ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-300)
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Lot 101
Pair of vases
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decoration of figures in the landscape, the handles shaped as a pair of crouching Buddhist lions facing each other.
The highest 18.3 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 102
Jar
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with qingbai glaze, light geometric motif incisions on the body, small semicircular handles on the shoulder.
4.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 103
Group of three vessels with cover
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with figures in the landscape.
The highest 7.5 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 104
Tile
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decoration of a bird perched on a branch with flowers, wooden frame.
Tile 15.1 x 11 in.
Frame 20.3 x 14.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 105
Painting
China, early 20th Century
Ink and colours on silk, gilt-wood frame, depicting a composition set within a glimpse of a landscape with trees, rocks and pavilions, on the right side a group of Taoist deities
surrounded by children and animals.
16.3 x 22.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 106
Painting
China, Yao, 19th Century
Ink and colors on paper, large procession of figures, within plexiglass frame.
9.1 x 84.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 107
Group of two calligraphies
China, 20th Century
Ink on paper, within wooden frame and protective glass.
52.2 x 12.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 108
Carving
China, 20th Century
Gilt wood, battle scene with a multitude of figures amidst architectures, rocks and trees, within wooden frame.
Carving 10.4 x 19.3 x 2 in.
Frame 16.7 x 24.8 x 3 in
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 109
Group of three paintings
China, 20th Century
Ink and colors on silk, compositions of figures in the landscape, two with inscription and seal, original silk frame, wooden frame and protective glass.
17.5 x 25.6 in.
including frame
Starting price: € 150
Lot 110
Pair of silver earrings
China, Miao, 20th Century
Decorated in high relief with a dragon.
3.3 x 2.6 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 111
QI BAISHI 1864-1957
Cicada on red leaves
Polychrome print.
13.07 x 9.41 in.
including frame
Starting price: € 100
Lot 112
Pair of vases with cover
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, body and lid with compositions of various objects and flowers, the lower section and the neck with bands of geometric motifs.
17.3 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 113
Emperor and Empress
China, 20th Century
Carved, incised and inked bone, the two figures sitting on a throne, dressed in sumptuous clothes and with a necklace of spheres on their chests, the emperor with a ruyi sceptre in his left hand, the empress with a small present in her right.
33.9 x 15 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 114
Group of nine seals
China, 20th Century
Stone.
The largest 3.9 x 0.8 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 115
Seal
China, 20th Century
Shoushan stone, deer-shaped finial.
3.7 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 116
Shoulao
China, early 20th Century
Soapstone, the standing god of longevity with a stick in his left hand, at his sides a child offering him a peach and a crane, an inscription incised to the lower side, on a wooden base.
7.5 x 3.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 117
Zhongli Quan
China, early 20th Century
Soapstone, the seated Taoist immortal with a fan in his right hand, inscriptions incised on the underside, on a wooden base.
4.3 x 3.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 118
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base with legs crossed in lalitasana, dressed in a large robe that leaves the chest exposed with elaborate jewelry, in each hand a flowering stem, near the shoulder, on one side a bird, on the other one an ewer, the head
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 119
Court robe
China, Qing dynasty, 19th Century
Apricot ground silk finely embroidered with polychrome and gold threads, decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts, stylised waves and mountain peaks at the bottom.
Defects.
59.1 x 79.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 120
Chess pieces
China, early 20th Century
Partially painted bone, thirty-two pieces assembled in several parts.
The largest 4.1 x 1.6 x 0.6
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 121
Deity
China, Qing dynasty, 19th Century
Lacquered gilt-wood, the standing deity (probably the Taoist Magu) wearing a loose robe tied at the waist, her hair arranged in an elaborate hairstyle.
Losses.
12.6 x 3.9 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 122
OKAMOTO TOYOHIKO 1773-1845
The Peach Blossoms Spring Edo period, first half of the 19th Century
Ink, soft colors and gold on paper, in the format of a pair of six-panel folding screens, both signed with a seal.
66.93 x 148.82 in.
The Chinese-style landscapes depicted on these two screens are inspired by a famous tale written by Tao Yuanming (365-427), one of the
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Starting price: € 3.500 | Sold for : € 6.500
Lot 123
Folding screen
Japan, Edo period, 19th Century
Ink and soft colors on paper, six panels with fabric frame and metal fittings, depicting a river landscape with three wise men, one of whom is crossing a small bridge and walking with open arms toward the other two, signed on the left margin.
67.7 x 147.6 in.
The screen
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 124
Print
Japan, 19th-20th Century
Large woodcut print depicting a deity surrounded by mythological animals in a landscape; within wooden frame and protective glass.
41.7 x 24.2 in.
including frame
Starting price: € 80
Lot 125
TSUKIOKA KOGYO 1869-1927
Group of six woodblock prints with scenes from the No theatre circa 1900
All within wooden frame and protective glass.
9.45 x 14.17 in.
(6)
Starting price: € 200