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China Guardian will raise the curtain for its autumn auctions in Beijing.
Before the auction, China Guardian will hold previews in Shanghai on Oct 20 and 21, and in Guangzhou, Guangdong province on Oct 30 and 31.
Preview schedule
Shanghai
Oct 20 – 21
10:00 – 17:00
Grand Ballroom, 3rd F, the St. Regis Shanghai Jing’an
No. 1008, Beijing West Road, Jing'an District
Guangzhou
Oct 30-31
10:00 – 17:00
Grand Ballroom, 3rd F, the Rosewood Guangzhou
No. 6 Zhujiang Road East, Tianhe District
The autumn auctions will offer more than 7,500 pieces of art, from categories including Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Ceramics and Works of Art, Furniture, Manuscripts, Stamps and Covers, Coins, Banknotes, Jewelry and Jadeite, Wine and Tea.
Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
·Contemporary and Modern Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy·
This section will be divided into four sessions, with nearly 1,000 pieces of art. Two stunning masterpieces by Zhang Daqian, Summer Moutains and Autumn Landscape, will debut before buyers this autumn.
Thanks to Meijielou Studio, a group of treasures will appear this time, of which the giant Pu Ru’s landscape masterpiece Visiting Friends in Deep Mountains attracts the most attention.
Ten pieces by Fu Baoshi will be auctioned in the Grand View: Chinese Paintings Highlight·Morden session. Colorful Anthology, the permanent session, will focus on private collections, including the collections of Shi Ximin, former vice-minister of culture, and Han Peixin, former secretary of the Jiangsu Party committee. Contemporary Chinese Paintings will provide a diversified selection of contemporary ink paintings.
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)
Autumn Landscape
1978
88x183 cm
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)
Summer Mountains
1947
161×63 cm
Pu Ru (1896-1963)
Visiting Friends in Deep Mountains
1937
309x94 cm
Fu Baoshi (1904-1965)
Lady by River
38.3×48.5 cm
Lin Fengmian (1900-1991)
Smelting Workshop
79×77.5 cm
Qi Baishi (1864-1957)
Peace
34×101 cm
·Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy·
There are two sessions in this section, The Grand View: Chinese Paintings Highlight·Classical (Evening Sale), and Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy (Day Sale).
Zhou Zhimian’s Flowers, more than 17 meters long with nearly 80 flowers, leads the Grand View. Along with Yun Shouping’s Flowers and Landscape and Hong Wu’s Trees and Flowers, it creates a beautiful atmosphere for the auction. This session also includes works by famous ancient Chinese artists, such as Shen Zhou, You Qiu, Huang Daozhou, Fu Shan and Zhang Ruitu. Seven pieces of artcollected by the couple Xie Zhiliu and Chen Peiqiu, including Guo Zhongshu’s Landscape, will be sold in this session. Fine works of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties from Shiyanzhai Studio will be available for buyers during the auction.
As for Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, it offers nearly 300 paintings and calligraphy pieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties, including works by Wang Zhideng, Wang Shizhen and Wang Duo. A group of items released by the cultural relics store also deserves attention.
Zhou Zhimian (16 century - early 17 century)
Flowers
32×1717 cm
Yun Shouping (1633-1690)
Flowers and Landscape
1684
23.5×36.5 cm(each)
Hong Wu (1743-1811)
Trees and Flowers
126.5x55.5 cm
Wang Meng (1308-1385)
Landscape
99.3×46.3 cm
Going Xian, Fu Shan, Liang Qingbiao, Nalan Rongruo, Hong Sheng and other artists
Paintings and Calligraphy album of Goajiang Village
24.5×15 cm (each)
Anonymous author of the Song Dynasty
Hermit Appreciates the Plum
29×28.5 cm
(Attri.) Guo Shuzhong (the Five Dynasties)
Landscape
174×102 cm
(Attri.) Ma Yuan (the Song Dynasy)
Characters and Landscape
166.5×99 cm
20th Century and Contemporary Art
The department will provide seven sessions, showing the masterpieces of Western museums and the work of Chinese masters, which are highly anticipated.
·Seven Highlights·
1.Four masterpieces of Impressionism will appear in Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale, including Claude Monet's leading work of the museum level Les Arceaux de roses and Pablo Picasso's typical portrait Tête de femme au chapeau.
2. Six pieces of Zao Wou-Ki's fine works created in different periods demonstrate the evolution of the artist's creative style. The oil painting Chinese City, inspired by the artist's spiritual hometown Hangzhou in 1955, has an unparalleled reputation in China.
3. Artists Studying in Japan in the 20th Century gathers more than 10 pieces by 7 senior masters: Liu Haisu, Zhu Qizhan, Guan Zilan, Wei Tianlin, Ni Yide, Guan Liang and Li luogong.
4. Zhou Chunya's Bluestone, the master of the "mountain and stone series" in 1992, set a global record for sale price in 2006. After 15 years, the collector presented it to great surprise at China Guardian this autumn. In addition, eight works with different themes will appear together.
5. While focusing on Chinese young and middle-aged artists, like Wang Yin, Wang Xingwei, Jia Aili, Qinqi and Liu Wei, the session Contemporary Art Evening Sale (II) pays attention to international artists, including Loie Hollowell, KAWS, Edgar Plans and Javier Calleia.
6. Important Private Collections in Asia was great success in this year’s spring auctions, and the second one comes after a great deal of planning.
7. 51 pieces from Zhu Danian's Family Collection have been made public in the secondary market for the first time, providing collectors with a golden opportunity.
Claude Monet
Les Arceaux de roses
1913
73×100 cm
Signature: Claude Monet 1913
Pablo Picasso
Tête de femme au chapeau
1965
60x50 cm
Signature: Picasso
Liu Haisu (1896-1994)
Snow View of Fuxing Park
1978
71.5×92 cm
Signature: Liu Haisu 1978
Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013)
Chinese City
1955
54×65 cm
Signatire: 無(wú)極 ZAO 55; ZAO wou-ki Ville Chinoise 1955
Zhu Dequn (1920-2014)
Renaissance Charm (No.294)
1968
90×139 cm
Signature:朱德群 CHU TEH-CHUN 68；CHU TEH-CHUN 朱德群 1968 No.294
Zhou Chunya (b.1955)
Bluestone
1992
150×120 cm
Signature: 1992 周春芽
Wang Yin (b.1964)
Tibetan Dance
2012
181.5×301 cm
Signature: 王音 2012
Jia Aili (b.1979)
Fukushima-Ken
2012
240×170 cm
Loie Hollowell (b.1983)
Lady in Green
2014
162.6×121.9 cm
Signature: Loie Hollowell 2014；Loie Hollowell “l(fā)ady in green”
Porcelain and Works of Art
The Ceramics and Works of Art Department will hold nine sessions covering porcelain, jade, scholar’s studio objects, Buddha statues, Zisha pottery and other categories, with a total of more than 1,000 items. Among them, there are 124 pieces of imperial porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties, over 20 copper furnaces, nearly 100 Buddha statues, 220 pieces of Zisha pottery and 88 pieces of scholar’s studio objects.
Xuande Period of the Ming Dynasty
A blue and white hat bowl with sunflower-shape edge and flowers and fruits patterns
D 22.7 cm
Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty
Blue and white moon flasks with dragon patterns
H 29.6 cm
Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty
A couple of Jiangtai (thin ceramic body) beige glaze pear-shaped vases with flared lips and flower patterns
H 17.1 cm (2)
Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty
A pot furnace with Chinese characters
D (top) 6 cm，H 8.9 cm，Weight 1234 g
Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty
An enamel lion
36.8×41 cm，Weight 7520 g
Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty
Imperial production (1786)
Copper alloy Shengle Vajra statue
H 81.5 cm，W 58.5 cm，L 37.3 cm
Qing Dynasty
A Zisha pottery in sunflower shape made by Chen Mingyuan
W 13.8 cm
Classical Furniture and Works of Art
The Classical Furniture and Works of Art Department launched six sessions this season, covering new and old furniture, seals, guqin, scholar’s studio objects and carpets, with nearly 700 items.
The classical furniture is mainly made of Huanghuali wood, red sandalwood and other precious wood, showing production style in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The session of scholar’s studio objects covers manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings, bronze Buddha statues and wooden articles. Twelve pieces of guqin covering periods from the Tang dynasty to the present are waiting to be sold.
Early Qing Dynasty
Huanghuali wood high waist round incented table with five legs and a tray
D 80.5 cm, H 84.8 cm, Table top thickness3 cm
Early Qing Dynasty
Huanghuli wood single board long table with warping head frame and crabapple patterns
195×45.5×86.5 cm
Late Ming Dynasty
A Huanghuali wood single board painting table with collet tenon
221×64.5×83.5 cm
Carved by Zhao Shuru, Chen Julai
Three Shoushan furong stone seals used by Chen Julai
1.1×0.9×4.1 cm，1.7×1.7×4.7 cm ×2
Carved by Wu Rangzhi, used by Chen Baojin
A Qingtian stone seal
3.9×3.7×7.7 cm
Mid Qing Dynasty
Red sandalwood small table
35.5×17.5×11.2 cm
Tang Dynasty
Fengsushi Guqin
L 119.3 cm, Top W 17.8 cm, Bottom W 14.6 cm
Mid Qing Dynasty
A Ningxia Huangdi peony cushion backrest
126×67 cm, About 0.84 square meters
Rare Books and Rubbing Books
This season, more than 500 lots are divided into four sessions in this section.
The session Collections of Qi Gong offers 80 pieces of art collected by Qi Gong, including 50 pieces created by Qi Gong and 30 fan paintings given to Qi Gong by modern artists.
Rare Books and Rubbing Books includes ancient Buddhist scriptures, from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the memorials and archives of the Qing Dynasty, and rubbings from the Shang Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty.
Collection of Jiashutang Studio offers 64 pieces collected by Jiashutang Studio across various categories, such as bronze heavy weapons of the Western Zhou Dynasty, ancient brick of Han and Wei dynasties, stone carvings of the Southern Dynasty, statues of the Five Dynasties, sycee, banknotes of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Huizhou ink and bamboo carvings.
Letters and Manuscripts offers Yanfu’s English letters, Qi Gong’s calligraphy, Fu Baoshi’s letters and other famous people’s letters and calligraphy.
Qi Gong
Twelve screens of poems composed by Qi Gong
1986
45×68.5 cm (each)
Preface and postscript by Wu Baowei, Xie Yangzang
The 351st volume of Mahāpraj āpāramitā-sūtra, collected by Jin Sushan
Song Dynasty
20×25.5 cm
The 7th volume of The Lotus Sutra of Wondrous Dharma
A copy in 1292
12.7×18.8 cm
Jiang Buqing, Qian Dian
Rubbings of Zhou Zhending's inscriptions
Mid Qing Dynasty
45×41 cm
Chen Jieqi, Wu Hufan
Rubbings of Qianhua fan in JiZhai
Late Qing Dynasty
19×33 cm
English letter from Yan Fu to Wu Guangjian
1906
13.8×22.2 cm
Stamps and Covers, Coins, Banknotes
The department divides the lots into seven sessions: sycee, ancient coins, banknotes, machine-made coins, stamps, gold and silverware and signatures.
The department will launch two online auction sessions. One is Autographs and Manuscripts, presenting the handwriting of celebrities, and the other is Collections of Liu Changlong, mainly composed of stamps from the liberated areas.
The tenth year of the Republic of China (1921)
Xu Shichang's statue of "Renshou Tongdeng" commemorative gold coin
The twenty fifth year of the Republic of China (1936)
A sample coin of 50 yuan
"Mountains and rivers across the country are red" (cancelled) stamps
Golden Dragon Pattern tripod Aromatherapy
Kobe 2015-2016 signature limited basketball card
Jewellery& Watches
This section gathers 208 pieces of jewelry and jade, reflecting the high quality and standards of China Guardian in aesthetics and selection.
Magnificent and rare 11.03 carat natural Kashmir unheated royal blue
Sapphire with diamond ring
Extremely exquisite 7.79 carat natural Myanmar Magu unheated pigeon blood red
Ruby with diamond ring, Tiffany
Important natural jade bracelet
Rare 1.03 carat natural Argyle color
Purple pink diamond with diamond ring
Jewellery& Watches
This section gathers 208 pieces of jewelry and jade, reflecting the high quality and standards of China Guardian in aesthetics and selection.
The best Maotai liquor in Guizhou
Pu'er tea and fine tea
World famous wine
World rare whisky
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