Auction Preview: Asian Decorative Works of Art at Bonhams, San Francisco, Dec 18
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What: Asian Decorative Works of ArtWhere: Bonhams, 220 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103, USAWhen: 18 December, 10.00 PSTPublic Viewing: 14 Dec 2018 10:00 - 17:00 PST; 15 Dec 2018 10:00 - 17:00 PST; 16 Dec 2018 10:00 - 17:00 PSTTop lots of the sale:- A jAuction Preview: Asian Decorative Works of Art at Bonhams, San Francisco, Dec 18
What: Asian Decorative Works of ArtWhere: Bonhams, 220 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103, USAWhen: 18 December, 10.00 PSTPublic Viewing: 14 Dec 2018 10:00 - 17:00 PST; 15 Dec 2018 10:00 - 17:00 PST; 16 Dec 2018 10:00 - 17:00 PSTTop lots of the sale:- A jade and wood ruyi with mother-of-pearl inlay, 19th century. Of pieced wood construction, with tiny discs along the edges, the birds and flowering branches on top of the curving handle cut from mother-of-pearl, the reticulated jade plaques set within gilt-painted frames including a bat and peony flower at the head, egret and lotus plant at the center and fruiting branch at the base; (repairs, cracks); with fitted glass and wood display stand. 17 3/4in (45cm) length of ruyi. Estimate: US$ 5,000 - 7,000- Tang Yun (1910-1993) & Lai Chusheng (1903-1975): Autumn Colors & Calligraphy, 1950. Two folding fan leaves mounted on a hanging scroll. a) Tang Yun, Autumn Colors, ink and color on paper, dated gengyin qiu (1950, autumn) and signed Hangren Tang Yun with two artist's seals reading Da and Shi. b) Lai Chusheng (1903-1975) Calligraphies in Four Scripts, variously signed fu, Ranxi, Fuweng, and Lai Chusheng, dated gengyin chuqiu (1950, early autumn) and with four artist's seals, three reading fu, Lai and Chusheng xiao shu. 9 1/2 x 20 1/4in (24 x 51.5cm) each. Estimate: US$ 4,500 - 6,000- A pair of yellow ground green enamel dragon bowls, Qing hua zhen pin marks, Guangxu period . The exterior walls impressed with dragons chasing flaming pearls amid flames and clouds and colored in green enamel on a yellow ground that continues onto the interior walls, the four-character mark written in underglaze blue standard script on the recessed base beneath a colorless glaze (both with hairline cracks). .7 7/8in (20cm) diameter. Estimate: US$ 4,000 - 6,000- A Thangka of Maning Mahakala, Tibet, circa 18th century. Distemper on cloth; the furious deity clothed in voluminous flowing robes and supporting a flaming lance with pennant in his right hand and a poisoned heart in his left, striding upon two human figures and surrounded by flames, all on a black background; now framed and glazed. 19 1/4in (49cm) height of image exclusive of brocade mount, 32 1/2in (82.5cm) total height of frame. Estimate: US$ 4,000 - 6,000- An uncut fragment of a midnight-blue brocade formal court robe, Chaofu, 18th century. The square formed by joining three pieces from the upper section of a chaofu woven with a pattern of alternating clouds and dragon roundels that surround a quadrilobed panel in polychrome silk and gilt-wrapped threads of four front-facing five-clawed dragons amid auspicious clouds enclosed within a lishui border along the base of each lobe; the dark blue ground bordered with pieced strips of faded red brocade woven with clouds, bats, stylized scrolls and vases; framed and glazed. 58 1/2 x 58 1/2in (148.6 x 148.6cm) dimensions of the fragment, 71 3/4 x 72 3/4in (182.2 x 184.8cm) the frame. Estimate: US$ 4,000 - 6,000- A large blue and white floor vase with cover, Late Qing/Republic period. Thickly potted with a short neck, animal head and mock ring handles at the shoulder and a body of elongated ovoid form painted with composite lotus flowers and leafy tendrils above a stiff leaf band along the base, the wide foot pad and recessed base left unglazed; the domed cover painted en suite and topped with a recumbent fu-lion finial; with fitted wood stand. 33 1/4in (84.5cm) height of vase and cover. 38in (96.5cm) height including wood stand. Estimate: US$ 3,000 - 5,000- A jichimu cabinet with paired drawers, 18th century. The double doors housing single well-figured panels set into beaded frames and opening to reveal two shelves, the lower suspending paired drawers. 55 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 14 1/4in (140.3 x 84.4 x 36.2cm). Estimate: US$ 3,000 - 5,000For details, visit: https://www.bonhams.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more