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To celebrate the 5th anniversary of China Guardian (HK), we at the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Department proudly present seven sales this autumn, totalling over 600 lots spanning a variety of collecting categories.
“The Lana Cheung and Jim Kinoshita Collection of Chinese Art” consists of a superb array of Classical Chinese furniture, ceramics and Chinese paintings. Both hailing from creative backgrounds, the Kinoshitas began their collecting journey in the 1960s. Mr. Kinoshita, an influential Hong Kong-based architect, designed many landmarks in the city, such as Jardine House, The Landmark, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus, as well as Jinling Hotel in Nanjing. Mrs. Lana Cheung was a creative force behind the design of many hotels and airline properties in the 1960s and was widely acclaimed for her work. Together they became acquainted and built life-long friendships with some of the most influential scholars, artists and collectors of Chinese art in the 20th century. In 1987 they befriended the revered Chinese antique expert Wang Shixiang, who eventually inspired them to build their Classical furniture collection that were to include such gems as a huanghuali table with recessed waist and cabriole legs. The Kinoshitas were also introduced by Wang to renowned scholar Qigong, who penned the name “yixiao caotang” for the couple’s residence in Sai Kung.
“Chinese Bronzes in the Collection of Zhu’s Jiu Ru Yuan” includes fine examples of ancient Chinese bronzes assembled by an important Hong Kong collector Zhu Changyan, led by a rare bronze ritual wine vessel from the Warring States period. An ardent lover of bronzes, Zhu enjoyed frequent scholarly exchange with Shanghai Museum curators Ma Chengyuan and Chen Peifen, both close friends of the late collector.
“Fine Chinese Works of Art from the Moore Collection” comprises more than 50 lots of early Chinese art including bronzes and stone sculpture, all acquired by a prominent collector and long-standing member of the Oriental Ceramics Society in Hong Kong. Highlights include an elaborately decorated bronze ritual food vessel from the Western Zhou period. Offered without reserve, the Collection promises to generate great excitement.
“Important Jades from an American Private Collection” consists of a carefully curated group of rare Han Dynasty jades of excellent quality, led by carvings of a dove and a ram. Most of these pieces were acquired by the present owner back in the 1990s. They are entirely fresh to the market and present a wonderful opportunity to acquire rare examples from this period.
“Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Tang to the Song dynasty” features 30 superb examples of early wares from this high period of ceramic production, most of which acquired by private collectors in the 1990s. The selection highlights black glazed ceramics and tea ware, led by a Jian ware black glazed ‘hare’s fur’ tea bowl from the Southern Song dynasty, an exemplary piece from the former collection of a prominent Japanese family.
“Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art” will include a carefully selected group of nearly 300 lots of ceramics, jades, Buddhist art and scholar’s objects. Of particular interest are a fine Ge-type glazed vase from the Qianlong Period and an exceptional imperial hexagonal blue and white ‘dragon’ vase dating to the Jiajing reign and a celadon-glazed peony brushwasher from the Yongzheng Period that was from the family collection of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, a prominent Chinese diplomat of the late Qing dynasty..
Last but not least, “Virtue & Purity - A Selection of Fine Chinese Jade Carvings” will contain around 200 pieces of exceptionally quality of ancient jade carvings. Some of the highlights include a finely carved large green jade buffalo, 17th century; a white jade Mughal-style chrysanthemum bowl, a very rare imperial inscribed white jade ‘luohan’ grotto, and a white and russet jade brushwasher all dated to the Qianlong Emperor’s reign.
A RARE QINGBAI FOLIATE CUP AND STAND
Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Cup：D 10 cm
Stand：d 15.5 cm
A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE JIAN WARE BLACK GLAZED 'HARE'S FUR' TEA BOWL WITH A FINE 13TH/14TH CENTURY RED LACQUER
Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Provenance:
An Important Japanese Family Collection
D 12.4 cm
A CIZHOU BLACK GLAZED
PEONY VASE, MEIPING
Northern Song To Jin Dynasty (Ad 960-1234)
H 35 cm
A CIZHOU PAINTED FIGURAL PILLOW
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
W 42cm
A SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY
MODEL OF A SEATED LADY
Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907)
Provenance:
The Moore Collection Hong Kong,
purchased in the 1980s and 1990s
H 41 cm
A WHITE-GLAZED
SANCAI FIGURE OF A HORSE
Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907)
Provenance:
Antique Fukumura, Osaka, 1992
Literature:
Antique Fukumura, The Exhibition of
Oriental Art, Osaka, 1992, no. 47
H 52 cm
A SANCAI FIGURE OF A CAMEL
Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907)
Provenance:
Jingya Tang, Taipei, Taiwan
Acquired between late 1980s to early 1990s
Literature:
Jingya Tang, The Treasure of Chinese Sculpture,
Taipei, 2016, p. 48, no. 14
H 85 cm
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, YAN
Western Zhou Dynasty (1100-771 BC)
Provenance:
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1973
An English Private Collection
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 1999
The Moore Collection, Hong Kong
Literature:
Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Gilt-Bronzes and
Early Ceramics, London, 1973, p. 25, no. 8
Eskenazi, Ancient Chinese Bronzes from an English
Private Collection, London, 1999, p.28, no. 10
H 36.5 cm
Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Provenance:
Chinese Bronzes in the Collection of Zhu’s Jiu Ru Yuan
H 24cm
A STONE FIGURE
OF STANDING BUDDHA
Northern Wei Dynasty
Provenance:
Jingya Tang, Taipei, Taiwan Acquired between late 1980s to early 1990s
Publication:
The Art of Contemplation – Religious Sculptures from the Private Collections, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, pp. 72-73, no. 52
The Treasures of Chinese Buddhist Sculptures,
Jingya Tang, Taipei, 2016, pp. 24-25, no. 1
Exhibited:
The Art of Contemplation – Religious Sculptures from the Private Collections, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997
H 92 cm
A CIRCULAR BRONZE TRIPOD
CENSER AND STAND
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s
W 40.3 cm
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
CARVING OF A DOVE
Han Dynasty (206 BC- AD 220)
Provenance:
The Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, acquired in the early 1990s.
Important Jades from an American Private Collection
W 7cm
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE BRUSHWASHER
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Incised ‘Bing’ Mark
D 9.5cm
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A RAM
Han Dynasty (206 BC- AD 220)
Provenance:
Susan Chen Hardy, Hong Kong
The Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell,
acquired in the early 1990s, from Fengwen Tang, Hollywood Road, Hong Kong
Important Jades from an American Private Collection
W 8cm
A WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE
CHRYSANTHEMUM BOWL
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Literature:
National Museum of History, Jade: Ch’ing Dynasty
Treasures, Taiwan, 1997, p. 268, no. 214
Exhibited:
Jade: Ch’ing Dynasty Treasures from the National
Museum of History, Taiwan, 1997
The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, September 7th, 1997 - March 1st, 1998
The Houston Museum of Natural Science, April 3rd September 7th, 1998
D 5.7 cm
A FINELY CARVED LARGE
GREEN JADE BUFFALO
17th Century
Provenance:
A Montreal Family Collection, early 20th Century
Pierre Savoie Collection, 1970s
A North American Private Collection, 2013
Exhibited:
Le Musée du Jade, Québec, Canada
W 23 cm
A GE-TYPE GLAZED VASE, MEIPING
Qianlong Six-Character Mark and of the Period (1736-1795)
Provenance:
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4th May, 1994, lot 111
A Distinguished Private Taiwanese Collection
H 21.9 cm
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED
WHITE JADE ‘LUOHAN’ GROTTO
Qianlong Period (dated to 1758)
H 18cm
A CELADON-GLAZED PEONY BRUSHWASHER
Yongzheng Six-Character Mark and of the Period (1723-1735)
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, purchased in the early 20th century, and thence by descent.
D 26 cm
A DOUCAI MANDARIN DUCK DISH
Jiajing Six-Character Mark and of the Period (1522-1566)
Provenance:
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31st October & 1st November 1974, lot 105
The Lana Cheung and Jim Kinoshita Collection of Chinese Art
D 12.7 cm
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL ‘DRAGON’ JAR
Jiajing Six-Character Mark and of the Period (1522-1566)
Provenance:
Christie’s London, 19th June 1967, lot 87
Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo
Literature:
Toji Taikei, vol.42, Min no Sometsuke, Ryoichi Fujioka (ed.), Tokyo, 1975, p. 69, no. 79
Mayuyama Seventy Years, Vol. 1, Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 1976, no. 861
Anthony Du Boulay, Christie`s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, New Jersey, 1984, p.128, pl. 4
H 26.7 cm
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