a floral ground, handles shaped as two crouching Buddhist lions facing each other.
16.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 165
Lot 19
Group of three bowls
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
'Blue and white' porcelain, one from a later period.
Small defects.
The largest 2.3 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 20
Flask
China, Qing dynasty
'Blue and white' porcelain, decorated on the outside with geometric and floral motifs.
6.5 x 7.5 x 2.8 in.
The distinctive shape of this type of flask is a variation on the
kashkul vessels common in Islamic Asia. Chinese potters in
Jingdezhen produced them as early as
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 21
Group of two small boxes with lid
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
'Blue and white' porcelain, one with floral decoration, the other with geometric ornament.
The largest 2 x 3.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 22
Jar
China, 17th Century
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue.
16.1 x 13 in.
The interest of this jar lies in its evidently incomplete decoration. The polychrome enamels applied in the second firing, with which it would have become an example of wucai porcelain, are missing.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 23
Tulip vase
China, early 20th Century
'Blue and white' porcelain, floral decoration, bud-shaped mouth.
9.8 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 24
Water pot, tabaizun
China, 20th Century
'Blue and white' porcelain, the body with a decoration of figures in a landscape, a chilong dragon in pronounced relief on the shoulder.
3.3 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 25
Li Bai
China, 20th Century
Partially crackled white glazed ceramic, depicting a sleeping man with his arm and head resting on a jar.
3.9 x 9.1 x 5.9 in.
Li Bai (701-762) was one of China's greatest poets, also famous for his great passion for wine.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100