Woolley & Wallis Auctioneers

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART

TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2024

ASIAN ART II

WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2024

ASIAN ART SPECIALISTS & CONTACTS FOR THIS AUCTION

John Axford MRICS Head of Asian Art +44 (0)1722 424506 jea@woolleys.live

Alexandra Aguilar Japanese & Asian Art +44 (0)1722 424583 aa@woolleys.live

Jeremy Morgan Asian Art +44 (0)7812 601098 jm@woolleys.live

For general enquiries and condition reports, please email the department administrators:

Michelle Yu Sale Administrator

Olivia Jones Sale Administrator

Email: asianart@woolleys.live Telephone: +44 (0)1722 424571 +44 (0)1722 424591

Photography

Nelson Chui

Instagram: @woolleyandwallisasianart @woolleyandwallissalerooms

Facebook: @woolleyandwallis

X: @woolleywallis

Pinterest: Woolley and Wallis

Freya Yuan-Richards Chinese Paintings & Asian Art +44 (0)1722 424589 fyr@woolleys.live

Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU Tel: +44 (0)1722 424500 www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART

日本美術

LOTS 200-425

TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2024

2.30pM

ASIAN ART II

亞洲藝術品 II

LOTS 500-880

WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2024

10.00aM

The sales to be conducted at our Castle Street Salerooms, SP1 3SU

預展將於Old Sarum展廳舉行 (如圖) ， 拍賣將於公司總部Castle Street舉行。

VIEWING

Viewing in London (highlights)

17 Clifford Street, 2nd Floor W1S 3RQ

Saturday 2nd November 11.00am – 4.00pm

Sunday 3rd November 11.00am – 4.00pm

Monday 4th November 11.00am – 4.00pm

Viewing at our Old Sarum Galleries

Unit 1B Castle Gate Business Park, Old Sarum, Salisbury SP4 6QX

Friday 8th November 10.00am – 5.00pm

Saturday 9th November 10.00am – 1.00pm

Monday 11th November 10.00am – 4.00pm

BUYER’S PREMIUM

See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices.

ASIAN ART II SPECIAL NOTICES

注：所有網絡買家需要支付至少£5,000的保證金。 網上競投總金額的限額為£50,000。

Online bidders may be required to pay a deposit of £5,000. This deposit will allow the online bidder to bid up to a maximum of £50,000 in total at this auction.

LIVE ONLINE BIDDING - FREE OF CHARGE

bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

Please register by 12 noon on Monday 11th November.

本公司提供免費網上即時競投，請在11月11日中午12點之前登錄 bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk登記競投賬戶。

SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS

Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed by the number listed below

ASIAN ART

John Axford MRICS 424506

Alexandra Aguilar 424583

Freya Yuan-Richards 424589

Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098

Michelle Yu 424571

Olivia Jones 424591

Nelson Chui 424591

20TH CENTURY DESIGN

Michael Jeffery 424505

Zoe Smith 446955

AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART | ANTIQUITIES

Will Hobbs 339752

Georgina Way 446980

JEWELLERY

Marielle Whiting FGa 424595

Jonathan Edwards FGaa (Consultant) 424504

Megan Corbett

Sarah Lancaster

BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS & GLASS

Clare Durham 424507

Hollie Morrison 446964

CHINESE PAINTINGS & CALLIGRAPHY

Freya Yuan-Richards 424589

Michelle Yu 424571

FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS

Mark Yuan-Richards 411854

Neil Grenyer MRICS 446974

Jim Gale 339161

Sarah Stone 339161

Victoria Elwell 339161

JAPANESE ART

Alexandra Aguilar 424583

Olivia Jones 424591

MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR

Ned Cowell 341469

Georgina Way 446980

PAINTINGS

Victor Fauvelle 446961

Ed Beer 446962

Victoria Sturgeon 446970

Heidi Easton 446970

SILVER

Rupert Slingsby 446956

Archie Swann 446959

Jacob Carpenter 446957

VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE & PROBATE

Jeremy Lamond MRICS FRSa 424502

Neil Grenyer MRICS 446972

Frances Woodhams

Hannah Farthing (Trainee valuer)

CLIENT SERVICES

Ruth Pike (Client Services Manager) 424500

Sarah Bennie

Julie Langstaff

Gemma Pointer

Riin Rohtla-Szeverenyi

MARKETING

Chloe Davie 446951

ACCOUNTS

Ania Antkowiak 424565

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Axford MRICS

Chairman

Natalie Milsted FCCa

Managing Director

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Alexandra Aguilar

Ed Beer

Ned Cowell

Clare Durham

Victor Fauvelle

Will Hobbs

Michael Jeffery

Jeremy Lamond MRICS FRSa

Rupert Slingsby

Marielle Whiting FGa

Freya Yuan-Richards

Mark Yuan-Richards

Jōmon Period

ca.10,000 BC-ca.300 BC

Yayoi Period

ca.300 BC-552 AD

Asuka Period

552-645

Nara Period

645-794

Heian Period

794-1185

Kamakura Period

1185-1333

CHRONOLOGY OF JAPAN

Muromachi Period 1333-1573

Namboku-Chō Period 1336-1392

Momoyama Period 1568-1615

Bunroku Era 1592-1596

Keicho Era 1596-1615

Edo Period 1615-1868

Kan’ei Era 1624-1644

Kanbun Era 1661-1673

Genroku Era 1688-1704

An’ei Era 1772-1781

Tenmei Era 1781-1789

Kansei Era 1789-1801

Kyowa Era 1801-1804

Bunka Era 1804-1818

Bunsei Era 1818-1830

Tenpo Era 1830-1844

Koka Era 1844-1848

Kaei Era 1848-1854

Ansei Era 1854-1860

Man’ei Era 1860-1861

Bunkyu Era 1861-1864

Genji Era 1864-1865

Keio Era 1865-1868

Meiji Era 1868-1912

Taisho Era 1912-1926

Showa Era 1926-1989

Heisei Era 1989-2019

Reiwa Era 2019-present

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART

TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2024

LOTS 200-425

200 AFTER HIROSHI YOSHIDA (1876-1950) SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY

Two Japanese oban yoko-e woodblock prints, the first entitled ‘Omuro’, the other ‘Chionin Temple Gate’, from the series Sakura hachidai (Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossom), both signed Yoshida and sealed Hiroshi in the pictures, titled and signed Hiroshi Yoshida in roman script in the lower margins, 26.2cm x 39.1cm and 26.1cm x 39cm respectively. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-400

201

THREE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

20TH CENTURY

Two oban tate-e prints after Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), the first entitled ‘Early Summer Rain, Arakawa’ and the other ‘Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach’, both signed Hasui with Kawase seal; the third after Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) of ‘Seto Inland Sea- Akashi Bay’ with red artist seal and signature lower right corner; 28.9cm x 43cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

202

AFTER KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

TAGONOURA NO YUU (EVENING VIEW OF MOUNT FUJI FROM TAGONOURA BRIDGE) HEISEI ERA, 20TH/21ST CENTURY

A Japanese oban tate-e woodblock print after the original, signed Hasui and sealed Kawase, titled and dated in the right margin, the lower left corner and margin with two Watanabe seals, 39.5cm x 27.1cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: a private English collection, by repute purchased from Watanabe Heisei’s son at the Watanabe Print shop.

A COLLECTION OF BIJIN-GA (PICTURES OF BEAUTIES)

LOTS 203-210

SHIMURA TATSUMI 志村立美 (1907-1980)

Shimura Tatsumi was born in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. Although he predominantly worked as a painter, he is best known for his bijin-ga (portraits of beauties) prints. These combined traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern tastes to create captivating portrayals of feminine beauty. However, he worked only sporadically as a printmaker, meaning that these distinctive prints are relatively rare to encounter.

In the early twentieth century, like many Japanese artists, Shimura Tatsumi earned his livelihood as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines, most notably for Fujokai (Woman’s World), a popular women’s magazine. Amongst his most recognized work is a limited-edition series of five prints published by Nihon hanga kenkusho (The Japanese Institute for Woodblock Prints) in 1953, titled Gendai bijin fuzoku gotai (Five Figures of Modern Beauties), with each series limited to 200 copies. In later life Shimura assumed roles as director and chairman of the Union of Artists and Publications (Shuppan Bijutsuka Renmei) and at the age of 60 he turned away entirely from printmaking, devoting his time to nihonga painting.

203

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

KISERU (TOBACCO PIPE)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Ritsuzo Sato and published by Yuyudo, with a red Tatsumi Kenin seal (Tatsumi seal of approval); numbered 46/450, 41.5cm x 48cm.

£400-600

204

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

KAGAMI-JISHI (LION DANCE)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty holding a lion mask for the shishimai dance, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Ritsuzo Sato and published by Yuyudo, numbered 92/400, 43.6cm x 51cm.

£400-600

205

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

OHKAWABATA (SUMIDA RIVERSIDE)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty standing before a row of buildings, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Keizo Sato, with a red Tatsumi Kenin seal (Tatsumi seal of approval) in the lower right margin, numbered 113/200, 40.9cm x 48.7cm.

£500-800

206

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

SHITAKU (PREPARATION)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty getting dressed, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Ritsuzo Sato and published by Yuyudo, with a red Tatsumi Kenin seal (Tatsumi seal of approval), numbered 349/450, 41cm x 48cm.

£400-600

207

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

KUCHIBENI (LIPSTICK)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty applying her make-up, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Ritsuzo Sato and published by Yuyudo, with a red Tatsumi Kenin seal (Tatsumi seal of approval), numbered 35/150, 40.8cm x 49.5cm.

£400-600

209

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

AKASHICHO (GARDEN CORNER)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty standing by a fence with morning glory, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Keizo Sato, with a red Tatsumi Kenin seal (Tatsumi seal of approval); numbered 35/150, 42cm x 49cm.

£400-600

208

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

YUKI (SNOW)

20TH CENTURY

A large Japanese woodblock print depicting a beauty standing before a snow-covered tree, signed and sealed, carved by Kentaro Maeda, printed by Ritsuzo Sato and published by Yuyudo, numbered 282/450, 42cm x 48.5cm.

£400-600

END OF COLLECTION

210

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1907-80)

20TH CENTURY

Two Japanese lithographs depicting beauties, both entitled Maiko (‘Geisha Apprentice’) and each numbered 145/300; both signed Tatsumi in European script and with a red seal mark; 61.1cm x 51.1cm and 60.9cm x 51cm respectively. (2)

£500-800

211

YOSHU / TOYOHARA CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)

BIJIN-GA (PORTRAITS OF BEAUTIES)

MEIJI ERA, C.1896

A collection of six Japanese oban tate-e woodblock prints including a triptych of three beauties, one playing the shell game kai-awase, from the series Tokugawa jidai kifujin no zu (Noble Ladies in the Age of Tokugawa); another print with a bride standing by a bonsai tree, from the series Akawa-ma and published by Fukuda Hatsujiro; another depicting a lady playing with a small temari ball; the last with two friends playing sugoroku (backgammon), from the series Azuma Fūzoku (Customs of the East), 37cm x 25cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

Conkwell Grange in 1907 (The Architectural Review)

FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF MISS ETHEL HALLEWELL (c.1857-1945) OF CONKWELL GRANGE, WILTSHIRE LOTS 212-214

212

MIYAGAWA SHUNTEI (1873-1914)

KODOMO-E (PICTURES OF CHILDREN)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Four Japanese woodblock prints from the series Kodomo Asobi (Children Playing), including one entitled Temari (Handball), and another Hanetsuki (Shuttlecock); signed Miyagawa Shuntei, published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1898, each print approx. 24.5cm x 37cm. (4)

£100-200

Provenance: an English private collection. Formerly the property of Miss Ethel Hallewell (d.1945) of Conkwell Grange near Bath.

213

MIYAGAWA SHUNTEI (1873-1914)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Six Japanese woodblock prints, four from the series Ukiyo no hana (Flowers of the Floating World), variously entitled ‘Camellia Garden’, ‘Women in a Boat Viewing the Moon’, ‘Autumn Flowers’ and ‘Going Out’, signed Shuntei Gyoshi, published by Akiyama Buemon in 1898; and two from the series Kodomo Fuzoku (Children’s Customs and Manners), entitled ‘Elephant in a Zoo’ and ‘Neighbour’, published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1897, one signed Shuntei Gyoshi; each print approx. 37cm x 25cm. (6)

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection. Formerly the property of Miss Ethel Hallewell (d.1945) of Conkwell Grange near Bath.

214

YOSHU / TOYOHARA CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)

BIJIN-GA (PORTRAITS OF BEAUTIES)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese woodblock print triptychs, the first entitled ‘Preparing for a Concert’, from the series Tokugawa jidai kifujin no zu (Noble Ladies in the Age of Tokugawa), signed Yoshu Chikanobu, published c.1894-97; the other entitled ‘Washing Fruit’, from the series Chiyoda no Ōoku (Noble Beauties at Chiyoda Palace), signed Yoshu Chikanobu, published in 1895; each print approx. 37cm x 25cm. (6)

£250-350

Provenance: an English private collection. Formerly the property of Miss Ethel Hallewell (d.1945) of Conkwell Grange near Bath.

215 A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Including twenty-two oban tate-e, one oban yoko-e and one shikishiban, by several artists including Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), and others, the prints variously depicting famous views, portraits of actors, mythical scenes and birds, two with handwritten inscriptions mentioning the Arthur Morrison Collection, 37.5cm x 26cm max. (24) OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection; two prints formerly owned by Arthur Morrison (1863-1945). Morrison was a British writer famous for his novels set in the East End of London, such as ‘A Child of the Jago’ (1896). He was also regarded as a scholar in Japanese Art, collecting over 1,800 prints and paintings. He wrote ‘The Painters of Japan’ in 1911, which quickly became a reference in the study of Japanese Art History. Most of his collection was acquired by the British Museum in 1906 for £4,500. The institution rated the collection so much that it had to sell about eighty mezzotints to raise enough funds to purchase Morrison’s Japanese pictures.

Arthur Morrison with his Japanese Collection c.1902

216

A COLLECTION OF TWELVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

EDO/ MEIJI,

19TH CENTURY

The oban tate-e prints by various artists including Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Utagawa Yoshitora (c.1836-87), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), and others; many depicting portraits of famous actors, 37.5cm x 25.5cm. (12)

£300-500

THE DOUBLEDAY COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS

GORDON V. DOUBLEDAY (1914-93)

Gordon Doubleday was the youngest son of Sir Leslie Doubleday (1887-1975), a prosperous landowner. He began collecting as a young boy and later became a highly systematic collector, keeping detailed records in an ‘Acquisition Book’. As a collector, Doubleday concentrated his interest on very specific areas, including Japanese prints and netsuke. The origins of his interest for Japanese art are unknown, but some prints were already in his family’s possession when he grew up, such as Hokusai’s ‘One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, Explained by the Nurse’ (lot 217), which had been purchased from a Mr Brooks c.1910. Gordon purchased his first netsuke at twelve, and kept on collecting Japanese art for over sixty years. In the 1960s, he acquired a total of 281 prints, mostly from the middle to late Edo period; by the end of his life, he had collected over 700 Japanese artefacts.

Following his death, about a third of his netsuke and a fifth of his ukiyo-e prints were exhibited at the Horniman Museum, London. The exhibition was brought together by his son John and the museum, which expressed great enthusiasm at displaying artworks relating to Japan’s period of isolation, and the private story of Gordon Doubleday as a British collector. The exhibition was titled ‘Popular Art in Isolation, Japan 1639-1858, The Gordon Doubleday Collection of Netsuke and Ukiyo-e Prints’ and ran between September 1997 and April 1998.

G. V. Doubleday circa 1938

The Horniman Museum exhibition catalogue, 1997-98

217

KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

EDO PERIOD, C.1835-36

Two Japanese oban yoko-e woodblock prints, the first by Eisen entitled Nojiri inakawa hashi enkei (Nojiri: distant view of the Inagawa Bridge), from the series Kisoji no eki (Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido), published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō), 23.2cm x 35cm; the other by Hokusai and entitled Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, Explained by the Nurse), signed Saki no Hokusai Manji, published by Eijudo, Censor’s seal kiwame, 24.8cm x 37.8cm. (2)

218

KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (C.1754-1806)

SUZUKI HARUNOBU (1725–1770)

KITAO SHIGEMASA (1738-1820)

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Gordon Doubleday Esq. (1914-93), exhibited at the Horniman Museum, London, 1997-98, and listed as no.41 and no.39 in the exhibition catalogue.

Three Japanese woodblock prints, the first by Utamaro and depicting the lovers Komurasaki and Gonpachi, signed Utamaro fude, c.1804, 37.4cm x 25.5cm; another by Harunobu entitled ‘The Courtesan Kasugano Writing a Letter’, signed Suzuki Harunobu ga, published c.1765, 21.4cm x 14.7cm; the third by Shigemasa of figures in an interior, two playing go, 25.3cm x 18cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Gordon Doubleday Esq. (1914-93), exhibited at the Horniman Museum, London, 1997-98, and listed as no.19, no.6 and no.11 in the exhibition catalogue.

219

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

A collection of twelve Japanese woodblock prints, eleven in the oban tate-e format and one oban yoko-e; three forming a triptych entitled Kihan (Returning Sails), from the series Mitate hakkei: Kiho (Parody of Eight Views: Returning Sails), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga with Yoshikiri seal, published by Iseya Ichibei in 1846; the horizontal print depicting Yo Ko (Yang Xiang) defending his father against a large tiger, from the series Nijushi-ko doji kagami (Twenty Four Paragons of Filial Piety for Children), published by Wakasaya Yoichi c.1843, also signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga; together with eight other prints by Kuniyoshi variously depicting actors and legendary figures, 26cm x 38cm max. (12)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Gordon Doubleday Esq. (1914-93), exhibited at the Horniman Museum, London, 1997-98, and listed in the exhibition catalogue.

219 part lot illustrated

For the full descriptions and more images, please visit our

220 part lot illustrated

UTAGAWA KUNISATO (D.1858)

UTAGAWA KUNISADA I / TOYOKUNI III (1786-1865)

UTAGAWA HIROSADA (1819-1865)

TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)

EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

A collection of ten Japanese oban tate-e woodblock prints, three by Kunisato forming a triptych entitled Toto Nihombashi Gyoretsu zu (A procession at Nihombashi, in Toto, Edo), published in 1853; another a diptych by Hirosada depicting actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hachirō Tametomo and Nakayama Nanshi as an Island Girl, published in 1851; the other prints by various artists depicting famous actors and legendary figures, 36cm x 25cm max. (10)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Gordon Doubleday Esq. (1914-93), exhibited at the Horniman Museum, London, 1997-98, and listed in the exhibition catalogue.

221

ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790) AND OTHERS

EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

A collection of twenty-one Japanese woodblock prints, including a shunga depiction of two lovers in an interior by Koryusai, entitled Karakasanage, from the series Sumo taizen (Complete moves of sumo wrestling), published c.1780; the other prints by various early artists and depicting actors and famous legendary figures, 38.7cm x 25.6cm max. (21)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Gordon Doubleday Esq. (1914-93), exhibited at the Horniman Museum, London, 1997-98, and listed in the exhibition catalogue.

221 part lot illustrated

222 part lot illustrated

222

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

BAIREI KONO (1844-95)

EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

An album containing forty-seven loose Japanese woodblock prints from various ehon (book of pictures), mostly from the Hokusai Manga (Random Drawings by Hokusai); variously depicting figures pursuing daily activities, mythological beasts, animals, flowers and others; the pages marked ‘John Crossley & Sons, Ltd, Halifax’ and one with the stamp for ‘Shosendo bookseller, Yokohama’; each page approx. 23cm x 16cm. (47)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

223

KISHI GANKU (1749-1838)

JUROJIN

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

A Japanese painting, ink and colour on paper; the God of Longevity depicted with his typically elongated forehead and long loose robes, holding a handscroll; inscribed Echizen no kami Ganku, unchu jusei (God Jurojin in the clouds, painted by Ganku with the title of honorary governor of Echizen); framed and glazed, 40.2cm x 27.8cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

224

ANONYMOUS FLAGS OF THE DIFFERENT DAIMIOS OF JAPAN MEIJI ERA, C.1870

A Japanese hand-coloured woodblock makimono (handscroll), listing the twenty-nine daimyōs (feudal lords), their annual revenues, provinces, capitals and cadet branch of each clan; each with the ō-uma-jirushi (great standard) and ko-uma-jirushi (lesser standard) flags illustrated; opening with the hinomaru (flag of Japan), the Imperial kikumon (chrysanthemum crest) and the Mitsubaaoi Kamon (three hollyhock leaves) of the Tokugawa shogunate, approx. 18cm x 40cm.

£400-600

See the British Museum, London, access. no. OA+,0.500 for another example of this scroll.

223

225

OHARA KOSON / SHOSON (1877-1945) AND OTHERS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

A collection of twenty-two Japanese woodblock prints and paintings by artists including Ohara Koson / Shoson, Yokoyama Taikan, Yamaguchi Aiharu, Ogawa Imozen, Kawabata Ryushi, Takeuchi Seiho, Tanaka Itchian, Kawai Gyokudō, Ito Shinsui, Sakai Saburo, Nakamura Gakuryō, Matsubayashi Keigetsu, and Okumura Togyu, variously depicting birds, flowers, beauties and figures in landscapes, some representing the twelve months; stored in a tomobako wood box, the pictures all approx. 27.3cm x 24.1cm, the box 31cm x 27cm. (23)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

226

A COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE PAINTINGS

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Comprised of watercolours and gouaches on paper, including three portraits of beauties, two at their toilet signed Shodo and the third walking in a snowstorm by Tani; a view of the red Shinkyō Bridge in Nikkō by Shusen; figures in a village by A.Yoshida and a view of a misty garden by Kaho; five loose and one framed and glazed, 55.5cm x 39.2cm max. (6)

£400-600

227

IKE TAIGA (1723-76) AND IWATANI SUTAI (ACT. C.1740-1812)

BEAUTY IN A GARDEN

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll painting), ink and light colour on paper; depicting a beauty holding an orchid; inscribed with a poem about the fragrance of the flower; signed Sutai and with three red seals; the scroll mounted on silk, the painting 110.7cm x 38.3cm; in a tomobako wood box with an inscription reading ‘this is a painting of a beauty by Ike no Taiga and inscribed by Sutai who was a Confucian scholar at the Fukuchiyama domain (in Kyoto), they were friends, attested by Master Seimeio in the mid summer of Hinoe-tora’ (probably 1806). (3)

£300-500

228

TSUBAKI CHINZAN (1801-54)

MEJIRO (WARBLING WHITE-EYE)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll painting), ink and colours on silk, depicting a small bird perched on a branch, with leafy bamboo beside it; signed Chinzan ga, the scroll with silk mounts, the painting 95.6cm x 33.2cm, 203.2 x 55cm overall; together with a fitted tomobako wood box, inset with an inscription by a pupil of Chinzan reading as Chinzan Tsubaki sensei kakin shinseki (A genuine bird-and-flower-piece by Master Chinzan Tsubaki) and an attestation dated 1941. (3)

£1,000-1,500

Provenance: an English private collection, London.

227 228

229

PRINCE ITO HIROBUMI (1841-1909)

CALLIGRAPHY

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll painting), ink on paper; inscribed with a poem about a majestic mountainous landscape covered in mist and a solitary fragrant prunus tree; signed Shunpo sanjin and with three red seals; the scroll mounted on silk, the painting 134cm x 30.3cm; with two tomobako wood boxes, inscribed ‘the calligraphic hanging scroll by Master Ito Hirobumi’ and attested by calligrapher Kuroki Yasuo (1866-1924) and a Soken Rojin (dates unknown). (3)

£300-500

伊藤 博文 ITO HIROBUMI (1841–1909)

Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan in 1885 and went on to hold office a further three times. He became one of the major political figures after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, chairing the bureau which drafted the Constitution for the newly formed Empire of Japan. He travelled Europe in search of a model for the Meiji Constitution, later drawing on British and German models of governance. After 1901 he retired from active politics. However, he remained a moderating influence on Japanese Imperial policy as the first Resident-General of the Korean protectorate, serving from 1905 until his assassination by a Korean nationalist in 1909.

230

TŌGŌ HEIHACHIRŌ (1848-1934)

CALLIGRAPHY

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll painting), ink on paper; inscribed with lines from the Confucian Chinese treatise Xiaojing (The Classic of Filial Piety) reading as ‘if one is not proud of one’s position, one’s height will not be dangerous; if one is prudent, one will be full but not overflowing’; signed Tōgō and with a red seal; the scroll mounted on silk, the painting 134cm x 30.3cm; with an inscribed tomobako wood box and a letter by Tōgō Kichitaro (1867-1942, a nephew of General Tōgō Heihachirō) attesting that this is genuine calligraphy by his uncle. (2)

£300-500

東郷

平八郎 TŌGŌ HEIHACHIRŌ (1848-1934)

Tōgō Heihachirō is considered one of Japan’s greatest naval heroes. Tōgō studied naval science in England from 1871 to 1878, also studying Mathematics at Cambridge University. In 1903 he was appointed Commander in Chief of the combined Japanese fleet and was made an admiral the following year, leading the Japanese fleet to victory in the RussoJapanese war (1904-05). The Japanese victory over Russia was the first occasion in the modern era in which an Asian power defeated a European nation, compelling the Western countries to begin viewing Japan as an equal power. Tōgō later wrote in his diary ‘I am firmly convinced that I am the re-incarnation of Horatio Nelson’. Following his naval success, he was promoted to gensui or Admiral of the Fleet in 1913. From 1914 to 1924 he was tasked with the education of Crown Prince Hirohito, the future Shōwa Emperor.

230

229

Ito Hirobumi

Tōgō Heihachirō

231

ATTRIBUTED TO SHŪGETSU TŌKAN (C.1440-1529)

SCHOLAR CONTEMPLATING THE MOON MUROMACHI PERIOD (1333-1573), 16TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll painting), ink and light colours on paper, depicting a figure and his attendant by a waterfall in a mountainous landscape, gazing longingly at the moon above; with a very faint red pot seal lower right corner, possibly for Tōkan; the scroll with silk mounts, the painting 28cm x 34.5cm, 118.5cm x 50cm overall; with a fitted tomobako wood box inscribed on the outside Shin sansui (True landscape), with an inscription attributing the painting to Shūgetsu Tōkan, and noting that the artist was the best pupil of Sesshū, and visited China with him; with a paper collection label with the red collector’s seal of a Mr Fukada. (2)

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: an English private collection, purchased from Milne Henderson Fine Art, London.

Exhibited: Milne Henderson Fine Art, Scooping the clouds: Seven centuries of ink painting, 2001, London. Published in the exhibition catalogue, pp.28-29, no.7, where it is illustrated and discussed.

Milne Henderson Fine Art exhibition catalogue

231 with its silk mount

232

LITERATURE

A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES

Mostly relating to Japanese works of art. (a lot)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£500-1,000

233

LITERATURE

A SMALL COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS

Relating to Japanese Art. (15)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

234

LITERATURE

A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES AND ARTS OF ASIA MAGAZINES

Relating to Asian works of art. (a lot)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

235

LITERATURE

A SMALL COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS AND AUCTION CATALOGUES

Mostly relating to Japanese works of art. (a lot)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

236

LITERATURE

A SMALL COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS

Relating to Japanese art, including V F Weber, Koji Hoten, in two volumes; G A Audsley, The Ornamental Arts of Japan, in four parts; T Hayashi, Hayashi Collection, two volumes; H Joli, Catalogue of the H. Seymour Trower Collection of Japanese Art; and others. (13)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£1,000-2,000

JAPANESE BRONZES, CLOISONNÉ & OTHER METALWORKS

LOTS 237-285

238

A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER OF AN IMMORTAL ON A GIANT CARP

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

The cover modelled as the Daoist Immortal Kinkō or Qin Gao reading a handscroll, the giant fish with its mouth agape and raised on its front fins, 46cm. (2)

£300-500

237

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO AND A KORO (INCENSE BURNER)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The okimono modelled as an Immortal, possibly Jurojin, holding a fan in one hand and a staff in the other; raised on an ornate rectangular stand with elephant-head legs, 45.5cm overall; the incense burner shaped as a caparisoned elephant lifting its trunk, carrying a multi-storey pagoda on its back, signed Kinsan Shuon seizō, 51.5cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

239

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF JUROJIN MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The God of Immortality is depicted with a benevolent expression; he stands holding a peach in one hand and a loose gnarled staff in the other, his long robes billowing in the wind; signed Hideyama at the back, 34.5cm. (2)

£300-500

241

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF JUROJIN

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The Immortal is depicted seated holding a gnarled staff, his other hand resting on a pet crane leaning against him; his elongated forehead covered with a hood and wearing loose robes, 27cm. (2)

£300-500

240 A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF HOTEI

TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The jovial-looking God of Good Fortune stands with his head slightly tilted, holding a long loose staff behind his back, his robes opening to reveal his ample belly; raised on a stand shaped as his large sack of treasures; signed Wako / Kazumitsu at the back, probably for Miura Wako / Kazumitsu (act. c.1953), 29cm overall. (3)

£400-600

242

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF JUROJIN

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The God of Good Fortune is depicted sitting on a rocky outcrop, holding a handscroll and his long gnarled staff, observing a minogame before him, signed Masatsugu at the back, 24cm. (4)

£300-500

244

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF NINOMIYA SONTOKU MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

243

A TALL JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Modelled as a young man looking quizzical after dropping his axe over a woodpile, holding a double gourd in his other hand; wearing loose garments and a soft eboshi hat; raised on a base shaped as a rocky outcrop and signed Kozan saku for Yamamoto Kozan (1892-?), 40.5cm.

£400-600

Typically depicted as a boy, carrying an adze over his shoulder and a large straw hat on his back, reading a book incised with a passage from the Daikoku (Great Learning), one of the Four Books of Confucianism; signed Morimitsu saku for Kanamori Moshimitsu to the back, 30.5cm. (2)

£200-300

Ninoyama Sontoku (1787-1856), also known as Ninoyama Kinjirō, was a famous agriculturalist, philosopher and economist. Statues depicting him as a boy studying are often seen near Japanese schools.

A

LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO BY

SANO TAKACHIKA

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The impressive model cast as an elderly man standing, turning to look at a toddler crawling between his legs; the grandfather smiles gently at the boy; their simple garments realistically modelled, all raised on an oval base impressed to the top with two seal marks reading Kakuha sei and Sano Takachika, 52cm.

£2,000-4,000

Kakuha Kanzaemon IX (born Kakuha Zenjirō) grew up in a family of metalworkers in Toyama, on the Sea of Japan coast. In 1869, he opened an office in Yokohama to oversee the export of bronzes to Europe. The present piece is signed by the artist Sano Takachika, a renowned sculptor and member of the Tokyo Association of Carvers and Sculptors. He notably worked for the Imperial family and many of his artworks can still be found in the Imperial Collection.

Cf. J Earle, Splendors of Meiji: Treasures of Imperial Japan, Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, no. 328 for another bronze okimono by Sano Takachika.

247 A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A LION MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The feline is depicted standing four-square on a rocky outcrop, its mouth opened in a snarl, raised on a wood stand, 32cm. (2)

£200-400

246 A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A PANTHER BY TSUDA EIJU (1915-2001) SHOWA OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

In Art Deco style, elegantly modelled with angular features, standing four-square with its head turned to the left, the surface with an attractive bluish patina; signed Eiju to the belly, 40.5cm.

£600-800

248 A JAPANESE MIXED METAL OKIMONO OF CRANES TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The elegant birds depicted standing on a rocky outcrop, looking down on a minogame emerging from waves before them; with details picked out in red and gilt; the reverse signed Unpo, 27cm; together with a tomobako wood box. (2) £200-300

249 A JAPANESE BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Modelled as a thatched pavilion with a large flowering prunus tree to the side and extending over the roof; the upper section opening to house the incense, 15cm x 17.5cm x 14.5cm. (2)

£400-600

250

A JAPANESE BRONZE BELL BY THE KINJUDO COMPANY

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated with cranes amongst scrolling clouds, the sun and moon below flanked by stylised dragons; the handle shaped as mythical beasts and with a seal for the Kinjudo company, 27cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

251

A JAPANESE CAST-IRON TETSUBIN AND COVER

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tea kettle with a flared body and a rough ishime texture imitating the surface of stone, the side decorated with a crane and a minogame rendered in low relief, the knop modelled as a pinecone, signed Nambu Suzuki zo, 23.5cm. (2)

£400-600

The crane, minogame and pine are all symbols which traditionally convey the wish for a long life.

252

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE KORO

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Of compressed circular form with elephant-head handles and raised on a short foot, decorated with two shaped panels enclosing armour-clad samurai in river landscapes, 25cm.

£150-250

253

A BRONZE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ VASE 19TH CENTURY

Of tall cylindrical form with lion-mask handles, decorated with elongated panels enclosing various plants including the Four Gentlemen or Four Noble Ones (plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum); with bands of formal designs above the foot and under the shoulder, 31cm.

£500-800

254 A JAPANESE DOUBLE-HANDLED BRONZE VASE

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Of compressed baluster form, decorated with large acer leaves rendered in low relief, the stems naturalistically forming the two side handles; the base signed Shimasada Doki Kaisha seizo for the Shimasada company of Osaka, 29.7cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

255 A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE WITH CRABS TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Of tall teardrop shape, elegantly decorated with three crustaceans simply chased onto the chocolate-brown body; signed Sogo koku at the back and with an impressed mark underneath; together with an inscribed tomobako wood box, 30.5cm. (2)

£200-400

256

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE KORO BY MURATA

SEIMIN (1761-1837)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The quatrelobed incense burner decorated with panels variously enclosing a dragon, a minogame, a ho-o bird and a shishi, reserved on a geometric diaper ground below an openwork key-fret border, all raised on four splayed legs issued from mythical beast masks; the base cast with the marker’s seal Dai Nihon Bunsei nen Seimin chu, 25.6cm x 32.5cm x 33.1cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

257

A SMALL JAPANESE BRONZE VASE WITH FROG BY SHUSEI MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The flattened body raised on a short foot and with a tall neck, decorated with a small frog to the shoulder, the amphibian with its eyes inlaid in gilt; the base with a seal mark for Shusei, 14.3cm; together with a tomobako wood box inscribed Seido ichirin ike kabin, Koto Mitsumata, Shusei zo (A single-stem flower vessel in bronze, made by Shusei, at Mitsumata, of the Koto area, Eastern shore of Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture), with the seal Shusei. (2)

£200-300

258

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The bulbous body raised on a short foot and with two small handles to the shoulder, the surface with a murashido mottled reddish-brown patina, signed Koken, 21.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£100-200

259

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY ŌSHIMA JOUN (1858-1940)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall cylindrical body raised on a short foot and with a waisted neck, the side decorated in low relief with a two-storey pagoda nestled amongst large rocky outcrops, the base signed Joun saku (Made by Joun), 27cm.

£200-300

Ōshima Joun was a sculptor who became both renowned in Japan and abroad after exhibiting in Paris in 1878. He became a professor at Tokyo Art School (1887-1932), and acted as a judge on many committees and other panels for Japanese art exhibitions and competitions.

260

A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE WITH FROG BY EIGA TAISHO/SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY

Of baluster shape, decorated with a small gilt amphibian amongst banana leaves, its eyes inlaid in shakudo; on a deep moss-green ground, signed Eiga koku (Engraved by Eiga) at the back, 23cm; in a tomobako wood box inscribed Seido shinno tsubo kabin (A bronze flower vessel) and Toto ju Eiga kokuzo (Made by Eiga, the Eastern Capital - Tokyo). (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

261

A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The slender body with a waisted neck, decorated with an onagadori chicken perched on a flowering branch of prunus, with details in red, gilt and silver inlays, the side signed Koshu, 15cm.

£300-500

262

A SMALL JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASE BY YAMAMOTO KOKEN (ACT. C.1900)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body decorated with flowering branches of prunus; the blossoms rendered in silver inlays, with gilt stamens and copper branches; signed Koken (Yukiaki) to the side and Yamamoto zō underneath, 12.3cm.

£300-500

Cf. Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan, the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Metalwork Part II, no.89, for a koro and cover signed Koken.

263 A JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASE BY YAMAMOTO KOKEN (ACT. C.1900)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The slender baluster body decorated with leafy bamboo and flowering stems of chrysanthemum, all rendered in silver, shakudo, copper and gold takazogan on the bronze ground; the neck with a band of scrolling clouds in silver; signed Koken (Yukiaki) to the side and Yamamoto zō underneath, 21cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£400-600

Cf. Meiji no Takara: Treasures of Imperial Japan, the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Metalwork Part II, no.89, for a koro and cover signed Koken.

264

A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASES BY THE NOGAWA COMPANY OF KYOTO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

With flattened bodies and quatrefoil rims, each decorated with a bird in flight beside bamboo branches and flowers, both with a small butterfly fluttering over flowers and other leafy plants to the reverse; all rendered in silver and gilt over the warm bronze ground, each with a Nogawa mark to the base, raised on associated wooden stands, both vases 13cm. (4)

£1,200-1,500

265

A JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Of baluster form with a short foot and a waisted neck; richly decorated with two quails underneath millet, the birds standing by a stream and with rockwork beside them; the reverse with further blooms and leafy tendrils, all rendered in silver and gold inlays on the warm bronze ground; the base signed Ryusen / Tatsukawa sei in a gilt square reserve, 15.3cm.

£800-1,200

266

A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID COPPER ALLOY VASES BY THE NOGAWA COMPANY OF KYOTO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each with a bulbous body raised on a short straight foot, both decorated with a leafy branch of maple; one vase with the leaves rendered in silver and gilt wires, the other modelled in relief in copper, signed Otoaki (Heian) to the side; both with the mark for the Nogawa Company on the base and raised on wooden stands; both 10.3cm. (4)

£200-300

267

A TALL JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of cylindrical form, with cloud-shaped handles applied to the neck and raised on a shaped base; one side decorated with a crane in a luxuriant garden, with peonies, chrysanthemum and other flowers beside it, another small bird in flight above; the reverse with further birds amongst blooms; the base, foot and neck with bands of formal designs; all rendered in mixed metals including silver, gold and copper on the russet-bronze ground, 43cm.

£800-1,200

269

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE VASE

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall pear-shaped body decorated in openwork with large irises and leaves, the flared neck with a foliate rim, inscribed in a rectangular reserve underneath Takaishi Yoshikiyo chu, 43cm; together with a smaller vase made of woven strips of metal, 14.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

268

TWO JAPANESE BRONZE VASES

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The larger of baluster form, the faceted sides decorated in low relief with five swimming turtles, the base signed Tomin; the smaller a bottle vase decorated with a carp in relief rising from calm waters; 33cm and 21.8cm respectively. (2)

£400-600

270

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE VASE AND COVER

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

With a rectangular-section body raised on four tall legs and a shaped base, with ho-o side handles and the cover surmounted by two boys, one holding a lion mask for the shishimai dance; the sides with two large gilt panels enclosing a rakan and a tengu in flight, the mythical bird-like creature holding a staff and an egg; with a bird and flowers to the reverse; all reserved on a dense ground of flowerheads repeated across the body; with a gilt inner liner; 54cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£500-1,000

271 A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE TRIPOD KORO (INCENSE BURNER) MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The impressive body of compressed circular form, raised on three short feet and with side handles, decorated with two large cartouches framed by scrolling clouds, one enclosing a view of Kikaku-ji (the Golden Pavilion) and the other, the temple of Kiyomizu-dera, the two Kyoto landmarks realistically depicted in low relief; with further clouds to the side, 30.5cm x 56.5cm.

£800-1,200

(see inside cover for a picture of the reverse.)

AN IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE KOMAI-STYLE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The flattened ovoid body raised and three cabriole legs and with straight handles applied to the neck, the cover with a bulbous finial; decorated all-over with a dense design rendered in gold nunome-zogan and silver takazogan on an iron base; the body and lid with petal-shaped panels variously enclosing birds, flowers, and famous views of Japan, including the Tokugawa Shrine in Nikko and Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto; the panels framed by asa-no-ha, key fret and other complex geometrical patterns, fruiting vines and leafy tendrils; the legs and shoulder with paulownia leaves and flowers; the base with intricate concentric bands and the inside gilded, 28.5cm overall. (2)

£3,000-5,000

(see p.5 for a picture of the reverse.)

273

A JAPANESE CHISELLED PANEL BY KATSURA MITSUHARU (1871-1962)

TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY

In the shape of a fan and decorated with two large carps, one red and the other a darker brown on the gilt ground, signed Mitsuharu and sealed, in its original wooden frame inscribed Koi gyo no zu, kinji senmen gaku (A fan-shaped golden background plaque, with the design of Koi carps) at the back, the panel 14.5cm x 44cm; in a tomobako wood box inscribed Furo no taki nite, Katsura Mitsuharu (At the Waterfall of Immortality, engraved by Katsura Mitsuharu), with the seals Koryusai and Mitsuharu. (2)

OFFERED WTHOUT RESERVE

£400-600

275

TWO JAPANESE CHISELLED METAL PLAQUES BY KATSURA MITSUHARU (1871-1962)

TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY

The two rectangular panels decorated with peony and chrysanthemum detailed in gilt, brown and red, carved in katakiribori and kebori, each signed Mitsuharu with kao; both mounted on the original wood panel and frame; in an inscribed tomobako wood box, the plaques 18cm x 15cm each, the frame 37.8cm x 63.7cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£500-1,000

274

A JAPANESE CHISELLED PANEL BY SUZUKI MITSUAKI

TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY

In the shape of a fan and decorated with an extensive waterfall, the water crashing against rocky outcrops peppered with vegetation, rendered in silver and gilt on the darker grey ground, signed lower left corner and with a circular seal mark; mounted in its original wooden frame, the fan 16.7cm x 49cm, 42cm x 75cm overall.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£800-1,200

276

A JAPANESE CHISELLED METAL PANEL BY OTA HARUKAGE (1889-?)

TAISHO OR SHOWA, 20TH CENTURY

The long rectangular metal tablet decorated with two large carps, one depicted in gilt and the other a darker grey shade on the silvery ground, signed Harukage with kao; in its original wooden frame, the metal panel 22.5cm x 61cm, 39.5cm x 90.8cm overall.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£500-1,000

Cf. T Wakayama, Kinko jiten (A Dictionary of Metalworkers), p.620, where Ota Harukage is listed.

277

FOUR JAPANESE GINBARI CLOISONNE PIECES

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The tallest a baluster-shape vase with white flowers on a red ground decorated with further blooms and birds; the three others embellished with colourful fish in rivers, one a bowl stamped Shuzo for Ogasawara Shuzo, raised on a wood stand; and a pair of small vases, each with the mark for the studio of Hayashi Kodenji, 15.2cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

278

A TALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE BY THE ANDO JUBEI COMPANY

TAISHO ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The pear-shaped body decorated with two roses, the large blooms and leaves rendered in blue and white yusen, shosen and musen enamels on the warm yellow ground; with silver mounts, the foot ring marked jungin (pure silver) and with the maker’s mark for the Ando Jubei workshop, 30cm.

£250-350

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire, founder of the firm of Stewart Thompson and Sons (Manchester Cotton Merchants), and thence by descent.

279

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE BY THE ANDO JUBEI COMPANY SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY

Of baluster shape with a short everted rim, decorated in yusen, shosen and musen enamels with a large flower and leafy tendrils, with metal mounts to the rim and foot, a jungin (pure silver) mark underneath and with the Ando Jubei trademark to the base, 24.5cm; together with a cylindrical cloisonné vase, decorated in similar style with a large leaf and grapes, 21.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£100-200

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

280

TWO JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The large ginbari vase of baluster shape, decorated with birds amidst bamboo, prunus and chrysanthemum against the red ground; the smaller with another bird perched on a flowering prunus tree and with further blooms on a dark navy-blue ground, the base with the mark for Hayashi Yojirō (act. late 19th century-1926); 24.6cm and 15.3cm respectively. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£100-200

282

FOUR JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All four of baluster shape, decorated with various flowers; one with lily, the petals rendered in foil; another in ginbari with white chrysanthemum on a red ground, 12.3cm max. (4)

£400-600

284

FIVE JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of various sizes, two forming a pair decorated with cranes in flight on a greyish pink ground; the others variously decorated with birds and flowers; one with a seal mark underneath and another inscribed jungin (pure silver), 15.4cm max. (5)

£300-500

281

FIVE JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

All of baluster shape with dark blue grounds, two forming a pair decorated with cranes, the bases with marks for Ōta Toshirō; the others variously embellished with birds and flowers, one with a writhing dragon with the mark for Tamura I / Ōta Toshirō, and another one with a two-character mark, 16cm max. (5)

£300-500

283

A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of slender form, each decorated with a butterfly fluttering amongst chrysanthemum and other blooms, all rendered in polychrome enamels on a bright teal ground; with white metal mounts and a single character to the base, possibly for the workshop of Hattori Otogorō, both 15.5cm. (3)

£400-600

A FINE JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE ATTRIBUTED TO

INABA NANAKO

MEIJI ERA, C.1900

Of bulbous form, elegantly decorated with two large butterflies and a smaller one in flight, colourfully depicted in polychrome enamels and gold and silver wires on a striking teal ground; with formal borders above the foot and to the neck; the foot and rim mounted in silver and the inside of the rim and base gilded, 10.4cm; together with a Spink & Son Ltd box and a copy of the receipt. (3)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 9th November 1990.

Published: Japanese Art at Spink, Autumn 1990, p.33 no.56. (see p.27 for another view of this lot.)

Spink & Son Ltd catalogue, 1990

Spink & Son Ltd invoice 9th November 1990

CERAMICS & GLASS

LOTS 286-333

286

A CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE WUCAI PLATE FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

CHONGZHENG 1628-44

Painted to the centre with a monkey resting amongst lingzhi beneath a fruiting tree; with a deer beside it and a bird and two insects flying above; decorated with a foliate and diaper border to the rim, the base with a six-character Chenghua mark, 20.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£500-1,000

Provenance: purchased in these rooms, Asian Art I, 20 May 2015, lot 264.

Cf. R Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, p.139, no.162; see also T Canepa and K Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate, The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, p.127, III.1.97 for another similar dish.

289

TWO BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASES

PROBABLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Both with a bulbous body below a tapering neck and a rolled rim; the first Japanese and painted with flowering peony, the other Korean and decorated with landscape roundels between floral sprays and below a key-fret band; 26.6cm and 27.5cm respectively. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

287

TWO CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET TIANQI 1621-27

One shaped as a fish and raised on three short trefoil feet; the other modelled as a shell, painted with a carp rising from waves amongst aquatic plants and also raised on three short feet, 20cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£800-1,200

Provenance: both purchased in these rooms, Asian Art I, 22 May 2013, lots 305 and 306.

Cf. T Canepa and K Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate, The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, p.98, no.III.1.46, for another ko-sometsuke fish-shaped dish.

288

A KOREAN ‘FROG’ WATER DROPPER JOSEON DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Modelled as a small amphibian with its head lifted, its mouth forming the spout; some areas highlighted with greenish-brown glaze picked out on the greyish body; with grit underneath, 8.5cm.

£300-400

291 A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE ARITA PIECES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

All decorated in underglaze blue, comprising: four octagonal bowls painted with figures by a waterfall; three sets of four teabowls variously painted with panels of birds and flowers, dogs, scholars in landscapes, and other figures at leisure; and a set of eight saucers and four cups with designs of triangular lappets and snowflake-shaped roundels enclosing tall grasses; some with fuku marks underneath, 11.3cm max. (30)

£300-500

290

THREE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 1650-70

The first decorated with a pavilion in a river landscape, the cavetto with crashing waves in white resist and blue washes, the reverse with concentric rings; the two other dishes with moulded rims, the first painted with leafy bamboo and framed by stylised waves in low relief; the other with a scalloped rim, painted to the centre with two square shikishi (sheets of paper) on a blue ground, one with abstract foliage and the other with a cash diaper pattern; the cavetto with impressed formal designs and lappets enclosing various characters; both dishes with a square fuku mark, 22cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£400-600

Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.117, no.0922 for a comparable dish with river landscape. Also, see G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.7, no.21, for another example of the dish with bamboo, and S Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, plate 9A for another comparable dish with a different moulded border. As for the piece with shikishi decoration, see C J A Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collection, pp.38-39 where a comparable example is illustrated and discussed.

292

FOUR SMALL JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 1660-1710

All decorated in underglaze blue, one with two sparrows in flight above stencilled leafy bushes, the reverse with a two-character seal mark; the others decorated with various plants, one with brushwood fences, another with stylised narcissus and clouds, the last a hendecagonal dish painted with chestnuts framed by concentric lines, 14.2cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-400

See the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.137, no. 1085 for another example of the eleven-sided dish; p.165, no.1308 for another similar dish with brushwood, and p.294, no.2339 for a comparable dish with birds in flight.

294

A STUDY COLLECTION OF BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Consisting of Japanese and Chinese pieces decorated in underglaze blue, including: a Japanese dish painted with flowering prunus issuing from banded hedges, the cavetto with three phoenix in flight in between flowerheads; three teabowls with similar decoration to the exteriors, the wells painted with seated figures; a Japanese bowl with lotus and scrolling tendrils, inscribed Da Ming Chen underneath; and three dishes similarly decorated, each with a kotobuki or shou character to the well and further phoenix to the cavetto, one Japanese and two Chinese, 21.1cm max. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-400

See the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.293, no.2333 for a dish similar to the larger one in this lot.

293

THREE JAPANESE ARITA ‘VAN FRYTOM’ DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 1680-1710

With foliate rims, all decorated with the same design featuring two figures and farm buildings in a Dutch landscape, with a river to the front and tall trees behind, each with a Chinese Chenghua mark to the base, all approx. 12.9cm; together with two bowls, both decorated with figures and a cow in a landscape to the well, the exteriors painted with a continuous scene of Chinese scholars amongst trees and seated in a pavilion, both with a fuku mark underneath, both 17.2cm. (5)

£400-600

295

THREE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 1660-1710

All three decorated in underglaze blue; the first shaped as a lotus leaf, the veins realistically rendered and with a brown rim, the reverse with flowers and tendrils and raised on a short foot; another of square form with indented corners, painted with two small birds beneath large flower sprays, raised on a small foot with comb decoration; the third with a flowering prunus tree and two bundles of brushwood, the shape of the dish following the painted design, with geometric patterns to the side and raised on a high foot with comb design, 19.1cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, pp.84-85, nos. 0660 and 0670 for other examples of dishes shaped as lotus leaves.

296

† A JAPANESE ARITA KO KUTANI-STYLE OKIMONO OF A SHISHI PROBABLY EDO, 18TH CENTURY

The lion dog is depicted seated on its haunches, busy licking its paw; the patterns of its fur brightly rendered in green, yellow, black and aubergine enamels, its curly mane and tail crisply moulded, 16cm.

£800-1,200

See Christie’s, London, Fine Japanese Works of Art, 19th and 20th November 1990, lot 700, for a pair of closely related 18th century lion dogs from the collection of a lady.

297 A JAPANESE KO KUTANI-STYLE BOX AND COVER EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH

CENTURY

The flattened circular body decorated with strips of brocade patterns, leafy tendrils and chrysanthemum flowers; the lid with similar decoration and a paulownia leaf to the centre of the knop; the inside decorated with a fruiting branch of pomegranate and a small pavilion by a rocky outcrop; all painted in bright iron-red, green, yellow and aubergine enamels, 17.5cm. (2)

£400-600

See the Aizu Museum, Waseda University, for a related box and cover from the Tomioka Shinori Collection on display as part of the exhibition Edo no Yakimono (Ceramics from the Edo period), 8th July-22nd September 2024.

298

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE NABESHIMA SHAKUZARA (LARGE DISH)

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

With shallow rounded sides above a tall tapering foot, painted to the interior with pine branches against a ground of seigaiha (stylised waves) and with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair, the exterior with three peony sprays above a band of shippo-tsunagi (beribboned cash) to the foot, 34.3cm.

£8,000-12,000

The large size of the present lot and the quality of its production suggest it was likely commissioned as a presentation piece. This function is typical of Nabeshima ware which, in contrast to other Japanese porcelain, was not made for the open market, but rather was exclusively for the Nabeshima clan, either for display in their households or as gifts to the shogunate and other daimyo. The Nabeshima were the lords of the Saga Domain where the kilns for this type of ware were located, principally at Okawachiyama. Production began in the late 17th century, and the 18th century is considered its acme. The shapes and designs were standardised across this period, and are significant compared to those found on other Japanese wares of the time as they do not emulate Chinese prototypes, but rather draw on traditional Japanese motifs, particularly flora and geometric patterns, such as seigaiha. The use of asymmetry and empty space are also characteristic of Nabeshima ware, as can be seen in the present lot. These compositional elements can also be seen, for instance, in the dish of comparable size with a similar arrangement of three floral sprays to the exterior above shippo-tsunagi to the foot, illustrated in Haruzo Hayashiya (ed.), Kakiemon Nabeshima, pp.114-115, no.211.

side view

299

† A TALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOUNTED COFFEE POT EDO ERA, 1680-1700

The tankard-shaped body with a strap handle and a domed cover topped with a small knop, with European mounts, cabriole legs and tap; the porcelain body decorated with a large phoenix or ho-o bird perched on a rocky outcrop in a luxuriant garden, with large peonies blossoming above; the other side painted with another mythical bird in flight above fruiting pomegranate branches; the lid with a further bird, pomegranate and peony; the handle embellished with a band of karakusa scrolls, 34.5cm overall.

£4,000-6,000

Cf. O Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.106, no.121 for a similar (unmounted) piece.

300

† A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE CARP WALL VASE EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The fish modelled leaping amongst swirling waves and rocks, its mouth agape and the details of its scales crisply moulded; its body and the rocky outcrops coloured with underglaze blue; the flat and undecorated back with a hole for suspension, 31cm.

£3,000-5,000

Cf. J Ayers, O Impey and JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.189, nos.178 and 179, and M Cohen and W Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie- Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Volume I: The James E. Sowell Collection, p.134 pl.8.1 for a pair of Arita leaping carp.

FROM THE ANN & GORDON GETTY COLLECTION

301

A RARE PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON MODELS OF CARP EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The two fish finely moulded with well-defined scales, vividly painted in gilt, red, cyan, navy blue, orange, and yellow; each carp with a small hole on the top of the head and two further apertures to the flat base, possibly for suspension; each 28cm. (2)

£18,000-20,000

Provenance: formerly the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection.

Cf. O Impey, Porcelain for Palaces, p.164, no.141 for a comparable model of a fish mounted in Europe as a fontaine à parfum, in the collection of the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire in Brussels. Also, see the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, inv. no.2677 for a related piece.

These models are particularly rare due to the bright colour palette, and the fact that they are a pair. These may have originally been made as wall vases, which would explain the various apertures.

(see p.44 for another view of this lot.)

Ann Getty (1941-2020) and Gordon P Getty (1933-)

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE 9TH MARQUIS OF WATERFORD

LOTS 302-304

Curraghmore, the seat of the Marquises of Waterford, has been the ancestral home of the de la Poer family for over 800 years, after their arrival in Ireland in 1167.

Curraghmore, literally translating from the Irish An Currach Mór ‘The Great Bog’, has evolved greatly over these eight centuries. However, the core of the current house remains the late medieval tower-house, believed to have been built by Richard Power (d. 1483), the sheriff of Waterford, notorious for attacking the city and inhabitants within his own jurisdiction.

In 1778 James Wyatt, considered one of the finest neo-classical architects of the time, was instructed to redesign the house by the second Earl of Tyrone, George de la Poer Beresford (1735-1800), later created the first Marquis of Waterford in 1789.

In the 1830s the third Marquis of Waterford, Henry de la Poer (1811-59), known as the ‘Mad Marquis’, proposed transforming the entire house into a massive Gothic castle. Although his plan did not come to fruition, the third Marquis embarked on other extravagant adventures. In 1837 after an evening of merriment, he and his friends quite literally ‘painted the town red’ at Melton Mowbray leading to the alleged origin of the phrase. However, since Wyatt’s redevelopment of Curraghmore, there have been relatively few alterations to the house.

FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE 9TH MARQUIS OF WATERFORD

LOTS 302-304

CURRAGHMORE, COUNTY WATERFORD, IRELAND

302

A JAPANESE KAKIEMON ‘HAMPTON COURT’ VASE

EDO PERIOD, 1670-90

The hexagonal rounded body with a short straight neck, the sides decorated with two alternating designs of flower sprays painted in iron-red, cyan, navy-blue and black overglaze enamels; the shoulder with a band of karakusa scrolls, stylised lotus flowers and further floral designs in shaped panels, all framed by bands of spirals and concentric squares; 27.5cm.

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: from the collection of the 9th Marquis of Waterford, Henry Nicholas de la Poer (b.1958) of Curraghmore, County Waterford.

Cf. O Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, no.269, pp. 171-172, for a related jar, and S Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl. 65b for another example at the British Museum, all three with slight variations in the red key-fret borders.

The vases in situ in 1915. T U Sadleir and P L Dickinson, Georgian Mansions in Ireland

303

A PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON ‘HAMPTON COURT’ VASES

EDO PERIOD, 1670-90

Both with a slender hexagonal body rising to a short neck, each decorated with tall sprays of iris painted in yellow, cyan, iron-red, navy-blue and black overglaze enamels; the shoulders decorated with karakusa scrolls and red peony flowerheads, and the necks each with a key fret-border, both 32cm. (2)

£5,000-10,000

Provenance: from the collection of the 9th Marquis of Waterford, Henry Nicholas de la Poer (b.1958) of Curraghmore, County Waterford.

See Japanese Works of Art, 16th November 2023, lot 716 for an identical vase sold in these rooms, with the exception of the key fret border to the neck painted in underglaze blue. Also, see J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.173, no.153, for another jar and cover with similar decoration from a private collection, which is described as ‘almost unique’.

Simon Elwes (1902-75), the eighth Marquis of Waterford and his brother

TWO JAPANESE O-YOROI (COMPOSITE SUITS OF ARMOUR) WITH SIGNED SAOTOME KABUTO (HELMETS)

PROBABLY EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The two sets made of associated elements, both with blue lacing; the first with a suji-bashi kabuto (ridged helmet) made of sixty-two iron plates, the fukigaeshi (turnbacks) decorated with aoi go mon, the underside with a leather lining, the mei (signature) on the inside reading Jōshū jū Saotome Ienari; the iron ryūbu menpō (face mask) with hanabishi mon and lacquered red on the inside, worn above a tiered yodarekake (throat guard); the iron do (chest armour) composed of horizontal plates possibly of tsure yamamichi (connected mountain path) form, held with flower-shaped rivets, the lower plate of the kusazuri (tassets) trimmed with black hairs; the sode (shoulder guards) and tekkō (gauntlets) with the same aoi go mon; the haidate (thigh guards) in black lacquered leather and the suneate (shin guards) of iron chainmail and plates; the other armour also with a suji-bashi kabuto made of a sixty-two iron plates, signed Saotome Iechika; the hoate (partial face mask) with traces of lacquer inside and out and whiskers-like details rendered in gold inlays; the do (chest armour) possibly in namban style and with lotus flower decoration; the kote (sleeves), haidate (thigh armour), suneate (shin guards) and kōgake (foot covers) with iron chainmail and plates, some elements lacquered.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£1,500-2,500

Provenance: from the collection of the 9th Marquis of Waterford, Henry Nicholas de la Poer (b.1958) of Curraghmore, County Waterford.

Please note this lot is sold without an armour display stand

Signatures in the helmets The armours at Curraghmore House, circa 1901

305

A LARGE JAPANESE LACQUERED PORCELAIN CHARGER

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Decorated with two pheasants perched on rockwork by a waterfall, a blossoming prunus tree beside them; framed by a border of roundels enclosing various mon, rabbits amongst waves and other auspicious designs amongst karakusa scrolls, all rendered in gold fundame lacquer on the black roiro ground; the reverse with five medallions left unlacquered revealing the underglaze blue decoration, each with a horse, 47.2cm; together with a wood stand. (2)

£300-500

306

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The U-shaped body decorated with various Buddhist emblems, the beribboned auspicious objects drawn in underglaze blue above a border of lappets framing the foot; the inside with the shochikubai or Three Friends of Winter (pine, prunus and bamboo), together with a small dish or lid painted with similar decoration, 12.6cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: a private English collection.

307

A JAPANESE ARITA KAKIEMON-STYLE BOWL

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

The flared body raised on a short straight foot and with a foliate rim; delicately painted with a fantastical bird perched on a leafy branch issuing from rockwork, with further plants and various flowers beside it; all rendered in underglaze blue and iron red, yellow and green enamels; the base with a Chinese Xuande mark, 9.7cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

308

TWO JAPANESE CELADON NABESHIMA-STYLE TEA BOWLS

POSSIBLY EDO, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The flaring bodies moulded with leafy sprays of flowers and buds, each delicately covered in a light-green glaze; both 5.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

309

TWO JAPANESE ARITA ‘MAP’ DISHES

EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Both rectangular plates featuring a map of Japan moulded in low relief, each decorated in underglaze blue with the various provinces inscribed with their names; bordered by islands and sections of four other countries, the ‘Land of the Dwarves’, the ‘Land of Women’, the Ryukyu Kingdom and Korea; the landmasses reserved on seigaiha (wave pattern); each with a four-character Tempo nen sei mark on the base, 28.2cm x 31.5cm and 24.2cm x 29.5cm respectively. (2)

£200-300

Cf. Ko-Imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum’s Yamamoto Collection, p.130, no.500, for a comparable dish.

310

THREE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

One dish in Kraak style with a central panel enclosing a cricket amongst vegetation, with alternating panels of flowers and Buddhist emblems to the cavetto; another painted with prunus sprays, pine needles and brushwood bundles, the reverse with a square fuku mark; the third a Nabeshima-style dish painted with variously-decorated pots on a ground of seigaiha (wave pattern), raised on a tall foot with comb design; together with a tall Oribe vase with dripping green glaze and twin fish handles, 25.5cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-400

311

A COLLECTION OF IMARI PIECES

18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: three Japanese bowls, the largest decorated with chrysanthemum and peonies; the two others forming a pair, with covers painted with figures, auspicious symbols and formal designs; a Japanese kendi decorated with pomegranates and other blossoms; and a Chinese square-section bottle, each side with a stylised landscape; together with a Japanese bowl decorated in polychrome enamels, 24cm max. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£500-1,000

312

THREE JAPANESE CERAMIC PIECES

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

One a large bowl decorated in polychrome with bats, ho-o birds and other auspicious designs, the base with a Chinese Chenghua mark; a teabowl painted with stylised flowers and other formal patterns, a dragon to the well and marked Fuki Choshun (wealth, nobility, longevity and youth) underneath; and a Sumida pottery basket with three figures applied to the side, signed Banni at the back; together with an Imari barber’s bowl, possibly Samson, 29.5cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

313

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN ITEMS

EDO AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: six pieces decorated in the Imari palette, one a foliate bowl painted with alternating patterns of chrysanthemum and peony; a jardinière and a dish with carp and narcissi, each bearing the mark for the Fukagawa company; and a teapot and cover decorated in polychrome enamels, signed Saishintei Keiko underneath, 25.7cm max. (10)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-500

314

A PAIR OF JAPANESE VASES WITH RABBITS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

With tall baluster bodies and elegantly flared necks; each decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with a continuous design featuring two rabbits in a luxuriant garden; both necks with a band of maple leaves floating in the meandering currents of a river; the vases signed Dai Nihon Kinzan sei, 32.3cm each. (2)

£150-250

Provenance: an English private collection, London.

315

A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA BALUSTER VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated with dense flowering stems of peony, chrysanthemum and other flowers amongst banded hedges; with a stylised waterfall to the side and bands of floral lappets above the foot and to the shoulder, the base marked Satsuma yaki, Hobai beneath the Shimazu mon, 19.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

316

A TALL JAPANESE NABESHIMA VASE BY MAEDA SUIHO

SHOWA OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The baluster body decorated with three shaped panels each enclosing one of the three Friends of Winter (pine, prunus and bamboo), on a dense ground of scrolling tendrils and stylised paulownia flowers; with formal lappets above the foot and a band of cash to the neck; all rendered in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels; the base signed Nabeshima Suiho saku; with a tomobako wood box inscribed Iro Nabeshima kabin, nabeshima kenjoyaki, Maeda Suiho saku, and sealed Suiho no in, 44cm. (2)

£300-500

317

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each decorated with a large eagle perched amongst flowering prunus and wisteria, underneath a border of further blossoms; all rendered in polychrome enamels and with a profusion of details highlighted in gilt, both 24.2cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

318

A JAPANESE SATSUMA DISH BY KOSHIDA MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The lobed dish painted in polychrome and gilt with a quail flying amongst vegetation, the reverse signed Koshida; together with a U-shaped bowl painted with a scene from the Noh play Takasago and with calligraphy to the inside, inscribed Kutani zo underneath, 16cm and 7.7cm respectively. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

319

TWO SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The larger decorated with beauties and children at leisure in a flowering garden, the shoulder with dense brocade patterns, the base signed Ryozan below the Shimazu mon; the other vase painted with three beauties and a girl beneath trailing blossoms, framed within brocade borders, the base signed Kinzan, 12.5cm and 9cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

320

A JAPANESE SATSUMA KORO BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Unusually shaped as a partially-unrolled handscroll; painted with two panels of elegant figures at leisure, reserved on a deep blue ground decorated with a gilt pattern of hagoita bats and balls, the flat cover with a mallet-shaped finial, the base signed Kinkozan, 10.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-400

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

321

TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA SAKE EWERS AND COVERS

MEIJI OR TAISHO ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The first decorated to the sides with a pheasant preening itself among flowering peony, trailing vines and bamboo, the flat cover painted with two sparrows among bamboo stems, with a bamboo handle, the underside of the spout signed Bizan; the other of conical shape and raised on three short feet, painted with panels of beauties and boys in a garden, the cover with figures in interiors, with a metal handle, the base possibly signed Hozan below the Shimazu mon, 13cm and 13.3cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£300-400

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

322

A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY SENZAN MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The foliate body painted all over with a millefleurs design in gilt, polychrome and white enamels, the base signed Senzan, 21.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£100-200

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire, founder of the firm of Stewart Thompson and Sons (Manchester Cotton Merchants), and thence by descent.

323

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SATSUMA ITEMS

MEIJI

ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a bowl decorated to the interior with beauties and children by a river, the exterior painted with flowers and butterflies, the base signed Ryozan; a hexagonal bottle vase, with figures in interiors, the base with an illegible signature; a small jug, with lobed panels of figures by a watery landscape, reserved on a ground of flowers and brocade panels, the base possibly signed Shuzan; a slender baluster vase with Ebisu on a carp surrounded by many boys, reserved on a ground of butterflies and brocade squares; and a small vase with beauties and a boy in a garden and elegant figures in an interior, reserved on a ground of flowers and bamboo stems with key fret bands to the shoulder and neck, 12.2cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

324

FOUR JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Variously decorated with panels enclosing figures in luxuriant gardens, birds, flowers, brocade patterns and other formal designs; two by Okamoto Ryozan for the Yasuda Company, the other two also signed, 18.5cm max. (4)

£400-600

325

THREE JAPANESE SATSUMA SAUCERS MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

One decorated with two panels respectively depicting beauties in a garden and thatched buildings, reserved on a blue ground, the base signed Kinkozan; another painted with a multitude of Noh masks within a border of quatrefoil patterns, the base with an illegible signature; the third decorated with panels of figures in an interior, cranes and precious objects, the base signed Kyozan and impressed Taizan; together with a Kutani tea bowl, decorated with two panels depicting watery landscapes, the base signed, 10.8cm, 11cm, 10.2cm and 6.7cm respectively. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-200

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.

326

TWO JAPANESE VASES BY TOKUDA YASOKICHI III / MASAHIKO (1933-2009)

HEISEI ERA, 20TH CENTURY

Both with a bulbous body rising to a thin neck and a flared rim, decorated with similar deep blue-green glazes with darker aubergine streaks, one with its unctuous glaze stopping short of the foot; each signed Masahiko, 15.8cm and 15cm respectively; one with a tomobako wood box inscribed Tsubo, Kutani, Masahiko, with the seal Kutani Masahiko. (3)

£400-600

327

A JAPANESE WHITE-GLAZED VASE BY MAETA AKIHIRO (B. 1954)

SHOWA OR HEISEI, 20TH CENTURY

The oviform body covered in an even bluish-white glaze, with a small impressed seal on the base reading Aki; together with a tomobako wood box inscribed Hakuji tsubo Akihiro with the seal Maeta Akihiro, 18.5cm. (2)

£300-500

328

A JAPANESE YŪRI-KINSAI VASE BY KAZUO NAKATA (B.1949)

HEISEI ERA, 20TH CENTURY

Of bulbous shape with a short rim, decorated with circles of different sizes rendered in silver and gold leaves on the cornflower blue porcelain ground, the base signed Kutani Kazuo, 20cm; together with a tomobako wood box inscribed Yuri ginsai kabin, Kutani Kazuo, with the seal Kazuo. (2)

£300-500

The yūri-kinsai technique involves cutting silver and gold leaves into patterns and pasting them onto unglazed porcelain, which is then repeatedly fired before the application of a glaze and a final firing.

329 A JAPANESE VASE BY TOKUDA YASOKICHI III/ MASAHIKO (1933-2009)

HEISEI ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The bulbous body with a short flaring neck, decorated with a deep blue-green glaze with paler streaks reminiscent of the Northern Lights, the base signed Kutani Masahiko, 16cm; with a tomobako wood box inscribed Yosai tsubo, Kutani Yasokichi, with the seal Kutani Yasokichi. (2)

£400-600

See the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. no.2001.734 for another example of a spherical vase by Masahiko.

330

A JAPANESE DOUBLE-HANDLED VASE BY TOKUDA

YASOKICHI III/ MASAHIKO (1933-2009)

HEISEI ERA, 20TH CENTURY

Of tall ovoid form with a waisted neck and a flared rim, two small ring handles applied to the shoulder; decorated with a colourful glaze with aubergine, electric blue and cyan streaks, the white body left visible in places, the overall effect reminiscent of Chinese Tang dynasty glazes; signed underneath, 25.5cm; with a tomobako wood box inscribed Kabin, Kutani Yasokichi, with the seal Kutani Yasokichi. (2)

£400-600

331 A LARGE JAPANESE PORCELAIN VASE BY FUJII SHUMEI (1936-2017)

HEISEI ERA, C.2004

Of bulbous shape with a delicate folded rim, the body decorated with a succession of hills covered with thick woods, snow blanketing further hills in the distance; the base signed Shumei, 27.5cm; together with a tomobako wood box, with an inscription reading as ‘a vase, entitled Early Spring, made by Shumei, a friend of Nitten Exhibition’; accompanied by a document hand-written by Shumei about the firing of this vase and his passion for ceramics and dedication to his kiln in Arita. (2)

332

A JAPANESE ARITA VASE BY INOUE MANJI (1929-)

SHOWA OR HEISEI, 20TH CENTURY

The pear-shaped body with a flared rim, the side incised with a leafy spray of flowering lily, the plant depicted in a pale green enamel on the white hakuji ground; the base incised with a signature reading Manji saku; in a tomobako wood box inscribed Hakuji ryokuyu yuri chomon, tsubo, signed Inoue Manji saku and with the seal mark Inoue Manji saku; 30cm. (2)

£600-800

£300-500

333

A JAPANESE GLASS VASE BY KUNIAKI KUROKI (B.1945)

HEISEI ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The flattened ovoid body raised on a rounded foot and with scrolling handles to the sides; decorated with gold leaf and opaque white patches contrasting with the ocean-blue glass; signed to the base Kuniaki, 16.5cm; with a tomobako wood box. (2)

£300-500

A SMALL JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER NANBAN KAMABOKO-BAKO (COFFER) MOMOYAMA PERIOD, LATE 16TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape with a domed hinged cover, decorated with vertical bands of botanical motifs including tsubaki (camellia), tachibana (Japanese orange), trailing kuzu (kudzu vines) and momizi (acer); detailed with raden (mother of pearl) inlay and gold hiramaki-e on a black roiro ground, the copper escutcheon and clasp chased with stylised flowers and the cover with a swing carrying handle, 15.4cm x 23cm x 13cm.

£2,000-3,000

Cf. J Welsh, After the Barbarians: Namban Works of Art for the Japanese, Portuguese and Dutch Markets, pp.296-299, no.38, and the British Museum, London, accession no.1956,0215.1 for comparable examples.

This shape only appeared in Japan following the arrival of the Portuguese in the country in 1543. Different from furniture made for the domestic market, it was referred to by the Japanese as kamaboko-bako or kanabokogata, meaning ‘box of fish-sausage shape’. A possible origin for this shape may have been the Indo-Portuguese mother of pearl coffers produced in Gujarat in the mid-16th century. The dense floral decoration also illustrates an awareness amidst Japanese craftsmen of contemporary Indian designs, and the arrangement of alternating floral bands is a popular theme on coffers of this type.

336

335

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER HOKAI (FOOD CONTAINER)

EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of typical form, the ribbed square box raised on four spreading feet, the cover and sides decorated with foliage and curling tendrils issuing from rocky outcrops; all rendered in gold hiramaki-e on the roiro ground; with metal mounts decorated with further scrolling tendrils, 37.5cm x 38cm x 38cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£150-250

A RARE AND UNUSUAL JAPANESE LACQUER FUBAKO (LETTER BOX)

POSSIBY EDO, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Of rectangular kabusebuta (overlapping lid) shape, decorated with thick white, red and black raised lacquer on the gold ground, imitating the kinkarakawa (gold Chinese leather) technique; the box with two circular fittings in gilt metal each attached with a loose ring, and the inside decorated in nashiji, with a crane-shaped mon, 31cm x 13cm x 9cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

337

A JAPANESE WOOD KOBON (INCENSE TRAY)

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Carved as large lotus leaves and a seed pod with four moveable seeds, a lotus flower depicted in low relief to the centre, 62cm x 39.5cm.

£300-500

338

A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD TRAYS

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The keyaki (zelkova) trays of rectangular form with rounded corners, each decorated with a small still life depicted in gold, silver and red lacquer, rendered in a variety of techniques including hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and nashiji; some objects referring to particular celebrations, such as the tachi-bina dolls linked to the festivities of the Hina-matsuri (Girls’ Day) in March; each 32.4cm x 33.4cm; contained in a tomobako wood box. (6)

£800-1,200

339

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD KOBON (INCENSE TRAY) BY ITO TESSEKI (ACT.1890-1912)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Shaped as a large banana leaf with wavy edges and a short stalk, the reverse signed Tesseki with kao, 52cm; with an inscribed tomobako wood box, signed and sealed by the artist. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£600-800

340

A TALL BAMBOO CARVING OF THE GOD OF GOOD FORTUNE

19TH CENTURY

The jovial God is depicted with a broad smile, standing with his loose robes opening to reveal his ample belly; holding his sack of treasures by his side and raised on an oval plinth; the back carved to show the natural form of the bamboo, 41cm.

£400-600

341

A JAPANESE WOOD OKIMONO OF JUROJIN

TAISHO ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The God of Good Fortune depicted standing, holding his gnarled staff in one hand and a peach in the other, with long loose robes and a cap covering his elongated forehead; signed Kazuaki saku at the back for Hoshi Kazuaki / Ichimei (act. c.1917), 33.5cm; in a tomobako wood box, titled Jurojin no zo (A statue of Jurojin) at the front and with a long inscription at the back of the sliding door reading ‘This was made by Mr Hoshi Kazuaki / Ichimei of Osaka in Taisho 6 (1917), on 31st of the tenth month, to celebrate Tenchosetsu, the Emperor’s long life, a wood carving of God Jurojin, wishing to celebrate a long and felicitous life like Jurojin, inscribed by Niwayama Takemasa’. (2)

£200-300

The inscription on the box was written by the collector, Niwayama Takemasa (1843-1918), a scholar, Shinto priest, and an official retainer who served the lord of Himeji Domain, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture.

342

A TALL JAPANESE BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Carved with a continuous design of six Daoist Immortals in a mountainous landscape; one depicted riding an elephant, another the rakan Handaka Sonja with his pet dragon; with a band of key fret under the rim, 34cm.

£400-600

343

A JAPANESE BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The side elegantly carved in low relief with a large peony blossom issuing from rockwork, the artist cleverly using the natural rounded form of the bamboo to shape the vessel; 13.3cm.

£300-500

344

A JAPANESE BAMBOO TEA SCOOP BY ITO TESSEKI (ACT. 1890-1912)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Finely carved with a still life depicting a basket of persimmon underneath a rocky outcrop, with reishi fungi and bamboo growing to the side and above; inscribed Hyakuji nyoi, Tesseki to (Carved by Tesseki, One Hundred Things come true as you wish), and possibly sealed Koshin, 21cm x 6cm; with a tomobako wood box inscribed Charyo, Tesseki saku (a tea scoop for green tea leaves, made by Tesseki), with the seals Tesseki and another. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

345

THREE JAPANESE KESA ROBES

MOMOYAMA AND LATER, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER

The Buddhist vestments typically made from textile fragments; one a patchwork of Chinese silk scraps embellished with gold lotus flowers on a dark blue ground, with sections depicting the writhing body of a dragon; another with stylised Chinese flowers and brocade patterns on a yellow ground; the third made of Japanese fabric with rhomboid mon and kirimon (paulownia crest) on an orange ground; all three mounted on rectangular frames, the largest 211cm x 118.5cm. (3)

£600-1,000

346

A SET OF KOREAN GARMENTS FOR A CHILD PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a black gat, a traditional headdress made of horsehair or bamboo; a short gauze shirt and a waistcoat, 66cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£80-120

347

A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER KIMONOKAKE (KIMONO STAND) MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Of typical rectangular shape, the lower part decorated with cranes in flight over pine, the upper parts embellished with flowerheads and tendrils, rendered in gold maki-e lacquer on the black roiro ground, 138cm x 137cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£100-200

348

ANONYMOUS PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICIAL 19TH CENTURY

A hanging scroll painting, probably Korean; ink and colour on silk, 94cm x 59cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, by repute, purchased from Christie’s London, 30th May 1991, and thence by descent.

350

TWO JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOXES AND COVERS)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The largest shaped as two conjoint rectangles, the top richly decorated with an oibako (the robe container for a warrior monk) beside a stream; with many leafy tendrils surrounding it and three kanji characters reading as Kazura / Tsuru ni mo (the Narrow Ivy Lane); the sides with an abundance of prunus blossoms and maple leaves; the other box of flattened rectangular shape and decorated with three Chinese sages to the top; the boxes with details rendered in gold fundame, hiramaki-e, hirame, kirikane, takamaki-e lacquer and the insides in nashiji; the largest box with mother of pearl and metal inlays, 4.9cm x 11.7cm x 8.8cm, and 1.7cm x 7.8cm x 7.1cm respectively. (4)

£300-500

The three characters reading as ‘the Narrow Ivy Lane’ refer to the road at Mount Utsu (Utsu no yama tsuta no hosomichi), featured in the Tale of Ise (chapter nine). It is also famously depicted in Utagawa Hiroshige’s woodblock print entitled ‘Okabe, Gojusan Tsugi Meisho Zue’ (Upright Tokaido). See the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, access. no. 11.10169a-i for a lacquer writing box similarly decorated with an oibako amongst ivy, a reference to the famous road.

349 A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER BOX AND COVER EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Shaped as a takarabune, the treasure boat depicted afloat and surrounded by a sedge of cranes in flight; the sail elaborately decorated with a variety of complex brocade patterns including asa-no-ha and shippo-tsunagi; the boat laden with auspicious objects and attributes of the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) such as Daikoku’s mallet; all rendered in rich gold takamaki-e, kirikane, kinji and hiramaki-e lacquer; the interior embellished in nashiji, 11.5cm x 17.8cm. (2)

£800-1,200

See the Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam, access. no.AK-MAK-889 for another takarabune-shaped gold lacquer box.

351

A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER BOX AND COVER EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Modelled as a circular drum, the lid decorated with a large writhing dragon framed by a border of lappets; the sides imitating wood grain; all rendered in gold and silver hiramaki-e, kinji and kirikane, the inside embellished with gold nashiji lacquer, 9.5cm. (2)

£200-300

two views

352

A PAIR OF JAPANESE ‘CHICKENS’ LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

EDO OR MEIJI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

One modelled as a cockerel and the other as a hen, their plumage and combs delicately rendered in gold, silver, black and red takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, the upper halves of the birds opening to reveal interiors embellished in gold nashiji lacquer, 17cm max. (4)

£1,500-2,500

Cf. M Kopplin, Les laques du Japan, Collections de Marie-Antoinette, p.186, no.56, for a cockerel originally in the French Queen’s collection. The Queen was very fond of her Japanese lacquer which featured many variously shaped boxes including this one illustrated opposite, modelled as a chicken. The box is listed in a 1789 inventory at Versailles, in the ‘Cabinet Doré de la Reine’ (the Queen’s Golden Chamber), in pride of place on a table beside the chimney.

Also, see Christie’s, Three Dealing Dynasties: London, Paris, Geneva, 23 May 2024, lot 124, for a Japanese gold lacquer box and cover shaped as a hen with her chicks. (see p.64 for another view of this lot.)

Queen Marie-Antoinette’s Japanese lacquer box,

des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Musée national

353

A JAPANESE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX AND COVER) EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of tall rectangular shape, with two small drawers at the front, an inner tray, an ink stone and a fitted circular suiteki (water dropper); together with an assortment of kogo (small boxes) of various sizes and shapes, a natsume, and a bronze mirror with kagamibako fitted box, the circular metal disc cast with pine, cranes and minogame; all the lacquer elements decorated with the same design of pine branches and blossoming prunus, all rendered in gold hiramaki-e, fundame, kirikane and nashiji on the black roiro ground, some boxes with the insides decorated in red lacquer; the writing box 19.2cm x 20cm x 26.5cm. (20)

£1,000-1,500

354

A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX BY MIYAKO KOBAYASHI (1929-2021) HEISEI

ERA, 20TH CENTURY

The tall rectangular cover decorated with a striking design of leafy vines on golden trellis, the many leaves and tendrils rendered in gold maki-e lacquer and raden mother of pearl inlays on the lustrous black roiro ground; signed to the base with a single character reading Miya, 6cm x 14cm x 16.5cm; in a fitted tomobako wood box inscribed Makie kazaribako tsuta, Miyako saku and sealed Miyako. (3)

£600-1,000

Miyako Kobayashi is a female artist born in Tokyo, who famously took part in many exhibitions of the Japan Kogei Association.

355

TWO JAPANESE SQUARE LACQUER TRAYS

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Both embellished with a large tasselled treasure bag decorated with brocade patterns, prunus blossoms, scrolling tendrils and stylised dragons; beside it lie a variety of auspicious items including a fruiting branch of persimmon, stalks of rice, branches of red coral and a flaming tama (wish-granting jewel); all rendered in gold and silver nashiji, kirigane, and hiramaki-e on the lustrous black roiro ground, 3cm x 27.5cm x 27.5cm and 2.8cm x 26.1cm x 26.1cm respectively; in a fitted tomobako wood box inscribed Ine takara zukushi maki-e kasanebon (Rice stalks and treasures maki-e stacking trays), signed inside the lid Ogaki with a seal, possibly for Ogaki Shokun (1868-1937). (3)

£500-800

A FINE JAPANESE CIRCULAR LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX AND COVER)

BY HARUI KOMIN (1869-1937) MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The lid embellished with a still life featuring a discarded o-boshi kabuto (samurai helmet) with chrysanthemum maedate (crest), a katana sword with tiger-skin scabbard and a gunsen war fan with a red sun; a flowering branch of prunus in the background; all rendered in gold, silver and polychrome takamaki-e, fundame and nashiji on the lustrous black roiro ground; the reverse with a waka poem in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji; the inside fitted with a tray holding a rectangular ink stone and a fitted suiteki (water dropper) shaped as a folded omikuji (fortune-telling paper strip), with a stamped maker’s mark underneath; the box and cover with white metal rings, 26cm; in an tomobako wood box inscribed Kabuto maki-e, maru suzuribako (circular box for writing utensils with lacquer helmet design) and signed and sealed Komin. (5)

£2,500-3,000

Harui Komin first studied painting at the Naniwa ga gakko (Naniwa Painting School). He later became a lacquer craftsman, working for the Ikeda Gomei Kaisha (Ikeda Co-operative Company, Osaka).

lid - reverse inside

357

TWO MASSIVE CERAMIC HEADS OF BUDDHIST IMMORTALS PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

The impressive faces realistically modelled and painted in polychrome, both with an incised mark to the neck, each raised on an integral black rectangular base; 64.5cm and 65.5cm respectively. (2) £800-1,200

marks at the back of the models

signature

358

A JAPANESE WOOD TONKOTSU AND EN SUITE OJIME AND NETSUKE OF THE THREE WISE MONKEYS

MEIJI

ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The three parts finely carved as the Sanbiki no Saru; the tobacco box depicting Mikazaru (‘hear no evil’), the small primate wearing a haori decorated with mitsudomoe (three-comma) motifs; signed Mitsukuni in an oval cartouche at the back; the bead depicting Mizaru (‘see no evil’) and the netsuke Mazaru (‘speak no evil’); the eyes inlaid with small black beads, the tonkotsu 7.8cm.

£600-1,000

360

TWO JAPANESE TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCHES) WITH METAL FITTINGS

MEIJI

ERA, 19TH CENTURY

One with a design of coins including a 100 mon Tenpō Tsūhō, the mae-kanagu depicting a tengu mask in copper and silver, signed to the reverse Masayoshi above a miniature gold seal; the other pouch made of printed fabric and with a rat-shaped silver mae-kanagu, the inner plate with a hay bale and a two-character signature, 13cm and 9.5cm respectively. (2)

£500-800

359

λ A JAPANESE INLAID WOOD TONKOZU (TOBACCO BOX)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

In the style of Jikan Ganbun, of oval shape with straight sides and decorated with a large peony flower and leafy branches issuing from behind rockwork, the reverse with a small bird in flight above tall grasses, the lid embellished with a crescent moon; all rendered in a variety of metals, mother of pearl, horn and other inlays, the interior with paper collection labels, 8cm x 6cm.

£600-800

* This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No.1BD3UFGK

See Bonhams, London, Fine Japanese Art, 16 May 2024, lot 28, for a comparable inlaid wood tonkotsu attributed to Jikan Ganbun.

two views

362

A

JAPANESE TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCH) WITH MIXED METALS

FITTINGS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The leather pouch with a mae-kanagu modelled as two samurais fighting a large tiger, one with a snake emerging from behind him and the other with a fox’s tail; attached to an undecorated kiseruzutsu (pipe case) by a chain made of a series of shaped panels made of further mixed metals, each depicting one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune; together with a silver and iron kiseru (pipe) decorated with branches of bamboo; the tabako-ire 12.3cm, the kiseruzutsu 21cm. (2)

£600-800

363

361

λ A LARGE KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE AND LEATHER POUCH MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The tooled leather tabako-ire with a large mae-kanagu decorated with Shoki chasing away three oni, rendered in relief in silver, copper and other metals; the kagamibuta netsuke of impressive size with an inlaid wood bowl and a silver plate embellished with a scaly dragon amongst swirling clouds; with a pipe case made of the same leather, the set held together with a large copper chain comprised of multiple strands; together with a kiseru decorated with stylised flowers; the tabako-ire 16.3cm, the netsuke 7cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

* This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. LDHDDMVK

A LARGE JAPANESE RIMPA-STYLE OTOSHI-ZUTSU KISERUZUTSU (PIPECASE)

MEIJI ERA, C.1880

Made of a section of bamboo decorated with leafy vines and gourds, the details rendered in gold and red takamaki-e lacquer, pewter, and other metal inlays, 25cm.

£500-800

365 A JAPANESE INLAID-IRON VESTA CASE BY KOMAI OTOJIRO OF KYOTO (1842-1917)

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Decorated with shaped panels enclosing famous views, each with a minute label enclosing a place name, and various birds and flowers, all on a ground of trailing vines; the interior with sakura (cherry blossom), acer and ginkgo leaves; signed with a rectangular mark reading Kyoto Komai sei and with the character Raku (for Shigaraki) in a circle; together with a miniature metal vase variously decorated with temples, a ho-o bird, a dragon and a bird amongst flowers; 9.2cm and 9.7cm respectively. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

364

A JAPANESE SILVER YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The brush holder decorated with foliate mon amidst stylised scrolling lotus, opening to reveal an ink bowl and a fitted pen with a removable seal terminal, the holder suspending an en-suite sagemono with a squeeze-action clasp similarly decorated, 19cm. (2)

£600-800

366

A SMALL JAPANESE SILVER BONBONNIERE

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Of flattened oval shape, the cover decorated with a pine tree before Mount Fuji, the base with a jungin (pure silver) mark, 7.8cm. (2)

£150-250

367

A JAPANESE KEYAKI (ELM) STORAGE BOX AND COVER

POSSIBLY MEIJI, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The tall rectangular wooden box with four tiers, three of similar sizes and one larger, lacquered black on the inside; with chrysanthemum-shaped metal fittings to the sides suspending loose rings, with a silk tie and paper labels to the side, 23cm x 17.8cm x 33cm. (5)

£200-400

This box was used to house an extensive collection of netsuke and other sagemono.

369

λ A RARE JAPANESE ROSEWOOD BOX AND COVER BY DEME TAIMAN

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape, the cover decorated with three Noh masks carved in high relief on a dense sayagata ground, the pattern extending to the side and base; the inside of the lid signed Deme Taiman saku with kaō, 3cm x 6cm x 9cm. (2)

£500-800

Provenance: formerly in the collection of J G Dalgliesh (1887-1940), and W W Winkworth (1897-1991).

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.41 where this very box is described.

368

A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX AND COVER IN THE STYLE OF SHIBATA ZESHIN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Of square section, the lid decorated with a plump mouse gnawing on a small acorn, another nut discarded to the side; all rendered in silver, gold and coloured hiramaki-e and togidashi-e lacquer, 3cm x 10.6cm x 10.6cm. (2)

£500-800

signature

371

370

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO, KAJIKAWA LINEAGE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Each side decorated with a roundel enclosing a small bird perched amongst branches, rendered in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a kinji ground, the base inscribed Kajikawa saku; attached to a wood netsuke of a karako on an oversized fan, the boy depicted kneeling down; the inro 8.5cm, the netsuke 4.2cm.

£200-300

See Bonhams, New York, Fine Japanese and Korean Art, 18th September 2024, lot 719 for a closely related inro.

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Decorated with a sarumawashi, the monkey trainer holding his monkey’s leash whilst his pet balances on a pole erected on a boat, all rendered in black and gold hiramaki-e and nashiji on the black roiro ground, some details in raden (mother of pearl) inlays, 6.8cm.

£300-500

372 A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER INRO

EDO ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with a Sambaso dancer performing with a fan and suzu bells; the stage abstractly rendered by golden slats extending on to the reverse; all rendered in hiramaki-e and fundame lacquer on the black roiro ground, 6.6cm.

£300-500

372 two views

370 two views

373

A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Each side decorated with a shishi and rockwork, one lion dog depicted with black fur and the other with a spotted golden pelt, both with the eyes inlaid; all rendered in kanagai, kirikane, takamaki-e and hiramaki-e lacquer, 8cm.

£400-600

374

A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO, KAJIKAWA LINEAGE

EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with an extensive landscape featuring a river meandering under pine and prunus, with tree-covered hills beyond; rendered in gold hiramaki-e, kirikane and fundame, the base signed Kajikawa saku with red tsubo seal Ei, 9.5cm.

£400-600

374 signature

371 two views

373 two views

374 two views

375 A JAPANESE THREE-CASE GOLD AND BROWN LACQUER INRO BY KOMA

KORYU EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Each side decorated with a shishi, the front with a larger one observing a butterfly it captured, the reverse with a smaller pup pouncing happily; the mythical beasts rendered in gold hiramaki-e and kanagai and the insect in mother of pearl inlay on the nashiji ground, signed Koma Koryu with kaō underneath, 7.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

376 A JAPANESE FIVE-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with a cockerel and hen standing on a war drum, the reverse with two further chickens underneath leafy ivy; all rendered in gold, silver and red takamaki-e lacquer on a gold fundame ground; with an agate ojime; the inro 9.5cm.

£800-1,200

In Japanese lore, a chicken on a drum is a symbol of peace as a war drum fallen into disuse becomes a perch for the bird.

375 two views

376 two views

378

A LARGE JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

£1,000-2,000

377

A JAPANESE INLAID WOOD SAYA INRO

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Possibly made of kurogaki (persimmon wood), decorated with a variety of vegetables in relief including a pumpkin, its surface rendered with minute grains and seeds; two small lacquer aubergines, and a lotus root made of pewter; the inner drawer divided into three compartments with three small paper containers, 7.8cm. (5)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: formerly the W L Behrens Collection, listed in H L Joly, The W.L. Behrens Collection: Netsuke and Japanese Carvings, no. 1269.

Decorated with a pride of ten lion dogs, the shishi dynamically bouncing across the surface, one a small cub; all rendered in black, brown and gold takamaki-e on the togidashi-e or fundame ground, 9.2cm.

377 two views

378 two views

379 A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO BY HIDETERU

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Finely decorated with an elegant ho-o bird or phoenix perched on a leafy branch of kiri (paulownia); all delicately rendered in gold takamaki-e, kanagai and kirikane on a roiro-mura-nashiji ground, the inside decorated in nashiji; signed Hideteru with kao; together with a mixed metal ojime decorated with fruit and mice; the inro 8cm.

£1,500-2,000

Provenance: previously in the E A Wrangham collection, no.1933, originally purchased from Phillips, London, 1989.

Published: E A Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.72.

380 A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated with a large rat in profile wrapping around both faces, a smaller rodent depicted on the reverse; all rendered in black togidashi-e on the gold fundame ground; attached to a wood netsuke carved as another small rat, its eyes inlaid with metal studs; the inro 7.3cm, the netsuke 5.9cm.

£2,000-4,000

381

λ A FINE JAPANESE SHIBAYAMA INRO, OJIME AND MANJU NETSUKE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The five-case lacquer inro richly decorated with inlays in aogai (mother of pearl), coral, hardstones, stained ivory and tortoiseshell on the kinji gold lacquer ground; each side with a bird in flight above chrysanthemum and other flowers, the top and bottom embellished with further flowerheads and scrolling tendrils; the ojime and netsuke decorated with similar depictions of swallows and other birds also rendered in a variety of inlaid materials, including cloisonné; the netsuke with a mother of pearl plaque reading Shibayama Soichi; the inro 9.5cm.

£6,000-8,000

Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire. Previously in the Charles A Greenfield Collection, no.212. Acquired from Demaree and Dorothy Bess; previously in the collection of William Wilberforce Winkworth who acquired it from the Edward Gilbertson Collection, sold at Glendining and Co, 1917, no. 314.

Published:

E Gilbertson, Selections from the Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese Netsukes and Japanese Miscellanies in the Gilbertson Collection, no.4809.

Glendining and Co., London, auction catalogue of the E Gilbertson Collection, 1917, no.314. A J Pekarik, Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, no. 102, fig. 115.

Eskenazi Ltd, The Charles A. Greenfield Collection of Japanese Lacquer, pp.230-231, no. 140.

Exhibited: Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 4th September - 9th October 1980, no. 102.

* This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned a pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption certificate, Ref. No. IHUOG99G

381 two views

Glendining and Co auction catalogue, 1917

Signature The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Charles A Greenfield collection exhibition catalogue

382

TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF MASKS

EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The first carved as an oni mask with traces of red lacquer, Hyottoko depicted on the reverse, his mouth carved as the himotoshi; the other netsuke a cluster of five masks in Tamba style; 4cm and 3.6cm respectively. (2)

£300-500

383

λ A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF OR YAMA-INU (WILD DOG) WITH RABBIT

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Seated on its haunches with its mouth wide open, its front paw resting on a small rabbit, the eyes inlaid, with two characters for Tomotada in an oblong reserve underneath, 4.3cm.

£300-500

This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. VTJUJ2PG.

384

A JAPANESE STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE OF AN ONI 20TH CENTURY

The gargoyle-like demon depicted seated with its front paws resting on its long tail, its eyes inlaid in dark horn; signed with a single character at the back, 3.1cm.

£400-600

385 λ A JAPANESE WALRUS IVORY MANJU NETSUKE

MEIJI ERA, C.1870

The rounded rectangular body carved in openwork with a wavy pattern, the front with three roundels, one in the shape of a coin, another a stylised butterfly and the third inlaid with a silver plate decorated with a mon in nunome shaped as two bottles, the reverse with two further roundels, signed with the single character ei in a square reserve, 4.3cm.

£1,000-2,000

Cf. P Moss, Kokusai: The Genius and stag-antler carving in Japan, vol. III, pp.260-261, nos.493 and 494 for two other manju by Eisai.

386 A TALL STAG ANTLER SASHI NETSUKE OR HANDLE ATTRIBUTED TO ISSHŌSAI HAKUMIN

MEIJI ERA, C.1870

Delicately carved with a sinuous rain dragon, its smooth body and mane curling into shapes reminiscent of scrolling clouds, coiling around a nyoi sceptre; the head of the staff modelled as a reishi fungus, the artist masterfully using the natural shape of the antler, 13cm.

£1,000-2,000

Cf. P Moss, Kokusai: The Genius and stag-antler carving in Japan, vol. III, pp.174-175, no. 441, for another stag antler piece attributed to Hakumin.

387

A TALL JAPANESE BOXWOOD SHUNGA SASHI NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The erotic netsuke carved as Okame, the Goddess of Mirth holds a rounded mushroom in one hand and a double gourd in the other, her long robes opening loosely to reveal her cleavage, she smiles contentedly, unsigned, 15.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: formerly the collection of Miss Elizabeth Augusta Grosvenor Guest (1879-1960), grand-daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869), and grand-daughter of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber, 1812-95), and thence by descent. Sold in these rooms, Japanese Works of Art, 27th July 2021, lot 458.

387A

A JAPANESE UMIMATSU (FOSSILISED WOOD) NETSUKE OF REISHI

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Carved as an uncut seal, the rectangular base topped with fungi emerging from a rocky outcrop, the side with a minute two-character signature, possibly for Shozan, 3.2cm x 4.2cm x 2cm.

£200-300

388

A JAPANESE PRUNUS WOOD NETSUKE OF A FISHERMAN AND OCTOPUS MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The seated man depicted with his mouth wide open, yelling as an octopus emerges from the basket on his back and strangles him with his long tentacles; a faint signature underneath possibly for Rakumin, follower of Miwa, 3.9cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: formerly in the collection of André Spoerry, sold at Millon, Paris, 14th December 2018, lot 331.

ANDRÉ SPOERRY (1891-1940)

André Spoerry was born in Mulhouse (France) in a family of manufacturers. He began his career in Switzerland in a company specialising in mechanical engineering, notably building locomotives. He later became Managing Director of a factory back in Alsace, and before running a successful textile company with his two brothers. A sports enthusiast, he helped finance Mulhouse Football Club. Spoerry also developed a strong interest for Japanese art, which he would buy from a variety of art galleries in Japan, England, Germany and Paris, and at auction via the experts of Henri Portier et Cie. He had a close relationship with the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and donated several Japanese blades to the collections.

389

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A STREET PERFORMER MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The entertainer is depicted holding cymbals and cheerfully singing, with one foot raised and carrying paper streamers on his back, 5cm.

£2,000-3,000

André Spoerry

390

A GOOD JAPANESE DARK WOOD NETSUKE OF SHOKI AND THREE ONI MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The demon-queller is depicted standing, holding his sword in one hand and the brim of his large hat with the other; three small oni mischievously crouching on top, trying not to be seen; one looking through a hole at the front; 6.4cm.

£2,000-4,000

391

A JAPANESE EBONY NETSUKE OF A SHISHI EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The lion dog is depicted crouching down on its front paws whilst baring its fangs, its long mane and tail curling over its back and with its large eyes inlaid in mother of pearl, 4.8cm.

£1,500-2,000

392

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A WISE MONKEY, CIRCLE OF NAITO TOYOMASA (1773-1856) EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Tamba School, looking rather rotund as it is depicted seated on its haunches covering its ears; its hair finely incised and with the eyes inlaid in light horn, the pupils painted in black ink; inscribed Toyomasa on the back of its leg, 3.1cm.

£2,000-4,000

The Sanbiki no Saru (Three Wise Monkeys) are a highly popular subject in Japanese Art, with the ‘hear no evil’ monkey usually identified as Kikazaru. See Bonhams, New York, Netsuke from the Collection of Joseph and Elena Kurstin, 16 December 2022, lot 43 for another Wise Monkey signed Toyomasa. signature

393

A JAPANESE YEW WOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG BY

MATSUDA SUKENAGA (1810-71) EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The amphibian depicted crawling on a pumpkin stalk, naturalistically carved with the texture of its skin rendered in detail and the eyes inlaid in glass, the reverse signed Sukenaga, 4.8cm.

£6,000-8,000

Cf. N Davey, Netsuke, p.236, no.729 for a similar example. Also, see Bonhams London, the Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art, 8th November 2011, lot 212, for another closely related netsuke of a frog on a stalk by Sukenaga. (see p.75 for another view of this lot.) signature

THE MARK & ELIZABETH HARDING COLLECTION OF NETSUKE

LOTS 394-425

Sarzi-Amadè receipt

394

THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The first a red and black negoro lacquer netsuke of a seated Daruma looking disgruntled, 3.9cm; another carved as a small shōjō holding a large sake cup with the character kotobuki (longevity) written in the well, 3.5cm; the third depicting a karako holding an oni mask, 5cm. (3)

£400-600

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

395

λ TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE OF NOH ACTORS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Wearing long wigs and holding fans, both playing the role of a shōjō; the tallest with a coral mask, with details highlighted in gold and silver lacquer; the other a wood netsuke carved in the ittōbori (single cut) technique, painted in polychrome and gilt, possibly signed Ju, 5.5cm and 4.4cm respectively. (2)

£400-600

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

396

A JAPANESE SAISHIKI (PAINTED WOOD) NETSUKE OF A RANRYO-O DANCER

EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Boldly carved, the bugaku performer is depicted standing on one leg and holding a baton, wearing his typical colourful garments and fearsome mask surmounted by a small dragon, his train gathering down behind his back, 9.7cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. With a copy of a receipt from Sarzi-Amadè Limited, London, dated 17th May 1990, where the netsuke is listed. By repute, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd.

398

TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

EDO/MEIJI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The first carved as a cluster of suggestive mushrooms, signed Tomonobu underneath, 4.2cm; the other modelled as three bean pods, 4.2cm; together with a small carved nut with figures and a ram, probably Chinese, 3.5cm. (3)

£600-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

397

THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The first a square tsuishu lacquer hako netsuke, both sides decorated with pine branches on a cell diaper ground, signed Yosei saku on the inside, 4.5cm; another carved as bamboo shoots, the largest with wormholes revealing the small figure of Moso inside, one of the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety, 4.8cm; the third possibly ebony, carved as a chrysanthemum flowerhead, the petals realistically curled up, signed Kyokusai (possibly for Tsukamoto Kyokusai) underneath, 3.6cm. (4)

£600-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. The bamboo shoot netsuke purchased from BCI Fine Art, 6 July 1991. A copy of the invoice is available.

399

THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF MASKS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The first carved as the ferocious witch Hannya, signed Gyokuseki at the back, 4.6cm; the two others Okame masks, one depicted in a woven scoop, signed Gyokuzan, 3.7cm, the other typically modelled smiling, signed Chikuzan, 4.1cm. (3)

£600-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

400

A JAPANESE SAISHIKI (PAINTED WOOD) MASK OF A NIŌ (BUDDHIST GUARDIAN KING) MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Possibly carved in hinoki (cypress wood), the surface painted in red pigment over gesso; the deity is depicted grimacing with a furrowed brow, the reverse with a three-character signature, possibly for Tessai, 6cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

401

A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER WOOD NETSUKE OF HANNYA EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Boldly carved, the surface covered in gold, silver and red lacquer; the witch depicted with her mouth open revealing her bright red tongue, the reverse carved as a knotted ribbon and with a paper collection label with a monogram, possibly for ‘WMS’, 6cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from Eskenazi Oriental Art, London, 1986. A copy of the original receipt is available.

401 Eskenazi receipt

400 signature

402 A TALL JAPANESE KUROGAKI WOOD NETSUKE OF A SENNIN EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The gaunt figure depicted standing on one leg, lifting a tama over his shoulder, a small ball loose on the inside; his face contorted and with his rib cage protruding, signed Ryuraku at the back, 9.2cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Previously in the collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, illustrated in the auction catalogue for Sotheby’s London, Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, 18th November 1999, lot 6.

403 A TALL JAPANESE SAISHIKI (PAINTED WOOD) NETSUKE OF RYUJIN

In the style of Yoshimura Shuzan, depicting the bearded Dragon King standing, holding a sacred jewel and wearing loose robes revealing his protuberant ribs; a dragon clambering upon his back and resting its chin on his head, 9.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

The original netsuke model of the Dragon King was first illustrated in the Soken Kisho in 1781. Cf. Hirokazu Arakawa, The Go collection of Netsuke, Tokyo National Museum, p.9, nos.1&2 for another figure of Ryujin in the Baron Go Seinosuke Collection.

402 signature

404

A TALL JAPANESE SAISHIKI (PAINTED WOOD) NETSUKE BY KANO KOTARO TESSAI (1845-1925) TAISHO ERA, 1922

Carved in hinoki (cypress wood) in the style of Yoshimura Shuzan, the sage is depicted standing holding his staff before him, wearing loose robes opening to reveal his emaciated ribcage, with remnants of polychromy; a three-character signature at the back reading as Tetsu-sai with kao, 12.5cm; together with a tomobako wood box, with an inscription written by the artist commenting on his attempt to copy Shuzan, signed ‘Tessai, a man of Tao, two days after the Mid-Autumn, in Taisho 11 (1922, the year of Mizunoe-Inu)’, with kao and seal Ko for Kotaro. (2)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, pp. 865-66 for other pieces by Tessai. The author mentions that he was appointed professor of carving at the Tokyo Art School when it opened in 1887.

405

A LARGE JAPANESE SAISHIKI (PAINTED WOOD) NETSUKE OF A SOUTH-SEA ISLANDER

EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

Carved in hinoki (cypress wood) in the style of Yoshimura Shuzan, the tall figure depicted standing, his head turned to the left and with his mouth agape, holding a branch of coral in a small vase before him; wearing a hood and loose robes adorned with stylised clouds, carrying a sword in a fish-shaped scabbard on his back; with a two-character signature to the reverse reading as Shuzan, and with a paper collection label underneath also inscribed ‘ Shuzan’, 11.1cm.

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. With a copy of a receipt from Sarzi-Amadè Limited, London, dated 17th May 1990, where the netsuke is described as ‘signed (Nagamachi) Shuzan’, purchased for £4,620. By repute, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd.

Sarzi-Amadè receipt

TOYOMASA’S ‘MASTER SEA TOAD’ Gama Sennin (Liu Haichan) is said to have lived in China during the Five Dynasties (907-960) and was Prime Minister under Emperor Taizu of Liao (Abaoji). After meeting a Daoist monk, he famously renounced his wealth and position at court to become a hermit, known as ‘Master Sea Toad’. He spent years travelling and practicing self-cultivation until he achieved transcendence. As a Daoist Immortal, Li Haichan is often depicted with his three-legged toad and is venerated as the God of Wealth.

A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNIN BY NAITO TOYOMASA (1773-1856)

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Finely carved and stained, the Immortal is depicted seated with one knee raised, his large pet toad clambering upon his back; typically modelled with a coat of mugwort leaves, and long trailing hair and beard; both with their eyes inlaid in horn; signed Toyomasa underneath, 5.6cm.

£15,000-25,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa; previously in the Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection. Acquired from Raymond Bushell, with a certificate dated 29th March 1971 where he confirms this is the piece published in his book ‘The Wonderful World of Netsuke’, p.54, pl.65. Bushell mentions in the book that he acquired it from Soichi Kurono of Nagoya. For another similar model in the Bushell Collection, see The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke, a Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, no.53.

Also with a letter from Barry Davies attesting that the netsuke was borrowed for the exhibition ‘Netsuke Classics’, 1990. Illustrated and discussed in Barry Davies Oriental Art, Netsuke Classics, no.57. The author comments that ‘Naito Toyomasa carved a number of variations of Gama Sennin with his toad. The piece exhibited here is certainly one of the best that I have handled personally’.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.953 for similar netsuke of Gama Sennin by Toyomasa, one in the W L Behrens collection. See the International Netsuke Collectors’ Society, 1980, 7/4, p.15 where other Gama Sennin netsuke by Toyomasa are discussed. signature

Barry Davies Oriental Art, ‘Netsuke Classics, An exhibition of important Netsuke and Sagemono’ catalogue, 1990, no.57

Letter of certification by Raymond Bushell, 1971

R Bushell, The Wonderful World of Netsuke, p.54, pl.65

407

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF KANY’U MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Carved as the famous Chinese General standing, stroking his long beard whilst holding his guandao (halberd); the reverse signed Jusen, 5.7cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from David Bowden, 1993. A copy of the invoice is available.

408

A TALL JAPANESE NETSUKE OF HOTEI MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The God of Good Fortune depicted carrying a small boy on his back whilst holding a fan, looking joyful as he turns towards the boy; the back signed Minkoku, 9.7cm.

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from Paul Champkins, 2012. A copy of the invoice is available.

409

A LARGE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A SENNIN EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

The tall emaciated Immortal turning his head to the side with his mouth agape, holding his long beard with one hand and a gnarled staff in the other; wearing a cloak of mugwort leaves and loose robes opening to reveal his protuberant ribs; some areas lacquered, 14.5cm.

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth

Harding Collection, South Africa. With a copy of a receipt from Sarzi-Amadè Limited, London, dated 17th May 1990, purchased for £7,600. By repute, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd.

Sarzi-Amadè receipt

A LARGE JAPANESE NETSUKE OF AN ONI NEMBUTSU EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Boldly carved with the eyes inlaid in horn; the ferocious-looking demon is depicted standing with a wide toothy grin, wearing monk’s robes opening to reveal his torso; holding prayer beads in one hand and a mallet in the other, a gong tied around his waist, 10.4cm.

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Previously in the W L Behrens Collection, sold at Glendining & Co, London, 1913. Illustrated in the sale catalogue, no.46.

Published: H L Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, pp.262-64 where the netsuke is illustrated as part of the entry on oni

(see p.92 for another view of this lot.)

Glendining & Co. auction catalogue of the W L Behrens Japanese Collection, 1913, lot 46, pl.LVII

H L Joly, Legend in Japanese Art

411

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF SHOKI AND AN ONI EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The Demon Queller depicted standing, turning to the right as he holds a small demon by the hair, the oni writhing with pain; his long beard and sleeves swirling in the wind, and with his eyes inlaid in metal, 8.7cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

412

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A FOREIGNER EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Probably a Dutchman, depicted standing and holding a trumpet in one hand, with a small karako clambering upon his back; the man is depicted smiling, with curly hair and wearing a long tunic with a pleated collar over trousers, 7.7cm.

£1,000-1,500

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

A JAPANESE TSUISHU LACQUER NETSUKE BY MATSUKI

HOKEI

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The finely carved red lacquer figure depicted with one foot lifted, holding a fan against his side; wearing garments embellished with designs of ho-o birds or phoenix in flight and sayagata patterns, signed Hōkei underneath, 5.9cm.

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. signature

414

A TALL WOOD NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNIN MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The Immortal depicted standing, happily smiling whilst lifting his large pet toad over his head; typically wearing a coat of mugwort leaves and loose robes, his long sleeves billowing in the wind, 14.7cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

415

TWO WOOD NETSUKE 20TH CENTURY

The first carved as Hotei, the God of Good Fortune depicted seated holding prayer beads, inscribed Shuzan underneath, 3.5cm; the other depicting a small skeleton resting on a massive skull, also with a Shuzan mark, 4.6cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£400-600

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

416 FIVE WOOD NETSUKE AND AN OKIMONO 20TH CENTURY

Most carved as animals interacting with various objects; one a netsuke depicting a cluster of seven masks; the okimono depicting a large frog on a lotus flower, a small amphibian hiding inside; some with signatures, 5.5cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

£200-300

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

417

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A SARUMAWASHI EDO/MEIJI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The monkey trainer depicted standing with his small pet on his shoulder, dressed with loose travelling garments, holding a staff in one hand and with a small basket of food before him, 7.7cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

418

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY DRESSED AS A SHINTO PRIEST MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Depicted standing, wearing an eboshi hat and a short haori adorned with asa-no-ha pattern, holding a gohei wand with shide paper streamers, signed Tomokazu at the back, 5.5cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Cf. Euronetsuke Magazine, Spring 2024, issue 65, p.13, for another netsuke of a monkey dressed as a Shinto priest by Inada Ichirō, illustrated as part of R Bandini’s article ‘Simian Simulacra’.

419

λ TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF TURTLES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The first depicting a large tortoise carrying its young on its back, both turning their heads to the side, the underside with a two-character signature in a rectangular reserve, possibly for Shutsugu; the other depicting a shy turtle with its head fully retracted within its carapace, a section of the shell opening up to reveal the himotoshi, signed Masatomo underneath, 4.2cm and 4.6cm respectively. (2)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. The netsuke of a turtle by Masatomo purchased from Spink, by repute.

420 A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF CHICKENS

Carved as a cockerel and hen perched on a war drum, the birds realistically depicted; the instrument decorated with small studs around the edge and a dragon underneath, 4.2cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

421 A JAPANESE DARK WOOD NETSUKE OF A BAT BY HORAKU MEIJI ERA,

19TH CENTURY

The charming animal is depicted with its wings folded and with its head slightly turned; the hair on its back finely rendered; signed Horaku underneath, 4.8cm.

£2,000-4,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from BCI Fine Art, 1985. A copy of the invoice is available.

signature

BCI Fine Art invoice

422

THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF ANIMALS

EDO/MEIJI,

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The first a recumbent spotted deer, lifting its head and with the eyes inlaid, signed Masatsugu, 4.7cm; the second a shishi with brocade ball, signed in a mother of pearl rectangular reserve Hogen Hiroaki, 4.3cm; and the third depicting a frog clambering on a small stone, 4.5cm. (3)

£500-800

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. The deer purchased from Paul Champkins, 2015. A copy of the invoice is available.

423 A JAPANESE PORCELAIN NETSUKE OF A TIGER

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The feline is depicted crouching with its long tail curling against its back; the details of its stripes depicted in bright enamels, 4.8cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

424

A JAPANESE DARK WOOD NETSUKE OF A SHISHI MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Depicted lying down, turning its head to the side; its eyes inlaid in metal and the curls of its fur finely rendered; signed with a single kao, possibly for Ono Ryomin or Tadatsugu, 3.3cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from BCI Fine Art, 1991. A copy of the invoice is available.

425

A JAPANESE DARK WOOD NETSUKE OF A SHISHI MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The lion dog is depicted seated on its haunches, baring its teeth whilst resting its front paw against a brocade ball, a smaller ball loose inside it; its long tail curling underneath its body, signed Masakata, 4.3cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa. Purchased from Gallery Medici, 1983. A copy of the invoice is available.

JAPANESE SIGNATURES, MARKS & LABELS

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 1912Hongxian (Yuan Shi Kai) 洪憲 （袁世凱）1915-1916

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

中華人民共和國 1949-

ASIAN ART II

亞洲藝術品 II

WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2024

10.00aM

LOTS 500-880

SPECIAL ASIAN ART NOTICES

Restricted Bidding

If you wish to bid at this auction you will need to register and provide proof of identity and of your address and provide photographic ID. You may be asked to pay a deposit of £5,000. Any deposit must be paid by debit card or bank transfer. Woolley and Wallis must have cleared funds no later than 12 noon on Monday 11th November. If you are not successful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days.

ONLINE BIDDERS FOR LOTS 500-880 MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY A DEPOSIT OF £5,000.

THIS DEPOSIT WILL ALLOW THE ONLINE BIDDER TO BID UP TO A MAXIMUM OF £50,000 IN TOTAL AT THIS AUCTION.

網絡競投需向本公司支付£5000押金，網上競投總金額的限額為£50,000。

特別提示：

競拍者需憑本人護照領取競投號牌，並需預繳保證金£5000。

請閣下務必妥善保管拍賣號牌，請勿借予他人使用。

若他人使用其號牌競投相應拍品，競買者需承擔全部法律責任。

注：註冊拍賣截止時間為11月11日中午12點整。

Bank Transfers should be sent to:

Lloyds Bank plc, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB

Account no. 00957707

Sort code 30-97-41

IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707

BIC code LOYDGB21063

Condition of Lots

Please note that the condition of lots is not stated in the catalogue descriptions. Reports on condition may be available on request. The absence of condition reports in the catalogue does not imply that the lot is free from imperfections or faults.

品相報告

競買人應於拍賣之前的預展中視察拍品。純為方便買家威立士可以在拍賣開始前提供品相報告，但未記載的 品相報告並不代表其品相完美，如果您有需要請聯繫我們咨訊相關信息。

Collection of lots by appointment only

Please contact the department to arrange collection of lots.

提前預約提取拍品

提取拍品前，請先聯絡亞洲藝術部或客戶服務部預約安排提取拍品。

VAT

Please note that due to the withdrawal of the Retail Export Scheme by HMRC, we are unable to provide VAT refund documentation (C88) for hand-carried exports.

In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported by a shipper and valid export documentation must be provided.

增值稅退稅 注：由於英國稅務海關總署（HMRC）已撤銷零售出口法案（Retail Export Scheme），本公司將無法提供 手持出口增值稅退稅文件（C88）機場退稅單。

若您慾退增值稅，您的拍品必須由貨運公司運送，並且必須由運輸公司提供有效的出口文件。

500

A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA 19TH CENTURY

Depicting the wrathful god on horseback, his right hand raised above his head while extending his left hand before his chest, wearing an elaborate necklace and skull tiara, all raised on a rock base with swirling waves, the base incised with a double vajra, 1.5kg, 21cm. (2)

£500-800

Provenance: from an English private collection, London acquired prior to 2000, purchased from Sotheby’s London, 15th June 1987, lot 129.

501

A CHINESE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY

Seated in dhyanasana with the torso encircled by a billowing scarf, the right hand raised in abhaya mudra and the left held in dhyana mudra, dressed in flowing robes with elaborate jewellery, the hair in a high chignon with an intricate five-pointed headdress, the face with a serene expression and downcast eyes, raised on a lotus base with a seven-character Qianlong mark, the baseplate with a double vajra, 39.5cm, 4.7kg.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Monsieur Jacques Bachelet (1841-1927) and thence by descent.

502

A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS NINE-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, DATED 1770

Seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular flared throne with waisted foliate corners draped with a long cloth, his hands in dhyana mudra, adorned with elaborate jewellery, 821g, 18.6cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, London acquired prior to 2000, by repute purchased from Christie’s London on 22nd February 1996.

503

A SMALL CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

Standing in samabhanga upon a lotus base, with his left hand holding a bottle vase with a lotus stem, wearing a loose dhoti and beaded necklaces, his hair styled in a high chignon secured with a tiara, 262g, 13.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

504

AN INDIAN BLACK STONE FIGURE OF JAIN SIDDHA BAHUBALI 19TH CENTURY

The deity standing in kayotsargo, his face with a serene expression and his head finely detailed with coiling hair and deep extended earlobes, his legs and arms entwined with leafy stems, raised on a pedestal decorated with lappets before a backplate carved in low relief with further leafy stems above a multitude of vessels issuing snakes, 31.7cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.

505

A GROUP OF TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE AND GILT-COPPER FRAGMENTS

18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: two forearms; a helmet; two mandorla; and a lower body fragment of a figure seated in lalitasana, together with a modern metal and wood stand, 30.3cm max. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

506

A SMALL COLLECTION OF HIMALAYAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURES

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: a figure of Padmapani; a seated figure of Manjushri; a figure of Amitayus; a seated figure of Padmasambhava; and a figure of an eight-armed Avalokiteshvara; together with an altar ornament surmounted by a triratna symbol, 1.572kg overall, 16.5cm max. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-800

507

A LARGE NEPALESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI LOKESHVARA

20TH CENTURY

Standing in tribhanga on a lotus pedestal, his left hand in vitarka mudra holding a stalk of large blooming lotus, dressed in elaborate jewellery and a dhoti incised with scaly dragons, 13kg, 89.2cm overall. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

508

A CHINESE GILT-WOOD AND LACQUER FIGURE OF BUDDHA QING DYNASTY

Standing wearing long flowing robes with his eyes downcast, his left hand in karana mudra and right hand in varada mudra, raised on a modern plinth, 40cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

509

A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF CAKRASAMVARA 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Standing on one foot holding a kartika in his right hand, with his consort in yab yum, with a modern wood stand and a glazed rectangular case, the figure 350g, 14cm, 29.5cm overall. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

510 A CHINESE GILT AND LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN LATE MING DYNSATY

The bodhisattva is seated in dhyanasana with her right hand held in karana mudra, her left hand supporting a small bird, dressed in long flowing robes with elaborate necklaces and a tiara, her face with a serene expression and downcast eyes, her crown and hand inset with stones, 2.7kg, 31.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

511

A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MING DYNASTY

Seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus throne, his hands in dhyana mudra, the face with downcast eyes and a serene expression, 1.5kg, 17.4cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, London and thence by descent, acquired prior to 2000, by repute purchased from Christie’s London on 14th July 1994.

512

A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURES OF OFFICIALS 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The bearded figures wearing long flowing robes, standing on plinths with their hands clasped in front of their chests holding hu tablets, 68.3cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

513

A TIBETAN THANGKA DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The central figure of the Buddha sits on a lotus throne, his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the whole represents various events from his life, framed and glazed, 73cm x 54cm.

£400-600

515

A TIBETAN EMBROIDERED THANGKA OF TSONGKHAPA 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The monk sits on a lotus throne and is flanked by small lamas, embroidered in bright polychrome, all above further deities and breaking waves, 65cm x 49cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000, and thence by descent.

514

A LARGE TIBETAN THANGKA OF PALDEN LHAMO 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Depicting the wrathful deity riding a tiger, surrounded by smaller figures and animals, framed and glazed, 85cm x 61cm.

£500-1,000

516

A SMALL TIBETAN THANGKA 19TH CENTURY

Depicting Mahakala on horseback above smaller deities and demons, on a black ground, 46cm x 33cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000, by repute purchased from Christie’s London 16th January 1997.

517

A GELUG SCHOOL TIBETAN THANGKA

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Depicting five Arhats with various attributes beneath a Gelug monk, framed and glazed, 61.5cm x 42cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from an English private collection, London; acquired prior to 2000, and thence by descent.

519

A LARGE CHINESE EMBROIDERED THANGKA OF AMITAYUS

QING DYNASTY

Seated on a lotus throne before a tiered pagoda and beneath a canopy, surrounded above and below by smaller figures with further pagodas and mountains, 190cm x 112cm excluding the mount.

£800-1,200

Provenance: property of a deceased estate, London.

518

A TIBETAN THANGKA

17TH/18TH CENTURY

The central figure of Vajrasattva sits on a throne holding a vajra and a ghanta supported by clouds and is surrounded by many smaller supplicants and deities, 90cm x 64cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from an English private collection, London; acquired prior to 2000, and thence by descent.

520

A CHINESE POLYCHROME STUCCO PANEL

PROBABLY MING DYNASTY

Painted with two celestial maidens standing amidst swirling clouds, both dressed in long flowing robes, each with their hair arranged in a high chignon, framed, 67.4cm x 36.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

521

A CHINESE ‘CRANES’ EMBROIDERED PANEL FRAGMENT QING DYNASTY

Decorated with four cranes perched on fruiting branches of peach and pomegranate below lotus seedheads and other fruit, surmounted by a band of roundels with five-clawed dragons, all embroidered on a navy-blue silk ground, 191cm.

£300-500

522

TWO CHINESE RANK BADGES LATE QING DYNASTY

One depicting a peacock, the other a golden pheasant, together with two further Chinese textile panels, all framed, 43cm max. (4)

£300-500

523

A CHINESE GREEN SILK GAUZE EMBROIDERED SKIRT LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated with panels of flowers and butterflies, 79cm x 112cm.

£300-500

524

A CHINESE INK RUBBING OF GUANYIN AND INSCRIPTIONS

MODERN

Colour on paper, hanging scroll, 193cm x 110cm.

£200-300

This ink rubbing was an impression taken from the Yangzhi Guanyin stele located in Putuoshan, Zhejiang before it was permanently encased for protection.

523

522

521

525

A CHINESE EMBROIDERED PURPLE-GROUND NINE DRAGON ROBE LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated in couched gold thread with nine dragons on a gold cell design enclosing flowerheads and auspicious things, 135cm across x 107cm high.

£1,000-2,000

526

A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK MARRIAGE SURCOAT

LATE QING DYNASTY

The front-opening robe widening towards the hem, embroidered to the front and back with roundels of flowers against a coral ground, the sleeves also applied with flowers, 135cm.

£300-400

527

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) AN ANCESTOR PORTRAIT

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, depicting a seated lady, wearing an elaborate headdress and silk robes with borders of floral designs and shou characters, 156cm x 84cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

527A

CHEN KANGHUO (1866-1937) PEKINGESE DOGS

A Chinese painting depicting a pair of Pekingese dogs beneath apricot and banana trees, ink and colour on paper, signed Xifan Chen, Kang Huo, with one artist’s seal, along with another Chinese painting depicting a boy pulling a trolley with pomegranates, both framed and glazed, 151cm x 41cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

528

WANG WEI (1986-) GIRL IN RED

Two Chinese oil paintings on canvas, both signed by Wang Wei, one dated April 2006 and the other May 2006, framed, 90cm x 60cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

527

528

527A

529

GUAN ZHONGXIAN SCHOLARS AND SHOULAO

A pair of Chinese scroll paintings, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and dated the winter of the yinchou year, each with an artist’s seal, 115cm x 36cm; together with a large scroll painting depicting an Emperor with his Empress and sons, ink and colour on silk. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000, and thence by descent.

530

YIN QI (QING DYNASTY) HUNDRED ANTIQUES

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, depicting various scholarly objects including a bronze gu-shaped vase, a garlic-head vase, an incense burner and a figure of Liu Hai, inscribed, dated and signed Yin Qi, with two artist’s seals, 113cm x 36cm.

£600-1,000

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000, and thence by descent.

531

AFTER EMPRESSS DOWAGER CIXI (LATE 19TH CENTURY-EARLY 20TH CENTURY) PEONIES AND ROCKS

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and dated the yiwei year corresponding to 1895, with an artist’s seal reading Cixi huang taihou yubi zhibao, framed, 89.5cm x 41.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

532

ATTRIBUTED TO REN YI (1840-1895) CRESTED MYNA BIRD AND PEACH BLOSSOM

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour paper, inscribed and dated to the bingxu year, signed Bonian, with two artist’s seals, 131cm x 39cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000, and thence by descent.

533

FU HUA (1928-) BAMBOO AND CALLIGRAPHY

A Chinese fan painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed with a poem by Zheng Banqiao, dated to the xinwei year corresponding to 1991, signed Fu Hua, with two artist’s seals, framed and glazed, 59cm x 21cm.

£200-300

534 ATTRIBUTED DAI YIHENG (19TH CENTURY) LANDSCAPE

A Chinese fan painting, ink and colour on paper, signed Dai Yiheng, dated the twelfth year of Tongzhi, corresponding to 1874, with a dedication and three artist’s seals, mounted, framed and glazed, 53cm x 28cm.

£200-300

535 AFTER QI BAISHI LOTUS AND HULU

Two Chinese hanging scroll paintings, ink and colour on paper, both inscribed, dated and signed Baishi and Qi Huang and three artist’s seals, 93cm x 35cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

536 LITERATURE

A LARGE COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES

Relating to Asian art from Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams. (a lot)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

537

LITERATURE

A COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES

Mostly relating to Chinese art, from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams. (65)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

535

538

A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS

QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY

In a range of shapes and variously decorated with foliate scrolls, floral and archaistic designs, 39.5cm max. (84)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

539

AN UNUSUAL CHINESE HARDWOOD STAND

QING DYNASTY

Formed as a flowerhead with petal-shaped lappets, raised on a high foot, 12.5cm.

£500-1,000

540

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS

QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY

Variously decorated with scrolls, flowers, foliage and Chinese characters, 39cm max. (79)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-400

541

A CHINESE HARDWOOD TABLE CLOCK LATE QING DYNASTY

The white enamel dial with Roman numerals, surrounded by a gilt-metal frame decorated with bats and lotus scrolls, with a factory mark of Mei Hua Li, contained within a rectangular case with a sliding back plate, 45.5cm x 30.7cm including stand. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

542

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Variously carved with scrolls, lappets, flowers, and other designs, 35cm max. (50)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

543

A CHINESE HARDWOOD RECTANGULAR CASKET AND COVER 19TH CENTURY

The cover carved in relief with two figures flanking a cartouche inscribed ‘C.A.L’, the four sides carved with bats and shou characters, the base zitan, 20cm x 31cm x 21cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-800

544

A QUARTETTO NEST OF CHINESE HARDWOOD TABLES 20TH CENTURY

Each with open fret-work panels and legs joined by stretchers, 71cm x 49.5cm x 36cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

545

FOUR CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS LATE QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY

One three-tiered, the others raised on tall legs joined by stretchers, variously decorated with foliate designs and scrolls, 44.5cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

546

A PAIR OF CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS 19TH CENTURY

With square tops and straight legs, joined by pierced archaistic scroll aprons, terminating in square scroll feet, 51cm x 48cm x 48.5cm. (2)

£600-800

543

547

A CHINESE HARDWOOD ARCHER’S RING WITH GOLD AND SILVER WIRE INLAY QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Decorated with four roundels containing the characters Qianlong yu wan divided by kui dragons, with a fitted silver box set with a Guangxu Kiangnan seven mace two candareens coin, 51g the box, 15g the ring, 3.4cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

548

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE BRONZE ITEMS

MOSTLY QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a circular pendant decorated with the twelve zodiac animals, with a four-character mark to the reverse reading jia gua jinjue; a mirror cast in relief with mythical beasts; a seated figure of a scholar; a figure of Sudhana holding an ingot; and a tripod incense burner; together with a pewter incense burner, with a four-character mark reading yu tang jin wen; and a soapstone seal carved in the form of a luduan, 11.5cm max. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

549 THREE CHINESE METAL ITEMS

MING AND QING DYNASTIES

Comprising: a lacquered-bronze tapir-shaped vessel, xizun; a cast iron head of Guanyin; and a bronze bowl decorated with dragons and the Eight Immortals, together with two fitted wood stands, 2kg, 1.2kg and 733g, 23cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

550

FIVE CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHIST LIONS

MING AND QING DYNASTIES

Each depicted with bulging eyes and their mouths agape, resting their paws on brocade balls, together with a recumbent horned mythical beast, 18cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

551

THREE CHINESE ‘SHI SOU’-STYLE SILVER WIRE INLAID ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a dish decorated with carp; a tripod incense burner with a wood cover and stand; and a miniature incense burner made in two sections, all with two character Shi Sou marks, together with a baitong calligraphic jar, 24.3cm. (6)

£1,000-1,500

552

THREE SMALL CHINESE TURQUOISE-GROUND CLOISONNE ENAMEL ITEMS

LATE QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a bottle vase; and two cylindrical vases or brushpots, 6.9cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

553

FOUR CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Variously shaped and decorated with scholarly figures in garden settings, Immortals and floral designs, 21cm. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

554

A GROUP OF CHINESE BAMBOO AND WOOD CARVINGS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: three figures; a hexagonal brushpot; and three stands, 21cm. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

555

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE LACQUER ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two pairs of metal-lined cups, one pair painted with scholars and Immortals, the other carved with guri motifs; and a carved cup stand, 16.5cm. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

556

A SMALL CHINESE QUATRELOBED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER LATE MING DYNASTY

The cover carved in relief with bamboo on a scholar’s table, a plantain growing from rockwork behind a fence, reserved on a diaper ground, the sides with two bands of key fret, 5.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

557

A CHINESE QUATREFOIL CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL JARDINIERE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The exterior decorated with stylised lotus blooms amidst scrolling tendrils, separated by leaf-shaped lappets, flanked by a pair of floral loop handles with loose rings, with a rectangular wood stand, 936g, 28.5cm. (2)

£800-1,200

558

A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER THREE-TIERED BOX AND COVER LATE MING DYNASTY

Of square section with chamfered corners, the cover carved in relief with a luohan standing on a rocky outcrop beneath scrolling clouds, the sides carved with panels of leafy peony branches, all raised on an apron stand, 8.7cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

559

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘BUDDHIST LION’ BOWL

MID 16TH CENTURY

The exterior decorated with lotus flowerheads, the interior with a roundel enclosing a carp encircled by four Buddhist lions, raised on a short flared foot, 22.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

560

A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘BOYS’ BOWL MING/QING DYNASTY

The body carved with nine boys playing in a fenced garden engaged in various leisurely pursuits including swimming and boating in a lotus pond, with two other boys in a pavilion, five of the boys hold lotus flowers or seed pods, all reserved on a low-relief diaper ground, between two bands of key fret, 10cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

561

A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY

The lobed body decorated with panels of birds and flower branches, including lotus, orchid and prunus, flanked by a pair of Buddhist lion masks, with an associated reticulated cover set with a finial of two large blooms, 528g, 12.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

Provenance: an English private collection, London, acquired before 1940.

562

A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT SCROLL-SHAPED BOX AND COVER MODERN

Constructed as three scrolls bundled together by a ribbon, the cover with a sliding drawer with a four-character mark reading Xing Hua Chun Guan, 18.5cm, 761g. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

563

A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL MODELS OF CRANES LATE QING DYNASTY

Each bird stands tall upon a reticulated base, one in blue and the other in white, detailed with colourful plumage to the wings, 926g overall, 22.2cm and 23cm. (2)

£150-250

564

A CHINESE HORN CARVING OF GUANYIN LATE QING DYNASTY

The bodhisattva depicted standing holding a lotus stem in her left hand, clutching her skirt in her right hand, her face with a tranquil expression, 10.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

561

560

559

558

557

556

565

A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC JUE QING DYNASTY

The vessels of typical form with a central band of taotie and raised on three tapering splayed legs, each with a mark reading Chuang Ji Tang, 715g, 13.8cm. (2)

£200-300

566

A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE ‘LUDUAN’ INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY

The mythical beast standing four-square, the head forming the hinged cover, with a fierce expression, bulging eyes and bared fangs, 1.1kg, 12.8cm.

£300-500

567

A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY

With a lingzhi-form terminal, the panels and reticulated shaft decorated with six shou characters, stylised flower motifs and bats, one of which suspends chimes, 548g, 32.5cm.

£500-1,000

568

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL HEXAGONAL VASE LATE QING DYNASTY

The baluster-shaped body decorated with lotus and foliate designs set against a diaper ground, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of mythical beast handles, the base with an illegible mark, 5kg, 45cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

569

A SMALL CHINESE GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body raised on three short feet, set with a pair of loop handles with loose rings below an everted rim, the base with a Xuande mark, 342g, 13.5cm.

£200-500

570

AN UNUSUAL BLACK SOAPSTONE SQUARE-SECTION VASE, HU QING DYNASTY

The pear-shaped body imitating bronze raised on a gently splayed foot, the neck flanked by a pair of elephant mask handles, the base with an incised mark reading xi zhen, the interior with a torn paper label reading ‘from Whittak.. Collection May 12, 19…’, with a wood stand, 14cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

571

A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body with mask handles and a flared foot, the base with a six-character Xuande mark, 835g, 17cm.

£300-500

Provenance: formerly an English private collection, London.

572

A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HU PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

In Han dynasty-style, the bulbous body decorated with four low-relief yin-yang type symbols alternating with ring handles capped with chilong, the domed cover with four smaller chilong ring handles and centred with a low-relief spiral roundels, 7kg, 47cm. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.

573

A CHINESE SILVER ‘SQUIRREL AND MELON’ TEAPOT AND COVER 19TH CENTURY

The body shaped as gourd on its side, the stem forming the spout and a trailing vine the handle upon which a squirrel with copper-inset eyes is seated on its haunches, the aperture to the top of the fruit is concealed by a leaf-shaped cover, the spout with a foliate strainer attached via a removable pin, 634g, the teapot 18.5cm. (4)

£1,000-2,000

570

569

568

567

566

565

574

A PAIR OF CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘LYCHEE’ BOWLS MING DYNASTY OR LATER

Each carved to the exterior with fruiting lychee branches above a band of lappets, reserved on a diaper ground, the rims and feet carved with borders of key fret, the feet and interiors pewter, 9.8cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,000-2,000

Cf. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 08 April 2011, lot 3147 for a related pair of ‘lychee’ bowls. The English name for this tropical fruit is derived from the Chinese word lizhi. In Chinese culture lychees are understood to represent fertility and are also symbolic of love and romance.

575

A SET OF FIVE CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE SQUARE TRAYS EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Each depicting with two figures at leisure in a garden setting, illustrating scenes from The Romance of the Western Chamber, the underside with a short poem describing the scene, 11.4cm x 11.4cm. (5)

£1,500-2,000

576

A CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC GU-SHAPED VASE LATE MING DYNASTY

Cast with stylised designs, lappets, flanges and studs, together with a wood stand, 1.3kg, 25.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

577

A RARE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC ALTAR VASE

HONGZHI 1488-1505

The pear-shaped body raised on a high foot with a stepped edge beneath a long waisted neck with a splayed lipped rim, flanked by two loop handles issuing from mythical beast masks, with bands of leiwen decoration to the neck and foot, all with traces of gilding and black inlay, the foot with a six-character inscription reading Kunyang Zhou mile si, the metal with a deep olive-brown patina, 4.7kg, 40cm.

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: previously an English private collection, Gloucestershire.

578

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, LIDING

17TH CENTURY

The globular body raised on three short feet to a flared rim, the exterior boldly decorated with three bands of continuous lotus blossoms amidst scrolling foliage, all below a border of ruyi-head lappets, set against a creamy white ground, 2.1kg, 23.7cm.

£3,000-5,000

Cf. Bonhams Hong Kong, 2nd December 2021, lot 39 for a comparable example with a purple ground.

579

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ DISH

SIX-CHARACTER

JINGTAI MARK BUT LATER

The centre decorated with flowers and foliage reserved on a pinkish-orange ground, the cavetto with a band of stylised lotus blooms encircled by a band of key-fret and further foliage to the rim, the exterior with further stylised lotus blooms and ruyi heads, reserved on a turquoise ground, 910g, 23.3cm.

£2,000-3,000

577

578

579

580

A CHINESE BAMBOO-VENEERED RECTANGULAR JARDINIERE QING DYNASY OR LATER

The tapering sides decorated with low-relief kui-dragons centred with ruyi-heads, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark, 26.7cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

581

A PAIR OF CHINESE CINNABAR AND BLACK LACQUER ‘LYCHEE’ BOXES AND COVERS MING DYNASTY OR LATER

The domed circular bodies carved with lychee branches bearing abundant fruit, all reserved against a diaper ground, 9.8cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

582

A CHINESE HARDWOOD SQUARE-SECTION BRUSHPOT, BITONG LATE QING DYNASTY

The sides finely carved as shallows bows, the rim recessed, 13.5cm.

£300-500

583

A CHINESE BRONZE ‘SHI SOU’-STYLE HEXAGONAL TRAY QING DYNASTY

Decorated with silver wire inlay with a central yin-yang medallion encircled by geometric panels and borders, raised on six cloud-shaped feet, the base with a ‘Shi Sou’ mark, 1.2kg, 28.5cm.

£300-500

584

A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO ‘LANDSCAPE’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG LATE QING DYNASTY

The cylindrical body carved with a mountainous landscape depicting figures on a sampan and in a thatched pavilion, with a wood stand, 18.3cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

585

A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND A PAIR OF BRONZE BRUSHPOTS LATE QING DYNASTY

Cast with dragons and other mythical beasts, the incense burner with a six-character Xuande mark, 902g for the incense burner and 1.1kg for the brushpots, 16cm max. (3)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Vera Maguerite Bacon and her husband Arthur Thomas Hodgson, of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, of Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter and thence by descent.

586

FIVE CHINESE BRONZE VESSELS PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

In archaic style, comprising: a hu with a cover; a ding with a cover; and three other tripod vessels, variously decorated with monster masks and geometric designs, 32.5cm max. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

587

A SMALL MUGHAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER JAR AND COVER AND TWO PLIQUE-A-JOUR ITEMS

19TH CENTURY AND 20TH CENTURY

The jar of compressed circular form embossed with wide bands of studs imitating jewels, together with a plique-àjour stem cup and bowl, with a wood stand, 436g, 12cm. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

588

A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING PROBABLY HAN DYNASTY

The circular body raised on three tall cabriole legs and flanked by a pair of upright loop side-handles, decorated with kui-dragon friezes and centred with a moulded band, the domed cover with three ring handles and decorated with further kui-dragon friezes centred with a chilong medallion, the surface with large areas of green and russet encrustations; together with a domed metal cover with a large songbird finial above three stylised birds, the former 2.2kg, 23.6cm, the latter 722g, 15.2cm. (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.

582 581

589

TWO SMALL CHINESE BRONZE FIGURES 17TH CENTURY

One dressed in a cape with his hands held before his chest; the other a boy sitting next to an openwork drum, 200g and 195g, 8.5cm and 6cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500

590

A CHINESE GILT AND LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANDI LATE MING DYNASTY

The armoured God of War depicted seated, his left hand raised before his chest and his right foot supported by the Black Tortoise with a snake on its back, 737g, 18.5cm.

£600-800

591

A CHINESE HARDWOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG QING DYNASTY

The cylindrical body with slightly concave sides, the base a replacement, 16cm.

£300-500

592

A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY

The square-section body flanked by two trefoil handles, raised on a flared foot, with a six-character Xuande mark, 656g, 13.5cm.

£200-300

593

A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER 16TH/17TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body cast in relief with nine cranes amidst clouds, on a matted ground, raised on three lion-mask feet, the base with a Wumen Qian Zhen bao zhi mark, 534g, 10cm across.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

589

590

594

A PAIR OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS

19TH CENTURY

Each depicting a watery landscape scene, one with figures on a riverbank, the other of a dog by a hut with distant figures on sampan, both framed and glazed, 42cm x 59cm. (2)

£600-800

595

A KASHAN MOULDED LUSTRE POTTERY TILE EARLY 14TH CENTURY

Formed as an eight-pointed star, the central panel decorated with a simurgh (phoenix) in flight surrounded by scrolling peony branches all reserved in white against a copper lustre ground, framed by a border of white cursive script outlined in golden-brown on a cobalt blue ground, framed, the tile 20.8cm, overall 31.1cm.

£500-800

596

A CHINESE GILDED AND LACQUERED BRONZE STANDING WARRIOR

LATE MING DYNASTY

Resting one hand on his hip, the other raised to hold a spear, on a modern stand, 2.9kg, 33cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, purchased from Phillips London, 27th July 1988, lot 409.

597

λ A CHINESE INLAID LACQUER PANEL LATE QING DYNASTY

Set with jade, hardstones, painted ivory, coral and wood on a black lacquer ground, decorated with an elephant carrying a vase of flowers, a small reticulated plaque on a stand and a carving of a feather, the panel mounted into a hardwood frame, the panel 56cm x 37cm, overall 63cm x 43.5cm.

*This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. BW4L6Y1J

£800-1,200

595

594

598

THREE CHINESE NECKLACES WITH JADE PENDANTS

LATE QING DYNASTY

Variously composed of jade, jadeite and amethyst beads; one pendant carved as a bat, another as double gourds, and the third as an openwork plaque featuring the Hehe Erxian; together with a pair of jadeite drop earrings, 7cm the plaque, 58cm the necklace. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

599

λ THREE AMBER GRADUATED BEAD NECKLACES 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The elliptical beads of a golden honey colour, together with two necklaces variously composed of bone, coral and imitation tianzhu beads, 88g the amber necklaces, 22.5cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

600

λ A COLLECTION OF JADEITE AND AGATE JEWELLERY ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: seven jadeite pendants; a jadeite brooch; a small agate carving of a horse; a reticulated jadeite bead bracelet; and a pale blue chalcedony bead necklace; together with two pairs of earrings, one of carnelian, the other of jadeite discs, 35cm max. (15)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.

£300-500

601

λ TWO NECKLACES 20TH CENTURY

Together with a string of miscellaneous items, variously composed of bronze ornaments, jade, agate, turquoise, bone and coral beads, 30cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

602

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADEITE JEWELLERY MODERN

Comprising: a single row jadeite bead graduated necklace; four pendants; two brooches; and a pair of earrings, variously decorated with gourds and foliate design, 23.5cm. (9)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.

£400-600

603

λ THREE BEAD NECKLACES 19TH/20TH CENTURY, CHINA AND TIBET

Variously composed of coral, amber, nut, agate, carnelian, jadeite, and two beads, 35cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

604

SIX CHINESE BEAD NECKLACES 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Variously composed of zitan, hardwood, coloured beads and metal ornaments, 55cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

605

λ THREE CHINESE JADEITE PENDANTS 20TH CENTURY

All suspended from bead necklaces, together with a small jadeite brooch, 25.5cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.

£300-500

606

A CHINESE GLASS GILT-METAL MOUNTED JADEITE AND QUARTZ BELT HOOK LATE QING DYNASTY

Set with jadeite and quartz cabochons and later mounted as a belt with three strands of green glass beads, 36cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

607

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.

£800-1,200

608

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’.

£800-1,200

609

A PAIR OF CHINESE JADEITE BOWLS LATE QING DYNASTY

The rounded sides rising to gently everted rims above short straight feet, the mottled stone with russet inclusions and occasional fine natural veins, 13.5cm. (2)

£800-1,000

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire.

610

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a small bowl decorated with bosses and two chilong-shaped side handles; a basket-shaped box with a convex base and twin side handles; a fish-shaped pendant drilled for suspension below the dorsal fin; an archaistic axe blade embellished with two chilong and drilled to the side for mounting; and a small convex plaque decorated with a chilong, 12cm max. (5)

£500-800

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire.

607

611

A SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘PEACH’ BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The box and cover carved with bamboo stem borders, the cover decorated with leafy bamboo, and the base inscribed with a poem and the seal mark of Xuesong, the translucent stone of an even pale tone, together with a fitted wood box and cover similarly decorated and inscribed, 4.6cm. (4)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

612

A CHINESE WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PENDANT QING DYNASTY OR LATER

One side depicting a solitary scholar carrying a qin beneath a pine tree, the reverse incised with a short poem signed Zigang, the white stone of an even pale tone, 6.8cm.

£200-300

613

THREE CHINESE CELADON JADE BRUSHPOTS, BITONG QING DYNASTY

All of cylindrical form, the largest carved with two cranes amongst pine trees and lingzhi, another raised on three ruyi-form feet with an inset base, the third simply carved, together with three wood stands, 10.7cm max. (5)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Major Henry F Stanley MC (1911-97).

Major Stanley, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, was recruited from the Royal Automobile Club in London in 1957 to head and form the Hong Kong Tourist Association, retiring from his role as executive director in 1971. He was widely known as the ‘Father of Hong Kong Tourism’.

614

A LARGE CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF GUANYIN REPUBLIC PERIOD

The Goddess standing with a serene expression, wearing long flowing robes holding mala beads in her right hand and with her hair arranged neatly beneath a cowl, together with a wood stand, 28.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

611

612

615

NINE CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a brushpot formed by two hollow sections of bamboo stems; an oval agate plaque with two chilong picked out in caramel-brown; a twin-handled rock crystal vessel; and six other jade items, with one wood stand, 22cm max. (10)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

616

SEVEN CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Comprising: a landscape brushpot; two seated figures, one of Guanyin, the other Vajraputra; a recumbent buffalo; and three other items, together with two wood stands, 20.5cm max. (9)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

617

FOUR CHINESE HARDSTONE FIGURES

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two figures of Buddha Shakyamuni in lapis lazuli and rock crystal; a malachite figure of Guanyin; the fourth figure of Magu in tiger’s eye, together with two wood stands, 21.5cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

618

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)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

619

TWO CHINESE JADEITE CARVINGS OF BIRDS 20TH CENTURY

One carved as a parrot, standing on rockwork with lingzhi; the other a phoenix grasping a long leafy branch of peony blooms in its beak, both with wood stands, 16.5cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

620

FIVE CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a celadon jade Buddhist lion group; three recumbent animals; and a large jadeite carving of a Budai He Shang resting by his sack, together with four wood stands, 21.6cm max. (9)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

621

TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS OF ANIMALS LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

One a celadon grey jade carving of a horse standing four-square, together with a wood stand; the other a grey and celadon jade deer and phoenix group, 17cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

622

FIVE CHINESE HARDSTONE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a pair of spinach-green jade luduan incense burners, their horned heads forming the covers; a pair of jadeite tripod vessels with bird-shaped covers, and a bamboo-shaped vase, with a phoenix picked out in grey and the peony flower in pink, together with five wood stands, 12cm max. (14)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

623

FOUR CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVINGS OF HORSES

20TH CENTURY

Each standing four-square, the hair finely incised on its mane, the stones of greyish-green with paler inclusions, with wood stands, 17cm max. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

617

616

615

624

THREE CHINESE WHITE AND CELADON JADE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

One carved as a cat and a butterfly, another of the Hehe Erxian, the third a butterfly plaque, 6cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

625

FOUR SMALL CHINESE JADE ITEMS

MING DYNASTY OR LATER

Comprising: a calcified jade axe blade with an inscription; a sword fitting with archaistic designs; and two recumbent mythical animals with drilled holes for suspension, 11.1cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

626

FOUR CHINESE PALE CELADON AND WHITE JADE CARVINGS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a bangle carved with three striding chilong and a mythical bird; a pendant with millet and quails; an openwork carving of a squirrel clambering a fruiting grapevine; and a plain U-shaped wine cup, 8cm. (4)

£300-500

627

A CHINESE OPAL SNUFF BOTTLE LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD

The tapering body carved with lotus flowers and leaves, the integral stand with scrolling tendrils, 5cm.

£150-250

628

TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS

QING DYNASTY

One carved in yellow jade, depicting a small seated figure of Buddha on a double lotus throne; the other a brown and celadon oval plaque carved with a pair of chilong encircling the central aperture, 8cm. (2)

£300-500

629

THREE SMALL CHINESE CARVINGS

QING DYNASTY

Each depicting peaches growing from leafy stems, two carved in russet and celadon jade, the third in amber, 5g the amber carving, 6.1cm max. (3)

£200-300

630

NINE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY

Comprising: one of gourds growing from a leafy stem; another a cicada on a leaf; one a recumbent horse; one a boy holding a vase; the fifth of Shoulao and his attendant; two of a pair of cats and a butterfly; together with an uncut seal and a belt hook, 7.2cm max. (9)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

631

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two recumbent horses; a goat; two three-legged toad carvings with their strings of cash; a dragon belt hook; a duck; a hound; a mythical beast; and an agate snuff bottle with a chilong; together with a wood stand, 9cm max. (11)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

632

SIX CHINESE WHITE AND CELADON JADE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a plaque carved with a phoenix, the reverse with an inscription; a plaque carved with lingzhi; a brooch; and three other plaques, together with three wood stands, 7.7cm max. (9)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

626

633

A SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘BADGERS’ PENDANT QING DYNASTY

Of oval form, carved with two feline-like badgers, the recumbent animals gazing back at each other, 3cm.

£500-1,000

634

A CHINESE GREY JADE ‘DEER’ GROUP QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Carved in openwork depicting two deer resting on craggy rocks beneath a tree, the stone of opaque grey tone with minor russet markings, 8.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

635

A CHINESE PALE CELADON AND BLACK JADE CARVING OF A BUDDHIST LION LATE QING DYNASTY

The recumbent beast with its head turned to the right, the tail swished over its right haunch, the pale translucent stone with black opaque inclusions, 5.6cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

633

636

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.

£1,000-2,000

For related jade carvings of three rams, see The Complete Collection of Treasures at the Palace Museum, Jadeware III, pl.88. The depiction of three rams, san yang, is an auspicious motif which represents the rebus san yang kai tai, which may be translated as ‘with three yangs bring happiness’ and expresses the wish of good luck and good wishes for the new year.

637

A CHINESE YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A RAM LATE QING DYNASTY

The recumbent ram with his head turned to sinister and his legs folded beneath the body, the stone of olive-green hue with brown and russet inclusions, 6cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

638

A SMALL CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST AND AN EAGLE LATE QING DYNASTY

The stylised beast sitting on its haunches, with its head turned to the right toward the standing eagle; the plumage, bushy tail and their facial features finely detailed, 4.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

639

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVINGS QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a carving of two pea pods mounted on a wood stand; a figure of Shoulao and a boy; a plaque carved in low relief with two peaches; a smaller plaque with a scene of two figures in a landscape; a hairpin with a scroll finial; and an oblong plaque carved with bats and peaches, set into a bronze mount; together with a jadeite buckle; and a bowenite reticulated plaque carved as a butterfly, 16cm max. (8)

£1,000-2,000

641

FIVE CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE ITEMS QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Comprising: a celadon jade oval box and cover; two jadeite brushwashers formed as large lotus leaves, one carved with a frog; and a pair of Mughal-style agate two-handled bowls, together with three wood stands, 11.7cm max. (9)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Major Henry F Stanley MC (1911-97). Major Stanley, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, was recruited from the Royal Automobile Club in London in 1957 to head and form the Hong Kong Tourist Association, retiring from his role as executive director in 1971. He was widely known as the ‘Father of Hong Kong Tourism’.

640 A CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A SNAKE QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The serpent of flattened form, depicted coiled around itself with its forked tongue flicked out, the stone of an even pale tone, 6cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

642

A CHINESE HARDSTONE CARVING OF A DEER MING DYNASTY OR LATER

The recumbent beast with its head turned back and its legs neatly tucked under its body, decorated with incised stars, 13cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

643

A CHINESE JADE SWORD GUARD HAN DYNASTY

Incised to both sides with stylised taotie masks, the pale greenish-grey stone with russet inclusions, with a paper label for the Dr and Mrs P H Plesch Collections, no.Hm5.5B, 5.4cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter Hariolf Plesch (14th February 1918-5th March 2013) and Gerta Regina ‘Traudi’ Plesch OBE (4th December 1921-10th August 2013), purchased from Bonhams London, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 18th December 1980, lot 25.

644

A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BEARDED FIGURE MING DYNASTY

The smiling bare-chested figure depicted with his right hand raised, the greyish-green stone with areas of dark grey, 5.6cm.

£600-800

645

A SMALL CHINESE CELADON-GREY JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The bottle of flattened pear-shape, carved with small lion-mask and fixed ring handles, and with flower sprays and rockwork around the vessel, above an oval ring foot, the stone with areas of darker markings, with a paper label for Dr and Mrs P H Plesch Collections, no.Hv5, 4.8cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter Hariolf Plesch (14th February 1918-5th March 2013) and Gerta Regina ‘Traudi’ Plesch OBE (4th December 1921-10th August 2013), gifted by Michael Gillingham, March 1988, on the occasion of Traudi’s MBE.

646

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A BOY

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Carved walking holding a parakeet, the stone flecked with russet inclusions, 7.7cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

647

A CHINESE RUSSET JADE CARVING OF TWO BUDDHIST LIONS

QING DYNASTY

Modelled as two muscular beasts, one playfully clawing the other’s haunches, with detailed facial features, manes and tails, 5.5cm.

£300-500

648

A CHINESE GREY JADE ‘DRAGON’ SEAL

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The finial carved as a single crouching dragon, the seal face carved with a single character, 6.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

649

A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A TIANLU

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The crouching beast with a single horn, his bifurcated tail curling behind him, together with a wood stand, 9cm. (2)

£500-800

650

A LARGE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON’ BRUSH WASHER

19TH CENTURY

The exterior carved in relief with four scaly dragons writhing amidst lingzhi-shaped clouds, all raised on a short straight foot, the dark green stone with some russet and pale inclusions, together with a wood stand, 23cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

651

A CHINESE MOTTLED CELADON JADE ‘BOYS’ BRUSH WASHER

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Carved with four playful boys climbing the sides, one holding a lotus seed pod and another holding a sheng, a fifth boy stands inside of the washer, together with a wood stand, 14.5cm. (2)

£1,000-2,000

652

A CHINESE CARNELIAN BOULDER CARVING QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Carved with an equestrian figure below a steep cliff face beneath a pine tree, with a pavilion on an outcrop above, together with a wood stand raised on four ruyi-form feet, 12cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

653

A LARGE CHINESE JADE ‘LOTUS’ BRUSH WASHER 19TH CENTURY

The mottled grey celadon-coloured stone carved as a large lotus leaf, supported by a flowering stem and lingzhi branches, 23cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

654

A CHINESE CHALCEDONY ‘PRUNUS’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG QING DYNASTY

Formed as a section of a hollowed tree trunk detailed with knots and scales, carved in high relief with prunus and bamboo branches, the plants picked out in a dark orange section of the stone, with a lingzhi sprig in grey at the base, together with a reticulated wood stand, 15cm. (2)

£500-800

648

647

646

655

A CHINESE BLACK AND GREY JADE ‘BUDDHIST LION AND PUPPY’ GROUP QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The larger beast carved in black jade, recumbent with a ribbon in its mouth and a brocade ball under its paw, with a puppy clinging to its side carved in grey jade, 8.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

656

A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ‘TWO BADGERS’ GROUP QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Carved with two feline-like badgers, the animals recline together gazing back at each other, with finely incised hair to the ends of their curled tails, the stone of an even greenish colour with russet inclusions, 8cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

657

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF THE HEHE ERXIAN QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The two boys kneeling together one holding a box and cover, the other holding a lotus, the stone flecked with russet inclusions, 5.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

658

A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘TWO RAMS’ GROUP QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Depicting a large recumbent ram with its head turned back and its legs tucked neatly underneath its body, with a smaller ram looking up from below, 7.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

659

A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘MANDARIN DUCK’ GROUP

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The two birds huddled together holding a single lotus flower stem in their beaks, the stone of an even pale tone 5.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

657

656 655

658

660

A CHINESE JADEITE CARVING OF TWO GOURDS

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The fruit growing from a leafy knobbly stem, with a small cicada resting to one side, the light green stone with flecks of apple green inclusions, 6cm.

Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.

£250-350

661

A CHINESE CELADON JADE ‘CHILONG’ SCABBARD SLIDE, JIANCHI

MING/QING DYNASTY

The upper surface carved in high relief with a writhing dragon, the stone of a creamy pale tone with russet and brown inclusions, 9.7cm.

£250-350

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire, founder of the firm of Stewart Thompson and Sons (Manchester Cotton Merchants), and thence by descent.

662

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BEAR

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Crouching with his head facing forward and legs tucked underneath the body, the body pierced for suspension, 5cm.

£300-500

663

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A MONK QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The reclining figure holding a bowl in his left hand, dressed in loose robes, 7.8cm.

£400-600

664

A CHINESE WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE LOBED BRUSH WASHER

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Of an irregular crescent shape carved as a blossoming flower with seven lobed petals, 12.6cm.

£500-800

661

665

A CHINESE MOULDED AND ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE

FOUR-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1821-50

The ovoid body moulded around the sides with a five-clawed green scaly dragon chasing a flaming pearl of wisdom among clouds, 5.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Major Henry F Stanley MC (1911-97). Major Stanley, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, was recruited from the Royal Automobile Club in London in 1957 to head and form the Hong Kong Tourist Association, retiring from his role as executive director in 1971. He was widely known as the ‘Father of Hong Kong Tourism’.

666

FIVE CHINESE UNDERGLAZED BLUE AND RED SNUFF BOTTLES

19TH CENTURY

Variously painted with figures including Immortals, dignitaries, scholars and warriors, 9cm max. (5)

£400-600

Provenance: from a private collection, Kent, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

667

λ TWO CHINESE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY

One carved to each side with two dragons contesting a sacred pearl amidst flames, the sides with lion-mask and fixed ring handles, the other carved with ladies, children and attendants in a pavilion, 7cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

668

FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES

19TH CENTURY

Variously painted in iron-red and underglaze blue, depicting figures, a dragon and Mu Wang’s eight horses, one with a Yongzheng mark, two with Qianlong marks, one with a yu xia ya le mark, 8.8cm. (5)

£300-500

Provenance: from a private collection, Kent, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

669

SIX CHINESE

SNUFF BOTTLES LATE QING DYNASTY

One sancai-glazed, with a Yongzheng mark; another en grisaille painted with five fish; a third decorated with two iron-red sinuous dragons; one depicting a scholar and an attendant in a garden; a fifth famille rose decorated with a lady at leisure in a pavilion; and another blue-glazed decorated with two figures before a pavilion, 9cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

670

FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY

Variously shaped and painted with mythical beasts, Immortals and historical figures including the Tang dynasty official An Jincang, one with a Shunzhi mark, two with Chenghua marks, and one with a Shende Tang zhi mark, 8.2cm max. (5)

£400-600

Provenance: from a private collection, Kent, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

671

FOUR CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY

Two celadon jade carved as a gourds; another spinach green jade of panelled circular form; and a fourth of oblong form, 6cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

672

λ SEVEN CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

One red-overlay glass decorated with an erotic scene; one tiger’s eye carved with swallows; a third tortoiseshell; a fourth of silvered metal decorated to each side with a Buddhist emblem; and two further snuff bottles inlaid with mother of pearl, one with a four-character Daoguang mark, together with a small olive wood vase, 8.5cm max. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

673

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLES

19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a large rectangular snuff bottle; together with three small figural snuff bottles, two with Yongzheng marks, 9.5cm max. (4)

£300-400

Provenance: from a private collection, Kent, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

674

FIVE SNUFF BOTTLES

19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a laque burgauté snuff bottle with a senri mark; one in agate; another in malachite; the fourth decorated with red overlay glass; the fifth in buffalo horn carved as a carp, 9.7cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

675

A CHINESE BLACK-GLAZED RUSSET-SPLASHED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING YUAN DYNASTY

The pear-shaped body with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze, the glaze ending in an irregular line above the short flared foot, 24.8cm. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

676

A CHINESE BLUE-SPLASHED WATER DROPPER TANG DYNASTY

The globular body decorated with a cream-coloured glaze with blue splashes, the glaze stopping in an irregular line above the splayed foot exposing the biscuit base, 6cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, 7th December 2021, lot 3211 part lot, then acquired from KY Fine Art, Hong Kong.

Cf. The Art Institute of Chicago, accession no.1964.1069 for a related example.

677

A SMALL CHINESE IRON-SPOT EWER YUAN DYNASTY

The body formed as a bottle gourd, applied with a loop handle and a long tapering spout, the bluish glaze decorated with irregular brown spots, 11.2cm. OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

Cf. S Pierson, Qingbai Ware, p.130, no.68, for a related Yuan dynasty ewer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, L.1972.77.2.

678

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.

£1,000-2,000

Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, access. no.999-1876 for a similar example.

679

A

PAIR OF CHINESE POTTERY FIGURES OF FEMALE POLO PLAYERS

TANG DYNASTY OR LATER

Depicting two equestrians lunging to one side with their arms raised towards their heads, dressed in robes with floral designs; the horses with all four legs thrust outwards at a fast gallop, one painted in blue and the other in yellow, both supported by modern stands, 63cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

Together with a copy of the Laboratory Kotalla Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.51CM180321, dated 17th April, 2021 stating the samples taken are 1200 years old +-14%.

£500-1,000

680

A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A KNEELING BACTRIAN CAMEL

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY

Naturalistically modelled in a semi-kneeling position, the large pack slung between its humps above a long folded cloth and projecting packboards, laden either side with game and pilgrim flasks, together with a copy of the Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.C100x32, dated 10th August 2000, 37cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Purchased from Marc Michot, Bruges, a copy of the receipt dated December 2001 is available.

681

A CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY MODEL OF A CAPARISONED HORSE

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY

The horse standing four-square on a rectangular base, with traces of red and green pigments to its mane, the flaring saddle cloth and the tasselled chest collar, 35.3cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,000-2,000

Cf. Bonhams London, 7th November 2019, for a pair of comparable examples.

682

A CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED PILGRIM FLASK

LIAO DYNASTY

The U-shaped body modelled after a leather prototype, detailed with well-defined seams and centred to each side with a moulded medallion of zodiac animals, below a short upright spout with a lipped rim and an arc d’arbelette handle pierced with a suspension hole; together with a Chinese white-glazed pottery Tang-style jar, 31.7cm and 21.1cm. (2)

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.

683

THREE CHINESE BLACK AND BROWN-GLAZED ITEMS

TANG DYNASTY AND LATER

One a ewer of bulbous form with a phosphatic glaze and a short spout, another a meiping decorated with foliate motifs, a further of ovoid form with three loop handles, 24.2cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

684

THREE CHINESE CIZHOU-STYLE POLYCHROME-DECORATED ITEMS

JIN DYNASTY OR LATER

Comprising: a pear-shaped vase painted with a rabbit and stylised floral motifs below concentric rings to the neck; a shallow bowl painted to the centre with a stylised floral medallion; and another bowl decorated to the centre with a pheasant amongst foliage, 26.2cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

685

A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A COURT LADY HAN DYNASTY

Standing with her hands clasped together concealed within her long flowing robes, 28.5cm.

Together with a copy of the Oxford Authentication Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.C198t65, dated 10th July 1998.

£300-500

686

THREE CHINESE GLAZED POTTERY VESSELS

PROBABLY TANG OR LIAO DYNASTY

Comprising: a green-glazed flask with a single lug handle, a green-glazed double-gourd vase and a yellow-glazed phoenix head vase, 30.4cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

687

TWO CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY ITEMS

HAN DYNASTY

One a baluster vase, decorated with a moulded frieze of hunters and mythical beasts to the shoulder and applied with two mask handles with fixed rings; the other a model of a grain store, with a sloping roof above a pair of doors all raised on four bracket feet, 37cm and 41.5cm. (2)

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.

688

FOUR CHINESE POTTERY ANIMALS AND A FIGURE

HAN DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two models of horses; a ram; and a boar, all standing in four-square; together with a figure standing with his hands raised, 34cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

689

A CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY MODEL OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

TANG DYNASTY OR LATER

Standing four-square with its head raised and slightly turned, decorated with splashed brown, green and ochre glazes, raised on a rectangular base, together with a wood stand, 67cm. (2)

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.

690

A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL

TANG DYNASTY

Standing four-square on a rectangular base; together with a kneeling pottery female figure, the latter with a wood stand, 35cm and 46.5cm. (2)

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.

687

686

685

684

683 682

691

SIX CHINESE POTTERY ITEMS

NEOLITHIC, HAN DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a twin-handled black pottery amphora vessel; a tall black pottery tripod vessel painted with archaistic scrolls; a tripod jar; a painted twin-handled vase; a small figure of a bird; and a grey pottery jar, 26.3cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

692

FIVE CHINESE CELADON BOWLS

MING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a twin-fish shallow bowl; two carved bowls with lotus and peony flowers; and two moulded bowls with chrysanthemum scrolls, 21.8cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

693

FOUR CHINESE CELADON VESSELS

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Comprising: a Song-style vase with a tall tapering neck; a mallet-shaped vase with phoenix head handles; a tripod incense burner; and a jarlet, variously decorated with bluish-green and sea-green glazes, with two wood stands, 17.5cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

694

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS

MING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a treacle-glazed figural flask with a wood stand, with a paper label inscribed ‘Lent by WC Alexander 13-2-13’; a pair of black and russet glazed jars and covers; a pair of Cizhou-style candlesticks modelled as boys; a large dish with slip-painted dragons and five bowls variously decorated with dark coloured glazes, 33.5cm. (14)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

695

FOUR CHINESE WHITE AND CELADON-GLAZED BOWLS

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a shallow bowl decorated with a scaly dragon; a qingbai-style bowl; and two other bowls, 24.2cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

696

FIVE CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS

PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a carved jar and cover; a lobed ewer with a strap handle; a fluted bowl; a Cizhou-style jar; and a celadon ribbed vase, 19.3cm. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

697

TWO CHINESE QINGBAI INCENSE STICK HOLDERS AND THREE BISCUIT FIGURES SONG/YUAN DYNASTY

The former modelled as tortoises looking upwards; the figures standing, one with a celadon-glazed base, 17.5cm. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

Cf. S Pierson, Qingbai Ware, p.228, no.127 for a related tortoise box and cover.

698

A LARGE COLLECTION OF CELADON AND BROWN-GLAZED WARES

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

In a range of shapes and variously decorated in coloured glazes including qingbai, cream, olive and brown, 25cm max. (35)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

699

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS

TANG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a sancai-glazed chicken-head ewer and a square dish; a green-glazed marbled pottery bowl and a moon flask; a yellow-glazed tripod dish; a green-glazed stand and an ovoid jar, 23.3cm max. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

700

A SMALL CHINESE WHITE STONEWARE HANDLED CUP TANG DYNASTY

The globular body set with a circular ring handle over a moulded palmetto-shaped boss, with a gently everted rim, the greyish white body covered with a creamy translucent glaze, 9cm wide.

£400-600

Cf. Freer Gallery of Art, National Museum of Asian Art, no.F1984.8a-c, for a comparable 8th century white-glazed cup with ring handle.

701

A CHINESE QINGBAI ‘LOTUS’ BOWL PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY

The interior carved with stylised flowerheads, the conical hexafoil body rising from a short straight foot, 14cm.

£200-300

702

A CHINESE JIAN YAO ‘HARE’S FUR’ BOWL PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY

Decorated with an unctuous brown glaze stopping short of the foot and pooling into drops, 12.5cm.

£200-300

703

TWO CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON DISHES QING DYNASTY

One carved with an all-over floral design and a barbed rim, a paper label for Bluett & Sons, London; the other with four moulded fish to the well and ribs to the cavetto within a barbed rim, 32cm and 29.3cm. (2)

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.

704

A CHINESE SANCAI TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER TANG DYNASTY

The rounded body covered in an amber and green mottled glaze stopping short of the base, the short neck with an everted rim, all raised on three legs terminating in claw feet, 18cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

705

A SMALL CHINESE GREEN-SPLASHED WHITE-GLAZED JAR TANG DYNASTY

Decorated overall in a translucent white glaze with vertical trailing green streaks, the unglazed base exposing the ivory-white body, 8.3cm.

£600-1,000

Cf. The Ashmolean Museum, no.EAX.3955 for a similar earthenware jar with slight variation in the green decorations.

706

A PAIR OF CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON YEN YEN VASES

PROBABLY LATE MING DYNASTY

Each heavily potted, decorated with large lotus blooms amongst foliate scrolls, between horizontal ribs to the trumpet mouths and fluted lower sections, covered overall with sea-green glaze pooling in the recesses of the carved details, 49cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,000-2,000

707

A CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL REPUBLIC PERIOD

The conical body raised on a short straight foot, the interior incised with two five-clawed dragons chasing two flaming pearls amongst ruyi-shaped clouds, the base incised with a four-character Yongle nianzhi mark, and with two paper labels, one reading ‘ME Heath Collection’ and the other reading ‘3014 Yongle guanyao (Imperial kiln of Yongle) Baotai longwan (Eggshell dragon bowl) 853014’, 16.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

Sir Mark Evelyn Heath KCVO CMG (1927-2005) was a British diplomat who served as the United Kingdom’s first Ambassador to the Holy See between 1982 and 1985. After leaving the Vatican, Sir Mark became Head of Protocol for the Hong Kong Government at which time he developed a passion for Chinese works of art.

704

705

706 707

708

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODELS OF CRANES 20TH CENTURY

Each standing on a colourful pierced rockwork base with one leg raised, 43.5cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

709

A CHINESE YIXING INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY

The compressed circular body set with lion-mask handles, the base with a six-character Xuande mark, 24cm.

£800-1,200

710

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)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

711

TWO CHINESE BISCUIT FAMILLE VERTE FIGURES QING DYNASTY

One depicting the Hehe Erxian standing on a pierced rockwork base; the other a seated luohan attached to a wood stand, 14.5cm and 16cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

712

A PAIR OF CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED BISCUIT MODELS OF PARROTS KANGXI 1662-1722

Each looking up and standing on pierced rockwork, with wings folded neatly over their backs, 21.5cm. (2)

£800-1,200

713

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE ‘LOTUS’ DISH 18TH CENTURY

Painted with a central medallion enclosing a beribboned spray of lotus, the cavetto and the exterior decorated with scrolling lotus tendrils below a border of key fret, 27.8cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

714

A CHINESE LIME GREEN-GLAZED WATER DROPPER QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Modelled as a fruit, the surface suffused with a network of fine crackles, 7.5cm

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

715

A CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY FIGURE OF A HORSE AND RIDER TANG DYNASTY

The horse standing four-square on an unglazed rectangular base, the male rider wearing a green tunic with his arms raised and folded at the elbows, 14cm.

£150-250

716

A CHINESE CORAL-GROUND JAR AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY

The compressed globular body painted with colourful flowers including chrysanthemum, rose, peony and lotus, the interior enamelled turquoise, the base with a Shen de tang zhi mark, with a wood stand, 14cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

716

713

712

711

710

709

708

717

A COLLECTION OF NINE CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN-GLAZED WARES KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: a famille verte libation cup with applied chilong; three glazed bowls with incised floral sprays; an egg and spinach-decorated bowl; four biscuit famille jaune items, one with a wood stand, together with a yellow-glazed dragon bowl with a Kangxi mark but later, 19cm max. (11)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

718

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE MONOCHROMES

18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: three bottle vases decorated with a deep red glaze draining from the rims; a pear-shaped vase also decorated with a deep red glaze; a flared bowl with a crackle green glaze; a celadon waterpot, with a six-character Kangxi mark; and a brown-glazed bottle vase with metallic splashes to the body, together with four wood stands, 24.8cm max. (11)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

719

SIX CHINESE COPPER-RED BOTTLE VASES

QING DYNASTY AND 20TH CENTURY

Two with Kangxi marks, the largest 20th century with a six-character Jingdezhen mark, 33cm max. (6)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.

720

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CERAMICS

19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a pair of conjoined vases decorated with formal lotus scrolls and two shou characters, together with two wood stands; a pair of yellow-ground jars and covers, also decorated with formal lotus scrolls and shou characters; and a four-tiered turquoise-ground box and cover, 26.7cm max. (13)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

721

THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS

QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

One oval, naturalistically detailed with nodes and bark; another of tapering square form; the third circular, decorated with the Baxian (Eight Immortals); all with impressed marks to the bases and covers, 14.6cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

722

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: five crackle-glazed vessels, one with a Chenghua mark; a Jun-type jardinière; two red-glazed vases, one with a Qianlong mark; and a white-glazed jar with basket-weave decoration, 21cm. (9)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

723

TWO CHINESE YIXING ITEMS 20TH CENTURY

One a gourd-shaped teapot and a cover with an illegible mark; the other a figural incense burner, 15cm and 20cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

724

EIGHT CHINESE JUN-TYPE ITEMS

PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

Comprising: two bowls; two tripod incense burners; a shallow bowl with a foliate rim; a stem bowl; a ewer and a dish, variously decorated with lavender-blue glaze and purple splashes, 20.5cm max. (8)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

725

FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Comprising: a pair of hexagonal vases, a large octagonal-section vase, a brushpot and a jar, decorated with figures, foliate designs and dragons, the jar inscribed Huang Ming Tianqi nian bing yin ji dan, 52cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

726

FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: a kendi decorated with auspicious emblems; a ewer painted with a figural scene; a pear-shaped vase; a barbed rim dish with fish and cranes, the base with a Jiajing mark; and a kraak ‘klapmuts’ bowl, 31.5cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

727

THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: a double-walled bowl decorated with floral sprays and openwork swastika medallions, the base with a beribboned lingzhi; a goblet painted with floral scrolls; and a teapot and cover; together with a blue and white bowl painted with a dragon, 16.5cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

728

A SMALL COLLECTION OF BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

18TH CENTURY

Comprising: eight small dishes; a small tea bowl; and an underglaze blue and red dish; variously decorated with figures, landscape scenes, and animals, 15cm max. (10)

£300-500

729

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PART TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: ten tea bowls; seven coffee cup set with moulded handles; and nine saucers, 12.7cm max. (26)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

730

A COLLECTION OF EIGHT CHINESE TEA BOWLS AND SAUCERS

17TH AND 18TH CENTURY

Together with a further tea bowl and associated saucer, variously decorated with landscapes, figures, flowers and horses, one with a label for the Nanking Cargo, 12cm max. (18)

£300-500

731

A COLLECTION OF TEN CHINESE MINIATURE VASES

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: three gourd-shaped vases, one with a label for the Hatcher collection; two pairs of vases; and a garniture of three vases, two with covers, 8.5cm max. (12)

£500-800

732

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: a candlestick; a stem bowl; an ovoid vase with a wood cover; and three other items, 21cm. (7)

£300-500

733

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a pair of Deshima Island dishes; a moulded bowl with a Kangxi mark; a landscape bowl with a paper label for Christie’s, The Nanking Cargo, lot 2750; two other bowls, one with a Wanli mark; a mustard pot and cover; together with a Japanese fluted bowl and cover, 19cm max. (10)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

734

A LARGE CHINESE IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ PEAR-SHAPED VASE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The body painted with two winged dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst wispy clouds, between a diaper-ground border and bands of phoenix and mythical beasts, with a reticulated wood cover, 60.9cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-800

735

A CHINESE TWO-HANDLED BOTTLE VASE QIANLONG 1736-95

The flattened globular body decorated in underglaze blue and later enamels and gilding, with Daoist figures and flowers on a turquoise ground, 37cm.

£400-600

736

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LIME-GREEN GROUND VASE 20TH CENTURY

The rectangular-section body decorated with panels containing birds and flowers, the flared neck flanked by a pair of chilong handles, the base with a Qianlong mark, 35.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

737

A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED HU-SHAPED VASE

QING DYNASTY

The body moulded with peach-shaped panels and with rectangular side handles, an incised six-character Yongzheng mark, 32.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

Provenance: formerly from an Italian collection, amassed in the 1970s and 1980s.

738

A CHINESE IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE ‘BATS AND CLOUDS’ BOTTLE VASE

20TH CENTURY

The compressed globular body surmounted by a tall tapering neck, painted with many bats in flight amidst stylised swirling clouds, the base with a Guangxu mark, 33.3cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

739

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KANGXI-STYLE ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE MODERN

Painted with a continuous scene of five fishermen working on rocky shores in a mountainous landscape, beneath freely painted bamboo and misty clouds to the waisted neck, 48cm.

£1,000-2,000

740

A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND ‘DRAGON’ BOTTLE VASE LATE 19TH CENTURY

Incised with three scaly dragons chasing pearls, a six-character Kangxi mark, together with a wood stand, 28cm. (2)

£200-300

741

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE HU-SHAPED VASE 20TH CENTURY

The body flanked by deer head handles and painted to either side with a roundel depicting figures and dwellings in a mountainous landscape, all reserved against a pink ground to the exterior, the base with a five-character mark reading Fuyuan Tang zhen cang, 34.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-800

742

A CHINESE BOTTLE VASE 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous body decorated with four sinuous chilong, beneath ruyi-heads and lappets, with a four-character Kangxi mark, 21cm.

£150-250

743

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ BOTTLE VASE

19TH CENTURY

With a flared cylindrical neck rising from a globular body, the neck painted with Kui Xing standing on the head of an ao emerging from crashing waves and scattered lotus blooms, the body painted with Shoulao, Immortals and boys in a garden, 38cm.

£300-500

744

A CHINESE CELADON SLIP-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE

LATE QING DYNASTY

The body raised on a short splayed foot to a trumpet neck, decorated with a bird perched on a branch, with a butterfly flying amidst narcissi and lingzhi, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark, 49cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

745

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES AND BOYS’ ROULEAU VASE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Painted with a group of ladies and boys at leisure under a wutong tree, all below geometric borders, the base with a Kangxi mark, with a wood stand, 44.4cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

746

A CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED VASE

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The globular body with a tall cylindrical neck, covered with a mottled deep-red glaze, 35cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

747

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Painted with a scene of a fisherman in a watery landscape, with distant mountains and swirling clouds, together with a wood stand, 20.7cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

748

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Painted with a ferocious dragon confronting a tiger beneath a pine tree, together with a wood stand and fitted box, 28.5cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

749

A LARGE CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED CONG-SHAPED VASE

18TH CENTURY

The square-section body moulded in relief with a geometric design to imitate archaic jade, together with a wood stand, 36.5cm. (2)

£400-600

750

A CHINESE POLYCHROME ‘LOTUS’ BOTTLE VASE, SHANGPING

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

The bulbous body and slender flared neck painted with lotus scrolls with leafy tendrils, the shoulder with a band of cartouches containing floral sprays, the base with a mark reading Jing Zhen Lu Tong Xing zao, 41.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

751

A CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED GARLIC-MOUTH VASE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Decorated with an intense crimson glaze streaked with lavender, 32cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價

£150-250

748

745 744 743

752

A SMALL PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE

EGGSHELL PORCELAIN VASES

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each decorated with flowers and two butterflies in flight, the reverse sides with calligraphy, the rims and feet with blue enamelled borders, the bases with four-character Qianlong marks, 13.5cm. (2)

£800-1,200

753

A CHINESE BOTTLE VASE

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Decorated with a young man listening to his lover playing the konghou, with her attendant at her side, the reverse with calligraphy, with a four-character Qianlong mark, 25.3cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£400-600

754

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘RICE CULTIVATION’ OVOID VASE

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

The oviform body painted with a scene of farmers sifting rice in a village, based on the woodblock prints from the Genzhi Tu, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark, together with a wood stand, 12.2cm. (2)

£1,000-1,500

755

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD

The ovoid body raised on a short splayed foot to a garlic-bulb mouth, brightly painted with colourful peony blossoms, the reverse with two small insects in flight, the base with an iron-red Zhi Zhai mark, 16.5cm.

£500-800

756

TWO SMALL CHINESE ENAMELLED VASES REPUBLIC PERIOD

One of baluster form, painted with five sparrows and a tree, with a Qianlong mark; the other a pink-enamelled bottle vase, 13.6cm and 8.4cm. (2)

£300-500

757

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BIRDS AND FLOWERS’ VASE

QING DYNASTY

Painted with a pair of birds amongst blossoming branches, the reverse with small insects and butterflies in flight, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of mask handles, 59cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

758

A PAIR OF CHINESE QIANJIANG-STYLE

CYLINDRICAL VASES

LATE QING DYNASTY

Each painted with a swallow perched amongst blossoming flower branches and another in flight, with lines of calligraphy, dated to the yisi year, 28.4cm. (2)

£300-500

759

A PAIR OF CHINESE IRON-RED CYLINDRICAL VASES

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Each decorated with stylised seal marks, the bases with illegible four-character marks, together with a small vase decorated with Bodhidharma and a two-line inscription with a signature and seal mark reading Wang Bu, with a further seal mark to the base reading Zhu Xi, 27.5cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

760

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND CYLINDRICAL VASES

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Decorated with shou characters and scrolling tendrils and flowers, each with a yong qing chang chun mark, 28cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

757

756

755

754

753

752

761

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS

18TH CENTURY

Comprising: two tea canisters, one with a cover; a milk jug; two saucers; a spoon tray; seven coffee cups; and three bowls, 14.2cm max. (17)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

762

FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES AND A VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Variously decorated with mythical beasts, birds, blossoming flowers and foliate designs, the largest dish bears a Kangxi mark; the powder-blue ground dish with a square seal mark, 33.2cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

763

FOURTEEN CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PLATES

YONGZHENG 1723-35

Each painted with large colourful floral sprays including peony and lilies, enclosed by a turquoise diaper-ground border with butterflies and florets, 23cm. (14)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-800

764

FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS LATE QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a reticulated cylindrical hat stand with a Tongzhi mark; a quatrefoil stand; a drum-shaped bowl and cover; a square-section jardinière; and a cylindrical jar with a metal cover, variously decorated with historical figures and ladies, 28.7cm. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

765

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CERAMICS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a pair of millefleurs dishes with Guangxu marks; a ‘dragon and phoenix’ plate with a Guangxu mark; a pair of dishes depicting Magu and an attendant; and a ‘cranes’ teabowl with a Tongzhi mark, 27.3cm. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

766

FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a lotus-moulded teapot and cover painted with panels of animals and floral sprays; a pair of saucers decorated with loquat branches and peonies, with Yongzheng marks and of the period 1723-35; and a bowl painted with colourful butterflies and foliage, with a Daoguang mark and of the period 1821-50, 22cm. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

767

SEVEN CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two square-section brushpots; a pair of bowls enamelled with three red peaches, both with a Chenghua mark; two lotus-shaped cups, one with a Guangxu mark on the stem; and a pink-enamelled bowl with incised dragons and a Guangxu mark, 17.5cm max. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

768

FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ITEMS

KANGXI AND LATER

Comprising: a dish painted with large chrysanthemum blooms; a jar with phoenix and peony; a bowl and cover decorated with foliage and insects; and a dish depicting the generals from the Yang family, 34.3cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

769

FOUR CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a yellow-ground and green-enamelled ‘boys’ bowl, Yongzheng mark and probably of the period; two blue and white stem cups and a reduced dragon dish, 18cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

766

765

764

763

762

761

770

λ A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a yellow-ground dish and a bowl; a famille rose bowl and four spoons; a millefleurs bowl; a square moulded washer; each with a Guangxu mark; together with a famille rose dish with a Hongxian mark, four wood stands and a cover with a coral finial, 16.2cm max. (15)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

771

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS

LATE QING DYNASTY AND REPUBLIC PERIOD

Comprising: a pair of yellow-ground bowls, saucers and spoons decorated with the baijixiang, each with a mark reading Zhonghua Minguo sanshiliu nian zhi; a pair of bowls with linzhi chengxiang marks; and four Jiaqing-marked saucers painted with scholarly objects, with two wood stands, 13.3cm max. (14)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

772

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES, TWO FAMILLE ROSE PLATES AND A TEABOWL AND SAUCER

18TH CENTURY

Variously decorated with figures, flowers and foliage, 23cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

773

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN VESSELS

18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a pair of ogee bowls with Jiaqing marks; a doucai bowl with a Jiaqing mark; a famille rose quatrefoil bowl with a Qianlong mark; and a pair of shallow bowls, 17.2cm max. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

Provenance: the famille rose quatrefoil bowl was purchased from the Madison Gallery on 2nd January 1996, a copy of the receipt is available.

774

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Comprising: two bowls and covers; seven bowls; five cups; four miniature saucers; three jars; two dishes; and two footed stands, variously shaped and decorated with figures in Wu Shang pu, bajixiang, birds and flowers, and landscape scenes, 19.3cm max. (27)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

775

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ DISHES

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Each decorated to the interior with the Eight Buddhist Emblems encircling flowers and tendrils, with Guangxu marks; together with a bowl decorated with peaches and cranes, with a mark reading ruyi jixiang, 18.8cm and 15cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

776

A LARGE CHINESE IMARI DISH 18TH CENTURY

Painted with a landscape, together with a plate from the Nanking Cargo, a famille rose plate and a Canton bowl, 35cm. (4)

£300-500

777

THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISHES AND A YELLOW-GROUND BOWL AND COVER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: three barbed rim dishes, painted with two pheasants perched on flowering branches; together with a shallow bowl and cover with roundels containing the characters wan shou wu jiang, with Guangxu marks, 26cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

778

THREE CHINESE DISHES LATE QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a pair painted in famille verte enamels with scrolls and fish; the third famille rose with a small figure in a landscape, 28.5cm. (3)

£200-300

779

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

19TH CENTURY

Brightly painted with three geese swimming in a lotus pond beneath colourful swirling clouds, the interior and base glazed turquoise, 34cm.

£500-800

780 No lot

781

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘SANXING’ BALUSTER VASE

19TH CENTURY

Painted with Shoulao, Fu Xing and Lu Xing and three boys beneath a pine tree, with five bats in flight to the reverse, the interior glazed turquoise, 37cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

782

A CHINESE TREFOIL IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1851-61

The sides painted with shou character medallions reserved on a diaper ground, all within borders of iron-red bats, the interior and base turquoise, together with a reticulated wood stand, 17.5cm. (2)

£200-300

783

A CHINESE MANDARIN PALETTE HEXAGONAL VASE

QIANLONG C.1775

Painted with panels of ladies and boys in walled gardens amidst lakefront pavilions framed by gilt scrolling borders, with further panels of landscapes above the foot and birds and flowers to the neck, 43.2cm.

£200-300

781

779

784

A CHINESE TABLE SCREEN LATE QING DYNASTY

Set with a rectangular porcelain panel depicting Zhong Kui and his demon attendant who holds a parasol, the hardwood frame and stand carved with leaves and berries, 79.5cm x 53cm. (2)

£500-800

785

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY

Painted with two pheasants standing on rocks amongst peony and magnolia, 42cm x 32.7cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

786

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND SCROLL POT 19TH CENTURY

Painted with panels containing a bird perched on rockwork and a pheasant on a prunus branch, alternating with smaller roundels of precious objects, all reserved on a ground of scrolling lotus, together with a wood stand, 37cm wide. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

787

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JAR AND COVER 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body painted with panels of lotus, peony and chrysanthemum reserved on a yellow scrolling floral ground below a band of ruyi-heads to the shoulder and a key-fret border to the neck, the base with a stamped four-character Qianlong mark, 18.6cm. (2)

£200-300

785

784

786

787

788

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS AND COCKERELS’ SPITTOON, ZHADOU REPUBLIC PERIOD

The globular body painted with three boys, two cockerels and a hen amongst bamboo and flowers including peony, poppy and chrysanthemum, all beneath a wide flared rim, with a six-character Guangxu mark, 9.7cm.

£500-800

789

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BRUSHPOT AND AN EN GRISAILLE BRUSH REST QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The square-section bitong painted with alternating panels of scholars and landscapes, the base with a Qianlong mark; the scroll-end brush rest decorated with a landscape scene, 7.9cm and 8.5cm. (2)

£300-500

790

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND ‘BUTTERFLIES’ SPITTOON, ZHADOU FOUR-CHARACTER TONGZHI MARK BUT PROBABLY LATER

The globular body below a flared neck, supported on a short tapering foot, the exterior enamelled with four gilt xi characters amidst a multitude of colourful butterflies in flight, all set against a lemon-yellow ground, 8.5cm.

£200-300

791

A SET OF FOUR CHINESE IRON-RED FLARED ‘DRAGON’ CUPS

PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY

Each depicting two ferocious dragons contesting flaming pearls amidst stylised flames, each with a six-character Guangxu mark, 6.3cm. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

792

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LADIES AND BOYS’ DISH

PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD

Brightly enamelled with four ladies enjoying a tea party in a garden with ten small boys, 46cm.

£800-1,200

793

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE ITEMS

MODERN

One a stem bowl with a six-character Xuande mark, the shallow bowl painted with chrysanthemum and peony, 22cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

794

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BLACK-GROUND BRUSH WASHER REPUBLIC PERIOD

Brightly painted with blooming flowers including peony, hibiscus, camellia, daylilies and chrysanthemum, the base with a recessed glazed circle bearing a Ju Ren Tang zhi mark, together with a reticulated wood stand, 27cm. (2)

£300-500

795

A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON-RED BOWL 20TH CENTURY

Painted with mythical creatures, including a winged dragon, a qilin, an elephant-like beast amidst iron-red spirals, the base with a Zhao Fu zhi yong mark, 12.5cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

796

A CHINESE BOX AND COVER PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD

Decorated with watery mountainous landscapes and signed Gu zhi Tang, the box bearing a Ya Wan mark to the base, 8cm. (2)

£300-500

797

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with panels of prunus and rockwork, 22cm.

£500-800

798

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1640

The lower section depicts a dignitary and attendants at a pavilion within a serene watery landscape, the upper section painted with a scholar leaning against a rock under a willow tree, with his attendants carrying a qin and preparing tea, all set below a wide band of foliate designs and auspicious emblems, the mouth rim and waist fitted with metal mounts, together with a wood stand, 35cm. (2)

£500-1,000

799

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CROCUS VASE 19TH CENTURY

The sides of the five conjoined vases decorated with a continuous scene of twelve animals, including a tiger, horse, elephant, deer, dragon and other mythical beasts, between lappet bands above the foot and a ruyi-head panel border to the shoulder, the neck terminating in a bulbous mouth moulded as a lotus bloom, 23.8cm.

£200-300

800

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ DISH SIX-CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1723-35

With shallow rounded sides raised on a short and tapered foot, painted with a scaly four-clawed dragon wrapping around the interior and exterior in an attempt to catch a sacred pearl, 26.4cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from a private collection, Kent, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

801

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHTEEN LUOHAN’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of the Eighteen Luohan by a riverbank, welcoming Guanyin and her attendant below a five-clawed dragon emerging from a cloud, 24cm.

£1,000-2,000

Cf. T Canepa & K Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate, pp.221-222, item III.2.52a-c for a High Transitional example depicting the same scene.

802 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK BOTTLE VASE WANLI 1573-1620

The pear-shaped body rising from a short straight foot to a tall waisted neck and garlic-bulb mouth, painted with panels of flowers below a band of lotus petals, a ruyi-head border and stylised lappets, the base with a paper label for the Joy Hallam Collection, 30cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

803

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR TRANSITIONAL C.1640

Painted with a lady and two boys in a fenced garden amidst plantain trees; together with a small Chinese blue and white cylindrical jar, decorated with two deer in a landscape, 16.2cm and 6.5cm. (2)

£300-500

804

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASES

QING DYNASTY

Each fluted body rising to a flared and barbed rim, painted with a continuous watery landscape with pine and willow trees, and a figure on the riverbank, 21.2cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

805

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘POMEGRANATE’ BOWLS

SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

Each painted around the exterior with four pomegranate flowers with large bursting stamen and buds wreathed in foliate scrolls, 11.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

806

A CHINESE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ BOWL

PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY

Painted to the exterior with two five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls and two phoenix in flight, the interior painted with a further dragon, with a six-character Kangxi mark, 13cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

807

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SGRAFFITO TURQUOISE-GROUND BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND PROBABLY LATE IN THE PERIOD

The exterior painted with flower sprigs, 14.5cm.

£200-300

808

A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND IRON-RED ‘BUDDHIST LION’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Painted to the exterior with three Buddhist lions, playing with brocade balls and ribbons, and with a fourth ball to the centre, 20.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

809

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK BUT PROBABLY GUANGXU

The rounded sides rising to a gently flared rim, painted with stylised lotus blooms amidst leafy tendrils, 15.8cm.

£200-300

810

A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND ‘DRAGON’ BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK BUT LATER

The exterior incised with a pair of scaly dragons contesting flaming pearls above crashing waves and stylised rocks, 15.3cm.

£200-300

811

A CHINESE WUCAI ‘LOTUS’ BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER LONGQING MARK BUT LATER

The exterior decorated with four large lotus blooms on scrolling tendrils above a ruyi-head border, the interior similarly decorated with a shou-character roundel above a further lotus flower, 10.9cm.

£500-1,000

812

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TEA BOWL QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The exterior painted with leafy floral sprays, the reverse with a pair of butterflies in flight, the base with a four-character Chenghua mark, 6.1cm.

£200-300

813

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHAMBER POT KANGXI 1662-1722

The compressed circular body decorated with panels of flowering peony between ruyi-head borders, the flared rim and scroll handle painted with floral sprays, 23.5cm.

£800-1,200

814

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWERS’ BOWL

CHONGZHEN 1628-44

The exterior incised with five anhua roundels amidst lotus and scrolling tendrils, each roundel painted to the centre in underglaze blue with floral sprays including peony, prunus, peach, persimmon and pomegranate, all above an anhua band of lappets, the interior decorated with a geometric band above a central medallion, enclosed within a double line border and painted with a bird and insects amongst further sprays of peony, together with a wood stand, 36cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

815

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a sancai model of a two-tiered temple; a sancai monkey-shaped ewer and cover; a pair of cockerels; and a pair of pottery models of parrots, 28cm max. (7)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

816

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES

19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a yen yen vase and a cylindrical vase, both with a Kangxi mark; a baluster vase and cover, and a double-gourd vase, 47.5cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

817

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS

LATE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a candlestick holder modelled as a recumbent dog; a shou character-shaped teapot and cover; a water dropper shaped as Shoulao seated on a deer; two of the Hehe Erxian, one with a wood stand; two figures of a boy seated on a toad; one of Zhongli Quan; one of a couple; together with a kneeling figure, 24.4cm max. (12)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

818

TWO CHINESE BRUSHPOTS

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

One famille rose with a reticulated body moulded with the ‘Three Friends of Winter’; the other simulating bamboo with a robin’s egg glaze, decorated with flowering prunus branches, 14.7cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

819

FIVE CHINESE VASES

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a powder-blue and iron-red rouleau vase decorated with four carps, a robin’s egg-glazed rouleau vase, a turquoise-glazed vase and two flambé vases, 44.5cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,000-2,000

820

TWO CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASES

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Each with a tall neck and a bulbous body, decorated all over with a vibrant crimson and lavender-blue glaze draining from the rims; one with a six-character Qianlong mark, 37.4cm max. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,000

821

A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE SWEETMEAT SET LATE QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a circular dish and eight petal-shaped dishes, each painted with fruiting foliate scrolls on a yellow ground; together with a green enamelled lotus-shaped cup with a hollow stem forming a spout, 19.2cm. (10)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

822

THREE CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURES LATE QING DYNASTY AND MODERN

Comprising: two seated figures of Budai He Shang, together with a blanc de Chine model of Zhongli Quan and Li Tieguai, 22cm max. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

823

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN VASE AND A FIGURE OF A LUOHAN QING DYNASTY

The ovoid vase enamelled with a continuous scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with a four-character Yongzheng mark; the seated emaciated figure wearing a loin cloth, together with a metal case, 8.3cm and 11.2cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

824

A SMALL CHINESE ‘DRAGON’ BOTTLE VASE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Faintly incised with two four-clawed dragons chasing pearls amongst wispy clouds, 14.7cm.

£200-300

825

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with four phoenix flying amidst peony blooms and scrolling tendrils, all beneath a ruyi-head border, the domed cover similarly decorated, 42cm overall. (2)

£1,000-2,000

826

A CHINESE DARK BLUE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE LATE MING DYNASTY

The body covered overall with an even deep blue glaze stopping short of the flared rim, 21.7cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

827

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID JAR 18TH CENTURY

Painted with dignitaries and scholars in a fenced garden with their attendant and a crane, together with a wood cover and stand, 22.2cm. (3)

£300-500

828

A PAIR OF CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED BOTTLE VASES

QING DYNASTY

The pear-shaped bodies and long necks with scattered copper-red decoration, 24.3cm and 23.8cm. (2)

£300-400

Provenance: from an English private collection, Gloucestershire, acquired in the 1980s.

829

A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE 18TH CENTURY

The rectangular-section body decorated with a deep turquoise glaze with irregular aubergine streaks, with a paper label for Mon. F Langweil no.6583 and another paper label for Collection J Roubaud no.350, 39cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,000-2,000

830

A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE BOTTLE VASE

QING DYNASTY

The compressed bulbous body surmounted by a tall flared neck with an everted rim, decorated with horizontal ribbed bands, covered overall in a bluish-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of light and dark crackles, 26.2cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

831

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SIJI HUAHUI’ VASE

QING DYNASTY

The slender baluster body decorated with the ‘Flowers of the Four Seasons’, peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and prunus to the upper section, the lower section painted with butterflies and stylised scrolls, divided by two foliate borders, 45.4cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

832

A CHINESE WUCAI SLEEVE VASE

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

The slightly tapering body painted with a continuous scene of three luohan, standing amidst foliage emerging from craggy rocks, framed by two anhua borders, all beneath a band of plantain leaves on the waisted neck, 45.5cm.

£500-800

833

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED OVOID VASE AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated with three ducks swimming in a lotus pond and a fourth in flight, all between a band of crashing waves and archaistic square scrolls, the base with an underglaze blue dragon roundel, the cover moulded with two dragons contesting a flaming pearl, 38.7cm. (2)

£500-800

834

A RARE CHINESE FLORAL-ENCRUSTED ‘HYDRANGEA’ TEAPOT AND COVER 18TH CENTURY

After a Meissen Schneeballen design, the globular body encrusted with hydrangea blooms and leaves, the handle and spout modelled as branches and covered in an aubergine glaze, all raised on three splayed feet, 17cm. (2)

£300-500

835

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF SHOULAO REPUBLIC PERIOD

Depicted standing, wearing long robes decorated with shou characters and wispy clouds, the base with a mark reading Jing Zhen Rao Yong Tai Chang zao, 37cm

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

836

TWO CHINESE WATER DROPPERS LATE QING DYNASTY

One modelled as a carp, the other a crouching toad, both covered with a crackled cream-coloured glaze, 9.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£150-250

837

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG 20TH CENTURY

Depicted seated, wearing open robes decorated with floral scrolls, holding strings of beads and cloth sacks, the base with an impressed mark reading Wei Hong Tai zao, 26cm.

£400-600

838

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TODDY LADLE

18TH CENTURY

The scalloped oblong bowl decorated with floral sprays below a gilt border, set with a turned wood handle, the bowl 9.5cm, 33.8cm overall.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£100-200

839

A PAIR OF CHINESE IRON-RED ‘LONGEVITY’ DISHES

LATE QING DYNASTY

Each painted with a central shou character roundel encircled by five bats in flight and two friezes of shou characters in stylised zhuanshu, all within ruyi-head borders, each with a Qianlong mark, 26.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-800

840

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘EIGHTEEN LUOHAN’ BOTTLE VASES

19TH CENTURY

Each luohan holding his respective attribute amidst scrolling clouds, the pear-shaped bodies applied with four sinuous chilong, the necks moulded with four concentric rings and applied with mythical beast handles, 25.7cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

841

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG

20TH CENTURY

The God of Happiness depicted seated, wearing open robes decorated with floral scrolls, with five small children seated at his shoulder, the base with an impressed mark reading Jiangxi Jing Zhen Mao Ji Sheng zao, 21cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

842

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SAUCERS JIAQING 1796-1820

Each depicting the Sanxing and their attendants in a fenced garden with pine trees and rockwork, the bases glazed turquoise, each with a four-character mark reading Jiang Zhenglong zhi, 13.4cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

843

A CHINESE WUCAI WINE CUP

SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK BUT PROBABLY LATER

The U-shaped body painted in underglaze blue and enamels with floral sprays issuing from stylised rocks, raised on a short tapering foot, 4.8cm.

£500-800

844

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘MANDARIN DUCK AND EIGHT IMMORTALS’ DISH KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted and gilded to the centre with mandarin ducks amongst lotus sprays, encircled by a border of Daoist Immortals riding various mythical creatures amidst a turbulent sea with emerging rocks, 32cm.

£800-1,200

845

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ASTER PATTERN’ DISHES

KANGXI AND LATER

Each with gently rounded sides, the interiors painted with a central medallion enclosing five aster flowerheads against a ground of scrolling tendrils, 39cm max. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: the property of a deceased estate, London.

846

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS’ BOWLS

SIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARKS AND PERHAPS OF THE PERIOD

Each painted with four bats suspending shou characters amidst dense lotus scrolls beneath ruyi-head borders, all set against a lime-green ground, the interiors and bases turquoise, 8.8cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

847

SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: a lobed shallow bowl painted with seated figures on a riverbank; two shallow bowls; two hexagonal saucers; and a small saucer with a mark reading zhong you mei yu ya zhi, 27.7cm. (6)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

848

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES KANGXI 1662-1722

Each decorated with a roundel featuring a central stylised flowerhead encircled by dense foliate scrolls, each base with an artemisia mark, 27cm. (2)

£150-250

849

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: a cylindrical vase, a yen yen vase, a bottle vase with garlic mouth and a jar with a wood cover, variously decorated with qilin, archaistic and floral designs, 45.3cm max. (5)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,000-2,000

850

A CHINESE POLYCHROME ‘FIVE POISONS’ DISH

SIX-CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK BUT LATER

Painted with a Daoist Immortal, possibly Zhang Daoling, riding a scorpion and killing a snake with his sword, below a winged centipede, a toad and a spider, the reverse with three large blooms amidst scrolling tendrils, 22.3cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

851

ANONYMOUS (20TH CENTURY) BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAINS

Four Chinese watercolour paintings, colour on paper, depicting blue and white items in various shapes and variously decorated with ladies, foliage designs, shou characters and bajixiang, framed and glazed, 29.5cm x 29.5cm. (4)

£300-500

852

A CHINESE REVERSE-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE ‘FIVE DRAGONS’ DISH SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

Painted to the centre with a ferocious dragon in pursuit of a sacred pearl amidst stylised flames and clouds, encircled by two striding dragons, the reverse similarly decorated with two further dragons, all against a blue ground, 25.4cm.

£400-600

853

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT HORSES’ PLATES KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with the horses of Mu Wang grazing in landscapes before willow trees, the rims decorated with continuous scenes of trees and craggy rocks, each with a ding mark, 22.3cm. (2) OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

851

854

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER

KANGXI 1662-1722

Finely painted with bands of equestrians, with a four-character mei yu ya zhi mark, together with a ewer and associated cover painted with ladies and pots of flowers, 13.5cm. (4)

£500-800

855

THREE SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES AND COVERS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Each of slender baluster form, painted with a continuous scene of four ladies enjoying daily life in a garden amidst rockwork, the covers decorated with foliage designs, with artemisia leaf marks to the bases, 18cm max. (6)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: purchased Christie’s, 2nd February 1970, lot 92.

856

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOMBE-SHAPED INCENSE

BURNER

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with a continuous watery landscape with small figures in a sampan, below a border of dots and crosses, 23cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from an English private collection, London acquired prior to 2000, by repute acquired from Sotheby’s in the 1970s and thence by descent.

857

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEA BOWLS AND SAUCERS YONGZHENG/ EARLY QIANLONG

Each finely decorated to the centre with a roundel enclosing a lady in a fenced garden, seated on a rockwork bench below a flowering prunus tree and two butterflies, the fluted sides with scalloped rims and painted with harlequin colourful panels, the cups similarly decorated, the saucers each with a paper label reading ‘Marchant, London, Qianlong 1736-1795’, 10.5cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

Cf. D Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.1, p.156, pl.139 for a similar tea bowl and saucer painted to the centre with fishermen.

858

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN TEA WARES FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a pair of tea bowls with scalloped rims; a fluted tea bowl and a saucer decorated with insects and birds; a gilt-decorated tea bowl; and a famille rose saucer with cockerels, 11.2cm max. (6)

£300-500

859

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE TEAPOT AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with bands of ruyi-heads; together with a tea bowl and saucer with floral designs, both bearing conch marks, 9cm max. (4)

£500-800

Provenance: purchased from Robert McPherson Antiques.

860

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The laughing god sits wearing loose open robes, holding a pearl in his left hand, 16.8cm.

£500-800

Provenance: purchased from Robert McPherson Antiques.

861

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE EWER AND COVER AND A JAPANESE IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER BOTH EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The ewer moulded with chrysanthemums, with a gilt-metal rabbit-shaped finial and further gilt-metal mounts; the teapot moulded with flowerheads and butterflies, 15.3cm and 17cm. (3)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

862

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND JARDINIERES

JIAQING 1796-1820

Of quatrefoil form, each decorated with lotus flowers amongst scrolling tendrils, raised on four cloud-shaped feet, the bases and interiors turquoise, 19.2cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: the property of a deceased estate, Northern Ireland.

Cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th November 2022, lot 3003 for a comparable example.

863

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’ MONTEITH

KANGXI 1662-1722

The rounded sides decorated with panels of birds and mythical beasts reserved on a ground of floral scrolls below a brown line rim, the interior with a panel of precious objects to the well below further depictions of incense burners, vases, fruit bowls and other paraphernalia to the castellated rim, the base with a lotus mark, 32.2cm.

£500-1,000

864

A PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI ‘CRANE’ VASES, MEIPING QING DYNASTY

Each vase painted with nine cranes in flight amongst colourful ruyi-shaped clouds highlighted in gilt, each base with a six-character Xuande mark in seal script, 33.5cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

865

A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISH SHUNZHI 1644-61

Painted with dense scrolling lotus to the centre and cavetto, the exterior incised with anhua decoration of four lotus blossoms below a scroll border, the rim dressed with brown enamel, the base with a six-character Jiajing mark, 14.9cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from Edo Gallery, Somerset on 24th May 2006, a copy of the invoice is available.

866

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BUDDHIST LION’ BOWL SHUNZHI 1644-61

The conical body painted with three Buddhist lions between three peony sprays, the interior painted to the centre with a further spray of peony, with a six-character Jiajing mark, 17.3cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£400-600

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 29th May 2005, a copy of the invoice is available.

867

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND A ‘LOTUS’ DISH MING DYNASTY AND PERHAPS LATER

The jar formed as a melon and painted with two squirrels amongst fruiting vines below a key-fret border, the dish painted to the centre with four lotus blooms within a border of beribboned Buddhist emblems, the base with a pseudo-seal mark, 30.9cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

868

FOUR LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS MODERN

Comprising: an octagonal jar; a double-gourd vase; a kraak-style bowl and a lobed jar, variously decorated with foliate designs, animals and precious objects, 49.5cm max. (4)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

869

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with figures on a rocky ledge and another in a sampan in a mountainous river landscape, 26cm.

£1,500-2,500

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s London, 19th February 1998, lot 304.

870

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘IMMORTALS’ YEN YEN VASE

19TH CENTURY

Decorated with four shaped panels, the lower panels each depicting a crane flying above a pavilion amongst rocks, clouds and the crashing waves of the Eastern Sea, the upper panels depicting six Immortals and a crane in rocky landscapes, with a band of scrolls to the shoulder, 45.3cm.

£400-600

871

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SCHOLARS’ BOWL

WANLI 1573-1620

Decorated to the exterior with two scholars and two attendants in a landscape with trees, rock and scrolling clouds, the interior painted to the centre with another scholar amidst further scrolling clouds, the base with a six-character Jiajing mark, 12cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

872

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE RETICULATED BOWL TRANSITIONAL PERIOD C.1640

The body decorated with six circular panels painted alternately with chrysanthemum, lotus and prunus, and watery landscapes, all between bands of ruyi-heads and diaper, 11.6cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

869

870

873

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACOCK AND PEONY’ DISH 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY

The interior painted with a central medallion containing a peacock standing amongst leafy peony sprays and stylised rocks, encircled by a border of flowerheads and scrolling tendrils, the underside similarly decorated, 31.9cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 18th December 1973, lot 377; later an English private collection.

Cf. R Krahl and J Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol.2, no.748 for a closely related dish; Christie’s Hong Kong, 12th April 2018, for another dish of similar design.

874

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DOUBLE VAJRA’ BOWL 15TH/16TH CENTURY

The interior painted with a central medallion containing a visvavajra, enclosed by a border of large flowerheads growing from scrolling tendrils, the exterior similarly decorated, with a paper label for R & G McPherson Antiques, 31.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£800-1,200

Provenance: from an English private collection, formerly from the estate of George M Kline, Washington; purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 7th June 2008, a copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. R Krahl and J Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, Vol.2, p.551, pl.683 & 684 for related bowls also with double vajras.

The double vajra motif became part of Chinese porcelain design with the rise of Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) during the Yuan dynasty. The influence of Lamaism on Yuan porcelain was due not only to Mongol interests but also to the Tibetan and Nepalese craftsmen who held significant positions at the Jingdezhen Imperial kiln. These pieces featuring Tibetan motifs may have been used in rituals by the Imperial household or given as gifts from the Emperor to esteemed Tibetan lamas favoured by the Chinese court.

875

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DOUBLE PHOENIX’ DISH

HONGZHI 1488-1505

Decorated to the well with a pair of phoenix with spread wings and trailing tail feathers, within a border of scrolling foliage around the rim, the base with a paper label for Sammlung, Henning V. Helmersen, 30.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

Provenance: formerly from the Henning V Helmersen Collection; later an English private collection; purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 5th November 2005, a copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. J Pope, Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, p.120, pl.74, for a closely related dish.

876

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY’ DISH MID 15TH CENTURY

Painted with a roundel enclosing a large spray of flowering peony, the rim with a wide band of stylised lotus scrolls, the underside similarly decorated, the base with a paper label for the Arlidge Collection, 32.8cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London on 23rd December 2016, a copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, no.1996.0258, for a related 15th-century dish with a similar design. See also Filling the Interregnum: Zhengtong, Jingtai, and Tianshun Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty in Hong Kong Collections, p.461, where two comparable examples are discussed: one from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum mentioned earlier, and another excavated in the Philippines.

877

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL AND A WATERPOT 16TH

CENTURY

Each painted to the exterior with trailing lotus flowerheads, the bowl with a central roundel containing a single lotus flower, the base with a four-character mark which reads Da Ming nian zao, 13.8cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection.

878

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL ‘BOYS’ JAR

WANLI 1573-1620

The body decorated with a continuous scene of eight boys playing in a garden, between borders of lotus and lappets, 16.8cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

879

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ VASE PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY

The square-section body decorated to each side with a five-claw dragon and phoenix amongst scrolling clouds, the neck with a band of key fret, the base with a six-character Jiajing mark, 19.2cm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£500-1,000

880

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWERS’ JAR AND COVER JIAJING 1522-66

The body painted with six roundels enclosing peony, camellia, lotus, chrysanthemum and pomegranate between bands of ruyi-heads and lappets, with a mark reading Yu Tang Jia Qi, 18.7cm. (2)

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 本拍品不設底價。

£1,500-2,500

Provenance: formerly the collection of Lieutenant Colonel William Roy Hodgson CMG, OBE (1892-1958), acquired in Tokyo in the early 1950s.

The yu tang jia qi mark, also known as the Jade Hall mark, translates to ‘Beautiful Vessel for the Jade Hall’. The Jade Hall, also known as the Hanlin Academy, was an official body in Beijing open exclusively to scholar-officials who received the jinshi, or metropolitan degree and became the preeminent scholarly institution of the inner court.

JAPANESE WORKS OF ART

AN INVITATION TO CONSIGN

MAY 2025

ENQUIRIES

Alexandra Aguilar + 44 (0)1722 424583

aa@woolleys.live

*Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

FINE ASIAN ART

12th November 2024

Three Chinese Treasures from Fonthill House, Wiltshire

Photographed before Placido Zuloago’s portrait of Alfred Morrison Esquire

Provenance: from the collection of Alfred Morrison Esquire (1821-97), later John Granville Morrison (1906-96), 1st Baron Margadale of Islay and thence by direct descent to the present owner

ENQUIRIES

John Axford | +44 (0)1722 424506 | asianart@woolleys.live

THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2024

Dame Elisabeth Frink CH, DBE, RA (1930-1993)

Rolling Over Horse

Signed and numbered 9/12 Frink (to underside of horse), and hallmarked 18 carat gold, London, 1973 (on back left leg) 18 carat gold on a black stone base, conceived in 1972, cast in 1973, approx. weight 3125.5g (including screws, excluding base) 13.5 x 20.8 x 10.6cm (excluding base)

Estimate £100,000 - 150,000*

ENQUIRIES

Victor Fauvelle | +44 (0)1722 446961 | vf@woolleys.live

*Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price

BRITISH ART POTTERY

TUESDAY 3RD & WEDNESDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2024

Lucie Rie DBE

Yellow conical bowl

Estimate £2,000 - 4,000*

John Ward

Black and white vessel

Estimate £3,000 - 5,000*

AUCTION INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS

Castle Street Salerooms

Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

Castle Gate Offices

Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

VIEWING

All our auctions are on view at least two days prior to the sale and details will be found in the relevant catalogues.

REGISTERING WITH US

All first time buyers need to register with us. To register, you will need to provide two forms of identification:

1. a passport or photographic driving licence

2. a utility bill or document showing your name and address

You can register in person or by contacting the office on +44 (0)1722 424500 or emailing enquiries@woolleys.live

You will be asked to show your documents, or email copies.

PLEASE NOTE: Registering with thesaleroom.com or through our website does not automatically register you with us.

BIDDING AT AUCTION

See below for the different options for bidding. Please note that you may be asked to provide two forms of identification, even if you have bid with us before, in order that we are compliant with Money Laundering Regulations.

BIDDING IN THE ROOM

To bid at auction you will need a paddle number. This can be obtained from the office either during the view or on the day of the sale.

COMMISSION BIDDING

If you are unable to attend the sale you can leave a commission bid. This will be executed on your behalf by the auctioneer who will purchase the lot as cheaply as possible bearing in mind any reserve price and other bids.

TELEPHONE BIDDING

It is usually possible to bid on the telephone by prior arrangement with the office.

LIVE ONLINE BIDDING

Live online bidding is now available free of charge for most of our auctions via bid.woolleyandwallis.co.uk, enabling you to take part in the bidding from anywhere in the world live as it happens.

BUYER’S PREMIUM

The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24% inclusive) thereafter.

CONDITION REPORTS

The relevant department will be pleased to give condition reports on any lot, where practical. All weights and measures given in the catalogue should be regarded as approximate.

The colours printed in the catalogue are not necessarily true.

SALE RESULTS

These will be posted on our website shortly after the sale.

PACKING AND SHIPPING

Woolley & Wallis do not offer a packing and despatch service but the following are carriers in our area.

Alban Shipping +44 (0)1582 493099 info@albanshipping.co.uk www.albanshipping.co.uk

Kimdan Ltd

+44 (0)7973 389436 andy@kimdan.co.uk

Mailboxes +44 (0)1962 622133 info@mbewinchester.co.uk www.mbe.co.uk/winchester

ZIXIS Fine Art Limited +44 (0)7873 981026 zixisfineart@163.com www.zixisfineart.co.uk

Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss to items once they are in the hands of a carrier.

EXPORTING YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE UK

If you are exporting your property, import taxes, customs duties and other fees may apply at the country of destination. It is also your responsibility to ensure that your shipment can be lawfully imported to the destination country.

Please note that due to the withdrawal of the Retail Export Scheme by HMRC, we are unable to provide VAT refund documentation (C88) for hand-carried exports.

In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported by a shipper and valid export documentation must be provided.

PAYMENT AND CLEARANCE

Payment is due immediately after the auction in pounds sterling. If you are a first time buyer we will need your name and address and will require funds to be cleared before purchases can be released.

The following methods of payment may be made: Bacs, debit and credit cards.

Wire transfers should be sent to:

Lloyds Bank plc, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB.

Account no. 00957707

Sort code 30-97-41

IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707

BIC code LOYDGB21063

Debit and Credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Union Pay

Where practical, payment can be made and purchases collected during the auction.

We reserve the right to add storage charges to all lots not collected within 30 calendar days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £20 (+ VAT) per consignment and a storage charge of £2 (+ VAT) per lot per day. No goods will be allowed to be collected until these charges have been paid.

LOT SYMBOLS

VAT

Lots marked with a dagger (†) are subject to VAT on the hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to VAT at 5% on the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. In online catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of VAT on hammer price.

CITES REGULATIONS

Please note that lots marked λ may be subject to CITES Regulations when exported.

The CITES Regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/

ARTIST’S

RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE

Lots marked with a Φ symbol are potentially subject to a levy.

Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.

Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below £1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is £12,500.

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency.

Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

4% Up to £50,000

3%

1%

0.5%

£50,000.01 - 200,000

£200,000.01 - 350,000

£350,000.01 - 500,000

0.25% In excess of £500,000

Up to a maximum levy of £12,500

FIREARMS

Lots marked Ƒ in the catalogue, or by any other means identified as controlled firearms, are subject to the UK firearms/shotgun licencing regime, and should only be viewed/ purchased by individuals with appropriate licences. It is the responsibility of the bidders to ensure that they are legally authorised to acquire the lot that they are bidding for. In the event that such a lot is successfully bid for by an individual who is not authorised to possess it, that individual will be required to pay for it, but are not allowed to take physical possession of it. The auctioneers will reoffer the lot on behalf of the buyer in a future auction; or may accept instructions to dispose of it by some other legal means, at their discretion.

ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SUREYORS CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted on our printed Conditions of Sale which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand.

2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary contract is with the seller.

3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.

4. The purchase price. The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24%) inclusive thereafter.

5. VAT. (†) indicates that VAT at the current standard rate is payable by the purchaser on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation into the UK. The symbol (Ω) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside the European Union and the present position is that these lots are liable to a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium). Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.

6. We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular, mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods. Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are ‘deliberate forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression ‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).

7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.

8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export licence is required for the goods to leave the U.K. and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing the goods in question into the destination country because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Charges may be applicable for export licences. Ask us if you need help. The denial of any permit or licence shall not justify cancellation or rescission of the sale contract or any delay in payment.

9. Bidding. Bidders will be required to register before the sale commences and lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of identification will be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone bidding.

10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating the maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone.

11. Methods of Payment. As a general rule any cheques tendered will need to be cleared before removal of the goods is permitted. Please discuss with our Office in advance of the sale if other methods of payment are envisaged (except cash).

12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. Any delay may involve the buyer in paying storage charges.

TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS

1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if the consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has authorised the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers.

2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates: 15% + VAT on each lot sold for up to £999, 10% + VAT on each lot realising £1,000 and above.

3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the sale room by any stated deadline and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but any liability incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility.

4. Loss and damage waiver. We are not regulated by the FSA for the provision of insurance to clients. However, we for our own protection assume liability for property consigned to us at lower pre-sale estimate. To justify accepting liability, we make a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT or, if unsold, our mid estimate of the hammer price. If the owner of goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, they then remain at owner’s risk unless and until the property in them passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 4 is inapplicable.

5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the lot should be illustrated your permission will usually be asked first. The copyright in respect of such illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue.

6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods may be offered subject to a reserve agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7.

7. We may sell lots below the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale proceeds as you would have received had the reserve been the hammer price. If you specifically give us ‘discretion’ we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the formal reserve.

Reserves.

(a) You are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being the minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be reasonable and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be subject to an unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage and insurance charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment).

(b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent.

(c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to the reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.

8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such items are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by external contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being notified. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.

9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in the interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be offered and must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense. The rights of disposal referred to in clause 8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection on request.

10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. of goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances responsibility lies with sellers if inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have approved the catalogue description of your lots unless informed to the contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the buyer when the lot is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale proceeds. The liability to reimburse the sale proceeds shall not arise where you are acting reasonably and honestly and are unaware of the forgery but we are or ought to have been aware of it.

11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be re-offered at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, storage charges may be incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable daily rate.

12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of up to 10% plus VAT of the reserve or low estimate on being bought in or withdrawn after being catalogued.

13. Conditions of Sale. You agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale. In particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner or agent for the owner. You undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third party for all losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of this undertaking.

14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest.

(a) You authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain beneficially the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of Sale and any interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement.

(b) You authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the close of business on the day of the sale in the case of lots unsold at auction, in which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been sold at auction and so far as appropriate these terms apply.

15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing charge of £2 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you do not remove them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within three weeks we reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your expense to consign them to the local authority for disposal.

16. Settlement. Subject to our normal trading conditions, payment will be made by BACS or cheque six weeks after the sale unless the buyer has not paid for the goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale. You authorise any sums owed by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. You must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above. You should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.

CONDITIONS OF SALE

Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.

1. DEFINITIONS

In these Conditions:

(a) ‘auctioneer’ means Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate;

(b) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description;

(c) ‘hammer price’ means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the auctioneer brings down the hammer;

(d) ‘terms of consignment’ means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd accepts instructions from sellers or their agents;

(e) ‘total amount due’ means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a defaulting buyer under these Conditions;

(f) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising.

(g) ‘‘You’, ‘Your’, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2.

(h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.

2. BIDDING PROCEDURES AND THE BUYER

(a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid;

(b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the auction or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion.

(c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals.

(d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.

3. INCREMENTS

Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.

4. THE PURCHASE PRICE

The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24%) inclusive thereafter.

5. VALUE ADDED TAX

Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items affixed with a † or Ω. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots. (Please refer to ‘Information for Buyers’ for a brief explanation of the VAT position).

6. PAYMENT

(a) Immediately a lot is sold you will:

(i) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and

(ii) pay to us the total amount due in pounds sterling

(b) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent, whether express or implied.

(c) In line with new legislation we reserve the right to investigate and identify the source of any funds received by us. The completion of the sale of a Lot will be postponed or cancelled at our discretion if further time is needed for investigation, or if you are in breach of your warranties as a buyer, or if we consider the sale to be unlawful or in any way cause liabilities or be detrimental to either Woolley and Wallis or the Seller.

7. TITLE AND COLLECTION OF PURCHASES

(a) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made payment in full to us of the total amount due.

(b) You shall at your own risk and expense collect any lots that you have purchased and paid for from our premises not later than 3 working days following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment (if later) after which you shall be responsible for any collection, storage and insurance charges.

(c) No purchase may be collected and we shall not release any lot to you or your agent until it has been paid for.

8. REMEDIES FOR NON-PAYMENT OR FAILURE TO COLLECT PURCHASES

(a) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies:

(i) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;

(ii) to rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold by us to you;

(iii) to resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller;

(iv) to remove, store and insure the lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either at our premises or elsewhere;

(v) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale;

(vi) to retain that or any other lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due;

(vii) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted;

(viii) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to retain possession of any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the debt due is satisfied.

(b) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these conditions

9. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY

All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and must note the lay-out of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur

liability for death or personal injury (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.

10. COMMISSION BIDS

Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular lot and shall be assumed to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition, we will if so instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so save where such failure is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.

11. WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AVAILABILITY

The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.

12. AGENCY

The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for default by sellers or buyers.

13. TERMS OF SALE

The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the consignor at the time of the entry of the lot.

14. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITION

(a) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph 6 ‘information to buyers’.

(b) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by auction for purposes of consumer legislation.

15. FORGERIES

Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any lot which proves to be a deliberate forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction provided it is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied from the evidence presented that the lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund the money paid by you for the lot including any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us, you shall have no rights under this condition. The right of return provided by this Condition is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.

GENERAL

16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

17. (a) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions provided by them shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate.

(b) Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit of employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them.

18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail or Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48 hours after posting.

19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary appearing in the catalogue.

20. Any indulgence extended to bidders buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position at the relevant time only and in respect of that particular

concession only; in all other respects these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.

21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.

22. Prior written consent must be sought by the buyer or any other party for the use of any images, illustrations and written materials produced by or for Woolley & Wallis relating to a lot or sale, including the contents of a catalogue. Copyright for any of the aforementioned will remain the property of Woolley & Wallis, subject to the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Woolley & Wallis and the seller make no representations or warranties that the buyer of a lot will acquire any copyright or other reproduction rights to it.

PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, ENGRAVINGS AND PRINTS

In accordance with long standing practice in Fine Art Sale Rooms certain terms used in descriptions in the Catalogue have the meanings ascribed to them in the glossary below.

Glossary

Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. The Company reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable.

(a) Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by the artist. (When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named.

(b) Attributed to Edward Lear: In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category.

(c) Studio of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist which may be or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction.

(d) Circle of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil.

(e) Style of ...; Follower of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary or nearly contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil.

(f) Manner of Edward Lear: In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date.

(g) After Edward Lear: In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.

(h) The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist.

(i) The term bears a signature and/or date and/or inscription means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription have been added by another hand.

(j) Dimensions are given height before width.

(k) Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated.

BOOKS AUCTIONS

If, on collation, any named item in this catalogue proves defective in text or illustration, the lot may be returned within 14 days of the sale with the defects stated in writing. This proviso shall not apply to defects stated in the catalogue or announced at the time of sale; nor to the absence of blanks, half titles, tissue guards or advertisements, damage in respect of bindings, stains, spotting, marginal tears or other defects not affecting completeness of text or illustration; nor to drawings, autographs, letters or manuscripts, signed photographs, music, atlases, maps or periodicals; nor to books not identified by title; nor to books sold not subject to return.

ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE

Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.

Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below £1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is £12,500.

Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency by the auctioneer.

Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

4% Up to £50,000

3%

1%

0.5%

£50,000.01 - 200,000

£200,000.01 - 350,000

£350,000.01 - 500,000

0.25% In excess of £500,000

Up to a maximum levy of £12,500

Lots marked with a Φ symbol are potentially subject to the levy.

WHAT THIS PRIVACY NOTICE DOES

This privacy notice (Notice) explains how Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Limited (us, we, our, Woolley & Wallis), processes the personal data of users of our auction and valuation services (Services) and includes buyers, bidders and sellers of auction items as well as prospective users of our Services (you, your). It also explains your rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you. This Notice is effective from May 2018. We may change this Notice from time to time. Any significant changes will be notified to you.

DATA CONTROLLER AND CONTACT DETAILS

Woolley and Wallis is the data controller of your personal data and is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

If you have any questions about how we use your personal data, whom we share it with, or if you wish to exercise any of the rights set out in this Notice, please contact us using the following details:

• By post – Privacy Officer, Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms, 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU.

• By email – privacyofficer@woolleys.live

• By telephone – +44 (0)1722 424599

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We collect your personal data from the following sources:

• From you when you:

- interact with us before entering into a contract with us, for example when you express your interest in our Services;

- instruct us to provide Services to you, sign contractual documentation and provide information in connection with those instructions;

- communicate with us by post, telephone, email or via our website, for example in order to make enquiries or register for an online account;

- in various other ways as you interact with us during your time as a user (or potential user) of our Services, for the various purposes set out below.

• From third parties such as:

- other auction houses and individuals and organisations in the auctioneering trade whom we may contact to check background details about you;

- thesaleroom.com who enable live online bidding and provide us with the name, contact details, the last four digits of registered payment cards and transaction history (in relation to activity on thesaleroom.com) of individuals who register for one of our auctions (please see thesaleroom. com’s privacy policy for further information). We also receive names, contact details, sale details and payment details (the amount and date paid) from realex payments (thesaleroom.com’s payment provider);

- sage pay who process payments on our behalf and who provide us with your name, contact details and payment details (only the last four digits of your payment card are provided);

- shipping companies whom you hire to collect items you purchased from us.

THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

We may collect the following personal data about you:

• your name and contact details including address, telephone and email address;

• your image, as captured by CCTV, if you attend our premises;

• personal identification documents, including copies of government-issued identification such as passport and driving license which are required to register bidders (or when we need to verify a seller’s details);

• account details and other information relating to your transactions/dealings with us and your use of our Services;

• payment details such as credit card and bank account details;

• credit and payment history (where you open an account with us as a buyer or bidder);

• information on your collecting preferences and aspirations, and your collections, acquisitions and disposals; and

• other information that you provide to us, for example, when you have a comment/complaint, submit a question, take part in a survey or where you express an interest in receiving marketing material or request further information.

We may also process special categories of personal data, including information concerning your health and medical conditions (for example, disability), where relevant to the provision of our Services.

THE

BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA, HOW WE USE THAT DATA AND WITH WHOM WE SHARE THAT DATA

WHERE WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

We will process your personal data because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (for example, a contract to use our Services) or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. In this respect, we use your personal data for the following:

• to interact with you before you enter into a contract with us, such as when you express your interest in our Services (for example, to send you information about our Services or answer enquiries about our Services);

• once you have engaged us and entered into a contract, to provide you with the Services set out in any contractual documents.

In this respect we will provide your data to our third party suppliers or subcontractors as necessary whom we engage to help us perform our Services or who assist us in conducting our business, such as our IT suppliers, data storage providers, and valuation companies.

LEGITIMATE INTERESTS

We may also process your personal data because it is necessary for our or a third party’s legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests include our commercial interests. In this respect, we may use your personal data for the following:

• to monitor and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of our Services, including by training our staff or monitoring their performance;

• to deal with any concerns or feedback you may have in the performance of the Services;

• for our internal business record keeping and processes;

• to seek advice on our rights and obligations, including obtaining legal advice;

• to contact you for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive such information, please let us know now or at any time in the future, and your details will be removed from our marketing list. We will not provide your personal data to third party organisations to use for their own marketing purposes;

• to customise our website and marketing communications in line with your particular interests or preferences;

• to collect money owed to us or our consignors;

• to carry out background and credit checks in relation to bidders and buyers.

In this respect we will provide your data to the following:

• our professional advisors;

• the-saleroom.com;

• debt collection agencies;

• third parties who assist us with our marketing;

• our website and email management software provider.

LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

We may also process your Personal Data for our compliance with our legal obligations. In this respect, we may use your Personal Data for the following:

• to meet our compliance and regulatory obligations, such as our tax reporting requirements or to carry out identity checks;

• in order to assist with investigations (including criminal investigations) carried out by competent authorities;

In this respect we will provide your data to the following:

• external auditors;

• the police and other competent authorities, including HMRC;

CONSENT

We may also process your Personal Data where we have your specific consent to do so (for example, where we have your agreement to include information about you (as a seller) in sale marketing materials) or where we have sought and obtained your consent to send you direct marketing by email, or for the use of cookies on our website. If you have given your consent and you wish to withdraw it, please contact us using the contact details set out above.

Please note that where our processing of your personal data relies on your consent and where you then withdraw that consent, we may not be able to provide all or some aspects of our Services to you and/or it may affect the provision of our Services.

SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA

We process special categories of personal data for the following reasons:

• if it is necessary to protect your or another person’s vital interests (for example, where you have a life-threatening accident or illness and we have to process your personal data to ensure you receive appropriate medical attention);

• if it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (for example, to protect and defend our rights, and/or the rights of our customers);

We may process information relating to your health where we have your explicit consent to do so (for example, when you provide information about your access requirements prior to attending one of our events).

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF DATA

We transfer names and addresses on our Asian mailing list to a printing company in Hong Kong to distribute our auction catalogues and promotional material. In these circumstances, your personal data will be transferred subject to standard data protection clauses (adopted by the European Commission) and included in our contract with the printing company.

We share your data collected for marketing purposes and through our website with our website and email management software provider who are based in Jersey. In these circumstances, your personal data is transferred to them subject to an Adequacy Decision made by the European Commission in respect of Jersey.

PROFILING

We may use your geographical location to target our communications and advertising and promotions to you. If you do not wish us to do this, then please contact us using the details provided above.

HOW LONG YOUR INFORMATION IS KEPT

We will retain your personal data for as long as we are providing you with the Services referred to in any contractual document, and for as long as is required for legal, regulatory, fraud prevention and our legitimate business purposes after the termination of your account/agreement with us, or if your application for a particular Service is declined or abandoned.

In particular:

• in relation to CCTV images taken when you attend our premises, we will retain these for a few months;

• in relation to personal data relating to the transactions you have entered into with us as part of the provision of our Services, we will retain that data for period of seven years after that transaction has concluded in case any legal claims arise out of the provision of those Services;

• we will retain your details on our marketing database until you inform us that you no longer wish to receive our marketing communications. However, where you do unsubscribe from our marketing communications we will keep your details on a suppression list to ensure that we do not send you information you have asked not to receive;

• in relation to personal data relating to the provenance of works, we may retain that data indefinitely in our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of the wider art market in maintaining the integrity of that market.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under the DPA you have the following rights:

• to obtain access to, and copies of, the personal data that we hold about you;

• to require that we cease processing your personal data if the processing is causing you damage or distress;

• to require us not to send you marketing communications.

• to require us to correct the personal data we hold about you if it is incorrect;

• to require us to erase your personal data;

• to require us to restrict our data processing activities (and, where our processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent, without affecting the lawfulness of our processing based on consent before its withdrawal);

• to receive from us the personal data we hold about you which you have provided to us, in a reasonable format specified by you, including for the purpose of you transmitting that personal data to another data controller;

• to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to any of our particular processing activities where you feel this has a disproportionate impact on your rights.

Please note that the above rights are not absolute, and we may be entitled to refuse requests where exceptions apply.

If you are not satisfied with how we are processing your personal data, you can raise a concern with the Information Commissioner. You can also find out more about your rights under data protection legislation from the Information Commissioner’s Office website available at: www.ico.org.uk

Printed by Park Communications, a carbon neutral company.

Park works to the EMAS standard and its Environmental Management System is certified to ISO 14001.

This publication has been manufactured using 100% offshore wind electricity sourced from UK wind.

100% of the inks used are vegetable oil based, 95% of press chemicals are recycled for further use and, on average 99% of any waste associated with this production will be recycled and the remaining 1% used to generate energy.

This document is printed on Magno Satin and Magno Gloss, both made of material from well-managed, FSC®-certified forests and other controlled sources.

VALUATIONS

Valuations are a core part of our business and are usually carried out by a senior specialist or director. Accuracy, speed and above all confidentiality are paramount.

INSURANCE VALUATIONS

Written valuations for insurance can vary from a single item to a large estate. Before starting we discuss the various options available so that the valuation is specifically tailored to individual clients’ needs.

For valuations of an entire house contents an itemised bound valuation is produced and can be accompanied by photographs when required. In addition to providing an inventory, written valuations can prevent painful arguments with a loss adjuster in the event of a claim.

Woolley and Wallis valuations are accepted by all leading insurance companies.

PROBATE VALUATIONS

We offer a speedy and professional service for executors and trustees and provide bound valuations for probate and duplicate copies when required. Since security is often a consideration, we can usually arrange for a house to be cleared and sent for auction, our Valuations Department ensures that executors are informed of which sales are involved and the results thereof.

Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd.

51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU

Registered in England No.02998482

VAT No: 631 9832 29

We also carry out valuations for Family Division, Capital Gains Tax, and Private Treaty Sales.

Contact Jeremy Lamond +44 (0)1722 424502 | valuations@woolleys.live

FREE AUCTION VALUATIONS

Free verbal valuations of items for sale are available by appointment. Please email valuations@woolleys.live or call +44 (0)1722 424500.

DIRECTIONS FROM WOOLLEY & WALLIS CASTLE STREET TO OLD SARUM

Follow A345 for 1.7 miles. At Beehive Park & Ride follow the signs for A338 Swindon and Marlborough.

17 (2nd floor) Clifford Street, London W1S 3RQ (open by appointment only)

ABSENTEE BID FORM

JAPANESE

WORKS OF ART

TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2024

ASIAN ART II

WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2024

Please bid, on my behalf, for the undermentioned lots up to the prices shown which do not include the buyer’s premium or any V.A.T. payable on lots. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids, and/or reserves if any, and subject to the Conditions of Business printed in the catalogue. Please note we cannot guarantee that bids received after 4pm on the day prior to the auction will be executed.

BUYER’S PREMIUM

Each lot is subject to a buyer’s premium of 26% plus VAT at 20%

Billing Name (please print)

Address

be required even if you have bid with us before.

Signature

AUCTION CALENDAR

2024

OCTOBER

30th & 31st Fine Jewellery

NOVEMBER

12th & 13th Fine Asian Art, Japanese Works of Art & Asian Art II

27th Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour

DECEMBER

3rd & 4th British Art Pottery

5th Modern British & 20th Century Art

2025

JANUARY

15th & 16th Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks

29th & 30th Fine Jewellery

FEBRUARY

4th British and Continental Ceramics & Glass

5th Silver & Objects of Vertu

19th Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Dates may be subject to change

ENTRIES ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED FOR OUR MAY 2025 AUCTIONS

+44 (0)1722 424500 enquiries@woolleys.live

51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk

*Price includes buyer’s premium

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-92) A GOOD JAPANESE ALBUM OF WOODBLOCK PRINTS MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY SOLD FOR £15,570*

www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk