Highlights from Arnaud’s Asian Fine Art Auction held Monday, December 6th, 2021.
Arnaud’s Auctions and Appraisals Ltd. held its first auction on Monday, December 6th, 2021.
Highlights from the auction include Monkeys, Qian Songyan $46,104, Shuilu Zhai Painting Daoist Guardian $16,950, Sui-Tang White-Glazed Handled Jar $16,272, Famille Rose “Wu Shuang Pu” HU-shaped Vase $9,356 and a Bronze Miniature Guan Form Censer and Stand $9,356.
Lot #48
Monkeys – Qian Songyan (1898 – 1985)
梁溪故園圖
China, 20th century Dimensions 53 ½” x 26 3/8” (136 x 67 cm) Ink and colour on paper, of two older monkeys resting by a rocky stream while 3 younger monkeys play in the vines above. Signed upper left corner – Qian Songyan, and dated in Chinese numbers 1960. Two seals of the artist.
Est: $40,000-60,000
Price Realised: $46,104
Lot #29
Shuilu Zhai Painting Daoist Guardian
明 水陸畫王元帥神像畫軸
China, Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Period (1521-1567) Dimensions 59” (150 cm) x 29 ¾” (75.6 cm) The Daoist Deity Marshal Wang (Wang Yuanshuai) depicted as a guardian warrior, in a martial stance balancing to the right, right hand raised with a mace-sword, and the left at chest height in a fist with a single finger protruding.
Est: $3000-5000
Price Realised: $16,950
Lot #39
Sui-Tang White-Glazed Handled Jar
隋 白釉四系罐
China, Sui 581-618 to early Tang Dynasty 618-907 Dimensions 26.5cm H Of elongated ovoid form with a low cylindrical neck and rim, the shoulders with 4 heavily formed double lug handles luted to the body, narrow splayed unglazed foot, the glaze of cream white and finely crackled.
Est: $5000-7000
Price Realised: $16,272
Lot #71
Famille Rose “Wu Shuang Pu” HU-shaped Vase
清 “無雙譜”粉彩人物詩文雙象耳尊
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century Dimensions 3” (7.5 cm) H Formed as wide obtuse triangles, possibly from a larger group of shapes originally forming a large square sweetmeats set, with hidden footrings glazed turquoise, the exteriors with landscapes with figures in the famille rose palette.
Est: 2000-3000
Price Realised: $9,356
Lot #93
Bronze Miniature Guan Form Censer and Stand
明 銅仿古紋爐連座
China, 19th century Dimensions 4.25” (10.8 cm) L Of grey celadon stone carved as a foal starting to stand with head high, but legs tucked under its body.