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 380 - A GREEN ON YELLOW OVERLAY GLASS ‘CRICKET’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH CENTURY 十八世紀黃地套綠料蟈蟈蔓藤紋鼻烟壺
Sold for €3,792
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 381 - A THREE-COLOR OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代雪花地三色套料鼻烟壺
Sold for €1,011
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 383 - A RUBY-RED OVERLAY TRANSPARENT GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代透明料套寶石紅螭龍紋鼻烟壺
Sold for €758
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 386 - A WHITE OVERLAY SAPPHIRE-BLUE GLASS ‘FLORAL’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代寶石藍地套白料花卉紋鼻烟壺
Sold for €1,643
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 387 - A SMALL PINK OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代涅白地套胭脂紅料鼻烟壺
Sold for €2,022
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 388 - A GREEN OVERLAY PINK GLASS ‘CARP IN LOTUS POND’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代粉紅地套綠料荷池魚戯鼻烟壺
Sold for €1,201
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 389 - AN EXCEPTIONAL ‘ANBAXIAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD 乾隆款與年代料器琺琅釉暗八仙紋鼻烟壺
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 393 - A PINK ENAMEL ‘SANYANG AND CAT’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代粉彩琺琅開光“貓戯蝶“與”三羊開泰“鼻烟壺
Sold for €3,792
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 394 - AN ENAMELED AGATE SNUFF BOTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC 清末民初琺琅彩瑪瑙鼻烟壺
Sold for €632
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 396 - A MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘LIU HAI AND TOAD’ SNUFF BOTTLE, REPUBLIC 民國陶瓷琺琅彩劉海戯金蟾鼻烟壺
Sold for €695
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 397 - A DOUCAI PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代斗彩鼻烟壺
Sold for €758
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 398 - A MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘MYTHICAL BEASTS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代粉彩神獸鼻煙壺
Sold for €885
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 399 - A MOLDED PORCELAIN ‘ZODIAC’ SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代十二生肖陶瓷鼻烟壺
Sold for €2,528
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 403 - Ɏ A RHINOCEROS HORN SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY 清代犀角鼻烟壺
Sold for €3,539
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 407 - AN EMBELLISHED SILVER SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC 清末至民國銀胎鑲玉鼻烟壺
Sold for €632
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 408 - A GILT SILVER SNUFF BOTTLE FROM THE QUEEN CONSORT OF SIAM, YUE HE MARK 來自暹羅皇后的鎏金銀鼻烟壺,粵和款
Sold for €2,275
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 409 - A SMALL ‘ZUYIN’ PURE SILVER REPOUSSE BASE, QING DYNASTY 清代“足銀”如意紋底座
Sold for €278
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 410 - AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING, WARRING STATES 戰國三足蓋鼎
Sold for €2,275
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 411 - AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING, EASTERN ZHOU 東周三足青銅蓋爐
Sold for €3,034
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 412 - A RARE SILVERED BRONZE ‘LIONS AND GRAPEVINES’ MIRROR, TANG 唐代海獸葡萄紋銅鏡
Sold for €1,517
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 413 - A PARCEL-GILT ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, MING 明代局部鎏金三足爐
Sold for €2,402
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 414 - A BRONZE DEATH MASK, SONG TO MING DYNASTY 宋至明代銅面具
Sold for €1,264
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 415 - A GILT BRONZE MODEL OF A SILKWORM, HAN DYNASTY 漢代銅鎏金蠶
Sold for €2,022
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 416 - A BRONZE STORAGE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY 漢代青銅饕餮紋方壺
Sold for €2,149
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 419 - AN ORDOS GILT BRONZE ‘COPULATING TIGERS’ PLAQUE, WARRING STATES 戰國鄂爾多斯銅鎏金虎交媾形飾
Sold for €822
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 420 - AN ORDOS BRONZE ‘RECUMBENT STAG’ PLAQUE, WARRING STATES 戰國鄂爾多斯青銅鹿形配飾
Sold for €822
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 421 - AN OPENWORK BRONZE ‘HORSE RIDER’ BADGE, TANG DYNASTY 唐代青銅騎士紋徽章
Sold for €404
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 422 - A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE AND JADE ‘CHILONG’ BELT HOOK, WARRING STATES 戰國錯金銀青銅鑲玉螭龍帶鈎
Sold for €56,880
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 425 - A QUATREFOIL BRONZE CENSER AND ‘LOTUS’ COVER, QING 清代蓮花紋銅香爐
Sold for €1,201
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 426 - A LARGE AND MASSIVE ‘FOUR BUDDHA’ DIRECTIONAL BRONZE STUPA, QING 清代大型四佛青銅佛塔
Sold for €17,696
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 427 - A LARGE AND HEAVY BRONZE QUADRILOBED ‘BOYS’ CENSER, QING DYNASTY 清代大型錦地嬰戯圖青銅香爐
Sold for €1,011
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 428 - A RARE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A DRAGON, TANG DYNASTY 唐代罕見銅鎏金龍
Sold for €18,960
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 429 - A GILT BRONZE ‘LONGMA’ HILT, MING DYNASTY 明代銅鎏金龍馬執柄
Sold for €2,000
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 430 - A LACQUER-GILT BRONZE MODEL OF A TURTLE, 17TH CENTURY 十七世紀漆金鎏金銅龜
Sold for €27,808
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 431 - A RARE GILT BRONZE ‘RECUMBENT HOUND’ WEIGHT, MING OR EARLY QING 明或清初罕見鎏金銅臥犬鎮紙
Sold for €8,216
including Buyer's Premium
Lot 432 - AN OPENWORK COPPER-REPOUSSÉ CENSER AND COVER, LATE MING TO EARLY QING 明末清初銅鏨錦地鏤空纏枝蓮福壽折沿熏爐
Sold for €1,517
including Buyer's Premium