Fine Arts and Antiques Auction March 2019: Day 1 - Asian art

1: Guanyin Pusa (Sk. Avalokitesvara) sits in dawang youxizi (Sk. Maharajalilasana), posture of royal ease. The left leg of the statue, which is in a seated position, is folded horizontally in such a way that the sole of the foot is exposed. The right

2: The Buddha, Shijiamuni (Sk. Sakyamuni), sits in meditation Lianhuazuo (Sk. Padmasana). With his hands in anweiyin (Sk. Vitarkamudra), the gesture of argumentation and teaching, of doctrine and of appeasement. Wood with pigments H 93 - W 78 - D 52 cm

3: Figure of Wuxian Linguan dadi the “Great Thearch and Divine agent of Five Manifestations”, a title by which he is known in Daoist scriptures. In his left hand he holds the jinzhuan, a gold bar in the shape of a pyramid. He uses the gold to

4: The sculptures represent Puxian Pusa on his mount, the white elephant, and Wenshu Pusa on a lion. Both Pusa (Sk. Bodhisattva) sit in banjiazuo (Sk. Lalitasana), the posture of relaxation. In China the figures of Puxian and Wenshu are shown in a triad

5: A pair of temple doors. These two doors are inside doors of a citang, a family or ancestor temple. Both doors are painted with civil door guardians, based on scholar-official figures. The ceremonial robes of the guardians are decorated with dragons.

6: A Japanese Imari porcelain and French parcel bronze mounted three-piece clock garniture, 19thC, H 79 cm

7: A fine Japanese Imari coffee pot and cover, moulded in relief around the sides with a group of cranes amongst pine trees and cherry blossoms, the whole raised on three attendants, Edo period, late 17thC/early 18thC, H 40 cm

8: A lot of various Chinese floral decorated famille rose and Imari dishes, 18thC, ø 22 - 25,5 cm 

9: A Japanese Imari double gourd vase, decorated with birds on a flower branch, 19thC, H 46,5 cm

10: A Chinese celadon porcelain meiping vase, 19thC, H 19,5 cm; added a Chinese stoneware brush pot, shaped as a bamboo branch, marked and engraved with inscriptions, 19thC, H 12 cm

11: A Chinese iron red and gilt jardiniere, decorated with dragons, with a Qianlong mark, H 82 - ø 57 cm

12: A lot consisting of various stoneware celadon glazed Northern Song type bowls and dishes, two of them with incised decoration, one of them with printed decoration and one of them to the outside with lotus relief decoration, H 4,5 - 7,5  ø 12,5 - 26

13: Two Chinese blue and white floral decorated meiping vases; added a ditto famille rose vase, decorated with birds and a calligraphic text, with a seal mark, H 17,5 - 24,5 cm

14: A Chinese quadrangular vase with yellow ground and polychrome decorated with birds on a flower branch and a figure in a landscape, H 42,5 cm

15: A lot of various Chinese polychrome porcelain items, including a pencil pot, with a four character mark, a brush washer, marked, and a footed plate, all decorated with various landscapes, 19th/20thC, H 4,5 - 14,5  ø 11,5 - 19 cm

16: A Chinese blue and white rouleau vase, decorated with an official, his wife and servants sitting in an interior near a river, H 45,5 cm

17: A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, decorated with scrolling leaves, with a Qianlong mark, 19thC, H 32,5 cm

18: A Chinese blue and white and dragon relief decorated vase and cover, H 38,5 cm

19: A large Chinese deep charger, blue and white decorated with figures in a garden near a willow tree, ø 45 cm

20: A pair of Chinese blue and white floral and relief decorated tulip vases, the roundels with figures in a landscape, with a Qianlong mark, 19thC, H 26 - ø 17 cm