Auction Preview: Fine Asian Works of Art at Bonhams, San Francisco, June 25
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What: Fine Asian Works of ArtWhere: Bonhams, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103When: June 25, 10:00 AM PDTPublic Viewing: June 21, 2019, 10:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 22, 2019, 10:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 23, 2019, 10:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 24, 2019 10:00 - 17Auction Preview: Fine Asian Works of Art at Bonhams, San Francisco, June 25
What: Fine Asian Works of ArtWhere: Bonhams, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103When: June 25, 10:00 AM PDTPublic Viewing: June 21, 2019, 10:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 22, 2019, 10:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 23, 2019, 10:00 - 17:00 PDT, June 24, 2019 10:00 - 17:00 PDTTop Lots at the Sale:— “Paired Birds among Plum Blossoms and Bamboo,” 1948 — Yu Feian (1889-1959). Ink and color on paper, mounted for framing, inscribed, dated wuzi zhong chun (1948, mid-spring) and signed Fei’an with two artist’s seals reading Yu Zhao si yin and Fei’an. Measurement: 46x21in (117x53.5cm). Featured in lot 203. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 50,000 USD— “Horse” — Xu Beihong (1895-1953); Ink on paper, hanging scroll now mounted, framed and glazed, signed at the upper left Beihong man xing and with one artist’s seal reading Beihong zhi hua. Measurement: 21 3/4x11 1/4in (55.2x28.5cm) sight. Featured in lot 187. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 50,000 USD— “A Chenxiangmu Libation Cup” — Qing Dynasty. Made to resemble a rhinoceros horn libation cup, the sides carved in high relief with a mountainous landscape peppered with travelers, pavilions and trees, a large undercut pine tree at one end forming the handle, wood stand. Measurement: 4 3/4in (12cm) high (2). Featured in lot 42. Estimate: 30,000 USD - 40,000 USD— “A fine white jade brush washer,” bixi, 18th-century — of compressed ovoid form with a raised lip surrounding the deeply hollowed cavity and a spider web drawn on one side near a spider climbing toward it from the deeply undercut branches of lingzhi fungus that support the underside and rise upward to the opposite side of the container. Measurement: 5 1/2in (14cm) length across jade (2). Featured in lot 58. Estimate: 20,000 USD - 30,000 USD— “A fine and large blue and white archaistic vase,” 18th/19th century —Thickly potted with a vertical rim, a pair of scrolling tendril handles applied to the waisted neck and an ovoid body raised on a spreading foot. Measurement: 27 3/4in (70.5cm) high. Featured in lot 90. Estimate: 20,000 USD - 30,000 USD— “A huanghuali center table,” 18th-century — The square top composed of three main well-figured panels set into a mitered, mortise and tenon frame of “ice-plate” edge joined to a carved key fret apron of beaded edge over hump back stretchers tenoned to square supports with key fret terminals. Measurement: 33 1/4x35 1/2x35 1/2in (84.5x90.2x90.2cm). Featured in lot 162. Estimate: 20,000 USD - 30,000 USD— “La Cueillette (Gathering),” 1966 — Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000); Oil on canvas, framed, signed at the lower left and dated “Vu Cao Dam 66.” Measurement: 13x9 7/16in (33x24cm). Featured in lot 221. Estimate: 20,000 USD - 30,000 USDFor details, visit: https://www.bonhams.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the salehttps://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more