Auction Preview: Important Asian Art at Bonhams, Sydney, May 9
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What: Important Asian ArtWhere: Bonhams, 97-99 Queen St, Woollahra NSW 2025, AustraliaWhen: May 9, 06.00 ESTAuction Preview: 04 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 05 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 06 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 07 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 08 MaAuction Preview: Important Asian Art at Bonhams, Sydney, May 9
What: Important Asian ArtWhere: Bonhams, 97-99 Queen St, Woollahra NSW 2025, AustraliaWhen: May 9, 06.00 ESTAuction Preview: 04 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 05 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 06 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 07 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 EST; 08 May 2018, 10:00 - 16:00 ESTTop lots of the sale:- Zhang Shanzi (1882 - 1940): Portrait of Mr Chionh Kong Ming. Ink and color on paper, framed. Inscribed and signed Zhang Shanzi, with three seals of the artist. Dated yihai year (1935). 176.0 x 95.0cm. Estimate: $ 60,000 - $ 80,000- A pair of Chinese imperial famille-rose medallion bowls. Daoguang seal marks and of the period. Each finely enamelled around the deep U-shaped body with four medallions enclosing landscapes, reserved on a rich ruby-red scraffiato ground and divided by leafy lotus strapwork, the interior with eight stylised ruyi-heads divided by jewelled pendants radiating from a central floral medallion, all supported on a short straight foot, 4.9cm diam., 6.2cm high. Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000- A Thanka of Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri, Tibet, 1800s. Pigment on cloth, the reverse with Tibetan inscription 'Om, ah, hum', with cloth mount, framed and glazed, 113.0 x 85.0cm. Estimate: $ 22,000 - $ 32,000- A gilt-bronze seated figure of Bodhisattva. Kangxi seven-character incised mark to the back with her both hands in Vitarka mudra. 57cm high. Estimate: $ 18,000 - $ 22,000- Attributed to Lu Yanshao (1909 - 1993): Mount Emei. Ink and color on paper, glazed and mounted. Inscribed and signed Lu Yanshao, with one seal of the artist. Dated guimao year (1963). 54.0 x 33.0cm. Estimate: $ 18,000 - $ 25,000- Zhang Daqian (1899 - 1983): Mount Emei and Calligraphy. Ink and color, or ink on paper, folding fan. Inscribed and signed on each side Daqian Zhang Yuan, or Daqian Jushi Yuan, with five seals of the artist. Dated the seventh month of jimao (1939). 31.0 x 47.5cm. Estimate: $ 17,000 - $ 22,000- Rao Zongyi (1917 - 2018): The Taiping Mountain after the Rain. Ink and color on paper, mounted. Signed and inscribed Xuantang, with four seals of the artist. Dated gengyin year (2010). 50.0 x 130.0cm. Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000- Attributed Feng Zikai (1898 - 1975): Good Friends and Good Wine.Ink and color on paper, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed Zikai, with three seals of the artist. 46.5 x 29.5cm. Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000- A large Chinese carved chenxiang vase carved in reserve on each side. Landscapes of fisherman, woodsman, farmers, and scholars, against a decorated ground in archaic style of 'kui' dragons and geometric patterns. 45.0cm high. Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 15,000- Attributed to Chen Zhifo (1896-1962): ParrotsInk and color on silk, hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed Xueweng, with three seals of the artist. Dated wuzi year (1948). 141.0 x 43.0cm. Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 13,000For details, visit: http://www.bonhams.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more