ASIAN ART II
亞洲藝術品II
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Front Cover: Lot 1019 detail
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Catalogue £20.00 (£25.00 by post) (£30.00 by post outside Europe)
LOTS 700-832
WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 2024
2.30pm
The sales to be conducted at our Castle Street Salerooms, SP1 3SU
LOTS 833-1130
THURSDAY 23RD MAY 2024
10.00am
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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
NORTHERN DYNASTIES 北朝 386-581
Northern Wei 北魏 386-534
Eastern Wei 東魏 534-550
Western Wei 西魏 535-556
Northern Qi 北齊 550-577
Northern Zhou 北周 557-581
SUI DYNASTY 隋 581-618
TANG DYNASTY 唐 618-907
FIVE DYNASTIES 五代 907-960
Later Liang 後梁 907-923
Later Tang 後唐 923-936
Later Jin 後晋 936-946
Later Han 後漢 947-950
Later Zhou 後周 951-960
LIAO DYNASTY 遼 907-1125
SONG DYNASTY 宋 960-1279
Northern Song 北宋 960-1127
Southern Song 南宋 1127-1279
JIN DYNASTY 金 1115-1234
YUAN DYNASTY 元 1271-1368
MING DYNASTY 明 1368-1644
Hongwu 洪武 1368-1398
Jianwen 建文 1399-1402
Yongle 永樂 1403-1425
Hongxi 洪熙 1425
Xuande 宣德 1426-1435
Zhengtong 正統 1436-1449
Jingtai 景泰 1450-1456
Tianshun 天順 1457-1464
Chenghua 成化 1465-1487
Hongzhi 弘治 1488-1505
Zhengde 正德 1506-1521
Jiajing 嘉靖 1522-1566
Longqing 隆慶 1567-1572
Wanli 萬曆 1573-1620
Taichang 泰昌 1620
Tianqi 天啟 1621-1627
Chongzhen 崇禎 1628-1644
QING DYNASTY 清 1644-1911
Shunzhi 順治 1644-1661
Kangxi 康熙 1662-1722
Yongzheng 雍正 1723-1735
Qianlong 乾隆 1736-1795
Jiaqing 嘉慶 1796-1820
Daoguang 道光 1821-1850
Xianfeng 咸豐 1851-1861
Tongzhi 同治 1862-1874
Guangxu 光緒 1875-1908
Xuantong 宣統 1908-1911
REPUBLIC OF CHINA 中華民國
1912-
Hongxian (Yuan Shi Kai) 洪憲 （袁世凱）1915-1916
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中華人民共和國 1949-
亞洲藝術品 II
WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 2024
LOTS 700-832 2.30pm
WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 2024
700
A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ INCENSE BURNER LATE MING DYNASTY
Seated with its front left paw on an openwork brocade ball and a trailing tassel in its jaws, the head fixed to the body, all mounted on a wood stand, 9kg overall, 28.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
701
A LARGE CHINESE GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL MING DYNASTY
Depicting the deity sitting in dhyanasana with his right hand raised in vitarka mudra and the left holding a small flask, wearing elaborate robes and a panelled headdress, decorated all over with gilding and deep red lacquer, raised on a gilt-wood stand in the form of a lotus throne, 43cm the figure, 52.5cm overall. (2)
£300-500
702
A CHINESE BRONZE ‘LAOZI AND BUFFALO’ INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE MING DYNASTY
The cover is modelled as the Daoist sage wearing flowing robes and holding a scroll in his articulated left hand, his back with an aperture for releasing incense smoke, the base shaped as a water buffalo striding forward with its front left hoof raised and its head turned to the side, on an oblong base with key fret decoration, the metal with a dark patina lightening to olive on the animal’s back, 1.6g, 25.5cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
703
A PAIR OF SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE BODHISATTVA 18TH CENTURY
Each seated in dyanasana with hands in dyana mudra, wearing a headdress and jewellery with remnants of coloured inlay, the hair with traces of blue pigment, 1.2kg, 11.3cm. (2)
£800-1,200
704
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA LATE MING DYNASTY
Seated in lalitasana, with her right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, dressed in flowing robes and elaborate headdress, with downcast eyes, 2.6kg, 23cm.
£300-500
705
FOUR CHINESE IRON MODELS OF OXEN AND A LARGE PIG TANG DYNASTY
Each figure standing four-square facing forwards, one attached to a wood base, 8kg max, 31cm max. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex, formerly from the collection of Arthur M Sackler (1913-87). 703 704
706
A CHINESE GILDED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY
The bodhisattva raised high on a lotus throne, riding on the back of a Buddhist lion, 337g, 12.3cm.
£200-300
707
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his hands in dharmachakra mudra, wearing an elaborate headdress around a ushnisha and further jewellery, his face with downcast eyes and a serene expression; together with a Tibetan gilt-copper hand and two Nepalese gilt-bronze figures, each with a stand, the bodhisattva 1.3kg, 19.6cm max. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
708
A CHINESE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA LATE MING DYNASTY
Seated in dhyanasana upon a double-lotus throne with twin mythical beasts, wearing elaborate headdress and jewellery, 1.04kg, 18.3cm.
£600-1,000
709
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The seated Goddess holding a scroll in her right hand, wearing flowing robes and a cowl, her eyes downcast, 700g, 10.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
710
A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Of rectangular section, the waisted body with loop handles and four feet simulating twisted bamboo branches, the openwork cover and base with further leafy bamboo shoots, 2.6kg, 29.5cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
711
A HIMALAYAN PARCEL-GILT COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana upon a double-lotus throne, with her right hand held in varada mudra and her left hand in vitarka mudra, wearing elaborate jewellery and a loose dhoti decorated with floral borders, the hair arranged in a high chignon, 433g, 19cm.
£400-600
712
A CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC SQUARE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY
Chased with formal lappets beneath a band of kui-dragons all reserved on a leiwen ground, with two side handles issuing from mythical beast masks and four scrolling bracket feet, the base with a six-character Xuande mark, 518g, 12cm.
£200-300
713
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE MODEL OF AN ARCHAISTIC RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONG PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY
The body decorated to each side with alternating bands of bosses and foliate scrolls, centred with double-lotus thrones supporting blank rectangular cartouches, and with panels of dragons to the sides, the upper and lower rims decorated with foliate scroll friezes, centred respectively with a phoenix and tortoise and with circular disks, the flat top surface of the bell cast with cranes and phoenix among scrolling clouds, all beneath a pierced handle, 9kg, 25.2cm. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
714
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE RECTANGULAR ‘DRAGON’ INCENSE BURNER LATE QING DYNASTY
The sides cast and chased with scaly dragons among scrolling clouds, the rim with dragon-shaped handles, all raised on four lion-mask feet, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark, 2.3kg, 14cm.
£500-1,000
Provenance: acquired by the present owner in the UK during the 1990s.
715
715
A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND STAND QING DYNASTY
The compressed circular body with two lion-mask handles, the base with a six-character Xuande mark, the stand with three stylised bracket feet, 1.9kg and 863g, 20.4cm and 15cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
716
A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY
With a compressed circular body and a raised rim, supported on a short straight foot, with a four-character Xuande mark to the base, 2.3kg, 20.8cm.
£500-800
717
A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL GARLIC-MOUTH VASE AND A PAINTED ENAMEL DISH 19TH CENTURY
The vase decorated with lotus sprays between ruyi-heads and lappets on a pale turquoise ground; the dish painted with three horses in a landscape beneath a poem, the reverse with flowers, fruit and insects centred with a panel of a bird on a prunus branch, 29cm and 26.5cm. (2)
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. The painted enamel dish purchased from David Alexander Antiques, 5th June 1980.
718
A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY
The compressed circular body raised on a short splayed foot, the sides with two loop handles below an everted rim, with a mark reading Da Ming Xuande wu nian zuo, 1.7kg, 19.5cm.
£300-500
719
THREE CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL ITEMS
18TH CENTURY
Comprising: an erotic subject square dish, a teapot and cover decorated with stylised flowers and foliage, and a European subject small flared cup, 17.5cm. (4)
£500-1,000
720
TWO CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE VESSELS
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
One parcel-gilt, formed as two conjoined vases with stylised mythical birds and bats, the base with a horizontal Qianlong mark; the other a model of a ritual food vessel dou raised on a splayed foot, the reticulated cover decorated with pine, with a Xuande mark, 495g and 193g, 12cm and 7.5cm. (3)
£300-500
721
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PAINTED ENAMEL DISH
18TH CENTURY
Decorated with a scene of figures in a landscape in an eight-lobed cartouche on a puce diaper ground, 22cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
722
A CHINESE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE AND A GILT-BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY
The baluster-shaped vase set with two handles formed by leafy curved bamboo stems; the incense burner of slightly compressed form with a pair of loop handles, the base with a Xuande mark, with a wood stand, 1kg and 977g, 15.6cm and 16.5cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
723
A LARGE CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
LATE MING DYNASTY
The compressed circular body with two lion-mask handles and the sides decorated with two panels, one depicting two lion dogs contesting a brocade ball, and the other with monkeys, a deer and birds in a landscape, the base with a six-character Xuande mark, together with a later wood stand elaborately carved as lotus, 8.6kg, 37.2cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
724
A CHINESE ARCHAIC CARVED BONE FITTING SHANG DYNASTY
Carved from a short, straight section with a prominent median ridge, decorated to the front with a taotie mask below alternating bands of chevrons and angular scrolls, the reverse with a simple lattice pattern, the inside hollowed out and with a collection paper label ‘B225’, 9.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. Cheng Te-K’un, Archaeology in China: Shang China, vol.2, p.284, pl.24.b, for a similar example of a carved bone fitting dating to the Shang dynasty.
725
725
A CHINESE GOLD ‘PHOENIX AND SANDUO’ HAIRPIN FINIAL PROBABLY QING DYNASTY
Each side worked in repoussé, depicting a phoenix perched on fruiting branches of pomegranate, peach and lychee, forming the Three Abundances, all issuing from the mouth of a mythical beast, 49g, 8.9cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
725A
A CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE QING DYNASTY
The rounded cylindrical body cast with a wide band of square scrolls, between borders of waves and lappets, the sides with loose ring handles, 4.2kg, 28cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, Cambridge.
726
λ A CHINESE TWO-HANDLED SILVER CUP AND A TORTOISESHELL HEXAGONAL CUP
KANGXI 1662-1722
The silver cup with handles formed as makara, the tortoiseshell cup with a metal liner and a finely carved dragon handle, the former 36g, 8cm. (2)
£250-350
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
727
TWO DECCAN SILVER-INLAID BIDRI HOOKAH BASES 18TH/19TH CENTURY
One of bell shape with a short flared neck; the other of bulbous conical form with a small spout to the shoulder and a short flared neck, inlaid with floral sprays above bands of stylised vegetal motifs, 20.5cm and 32cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
728
A CHINESE HAN-STYLE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘TIGER’ WEIGHT
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Modelled as two muscular tigers playfully biting and clawing each other’s backs, with well-detailed facial features, hair and sharp claws, 588g, 7.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
729
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ WRIST REST
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Modelled in the shape of a pine tree trunk, 605g, 23cm. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
730
A CHINESE MIXED METAL RECTANGULAR BOX
17TH CENTURY
Decorated with copper and brass inlay on a pewter ground, the sliding cover with a scene depicting a dignitary and four scholar-officials overlooked by a lady in a pavilion, 556g, 16.7cm. (2)
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
731
AN INDIAN SILVER TEA CADDY POSSIBLY KUTCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular body and the hinged cover with repoussé roundels depicting Vishnu in various positions all reserved on a floral ground, raised on four ball feet, 256g, 12cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
732
FOUR CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ITEMS 19TH CENTURY
Comprising: a pair of bottle vase decorated with lotus scrolls and flower branches; a dish with a central shou character medallion encircled by cranes in flight; and a stand decorated with floral sprays, all with a turquoise ground, 1.2kg, 492g, and 218g, 19.9cm max. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
733
TWO CHINESE FIGURES OF BUDAI HE SHANG 17TH/18TH CENTURY
One a gilt-bronze figure depicting the monk seated with prayer beads in his right hand and a sack in his left; the other a soapstone figure depicting the monk seated with prayer beads in his left hand and a sack in his right, raised on a wood stand, 1kg and 1.1kg, 15cm and 12cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-700
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
734
TWO
CHINESE CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL FIGURES OF LUOHAN 18TH CENTURY
Dressed in flowing robes decorated with bats and shou characters, the gaunt faces with downcast eyes, 2kg, 16cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
735
A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER EWER, PENBA HU 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The twelve-sided pear-shaped body embossed with floral cartouches, with a flared neck and foot, 1.4kg, 29cm.
£300-500
Provenance: from the collection of Norman Blount, 1875-1930. Norman Blount was a jute broker, as well as the joint secretary (with the artist Abanindranath Tagore) of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which was founded in 1907 in Calcutta, with Lord Kitchener the Society’s President.
Cf. Christie’s London, 25th June 1998, lot 161 for an almost identical example.
736
A CHINESE CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY
Dressed in flowing robes decorated with phoenix and blossoming floral sprays, her right hand supporting an ambrosia bottle and her left hand in shuni mudra, the face with a serene expression and downcast eyes, 1.2kg, 21cm.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: formerly from an English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
737
A SINO-TIBETAN BONE FIGURE OF PANJARANATA MAHAKALA
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The deity is depicted holding a vajra, a scullcup and a ghandi stick, wearing a headdress and necklace of skulls above a tiger skin, squatting above two prostrate figures, the backplate with an openwork decoration of blazing flames, 18cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£600-800
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
738
A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF LOKAPALA DHRITARASHTRA
18TH CENTURY
Seated on a lotus throne playing his symbolic weapon, a pipa, and wearing elaborate headdress and armour, his face well defined with pointed eyebrows and a stern expression, together with a modern stand, 632g, 26cm. (2) £2,000-3,000
739
A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE DEPICTING KAUMARI
17TH CENTURY
The four-armed Goddess Kaumari stands on her vahana holding peacock feathers, mayurapattra, in the upper right hand, a kapala in her lower right hand and the left in varada mudra, a gesture of charity, mounted on a wooden panel, 15cm.
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of Norman Blount (1875-1930). Norman Blount was a jute broker, as well as the joint secretary (with the artist Abanindranath Tagore) of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which was founded in 1907 in Calcutta, with Lord Kitchener the Society’s President.
740
λ A RARE SINO-TIBETAN SILVER-MOUNTED RITUAL CONCH SHELL QING DYNASTY
The left-spiralling shell with a dedicatory inscription in Manchu and Chinese reading jintian fenghua Qianlong shisan nian Gandan si Renshang Renboqie jingzhi with the date for the Qianlong 13th year (corresponding to 1749), mounted as a trumpet with a mouthpiece opening at the base of the shell, the silver mounts with repoussé and chased decoration depicting dragons, precious objects and floral scrolls, further embellished with coral and turquoise cabochons, together with a metal stand, 19.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
742
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BRONZE FRAGMENTS SHANG DYNASTY OR LATER
Consisting of a large archaic zun decorated with taotie masks; fragments of two circular lids raised on modern stands, and many other smaller pieces from various vessels, all encrusted in verdigris, 41cm max. (a lot)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
741
A CHINESE BAMBOO MODEL OF A ‘DRAGON’ INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY
Decorated in high relief with a chilong clambering up the globular body, which features a pair of loose-ring handles hanging from dragon masks and three lion-paw feet issuing from lion masks, the cover with a low-relief decoration of two dragons contesting a flaming pearl, beneath a finial carved as a dragon with loose rings around its four ankles, the base inscribed Qianlong yiwei ke Du Shiyuan, 11.9cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex, purchased from Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976) in the 1970s.
743
TWENTY VARIOUS BRONZE MIRRORS HAN DYNASTY AND LATER
Variously decorated with squirrels, birds, fish, and geometric designs, together with a bronze bowl, a dish and a cover, 26.5cm max. (23)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
744
A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL DRINKING VESSEL, ZHI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
The bulbous body decorated in relief with two taotie masks between archaic scrolls, the surface a mottled olive green with areas of malachite encrustations, 253g, 11.2cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M Sackler Collections, vol.IIB, p.625, pl.99 for an example also dated to the Early Western Zhou dynasty, decorated with taotie masks and featuring a similar bevelled high foot.
745
A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG MID QING DYNASTY
The cylindrical body carved in low relief with a scholar on a mule and an attendant in a mountainous landscape, the base with a hardwood mount, 12cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
746
A SMALL COLLECTION OF HIMALAYAN GILT-METAL ITEMS
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Comprising: a gilt-bronze figure of Mahakala and consort mounted on a wood stand; a gilt-copper figure of a bodhisattva with traces of polychromy; a gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni; a small gilt-copper figure of a Gelug lama; a small figure with an elaborate headdress and sceptre; and an elephant standing four-square on a rectangular base, 743g overall, 12cm max. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
747
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY
Cast seated on a rocky outcrop with her left hand raised to hold an attribute, wearing flowing robes and a prominent neckpiece, her hair swept back with an elaborate headpiece and her face with a serene expression; together with two Chinese bronze figures of war gods, and a Japanese bronze group of a mother and three children, 6kg max, 29.2cm max. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
748
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE BRONZE ITEMS WARRING STATES PERIOD AND LATER
Comprising: a small bronze figure of Guanyin, with an indistinct inscription to the reverse of her halo; two small gilt-bronze figures of Guanyin; and a bronze harness mount, decorated with a band of kui-dragons, the metal with malachite encrustations, together with a wood stand, 286g overall, 11cm max. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
749
λ A SMALL COLLECTION OF HIMALAYAN ITEMS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a white metal ritual dagger, phurbu, embellished with bone deity masks and cabochons of coral, turquoise and other semi-precious stones; an iron phurbu terminating in the head of Hayagriva, together with a gilt-copper stand; a gilt-copper fragment with a deity mask terminal, together with a modern metal stand; and a bronze baluster vase with traces of red pigment, decorated with Buddhist deities alternating with formal foliate lappets, 26cm max. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
750
THREE TIBETAN METAL GHANTA AND THREE BRONZE VAJRA
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Variously decorated with Sanskrit characters, stylised masks, lotus petal lappets and makara, 1.1kg, 16.8cm max. (7)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
751
A DECCAN SILVER-INLAID BIDRI CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with geometric bands of stars, flowers and petals, together with two silver-inlaid copper bowls, 12.2cm and 8cm. (4)
£300-500
Provenance: from the collection of Norman Blount, 1875-1930. Norman Blount was a jute broker, as well as the joint secretary (with the artist Abanindranath Tagore) of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which was founded in 1907 in Calcutta, with Lord Kitchener the Society’s President.
752
FOUR CHINESE SOAPSTONE FIGURES
19TH CENTURY AND 20TH CENTURY
One depicting a seated luohan resting on a rocky outcrop; another a seated luohan leaning on a recumbent tiger; a third a Buddhist lion playing with two puppies and a ball; and a figure of Budai He Shang, together with three wood stands, 16.5cm, 12cm, 11.5cm and 9.5cm. (7)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
753
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN BRUSHPOTS MOSTLY QING DYNASTY
Comprising: two large cylindrical bitong in hardwood, another lacquered brown and incised with a landscape scene, and four in bamboo, 29.5cm. (7)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
754
FIVE CHINESE SOAPSTONE FIGURE GROUPS LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD
One carved as Magu with a phoenix; another a reclining figure; one a Buddhist lion affixed to its soapstone stand; and two each carved as a luohan, one with a soapstone stand; together with a small soapstone boulder carving, a jade archer’s ring, and three wood stands, 21cm max. (11)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
755
A CHINESE CARVED ZITAN BRUSHPOT, BITONG QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Naturalistically worked as a tree trunk, dated to the jiazi year and signed Chu ke, the exterior with irregular raised nodes and organic contours, the wood of a dark brown hue, 16.2cm.
£2,000-3,000
Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, vol.44, p.56, no.51, for a slightly smaller zitan brushpot in the Palace Museum, Beijing.
756
A LARGE CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK, BIANHU QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Each side with eight lotus petal-shaped panels formed of kui-dragons and stylised ruyi-heads, each enclosing one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, radiating from a raised boss centred with a yin-yang symbol, the neck flanked with scrolling kui-dragon handles and decorated with bats above stylised lotus flowers, 5kg, 50cm.
£4,000-6,000
757
A CHINESE BAMBOO ‘DOUBLE-LOZENGE’ BOX AND COVER 18TH CENTURY OR LATER
The top with interlinked squares decorated with a key fret border, carved all over in low relief with stylised lotus scrolls, raised on a short straight foot, 32.5cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
Cf. A related bamboo ‘double lozenge’ box carved with a similar decoration in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, vol.44, p.79, pl.72.
758
A CHINESE ZITAN AND JADE-INSET RUYI SCEPTRE LATE QING DYNASTY
Mounted with three pale celadon jade plaques carved in low relief with figures beneath pine trees, the head and shaft inlaid in mother of pearl with auspicious objects, 59cm.
£3,000-5,000
759
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC GILT-BRONZE INCENSE BURNER LATE MING DYNASTY
The rectangular body with two loop handles mounted to the rim, the sides cast with panels of taotie masks, all raised on four animal-mask feet, together with a pierced wood cover, 3kg, 19cm. (2)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
760
A SMALL CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ BOX AND COVER 18TH CENTURY
Of circular cushion form, the cover decorated with four stylised lotus flowerheads within a dark blue ruyi-head border, the base similarly decorated, all reserved on a turquoise ground, 193g, 6.5cm. (2)
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
761
A LARGE CHINESE DUAN STONE INKSTONE QING DYNASTY
Of rectangular form with archaistic strapwork and scrolling clouds to the edges around a key fret border, the underside carved with scrolling clouds to one corner, together with a hardwood box and cover, 31cm the stone, 32.3cm overall. (3)
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
762
A PAIR OF CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘BAJIXIANG’ BOWLS
QIANLONG 1736-95
Each decorated to the exterior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems among scrolling lotus on a low-relief diaper ground, the interiors lacquered black and the bases lacquered red, with the paper labels for the RW Lawrence Collection, no.15, together with two wood stands, 14cm. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent, purchased in the 1980s.
763
A LARGE CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG LATE QING DYNASTY
The cylindrical body decorated with a heron flying over large lotus sprays, the reverse with a panel containing a sparrow and a large blossoming hibiscus branch, 26.8cm.
£300-500
764
TWO CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS 18TH CENTURY
The covers carved with panels of mountainous landscapes, one depicting two scholarly figures in a pavilion below a pine tree, the other with two figures in an interior looking out onto a garden with a scholar and his attendant, each panel surrounded by a band of archaistic angular scrolls above a low-relief geometric ground within a key fret border, the sides with panels carved in low relief with geometric patterns, the bases and interiors lacquered black, 26.4cm. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
765
A CHINESE HARDWOOD CARVING OF A MOUNTAIN QING DYNASTY
Naturalistically carved as a peak rising steeply from a triangular base, carved with a scene of three scholarly figures and their attendant meeting around a pine tree at the foot of the mountain, together with a wood base, 25.6cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
766
A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL WATERPOT QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The globular body decorated with scrolling lotus, raised on a gilt base with three ruyi-shaped feet, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark, 6.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
767
A SMALL CHINESE HARDWOOD MODEL OF AN ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER, DING QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The four-legged rectangular vessel decorated with wire-inlay taotie masks and kui-dragons, with mother of pearl flanges to the body and inlaid roundels to the legs, 10.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
768
THREE CHINESE BRUSHPOTS, BITONG QING DYNASTY
Two in hardwood, the third in bamboo, incised with a finger citron and signed Wang Mo Song, 20cm max. (3)
£500-800
769
TWO CHINESE BAMBOO CALLIGRAPHIC WRIST RESTS 20TH CENTURY
Each decorated with mountainous landscapes and inscribed with Christmas and New Year messages, panels of calligraphy and seals, 15cm. (2)
£150-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
770
A CHINESE ENAMEL SUPPER SET 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Composed of four triangular dishes, the interiors with a blue decoration of floral scrolls centred with gilt flowers, together with a fitted wooden box and cover, 22cm overall. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
771
771
A CHINESE MINIATURE PAINTING OF THE JADE EMPEROR
18TH CENTURY
Depicting the Daoist Jade Emperor seated enthroned before a pavilion holding a hu tablet, framed and glazed, 14.4cm x 9.9cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
772
772
TWO TIBETAN THANKAS LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
One depicting the standing figure of White Tara wearing flowing robes and an elaborate headdress, raised on a lotus plinth above a landscape populated with precious objects, amidst lotus flowers, scrolling clouds and a host of Buddhist deities; the other depicting the Buddha Shakyamuni in dhyanasana with his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra and his left holding an alms bowl, seated on a lotus throne raised on a plinth decorated with two Buddhist lions, the canvas mounted to a wood rail carved with polychrome roundels of Tibetan characters and hung with fabric tassels, 66.5cm x 45cm, the latter 78cm x 66cm overall. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
773
773
TWO PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS IRAN, 20TH CENTURY
One depicting a hunting scene with captions of naskhi script in black ink above and below the image, all framed within a border of floral scrolls on a blue ground; the other depicting a nocturnal scene with a sage asleep by a campfire with four figures bringing offerings, the scene between bands of foliate scrolls and lines of nasta’liq script in black ink with interlinear gilt cloudband decoration, both framed, 29cm x 22.3cm and 21.5cm x 16.3cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
774
ZHANG QINGYUAN (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS IN THE BAMBOO PAGODA
Comprising: twelve watercolour depictions of butterflies and flowers; one signed by the artist and dated to the Jiaqing dingsi year (1797) and with Huating, Shenghua and Qingyuan artists’ seals; the remaining each with an artist’s seal; within wooden covers with a title slip inscribed Zhu An Hua Die (Butterflies and Flowers in the Bamboo Pagoda), signed Shi Lian and dated to Autumn of the Jiaqing gengwu year (1810), each 24cm x 31cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
776
CHARLES-NICOLAS
THE CONQUESTS OF THE EMPEROR QIANLONG
DATED 1772
From an edition of sixteen engravings commemorating Qianlong’s victorious campaigns in Central Asia between 1755-59, after paintings by the Jesuit court artists Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), Jean-Denis Attiret (1702-68), Ignaz Sichelbarth (1708-80) and Jean Damascène Sallusti (d.1781), framed and glazed, 53.8cm x 91.2cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不 設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
775
AI DEJI (20TH CENTURY) CRAYFISH
A Chinese fan painting, ink and colour on paper, signed and dated, with four artist’s seals which read Ai Deji Yin, Rongxuan, Xuegu, and Changming, 17cm x 50cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
Provenance: from the Milne Henderson Collection of Japanese Art.
Cf. Emperor Ch’ien-lung’s Grand Cultural Enterprise, National Palace Museum, p.152, no.IV-20, for a related engraving. 776
777
AFTER WEN ZHENGMING (20TH CENTURY)
LANDSCAPE
A Chinese painting, ink and colour on silk, bearing a signature which reads Wen zhengming and two artist’s seals; together with five scroll paintings, three of which ink and colour on silk, the other two ink and colour on paper, with the signatures of Zhou Zhimian and Zhang Mu, 131cm x 44cm. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
778
A CHINESE YUAN-STYLE PRINT ON SILK 20TH CENTURY
Depicting a bird perched on a branch of a blossoming prunus tree gazing at a honeybee, framed and glazed, 25.5cm x 25cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
779
ATTRIBUTED TO BADA SHANREN (QING DYNASTY)
A FISH
A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, signed Bada Shanren, with one artist’s seal which reads, ke de shen xian and a collecter’s seal which reads, Tang Yun shen ding, framed and glazed, 26.5cm x 21.5cm.
£150-250
780
AFTER CASTIGLIONE (20TH CENTURY)
A HAWK
A print in ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed, 127cm x 64cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設 底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. M Beurdeley, Peintres Jesuites en Chine au XVIIIe Siecle, pp.192-193 for two related examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
781
AFTER CUI HU (20TH CENTURY)
BIRDS AND FLOWERS
A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed, dated and signed Cui Hu with three artist’s seals, 99cm x 30cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設 底價。
£200-300
782
THAKUR GANGA SINGH (1895-1970)
TWO FLORAL STUDIES
Watercolours on paper, one inscibed ‘Bombax malabaricm DC’ and the other ‘Beaumontia grandiflora Wall’, each signed Ganga Singh 1944, each framed and glazed, 44cm x 34.5cm. (2)
£500-1,000
Thakur Ganga Singh embarked on his artistic journey at the Forest Research Institute in Dehra Dun, later refining his skills at the Slade in London in 1931. Maharajah Yadhavindra Singh commissioned over 400 watercolor depictions of Simla Hills flora and Singh became a permanent member of His Highness’ staff. Singh’s contributions to botanical art were widely recognized, and he gained the title ‘Rai Sahib’ in his later years.
783
AFTER DING YUNPENG (20TH CENTURY) JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Six Chinese paintings, ink and colour on silk, one inscribed, dated renchen and signed Ding Yunpeng with two artist’s seals, mounted on two panels, 32.5cm x 25cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
784
THREE CHINESE PAINTED SOAPSTONE PANELS QING DYNASTY
One square, painted with figures on a terrace; the others rectangular, decorated with Immortals floating on swirling clouds, 32cm max. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
785
A CHINESE ‘DREAMSTONE’ WALL PANEL LATE QING DYNASTY
The two marble panels variegated with white, grey, and black veins, one fan-shaped and the other rectangular, each inscribed with a poem, signed and with a seal, set within a hardwood frame, 112cm x 49.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex. 783
786
A CHINESE GREY SCHOLAR’S ROCK
With an openwork design of irregular form, the stone of light grey colour, together with an associated wood stand, 37cm overall. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
787
A
CHINESE RECTANGULAR GREEN LACQUER ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ CASKET LATE QING DYNASTY
The chamfered hinged lid and sides decorated in relief with dragons and phoenix contesting pearls beneath clouds, mounted with gilded side handles and hinges with further dragons and phoenix, raised on a tall plinth, 31cm x 38cm x 25cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
788
A CHINESE RECTANGULAR HARDWOOD BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY
Decorated with flowering magnolia branches growing from a vase detailed with animal masks and with a scholar’s rock,19cm x 28.6cm. (2)
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
789
A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER PANEL 16TH CENTURY
Depicting a scholar being taken across a stretch of water to visit a friend seated in a pavilion with his attendant, all in a roundel reserved on a geometric diaper ground, the reverse painted brown with two indistinct paper labels, framed, 34.2cm x 34cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
790
A SET OF FOUR SMALL CHINESE ‘FOUR GENTLEMEN’ IRON PICTURES, TIEHUA LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD
Depicting prunus blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, each contained in a wood frame, 44cm x 34.5cm. (4)
£200-300
791
EIGHT RECTANGULAR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLAQUES MODERN
Four painted with mountainous landscape scenes, with small figures on riverbanks, bridges and huts, the other four depicting the ‘Four Arts’ of the Chinese scholar, all in reticulated wood frames, each with signature of Wang Bu, 73cm x 21cm the plaques, 120cm x 36.5cm overall. (8)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£2,000-3,000
792
A
The rectangular panels vibrantly painted with scenes of ceremonial processions featuring ladies and dignitaries on phoenix and dragon carriages, both framed, 43.5cm x 64cm. (2)
£1,000-2,000
793
A
Oil on canvas, one depicting three ladies in a pavilion playing the zither and admiring swans on a lake, the other with two ladies on a terrace and a lady and child promenading in a garden, both framed, 58.3cm x 72.2cm. (2)
£1,500-2,500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Kent.
794
A SINO-TIBETAN ORANGE SILK BROCADE ROBE, CHUBA QING DYNASTY
The robe closing on the right side and widening towards the hem, with a matching high collar band, the fabric decorated with dragons, phoenix and scrolling clouds interspersed with swastika and cash motifs, with a blue cotton lining to the interior, 140cm.
£1,500-2,000
795
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK MARRIAGE SURCOAT, PAO LATE QING DYNASTY
The front-opening robe widening towards the hem and with a high collar, embroidered to the front and back with eight roundels of gourds among flowers and butterflies against a light coral ground, the hems with panels of figures in a garden amongst flowers and lingzhi, the sleeves also applied with a further border of flowers, cash motifs and shuangxi (Double Happiness) characters, the interior lined with black silk, 100.5cm.
£1,200-1,500
796
λ FOUR SINO-TIBETAN NECKLACES AND A MINIATURE TIBETAN THANGKA 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The necklaces variously composed of wood and bodhi seed beads, decorated with additional tianzhu beads and other coral, amber, coloured stone, metal, glass, nut and reproduction beads; the small thanka depicting a blue-coloured wrathful dharmapala, mounted in a white metal frame pendant suspended from a leather cord, 31cm max. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
797
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE EMBROIDERIES LATE QING DYNASTY
Variously depicting flowers, figures, insects and landscapes, all framed and glazed, 64cm x 31.5cm max. (22)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
798
λ FOUR SINO-TIBETAN NECKLACES AND TWO BRACELETS
19TH/20TH CENTURY
Variously composed of amber, nut, carved bone and turquoise beads, decorated with a tianzhu bead and additional metal and coloured stone beads, 71cm max. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
799
THREE CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGON’ PANELS
QING DYNASTY
The smaller panel with a ferocious dragon clutching a flaming pearl on a gold silk ground, the other panels forming a pair, with dragons writhing above breaking waves beneath smaller dragon roundels, all framed and glazed, 53cm x 67cm and 43cm x 37cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
800
A CHINESE RANK BADGE
LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
Embroidered with a Mandarin duck gazing at the sun, together with three embroidered roundels depicting dragons, all framed and glazed, 24cm x 24cm max. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
801
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE TEXTILES
QING DYNASTY
Including purses, fan cases, sashes and other items, embroidered with a variety of designs, a few decorated with porcelain, metal and glass beads and rings, 132cm max. (22)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
802
A CHINESE ‘EUROPEAN SUBJECT’ REVERSE GLASS PAINTING C.1800
Depicting a half-length portrait of a European lady in a grey dress and a feathered bonnet, with a column and a park landscape beyond, framed, 22cm x 17.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
803
A CHINESE RECTANGULAR RED LACQUER SUPPER SET WANLI 1573-1620
The cover decorated with a landscape scene depicting a pavilion in the foreground with scholarly figures playing weiqi and strolling on a terrace, while on the left dignitaries on horseback and their attendants cross a bridge before a group of figures sailing on a sampan, all painted in black with traces of old gilding, the sides inset with woven bamboo panels and decorated with gilt key frets to the rims, the base lacquered black and inscribed in gilt Qing Yuan Fu and in red lacquer ‘L.435.47’, the interior also lacquered black and inscribed to the reverse of the cover Qing Yuan Fu and ‘L.435.47.A’, with fifteen square red and black lacquered trays, the bases with the inscriptions Qing and ‘L.435.47.B’ to ‘L.435.47.P’, 49.5cm overall. (17)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex; formerly the Sackler collection.
Cf. J C Y Wyatt, The Sumptuous Basket, Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels, p.75, pl.24 for an example of a supper set of this type.
804
A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG
QING DYNASTY
The cylindrical brushpot carved in relief with a continuous landscape scene depicting four scholars beneath rocky cliffs and pine trees, and inscribed with a poem, signed Mei Lin and with the cyclical date xinhai, 12.2cm.
£200-300
805
A CHINESE BRONZE HEXAGONAL VASE MING DYNASTY
Raised on a high foot, decorated with panels of archaistic designs and waves, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from the mouths of beasts, 1.3kg, 26.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
806
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE PAINTED GILT-WOOD ‘HANLIN ACADEMY’ PANEL TONGZHI 1862-74
The rectangular plaque decorated with four scaly dragons amidst swirling clouds, inscribed qin ci hanlin yuan jian tao, dated xinwei year corresponding to 1871, presented to the Imperial official Zhong Yanlin from the Hanlin Academy, 70cm x 40cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
807
A CHINESE TRAVELLING MIRROR WITH A ‘EUROPEAN SUBJECT’ REVERSE GLASS PAINTING QING DYNASTY
The hardwood cover carved with panels of bats surrounding the character shou, opening to reveal a mirror and a reverse glass painting of a European lady at her toilette, 23.9cm (open).
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
808
A CHINESE BAITONG BASIN
19TH CENTURY
The centre engraved with two deer and two cranes and a pine tree, the borders with flowers, leaves and shou characters, the rim with an indistinct inscription Dian Nan Tian Bao Zhai Hao zhi (the studio and family name of the commissioner), 42cm, 2.7kg.
£400-600
809
A MUGHAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER AND COVER 19TH CENTURY
The tapering body and cover with a repoussé decoration of faceted studs imitating jewels, between gilt borders chased with foliate scrolls to the body and a band of acanthus leaves to the cover, rising to a foliate knop, 201g, 13.3cm. (2)
£800-1,000
810
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.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
811
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ TABLE SCREEN REPUBLIC PERIOD
The porcelain plaque decorated with boys playing in a garden, the lower left corner with an iron-red mark reading linzhi chengxiang (the qilin’s footprints foretell good fortune), mounted in a pierced wood stand, 60.5cm x 52cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£600-1,000
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
812
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FOUR-PANEL SCREEN 20TH CENTURY
Depicting prunus, chrysanthemum, lotus and peony as an allegory of the four seasons, each panel painted with birds among the seasonal flowers beneath a poem relating to each subject, in a wood frame carved with bats among scrolling clouds, together with a conforming stand, each panel 40.5cm x 15.5cm, 86.8cm x 99cm overall. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
813
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TABLE SCREEN LATE QING DYNASTY
The rectangular plaque painted with deities, an attendant and a buffalo standing under a pine tree and swirling clouds, mounted within a reticulated hardwood frame, carved with scrolls and shaped panels, 73.5cm. (2)
£1,000-1,500
814
A CHINESE HARDWOOD AND LACQUER TABLE SCREEN THE PANEL DATED 1727, THE FRAME LATER
Set with a circular black lacquer panel decorated with boys, a Buddhist lion, and lingzhi sprays in mother of pearl, soapstone and lapis lazuli, the reverse with a poem, dated to the seventh month of the fifth year of the Yongzheng reign and with two seals, the later frame decorated with dragons and further fungi, 61cm x 45cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£2,000-3,000
815
A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER AND GILT-DECORATED TOILETTE MIRROR
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With two tiers, each with twin bracket-shaped drawers, the upper tier fitted with a shield-form mirror, decorated all over with a continuous fruiting grapevine and trellis design, 70.5cm x 42cm x 30cm.
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. A related example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.41.321-0. See also, CL Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, p.84, pls.161-163.
816
LITERATURE
A SMALL LIBRARY OF BOOKS
Mostly relating to Chinese, Japanese and other Asian works of art. (a lot)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,500
Provenance: an English private collection, Surrey, UK; sold on behalf of Parkinson’s UK.
817
LITERATURE
A LARGE COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
Mostly relating to Chinese art, from Sotheby’s and Christie’s. (a lot)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-500
818
LITERATURE
A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES
Mostly relating to Asian art, mostly from Christie’s and Sotheby’s. (91)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
819
TWENTY-FIVE CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Together with a hardwood cover, 19cm max. (26)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
820
A CHINESE THREE-TIERED HARDWOOD STAND LATE QING DYNASTY
With square tops above a pierced archaistic frieze decorated with bats and lotus, 49cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
821
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: three covers and four stands, variously decorated with floral scrolls, shou characters and kui-dragons, 37.3cm max. (7)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
822
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDWOOD AND OTHER STANDS AND COVERS MOSTLY QING DYNASTY
Together with a finger citron box and cover, 32cm max. (82)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
823
A COLLECTION OF SIXTY-EIGHT HARDWOOD STANDS AND EIGHT COVERS
QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY
Variously decorated with foliage and archaistic designs, 34cm max. (76)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
824
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY
Variously decorated with Chinese characters, scrolls and floral designs, 23.5cm. (81)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
825
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS AND COVERS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
Of various shapes and sizes, 30cm max. (22)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
826
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE STANDS AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising hardwood, jade, gilt metal and cloisonné enamel examples, variously decorated with scrolls, lappets, flowers and other designs, 32cm max. (48)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex. 824 823
827
A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDWOOD AND OTHER STANDS
QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY
Variously decorated with foliage and archaistic designs, together with four silk-covered stands, 28cm max. (150)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,500
828
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMIC COVERS
MOSTLY 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
In a range of shapes and variously decorated in underglaze blue, enamels, gilding, with flowers, landscapes, figures and animal designs, including a large Yixing cover, 34cm max. (85)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,500
829
A COLLECTION OF FOURTY-TWO CHINESE HARDWOOD COVERS
MOSTLY QING DYNASTY
Variously shaped and decorated with flowers, scrolls, shou characters, lingzhi, and reticulated panels, together with eight Japanese lacquer covers, 29.5cm. (50)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,500
830
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDWOOD AND OTHER STANDS
QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY
In a range of shapes and variously decorated with Chinese characters, scrolls and floral designs, 33cm max. (120)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,500
831
LITERATURE
A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHRISTIE’S AUCTION CATALOGUES
Relating to Chinese works of art, mostly dating to the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and also including: The Property of Edson Bradley Esq, 14th December 1933; The Property of JG Morrison Esq, 19th March 1936; and The Property of Jakob Goldschmidt Esq, 29th June 1938. (a lot)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
832
LITERATURE
A LARGE COLLECTION OF SOTHEBY’S AUCTION CATALOGUES
Relating to Chinese works of art, mostly dating to the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and also including: The Property of the Misses Alexander formed by the Late William Cleverley Alexander Esq, 6th May 1931; and The Property of Stephen D Winkworth Esq, 16th April 1938. (a lot)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
THURSDAY 23RD MAY 2024
LOTS 833-1130 10.00am
833
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADE AND TEXTILE ITEMS
QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a white jade pendant of a cat and chilong; a white jade openwork carving of a winged chilong; a white jade cicada pendant; a celadon jade carving of Liu Hai; a russet jade awl-shaped pendant; a jade bangle; a fan case; an incense pouch; a small pouch; and a pair of slippers, 25.5cm. (11)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
834
FOUR CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVINGS
QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a Hongshan-style pig-dragon pendant; a circular pendant carved with kui-dragons; a disk with moulded bands; and four gangmao beads pierced for suspension and mounted as a pendant, the two rectangular gangmao beads with inscriptions, 27.5cm max overall, the jades 3.9cm max. (4)
£1,500-2,500
835
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE WHITE, PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVINGS
MING/QING DYNASTY
Including an openwork carving of two Buddhist lions contesting a brocade ball; a badger amidst fruiting branches; a goose with a peach spray in its beak; a small rectangular seal; and others variously carved as figures, fish, insects and plants, five with Chinese antiques shop wax seals, 6.4cm max. (12)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
836
FOUR CHINESE JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGS
LATE QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a pale celadon jade pendant carved as two openwork butterflies; a mottled apple-green jadeite plaque carved as an archaistic bell surmounted by two chilong; two small apple-green jadeite monkeys, together with a bowenite pendant carved as an openwork basket of flowering peony, 5.8cm. (5)
Please note the jadeite has not been tested for colour treatment.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
837
A CHINESE GREY AND RUSSET JADE BOULDER QING DYNASTY
The God of Longevity is depicted leaning on a long staff, holding a large peach beneath a pine tree, the reverse with a deer on a rocky cliff, the grey stone with areas of russet and paler inclusions, 9.3cm.
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: from a South African private collection.
838
A CHINESE JADEITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY
The compressed circular body with two loose-ring handles issuing from dragon masks and with three lion-paw feet beneath lion masks, the cover with three further masks beneath a finial carved in high relief with a chilong bearing a lingzhi spray in its jaws, the stone mottled with green and russet markings, together with a wood stand, 13.8cm. (3)
Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. P Schneeberger, The Baur Collection, Chinese Jades and Other Hardstones, 1976, no.B 63, for a similar jadeite incense burner.
839
A CHINESE CELADON JADE OVAL ‘PHOENIX’ PLAQUE QING DYNASTY
Carved with an openwork design centred on the mythical bird striding proudly beneath scrolling clouds and fruiting branches issuing from holey rockwork, the stone with small scattered dark and russet inclusions, 6.7cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
840
A MASSIVE CHINESE CELADON JADE GROTTO GROUP 20TH CENTURY
Carved with a luohan and Budai He Shang in a mountain cave, the reverse with an inscription reading Le qi zhong and with a cyclical date for the gengxin year, together with a wood stand, 22.5cm. (2)
£300-500
841
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘THREE RAMS’ GROUP QING DYNASTY
Carved as a large recumbent ram resting with its legs tucked beneath, bearing a pearl on its back encircled by wispy cloud scrolls, accompanied by another two smaller rams, 9.5cm.
£3,000-4,000
842
A CHINESE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC ‘DUCK’ VESSEL AND COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY
Modelled in the shape of a standing duck with a detachable head, its tail, wings and feet carved with archaistic scrolls, with a circular cover decorated with a flowerhead, 10.6cm. (3)
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: from a South African private collection.
843
A CHINESE BLACK AND CELADON JADE ‘SCHOLAR AND DEER’ BOULDER QING DYNASTY
One side carved with a scholar and his attendant travelling along a rocky path towards a pavilion, the reverse with two deer next to a gnarled pine tree, the greyish-green stone with opaque inclusions of russet and extensive black areas, 8.2cm.
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: from a South African private collection.
844
A LARGE CHINESE GREY CELADON JADE ‘PEACH AND BAT’ WATERPOT
LATE QING DYNASTY/20TH CENTURY
Formed as a slightly flattened fruit issuing from a gnarled leafy stem, with a single bat in low relief to the shoulder, together with a wood stand, 17cm. (2) OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
845
A SMALL ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE BRUSH WASHER 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The flared oval body carved in low relief with a frieze of stylised pearls between C-scrolls and archaistic birds, above a short straight foot, the stone with occasional russet inclusions, together with a wood stand with a label for Spink & Son Ltd to the base, 7.8cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
846
A PAIR OF CHINESE TRANSLUCENT JADEITE BOWLS LATE QIANLONG
Each carved from a superb pale grey-white stone with mottled green, lavender and orange inclusions, the circular bodies with everted rims and raised on ring feet, 15.9cm. (2)
Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased in the 1940s and 1950s.
Jadeite ranks among the rarest and most precious materials to have been used during the 18th century. The material was brought to China from Myanmar along trade routes towards the end of the Qianlong reign and craftsmen at the Palace Workshops began working with it then. Most extant jadeite objects in the old Imperial collection date from the late Qianlong and early Jiaqing periods.
847
A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO PEACHES QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved as a large peach with a smaller peach, all growing from a leafy stem, the stone of a greyish tone with russet inclusions, 11.2cm.
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: from a South African private collection.
848
A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘CATS’ GROUP QIANLONG/JIAQING
Carved and pierced as a cat and a kitten with a floral spray in its mouth, the stone of an even pale tone, 3.8cm.
£500-1,000
849
A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET HARDSTONE ‘MAGNOLIA’ LIBATION CUP QING DYNASTY
Formed as a flowerhead growing from a stalk modelled as the handle issuing further flowerheads, the stone a pale celadon colour with russet markings, together with a wood stand, 15.4cm. (2)
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
850
A CHINESE CHALCEDONY ‘CHILONG AND LOTUS’ BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY
The white mottled stone naturalistically rendered as a lotus leaf with the stem forming the handle, a chilong carved in high relief to a pink inclusion near the rim, together with a wood stand carved with openwork lotus and ears of millet, 16cm.
£500-800
851
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF AN ELEPHANT QING DYNASTY
The pachyderm slightly crouched, with its trunk curled onto the left foreleg, detailed with its tusks and wrinkles of its skin, the stone of even pale greyish-green tone, together with a wood stand, 8.8cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
852
A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A CARP QING DYNASTY
Emerging from rolling waves, its upturned body curving towards a lotus flower and leaf, the stone with russet and white inclusions, together with a wood stand, 13.8cm. (2)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
853
A CHINESE WHITE JADE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The plain box of shallow form, with a flat cover and base, the translucent stone of an even pale tone with very minor pale markings, together with a wood stand, 5.3cm. (3)
£500-1,000
854
A CHINESE BLACK AND GREY JADE DRAGON HEAD FINIAL MING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved as a hollow ferocious dragon head with a single horn, the mane and beard defined in low relief, the mottled stone with grey and black to either side, 6cm.
£800-1,200
855
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE RETICULATED ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE MING DYNASTY
Elaborately carved with the mythical beast amidst flowers and leaves, set into the cover of a later zitan box, 10cm. (2)
£300-500
856
A SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE TABLE SCREEN QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
Carved in low relief with the character Sha Wujing from the Journey to the West, depicted standing before a watery landscape with his bifurcated staff over his shoulder, the stone mottled with russet and white inclusions, together with a wood stand, the screen 11.4cm. (2)
£500-800
857
A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A WATER BUFFALO 20TH CENTURY
The recumbent beast with its head turned to the right, the stone mottled with light and dark veins, together with a wood stand, 19.5cm. (2)
£600-1,000
858
A CHINESE WHITE AND APPLE GREEN JADEITE RECTANGULAR PENDANT QING DYNASTY
The pendant with a blank square cartouche surmounted by two low-relief kui-dragons, the stone mottled green and white, 6.3cm.
Together with a gemmological report from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory dated 15th December 2023 stating ‘No evidence of treatment was observed’.
£300-500
859
A CHINESE JADEITE CARVING OF A LION DOG AND A SMALL JADEITE UNCUT SEAL QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The crouching beast looking slightly to dexter, with a lingzhi spray in its mouth; the seal naturalistically carved as a lingzhi cluster growing from the rectangular base, the pale stones with apple green inclusions, 6.5cm and 3.2cm. (2)
The lion dog together with a gemmological report from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory dated 25th February 2022 stating ‘No evidence of treatment was observed’.
£1,000-2,000
860
A CHINESE WHITE JADE BELTHOOK QIANLONG/JIAQING
Carved in high relief with a chilong clambering along the stem with a lingzhi spay in its jaws, facing a dragon head terminal, the underside with a circular button, mounted on a green-enamelled white metal box with a hinged cover, chased with the babao among foliate scrolls, the jade 13.5cm, overall 17.3cm.
£1,000-2,000
861
A GROUP OF THREE CHINESE JADE PLAQUES QING DYNASTY
One pale celadon and rectangular, pierced with a dragon among floral scrolls; one celadon and shaped as a butterfly among pierced foliate scrolls; and one mottled green and oval, pierced with a phoenix among floral scrolls; together with a pale lavender agate snuff bottle and cover with a wood stand, 10cm. (5)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
862
TWO CHINESE JADEITE GRADUATED NECKLACES 20TH CENTURY
One an apple green jadeite necklace, formed of 112 graduated beads; the other a celadon jadeite necklace, formed of 46 beads, 84cm and 51.5cm. (2)
Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.
£1,500-2,500
863
A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE GRADUATED NECKLACE 20TH CENTURY
Formed of 104 graduated beads joined by a gold clasp decorated with the character fu, 82.8cm.
Together with a gemmological report from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory dated 12th May 2017 stating ‘No evidence of treatment was observed’.
£1,500-2,000
864
TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE PENDANTS QING DYNASTY OR LATER
One an open disk carved in high relief with a chilong; the other a naturalistic pebble shape with a low-relief carving of a bird beneath rockwork, and a poem with a two-character Qianlong mark to the reverse, the stone with abundant russet inclusions, both suspended from fabric cords with glass beads, 5.2cm and 4.5cm. (2)
£300-500
865
A CHINESE JADEITE ‘CHILONG AND LOTUS’ PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The rectangular pendant carved with a pair of large lotus leaves and blossoms, with two chilong clambering on one side, the pendant suspended from a thread adorned with jadeite beads and seed pearls forming a necklace, the pendant 6.2cm.
Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.
£500-800
866
A CHINESE GREY AND RUSSET JADE BUDDHIST LION QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The crouching creature carved in a recumbent position, its head turned backwards, with its mane and tail incised with fine hairs, the stone with russet and paler inclusions, 5.8cm.
£200-300
867
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘CAT AND BUTTERFLY’ GROUP QING DYNASTY
The cat modelled curled on a leaf with a lingzhi spray in its jaws and a butterfly resting on its haunches, the stone with white mottling and russet inclusions, 6cm.
£300-500
868
A CHINESE PALE CELADON CARVING OF A BOY AND A BADGER QING DYNASTY
Depicting a kneeling boy holding a large sprig of lingzhi, accompanied by a badger clambering on his back, the pale stone with creamy white and russet markings, 7.6cm.
£500-800
869
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE BELTHOOK QIANLONG/JIAQING
Carved in high relief with a chilong clambering along the stem with a lingzhi spay in its jaws, facing a dragon head terminal, the underside with a circular button, 11.3cm.
£800-1,200
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
870
A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ‘BOYS AND DRUM’ GROUP QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved in openwork with two boys joyfully playing a drum, one holding a musical chime and a sprig of lingzhi, the other a ruyi sceptre and bi-disc, the stone of dark-yellowish green tone, 5cm.
£500-800
871
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘TWIN CAT’ GROUP QING DYNASTY
Carved with two small cats reclining on a large leaf, 6.4cm.
£300-500
Provenance: formerly from an English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
872
A LARGE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘CRANES AND LOTUS’ GROUP LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
Carved in openwork with trailing lotus flowers and seedpods with two cranes and a small bird amongst the vegetation, the stone a pale uniform cover with the occasional small russet inclusion, 21cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from the collection of David Taylor (1876-1958) and thence by descent. David Taylor was a successful businessman of Scottish descent who was born in Northern Ireland. He resided in Belfast and owned various commercial buildings, shops and a farm. He also had a substantial portfolio of stocks and shares. These jade items were acquired by Taylor during his travels to East Asia in the early 20th century.
873
A CHINESE WHITE JADE OVAL PLAQUE QING DYNASTY
The domed oval plaque carved in relief with a sage holding a long staff standing on a rocky ledge beneath a tree, mounted in gold as a brooch, 7.8cm.
£600-1,000
874
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON-FISH’ PLAQUE QING DYNASTY
Carved with a carp transforming into a dragon, detailed in low relief to the scaly body and dragon head, 8.3cm.
£400-600
Provenance: formerly from an English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
875
A CHINESE WHITE JADE BELTHOOK QIANLONG/JIAQING
Decorated in high relief with a sinuous chilong clambering on the shaft with a lingzhi spray in its mouth, facing a dragon head terminal, the underside with a circular button, together with a fitted wood stand, 9.5cm. (2)
£200-300
876
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE ‘CHANGYI ZISUN’ PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved as a disk with an openwork decoration of four phoenix alternating with the characters chang yi zi zun (blessings for future generations); together with a fitted box, the hardwood cover inscribed feng ji zhen fu, opening to reveal a painting of a lotus, 15.6cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
877
A CHINESE CELADON JADE BRUSH WASHER AND A JADE BELTHOOK
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The washer carved in the form of a large lingzhi; the belthook terminating in a mythical beast mask, the reverse with a circular button for attachment, 16.3cm and 11.2cm. (2)
£600-1,000
878
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE CELADON JADE AND JADEITE ITEMS
QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: a belthook with a chilong; a pendant carved as a ruyi-head inscribed fian bao jiu ru; a pendant decorated with a flowering prunus branch and a four-character mark; a pendant carved with an openwork fu character; a small pendant carved with an openwork pattern of angular scrolls; and a miniature jadeite cup, 10.2cm max. (6)
Please note the jadeite has not been tested for colour treatment.
£400-600
Provenance: from an English private collection, Lancashire.
879
A CHINESE JADE ‘DRAGON’ PENDANT WARRING STATES PERIOD OR LATER
Of circular form, carved as a dragon decorated all over with low-relief C-scrolls, pierced for suspension to the dragon’s back, the yellowish-celadon stone with profuse russet mottling and veined with calcification, 8cm.
£1,000-2,000
880
A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ‘ZODIAC’ DISC, BI QING DYNASTY
Carved with the zodiac animals to one side and the Twelve Heavenly Stems to the other, the centre with a border of archaistic C-scrolls, the stone with faint russet mottling, 6.3cm.
£2,000-3,000
881
A CHINESE ARCHAIC JADE DRAGON PENDANT WARRING STATES PERIOD
The mythical beast with its head facing proudly forward and its sinuous body curving back on itself, decorated all over with a low-relief pattern of comma-spirals, the yellowish-celadon stone with a large dark marking to the base, 5.5cm.
£500-1,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
882
TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE ‘FISH’ PENDANTS QING DYNASTY
One carved as two fish pierced for suspension to a knotted ribbon above the fish; the other carved as a single fish with a lotus leaf in its mouth, pierced to the dorsal fin and the mouth, 4.8cm and 7.7cm. (2)
£800-1,200
Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
883
THREE CHINESE CELADON JADE PENDANTS
QING DYNASTY
One carved as a gourd, decorated in low relief with trailing vines and two bats; another carved as a depiction of Buddha seated with his right hand in vitarka mudra and his left holding an attribute; the third a rectangular openwork plaque with two scrolling kui-dragons and a bat around a blank ruyi-head shaped cartouche, 5.8cm, 5.2cm and 55cm. (3)
£500-1,000
884
TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE RINGS
QING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
Each carved with a twisted-rope design, the larger with a few small russet inclusions and areas of white mottling to the stone, the other of an even tone with a single white vein to the stone, 6.7cm and 5cm. (2)
£500-1,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
885
A SMALL CHINESE GREY JADE DISC, BI HAN DYNASTY
Carved on both sides with spiral-shaped bosses in low relief between raised rims at the edge and central aperture, the stone of greyish-beige tone with white and dark grey inclusions, 6.1cm.
£1,000-2,000
886
A CHINESE GREY AND RUSSET JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ PLAQUE HAN DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved in openwork, depicting a writhing chilong with a bifurcated tail, the pale stone with areas of russet, creamy white inclusions and minor black specks, 8.4cm.
£1,000-2,000
887
A CHINESE SMALL CELADON JADE FINIAL OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA MING DYNASTY OR LATER
Seated upon a double-lotus plinth, supported by four guardian figures, 4.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
888
A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF GARUDA POSSIBLY YUAN DYNASTY
The crouching mythical bird figure depicted with a human-like face and a protruding stomach, its wings folded to the back, and its plumage finely incised, the stone of greenish-grey tone, with opaque beige inclusions, 4.5cm.
£1,000-2,000
889
A MINIATURE CHINESE YELLOW JADE CONG POSSIBLY LIANGZHU CULTURE
The square-section body carved with two tiers of stylised mask motifs to the corners, separated by plain vertical bands running down the sides, drilled through the centre, the stone mottled with light inclusions, 4cm.
£500-800
Cf. Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), vol.8, p.32, for a five-tiered example now in the collection of the Haining Museum, Jiaxing.
base
890
A SMALL CHINESE ARCHAIC CELADON JADE SEAL HAN DYNASTY
The square base rising to a trapezoidal surmount and terminating in a flat finial pierced for suspension, the seal reading Wang Wu above a stylised beast, the stone with dark veining throughout, 2cm. £1,000-2,000
891
A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ‘BOYS’ GROUP MING/QING DYNASTY
Carved as two figures, the larger standing and supporting the smaller figure, who balances by placing a hand gently on his head and his shoulder, the stone with scattered russet marking, 6.7cm. £2,000-3,000
892
A CHINESE WHITE JADE SQUARE SEAL QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved with a flame-shaped finial, the seal face with four seal script characters reading nei fu tu shu, 4cm. £1,000-2,000
893
A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ARCHAIC FIGURAL PENDANT POSSIBLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Carved as a figure standing with clasped hands at the waist, pierced to the base, the stone mottled with white and russet inclusions, 6.4cm.
£500-1,000
Cf. Zhengdan Art Museum: Jades of the Western Zhou Dynasty, p.150, no.127, for a related jade figural pendant.
894
No lot
895
THREE CHINESE WHITE JADE ITEMS
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Comprising: a rectangular plaque carved in low relief with a poem and a scholar reading beneath a wutong tree; a plaque carved as a bat and a coin with an inscription to the reverse; and a seal surmounted by a chilong weaving through its handle, 5.9cm, 5.7cm and 4.5cm. (3)
£300-500
896
A CHINESE WHITE JADE BANGLE AND A ‘CHILONG’ DISC, BI
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The jade bangle of simple toroid form, with an even white tone with subtle icy striations; the bi-disc carved with two intertwined sinuous chilong amidst tendrils, the underside incised with woven patterns, the even white stone with hint of grey undertone, 7.9cm and 5.6cm. (2)
£300-500
897
FOUR CHINESE JADE ITEMS
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Comprising: a white jade bangle; a white jade brush carved in low relief; and a pale celadon jade hair pin with a low-relief decoration and carved Zi Gang, together with a mottled grey-white and green jadeite bangle, 17.3cm max. (4)
£200-300
898
SIX CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: a white and russet jade carving of a magnolia flower; a pale celadon jade carving of a lady with flywhisk; a white jade ‘bird and prunus’ plaque; a jadeite ‘bird and sanduo’ plaque; a rock crystal quatrefoil ‘chilong’ box and cover; and a small jadeite pine tree vase, with two wood stands, 15.5cm. (9)
Please note the jadeite has not been tested for colour treatment.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£600-800
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
899
A CHINESE GLASS ABSTINENCE PLAQUE QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The pale lime green pendant decorated with two bands of scrolls, one side inscribed in Chinese reading zhai jie, the other side with the Manchu characters bolgomi karga, 5.7cm.
£1,500-2,000
900
THREE CHINESE LAPIS LAZULI ITEMS
LATE QING DYNASTY
Two depicting Magu wearing flowing robes tied at the waist with a long sash and with her right arm raised, accompanied by lotus flowers; the third a vase and cover with a dragon and phoenix contesting a pearl and three lion dogs among scrolling clouds, together with three wood stands, 15.5cm, 14.6cm and 13.4cm. (7)
£800-1,200
901
A CHINESE JADEITE CARVING OF A GOURD QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved with a squirrel climbing around the stalk from which the enormous fruit grows, the stone with mottled green striations, 8cm.
Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
902
TWO CHINESE HARDSTONE CARVINGS 20TH CENTURY
One jadeite of Magu accompanied by two boys and a deer, the other with a figure riding on the back of a qilin, together with wood stands, 20.5cm. (4)
Please note the jadeite has not been tested for colour treatment. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection.
903
A LARGE CHINESE HARDSTONE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 20TH CENTURY
Imitating celadon jade, elaborately carved and pierced with stylised animals and birds, with tiers of handles hung with loose rings, 38cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection.
904
A PAIR OF CHINESE WHITE JADE CUPS AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE STANDS QING DYNASTY
The cups raised from short tapered feet and flared at the rims, each set with a pair of chilong handles, the tripod stands detailed with ruyi scrolls, 11.7cm. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
905
THREE CHINESE JADE ITEMS
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Comprising: a celadon jade figure holding a vase of lingzhi, the stone with russet inclusions; a celadon jade ‘Buddhist lion’ group; the third a grey jade pendant carved with the sixi tongzi, 8cm, 6.5cm and 5cm. (3)
£500-800
906
SEVEN CHINESE JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: a pair of celadon jadeite striding lions; a mottled white and grey jade ‘buffalo and boy’ group; a small celadon jadeite water buffalo; a pale celadon jade Buddhist lion; a pale celadon jade mythical beast; and a small olive-green jade horse, each together with a wood stand, 11cm. (14)
Please note the jadeite has not been tested for colour treatment.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: Mr Simon Vos, ex Chairman of Regent Oil Company Ltd.
907
A GOOD CHINESE RETICULATED CELADON JADE FINIAL MING/QING DYNASTY
Elaborately carved with openwork floral peony scrolls enclosing a coiled dragon with a pearl in its right claw, 5.2cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
908
A CHINESE LONGXI INKSTONE QING DYNASTY
Formed as an irregular oval with a dished surface, the reverse inscribed long xi shi Xiu Shi zuo, 11.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
909
A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE INKSTONE QING DYNASTY
Of tapering rectangular form, the reverse carved with rockwork and breaking waves, in a hardwood box and cover, 15.5cm, the stone, 17.8cm overall. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
910
A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE RUYI SCEPTRE QING DYNASTY
The head carved as a large flat lingzhi decorated with a trailing lotus in low relief, the shaft carved with further flowering lotus stems, the stone mottled with light inclusions throughout; together with a zhadou, its bulbous body and flared rim raised on a short straight foot, with an even dark colour to the stone, 34.2cm and 8.8cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no.A.17-1925, for a similar spinach-green jade ruyi sceptre naturalistically carved as a lingzhi. This example was given as a diplomatic gift on 14 September 1793 by the Qianlong Emperor to Sir George Leonard Staunton, Secretary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the first British Embassy to China lead by Lord George Macartney. Though to an early English audience the significance of ruyi sceptres was unclear and generally misunderstood as a symbol of sovereignity, they have always featured in Chinese culture as tokens of good fortune. The word ruyi signifies ‘as you wish’, pointing to the auspicious significance to these objects. As such, they were seen as appropriate Imperial gifts for diplomatic exchanges such as the British Embassy of 1793.
909
908 910
912
A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘THREE RAMS’ GROUP SONG-MING DYNASTY
Depicting a large, recumbent ram accompanied by two young rams, one resting on its side and the other on its back, the opaque stone with dark brown and minor calcified markings, 7.7cm.
£2,000-3,000
The image of three rams, or san yang, is auspicious and forms the rebus san yang kai tai, which symbolises the New Year bringing renewal and a change of fortune.
911
TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS OF MYTHICAL BEASTS QING DYNASTY
One a pale celadon carving of a recumbent qilin, the stone with occasional small russet mottling; the other a celadon jade carving of luduan with a bird perched on its back, the stone with large russet inclusions, 6cm. (2)
£800-1,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
913
TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS OF ANIMALS QING DYNASTY OR LATER
One a white jade carving of a deer with a lotus, the animal’s head turned back to face the flower borne on its back, the stone of a uniform tone; the other a celadon jade carving of an elephant striding forward with its trunk curled to the side, the stone mottled profusely with russet inclusions, 5.7cm and 6.5cm. (2)
£800-1,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
914
915
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE FIGURAL PENDANT QING DYNASTY
Depicting a man in scholar’s robes and a boy, possibly the Star god Fu identified by the child on his shoulders, 8cm.
Provenance: formerly an English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
914
A CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A FINGER CITRON QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Carved as a large finger citron growing from a leafy branch, the stone of an even pale tone, 9.8cm.
£800-1,200
915 916
916
A CHINESE RECTANGULAR WHITE JADE ‘DEER AND LINGZHI’ PLAQUE QING DYNASTY
Carved in openwork depicting two recumbent deer resting under flourishing shrubs of lingzhi and a shou character medallion, the stone of even greyish-white tone with very minor russet markings to the reverse, 9.2cm.
917
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDSTONE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
REPUBLIC PERIOD
Of both Western and Eastern instruments, including bells, violins, mandolins, drums, qin, sheng, erhu, together with two small jade cups, all with wood stands. (100+)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection.
CERAMICS & GLASS LOTS 918-1130
918
A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GLAZED SLENDER BALUSTER VASES QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Each decorated with a golden-yellow glaze, pooling to a dark ochre around the shoulder of one, the interiors glazed white, each with a moulded band to the neck, together with two wood stands, 46cm. (4)
£500-1,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of Brian Walsh.
919
A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GLAZED MOONFLASKS, BIANPING QING DYNASTY OR LATER
With compressed circular bodies surmounted by short waisted necks terminating in bulbous mouths and flanked by two applied strap handles, each raised on a short tapering rectangular foot, decorated all over with a vibrant yellow glaze, the interiors glazed white, 32cm.
£500-1,000
Provenance: formerly the collection of Brian Walsh.
Cf. A related moonflask of similar size with a robin’s-egg glaze sold at Christie’s London, 15th October 1979, lot 76.
920
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE-GROUND ‘FU SHOU’ JARS AND COVERS SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARKS AND LATE IN THE PERIOD, C.1790
The ovoid bodies each decorated with five fu characters below bands of ruyi-heads to the shoulders, the covers with shou characters, together with wood stands, 22.5cm. (6)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from a private English collection, London.
Cf. J Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.2, pp.508-509, nos.1281-1282, for a similar pair of jars but with celadon grounds, and with six-character Qianlong marks.
921
A SMALL CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED MEIPING 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with a rich red speckled glaze with violet, lavender and dark red streaks, thinning to a mushroom tone around the short flared neck, 18.8cm.
£400-600
922
A CHINESE DARK BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND PROBABLY LATE IN THE PERIOD
The globular body with a slender and gently tapering neck, covered overall with an even deep blue glaze stopping short of the rim, 53cm.
£800-1,200
923
A MASSIVE CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON INCENSE BURNER MING DYNASTY
The rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, carved to the exterior with peony sprays beneath a band of clouds, set with two twisted-rope handles, decorated with a greyish-green crackled glaze, 36cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
Cf. Christie’s London, 15th May 2013, lot 895 for a related but smaller example.
924
A CHINESE BLUE-GLAZED JARDINIERE LATE QING DYNASTY
The circular vessel tapering steeply from an unglazed foot surrounded by three moulded bosses, the inside glazed white, 26.5cm.
£300-500
Provenance: formerly the collection of Brian Walsh. Following his studies at the Royal College of Art in 1963-64 and the Royal College of Art School of Fashion Design between 1964-70, Walsh began his career designing for Jaeger in 1970-74. Walsh went on to become a freelance designer, working with brands including Jaeger, Baccarat and Saga Mink.
925
A CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY
The deep red streaked glaze thinning to a pale green at the neck, the base drilled, 40cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
926
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND CELADON GLAZED PEACOCKS
19TH CENTURY
Each bird decorated with finely painted and moulded plumage, standing on holey rockwork issuing lingzhi, 45cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
Cf. M Cohen and W Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, pp.232-233, no.16.8, for a closely related pair but painted in polychrome enamels.
927 THREE CHINESE VASES
QING DYNASTY
One decorated with a red glaze, with a Daoguang mark; another with a streaked violet, red and blue flambé glaze; the third covered with a crackled green glaze, with a Qianlong mark to the base, 41cm max. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£250-350
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
928
TWO CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED MODELS OF PARROTS
KANGXI 1662-1722
The birds standing on pierced rockwork, each looking slightly to the right; together with three pale celadon figures of scholars standing on rectangular unglazed plinths, 22cm max. (5)
£500-1,000
929
A LARGE CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE AND A MEIPING
QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Each decorated with a deep red glaze draining towards the foot, 45cm and 23cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
930
A PAIR OF CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED FIGURES OF BUDDHIST LIONS
QING DYNASTY
Sitting on their haunches, their heads raised with bulging eyes and fangs bared, wearing collars decorated with bells and tassels to their necks, together with two wood stands, 20cm. (2)
£300-400
Provenance: formerly the collection of Brian Walsh. Following his studies at the Royal College of Art in 1963-64 and the Royal College of Art School of Fashion Design between 1964-70, Walsh began his career designing for Jaeger in 1970-74. Walsh went on to become a freelance designer, working with brands including Jaeger, Baccarat and Saga Mink.
931
FOUR CHINESE GLASS ITEMS
QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: a slender baluster vase and a short waisted vase both imitating realgar; and a pair of variegated green jars and covers decorated with bands of moulded facets, 22.5cm max. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
932
A PAIR OF CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED FIGURES OF QILIN QING DYNASTY
Standing four-square with their tails raised and fierce expressions, their eyes bulging and fangs bared, together with two wood stands, 25.5cm. (4)
£400-600
Provenance: formerly the collection of Brian Walsh. Following his studies at the Royal College of Art in 1963-64 and the Royal College of Art School of Fashion Design between 1964-70, Walsh began his career designing for Jaeger in 1970-74. Walsh went on to become a freelance designer, working with brands including Jaeger, Baccarat and Saga Mink.
933
A MASSIVE CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED MEIPING 20TH CENTURY
Boldly modelled with the glaze draining from the flared neck, the base inscribed Jing de zhen Jian Guo Ci chang, 59cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
934
THREE CHINESE VASES QING DYNASTY AND LATER
The largest vase in glass imitating jasper; another with a copper-red glaze; the third decorated with pink enamel, 22.8cm max. (3)
£150-250
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
935
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASES
REPUBLIC PERIOD
Decorated with roundels inscribed with the blessing of longevity wan shou wu tian, reserved on a ground of floral scrolls, ruyi-heads, swastika and gilt endless knots, the interiors enamelled turquoise, 20.3cm. (2)
£300-500
936
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘POMEGRANATE’ BOTTLE VASE
LATE QING DYNASTY
The body decorated with flowering and fruiting branches of pomegranate interspersed with small bats, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark, 36.2cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
937
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
19TH CENTURY
Decorated with three cranes amidst large peonies, prunus and poppy stems issuing from rockwork, 23.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
938
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE HONGXIAN MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD
The ovoid body painted with insects including butterflies, mantises and crickets, amidst blossoming begonia flower branches, 41.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
939
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASES 20TH CENTURY
The bodies of ovoid form beneath waisted necks and flared rims, each raised on a short straight foot, the exteriors decorated with geese among holey rockwork issuing floral sprays including peony and chrysanthemum, the bases with six-character Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi marks, 20.3cm. (2)
£500-800
940
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD
Decorated with a lobed panel of waterbirds diving into a pond and another with precious objects issuing flowering branches, all reserved on a ground of floral sprays with iron-red chilong and Buddhist emblems, the base with a Qianlong mark, drilled, 29.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-400
941
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ DISH 20TH CENTURY
Decorated with a scene of two gentlemen greeting a lady in a fenced garden before a pavilion with another lady sleeping at her desk, all within a border of gilt diaper on a black ground, the base with a four-character mark reading Jiang zheng long zhi, 20cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
942
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE HELMET EWER AND A BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY AND LATER
The ewer decorated with five noblemen greeting a visiting dignitary and his attendants, with a poem to the underside of the rim; the bottle vase painted with Shoulao and the Eight Immortals, 16cm and 35.1cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
943
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ DISH SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND PROBABLY LATE IN THE PERIOD
Painted with a robed figure resting on a rocky outcrop holding a chrysanthemum and a boy on the right clasping a vase with two further flowers, all beneath a pine tree and flowering prunus, 16cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
944
944
A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BIRDS AND FLOWERS BOTTLE VASE, TIANQIUPING MODERN
Brightly enamelled with pairs of phoenix, cranes and other birds, all amidst flowering peony, prunus and lotus, 75cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
945
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY AND PRUNUS’ BOTTLE VASE
19TH CENTURY
Brightly enamelled with colourful butterflies amongst sprigs of prunus blossoms between decorative borders and lappets to the base and the rim, the shoulder with an iron-red band of stylised lotus heads, divided by bats and shou characters, set against scrolling leafy tendrils, the turquoise base with a six-character Kangxi mark within a double circle, 51cm.
£1,000-1,500
946
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF AN IMMORTAL AND CHILD LATE QING DYNASTY
The bearded figure dressed in long robes decorated with auspicious emblems, with a child in his arms, 54cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: an English private collection, purchased in Ferndown in the 1980s, by repute.
947
EIGHT CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BISCUIT FIGURES OF DAOIST IMMORTALS
REPUBLIC PERIOD
Including Shoulao, Tieguai Li, Lan Caihe, Lü Dongbin, Han Zhongli, He Xiangu, Zhang Guolao and Han Xiangzi, each figure standing, wearing colourful flowing robes and carrying their attributes, four with stamped marks to the bases reading Cai Xing Shun zao, three with stamped Guang Ming Ci Chang marks, 36.5cm max. (8)
£2,000-3,000
948
A CHINESE CERAMIC FIGURE OF GUANYIN REPUBLIC PERIOD
The bodhisattva is modelled with her attributes the fly whisk and the vase of sacred water, wearing flowing robes and standing on rockwork above breaking waves, all lacquered black with gilt decoration and the goddess’ serene face detailed in white, with a four-character Qianlong mark to the rockwork, 24.7cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
949
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LADIES AND BOYS’ ROULEAU VASE
20TH CENTURY
Decorated with a group of elegant ladies and numerous boys at leisure around a table in a fenced garden beneath a plantain and a large blossoming tree, the reverse with a poem and a seal mark, the base with a four-character Guanyao Nei zao mark, 41cm.
£200-300
950
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘FIGURAL’ ROULEAU VASES
LATE QING DYNASTY
Each decorated with a scene of royalty disembarking from a barge with their entourage to meet two arriving dignitaries and their attendant, the shoulders with panels of precious objects within bands of geometric diaper, the necks with further landscape scenes, 46cm. (2)
£1,000-2,000
951
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘PHOENIX’ YEN YEN VASE
20TH CENTURY
Painted with a continuous scene depicting a pair of phoenix perched on a rock beneath wutong trees, amidst blossoming flowers and other auspicious birds including mandarin ducks, quails and a peacock, the base with a six-character Kangxi mark, 44.5cm.
£300-500
952
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘FIGURAL’ VASE LATE QING DYNASTY
The octagonal-section body with a waisted neck raised on a tall flared foot, the sides decorated with panels of Daoist Immortals with cranes and deer, sages, ladies and boys in fenced gardens, with further panels of flowering prunus, peony and lotus with birds and insects to the neck and butterflies to the foot, reserved on a ground of prunus blossom and cracked ice to the canted corners and geometric diaper to the shoulder and foot, the rim with a band of ruyi-heads, 56cm.
£800-1,000
953
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘FIGURAL’ ROULEAU VASES
19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene with dignitaries, officials and ladies in interiors, below decorative bands of further figural scenes, divided by diaper-ground borders with cartouches enclosing auspicious objects, each with a Kangxi mark to the base, 46cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
954
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-GROUND VASE QING DYNASTY
Painted with two large and six small panels of figures and flowers, the coral ground with gilt sprigs, a six-character Qianlong mark, 61cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
Provenance: from a private London collection, acquired in the 1960s.
955
A CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY
Shaped as a pagoda, raised on four legs issuing from the mouths of mythical beasts, the body and the reticulated cover decorated with shou characters, phoenix roundels, cash motifs and flowerheads, 41cm. (2)
£800-1,200
956
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND CYLINDRICAL VASES
19TH CENTURY
The bodies rising from short straight feet to a waisted necks and flared rims, decorated with panels of battle scenes alternating with quatrefoils of Buddhist lions, the necks with further figurative panels, all reserved against trailing formal lotus, bats and shou characters on a yellow ground, 45cm. (2)
£600-1,000
957
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SLENDER BALUSTER VASE
19TH CENTURY
The body decorated with a scene of warriors and ladies before an encampment, 45.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
958
960
959
958
A CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY
Standing with her clasped hands concealed within her flowing dress, her hair arranged in an elegant tall chignon, 27.6cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
Together with a copy of the Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.C123q45, dated 24th November 2023.
£400-600
959
A CHINESE POTTERY EQUESTRIAN FIGURE
TANG DYNASTY
Modelled with a man astride a horse with its head turned to sinister, 33cm OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
Together with a copy of the Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.766n88, dated 18th December 1995.
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
960
A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A KNEELING BACTRIAN CAMEL NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY
The camel with a large saddle bag; together with a standing pottery model of a camel and a pottery kneeling female figure, the latter with a wood stand, 46.5cm max. (4)
The kneeling camel together with a copy of the Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.C100x32, dated 10th August 2000.
£500-1,000
961
962
961
A CHINESE POTTERY OVOID JAR AND COVER
TANG DYNASTY
Decorated with a cream-colour glaze, the lower body left in the biscuit, 26.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
962
A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY
Standing with an elaborate headdress and her arms clasped together, wearing long flowing robes, 35.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
963
A GROUP OF CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY ITEMS
HAN DYNASTY
Comprising: three kneeling bearded figures, with their arms raised, a dog standing four-square with its head raised, a square plinth and a rectangular tray, the tray 53 x 36cm. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
964
A SMALL COLLECTION OF BROWN AND CELADON GLAZED WARES
SONG DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: three brown-glazed jars, four various bowls, two dishes and a pair of dark celadon glazed lion dogs, 19cm max. (11)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
965
TWO CHINESE JUN-TYPE BOWLS PROBABLY QING DYNASTY
Each coated with a creamy pale-blue glaze, with an exposed unglazed foot, 17cm and 17.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£100-200
966
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE WHITE AND CELADON-GLAZED WARES
SONG DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: two cup stands; a standing figure; and three circular boxes and covers, the smallest box with a paper label for the Vung Tau Cargo, 17.5cm max. (9)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
967
SEVEN CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Four representing Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy; another depicting Buddha; one Budai He Shang and another a luohan, 51cm max. (7)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,500-2,500
968
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED AND BLANC DE CHINE ITEMS
SONG DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: four celadon dishes; a small crackle-glazed jar; a white glazed tripod incense burner and reticulated cover; and a blanc de Chine incense burner with anhua decoration, 16.2cm max. (8)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-400
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
969 No lot
970
A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER MING DYNASTY
Decorated with a diaper pattern, on three lion-mask feet, together with a sancai dish, 29.3cm and 28.2cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£250-350
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
971
A CHINESE YUAN-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL JAR 20TH CENTURY
The body with slip-decorated panels of lotus, peony and other flowers with underglaze-blue decoration to the short flared neck, the two scroll handles and the slightly splayed foot, 13.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
972
A CHINESE YIXING ‘FINGER CITRON’ WATERPOT
18TH CENTURY
Modelled as two hands of Buddha issuing from a gnarled stem, the halved fruit applied with a small leaf covering the pierced wall, allowing water to flow from the adjoining reservoir, 14.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
973
A CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATE C.1740
Painted with the arms of Johnson within a border of en grisaille and gilded strapwork, 23.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.348, no.L1, for a teabowl with details of this service.
974
A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE ‘SHEPHERDESS’ PLATE C.1740
Decorated with a shepherdess and her lamb, from the engraving by Claude Duflos (1665-1727) after Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), 22.4cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Cf. British Museum, London, accession no.1874,0711.830, for the engraving by Claude Duflos (1665-1727) after Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757).
975
A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE ‘LES OIES DE FRERE PHILIPPE’ PLATE
C.1745
Decorated with a scene after the painting by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) from La Fontaine’s fable, depicting an elderly man introducing a young man to two ladies, 22.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Cf. D Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.1, pp.346-347, pl.345, for further details on this design.
976
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MEISSEN-STYLE PLATES
MID 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with panels containing equestrian figures within formal baroque scrolling borders, 22.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
977
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL DISH KANGXI C.1705
Painted with a central panel with the arms of Sayer impaling Talbot, within geometric borders, beribboned precious objects and floral brocades, 48.2cm. £4,000-6,000
Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.164, A1, where a related blue and white dish is illustrated, dated c.1705. Exton Sayer, LLD, was MP for Tottenham and in c.1705 married Catherine, daughter of the Rt Rev’d William Talbot, Bishop of Oxford and later Bishop of Durham. For another example from the Wunsch Collection, of the same size also with the arms of Sayer impaling Talbot, see Christie’s New York, 2nd February 2022, lot 25.
978
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL DISHES QIANLONG C.1745
Each painted with cartouches of European and Far Eastern landscapes and buildings, decorated with the arms of Cooke of London quartering Warren with Twysden, the borders with eagle crests, 41.7cm. (2)
£300-500
Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, p.325, J5, where a related dish is illustrated and dated c.1745.
979
A CHINESE ‘JUDGEMENT OF PARIS’ PLATE MID 18TH CENTURY
Painted with Paris presenting a Golden Apple to Aphrodite, 23.2cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
980
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE HOOKAH BASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
The globular body decorated with stylised lotus among intertwining scrolling tendrils and feathery foliage, rising to a cup-shaped mouth similarly decorated, 19.2cm.
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
981
A PAIR OF CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND BOTTLE VASES
KANGXI 1662-1722
Each with a globular body and a slightly flared neck, reserved with four shaped cartouches enclosing blossoming flower branches and fruits on leafy scrolls, one with a paper label of W Waddingham Antiques, 26cm. (2)
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
982
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE HEXAGONAL BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with panels of ladies, boys, mythical beasts, flowers, antiques and watery landscapes, framed between bands of horses, butterflies and foliate scrolls, 31.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
983
A PAIR OF CHINESE WUCAI FIGURES OF BOYS 17TH CENTURY
Each boy holding a vase with lotus stems and standing on a rectangular base with peony blooms, their shoulders with ruyi-heads, their arms and legs with precious objects, 29cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
984
A CHINESE WUCAI FIGURE OF A BOY
KANGXI 1662-1722
Standing on a plinth, holding a vase in his hands, wearing a magua decorated with the Three Abundances, 29cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
985
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1640
Painted with a continuous scene of scholars and their attendant in a fenced garden, three of the figures playing weiqi on a rocky outcrop, the rim with a band of stylised leaves, the base with a paper label reading ‘Christie’s 26 Nov 1998 680’, together with a wood cover, 27cm. (2)
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003; purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 26th November 1998, lot 680.
986
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPE’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG 18TH CENTURY
Heavily potted, painted with a continuous landscape scene featuring figures on a riverbank surrounded by craggy rocks and pine trees, the base with a recessed glazed circle within an unglazed band, 18.2cm.
£1,000-2,000
987
A CHINESE WUCAI ‘PEACOCK’ VASE 17TH CENTURY
Painted to the exterior with a large peacock perched on rockwork amidst large peony blossoms and gnarled prunus branches, with birds in flight, all set against an iron-red diaper ground, mounted with ormolu as a table lamp, 37cm the vase, 63cm overall.
£1,000-2,000
Cf. T Canepa and K Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate, The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, p.346, no.III.3.9.4, for a similar vase with phoenix, and with details regarding the dating of these vases.
988
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE MELON-SHAPED ‘LONGEVITY’ VASE QING DYNASTY
Decorated with Shoulao riding a crane between worshippers and attendants with a pine tree to the reverse, 19cm.
£500-800
989
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL SIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50
Decorated with a continuous scene depicting the demon queller Zhong Kui giving his sister away in marriage, the figures all in a fenced garden with attendants among rockwork and flowering trees, the sides applied with gilt mythical beast masks issuing metal drop handles, the interior and the base enamelled turquoise, 17cm.
£800-1,200
990
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ JAR AND A LATER COVER QIANLONG 1736-95
The globular body decorated with five boys playing in a fenced garden beneath a pine tree, 14.7cm.
£800-1,200
991
A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ PUNCH BOWL 19TH CENTURY
Decorated all over with birds, insects and flowers, the interior with a circular panel to the well depicting a scene from the Xi Xiang Ji, 33.5cm.
£200-300
992
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MOUNTAIN BRUSH REST AND A FAMILLE ROSE BRUSHPOT, BITONG 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The brush rest boldly painted with pink carp leaping from waves; the brushpot with two figures in a garden, 13cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
993
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘CHILONG’ JAR KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with panels of chilong among lotus, peony and cockscomb, the shoulder with a band of scrolling peony, together with a wood cover, 17.8cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-400
994
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIERE 19TH CENTURY
Decorated with panels of vases bearing bouquets of peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and other flowers, alternating with smaller panels of flowers and the ‘Hundred Antique’s, all reserved on a ground of scrolling flowers below a band of diaper and chevrons, 31.5cm.
£600-800
Provenance: formerly an English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
995
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ LANTERNS QING DYNASTY
The square-section turquoise-ground reticulated bodies painted with panels of the Eight Daoist Immortals beneath colourful clouds, the rims and feet flared, together with a famille rose hexagonal hat stand, the base with a six-character Tongzhi mark, 33cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
996
A CHINESE WUCAI ‘IMMORTALS’ JAR LATE QING DYNASTY
Painted with ladies in a fenced garden amongst rockwork and a tree, all below floral sprays and a cracked-ice border, 30.5cm.
£300-500
997
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE 17TH CENTURY
Raised on a short straight foot, decorated in relief with a ribbon around the waist, covered in a warm white glaze, 15.5cm.
£800-1,200
998
A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE AND YELLOW-GROUND DAYAZHAI DISH
GUANGXU OR LATER
Decorated with budding and flowering branches of peony and two insects, beneath a three-character dayazhai mark and an oval seal reading tian xia di yi chun in iron-red below the gilt rim, the base with a four-character Yong qing chang chun mark (eternal prosperity and enduring Spring), 23.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
999
A CHINESE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION
TANG/SONG DYNASTY
Seated with a boy standing beside the front right leg and with a cub beneath the front left paw, all on a lotus throne above a rectangular plinth, 36.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. JM Addis, Chinese Ceramics from Datable Tombs and Some Other Dated Material: A handbook, pl.19a, for a pair of similar stone lions excavated from the tomb of Yan Deyuan, dated to 1189.
1000
A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BOWL PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The rounded sides resting on a short slightly tapered foot, covered to the exterior with a rich turquoise glaze, the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double circle, 13.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
1001
A CHINESE YELLOW-GLAZED INCISED VASE AND A CELADON QUATREFOIL JARDINIERE PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY
The vase incised with nine five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl amongst clusters of ruyi-shaped clouds, in between a band of ruyi-heads and crashing waves; the jardiniere decorated with an even greyish-green glaze, 32cm and 21cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1002
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ DISH KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with Zhang Sheng, Cui Yingying and Hongniang in an interior within an eight-lobed panel, surrounded by ribbon-tied emblems and floral sprays to the cavetto, below a band of geometric designs to the rim, the reverse with the Eight Trigrams, a six-character Chenghua mark to the base, 21.3cm.
£150-250
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
1003
A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED HU-SHAPED VASE
SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908
With moulded peach-shaped panels to the body and two rectangular apertures to the sides, all raised on a straight foot, painted with a watery landscape and a bird on a flowering branch beneath a poem, together with a wood stand, 30cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1004
A CHINESE BISCUIT FAMILLE VERTE REVOLVING VASE LATE QING DYNASTY
Constructed in four sections, the exterior decorated with bands of birds, butterflies, flowers and geometric designs, with pierced circles and cash motifs, the internal revolving section painted with two scaly dragons, together with a wood stand, 39cm. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1005
A CHINESE RED-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE QING DYNASTY
The bulbous body rising to a waisted neck beneath a flared rim, all raised on a short straight foot, the interior and base with a pale crackle glaze, 21cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: a private Sussex collection, acquired in the 1980s.
1005
1004
1003
1002
1001
1000
999
998
1006
A SET OF FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FU LU SHOU’ DISHES
QING DYNASTY
Decorated to the interior with the Three Star Gods in a garden, the bases with imitation seal marks, 15.5cm. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1007
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with bands of formal scrolls embellished with stylised lotus and birds above a geometric border of alternating ruyi-heads and hexagons, the base with a lingzhi mark, 16.5cm.
£300-500
1008
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVAL DISHES 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with a boy riding a water buffalo and a calf and a farmer in a watery landscape, both with paper labels reading ‘Christie’s 21 Jan 1999 261/2’ to the base, 38.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003; purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 21st January 1999, lot 261.
1009
A CHINESE WUCAI GARLIC-MOUTH BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The lower section of the pear-shaped body painted with two sinuous dragons contesting flaming pearls, the slender neck with a band of scrolling foliage, the base with a Kangxi mark, 30cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1010
TWO MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES MID 18TH CENTURY
One painted with a lady and her attendant in a fenced garden, the other decorated with a watery landscape scene with pagodas and a figure on a boat, the borders with geometric and floral designs and butterflies, 54.8cm. (2)
£400-600
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
1011
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with a central Buddhist lion within wide floral bands, with a painted jewel mark, 24.5cm.
£150-250
1012
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR PANELS QING DYNASTY
Each depicting a village in a watery landscape with farmers at work and fisherman on the water, 35cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1013
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SOFT PASTE LANTERN VASE QIANLONG 1736-95
Painted with shaped panels depicting ladies and boys in garden settings, reserved on a blue ground with moulded and gilt butterflies and flowers, 28.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
1014
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVAL TUREEN AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95
Decorated with a watery landscape scene with pavilions on the shore and figures on a sampan, with two scroll handles to the sides and raised on an oval foot; the cover with a finial modelled as a fruit, together with an associated rectangular stand with canted corners, 32.5cm and 37cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1014
1013 1012
1011
1010
1009
1008
1007
1015
A
SAMSON VERTE IMARI BARBER’S BOWL 19TH CENTURY
The deep oval body painted with birds and lotus, the flat rim with cartouches enclosing cherry blossoms, the underside decorated with iron-red peony and daylily sprays, 35cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1016
A SET OF FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISHES
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with scenes of ladies and boys in gardens, the exteriors with floral sprays, the bases with six-character Chenghua marks, 17cm. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£800-1,200
1017
THREE CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a famille rose square-section brushpot painted with nine boys playing under a pine tree; a famille rose bowl decorated with floral sprays and three crickets, the base with a six-character Xuantong mark; and a small blue and white reticulated bowl, 12cm max. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1018
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH
SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908
Decorated to the interior with a scaly five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the exterior with two further dragons chasing pearls, 16cm.
£400-600
1019
A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ WALL SCONCE QIANLONG C.1740
After a design by Cornelis Pronk, the centre painted with a phoenix rising from flames beneath a gilt sunburst, in a moulded silver and gilt cartouche with green and aubergine foliate strapwork with iron-red detailing, surmounted by a palmette device flanked by Chinese pheasants, the lower section pierced for mounting with a candle-arm, the reverse with two pierced holes for suspension and a paper label reading ‘Rafi Y Mottahedeh Collection’, 38.8cm.
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: formerly the Mottahedeh Collection; sold by Sotheby’s New York, 30th January 1985, lot 186.
Literature: C Jörg, Pronk Porcelain: Porcelain after designs by Cornelis Pronk, pp.37-38, no.14; Sekai Toji Zenshu/Ceramic Art of the World: China, Ch’ing dynasty and Annamese and Thai ceramics, vol.12, p.224, fig.168.
Exhibited: Virginia Museum, 1981-82.
1020
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE STANDING FIGURES OF BOYS LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each modelled with a joyful expression, holding fruit, dressed in bright green robes with floral designs, 18.7cm. (2)
£150-250
Provenance: purchased from John Sparks Ltd, 14th June 1954, a copy of the invoice is available.
1021
A CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN 18TH CENTURY
Modelled wearing loose monk’s robes, holding a fly whisk in his right hand, with a shoe and alms bowl before him, the base with an impressed seal mark reading
Hu Lianxing ji, 12cm.
£300-500
1022
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE DISHES
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with a leafy floral spray to the centres, the flat everted rims and the undersides painted with further blossoming foliage, including lotus, orchids and peonies, 10.2cm. (2)
£200-400
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
1023 interior view
1023
A SET OF FOUR CHINESE EROTIC SUBJECT FAUX BOIS CUPS, COVERS AND SAUCERS PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The interiors of the cups with erotic scenes to the centres beneath a border of bats, the underside of the covers with further erotic scenes, the bowls and covers with four-character Yong He tang zhi marks, 10.4cm. (12)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1024
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CERAMICS 18TH CENTURY
Comprising: a teapot and cover, a jug with an associated cover and a teabowl, decorated with scrolling cartouches of figures in landscapes and panels of birds and insects, all reserved against gilt, puce and iron-red strapwork; a reticulated teabowl and saucer, decorated with flowering sprays of pomegranate, peach and finger citron, with traces of gilding to the borders; and a teabowl painted with a bird perched among flowers, 18.4cm max. (8)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1025
A PAIR
OF CHINESE ENAMELLED ‘FLOWERS’ BOWLS
AND A FAMILLE ROSE BOWL 20TH CENTURY
The former painted to the sides with malus and narcissus, the undersides with six-character Jiang xi ci ye gong si marks; the latter decorated with birds and insects in a watery landscape, the underside with a four-character Guangxu mark, 11.5cm and 10.3cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1026
THREE CHINESE EGG AND SPINACH-DECORATED ITEMS MING AND EARLY QING
One a figure group with a horse and crane in a rocky landscape, together with a wood stand; another a leaf-shaped box and cover with the finial modelled as a Buddhist lion; the third a ewer and cover shaped as a crayfish above breaking waves with fish and a crab; together with a yellow-glazed tripod stand with lion-paw feet; all with labels for the Henning Collection, nos.1351, 1354, 1281 and 1475, 25cm max. (7)
£500-1,500
1027
SEVEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY
One of rectangular section decorated with roundels depicting a scholar and his attendant, with a four-character Qianlong mark; another cylindrical, painted with two scholars by a sampan in a watery landscape, with a six-character Yongzheng mark; and two ovoid examples, one with a scholar and two boys in a garden, the other with five tigers, with four-character Yongzheng and Qianlong marks; together with a baluster-shaped example with traces of polychrome decoration; another of pebble form, with roundels on an underglaze-red ground; and one of a small ovoid shape with a soft-paste body, 8cm max. (7)
£500-1,000
Provenance: from the collection of Colonel William Edmund Pye (1872-1949). Commissioned into the British Army in 1892, he served with the Indian Army in Tirah between 1897-98, then in 1900 was sent to China as the leader of the British Section of the International Police. It was at this time he started his collection, which has passed by decent to the current owner. Other items from his collection were sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 13th May 2011.
1028
TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE ENAMELLED CHICKEN CUPS REPUBLIC PERIOD
Each painted with chickens and blossoming floral sprays, two with Ju Ren Tang zhi marks, two with Chun Hui Cao Tang marks, 6.5cm and 6.6cm. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1029
A SET OF SIX CHINESE MONOCHROME TEABOWLS 20TH CENTURY
Each with rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, two with a celadon glaze, two a vibrant yellow glaze and two a deep blue glaze, each with a six-character Guangxu mark, 8cm. (6)
£300-500
1030
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a peach-bloom glazed waterpot with anhua decoration, the base with a six-character Kangxi mark and a paper label reading ‘Rowland Williams Collection B131A’; a small ovoid jar decorated with a robin’s egg glaze; a slender baluster vase with a turquoise crackle glaze; a bottle vase with a flared rim and a miniature bottle vase, both decorated with a deep red glaze draining from the rim; a small slender baluster vase with a mottled grey-red glaze; a small bottle vase and a lobed tripod waterpot decorated with a ge-type glaze; together with a wood stand, 19cm max. (9)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1031
A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE BLUE BEIJING GLASS BOWLS LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD
Each with rounded sides rising to an everted rim from a short straight foot, 11cm. (8)
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
1031
1030
1029
1028
1027
1026
1025
1024
1032
THREE SMALL CHINESE MONOCHROME VASES 18TH/19TH CENTURY
One a flambé double-gourd vase; another a white-glazed ribbed-neck vase; the third a caramel-glazed vase with loop handles, all with paper labels for Ben Janssens Oriental Art London, 13.5cm, 14.5cm and 14.2cm. (3)
£500-1,000
1033
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE HEXAGONAL BRUSHPOT, BITONG
YONGZHENG 1723-35
The sides painted with colourful abstract landscapes divided by panels of calligraphy, raised on six bracket feet, 11cm. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1034
FOUR CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY
One painted with a dignitary on horseback and his attendant, outlined against a black ground; another of meiping shape with a metallic glaze; a third of globular form with a green crackle glaze; and one jade, carved in low relief with a stag and a bird in a rocky landscape beneath pine trees; together with a soapstone seal of square section surmounted by a chilong with a lingzhi spray in its jaws; and two jade pebble pendants, the stones of celadon colour with dark russet inclusions, 8.2cm max. (7)
£300-500
Provenance: from the collection of Colonel William Edmund Pye (1872-1949). Commissioned into the British Army in 1892, he served with the Indian Army in Tirah between 1897-98, then in 1900 was sent to China as the leader of the British Section of the International Police. It was at this time he started his collection, which has passed by decent to the current owner. Other items from his collection were sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 13th May 2011.
1035
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ SCROLL WEIGHTS
17TH CENTURY
Each with two Buddhist lions modelled in high relief with a brocade ball between them, above a rectangular plinth with low-relief archaistic chilong and butterflies, 8.5cm. (2)
£800-1,200
1036
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLY’ SAUCERS
19TH CENTURY
Each with a lobed rim, painted with five butterflies flying amidst blossoming magnolia, morning glory, peony, lotus and melon vines, the undersides decorated with beribboned ruyi sceptres, the bases with a six-character Jiaqing marks, 13.3cm. (2)
£300-500
1037
A SMALL CHINESE ROBIN’S EGG-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE AND A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES LATE QING DYNASTY
The bottle vase decorated with a mottled blue and turquoise glaze, 16cm; the cylindrical snuff bottles painted in blue and underglaze-red with zodiac animals in a landscape, 12.2cm. (3) OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1038
THREE CHINESE PLATES REPUBLIC PERIOD
One with a fruiting and flowering pomegranate tree among chrysanthemum and peony painted in the famille rose palette; another with an iron-red Buddhist lion and puppy beneath an inscription; the third with three iron-red fish, each with a stamped mark to the base, 23.8cm max. (3)
£300-500
Provenance: from the collection of Colonel William Edmund Pye (1872-1949). Commissioned into the British Army in 1892, he served with the Indian Army in Tirah between 1897-98, then in 1900 was sent to China as the leader of the British Section of the International Police. It was at this time he started his collection, which has passed by decent to the current owner. Other items from his collection were sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 13th May 2011.
1039
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SNUFF BOTTLE GUANGXU 1875-1908
Decorated with three Pekinese in a landscape beneath the ‘Three Friends of Winter’, each dog depicted with its name, the shoulder inscribed sanyou tu with two seals, the underside inscribed Guanxu xin mao Suyun Daoren zhi sanyou tu, the articulated gilt-metal stopper with a writhing dragon, 11.3cm.
£600-1,000
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq. and thence by descent.
1040
A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED ‘MONKEYS’ SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY
Painted with eighteen monkeys among rockwork and pine trees, two holding fruiting branches of peaches; together with a pair of 18th-century blue and white salts, each of octagonal form and raised on three lion-paw feet, 6cm and 8.5cm. (3)
£100-200
1040
1039
1038
1037
1036
1035
1034
1033
1041
A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE REVERSE-DECORATED VASES LATE QING DYNASTY
Decorated in raised and incised white enamel with blossoming chrysanthemums, lotus, prunus branches, the waisted necks flanked by shaped handles, 56.6cm. (2)
£300-500
1042
A CHINESE ENAMELLED YIXING BOTTLE VASE SIGNED SHEN XI, DAOGUANG 1821-50
The ovoid body below a tall neck and garlic-head rim, the body decorated with an impressed diaper pattern, below famille rose sprays of prunus, chrysanthemum and orchids on a blue ground to the shoulder, the neck with an applied twisted band below enamelled plantain leaves rising to the rim, on a waisted foot decorated with famille rose stylised floral scrolls on a blue ground, the base with two impressed marks, one for Shen Xi and the other reading bai, 22.7cm.
£3,000-5,000
Cf. Purple Clay: Wellington Wang’s Collection of Yixing Wares, p.203, for a similar example. See also, Christie’s New York, 20th September 2013, lot 1415, for a related pair of vases.
1043
A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with trailing lotus to the body beneath a band of foliate scrolls to the shoulder, the underside with a paper label reading ‘Christie’s 04 Mar 1999, 414’, 16.5cm.
£800-1,200
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 19th February 1998, lot 298.
1044
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘SWALLOWS’ VASE LATE QING DYNASTY
Decorated with a gulp of swallows flying above carps and pink prunus blossoms emerging from turbulent waves, 45.5cm.
£200-300
1045
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
The body painted with two large stylised flowerheads divided by smaller flowers and Chinese characters above formal stiff leaves, a paper label for Christie’s 4th December 1997, lot 626, 27cm.
£600-800
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1046
A SMALL CHINESE RU-TYPE ARCHAISTIC VASE
PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Decorated with a frieze of kui-dragons above a band of lappets, rising to a fluted neck and a garlic mouth with scrolling clouds and a ruyi-head border around a gilt rim, with two scrolling handles to the sides, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark, together with a fitted box and cover, 9.5cm.
£1,000-1,500
1047
A CHINESE YELLOW BEIJING GLASS BOTTLE VASE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck with a flared lipped rim and raised on a short gently splayed foot, carved in low relief with a bird perched on rockwork between prunus and peony, 22.5cm.
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: from the collection of the late AJ Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire; acquired from Christie’s London, 15th November 2000, lot 123 (a copy of the invoice is available).
1048
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUITS AND FLOWERS’ GARLIC-MOUTH VASE, SUANTOUPING
PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY
Decorated with fruiting and blossoming branches, including peach, pomegranate and peony, beneath ruyi-heads and a key fret border, with foliate scroll lappets to the waisted neck, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark, 28.6cm.
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: formerly a private collection, Jersey, acquired in the 1980s.
1049
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND ‘LOTUS’ VASE MODERN
Finely painted with formal stylised lotus, the neck with blue moulded ribbons suspended from chilong handles, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark in iron-red, 28cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,000-2,000
1050
A CHINESE PALE BLUE SGRAFFITO-GROUND BOWL AND COVER LATE QING/ REPUBLIC PERIOD
The bowl and cover each painted with three landscape medallions in rose enamels on a ground finely incised with flowers and foliage, and with four-character Yongzheng marks, 8.5cm. (2)
£400-600
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
1051
A CHINESE BLUE AND GILT ‘SHOU CHARACTER’ CUP SIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50
The slightly flaring sides decorated with four shou characters framed by stylised kui dragons, all rendered in relief on the warm gilded ground, raised on a short straight foot, 6.3cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1052
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWL YONGZHENG 1723-35
The exterior decorated with the Baxian (Eight Immortals) visited by Shoulao flying on a crane, the interior with Magu holding a ruyi sceptre, 14.3cm.
£200-300
Provenance: from an English private collection, Kent.
1052A
A CHINESE DUTCH-DECORATED DISH EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With a fluted body, the interior enamelled in Holland with a Kakiemon design of three tigers and a dancing figure beneath bamboo and flowering prunus issuing from behind banded hedges, the base with a paper label reading ‘RW Lawrence Collection No.83’, 24.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1053
A CHINESE WUCAI ‘CHICKEN’ CUP AND A BLUE AND WHITE CUP KANGXI 1662-1722
The former delicately painted with a hen, a cockerel and their chicks among leafy flower stems, the base with a beribboned lozenge mark; the latter with a boy on a buffalo playing a flute and another throwing his hat in the air, the base with a six-character Chenghua mark, 7cm. (2)
£500-800
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
1054
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE GOURD-SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY OR LATER
The body decorated with two cartouches, one inscribed with a poem from Le Shan Tang Quanji followed by the qian trigram and long seal, and the other painted with stems of flowering peonies, all reserved on a ground of formal trailing lotus, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark, 6.7cm.
£2,500-3,500
1055
A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE ARROW VASE PROBABLY QING DYNASTY
The compressed globular body with a tall tapering neck flanked by two tubular handles, covered overall with a pale greenish-grey glaze suffused with a network of dark grey crackles, the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark, 11.4cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£1,500-2,500
1056
A SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE KENDI 17TH CENTURY
The ovoid body painted with panels of birds among foliage and a deer in a landscape, the neck decorated with a bird in a spray of flowers, and foliate scrolls to the rim, shoulder, spout and short tapering foot, all outlined in black, the base with a square mark, 17.3cm.
£2,000-3,000
Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, access. no.999-1876 for a similar example.
1055
1054
1057
FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: a shallow bowl; three smaller bowls, one with a Hongxian mark and a Bao Shan Zhai zhi mark; and a square brushpot, 22.8cm max. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1058
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a set of three famille rose teabowls and saucers; a Mandarin palette teabowl and saucer; two famille rose saucers; a Chinese Imari saucer; and an underglaze blue and red teabowl, 14.2cm. (12)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1059
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘SCHOLARS’ VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD
Painted with a group of scholars playing weiqi and inscribed with a poem, the base with a studio mark for Tao Tao Zhai, together with a modern stickstand, 47.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
1060
A PAIR OF CHINESE CYLINDRICAL ‘CARP’ VASES AND THREE FAMILLE ROSE VASES LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
The former decorated with two large orange fish; together with two vases depicting boys at play, one with a Guangxu mark, the other with a Lin zhi Cheng Xiang mark; and a fifth vase, 31.3cm max. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1061
FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
YONGZHENG 1723-35
Comprising: a fluted teabowl and saucer; another fluted teabowl and saucer, the base with a paper label for the Frank E Pither Collection, no.709; the remaining teabowls and saucers decorated with pheasants perched on rockwork and floral panels; together with a further famille rose saucer, 11.7cm max. (9)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
1062
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS
YUAN DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: a compressed circular celadon jarlet, the base with a paper label for Bluett London; a blanc de Chine cup decorated with prunus sprays; a moulded white-glazed bowl, the base with a six-character Chenghua mark; a famille verte hexafoil chamberstick; a famille verte floral salt; and a small famille rose dish decorated with birds; 13cm max. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1063
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS
LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD
Comprising: a bowl decorated with the Eight Immortals; six cylindrical jars and covers and a small teabowl painted with the Wu Shuang Pu; a brushpot; two teapots; a teacup with a lady and many boys in a garden; together with two en grisaille teapots both inscribed with poems, five with four-character Tongzhi marks to the bases, 28cm max. (24)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£600-1,000
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1064
FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND ITEMS
20TH CENTURY
Comprising: two dishes, the base of each with a dedication mark, a cup, cover and saucer, the cup and cover with four-character marks, and two cups; together with a peach-bloom vase, 19.1cm. (8)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1065
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FOOTED BOWLS QING DYNASTY
Of square, lobed and oblong shape, variously decorated with dragons, crane and other animals, insects, flowers and precious objects, 27.3cm max. (19)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1066
A CHINESE QIANJIANG-STYLE RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PLAQUE QING DYNASTY OR LATER
Depicting a river landscape with a distant village and a pagoda in the foreground detailed with figures at leisure, set in a wood frame, 26cm x 40.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設 底價。
£200-300
1067
A CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN PANEL REPUBLIC PERIOD
Depicting two deer, a monkey and a red cardinal bird in a rocky landscape amidst pine and bamboo, with a poem and a seal mark, in a wire mount for hanging, 33.3cm x 22.3cm.
£300-500
1068
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PLAQUE AND A QIANJIANG-STYLE PLAQUE LATE QING DYNASTY AND REPUBLIC PERIOD
One painted with a scene depicting the Tang dynasty ruler Guo Ziyi celebrating his birthday with his family, the other depicting a mountain landscape, with the artist’s signature and seal reading Wang Qi, the latter framed, 42.3cm x 27.3cm, 41cm x 26cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1069
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN BOWL REPUBLIC PERIOD
The rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, decorated with bamboo stems and flowering chrysanthemum issuing from rockwork and a poem with two seal marks reading Shi and Ning, between a band of overglaze-blue ruyi-heads to the rim and a similar key fret border to the foot, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark, 13cm.
£300-500
1070
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND AND GREEN-ENAMELLED BOWL
SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722
The exterior decorated with eight stems of stylised peach and ruyi, the interior with a central medallion of a writhing dragon amidst flames, 11.4cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1071
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A CHINESE SHOE LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Elaborately decorated with floral scrolls to the toe and heel, against a moulded green and iron-red diaper ground between geometric borders, the inside enamelled turquoise, 11.8cm.
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
1072
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BITTER MELON’ TEABOWL
FOUR-CHARACTER HONGXIAN MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1915-16
The gently flared bowl decorated with fruiting and flowering bitter melon vines clambering around bamboo stems, extending over the rim to the interior of the bowl, 7.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
1073
A PAIR OF CHINESE EN GRISAILLE TEA BOWLS
PROBABLY GUANGXU
Each with rounded sides rising to a slightly flared rim above a short straight foot decorated with a gilt band, the exteriors painted with flowering peony and chrysanthemum with a bird among the foliage, the bases with a four-character Yong qing chang chun mark (eternal prosperity and spring), 8.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1074
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW CUP XUANTONG, DATED 1909
The rounded sides decorated with eight leafy flower stems, the base with an eight-character mark reading Xuantong Jiyou Yi Chun Tang zhi (corresponding to 1909), the interior with a paper label for Bluett, London, 8cm.
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
1075
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘NINE DRAGON’ BOWL
SIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK 1821-50
The rounded sides rising to a lobed rim, painted with nine scaly dragons contesting a flaming pearl, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, 19cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
1076
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ DISHES
SIX-CHARACTER XUANTONG MARKS AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD
Decorated with four phoenix among formal scrolling hibiscus within gilt bands to the rims, the undersides with scrolling hibiscus and peony sprays, 17.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1077
TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES LATE QING DYNASTY
The larger painted with two ladies and a boy watching a cockerel and hen courting, the other painted with a pair of birds amidst flowering branches against a lime-green ground, the base with a Guangxu mark, 21.8cm and 16.9cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1078
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID ‘IMMORTALS’ VASE
YONGZHENG 1723-35
Painted with three female Immortals amidst rockwork and pine trees, accompanied by a spotted deer and five flying bats, 27cm.
£3,000-5,000
1079
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE OVOID VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with birds among peony flowers issuing from rockwork, together with a wood cover, 21.7cm. (2)
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
1079A
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘LADIES’ DISH
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with a central scene of two ladies enjoying daily life in a fenced garden with blossoming prunus and penjing, the cavetto decorated with panels of mythical beasts and precious objects, all within a pie crust rim, 29.8cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1080
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘BIRDS AND FLOWERS’ BOWL
KANGXI 1662-1722
The exterior painted with a bird perched on holey rockwork among flowering peony and chrysanthemum and two further birds in flight, the interior with flowers and a butterfly to the well and a geometric border to the rim, 18.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
1081
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘TWIN PHOENIX’ DISH
KANGXI 1662-1722
The centre painted with two phoenix amidst pine and floral designs, within a border with panels of fish and crustaceans and a pie crust rim, 33.4cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
1082
TWO LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES QING DYNASTY AND LATER
Both depicting Magu and her attendant to the interior, the bases with six-character Chenghua marks, one decorated with shou characters to the exterior, 39.8cm and 39.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1083
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE AND AN ECUELLE AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722
The écuelle and cover decorated with leafy fruiting branches with large blossoming flowers; the vase painted with three squirrels clambering amidst grape vines, together with a wood stand and a wood cover, 20cm and 17.5cm. (5)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1084
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BOWL AND A GU-SHAPED VASE SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722
The bowl decorated with cartouches enclosing mythical beasts, divided by shou characters and cherry blossoms on a green stippled ground, the vase painted with four scaly dragons amidst wispy clouds, 25cm and 21cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1085
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘BIRD AND FLOWERS’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG KANGXI 1662-1722
Of cylindrical form, painted to the exterior with a magpie perched on a branch beside large chrysanthemum blooms in red, yellow and black, together with bamboo and pine, the base with a recessed glazed circle within an unglazed band, 12.5cm.
£1,500-2,500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Kent. 1082
1086
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG
KANGXI 1662-1722
The flared cylindrical body decorated to the exterior with a scene from the Xi Xiang Ji depicting four figures in a rocky landscape, the convex base with dots and spots, 12.6cm.
£300-500
1087
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ OVOID VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with pine, bamboo and flowering prunus, together with a wood cover, 18cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: a private Sussex collection, acquired in the 1980s.
1088
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY
Painted with the bajixiang amidst scrolling foliage and lotus seed heads, the base with a six-character Wanli mark, 22cm. (2)
£150-250
Provenance: from the collection of Lord Montagu (1926-2015), Beaulieu, Hampshire.
1089
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRANSITIONAL-STYLE BRUSHPOT, BITONG MODERN
Painted with a continuous scene depicting gentlemen and ladies at leisure in a fenced garden, and equestrian figures amongst bamboo, rocks and swirling mist, 21.4cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-1,000
1090
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1650
Painted with seven figures amidst bamboo, the base with a rabbit mark, a paper label for Phillips, sale number 451, lot 506, 17cm.
£400-600
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1091
A CHINESE ‘SWATOW’ BLUE AND WHITE DISH 17TH CENTURY
The centre painted with aquatic birds within a border decorated with panels of prunus and bamboo, 28cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s London, 29th October 1998, lot 407.
1092
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED BOWL SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
1662-1722
The rounded sides raised on a short tapered foot, painted to the exterior with various flowers above a band of broad petals, the interior decorated with further floral sprays to the rim, with a central medallion enclosing a blossoming peony, 15.2cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1093
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEACH AND POMEGRANATE MOONFLASK, BIANHU
19TH CENTURY
The body painted with fruiting leafy sprays of peaches and pomegranates, the straight neck mounted with bat-shaped handles, the base with a six-character Kangxi mark, 34.5cm.
£300-500
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1094
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL-SECTION LANTERN
20TH CENTURY
Raised on a plinth with a single drawer, painted with panels containing figures, phoenix, cranes, dragons and landscapes, with a horizontal Xuande mark, 46cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1094
1093
1092
1091
1090
1089
1088
1087
1095
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT HORSES’ DISH
SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
1662-1722
Painted with the Eight Horses of Mu Wang, together with three small blue and white saucers each decorated with a lady and a boy, and a small blue and white vase with white metal mounts, 16.8cm. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1096
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS
MING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: three blue and white bowls, one with a mark reading zhong hua gong he yuan nian, a mustard pot with an associated cover, a ewer with a Chenghua mark, a warmer bowl and a powder-blue rose water bottle with gilt decoration, 14.5cm max. (8)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1097
NINE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a reticulated dish with a landscape scene; a bowl decorated with dragons with a Kangxi mark; a pair of pear-shaped vases; a two-handled cup; a blue-ground bowl with a Yongzheng mark; a pair of miniature jars with Kangxi marks; and a box and cover decorated with boys, 29cm max. (10)
£300-500
1098
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS 18TH CENTURY
Variously decorated in blue and white, famille verte and famille rose, with flowers, dragons and other animals, figures and landscapes, 14cm max. (33)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1099
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Comprising: a dish with a basket of flowers to the well and a border of floral panels to the rim; a butter dish and cover with scroll side handles painted with sprays of flowering peony and chrysanthemum; four teabowls variously decorated with floral panels; a pair of saucers with roundels of lingzhi within borders of foliate panels; and two further saucers, 22cm. (11)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-200
1100
FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS MING DYNASTY AND LATER
Comprising: an ovoid jar decorated with three Double Happiness shuangxi characters on a ground of scrolling flowers; two small ovoid jars painted with Buddhist lions alternating with trailing lotus; and two bowls with birds perched on flowering branches, both with indistinct seal marks, 21.5cm. (5)
£300-500
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003; the two small ovoid jars purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 5th February 1998, lot 443; the two bowls purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 15th April 1999, lot 417.
1101
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS
MOSTLY KANGXI 1662-1722
Comprising: a plate with a landscape scene; a ewer and cover decorated with precious objects; a rose water bottle; a small teapot and cover; a moulded jar; two small dishes and a miniature box and cover; and an ovoid jar and cover with later European decoration, 21cm max. (13)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1102
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a blue and white sugar sifter; four blue and white dishes; a famille verte dish; a famille verte gu-shaped vase; a famille rose dish; and a teabowl, 37.4cm max. (10)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1103
TWO
CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JARS
KANGXI 1662-1722
One painted with three beautiful maidens in a garden, the other with prunus, the former with a silver mount to the rim, 13.5cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
1104
A CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED CADOGAN TEAPOT
QING DYNASTY
Decorated with moulded fruiting sprays painted in underglaze blue and red; together with a Chinese blue-glazed archaistic altar vessel, fu, the base with a six-character Jiaqing mark and of the period; and a Southeast Asian celadon incense burner and cover, shaped as a luduan, 21.3cm, 26.2cm and 16.4cm. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1105
THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE ITEMS 18TH CENTURY
Comprising: a bowl and stand decorated with a frieze of kui-dragons and a shou character between kui-dragons to the well, the base with a six-character Chenghua mark; and a teabowl and cover decorated with orchids, pomegranate and peaches, 16cm max. (4)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
1106
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS QING DYNASTY
Comprising: a square plaque decorated with formal trailing lotus, bats, cash motifs and other auspicious symbols on a turquoise ground; a triangular tray painted with scenes from the Romance of the Western Chamber; a leaf-shaped dish with flowering peony and a bat; a dish decorated with cash motifs, a ruyi sceptre and other precious objects, the base with a four-character mark; together with two hardwood stands, 35.3cm x 35.3cm. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£500-800
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1107
FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS
KANGXI 1662-1722
Comprising: an ovoid jar decorated with quatrefoil panels of boys playing with a qilin, together with a wood cover; two small ovoid jars each painted with a lady and two boys among rockwork; and a small baluster vase decorated with two ladies between pine and plantain trees, together with a wood cover and stand, 17.7cm max. (7)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-300
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1108
THREE CHINESE BOWLS SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD
One blue and white, painted with lotus flowerheads; another decorated with the four characters wan, shou, wu, jiang, divided by ribbons on a yellow ground; the third a shallow bowl with a peach-bloom glaze, 16.5cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1109
A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE PORCELAIN REPUBLIC PERIOD
Comprising: a small baluster vase decorated with two landscape panels on a ruby ground; a square-section brushpot painted with a landscape and a poem, both with four-character Qianlong marks; a small waterpot painted with a figure and calligraphy; and a famille rose snuff bottle, together with two wood stands, 21cm. (6)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£600-1,000
Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.
1110
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASES AND A LOZENGE-SHAPED VASE LATE QING DYNASTY
The former decorated with flowering prunus branches against a blue ground, the latter with an archaistic decoration of trigrams and yin-yang symbols against a cell diaper ground, the edges with geometric flanges and the rim with a band of archaistic scrollwork, 25.3cm and 22cm. (3)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1111
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX AND PEONY’ DISH AND A ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’ VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
The dish painted to the centre with two phoenix on rockwork beneath two large peony blossoms, the base with a channelled foot rim; the ovoid vase decorated with quatrefoil panels of beribboned precious objects on a prunus and cracked-ice ground, together with a wood stand, 27.8cm max. (3)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
1112
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with a continuous scene with a dignitary riding a qilin through a rocky landscape, with three attendants carrying banners and a parasol walking alongside the mythical creature, 21.5cm.
£1,000-2,000
1113
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL JAR
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with a scene of a fisherman in a watery landscape and with two birds on a prunus branch, the shoulder pierced to accept handles, 18cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£150-250
1114
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR
KANGXI 1662-1722
Brightly painted with three spotty deer beneath a pine tree in a mountain landscape, with clouds and a crane in flight, a paper label for Christie’s 21st January 1999, lot 242, together with a wood cover, 22cm. (2)
£600-800
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1115
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER LATE MING DYNASTY
Painted with bands of chrysanthemums above geometric scrolling clouds, the base with a square shop mark, together with a wood stand, 28cmm. (3)
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s London, 2nd April 1998, lot 435.
1116
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’ JAR
KANGXI 1662-1722
The ovoid body painted with antiques and precious things, together with a wood cover, 18.5cm. (2)
£400-600
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1117
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY
Decorated with a continuous scene of elegant figures taking tea at a table in a fenced garden beneath a bat in flight, the neck with beribboned precious objects, the cover with two cranes among scrolling clouds, 41cm. (2)
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£400-600
1118
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES’ JAR
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with four young ladies in a fenced garden playing weiqi and strolling among rockwork and plantain trees, the base with a six-character Chenghua mark and two paper labels reading ‘Christie’s 19 Feb 1998, 385’, together with a wood cover, 20.5cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 19th February 1998, lot 385.
1119
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1640
Painted with birds perched in branches, beside a large peony bush, together with a wood cover and stand, 17cm. (3)
£1,000-1,500
1120
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID ‘PRUNUS’ VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with prunus blossoms on a cracked-ice ground, the base with a two-character paper label, together with a wood cover, 22cm. (2)
£500-1,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Cf. A Frank, Chinese Blue and White, pl.75, for a similar ovoid vase.
1121
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted with two panels containing figures in a rocky landscape beneath pine trees, a paper label for Christie’s, 2nd April 1998, lot 494, 28cm. (2)
£600-1,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1122
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH LATE MING DYNASTY
Decorated to the well with a rocky landscape, beneath a border of waterbirds and aquatic plants, the underside with a paper label reading ‘Christie’s 04 Mar 1999, 414’, 35.8cm.
£600-1,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003; purchased from Christie’s South Kensington, 4th March 1999, lot 414.
1123
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1650
Decorated with scrolling peony flowers and foliage, the shoulder with a geometric band, the neck with pointed lappets, 28cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£200-400
1124
A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWERS’ VASE KANGXI 1662-1722
The ovoid body painted with four panels containing prunus, peony and chrysanthemum, a paper label for Phillips, sale 451, lot 475, 17.5cm. (2)
£400-600
Provenance: from a British private collection, formed between 1970-2003.
1125
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY
The body painted with a scene of two barbarians with a wolf chained to a column, beneath a band of ruyi-heads and scrolls to the neck and a key fret to the rim, 49cm.
£1,000-2,000
Cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, 5th and 6th November 1997, lot 967, for a Kangxi famille verte rouleau vase decorated with a comparable scene.
1126
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
KANGXI 1662-1722
Moulded with flutes, all painted with scrolling flowers and insects, the cover with a barbed rim and similarly decorated with floral scrolls, 56.5cm. (2)
£2,000-3,000
1127
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLENDER BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with panels depicting a dignitary on horseback with his attendants riding through a walled city, between bands of foliate scroll roundels and lappets, the base with a painted mark, 58cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
Provenance: Henry Lawrence (1925-2016) and thence by descent.
1128
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED GU-SHAPED VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
The fluted sides decorated with a pattern of scrolling flowers with a central stylised floral border, the flared rim and spreading foot with two bands of ruyi-head lappets, 46.5cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-500
1129
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MANDARIN DUCKS’ DISH
WANLI 1573-1620
Decorated with a central medallion enclosing a pair of mandarin ducks swimming on a lotus pond, with a border of four striding chilong and pomegranates within a barbed rim, 30.2cm.
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE 本拍品不設底價。
£300-400
1130
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1640
The body decorated with birds perched on rockwork, flying insects and prunus branches, the tall neck with a rounded knop decorated with stylised leaves and flowers, 43cm.
£800-1,200
Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent, purchased from R&G McPherson Antiques, London, 7th November 2006.
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JAPANESE & KOREAN WORKS OF ART
TUESDAY 21ST & WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 2024
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MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR
THURSDAY 30TH MAY 2024
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Estimate £800 - 1,200*
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500*
A selection of Islamic and Byzantine coins to be included in the auction
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000*
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George III, Bank of England issue, silver dollar 1804 £200 George III, silver crown 1819 £150 China - Empire: Guangxu, silver dollar, undated (1908), general unified coinage India: Victoria, gold mohur, 1841 (reverse) Edward VII, proof set 1902, 13 coins comprising gold five pounds to silver maundy penny, in official case of issueFINE JEWELLERY
WEDNESDAY 10TH & THURSDAY 11TH JULY 2024
Andrew Grima, an impressive gold, amethyst and diamond necklace, circa 1969
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000*
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OLD MASTERS, BRITISH & EUROPEAN PAINTINGS
WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2024
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Estimate £4,000 - 6,000*
John Michael Wright (1617-1694) Portrait of Mrs John Wallis, half-length, wearing a blue dress, and pearl necklace and earring Oil on canvas, oval 70.6 x 62.2cm; 27¾ x 24½in
