Our two-day premium auction features 782 stunning lots, many of museum quality, with 152 named provenances ranging from museum deaccessions to notable collectors, and from the intriguing to the illustrious. Among these are the last emperor of Vietnam, the personal physician of Puyi, the Commander of the German Marine for East Asia, the Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, the Rockefeller and Rothschild families, Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, the granddaughter of the Coca-Cola founder, noted artists Lindy Guinness, Lü Xiaguang and Zhou Shengli as well as historic dealerships Bluett, Spink, Rare Art, Vermeer & Griggs, Roger Keverne, Nicholas Grindley, Eileen Kershaw, Myrna Myers, Dr. Otto Burchard, only to name very few. On the first day of the auction, 409 lots will be offered, including Works of Art; Hardstones, Jades and Seals; Ceramics and Porcelain; and Snuff Bottles. The second day will see the remaining 373 lots fall under the hammer, including Bronzes and Sculptures; Organic Material and Furniture; Thangkas, Textiles and Paintings; and, last but not least, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Lot 1 - A VERY LARGE CLOISONNÉ HU, MING DYNASTY 明代銅胎掐絲琺琅纏枝蓮紋獸耳壺
Sold for €13,904
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 3 - A LARGE CLOISONNÉ AND GILT-BRONZE GU, QING DYNASTY 清代銅胎掐絲琺琅鎏金銅觚
Sold for €3,034
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 4 - A CLOISONNÉ AND GILT-BRONZE ‘DOUBLE HAPPINESS’ CUP STAND, QIANLONG 乾隆掐絲琺琅雙喜纏枝蓮紋盞托
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 5 - A GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL STUPA, QIANLONG 乾隆鎏金銅掐絲琺琅佛塔
Sold for €5,056
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 6 - TWO BUDDHIST EMBLEMS, CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE, QIANLONG PERIOD 乾隆掐絲琺琅鎏金八寶供器二件
Sold for €25,280
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 8 - A BEIJING ENAMEL ON COPPER 'PEONIES' WATER POT, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD 乾隆款及年代銅胎琺琅牡丹水丞
Sold for €17,696
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 10 - A SILVER REPOUSSE ‘DRAGON’ BOX AND COVER, WANG HING, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC 清末民初宏興龍紋銀盒
Sold for €1,390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 11 - A SILVER REPOUSSE ‘WEIQI PLAYERS’ BOWL BY KWONG MAN SHING 廣茂興《圍棋》錘揲銀碗
Sold for €695
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 13 - A PINK GLASS BOTTLE VASE, WHEEL-CUT MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 乾隆款及時期粉紅料瓶
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 14 - A RARE ‘CORAL’ GLASS MALLET VASE, XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 咸豐款及年代罕見珊瑚紅料小瓶
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 15 - AN IMPERIAL ‘REALGAR’ GLASS MALLET VASE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD 乾隆款與年代御制雄黃色料馬蹄式瓶
Sold for €9,480
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 16 - AN AQUAMARINE OVERLAY ‘CHILONG’ MINIATURE VASE, YUHUCHUNPING, QING 清代海藍寶石套料螭龍紋微型玉壺春瓶
Sold for €1,390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 17 - A YELLOW OVERLAY TURQUOISE GLASS VASE, TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD 同治款與年代綠松石地套黃料瓶
Sold for €3,034
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 21 - A JADE AND GILT-BRONZE ‘WUFU’ OPIUM PIPE, QING DYNASTY 清代鎏金玉烟槍
Sold for €4,550
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 27 - A CEREMONIAL SWORD AND SCABBARD, QING DYNASTY 清代腰刀
Sold for €2,781
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 29 - A DUAN ‘SQUIRREL AND DOUBLE-GOURDS’ BRUSH WASHER, QING 清代松鼠葫蘆筆洗
Sold for €1,517
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 30 - A DUAN ‘CRANE AND LOTUS’ INKSTONE AND COVER, QING 清代仙鶴蓮花端硯
Sold for €1,390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 31 - AN INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE AND FITTED HUANGHUALI BOX, QING 清代端硯及黃花梨盒
Sold for €1,770
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 32 - A DUAN INKSTONE WITH A JADEITE-INSET HUANGHUALI COVER, QING 清代端硯黃花梨蓋内嵌翡翠
Sold for €695
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 34 - A ROCK CRYSTAL SPHERE WITH A GILT BRONZE LOTUS BASE, QING DYNASTY 清代水晶球及銅鎏金蓮座
Sold for €9,480
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 35 - A TRANSLUCENT BANDED AGATE BOWL, QING DYNASTY 清代瑪瑙碗
Sold for €8,848
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 36 - A CARVED TIANHUANG ‘BUDDHIST LION’ SEAL FOR LI GAO 李高款田黃獅鈕方印
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 37 - A FINE AGATE ‘MELON AND BOY’ GROUP, QING 清代瑪瑙巧雕瓜瓞童子
Sold for €1,011
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 38 - A CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAO, MID-QING 清代中期皂石雕壽老像
Sold for €4,803
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 39 - A PINK AND GREEN TOURMALINE ‘PENSIVE MONKEY’ PENDANT, LATE QING DYNASTY 晚清碧璽猴子挂墜
Sold for €1,517
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 40 - AN AMBER AND JADEITE COURT NECKLACE (CHAO ZHU), QING DYNASTY 清代琥珀翡翠朝珠
Sold for €4,045
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 41 - A CARVED AMETHYST FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 乾隆款及年代紫晶雕觀音像
Sold for €4,298
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 42 - A DARK GREEN JADEITE ‘MELON’ SOLIFLORE VASE, QING 清代翡翠瓜瓞綿延瓶
Sold for €3,286
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 44 - A HARDSTONE AND JADE-INLAID ZITAN TABLE SCREEN, QING 清代紫檀鑲寳插屏
Sold for €1,390
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 46 - A ‘HAIR’ CRYSTAL ARCHER’S RING, QING DYNASTY 清代發晶扳指
Sold for €1,517
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 47 - A CARNELIAN ‘ROOSTER’ PENDANT, 1ST MILLENNIUM AD 第一個千年紅玉髓雞形挂件
Sold for €2,402
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 48 - AN AQUAMARINE GREEN GLASS BI DISK, HAN DYNASTY 漢代玻璃璧
Sold for €7,584
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 49 - AN IVORY JADE BANGLE, LIANGZHU CULTURE 良渚文化象牙色玉手鐲
Sold for €16,432
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 50 - A MOTTLED GREEN JADE CONG, LIANGZHU CULTURE 良渚文化玉琮
Sold for €5,056
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 52 - A CELADON JADE ‘CROUCHING TIGER’ PENDANT, WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY 西周青玉虎形飾
Sold for €1,011
including Buyer's Premium