Woolley & Wallis Japanese Works of Art, Asian Art II by Park Communications

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART Tuesday 12th November 2019

ASIAN ART II Wednesday 13th November 2019

Lot 417

SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed by the number listed below ASIAN ART John Axford MRICS ASFAV 424506 Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098 Amber Lees 424571 Sarah Lopez-Ferreiro 424591 CHINESE PAINTINGS & CALLIGRAPHY Freya Yuan-Richards Amber Lees

424589 424571

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART Alexandra Aguilar Sarah Lopez-Ferreiro

424583 424591

20TH CENTURY DESIGN Michael Jeffery Zoe Smith

424505 446955

ENGLISH & EUROPEAN CERAMICS & GLASS Clare Durham Hollie Morrison

424507 446964

FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS Mark Yuan-Richards Jim Gale Suzy Becsy

411854 339161 411854

JEWELLERY Marielle Whiting FGA 424595 Jonathan Edwards FGAA (Consultant) 424504 Charlotte Glyde FGA 424586 MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR Ned Cowell Zoe Cordey

341469 446980

PAINTINGS Victor Fauvelle Ed Beer Hannah Vernon

446961 446962 446970

SILVER Rupert Slingsby Lucy Chalmers

424501 424594

TRIBAL ART & ANTIQUITIES Will Hobbs Zoe Cordey

339752 446980

VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE & PROBATE Paul Viney ASFAV 424509 Clive Stewart-Lockhart FRICS FRSA 424598 Amanda Lawrence (PA) 424509 MARKETING Sally Trench Megan Corbett

446959 446960

ACCOUNTS Janice Clift (Office Manager)

424500

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424500

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART Tuesday 12th November 2019 at 2.30pm

ASIAN ART II

亞洲藝術品 II

Wednesday 13th November 2019 at 10.30am Viewing in London (Highlights) 17 Clifford Street, 2nd Floor W1S 3RQ Saturday 2nd November Sunday 3rd November Monday 4th November Tuesday 5th November

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ASIAN ART 中國藝術品 John Axford +44 (0)1722 424506 jea@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART Lots 200-325

ASIAN ART II Lots 400-898

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Online bidders for lots 400-898 will be required to pay a deposit of £5,000. This deposit will allow the online bidder to bid up to a maximum of £50,000 in total at this auction. For lots 200-325, no deposit is required. Telephone Bidding Requests for telephone bidding cannot be accepted after 12 noon on Monday 11th November. BUYER’S PREMIUM See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices.

JAPANESE ART 日本藝術品 Alexandra Aguilar +44 (0)1722 424583 aa@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

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Lot 623

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CHRONOLOGY OF JAPAN Jōmon Period ca.10,000 BC-ca.300 BC

Genroku Era 1688-1704

Yayoi Period ca.300 BC-552 AD

Tenmei Era 1781-1789

Asuka Period 552-645 Nara Period 645-794 Heian Period 794-1185 Kamakura Period 1185-1333 Muromachi Period 1333-1573 Namboku-Chō Period 1336-1392

An’ei Era 1772-1781 Kansei Era 1789-1801 Kyowa Era 1801-1804 Bunka Era 1804-1818 Bunsei Era 1818-1830 Tenpo Era 1830-1844 Koka Era 1844-1848 Kaei Era 1848-1854 Ansei Era 1854-1860 Man’ei Era 1860-1861 Bunkyu Era 1861-1864

Momoyama Period 1568-1615

Genji Era 1864-1865 Keio Era 1865-1868

Bunroku Era 1592-1596 Keicho Era 1596-1615

Meiji Era 1868-1912 Taisho Era 1912-1926

Edo Period 1615-1868

Showa Era 1926-1989

Kan’ei Era 1624-1644

Heisei Era 1989-2019

Kanbun Era 1661-1673

Reiwa Era 2019-present

KO-SOMETSUKE & JAPANESE WORKS OF ART Tuesday 12th November 2019 at 2.30pm

Lot 264 detail

KO-SOMETSUKE Lots 200-204

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART Lots 205-325 200 A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, KO-SOMETSUKE TIANQI 1621-27 Shaped as fans, both decorated with a mountainous river landscape, with fishing boats on the water and a pavilion in the distance, one with two figures in the foreground playing weiqi, both 22cm approx. (2)

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly the collections of William Kelly Simpson, Abby Gildrich Rockefeller, and the Murai Collection. Sold by Yamanaka, Bar Harbor, 1929. Cf. Christie’s London, 12th June 1989, lot 255 for a set of five similar dishes. Also J Welsh, Chinese Porcelain for the Japanese Market, pp.40-41.

201 TWO CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, KO-SOMETSUKE TIANQI 1621-27 One shaped as a double gourd, the decoration to the well divided in two negative halves, the upper one with a beribboned fan on a white ground and the lower with a double gourd on a blue ground, raised on three double gourd-shaped feet; the other dish of quatre-lobed form painted with a crab amongst stylised waves, raised on four short feet, 18.9cm and 16.5cm respectively. (2)

£1,500-2,500

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202 A SET OF FIVE CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, KO-SOMETSUKE TIANQI/CHONGZHEN PERIOD Of square shape, with tall rims and raised on four short feet, the wells decorated with figures in mountainous river landscapes, the sides with scrolling tendrils and stylised flowerheads, each 14cm x 14cm approx. (5)

£1,800-2,200

203 A SET OF THREE CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, KO-SOMETSUKE TIANQI/CHONGZHEN PERIOD All three decorated in underglaze blue with a man on a small boat fishing under a willow tree, with rocky outcrops in the distance and a blue moon above, 16.7cm max. (3)

£750-850

204 THREE CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, KO-SOMETSUKE TIANQI 1621-27 One decorated with a tiger in a mountainous river landscape, with four butterflies to the rim; another with a horse rider and his attendant approaching a fortified city; the third with the yin-yang symbol surrounded by the eight trigrams, with cranes in flight to the cavetto, a six character Chenghua mark to the base; together with a 19th c. nightlight with a tall neck rising above a saucer decorated with flowerheads and clouds, 19cm max. (4)

£800-1,000

205 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The well decorated in underglaze blue with a fan-shaped panel enclosing two stylised egrets, the silhouette of a mountain visible in the distance, the underside with three concentric rings and raised on a short foot, a two character mark to the base, 17.2cm.

£150-250 Provenance: the collection of a titled gentleman, purchased from Robert McPherson Antiques.

206 A RARE JAPANESE ARITA WHITE GLAZED DISH EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

207 A JAPANESE ARITA MOULDED DISH EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The thinly potted nigoshide body a creamy white colour, the rim irregularly folded to create a wavy pattern, the well incised with two large chrysanthemum flowerheads amongst scrolling leafy tendrils issuing from the rim, the reverse left undecorated and with spur marks, raised on a short foot, 25cm.

The pentalobed nigoshide (milky white) body with a brown rim and moulded with a scene of two scholars seated in a veranda, laughing at a third figure dancing in the garden before them, the design possibly inspired by a Chinese print, with moulded maple leaves to the cavetto, raised on a short foot and the base with three spur marks, 18.8cm.

£200-300 Provenance: formerly the property of a Director of John Swire & Sons (HK) and Cathay Pacific Airways, and thence by descent. Many ceramic pieces from his collection are now at Bath East Asian Museum, by repute. Cf. O Impey, Japanese export porcelain, Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.246, no.435 for another Arita dish with a similar wavy rim. Also G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.40, no.98, for another dish similar to the one at the Ashmolean. It is notable that both these dishes feature underglaze and overglaze polychrome decoration unlike this one. It is possible this is a blank piece originally meant to be later enamelled.

£300-500 Provenance: an English private collection formed in the 1960s. Cf. R Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl.72A, for a comparable example of a moulded dish from the Mr and Mrs Richard de la Mare Collection.

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208 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE EWER EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The bulbous body with a tall neck and elegantly curved handle, decorated in underglaze blue with three shaped panels depicting figures in mountainous river landscapes on a ground of karakusa scrolls, the neck and handle with formal flowers and further scrolling tendrils, 23.5cm.

£400-600 Cf. G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.17, no.49, for a comparable ewer. Also the British Museum, acc. n. Franks.1693.+, for another example. This type of pattern displays similarities with Japanese wares decorated in the ‘Van Frytom’ style produced as export ware for the Netherlands.

209 A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA DECAGONAL DISHES EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The creamy white bodies with brown rims, the wells decorated with an incised design depicting a bird perched on a branch of bamboo, the bases with three spur marks, 19cm each. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: an English private collection formed in the 1960s.

210 A PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON FLOWER-SHAPED DISHES EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The bodies shaped as five-petal prunus blossoms, the wells decorated with sprays of flowering chrysanthemum painted in blue, yellow, green, orange and black enamels, both raised on a short foot, 12.9cm max. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: an English private collection formed in the 1960s.

211 A PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON SHALLOW BOWLS EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY The foliate bodies with everted rims, the cavetto decorated with butterflies fluttering between two sprays of peonies painted in blue, yellow, red, cyan and black enamels, both raised on a short foot, 13.7cm dia. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: an English private collection formed in the 1960s.

212 A PAIR OF JAPANESE KIKUGAWA KAKIEMON BOWLS EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY With deep fluted bodies, both decorated to the cavetto with a bird perched on a flowering branch of peony and with another bird amongst tall grasses, the well with a single prunus flowerhead, the exterior painted with two flower sprays and a small red bird in flight, 11.7cm dia. (2)

£500-700

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213 A PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE ARITA DISHES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The foliate bodies decorated in underglaze blue and red, cyan, black and yellow enamels, the wells with a roundel enclosing a flowering chrysanthemum in a jardinière, with small birds in flight above, the cavetto and rim with further flowers issuing from rockwork, with spiral-shaped clouds and three prancing rabbits above, the underside with three red suns and further blossoms, 21.8cm. (2)

£200-300 Cf. O Impey, Japanese export porcelain, Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.127, no.166, for a pair of Edo-period dishes with a comparable design described as a late survival of a Kraak pattern. Also, see C J A Jörg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, p.84, no.77, for another plate in the Groninger Museum.

214 TWO JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE ARITA BOWLS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 17TH AND 19TH CENTURY The largest decorated with a single prunus blossom to the well, the outside with three formal chrysanthemum flowerheads alternating with scrolling tendrils, the other with an underglaze blue flower to the well and further sprays of chrysanthemum and prunus to the outside, the base with a four character mark for Da Ming nian zhi, 15.6cm and 9.3cm dia respectively. (2)

£150-250

215 TWO JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE BOWLS EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY Both with lobed bodies decorated in underglaze blue and red, cyan and black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the wells with sprays of flowers and the outsides with further blossoms issuing from rockwork, one bowl with a band of reishi heads to the inside of the rim, together with a Kakiemon-style scalloped lid or footed dish with similar decoration, 16cm max. (3)

£200-300

216 A JAPANESE IMARI FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Comprising: three baluster jars and covers and two beaker vases, all typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green and purple enamels, painted with cranes in flight amongst prunus and pines, with crenellated borders enclosing scrolling tendrils, flowerheads and petals, the necks of the baluster vases with rhomboid panels of beribboned cash, the covers with similar decoration and topped with the figure of a bijin, 57cm max. (8)

ÂŁ5,000-6,000

217 THREE JAPANESE IMARI VASES AND COVERS EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Two a pair, the baluster bodies typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red and orange enamels with flowering peonies, brocade designs, scrolling tendrils, mon and other motifs, the lids topped with ferocious-looking shishi on rocky outcrops, together with another vase decorated in the same palette with frolicking lion dogs and panels of birds amongst vegetation, the cover with a seated shishi, 63cm max. (6)

ÂŁ4,500-5,000

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218 A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI OCTAGONAL VASE AND COVER EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Decorated with shaped panels containing ho-ho birds flying over paulownia, the leaves evoking the Imperial mon, on a dense background of leaves and flowerheads, the neck with brocade designs, the cover with similar decoration and topped with a fierce shishi on a rocky outcrop, 92cm overall. (2)

£3,500-4,000

219 A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI BALUSTER VASE EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY The body typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green and mauve enamels, with three large shaped panels of flowering hydrangea, peony and chrysanthemum, the shoulder with further flowers and thatched buildings, the neck and foot with bands of pomegranates and peaches, 49cm.

£400-600

220 A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE IMARI WARES MEIJI PERIOD AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising: six bowls and five dishes; two boxes and covers, one with four tiers; a spittoon; an incense burner and cover, koro; two large vases and two miniature ones, all typically decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels, 25cm max. (25)

£500-700 Provenance: from the collection of Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FINSTP and the late Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FINSTP.

221 A JAPANESE MINIATURE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

222 A FRENCH INKSTAND IN JAPANESE KAKIEMON STYLE 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous body decorated in underglaze blue, red enamels and gilt with flowers and scrolling tendrils, together with a tea bowl and saucer painted in a similar palette with further blossoms, 13cm max. (4)

Possibly Samson imitating Chantilly, the ink pot with an inner liner and lid raised on a quatre-lobed dish, the well painted with bamboo, prunus and chrysanthemum, a red hunting horn mark to the base, 18.3cm. (3)

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£150-250

£80-120 223 A PAIR OF JAPANESE KUTANI BOTTLE VASES EDO/MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

224 TWO JAPANESE KUTANI MODELS OF DOVES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The bodies decorated with cranes and the Three Friends of Winter (prunus, bamboo and pine), the reverse with another bird in flight, the shoulders with lappet-shaped panels of lotus and brocade patterns, 28cm. (2)

Each bird perched on a gnarled trunk, their plumage colourfully depicted in gilt and green, blue, purple and yellow enamels, both 28cm. (2)

£300-500

£150-250

225 A JAPANESE POLYCHROME BOTTLE VASE MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY The bulbous body with a tall neck, decorated in Chinese famille rose style with figures in a mountainous landscape, two scholars with attendants crossing a low bridge on one side and another depicted in his study on the other, 25.3cm.

226 A JAPANESE POLYCHROME VASE MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Decorated in Chinese famille rose style with large chrysanthemum, peony and lotus blooms amongst foliage emerging from a woven basket, with butterflies fluttering above and to the reverse, some details in gilt, 17.5cm.

£100-200

£150-250

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227 A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE SQUARE DISHES TAISHO/SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

228 A JAPANESE ORIBE WARE KUNDIKA EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The shallow bodies with a dove-grey glaze and brown rim, the well decorated with three small fish in a stream, each signed Shinsui ga, together with a tomobako fitted wood box, 12cm each. (6)

The tall body decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous river landscape, one side with a torii gate before a multi-storey pagoda and with two small boats sailing in the distance, the shoulder, neck and spout decorated with an unctuous green glaze dripping down the body, with old gold lacquer restoration to the neck, 39cm.

£150-250

£400-600

229 A JAPANESE SET OF TWELVE HIRADO ZODIAC ANIMALS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

230 TWO JAPANESE HIRADO NETSUKE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Including the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the chicken, the dog and the pig, most animals depicted reclining, the dragon coiling around a large rock, each with a Sotheby’s label, 8.5cm max. (12)

Modelled as two wild boarlets crouching, both with their heads slightly raised and baring their tusks, one with the himotoshi holes underneath and the other with one to the side, both 5.2cm. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: purchased from Sotheby’s London, 28th March 1995, lot 296.

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£100-200

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231 THREE JAPANESE SATSUMA ITEMS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

232 THREE JAPANESE MINIATURE SATSUMA ITEMS MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

All densely decorated with brocade designs, flowers and butterflies, one a box shaped as a lantern, painted with panels enclosing figures and with the Shimazu mon, signed Choshuzan to the base; the second a circular box with a square cartouche to the lid depicting a beauty with children in an interior, the base marked Kinkozan zo; the third a sugar bowl and cover, signed Nikko, 19.3cm max. (6)

One a square-section tea caddy and cover, the sides decorated with landscapes, flowers and two chickens, the shoulder and lid with a dense pattern of flowerheads in gilt; together with a small footed dish with flowers and scrolling patterns, both signed Kinkozan zo, and a circular box and cover painted with butterflies amongst a multitude of flowers, the rims with a band of shippo-tsunagi cash patterns, unsigned, 6.4cm max. (5)

£300-400

£250-350

233 A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

234 A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA DISH MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The baluster bodies with two large panels enclosing scenes of figures in gardens, with intricate brocade patterns painted in gilt on a deep midnight blue ground, the bases signed Izumiyama, 15cm. (2)

Shaped as an abalone shell, the well painted with five Immortals and a boy engaged in scholarly pursuits, raised on seashell-shaped feet, together with an incense burner, koro, moulded as an ovoid box bundled up in a cloth, with fan-shaped panels of flowers, landscapes and figures on a dense background of flowerheads and sparrows in flight, the rims with brocade designs, 31.5cm and 10.5cm respectively. (2)

£200-300

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£150-250

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235 A LARGE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS MEIJI PERIOD AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Variously depicting figures and landscapes, some book plates and others leaves from albums. (a lot) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250

236 A LARGE COLLECTION OF PAPER EPHEMERA 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising: a large number of Japanese woodblock prints; a depiction of an owl by Yoshiharu Kimura (b.1934); book plates from Narrative of Commodore Perry’s Trade Expedition to the China Seas and Japan 1852-1854; a scroll painting depicting a monkey, and other printed and painted items. (a lot) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250

237 A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) TAISHO PERIOD, DATED 1924 Entitled ‘Hinomisaki, Izumo’ from the series ‘Souvenirs of Travels, Third Series’, depicting pines by a turbulent sea at night in various shades of green and blue, with a dark navy blue and red seal mark for Hasui in the lower left corner, titled and dated in the left margin and with a publisher’s seal to the right, oban yoko-e, 39cm x 26.5cm.

£300-500 Provenance: gifted to the current owner by Brian McElney Esq., founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath. Izumo is the old name for the Shimane Prefecture in the Western part of Honshu Island facing the Sea of Japan.

238 A LARGE JAPANESE PRINT BY KAN KAWADA (1927-1999) TAISHO PERIOD, DATED 1975 Entitled ‘The gate at Hakugoji’, the structure and trees depicted in black and muted shades of red, amber and green, inscribed by the artist in pencil underneath with the title, his signature and dated ‘75, numbered 28 from a series of 50, framed and glazed, 61cm x 77xm overall.

£150-250 Provenance: gifted to the current owner by Brian McElney Esq., founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.

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239 A WOODBLOCK PRINT IN JAPANESE STYLE BY PAUL BINNIE (1967-) HEISEI PERIOD, 21ST CENTURY Entitled ‘Cloud Shadows, Grand Canyon’, from the series Meishou to no Tabi (‘Travels with the Master’) and depicting the famous American landmark, signed to the lower left corner, numbered 3 from a series of 100 and with a red artist’s seal, dai oban yoko-e, 45.5cm x 63cm.

£250-350 Paul Binnie is a Scottish artist whose work is based on traditional woodblock printmaking. Binnie trained in Japan with a master printer and developed a shin-hanga (‘new print’) style close to aesthetics found in early to mid-20th century Japanese prints.

240 A SET OF EIGHT JAPANESE PRINTS BY SANO SEIJI (1959-) HEISEI PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Depicting richly coloured Japanese landscapes and different seasons, each numbered and signed in pencil by the artist, four dated 1997 and four 1999, each mounted on board, together with a framed and glazed print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) depicting a figure before a building at night and entitled ‘A Little Restaurant’, 37.5cm x 24cm max. (9) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£200-300

241 A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY SHODO KAWARAZAKI (1889-1973) SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Depicting a red amaranth; together with an Indian painting on board depicting two figures, and a Chinese framed and glazed picture of a Pekingese dog, the Japanese print 41.5cm x 27.4cm. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£80-120

241 part lot illustrated

240 part lot illustrated

242 A SET OF FIVE EROTIC WOODBLOCK PRINTS IN JAPANESE STYLE BY PAUL BINNIE (1967-) HEISEI PERIOD, 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY Of male nudes, the men depicted in a variety of positions, each with a traditional Japanese tattoo across his back; each signed by the artist and numbered, oban yoko-e, approx. 43cm x 30cm max. (5)

£600-800 Paul Binnie is a Scottish artist whose work is based on traditional woodblock printmaking. Binnie trained in Japan with a master printer and developed a shin-hanga (‘new print’) style close to aesthetics found in early to mid-20th century Japanese prints.

243 A JAPANESE ALBUM OF EROTIC PICTURES, SHUNGA 20TH CENTURY Containing twelve depictions of couples enjoying daily activities, all mounted on board, each picture 35cm x 26.7cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£40-60

part lot illustrated

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244 A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-FIVE JAPANESE FAN PAINTINGS EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Variously depicting flowers, fruiting branches, landscapes, birds, calligraphy and one a man collecting water from a well, in ink and colour on paper and mounted on washi card with gold flakes, all signed and some with red artist’s seals, 55.5cm x 29.5cm max. (35)

£300-500 Provenance: an English private collection acquired at Christie’s South Kensington, London, in 1977.

245 A JAPANESE ALBUM OF KANO SCHOOL PAINTINGS EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY Including twenty-two ink and colour paintings on silk, variously depicting birds, dragonflies, bats, bees, grasshoppers and other insects amongst flowers, each mounted on gold leaf-covered board, signed Tansetsu no zu with a Tansetsu red seal mark underneath, the album with a fabric cover decorated with kotobuki characters, 36cm x 30cm.

£300-500 See Harvard Art Museum access. no.1943.56.21.19 for another comparable album of paintings depicting birds, insects and flowers by Kano Tansetsu.

246 A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT TRIPTYCH, UKIYO-E EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY The original by Toyokuni III / Kunisada (1786-1864), on three detached leaves and depicting beauties and children celebrating New Year at the Echigoya clothing store, with Mount Fuji visible in the distance; together with two other woodblock prints, one of a beauty gazing at her reflection in a small mirror by Ryuryukyo Shinsai (1764-1820) and the other of two women standing at a gate with children by their side, unsigned, 36cm x 24.8cm max. (5)

£300-500 Provenance: gifted to the current owner by Brian McElney Esq., founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.

247 A SMALL COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, SURIMONO EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Variously including: aubergines in a basket by Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850); a wine cup and kettle by Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868); a fox about to catch a beauty with a rope by Kitagawa Utamaro I (1753-1806); a courtesan with a drum by Katsushika Hokuun (1804-44); and the last three by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and depicting a courtesan with a monkey, a flowering branch of prunus before a red sun, and a crow perched on a sword, all mounted in modern frames and glazed, 28cm x 25cm each. (7)

£150-250 Provenance: from the collection of Ernst Michel (d.1949), an architect working in Germany in the first half of the 20th c. and involved with Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus Movement.

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248 FOUR JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS EDO PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY One depicting a man wearing long robes in a winter setting, signed Shunei (1762-1819); another of an attendant carrying a large circular dish by Shunsho (1725-1792); a third with several figures taking part in a procession by Shunzan (c.1780-1800); the last a mother holding a toddler with an older child by her side playing with a battledore, hanetsuki, all framed and glazed, 34.5cm x 22.5cm max. (4)

£300-500 Provenance: gifted to the current owner by Brian McElney Esq., founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.

249 A SET OF TWELVE JAPANESE PRINTS BY TAKESHITA KIN-U (C.1930) SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Depicting scenes symbolizing the twelve months of the year: New Year’s day in January; gathering young herbs in February; cock fighting in March; a game of football in April; Boys’ Day in May; a race in June; a court lady offering flowers to a temple in July; airing the house in August; the chrysanthemum festival in September; waiting for the full moon in October; maple viewing in November and hunting hawks in December; all framed and glazed, 25cm x 36.5cm each. (12)

£200-300

250 A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING, KAKEMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY In ink and colour on silk, depicting a beauty standing before a window and rolling up bamboo blinds, with two lines of calligraphy and signed Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) to the bottom right, in a tomobako wood box bearing the artist’s name, 130.5cm x 36.5cm. (2)

£150-250 251 A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING BY NAKABAYASHI CHIKUTO (1776-1853), KAKEMONO EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY Depicting an autumnal scene with a small fishing boat sailing on a lake, with tall reeds bending in the breeze and the silhouettes of mountains in the distance, two lines of calligraphy to the side including a poem describing the ‘tranquil autumn scene with the shadow of a boat cast on a lake’, signed Chikuto and with two red artist’s seals, 55.5cm x 37.5cm.

250

251

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£200-300 Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid. Purchased from Sydney L Moss Ltd, London, on 20th June 1997. A copy of the original invoice is available. Works by Nakabayashi Chikuto often depict quiet landscapes in the Nanga style imitating Chinese literati painting. He was also acclaimed during his career as a designer of illustrated books.

252 252 THREE JAPANESE PAINTED ALBUM LEAVES EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Depicting scenes from the Tale of Genji, Genji Monogatari; all in ink, colour and gold on paper, typically depicting elegant figures in gardens and interiors in the Tosa style of painting, one with gold moriage clouds, all framed and two glazed, 25cm x 32.5cm max. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£100-200

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253 A JAPANESE TWO-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Decorated in ink and colour on a gold ground with a large cart, hanaguruma, with two large flower baskets, hanakago, containing summer flowers including chrysanthemum, kiku, peony, botan, and iris, kakitsubata, 166.5cm x 187.5cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from the collection of Holcombe House, Painswick, Cotswolds.

254 A JAPANESE TWO-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU TAISHO PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

255 A JAPANESE SIX-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Depicting the lonesome figure of a fisherman mooring his raft in an autumnal landscape, the silhouette of a misty mountain towering above, a low bridge flanked by a forest of pines and red-leaved trees to the right, possibly a depiction of Togetsukyo, the ‘Moon Crossing Bridge’ in Arashiyama, a red seal mark to the side, 71cm x 182cm.

Painted in ink and colour on a gold silk ground, with eight Immortals in a mountainous landscape, one holding a shallow bowl from which two small dragons emerge, another with a large gourd slung across his back, one riding a flying crane while reading scriptures, a five character signature to the left and with a red seal mark, a paper label for ‘Gregg Baker, London, n.520’ to the back, 118cm x 327cm approx.

£200-300

£500-1,000

Provenance: purchased from Honeychurch International Antiques Ltd, Hong Kong, on 27th October 2007 for HKD $30,000. A copy of the invoice is available.

Provenance: purchased from Gregg Baker Asian Art, London.

256 AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE WOOD CARVING OF A FOREIGNER, OKIMONO EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH/19TH CENTURY The Dutch or Portuguese man standing, holding a small bat in his hand while gently caressing it with the other, a benevolent expression on his face, typically depicted with long curly hair and wearing a short jacket over breeches, raised on a modern rectangular base, with a paper label for the Greenfield Collection, n.40, 26cm overall. (2)

£600-800 Provenance: formerly from the Charles A Greenfield Collection, no.40. The Charles A Greenfield Collection of Japanese art is particularly renowned for its lacquer pieces which have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1980. Highlights from the collection are discussed in Eskenazi, The Charles A Greenfield collection of Japanese lacquer, and many pieces from the collection were sold at a three-part sale at Sotheby’s New York between 1998 and 1999.

257 A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY In ink and colour on paper, depicting a Dutch tradesman and his attendant, the man wearing a dark coat and hat and holding a small feather fan, the man behind him carrying a brass horn, two red seal marks to the bottom right, in a tomobako wood box, 83cm x 28cm. (2)

£300-500 This painting is in the style of 18th c. portraits of Dutch East-India Company employees living on the island of Dejima. The men wear long coats and tricorn hats, and are often depicted with attendants. These are nearly always of a much shorter stature, probably to emphasise the importance of their Western masters. See the Amsterdam Tropenmuseum, access. n. TM-267-1, for a two-fold screen depicting Dejima Commander Jan Cock Blomhoff (1779-1853) with an attendant, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. n. 2015.500.9.45 for a painting attributed to Kawahara Keiga of a Dutchman and servant.

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258 A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER NAMBAN CABINET EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY Of typical rectangular form with two front doors opening to reveal ten drawers, the outside decorated with shaped panels of flowering branches, the front with two birds amongst vegetation, the top with a pagoda in a mountainous river landscape, in gold maki-e lacquer on a black urushi ground reserved on shagreen, samegawa, the drawers to the inside decorated with further shagreen panels, the inside doors with rhomboid panels of leafy vines, with gilt metal mounts, the borders with bands of diamond cash, 43.5cm x 34.8cm x 63cm.

£11,000-13,000 See the British Museum, access. n. JA1977,4-6,I. for a comparable cabinet with multiple drawers and maki-e decoration.

258 inside

259 A RARE JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER DISH FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Decorated in gold maki-e lacquer on a black urushi ground with a central design of a butterfly fluttering above a stream, a rocky outcrop to the side and a large flowering spray of peony issuing from it, the border elegantly decorated with a band of cash, shippo, with stylised flowerheads in between, 30.4cm.

£3,500-4,000 See O Impey & C Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, pp.46-47 n.41, for an illustrated set of lacquer cups and saucers with similar decoration described as an example of luxury items for private Dutch traders. Also, J Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, pp.966-969 for similar dishes, and the Groninger Museum, access. n. 1987-447 for another.

260 A JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER NAMBAN COFFER EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY Of typical rectangular shape with a domed lid, decorated with various birds amongst large flowering branches of peonies, prunus and other foliage, in gold maki-e and brown lacquer on a black roiro ground, the borders with bands of diamond cash, the corner mounts and escutcheon in copper decorated with butterflies amongst flowerheads, 37.5cm x 32.3cm x 68cm.

ÂŁ2,000-3,000

261 A JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER NAMBAN COFFER EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Of typical rectangular shape with a domed lid, unusually decorated with rectangular panels enclosing Hotei carrying his large sack while crossing a bridge on a horse, with two boy attendants following him, the front with two frolicking shishi and the sides and back with vegetations, the borders with bands of diamond cash, with details rendered in iroe takamakie and togidashi on a black roiro ground, 49.5cm x 100.5cm x 43cm.

ÂŁ4,000-6,000

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262 A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER CHEST FOR THE EXPORT MARKET EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY Of rectangular shape with a flat lid, decorated with rectangular panels enclosing mountainous river landscapes, the front with two figures on a bridge crossing a meandering river, with details rendered in hiramaki-e, kirigane and takamaki-e raised lacquer, the escutcheon plate with four chidori heads and two sideways paulownia mon, on a later European stand with cabriole legs, the coffer 45cm x 46cm x 90cm, 92.5cm x 57.5cm x 101cm overall. (2)

£3,000-5,000 Provenance: a private English collection. Cf. O Impey & C Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, p.145 nos.304-309 for other comparable 17th century chests.

263 A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER NAMBAN COFFER EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY Of typical rectangular shape with a domed lid, decorated with panels of birds and flowers in gold maki-e and brown lacquer on a black urushi ground, with details rendered in hiramaki-e, kirigane and takamaki-e raised lacquer and other elements in mother-of-pearl, raden, the borders with bands of cash, the lid with an ox carrying a large basket of flowering branches of prunus, peonies and other blooms, raised on a later European stand with cabriole legs, the coffer 48cm x 95cm x 43cm, 92cm x 101cm x 48cm overall. (2)

£14,000-16,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (d.1869) at Fonthill Abbey, then Lady Octavia Shaw-Stewart (d.1920).

264 A RARE JAPANESE LACQUER AND SHAGREEN NAMBAN CHEST MOMOYAMA PERIOD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY Of typical rectangular shape with a flat lid, the top and sides decorated with lobed panels enclosing flowering branches and a mountainous river landscape with thatched buildings and sailing boats, the details rendered in mother-of-pearl, raden, and hiramaki-e on a black roiro ground, with shagreen panels and with copper escutcheons, 27cm x 49.5cm x 34cm.

ยฃ45,000-55,000

detail of the lid

See Chirk Castle, Wrexham, for a namban coffer with comparable decoration of foliage panels on a shagreen ground. Also O Impey & C Jรถrg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, p.143 nos.296-297 for other examples of early 17th c. namban chests with a similar single drawer, and J Welsh, After the Barbarians II, Namban Works of Art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch Markets, pp.242-245 no. 27, where another chest is illustrated and discussed. The author explains that this shape was copied from Indo-Portuguese writing chests and boxes and the smaller ones were made to be portable.

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265 A RARE JAPANESE NAMBAN GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER TABLE MOMOYAMA PERIOD OR LATER, LATE 16TH CENTURY OR LATER The top decorated in gold maki-e and black urushi lacquer with four shaped panels variously enclosing two monkeys, two deer, two doves and a phoenix amongst branches of prunus, paulownia, maple and wisteria, the panels divided by bands of dense geometrical patterns of diamonds and quatrefoils, with leaves and flowers picked out in mother of pearl, raden, each corner with copper mounts decorated with various flowering trees, all raised on four square-section legs united by a flat ‘H’ stretcher, the legs possibly later, 50cm x 86.5cm x 58.5cm.

£11,000-13,000 See O Impey & C Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, pp.196-197, for other examples of low tables with lacquer and mother of pearl decoration. See Also J Welsh, After the Barbarians, An Exceptional Group of Namban Works of Art, pp.78-87, where two other tables are illustrated. The author suggests that they may have been used as portable altars for Jesuits missionaries. They were first recorded in Japan in 1616 in a list of goods written by Jesuit Father Manuel Bento.

detail of the top

KAKURE KIRISHITAN: The ‘Hidden Christians’ of Edo Japan

266 Christianity first appeared in Japan in the 16th century with the arrival of Navarrese missionary Francis Xavier (1506-1552). It quickly reached the higher strata of society, with Daimyo families such as the Satsuma clan joining the faith, partly to have access to imported goods (such as guns) Portuguese Jesuits were trading in. Christianity was fully banned from Japan by Tokugawa after the Shimabara rebellion of 1637-38 during which Christian peasants rebelled against the Shogunate. Other factors led to the ban, including the possible involvement of Portuguese Jesuits and suspicions that converts were spies for foreign powers. The edict outlawed the promulgation of and adherence to the religion. It also marked the beginning of a long period of anti-Christian persecutions that lasted for two and a half centuries. Sign boards such as lot 266 where set up all over the country, encouraging people to report Christians to the authorities for various financial rewards (500 pieces of silver for a priest, or 100 for an ordinary convert). Symbols and objects used for Christian worship were destroyed or desecrated. Lot 268 is an example of this iconoclasm, with the inscriptions to the sides of the incense burner erased to hide its original use. Christian practitioners who refused to renege their faith had to go into hiding and worship in secret. Figures of Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, and of Amida Buddha (lot 267) were adapted to resemble Christian iconography and become the central point of focus of hidden altars. Crosses and figures of Christ (lot 269) were hidden in ordinary objects such as this fake smoking pipe. After the Meiji restoration and the re-establishment of religious freedom, more than 30,000 secret Christians came out of hiding in the 1870s.

266 A JAPANESE WOOD SIGN BOARD, KOSATSU EDO PERIOD, DATED 1685 Of rectangular shape with a shallow-pitched roof, the wood left bare but for a long inscription in ink prohibiting the practice of Christianity and announcing rewards for the capture of Christians of various stature, with a signature for the Governor, Bugyo, and dated Jokyo ninen juichigatsu (November 1685), 47.3cm x 85.5cm.

£3,500-4,000 See the British Museum, access. no.1895,0721.1 for another notice board relating to the prohibition of Christianity dated 1682. Christianity was banned in the 1630s and these edict boards were visible all over Japan thereafter. Few of these survive, however, due to centuries of rain and wind damaging the wood.

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267 A JAPANESE BRONZE CROSS WITH AMIDA NYORAI (AMIDA BUDDHA) EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH CENTURY OR LATER The central figure seated on a lotus throne, his hands clasped together in a gesture of prayer, a circular mandorla behind him with fleur de lys-shaped ornaments, the cross with four quatrelobed apertures to the ends, 25.3cm.

£800-1,200 See The Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, access. n. 2011-02283 for another example of an Edo period cross with a central figure of Amida Nyorai. Also J Welsh, After the Barbarians II, Namban Works of Art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch Markets, pp.278-281 n.34, where a comparable bronze cross is illustrated and discussed.

268 A RARE AND EARLY JAPANESE CHRISTIAN INCENSE BURNER, KORO MOMOYAMA PERIOD, 16TH CENTURY The rectangular stoneware body raised on four short feet, the lower section with a scrolling border and with a large eight-pointed cross to the front, the mon of the Nose family, the sides and back with a three character inscription referring to the village of Shitadamura, 16.5cm x 17cm x 24.2cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly the Nose family Collection. The Nose family was a powerful Christian clan known to have built several churches in Japan, including one in the Maeda Domain. After the ban on Catholicism in the 1630s, Christians had to hide in order to worship and it is likely that the inscriptions which have been erased on the side of this koro referred to its original use for Christian rituals.

269 A RARE JAPANESE CHRISTIAN PIPE, KISERU EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY The body in paulownia wood with removable gilt mounts, the stem in two halves opening to reveal the hidden depiction of Christ on the cross, together with a tomobako wood box, 15.7cm. (4)

£1,800-2,200

two views

270 A RARE JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER SADDLE, SUIKAN KURA MOMOYAMA PERIOD OR LATER, 16TH/17TH CENTURY The surface decorated in black lacquer, urushi, the front with a Christian gold maki-e lacquer mon depicting a pattée cross, kurusu, in a circle above a lotus flower, with radiating rays around it, possibly the crest for the Satsuma clan or another Christian Daimyo family, 41cm.

£3,000-5,000 The pattée or patty cross is characterised by arms that are narrower at the centre. Objects made for Jesuit missionaries in Edo period Japan sometimes bear this symbol and so it is possible this saddle was made for a high-ranking convert.

271 A PAIR OF JAPANESE SILVER INLAID IRON AND LACQUER STIRRUPS, ABUMI EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY Of typical form, decorated with flowering branches of peony inlaid in brass, shinchu hirazogan, and silver, nunome zogan, the inside with wood linings covered in red lacquer, both with a three character mark for Shigetami / Chomin saku, both 26cm. (2)

£1,500-2,000 Only high-ranking individuals could ride horses during the Edo period. This type of finely decorated stirrups became hugely popular then, when higher status warriors such as daimyos and their retinue would use them to reflect their social position.

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two views

272 A RARE JAPANESE IRON HORSE MUZZLE, KUCHIKAGO EDO PERIOD, 16TH CENTURY In two halves with openwork designs, the upper half decorated with two family crests with paulownia leaves and flowers, kiri mon, one side with a monkey wearing a Shinto priest’s hat and holding a Shinto wand with zig-zagging paper streamers, onusa, the other side with a Japanese nightingale, uguisu, with a band of further kiri mon in between, the lower half left undecorated, 26.5cm long.

£8,000-12,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Kyoto Arashiyama Museum. Cf. I Bottomley & A P Hopson, Arms & Armour of the Samurai, p.10, where this horse muzzle is illustrated. Monkeys were often used as decoration on equine equipment as they were thought to protect horses from diseases.

273 TWO JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER SADDLES, SUIKAN KURA EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Of typical shapes, both decorated in gold maki-e and black urushi lacquer, one with a pattern of flowering peonies and three turtle shell hexagons to the front, kikko, possibly a reference to the mon for the Asai clan, with details in silver lacquer, the other with further sprays of peonies and scrolling tendrils, 37cm and 40.5cm respectively. (2)

£1,800-2,200

274 TWO JAPANESE WAR HATS, JINGASA EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY One lacquered, the surface a deep chocolate-brown colour, the edge with gold lacquer and the underside red, a gilt mon depicting a stylised wisteria flower painted to the front and topped with a foliate finial, the underside with padding and straps, the other hat constructed of fourteen iron plates and with a single circle painted to the front, 31cm and 35cm dia. respectively. (2)

ÂŁ1,300-1,500 This mon is often used by families with the character for wisteria (to/fuji) in their name, such as Fujiwara or Kato.

275 A JAPANESE MATCHLOCK CARBINE EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY With an iron octagonal-section barrel, the wood stock decorated with flowering branches of prunus and further sakura flowers, chrysanthemum flowerheads, two leaping rabbits, a kabuto helmet and a ferocious-looking shishi, the barrel signed underneath Sesshu ju Igawa Yosabei (made by Igawa Yosabei of Settsu Province), 133.5cm.

ÂŁ1,400-1,600

detail of the stock

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276 A JAPANESE FIREMAN’S COAT, HIKESHI BANTEN EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY The reversible garment made of quilted cotton cloth, sashiko, one side a deep indigo colour, the other side with freehand paste-resist decoration, tsutsugaki, depicting a man standing on a balcony, gazing pensively into the distance, together with a folding fireman’s hat, also of quilted cotton cloth and decorated with flowering sprays of peonies, the exterior a deep blue ground, 125cm and 75cm max respectively.

£500-800

two views 277 A JAPANESE FIREMAN’S COAT, HIKESHI BANTEN EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY The reversible garment made of quilted cotton cloth, sashiko, one side with a large single character in white on a deep indigo ground, the other side with freehand paste-resist decoration, tsutsugaki, depicting a ferocious-looking tiger baring its teeth at a dragon emerging from clouds above, 120cm.

£400-600 Cf. The Kuwata Collection, Sashiko Hanten, Fireman’s Coat, pp.52-53 nos.27 & 28 for two other examples decorated with tigers and dragons. The author explains that they are the symbols of firemen, the tiger representing courage and the dragon water.

278 SIX JAPANESE VOTIVE PAINTINGS, EMA EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER Each in ink and colour with sprinkled gold on a square cryptomeria wood board, sugi, depicting individual portraits of famous poets from the Heian period (794-1185), each with a waka poem above, five in a mountainous landscape and the sixth with three chidori (plovers) flying above him, each panel 41.5cm x 42cm approx. (6)

£1,200-1,500 Provenance: a private English collection, acquired in London in the 1980s. These panels probably depict six of the ‘Thirty-six Immortal Poets’ of the Sanjurokkasen, a group of celebrated artists from the Heian Period. This list was compiled by the courtier Fujiwara no Kinto (996-1041) and celebrated the most famous waka poets of the time. These portraits of the poets, seated with their most famous verses above them, are known as Kasen-e and they were produced in large numbers as woodblock prints in the 12th century. See the British Museum, access. n. 1979,0305,0.3 for an album of woodblock prints by Tosa Mitsushige and Hon’ami Koetsu with similar depictions of the poets. This type of Ema votive paintings was very popular during the Kamakura Period (1185-1334) and Muromachi Period (1392-1568). Not many examples remain as they were usually displayed outdoors, exposed to the elements. They are still commonly used today to celebrate famous historical or legendary figures at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. The poet Sugiwara no Michizane (845-903) in particular is closely connected to the concepts of scholarship and exam success and Ema with his portrait are still highly popular nowadays and can be seen in places such as the Tenmangu Shrine in Tokyo. The shrine also has a large display wall, the ema-sho, where a whole series of portraits of the Thirty-six Immortal Poets is on show.

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279 A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI MUROMACHI OR LATER, 15TH CENTURY OR LATER Of yosegi-zukuri (jointed) construction, standing on an elaborate lotus throne before a tall mandorla, kohai, carved with scrolling clouds and a large sanskrit character, the figure wearing long flowing robes loosely draped across his torso, the eyes inlaid in glass and downcast in a serene expression, his hands in a mudra representing one of the nine levels of rebirth, kubon, with a glass or crystal bead amongst his knotted hair signifying spiritual elevation, ushnisa, and another representing the urna on his forehead, with remnants of gilt lacquer, 84.5cm overall.

ÂŁ5,000-8,000 Provenance: the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson, London, together with a valuation from Marcel Nies Oriental Art dated 31st May 2017. A copy of the additional documentation from Nies is available. Amida Nyorai is represented performing the kubon mudra when welcoming the souls of the departed as they reach the Great Western Paradise. Sculptures and paintings depicting this subject became popular during the 12th century and were placed near the beds of dying devotees to bring them comfort.

280 A JAPANESE LACQUER AND GILT WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY His eyes downcast and with a serene expression, a bead amongst his knotted hair signifying spiritual elevation, ushnisa, and another representing the urna on his forehead, the figure wearing long flowing robes loosely draped across his torso, seated in padmasana with his hands resting before him in the mudra of meditation, 19.8cm.

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283 281 A JAPANESE LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX AND COVER, RYOSHIBAKO EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular form, decorated in hiramaki-e, nashiji and gold and silver takamaki-e, the lid with two beauties playing hanetsuki (Japanese battledore) and with pine, bamboo and flowering prunus around them, Mount Fuji and a village of thatched buildings visible in the background, the reverse with two carps in a stream, the sides of the box with a band of key fret and scrolling tendrils, together with an inner tray, kakego, 14cm x 26.5cm x 35cm. (3)

284 282 A JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER LECTERN, KENDAI EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY The lectern plate decorated with two peacocks under a large pine, one bird perched on a rocky outcrop and with flowering peonies behind them, rendered in gold lacquer and mother of pearl inlays on a black ground, raised on a shaft above a cabinet with two drawers, the lower section decorated with ornate fans, ho-ho birds, prunus and chrysanthemum flowerheads in gold lacquer on a red ground, the sides and back with hydrangeas, 56.5cm x 27cm x 54.5cm. (3)

£400-600

£150-250 283 A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

284 A JAPANESE WOOD SWORD STAND, KATANA-KAKE EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH CENTURY

The lid decorated with two cranes under a flowering prunus tree, with two paulownia mon above and bamboo to the sides, in hiramaki-e, kirikane and nashiji, together with a four-case inro decorated with pines and ferns in gold lacquer on a plain black ground, 26.3cm and 7.5cm respectively. (3)

The rectangular body with two tall supports for three swords, the lower section with two drawers to the right and a pair of doors to the left opening on three further drawers, the surface decorated in brown and gold lacquer, takamakie, with designs of many cranes in flights, pine needles and musical instruments to the front, the sides with prunus, chrysanthemum and peonies amongst mountainous river landscapes, the reverse with a feather coat in a pine tree before Mount Fuji, 47cm x 40cm x 21cm. (6)

£200-300

£150-250 The motif of the feather coat may be a reference to the Noh play Hagoromo in which a fisherman finds the mantle of a tennin, a celestial being.

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285 A JAPANESE WOOD VANITY SET, KYODAI MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY With a rectangular mirror fitted above four drawers, the natural grain of the wood with wave-like patterns, 93cm x 48cm x 25.5cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£100-200

286 A JAPANESE WOOD AND IRON PICNIC SET EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular shape, the pitched top fitted with two copper doors opening to reveal a burner and a tea caddy, the lower section with another door enclosing two drawers, one containing a small kettle, 40cm x 17cm x 41cm. (10)

£200-300 See O Impey & C Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850, p.176-177 n.412 for an illustrated example of a similar picnic set at the National Museum of Denmark, access. n. EAc 133, inventoried in the Royal Danish Kunstkammer in 1674.

287 TWO JAPANESE WOVEN BAMBOO IKEBANA BASKETS, HANAKAGO MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY The tallest with a square-section body and long vertical strips, tatezashi, with a tall loop handle above, the other with a bulbous body woven in a diagonal pattern, a bail handle of gnarly rootwood above, both unsigned, 49cm and 45cm.(2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250 Provenance: both from a Spanish private collection, Madrid. The tallest purchased from La Boutique Japonaise, Geneva, in the 1990s, and the other from Katie Jones Oriental Art, London, in June 1995. A copy of the original Katie Jones invoice is available.

288 λ A JAPANESE DISPLAY CABINET, SHODANA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular shape, the upper section with two sliding doors, three open shelves underneath with reticulated bands of scrolling tendrils, two further doors beneath and a cupboard to the right, the lower section with two short drawers, the surface decorated in mother of pearl, gold lacquer and ivory inlays depicting birds and flowers, all raised on a four-legged base, 108.5cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: an English private collection, Dorset. Purchased in these rooms, 15th November 2012, lot 455.

289 λ A JAPANESE SHIBAYAMA-STYLE WOOD PANEL MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular shape, decorated with a parrot standing on an elaborate perch, an elegant vase containing large sprays of peonies before it, the design rendered in mother of pearl of different colours and ivory inlays, framed and glazed, 33.7cm x 23cm.

£500-1,000 Provenance: the collection of an English gentleman, purchased from Spink.

290 A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A THWARTED RAT CATCHER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The emaciated man kneeling down, turning his head and grimacing in surprise as a large rat clambers over his shoulder, a square wooden box before him and with a mace in his right hand, his eyes and the rodent’s inlaid, 5.6cm max.

£100-150

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291 A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE JARDINIERE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The flattened bulbous body raised on a short foot, with a bale of terrapins scattered around the rim and to the body, the animals varying in size and with some clambering upon others, the details of the carapaces naturalistically rendered, 34cm high, 60cm dia.

Â£1,500-2,500

292 A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY TAKAHASHI RYOUN MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The baluster body decorated with a continuous scene of two chickens in a bamboo grove, one looking quizzically at a grasshopper before them, with blossoming chrysanthemum to the side, their eyes inlaid, the base with a four character seal mark for Takahashi Ryoun, 60cm.

£2,500-3,500

293 A JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASE BY THE KANAZAWA COMPANY MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The baluster-shaped body inlaid in gold, silver and copper, with two large panels enclosing a quail under sprays of millet to one side and flowering hydrangeas to the other, with bands of formal designs to the rims and the shoulder with two large lion-head handles with loose rings, the base signed Dai Nihon Kanazawa Doki Kaisha Sei (Made by the Kanazawa bronze Company), 42.5cm.

£2,000-2,500

294 A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

295 A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The slender body decorated with a large hakurei turnip and a small rat beside it, the rodent contentedly gnawing at a leaf while holding it tightly with its front paws, the eyes inlaid, with a seal mark for Genryusai Seiya to the base, 28.8cm.

The baluster-shaped bodies decorated with birds in flight and others perched on branches of flowering chrysanthemum and magnolia, with bands of formal designs and lappets enclosing flowerheads applied to the neck and shoulder, both 37cm. (2)

£600-800

£500-800 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915). Sir Thomas was involved in the creation of HSBC and was appointed third Chief Manager of the bank in 1876. He lived in Shanghai and Yokohama in the late 19th c. and his statue still stands today in Statue Square, Hong Kong, in front of HSBC’s headquarters.

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296 A JAPANESE KOMAI-STYLE MIXED METAL CHARGER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The well decorated with the sixteen enlightened disciples of Buddha, Juroku Rakan, some depicted with their attributes: Handaka Sonja in the centre holding a begging bowl from which his pet dragon emerges, another with a tiger, a third with an attendant holding a fruit basket, with details inlaid in gilt, 36.7cm dia.

£300-500 The Juroku Rakan are a group of legendary ascetics particularly popular in Zen Buddhism who were present at the death of the Buddha Shakyamuni and were ordered to remain in this world as witnesses to the truth of the Buddhist teachings. They are regarded as examples of behaviour who use their various magical powers to assist the faithful.

297 A JAPANESE MIYAO-STYLE GILT BRONZE FIGURE, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Depicting a joyful-looking drummer seated cross-legged and resting against his instrument, his robes richly decorated with various mon and the hidari-mitsudomoe Shinto symbol, the three comma-like swirls symbol repeated on the drum, raised on a four-legged wood stand painted with a hibiscus flowerhead and scrolling tendrils, the base with remnants of a paper collection label, 13cm.

£300-500

298 EIGHT KNIVES WITH JAPANESE MIXED-METAL KOZUKA HANDLES EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Each kozuka handle with gold highlights and variously decorated with gods, heroes and mythical beasts, three signed Hamano Naoyuki (1745-1819), another Hamano Noriyuki (1736-1787), the fifth Sekijoken/Akagiken Motozane, possibly for Oyama Motozane (1741-1830), six blades with a square and a rhomboid hallmark, possibly for Jules Piault, 22.5cm max. (8)

£800-1,200

299 A JAPANESE KOMAI INLAID IRON BOX AND COVER TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

300 A JAPANESE KOMAI INLAID IRON DISH TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape, the hinged cover decorated with two tigers and a small cub, the sides with branches of bamboo, raised on four lobed feet to the corner, the inside with the monogram ‘EVB’ and engraved ‘Kyoto July 1915’, the base with five butterflies fluttering around the dragonfly trademark of Komai Otojiro (1842-1917), and a seal mark reading Nihon koku Kyoto no ju Komai sei, together with an associated wooden stand, the box 4.4cm x 7.5cm x 10.7cm. (2)

The well decorated with a figure in a river landscape walking towards thatched buildings, the sky and water cleverly rendered as the undecorated black ground, a rocky outcrop with further buildings in the distance and the silhouette of Mount Fuji towering above, the reverse with the dragonfly trademark of Komai Otojiro (1842-1917) and a seal mark for Nihon koku Kyoto no ju Komai sei, 15.2cm.

£200-300

£500-1,000

301 A JAPANESE KOMAI-STYLE MIXED METAL THREE-TIERED BOX TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

302 A SMALL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE SAWASA BOX AND COVER 18TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape, the body decorated with a river landscape to the sides, a large temple on stilts to the front, possibly a reference to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, with Mount Fuji in the distance, the lid with a majestic peacock perched on a branch of pine, the box opening to reveal three compartments with chased motifs of flowers and birds, the base with Fujii Yoshitoyo/Biho’s Fujii Damascene Co. trade mark, 8cm x 8cm x 10.5cm.

Possibly an incense or seal paste container, the flattened body raised on a short circular foot, the sides engraved with bands of chevrons and sprays of peaches, chrysanthemum and pine, the lid with a shaped cartouche depicting a blossoming prunus tree and two birds, the inside gilded, 6cm. (2)

£200-300

£150-250 Cf. The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Sawasa, Japanese export art in black and gold, 1650-1800, pp.107-110 nos.E.5.1 to E.5.7 for related examples of Sawasa boxes.

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303 A JAPANESE GINBARI CLOISONNE VASE TAISHO PERIOD OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

304 A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The baluster-shaped body decorated with branches of flowering prunus and chrysanthemum on a deep red textured ground, the rims with white metal mounts, 25cm.

The baluster body decorated with two sparrows flying amongst bamboo leaves, with sprays of flowering chrysanthemum underneath and on a dark navy-blue ground, the shoulder with a dense pattern of flowerheads amongst leafy tendrils, the neck, foot and rims with bands of geometric patterns, 12cm.

£200-300

£150-250

305 THREE JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

306 A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Two a pair, the baluster bodies decorated with a small bird perched on a flowering branch of wisteria on a dark midnight-blue ground, the third with a bulbous body and decorated with two ducks amongst large lotus leaves and flowers on a navy-blue ground, 18cm max. (3)

Comprising: two pairs decorated with wisteria flowers, one pair with prunus blossoms and another pair with birds and roses; two vases decorated in musen (wireless) enamels with narcissus and chrysanthemum; and a single ginbari enamel vase with poppies, some marked with the characters Mori in crossed flags and others with paper collection labels to the bases, 18.2cm max. (11)

£150-250

£1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915). Sir Thomas was involved in the creation of HSBC and was appointed third Chief Manager of the bank in 1876. He lived in Shanghai and Yokohama in the late 19th c. and his statue still stands today in Statue Square, Hong Kong, in front of HSBC’s headquarters.

307 A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY The tall baluster bodies decorated with birds perched on branches of flowering wisteria and with blossoming daisies below, on a dark midnight-blue ground, 24.8cm. (2)

£300-500

308 A LARGE JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL PLAQUE IN THE STYLE OF ANDO JUBEI (1876-1953) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Depicting a full moon on a dove-grey ground appearing from behind clouds, the scene subtly rendered in musen shippo (wireless) enamels, signed and with two red seal marks for Maruyama Okyo (1735-1795), the reverse with a pattern of V-shaped wires, 52cm x 36.6cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from the collection of Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977) and thence by descent. This large plaque features the complex technique of musen shippo or wireless cloisonné enamels. Developed by the artist Namikawa Sosuke and his Shippo Kaisha studio in the late 1870s, the wireless technique allowed artists to create soft pictorial effects such as this diaphanous night scene. Many other artists, including those of Ando Jubei’s studio, copied this style of cloisonné by using a variety of methods. One approach was to temporarily attach the wires and remove them once the enamel powders had been applied before firing. Another method was to hide wires under subsequent layers, and a third was to dissolve the wires with sulphuric acid and fill the gaps with a final layer. In all cases the enamels had to be ground flat several times to create a smooth surface for the next layer to be applied; this would have been a time-consuming and painstaking process. Cloisonné makers only rarely created grey monochromatic pieces and even fewer featured designs from Edo-period painters. Although this plaque doesn’t bear a mark for the cloisonné maker, it features the signature of the famous painter Maruyama Okyo (1735-1795). Okyo is commonly regarded as one of the greatest artists of 18th century Japan. Coming from a humble farming background, he made his way to Kyoto where he found work painting faces on dolls. Okyo then discovered optical devices featuring pictures with a European perspective, and from there grew his interest for Western paintings. His style developed to offer a unique marriage of Japanese aesthetics, traditional Chinese influence and Western naturalism. Okyo founded the influential Maruyama School of painting, encouraging his students to sketch from life, himself drawing nude figures in varying poses and superimposing clothes afterwards. His art grew enormously popular with the public and the Imperial court from which he would get many important commissions.

309 A JAPANESE SILVER AND LACQUER TABLE CABINET, KODANSU MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

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Of rectangular shape with a lobed handle to the top, the surface decorated with patterns of chidori (plovers) swimming on a stream, with petals of sakura flowers amongst the scrolling waves, a hinged door to the front revealing a black lacquer interior with three pull-out drawers, marked underneath with a swallow in flight for the factory of Hattori Kintaro (1860-1934), in a tomobako wooden box with a paper label for ‘K. Hattori & Co, Ginza Tokyo’, 11.8cm x 10.2cm x 13.4cm. (2)

£300-500

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310 A JAPANESE THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SET MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Comprising: a teapot and cover, the spout in the shape of a phoenix head; a sugar bowl and cover, the handles modelled as leaves, and a milk jug, the handle formed as a writhing dragon; all three decorated with a dense pattern of chrysanthemum flowerheads, all with the same two character signature, Konoike Yokohama, 18.5cm max. (5)

£300-500

311 A JAPANESE SILVER BOWL SHAPED AS A PRUNUS FLOWER, SAKURA MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

312 A JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL BOWL MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

With five lobed petals and raised on a short foot, the well left undecorated and the exterior with a hammered surface, the base with a three character signature for Kiyoharu tsukuru and stamped Japan and jungin (pure silver), 21.5cm dia.

With a glass liner, the sides densely decorated with butterflies fluttering above brushwood fences and a multitude of flowers including irises, wisteria, peonies and chrysanthemum, with details finely worked in repoussé and polychrome enamels, the well with a spray of peonies, the base signed Masamitsu, 12.1cm.

£150-250

£300-500

313 TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS, TETSUBIN MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY One with a rough ishime (stone texture) surface decorated with a dragon emerging from clouds, its curling tail visible on the reverse, the other with a pattern of raised dots, arare, and a seal mark underneath the spout, both lids with finials shaped as flower buds, together with an iron dish shaped as a large lotus leaf, signed Nobumitsu saku, in a fitted tomobako wooden box, 30cm max. (6)

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The tetsubin with a dragon purchased from Peter Sloane, London, on 3rd February 2016; the iron dish from Grace Tsumugi, London, on 8th February 2011. Copies of the original invoices are available.

314 A JAPANESE BRONZE GROUP, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Realistically cast as an elderly man carrying a small laughing child on his shoulders, the base with a rectangular cartouche signed Seiya saku, 28.5cm.

£300-500 Provenance: an English private collection, Dorset.

315 A JAPANESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY With a rectangular-section body and a tall loop handle, the lid shaped as a chrysanthemum flower, the sides with panels of further blossoms and formal designs, the character for ‘longevity’ painted to the back and shoulder; together with a pair of bronze crouching shishi, marked Shuzan / Hideyama, 15.3cm max. (4)

£500-700 Provenance: from the collection of Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FINSTP and the late Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FINSTP.

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316 A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURES OF BIJIN, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Depicting two beauties dancing, both cast in an elegant pose with one hand raised and a foot forward, dressed in long-sleeved kimonos and with their hair tastefully tied up in buns, each attached to a wooden base with a paper label mentioning a seal mark underneath, 37cm and 38.5cm respectively. (2)

£800-1,200

317 A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BIJIN, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY The beauty depicted standing, rearranging her hair with a pensive expression, dressed in an elegant kimono and with a fan in her hand, a two character mark to the base for Shuseki, 26.5cm.

£300-500

318 A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Depicting a small ox herder, bokudo, seated on the back of an ox and playing the flute, the large bovine with a tether attached to its nose ring and with its head turned to sinister, 51cm.

£400-600 Provenance: an English private collection, Dorset.

319 A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE SHISHI, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The lion dogs depicted seated on their haunches, one with its muzzle open and bearing its fangs, both ferocious-looking and with ornate collars decorated with a large flowerhead and scrolling tendrils, with bells and jewels suspended from them, both signed Shuzan / Hideyama, both 38cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

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320 A JAPANESE MIXED METAL MODEL OF A COCKEREL, OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The gallinacean realistically depicted standing with one leg raised, the feathers rendered in different colours, signed Ishiguro Masayoshi with kao in a gilt rectangular cartouche, raised on a gnarly rootwood stand, 26cm overall. (2)

£2,000-3,000

321 A JAPANESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, KORO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Depicting a large cockerel with his young, the two birds standing on scattered vine leaves, the larger one with a rectangular lid amongst the feathers on its back, 34cm. (4)

£200-300

322 A JAPANESE ARTICULATED BRONZE MODEL OF A SPINY LOBSTER, JIZAI OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY With a fully articulated body, the surface of the exoskeleton realistically modelled, 48cm.

£1,000-2,000 Provenance: from a private collection of jizai okimono. See Woolley & Wallis Salerooms, 14th November 2018, lot 1007, for a Myochin School articulated snake signed Muneyoshi from the same collection.

323 A JAPANESE ARTICULATED COPPER MODEL OF A CRAYFISH, JIZAI OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Naturalistically modelled with a fully articulated body, the surface of the exoskeleton intricately worked, with a two character signature on the underside for Hiroyoshi, 18.8cm.

£400-600

324 A JAPANESE ARTICULATED COPPER MODEL OF A PRAYING MANTIS, JIZAI OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY The insect depicted with a fully articulated body, the limbs, head and wings constructed of moving parts, the body incised with thin lines, the belly signed Hiroyoshi, 15cm.

£400-600

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325 A JAPANESE ARTICULATED IRON MODEL OF A DRAGON FISH OR SHACHIHOKO, JIZAI OKIMONO EDO PERIOD OR LATER, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY The mythical beast with a fully articulated body constructed of hammered plates joined on the inside, its dragon head with short horns and long wavy whiskers, the mouth opening to reveal a flat tongue and sharp teeth, the body with carp-like scales and spiky fins, the eyes inlaid in gilt and shakudo, 42.5cm.

ÂŁ4,000-6,000 Provenance: from a private collection of jizai okimono. See Woolley & Wallis Salerooms, 14th November 2018, lot 1007, for a Myochin School articulated snake signed Muneyoshi from the same collection. Shachihoko are sea monsters believed to cause rain. They are often used as ornaments on Japanese rooftops to protect buildings against fire. When the Meiji restoration of 1868 forbade samurai from openly wearing swords, metalwork artists had to find alternative markets to avoid bankruptcy. Some turned towards producing everyday objects for the upper classes such as the Komai family, and others specialised in making okimono: ornaments for display. Jizai okimono are a subcategory of fully articulated metal sculptures, often depicting animals. A feat of ingenuity, this dragon fishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifelike appearance must have made it an attractive souvenir for a wealthy tourist in Japan at the turn of the century.

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A fine Japanese lacquer incense box, kogo, decorated with motifs from chapter 24 of the Tale of Genji. To be sold in May 2020 Estimate ÂŁ8,000 - 12,000* ENQUIRIES Alexandra Aguilar | +44 (0) 1722 424583 | aa@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA 中國歷代年表 NEOLITHIC 新石器時代 c.6500-1700 BC XIA DYNASTY 夏 c.2100-1600 BC SHANG DYNASTY 商 c.1600-1100 BC ZHOU DYNASTY 周 c.1100-221 BC Western Zhou 西周 c.1100-771 BC Eastern Zhou 東周 770-256 BC Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 770-476 BC Warring States Period 戰國 475-221 BC QIN DYNASTY 秦 221-206 BC HAN DYNASTY 漢 206 BC-AD 220 Western Han 西漢 206 BC-AD 8 Eastern Han 東漢 AD 25-220 THREE KINGDOMS 三國 220-280 Wei 魏 220-265 Shu Han 蜀漢 221-263 Wu 吳 222-280 JIN DYNASTY 晉 265-420 Western Jin 西晉 265-317 Sixteen Kingdoms 十六國 304-439 Dong Jin 東晉 317-420 SOUTHERN DYNASTIES 南朝 420-589 Liu Song 劉宋 420-479 Southern Qi 南齊 479-502 Liang 梁 502-557 Chen 陳 557-589

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ASIAN ART II Wednesday 13th November 2019 at 10.30am Lots 400-898

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FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE RICHARD NATHANSON Lots 400-412

Richard Nathanson Richard Nathanson began his career at Sotheby’s in 1966 and was immediately captivated by Impressionist and early 20th century art. He subsequently set up as an independent art advisor in that field, in which he became well respected and known, in particular for his involvement with the work of artists such as Sisley, Modigliani, Rouault, Bonnard and Albert Houthuesen. During his lifelong career in the art world, Richard expanded his expertise across time and space and gathered an extraordinarily eclectic collection of artworks which included classical, medieval, African, Asian and Oceanic pieces as well as folk art, natural forms and early toys. As he learnt more about these cultures and the art they inspired, his profound admiration for them grew, broadening his spiritual and philosophical outlook. He observed the intense affinities between these pieces, sometimes separated by millennia and thousands of miles and was fascinated by the conversations that arose between these various expressions of human experience. Richard felt that art had the ability to give hope and inspiration in the human quest for truth and beauty.

400 AN INDIAN RED SANDSTONE TORSO OF A DEVATA 10TH/11TH CENTURY Probably Rajasthan, the female deity depicted in tribhanga, her voluptuous body adorned with elaborate jewellery, wearing a sheer dhoti secured with a belt, all supported on a modern stand, 69cm.

£4,000-6,000 Provenance: by repute, formerly a UK private collection acquired in the 1980s; and then the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London, purchased from Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art on 18th September 2002. A copy of the invoice is available. Cf. Christie’s New York, 25th March 2004, lot 49 for a comparable red sandstone torso of a Devata.

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401 A THAI BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA 17TH CENTURY Cast with a serene expression, the face framed by his pointed ears with elongated earlobes, his hair cast as many conical spikes, with traces of black lacquer to the face, together with a modern stand, 32cm, 11kg. (2)

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: no.29, ST400 in Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art’s 2007 exhibition Brightness from the East: an Important Exhibition of Indian, Southeast Asian and Chinese Art; and then the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London, purchased from Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art on 21st September 2007. A copy of the invoice is available. Cf. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, accession no.25.188 for a similar 17th century head in stucco from the Alexander B Griswold Collection.

402 AN INDIAN SANDSTONE CARVING OF THE HEAD OF A HINDU DEVA 10TH/11TH CENTURY Probably depicting Vishnu, the second god of the Trimurti and Preserver of the Universe, his downcast almond-shaped eyes with incised pupils and set beneath arched eyebrows, wearing an elaborate karanda mukuta decorated with three kirtimukha disgorging strings of pearls, with a lotus flower carved to the top of the headdress, all raised on a modern stand, 19cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Mr and Mrs J M van Dongen, The Netherlands; and then the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. Together with authentication documentation from Marcel Nies Oriental Art, dated 9th January 2017. A copy of the Nies documentation is available.

403 A SMALL COLLECTION OF TIBETAN ITEMS 16TH CENTURY AND LATER Comprising: a square repoussé parcel-gilt panel decorated with a kalasha, a wood ewer and cover, a copper and brass loop handled pot and cover, a gilt-bronze vajra-sword, a copper and baitong cup, two copper and brass bowls and covers, a large copper and brass monk’s cap ewer, a wood printing block and a gilt-copper item, possibly a jewel held by Buddha, 37cm max. (13)

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. Six of the items purchased from Peter Sloane Objects & Works of Art between 2004 and 2014. Copies of the invoices and a Sloane valuation of the printing block are available.

405 THREE TIBETAN GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE ITEMS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a panel depicting a standing snow lion, a lion mask with a fierce expression and its mouth agape revealing its teeth and tongue, and a model of a leg wearing a tall boot with a ruyi-head at the toe, probably from a Lokapala, two with modern stands, 50cm max, 2kg, 1kg and 2.6kg. (5)

The Indian head depicting the goddess Gauri, with traces of blue and red pigment, one Tibetan head cast in bronze as a monk’s head, the other a repoussé gilt-copper head of Buddha with traces of cold painting to his hair, two with modern stands, 11cm max, 1.3kg, 505g and 78g. (5)

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The gilt-copper head purchased from Brandt Asian Art on 24th October 2006. The Tibetan monk’s head and Indian head purchased from Peter Sloane Early and Eastern Art on 26th June 2013 and 18th May 2012 respectively. Copies of the invoices are available.

406 A KUSHAN SANDSTONE FRAGMENT OF A SEATED BUDDHA AND AN INDIAN SANDSTONE FRAGMENT OF PARVATI C.2ND AND C.11TH CENTURY Both carved from red sandstone, the seated Buddha with crossed legs, the torso Rajasthan, wearing elaborate necklaces and with a piece of fabric tied around her bust, each raised on a modern stand, 57cm and 33cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000

£2,000-4,000

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The lion mask purchased from Peter Sloane Objects & Works of Art on 29th March 2001. The leg purchased from Brandt Asian Art Ltd on 6th November 2009. Copies of the invoices are available.

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The seated Buddha purchased from Jeremy J Mason Oriental Works of Art on 2nd July 2013. A copy of the invoice is available.

407 A SMALL COLLECTION OF SOUTH ASIAN AND HIMALAYAN ITEMS C.2ND CENTURY AND LATER

408 THREE CARVED STONE FRAGMENTARY RELIEFS AND A TERRACOTTA TSA-TSA C.2ND CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: two small Gandharan grey schist heads, each with a modern stand, a bronze model of the Hindu deity Khandoba on horseback, an Indian bronze figure of a seated many-armed goddess, an Indian bronze figure of Garuda, a figure of the Baby Krishna, a small bronze model of a snake, a Jain marble section of a seated Buddha, and a Tibetan tsa-tsa mould, 21.7cm max. (11)

Comprising: a Gandharan grey schist panel depicting Buddha seated with his disciples, an Indian pink sandstone frieze carved with a male and female figure, a Khmer period relief of an aspara, and a Tibetan terracotta tsa-tsa depicting White Tara, each of the stone reliefs with a modern stand, 20.7cm max. (5)

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The Gandharan heads, figure of Garuda, Tibetan tsa-tsa mould, and model of Khandoba purchased from Peter Sloane Early and Eastern Art between 2011 and 2016. Copies of the invoices are available.

404 AN INDIAN BRONZE HEAD AND TWO TIBETAN HEADS 18TH/19TH CENTURY

£1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London. The Gandharan, Khmer and Tibetan items purchased from Peter Sloane Early and Eastern Art between 2008 and 2014. Copies of the invoices are available.

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409 A LARGE THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 2ND HALF 17TH CENTURY Standing with both hands raised in abhaya mudra, wearing an elaborate crown and robes falling from his shoulders, his content face with an aquiline nose and well-defined arched eyebrows, with elongated flaring earlobes curling at the ends, all upon an octagonal pedestal, 151cm, 70kg.

ÂŁ3,000-5,000 Provenance: formerly an American private collection; and then catalogue no.35, ST459 in Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 exhibition Brilliance from the East: an Important Exhibition of Indian, Southeast Asian and Chinese Art; and then the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London, purchased from Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art on 4th February 2009. A copy of the invoice is available. Cf. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, accession nos.54.2542 and 54.2810 for two comparable bronze heads of similar date from the Alexander B Griswold Collection.

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410 AN INDIAN RED SANDSTONE TORSO OF AVALOKITESHVARA 2ND/3RD CENTURY The Bodhisattva’s muscular torso adorned with elaborate jewellery, with an upavita across his chest, his left arm with a band carved with a winged figure riding a mythical beast, with remains of an aureola on his upper back, all raised on a later wooden base, 50cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly a Swiss private collection acquired between 1945 and 1975, by repute from the collection of Werner Coninx (1911-1980); and then Christie’s Amsterdam, 20th-21st November 2007, lot 529; and then the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London, purchased from Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art on 2nd May 2008. A copy of the invoice is available. Cf. S J Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India, cat no.19 for a complete figure in a similar style from the Kronos Collection.

411 A CHINESE CARVED STONE LION FRAGMENT TANG DYNASTY The lion depicted with bulging eyes beneath a defined brow, detailed with swirls of hair to its mane which continue down its spine, together with a modern stand, 21cm. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London, purchased from Brandt Asian Art Ltd on 6th November 2009. A copy of the invoice is available.

412 A LARGE GANDHARAN GREY SCHIST HAND OF BUDDHA 2ND-5TH CENTURY AD The stone naturalistically carved as a relaxed open palm, probably originally held upright by a larger figure in a gesture of reassurance, 25.5cm.

£500-1,000 Provenance: formerly an English private collection; and then the collection of Mr Richard Nathanson (d.2018), London, purchased from Finch & Co on 17th May 2010. A copy of the invoice is available.

413 A GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA 3RD-5TH CENTURY AD

414 A GANDHARAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF BUDDHA 3RD-5TH CENTURY AD

Modelled with his face in a serene expression, with his eyes cast downwards and mouth curved in a subtle smile, his hair piled in a domed bun, with black pigment to his hair, eyebrows and pupils, all raised on a modern stand, 21cm.

The face finely rendered with well-defined features and a meditative expression, his downcast eyes set beneath arched eyebrows, he wears an elaborate crown decorated with serpent-like beasts, flowers and jewels, with wavy locks flowing from beneath the headpiece, the surface with traces of red and black pigment, all raised on a modern stand, 28cm. (2)

ÂŁ500-1,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Bunzo Nakanishi, Japan; and then a Belgian private collection, acquired from Shirley Day, New York in 2006.

ÂŁ8,000-12,000 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, purchased from Joseph Gerena, New York, in 2004. Illustrated: BRAFA catalogue, 2005.

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415 A GANDHARAN GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA C.2ND CENTURY AD Depicted seated in a meditative pose on a raised pedestal, wearing jewellery and loose flowing robes draped over one shoulder, with his hair piled high in a chignon, his head framed by a simple aureola, together with a later wood stand, 37cm. (2)

ÂŁ2,500-3,500 Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired in India in the 1930s.

416 A KASHMIR TERRACOTTA BUST OF A CROWNED BODHISATTVA C.8TH CENTURY The stylised face with an aquiline nose and large almond-shaped eyes beneath incised arched eyebrows, wearing a tall elaborate crown formed as three medallions enclosing flowerheads and foliage, his torso adorned with beaded jewellery, all supported on a modern stand, 54cm.

ÂŁ2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly a UK private collection, purchased in Dubai; and then a Belgian private collection, purchased from Shirley Day, New York, on 24th June 2005. A copy of the invoice is available. Illustrated: Cultura Basel 2003 catalogue, p.119; BRAFA catalogue, 2006.

417 AN INDIAN PINK SANDSTONE CARVING OF VISHNU VAIKUNTHA C.10TH CENTURY The four-armed deity stands in tribhanga with his right hand raised, depicted in his supreme manifestation with his human face flanked by animal heads, wearing elaborate body jewellery and a tall crown, with a small three-headed figure seated on a pedestal above, all supported on a modern stand, 57cm.

ÂŁ8,000-12,000 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, acquired from Henri Berger, Beringen, Belgium in the mid 1980s. Illustrated: Cultura Basel 2003 catalogue, p.90.

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418 A RARE INDIAN GUJARAT MOTHER OF PEARL VENEERED CASKET 17TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with a hinged cover, the exterior covered with variously shaped small plaques of mother of pearl, one side set with a lock-plate decorated with foliate designs, with an applied metal loop handle to the top of the cover, the interior painted red, 17.8cm x 29cm x 15.5cm.

£6,000-8,000 419 AN INDIAN GUJARAT MOTHER OF PEARL AND BRASS CANDLE HOLDER 17TH/18TH CENTURY Shaped as a flowerhead with ten petals, with floral decoration incised to five of the mother of pearl panels, mounted on a brass base and set with a loop handle to one side, 13cm.

£1,000-2,000

420 A LARGE INDIAN STONE CARVING OF AN ATTENDANT PROBABLY C.5TH CENTURY The female figure stands in tribhanga beneath a large lotus leaf issuing from a long stem held in her right hand, supported on a modern metal stand, 78cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, acquired at Sotheby’s London in 1988.

421 AN INDIAN SANDSTONE STELE OF A COUPLE PROBABLY 11TH/12TH CENTURY Carved in high relief with the two figures leaning on each other, both standing in tribhanga on a pedestal, all mounted on a later base, 56cm.

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: by repute, acquired from Spink & Son Ltd, 1986-7.

422 A NEPALESE CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT C.12TH CENTURY

423 A CHINESE CARVED LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA NORTHERN QI DYNASTY

Worked in relief with a deity standing between two pillars in an archway upon a pedestal with his feet apart and one knee bent, wearing a tall crown, large earrings and a necklace, with an aureola framing his head, all below an elaborate frieze, with traces of blue and red pigment to the surface, 57cm.

His serene face with downcast eyes set beneath arched eyebrows, his hair in tight curls, all raised on a modern stand, 26.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

£800-1,000 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.

424 A PAIR OF CHINESE MARBLE OVOID STANDS QING DYNASTY

425 AN INDIAN STONE CARVING OF A DEMON C.5TH CENTURY

Each carved in relief with the heads of two horned mythical beasts, each mask suspending a ring, all contained between simple bands of raised circles encircling the rims and feet, 18.6cm. (2)

Worked in relief with the head set against an arched panel, the bearded face carved with a fierce expression, depicted wearing large circular earrings, all supported on a modern stand, 26cm. (2)

£300-500

£500-1,000 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.

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426 A CAMBODIAN LACQUERED AND PARCEL-GILT WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA 19TH/20TH CENTURY

427 A BURMESE MANDALAY-STYLE LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA 19TH CENTURY

Depicted standing in samabhanga on a lacquered square-section pedestal, with his right hand in abhaya mudra, wearing a long robe which extends down to his ankles, his face bearing a serene expression, 185cm overall.

Standing in samabhanga on a lotus pedestal with his hands outstretched, his youthful face carved with a tranquil expression, with coloured jewels set in his tiara, the borders of his robe and the pedestal, all mounted on a later wooden base, 108cm.

£1,000-2,000

Exhibited: Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art.

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428 A SOUTHEAST ASIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 19TH/20TH CENTURY Seated in dhyanasana, with his left hand upturned and his right touching the ground, with elongated earlobes and his hair in tight curls, the head framed by a detachable flaming mandorla, 63cm, 21kg. (2)

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.

429 A BURMESE MANDALAY-STYLE LACQUERED AND GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI 19TH CENTURY Depicted seated in dhyanasana wearing pleated samghati, his right hand touches the ground in bhumisparsha mudra whilst his left hand rests on his lap in dhyana mudra, with his downcast eyes picked out in black and white, all raised on a simple shaped pedestal, 43cm, 10kg.

£600-1,000 Exhibited: Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art. Cf. Christie’s Amsterdam, 2nd May 2007, lot 273 for a related figure.

430 A TIBETAN THANGKA 20TH CENTURY

433 A TIBETAN THANGKA 19TH CENTURY

Brightly painted with a fierce blue deity brandishing a flaming sword and wearing a crown of skulls in yab-yum with his consort, with a dragon and various figures in the clouds around them, including Shakyamuni, Green Tara and White Tara, with details picked out in gilt, framed and glazed, 59cm x 41cm.

Depicting a seated figure of Ratnasambhava raised on a lotus throne, with four further deities and lotus around him, 50cm x 35cm.

£200-300 431 A TIBETAN THANGKA OF SADAKSARI AVALOKITESHVARA 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Painted with Sadaksari, the four-armed form of bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, his two main hands held at his chest in anjali mudra whilst his two remaining hands hold a lotus flower and rosary at his shoulders, accompanied by various bodhisattvas and Buddhist monks, 53cm x 38cm.

£500-800 Avalokiteshvara belongs to the Padma (lotus) family of Buddhist deities and is an emanation of Dhyani Buddha Amitabha. Sadaksari is highly venerated by Tibetans since they believe that the Dalai Lamas are incarnations of this particular form of Avalokiteshvara.

432 A TIBETAN THANGKA 19TH CENTURY Painted with a crowned wrathful deity standing before flames in a landscape, holding a vajra in his outstretched right hand, with a four-armed white bodhisattva and Manjusri wielding his sword below, the details highlighted in gilt, with lança characters to the reverse, all mounted on silk, 54.5cm x 40.5cm.

£500-1,000 434 A TIBETAN THANGKA OF THREE GODS C.18TH CENTURY Depicting Red Hayagriva in his dharmapala form above dharmapala Vajrapani and Garuda, the King of Birds, the foreground painted with an array of offerings to the deities, 34cm x 24.5cm.

£1,200-1,500 This rare thangka composition is known as ‘Ta Chag Khyung Sum’ or ‘Three Gods’. Thangkas of this type are used in a special empowerment ritual which helps to remove illness, emotional disturbance and harmful spirits through a mantra combining the methods of Vajrapani, Hayagriva and Garuda.

435 A TIBETAN THANGKA 19TH/20TH CENTURY Depicting blue Vajradhara and his red consort Bhagavani in union with swirling fabric around them, the deity wearing an elaborate crown and holding a vajra in his hands, all framed by six further seated figures, 64cm x 44cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

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FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT THORNHILL (1950-2018) Lots 436-445 My brother, Robert Thornhill was a connoisseur and teacher of Fine Art. He developed a keen interest in Burmese art, acquiring considerable knowledge of Burmese artists, their styles and influences, sharing with others his knowledge of this milieu. His home in Bangkok exhibited, with delight, many acquisitions he collected over several years on visits to Yangon’s art dealers in the early 2000s. Christine Thornhill 2019

436 U NGWE GAING (1901-67) WORSHIPPERS AROUND A LARGE BUDDHA STATUE A Burmese painting, oil on board, signed and dated 63, framed, 49cm x 69cm.

£3,000-5,000 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018), believed to have been acquired from Beikthano Gallery in 2003.

437 U THAN SAIN (1910-85) FIGURES BY A TEMPLE, CHINTHE A Burmese painting, oil on board, signed Than Sain, framed, 29.5cm x 39.4cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018). Illustrated: A Ranard, Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, p.164, pl.163.

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438 438 LA BAN (FL.1930s-40s) KACHIN GIRL AND WA MAN Two Burmese paintings, ink and colour on paper, signed, together with a watercolour of the bust of a Shan man by Saya Saung (1898-1952), signed, all framed and glazed, 24cm x 16cm max. (3)

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018).

439 U M T HLA (1874-1946) A SHAN WOMAN AND MAN Two Burmese paintings, ink and colour on paper, both signed M T Hla, framed and glazed, 30cm x 21cm. (2)

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018).

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Illustrated: The Shan Woman in A Ranard, Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, p.57, pl.58.

440 SAYA MYIT (1886-1966) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY A Burmese painting, ink on paper, signed Myit and dated 28-10-51, together with a watercolour by U Maung Maung Gyi (1890-1940) depicting a river landscape, both framed and glazed, 42.4cm x 30.7cm. (2)

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018). The painting by Saya Myit directly acquired from Andrew Ranard.

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441 U THAN AUNG (1936-2000) THE GRAND BELL A Burmese painting, ink and colour on paper, signed and dated 67, framed and glazed, 23.5cm x 32.3cm.

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018).

442 U THAN AUNG (1936-2000) AT THE SHWEDAGON PAGODA A Burmese painting, oil on canvas, signed and dated 4-2-78, framed, 24.7cm x 39cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018). Illustrated: A Ranard, Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, p.279, pl.293.

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Oil on panel, framed, 33.3cm x 25cm.

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018), purchased from Leaden Hall Fine Art, Kent on 30th March 2008.

444 U OHN LWIN (1907-88) PORTRAIT OF A NAGA WARRIOR A Burmese painting, oil on board, signed Ohn Lwin and dated 61, framed, 30.7cm x 21.3cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018). Illustrated: A Ranard, Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, p.160, pl.159.

445 445 U BOGALAY KYAW HLAING (1914-96) TEMPLE RUINS A Burmese painting, ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed, together with an oil on board attributed to U Pe Khin (1931-87) depicting temple visitors, framed, 13cm x 18cm and 28cm x 33cm. (2)

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Robert Thornhill (d.2018).

446 446 AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING OF A WARRIOR 19TH CENTURY Standing, looking into the distance, holding a shield in his right hand and resting his left hand on the hilt of his sword, together with a miniature painting of an amorous couple and another of a falconer, all framed and glazed, 20.5cm x 8cm. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£50-150 Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid.

447 A PAIR OF TIBETAN TSAKALI C.14TH CENTURY The miniature pictures painted in tempera on cloth, each depicting a deity seated with their hands before them in ritual gestures, their crowned heads framed by aureolae, each framed and glazed, 9cm x 8cm. (2)

£400-600 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.

447 part lot illustrated 448 A GANDHARAN GREY SCHIST FRAGMENT OF A FRIEZE 1ST/2ND CENTURY AD One side carved in relief with a repeating design of flowerheads contained within diamonds, each bloom simply rendered with five petals, with finely incised lines to the borders, 60.5cm.

£500-800 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, acquired in the London art market in 1976.

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449 A NEPALESE ROCK CRYSTAL AND GILT-COPPER MODEL OF A STUPA 19TH/20TH CENTURY The crystal pillar mounted with a gilt-copper finial and tassels inlaid with semi-precious stones, all supported on a three-tier base, with a four-pointed vajra mark and a seal to the base, 16cm, 533g overall.

£300-500 450 A SMALL CHINESE METAL ALLOY CUP TANG DYNASTY OR LATER The U-shaped body supported on a spread foot decorated with a band of lappets, with a continuous foliate scroll encircling the flaring rim, 8.6cm, 82g.

£200-300 451 TWO THAI PAINTINGS, A TIBETAN SILVERED COPPER HOLY WATER CONTAINER AND A SILVER BOWL 19TH/20TH CENTURY One painting of two couples amidst clouds, framed and glazed, the other depicting adoration of the royal couple in a palace, the water container raised on a tall foot and decorated with Buddhist symbols between stylised leaves, the cover surmounted by a knop with a visvavajra, the bowl with sprays of peony to the exterior, 30cm x 23.4cm. (5)

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£150-250 452 FOUR CHINESE SILVER DISHES AND A COCONUT CUP QING DYNASTY AND LATER The cup carved with three shou characters, the dishes with characters to the centre reading fu, shou and rao, all with punch marks, 8.2cm. (5)

£200-300

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453 A CHINESE SILVER KETTLE AND STAND 19TH CENTURY The kettle with a scaly dragon wrapping itself around the body, with a hinged cover decorated with sprays of bamboo, the handle, spout and stand formed as bamboo branches, together with a silver burner with a removable wick, the kettle and stand with punch marks reading ‘Cheongshin’ and Yi An, 22cm max, 797g, 284g and 131g. (4)

£1,500-2,000

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454 λ A CHINESE SILVER TEA SERVICE 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a kettle and cover, a teapot and hinged cover, a cream jug, a sugar bowl with two handles, a bowl, a burner and stand, decorated in repoussé with flowering prunus trees against an incised cracked-ice ground, the handles of the kettle and teapot with ivory insulators, the burner with punch marks reading ‘LH’, ‘90’ and Shao Ji, the others impressed with ‘WH90’ and Bao Sheng, 20.5cm max, 2.59kg overall. (8)

455 A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Comprising: eight stands and two circular covers, variously decorated with floral, foliate and geometric designs and openwork decoration, 17.8cm max. (10)

£400-600

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

456 A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS AND COVERS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

457 λ TWO CHINESE CANTON TORTOISESHELL CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: fifteen stands and four covers, variously carved with flowers, scrolls and other motifs, 32cm max. (19)

Each carved in relief with figures in garden pavilions amidst pagodas and various trees, including willow, plantain, pine and wutong, the sides decorated with floral borders and continuous landscape scenes, the larger box with a small roundel containing the letters JB to the reverse, 9.5cm and 8.5cm. (4)

£200-300

£500-1,000

458 A CHINESE INSCRIBED SILVER ‘DRAGON’ BOWL LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated in repoussé with two scaly dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the large jewel with an inscription reading ‘Mr & Mrs Frank Lauder from W C B Hong Kong 1906,’ ‘the short straight foot with punch marks reading ‘WH’, ‘90’ and Yu Yao He, 16.4cm, 364g.

459 A CHINESE SILVER RECTANGULAR BOX 19TH CENTURY With a hinged cover, decorated all over in repoussé with ducks in a pond amidst lotus and rice, with a punch mark to the base, 15cm, 331g.

£300-400

£400-600

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460 A SET OF FOUR CHINESE IRON PICTURES, TIEHUA REPUBLIC PERIOD Depicting butterflies and birds amidst prunus, chrysanthemum, bamboo and lotus, each with a two character mark, contained within wood frames, 30.5cm x 41cm. (4)

£200-300 461 A SET OF FOUR CHINESE IRON PICTURES, TIEHUA LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Depicting sprays of flowering lotus, prunus, peony and chrysanthemum, each set in a wood frame, 66cm x 23cm. (4)

£200-300 462 TWO CHINESE EIGHT-FOLD SCREENS 19TH CENTURY One set with marble plaques, brightly decorated with figures, precious objects, calligraphy and pairs of boys, the reverse with panels of landscapes and floral sprays, the other with inset reverse glass painted panels, depicting figures in a pavilion and wooded landscape, the scene flanked by calligraphy and flowers, the lower section of the wood screen carved in low relief with stylised floral sprays, 70.5cm x 107cm and 60cm x 116cm. (2)

£800-1,200 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

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463 A LARGE INDO-EUROPEAN CHINOISERIE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER RECTANGULAR CHEST AND STAND 19TH CENTURY

464 A PAIR OF CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD ‘BAXIAN’ LAMPS LATE QING DYNASTY

With a hinged lid, richly decorated with panels containing figures, pagodas, willow trees and gardens, the stand similarly decorated, with an elaborate X-frame construction carved with scrollwork and raised on four feet, 105cm x 95cm x 62cm overall. (2)

Each surmounted by a medallion enclosing four figures, together forming the Eight Immortals with their attributes, the scenes set against shards of mother of pearl and framed by carved dragons and bats, with further openwork decoration of phoenix and pairs of birds amidst prunus adorning the posts, all supported on tall feet shaped as sinuous archaistic dragons, 205cm. (2)

£3,000-5,000

£1,000-2,000

465 λ A CHINESE INLAID LACQUER TABLE SCREEN QING DYNASTY

470 A PAIR OF CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS QING DYNASTY

The dark yellow lacquer ground inlaid with ivory, mother of pearl, wood, lapis lazuli and soapstone, decorated with flowering magnolia branches growing from a vase detailed with taotie, a qin, a crane, a suspended shou plaque, a carp amidst waves, two seated figures playing go, and a pot containing scrolls and a massager, the reverse with a poem and a Qianlong mark in mother of pearl on a black ground, together with a carved wood stand, 59cm x 39cm overall. (2)

Each with a plain panelled top supported on four square-section legs terminating in hoof feet and joined by humpback stretchers, 48.5cm x 35cm x 34.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

With a hinged lid, decorated in red and gold with a crane roundel, bats, flowers and a three-legged toad, the interior with a tray, 13cm x 29.5cm x 17.5cm.

466 A CHINESE CLOISONNE INSET RECTANGULAR WOOD BOX LATE QING DYNASTY With a hinged cover which opens to reveal a single compartment, the lower section with a drawer set with a removable divider, each facet brightly decorated with rectangular cloisonne panels depicting bats encircling a group of peaches, the wood carved with geometric scrolls, foliate sprays and branches bearing fruit and flowers, 24.7cm x 19.2cm x 13.2cm. (3)

£500-1,000 467 AN ANGLO-INDIAN EBONY VANITY SET 19TH CENTURY The rectangular box intricately carved to the exterior with floral designs, with a hinged cover which open to reveal a mirror and small compartments including a removable tray, the interior inset with bone decoration, the front with two smaller hinged boxes which open to show five drawers, each of the smaller boxes with a sliding cover, 19.5cm x 32.2cm x 25cm. (9)

£500-800 468 A CHINESE HARDWOOD KANG TABLE 19TH/20TH CENTURY The panelled top supported on curved legs joined by stretchers and terminating in scroll feet, carved with raised ribs to the sides, 28.3cm x 91.5cm x 46.5cm.

£500-700 471 A BROWN LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX 19TH CENTURY

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£200-300 472 A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID HARDWOOD TRAY 19TH CENTURY Finely inlaid with butterflies and birds in flight amidst fruiting grape and gourd vines, with eight figures standing amidst the design, the rim with floral sprays, 63cm x 41.5cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977) and thence by descent.

473 A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID HARDWOOD TRAY 19TH CENTURY Decorated in mother of pearl with a mythical beast, phoenix, peacocks and other birds perched amidst sprays of peony, prunus, pomegranate, peaches and other plants, the rectangular panels with butterflies to the corners, 64.5cm x 43.5cm.

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

£300-500 469 A CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER TEA CADDY 19TH CENTURY The interior with a pewter removable section, the exterior decorated with panels of figures in gardens enjoying daily life, 17cm x 29cm x 21cm. (2)

£600-800 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

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474 A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE-MOUNTED CLOISONNE CONJOINED VASES 1ST HALF 19TH CENTURY Mounted as candelabras, each double-vase formed as two conjoined black and white bottle vases, the ovoid bodies decorated with colourful floral medallions, all contained between lappets and reserved on a geometric diaper ground, the tall necks with scrolling lotus between bands of ruyi-heads, 61.2cm overall. (2)

£4,000-6,000

475 A SMALL CHINESE POLYCHROME LACQUER DISPLAY CABINET 18TH CENTURY The upper section divided into six open compartments and two drawers, the compartments set with openwork bone borders, with a pair of cabinets with hinged double doors below, the exterior decorated with lotus flowers blossoming amidst scrolling leaves, all reserved on a brown ground, 61cm x 55cm x 18cm. (3)

£1,500-2,500 Cf. Sotheby’s London, 5th November 2014, lot 179 for a pair of 18th century cabinets of the same design.

476 A CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD TABLE SCREEN REPUBLIC PERIOD Carved in high relief with warriors on horseback in battle, the scene set against a green and red ground, all framed by two scaly dragons amidst swirling clouds, with dragon-carp amongst stylised waves at the feet, 53cm x 62cm x 10cm.

£300-400

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477 A CHINESE RETICULATED HARDWOOD STAND QING DYNASTY The circular panelled top set above a pierced foliate apron, supported on five carved legs joined by an openwork undertier, 61cm x 43cm x 43cm.

£1,200-1,500

478 A PAIR OF CHINESE ENAMEL JARDINIERES WITH HARDSTONE FLOWERS QING DYNASTY Each quatrefoil jardinière decorated with four cartouches enclosing figures in landscapes, reserved on a floral-decorated yellow ground, the interior of each with an insert imitating earth from which a blossoming magnolia tree and smaller begonia plant grow, the flowers and leaves worked from hardstone and jade, together with wood stands, each with a four character Qianlong mark to the base, 33cm and 34cm high. (4)

£1,500-2,500

479 A CHINESE HARDWOOD TABLE QING DYNASTY The square panelled top above aprons carved in low relief with stylised mythical beasts, all raised on straight legs terminating in hoof feet, 87cm x 74cm x 74cm.

£800-1,200

480 A CHINESE BRONZE INLAID FOUR-FOLD SCREEN 19TH CENTURY The wood frame decorated with bronze plaques shaped as archaic vessels dispersed amidst various ancient coins including spade and knife money, the top and bottom of each panel set with three circular coins, 91cm x 121cm.

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

481 A LARGE CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED YEN YEN VASE 17TH CENTURY The body cast in two sections, the tall flared neck with two thick rings above the shoulder and two dragon-shaped handles towards the broad rim, the body with three chilong to the shoulder and four shou characters in various script style, raised on a tall flared foot, 49.1cm, 12kg.

£4,000-6,000 Provenance: from a private collection, London, acquired prior to 1995. Cf. Sydney L. Moss Ltd, The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, no.64-66 for a slightly smaller related vase. See also Sotheby’s London, 11th May 2011, lot 236.

482 A CHINESE BLACK LACQUERED SIDE TABLE QING DYNASTY The rectangular top raised on straight legs with hoof feet, with humpback stretchers, 85cm x 89cm x 45cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250

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483 A PAIR OF CHINESE LAC BURGAUTE TABLE SCREENS KANGXI AND LATER Decorated with figures and animals on terraces in mountain landscapes, with calligraphy to the reverse sides, together with wood stands, 31cm x 15cm overall. (4)

£500-800

484 A CHINESE BRONZE GU-SHAPED VASE 17TH CENTURY Cast in relief with beasts and archaistic motifs against a delicate leiwen ground, the foot, central bulbous section and tall flaring neck all with flanges, 43.3cm, 4.3kg.

£1,000-1,500

485 A CHINESE BRONZE GU-SHAPED VASE 17TH/18TH CENTURY Cast with taotie masks and other archaistic motifs against a leiwen ground, with small flanges to the raised central section and spread foot, the tall flaring neck decorated with large upright leaves, 29.2cm, 1kg.

£150-250

486 A CHINESE BRONZE SILVER INLAID MINIATURE ZHADOU QING DYNASTY With a compressed circular body and tall flaring neck, decorated in silver wire with archaistic scrolls and upright pendant leaves, 5cm, 169g.

£800-1,200 487 A SMALL CHINESE ‘SHI SOU’ BRONZE INCENSE BURNER 18TH/19TH CENTURY The cylindrical body inlaid with silver flowers, with angular handles and three loop feet, the base with a two character mark reading Shi Sou, together with a wood cover, 8.6cm, 166g. (2)

£800-1,200 488 A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE ‘BAMBOO’ TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY Cast in relief with bamboo sprays, the three feet, upright handles and lipped rim formed as bamboo branches, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 12.2cm, 481g.

£500-700 489 A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body engraved with six roundels containing characters, flanked by fish-shaped handles, 29cm, 2.7kg.

£300-400 490 A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER YUAN/MING DYNASTY

491 A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY The ovoid body with two mask heads and ring handles to the sides, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 12.5cm, 401g.

£300-400 492 A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING MING DYNASTY The compressed circular body supported on three stout legs issuing from the mouths of horned mythical beasts, the short cylindrical neck cast in low relief with a leiwen pattern and flanked by two detachable S-shaped handles, the base incised with characters, 34cm, 5.5kg. (3)

£500-1,000 493 A CHINESE BRASS ‘ZODIAC’ BRAZIER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body tapering towards the foot, the shoulder flanked by two butterflies in relief supporting a large loop handle, the openwork cover decorated with two scaly dragons contesting a sacred jewel above a band of medallions enclosing the twelve animals of the zodiac, 37cm dia, 7kg. (2)

£300-500 494 A CHINESE BRONZE OVOID VASE 17TH/18TH CENTURY Cast with taotie masks against a broad leiwen band to the shoulder, with two handles shaped as animal masks, the base incised with a two character mark, together with a wood stand, 23.7cm, 4.4kg. (2)

£400-600

Cast with an abstract mountain landscape, with two panels of calligraphy, 21cm, 1.8kg. (2)

£800-1,200

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495 A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VASE, LEI LATE MING DYNASTY The ovoid body with a short waisted neck and tapering towards the foot, cast in low relief with taotie masks and stylised beasts against a leiwen ground, with eight triangular lappets extending down the lower section of the vase, the shoulder flanked by two loop handles, with some areas highlighted in gilt, all supported on a flared foot, 30.5cm, 3.7kg.

£2,000-3,000

496 A CHINESE SILVER WIRE AND GOLD INLAID BRONZE HU-SHAPED VASE LATE MING DYNASTY The pear-shaped body decorated with taotie masks against a leiwen ground, the neck with raised animal masks and archaistic motifs, flanked by two cylindrical handles with geometric designs, with a band of key fret in silver wire encircling the rim, the base cast with a mark, 27cm, 2.1kg.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of William George Mackay Thomas (d.1960s) and thence by descent.

497 A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE GU-SHAPED VASES 18TH CENTURY Each with a wide rim and flared foot, cast in relief with lotus flowerheads and scrolling foliage, the upper and lower sections of each decorated with a band of stiff leaves, with key fret bands to the mouth and footrims, 35cm, 1.75kg and 1.78kg. (2)

£1,500-2,500 Provenance: formerly a Belgian private collection.

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498 A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body raised on three tapering feet, with two loop handles rising from the everted rim, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 13.8cm, 862g.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

499 A SMALL CHINESE SILVER INLAID ‘SHI SOU’ BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body rising from three tapering feet to an everted rim, flanked by two handles, decorated with stylised bats amidst swirling clouds in silver wire, the base with a two character Shi Sou mark, 13cm, 369g.

£200-300

500 A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body with two loop handles and supported on three tapering feet, the base with a mark reading Da Ming Xuande wu nian jian du Gong bu guan chen Wu Bang Zuo zao, 17cm, 2.2kg.

£200-300

501 A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG 18TH/19TH CENTURY

506 A CHINESE BAMBOO ‘LANDSCAPE’ BITONG 19TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body carved in shallow relief with a man kneeling on a barge gazing up at a smiling Immortal seated in a tree, with simple rocky forms to the reverse, the wood with a rich warm patina, 15cm.

The cylindrical brushpot carved in relief with a continuous landscape scene, depicting figures, houses and pagodas dispersed throughout the rocky mountainous setting, with an old paper label to the base, 15.4cm.

£1,500-2,500 Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased in 1953.

502 A CHINESE INK BLOCK 20TH CENTURY Formed as a seven-tiered pagoda, the base with characters and a seal mark, with a paper label for the Roy Davids Collection, 24cm.

£200-300 503 A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG 18TH/19TH CENTURY Of cylindrical form, carved to one side with a scene from the tale of the Red Cliff, depicting scholars sitting and drinking tea in a sampan as two men row the boat under pine trees through a rocky landscape, with a slightly concave rim, all raised on three short feet, 17cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased in 1948.

504 A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY The cover carved in relief with two scholars standing on a path of floral diaper under a tree in a wooded rocky landscape, with geometric patterns finely incised to the sides, 12.8cm. (2)

£300-400 Provenance: from an English private collection acquired prior to 1950 and thence by descent.

507 A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG 19TH CENTURY The cylindrical body raised on three short feet, the exterior deeply carved with scholars engaged in daily life in a bamboo grove, all beneath dense foliage worked in low relief, with a slightly concave rim, 18.8cm.

£600-800 508 A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER 18TH/19TH CENTURY The cover carved with a sage and his attendant beneath a pine tree in a mountainous landscape, the sides with cell diaper, 8.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500 509 A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG QING DYNASTY The cylindrical body carved in shallow relief with a continuous scene of an archer and his horse in a rocky landscape, the figure poised to fire an arrow at a flying goose, 14.7cm.

£500-1,000

£200-300 505 A PAIR OF CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER SQUARE-SECTION VASES LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Each facet carved with a scene of scholars and attendants engaged in various activities in a watery garden pavilion, the flared necks and feet decorated with flowerheads amongst stylised foliage and further blossoms, each with a wood stand, 23.5cm. (4)

£300-500

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510 A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ‘LOTUS’ BOWLS MING DYNASTY The exteriors decorated with six large lotus flowers on a turquoise ground, raised on short flared feet, 10cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000 511 THREE SMALL CHINESE LAC BURGAUTE TRAYS EARLY 18TH CENTURY One decorated with figures and a sampan, another with insects, flowers and rockwork, the third with birds amidst flowering branches, each with calligraphy to the reverse, 13.5cm max. (3)

£300-500 512 A CHINESE HARDWOOD RECTANGULAR TRAY QING DYNASTY

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With reticulated sides and a pierced apron, together with a small cylindrical bitong, carved with a floral spray heightened in mother of pearl, 31cm and 9cm. (2)

£500-800 513 A CHINESE HORN SEAL CARVED AS A DOG PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY The dog depicted seated on its haunches upon an oval base, the underside carved with a mark and with a label reading ‘N1030’, the horn with a highly polished surface, together with a model of a tianlu crouching with its wings tucked at its sides, 4.2cm and 6cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: the seal formerly from the collection of Sylvain Buzaglo, a businessman based in Amsterdam who travelled throughout Asia from the mid 1950s; and then sold at Bonhams London, 17th May 2012, lot 211. A copy of the invoice is available.

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514 THREE SMALL CHINESE BOWLS KANGXI AND LATER One carved from coconut with a monkey, deer, birds and insects amongst blossoming prunus, another hardwood and worked in relief with the Three Friends of Winter, with two handles formed as branches, both with metal liners, the third enamel and decorated with flowers, the interior with an applied frog, with a jade belthook terminating in a dragon head attached as the handle, 15.5cm max. (3)

£500-700 515 A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL CUP, A PAIR OF ENAMEL DISHES, AND A STAND 18TH CENTURY The exterior of the cup with continuous floral scrolls beneath a band of ruyi-heads, the stand decorated with fruits, flowers and precious objects, with two bats encircling a shou character to the centre, each of the dishes decorated with the Bajixiang surrounding a central flowerhead against a dark blue ground, 11.4cm max. (4)

£400-600

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Provenance: from an Australian private collection, acquired in London c.2000.

516 A SET OF SIX SMALL CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE WINE CUPS 18TH CENTURY Each decorated with three figures in a landscape surrounded by shrubs and rocks, with simple red and blue bands encircling the short feet, 4.6cm dia. (6)

£200-300 517 A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND LATER Comprising: a ewer and cover, a heart-shaped dish, an inkwell and a belt buckle, variously decorated with figures, flowers and foliage, 23cm max. (6)

£500-1,000

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£1,000-2,000 519 A PAIR OF CHINESE POLYCHROME AND SILVER-DECORATED LACQUER VASES EARLY 20TH CENTURY Each depicting Shoulao riding a deer as an attendant carries a peach behind him, with traces of colour to the figures, the rim interior with gilt, each attached to a lacquer stand, 41cm. (2)

£200-300 Provenance: from an English private collection acquired prior to 1939 and thence by descent.

520 A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE VASES EARLY 19TH CENTURY Brightly decorated with vessels containing blossoming flowers, with fruits and precious objects around them, all against a pale pink ground with a geometric design, the waisted necks with flowerheads between bands of pendant leaves and ruyi-heads, each together with a wood stand, 22.5cm. (4)

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of the Littman Family.

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521 TWO SMALL CHINESE BRONZE FIGURES MING/QING DYNASTY

522 A PAIR OF CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FIGURES 19TH CENTURY

One depicting the newborn Shakyamuni pointing to the sky with one hand and the ground with the other, he stands upon an octagonal pedestal with a sinuous dragon crawling at his feet, the other cast as a luohan clad in robes standing upon an oval base, with the details of his eyebrows and facial hair picked out, 19cm and 18.5cm, 490g and 693g. (2)

Depicting a gentleman and a lady, both dressed in robes finely decorated with butterflies, fruits and flowers, the lady holding a fan and with an elaborate headdress, 22.2cm and 21.3cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£200-300

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of William George Mackay Thomas (d.1960s) and thence by descent.

523 A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ASCETIC LUOHAN QING DYNASTY OR LATER Cast standing upon rockwork, holding a tree branch in one hand and a folded book in the other, his loose-fitting robe opening to reveal his bony chest, 28cm, 1.9kg.

£200-300

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524 A CHINESE HARDWOOD CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER 19TH CENTURY

529 A CHINESE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE MODEL OF A RECUMBENT CANID MING/QING DYNASTY

The cover carved in low relief with a lady being fanned by her attendant, they stand in a rocky garden gazing at a hare grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth, all supported on a short circular foot, 20.3cm. (2)

Sitting with its head turned to sinister, with its right front paw crossing its left, the beast well detailed and with a bushy tail, 7cm, 226g.

£1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

525 A CHINESE METAL-MOUNTED HORN SNUFF BOTTLE LATE QING DYNASTY

£1,000-1,500 530 λ A CHINESE CANTON CARVED TORTOISESHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER AND AN ETUI CASE 19TH CENTURY Carved with many small figures, buildings, flowers and trees, 11cm and 13cm. (3)

The embossed mounts decorated with bats, masks, flowers, insects and coloured enamel, 10.5cm.

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531 A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER SQUARE BOX AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY

526 A RARE CHINESE AMBER CARVING OF AN INFANT IN A BASKET MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER The baby depicted reclining with a cheerful expression on its face, with a ribbon tied as a bow in its hair, the basket finely carved to replicate bamboo, 7cm.

£500-800 527 A CHINESE AMBER PENDANT LATE QING DYNASTY Carved in openwork as three large fruits issuing from branches and leaves, 4.6cm.

£500-1,000 528 THREE SMALL ORDOS BRONZE PLAQUES C.6TH CENTURY BC AND LATER

The cover carved with three figures beside a mountain pagoda, the sides with flowers and leaves, 13cm. (2)

£150-250 532 A CHINESE TIANQI RED LACQUER CIRCULAR NECKLACE BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY OR LATER The cover decorated with three scaly dragons in pursuit of sacred jewels amidst flying bats and stylised clouds, all reserved on a fylfot and cash diaper ground, with mythical beast heads set amongst scrolling lotus to the sides, the base with a six character Qianlong mark, 25.8cm. (2)

£500-800

One cast as a stylised bird, another the head of a feline, the third the head of an ox, 4.4cm max, 32g. (3)

£200-300 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, acquired from D P Properties, J Dirven, Eindhoven in 1960.

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533 A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL DISH QING DYNASTY With a scalloped rim, the centre painted with finger citron, chrysanthemum, peony and magnolia, the blue border with green scrolling dragon motifs, the reverse with prunus on a cracked-ice ground, the base with a gourd, bat and prunus mark, 18.3cm.

£1,500-2,500 534 A CHINESE CLOISONNE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated with lotus scrolls and geometric patterns against a turquoise ground, with openwork panels enclosing lotus amidst stylised foliage to the removable upper section and cover, the finial formed as a lion dog with her paw resting on her young, all raised on three feet shaped as elephant heads, together with a wood stand, 27cm. (4)

£500-600

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535 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE-GROUND CANTON ENAMEL ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’ BOWLS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each with a flared rim, decorated with alternating sprays of prunus and bamboo against a bright blue cracked-ice ground, with ruyi-heads encircling the rims, each with a turquoise interior and white base, 17.4cm. (2)

£800-1,200 536 THREE SMALL CHINESE CLOISONNE VASES AND AN ENAMEL BOWL QING DYNASTY All decorated with stylised lotus on a turquoise ground, 13cm. (4)

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537 A CHINESE KESI SCROLL LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Depicting Magu standing carrying a peach spray over her shoulders and holding lingzhi in her left hand, with an attendant carrying a jar before her, both set beneath a pine tree and flowering prunus and magnolia branches, the figures flanked by rockwork, with two seals, 75cm x 41.5cm.

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: by repute, purchased in Singapore c.1940s.

538 A CHINESE CARVED BOXWOOD BRUSH REST 20TH CENTURY Delicately carved as flowering prunus branches, 19.5cm.

£500-800 539 A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE SEAL LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Cast with a Buddhist lion dog, the base with a four character mark, 4.8cm, 143g.

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540 SIX CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS 19TH CENTURY

541 AFTER SHEN ZHOU (19TH CENTURY) LANDSCAPE

Each depicting a figure sat next to a reclining animal, with flowers around them and mountains in the distance, each within a wood frame, 11cm x 12cm. (6)

A long Chinese hand scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, signed Chang Zhou Shen Zhou with a seal mark which reads Shi Tian, 26cm x 357cm.

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part lot illustrated 542 ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) A BASKET OF FLOWERS

543 WU QIZHONG (1944-) CHICKENS AND CHICKS

A Chinese painting, ink and colour on rice paper, together with three other pith paper paintings depicting blossoming branches, birds in a landscape and figures flying a kite, each framed and glazed, the painting of figures with a paper label for Grosvenor Antiques Ltd to the reverse, 38cm x 29cm max. (4)

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, dated ren xu year (1982), signed Qizhong with one artist’s seal, 66.5cm x 45.5cm.

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544 TWO CHINESE EUROPEAN SUBJECT REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS 18TH CENTURY The oval painting of a beauty dressed in finery seated in a garden with a girl holding a string of flowers by her side, the other a copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ painting Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, depicting the lady making offerings in a classical interior, each contained within a wood frame, 33cm x 26.5cm and 65.5cm x 45cm. (2)

£500-800 545 TWO CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS 19TH CENTURY One depicting two beauties beneath a blossoming tree, the other with a procession of figures in a watery landscape, each framed, 47cm x 33cm and 31cm x 54cm. (2)

£400-600 546 ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) BIRDS AND FLOWERS Two Chinese paintings, ink and colour on rice paper, together with four Chinese paintings of various vessels sailing on rivers, each of the paintings depicting boats with a paper label to the back for Dreighton’s Strand Gallery, London, all framed and glazed, 25.5cm x 36.8cm max. (6)

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547 ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) VIEW OF THE PRAIA GRANDE, MACAU A Chinese painting, gouache on board, unframed, 33cm x 55cm.

£2,000-3,000 548 FONG QUA (19TH CENTURY) A JUNK OFF THE COAST A Chinese painting, oil on canvas, framed, with an artist’s label and a paper label reading ‘from Snook’s ground floor studio’ to the reverse, 15cm x 23cm.

£200-300 Provenance: sold in these rooms 7th December 2011.

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549 A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS KANGXI 1662-1722

550 SIX CHINESE TEA BOWLS AND SAUCERS YONGZHENG AND QIANLONG

Comprising: four dishes, three bell-shaped cups, eleven tea bowls, eight saucers, and a bowl, variously decorated in the wucai, famille verte and Imari palettes with flowers, landscapes, birds, mythical beasts, diaper and other designs, 25.2cm max. (27)

Comprising: a pair of famille rose tea bowls and saucers painted with deer amidst flowers and lingzhi, a pair of famille rose tea bowls and saucers decorated with floral sprays and large ruyi-heads, a famille rose tea bowl and saucer with two-headed phoenix amongst large peony blooms, and a tea bowl and saucer painted with blossoms in blue and white enamels, 11.5cm max. (12)

£500-1,000 Provenance: a number of the items with invoices dated between 1970 and 1979. Copies of the invoices are available.

£800-1,000 Provenance: the tea bowl and saucer decorated with phoenix formerly from the collection of Mr and Mrs Robert de Strycker, sold by Antiquaire De Donquer-Bruxelles on 6th June 1945; both pairs of tea bowls and saucers formerly in a European private collection.

551 A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE IMARI ITEMS KANGXI AND QIANLONG

552 ELEVEN LARGE CHINESE PORCELAIN DISHES 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a large octagonal dish, a bowl, and a potiche and cover, each with a paper label for Geoffrey Waters, London, together with a pair of Chinese pseudo-Imari fans, all variously decorated with flowers including peony, chrysanthemum and orchids, 36.8cm max. (6)

Two decorated in the famille rose palette with sprays of peony and chrysanthemum, two painted in enamels with a central floral medallion surrounded by various flowers, seven with large blossoming flowerheads in underglaze blue, 38.5cm max. (11)

£600-800

£300-500

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553 A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

554 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PLATES 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a near pair of famille rose bowls depicting the Eight Immortals, each with a six character Qianlong mark to the base, a famille rose bowl and cover decorated with many boys, with six character Jiaqing marks, and a rouge-de-fer bowl, cover and stand painted with mountainous riverscapes, the cover with a mark reading yun shan, 17cm max. (7)

The foliate bodies decorated to the well with a beauty seated in a veranda observing a young man in the garden behind her, the rims densely painted with stylised pomegranates, leaves and flowerheads, together with another famille rose plate with two pheasants and a white rabbit on a balcony, with large peony flowerheads beside them and a dividing screen, 23cm max. (3)

£300-500

Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

555 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BARBER’S BOWL AND A ‘PHEASANTS’ PLATE 18TH CENTURY The barber’s bowl brightly decorated with peony, daisies, pinks and lotus, the plate painted with a pair of pheasants perching amidst rockwork and peony, with floral sprays and a gilt scroll surrounding them, 27.2cm and 22.5cm. (2)

£500-700

556 THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MUGS QIANLONG 1736-95 The largest painted with peony and fruiting lychee, the loop handle terminating in a gilt ruyi-head, another decorated with a scholar and ladies holding books and a musical instrument in a landscape, with an attendant holding a horse’s reins beside them, the smallest painted with the arms of Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne between floral sprays, with a gilt chain band encircling the rim, 15.9cm max. (3)

£700-900 Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.532 for another mug from the Armstrong service which dates from c.1750.

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557 557 SEVEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS AND A DISH 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Variously decorated with flowers, dragons, characters and other motifs, two with six character marks, 19.5cm max. (8)

£300-500

558 558 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISH AND A BLUE AND WHITE DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 The famille verte dish painted with blossoming peony growing amidst rockwork surrounded by cartouches enclosing fruit, with a flower to the base, the blue and white dish with a deep body and flat everted rim, decorated with a roundel depicting warriors on horseback, surrounded by alternating panels of figures and flowers, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 27cm and 24cm. (2)

£300-500 559 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE AND A STEM BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722

560 TWO CHINESE PLATES KANGXI 1662-1722

The plate decorated with a bird perched amongst rockwork and blossoming peony, all encircled by fruits and flowerheads, the stem bowl painted with sprays of prunus against a cracked-ice ground, with further floral and geometric designs to the foot and stem, 25cm and 12cm. (2)

One Imari with a fluted rim and decorated with two beauties in a garden, the cavetto with lappet-shaped panels containing vases and flowers, the other possibly for the Peranakan market, with a lady in an interior overlooking another standing in a garden, the rim richly decorated with a band of flowerheads and finger citron, 22cm and 22.9cm. (2)

£250-350 Cf. S T Yeo and J Martin, Chinese Blue & White Ceramics, pp.244-5, no.285, pl.155 for a related stem bowl.

561 FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASES 18TH CENTURY Variously decorated with peony blooms, prunus blossoms set against cracked-ice and a landscape scene, each with a wood cover, 22cm max. (8)

£300-500

562 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAMBOO’ RETICULATED BASKET AND DISH 19TH CENTURY Typically painted with shaped panels of figures, birds and flowers, with bands of openwork designs in polychrome enamels, together with a fluted lotus-shaped dish decorated with two small frogs, 23cm max. (3)

£250-350 563 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISH AND AN IMARI SHELL-SHAPED DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 The large dish painted with birds and a grasshopper perched on blossoming branches, together with a wood stand, the Imari dish decorated with sprays of peony and prunus, 37.8cm and 23cm. (3)

£100-200 Provenance: from the collection of Ursula Overbury (d.2018).

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564 THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE WALL VASES 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a pair decorated with butterflies amongst finger citron and various blossoming flowers, the third painted with an official greeting a boy carrying a vase of flowers as a lady fans him, with flowerheads reserved on a blue ground to the edges, each with impressed seal wax to the reverse, 15.3cm max. (3)

£300-500 Provenance: from a European private collection.

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565 A SMALL CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU VASE KANGXI 1662-1722

566 TWO CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED BOTTLE VASES QING DYNASTY

Decorated in gilt with a small figure in a sampan and others beside huts in a mountainous watery landscape, with further figures playing go and another riding a horse, the base with a paper label for S Henrici G Mercatoris, 28.5cm.

The flecked red glazed draining from the rims, 20cm. (2)

£200-300

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567 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PINK-GROUND VASE SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD The ovoid body surmounted by a waisted neck, painted to the exterior with a bird perched amongst peony and chrysanthemum, the flowers blossoming amidst rockwork, all reserved on a pale pink ground finely incised with sgraffito scrolls, 37.5cm.

568 A CHINESE PEACHBLOOM GLAZED TAPERING VASE LATE QING DYNASTY With a tall cylindrical neck and everted rim rising from a body decorated with green and peach-coloured mottling, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, together with a silk stand and a fitted box, 16.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

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569 A CHINESE BLUE GLAZED OVOID VASE 1ST HALF 19TH CENTURY

570 A CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE 18TH CENTURY

The vase gently tapering towards the foot and with a short biscuit neck, with a deep blue glaze coating the exterior, the interior glazed white, together with an openwork wood cover and stand, 24cm. (3)

With an ovoid body and tall cylindrical neck, the crackled glaze draining from a rich purple at the neck down to a deep red, the base with a thin brown glaze, 29.2cm.

£600-800

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571 A CHINESE CLAIR-DE-LUNE ‘DRAGON’ VASE LATE QING DYNASTY The ovoid body with moulded decoration of two dragons amidst scrolling foliage, the base with a six character Yongzheng mark, drilled, 29.5cm.

£100-200

572 A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED SQUARE-SECTION VASE 18TH/19TH CENTURY The body tapering towards the foot and with a waisted flared neck, two sides with applied animal masks suspending rings, with European ormolu mounts to the foot and mouthrim, 30.4cm overall.

£1,000-2,000 573 A CHINESE IMPERIAL COPPER-RED GLAZED DISH SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35 The dish raised on a gently tapering foot and with an everted rim, the exterior decorated with a rich peachbloom-type glaze which darkens around the foot, the interior and base glazed white, 16.3cm.

£500-1,000

The shallow body flaring towards the rim and supported on a short tapering foot, the exterior and interior both coated in an even pale pea-green glaze, the base glazed white and with the reign mark in underglaze blue, 16.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

575 A CHINESE FAHUA-STYLE JAR LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

576 A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated in relief with an egret standing beneath large lotus leaves and flowers, the base with a four character mark which reads Wang Bin Rong zhi, 23cm.

The exterior evenly coated in a pale turquoise glaze, with gilt to the mouthrim, the base with a four character mark reading Shi De Feng zhi, all supported on a short straight foot, 26cm.

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£200-300

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577 A CHINESE TEADUST GLAZED ARCHAISTIC VASE LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The ovoid body carved with bands of archaistic scrolls, with two applied animal masks holding rings in their mouths, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 32.5cm.

£300-500 578 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAXIAN’ VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted with the Eight Immortals holding their attributes in a landscape, all contained between bands of scrolling lotus, key fret and ruyi-heads in underglaze blue, the base with an iron-red six character Qianlong mark, together with an openwork wood stand, 23cm. (2)

£600-1,000 579 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BATS AND PEACHES’ BOTTLE VASE LATE QING DYNASTY Painted with five bats in flight amidst a fruiting and flowering peach tree, all below a band of ruyi-heads, the base with a six character Qianlong mark, 21.8cm.

£300-500 580 A CHINESE BLUE AND RED-ENAMELLED ‘CHILONG’ BOTTLE VASE LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated in relief with a moulded red chilong clambering around the tall neck, the body painted in blue with hibiscus flowers amidst stylised foliage, the design finely outlined in black enamel, with a six character Qianlong mark to the base, 24.5cm.

£300-500

582 A CHINESE PORCELAIN ‘LANDSCAPE’ BITONG 19TH CENTURY The cylindrical brushpot decorated in relief with a figure riding a donkey through a mountainous landscape as his attendant follows behind, all covered in a pale mint-green glaze, the base with a six character Daoguang mark, together with a wood stand, 13.5cm. (2)

£800-1,200 583 A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed body with an everted rim and supported on a flared foot, flanked by two handles, together with a wood stand and reticulated cover with a hardstone knop, 12cm. (3)

£400-600 584 A CHINESE POLYCHROME VASE LATE 19TH CENTURY The ovoid body painted in the famille verte palette with two large panels enclosing warriors in battle, all reserved on a turquoise floral-decorated ground, the flaring neck decorated with two open handscrolls depicting further figural scenes against a yellow ground, with ruyi-heads encircling the mouthrim, 45.5cm.

£400-600 585 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘IMMORTALS’ OCTAGONAL JARDINIERE QING DYNASTY Each facet painted with various figures including the Fu Lu Shou, they stand in a garden amidst rockwork, pine, plantain, bamboo and other plants, the shoulder decorated with cartouches containing precious objects against a band of hexagonal diaper, with alternating dragons and sprays of bamboo to the neck, 36cm.

£2,500-3,500

581 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE 19TH CENTURY Painted with variously shaped panels enclosing floral sprays, birds, precious objects, fish and mythical beasts, all against a densely decorated ground of butterflies amongst flowers, 35.5cm.

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591 A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASES REPUBLIC PERIOD

Painted with panels enclosing scenes of warriors, officials and ladies, all reserved on a ground of various blossoms and fruits, with a phoenix and pheasant perched amidst the flowers between quatrefoil cartouches containing figures in a garden and precious objects, with applied lion dogs to the neck and dragons to the shoulder, the rim interior decorated with floral sprays, 90cm.

Painted with boys playing beneath trees and with calligraphy, with four character Qianlong marks to the bases, 12cm. (2)

£800-1,200 587 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ROULEAU VASE 19TH CENTURY The tall ovoid body painted with a continuous scene of workers engaged in rice cultivation, the shoulder with four quatrefoil cartouches enclosing landscapes reserved on a band of diaper, with a six character Kangxi mark to the base, 62cm.

£300-500 588 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘SANXING’ ROULEAU VASE 19TH CENTURY Painted with various figures from Chinese mythology standing in a landscape by a treasure bowl, including the Fu Lu Shou, the demon queller Zhong Kui and Liu Hai holding the three-legged toad, the cylindrical neck decorated with bamboo growing amidst peony and rockwork, 45.4cm.

£1,200-1,500 589 TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASES QING DYNASTY The larger semi-eggshell, both painted with colourful flowers and leaves, one with a four character Kangxi mark, the other a six character Qianlong mark, 25cm and 19cm. (2)

£300-500 592 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE BALUSTER VASE 18TH CENTURY Painted with flowerheads blossoming amidst scrolling foliage between bands of ruyi-heads and lappets, with a further ruyi-head band encircling the rim, together with a wood cover, 33.5cm. (2)

£300-500 593 A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ VASE 18TH CENTURY The ovoid body rising from a gently tapering foot to a short waisted flared neck, the interior and exterior all coated with a crackled glaze, subtly decorated with scaly five-clawed dragons amidst flames above crashing waves, 28.5cm.

£1,500-2,500 594 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LADIES’ VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD Finely painted with six ladies dressed in colourful robes standing around garden furniture and potted plants, the reverse with three seal marks and a poem about an Imperial concubine waiting for the Emperor to visit her, with a four character Qianlong yu zhi mark to the base, 20.5cm.

£500-800 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

£200-300 590 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GOURD-SHAPED VASES QING DYNASTY Decorated with flowerheads amidst scrolls of stylised foliage, with dainty blossoms and gourd-shaped panels to the waist, each with a Jiajing mark encircling the mouthrim, the bases with double rings, 24.5cm and 23.8cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500

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595 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE 19TH CENTURY The ovoid body painted with scholar-officials standing outdoors under a banana tree as ladies stand in an interior setting amidst swirling clouds, the waisted neck decorated with a figure boating through a rocky landscape, all raised on a tall flared foot, together with a wood stand, 61.5cm. (2)

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of the Littman Family.

596 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘COCKERELS’ BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY Decorated with cockerels standing amidst rockwork, fruiting peach trees and various flowers in bloom, the shoulder of each brightly painted with ruyi-heads and stylised lotus on a yellow ground, the covers similarly decorated with cockerels and butterflies amongst fruit and blossoms, each with a wood stand, 43cm. (6)

£1,000-1,500 597 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE IRON-RED GROUND GU-SHAPED VASE 19TH CENTURY The tall flaring neck and foot painted with panels containing various blossoming flowers including lotus and peony, the central bulbous section decorated with alternating cartouches enclosing birds perched on branches and watery landscape scenes, all reserved on a floral-decorated iron-red ground, 44.8cm.

599 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘IMMORTALS’ SLEEVE VASES LATE QING DYNASTY Each painted with two Immortals standing upon a log raft with a basket of blooming flowers and lingzhi between them, with stylised turbulent waves around them, all beneath a flying crane and a pavilion set amidst rocks, with six character Yongzheng marks to the bases, 35.2cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500 Provenance: from the collection of Mr Norman Hall (d.1976), Hertfordshire, and thence by descent.

600 A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE GU-SHAPED VASE 19TH CENTURY The central bulbous section raised on a tall spread foot and surmounted by a flaring neck, each section brightly painted with shaped panels enclosing figures engaged in daily life, all reserved on a gilt ground decorated with enamelled butterflies amidst flowers and foliage, 39.3cm.

£500-1,000 601 A CHINESE SONG DYNASTY-STYLE QINGBAI MEIPING QING DYNASTY OR LATER The ovoid body incised with stylised flowerheads and foliage and with simple bands around the shoulder and neck, 34cm.

£1,500-2,000

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Provenance: from the collection of the Littman Family.

£150-250

598 A CHINESE WUCAI JARDINIERE AND A FAMILLE VERTE VASE 19TH CENTURY

Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid, together with a copy of an authentication certificate from Dr Thomas Pilscheur, Pilscheur Fine Art, Asian and Western, London, November 1991.

The jardinière decorated with fish amongst seaweed, flowers and other plants, all beneath an iron-red wave border, the vase depicting Shoulao with his deer and two boys holding a large peach, with three bats in flight, the neck painted with the moon and a band of alternating red and green leaves, 26cm. (2)

602 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BITONG REPUBLIC PERIOD

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

The cylindrical body finely painted to one side with figures playing drums, gongs and cymbals, with some of the instruments and areas of detail highlighted in gilt, all before a large circular window looking out onto pots of flowers, 13.2cm.

£150-250

£2,000-3,000

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603 A CHINESE MANDARIN PALETTE MUG 18TH CENTURY The cylindrical body decorated in underglaze blue and famille rose enamels with a panel of four figures on a balcony, two holding delicate flowers and another presenting a dish of fruits, on a red ground imitating shagreen and with borders of scrolling flowers and diaper, the handle shaped as a dragon, 13cm.

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604 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ OVOID VASE 18TH CENTURY

608 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35

With a continuous scene of pine, bamboo and flowering prunus painted to the exterior, the cover possibly associated and decorated with a watery landscape and sprays of bamboo, 22.5cm. (2)

The U-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior finely painted with lotus flowerheads and scrolling foliage above a band of ruyi-heads, with a roundel enclosing a similar design to the centre, 14.9cm.

£200-300 605 A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FISH BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The thickly potted body painted to the exterior with deer in a landscape amidst pine, with cranes perched on rockwork and in flight amongst swirling stylised clouds, with a slightly recessed geometric band encircling the rim, 47cm dia. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£500-1,000 606 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘HIBISCUS’ DISH SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35 Painted to the centre with a medallion enclosing a stylised hibiscus amongst foliage, the underside decorated with a continuous design of further trailing flowers and leaves, all supported on a tapering foot, 16.3cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

607 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTION TEA CANISTERS C.1800 Decorated with continuous scenes of mountainous riverscapes, with dwellings, figures and boats dispersed through the settings, each with a pewter liner and floral-decorated cover, 33.5cm. (6)

£2,000-4,000 Cf. Christie’s New York, 21st January 2016, lot 234 for a similar pair of tea canisters and covers.

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Christopher John Powell (1911-2001), Hampshire, and thence by descent.

609 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK ‘KLAPMUTS’ BOWL WANLI 1573-1620 Painted to the centre with a bird perched amongst flowers in a watery landscape, the design enclosed by four cartouches containing sprays of peaches and blossoms, with simple oval roundels and flowers to the exterior, 14.6cm.

£300-500 610 A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722 The flat cover painted with a medallion enclosing an insect in flight amidst blossoming flowers, the box with a compressed circular body and similarly decorated with another insect between two floral sprays, all raised on a short tapering biscuit foot, 7cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000 611 A LARGE VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH 15TH/16TH CENTURY Rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, painted to the centre with a roundel enclosing a single flowerhead and leaves, all encircled by further floral designs, the underside decorated with broad lappets, 36.7cm.

£200-300 612 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SHUANGXI’ BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY The body of each painted with four shuangxi characters amongst sweet pea flowerheads and scrolling foliage, the covers decorated with the same design, each with a four character Chenghua mark to the base, 44cm. (4)

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613 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHAMBER POT KANGXI 1622-1722

618 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EWER TRANSITIONAL C.1640

Painted with two phoenix in flight amidst scrolling peony, with a handle decorated with a floral spray to one side, 15cm.

The ovoid body rising from a short spread foot to a tall gently flaring narrow neck, decorated with roundels enclosing mountainous wooded landscapes surrounded by floral sprays, with a band containing bearded faces to the shoulder, one side set with a large loop handle painted with dots, 35.5cm.

£500-600 614 A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK PORCELAIN DISH WANLI 1573-1620 Painted to the centre with an octagonal panel depicting waterfowl by the bank of a river amidst flowering lotus, with cartouches enclosing precious objects, fruits and flowering branches around the rim, the images divided by geometric patterns, with simple roundels containing lingzhi to the underside, 35.8cm.

£1,800-2,200 619 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISH 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Painted with blossoms and scrolling foliage encircling a medallion containing a tied bunch of lotus flowers and leaves, the exterior with a similar design, with the characters Chang Yu stippled on the surface, 26.4cm.

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615 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ JUG AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722

620 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SQUIRREL AND VINE’ VASE WANLI 1573-1620

The exterior painted with a pair of cranes in flight amongst pine, prunus and bamboo, with some areas highlighted in gilt, all above sprays of pomegranates and peaches, with a further blossoming branch to the cover, all supported on a short flared foot, 23.7cm. (2)

The lobed octafoil body painted with two squirrels perched amidst dense leafy vines bearing fruit, all contained within pointed lappets encircling the shoulder and foot, with a geometric band to the short neck, 15cm.

£2,500-3,500 616 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PLATE KANGXI 1662-1722 Depicting Zhang Shen from The Romance of the Western Chamber before a walled pavilion, the border with scrolls, vases and other precious objects, with a ding mark to the base, 21.5cm.

£350-450 617 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE GREEN-GROUND ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ SAUCER DISH KANGXI 1662-1722

£300-500 621 A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Moulded into eight segments surrounding a central roundel, the shape replicating a flowerhead, painted in underglaze blue with flowers blossoming amidst trailing branches of stylised foliage, the exterior with a floral spray to each facet, with an artemisia leaf to the base, 38.7cm.

£400-600

Painted to the centre with a stylised flower surrounded by four peach-shaped panels enclosing bamboo, prunus and pine, the underside decorated with iron-red and green petals, with a lotus mark to the base, 21cm.

£1,500-2,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of the Nieuwenhuys van Hees family, one of the most famous collectors of Chinese porcelain in The Netherlands at the turn of the 20th century. Cf. C J A Jorg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamel, p.65, no.66 for another example in the Groninger Museum, Groningen, inventory no.1994-142.

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622 A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED VASE GUANGXU 1875-1908 With a tall body and short cylindrical neck, painted to the exterior with Imperial horse trainers squatting around a kettle as two horses feed beside a tent, inscribed with calligraphy and signed Lin Hongqing, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 21.6cm.

£1,000-2,000 623 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with a scaly dragon rising from waves within a moulded border, the reverse with a tied qin, 21.5cm.

£600-800 624 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED ‘CAMELLIA’ BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 Shaped as a flowerhead, the fluted U-shaped body painted to the exterior with panels of birds perched amidst camellia, the well decorated with a roundel enclosing the same design, with a ding mark to the base, 21.9cm.

£600-800 Cf. Musée Ariana, Geneva, for the pair to this bowl.

625 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH LATE QING DYNASTY

627 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The body rising from a tall spreading foot to a flared rim, painted with two scholars seated by the shore of a river gazing at the moon and distant mountains, with another figure sitting on a sampan beneath trees, all below bands of swirls and simple circles, 21.5cm.

£800-1,200 Cf. R Chen, Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci (Qing Dynasty Shunzhi and Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain), p.401, no.257 for a vase of the same design in the collection of the Palace Museum.

628 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE 20TH CENTURY The ovoid body surmounted by a waisted neck and flared rim, painted with ladies carrying flowers beneath a budding tree, they gaze at a deer as it walks by, the reverse with calligraphy, with two animal mask handles to the shoulder, 42.5cm.

£200-300 629 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE WANLI 1573-1620 Painted with a continuous scene of scholar-officials standing amidst bamboo in a landscape, with a further figure observing them from a shelter, the shoulder with cartouches enclosing peaches on a geometric ground, the base with a rabbit mark, 17.3cm.

Painted with Magu emptying flowers from a basket, standing amidst colourful cloud scrolls and flanked by cranes, the underside with two scaly dragons, the base with a six character Qianlong mark, 47cm.

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630 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Alexander Thomson (d.c.1950) who worked in Hangzhou, and thence by descent.

626 A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE POWDER BLUE-GROUND OVOID VASE 19TH CENTURY Painted with four large cartouches enclosing scenes of figures in gardens and pavilions, one with a seal mark in gilt, all reserved on a blue ground decorated in gilt with butterflies in flight amidst various floral sprays, together with a wood cover pierced with a shou medallion, with an old paper label to the side, 39cm dia. (2)

Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

Painted to the centre with two figures seated by the bank of a river underneath a wutong tree, with a duck sat between them, the underside with two sprays of bamboo, 28.7cm.

£300-400 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

£1,500-2,500 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

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631 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FACETED BOTTLE VASE AND TWO PAIRS OF DISHES 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY The vase painted with scenes of a lady seated at a table, with potted flowers and precious objects to the other facets, the larger pair of dishes glazed yellow and with four character seal marks in black enamel to the bases, each of the smaller dishes decorated to the interior with floral sprays and roundels enclosing flowers against a ruby ground, with Ju Ren Tang hall marks to the bases, 29cm max. (5)

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632 A PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE JARS AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY

633 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASES 20TH CENTURY

Each with an ovoid body painted in enamels and gilt with panels containing figures, birds and blossoms against an ornate ground of flowerheads and foliage, the covers mirroring the design, 24.5cm. (4)

Each with a rectangular-section pale celadon glazed body with a waisted neck decorated with two panels containing ladies in pavilions, with mask-shaped handles to the shoulders, four character Qianlong marks to the bases, 27cm. (2)

£300-500

634 FIVE CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS MING DYNASTY

635 A PAIR OF CHINESE WUCAI BALUSTER VASES 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: an ovoid blue glazed jar, a vase with a crackled celadon glaze, a jar and cover coated in a pale blue crackled glaze, a blue and white ovoid vase painted with lion dogs, and a blue and white bowl decorated with stylised lotus amidst scrolling foliage, 15cm max. (6)

Painted in underglaze blue and coloured enamels with horses galloping amidst beribboned Buddhist emblems, all against a ground of swirling waves breaking against tall stylised rocks, each together with a wood cover and stand, 30.5cm. (6)

£400-600 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

636 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-GROUND OVOID VASES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY Each painted with two large cartouches enclosing ladies with attendants and being admired in a garden, the scenes divided by smaller panels containing precious objects and butterflies in flight above chrysanthemum and rockwork, each cover decorated with three boys at play, all reserved on a bold orange ground, with six character Qianlong marks to the bases, 25.5cm. (4)

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£1,000-2,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

637 FOUR CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS REPUBLIC PERIOD Comprising: a famille rose ovoid vase painted with various flowers between bands of underglaze blue decoration, with a six character Qianlong mark to the base, a beehive-shaped waterpot with iron-red dragons and a six character Daoguang mark, together with a wood stand, and a pair of yellow-glazed models of lion dogs seated upon pedestals, 22.8cm max. (5)

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Ursula Overbury (d.2018).

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638 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MEIPING 19TH CENTURY Decorated with gentlemen and ladies holding fans admiring butterflies in a garden, with a thin wisp of pink cloud swirling above them, the reverse painted with pine growing amidst flowers and rocks, with a band of yellow to the mouthrim, the base a replacement, 27.8cm.

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Alexander Thomson (d.c.1950) who worked in Hangzhou, and thence by descent.

639 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASES 19TH CENTURY Each brightly painted with an official enjoying wine with ladies on a high walled pavilion, with figures on boats picking lotus below, the reverse of each with a pair of peafowl and other birds amongst various blossoming flowers, together with wood covers, 34cm. (4)

£500-700 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

643 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ VASES 20TH CENTURY Each painted with two cartouches enclosing boys at play in a garden, all reserved on a lotus-decorated gilt ground, with moulded animal masks suspending rings and tassels applied to the body, with six character Qianlong marks to the bases, 22.8cm. (2)

£400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, Berkshire, acquired c.2000.

644 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE SQUARE-SECTION VASES 19TH CENTURY Each facet painted in enamels with a rectangular panel enclosing scholar-officials and boys in an outdoor setting, all set against flowers and foliage in underglaze blue, with gilt to the mouthrims and bordering the panels, each supported on a short square foot, 21.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

640 A PAIR OF CHINESE IRON-RED ROULEAU VASES 19TH CENTURY

645 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND BOWL, LINER AND COVER 19TH CENTURY

The tall body of each painted in iron-red with Zhong Kui riding on horseback in a procession, the vanquisher of ghosts surrounded by his quelled demons carrying gongs, lanterns, parasols and prisoners, with areas of detail picked out in black and gilt, the cylindrical necks decorated with bands of key fret, diaper and ruyi-heads, with geometric patterns encircling the mouthrim, 46.4cm. (2)

The exterior decorated with quatrefoil cartouches enclosing landscapes, all reserved on a bright lotus-decorated turquoise ground, with applied animal masks to two sides, the cover surmounted by a gilt mythical beast-shaped finial and with an old paper label to the underside, together with a wood stand, 18.2cm. (4)

£4,000-6,000 641 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASES 18TH CENTURY The tall baluster-shaped bodies decorated with vases containing pine and various flowers, the shoulders painted with lotus flowerheads against a ground of swirls, the design divided by baskets of peony, one mounted as a lamp, the other with mounts to the rim and foot, 35.5cm and 34.5cm overall. (2)

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

646 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE-SECTION FLASKS KANGXI 1662-1722 Each painted with panels of flowers, vases, and scholarly objects, with metal mounts to the feet and metal stoppers, 17cm. (4)

£1,500-2,000

£600-800 642 THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED WALL VASES 19TH CENTURY One gourd-shaped and painted with a scholar and boys beneath chrysanthemum, with a wax seal to the reverse, another decorated with an Immortal and a deer, the panels surrounded by simple red flowers and foliage in underglaze blue, the third painted with figures in a mountainous dwelling beneath a small landscape panel, all reserved on a blue chicken-skin ground, together with wood mounts, 19cm max. (6)

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: from a European private collection.

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647 A LARGE CHINESE ENAMELLED AND BISCUIT FIGURE IN THE STYLE OF ZENG LONGSHENG 20TH CENTURY Depicting a seated musician, his right palm supporting a flute which rests against his shoulder, wearing a loose gilt-decorated jacket tied at the waist with a red belt, his trousers painted with flowers reserved on a pink ground, 49.5cm. Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964) was a potter at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Republic Period who specialised in figural works.

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648 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE STANDING FIGURE 20TH CENTURY Depicted holding a large fruit in his right hand, dressed in bright robes painted with flowers, stylised clouds and geometric patterns, his hat decorated with gilt, 31cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£100-200

649 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT-DECORATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI 20TH CENTURY Seated in dhyanasana with his hands in dhyana mudra, with a fylfot to his chest, his bright robes decorated with lotus, swirling clouds and geometric patterns, all raised on a lotus base, with marks reading Bao Yun Lou gong yang to the interior of the figure and underside of the base, 30cm. (2)

£500-1,000

650 A CHINESE SANCAI FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG LATE QING DYNASTY

651 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF SHOULAO 20TH CENTURY

Depicted standing wearing loose robes, holding a sphere in his right hand, 24cm.

The God of Longevity stands on a pedestal holding his staff in his left hand and a peach in his right, with a joyful expression on his face, his brightly enamelled robes decorated with shou characters, cranes and stylised waves, with a crane perched next to him gazing upwards, 61cm.

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652 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FRAME 19TH CENTURY Formed as a roofed building, painted with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl above prunus flowerheads and sprays of bamboo leaves, with a pair of lion dogs playing with a brocade ball to the lower section, the reverse with an old paper label, 24.9cm.

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

653 A CHINESE POLYCHROME ENAMELLED PORCELAIN PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY Depicting Zhong Kui looking down at an iron-red bat in flight, with calligraphy and two seal marks, 32cm x 22cm.

£500-1,000 654 A CHINESE ROUGE-DE-FER PORCELAIN PLAQUE LATE QING DYNASTY Painted in iron-red and gilt with two figures standing on the bank of a river gazing at musicians on a boat, with rocky mountain peaks in the distance, all contained within a hardwood frame, 40cm x 25cm.

£800-1,200 Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915) and thence by descent.

655 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ‘DUCK’ PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY Decorated with a pair of ducks in flight above reeds and wild chrysanthemums, signed Liu Baicen to the top right, 40cm x 27cm.

£200-300 656 A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUES 20TH CENTURY Painted with birds perched amidst bamboo and blossoming prunus branches, each inscribed with three lines of calligraphy, contained within wood frames, 36cm x 24cm. (2)

£400-600 657 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLAQUES LATE QING DYNASTY One painted with a figure drinking wine in a garden beneath a pine tree, he stands by a qin with two smaller attendants by his side, the other depicting armed warriors riding on horseback through a rough landscape with a flag-bearer running beside them, each contained in a wood frame, 36.5cm x 24.5cm. (2)

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Alexander Thomson (d.c.1950) who worked in Hangzhou, and thence by descent.

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652 658 TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUES 20TH CENTURY One depicting a boy and an official, with calligraphy and two seal marks above, the other painted with a pair of birds perched amongst wisteria, each contained within a wood frame, 37cm x 23.5cm. (2)

£300-500 659 A SMALL CHINESE PORCELAIN ‘LANDSCAPE’ PLAQUE REPUBLIC PERIOD DATED 1919 Painted with figures boating down a river on sampans, with a solitary figure standing on a cliff above a waterfall looking over the mountainous landscape, the top left with a poem and a seal mark, dated winter of the jiwei year corresponding to 1919, all contained in a wood frame, 17cm x 11cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250 660 A CHINESE PORCELAIN ‘LANDSCAPE’ PLAQUE REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted in enamels with figures and dwellings in a mountainous wooded landscape, the top left with an inscription and seal mark, signed Xiao Song Chong Kai xie by Cheng Kai, 39.5cm x 31.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

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661 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE KIDNEY-SHAPED DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with a bird perched on a branch of blossoming peony, with butterflies in flight above, the rim decorated with panels enclosing butterflies reserved on a band of flowerheads, with some areas picked out in gilt, 27cm.

£800-1,200

662 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BARBER’S BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The deep oval body decorated with a quatrefoil cartouche enclosing a pair of Mandarin ducks in flight around blossoming peony, surrounded by bamboo and grape vines growing amidst fencing, the rim with fan and leaf-shaped panels containing a chrysanthemum spray, a bird perched on a prunus branch and a landscape scene, reserved on a green ground of fruiting and flowering branches, 35cm.

£1,800-2,200

663 A CHINESE IMARI CHAMBER POT AND COVER 18TH CENTURY

664 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Decorated with various blossoming flowers in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt, one side with a loop handle, the cover surmounted by a lion dog, 20.5cm. (2)

Each depicting three figures in gardens beneath willow, the borders with flowers, foliage and fruit, 32cm. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£300-500

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665 EIGHT CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES OF DAOIST IMMORTALS LATE 18TH CENTURY

666 THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MODELS OF PARROTS QIANLONG 1736-95

Standing on rectangular plinths holding their attributes, their robes brightly decorated, 22.5cm max. (8)

Each depicted standing tall upon rockwork with its beak slightly open and wings folded back, the smallest with its eyes picked out in black, 19cm max. (3)

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667 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PERFUMIER AND COVER AND A PAIR OF HANGING BASKETS 18TH CENTURY

668 A CHINESE IMARI FIVE PIECE GARNITURE DECORATED IN THE MANNER OF CORNELIS PRONK 18TH CENTURY

The perfumier with three roundels painted with beauties, the hanging baskets painted with panels of flowers, all with reticulated bodies, the former with a wood stand, 10cm max. (5)

Two pear-shaped and three with tall flaring necks, all with square-section bodies, each facet painted with a leafy branch from which colourful berries grow, 17.8cm max. (5)

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Cf. S Pierson and A Barnes, A Collector’s Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor, p.68, no.57 for a related 18th century pomander.

669 A CHINESE DOUCAI ‘LONGEVITY’ BOWL AND A SAUCER DISH QING DYNASTY

670 FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE HEXAGONAL DISHES AND TWO SMALL PLATES KANGXI 1662-1722

Both painted with lotus flowerheads amongst scrolling foliage and shou characters picked out in gilt, the underside of the saucer decorated with three lingzhi, the bowl with simple flowers to the well, the base of each with a six character Chenghua mark, 13.8cm and 11.4cm. (2)

The hexagonal dishes painted with prunus and lotus, the plates with prunus sprays on a green ground, 16cm max. (6)

£400-600

£500-700 Provenance: from the collection of Simon Gordon Clark (d.2018), London.

671 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘WUFU’ OGEE BOWL SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908 Painted to the exterior with blossoming lotus, with five bats encircling a shou character to the well, together with a pair of bowls decorated with birds perching amidst chrysanthemum, crab apple and bamboo, both with an inscription to the reverse, with six character stamped marks to the bases, 17.6cm max. (3)

672 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE AND THREE SAUCERS 18TH CENTURY One saucer painted with archaistic motifs, the pair of saucers with mythical beasts, the vase with flowering trees and jardinières, 19.5cm. (4)

£200-300

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Joseph Alexander Thomson (d.c.1950) who worked in Hangzhou, and thence by descent.

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673 EIGHT CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PLATES KANGXI 1662-1722 Each painted with flowering branches issuing from rockwork and leafy tufts, seven with Dresden inventory marks for the collection of Augustus the Strong of Saxony incised to the reverse sides, 21.5cm max. (8)

£1,000-2,000

674 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK PORCELAIN BOWLS AND THREE DISHES WANLI 1573 -1620 The bowls painted with birds flying through continuous riverscapes, with sprays of peaches and roundels enclosing birds standing on rockwork to the interior, the dishes decorated to the centre with gourds, scrolls, leaves and books, all surrounded by panels enclosing fruits, flowers and precious objects, 14.2cm max. (5)

£800-1,000

675 FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES KANGXI 1662 -1722

676 SEVEN CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL ITEMS 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER

Variously decorated with birds, figures, flowers and butterflies, 21.5cm. (5)

Comprising: a saucer dish, a larger dish, a pair of hexagonal-section inkwells, a helmet-shaped ewer, and a pair of blue-ground cups and covers, all variously decorated with floral and foliate designs, 30.2cm max. (9)

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677 A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE IRON-RED ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED ‘BATS AND DRAGONS’ BOWLS 20TH CENTURY Each with a U-shaped body supported on a short straight foot, decorated with a repeating design of two dragons facing a pair of bats, with four character Qianlong marks to the bases, 9.3cm. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

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678 THREE CHINESE WHITE GLAZED ITEMS QING DYNASTY Comprising: a blanc de Chine libation cup moulded with flowering branches which extend to form the base, a small blanc de Chine gu-shaped vase decorated with key fret to the central section, and an ovoid waterpot incised with two scaly dragons, 12.7cm max. (3)

£400-600 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

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679 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEAPOT AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95

683 A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE JAR PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

The pear-shaped body painted in enamels and gilt with willow trees growing in fenced gardens amidst blossoming peony and rockwork, with a spearhead border encircling the rim, the cover decorated with the same design, all raised on a short gently flaring foot, 23.5cm. (2)

Decorated with a continuous flower scroll beween bands of formal lappets, the base lacking, together with a metal mount and lamp fitting, 10cm. (2)

£600-800 680 A CHINESE DOUCAI WINE CUP SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908 The deep body flaring at the rim, painted in underglaze blue and enamels with two sprays of flowers growing amidst rockwork, all raised on a short straight foot, 4.7cm.

£600-800 Provenance: from the collection of Ursula Overbury (d.2018).

681 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ BOWL AND COVER 19TH CENTURY The exterior of the bowl and cover both painted with the Eight Auspicious Buddhist Emblems amidst flowing ribbons, with six character Daoguang marks, 11.1cm. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, Berkshire, acquired in the 1990s.

682 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE SQUARE-SECTION SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY The cover finely painted with figures fishing, reading and engaged in agricultural work in a rocky landscape amidst pine and wutong trees, the sides of the cover and box decorated with diaper, together with a wood stand, 3.5cm. (3)

£500-800

£400-600 Cf. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 1 for a Xuande mark and period example from the Edward T Chow Collection.

684 A SMALL CHINESE GILT AND BLUE ENAMEL FLARED SQUARE CUP 19TH CENTURY The exterior decorated with four figures in gardens, the interior turquoise, the base with a two character mark reading wan yu, 7cm.

£200-300 685 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-WALLED BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 The U-shaped body rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, the interior bowl painted with three floral sprays, the outer bowl carved in openwork with three fylfot medallions set amidst a honeycomb pattern, with a beribboned lingzhi to the base, 15cm.

£500-1,000 686 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LOTUS-SHAPED DISH QIANLONG 1736-95 Painted to the centre with a large bloom surrounded by smaller blossoming flowers, with a continuous band enclosing peony flowerheads encircling the rim, 37cm.

£400-500 Provenance: formerly the collection of a titled aristocratic family.

687 A CHINESE POLYCHROME ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ CUP EARLY 20TH CENTURY The deep conical body with a flaring rim, painted to the exterior with green and aubergine dragons chasing sacred pearls above crashing waves, the flaming jewels picked out in gilt, the short straight foot decorated with key fret, with a four character Daoguang mark to the base, 7.2cm.

£200-300

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688 A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON-RED ENAMELLED ‘MYTHICAL BEASTS’ BOWL PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY

693 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ DISH FOUR CHARACTER HONGXIAN MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

Painted with mythical creatures frolicking over stylised crashing waves beneath a key fret band, with a medallion of the same design enclosing a dragon to the well, the base with a six character Daoguang mark, 21.4cm.

Depicting five boys beneath bamboo and chrysanthemum, 23.8cm.

£400-600 689 A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED ‘DRAGON’ DISH QING DYNASTY Decorated in copper-red with a horned scaly dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst billowing clouds, its eyes picked out in underglaze blue, the underside a mottled dark blue, 20.8cm.

£300-400 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

690 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAXIAN’ BOWL TRANSITIONAL C.1640 The U-shaped body decorated with the Eight Immortals holding their attributes as Shoulao rides on a flying crane towards them, with stylised clouds dividing the scene, the well painted with a medallion enclosing a watery landscape, all supported on a gently tapering foot, the base with a ding mark, 20cm.

£600-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of William George Mackay Thomas (d.1960s) and thence by descent.

691 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW BASIN 18TH CENTURY

£200-300 Provenance: property of a deceased estate, London.

694 A CHINESE GOURD-SHAPED POURING VESSEL LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Decorated all over with a scrolling tendril pattern on a green ground, with a four character mark reading Shen De Tang zhi, 13.5cm.

£200-300 695 A PAIR OF CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED MODELS OF CATS 19TH CENTURY Sitting with their heads turned staring into the distance, 19cm. (2)

£400-600 696 A CHINESE JUN-TYPE VASE QING DYNASTY With an ovoid body and waisted flared neck, covered with a thick bluish-grey glaze with purple splashes, the glaze stopping short of the foot, together with the two original Collection Filatriau auction catalogues dated 1936, 26.5cm. (3)

£1,000-2,000 Provenance: formerly the Collection Filatriau, France, sold at Hotel Drouot on 23rd-25th November 1936, lot 103.

Painted with a pheasant in flight above a peony bush, with panels of fish, crustacea and aquatic birds, 33cm.

£200-300 Provenance: from an English private collection.

692 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED LANTERN LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The body decorated with pink blossoms set amidst pierced flowerheads outlined in purple, the flaring upper section painted to the exterior with precious objects set against sprays of peony, lotus and prunus, the interior turquoise and with four raised loops for suspension, with a six character Qianlong mark to the base, 27.6cm dia.

£300-500

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697 A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED ‘MYTHICAL CREATURES’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD

698 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GARLIC-MOUTH VASES TRANSITIONAL C.1640

The U-shaped body painted to the exterior with three mythical beasts standing upon rocks above rolling waves, with stylised flames between them, all between blue double rings encircling the foot and mouthrim, 18.8cm.

Each with an ovoid body surmounted by a tall narrow neck which rises to a garlic-head mouth and upright rim, painted with sprays of various plants including prunus, peony, lotus, orchids and bamboo, each with a scrolling floral band to the shoulder and stylised clouds to the bulbous top, together with silver covers decorated with hibiscus and grapes, 31.2cm. (4)

£500-800 Provenance: property of a deceased estate, acquired c.2000.

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699 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

700 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35

The exterior brightly painted in coloured enamels with four phoenix in flight amidst blossoming flowers, the design contained within simple gilt bands, all supported on a short gently tapering foot, together with a wood stand, 20.9cm. (2)

The U-shaped body painted to the exterior with two large floral sprays, decorated with peony, poppies, aster and blossoming crab apple, with a single flowerhead and simple leaves painted to the well, the reign mark in underglaze blue to the base, all raised on a short gently tapering foot, 19.9cm.

£400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Christopher John Powell (1911-2001), Hampshire, and thence by descent.

£3,000-5,000 Cf. Christie’s London, 15th June 1998, lot 131 for a comparable bowl.

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701 A CHINESE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON & PHOENIX’ WEIGHING SCALES ROD QING DYNASTY OR LATER Painted with a phoenix and two dragons in flight amidst ruyi-shaped clouds, the dragons contesting a moulded spherical pearl, the rod tapering at one end to form the phoenix’s beak, with three circular holes for attachment, 39.5cm.

£400-600

702 A CHINESE CORAL-GROUND ‘BAMBOO’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK DATED 1850 Decorated with white sprays of bamboo on a bright ground, with a six character mark to the base reading Dao Guang Geng Xu nian zhi, together with another coral-ground bowl painted with birds flying amidst blossoming prunus, the base with a six character Jiaqing mark, 17.6cm and 18cm. (2)

703 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAXIAN’ PLATES 19TH CENTURY Each decorated with the Eight Immortals standing on stylised clouds and holding their attributes, the exteriors painted with cranes in flight amidst wisps of cloud, with six character Xuande marks to the bases, 26.5cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

£300-500

704 A PAIR OF CHINESE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ DISHES SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

705 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUG AND TWO PLATES 18TH CENTURY

With tapering feet and everted rims, each brightly painted in coloured enamels with a dragon and phoenix encircling a sacred pearl, with stylised flames and clouds around them, all contained within a band of key fret, 18.5cm. (2)

The mug decorated with a watery pagoda landscape beneath a broad band of diaper, one plate painted with a vase of flowers encircled by further floral motifs, the other plate octagonal-shaped and with lotus designs, 22.8cm max. (3)

£200-300

£300-500

706 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ BOWLS QIANLONG/JIAQING Each with a U-shaped body painted with two iron-red enamelled dragons chasing sacred pearls amidst underglaze blue clouds, the well of each with a medallion enclosing a further dragon, with bands of lappets encircling the short straight feet, each with a hall mark reading Jing Jin Tang zhi to the base, 17cm. (2)

£400-600

707 TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASES AND A PAIR OF LANGYAO BOTTLE VASES 19TH CENTURY One baluster vase painted with shuangxi characters set against scrolling sweet peas, together with a cover of the same design, the other decorated with flowerheads amongst foliage betwen ruyi-heads and lappets, each with a four character Chenghua mark to the base, the bottle vases coated in a crackled deep red glaze draining downwards leaving the mouthrims white, 43cm max. (5)

£400-600

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708 A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED ‘BAXIAN’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD The exterior decorated with the Eight Immortals against a ground of stylised crashing waves, with a roundel containing Shoulao and a deer to the well, 22.3cm.

£200-300 709 THREE SMALL CHINESE MONOCHROME ITEMS QING DYNASTY One a brown glazed brush washer decorated with a flowering prunus tree, signed Wang Bing Rong zao, another a hexagonal-section incense stick holder with dragons, the body coated in a mint green glaze, with a six character Wanli mark to the base, the third a blue glazed bitong decorated with a scene of houses in a mountainous rocky landscape, the base with a mark reading Shan Rong, 11cm max. (3)

£500-1,000 710 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED SCROLL WEIGHT 19TH CENTURY Painted in green and yellow enamels with a dragon and precious objects amidst flowers and stylised foliage, all reserved on a rich pink ground, the four sides glazed turquoise and with openwork trellis, the underside with a six character Daoguang mark, 13cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£200-300 711 A CHINESE CELADON GLAZED JARDINIERE QING DYNASTY The ovoid body rising from a tapering foot to a slightly raised lip at the mouthrim, the exterior and interior both coated with a pale green glaze, with a six character Qianlong mark to the base, 25cm.

£500-1,000

712 TWO CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES SIGNED TANG ZICHUAN 19TH/20TH CENTURY One painted with figures by a riverside, the other depicting a figure riding a donkey and a lady being pushed in a cart, each with an inscription reading jing shi Tang Zi Chuan zuo, 7.2cm. (2)

£500-1,000 713 A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted to the centre with a spray of chrysanthemum contained within red double bands, the exterior decorated with flowering peony and magnolia branches, all supported on a tapering foot, with a six character Chenghua mark to the base, 15.6cm.

£100-200 714 A CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE 18TH/19TH CENTURY The ovoid body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, coated in a deep red crackled glaze which thins to brown around the mouthrim, with a band of rich purple draining down the neck, together with a later wood stand, 39.5cm. (2)

£600-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of the Littman Family.

715 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908 Painted to the centre with a large peony bloom amidst rockwork and a fruiting branch, the underside decorated with flowering prunus, 37.3cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Christopher John Powell (1911-2001), Hampshire, and thence by descent.

716 A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE LATE QING DYNASTY Moulded as a folded lotus leaf with two pink buds, 7cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250

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717 A CHINESE ROSE VERTE PLATE C.1730 Painted with a figure in a pavilion and another in a garden, all within a floral border, 23.5cm.

£100-200 718 A PAIR OF CHINESE WUCAI FIGURES OF BOYS SHUNZHI 1644-61 Each stands on a square pedestal painted with peony, holding vases of lotus leaves and flowers in their arms, their jackets tied at the back and decorated with precious objects, 27.3cm. (2)

£1,200-1,500 719 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT HORSES’ PLATE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with a central scene of the eight horses of Mu Wang in a field before a distant tree, the border with rocks and fruiting branches, with a ding mark to the base, 22cm.

£800-1,200 720 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE WATER CISTERN AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722

722 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘BIRDS AND FLOWERS’ MOULDED BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted to the exterior with eight panels enclosing birds and butterflies amidst various blooms, with birds in flight amidst further floral sprays to the interior, the well with a cartouche containing peony and chrysanthemum amongst rockwork, the base with a mark contained within a double square, 22.2cm.

£250-350 723 A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK PORCELAIN DISH WANLI 1573-1620 With a central panel depicting geese beneath lotus, the border panels with stylised leaves, flowers and precious objects, together with a smaller 18th century kraak-style dish, 36cm and 21cm. (2)

£200-300 724 A CHINESE DOUCAI ‘DEER’ BOWL 18TH CENTURY The U-shaped body decorated with five deer amidst pine and lingzhi, with a roundel enclosing a recumbent hare beneath stylised clouds painted to well, the base with a six character Chenghua mark, 15.8cm.

£200-300

The ribbed pear-shaped body decorated with scruffy birds in flight and perched amidst peony and chrysanthemum, the moulded surmount with twin fish, the spout moulded as an animal mask, all above lotus flowerheads and roundels enclosing fish, 46cm. (2)

725 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAXIAN’ TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER KANGXI 1662-1722

£3,000-3,500

The compressed circular body with a flared everted rim, painted to the exterior with Shoulao riding a crane towards the Eight Immortals, the Immortals standing in a rocky landscape and depicted with their attributes, all supported on three short tapering feet, 25.2cm.

721 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE WANLI 1573-1620 The moulded pear-shaped body painted with panels of flowers, hanging baskets and tassels, 27.5cm.

£600-800 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

£1,400-1,800

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726 A SMALL CHINESE DOUCAI ‘DRAGON’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

727 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND BEEHIVE-SHAPED WATERPOT LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

The exterior decorated with a green and purple dragon, the beasts divided by stylised flames, with a further two dragons to the interior, the well painted with a flaming pearl contained within a simple blue ring, with the reign mark in underglaze blue to the recessed base, 9.5cm.

Painted with phoenix in flight amidst precious objects and scrolling lotus, all between bands of ruyi-heads and lappets, with gilt to the mouthrim, the base glazed turquoise and with a six character Qianlong mark, 9.6cm.

£2,000-3,000

£1,000-2,000 Provenance: formerly the property of Elizabeth Lunt (d.2018), Liverpool, who inherited the waterpot from her parents, who were believed to have been missionaries in China c.1915.

728 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE AND EN GRISAILLE MEDALLION BOWL 19TH CENTURY The exterior decorated with four roundels depicting figures in landscapes, the medallions alternating between en grisaille with iron-red and the famille rose palettes, all reserved on a yellow ground decorated with a repeating geometric design, the interior painted with flowers amidst scrolling foliage, the base glazed turquoise and with a six character Qianlong mark, 13.1cm.

£600-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired in London in the early 1970s. Cf. Z Qian, Qing dai ciqi shangjian (Appreciation of Qing dynasty ceramics), p.297, no.397 for a pair of comparable medallion bowls.

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729 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE HEXAGONAL-SECTION LANTERN AND STAND 19TH CENTURY Decorated with roundels containing boys in gardens and sprays of chrysanthemum, peony and lotus, each reserved on alternating honeycomb and fylfot openwork panels, all against a colourful millefleurs ground, the stand similarly decorated with many flowers, 38.5cm. (2)

£400-600 730 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE HEXAGONAL-SECTION LANTERN AND STAND 19TH CENTURY Each facet decorated with a roundel enclosing figures outdoors set against a reticulated panel, all reserved on a brightly painted millefleurs ground between interlocking cash symbols, the stand similarly decorated with pierced and enamelled flowerheads, 39.4cm. (2)

£800-1,200

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731 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘WU SHUANG PU’ BOWL 19TH CENTURY Painted to the exterior with various historical figures and calligraphy, with gilt to the rim, the base with a six character Xianfeng mark, 17.8cm.

£500-1,000 Provenance: from the collection of Knowles Boney (d.1975) and thence by descent. Boney was an author known for writing Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century and Its Makers.

732 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL 18TH CENTURY One side painted with floral sprays, the reverse with calligraphy, 18cm.

£800-1,200

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733 A CHINESE CELADON BOWL AND DISH MING DYNASTY

734 A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON ‘MARRIAGE’ BOWL MING DYNASTY OR LATER

The interior of the bowl moulded with floral and foliate motifs, with an upright narrow petal design carved to the exterior, the dish with a fluted cavetto surrounded by a continuous wave design on the broad everted rim, with a shou character to the well, 20.5cm and 31.2cm. (2)

The well decorated in relief with a pair of fish, the exterior moulded with a broad band of petals, all supported on a tapering foot, 18.8cm.

£300-500

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£100-200

Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

735 TWO CHINESE JUN-TYPE BOWLS AND A DISH SONG DYNASTY OR LATER The larger bowl covered in a thick light blue glaze with hints of lavender, the smaller a pale bluish green with purple around the rim, the dish with a shallow body and coated in a greyish blue glaze, each raised on a short unglazed flaring foot, 20cm max. (3)

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

736 TWO CHINESE CELADON BOWLS AND A PAIR OF QINGBAI DISHES SONG DYNASTY OR LATER One celadon bowl incised to the centre with two fish, the other with an everted rim and covered in a green glaze with large crackles, the qingbai dishes with sprays of peony to the wells, the rims unglazed, 19.5cm max. (4)

£300-400 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

737 FOUR CHINESE QINGBAI BOWLS AND A DISH SONG DYNASTY OR LATER

738 TWO CHINESE JUN-TYPE BOWLS YUAN DYNASTY OR LATER

Coated in glazes of varying tones of pale blue, three with incised or carved decorated of flowers and swirls, each raised on a short straight foot, 16.5cm max. (5)

Both covered in a crackled greyish blue glaze, with splashes of purple to the interiors, the thick glaze stopping short of the biscuit feet, 18.3cm and 15.7cm. (2)

£500-800

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

739 A CHINESE CELADON TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 19TH CENTURY

740 A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE LOBED DISH PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

Carved with a scroll of flowering peony beneath bands of ruyi-heads and key fret, 26cm.

Shaped as a flowerhead with eight petals, with a slightly recessed base, all coated in a thick greyish celadon glaze with black and golden-brown crackles, 15.9cm.

£300-500

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741 741 A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF GUARDIANS TANG DYNASTY Each depicted standing with one hand raised and the other held at the hip, with pigment and gilt decorating their armour and helmets, their well-defined faces with elaborate moustaches and arched eyebrows, each raised on a shaped base, 64.3cm. (2)

ÂŁ4,000-6,000 Provenance: formerly in a European-American collection. Together with the Original Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report for one figure, sample no.C102h10, dated 15th April 2002.

742 A CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE POTTERY FIGURAL GROUP MING DYNASTY With a central seated official flanked by two attendants, all before a standing horse, raised on a tall rectangular plinth, 24cm.

ÂŁ400-600

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743 A CHINESE GREEN GLAZED POTTERY HU-SHAPED VASE HAN DYNASTY

744 TWO CHINESE GLAZED POTTERY EWERS LIAO DYNASTY

The compressed globular body rising to a waisted neck with an upright everted rim, two sides with applied animal mask loop handles, carved with raised ribs to the shoulder, all supported on a gently tapering foot, 35.5cm.

The taller vessel with an upright handle and flaring spout, decorated with a vibrant green glaze, the other with a stout rounded body and glazed amber, the glaze on each stopping short of the foot leaving the lower sections unglazed, 24.2cm and 13.7cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, RSC, FINSTP and the late Professor Stephen Charles Wallace, FINSTP.

745 A CHINESE POTTERY STANDING FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT TANG DYNASTY Depicted standing with his hands clasped before him, wearing long flowing robes, all covered in an even cream glaze, together with a wood stand, 21.6cm. (2)

£500-700

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746 THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each with an upright spout and a loop handle to one side, one teapot incised Meng Chen, another with an impressed mark reading Yixing Hui Meng Chen zhi, the third incised with a poem and signed Meng Chen to the base, 11.2cm max. (6)

£2,000-3,000

747 SIX CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD One decorated in relief with the Three Friends of Winter, the hexagonal-shaped teapot with the Anbaxian, one formed as a pumpkin, two incised with prunus decoration and one with bamboo, the three incised teapots with inscriptions to the reverse, three with impressed marks to the bases, four of the covers with signatures, 20cm max. (12)

£500-1,000

748 A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY

749 A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY

Of plain ovoid form, the base inscribed with the signature Jing xi Chen Wan Yu zhi, together with a small ovoid teapot and cover, the base with a two character mark which reads Meng Chen, and a quatre-lobed cup, a poem to one side and an inscribed mark to the base, the latter with a metal liner, 14cm. (5)

The plain ovoid body with a loop handle and tapering spout, the base incised with a mark reading Shi Da Bin yu Tian Xiang Ge zhi, 19cm. (2)

£500-800

£1,000-2,000

750 A CHINESE YIXING ‘FINGER CITRON’ TEAPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY

751 A CHINESE YIXING HEXAGONAL-SECTION TEAPOT AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722

Formed as a finger citron with textured skin, the handle moulded as a branch with leaves extending from it over the body of the fruit, the cover with a string handle and an impressed mark reading Jin Fu, 22cm. (2)

Each facet of the compressed body decorated in relief with a floral spray, one side set with an ear-shaped loop handle issuing from the mouth of a mythical beast, the cover moulded with flowering prunus branches, with a knop formed as a gnarled tree stump, all raised on a short hexagonal foot, 14.5cm. (2)

£200-300

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752 A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN KANGXI 1662-1722 Seated with her hands resting upon her crossed legs, with two attendants at her sides, contained within a black and gold lacquer Japanese zushi shrine, the figure 22cm, the shrine 35cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000

753 AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE ENAMELLED ‘PRUNUS’ SLEEVE VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The tall body decorated in relief with mythical beast medallions set between two enamelled sprays of blossoming prunus, the applied branches forming the handles, painted with two birds perched amongst the flowers, all against a narrow incised band of key fret, with a further incised band of broad upright leaves encircling the foot, 28cm.

£800-1,200 Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.51C for a related 18th century vase also with applied prunus decoration.

754 A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN 18TH CENTURY She stands upon a domed base of swirling clouds, dressed in loose robes and wearing a beaded necklace, her hair piled high in a chignon covered with a veil, 39.3cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250

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755 TWO CHINESE POLYCHROME FIGURES OF LUOHANS QIANLONG 1736-95

756 TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Each depicted seated holding an alms bowl in one hand upon his raised right knee, wearing gilt-decorated robes, each with a single shoe before him and one with a fly whisk by his side, their laughing faces detailed with wrinkles and teeth, the base of each impressed with a seal mark reading Hu Lian Xing ji, each raised on an ormolu base cast with lappets, 12cm high overall. (2)

One a group depicting Guanyin seated upon a rocky throne with two attendants by her side, supporting a child in her right arm, the other modelled as the Bodhisattva holding a scroll in her right hand, she stands tall upon a raised pedestal decorated in relief with lotus, 24.5cm and 39cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley.

£400-600 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

Cf. W R Sargent, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, pp.456-7, no.253 for a comparable pair.

757 TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN 18TH CENTURY AND LATER One depicting the goddess standing upon a swirling base, she wears elaborate beaded jewellery over her garments, the other with her seated in relaxed pose with a hand resting on her knee, with her loose robes flowing around her and a veil covering her chignon, 23.6cm and 14.2cm. (2)

£800-1,000

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758 LITERATURE A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS

763 LITERATURE A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS

Mostly in Chinese and relating to Chinese stone sculptures. (26)

Mostly in Chinese and relating to Chinese bronzes. (35)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250 759 LITERATURE A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES Relating to Chinese art, from Sotheby’s and Christie’s, dating from 1971 to 1984. (73)

£200-300 760 LITERATURE A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS Mostly in Chinese and relating to Chinese ceramics. (20) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£300-500 761 LITERATURE A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES Mostly from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams, the majority relating to Asian, modern and contemporary art. (60) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250 762 LITERATURE A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES Relating to Chinese art, from Sotheby’s and Christie’s. (120)

£200-300

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£300-500 764 A CHINESE GREEN GLAZED JARDINIERE PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY The shallow circular body all coated in an opaque yellowish green glaze, with two raised ribs encircling the rim, all supported on five tapering feet, together with a wood stand, 39.7cm. (2)

£500-800 765 FIVE CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY Comprising: one filigree-mounted spinach-green snuff bottle, one rock crystal carved with a rabbit beneath the moon to one side, with cabbages to the reverse, another with mottled green and white areas in the stone, and two agate snuff bottles, the smaller one decorated with a dragonfly and lotus, 7cm. (5)

£200-300 Provenance: from a private collection, London, acquired prior to 1995.

766 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL AND VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The bowl with sprays of various flowers including lotus and chrysanthemum, the chamfered corners painted with diaper, with a six character Kangxi mark to the base, the vase decorated with a repeating character design above a band of upright petals, 16.5cm and 19cm. (2)

£300-500 Provenance: from the estate of Anne Marie Wood, Warwickshire, acquired no later than the 1990s.

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767 THREE CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ROBES AND A FAN LATE QING DYNASTY One robe decorated with dragons amongst stylised clouds in gold thread on a dark blue ground, another pale blue and embroidered in silk thread with peony, prunus and melons, the third dark blue with medallions enclosing garden scenes amidst floral sprays, the fan formed from many peacock tail feathers, together with a photograph signed by Dame Eva Turner and two signed programmes for her 90th birthday celebrations, 128cm across, 145cm long max. (4)

ÂŁ200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Dame Eva Turner (1892-1990). Dame Eva Turner was an internationally renowned English operatic soprano and she was the subject of the biographical television documentary This Is Your Life on two occasions, in 1959 and 1983. Dame Eva Turner (1892-1990)

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768 A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGON’ ROBE LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated in gold with dragons, bats and cranes in flight amidst flaming pearls, ruyi-head shaped clouds, the Bajixiang and the Anbaxian, all above stylised rocks and crashing waves, with black silk bordering the neckline and to the sleeves, 215cm across, 132cm long.

£500-800

769 A CHINESE RED-GROUND EMBROIDERED SILK WOMAN’S INFORMAL ROBE LATE QING DYNASTY Finely embroidered with medallions of cranes holding sprigs of lingzhi, the birds surrounded by butterflies in flight amidst blossoming flowers, all 179cm across, 140cm long.

£1,000-1,500 Cf. Christie’s New York, 22nd-23rd March 2018, lot 986 for a very similar robe.

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770 A LARGE VIETNAMESE EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL DATED 1895

771 THREE CHINESE CELADON JADE PENDANTS QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Embroidered with calligraphy as a token of appreciation on a red ground, with dragons and phoenix to the borders, 188cm x 164cm.

One carved in openwork with figures and a bird, another with confronting dragons and mounted as a bead necklace, the third carved with peony, 6.5cm max. (3)

£300-500 Provenance: from Cotton Hall, Shropshire.

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772 A COLLECTION OF CHINESE KINGFISHER FEATHER JEWELLERY LATE QING DYNASTY Comprising: eight hair ornaments, a pair of earrings and a fingernail cover, together with nine hat finials and two other items, 22cm max. (22)

£800-1,200 Provenance: from a private collection, London, acquired in the 1980s.

773 A CHINESE WOOD ‘BATS AND PEACHES’ PENDANT AND EMBROIDERED SILK POUCH QING DYNASTY OR LATER The rectangular pendant probably aloeswood and inset with jade, coral and other hardstones, depicting bats in flight amidst peaches, flowers and leaves, the pouch embroidered to each side with five bats, wufu, and a butterfly amongst lotus scrolls, 6cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

774 A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ITEMS LATE QING DYNASTY Comprising: a silk purse, a spectacle case and six pairs of shoes, variously decorated with birds, flowers and insects amongst other designs, 18cm max. (14)

£150-250 Provenance: from a private collection, London, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s.

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775 THREE CHINESE NECKLACES AND A BRACELET 20TH CENTURY One in rose quartz, another in enamelled metal, and two formed from blue glass beads, 46cm max. (4)

£200-300

776 TWO CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE RETICULATED PLAQUES QING DYNASTY OR LATER Each carved with characters within formal scrollwork borders, 7cm and 5.5cm. (2)

£300-400 Provenance: property of a deceased estate, London.

777 A CHINESE CORAL AND JADEITE ROSARY BRACELET QING DYNASTY The graduated coral beads divided by two circular jadeite beads, one suspending a white jade yin-yang pendant above an endless knot silk tassel, 10.5cm across.

£200-300 Cf. V Garrett, A Collector’s Guide to Chinese Dress Accessories, p.76, pl.14 where a related example is illustrated.

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778 TWO CHINESE NECKLACES QING DYNASTY One formed from graduated jadeite beads, the other a court necklace with carved olive stone beads divided by blue glass bead tassels, 106cm max. (2)

£200-300 Please note the jadeite beads have not been tested for colour enhancement.

779 λ A CHINESE CANTON TORTOISESHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER AND AN IVORY NECKLACE QING DYNASTY The box and cover carved in relief with figures engaged in daily life amongst willow, maple and plantain, with foliate and bamboo borders, the necklace with reticulated beads and a pendant depicting figures in a boat, 9.5cm and 42cm. (3)

£200-300

780 THREE CHINESE PENDANTS AND A GLASS HAT ORNAMENT QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

781 A CHINESE CARVED NUT BRACELET 19TH CENTURY

The pendants carved as fruits issuing from leafy branches in amethyst, agate and amber, the hat ornament of cylindrical form, the green glass simulating jadeite, 7cm max. (4)

Comprised of nineteen beads, variously decorated in relief with figures, flowers, fruits, animals, insects, Chinese characters and other designs, one bead formed as a gourd pierced with cash motifs, 15.7cm.

£500-1,000

£200-300

782 FIVE CHINESE BANGLES QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

783 FOUR CHINESE JADEITE BANGLES 20TH CENTURY

Two a spinach-green colour, two jadeite, one celadon jade and decorated in relief with seal script characters and archaistic motifs, 8.6cm max. (5)

Two hinged with metal fittings, 8cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED AT NO RESERVE.

£150-250

£500-1,500 Provenance: from the collection of Reverend Victor Farmer (1898-1977) and thence by descent.

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784 AN INDIAN GOLD GEM-SET KOHL BOTTLE AND COVER C.1900

785 A MOGHUL JADE GEM-SET SARPECH 19TH CENTURY

The gold pear-shaped body richly adorned with rows of inset rubies and diamonds, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a gold loop, 5.9cm. (2)

With a central rectangular stone surrounded by a further eight large jewels, the reverse carved with a flower motif, mounted on a gilt-metal stick, 11.5cm.

ÂŁ4,000-5,000

ÂŁ8,000-12,000

Provenance: formerly the collection of Robert Courtois, Brussels; and then a Belgian private collection.

Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.

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786 A DECCAN INDIAN GEM-SET NECKLACE EARLY 20TH CENTURY Mounted with emeralds, rubies and diamonds joined by smaller emeralds and pearls, the clasp 22 carat gold, 23cm.

£3,000-5,000

787 A GOLD NECKLACE SET WITH SPINELS AND CULTURED PEARLS 20TH CENTURY Formed from six spinels, formerly Chinese buttons, and with five large cultured pearls, 27cm.

Please note that the pearls are untested.

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.

788 A MOGHAL GEM-SET PALE CELADON JADE PENDANT 18TH CENTURY Shaped as a flowerhead, one side inset with diamonds and hardstone petals outlined in gold, the reverse finely incised with a central blossom surrounded by flowering stems, 6.5cm.

£400-600

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789 A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT BRONZE BANGLES PROBABLY LATE QING

790 AN INDIAN GEM-SET GILT-METAL CIRCULAR HAIR ORNAMENT 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each decorated with a pair of confronting stylized dragons divided by flaring terminals, 8.4cm. (2)

Decorated with inset coloured jewels depicting a bird surrounded by scrolling flowerheads, the reverse with a raised metal loop for attachment, 6.5cm.

£200-300

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Pierre Loos, Brussels; and then a Belgian private collection.

791 A NEAR PAIR OF INDIAN GILDED IRON BELT BUCKLES 17TH/18TH CENTURY

792 FOUR SMALL ISLAMIC CELADON JADE PLAQUES 19TH CENTURY

Finely decorated on each side with geometric and floral motifs, 6cm. (2)

Each formed as a lantern and carved with calligraphy, 4.8cm max. (4)

£400-600

£200-300

Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.

Provenance: from a deceased estate, London.

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793 A MOGHUL GEM-SET PENDANT ADAPTED FROM A HAIRPIN 18TH/19TH CENTURY The central emerald set within a row of diamonds, one end terminating in a lion head, attached to a chain suspending a Renaissance model of a goat, 8cm.

£3,000-5,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of the Lambrechts family, Brussels, acquired in the 1970s; and then a Belgian private collection.

794 A CENTRAL ASIAN TURQUOISE-INSET GOLD CIRCULAR APPLIQUE 19TH/20TH CENTURY The roundel pierced with a central flowerhead surrounded by a band of triangles, with turquoise jewels set to one side, the reverse with four circular loops for attachment, 7.4cm.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, purchased from Guy d’Hoedt, Luxembourg, in 2006.

795 A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-METAL EARRINGS PROBABLY LIAO DYNASTY

796 A PAIR OF CENTRAL ASIAN GOLD EARRINGS PROBABLY 3RD/4TH CENTURY AD

Formed as diamond-shaped plaques suspended from oval loops, 3.5cm. (2)

Each depicting a female head with their hair drawn back, 2.5cm, 19g. (2)

£500-1,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of J P and C Ghysels; and then a Belgian private collection, acquired in 2004.

£2,000-3,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of J P and C Ghysels; and then a Belgian private collection, acquired in 2013.

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797 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘PEONY’ PENDANT QING DYNASTY Carved in low relief to one side with a peony spray, the reverse incised with a seal mark enclosing the characters Fu Shou, the stone of an even tone, 6.8cm.

£400-600

802 A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE ‘FINGER CITRON’ PENDANT 19TH CENTURY Formed as a finger citron with many smaller leaves around it, all issuing from a branch carved from a white section of the stone, with a bat climbing over the body of the fruit, 4.8cm.

798 A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE ‘SAN DUO’ PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER

£1,000-1,500

Carved in openwork with peaches, pomegranates and finger citron growing from trailing branches, with blossoms amongst the fruit, with a gold loop for suspension, 6cm.

803 A CHINESE CELADON JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE MING/QING DYNASTY

£300-400

Carved in relief with a stag and a doe beneath ruyi-shaped clouds, together with a wood stand, 8.5cm. (2)

799 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘JI QING RU YI’ OVAL PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER One side carved in relief with two boys, one carrying a weapon suspending a lozenge and the other holding a post with two fish, together symbolising peace and prosperity, the reverse with a related two phrase poem, all below ruyi-head shaped clouds, 5.8cm.

£1,000-2,000 800 A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE ‘FINGER CITRON’ PENDANT 20TH CENTURY The flattened pendant carved as a squirrel climbing on a large finger citron, 5cm.

Provenance: formerly in a South American private collection.

£300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, Suffolk.

804 A CHINESE GREEN JADEITE CARVING OF AN ENDLESS KNOT 20TH CENTURY Carved in openwork, together with a certificate from Gemmological Certification Services, confirming natural jadeite with no indication of impregnation, report number 79230-07, 1.5cm.

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: from an Australian private collection, acquired in Sydney c.2000.

Provenance: sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 13th December 2010, lot 5111A.

805 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘ZI GANG’ RECTANGULAR PLAQUE QING DYNASTY OR LATER

801 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE RUYI-HEAD SHAPED PLAQUE QING DYNASTY

Carved in low relief with figures in a mountainous landscape amidst pine and rocks, one side with a poem about visiting friends to play the qin and signed Zi Gang, all below precious objects, the stone of an even tone, 6cm.

£400-600

Carved in shallow relief to one side with a figure seated next to a basket of flowers in a log raft, he rows down a river through a rocky landscape beneath pine, the stone with some minor russet markings, together with a fitted wood stand, 12.1cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000

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806 A CHINESE WHITE JADE BELTHOOK QING DYNASTY

811 A CHINESE AGATE BRUSH WASHER LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated in high relief with a chilong clambering on the shaft, the terminal formed as a dragon’s head, the jade of an even white tone, 10cm.

Formed as a a large furling leaf supported on small fruits and with smaller leaves around the rim, 9cm.

£300-500 Provenance: from the collection of Christopher John Powell (1911-2001), Hampshire, and thence by descent.

807 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ HAT FINIAL PROBABLY MING DYNASTY Deeply carved in openwork with a dragon clambering amidst twisting flowering vines, the mythical beast baring its teeth, all raised on a concave oval base, the stone with some white mottling, 5.3cm.

£2,000-3,000 808 A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE RUYI-HEAD SHAPED PENDANT REPUBLIC PERIOD One side decorated with a spray of peony, the reverse incised with the characters Jin Yu Man Tang, with two circular holes for suspension, the stone with green and white mottling, 11.5cm.

£400-600 812 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE OPENWORK ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE QING DYNASTY OR LATER Of circular form, decorated with two dragons writhing amidst swirls of clouds, the scaly beasts surrounding the characters Qianlong shen pin, together with a wood stand, 5.7cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000 813 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT PROBABLY HAN DYNASTY The curved flattened plaque finely detailed with an animal head and scrolling features, the stone with cream and brown coloured calcification, 6cm.

£1,500-2,500

£200-300

814 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE OPENWORK CIRCULAR PLAQUE LATE QING DYNASTY

809 A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A MONKEY ON A BOULDER QING DYNASTY

Carved with a shuangxi character encircled by two bats and lingzhi, the edges formed as a pair of stylised dragons, the stone of an even tone with some minor white mottling, together with a wood stand and cord for suspension, 8cm. (2)

Formed as the primate clambering over towards two butterflies, the rock carved with a fylfot to one end and with a ribbon tied around its narrower section, the stone with russet markings and striations, 10cm.

£200-300

£400-600 810 TWO CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUES QING DYNASTY One carved as a basket of flowers, the other as a butterfly, both with wood stands, 6.8cm and 5.8cm. (4)

£200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Ursula Overbury (d.2018).

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815 A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE OVAL PLAQUE MING DYNASTY Carved in openwork with a scholar in a wooded landscape standing on rocks amidst pine and lingzhi, his attendant holding a tortoise disgorging wisps of smoke, with a deer by the central figure’s side and a crane in flight above, 8.1cm.

£3,000-5,000 816 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘FINGER CITRON’ BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY OR LATER Formed as a large finger citron issuing from a leafy stem, with a smaller fruit carved with textured skin growing amidst the leaves, the underside incised with details of the larger fruit’s fingers, the stone with minor russet markings, 14.5cm.

£1,500-2,500 817 A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE SCROLL WEIGHT QING DYNASTY Formed as a rocky boulder, one side cleverly worked with gnarled pine branches in a russet area of the stone, with finely incised detail to the tree leaves, 11.1cm.

£3,000-5,000 818 A CHINESE WHITE JADE PLAQUE QING DYNASTY OR LATER Carved with an elephant on a circular panel above phoenix and beneath dragons, the reverse with the characters tai ping you xiang, 7.8cm.

£300-500 819 A CHINESE CELADON JADE ‘SQUIRREL AND VINE’ TRAY LATE QING DYNASTY

820 TWO CHINESE WHITE JADE PENDANTS QING DYNASTY OR LATER One decorated with a boy clutching on to a large pomegranate, the other with a revolving gourd carved with a peach spray, each with a four character mark to the reverse, 5.2cm and 6.2cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000 821 TWO CHINESE WHITE JADE PENDANTS QING DYNASTY One carved in low relief with a boy holding lingzhi, with a brocade ball to the reverse, the other decorated with a flowering branch, with a four character seal mark to the reverse, the stone of each with an even tone, 5.4cm and 5.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000 822 A CHINESE CELADON JADE CYLINDER QING DYNASTY The exterior carved in shallow relief with archaistic scrolls contained between narrow raised bands, the stone with russet and white inclusions and mottling, 6.1cm.

£300-500 823 A CHINESE JADEITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER AND A JADEITE ‘BIRDS AND PEACHES’ CARVING 19TH CENTURY AND REPUBLIC PERIOD The vase decorated with horses and quails amidst various trees and flowers, with a lion dog-shaped finial to the cover, the carving formed as two large peaches surmounted by a pair of perching birds, with smaller fruits growing around them, the stone of each with pale lavender and green areas, each with a wood stand, 28cm and 14.5cm. (5)

£800-1,200 Provenance: the baluster vase sold as part of The Collection of Maria Angiolillo, Christie’s London, 15th July 2010, lot 719 (part lot).

Formed as a large leaf issuing from a branch, carved with two squirrels perched on fruit beneath a leafy grape vine, with a peony bloom to one end, the underside with a four character Qianlong mark, 22cm.

£400-600

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824 A SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE VASE QING DYNASTY Formed as a smiling robed figure seated next to the vessel, with prunus, bamboo and lingzhi growing around the vase, the stone of an even tone with minor russet and white markings, 9.5cm.

£1,000-2,000 825 TWO CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY OR LATER One carved as a group of three recumbent cats arranged in a circle, with a butterfly and flower between them, the other depicting a zodiac animal, the human figure with a ram’s head and holding a scroll in one hand, 5.3cm and 5.1cm. (2)

£600-800

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826 TWO CHINESE WHITE JADE PENDANTS QING DYNASTY OR LATER One carved as a boy clutching on to a bottle gourd above a bat, the other carved in low relief with bats amidst flowering branches and two lines of calligraphy to one side, 5.2cm and 5.1cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000 827 FOUR CHINESE ARCHER’S RINGS, A JADEITE BELTHOOK AND A JADEITE CARVING QING DYNASTY One archer’s ring worked in jadeite, the others carved from agate, one decorated with a waterbird amongst lotus, the belthook with a dragon head-shaped terminal and of an apple green colour, the carving formed as a predator climbing over a a large animal leg suspending from rope, 9cm max. (6)

£400-600 Provenance: from a private collection, London, acquired prior to 1995.

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828 A PAIR OF CHINESE WHITE JADE CIRCULAR ‘SI JUN ZI’ PLAQUES QING DYNASTY OR LATER Finely carved in shallow relief with the Four Gentleman, each side decorated with a spray of orchid, chrysanthemum, bamboo and prunus, the reticulated borders carved with further flowers and phoenix, 7.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500 829 A COLLECTION OF SMALL CHINESE JADE ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND LATER Comprising: three cylindrical boxes and covers with four character Qianlong marks to the bases, three snuff bottles, four pendants, four carvings and a jade boulder, variously decorated with flowers, inscriptions, figures, animals, archaistic motifs and other designs, 10cm max. (18)

£400-600 830 TWO CHINESE JADE ITEMS AND A GLASS BANGLE QING DYNASTY AND LATER

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Comprising: a two-handled bowl, a rectangular plaque carved with cranes and pine, and a bangle simulating jadeite, 16cm max. (3)

£200-300 Provenance: from a deceased estate, London.

831 EIGHT SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY One depicting a rabbit pounding the Elixir of Life, the others formed as a water buffalo, a horse, a ram, a pig, a rabbit, a snake and a chilong, 5cm max. (8)

£300-500

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833 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A CAT AND BUTTERFLY QING DYNASTY

Formed as two seated single-horned beasts holding sprigs of lingzhi in their mouths, cleverly worked with one creature picked out in a grey area of the stone and the other depicted in pale celadon, all supported on a thin solid base, 5.8cm.

The feline depicted crouching turning its head left towards a butterfly, with its upright tail curling towards the end, the stone with some minor russet markings, 5.2cm.

£800-1,200

£200-300

834 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF SEED PODS QING DYNASTY

835 A CHINESE WHITE JADE PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Formed as three seed pods issuing from a leafy branch, two with thin curling vines carved to their sides, the stone with areas of white mottling, 6cm.

Finely carved with a boy riding a scaly dragon, the reverse with calligraphy reading Tai Ping Ru Yi amidst clouds, 5.3cm.

£600-1,000

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836 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO MYTHICAL CREATURES QING DYNASTY OR LATER Worked as a crouching lion-like beast with its cub at its side, their faces carved with bulging eyes and wide mouths, each with a single horn to the top of its head, 5cm.

837 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘BIXIE’ PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER The two-horned mythical beast depicted crouching with its wings tucked at its sides, its body carved and incised with swirls, with a circular hole to its mouth, the stone with minor russet striations, 5.9cm.

£800-1,200

838 A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL CARVING OF A HORSE QING DYNASTY

839 TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS QING DYNASTY

Depicted in a recumbent pose gazing backwards, with its front left leg slightly raised, the mane, tail and feathering delicately incised with fine hairs, 10cm.

One formed as a seated monkey with its infant, with a large russet area in the stone, the other depicting a recumbent beast turning its head to sinister and gazing backwards with bulging eyes, the stone with minor russet markings and striations, 4.1cm and 5.5cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

£800-1,200

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840 A LARGE CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST QING DYNASTY OR LATER The lion-like creature carved in a recumbent position with its head turned back, grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth, its bifurcated tail curling around its body, the stone with some russet markings, together with a wood stand detailed with lingzhi, 14.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,000 841 A CHINESE GREY AND BROWN JADE ‘LION DOG’ GROUP LATE MING DYNASTY Formed as a recumbent lion dog turning its head to sinister, with its cub clambering over its back, each carved with a bony spine and bulging eyes, with the hairs of their tails, manes and beards finely incised, together with a wood stand, 7.7cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500 Provenance: formerly a Scottish private collection.

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842 TWO SMALL CHINESE JADE CARVINGS LATE QING DYNASTY One carved from pale celadon nephrite as two recumbent deer with large flowerheads between them, the other jadeite and depicting Liu Hai holding the three-legged toad, each with a wood stand, 4.7cm x 6.9cm. (4)

£200-400 843 TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY One a heart-shaped bead carved with a stylised taotie mask head, the other a ring carved with a chilong in a brown and celadon stone, 5cm and 5.3cm. (2)

£500-800 Provenance: from an Australian private collection, the mask head acquired in London, 1980s/1990s, the jade ring acquired in Melbourne, Australia from Josh McClelland’s print room in the 1990s.

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844 844 A SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE BOULDER QING DYNASTY OR LATER One side carved in low relief with birds perched on rockwork and flowering branches, the reverse finely incised with an inscription, the stone with large brown inclusions and striations, together with a wood stand, 6cm. (2)

845 845 A CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEAL PROBABLY QING DYNASTY The face carved with four characters, the seal depicting a curious fish with wings and a dragon’s head, 4.6cm

£800-1,200

846 A CHINESE SOAPSTONE BOULDER QING DYNASTY Both sides carved in shallow relief with figures and dwellings dispersed throughout a rocky mountainous setting, the stone a warm orange colour with darker inclusions, 10.2cm.

£500-800

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847 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PENDANT PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY

848 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PENDANT LATE QING DYNASTY

Carved with a scholar and his attendant beneath pine, with a further branch amidst rocks to the reverse, the stone with some russet markings, 5cm.

Carved as lotus leaves curled together concealing flower buds, the stone with a brown skin, 4.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

849 A CHINESE WHITE JADE CIRCULAR PLAQUE QING DYNASTY OR LATER One side carved with two figures amidst cloud scrolls, the reverse with a crane beneath peony, the reticulated rim carved with phoenix, flowers and foliage, 7.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

£300-400

850 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF LOTUS SEED PODS QING DYNASTY OR LATER Formed as two large seed pods, with lotus leaves and a single blossom growing underneath from fine trailing stems, the stone of an even tone, 5.3cm.

£500-800

851 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘PEACHES’ PENDANT LATE QING DYNASTY Formed as four fruits issuing from leafy branches, 4.2cm.

£800-1,200

852 A CHINESE AGATE BRUSH WASHER AND A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL QING DYNASTY The brushwasher carved with magnolia flowers and of a greyish lavender coloured stone, together with a wood stand, the figure seated with an overturned jar, 12cm and 7.5cm. (3)

£200-300 Provenance: from a deceased estate, London.

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853 A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECT TEA BOWL AND SAUCER C.1740 Painted with an allegorical scene after Francesco Albani (1578-1660) representing one of the Four Elements, ‘Fire’, depicting Jupiter with his eagle in a forge surrounded by children, 10cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500

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854 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EROTIC SUBJECT TEA BOWL AND SAUCER C.1740 Decorated with the scene of lovers in a garden attended by Cupid amidst clouds, 12cm. (2)

£800-1,000

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855 TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECT TEA BOWLS C.1740 Painted with allegorical scenes after Francesco Albani (1578-1660) symbolising one of the Four Elements, ‘Earth’, with a chariot drawn by lions and children playing in a mountain landscape, 7.3cm and 7.5cm. (2)

£1,200-1,800

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856 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘JUDGEMENT OF PARIS’ PLATES C.1740 Brightly enamelled with the shepherd prince before the three naked goddesses offering the golden apple to the Goddess of Love, with cartouches enclosing Meissen-style harbour scenes to the rims, 23cm. (2)

£1,800-2,200

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857 AN UNUSUAL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEA BOWL AND SAUCER 18TH CENTURY

858 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘JUDGEMENT OF PARIS’ TEA BOWL AND SAUCER C.1740

Finely painted with figures drinking and smoking as they play cards at a table in a garden, with chickens around them, with paper labels for Dr Anton C R Dreesmann Collection, no.J116, 12cm. (2)

Brightly enamelled with the shepherd prince before the three naked goddesses, 11.5cm. (2)

£1,300-1,500

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859 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘CHERRY PICKERS’ PLATE C.1740 Depicting a young man up a ladder passing a fruit down to a maiden, a third figure reclines at the base of the tree while a faithful dog looks on, 23.5cm.

£400-600

860 A CHINESE DUTCH-DECORATED ‘CRUCIFIXION’ TEA BOWL AND SAUCER 18TH CENTURY Depicting Christ on the cross with his mother and Mary Magdalene beside him, the interior of the bowl with the Instruments of the Passion, the saucer with a paper label for the collection of Dr Anton C R Dreesmann, no.J106, 10.8cm. (2)

£800-1,000

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861 TWO CHINESE EN GRISAILLE PLATES AND A SAUCER C.1750 One plate painted with a seamstress, another with a shepherdess, the saucer with a young woman with a chained monkey, 23cm max. (3)

£1,500-2,500

862 A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE ‘PROVENDER FOR THE MONASTERY’ COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER C.1750 Decorated with medallions enclosing a monk smuggling a woman on his back concealed in a large stook of corn into the monastery, 12cm. (2)

£400-600 Cf. D Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.2 pp.366-7, no.358 for a discussion on this pattern.

863 A RARE CHINESE EN GRISAILLE ‘ST IGNATIUS LOYOLA’ TEA BOWL C.1750 Painted with the saint kneeling before an altar witnessing a vision, the reverse with flowers and foliage, the interior with a gilt flower band, with a paper label for Charles Perry to the base, 7.5cm.

£1,600-1,800

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864 A CHINESE DUTCH-DECORATED SAUCER DISH 18TH CENTURY

865 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECT PLATE C.1740

Originally left in the white, later-enamelled in Holland with a Dutch yacht, identifiable by the rig and the lee board, at sail on choppy turquoise waters, flying the Dutch flag with the arms of Amsterdam and further smaller flags from the mainsail and other masts, with two further ships in the distance, the rim with a panelled border of flowers in red, green, black and gilt, 21cm.

Painted with an allegorical scene after Francesco Albani (1578-1660) symbolising one of the Four Elements, ‘Earth’, with winged children playing at the foot of the lion-drawn chariot, all within a blue scrolling border, 23.2cm.

£1,400-1,600

£1,500-2,000 Provenance: formerly the Helen Espir Collection, no.909, purchased from Jorge Welsh, January 2007. Cf. European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, p.182, pl.33 for a related dish; see also D F Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain - Chine de Commande, fig.355 and p.230 for similar dishes in the collection of the Rijksmuseum; see also D S Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p.61, no.36.

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866 TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘JUDGEMENT OF PARIS’ PLATES C.1750 Depicting the seated shepherd prince before the three naked goddesses, offering a golden apple to Venus, contained within scrolling borders, 22.5cm. (2)

£1,800-2,200

867 THREE CHINESE RELIGIOUS SUBJECT PLATES C.1750 One painted in famille rose enamels with the Nativity, the others decorated en grisaille with a Nativity scene and the Resurrection of Christ, 23cm. (3)

£2,000-3,000

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868 A PAIR OF RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘DOCTOR’S VISIT’ SAUCER DISHES C.1740 After a design by Cornelis Pronk, depicting three seated and one standing figure before a low table beneath a flowering tree, the border with panels of fish and aquatic birds, 19.2cm. (2)

£3,500-4,000

869 A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOTANICAL’ PLATES C.1740 After a design by Maria Sybille Merian, each painted with caterpillars and butterflies crawling on and flying amidst flag irises, all surrounded by scrolling foliate borders, 23.2cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000 Cf. J Harrison-Hall and R Krahl, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from the British Museum, London, Ming and Qing Porcelain for the West, pp.186-7 for comparable examples of similar design in the collection of the British Museum in London.

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870 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL JUG AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95

871 A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT JUG 18TH CENTURY

The pear-shaped body painted in enamels and gilt with the arms of Sunnybanck of Oxfordshire divided by a floral spray, one side set with a loop handle terminating in a moulded ruyi-head, the cover decorated with flowering and fruiting pomegranate branches, with bands of spearhead to the rims, 35cm. (2)

Brightly painted with a continuous scene depicting goddesses in a chariot, with playful cherubs carrying baskets of flowers beside them, all in a wooded landscape with mountains in the distance, one side set with a replacement metal handle covered with wicker, 9cm.

£1,000-1,500

£200-300

Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.584, for pieces from another service also with the arms of Sunnybanck.

872 A CHINESE POLYCHROME ENAMELLED AND GILT-DECORATED TEAPOT AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95

873 A CHINESE IMARI VASE DECORATED IN THE MANNER OF CORNELIS PRONK KANGXI 1662-1722

The cylindrical body painted with two roundels enclosing peacocks beneath scrolling millet, one side set with a loop handle formed as intertwined branches which terminate in applied clusters of flowers, the cover surmounted by a gilt finial shaped as a lychee, 24cm. (2)

Painted in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with floral and foliate sprays amidst elaborate scrolls and plumes of feathers, all raised on a flaring foot decorated with alternating blue and red narrow lappets, 16.4cm.

£500-800

874 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CHAMBER POT AND COVER 18TH CENTURY Painted with peony sprays and sprigs, the handle with a heart-shaped thumb piece, 21.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,000

875 A CHINESE ARMORIAL CHARGER 18TH CENTURY Painted to the centre with the arms of Van Schoonhoven and Geraerds accollee on a dense ground of flowerheads and scrolling tendrils in bianco-sopra-bianco, the rim with an elegant band of strapwork painted en grisaille and with details picked out in gilt, 38.9cm.

£800-1,200 Cf. Christie’s New York, 18th October 2017, The Collector: English and European Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramic & Silver, lot 852, for a pair of chargers with the same design.

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876 EIGHT CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES FROM THE COLLECTION OF AUGUSTUS THE STRONG KANGXI 1662-1722 Each painted with a central vase of flowers and pine branches within borders carved with scrolling foliage, each with an incised Dresden inventory mark to the base, 22.5cm. (8)

877 EIGHT CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES 18TH CENTURY Variously painted with flowers, foliage and insects in enamels and underglaze blue, 23cm. (8)

£300-500

£700-900

878 A SET OF TEN CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CHAMFERED RECTANGULAR MEAT DISHES 18TH CENTURY Painted with figures of small boys riding water buffaloes beside a lake with geese, flowers and willow trees, 37cm. (10)

£4,500-5,500

879 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI TUREENS AND COVERS QIANLONG 1736-95 The bodies painted with flowers blooming in a garden, with handles shaped as animal heads, each cover with peony sprays and a pomegranate-shaped finial, one with a stand decorated with the same design, 38cm max. (5)

£500-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, Hertfordshire. Listed on an insurance document from November 1940.

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880 A SET OF THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS QIANLONG 1736-95

881 A SET OF ELEVEN CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATES C.1750

Finely decorated in enamels and gilt with butterflies and dragonflies in flight amidst baskets of flowers, with further blooms to the sides, the designs contained within floral borders, each with a continuous flower garland to the rim interior, the wells painted with a conch shell amongst a cluster of blossoms, 29cm. (3)

Painted in enamels and gilt with the arms of Amyas of Norfolk, each with flowering blossoms to the centre surrounded by a gilt chain border, with smaller floral sprays to the rims, 23cm. (11)

£1,100-1,300

£700-900 Provenance: formerly the collection of Moor Park, Much Hadham. Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.532 for another dish bearing the arms of Amyas of Norfolk.

882 A CHINESE TEAPOT AND COVER AND A TEA BOWL AND SAUCER 18TH CENTURY

883 THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES AND A TUREEN STAND 18TH CENTURY

All painted in the Meissen style with cartouches containing European harbour scenes, all within gilt and enamel strapwork borders, 18cm. (4)

Variously painted with birds, flowers, rockwork and watery landscapes, 46cm max. (4)

£1,100-1,500

£300-500

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884 A PAIR OF SAMSON FAMILLE ROSE WALL SCONCES 19TH CENTURY

885 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED BASIN, JUG AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95

Each painted with a panel containing women and children playing in a garden, surrounded by further figures, each mounted with a pair of silvered metal candle holders and surmounted by a figure of Budai He Shang flanked by lion dogs, 42.5cm. (2)

Painted with birds and flowers in colourful enamels and gilt, the basin with a border of gilt foliage, 32.5cm and 25cm. (3)

£2,000-3,000

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886 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PEACOCK QIANLONG 1736-95 The bird depicted perching on rockwork with his long tail feathers upright and wings by his side, with finely painted detail to his plumage, he sits next to a prunus tree from which blossoming pink flowers grow, 16.5cm.

£3,000-4,000 Cf. D S Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.2, p.608, no.635 for a 19th century example.

887 A CHINESE ROSE-VERTE MODEL OF AN EQUESTRIAN RIDING A HORSE 18TH CENTURY Formed as a court official dressed in bright purple and pink garments holding a whip in his hands, his horse standing upon a rectangular base painted with diaper in the famille verte palette, 20.4cm.

£500-800

888 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CANDLESTICK HOLDERS MODELLED AS COURT LADIES QIANLONG 1736-95 Each figure depicted standing holding vessels shaped as lotus flowers, their garments brightly decorated with various blossoms, bats and swirling clouds, with shawls made from many peacock feathers and leaves draped across their shoulders, with some areas highlighted in gilt, 29cm and 28.3cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

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889 SIX CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN ITEMS C.1745 Comprising: a plate, three saucers, a tea bowl and a coffee cup, each bearing the arms of Rait or Rhet of Holgreen and Drumnager, the motto reading ‘ESTO PERPETUA’, decorated in famille rose, grisaille and blue enamel, 22.5cm. (6)

890 A CHINESE ARMORIAL TEA BOWL AND SAUCER FOR THE DUTCH MARKET C.1745 Decorated with the arms of Adriaan or Theodorus van Reverhorst within the arms of their eight great-grandparents, the borders with gilt scrolls and shells, 12cm. (2)

£1,200-1,500

£800-1,200

891 A CHINESE ARMORIAL TUREEN AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95

892 A CHINESE ARMORIAL SOUP PLATE 18TH CENTURY

The oval moulded body and cover with crowned armorials enclosing the letters ‘A Darra’ and angels, with a spearhead band to the foot, the cover surmounted by a finial shaped as fruit, 30cm. (2)

Painted to the well with two angels and a pair of birds surrounding two medallions enclosing initials, all beneath a large crown, with floral sprays encircling the design, the rim with a gilt spearhead band, 22.6cm.

£450-550

£100-200

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894 893 A PAIR OF CHINESE ARMORIAL SOUP PLATES FOR THE DUTCH MARKET C.1745

894 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PLATE, A TEA CANISTER AND A JUG MID 18TH CENTURY

Each decorated with the arms of Adriaan or Theodorus van Reverhorst within the arms of their eight great-grandparents, the borders with gilt scrolls and shells, 23.5cm. (2)

The plate painted in the Meissen style with a landscape within Valentine pattern borders, the moulded canister decorated with the arms of the Belsches of Tofts, the jug depicting Governor Duff with his companion and a dog, the plate and jug with paper labels for Coleccao Souza E Holstein (Palmela), 23cm max. (3)

£2,500-3,500

£800-1,200

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895 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN EROTIC SUBJECT PUNCH BOWL QIANLONG 1736-95 The well and exterior elegantly decorated in enamels and gilt with the initials RW beneath a hand clasping a blossoming branch, the design surrounded by sprays of various flowering blooms, with spearhead and geometric bands encircling the rim interior, the base painted with a roundel enclosing a European gentleman and lady together in a garden with a dog at their feet, all raised on a tapering foot, 40.6cm.

£3,500-4,500

896 A RARE CHINESE EN GRISAILLE ‘SWEDISH BANK NOTE’ PUNCH BOWL C.1770 The exterior painted with flower sprays and sprigs heightened in gilt, the interior inscribed en grisaille and bianco-sopra-bianco with a copy of a Swedish bank note which includes the date ‘anno 1762’, 31cm.

£1,600-1,800

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897 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EROTIC SUBJECT SAUCER DISH C.1740

898 A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EROTIC SUBJECT SAUCER C.1740

Painted with a young monk grasping a struggling maiden around the waist, with a dog beside an open book and a discarded rosary to the side, 20.2cm.

Painted with a milkmaid carrying a wicker stool on her head before a distant mountain village, the reverse with the milkmaid exposing her naked buttocks, 11cm.

£600-1,000

£1,400-1,600

Cf. R Krahl and J Harrison-Hall, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics: Ming to Qing Porcelain in the British Museum, no.70.

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MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR Wednesday 20th November 2019

Part of a large collection of scarce foreign orders and medals, to be offered in our 20th November auction

ENQUIRIES Ned Cowell | +44 (0) 1722 341469 | nc@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

BRITISH ART POTTERY INCLUDING TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF MARTIN BROTHERS POTTERY Wednesday 27th November 2019

A fine Martin Brothers stoneware bird by Robert Wallace Martin Estimate Â£30,000 - 50,000* ENQUIRIES Michael Jeffery |+44 (0) 1722 424505 | mj@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS Wednesday 8th January 2020

A William IV mahogany ‘Jupe’ patent extending dining table, with two sets of leaves and original case Estimate £30,000 - 50,000*

ENQUIRIES Mark Yuan-Richards |+44 (0) 1722 411854 | myr@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

THE JUDITH HOWARD COLLECTION OF SÃ&#x2C6;VRES PORCELAIN Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th February 2020

A large Vincennes circular platter from the Blue Service of Louis XV, c.1753

ENQUIRIES Clare Durham |+44 (0) 1722 424507 | cd@woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

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The following methods of payment may be made: Bankers draft, cashiers cheque, personal cheque, travellers cheques, debit and credit cards and cash up to a sterling equivalent of €10,000. We are no longer able to accept card payments of over £1,000 where the card-holder is not present. Wire transfers should be sent to: Lloyds Bank plc, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB. Account no. 00957707 Sort code 30-97-41 IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707 BIC code LOYDGB21063 Credit cards: Visa or Mastercard

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE Lots marked with a ‡ symbol are potentially subject to a levy. Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death. Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €10,000.

Debit cards: Delta, Switch, Connect, American Express, Union Pay

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency.

Where practical, payment can be made and purchases collected during the auction.

Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale.

Storage charges will be levied on all lots in the furniture and works of art and clock sales not collected within 30 calendar days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £20 (+ VAT) per consignment and a storage charge of £2 (+ VAT) per lot per day. No goods will be allowed to be collected until these charges have been paid.

Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows: 4% Up to €50,000 3% €50,000.01 - 200,000 1% €200,000.01 - 350,000 0.5% €350,000.01 - 500,000 0.25% In excess of €500,000 Up to a maximum levy of €10,000

LOT SYMBOLS VAT Lots marked with a dagger (†) are subject to VAT on the hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to VAT at 5% on the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. In online catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of VAT on hammer price.

FIREARMS Lots marked Ƒ in the catalogue are subject to the UK firearms/shotgun licencing regime, and may only be viewed and/or purchased by individuals with appropriate licences. Such lots are offered on an auctioneer’s permit, and must be collected prior to the expiry thereof. For further information, please contact Ned Cowell.

SOCIETY OF FINE ART AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS and the ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR BUYERS 1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted on our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand. 2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller. 3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive. 4. The purchase price. The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 25% plus VAT @20% (totalling 30% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 12% plus VAT @20% (14.4%) inclusive thereafter. 5. VAT. (†) indicates that VAT at the current standard rate is payable by the purchaser on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation into the UK. The symbol (Ω) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax. 6. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale). 7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first. 8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export licence is required for the goods to leave the U.K. and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing the goods in question into the destination country because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Charges may be applicable for export licences. Ask us if you need help. The denial of any permit or licence shall not justify cancellation or rescission of the sale contract or any delay in payment. 9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register before the sale commences and lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of identification will be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone bidding.

10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone or fax. 11. Methods of Payment. As a general rule any cheques tendered will need to be cleared before removal of the goods is permitted. Please discuss with our Office in advance of the sale if other methods of payment are envisaged (except cash). 12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. Any delay may involve the buyer in paying storage charges. TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS 1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if the consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has authorised the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers. 2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates: 15% + VAT on each lot sold for up to £999, 10% + VAT on each lot realising £1,000 and above. 3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the sale room by any stated deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility. 4. Loss and damage waiver. We are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of insurance to clients. However, we for our own protection assume liability for property consigned to us at lower pre-sale estimate. To justify accepting liability, we make a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT or, if unsold, our mid estimate of the hammer price. If the owner of goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, they then remain at owner’s risk unless and until the property in them passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 4 is inapplicable. 5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the lot should be illustrated your permission will usually be asked first. The copyright in respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue. 6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods may be offered subject to a reserve agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7. 7. We may sell lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the hammer price. If you specifically give us ‘discretion’ we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the formal reserve. Reserves. (a) You are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being the minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be reasonable and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be subject to an unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage and insurance charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment). (b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent. (c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally. 8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by external contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being notified. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. 9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be offered and must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. The rights of disposal referred to in clause 8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request.

10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale proceeds. The liability to reimburse the sale proceeds shall not arise where you are acting reasonably and honestly and are unaware of the forgery but we are or ought to have been aware of it. 11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be re-offered at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable daily rate. 12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of up to 10% plus VAT of the reserve or low estimate on being bought in or withdrawn after being catalogued. 13. Conditions of Sale. You agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale. In particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner or agent for the owner. You undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third party for all losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of this undertaking. 14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest. (a) You authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain beneficially the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of Sale and any interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement. (b) You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the close of business on the day of the sale in the case of lots unsold at auction, in which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been sold at auction and so far as appropriate these terms apply. 15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing charge of £2 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you do not remove them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within three weeks we reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your expense to consign them to the local authority for disposal. 16. Settlement. Subject to our normal trading conditions, payment will be made by BACS or cheque five weeks after the sale unless the buyer has not paid for the goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale. You authorise any sums owed by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. You must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above. You should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale. CONDITIONS OF SALE

Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.

1. DEFINITIONS In these Conditions: (a) ‘auctioneer’ means Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate; (b) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description; (c) ‘hammer price’ means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the auctioneer brings down the hammer; (d) ‘terms of consignment’ means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd accepts instructions from sellers or their agents; (e) ‘total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot

sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Conditions; (f) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising. (g) ‘‘You’, ‘Your’, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2. (h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate. 2. BIDDING PROCEDURES AND THE BUYER (a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid; (b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion. (c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals. (d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved. 3. INCREMENTS

Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.

4. THE PURCHASE PRICE

The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 25% plus VAT @20% (totalling 30% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 12% plus VAT @20% (14.4%) inclusive thereafter.

5. VALUE ADDED TAX

Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed with a † or Ω. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots. (Please refer to ‘Information for Buyers’ for a brief explanation of the VAT position).

6. PAYMENT (a) (i) (ii) (b)

Immediately a lot is sold you will: give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and pay to us the total amount due in pounds sterling Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent, whether express or implied.

7. TITLE AND COLLECTION OF PURCHASES (a) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made payment in full to us of the total amount due. (b) You shall at your own risk and expense COLLECT any lots that you have purchased and paid for from our premises not later than 3 working days following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment (IF LATER) after which you shall be responsible for any COLLECTION, storage and insurance charges. (c) No purchase MAY be COLLECTED AND WE SHALL NOT RELEASE ANY LOT TO YOU OR YOUR AGENT until it has been paid for. 8. REMEDIES FOR PURCHASES

NON-PAYMENT

FAILURE

COLLECT

(a) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies: (i) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract; (ii) to rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold by us to you; (iii) to resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller; (iv) to remove, store and insure the lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either at our premises or elsewhere; (v) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale; (vi) to retain that or any other lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due; (vii) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted;

(viii) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to retain possession of any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the debt due is satisfied. (b) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these conditions 9. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY

All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and must note the lay-out of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal injury (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.

10. COMMISSION BIDS

Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular lot and shall be assumed to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition, we will if so instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so save where such failure is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.

11. WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AVAILABILITY

The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.

benefit of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them. 18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail or Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48 hours after posting. 19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary appearing in the catalogue. 20. Any indulgence extended to bidders buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other respects these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect. 21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions. 22. Prior written consent must be sought by the buyer or any other party for the use of any images, illustrations and written materials produced by or for Woolley & Wallis relating to a lot or sale, including the contents of a catalogue. Copyright for any of the aforementioned will remain the property of Woolley & Wallis, subject to the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Woolley & Wallis and the seller make no representations or warranties that the buyer of a lot will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights to it. PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, ENGRAVINGS AND PRINTS

Glossary

12. AGENCY

The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for default by sellers or buyers.

13. TERMS OF SALE

The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the consignor at the time of the entry of the lot.

14. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITION

In accordance with long standing practice in Fine Art Sale Rooms certain terms used in descriptions in the Catalogue have the meanings ascribed to them in the glossary below.

(a)

(b)

Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. The Company reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by the artist. (When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named. Attributed to Edward Lear: In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category. Studio of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist which may be or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction. Circle of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil. Style of ...; Follower of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil. Manner of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date. After Edward Lear: In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist. The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand. Dimensions are given height before width. Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.

(a) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph 6 ‘information to buyers’.

(c)

(b) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by auction for purposes of consumer legislation.

(j) (k)

15. FORGERIES

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE

Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.

Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €10,000.

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency by the auctioneer.

Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale.

Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any lot which proves to be a deliberate forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction provided it is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the evidence presented that the lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the money paid by you for the lot including any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights under this condition. The right of return provided by this Condition is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.

GENERAL 16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person. 17. (a) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate. (b) Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the

(d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)

PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS WHAT THIS PRIVACY NOTICE DOES This privacy notice (Notice) explains how Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Limited (us, we, our, Woolley & Wallis), processes the personal data of users of our auction and valuation services (Services) and includes buyers, bidders and sellers of auction items as well as prospective users of our Services (you, your). It also explains your rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you. This Notice is effective from May 2018. We may change this Notice from time to time. Any significant changes will be notified to you. DATA CONTROLLER AND CONTACT DETAILS Woolley and Wallis is the data controller of your personal data and is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and, once in force, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you have any questions about how we use your personal data, whom we share it with, or if you wish to exercise any of the rights set out in this Notice, please contact us using the following details: • By post – Privacy Officer, Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU. •

By email – privacyofficer@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

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By telephone – +44 (0)1722 424599

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA We collect your personal data from the following sources: •

From you when you: - interact with us before entering into a contract with us, for example when you express your interest in our Services; - instruct us to provide Services to you, sign contractual documentation and provide information in connection with those instructions; - communicate with us by post, telephone, email or via our website, for example in order to make enquiries or register for an online account; - in various other ways as you interact with us during your time as a user (or potential user) of our Services, for the various purposes set out below.

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From third parties such as:

- other auction houses and individuals and organisations in the auctioneering trade whom we may contact to check background details about you; - thesaleroom.com who enable live online bidding and provide us with the name, contact details, the last four digits of registered payment cards and transaction history (in relation to activity on thesaleroom.com) of individuals who register for one of our auctions (please see thesaleroom.com’s privacy policy for further information). We also receive names, contact details, sale details and payment details (the amount and date paid) from realex payments (thesaleroom.com’s payment provider); - sage pay who process payments on our behalf and who provide us with your name, contact details and payment details (only the last four digits of your payment card are provided); - shipping companies whom you hire to collect items you purchased from us.

THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT We may collect the following personal data about you: • your name and contact details including address, telephone and email address; • your image, as captured by CCTV, if you attend our premises; • personal identification documents, including copies of governmentissued identification such as passport and driving license which are required to register bidders (or when we need to verify a seller’s details); • account details and other information relating to your transactions/ dealings with us and your use of our Services; • payment details such as credit card and bank account details; • credit and payment history (where you open an account with us as a buyer or bidder); • information on your collecting preferences and aspirations, and your collections, acquisitions and disposals; and • other information that you provide to us, for example, when you have a comment/complaint, submit a question, take part in a survey or where you express an interest in receiving marketing material or request further information. We may also process special categories of personal data, including information concerning your health and medical conditions (for example, disability), where relevant to the provision of our Services.

THE BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA, HOW WE USE THAT DATA AND WITH WHOM WE SHARE THAT DATA WHERE WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU We will process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (for example, a contract to use our Services) or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. In this respect, we use your personal data for the following: • to interact with you before you enter into a contract with us, such as when you express your interest in our Services (for example, to send you information about our Services or answer enquiries about our Services); • once you have engaged us and entered into a contract, to provide you with the Services set out in any contractual documents. In this respect we will provide your data to our third party suppliers or subcontractors as necessary whom we engage to help us perform our Services or who assist us in conducting our business, such as our IT suppliers, data storage providers, and valuation companies. LEGITIMATE INTERESTS We may also process your personal data because it is necessary for our or a third party’s legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests include our commercial interests. In this respect, we may use your personal data for the following: • to monitor and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of our Services, including by training our staff or monitoring their performance; • to deal with any concerns or feedback you may have in the performance of the Services; • for our internal business record keeping and processes; • to seek advice on our rights and obligations, including obtaining legal advice; • to contact you for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive such information, please let us know now or at any time in the future, and your details will be removed from our marketing list. We will not provide your personal data to third party organisations to use for their own marketing purposes; • to customise our website and marketing communications in line with your particular interests or preferences; • to collect money owed to us or our consignors; • to carry out background and credit checks in relation to bidders and buyers. In this respect we will provide your data to the following: • our professional advisors; • thesaleroom.com; • debt collection agencies; • third parties who assist us with our marketing; • our website and email management software provider. LEGAL OBLIGATIONS We may also process your Personal Data for our compliance with our legal obligations. In this respect, we may use your Personal Data for the following: • to meet our compliance and regulatory obligations, such as our tax reporting requirements or to carry out identity checks; • in order to assist with investigations (including criminal investigations) carried out by competent authorities; In this respect we will provide your data to the following: • •

external auditors; the police and other competent authorities, including HMRC;

CONSENT

HOW LONG YOUR INFORMATION IS KEPT

We may also process your Personal Data where we have your specific consent to do so (for example, where we have your agreement to include information about you (as a seller) in sale marketing materials) or where we have sought and obtained your consent to send you direct marketing by email, or for the use of cookies on our website. If you have given your consent and you wish to withdraw it, please contact us using the contact details set out above.

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In particular: • in relation to CCTV images taken when you attend our premises, we will retain these for a few months; • in relation to personal data relating to the transactions you have entered into with us as part of the provision of our Services, we will retain that data for period of seven years after that transaction has concluded in case any legal claims arise out of the provision of those Services; • we will retain your details on our marketing database until you inform us that you no longer wish to receive our marketing communications. However, where you do unsubscribe from our marketing communications we will keep your details on a suppression list to ensure that we do not send you information you have asked not to receive; • in relation to personal data relating to the provenance of works, we may retain that data indefinitely in our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of the wider art market in maintaining the integrity of that market. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS Under the DPA you have the following rights: • to obtain access to, and copies of, the personal data that we hold about you; • to require that we cease processing your personal data if the processing is causing you damage or distress; • to require us not to send you marketing communications. • to require us to correct the personal data we hold about you if it is incorrect; • to require us to erase your personal data; • to require us to restrict our data processing activities (and, where our processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent, without affecting the lawfulness of our processing based on consent before its withdrawal); • to receive from us the personal data we hold about you which you have provided to us, in a reasonable format specified by you, including for the purpose of you transmitting that personal data to another data controller; • to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to any of our particular processing activities where you feel this has a disproportionate impact on your rights. Please note that the above rights are not absolute, and we may be entitled to refuse requests where exceptions apply. If you are not satisfied with how we are processing your personal data, you can raise a concern with the Information Commissioner. You can also find out more about your rights under data protection legislation from the Information Commissioner’s Office website available at: www.ico.org.uk

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Absentee Bid Form Japanese Works of Art 12th November 2019

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS Lot Number in numerical order

Asian Art II 13th November 2019 Please bid, on my behalf, for the undermentioned lots up to the prices shown which do not include the buyer’s premium or any V.A.T. payable on lots. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids, and/ or reserves if any, and subject to the Conditions of Sale printed in the Catalogue. Please note we cannot guarantee that bids received after 4pm on the day prior to the auction will be executed. BUYER’S PREMIUM Each lot is subject to a buyer’s premium of 25% plus VAT at 20% Billing Name (please print) �� Address �� _________________________ Postcode �� Daytime Telephone �� Email �� All accounts must be settled within 21 days. ID is required for all first time bidders. Signature ��

Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU Tel: 01722 424500 Fax: 01722 424508

Brief Description of lot

Price excluding buyer’s premium & VAT

AUCTION CALENDAR OCTOBER 29th

Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu

30th

Fine Jewellery

NOVEMBER 12th & 13th Asian Art, Chinese Paintings & Japanese Works of Art

FREE VALUATION MORNINGS First Friday of the month 10am-1pm. No appointment necessary.

NEXT VALUATION DATES 1st November, 6th December & 7th February (No valuation day in January)

20th Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour 27th British Art Pottery

DECEMBER 11th

Modern British & 20th Century Art

JANUARY 8th

Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks

21st & 22nd Silver & Objects of Vertu 23rd Jewellery

FEBRUARY 4th & 5th The Judith Howard Collection of Sèvres Porcelain 19th

Tribal Art & Antiquities

MARCH 4th

Old Masters, British & European Paintings

18th

Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design

Dates may be subject to change

+44 (0) 1722 424500 enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Price includes buyer’s premium

A Japanese Kakiemon figure of a beauty, SOLD FOR £33,750*