A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DRAGON BISCUIT VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of slender baluster form, the body decorated with coiled dragons chasing a flaming pearl among clouds and flames on a yellow ground, the narrow slender trumpet neck with double loop handles springing from animal masks, six character Chenghua mark to base, 17cm H.
清康熙 素三彩繪龍紋雙耳瓶
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE SILVER-MOUNTED YIXING ZISHA LOBED DOUBLE WALLED ‘BAMBOO’ TEAPOT AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Modelled with six reticulated bamboo poles, pierced with a bamboo leafy stems, the cover similarly pierced, the finial formed as three bamboo nodules, the handle formed as a nodular bamboo stem, the spout replaced in white metal, 11.5cm H. (2)
清康熙 鑲銀雙層鏤空雕竹葉宜兴紫砂壺
For a related teapot see Yixing, Purple Clay Wares: The KS Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware, 2002, cat no 28.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE QILIN AND PRUNUS JAR WITH COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period.
Decorated with prunus blossoms on a cracked ice ground with three quatrefoil panels of a qilin among flames and clouds, 24cm H.
清康熙 青花冰梅紋開光繪麒麟圖蓋罐
Estimate: £1,200-£1,500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE JAR.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period.
The rounded sides of the jar painted with two figural scenes divided by biscuit dragon-head and loop handles, all above a band of tiny bosses, six character Kangxi mark to base, 13.5cm H, 16.5cm diameter. (3)
清康熙 青花繪人物圖雙耳蓋罐，「大清康熙年製」款
A related jar with cover is illustrated in C.J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1997, no 106.
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A PAIR OF CLOBBERED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES WITH COVERS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The baluster-form vases decorated in underglaze blue with figurative garden scenes, and later bold enamels and gilt, the domed covers surmounted by iron red and gilt decorated hounds, 45cm H. (4)
清康熙 青花加彩描金蓋罐
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE MODEL OF GUANYIN HOLDING A YOUNG BOY.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Standing in long flowing robes on a rocky outcrop, the small boy raised to the body in the right hand, the head modelled separately, 65cm H. (2)
Provenance: English private collection.
清康熙 德化窯送子觀音立像
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED POWDER BLUE VASE AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Painted to the body with animals and flowers in variously shaped panels, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud-form finial, 45cm H. (2)
清康熙 灑藍地描金將軍蓋罐
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, FANGHU.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of square section, the spreading foot rising to a baluster body, waisted neck and flared rim, middle section applied on two sides with lion-mask handles and the edges and centres of each side with vertical flanges, painted overall with taotie masks and archaistic patterns on a key scroll ground, 34cm H.
清康熙 青花雙獅耳方壺
Estimate: £5,000-£8,000
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A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER CAT.
Early 20th Century.
Seated with the tail curled over the body, and the head turned to the left, incised hair decoration, 9cm long.
二十世紀早期 剔紅臥貓像
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE ‘BUDDISHT LION DOG’ SEAL.
Qing Dynasty.
Crouching with the back legs raised and the head turned to the left, supported on a rectangular plinth, 14.5cm H.
清 壽山石雕佛獅璽
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE CARVED GREEN QUARTZ ‘QILIN’ CENSER.
Qing Dynasty.
Standing foursquare with the tail curled up on the back, the head forming the cover the mouth open for the release of smoke, 13cm H. (2)
清 綠晶雕麒麟蓋爐
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘BUDDHIST LION DOG’ JOSS STICK HOLDERS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Modelled in mirror image on a plinth, the male with a ribboned ball, the female with a pup, 26cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 三彩佛獅香插一對
Estimate: £300-£500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PHEASANTS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Each with shaded iron-red breast and polychrome plumage, perched on a pierced rock base, 51.5cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 陶瓷雉雞一對
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A BULL.
The horned beast seated with the head tilted back to the right, 43 x 24cm.
陶製臥牛像
Estimate: £150-£200
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A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT.
Qing Dynasty.
Standing four-square with the head turned to the left and the trunk looped, saddled and carrying a vase, 22cm H.
清 綠松地太平有象擺件
Estimate: £300-£500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLACK-GLAZED ELEPHANTS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Standing four-square in mirror image, with heads turned and the trunk looped, saddled and carrying a vase, 22.3cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 黒釉太平有象擺件一對
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE STONE CARVING OF AN ELEPHANT.
Probably Yuan Dynasty.
Carved standing four square with a wrinkled body and face, two circular shou characters on the body, 19cm long, 12.5cm H.
約元 石雕象
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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THREE MINIATURE MODELS OF BIRDS.
Early 20th Century.
Each minute bird meticulously modelled, 2 – 3.5cm long. (3)
二十世紀早期 袖珍鳥類模型三件
Estimate: £100-£200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE DONKEYS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Each standing with the ears raised, with a saddle decorated in a green, yellow and aubergine glaze, 11cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 黒地彩驢一對
Estimate: £8,700-£1,200
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A CHINESE AGATE ‘HORSE AND MONKEY’ CARVING.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The horse seated with the legs tucked beneath but the front right leg slightly raised, the head set with large almond eyes, the monkey clambering playfully over the back, wood stand, 9cm long. (2)
清十八世紀 瑪瑙雕‘馬上封侯’擺件
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DEER’ SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
The bottle painted with a bird and deer beneath a pine tree, stopper, 6cm H. (2)
清 青花繪‘鶴鹿同春’圖鼻煙壺
Estimate: £150-£200
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A CHINESE BRONZE MODEL OF A DEER.
Qing Dynasty.
Seated with the front legs stretched out, the head turned back, the antlered head set with almond-shaped eyes, the neck with layers of fur, 17cm H.
清 青銅臥鹿
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED ‘DEER AND MONKEY’ PANEL.
Qing Dynasty.
The textile embroidered with cavorting deer among flowers, and below a pine tree holding a monkey and pheasant beside further birds and insects, 47 x 31cm.
清 繡‘封侯得祿’織物
Estimate: £100-£200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODELS OF DEER.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Each modelled seated in mirror image with one front leg pushed forward, the other legs tucked beneath, and the head turned back, 26.5cm H.
清十九世紀 粉彩臥鹿一對
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED POWDER BLUE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Of archaistic hu-shape, the rounded side vividly painted in gilt with deer beneath pine trees, among mountainous rocks, the shoulder flanked with a pair of deer-head handles, the base with a six character Qianlong mark flanked by a pair of dragons among flames and separated by a flaming pearl in underglaze blue and copper red, 46cm H.
清十八 / 十九世紀 灑藍地描金繪‘封侯得錄’圖鹿耳大瓶
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000
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A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN.
17th / 18th Century.
Seated on a rocky base with one leg raised, wearing long robes falling into voluminous folds and opening at the chest to reveal a beaded pendant, the hands holding a scroll and rested on the raised right knee, depicted with a serene expression framed by neatly combed hair piled up into an elaborate chignon, wood stand, boxed, 32.5cm H. (3)
十七 / 十八世紀 德化窯觀音坐像
Estimate: £15,000-£20,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE PEWTER FIGURES.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Each standing with effects held in the hands, on a low plinth, wood stands, 25cm H. (4)
清晚期 錫製人物立像一對
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BRONZE ‘HORSE AND RIDER’ CENSER.
Early Qing Dynasty.
The figure seated on a slender-legged horse, with the head raised, wood stand, 21cm H. (2)
清早期 青銅人物騎馬蓋爐
Estimate: £600-£800
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TWO CHINESE BRONZE MODELS OF BOYS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
One depicting Liu Hai, standing on one foot, a three-legged toad clambering up his shoulders, raised on a hexagonal base, the other figure forming a joss stick holder, supporting a vase in the right hand, 21 – 23cm H. (2)
清晚期 青銅童子像兩尊
Estimate: £300-£500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE OCTAGONAL BEAKER CUPS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The beakers on a short foot, with waisted tall sides, 6.5cm H, 7cm diameter, together with a blanc-de-chine libation cup, 8.5cm H. (3)
Provenance: English private collection.
清康熙 德化窯六方盃一對及單盃一隻
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE DISH.
17th Century.
Da Ming Xuande mark to base, 19cm diameter.
Provenance: English private collection, R&G McPherson [label]
十七世紀 德化窯碟
Estimate: £500-£800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE VASES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of pear-shaped form, raised on a short foot, with twin handles suspending rings resting on the waisted neck, 20cm H. (2)
Provenance: English private collection, Geoffrey Waters [label]
清康熙 德化窯飾雙環耳瓶一對
For a single vase of closely related form see Blumenfied, 2002, Blanc De Chine: the Great Porcelain of Dehua, p 44.
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE ‘PRUNUS’ VASES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of pear-shaped form with twin handles to the waisted neck enclosing a single horizontal rib, supported on an integrally cast hexagonal base, the body covered in relief with birds on flowering plum tree branches, 22cm H. (2)
清康熙 青銅飾梅紋雙耳瓶一對
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE TRIPOD BRONZE CENSER AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
The globular body supported on tripod elephant head feet, moulded with scrolling foliage, the shoulders set with chi dragons, the pierced cover moulded as foliage and surmounted by a seated bird, 36cm H. (2)
清 青銅三足蓋爐
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER.
17th Century.
Raised on a slightly splayed foot, the compressed globular body rising to a waisted neck and a slightly everted rim, with a pair of loop handles to the shoulders, six character Xuande mark to base, 8.5cm H, 15cm diameter.
十七世紀 青銅雙耳爐
Estimate: £200-£300
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A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE CENSER.
20th Century.
Of lozenge-section, supported on four stepped feet, the body with panels of mythical animals, the panel with pierced panels and surmounted by a Buddhist lion dog, 40cm H. (2)
二十世紀 青銅四足雙耳大蓋爐
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER.
Ming Dynasty.
The body modelled with vertical stylised lappets rising to flat shoulders and an everted rim, resting on three short legs, six character Xuande mark to base, 9.5cm H, 6cm diameter.
明 青銅三足香爐
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER.
Of cylindrical section with a flat base rising to a flaring mouth, raised on three cabriole feet, the sides set with lion head handles, six character Xuande mark to base, 16cm diameter.
青銅三足雙獅耳爐
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER.
Qing Dynasty.
Supported on tripod feet the rim set with loop handles, the body with archaistic decoration, pierced wood handles, four character Xuande mark to base, pierced wood cover, 7cm H. (2)
清 青銅三足雙耳爐及木蓋
Estimate: £250-£300
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A CHINESE GOLD-AND-SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Of pear-shaped form, with twin mythical head handles, with two taotie mask bands to the body and neck, the lower bend suspending a further lappet band, 43cm H.
清十八 / 十九世紀 嵌銀青銅雙耳瓶
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE ARROW VASE.
Yuan Dynasty.
The compressed globular body rising to an elongated neck, supported on a short foot, cast with a pair of tubular lug handles flanking the neck, with bands to the body and neck with a repeating coiled pattern, a key-scroll band to the foot, 21cm H.
元 青銅投壺
Estimate: £120-£150
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A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE TEMPLE VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
Of baluster form with wide shoulders and a slightly flared neck, set with two wide bands of taotie masks to the neck and shoulders with a pair of ring handles suspending rings, above a band of lappets enclosing further taotie masks, 57.5cm H.
明 青銅供瓶
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE BELL-FORM BRAZIER.
Ming Dynasty.
Of domed form, spreading to the foot, with a flame-shaped aperture to the body, and a circular hole in the top, the body decorated with a series of bosses, above archaistic scrolls, the top surmounted by a pair of Buddhist lion dogs holding up a flaming pearl, 24cm H.
Provenance: From the collection of Judge John Harrington (1903 – 1980).
明 青铜雙獅戲珠鐘型煁
Estimate: £100-£200
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A GILT METAL STEM BOWL.
Provenance: Acquired in 1970s.
3cm H, 16.5cm diameter.
金屬鍍金高足盌
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE SEATED GUANYIN.
Ming Dynasty, or later.
Seated with her hands clasped in front in dhyanasana, dressed in loose, flowing robes open at the chest to reveal elaborate jewellery, the borders of the robes chased with lotus scrolls, the face with heavy lidded downcast eye, 34cm H.
明或更晚 青銅鎏金觀音坐像
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE CAST IRON SEATED GUANYIN
Ming Dynasty.
Seated with right hand in bhumisparsamudra and the left hand cupped, cross-legged in long flowing robes, crowned with a high tiara, the eyes lowered in contemplation, 26.5cm H.
明 鑄鐵觀音坐像
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE COPPER ALLOY VOTIVE PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period.
7×8.5cm.
清乾隆 銅合金毘婆尸佛牌，「大清乾隆年製」款
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE PASTE-INSET GILT-BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
The surface of the body and terminal embellished with multi-coloured glass paste against a chased gilt ground, the edges formed as scrolling leaves, 10.5cm long.
清乾隆 青銅鎏金嵌料如意
Estimate: £5,000-£8,000
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A CHINESE LOOP-HANDLED SILVER ‘PUMPKIN’ TEAPOT AND COVER.
Early 20th Century.
The lobed body raised on a domed base, each lobe with a figure borne on clouds in repoussé, with a stalk-form finial surmounted by a dragon, the loop handle decorated with leaves and vines, 139g, 14.5cm H. (2)
二十世紀早期 銀製飾八仙圖飾松鼠蓋壺
Estimate: £500-£800
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TWO CHINESE SILVER ‘BAMBOO’ PARFUMIERS.
Circa 1920.
107g, 112g, 10.5 cm H, 7cm diameter; 14 cm H, 5cm diameter. (2)
約一九二零年 鏤空銀製飾竹葉香筒兩隻
Estimate: £150-£200
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAGON ‘ BOWL AND COVER, BY LUEN HING.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Pierced and chased with coiled dragons, three dragons clambering up the sides forming the feet, the cover with bud finial, glass liner, 338g, 11cm H, 11cm diameter. (3)
清晚期 銀製飾龍蓋盌
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE FOUR-PIECE EXPORT SILVER TEA SET.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Decorated with coiled dragons on a stipple ground, circular tray, bamboo-form handles, bud finials to the covers, 140g, 180g, 239g, 590g; 8 – 13.5cm H, the tray 38cm diameter. (5)
清晚期 銀製茶具四件套
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE THREE-PIECE EXPORT SILVER TEA SET.
Circa 1920.
Comprised of a teapot and cover, double handled sugar bowl and cover, each of globular form with wide shoulders, the bodies with a centrally positioned circular panel above an overall stipple ground, the well-proportioned spouts, handles and finials formed as bamboo stems, naturalistically modelled in nodular sections, two impressed marks, guangji and zhu, the teapot 14cm H, 167g, 231g, 462g. (4)
約一九二零年 中國外銷銀製茶具三件套，「廣記，柱」款
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL.
Ming Dynasty.
Decorated with floral spray above a band of ruyi heads, 15.5cm diameter.
Provenance: Catherine Hunt Antiques [label]
明 青花繪花紋盌
Estimate: £200-£300
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A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’ MEIPING VASE.
Possibly 15th Century.
The bird encircling the body with trailing tail feathers below a ruyi head band, 13.5cm H.
約十五世紀 青花鳳紋梅瓶
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACOCK’ BOTTLE VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
The pear-shaped body painted with a bird before a hollow rock among flowering foliage, the neck with a metal mount, 31cm H.
明 青花孔雀紋瓶
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli era.
Of globular form with flat shoulders below a narrow neck, the body decorated with a continuous scene of a bird on a rock among flowers, 8.5cm H.
明萬曆 青花繪花鳥圖罐
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK-WARE BOWL.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli era.
The exterior decorated with panels of birds and flowers, the interior sides decorated with floral panels around a central roundel enclosing a bird on a rock, 7.5cm H, 14.5cm diameter.
明萬曆 青花克拉克瓷菱口盌
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘KRAAK-WARE’ DISH.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli era.
The central roundel painted with two deer, within a band of panels enclosing floral decoration, 20.8cm diameter.
明萬曆 青花克拉克瓷菱口碟
Estimate: £300-£500
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A SET OF FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGONS’ CUPS.
Ming Dynasty, Jiajing era.
Each cup decorated around the deep sides with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, 4.5cm H, 5.3cm diameter. (4)
明嘉靖 青花繪龍紋盃一組四隻
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR.
Transitional period.
The ovoid body decorated with antiques beneath a lappet border on the rim, 19.5cm H.
明末清初 青花罐
Estimate: £600-£800
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THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS.
Ming Dynasty, and later.
Decorated variously with a coiled dragon, a horse flying above waves, and a lotus pond, 12-16cm diameter. (3)
明或更晚 青花盌三隻
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ BOWL.
Of conical form, decorated with dragons facing a flaming pearl, six character Yongzheng mark to the base, 5cm H, 11cm diameter.
闘彩繪龍紋盌
Estimate: £200-£300
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A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The rounded sides decorated with ladies and rising to an everted foliate rim, 6.5cm H, 11.5cm diameter.
清康熙 青花繪人物圖盌
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUNDRED TREASURES’ JAR.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with quatrefoil panels containing treasures reserved on a ground of lotus scroll, 21.5cm H.
清康熙 青花纏枝莲紋开光绘博古圖罐
Estimate: £600-£800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES’ VASES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The tall vases of lozenge section, with rounded shoulders, each of the four faces with a lady in a garden among flowers, 20.5cm H. (2)
清康熙 青花四方繪仕女圖瓶一對
Estimate: £120-£150
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The conical body decorated with a trellis covered with scrolling foliage, supported on a flared base, with a European gilt bronze mount, 18.5cm H.
清康熙 青花瓶嵌鎏金底座
Estimate: £500-£800
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A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of rectangular baluster form, the four faces alternately decorated with flower vases and foliage, 14.5cm H. (2)
清康熙 青花瓶兩隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES’ JUG TOGETHER WITH AN ORMOLU MOUNTED TEAPOT AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
16cm H. (3)
清康熙 青花繪仕女圖水壺及嵌鎏金青花茶壺
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES’ EWER AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The pear-shaped body set with an S-shaped spout, with lappets enclosing alternating ladies and flower lappets, domed cover, yu mark to base, 14cm H.
清康熙 青花繪仕女花卉執壺
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS BOUQUET’ MOON FLASK.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The flattened round body decorated with a lotus flower bouquet, with large blooms borne on leafy trailing stems, tied at the centre with a ribbon, the neck decorated with a floral spray below a ruyi-heads band below the mouth, curved strap handles applied to the shoulders, wood stand, 26cm H. (2)
清十八世紀 青花繪蓮紋如意耳扁壺
Estimate: £20,000-£30,000
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TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
One with a central roundel depicting a hunting scene, within a border of flowers and foliage, the other with a roundel enclosing a lotus flower, surrounded by two layers of lappet bands each enclosing flowers, 24.5cm, 29.5cm diameter.
清康熙 青花碟兩隻
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
With a central roundel depicting a hunting scene, within a border of flowers and foliage, 20cm diameter.
清康熙 青花繪蓮紋狩獵圖碟
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PETAL MOULDED DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period.
The shallow rounded sides flaring towards the petal-barbed rim, the centre painted with scattered flowering branches below a row of moulded petals that enclose flowers below further flowers, six character Kangxi mark and of the period, together with a similarly decorated dish with an apocrophal Chenghua mark, 27.5cm, 26.5cm diameter. (2)
清康熙 青花碟，「大清康熙年製」款
Estimate: £400-£600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty.
The interior with a central roundel decorated with branches of finger citrons within a border of branches of fruits, 20.5cm diameter. (2)
清 青花碟一對
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘HORSES’ DISH. Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and of the period. The interior painted with three horses on a patterned blue ground, four character Daoguang mark to base, 16.5cm H. 清道光 青花繪三駿圖菱口碟，「道光年製」款
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES. Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark to the base, and of the period. The interior roundel and exterior enamelled with flowering peony flowers borne on scrolling foliage painted in underglaze blue, six character Qianlong mark to base, 20 cm diameter. (2) 清乾隆 青花加彩繪牡丹及海棠紋碟一對，「大清乾隆年製」款
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY’ DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Offered together with a tea caddie and a deep sided bowl, the charger 35.5cm diameter.
清康熙 青花牡丹紋碟
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER CUP.
Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period.
The deeply rounded waisted sides rising to an everted rim and decorated with a boating scene and calligraphic inscription, 9cm H.
清雍正 繪人物山水圖金鐘盃，「雍正年製」款
款識：「五百年前積此遊，水光依舊接天浮
徘徊今夜東山月，仿佛當年壬戌秋
有客得魚臨赤壁，無人載酒山黃州
吟成一浦千山寂，孤鶴橫江掠小舟」
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The body decorated with fruiting leafy branches, enclosed by a ruyi-head band to the shoulders and a lappet band to the base, the neck with a further band of leaves, six character Chenghua mark to base, 29.5cm H.
清十九世紀 青花膽瓶
Estimate: £300-£500
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TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
One of gu-form, the body decorated with horse-backed figures, the other a tulip vase decorated with phoenixes, 24.5cm, 26cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 青花瓶兩隻
Estimate: £500-£800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASKS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The flattened body moulded on each side with a peach-form panel painted with two bats in flight around a fruiting peach branch, surrounded by lotus meander above a narrow band of classic scroll on the foot, a lotus scroll band to the neck connected to the shoulders on each side with ruyi-form handles, six character Daoguang mark to base, 25cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 青花纏枝蓮紋開光繪仙桃圖雙耳扁壺一對
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASKS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Each decorated on either face with a circular interior scene of ladies and attendants, with moulded chi dragons on the shoulders, four character Kangxi mark to base, 30.5cm H. (2)
清晚期 青花繪仕女圖雙耳扁壺一對
Estimate: £1,200-£1,500
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A CHIENSE CANTON ENAMEL QUATREFOIL DISH.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The interior with a circular panel enclosing a European lady reclining on a bed beside a boy holding up a vase containing coral, reserved on a yellow ground interspersed with scrolling foliage and flowers, seal mark to base, 12 x 10.8cm.
清十八世紀 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯繪外國人像四葉形碟
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE GROUND CANTON ENAMEL TEA BOWLS, SAUCERS AND COVERS
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Decorated overall with flowers, peaches, bats and butterflies on a blue ground, 9.5cm H. (6)
清十九世紀 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯藍地蓋盌一對
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL ‘DRAGON’ DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
The interior enamelled in the centre with a medallion enclosing a five-clawed dragon leaping through billowing clouds and flames, encircled by a lotus scroll studded with pink bats reserved on a vibrant yellow ground, the exterior with three further dragons partly hidden by clouds on a matching ground, the base with a blue phoenix medallion against a white ground, 21.5cm diameter.
清乾隆 廣東銅胎畫琺瑯繪龍紋碟
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘BAI SHOU’ BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing mark and of the period.
The deep rounded sides raised on a short straight foot, decorated on the exterior around the body with two friezes of shou characters in stylised zhuanshu, below a band of classic scrolls at the rim, all highlighted in gilt-wire above a rich blue ground, 16.5cm diameter.
清嘉慶 銅胎掐絲琺瑯百壽盌，「大清嘉慶年製」款
For a closely related bowl see Cloisonné enamel: the Pierre Uldry Collection, cat no 347.
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER.
Ming Dynasty.
The top cover decorated with a stylised shou character, the vertical sides of the cover are similarly decorated with a band of lotus flowers borne on an undulating vine, the design repeated on the side of the box, all reserved on a turquoise ground, 9.3cm diameter, 4.3cm H. (2)
明 銅胎掐絲琺瑯圓形蓋盒
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER.
Qing Dynasty.
Of circular form supported on three cabriole feet, applied with a pair of small gilt-copper lion-mask handles, the deep sides flaring up from a flat base to an everted rim, decorated around the exterior and over the legs with lotus flowers wreathed by undulating foliate scrolls against a dense turquoise ground, 10cm H, 14cm diameter.
清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯三足爐
Estimate: £1,600-£1,800
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CENSER WITH COVER.
19th / 20th Century.
The globular body on short conical feet decorated with Buddhist lion dogs on a turquoise ground, loop handles and a domed cover, 10.5cm H. (2)
十九 / 二十世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯三足雙耳蓋爐
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
Of pear-shaped form, decorated with antiques and auspicious symbols on a white ground, 24.8cm H.
清 銅胎掐絲琺瑯飾博古圖瓶
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL EWERS.
19th / 20th Century.
Of bowed pear-shaped form, decorated with bands of scrolling decoration to the body, the covers of each attached to the loop handle on the body formed at each end as a mythical beast’s head, the cover modelled as a chicken head, 42cm H. (2)
十九 / 二十世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯雞首執壺一對
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL LANTERNS.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
Of compressed square double-gourd form the two faces outlined by rectilinear scrolling decoration on a turquoise ground crowned above by a red bat, the sides with flowers painted on the glass panels within rectangular panels with cut corners, 30.5cm H. (2)
清乾隆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯燈籠一對
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and of the period.
Decorated with four scenery panels painted with flowers and leaves on the outside of the bowl against ruby incised ground, with gilt pattern painted inside the bowl, six character Daoguang mark to base, 6.5cm H, 15cm diameter.
清道光 紅地軋道開光粉彩四季山水圖盌，「大清道光年製」款
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PINK-GROUND ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and of the period.
Decorated with four panels painted with flowers and leaves on the outside of the bowl against pink incised ground, with blue and white floral patterns painted inside the bowl, six character Daoguang mark to base, 6.5cm H, 15cm diameter.
清道光 胭脂紅地軋道開光粉彩花卉圖盌，「大清道光年製」款
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PLUM BLOSSOM’ BOWLS.
Cyclically dated gengwu in accordance with 1930.
Decorated with flowering plum blossom around the exterior and continuing over the rim to the interior, 5.5cm H, 12.5cm diameter. (2)
約一九三零年 粉彩繪梅紋盌兩隻
Estimate: £150-£200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE MILLEFLEUR-GROUND ‘BOYS’ BOWLS.
20th Century.
Decorated with circular panels of boys at play against a ground of overlapping flowers, 8.2cm H, 19.2cm diameter. (2)
二十世紀 粉彩百花開光繪童子圖盌一對
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘SILK PRODUCTION’ AND ‘FIELD TILLING’ BOWL.
Qing Dynasty.
Finely painted with four scenes, two depicting figures tending to rice fields, taken from the Gengzhi tu (Pictures of Tilling and Weaving), and two processing and weighing of silk cocoons, each scene with accompanying poetic descriptive inscription, the scalloped rim highlighted in gilt, six character Jiaqing mark to base, 8.5cm H, 17.5cm diameter.
清 粉彩繪耕織圖描金花口盌
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE BOWL.
Painted with scenery of mountains, with characters Bai Lu Gu Dong written on the opposite side of the body, gilded foliate rim, six character Daoguang mark to base, 6.8cm H, 17.3cm diameter.
繪山水圖描金花口盌
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE LANDSCAPE BOWL.
Painted with scenery of mountains, with calligraphy of poem Lu Shan Pu Bu on the opposite of the body, gilded foliate rim, six character Jiaqing mark to base, 7.7cm H, 18.2cm diameter.
繪山水圖描金花口盌
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE DOUCAI BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with coiled dragons and stylised shou characters among clouds, six character Chenghua mark to base, 19cm H.
清康熙 闘彩繪龍紋壽字盌
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE CANTON FAN WITH IVORY STICKS AND GILT LACQUER BOX.
Qing Dynasty.
The paper leaf painted and applied with courtiers in silk robes with ivory faces on either side, the sticks and guards finely carved in ivory with figures, the gilt-decorated black lacquer box with a figurative scene to the top of the cover, 28cm long. (2)
清 廣東象牙雕扇及漆器盒
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE CANTON CARVED IVORY AND PAINTED FEATHERS FAN.
Qing Dynasty.
The carved and pierced ivory sticks set with white feathers, painted with a scene of figures in a garden surrounded by flowers, butterflies and insects, 30cm H.
清 廣東象牙雕羽毛扇
Estimate: £120-£150
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A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘MANDARIN PATTERN’ PUNCH BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
The exterior decorated with two large and two small panels of figures in gardens, reserved on a blue ground, the centre of the interior with a similar roundel below an elaborate border, 16.5cm H, 40.5cm diameter.
清乾隆 粉彩描金繪人物潘趣盌
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Brightly enamelled with vases overflowing with flowering branches, 39.3cm diameter, 17cm H.
清十八世紀 粉彩繪花卉圖潘趣盌
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HORSES’ PUNCH BOWL
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
Decorated with panels of a pair of horses, a pair of oxen, a flower basket and flower vase, 12.5cm H, 29.5cm diameter.
清乾隆 粉彩繪駿馬圖描金潘趣盌
Estimate: £400-£600
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FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty.
Each enamelled with a central roundel of ribboned floral bouquets, within a border of scrolling flowers and butterflies, 23.2cm diameter. (5)
清 粉彩描金繪花卉圖碟五隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Each decorated with a central roundel of fruiting pomegranates and radish within two decorative borders, 16.3cm diameter. (6)
清十八世紀 青花碟六隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO CHINESE TOBACCO LEAF DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
16.7 / 23cm diameter. (2)
清十八世紀 繪煙草葉碟兩隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO CHINESE TOBACCO LEAF DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
22.8cm diameter. (2)
清十八世紀 繪煙草葉碟兩隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ‘SHIP’ DISHES.
Qing Dynasty.
The central roundel painted with a ship within two bands of blue-enamelled key scroll, 25cm diameter. (2)
清 外銷繪船隻碟兩隻
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘THREE FRIENDS’ CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The central roundel enclosing pine, bamboo and flowering prunus, encircled by a ring of flowers, 35.5cm diameter.
清康熙 五彩繪‘歲寒三友’圖碟
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘FLOWER BASKET’ CHARGER
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with a central roundel depicting a flower basket, surrounded by lappets of various scenes of flowers and rocks, reserved on a spotted blue ground of further flowers, within a further border, 36.5cm diameter.
清康熙 五彩繪花卉大盤
Estimate: £1,000-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘TREASURES’ VASES.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of gu-shaped form, decorated to the body with antique treasures and auspicious symbols, bordered with a ruyi-head band below the mouth and a lappet band at the foot, 40.5cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 粉彩繪博古圖瓶一對
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE VASES.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of ribbed baluster form decorated with panels of birds and butterflies against densely scrolling foliage, the neck applied with moulded confronting gilt dragons separated by a pearl, 44cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 藍地粉彩開光繪孔雀花蝶圖瓶一對
Estimate: £1,200-£1,800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASES.
Qing Dynasty.
Of baluster form, the body decorated with a continuous scene of parading warriors, six character Chenghua mark to base, 45cm H. (2)
清 五彩棒槌瓶一對
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE ‘TRUMPETER’ TEA CADDY AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
Of ovoid form, with a waisted foot moulded with scrolling decoration, enamelled on a lambent black ground with two Moors, one holding a trumpet, the other a horn, 15cm H. (2)
清乾隆 繪外國人像茶葉蓋罐
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE GUBESE GRISAILLE-DECORATED ‘JOAN OF ARC’ DISH
19th / 20th Century.
Decorated with the armoured long-haired maiden below a calligraphic inscription, 23.5cm diameter.
十九 / 二十世紀 墨彩繪‘法國女愛國家貞德肖像’盤
Estimate: £150-£200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-BODIED CRUET BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
With two necks curved to the right and to the left rising from a pear-shaped body painted with flowering and fruiting branches, 21cm H.
清 青花油醋瓶
For a related cruet see Christiaan J.A. Jorg Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, page 256 plate 293.
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE URN AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, circa 1825.
Each of shield shape flanked by upright flowering branch handles, enamelled with flowers and butterflies, the front and back with circular panels of ladies on a veranda, the cover surmounted by a kneeling lady, 42.5cm H. (2)
清約一八二五年 粉彩花蝶開光繪仕女圖描金甕
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE GARLIC NECK BOTTLE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu period.
Of compressed pear shape rising to a tall waisted neck with garlic shaped mouth, decorated with a magpie perched on branches of blossoming prunus and foliage, iron red Yong Qing Chang Chun mark to base, 18.5cm H.
清光緒 粉彩繪‘喜上枝頭’圖蒜頭瓶
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE GRISAILLE-DECORATED LANTERN VASE.
Qing Dynasty 18th Century
Delicately enamelled with figures within a rural and mountainous river landscape, details heightened in light green and sepia tones edge, 37cm H.
清十八世紀 墨彩繪人物山水圖瓶
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘LADIES’ JAR AND COVER.
Transitional era.
Decorated with ladies and attendants on a veranda, the cover decorated with boys at play, 38cm H. (2)
明末清初 青花加彩繪仕女孩童圖蓋罐
Estimate: £300-£500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE POWDER-BLUE-GROUD FAMILLE-VERTE-DECORATED VASES AND COVERS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The body with pomegranate, fan and circular shaped panels, enclosing ladies, birds and flowers, and qilin, reserved on a powder blue ground, the domed covers similarly decorated, 40.5cm H. (4)
Provenance: Property of a lady of title.
清十九世紀 灑藍地開光繪花鳥及仕女圖將軍蓋罐一對
Estimate: £1,200-£1,500
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A CHINESE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE-VERTE-DECORATED JAR.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of baluster form with a short trumpet neck, decorated with oval panels enclosing a bird on rocks among flowers, against a crackle monochrome blue glazed ground, 40cm H.
清十九世紀 灑藍地繪粉彩罐
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE.
Decorated with figures at a table before a large landscape-decorated screen, the neck decorated with rocky outcrops, enclosed at the rim and shoulders with key-scroll bands, 45cm H.
五彩棒槌瓶
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE.
Decorated with a continuous scene of ladies in a garden below flowering peach branches, 60cm H.
繪五彩仕女庭院圖棒槌瓶
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A LARGE BLACK-GROUND GREEN-GLAZED JAR AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
Of baluster form, decorated with large lotus and peony flowers borne on scrolling foliage, the cover mounted with a lock, European gilt bronze stand, 60cm H. (2)
清 墨地綠彩嵌鎏金大蓋罐
Estimate: £1,200-£1,500
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A CHINESE IRON RED GROUND FANG CONG VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
Enamelled to reveal a pattern of flowers borne on leafy stems, six character Jiaqing mark to base, 26cm H.
清 珊瑚地琮式瓶
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED ‘BUDDHIST LION DOG’ VASE.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
The brightly coloured vase moulded and painted to depict Buddhist lion dogs on a blue ground, with lappet decorations to the neck and around the base, six character Qianlong mark to the base, 28cm H.
十九晚期 / 二十世紀早期 藍地粉彩繪佛獅浮雕雙耳瓶
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND VASES AND COVERS.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Decorated with figures standing and on horseback, 32cm H. (4)
清十九世紀 黃地繪人物圖蓋罐一對
Estimate: £400-£600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE ‘SEVEN SAGES OF THE BAMBOO GROVE’ VASES.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The rounded sides rising to an onion neck, the shoulders set with slip-decorated lion and ring handles, the crackle glaze enamelled with scenes of scholars viewing scrolls and engaged in other pursuits among bamboo, 18cm H. (2)
清晚期 繪‘竹林七賢’圖雙耳罐一對
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE.
20th Century.
Painted to the body with a lady and gentleman playing Chess among onlookers, the reverse with calligraphic inscriptions and signed Wei Bingchang, 60cm H.
二十世紀 粉彩繪人物圖雙耳瓶
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE PEAR SHAPED ‘THREE FRIENDS’ VASE.
The narrow neck with gilded rim, the body painted with birds among tree branches, six character Qianlong mark to base, 34cm H.
粉彩繪‘歲寒三友’圖膽瓶
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PEAR SHAPED VASE.
Decorated with a garden scene of scholars and ladies, 35.5cm H.
粉彩繪人物圖瓶
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED PANEL.
Depicting scholars at leisure in a garden with a female attendant, signed Wang Xiliang and dated in accordance with 1947, wood frame, 36.5 x 24.5cm.
粉彩繪人物園景圖瓷板配木框
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER.
Stand and box, 9cm H, 21cm diameter. (4)
宜興紫砂壺配木底座及盒子
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER, BY JI YISHUN (1960 –).
20th Century.
The low cylindrical body with a loop handle rising from the back of the teapot and supported by a bifurcated support above the spout, the flat shoulders inset with marbled pebbles, with similar marbled pebbles forming tripod feet and a finial to the cover, 16.5cm H. (2)
Provenance: From the collection of Judge John Harrington (1903 – 1980).
二十世紀 季益顺製宜興紫砂壺
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER MOUNTED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of rounded form, the body carved with a coiled dragon among scrolling clouds, 11.5cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 剔紅包宜興紫砂蓋壺
Estimate: £250-£300
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A CHINESE YIXING ‘PLUM TREE’ TEAPOT AND COVER.
Modelled as a trunk with gnarled branches forming the spout, handle and finial, 9cm H, together with a seated buffalo paperweight, 10cm long. (3)
樹枝形宜興紫砂壺及臥牛像
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE SIX-PIECE FAMILLE ROSE MADE-UP TEA SET.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Comprising teapot and cover and five ribbed tea bowls, covers and stands, all decorated with figurative scenes. (17)
清晚期 粉彩茶壺及蓋盌五隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZE CELADON VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
Of baluster form with a rounded body on a spreading foot and rising to a trumpet neck, 39.5cm H.
清 青釉開片瓶
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE OXBLOOD-GLAZED PEAR SHAPED VASE
19th / 20th Century.
37cm H.
十九 / 二十世紀 紅釉膽瓶
Estimate: £120-£180
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A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED POWDER BLUE ‘DRAGONS’ VASE.
Qing dynasty, Guangxu period.
Gilt-decorated on the blue-glazed body with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, amidst flames and stylised clouds, above a decorative band, the waisted neck is similarly decorated with another dragon below a band of ruyi borders, six character Qianlong mark to base, 38.5cm H.
清光緒 灑藍地描金龍紋瓶
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE MONOCHROME-BLUE-GLAZED VASE, FANG CONG.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period.
Of archaic cong-form, the tall rectangular body rising from a broad circular base to a short tapered neck with a rounded rim, set on two sides with elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, covered overall save for the foot rim with a thick blue glaze, six character Guangxu mark to base, 31.5 cm H.
清光緒 藍釉象耳琮式瓶，「大清光绪年製」款
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED ‘BAGUA’ VASE, FANG CONG.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and probably of the period.
The body of square section rising from a short straight circular foot to a tapering circular neck with a lipped rim, molded with the ‘Eight Trigrams’ to each of the four sides, covered overall in a lustrous celadon glaze, the base with a six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue to base, 27.5cm H.
約清光緒 粉青釉八卦紋琮式瓶， 「大清光緒年製」款
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE INCISED CELADON JARDINIÈRE.
19th Century.
With steeply rounded sides and a jutting rim, the body incised with scrolling foliage below a ruyi head border, with a lappet border around the foot, 16cm H, 21cm diameter.
十九世紀 青釉暗刻花盆
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE PALE CELADON AND CRACKLE GLAZE WASHER.
Covered with a glaze suffused with dark grey crackle and thinner gold crackle, 18.5cm H, 22.5cm diameter.
青釉開片筆洗
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE INCISED TURQUOISE ‘DRAGON’ BOWL.
Late Qing Dynasty.
With deeply rounded sides and an everted rim, incised with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl among clouds, 15.7cm diameter, 7.8cm H.
清晚期 松石綠地暗刻龍紋盌
Estimate: £150-£200
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A CHINESE INCISED YELLOW-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
With deeply rounded sides and an everted rim, incised with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl among clouds, six character Qianlong mark to base, 7cm H, 15cm diameter.
清十九世紀 黃釉暗刻龍紋盌
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED DOUBLE GOURD VASE TOGETHER WITH A POWDER BLUE, COPPER RED AND WHITE-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
The dragon vase of baluster form with flaring neck, the lower body incised with lotus spray roundels and characters within borders of foaming waves, ruyi heads and lappets, the neck with a writhing dragon, 24 / 25cm H. (2)
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 25 November 1999, lot 593 [the powder blue vase].
清 窯變釉葫蘆瓶及灑藍地青花釉里紅龍紋瓶
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND WHITE-SLIP DECORATED DRUM STOOL.
Qing Dynasty.
Of barrel form with two rows of applied bosses, a ‘cash’ openwork panel to the top and two further openwork panels to the body, the exterior decorated with floral sprays of the four seasons, bats over peach boughs and further auspicious emblems in white slip on a blue ground, 30cm H, 22cm diameter.
清 藍地繪花鳥紋鼓凳
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE MONOCHROME GREEN ROULEAU REVOLVING VASE.
The reticulated body with moulded floral panels with moulded ruyi-head bands to the base and neck, 52cm H. (2)
綠釉转心瓶
Estimate: £400-£600
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TWO CHINESE MONOCHROME BLUE VASES.
19th / 20th Century.
48cm H, 49.5cm H.
十九 / 二十世紀 藍釉瓶兩隻
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE OCTAGONAL BLUE GLASS VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period.
Of octagonal form, supported on a tall foot, the sides rounding to a bulbous pear-shaped body and rising to a slender neck, the central bulb cut with gently curving facets, the recessed base with a four character Qianlong mark to base, 14.5cm H.
清乾隆 蓝料八方長頸瓶，「乾隆年製」款
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE COLLECTION OF JADEITE PIECES.
Comprising two bangles, a carving of a fish and a jade circular box and cover. (5)
翡翠印泥盒、翡翠雕魚及翡翠手鐲兩隻
Estimate: £300-£500
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THREE CHINESE SMALL JADE CARVINGS.
19th / 20th Century.
One formed as a bi, another as an enamelled white metal mounted double fish pendant, and a third as a pierced rectangular carving of two boys, 3.5 – 6cm. (3)
十九 / 二十世纪 玉雕三件
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN NECKLACE.
43 beads, 36g, 47.5cm long.
犀角项链
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN BEAD NECKLACE.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
26 beads, 66g, 76m long.
清十九世紀 犀角項鏈
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN NECKLACE.
19th Century.
33 beads, 103.86g.
Accompanied by a report from GCS stating that gemological characteristics of these items are consistent with horns produced by members of the Rhinocerotidae family. Report number no. 78134-95, dated 13 December 2017.
Report no. 78134-95
十九世纪 犀牛角项链
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN NECKLACE.
19th Century.
21 beads, 60.41g. (2)
Accompanied by a report from GCS stating that gemological characteristics of these items are consistent with horns produced by members of the Rhinocerotidae family. Report number no. 5776-4029, dated 15 December 2015.
十九世纪 犀角项链
Estimate: £1,800-£2,000
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A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN NECKLACE.
19th Century.
73 beads, 46.26g. (2)
十九世纪 犀角项链
Accompanied by a report from GCS stating that gemological characteristics of these items are consistent with horns produced by members of the Rhinocerotidae family. Report number no. 77108-30, dated 26 June 2017.
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE JADE PIERCED DOUBLE GOURD POMANDER.
Shaped as a double-gourd and pierced with floral designs, 6.5cm long.
镂空雕葫芦玉佩
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHIENSE SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLE.
circa 1920.
約一九二零年 嵌銀犀角拐杖把手
Estimate: £300-£500
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THREE CHINESE WALKING STICKS WITH RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLES.
Circa 1900.
86.5 – 90cm long. (3)
约一九零零年 嵌犀角把手拐杖三隻
Estimate: £400-£600
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TWO CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN MOUNTED WALKING STICKS.
Circa 1900.
84cm L, the handle 11.5cm long; 91cm long, the handle 7cm long. (2)
約一九零零年 嵌犀角把手拐杖兩隻
Estimate: £300-£500
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TWO CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLE MOUNTED WALKING STICKS.
82cm, 92cm long. (2)
嵌犀角把手拐杖兩隻
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE IVORY AND RHINOCEROS HORN MOUNTED WALKING STICK.
Circa 1920.
90cm long.
約一九二零 鑲象牙及犀角把手
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN WHITE METAL MOUNTED SWAGGER STICK.
Circa 1900.
67cm long.
約一九零零年 鑲白鐵犀角教鞭
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE SILVER GILT MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN WALKING STICK.
71cm long.
鑲鍍銀犀角教鞭
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE SANCAI ‘BUDDHIST LION DOGS’ JAR.
Transitional era.
The body decorated with Buddhist lion dogs chasing ribboned balls, 16cm H.
明末清初 三彩繪佛獅紋罐
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE JAR WITH STAND AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
Decorated with an assemblage of antiques and scholar’s items filled with fruit and flowers, 31cm H. (3)
清 青花加彩蓋罐配底座
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ ALMS BOWL.
Of deep, tapered form, the exterior painted with a lotus meander beneath borders, a ruyi-heads border, wood stand, 19cm H, 18.5 inner diameter. (2)
青花繪纏枝蓮紋缽
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIÈRE.
Of cylindrical form on a stepped foot, decorated around the body with pink flowering bushes, 40.5cm diameter, 39.5cm H.
粉彩大花盆
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLIES’ JARDINIÈRES.
Of rectangular form with everted edges on four short feet, enamelled with an arrangement of butterflies in flight among shuangxi characters, 20.5 x 33.5x 23cm. (2)
粉彩繪蝴蝶花盆一對
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE WUCAI FIGURATIVE BRUSH POT.
15.2cm H, 10.8cm diameter.
五彩繪春遊圖筆筒
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT.
16.5cm H, 18.5cm diameter.
青花繪人物筆筒
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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TWO CHINESE GILT-DECORATED DOUCAI BOXES AND COVERS.
The cylindrical body and domed cover decorated with circular egret, the cover surmounted to a peach finial, 10.5cm H. (4)
闘彩描金蓋盒一對
Estimate: £400-£600
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THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CERAMICS.
Comprising of a square section bowl decorated with peaches, a pink sgraffito ground bowl and a single handled cup. (3)
民國瓷器一組三件
Estimate: £150-£200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE IRON RED DOUBLE-LOZENGE-SHAPED IRON RED GROUND JARDINÈRES.
Decorated to the exterior with a bird among foliage, inscribed with three characters, Dayazhai, beside the Tian Di Yi Jia Chun sealmark, 25 x 17 x 5cm. (2)
外珊瑚紅地内松石綠地花盆一對
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘COCKERELS’ BRUSH WASHER.
Decorated with a pair of cockerels, one standing on rock, with bamboo and peonies, 25.5cm diameter.
粉彩內繪公雞筆洗
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE TOGETHER A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE.
Second half of 20th Century.
The vase of meiping-form decorated with children carrying a giant peach among cranes and above Tian’anmen, the other depicting a Communist figure, 41 / 39.5cm H. (2)
二十世紀後半葉 新中國成立后童子‘祖國萬歲’瓶及德化窯毛主席像
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER.
Gilded on the inside and the censer and the rim, with gilded chilong handles, feet in the shape of elephant heads, four character Jingtai mark to base, 15.5cm diameter, 9.3cm H.
銅胎掐絲琺瑯飾鎏金三足雙耳爐
Estimate: £5,000-£8,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE ‘LOTUS’ TRIPOD CENSER.
Raised on short conical feet, decorated with lotus scroll, reserved on a turquoise ground, the rim set with two arched handles, the base incised with Qianlong mark, wood box, 7cm H, 10cm diameter. (2)
銅胎掐絲琺瑯飾鎏金雙耳爐
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE TURQUOISE-AND-AUBERGINE-GLAZED BISCUIT FIGURE OF GUANGMU.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The armoured figure seated with the right arm raised and the left holding a small pearl above a dragon emerging from a hole in the rocky base below the figure, 31cm H.
清十八世紀 素胎飾綠松、茄皮紫地廣目天王像
Estimate: £500-£800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LADY’ CANDLE-HOLDERS.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
Modelled in mirror image holding a candle-holder to one side modelled as a large lotus bud, and striated pink overlapping petals, the figures wearing brightly enamelled and gilt long robes, 28.5cm H. (2)
清乾隆 粉彩仕女燭臺一對
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE AMBER ‘LI BAI’ CARVING.
Qing Dynasty.
The drunken scholar seated at ease with eyes downcast resting on a cushion, 31g, 5.2cm H.
清 琥珀雕詩仙像
Estimate: £400-£600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE ‘LUOHAN’ SEALS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Each seated on rectangular base in flowing robes, one with the belly open, 6.5cm H. (2)
清十八世紀 壽山石雕羅漢璽一對
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE STONE CARVING OF PINDOLA.
Qing Dynasty.
The figure standing with eyes raised in a tall hat, the animal coiled in front of the figure with eyes raised, rockwork base, 17cm H. (2)
清 石雕賓頭盧尊者像
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY.
Tang Dynasty.
Dressed in a long robe that falls to the feet and trails in a fan shape at back, the hands concealed by the robe and held together in front of the chest, the face with full cheeks and a small, dimpled chin, the face framed by the soft coiffure which is drawn up into a large loop above the head, traces of pigment, 46cm H.
唐 仕女陶俑
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SHOULAO AND DEER FIGURE.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli period.
Raised on a plinth painted with clouds and waves breaking against rocks, the deity seated by a recumbent deer, resting his right hand between his companion’s antlers, his outer robe painted with a circular medallion across the chest, 23cm H.
明萬曆 青花壽佬與鹿尊
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000
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A CHINESE CARVED IVORY STANDING LADY.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Standing in long flowing robes the hands raised together, the mouth smiling, wood stand, 20cm H.
清十八世紀 象牙雕仕女立像
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE IVORY CARVING OF A FEMALE WARRIOR.
Early 20th Century.
Dramatically carved to depict a lady, the head turned to the left, the left knee raised and the right arm supporting an upward-pointing drawn sword, supported on an oval plinth, the middle of the lower back inscribed Yu Dongxuan cang, ‘collected by Eu Tong Sen’, 33cm H.
二十世紀早期 象牙雕女將，「余东旋藏」款
Eu Tong Sen (1877 – 1941) was a leading business figure in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaya and vice-president of the Anti-Opium Society.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A LARGE CHINESE CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A LADY.
Early 20th Century.
Dressed in long flowing robes, the head turned to the left and the hands supporting a sheng musical instrument, fitted wood stand, 57cm H.
二十世紀早期 象牙雕仕女像
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A CHINESE CARVED IVORY VASE AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
With quatrefoil panels enclosing deities, borne on an incised scrolling foliage ground, 13cm H. (2)
清 象牙雕蓋瓶
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE IVORY ‘LANDSCAPE’ CARVING.
Qing Dynasty.
Depicting two figures beneath a pine tree and jutting rocks, 8cm H.
清 人物故事象牙雕
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE IVORY CENSER AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
Raised on lion-mask form feet suspending rings, the low cylindrical body with incised dragon decoration set with four further monkey mask handles suspending rings, the cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion dog finial, 14cm H, 8.5cm diameter. (2)
清 象牙雕三足蓋爐
Estimate: £250-£300
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A CHINESE CARVED IVORY ‘EIGHTEEN LUOHAN’ WRIST REST.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The concave side deeply carved with the Eighteen Luohans standing on clouds below a dragon, the reverse carved in low relief with figure below a rocky outcrop, 24.7 x 6cm.
清十九世紀 象牙雕‘十八羅漢’臂擱
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE CARVED IVORY ‘EROTIC’ WRIST REST.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The exterior naturalistically carved to form a bamboo trunk, the interior deeply incised to depict a couple in congress, below a dense array of oversized flowering chrysanthemum branches, 11.5 x 5cm.
清十九世紀 象牙雕春宮圖臂擱
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE IVORY ‘GOURD’ CARVING.
Qing Dynasty.
The interior side densely carved in high relief to the interior with numerous warriors on horseback, the exterior carved with trailing vine, the fruit with naturalistically textured skin, 8 x 13cm.
清 象牙雕猛將圖葫蘆
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE CARVED STAINED IVORY ‘CABBAGE AND GRASSHOPPER’ CARVING.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The cabbage finely and naturalistically carved, with the slender legged insect perched on its upper side, and an attendant pepper beside the root, vibrant green and red staining, silk covered stand, 23.5cm long. (2)
清晚期 象牙雕‘多子多福’擺件
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED IVORY ‘QUAIL’ BOXES AND COVERS.
Qing Dynasty.
Naturalistically carved, the plump body incised with feathers, sitting with the legs tucked beneath and the head slightly raised, wood stands, 8.5cm H. (6)
清 象牙雕鵪鶉蓋盒一對
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE STAINED IVORY ‘DOUBLE PEACH’ BOX AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved as two overlapping peaches borne on a leafy stem stained green, 12cm long. (2)
清 象牙雕雙桃蓋盒
Estimate: £600-£800
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TWO CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANTS.
Qing Dynasty.
4cm long. (2)
清 天然水晶雕掛件兩件
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE WAX STONE SCHOLAR’S ROCK.
The tall compact stone with wide shoulders, with deep furrows and rugged pitting to the surface, carved wood stand, 28cm H. (2)
黃蠟石文房擺件
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE LIGHT GREY STONE SCHOLAR’S ROCK.
Of irregular triangular form with sharp edges and a matrix of darker stress lines in the stone, fitted wood stand, 19cm H. (2)
文房山石擺件
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BROWN STONE SCHOLAR’S ROCK.
The compact chocolate brown stone with an irregular surface and a network of holes, wood stand, 9.5cm H. (2)
文房山石擺件
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE LIGHT GREY STONE SCHOLAR’S ROCK.
Rising to wide shoulders from a narrow base, with a layer of horizontal stratification running up the surface of the rock, wood stand, 12cm H. (2)
文房山石擺件
Estimate: £600-£800
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TWO CHINESE ‘MOUNTAIN PEAK’ SCHOLAR’S ROCKS
Of uneven triangular form with perforated waxy surfaces, 10.8cm / 15cm H. (4)
‘山型’文房擺件一組兩件
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘EIGHTEEN LUOHAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty Qianlong mark and of the period.
Crisply moulded with the Eighteen Luohan, each with his attribute, standing on clouds, four character Qianlong mark to base, 6.5cm H.
清乾隆 粉彩‘十八羅漢’浮雕鼻煙壺，「乾隆年制」款
For a closely related Jiaqing reign-marked ‘eighteen luohan’ snuff bottle in the Mary and George Bloch collection, see Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol.6, Arts of the Fire, Hong Kong, 2008, p.452, no.1202.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE FACETED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
With faceted sides, coral stopper incised as a sitting frog, 7cm H.
清 琥珀鼻煙壺
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE MILLEFLEUR ‘POMEGRANATE’ VASE.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of almost spherical form sweeping up to a short waisted neck and five pointed sepals forming a calyx mouth, decorated in enamel and gilt with a dense arrangement of flowers, four character Qianlong mark to base, 11.7cm H.
清十九世紀 粉彩百花石榴罐
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LOTUS SCROLL WATER POT.
Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing mark and probably of the period.
The exterior finely painted with large lotus blooms, interspersed with smaller similar blooms, all borne on leafy scrolls and on a white ground below a ruyi-head band to the neck in yellow and blue enamels, six character Jiaqing mark to base, 4cm H, 7cm diameter.
清約嘉慶 粉彩纏枝蓮紋筆洗，「大清嘉慶年製」款
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ENAMELLED ‘LANDSCAPE’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER.
12.5cm diameter.
粉彩繪山水圖蓋盒
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO ‘PEACH’ WASHER.
Qing Dynasty.
Of naturalistic form with a well hollowed interior, the surface incised with leafy branches bearing fruits, 8.5 x 7cm.
清 竹雕壽桃筆洗
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE SHAGREEN BRUSH.
Qing Dynasty.
The long handle inset with gilt metal detail, the white metal ferrule with a band of shou characters, 28.6cm long.
清 鯊魚皮筆桿毛筆
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE PUDDINGSTONE ‘MOUNTAIN PEAK’ BRUSHREST.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved with four peaks, the stone of mottled black red and green, 8cm long, 4.7cm H.
清 圓礫岩雕山形筆搁
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE HARDSTONE-INLAID SCREEN.
Qing Dynasty.
Of rectangular form, the carved wood panel inlaid with various hardstones to depict antique treasures on a desk, the reverse with a calligraphic inscription, 29cm H.
清 嵌石雕屏風
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE SOAPSTONE PERFUMIER TOGETHER WITH A BAMBOO ‘CHILONG’ PARFUMIER.
Qing Dynasty.
The bamboo perfumier carved and pierced as chi dragons among clouds, 19cm H, 5.5cm diameter, the soapstone perfumer incised with geometric patterns, 26.5cm H, 5cm diameter. (3)
清 壽山石及竹雕香筒各一隻
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE AGATE ‘LEAF’ FORM WASHER.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
15.5 x 8.5cm x 4cm.
清十九世紀 瑪瑙雕樹葉形筆洗
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT ‘DRAGON’ WATER POT, PINGGUOZUN.
Qing Dynasty.
Decorated with two dragons chasing flaming pearls among flames and clouds, against a green ground, 11cm diameter.
清 素胎三彩龍紋苹果尊
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE CARVED AMBER ‘BUDDHA’ PLAQUE.
20th Century.
Deeply carved with a seated Buddha in flowing robes, stand, 30g, 7cm H. (2)
二十世紀 琥珀雕佛牌
Estimate: £150-£200
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A CHINESE WOOD BRUSH POT AND A CRACKLE-GLAZED WASHER.
The brush pot 10.8cm H, 9.4cm diameter, the washer 5cm H, 8.8cm bottom diameter. (2)
木雕筆筒及開片釉筆洗
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER.
Song Dynasty.
The rounded body supported on a conical lotus leaf-form base, separated by an S-shaped handle, the domed pierced cover with lappet decoration and surmounted by a double gourd, 22cm long.
宋 銅蓋爐
Estimate: £3,500-£4,000
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A CHINESE PALE CELADON ‘GOAT’ CENSER AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Seated with the head slightly raised, the legs tucked beneath, the mouth open for the release of smoke and with a pierced cover forming part of the saddle on the back, 12cm H. (2)
Provenance: John Sparks [label]
清十九世紀 青釉山羊形蓋爐
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE JADEITE FLOWER BASKET CARVING.
20th Century.
Ornately carved with a dense array of flowers and lingzhi spray emerging from either side of a woven basket, the colours ranging from lavender blue through to apple green, wood stand, fitted green leather box, 16cm H. (3)
Provenance: Asprey.
二十世紀 翡翠雕花籃擺件及底托
Estimate: £4,000-£6,000
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A CHINESE CARVED AMETHYST ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ VASE.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The vase carved in high relief with a dragon coiled around the body confronting a phoenix beside a flower, wood stand carved and pierced in the form of bamboo, 12.5cm H. (2)
清十九世紀 紫晶雕龍鳳瓶
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE CARVED JADE ‘LOTUS’ VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
The tall compressed vase with waisted neck formed as a leaf, the surface incised with a network of veins and carved and pierced with attendant flowers and leaves, 11cm H.
清 玉雕荷葉花插
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE CARVED JADE ‘BASKET’ WASHER.
Qing Dynasty.
Of oval section, with a raised band on the lip and at the foot, with a rope twist band encircling the body, wood stand, 4.5cm H. (2)
清 玉雕笔洗
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE CARVED JADE ‘MELON’ SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
Naturalistically carved with a leafy stem and attendant butterfly, 6.5cm H.
清 玉雕鼻煙壺
Estimate: £80-£120
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A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF ZHOU TANZI.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The figure standing with a bucket raised to his right, covered in a deer hide, the hide carved to contain a russet inclusion in the stone, 7.5cm H.
清十八世紀 巧色玉雕郯子
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO FIGURES.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The figures standing in long flowing robes, wood stand, 10cm H. (2)
清十八世紀 青玉雕雙僧像
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BOY ON A LOTUS LEAF.
Qing Dynasty.
The boy lying on the leaf and grabbing on the stem, 5.2 x 3.7 x 3.1cm.
清 白玉雕童子臥荷葉像
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE CARVED JADE CUP WITH CHILONG HANDLE.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The cup with rounded sides slightly waisted below the rim, on a spreading foot, the handle modelled in sharp relief as a chi dragon, a smaller dragon also coiled on the rim, 8cm H, 9cm diameter.
清十八世紀 玉雕螭龍盃
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE LARGE CARVED JADE LOTUS LEAF WASHER.
Early 20th Century.
Deeply carved and pierced in the form of a stem of lotus leaves and buds with an attendant fish, supported on a fitted wood stand carved and pierced in the form of waves, 31.5cm long, 14.5cm wide. (2)
二十世紀早期 玉雕荷葉洗
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED JADE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ VASES AND COVER.
20th Century.
Of compressed baluster form, the body incised on either side with a confronting dragon and phoenix, the shoulders set with scrolling handles, the tall domed covers incised with a coiled dragon and surmounted by a pair of Buddhist lion dogs, wood stands, 32cm H. (6)
二十世紀 玉雕龍鳳蓋瓶一對
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE CARVED JADE ‘RAM GROUP’ CARVING.
Naturalistically carved to depict a goat and kid together holding a spray of lingzhi fungus in their mouths, wood stand, 7cm H. (2)
玉雕‘羊羊如意’擺件
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE CARVED JADE BELT SLIDE AND ‘DRAGON’ CARVING.
Ming Dynasty, and later.
6.5cm, 8cm long. (2)
明或更晚 玉雕矮桌形帶扣及玉雕龙
Estimate: £400-£600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE ‘DRAGONS’ VASES.
Middle Qing Dynasty.
The front of each with a central panels incised with a coiled dragon above rocks against a ground of waves, flanked on either sides by a dragon, above a lotus flower base, 17cm H. (2)
清中期 壽山石雕龍紋瓶一對
For a collection of four closely related vases see Götter aus Stein: Die Sammlung chinesischer Specksteinfiguren auf Schloss Friedenstein Gotha, 2015, cat no 401, which dates the pieces 17th / 18th Century.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE SOAPSTONE ‘SHOULAO’ CARVING.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Standing with a peach held in the left hand and a staff in the right hand, supported on a rocky base, 25cm H.
清十八 / 十九世紀 壽山石雕壽佬像
Estimate: £100-£200
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A CHINESE SOAPSTONE ‘LOHAN AND DRAGON GROUP’ CARVING.
Middle Qing Dynasty.
Seated in loosely fitted robes, the right knee raised and the left tucked beneath, the right arm raised with a ring held on the wrist the dragon resting beneath the figure’s left hand the tail coiled behind his back and head raised towards the hand, 24.8cm H.
明中期 壽山石雕降龍羅漢坐像
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A CHINESE SOAPSTONE CARVING OF GUANYIN.
Qing Dynasty.
Standing in long flowing robes, the head turned to the right and eyes lowered in contemplation, 28.5cm H.
清 壽山石雕觀音立像
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE SOAPSTONE ‘DOUBLE GOURD’ WASHER.
19th century.
Formed as a hollowed half gourd borne on a leafy stem, traces of pigment, 14 x 11cm.
十九世紀 描金壽山石雕葫蘆形筆洗
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE DOCUMENTARY SOAPSTONE ‘VEGETABLE GROUP’ CARVING.
Cyclically dated in accordance with 1946.
Naturalistically carved to depict leafy sprays of peaches, berries, and radishes, above a rocky base on which is supported a pair of ruyi sceptres, inscription, 39.5cm H.
一九十六年 壽山石雕蔬果擺件
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE HARE’S FUR TEA BOWL.
Song dynasty.
The conical body supported on a short circular foot with a vertical rim, covered in the interior with a blackish-brown glaze finely streaked with iridescent ‘hare’s fur’ markings, 7.5cm H, 17.5cm diameter.
宋 兔毫盞
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE MOULDED ‘PHOENIX’ DISH.
Song/Yuan dynasty.
The interior moulded with a pair of phoenixes among flowers within a key-scroll band, 18.3cm diameter.
宋或元 印模龍鳳盤
Estimate: £300-£500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CIZHOU BOWLS.
Each with incised floral decoration, 8.5 cm H. (2)
磁州窯暗刻花紋盌
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE QINGBAI CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER.
Song Dynasty.
Of circular form, the domed cover moulded with a series of flower heads, covered overall with a light blue glaze, 3cm H, 7cm diameter. (2)
宋 青白釉圓形蓋盒
Estimate: £300-£500
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THREE CHINESE QINGBAI ITEMS.
Song Dynasty.
Comprising a small jar of globular form, a foliate rim dish, and a water dropper of conical form with a short upright spout and lug handles, 2 – 8cm H. (3)
宋 青白釉水滴、花口碟及小罐
Estimate: £300-£500
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TWO CHINESE QINGBAI GLAZED DISHES.
Song Dynasty.
5cm H, 18cm diameter. (2)
宋 青白釉碟兩件
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER.
Ming Dynasty.
The globular body supported on short conical feet and rising to a waisted neck, 6cm H, 7.5cm diameter.
明 青釉三足香爐
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED CONICAL BOWL.
Song Dynasty.
The interior incised with floral patterns, 5.5cm H, 12cm diameter
宋 青釉錐形盌
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE INCISED CELADON BOWL.
Song Dynasty.
17.7cm diameter.
宋 青釉刻花盌
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A CHINESE CELADON DOUBLE FISH BOWL.
5.2cm H, 15.5cm diameter.
青釉雙魚盌
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE CRACKLE GLAZED JAR AND BOWL.
The jar 16.5cm H, the bowl 7.3cm H, 19cm diameter.
青釉開片盌與罐
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE CELADON CHARGER.
Ming Dynasty.
Sturdily potted with thick, deep, sides rising from a low foot ring to a broad mouth rim, the interior incised with floral patterns, 41cm diameter.
明 青釉大盤
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS.
Qing Dynasty.
Comprising a spittoon decorated with chrysanthemums, a ewer with a globular body decorated with a Buddhist lion dog chasing a ribboned ball with an S-shaped spout, a rectangular beaker cup with moulded rectilinear dragons, a bowl decorated with deer beneath pines, 6.3 – 11.3cm H. (4)
清 青花器物四件
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE WITH UNGERGLAZE RED SNUFF BOTTLE WITH FOUR SAUCER DISHES.
Qing Dynasty.
9.7cm H, 10.9-13.3cm diameter. (5)
清 青花釉里紅鼻煙壺及小碟四隻
Estimate: £200-£300
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE WARES.
Qing Dynasty.
Comprising a dragon teapot and cover and two tea bowls, four further cups, and two bowls. (10)
清 青花瓷器一組九件
Estimate: £200-£300
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADE AND AGATE CARVINGS.
Various sizes. (12)
瑪瑙及玉雕一組十二件
Estimate: £100-£200
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADEITE JEWELLERY.
Comprising a phoenix brooch, a tailor’s tie pin, a pair of cuff links, two rings and various other brooches. (14)
翡翠飾品一組十四件
Estimate: £300-£500
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE STOPPERS AND SPOONS.
(qty)
鼻煙壺蓋一組若干件
Estimate: £100-£200
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A GROUP OF CHINESE ARCHAIC STYLE JADE HAIR PINS.
Fitted wood box, 26.5 x 20 x 5cm.
仿古髮簪一組五隻
Estimate: £80-£120
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES.
Offered together with a silver cane end, 4.7 – 7.5cm H. (6)
鼻煙壺物件及銀製杖頭
Estimate: £100-£200
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A COLLECTION OF CARVED CHINESE WOOD OBJECTS.
Comprising a brushpot, 12cm H, wrist rest, 21.5cm long, and stand, 14cm long. (3)
木雕一組三件
Estimate: £500-£800
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TWO CHINESE BLANC-DE-CHINE LIBATION CUPS, A ROSE QUARTZ ‘MELON’ CARVING, AND A JADE BOX.
Qing Dynasty.
(7)
清 粉晶雕件、硬石雕蓋盒及德化供盃兩隻
Estimate: £300-£500
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA.
Cambodia, 13th Century.
8cm H.
柬埔寨十三世紀 象頭神青銅像
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA.
Wood stand, 14.5cm H. (2)
青銅鎏金佛坐像
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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TWO COPPER ALLOY FIGURES.
Tibet, early 20th Century.
15.5 / 19cm H. (2)
西藏二十世紀早期 銅合金人像及佛牌各一件
Estimate: £300-£500
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TWO BRONZE STANDING FIGURES.
India, 19th Century.
17 / 16.5 cm H. (2)
印度十九世紀 青銅人物立像兩件
Estimate: £120-£150
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A SMALL BRONZE BUDDHIST FIGURE.
Burma, 19th century.
Seated in vajrasana on a shaped base, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing flowing robes, his face with meditative expression, 12cm H.
緬甸十九世紀 青銅佛坐像
Estimate: £300-£500
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A GILT LACQUERED BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA.
Burma, 19th Century.
Seated in vajrasana on a shaped base, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing flowing robes, his face with meditative expression, 44cm H.
緬甸十九世紀 青銅漆紅鎏金佛坐像
Estimate: £300-£500
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THREE GILT BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHA.
Thailand, 19th Century.
21 – 45cm H. (3)
泰國十九世紀 青銅鎏金佛像三尊
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CORAL, TURQUOISE AND JADE INSET WHITE METAL MOUNTED STEM BOWL AND COVER.
Mongolia, 19th Century.
The wood bowl and cover mounted with white metal and inlaid with coral and turquoise, on a jade stem and white metal base, with lion heads suspending rings and an applied lion handle, the cover with a double gourd jade finial, 31.5cm H, 14.5cm diameter. (2)
蒙古嵌珊瑚、綠松石、玉高足蓋盌
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A COPPER AND LEATHER HELMET.
Mongolia, 19th Century.
The bowl of domed form with vajra finial, set with lion head form circular repoussé panels, display stand, 41.5cm H. (2)
蒙古十九世紀 頭盔及托
Estimate: £600-£800
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PRAYER WHEEL.
The cylindrical outer case decorated with lotus scroll on a lapis ground, an inner cylinder visible through quatrefoil windows decorated with bija character, 27cm H.
銅胎掐絲琺瑯轉經筒
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A CHINESE CARVED WOOD DAMARU TOGETHER WITH A COPPER INK POT AND COVER, A COPPER KUNDIKA AND A COPPER KALASHA.
Tibet, 19th Century.
14 – 21.5cm H. (4)
西藏十九世紀 佛教手鼓及銅製容器三件
Estimate: £500-£800
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A SILVER AND COPPER KAPALA.
Tibet, 19th Century.
8cm H.
西藏十九世紀 銀銅制嘎巴拉
Estimate: £250-£300
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A CHINESE SILVER ‘EIGHT TREASURES’ ALMS BOWL.
Early 20th Century.
Decorated with quatrefoil panels enclosing the eight treasures separated by turquoise-inlaid medallions, among scrolling foliage 8.5cm H, 13cm diameter.
二十世紀早期 ‘八吉祥’圖銀缽
Estimate: £300-£500
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AN EMBROIDERED FIGURE OF A DAKINI.
Tibet, 19th Century.
55.2 x 60cm.
清十九世紀 西藏黃地空行母織物
Estimate: £600-£800
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A LARGE CHINESE RECTANGULAR CINNABAR LACQUER ‘LANDSCAPE’ PANEL.
Early 20th Century.
Incised to depict an expansive watery landscape filled with mountains, pines and pavilions, with figures variously engaged in scholarly pursuits, scrolling floral boarder, 144 x 77.5cm.
二十世紀早期 剔紅大掛板
Estimate: £3,500-£4,000
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A CHINESE GILT AND LACQUERED DECORATED ‘GUANYIN’ PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty.
33.5 x 45cm.
清 漆紅描金仕女像掛板
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE DUAN STONE TRAY.
Qing Dynasty.
Incised with a scene of three scholars standing within a border of scrolling clouds, the reverse incised with plum blossom and lingzhi spray with an inscription within a central reservation to the base, 30.5 x 30.5cm.
清 刻賢士像端硯
Estimate: £400-£600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE ROSEWOOD CHAIRS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The back board with a stepped back and inlaid with a hardstone panel, the scroll-form arm rests set back against the back board, 95.5cm H. (2)
清晚期 嵌硬石背板硬木椅一對
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A CHINESE HARDSTONE-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CABINET.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Of rectangular form with two doors above a shaped apron, below a galleried top shelf, the doors finely inlaid with various hardstones to depict scenes of ladies in a garden, the sides with floral panels, 153.5 x 87 x 41cm.
清晚期 嵌硬石雕刻立櫃
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINEES ROSEWOOD LOW TABLE.
Early 20th Century.
The rectangular table with a curvilinear apron with rectilinear scrolling decoration, supported on four shaped legs with dragon head feet, 122 x 56 x 46cm.
二十世紀早期 木製矮桌
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A LARGE CHINESE HARDWOOD OVAL TRAY AND STAND.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
The oval tray with a reticulated gallery carved with finger citrons, the edges and stand carved as bamboo stems, the tray 84.4 x 55.5cm. (2)
十九 / 二十世紀 硬木托盤及架子
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE JADE INLAID WOOD TABLE SCREENS.
Second half of 20th Century.
The central panel incised to depict a rocky landscape filled with figures below pines, the wood screens with incised scrolling patterns, the screens 77.6 x 40cm, the jade panels 59 x 27.3cm. (2)
二十世紀後半葉 嵌玉雕板屏風一對
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The top of the cover inlaid with an exterior scene depicting two scholars beneath bamboo emerging from behind a rocky outcrop, the sides of the hinged box and cover inlaid with flowers and auspicious symbols, the interior with a tray separated into lidded compartments, 28 x 15 x 6cm. (1)
清康熙 嵌螺細漆器蓋盒
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE EXPORT CARVED IVORY CHESS SET WITH GILT DECORATED BLACK LACQUERED BOARD
Qing Dynasty.
(33)
清 外銷象牙國際象棋及漆器描金棋盤
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE EXPORT GILT-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER TEA CADDY.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of oval form with a stepped cover, painted over the surface with figurative scenes and supported on animal-form feet, with pewter lining, 15.5cm H.
清十九世紀 外銷漆器鎏金茶葉蓋盒
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE BAMBOO ‘SEATED LUOHAN’ CARVING.
Qing Dynasty.
The figure seated in flowing robes with the chest open in front of a rocky outcrop, the face deeply wrinkled, a cash ingot in each hand, 11.5cm H.
清 竹雕羅漢坐像
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BIRD FEEDER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
One side deeply carved and incised to depict three squirrels clambering over a network of vines bearing grapes, below key scroll bands from which emerge flower head attachments, the reverse side with a geometric pattern, 8cm H.
清十八 / 十九世紀 竹雕鳥食罐
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE WOOD BRUSHPOT.
Carved around the body with figures in a landscape beneath pines engaged in a ball game, 9.5cm H.
木雕筆筒
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINSE BAMBOO BRUSH POT.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved and pierced with figures in a garden setting among pines, 19cm H, 14cm diameter.
清 竹雕筆筒
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHINESE BAMBOO ‘LANDSCAPE’ BRUSH POT.
16cm H, 16cm diameter.
竹雕山水圖筆筒
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE BAMBOO CENSER AND COVER.
10.5cm H, 16cm diameter. (2)
竹雕蓋爐
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED GOLD THREAD RANK BADGE, BUZI.
Qing Dynasty.
Depicting a white pheasant, looking up at the moon, embroidered in coral beads, above waves, 25 x 28cm, together with another rank badge, 23 x 24cm. (2)
清 繡金線補子兩塊
Estimate: £250-£300
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TWO CHINESE RANK BADGES, BUZI.
Depicting a white pheasant, looking up at the moon above waves, 29 x 29cm; offered together with a pair of embroideries depicting birds and butterflies among pines and peonies, 48.5 x 22.5cm. (4)
繡鳥織物四件
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO CHINESE RANK BADGES, BUZI.
Early 20th Century.
Each depicting a bird on a rock above waves and among clouds and auspicious symbols, 26.5 x 49cm.
二十世紀早期 補子兩塊
Estimate: £200-£300
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A CHIENSE EMBROIDERED KESI ‘DRAGON’ PANEL.
Qing Dynasty.
Woven to depict a four-clawed dragon against a red ground, among scrolling clouds chasing a flaming pearl, 48 x 126cm.
清 緙絲龍紋板
Estimate: £400-£600
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’ ROUNDEL.
Qing Dynasty.
Embroidered with a front-facing imperial dragon, the sinuous body couched against a ground of wispy clouds among bats, the dragon leaping above a wave pattern, all reserved on a navy blue silk ground, 35.5 x 35.5cm.
清 繡龍織物
Estimate: £150-£200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK RED-GROUND CHAIR BACKS.
Qing Dynasty.
Each finely embroidered in silk and gold thread with lattice patterns filled with antique treasures, flowers and fruit, within a border of flowers and bats, 163 x 53cm (2)
清 紅地絲綢刺繡椅披一對
Estimate: £2,500-£3,000
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TWO LARGE CHINESE ‘HUNDRED BOYS’ TEXTILE PANELS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Each panel depicting a scene of boys holding lotus flowers and other items, within a garden, below upper borders of phoenix birds and dragons, each panel 76 x 227cm. (2)
清十八世紀 繡百子圖掛幅兩塊
Estimate: £3,000-£5,000
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A CHINESE KESI WOVEN BLUE GROUND ‘DRAGON’ TEXTILE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Embroidered with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl among clouds and above waves, 158 x 37.5cm.
清晚期 緙絲藍地繡龍織物
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE SILK RED-GROUND FIGURATIVE EMBROIDERED HANGING.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Embroidered in silk and gold thread to depict attendants beneath pines before an emperor and empress within a pavilion, 303.5 x 182cm.
清晚期 繡人物圖織物掛件
Estimate: £500-£800
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A CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED ‘SHOULAO’ HANGING.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Depicting Shoulao with his deer and encircled by two bats, 260 x 152cm.
清晚期 繡壽佬織物掛件
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CHINESE ‘HUNDRED BIRD’ EMBROIDERY.
Qing Dynasty.
Embroidered with peacocks, cockerels and other birds, on rocks, pine trees or in flight, mother-of-pearl inlaid wood frame, 43 x 33.5cm.
清 百鳥圖刺繡配嵌螺鈿木框
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A CHINESE LIGHT-BLUE-GROUND APRON SKIRT.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The blue silk brocaded with auspicious symbols, with panels of flowering peonies, 95.5cm long, 115cm across.
清晚期 淺藍地繡花女裙
Estimate: £200-£300
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE EMBROIDERED TEXTILES.
Late Qing Dynasty.
(qty)
清晚期 刺繡織物一組若干件
Estimate: £300-£500
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A LARGE CHIENSE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGONS’ TEXTILE PANEL.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Decorated on a blue ground with six pairs of confronting five clawed dragons, each four dragons encircling a central floral medallion, interspersed with Buddhist lion dogs with ribboned balls, all, within a border of animals of the zodiac, 101 x 258cm.
清十八 / 十九世紀 繡龍掛幅
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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A SET OF FOUR CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERIES OF BIRDS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Framed and glazed, 100 x 35cm. (4)
清晚期 繡鳥織物配框四副
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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ORIENTAL CERAMICS. THE WORLD’S GREAT COLLECTION
1976-.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 11 volumes + 1 volume not uniformly bound, boards in slipcases, colour and black and white plates throughout, illustrating ceramics from the Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Museum Pusat, Jakarta, Iran Bastan Museum, Teheran, the British Museum, London, the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, Museè Guimet, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum 38 x 27cm. (12)
《東方陶瓷》
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A SURVEY OF CHINESE CERAMICS, VOLS. I – V.
1991.
Taipei: Aries Gemini Publishing, by Liang-yu LIU, numerous colour plates, five volumes: vol. 1 (Early Wares; Prehistoric to Tenth Century); vol. 2 (Sung Wares); vol. 3 (Liao, Hsi Hsia, Chin and Yuan Wares); vol. 4 (Ming Official Wares); vol. 5 (Ch’ing Official and Popular Wares). (5)
一九九一 《中國陶瓷調研》
Estimate: £400-£600
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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE CHINESE COLLECTION [OWNED BY N. DUNN], FORMERLY OF HYDE PARK CORNER, NOW EXHIBITING AT THE CELESTIAL PALACE, ALBERT GATE, HYDE PARK.
1851.
London, by DUNN and LANGDON, bound in cloth. Catalogue of one of the earliest exhibitions of Chinese art held in the West. 22.5 x 14.5cm.
一八五一 N. Dunn於海德公園角藏品展
Estimate: £100-£200
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THE CATALOGUE OF SASSOON CHINESE IVORIES
1950.
London: Country Life, by S.E. LUCAS. 3 volumes, numbered colour plates of 966 objects, original gilt lettered half vellum on green cloth binding, top edges gilt, others uncut. LIMITED EDITION, of 250 sets, 39.5 x 30.5cm, with prospectus. (4)
《SASSOON中国象牙》 圖錄
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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SOUVENIRS OF A JOURNEY THROUGH TARTARY, TIBET AND CHINA, DURING THE YEARS 1844, 1845 and 1846.
1931.
Peking: Lazarist Press, by Evariste Régis Huc. 2 volumes, wrappers, 18 x 24cm. (2)
《中華帝國紀行》兩冊
Estimate: £300-£500
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AN ALBUM OF CHINESE LUOHAN PAINTINGS
Late Qing Dynasty.
22.5 x 32cm.
清晚期 繪羅漢畫冊
Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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LIU YUZHANG (1842 – unknown).
Birds on a branch, fan leaf, framed, 41.5 x 13cm.
劉玉璋 繪花鳥扇面一幅， 設色紙本，鏡框
Estimate: £100-£200
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REN YU (attributed to, 1853 – 1901).
Landscape, ink and colour on paper, two hanging scrolls, signed by Ren Yu, dated 1940, with one seal of the artist, 163 x 46cm.
Provenance: London Private Collection.
任預（傳） 山水圖 款識：打夕易鐘，祿朱破樓句,立以任預 鈴印：「任預印倍」 簽條：任立凡山水
Estimate: £300-£500
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CHEN HONGSHOU (attributed to, 1598 – 1653)
Figures
ink and colour on silk, framed
all signed Hongshou, with four seals of the artist
each 89 x 41cm. (4)
Provenance: Scottish private collection.
陳洪绶（傳） 人物圖四幅 設色絹本 鏡框 款識：〈一〉洪绶 〈二〉山高月小水落石出，老遲洪绶畫于静者居 〈三〉洪绶画 〈四〉癸卯冬十一月老遲洪绶 鈴印：「陳洪绶印」（四鈴）
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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TWO CHINESE PAINTINGS OF LADIES.
Seated at a table engaged in various leisurely activities, framed, 82 x 20cm. (2)
仕女圖配框兩幅
Estimate: £200-£300
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TAN CHANGRONG (1933-)
Peacock, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed Changrong, with one seal of the artist, 130 x 65cm.
Provenance: Danish private collection. Acquired from the selling exhibition The Art of Tan Changrong, Wei Wu Gallery Hong Kong, 1988.
譚昌镕 孔雀 設色紙本 立軸 款識：春光 丙寅年夏於沒名堂 昌镕 鈐印：「譚昌镕」
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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GU JIANLONG (after, 1608 – 1687)
Eight Immortals, ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed, 97.5 x 38.7cm.
顧見龍 羅漢圖，設色紙本，鏡框
Estimate: £200-£300
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A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS.
Including CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING. 1982. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Museum of Art for the Urban Council, By L.C.S TAM, volume 1 only. (qty)
中國藝術品書籍一組若干本
Estimate: £400-£600
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A WELL MOUNTED JAPANESE WAKIZASHI.
Blade possibly early Edo period.
Mounts 19th Century.
The blade of hira-zukuri with gunome hamon, the nakago signed Soshu ju Masahiro, mounted in a black lacquer saya with shibuichi fittings including a tsuba signed Arashiyama Tsuneyuki, a set of fuchikashira, a pair of menuki, all with ‘birds’ design, the habaki engraved with a gibbon signed Yoshimune, with a red silk storage bag, 61cm.
Provenance: Collection of Sir Francis Aglen (安格聯 1869 – 1932), thence by descent to the present owner.
脇差 銘 相州住 国廣
Sir Francis Aglen was Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service from 1911 to 1927 and was honoured with the Third Class, First Rank of the Imperial Order of the Double Dragon. His work involved close official contact with Japan where his efforts were rewarded at the highest level. In 1916 he was awarded First Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure by Emperor Taisho, and in 1927 the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. The sword was reputed acquired around this time.
Estimate: £700-£900
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A JAPANESE MINO WAKIZASHI.
Circa 1800.
The blade of torii-zori, shinogi-zukuri with chu-kissaki and gunome hamon, unsigned, mounted in a black lacquer saya with copper fittings decorated in arabesque pattern, the menuki in the form of bamboo shoots, and Goto school kozuka with a tiger amongst bamboo, 66cm.
美濃脇差 無銘
Estimate: £600-£700
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A JAPANESE MINO WAKIZASHI.
Circa 1800.
The blade of a shallow sori, shinogi-zukuri with itamehada with gunome hamon, mounted in a black lacquer ishime saya and samehada hilt, with sukashi-tsuba, the menuki of ‘fish’ design and the kozuka with ‘Hotei and his sack’ inlaid in gilt, unsigned, 64cm.
美濃脇差 無銘
Estimate: £600-£700
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A LATE JAPANESE SHINTO MINODEN KATANA.
Circa 1700.
The blade of torii-sori, shinogi-zukuri with chu-kissaki, itame-hada with gunome hamon, mounted in brown lacquer ishime saya, an iron tsuba inlaid in silver with paulownia leave, the fuchikashira of ‘maple and butterfly’ design in fitted on same-hada hilt with the menuki in the form of fruits, unsigned, 102cm.
美濃伝 刀 無銘
Estimate: £1,000-£1,200
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A JAPANESE SEKIDEN KATANA.
Circa 1670.
The blade of shallow koshi-zori, shinogi-zukuri, with chu-kissaki with very lively hamon, mounted in black lacquer texture saya with a sukashi tsuba inlaid in gilt with falcon feathers, the same-hada hilt fitted with a pair of menuki and a fuchi-kashira both with ‘dragon’ design, unsigned, 102cm.
関伝 刀 無銘
Estimate: £1,000-£1,200
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A JAPANESE FINE IRON VASE BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI.
Meiji period.
Decorated in iroe takazogan with a flock of birds perched on a maple tree, the details of birds inlaid in silver, shakudo and gilt, the tree and leaves in sentoku and gilt, signed Dai Nippon Kyoto ju, Miyabe Atuyoshi with kakihan, 19cm H.
花鳥模様鉄地花瓶 銘 大日本京都住 宮部篤良 明治時代
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE.
Meiji period.
Of pear shape with red splashed patina, with a frog on a leaf applied to the shoulders, 21cm H.
銅製花瓶 明治時代
Estimate: £100-£200
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A JAPANESE BRONZE MODEL OF HOTEI.
20th Century.
Boldly cast in a dancing position, standing in one foot with the other raised, signed Hisayoshi, 30cm H.
銅製布袋置物 ２０世紀
Estimate: £250-£300
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A JAPANESE BRONZE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT.
Meiji period.
Naturalistically case, striding forward with its trunk raised, singed Minko, 30cm H.
銅製象置物 明治時代
Estimate: £300-£400
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A JAPANESE ARTICULATED IRON MODEL OF A PRAYING MANTIS.
Meiji period.
Jizai okimono, the russet iron insect with movable legs and wings, unsigned, 19.5cm long.
鉄製自在置物 蟷螂 明治時代
Estimate: £1,200-£1,500
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A JAPANESE GILT-COPPER BOWL.
19th / 20th century.
Of a rounded form raised on a tall flared foot, the exterior intricately worked with a dragon, a phoenix, the Nikko shrine and herons in panels reserved on the stylised cranes and the Tokugawa ‘aoi’ mon patterns, with the Trii mark on the base, 15cm H.
黄銅製大盃 明治時代
Estimate: £250-£300
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A JAPANESE SINGLE-CASE LACQUER INRO.
19th Century.
On roiro ground, decorated with autumn grasses and praying-mantis, in gold lacquer hiramaki-e with aogai inlaid, the interior of nashiji ground, signed Chikanao, 8 x 6cm.
秋草模様印籠 １９世紀 銘 近直
Estimate: £300-£400
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A JAPANESE TWO-CASE INRO.
19th Century.
Of jar shape, in gold hiramaki-e on a rich brown ground, decorated all over with brocade curtains of ho-o birds and the paulownia patterns, unsigned, 6.5cm H.
酒壺型印籠 １９世紀
Estimate: £500-£700
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A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE INRO.
19th Century.
Bearing a mura-nashiji ground and decorated with two cranes beside chrysanthemums, the details worked in gold, silver and roiro lacquer takamaki-e, with some gold leaf kirikane, the interior of nashji, with a coral ojime, unsigned, 7.9cm.
鶴菊模様印籠 １９世紀
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A JAPANESE LACQUER AND SILVER SHEATH INRO.
18th / 19th Century.
Bearing a mura-nashiji ground, richly decorated in gold and iro-e takamaki-e with a mountain landscape and autumn grasses, containing a small silver box engraved with a landscape, signed Mitsumasa, 7cm, with a wooden fitted box. (2)
鞘印籠 銀製箱銘光理 １８・１９世紀
Mitsumasa was an art name of Goto Juro (1695 – 1742), the twelfth master of the Goto family of metalwork.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO, SIGNED YOYUSAI.
19th Century.
Decorated in kinpun ground, with a scene of the fox wedding in the rain, signed Yoyusai, 6.5cm, with a wooden storage box. (2)
狐の嫁入り模様印籠 銘 羊遊斎、１９世紀
Estimate: £300-£400
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A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER KOBAKO WITH FITTED BOX.
Meiji period.
Of rectangular form, richly decorated in gold takamakie, kirigane and silver with a country hut and a temple pagoda in a landscape, with an inner tray similarly decorated and containing four small fitted boxes with a flower design, 9 x 12.5 x 4cm.
金蒔絵小箱 明治時代
Estimate: £600-£800
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A JAPANESE MASONIC EXPORT LACQUER BOX.
18th/19th Century.
The rectangular box with a hinged cover decorated with the Masonic symbols in the form of a crest surmounted by a ribbon, amongst sprigs of flowers, on a black lacquer ground with gold hiramakie and mother-of-pearl inlay, 16.5 x 32 x 8cm.
フリーメイソン模様象嵌蒔絵宝石箱、江戸時代
Estimate: £500-£700
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AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE TOAD SKIN HANDBAG.
20th Century.
A black leather clutch bag decorated with a toad skin and inlaid green eyes, a metal clasp in the shape of flying sparrows, 22 x 13cm.
蛙革製ハンドバッグ、２０世紀
Estimate: £300-£500
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A JAPANESE PRESENTATION LACQUER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.
19th Century.
Containing ninety-four hand-tinted albumen photographs of famous places in Japan including Kobe, Kyoto, Nikko, Yoshiwara and Tokyo including three images of the curio shop, Kuhn & Komor co., the Hungarian retailers found in Yokohama, circa 1890, the cover decorated with a rat and frogs as caricatures of samurai in ivory/bone inlay work, the company seal mark ‘Kun Komoru’, the photographs 19.5 x 25cm, the album 32 x 40 x 8cm.
明治写真集
Estimate: £500-£600
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KAWASE HASUI (1833 – 1957).
Dai oban, a woodblock print entitled ‘Fuji gawa’ (Fuji river), dated Showa 8 (1932), signed Hasui with a red seal, the publisher’s seal, ‘Watanabe hanken’ at the right margin, fine impression and colour, 39.5 x 55.5cm
木版画 川瀬巴水
Estimate: £1,200-£1,500
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ELIZABETH KEITH (1887 – 1959).
A woodblock print, depicting snow covered the East gate at Pyengyang, Korea, circa 1925, signed in pencil, good impression and colour, 34 x 48cm.
木版画 エリザベス キース
Estimate: £500-£600
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HARUKAWA EISHO (1784 – 1848).
Circa 1830s.
Twelve woodblock prints of nagaban format, a complete set of a parody series of the Fifty-Three Stations on the Tokaido, entitled ‘Kaiho ichiran hana no miyako-ji’ depicting the journey of a female traveller on the Tokaido road, with kyoka poems in small cartouches, signed Shunsai Eisho, 17 x 51cm. (12)
浮世絵 懐宝一覧花の都路 全セット 英笑
Estimate: £800-£1,000
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A JAPANESE SHUNGA ALBUM.
19th Century.
Mounted with twelve double-page erotic prints, each showing the prince Genji with his lovers in a boudoir, entitled ‘Azuma genji’, 24 x 14.5cm.
春画画帳 東源氏
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO JAPANESE SHUNGA HAND SCROLLS.
19th / 20th Century.
Painted in ink and colour on silk, with narrative pictures of a widow’s love affair, unsigned, 19 x 560cm, and another scroll in ink and slight colour on paper, entitled ‘Iroha Bunko’ with the orgy scenes, 19.5 x 600cm. (2)
春画巻物２点
Estimate: £300-£500
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A LARGE GROUP OF INK DRAWINGS BY RINSAI (1880 – 1947).
20th century.
Approximately twenty-one sketchbooks in ink and slight colours, comprising various drawings of landscape, animals, and humans, signed on one album, Tokuda Kitaro, go, Rinsai, each approx. 28 x 20cm.
燐斎 下書き画帳
Estimate: £200-£300
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ISHIKAWA TORAJI (1875 – 1964).
Painted in oil on canvas, depicting fishing boats in the sea, signed Toraji Ishikawa with a red kanji ‘Tora’ 16.5 x 23cm.
油絵 石川寅二
Estimate: £200-£300
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ISHIKAWA TORAJI (1875 – 1964).
Painted in oil on canvas, depicting a seaside village against mountains, with people walking along the shore, an inscribed title on the reverse, ‘Samidare’ (May Rain), signed T. Ishikawa with a red kanji ‘Tora’, 60 x 45.5 cm.
油絵 ’五月雨’ 石川寅二
Estimate: £300-£400
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HIROSHI YOSHIDA (1876 – 1950).
Painted in ink and slight colour on silk, with a farmer’s house in a valley, signed Yoshida in stylised hiragana characters with a red seal, mounted as a hanging scroll, 90 x 50cm.
掛け軸 吉田博
The unusual signature on this painting was used by the artist on his first print ‘The Sacred Garden in Meiji Shrine’ published by Watanabe in 1920 and ‘Hodakayama’ in 1921.
Estimate: £500-£600
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A JAPANESE IMARI FLUTED PEAR-SHAPED URN AND COVER.
Early 18th Century.
The body moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue, iron-red enamels and gilt with auspicious subjects including flying cranes, pine, bamboo and plum blossom, with a loop handle and tripod feet formed as three standing men in kimono raising their left arms, 45cm.
伊万里湯入 江戸時代
Estimate: £500-£700
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AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE ARITA SAKE BOTTLE WITH A STOPPER.
Edo period.
Of a fluted squash (akoda) shape, moulded in low relief and painted in iron-red and various enamels and gilt with fruiting gourd vines, in the Nabeshima style, 22cm H. (2)
有田焼瓜型徳利 江戸時代
Estimate: £500-£600
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AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE ARITA SAKE BOTTLE.
Edo period.
Similarly decorated to the previous lot, 18cm H.
有田焼瓜型徳利 江戸時代
Estimate: £500-£600
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A JAPANESE IMARI BOTTLE VASE
19th Century.
An ovoid form with cylindrical neck and rolled rim, decorated in iron-red, green, purple enamels and gilt with the shippo tsunagi design and lobed panels enclosing geometric patterns, 23cm H.
伊万里徳利 １９世紀
Estimate: £300-£400
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A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE.
19th Century.
Of ovoid form with a long neck, painted in typical enamels with a phoenix under flowering wisteria, signed Gyokuzan with the shimazu-mon, 37cm H.
薩摩焼鳳凰模様壺 銘玉山
Estimate: £200-£300
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A JAPANESE SHIBAYAMA STYLE ‘MILLEFLEUR’ BOX AND COVER.
Meiji period.
Profusely decorated in mother-of-pearl and ivory with roses, the interior lined with red velvet, 6.5 x 9.5 x 4.7cm.
象嵌宝石箱 明治時代
Estimate: £500-£600
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TWO JAPANESE PAINTED FANS.
Meiji period.
The first depicting a festival scene with a view of a river, and kacho-e on the reverse, the guardsticks inlaid in the shibayama style decoration, the second, a country scene against Mt.Fuji, a kacho-e on the other side, the ivory ends decorated in gold lacquer, 27.5cm. (2)
柴山様式扇子2点
Estimate: £300-£400
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A LARGE JAPANESE IVORY BOX AND COVER.
Meiji period.
Finely carved in deep relief with opposing panels of a village scene with travellers and street entertainers, reserved on elaborately carved flowers and insects including beatles, butterflies and dragonflies, the lid carved as a profusion of flowers in high relief, signed Shigeaki koku, 21cm H. with a stand. (2)
象牙彫蓋付箱、銘重昭 明治時代
Estimate: £2,000-£2,500
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A JAPANESE IVORY TUSK VASE AND COVER.
Meiji period.
Carved in low relief with tigers, lions, elephants and monkeys in heart and clover-shaped panels, the lid mounted with a knop in the form of a tengu, 20cm H. (2)
象牙彫蓋付箱 明治時代
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000
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A JAPANESE IVORY BOX AND COVER.
Meiji period.
Well carved all over with the ancient gods and goddesses from the Nihon Shoki (The chronicles of Japan), gathered together under a pine tree and clouds, the lid mounted with a fine wood netsuke of a blind man lifting a stone, 18cm H.
象牙彫蓋付箱 明治時代
Estimate: £400-£500
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A JAPANESE IVORY FIGURAL OKIMONO OF FARMERS.
Meiji period.
Carved to depict a farmer and his wife threshing rice grains, beside a child carrying a bundle of dry rice, signed Jyakuan, 18cm H.
象牙彫置物 銘 静安
Estimate: £400-£600
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THREE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO.
Meiji period.
Comprising of a man with two young children,holding a basket overflowing with chicks, signed Hozan, 19cm H; a musician holding bells on his hands, signed Gyokuzan, 15cm H; and a small group of a monkey trainer and his pet, signed Toshifumi, 8cm H. (3)
象牙彫置物 銘 宝山、玉山、利文
Estimate: £500-£700
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A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO.
Meiji period.
Comprising a well carved group of the Heian court scholar and two attendants, signed Komori Masatami, 13cm H; a standing man holding a turtle on a tray, signed Yoshitomo, 16cm H; a figural group of a seated farmer and a boy, unsigned, 13cm H; a standing figure of a farmer with a hoe, unsigned 15cm, H. (4)
象牙彫置物４点 銘 小森政民、義友
Estimate: £300-£500
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A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A FRUIT SELLER.
Meiji period.
Seated on a stump, holding his kiseru pipe, a basket overflowing with the produce at his feet, 10.5cm H.
象牙彫置物 明治時代
Estimate: £800-£900
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TWO JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO.
Meiji period.
A well dressed priest sweeping maple leaves with his brooms, his costume inlaid in shibayama style mother-of-pearl decoration signed Toshiyuki, a woman in kimono slightly bending forward, her kimono sleeve and hems tucked up by tussles, preparing for the housework, unsigned. (2)
象牙彫置物 銘 利之
Estimate: £1,000-£1,200
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A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A DISAPPOINTED RAT-CATCHER.
Meiji period.
The man kneeling with an agonised expression, raising his club while a mouse running up his arm, signed Toshihisa, 9.5cm H.
象牙彫置物 明治時代 銘 利久
Estimate: £800-£900
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TWO JAPANESE IVORY FIGURAL OKIMONO.
Meiji period.
Comprising a man seated beside a braiser, reading a book, signed Tamayuki, 8cm, a swordsmith examining his blade in his workshop, unsigned 6cm H, both on a oval stand. (2)
象牙彫置物 明治時代
Estimate: £550-£650
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A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO.
Meiji period.
A fisherman carrying a large oar on his shoulders, an octopus emerging from his basket from his back, strangling his neck with its tentacles.
象牙彫置物 明治時代
Estimate: £600-£800
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A FINE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A PRIEST AND ONI.
Meiji period.
Carved to depict the ‘Setsubun festival’, a priest dressed in a formal costume throwing roast beans to oni, exorcising demons, signed Ryumin, 6.5cm H.
象牙彫置物 銘 龍眠 明治時代
Estimate: £800-£1,000
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A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A HUNTER.
Meiji period.
A young man standing holding a fox in one hand, and a spare in the other hand, 11.5cm.
象牙彫置物 明治時代
Estimate: £400-£500
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A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BOAR.
Meiji period.
Well carved model of a wild boar, the eyes inlaid with mother-of-pearl, the animal’s fur finely engraved and slightly stained, signed Kazuyui, 9cm long.
Provenance: Christie’s, 11 June 1968.
象牙彫猪置物 明治時代 銘 一之
Estimate: £300-£400
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