Auction
ARTS OF ASIA : A TIMELESS TRAVEL 



 
Nearly 350 objects will make up the Arts of Asia sale on 8 April at Aguttes. The sale will be structured around three main chapters: the arts of Japan, Vietnam, China and South-East Asia. 

 
Display cases, bronzes and militaria for Japan, a collection of huê blue for Vietnam, including a rare imperial cup from the 18th century, not to be missed. China will honour the porcelain with several vases of Ge type as aesthetic as technical, cloisonne, wood, hard stones and many other objects to discover on the online catalogue...  


 
Vietnam, fin XVIIIe siècle, Lê Postérieur (1428-1788)
Rare porcelain bowl with blue-white Hué decoration of a five-clawed dragon holding the stylized Tho character among evanescent clouds
Mark on the base with four characters: Khánh Xuân Thị Tả (Imperial Palace of the left wing celebrating the year of Spring)

D. 18.2 cm (Copper circled)
Estimate: €20 000 - 30 000






China, circa 1920
A perfume burner on three legs in the shape of Ao sea dragons, decorated with two curved handles, the rim decorated in polychrome cloisonné enamels on a blue background with blossoming lotus flowers, foliage and garlanded ruyi
The lid is chiselled and openworked with stylised clouds among which bats alternate with cloisonné ruyi and topped by a handle in the form of coiled dragons
112 x 114 cm
Estimate: €8 000 - 12 000





China, Daoguand period (1820 - 1850)
A pair of fanghu-shaped vases, made of celadon glaze porcelain, the body decorated on the long sides with a motif evoking the shape of a peach of longevity. The neck is enhanced by two tubular handles
Daoguang mark with six zhuanshu characters. The opening and foot are enhanced by a European gilt bronze frame
Vase height: 31.5 cm - Total height: 37.5 cm
Estimate: €4 000 - 6 000



 
The large ink-on-silk painting below, which will be presented at the Arts of Asia sale on April 8, depicts two of the eight Taoist Immortals. In the foreground, Li Tieguai, also known as Li the Limping One or Li with the Iron Cane, is the patron saint of the sick. He is shaggy, ugly and irascible, except with those he is the patron of, towards whom he is compassionate. Behind him stands He Xiangu, "Immortal Maiden He". Li Tieguai and He Xiangu both observe the cinnabar that the former is preparing. This work is unsigned, but a late colophon, probably from the 19th century, associated with the painting and signed Duan Fang, states that it was painted by Muxi (Muqi, a 13th century Buddhist painter and monk). The colophon describes the scene and praises the technique. This painting has also been attributed to the painter Yan Hui, active in the late Song and early Yuan periods. It is a fact that one of the artist's favourite themes was the Taoist Immortals, which he treated in a style quite similar to our painting. However, comparing it with some of the few known paintings of the painter, most of which are preserved in Japan, a later date seems more likely. 





China, late Ming period, early Qing period
Large ink painting on silk, mounted in a vertical scroll, depicting the Taoist Immortals Li Tieguai and He Xiangu
Unsigned, with stamps and a colophon signed Duan Fang which states that it was painted by Muxi, a 13th century Buddhist painter and monk
158 x 92 cm 
Estimate: €15 000 - 20 000






Tibet, 18th century
A lacquered, gilded, polychrome wooden subject, inlaid on the forehead with a fine stone, representing Avalokiteshvara with eight arms and eleven heads, standing on a lotus, dressed in ajina (deer, antelope or tiger skin), a stole and a paridhana
or tiger skin), a stole and a paridhana. He performs the gestures of prayer, worship (anjalimudra) and giving (varadamudra).
H. 37.6 cm 
Estimate: € 5 000 - 6 000






 
ART OF ASIA 

Auction 
Friday, April 8, 2:30pm

Exhibition
Wednesday 6 April : 2pm - 6pm
Thursday 7 April : 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 6pm


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Johanna Blancard de Lery
Head of the Asian arts Department 
+33 1 47 45 00 90 • delery@aguttes.com