Fine Asian Art

Saturday 17th May 2025 14:00 GMT

Bennett & Dykes

Kensington W8

Viewing:

Wednesday 14th May to Friday 16th May,
11.00am to 5pm.
Suite 27, 3rd Floor, 58-60 Kensington Church Street, London, W8 4DB

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321 A Small Thangka of Tsongkhapa probably Mongolian,18/19th century

well painted in colours on cloth, the pensive monk in yellow hat, flanked by his attributes the flaming sword and the book, with orange mandala behind him, in a green landscape with a white stupa at his feet, the back inscribed in red.

Private London collection

H:25cm

200-300

322 A Small Thangka Image of the four headed Sarvavid Vairocana, 18/19th century

delicately painted in gilding and soft colours on cloth, the Bodhisattva seated on a lotus throne in a hilly landscape with deer, with small images of the Buddha and an abbot above, and with three small Bodhisattvas below.

Private London collection

H:17.5cm 250-350

323 A Bronze standing Padmapani, Nepal, 19th century

the softly modelled dark bronze figure on an oval lotus base, clad in Bodhisattva jewels and tiara, with right hand raised in abhaya mudra.

Private London collection

H:14.5cm

324 A Small Bronze Vajrapani, 18/19th century

the wrathful Bodhisattva well modelled, standing in pratyalidhasana, the combative pose, on a lotus plinth, holding up the vajra in his right hand, sealed.

300-400

Private London collection

H:7cm

600-800

325 A Circular Gau, the repousse Silver Front with Buddhist Emblems, 19th century

with a central miniature image of Tara, all in the original felt case.

Private London collection

650-750

326 A Miniature Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha Sakyamuni, 18th century

the historical Buddha well modelled with rounded serene face, seated on a lotus plinth with his right hand in the gesture of touching the earth, bhumisparsa mudra, unsealed.

Private London collection

H:5.3cm

1500-2000

327 A Small Bronze Seated Teaching Buddha', 18/19th century

the serene figure modelled in a pale alloy, with hands in dharmacakra mudra, the gesture of setting in motion the wheel of the law, seated in padmasana on a waisted lotus plinth, sealed.

Private London collection

H:7.3cm

600-800

328 A Small Gilt Bronze seated figure of Green Tara, 18th century

the female Bodhisattva with serene downcast gaze, modelled seated on a waisted lotus plinth with her right foot resting on a lotus flower, flanked by lotus flowers, and bearing a bottle in her right hand.

Private London collection

H:7.8cm., unsealed 1200-1800

A Rare Miniature Gilt Bronze Mahasiddha Figure, 18th century

the seated figure well modelled, on a waisted lotus plinth, wearing Bodhisattva jewels and tiara, and with a majestic expression of benevolence on his face, sealed.

Private London collection

H:6.5cm

3000-4000

330 A Bronze Seated Tsongkhapa. 18/19th century

heavily cast in a pale alloy, with strong characterful face below the yellow monk's hat, clad in a patchwork robe with incised diaper borders, as he sits on a tall lotus plinth, sealed.

Private London collection

H: 10.3cm.

800-1200

331 A Bronze Seated Tsongkhapa 18/19th century

the pale alloy with some traces of gilding, the details of the serene smiling face beneath the peaked yellow hat well delineated, as he sits on a waisted lotus plinth, flanked by his attributes, the Sword of Knowledge and the Book of Wisdom, sealed.

Private London collection

H:10.3cm

1500-2000

332 A Gilt Bronze seated Avalokitesvara Sadaksari, 18th century

the four armed Bodhisattva crisply modelled with two hands clasped in anjali mudra, and seated in the lotus position on a waisted lotus throne, clad in regal jewellery, with five pointed crown surmounted by the head of Amitabha,unsealed.

Provenance: London collection

H:11cm

1800-2800

333 A Bronze figure of the Emaciated Buddha, 18th century

the dark bronze figure emaciated by prolonged austerities, well modelled seated in padmasana, with every rib and sinew defined, the skull like head backed by a circular halo, on a flat fronted plinth with a vajra in relief.

Private London collection

H:8.5cm

600-800

334 A Bronze Seated Tsongkhapa, 17/18th century

the dark bronze finely worked, particularly on the serene face and the expressive hands, which perform the teaching gesture, as he sits in padmasana on his waisted lotus plinth, unsealed.

Private London collection

H:16cm

2000-3000

336 A Good Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Tsongkhapa, 18th century

the founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism shown in meditation, flanked by the flaming Sword of Wisdom and the Book of Knowledge, borne on flowering lotus stems, his face with finely modelled serene features and pursed lips beneath the peaked yellow hat, his hands in dharmacakra mudra,and seated in the lotus position on a finely worked waisted lotus base, sealed.

Private London collection

H:18.5cm.

8000-12000

335 A Bronz Ganavati, the Six-armed Deity dancing on his Mongoose, and a miniature Ganesh, 19th century

in dark bronze, on a lotus plinth, the large Ganavati.

Private London collection

H:14.6cm

450-550

337 A Repousse Gilt Copper Mandorla, in high openwork relief,14/15th century

the horseshoe shaped mandorla with the bird headed deity Garuda supported by a pair of apsaras, on a ground of swirling flames, above a pair of Makara river dragons, who crouch on rectangular reserves enclosing standing bodhisattvas, and with wood and iron attachment to lower section.

Provenance: The two Bodhisattvas can be identified as Manjusri on the left with his lion, and Samantabhadra on the right with his elephant. They may have flanked a freestanding bronze Sakyamuni Buddha, with whom they make up a Triad

The Mandorla alone { H } { : } 2 8 {cm } . ; (without attachment)

2000-3000

338 A Small Iron Phurbu, with a Vajrakilaya Head Finial, 17th century

the ritual dagger crisply detailed, with the fierce fanged head of the guardian deity surmounted by an openwork vajra.

H:10.7cm.

600-800

339 A Bronze Figure of Vajrapani, in ferocious aspect, 19th century

the dark bronze figure of the fierce Bodhisattva standing in the combative stance,holding up the vajra in his right hand, wood base, the figure.

H:10cm

500-700

340 A Bronze Figure of the Seated Buddha, c.1800

the serene figure seated in the lotus position on a waisted lotus plinth, with right hand making the 'earth touching gesture.

H:11.5cm.

600-800

342 A Finely Modelled Gilt Bronze Shiva and Parvati Group, Nepal, 16th century or earlier.

the serene god wearing a high peaked crown and royal jewellery, seated in maharajahlilasana, the position of royal ease, with his right hand raised in blessing, while his wife Parvati sits on his left knee in lalitasana, with her hands clasped in reverence before her.

H:13cm

25000-30000

343 A Striking Bronze Figure of Hayagriva, Tibet, 16/17th century

the wrathful manifestation of Avalokitesvara, finely modelled in dark bronze, with three wrathful heads, each with three fierce bulging eyes, with six legs and six hands, standing on a lotus base, his body lunging to the right in alidhasana, his features with extensive traces of gilt lacquer and the wild hair lacquered red,

H:18cm.

5000-8000

344 A Chitipati Skull Mask in papier-mache, 19th century

the terrifying protective deity expressively carved as a grinning skull, wearing a tiara of five smaller skulls, and with the blue third eye in his forehead, painted overall in white with blood red detailing, the head flanked by rainbow coloured fan decorations.

H:36cm.

1500-2000

347 A Thangka of Padmasambhava, 17/18th century

the great teacher, known in Tibet as Guru Rinpoche, depicted in ink and colours on cloth, seated on a grand lotus throne rising from a lake, wearing his lotus mitre adorned with sun and moon, flanked by smaller acolytes and bodhisattvas, framed.

The Thangka H:64cm., the frame H:92cm.

1000-1500

348a A Good Hanging Scroll of Nine Lohan, Ming dynasty

finely painted in soft tones in ink and colours on silk, depicting the enlightened ones standing together, accompanied by servants and a dragon, in an otherworldly rocky landscape beneath a pine,

the painting H:137cm

6000-8000

349 An Inscribed Circular Figures and Animals Bronze Mirror, Han dynasty

with the central knob set within a small circle of dots, and surrounded by seated deities, mythical beasts and four pointed nipples. The inscription in archaic Chinese script gives manufacturing and dating information. All below a sawtooth band, and with a cloud-scroll pattern carved on the outer ring. The surface displays a dark patina with hints of green encrustation.

W:19.1cm

500-800

350 An Inscribed Circular Mythical Beasts'TLV Bronze Mirror, Han dynasty

The central knob rising within a square enclosing twelve small nipples alternately representing the Twelve Branches, the main field decorated with "TLV" patterns as well as eight nipples around the square, with different mythical beasts and birds, surrounded by an auspicious inscription, within a narrow hatched border, all within bands of dogtooth and cloud scroll around the rim. With Japanese wood box.

W:18cm

800-1000

351 An Inscribed Circular Bronze Mirror, Han dynasty

with central knob set within a square border with four "T shape motifs flanked by four pointed nipples and surrounded by banded patterns, and an inscription in archaic script, all within a sawtooth band, the outer ring carved with auspicious cloud motifs.

Provenance: A Dallas, Texas, collection of Chinese art

W:13.2cm

500-800

352 A Rare Silver Dragon Ewer and Cover, early Ming dynasty

of flattened pear shape, after an Islamic metal original, decorated on each side with a peach shaped panel enclosing an incised design of a fierce three clawed dragon pursuing the flaming pearl ', and with tall curving spout, the tall loop handle issuing from a dragon mouth at the top, and attached to the domed cover by a chain.

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Louis Fung, one of the early members of the Hong Kong Min Chiu Society, and illustrated in his catalogue My Collection' on p.109, where it is described as Song. Very closely comparable design can be seen in Yongle blue and white, most notably in the T.Y.Chao blue and white ewer , property no. 13, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong 19th May 1987, lot 228, and subsequently sold again by Sothebys Hong Kong, lot 101, 8th April 2023, which is of comparable shape and design, with a peach shaped dragon reserve enclosing a five clawed dragon on both sides. The three clawed dragon on the silver ewer may point to a slightly earlier dating in the Yuan.

H:23.5cm

8000-12000

353 A Yue Celadon Handled Jar with Cover, Western Jin Dynasty

the jar features a flared double-rimmed mouth, very likely designed for functional purposes like sealing, the jar of shouldered form with a tapering foot, with four evenly spaced lugs applied to the shoulder, and olive-green glaze applied to the upper section from the waist, the lower section remaining unglazed, revealing a greyish stoneware body.

H:22cm

2500-3000

354 A White-glazed Green-splashed Vase, Northern dynasties

of ovoid form, rising from the tapering flat base to a tall neck and everted rim, covered overall in off-white glaze with a splash of green.

H:16.5cm

3000-4000

355 A Rare Green-glazed Figure of a Lion, Five dynasties

the small, moulded figure of a mythical beast with expressive facial features and a curling mane, crouching on all fours, the surface retaining traces of dark green glaze over the body with an unglazed base exposing the buff colour.

L:6cm, H:4.5cm

1000-1500

356 A Yue Celadon Turtle Jar, Five dynasties

the ovoid body supported on a tapering foot, the lower half with upright lotus leaf patterns. and with incised floral patterns above the waist, four applied tortoise-shaped lugs arranged symmetrically around the short neck.

H:21cm

1000-1500

357 A Xingyao Brown-glazed Vase, Sui dynasty

the small bottle with a globular body rising from a straight rounded foot to a galleried rim supported on a narrow neck, a dark-blown glaze covers the entire body which is applied with a delicate four-petal floral motif.

H:9.5cm

500-700

358 A Rare Yaozhou Celadon Lobed Dish, Five dynasties

the lobed sides rising from a short splayed foot to a petalled rim, covered overall in a pale-green glaze.

W:11cm, H:4cm

1500-2000

359 Two White-glazed Handled Jars, Sui dynasty

the globular body rising from a slightly flared foot to a short neck, incised with a narrow groove at the neck and shoulder, applied with three and four double-stranded loop handles, covered with a transparent white glaze toned slightly olive from firing stopping irregularly at the widest part of the belly to expose the fine buff body beneath.

H:15cm, 16cm

4000-5000

360 A White-glazed Amphora' Dragon Vase, Tang dynasty

elegantly potted, the slightly splayed foot swelling to high, rounded shoulders surmounted by a tall waisted neck moulded with three raised rings and an everted galleried rim, surmounted by two curved double-strap handles applied with five studded bosses, terminating in dragon-head terminals biting the rim, covered overall with a finely crackled translucent glaze of pale tint stopping evenly above the base to reveal the fine white body.

H:33.5cm

1000-1500

361 A White-glazed Jar, Tang dynasty

of ovoid form with steep rounded shoulders rising to a short waisted neck and flared rim, covered overall with a milky-white glaze.

H:17.5cm

1000-1500

362 A Rare Black-glazed Jar, Tang dynasty

potted with a compressed globular body rising to the inverted mouth rim, covered overall in dark-brown glaze except for the buff toned base.

H:13.5cm, W:21.5cm 500-700

363 A Brown-glazed Pottery Figure of Horse, Tang dynasty

the powerfully modelled animal standing foursquare on a rectangular base, its wellformed head with ears pricked back, eyes bulging, nostrils flared and lips apart to bare its teeth, covered with a streaky brown glaze stopping short of the hooves and base, the saddle also unglazed, the saddle cloth and blanket splashed in a darker chestnut.

Provenance: From the Property of Hartman, Rare Art, Inc. Ex. Sold at Sotheby's New York, 5 June 1985, lot 232.

H:47.5cm

7000-9000

364 A Cizhou White-glazed Lobed Vase, Jin dynasty

the lobed ovoid body rising from the short splayed foot to a long waisted neck and foliate everted rim, covered overall in milky-white glaze over a white slip.

H:19cm

1000-1500

365 A White-glazed Foliate Jar, Song dynasty

with rounded sides curving from the tall splayed foot to the everted foliate rim, covered overall in a creamy white glaze.

H:11.5cm

1000-1500

366 A Pair of Cizhou Rouletted' Jars and Covers, Song dynasty

the ovoid body rising from a straight foot to a wide neck, the grey stoneware body covered with a creamy-white slip and a dark chocolate-brown overslip, cut to the body with a roulette forming bands of short oblique strokes in close-packed rows, the exterior applied with a clear glaze and the interior with a brown glaze, the domed cover similarly decorated; It is uncommon to find rouletted jars preserved with a cover, although one was included in the exhibition Charm of Black and White Ware. Transition of Cizhou Type Wares, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, cat. no. 56; and another in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, col. pl. 82. Wares decorated in this way were made in kilns in Henan province, such as the Dangyangyu kilns where fragments of wares of this type have been unearthed; see the fragment of a similar cover illustrated in Series of China Ancient Porcelain Kiln Sites. Dangyangyu Kiln of China, Beijing, 2011, pl. 68.
An identical one sold at Sotheby's London from the Tsuneichi Inoue Collection at 13 May 2015, Lot 30, for 27,500.

H;11.7cm, 11.8cm

10000-12000

368 A Rare Yaozhou Moon-white Tripod Censer, Jin dynasty

sturdily potted with a bombe body rising to a short constricted neck and wide everted rim, all supported on three splayed legs, applied with a translucent sage-green glaze except on the interior.

H:5.3cm, W:6cm

5000-7000

370 A Jun ware Dish, Jin dynasty

well potted with the wide shallow sides raised on a short foot, covered overall with an attractive milky sky-blue glaze draining to a mushroom tone at the rim, the neatly pared foot ring left unglazed covered in dark brown dressing.

W:16.6cm

8000-12000

371 A Rare Cizhou Pear-shaped Ribbed Ewer, Song dynasty

decorated with vertical slip ribbing around the body, with broad handle and short out- turned spout, covered in overall black glaze stopping above the foot.

H:13cm

4000-6000

372 A Cizhou Sgraffiato Ovoid Vase, Jin dynasty

boldly carved through the dark glaze to the buff body with two bands of leafy and peony scroll, all below a tall splayed neck and everted rim; A similar carved Cizhou vase, formerly in the collection of George Crofts, is illustrated in Royal Ontario Museum, The T. T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art, Toronto, 1996, no. 91.

H:22.5cm

10000-15000

373 A Rare Large Cizhou Sgraffiato Vase, Song/Jin dynasty

the tapering body carved through creamy-white slip with two broad bands of peony, all under a clear glaze except for the unglazed yellowish base; A comparable Cizhou meiping dated to the 11th-12th century of larger size carved through a cream-colored glaze to a pale grey ground was gifted by Mrs.

Samuel T. Peters in 1926 to The Metropolitan Museum (acc. no. 26.292.56). The Metropolitan Museum vase is carved with a broad central scroll band with leaves similarly rendered to those on the present vase but lacking the large peony blossoms.

H:26.7cm

8000-12000

374 A Longquan Celadon Lotus Dish, Song dynasty

the rounded sides rising from a tapering foot to a flat everted rim, the exterior with upright petals, covered overall save for the footring in a sage-green glaze.

W:16.7cm

2000-3000