FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART 中國藝術珍品 WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY 2023

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ASIAN ART SPECIALISTS \& CONTACTS John Axford Jeremy Morgan Freya Yuan-Richards Alexandra Aguilar Asian Art Chinese Paintings Japanese Art MRICS ASFAV Head of Asian Art Michelle Yu Sophie Moore Nelson Chui Photography Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed by the number listed below John Axford MRICS ASFAV 424506 Alexandra Aguilar 424583 Freya Yuan-Richards 424589 Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098 Michelle Yu 424571 Sophie Moore 424591 Nelson Chui 424591 Email: asianart@woolleyandwallis.co.uk Front Cover: Lot 418 Back Cover: Lot 408 Catalogue £20.00 (£25.00 by post) (£30.00 by post outside Europe) Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU Tel: +44 (0)1722 424500 • www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk 2

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CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA 中國歷代年表 NEOLITHIC 新石器時代 NORTHERN DYNASTIES 北朝 MING DYNASTY 明 1368-1644 c.6500-1700 BC 386-581 Hongwu 洪武 1368-1398 Northern Wei 北魏 386-534 Jianwen 建文 1399-1402 XIA DYNASTY 夏 Eastern Wei 東魏 534-550 Yongle 永樂 1403-1425 c.2100-1600 BC Western Wei 西魏 535-556 Hongxi 洪熙 1425 Northern Qi 北齊 550-577 Xuande 宣德 1426-1435 SHANG DYNASTY 商 Northern Zhou 北周 557-581 Zhengtong 正統 1436-1449 c.1600-1100 BC Jingtai 景泰 1450-1456 SUI DYNASTY 隋 581-618 Tianshun 天順 1457-1464 ZHOU DYNASTY 周 Chenghua 成化 1465-1487 c.1100-221 BC TANG DYNASTY 唐 618-907 Hongzhi 弘治 1488-1505 Western Zhou 西周 Zhengde 正德 1506-1521 c.1100-771 BC FIVE DYNASTIES 五代 907-960 Jiajing 嘉靖 1522-1566 Eastern Zhou 東周 770-256 BC Later Liang 後梁 907-923 Longqing 隆慶 1567-1572 Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 Later Tang 後唐 923-936 Wanli 萬曆 1573-1620 770-476 BC Later Jin 後晋 936-946 Taichang 泰昌 1620 Warring States Period 戰國 Later Han 後漢 947-950 Tianqi 天啟 1621-1627 475-221 BC Later Zhou 後周 951-960 Chongzhen 崇禎 1628-1644 QIN DYNASTY 秦 221-206 BC LIAO DYNASTY 遼 907-1125 QING DYNASTY 清 1644-1911 Shunzhi 順治 1644-1661 HAN DYNASTY 漢 SONG DYNASTY 宋 960-1279 Kangxi 康熙 1662-1722 206 BC-AD 220 Northern Song 北宋 960-1127 Yongzheng 雍正 1723-1735 Western Han 西漢 206 BC-AD 8 Southern Song 南宋 1127-1279 Qianlong 乾隆 1736-1795 Eastern Han 東漢 AD 25-220 Jiaqing 嘉慶 1796-1820 JIN DYNASTY 金 1115-1234 Daoguang 道光 1821-1850 THREE KINGDOMS 三國 Xianfeng 咸豐 1851-1861 220-280 YUAN DYNASTY 元 1271-1368 Tongzhi 同治 1862-1874 Wei 魏 220-265 Guangxu 光緒 1875-1908 Shu Han 蜀漢 221-263 Xuantong 宣統 1908-1911 Wu 吳 222-280 REPUBLIC OF CHINA 中華民國 JIN DYNASTY 晉 265-420 1912- Western Jin 西晉 265-317 HONGXIAN (YUAN SHI KAI) 洪憲 Sixteen Kingdoms 十六國 304-439 （袁世凱）1915-1916 Dong Jin 東晉 317-420 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SOUTHERN DYNASTIES 南朝 中華人民共和國 1949- 420-589 Liu Song 劉宋 420-479 Southern Qi 南齊 479-502 Liang 梁 502-557 Chen 陳 557-589 6

FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART 中國藝術珍品 WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY 2023 Lot 434

Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956 8 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

LOTS 401-417 FROM THE COLLECTION OF ADOLPHE STOCLET 9

斯托克萊中國藝術品珍藏 「眼前的藏品都奧妙得無法想象， 皆因這位收藏家唯獨鍾情稀世珍品」 Georges A. Salles, 前法國博物館館長 (1945-57) Adolphe Stoclet (阿道夫·斯托克萊1871-1949)曾是比利時的工程師、銀行家和著名的古董收藏家。孜孜以求的斯 托克萊先生及其妻子Suzanne嚴挑慎選，建立了極其富學術價值和收藏意義於一身的早期藝術品收藏。其藏品 涵蓋中國、柬埔寨、埃及、美索不達米亞、哥倫布時期前的墨西哥及非洲部落各地蒐羅的文物。 斯托克萊家族對藝術、建築、文物的熱情促使他任命Wiener Werkstätte的創辦人、享譽盛名的奧地利摩拉維亞 建築師 – Josef Hoffmann，於1905年設計他們位於比利時布魯塞爾郊區的大宅，斯托克萊宮 (Stoclet Palace)，締 造出能夠映襯珍藏的陳列空間。 珍藏薈萃的斯托克萊宮被認為是維也納的分離派最具代表性的建築物，不僅標誌著現代主義風格，亦充分體現 了德國整體藝術的理念。整體藝術是由德國作曲家Richard Wagner於1849年提出的美學概念。斯托克萊宮由室 內至室外的建築格調、裝飾藝術、傢俱、銀器、花園甚至植物都因其唯美的統一風格而令人讚譽不絕。 博古知今的斯托克萊家族絕對是打破傳統藝術體制的先鋒派，他們前衛的審美觀念和追求創意的熱忱使得當代 藝術家為之聚首一堂， 例如由Gustav Klimt 為斯托克萊宮設計的大型馬賽克鑲嵌畫，成為了他在 1918 年逝世之 前，最後的傳世之作。 縱然眾多歐洲貴族都有幸參觀過斯托克萊的藏品，但 這個不凡的收藏卻很少被編纂成書，更未有機會被大眾 參觀過。此次威立士拍賣行有幸上拍其收藏中的一部分藏品 编号401- 417。 10 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

Suzanne and Adolphe Stoclet THE STOCLET COLLECTION “There is nothing of the expected in this collection, for the collector was only interested in the exceptional” Georges A. Salles, Directeur des Musées de France (1945-57) Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949) was a Belgian engineer, financier, and notable collector of antiquities. With his wife, Suzanne, he amassed an eclectic and encyclopaedic collection of ‘haute epoque’ pieces from ancient civilisations including China, Cambodia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, pre-Columbian Mexico and tribal Africa. In 1905 the Stoclets’ passion for art, architecture and antiquities culminated in the commission of Josef Hoffmann, of Wiener Werkstätte, to build Stoclet Palace in Brussels to house their extensive collection. The palace is considered to be one of the great monuments of Vienna Secession architecture, heralding the birth of modernism and embodying the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk. Gesamtkunstwerk was written about by the composer Richard Wagner in 1849, heralding his aesthetic ideals for theatre to be a total work of art. Every dimension of Stoclet Palace - interior and exterior architecture, decoration, furniture, silverware, gardens and planting – is praised for its unity of style. The Stoclets were avant-garde in the truest sense of the term, their aesthetic innovation and passion for creativity brought together the artists of the age; Gustav Klimt painted the mural in the dining room of Stoclet Palace, his last monumental piece before his untimely death in 1918. Adolphe and Suzanne Stoclet entertained European royalty as well as historians, archaeologists, writers, and musicians. However, pieces from the Stoclet Collection have rarely been published or seen in the public domain. 11

401 A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL MALLET-SHAPED VASE LATE MING DYNASTY The body and neck enamelled in polychrome with flowers, fruits, birds and butterflies on a turquoise ground, the undecorated base with a square four character Jingtai seal mark, 1.3kg, 22.7cm high, 14.5cm wide. £8,000-12,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.432-433. Cf. H Brinker and A Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné, the Pierre Uldry Collection, p.137, pl.137, And Sotheby’s, Paris, 18th December 2012, lot 4 for closely related vases of this type. 明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯瓜瓞綿綿紙槌瓶 《景泰年製》款 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 432-433。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 12 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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402 A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘DOUBLE CHILONG’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER MID-MING DYNASTY The slightly convex top of the cover brightly enamelled with a pair of writhing chilong, one yellow with black dots, the other purple and black, set on a turquoise ground decorated in red, white, purple, yellow and black with flaming clouds, pearls, double-gourds, crossed horns and other auspicious motifs. The sides with small flower heads and leaves, the base undecorated, 468g, 12.2cm wide, 4.8cm high. (2) £8,000-12,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.434-435. Cf. B Quette, Cloisonné, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, p.34 for two earlier double dragon boxes and covers, one in cloisonné enamel dated to the Yuan or early Ming dynasty from Les Arts Décoratifs, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 23.634. cat.9, the other in carved lacquer dated to the Southern Song dynasty from the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, B77M12. See also Bonhams, London, 8th November 2012, lot 233 for a related cloisonné enamel double chilong box and cover. 明中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯螭龍紋蓋盒 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 434-435。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 14 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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403 A LARGE CHINESE GOLD, SILVER AND TURQUOISE INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU WARRING STATES PERIOD The hook with a bird’s head terminal and an arched shaft decorated in gold and silver with an intricate geometric pattern of lozenges, circles and spirals, on a ground filled with turquoise inlay. The underside with a circular button, 482g, 25.5cm long, 3.5cm wide. £15,000-25,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Published: O Kümmel, Chinesische Kunsthaus, Zweihundert Hauptwerke der Ausstellung der Gesellschaft, f Ostas, Kunsthaus, Berlin, 1930, pl.XLIII. D Goldschmidt, L’Art chinois, Paris, 1931, p.60, pl.25. O Sirén, Kinas Konst under Tre Artusenden, Stockholm, 1942-43, I, pl.76b. H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947, no.61, pl.43. \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.376-379. Cf. M Knight, Bronze in Chinese Culture from the Shang to the Tang Dynasty, Orientations, August 1994, for a closely related hook of a similar size from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 52.58. For other similar garment hooks, see Christie’s, New York, 25th September 2020, Property from the Collection of Dr Robert and Mrs Patricia Jacobsen, lot 1529, and Sotheby’s, New York, 20th March 2007, lot 541, for an example from the Dupont d’Isigny Collection. 戰國 銅錯金銀嵌琉璃綠松石帶鉤 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 出版：O Kümmel, Chinesische Kunsthaus, Zweihundert Hauptwerke der Ausstellung der Gesellschaft, f Ostas, Kunsthaus, Berlin, 1930年, 圖版XLIII. D Goldschmidt, L’Art chinois, Paris, 1931年, 頁60, 圖版25。O Sirén, Kinas Konst under Tre Artusenden, Stockholm, 1942-43年, I, 圖版76b. H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947年, 編號 61, 圖版43, 及Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁376-379。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 16 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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404 A CHINESE GILDED BRONZE CIRCULAR ‘BEAR’ TOGGLE HAN DYNASTY Cast in relief with a front facing bear, his front right paw raised and baring his teeth. The reverse hollow, with a fastening loop, and a later applied flange, 71g, 5.2cm wide. £3,000-5,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Published: A Koop, Early Chinese Bronzes, London, 1924, p.70, pl.92. \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.372-373. 漢 銅鎏金熊紋鈕 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 出版：A Koop, Early Chinese Bronzes, London, 1924, 頁70, 圖版92, 及Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, 頁372-373。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 18 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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405 A CHINESE SILVER BUCKLE OR PLAQUE FORMED AS A TIGER AND TWO SERPENTS PROBABLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY A serpent escapes from the tiger’s jaws and bites the tail of a second snake which in turn bites the tail of the tiger. The feline is depicted in profile and decorated with two circular designs, the recessed reverse is undecorated, 35g, 6.9cm long. £1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Published: H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947, no.54, pl.41. \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.346-347b. Cf. the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for a bronze plaque of this design, accession number 20.158. See also Gisèle Croës, from the Steppes to the Great Wall, 2021 catalogue, p.37 for another related plaque. 東周（可能） 銀製虎型佩或鈕 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 出版：H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947年, 編號54, 圖版41 及Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁346-347b。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 20 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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406 A RARE CHINESE GILDED BRONZE AND JADE CEREMONIAL DAGGER THE HANDLE WARRING STATES PERIOD, THE BLADE SHANG DYNASTY The openwork gilded bronze hilt with a design of interlaced dragons inset with turquoise beads. The blade of polished grey-white jade with pale rose and light green mottling, 138g, 20.7cm long, 5.8cm wide. £8,000-12,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Bronze chinois, Paris, Musée de L’Orangerie, 1934, no.411, \& Arts de la Chine ancienne, Paris, Musée de L’Orangerie, 1937, no.144. Published: H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947, no.55, pl.34. \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.350-353. 戰國及商 銅鎏金龍紋嵌玉戈 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Bronze chinois, 法國巴黎橘園美術館, 1934年, 編號411 及 Arts de la Chine ancienne, 法國巴黎橘園 美術館, 1937年, 編號144。 出版：H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947年, 編號55, 圖版34 \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 350-353。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 22 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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407 A RARE CHINESE BRONZE ‘FOUR DRAGONS’ CIRCULAR MIRROR WARRING STATES PERIOD Heavily cast in relief with four semi-abstract, angular mythical monsters, their heads, bodies and feet formed as hooks, which encircle a four-petalled central boss. The reverse with areas of high polish and of malachite encrustations, 661g, 11.6cm wide, 6mm deep. £4,000-6,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Bronze chinois, Paris, Musée de L’Orangerie, 1934, no.406, \& Chinese Art, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1935-36, no.424. Published: S Umehara, Two Ancient Chinese Mirrors, Kôkogaku Zasshi, Tokyo, January 1930, vol. XX, no.1, pp.20-27. H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947, no.79, pl.49. \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.338-341. Cf. Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum, pp.96-87, no.8, for a closely related example. See also Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Chinese Works of Art Including Selected Works of Art from the T Y Chao Family Collection, 13th November 2017, lot 718, for a later mirror of the same design dated to possibly the Song dynasty. 戰國 銅四龍紋鏡 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Bronze chinois, 法國巴黎橘園美術館, 1934年, 編號406, 及Chinese Art, 倫敦皇家藝術研究院, 1935-36年, 編號424。 出版：S Umehara, Two Ancient Chinese Mirrors, Kôkogaku Zasshi, Tokyo, January 1930, vol. XX, 編號 1, 頁20-27。 H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947年, 編號79, 圖版49 及 Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁338-341。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 24 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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408 A RARE CHINESE WHITE MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE NORTHERN QI DYNASTY The sculpture with a pointed arched back, carved in high relief with a figure of Buddha with her right hand raised in abhayapani mudra, standing on a lotus throne between two bodhisattva, all beneath a panel containing lotus leaves flanked by four flying apsara, and below a stupa hung with beaded tassels and supported by two chilong, set against a ground of foliate scrolls. The whole is raised on a plinth carved with a small figure of Amitabha, his hands in namahkara mudra and two acolytes on a smaller lotus throne with twin dogs and between two further bodhisattva. The reverse undecorated, 68kg, 78.5cm high, 38cm wide, 24cm deep. £40,000-60,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Art bouddhique, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1913, no.512 bis. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.404-405. Cf. the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for a larger stele dated 534, accession no.19.16. See also Sotheby’s, New York, Images of Enlightenment, 17th September 2014, lot 415 for a closely related but smaller stele dated 553. 北齊 大理石雕佛菩薩造像碑 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Art bouddhique, 法國巴黎賽努奇博物館, 1913年, 編號 512。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 404-405。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 28 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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409 A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL DRUM-SHAPED BASE MING DYNASTY AND LATER The shallow domed top decorated with eight red bats encircling eight wan characters amidst cloud scrolls on a turquoise ground, all around a central collar. The plain drum-shaped base with two bands decorated with flowers, 1.26kg, 21cm wide, 6.8cm high. £1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. The use of red bats, hong fu and wan characters, together with clouds indicate the wish for ten thousand blessings and good fortune as vast as the sky. 明或更晚 銅胎掐絲琺瑯萬福紋底座 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 30 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

410 A RARE CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL CONICAL BAJIXIANG ‘LOTUS’ BOWL MID-MING DYNASTY The interior decorated with lotus flowerheads and leafy tendrils encircling a single character on a white ground, the exterior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and further lotus flowers and leaves against a turquoise ground, 285g, 11.8cm wide, 4.8cm high. £4,000-6,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. 明中期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋斗笠碗 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 31

411 A TIBETAN THANGKA PAINTED ON SILK, DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI 18TH CENTURY The central figure of the Buddha is seated on a lotus throne, his right hand raised in vitarka mudra (the mudra of discussion). The whole represents various episodes in the life of Buddha preceding the Supreme Illumination, framed and glazed, 73cm high, 49cm wide. £5,000-8,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Art bouddhique, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1913, no.659. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.462-465. 十八世紀 西藏釋迦摩尼唐卡 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Art bouddhique, Paris, 巴黎賽努奇博物館, 1913年, 編號 659。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁462-465。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 32 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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412 A TIBETAN THANGKA PAINTED ON SILK 17TH/18TH CENTURY The centre depicts the mandala, a geometric composition formed of circles inscribed within squares, all within four monumental gates guarded by the Four Kings. Within the concentric circles are represented twenty-four dharmapala (Defenders of the Religion), sixteen bodhisattva (future Buddhas) and eighteen human Buddhas, in the centre is the Book of the Law. The upper section has five further figures of Buddha, below are the Blue Mahakala, Kubera and Tara, framed and glazed, 87cm high, 58.5cm wide. £3,000-5,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Art bouddhique, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1913, no.303. Published: J P Van Goidsenhoven, Iconographie lamaïque d’après une bannière tibétaine, Brussels, 1955. \& Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.466-467. 十七/十八世紀 西藏曼荼羅唐卡 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Art bouddhique, Paris, 法國巴黎賽努奇博物館, 1913年, 編號303。 出版：J P Van Goidsenhoven, Iconographie lamaïque d’après une bannière tibétaine, Brussels, 1955年 及 Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁466-467。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 34 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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413 A CAUCASIAN BRONZE OPENWORK STAG PLAQUE CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY AD Cast in relief with a stylised stag whose head is turned away from a small dog or fox. The legs are formed as stylised scrolls, the whole is surrounded by borders of scrolls, and pillars, the corners are indented possibly to receive feet which are now lacking, 769g, 18.4cm high, 20.4cm long. £1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Découverte de l’Asie, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1954, illustrated catalogue, p.60, pl.VIII. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.302-303. Cf. Christie’s London, 27th October 2004, lot 183, for a related but smaller stag belt plaque from the Leo Mildenberg collection. 一至二世紀 高加索銅杜鹿紋匾牌 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Découverte de l’Asie, 巴黎賽努奇博物館，1954年, 展覽出版, 頁60, 圖版VIII。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁302-303。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 36 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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414 A RARE KHORASSAN ENGRAVED BRONZE CIRCULAR TRAY 12TH/13TH CENTURY The shallow dish has a flared rim and a tapering body engraved with votive inscriptions, the interior is decorated with geometric patterns encircled by a wide band of calligraphy. The whole is raised on three later elephants and riders and has an overall greenish patina, 1.3kg, 18cm wide, 8.7cm high. £2,000-3,000 Provenance: found at Hamadan (according to the literature), from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Persian Art, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1931, no.74D. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.284-285. Cf. G Fehervari, Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, pl.23, nos.74-76 for related dishes. 十二/十三世紀 霍拉桑銅托盤 來源：據斯托克萊文獻記載，此盤在霍拉桑尋得。Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Persian Art, 倫敦皇家藝術研究院, 1931年, 編號74D。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁284-285。 Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 1956 38 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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415 ANONYMOUS (QING DYNASTY) A LEOPARD AND A PAIR OF MAGPIES A large Chinese painting, ink and colour on silk, depicting a spotted leopard amidst millet and foliage looking up towards a pair of magpies in flight, framed and glazed, 213cm high, 114cm wide. £2,000-3,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. In Chinese art, the leopard bao, and magpie xique, form a homophone which indicates an announcement of good tidings. One can find this iconography in Korean art, but the meaning is different because the spotted leopard in Korea is recognised as a tiger. 佚名（清） 報喜圖 設色絹本 鏡框 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 40 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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416 ANONYMOUS (MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY) A COCKEREL BENEATH A FLOWERING PEONY TREE A Chinese painting, ink and colour or paper. A cockerel spies a butterfly as he stands on a rocky outcrop beneath a flowering peony tree. The upper left has two artist’s seals, above is a poem which can be translated as: ‘It is rare that blood does not stain the veins of his comb. Walking boldly, he is distinguishable from the others. On a rock, he holds himself like a banner, elegant and full of dignity. He presides over the dawn and announces the evening. He can be heard over the whole world.’ Framed, 123cm high, 49.5cm wide. £2,000-3,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.430-431. 佚名 五德圖 設色紙本 鏡框 題跋：血鮮不染首冠文，步履分章喜食羣，石上雄昂壽富貴，司晨報曉世間聞。癸巳嘉平題並書。 鈐印：蔺森之印、莊如、半窗花語 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁430-431。 Adolphe Stoclet collection, 1956 42 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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417 ATTRIBUTED TO ZHAO MENGFU (YUAN/MING DYNASTY) RIDER AND HIS SERVANTS A Chinese painting, ink and colour on silk, depicting a figure on horseback accompanied by two servants, one of whom carries two boxes, with an artist’s seal which reads Zhao Shi Zi Ang (Zhao Mengfu, court painter under the Yuan dynasty), 33cm high, 51cm wide. £8,000-12,000 Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949. Exhibited: Peintures chinoises anciennes, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1912, no.130. Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.410-411. Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) was a Chinese scholar, painter and calligrapher during the Yuan dynasty. He was a native of Wuxing and has been honoured as an early master within the tradition of the literati painters who sought personal expression rather than the representation of nature. In calligraphy, Zhao Mengfu rejected the brushwork of his era in favour of the cruder style of the Jin and Tang dynasties. In his early years, Zhao Mengfu studied the style of the Song dynasty emperor Gaozong, but later turned to the styles of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, in the end studying that of Li Yong. His regular script is considered one of the top four greatest in Chinese history. 趙孟頫（款）遊騎圖 設色絹本 立軸 來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。 展覽：Peintures chinoises anciennes, 法國巴黎賽努奇博物館, 1912年, 編號130。 出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁410-411。 Adolphe Stoclet collection, 1956 44 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

418 A RARE CHINESE GILDED BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FINIAL, HENGMOSHI EASTERN HAN DYNASTY Cast as a hollow ferocious dragon-head baring its teeth, with flared nostrils and long slender horns, the mane with fine hair markings, the neck with faint incised scales, 167g, 14.5cm. £20,000-30,000 Provenance: the H K Burnet Collection, sold Sotheby’s, 4th April 1941, lot 382 for £11; then the collection of Mark Dineley (1901-75), and thence by descent. Exhibited: the Bradford College Exhibition, 1932, Catalogue no.25. H K Burnet, of 9 Selbourne Villas, Bradford, had an extensive collection of Chinese ceramics, bronzes, archaic jades and works of art. Following his death, his collection was sold by Sotheby’s over three days in April 1941. Burnet lent four pieces to the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, at the Royal Academy, London. An almost identical finial in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.1992.165.25, donated by Charlotte and John Weber was exhibited: Arts of Ancient China, 2005. Another is on display at the British Museum, room 33, cabinet 6A, no.13. A similar example from the Worch Collection is illustrated with another from the Stoclet Collection by Umehara, Shina-Kodo Seikwa, part III, vol.I, pl.64. The Stoclet finial is also very similar, and was exhibited at the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, at the Royal Academy, London, catalogue no.541. The fitting is also very similar to one excavated from Han tomb No.2 at Ganquan in Hanjiang, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Wenwu, 1981:11, pl.2, fig.5 and p.6 fig.15. For a larger gilded bronze terminal, see Eskenazi Ltd., Masterpieces from Ancient China, London, 2000, no.10, sold Christie’s, London, Property from the Collection of Jonathan Benthall and Zamora Menuhin Benthall, 25th March 2022, lot 730; and for another closely related example, see Christie’s New York, 16th September 2010, lot 917. 東漢 銅鎏金龍型衡末飾 來源：蘇富比，H K Burnet 收藏，1941年4月4日·編號382，£11的價格購得。Mark Dineley（1901-75）收藏，之後由其後人繼承。Mark Dineley為 當時威立士拍賣行拍出的著名元青花葫蘆瓶的藏家，亞歷山大的後人。 展覽：The Bradford College Exhibition, 1932年, 圖錄編號 25。 車衡為古代戰車上重要的構建之一，呈管狀，是設於車轅前端的橫木。衡末飾安裝在車衡的兩端， 對車衡起到保護及裝飾作用。戰車衡末飾 具有武器功用，且此龍首衡末飾工藝精湛，製作完美，為當時身份尊貴的象征。此種龍首衡末飾目前查證四例，其一在大英博物館（room 33, cabinet 6A, no.13）。其二曾在紐約大都會藝術博物館（no.1992.165.25）展出，另1935-1936年，斯托克萊（Stoclet）家族曾借展倫敦皇家藝術學 院。本拍品則為第四例。 Sotheby’s 4th April 1941 Bradford College Exhibition, 1932 Lot 382 Catalogue no. 25 46 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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419 Marie Tempest 1864-1942 A LARGE CHINESE SILVERED BRONZE MIRROR TANG DYNASTY Cast with two cranes and two peonies in relief around a central boss, the lobed rim with eight pairs of leaves, the surface heavily encrusted and corroded, 1.6kg, 24.2cm. £2,000-3,000 Provenance: from the collection of Dame Marie Tempest (1864-1942), and thence by descent. Dame Marie Tempest (née Marie Susan Etherington,1864-1942) was an English actress sometimes referred to as ‘the Queen of her profession’. Tempest’s career spanned over five decades, making her stage debut in 1885 in the operetta Boccaccio at the Comedy Theatre. The title role in Dorothy (1887), running for 931 performances, established her career and reputation. In 1914, she undertook an eight-year worldwide tour, visiting America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Japan, the Philippines and China, where she may have acquired this mirror. In 1935, she celebrated her golden jubilee with a performance attended by George V and Queen Mary, and two years later, she was made a Dame of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). Cf. Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum, pp.230-231, for a closely related but slightly smaller example. 唐 銅仙鶴紋八瓣葵花式鏡 來源：Dame Marie Tempest (1864-1942) 收藏，之後由其後人繼承。 48 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices