18 AAL Auction Previews LONDON AUCTIONS


PRIESTLY & FERRARO Three Decades


in Chinese Art Bonhams, New Bond Street, 6 November


Te St James’ gallery was established in 1994 by David Priestley and Benedicta Ferraro and focuses on Chinese ceramics and works of art with a particular focus on Song ceramics but also lacquer, both carved and undecorated, jades and cloisonné enamels, and from the pre-Song period, Han and Tang dynasty pottery animals and figures, and Buddhist stone carving. On offer is a selection of Chinese ceramics and works of art. Highlights include a carved cinnabar lacquer ‘dragon’ bowl stand, Yongle six-character mark and of the period (est £350- 500,000), a large carved cinnabar lacquer ‘Daoist Immortals’ box and cover, Yongle six-character mark and of the period (est £300-500,000), a cloisonné enamel vase, zun, Xuande period (est £180-240,000), a cinnabar lacquer yellow-ground ‘Chilong’ box and cover, 13th/14th century (est £120-150,000), and a white-glaze ‘boy’ footed jar and cover, 9th/10th century (est £40-60,000).


BEAUTIES, BEASTS, AND BLOSSOMS


Japanese Paintings Bonhams, online, 3 to 11 November Comprising over 100 works, the


collection reflects the tastes and passions of a pioneering generation of London-based connoisseurs, scholars, and dealers during the 1980s and 1990s and is focused mainly on works from the 18th and 19th centuries. Leading the sale is the hanging scroll Bijin Under Cherry Blossom by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), estimated at £12-15,000. Other lots of nikuhitsu- ga ukiyo-e, a form of Japanese painting in the ukiyo-e style include Bijin with Fan by Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1829), circa 1790s, estimated at £10-15,000 and Two Beauties on a Shore by Kawamata Tsunemasa (active 1716-1764), which portrays a


Group of Chinese bronzes from private collection, various estimates, Olympia


CHINESE AND JAPANESE WORKS OF ART


Olympia, London, 5 November


A Prince Hawking, attributed to Muhammad Ali, a page from the late Shah Japan album, Mughal India, circa 1610, the margins Mughal India, circa 1650-58, est £700,000-£1 million, Christie’s


Tis sale offers a broad historical range of Chinese ceramics including a large famille-rose tianqiuping ‘Nine Peach’ vase from a Scottish private collection and jades, paintings, and bronzes from an English private collection. Japanese works of art include enamels from a US private collection and an English private collection of hanakago (flower baskets).


FENG-CHUN MA


‘Qilin’ Chinese snuff bottle, grey and white jade, Qing dynasty, circa 1750-1850, height with stopper 7.5 cm, est £800-£1,2000, Lyon & Turnbull


Family of Cheetahs in a Rocky Landscape, attributed to Basawan, Mughal India, circa 1575-80, est £700,000-£1 million, Christie’s


scene from Te Wind in the Pines, a famous noh drama, estimated at £6-8,000.


• On view from 1-5 November, Bonhams New Bond Street


• Online sales: Priestley & Ferraro, 29 October to 7 November; A Life in


Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection of Chinese Art, 31 October to 10 November; Collectors’ Treasures, 3 to 11 November; Beauties, Beasts and Blossom, 3 to 11 November


AGA KHAN Christie’s, London, 28 October


Bijin Under Cherry Blossom by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, nikuhitsu-ga, painting in the ukiyo-e style, est £12-15,000, Bonhams


EXCEPTIONAL PAINTINGS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF PRINCE & PRINCESS SADRUDDIN


Part of the late Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan’s (1933-2003), who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966-77, collection of Indian and Persian paintings is being sold in


London during Asian Art in London. Comprising 95 lotk, the works come from the prince’s residence. Estimates range from £2,000 to £1 million. Highlights from the Indian paintings include a natural history study, Family of Cheetahs attributed to Basawan, and A Prince Hawking attributed to Muhammad Ali, both estimated at £700,000-£1 million. Several paintings from the Safavid School, late 16th/17th century, include single-figure series signed by or attributed to artists including Mirza Ali, Shaykh Muhammad, Sadiqi Beg, Rea Abbasi, Muhammad Qasim, and Mu’in Musavvir, with estimates ranging from £4-250,000.


FINE ASIAN WORKS


OF ART Lyon & Turnbull, online, 7 November


• A preview will be held at 22 Connaught Street, London W2, from 2 to 6 November


Tis auction of Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian works of art features the collection of Prof J Gilbert and Cora McAllister and includes snuff bottles, textiles, porcelains, and works of art mostly collected in the 1960s and 1970s. A highlight is a grey and white jade ‘qilin’ snuff bottle, Suzhou School type, Qing dynasty, estimated at £800-£1,200.


Detached double sided folio album, calligraphic face and composition, central and northern India, circa 1800, 41.8 x 26 cm, est £6-8,000, Roseberys


Enamelled figure of a boy, Qianlong period, Qing dynasty, circa 1750, est £5-8,000, Roseberys


Chinese famille- rose ‘Nine Peach’ bottle vase, tianqiuping, Guangu period (1874-1908), est £8-12,000, Olympia


COLLECTION Roseberys, London, 4 November


1000 Years of 100 Boys in Chinese Art: Te Feng-Chun Ma Collection, on 4 November, is a single-owner sale assembled over four decades. Te collection comprises one hundred objets d’art related to the enduring Chinese motif of ‘boys at play’ (yingxitu), symbolising the auspicious wish for many sons and the


Imperial embroidered kesi panel of Puxian, Qianlong period, modelled after a painting still preserved in the Qing Court Collection in Taipei, est £150-250,000, Sotheby’s


continuation of family lineage. Objects span from early Song dynasty ceramics to Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains, jade carvings, bronzes, snuff bottles, and textiles. Te boys at play motif draws from


Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian traditions. Its origins lie in Buddhist iconography, where the Buddha’s birth from the calyx of a lotus flower inspired the enduring image of a boy holding a lotus. By the Tang dynasty, depictions of children entered secular contexts, flourishing during the Song dynasty in Su Hanchen’s celebrated paintings of idealised children at play. From the Yongle reign (1402-24) onwards, this crystallised into the ‘hundred boys’ theme (baizitu), recalling the Zhou dynasty story of King Wu, who fathered 99 sons and adopted one more to make a hundred. Highlights include a famille-rose


‘three star gods’ deep cup from the Yongzheng period (est £18-25,000), an enamelled figure of a boy, Qing dynasty, circa 1750 (est £5-8,000), and a blue and white ‘sixteen boys’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period (est £5-10,000). Te single-owner sale is part of the


• Preview: Bowman Sculpture, St James’s, 1 to 2 November


Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian Art series that runs on 4 and 5 November.


• Preview of Antiquities, Islamic Indian Arts at 4 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, 22 to 23 October. The sale is on 31 October


CHINESE ART Sotheby’s, London, 5 November


• The Arts of the Islamic World and India auction is on 29 October


During Asian Art in London, Sotheby’s is offering a selection of Chinese works of art including a collection of early jades (and some Song ceramics) from the Robin Renton Collection that includes a celadon and russet jade snake, Warring States period (est £20- 30,000). Other lots include a large blue and white ‘floral’ dish, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (est £100- 200,000), and an imperial embroidered kesi panel of Puxian, Qianlong period (est £150-250,000).


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Group of ceramics from the Feng-Chun Ma Collection, various estimates, Roseberys


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