Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art at Roseberys, London

Over 700 lots spanning many epochs and categories of Asian Art, from Chinese archaic bronzes to Japanese prints and Singaporean Modern art, will go under the hammer at Roseberys this autumn. Leading the Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art sale on November 11 is a hanging scroll by one of China’s most important artists, Bada Shanren, and two rare archaic bronzes from the extensive van Daalen Collection.

SELECTED LOTS

Left: A Chinese porcelain plaque, Cheng Yiting, Republic period; Right: A rare and large Chinese porcelain baluster vase by Wang Qi, Republic period

A Chinese porcelain plaque, Cheng Yiting (1895-1948), Republic period
Dated to spring of 1939, painted in Famille Rose enamels with a bird perched on a blossoming branch, with artist's seal and inscribed upper right, 38cm x 24.5cm. See Price Estimate...

A rare and large Chinese porcelain baluster vase by Wang Qi, Republic period
Painted in Famille Rose enamels with ladies in a garden landscape, two artist's seals and colophon, inscribed to neck, 57cm high. See Price Estimate...

Left: A rare Chinese archaic bronze ritual food vessel, Yu; Right: A rare Chinese archaic ritual bronze wine vessel, Zun, Fu Yi mark

A rare Chinese archaic bronze ritual food vessel, Yu
Late Shang dynasty, the deep bowl cast with a band of raised bosses and taotie masks interspersed with archaistic dragons, the body decorated with protruding studs enclosed within a diamond trellis ground of elongated leiwen-pattern, the splayed foot decorated with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground, 16.5cm high, 25.4cm diameter. See Price Estimate...

A rare Chinese archaic ritual bronze wine vessel, Zun, Fu Yi mark
Early Western Zhou dynasty, well-cast with a bulbous mid-section between a spreading foot and a trumpet neck with wide flaring rim, decorated with two taotie masks and two pairs of confronting dragons on a leiwen ground between two double 'bowstrings', 23.2cm high. See Price Estimate...

Left: Bada Shanren’s Hanging Scroll; Right: A rare Chinese hardstone musician belt plaque, Tang dynasty

Bada Shanren’s Hanging Scroll
Bada Shanren (c.1626-1705), also known as Zhu Da, was born in the Jiangxi province of China into the illustrious Ming dynasty but later fled, after the dynasty fell, to a monastery where he became a Buddhist monk. He is regarded as one of the greatest painters of all time, credited with invigorating Chinese painting and inspiring future generations of ‘eccentric’ and ‘individualist’ artists. Ink on paper, hanging scroll, two birds on a rock, 35.2 x 55.3cm. See Price Estimate...

A rare Chinese hardstone musician belt plaque, Tang dynasty
The stone of grey tone with black inclusions, skillfully used to delineate a musician carved in low relief depicted holding a stick in his right hand with which he beats a drum, and a rattle in his left hand, wearing a long scarf which trails around him, the sides chamfered to a flat base with four pairs of holes for attachment, 4.7cm x 4.7cm. See Price Estimate...


Left: Cheong Soo Pieng - A Portrait of Three Children; Middle: Cheong Soo Pieng - Abstract Fishing Village; Right: Cheong Soo Pieng - Abstract Fishing Village with Figure and Boats

Cheong Soo Pieng (Singapore, 1917-1983) - A Portrait of Three Children
Ink and colour on paper, a portrait of three children, signed and dated '61 upper right, 93cm x 45cm, in a glazed frame. See Price Estimate...

Cheong Soo Pieng (Singapore, 1917-1983) - Abstract Fishing Village
Ink and colour on paper, signed upper left, 93cm x 44cm, in a glazed frame. See Price Estimate...

Cheong Soo Pieng (Singapore, 1917-1983) - Abstract Fishing Village with Figure and Boats
Ink and colour on paper, signed upper left, 92cm x 36.5cm, in a glazed frame. See Price Estimate...

A Pair of Japanese Eight-Panel Screens, After Sesson Shukei, 17th century

A Pair of Japanese Eight-Panel Screens, After Sesson Shukei, 17th century
Ink on paper, each screen depicting mountain landscape with villages and figures, seasonal poems painted in gold, each screen signed Sesson, red Shukei seal, each panel image 138 x 45.3cm. See Price Estimate...

Left: A rare pair of Chinese bronze and inlaid 'tiger' mat weights, Western Han dynasty; Right: A Chinese green and aubergine yellow-ground 'dragon' saucer, Kangxi mark and period

A rare pair of Chinese bronze and inlaid 'tiger' mat weights, Western Han dynasty
Each finely cast as coiled tigers on a circular base, their stripes inlaid with gold and silver, each with silver-inlaid collar, with glass-inset eyes 5.5cm diameter. See Price Estimate...

A Chinese green and aubergine yellow-ground 'dragon' saucer, Kangxi mark and period
Finely incised and enamelled in aubergine and green to the central reserve with two five-clawed confronting dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, the exterior decorated with four pairs of bunches of grapes, the base with underglaze aubergine six-character mark within a double circle, 13.2cm diameter. See Price Estimate...

Left: A rare Chinese porcelain 'fish' bowl, Kangxi period; Right: A rare and large Chinese porcelain bowl, Wanli period

A rare Chinese porcelain 'fish' bowl, Kangxi period
Painted in underglaze blue and copper-red to the exterior with fish swimming in a fast current amongst waterlilies, the interior with the central reserve depicting a fish being thrown from the crashing waves in front of a sunset, surrounded by a border of shells, fish, a crab and a prawn, apocryphal underglaze blue six-character Xuande mark within double ring border to base, 18.1cm diameter. See Price Estimate...

A rare and large Chinese porcelain bowl, Wanli period
Painted in underglaze blue with a dragon and an open-winged phoenix bird amongst stylised flames, waves and flower sprays to the exterior, the interior painted with a bird perched on rockwork amongst flowers encircled by a wide band of different flower sprays beneath butterflies in flight, 37.7cm diameter. See Price Estimate...

Left: A Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Vaishravana, 18th/19th century; Right: A Chinese gold belt buckle, Han dynasty

A Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Vaishravana, 18th/19th century
Seated on a lotus throne wearing hair in high chignon and headpiece decorated with double vajra, 15cm high. See Price Estimate...

A Chinese gold belt buckle, Han dynasty
Chased in high relief with a chilong dragon, the edges of the gold sheet folded over on the reverse, 9.8cm long. See Price Estimate...

Left: A Chinese silvered bronze octafoil mirror of lighua type, Tang dynasty; Right: Three Chinese bronze miniature votive covered vessels, Late Six dynasties - Early Tang dynasty

A Chinese silvered bronze octafoil mirror of lighua type, Tang dynasty
Finely cast with five floral motifs around the central raised knob inside a border of butterflies and floral sprays, the sides formed as petals, 10.3cm diameter. See Price Estimate...

Three Chinese bronze miniature votive covered vessels, Late Six dynasties - Early Tang dynasty
One formed as a lotus bud on a pedestal base, another of compressed globular form, the third of waisted cylindrical form, all cast with ribbed decoration, greyish green patina throughout with some small areas of blue and green encrustation, 8cm - 5.5cm high. See Price Estimate...

Left: A Chinese terracotta mask with the face of a threatening beast, Tang dynasty; Right: A Chinese gilt bronze belt hook, Han dynasty

A Chinese terracotta mask with the face of a threatening beast, Tang dynasty
The horned beast depicted with large bulging eyes, open mouth showing gritted teeth, flaring nostrils and protruding ears above to arms to the side of the face with four claws, painted with white slip and red and black pigment to outline facial features, 36 cm. high, 41 cm. wide. See Price Estimate...

A Chinese gilt bronze belt hook, Han dynasty
Finely cast as a tiger's head with turquoise inset eyes and forehead, with tapering hook terminating in a dragon's head, 11.2cm long. See Price Estimate...

Left: A Chinese sancai-glazed pottery pillow, Tang dynasty; Right: A Chinese sancai-glazed pottery pillow, Tang dynasty

A Chinese sancai-glazed pottery pillow, Tang dynasty
Decorated to the top and underside with rows of incised flowerheads picked out in cream and yellow, the sides evenly splashed in green and cream, 11.5cm long. See Price Estimate...

A Chinese sancai-glazed pottery pillow, Tang dynasty
The top and underside decorated with an incised flowerhead encircled by stylised ruyi-form petals, the sides with even splashes in cream, amber, and green glaze, 11.5cm long. See Price Estimate...

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