BONHAMS
Bonhams are international auctioneers of fine Chinese, Japanese, Islamic and Indian art. We specialise in rare Imperial and Export Chinese ceramics and works of art, as well as Japanese ceramics, fine and decorative works of art from the Neolithic Period to the 20th century.
101 New Bond Street
Mayfair
London W1S 1SR
Chinese Art – Asaph Hyman
Phone +44 (0) 20 7468 8248
Email asaph.hyman@bonhams.com
Japanese Art – Suzannah Yip
Phone +44 (0) 20 7468 8368
Email suzannah.yip@bonhams.com
Indian & Islamic Art – Oliver White
Phone +44 (0) 20 7468 8303
Email oliver.white@bonhams.com
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art – Priya Singh
Phone +44 (0) 20 7468 8203
Email priya.singh@bonhams.com
AUCTION
The Marsh Collection: Art for the Literati (Online Only – Part II)
Fri 27th Oct – Mon 6th November 2023 12.00
AUCTION
The Marsh Collection: Art for the Literati Part II
Thurs 2nd November 10.00
AUCTION
Devotion: Culture, Country and Charity
Chinese Art Sold for the Benefit of a Charitable Foundation
Thurs 2nd November 2023 12.00
AUCTION
Fine Japanese Art
Thurs 2nd November 2023 11.00
AUCTION
Islamic and Indian Art
Mon 6th – Wed 15th November 2023 12.00
AUCTION
Islamic and Indian Art
Tues 14th November 2023 12.00
AUCTION
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
Tues 14th November 2023 13.00
A MAGNIFICENT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA Yongle incised six-character mark and of the period
21cm (8 2/8in) high.
Provenance: Henrik Valdemar Jacobsen (1887-1955), Harbin, China and Hellerup, Denmark, and thence by descent
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL, DING Early Western Zhou Dynasty
19.6cm (7 6/8in) high.
Provenance: Guggenheim 3 (label)
Sotheby's London, 13 December 1963, lot 171
Alan Hartman (1930-2023), New York
Sotheby's New York, 19 March 1997, lot 2
An important European private collection, and thence by descent
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ancient Ritual Bronzes of China, Los Angeles, 1976, no.6.
C. Deydier, Chinese Bronzes, New York, 1981, pl.14.
A VERY RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE DRUM-SHAPED 'MANDALA' Ming Dynasty
A FINE AND RARE CARVED CELADON-GLAZED 'PEONY' BOWL Yongzheng seal mark and of the period
26.7cm (10 1/2in) diam.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 November 1976, lot 528
A European private collection
LIU DAN (b.1953) Old Cypress from the Forbidden City, 2007
259.1cm high x 137.2cm wide (102in high x 54in wide)
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Chinese Ink Painting Now, New York, 2010, p.71.
Michael Goedhuis, Ink: The Art of China, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2012, p.75.
LI HUAYI (b.1948) Landscape, 2010-2011
180cm high x 91cm wide (71in high x 36in wide).
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Michael Goedhuis, The Ink Art of China, London, 2019, pp.18-19.
The Bedchamber Sword of Tipu Sultan (reg. 1782-1799), a fine gold-koftgari-hilted steel sword (sukhela) India, 18th Century
Provenance: Tipu Sultan (reg. 1782-1799), found in his private apartments following his death.
Major General David Baird (1757-1829), presented by the Army of the East India Company in May 1799, thence by descent.
Dix Noonan Webb, The Baird Jewels and Archive, Including Tipu Sultan's Sword, 19 September 2003, lot 3.
Private UK collection.
An important Iznik pottery water bottle (surahi) Turkey, circa 1575
A Timurid moulded pottery mihrab tile Central Asia, second half of the 14th Century
