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Wednesday 11th November 2015 Sale Starts at 10a.m.
Asian Art
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Asian Art Which will be sold by auction on
Wednesday 11th November 2015 Sale starts at 10.00am at Darwin Saleroom Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR Viewing: Monday 9th November 9.30am – 7.00pm Tuesday 10th November 9.30am – 4.30pm and on the morning of the auction Auction no. 4118 Front and Back cover illustration: lot 78 Inside Front cover illustration: lot 180 Inside Back cover illustration: lot 211 Contact: Alexander Clement
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Jeremy Lamond MRICS FNAVA Fine Art director jeremy@hallsgb.com
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Order of Sale Lots 1-122
Chinese Ceramics
Lots 123-153
Chinese Jades, Hardstones and glass
Lots 154-176
Chinese Metalwares
Lots 177-203
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Ivories and Works of Art
Lots 204-218
Chinese Pictures
Lots 219-223
Chinese Textiles
Lots 224-232
Japanese Ceramics
Lots 233-261
Japanese Ivories and Works of Art
Lots 262-271
South East Asian Art
Lots 272-281
Indian and Islamic Art
Lots 282-303
Chinese and Asian Furniture
Chinese Ceramics
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Lot 1 Lot 1 TWO CHINESE GLAZED TERRACOTTA ROOF TILE FIGURES, 19th century, each modelled as a Longma with stylised details to the body, with all-over deep ochre glaze, seated on a semi-cylindrical roof tile, with later hardwood stands, approximately 25.5cm high (2) Provenance: Formerly Enid and Brodie Lodge collection. £200 - £300
Lot 3
Lot 2 Lot 2 A STONE WARE JAR AND COVER, possibly Thai, Kingdom of Siam, of squat circular form, decorated with dark bands on a celadon ground, the foot unglazed, 11.5cm high, together with a clay example, also possibly Thai, Ban Chiang, of squat bulbous form with everted, slightly flared rim and rounded base, the body with £70 - £100 all-over textured line detailing, 9.5cm high (2) Lot 3 A CHINESE PALE GREEN GLAZED STONEWARE VASE, Northern Song, of slender ovoid form with flared rim, the tapering neck applied with a wrythen dragon, 50cm high. Provenance: Purchased from James Murphy Antiquities, Lancashire. £600 - £800 Lot 4 A CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY TOMB FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT, Han dynasty, modelled standing in simple red black and white robes, his right hand raised, 50.5cm high. £300 - £500 Lot 4
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Lot 5
Lot 5 A LARGE CHINESE POTTERY FUNERARY MODEL OF A HOUSE, Eastern Han dynasty, the single storey structure with separate ribbed pitched roof, the front elevation with windows and door opening and a front step, the side and rear elevations with incised detail, 55cm wide, 29cm high, 30cm deep. Provenance: Purchased from James Murphy Antiquities, Lancashire, July 1997. Footnote: For similar structures see Ex.Cat. ‘The genius of China’, 1973, p.121, fig.228.
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£800 - £1,200
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Lot 8 Lot 8 A CHINESE GREY POTTERY TILE OR BRICK, Six dynasties, of rectangular form and moulded with a leaping kylin, 19x28cm. £150 - £250
Lot 6 Lot 6 A CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY VESSEL, Machang phase Majiayao culture, circa 2000BC, of ovoid form with twin ribbed handles and decorated with bands of cross-hatched circles, 11cm high, together with a dark brown glazed stoneware jarlet, Song dynasty, 9cm high, a similar small stoneware bowl, 10cm dia., and a Longquan celadon conical bowl, 14th-15th century, 13cm dia. Provenance: Purchased from Vanessa Purcell and James Murphy, Lancashire,1993-95. Footnote: For an identical neolithic pot see He Li ‘Chinese Ceramics’, p.60, fig.9. The jarlet in this lot was excavated from a ship wreck off the coast of Thailand and is accompanied by it’s export label. £200 - £300
Lot 9 Lot 9 A MATCHED PAIR OF CHINESE GLAZED POTTERY STORAGE JARS AND COVERS, Tang dynasty, of ovoid shape, the plain circular covers with button finials, part straw-glazed,30cm high. (2) Footnote: A similar storage jar without cover from the Professor Clark collection is in the British Museum. £250 - £350
Lot 10 Lot 10 A CHINESE GREY EARTHENWARE TOMB FIGURE OF A HORSE, Eastern Han dynasty, in two separate pieces forming the head and body, 40cm long x 29cm high.
Lot 7 Lot 7 A CHINESE UNGLAZED STONEWARE VOTIVE OR FUNERARY FIGURE, Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century Ad, modelled as a lady standing in a plain skirt with narrow sleeves, hands clasped in £40 - £60 front, her hair in a top knot, 21cm high.
Provenance: Purchased from Vanessa Purcell & Co, August 1993. Footnote: For very similar examples see He Li ‘Chinese Ceramics’, £250 - £350 p.64, (No.’s 60 and 62).
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Lot 13 Lot 13 A CHINESE GLAZED STONEWARE BOWL, Tang dynasty, of rounded form with everted rim, greyish glaze, 15.5cm dia., and a dark red stoneware jar, possibly Warring States, of ovoid form with £80 - £120 pressed surface decoration, 18.5cm high. (2)
Lot 11 Lot 11 A CHINESE FUNERARY VASE, Qingbai, Song, of slender pear shape applied with a border of ten standing figures and one reclining figure, with a striding dragon applied in relief around the neck, with further figures and mythical animals, 79cm high £100 - £150 (lacking cover).
Lot 14 Lot 14 A CHINESE QINGBAI BOWL, Song dynasty, thinly potted with a flared rim, deep curving well and raised on a short recessed foot, the inside incised and combed with stylised foliage, 18cm dia. £400 - £600
Lot 12 Lot 12 A CHINESE ‘HARE’S FUR’ BOWL, 20th century, after the Song dynasty, 12cm dia. £100 - £200
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Lot 17 Lot 17 A CHINESE CIZHOU TYPE JAR AND COVER, of ovoid form, the pale stoneware coated in white slip and painted with bands of £40 - £60 diaper and flower panels, 8cm high.
Lot 15 Lot 15 A CHINESE CIZHOU TIGER FIGURE, Northern Song dynasty, in treacle brown tones and modelled as a boy riding a tiger, raised on rectangular plinth base, 11cm high. Provenance: The Brodie Lodge collection.
Lot 18 Lot 18 A CHINESE STONEWARE BOWL, possibly Song dynasty, of conical form with shallow foot ring, covered in a pale celadon glaze, 19.5cm dia., and a celadon brush washer, Song dynasty, of conical form and covered in a pale green glaze with pronounced ‘iron wire’ £80 - £120 crackle, 9cm dia. (2)
£400 - £600
Lot 16 Lot 16 A CHINESE CELADON STONEWARE FIGURAL WATER POT, Qing, modelled as a lion with carved and incised fur, 14cm long, 9.5cm high.
Lot 19 Lot 19 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, early 19th century, of shouldered form and decorated with a dragon amid rocks and leafy plants, carved hardwood stand, 29cm high excluding stand. £100 - £150
Footnote: For an identical celadon water pot from the Six dynasties period, see ‘The genius of China’, Royal Academy ex. cat. 1973, p.124 fig.237. £300 - £500
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Lot 22 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE, Ming dynasty, of circular form and decorated with three flower sprays around a flowerhead central medallion, a sawtooth band to the rim edge, 19cm dia. £150 - £250
Lot 20 Lot 20 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN CHARGER, Qianlong, decorated with peonies blossoming at the foot of a willow tree, with four auspicious objects placed in the background, contained within a diaper border, the broad, slightly everted rim painted with £70 - £100 three floral motifs, 40.5cm diameter (at fault) Lot 23 Lot 23 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SAUCE BOAT, Qianlong, of lobed oval form with loop handle, the inside decorated with a riverscape scene within a diaper border, the outside with diaper and loop borders, 19cm long. £80 - £120
Lot 21 Lot 21 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR AND COVER, Kangxi, the body painted with a repeating ‘shou’ character motif contained within stylised peony head borders above a key motif band £100 - £200 encircling the foot, 24.5cm high (at fault)
Lot 24 Lot 24 EIGHT CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DINNER PLATES, Qianlong, all of plain circular shape, three with the same scene of houses and trees by a river, the remaining five with different similar £80 - £120 scenes, 23cm dia. (8) Lot 22
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Lot 27 Lot 27 A SET OF THREE LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN FIGURES, 20th century, modelled as standing dignitaries, each holding a ruyi scepter, their robes decorated with dragons chasing flaming pearls amid clouds, 45 and 55cm high, £350 - £450 impressed seal marks. (3)
Lot 25 Lot 25 TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATTERS, Qianlong, of canted rectangular form, the first decorated with a willow tree on rock with flowering plants in a fenced garden, the second with a house and garden amid trees and flowering plants, both within complex £200 - £300 borders, 38cm long. (2)
Lot 26 Lot 26 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH, Qianlong, of canted rectangular form and decorated with buildings and figures by a £40 - £60 river within a complex border, 22.5cm long.
Lot 28 Lot 28 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR AND COVER, 19th century, of ovoid form with cylindrical cover, painted with prunus blossom on a ‘cracked ice’ ground, with carved hardwood stand, £150 - £250 21.5cm high (excluding stand).
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Lot 32 Lot 32 TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE WATER POTS, 18th century, the first of rounded form and painted with fishing scenes, 5.5cm high, the second of beehive form and painted with stylised flowers and £40 - £60 foliage, 3.5cm high. (2)
Lot 29 Lot 29 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL, Qing, 18th century, of ogee profile and painted with a continuous river scene with fortified buildings, bat and peach mark to base, 17.5cm dia. £100 - £150
Lot 30 Lot 30 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JAR, Jiajing six character mark but 18th/19th century, of ovoid form with later bronze swing handles, painted with scenes of dignitaries, scholars and attendants, 17cm £80 - £120 high (probably lacking cover).
Lot 33 Lot 33 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH, Qianlong, of plain circular form and decorated with two wrythen dragons chasing a flaming pearl amid the clouds, 34.5cm dia. £100 - £150
Lot 31 Lot 31 A CHINESE SOFT PASTE BLUE AND WHITE POT AND COVER, 18th century, of compressed globular form and decorated with stylised flowerheads and scrolling foliage, 10cm dia. £40 - £60
Lot 34 Lot 34 TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JARLETS, Wanli, of shouldered form and decorated with repeating panels of deer amid scrolling £70 - £100 foliage, 8.5cm high. (2)
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Lot 35 Lot 35 A GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS, 18th century, all decorated with repeating panels of flowers and foliage and some with figures, all 4.5cm high. (10) £200 - £300 Lot 38 Lot 38 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL AND MATCHED SAUCER, Qing, early 19th century, of plain rounded form, the bowl with scattered flower sprigs, the saucer with a single leaf beside two lines of text, 6.5cm high. £80 - £120
Lot 36 Lot 36 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASES, Qianlong, of slender gourd shape and decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage, 17cm high, together with a small blue and white gourd form vase with alternating panels of a fligure and flowers, 11cm high. £120 - £150
Lot 39 Lot 39 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU FORM VASE, late 18th century, the slightly swollen centre section decorated with precious objects between bands of overlapping tobacco leaves, 21cm high, and a blue and white baluster vase, 18th/19th century, moulded and painted with panels of flowers and foliage, 22.5cm high. (2) £100 - £150
Lot 37 Lot 37 SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES, 18th century, including a pair decorated with a rock and lotus vignette within a border of flowering plants and rocks, 24cm dia. and four others with similar £200 - £300 patterns, ranging 21cm to 27cm. (6)
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Lot 40 Lot 40 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, gu, 19th century, painted with flowering prunus branches on a cloudy blue ground, four£60 - £80 character Kangxi mark, 35cm high.
Lot 42 Lot 42 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH, Jiajing six character mark but 18th century, of plain circular shape and decorated with horsemen meeting monks on a rocky pass, diaper and panel border to the rim, 27cm dia., together with a soup plate, Qianlong, decorated with a mountain landscape, 22cm dia., and a dinner £100 - £150 plate with fenced garden, 23cm dia. (3)
Lot 41 Lot 41 A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DINNER PLATES, Qianlong, of plain circular shape and decorated with heron beside £100 - £150 a fenced garden, 23cm dia.
Lot 43 Lot 43 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE POT AND COVER, Kangxi, of rounded form, the domed cover with ring finial, decorated with flower medallions and scrolling foliage, 13.5cm high.£200 - £300
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Lot 46 Lot 46 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH WASHER, 18th century, of barbed rim-form, decorated with a heron amid flowering lotus plants, 13.5cm dia., a small blue and white bowl with flower spray in a diaper border, 16cm dia. and a pair of blue and white teabowls £40 - £60 with a riverscape scene, 4cm high. (4)
Lot 44 Lot 44 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE WALL VASES, Qing, 19th/20th century, of lobed baluster form and decorated with scrolling flowers and foliage between leaf and diaper borders, £100 - £150 17cm high. (2)
Lot 45 Lot 45 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU VASE, 19th century, with flared rim and slightly swollen mid section, decorated with a dignitary with attendants and boys in a fenced garden with rocks and plants, £300 - £500 29.5cm high.
Lot 47 Lot 47 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PLAQUE, 20th century, of rectangular form and decorated with a scene of figures at the gates to a villa amid trees and mountains, a three line inscription top left, in a lacquer openwork frame, plaque 36x25cm. £100 - £150
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Lot 48 Lot 48 A CHINESE SANG DE BOEUF BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT, bitong, 19th century, of cylindrical form and decorated with circular reserves to one side of Zhang guolao with his mule and to the other with a figure seated by a river, against an oxblood £200 - £300 ground, 13cm high, four character Kangxi mark. Lot 51 Lot 51 A CHINESE IMARI CHARGER, Qianlong, decorated with a central design of a pomegranate tree and terraces, bordered by an alternating panel design of a temple and trees in a hilly landscape, and a stylised scrolling floral design on a blue ground, the reverse with two fluid bamboo motifs, the base with a studio mark, 35cm £70 - £100 diameter (at fault)
Lot 49 Lot 49 A GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN, 18th century, including a double-walled reticulated tea kettle of compressed globe form, 15cm high; a lotus form bowl decorated with alternating flower and landscape panels, 16cm dia.; and a tea plate decorated with a dragon chasing a pearl, 16cm dia. (3) £120 - £150 )
Lot 50 Lot 50 A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘CLOBBERED’ SAUCE BOATS, Qianlong period, each of reeded form with plain loop handle, the exterior decorated with a floral design with copper red and gilt detail, the interior with a garden scene depicting blossoming flowers in pinks and reds with two birds in the background below a stylised pattern border, gilt detail to the rim, £250 - £300 7.5cm high at the handle, 21cm in length (2)
Lot 52 Lot 52 A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASE, 19th century, of bottle form and painted in colours with panels of domestic interiors alternating with birds in branches, on a dense ground of flowers and foliage with gilt detail, 34cm high. £150 - £250
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Lot 56 Lot 56 A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, daoguang seal mark and probably period, of compressed globular form with broad neck and flared rim, painted in colours with precious objects and £70 - £100 flowers within lappet and ruyi borders, 10cm high.
Lot 53 Lot 53 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE STYLE GINGER JAR, 19th century, of ovoid form with replacement hardwood cover, painted in colours with a continuous scene of figures around a villa in a rocky garden, with carved hardwood stand, 23cm high excluding stand. £100 - £150
Lot 57 Lot 57 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL, Jiaqing seal mark but later 19th/20th century, of lotus or mallow form and painted in colours with flowers, foliage and butterflies on a green ground between £100 - £150 yellow borders, 20.5cm dia.
Lot 54 Lot 54 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL, 19th century, of lobed oval shape and painted in colours with a procession of boys with £60 - £80 lanterns and a paper dragon, 19cm across.
Lot 55 Lot 55 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER DISH, Jiaqing mark and possibly period, of ogee form and painted in colours with dragons chasing pearls above waves, iron red bats and clouds to the rim, £150 - £250 14.5cm dia.
Lot 58 Lot 58 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE OR WATER POT, 19th century, of bell form and painted in colours with scattered flowers beneath £150 - £180 a ruyi border, 18cm high.
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Lot 62 Lot 62 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TEA CADDIES AND COVERS, 18th century, of rectangular section with domed covers, painted in colours with chickens amid flowers and foliage, 8.5cm £250 - £350 high. (2)
Lot 59 Lot 59 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MUG, 18th century, of bell form with ribbed strap handle, painted in colours with a pseudo European £200 - £250 coastal scene within a scroll border, 15cm high.
Lot 60 Lot 60 A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MUG, 18th century, of culindrical form with plain loop handle, painted in colours with scattered flower sprigs on a ‘bianco-sopra-bianco’ ground of flowers and butterflies, all between blue cell and diaper borders, 8.5cm high. £120 - £150
Lot 63 Lot 63 A CHINESE BISCUIT FAMILLE VERTE VASE, gu, Qing, 18th/19th century, of sleeve form with flared rim and bulging mid section, painted with shaped panels of birds in flowering branches against a cell and ruyi ground intersected by flower strap and panel £100 - £150 borders, 45.5cm high (repaired).
Lot 61 Lot 61 A CHINESE IMARI PUNCH BOWL, Qianlong, of plain rounded form and decorated in underglaze blue with iron red and gold enamel with rocks and flowering plants, a diaper panel border inside the £150 - £250 rim around a centre flower spray, 26cm dia.
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Lot 64 Lot 64 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL AND COVER, daoguang seal mark and probably of the period, the bowl of rounded form with lobed rim, the cover/stand of domed form with shallow foot ring, painted in colours with oval panels of figures in domestic settings against an apple green ground with profuse flowers, foliage and £150 - £250 butterflies, 17cm dia. (bowl repaired)
Lot 67 Lot 67 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PILLOW, 18th century, of rectangular form and painted in colours with scattered flower sprays and birds £200 - £300 on a coral ground, 12.5cm high.
Lot 65 Lot 65 A PAIR OF CHINESE CAFE AU LAIT GROUND TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS, Qianlong, the bowls of reeded form and decorated in underglaze blue with flower sprays, the outsides with polychrome flower and bird trellis on a cafe au lait ground, the saucers with £180 - £220 conforming decoration, 5.5cm high. (4)
Lot 68 Lot 68 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISH, possibly Kangxi, of plain circular shape with turned-out rim, painted in colours with sprays of peony, £100 - £150 chrysanthemum, prunus and lotus, 35cm dia.
Lot 66 Lot 66 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEABOWL AND COVER, Tongzhi seal mark and of the period, of conical form with slightly lobed rim, the cover/saucer domed with shallow foot ring, painted in colours with £150 - £200 fanciful birds in flowering branches, 8cm high.
Lot 69 Lot 69 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE, Qing, of ovoid form with cylindrical neck, painted in colours with ladies in a fenced garden, £70 - £100 23.5cm high (reduced). 18
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Lot 70 Lot 70 A SET OF THREE CHINESE IMARI PLATES, Qianlong, of plain circular shape and decorated in underglaze blue with iron red and gilt enamels with a vase and flowering plants inside a panel border £120 - £180 and four flower sprays to the rim, 23cm dia.
Lot 73 Lot 73 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, 20th century, the broad folded lotus-pad rim above a knopped neck and ovoid body, painted in colours with shaped panels of waterfowl amid lotus pads and flowers against a mid blue ground with scattered flowers and £150 - £250 foliage, 54cm high.
Lot 71 Lot 71 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL, Qianlong seal mark but 19th/20th century, of lobed oval shape and painted in colours with the eight daoist immortals gathered in a landscape, 19cm long. £80 - £120
Lot 72 Lot 72 A CHINESE YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOWL, guangxu mark and of the period, of rounded form, the outside painted with four circular reserves of a dragon and phoenix chasing a flaming pearl against a yellow ground with repeating flowers and dense scrolling foliage, the inside with an iron red and gold dragon medallion, 25.5cm, iron red six character guangxu mark. £350 - £450
Lot 74 Lot 74 A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE MUG, Qing, 18th century, of cylindrical form with entwined branch handle, painted in colours with figures on a terrace, 8cm high. £50 - £80
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Lot 76 Lot 76 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE WIG STAND, Qing, 19th century, of hexagonal section and pierced with quatrefoil vents, painted in colours with an immortal, probably Zhang goulau, seated on a tree and holding a peach branch in his teeth, the reverse with seven £80 - £120 lines of text, 26.5cm high.
Lot 75 Lot 75 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DESSERT PLATE, Qing, 18th century, of plain circular shape, painted in colours with high born figures in a domestic interior, within a diaper and panel border, the rim with ‘en grisaille’ landscape vignettes against gilt scrolling foliage, £150 - £250 25cm dia.
Lot 77 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SAUCERS, Xiangfeng seal marks and of the period, of plain circular form and painted in colours with auspicious objects, flowers and foliage arranged £150 - £180 around central flower medallions, 13cm dia. (2)
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Lot 78
Lot 78 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CUPS AND COVERS, guangxu six character marks and of the period, of conical form with slightly flared rims, the domed cover/stands with shallow foot rings, finely painted in colours with birds amid flowering branches and inscribed with lines of text, with inlaid hardwood stands, 9cm high. £2,000 - £3,000
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Lot 79 Lot 79 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SALTS, 18th century, of ogee form with lobed rims and deep conical feet, painted in colors with £60 - £80 flower a sprig trellis pattern, 11cm dia. (2)
Lot 82 Lot 82 A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL, Ming dynasty, mid 17th century, of rounded form, the outside with fanciful birds and flowers beneth a diaper and flower panel border, the inside with an underglaze blue dragon to the centre framed by three fish, 20cm dia., together with a blue and white bowl, Ming dynasty, of inverted bell form and £150 - £250 decorated with flower vases, 19cm dia. (2)
Lot 80 Lot 80 A CHINESE BOWL, Ming dynasty, late 16th/17th century, of rounded form with shallow foot ring, painted in colours with a £40 - £60 repeating flower border, 10cm dia.
Lot 83 Lot 83 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN TEAPOT AND COVER, 18th/19th century, of cylindrical form with metal swing handles, £100 - £150 painted in colours with fish, 9cm high.
Lot 81 Lot 81 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH, 18th/19th century, of plain circular shape and painted with a central flower panel medallion and £40 - £60 four conjoined flower sprays to the rim, 23cm dia.
Lot 84 Lot 84 A CHINESE TURQUOISE GROUND BOWL, Yongzheng mark but later, of plain rounded form and painted in colours with dense scrolling flowers, peaches and foliage on a turquoise ground beneath a yellow and pink ruyi border, the inside turquoise, on £350 - £450 carved hardwood stand, 26.5cm dia.
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Lot 87 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARS AND COVERS,19th/20th century, of hexagonal section and ovoid outline, painted in colours with scholars and attendants in a formal garden, a ruyi and flower border to the rim, 20cm high. (2) £300 - £500
Lot 85 Lot 85 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIERE, Republic period, of hexagonal section and tapering form, the sides painted in colours with twelve figures, each holding a flowering branch, in a fenced £80 - £120 garden, 18cm high, 26cm across.
Lot 88 Lot 88 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUE, Republic period, of rectangular form and finely painted in colours with two ladies in a garden, one seated at a table playing a guqin, the other stands and listens, inscribed with three lines of text upper right, £200 - £400 with associated wood frame, 18.5x12cm.
Lot 86 Lot 86 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE BOWL, Tongzhi seal mark and of the period, of trefoil form and painted in colours with wrythen dragons amid scrolling flowers and foliage on a turquoise £150 - £180 ground, 15cm across.
Lot 89 Lot 89 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOXED SUPPER SET, 19th/20th century, the square hardwood case containing nine shaped dishes, each painted in colours with a landscape and inscription, 26cm £200 - £250 square.
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Lot 90 Lot 90 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, daoguang mark and probably of the period, of square section and rectangular form, painted in colours with chrysanthemum flowers issuing scrolling foliage £300 - £400 around precious objects, 11cm high.
Lot 92 Lot 92 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, daoguang mark and probably of the period, of square section and baluster form with twin mask handles, painted in colours with high born figures in elaborate £400 - £600 robes and inscribed with verses, 24cm high.
Lot 91 Lot 91 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, Qianlong mark but later, of square section and near cuboid form, painted in colours with figures on terraces within underglaze blue cell borders, 8cm high. £400 - £600
Lot 93 Lot 93 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARROW VASE, Qianlong mark but later, of rectangular section and pear form, the neck with twin ribbed tubular lugs, the body painted in colours with repeating flower and scrolling foliage between fretwork borders, 15.5cm high. £300 - £500
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Lot 94 Lot 94 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, Qianlong seal mark but Republic period, of ovoid form with flared rim and twin elephant head handles, painted in colours with a continuous scene of an emperor with large gathering of attendants and entertainers to an elobrate marquee, the neck with repeating flowers, foliage and lanterns on a turquoise ground above complex flower, leaf and ruyi borders, ÂŁ700 - ÂŁ1,000 62cm high.
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Lot 97 Lot 97 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RETICULATED LANTERN AND STAND, Qing, of hexagonal section and ovoid form, the tapering base raised on six stepped feet, the body with openwork panels inset with roundels painted in colours with figures in landscapes, framed by ‘thousand flower’ borders, 36cm high (repaired). £200 - £300
Lot 95 Lot 95 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, Republic period, of ovoid form with flared everted rim, painted in colours with a peacock and peahen perched on a rock amid flowering plants in a landscape, the neck with flowers and dense scrolling foliage on a £200 - £300 pink ground between ruyi borders, 64cm high.
Lot 98 Lot 98 A CHINESE GREEN LANGYAO VASE, Qing, possibly 18th century, of ovoid form with everted rim, covered to the exterior with a translucent pale apple-green crackle glaze stopping around the foot, the interior with white crackle glaze and base with pale £120 - £150 celadon crackle glaze, 19cm high.
Lot 96 Lot 96 A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE, Republic period, of ovoid form with flared rim and twin openwork scroll handles, the body painted in colours with a scene of birds and butterflies in the branches of a flowering prunus tree, 56.5cm high. £300 - £400
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Lot 99 Lot 99 A CHINESE FLAMBE VASE, 19th century, of bottle form with graduated rouge flambe glaze, 37cm high, and a small flambe vase of baluster form with mottled glazes, 13cm high. (2) £200 - £300
Lot 100 Lot 100 A CHINESE CELADON TRIPOD CENSER, Qianlong mark but 20th century, of compressed globular form with carp handles, the body with incised tree panels, raised on three claw feet, 15.5cm (lacking £40 - £60 cover).
Lot 101 A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE VASE, possibly Qianlong, of ovoid form with four loop handles around the narrow rim, covered overall with a pale celadon glaze with an irregular pattern of ‘iron wire’ crackle, 14cm high. £800 - £1,200 Lot 101 27
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Lot 102 Lot 102 A CHINESE GE-TYPE ARROW VASE, probably 18th century, of square section and baluster form with twin tubular handles, covered in a pale celadon glaze with an irregular ‘iron and gold £150 - £250 wire’ crackle, 17cm high.
Lot 104 Lot 104 A CHINESE GE-TYPE VASE, 19th century, of bottle form, covered with a pale celadon glaze and with irregular ‘iron and gold wire’ crackle, 14.5cm, and a ge or Lungyao type vase or garlic head form with twin scroll handles, the apple green glaze with irregular £100 - £150 crackle, 11cm high. (2)
Lot 103 Lot 103 A CHINESE GE-TYPE VASE, 19th century, of ovoid form with short slender neck and twin moulded ring handles, covered with a pale celadon glaze with ‘iron and gold wire’ crackle intersected with £150 - £250 bands of ‘bronzed’ ruyi, 18.5cm high.
Lot 105 Lot 105 A CHINESE BLUE AND GILT HU FORM VASE, 19th century, of rectangular section with twin fret handles, covered with a cobalt glaze and decorated in gilt with birds and beasts, flowers and £200 - £300 foliage within fret borders, 39cm high.
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Lot 106 Lot 106 A CHINESE SOFT PASTE BLANC DE CHINE TEAPOT AND COVER, 18th/19th century, of hexagonal section and waisted form with conforming handle and spout, the sides moulded with panels of £60 - £80 figures, 14cm high.
Lot 108 Lot 108 A CHINESE CLAIRE-DE-LUNE GLAZED VASE, 18th century, of shouldered form with squat everted rim, covered with a near white £100 - £150 glaze stopping short of the foot, 14.5cm high.
Lot 107 Lot 107 A CHINESE BLUE AND GILT GINGER JAR, 19th century, of conventional ovoid form and decorated with repeating gilt flower sprays on a cobalt ground, with hardwood stand, jar 20cm high £80 - £120 (lacking cover).
Lot 109 Lot 109 A CHINESE PEACH BLOOM GLAZED BEEHIVE WATER POT, six character Kangxi mark but probably later, its curving exterior walls incised with three dragon roundels and covered with a mottled dark pink and pale green glaze, underglaze blue six-character mark in £80 - £120 two rows of regular script to the base, 8cm high. 29
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Lot 110 Lot 110 A PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON VASES, Cong, Qing dynasty, the square section vases moulded to each side with a different panels of flowers and foliage, indistinct seal marks, with hardwood £600 - £800 stands, 26cm high (excluding stands). (2)
Lot 112 Lot 112 A CHINESE FAHUA TURQUOISE GLAZED VASE, 19th century, of bottle form, the body and neck moulded with an entwined dragon and cloud, 23.5cm high. £100 - £150
Lot 111 Lot 111 A CHINESE LONGQUAN STYLE VASE, 20th century, of pear form and incised with stylised foliage between borders under a pale £70 - £100 green glaze, 30cm high.
Lot 113 Lot 113 A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, People’s Republic, modelled seated on a double lotus base, 19cm high. £80 - £120
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Lot 114 Lot 114 A CHINESE CELADON DISH, 18th century, of barbed rim form and incised with a central lotus flower within radiating bands of fretwork, covered in a pale celadon glaze, 27cm dia. £400 - £600
Lot 117 Lot 117 A CHINESE ROBIN’S EGG GOURD VASE, late Qing/Republic period, of ovoid shape with gently everted rim, all covered in a marbled glaze of bright turquoise and deeper violet, 11cm high. £400 - £600
Lot 115 Lot 115 A CHINESE CELADON STONEWARE BOWL, of rounded form with slightly flared rim and covered in a pale green glaze with irregular crackle, 14cm dia., a small celadon stoneware dish, of lobed form and incised with a flower spray under a similar glaze, 12cm dia., and a blue and white jarlet, probably Wanli, of shouldered form and painted with flower sprays, 9cm high. (3) £80 - £120
Lot 116 Lot 116 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE LONGQUAN STYLE BARBED RIM DISHES, Qing, of shallow lobed form, carved and incised with stylised flowers and foliage around a central flower medallion, £200 - £400 34cm dia. (2)
Lot 118 Lot 118 A PAIR OF CHINESE FLAMBE VASES, 19th century, of ovoid form with slightly flared rims and twin kylin handles, the shoulders applied with curled dragons, covered in a copper red and turquoise blue glaze, the insides white with an irregular crackle, 28cm high. £400 - £600 (2) 31
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Lot 120 FOUR CHINESE YIXING POTTERY TEAPOTS, 19th/20th century, the first dark brown of compressed cylindrical form and incised with a five character inscription, 9.5cm; the second of sand colour with dark brown spout and handle, the cover with ‘loose’ seeds, 6cm high; the third dark brown with red agate slip, of square section and tapering form, 10cm; the fourth red with green and brown slip, of organic form with branch handles and spout, 5.5cm. £150 - £250 (4)
Lot 119 Lot 119 FOUR CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS, 20th century, the first with sand coloured body and enamelled vine spout and handle, 9.5cm; the second dark brown with blue slip and bamboo moulding, 8cm; the third dark brown of compressed form with moulded strap panels, 7.5cm; the fourth red and or organic form with prunus moulding, £120 - £150 6.5cm. (4)
Lot 121 Lot 121 A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER, Jiang Rong or student of, late 20th century, the mixed red and sand coloured clay modelled as a cut lotus pod with ‘loose’ seeds, the cover with a £250 - £350 frog finial, 12.5cm Lot 122 A COLLECTION OF CHINESE YIXING WARE, 20th century, including seven teapots and two small bowls, utilising red, dark brown, green and turquoise clays in various forms, smallest 5.5cm, largest 12cm. (9) £100 - £150
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Chinese Jades, Hardstones and Glass
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Lot 123 Lot 123 A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL CARVING OF A TIGER ON ROCK, Qing, modelled as a tiger, the natural inclusions in the stone forming its stripes, climbing a craggy boulder, with carved £250 - £350 hardwood stand, 7cm high, 11cm long.
Lot 125 Lot 125 A CHINESE PALE GREEN JADE PENDANT, Qing, of rectangular form and carved with reticulated scroll forms, 4.9cm high. £50 - £80
Lot 124 Lot 124 A CHINESE JADEITE BOULDER CARVING, 20th Century, the midgreen and russet stone of ovoid form and carved with a scene of two elders playing go outside a pagoda amid trees and rocks, 16.5cm high. £100 - £150
Lot 126 Lot 126 A CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, 19th Century, modelled standing in typical robes and holding a string £150 - £250 of beads, 17.5cm high (repaired).
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Lot 127 Lot 127 A GRADUATED JADEITE BEAD NECKLACE, early 20th century, of eighty-three graduated beads ranging from 4mm to 9.5mm, pale green with darker green streaks, 9ct white gold oval clasp inset £300 - £500 with a diamond chip, 40cm long, 47g.
Lot 130 Lot 130 A CHINESE FLOURITE FIGURE OF HOTEI, 19th century, the pink and yellow banded stone modelled as a standing deity set on a £100 - £200 cushion base, 19.5cm high.
Lot 128 Lot 128 A CHINESE CARVED NEPHRITE JADE PENDANT, early 20th century, the apple green streaked pale green stone carved with two bats amid rolling clouds, applied with a yellow metal loop, 3.8cm. £150 - £180
Lot 129 Lot 129 A CHINESE AMETHYST WATER POT, 19th century, of compressed globular form and carved with a dragon confronting a rat, 6cm across, and a serpentine teabowl, the pale green mottled stone £80 - £120 finely carved in inverted bell form, 10cm dia. (2)
Lot 131 Lot 131 A CHINESE SOAPSTONE PLAQUE, Qing, 19th/20th century, of octagonal form and carved in low relief with a dragon amid clouds above the sea, within a sgraffito border of flowers and foliage, 16cm. £40 - £60
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Lot 132 Lot 132 A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, 20th century, the pale green stone with apple green inclusions of circular form and carved to one side with bats flying around a peach branch and lingzhi fungus and to the other side with a fanciful bird on a lotus branch, yellow £80 - £120 metal and coral stopper, 6.5cm high.
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Lot 135 A CHINESE JADE BEAD PENDANT AND YELLOW METAL NECKLACE, 20th century, the mid green beads of uniform size and with a heart shape pendant, strung with yellow metal butterfly spacers, 75cm long. £200 - £300
Lot 133 Lot 133 TWO CHINESE CARVED JADE FIGURES, 19th century, the first modelled as an immortal, possibly Shoulau, seated on a basket, 6.5cm, the second a group of five boys holding a ruyi banner, 8cm £150 - £180 long. (2) Lot 134 A JADE BEAD NECKLACE, early 20th century, the moss green beads of uniform size and strung to a white metal art deco clasp, £300 - £500 46cm long.
Lot 136 Lot 136 A CHINESE NEPHRITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, 19th century, the near white stone with russet inclusions well hollowed and of compressed ovoid form with carved ring ‘handles’, coral stopper, £250 - £350 8cm high.
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Lot 137 AN AMBER BEAD NECKLACE, comprising a continuous single strand of ninety-three graduated amber beads, length approximately 124cm. £500 - £700
Lot 139 Lot 139 A CHINESE JADE PENDANT, Qing, the white stone with pale and apple green inclusions carved as two dragons around a Bi disc, with associated yellow metal mount and chain necklace, pendant £200 - £250 5cm.
Lot 138 Lot 138 A DOUBLE STRAND JADE BEAD NECKLACE, comprising two strands totalling one hundred and ten graduated beads of pale celadon with emerald green inclusions, united by a yellow metal £100 - £150 screw clasp, approximate length 43cm.
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Lot 140 Lot 140 A CHINESE SILVER GILT FILIGREE, ENAMEL AND MALACHITE BRACELET, formed from six ovoid links, the central four with cabouchon malachite stones framed by enamel flowers and £200 - £300 foliage on a filigree ground, 18cm long.
Lot 143 Lot 143 A CHINESE NEPHRITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, Qing, the pale green stone of ovoid form with narrow foot ring, the shoulder carved with two long-tailed dragons, with carved hardwood stand, £500 - £800 5.5cm high excluding stand.
Lot 141 Lot 141 A CHINESE SILVER GILT FILIGREE, ENAMEL AND CARNELIAN BRACELET, formed from six ovoid links, the central four with cabouchon carnelian stones framed by enamel flowers and foliage £200 - £300 on a filigree ground, 18cm long.
Lot 144 Lot 144 A LARGE JADE BEAD NECKLACE, the continuous strand of sixtyseven uniform size spherical beads of dark emarald green with paler green inclusions, weight 375g, approximate length 115cm. £200 - £400
Lot 142 Lot 142 A CHINESE SILVER GILT FILIGREE, ENAMEL AND CARNELIAN BRACELET, formed from five canted rectangular links, each with cabouchon malachite stones framed by enamel sea life and foliage £200 - £300 on a filigree ground, 17.5cm long.
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Lot 147 Lot 147 A CHINESE JADE BRUSH REST, Qing, the spinach green stone of rectangular tablet form carved with a circular well guarded by a £100 - £150 dragon and a phoenix amid clouds, 9cm.
Lot 145 Lot 145 A CHINESE NEPHRITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, Qing, the very pale green stone well hollowed and of rectangular shape with flat rim and cylindrical neck, the body inscribed with three lines of text to £300 - £500 each side, 6cm high.
Lot 148 Lot 148 A CHINESE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE, Qing, 19th century, carved as a shouldered vessel nestling in the branches of a flowering prunus, fixed to an associated carved hardwood base, 10cm high. £300 - £500
Lot 146 Lot 146 A CHINESE NEPHRITE JADE FIGURE OF A RAM, 18th/19th century, the near white stone with russet inclusions carved as a recumbent ram with its head tucked down, holding a lingzhi £400 - £500 mushroom between its front legs, 6.5cm long.
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Lot 150 Lot 150 A CHINESE CAMEO GLASS BOWL, Tongzhi seal mark and possibly of the period, of inverted bell form and moulded with blue repeating flowerheads on a tooled wavy clear glass ground internally decorated with amber and green splashes, 12cm dia. £70 - £90
Lot 152 Lot 152 A CHINESE CAMEO GLASS VASE, 19th/20th century, of ovoid form, the disc cover with flower finial, the opalescent white glass cased in jade green and etched with a fanciful bird in flight above flowering prunus and peony branches, 16cm high, together with a Chinese blue glass bowl of inverted bell form, 11.5cm dia. (2) £150 - £250
Lot 153 Lot 153 A CHINESE GLASS VASE, 20th century, the ruby red glass of conical form with flared neck, enamelled with a four character £50 - £80 inscription, 24cm high. Lot 151 Lot 151 A LARGE CHINESE AMETHYST GLASS VASE, Qing, 19th/20th century, of elegant bottle form with slightly flaring neck, 36cm high. £70 - £100
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Chinese Metalwares
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Lot 157 Lot 157 TWO CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL BOXES, 19th century, the first of casket form with applied metal swing catch and handles, painted in colours with shaped panels of flowers and foliage within scroll borders, 12x8x7cm, the second of lobed oval shape, the top painted in colours with a scene of figures greeted at a door, the sides with flowers and foliage against a yellow ground, 12x10x7cm. £300 - £500 (2)
Lot 154 Lot 154 A CHINESE BRONZE DISH, Qing, 19th/20th century, of circular form and moulded with crane birds by a river with a turtle amid pine, bamboo and prunus trees, raised on three scroll feet, 24cm dia. £130 - £150
Lot 158 Lot 158 A CHINESE BRONZE COLLAR, Yuan/early Ming, probably canine, of strap form with bracket catch, moulded with bands of flowerheads flanking a central diaper band, 5cm wide, 12cm dia. approx. Footnote: While conforming to European examples of metal dog collars from the 18th and 19th centuries, this bears similarities to collars found on Han dynasty pottery tomb figures of canines. £300 - £500
Lot 155 Lot 155 A SINO-INDIAN BRASS TRIPOD CENSER, 19th century, of compressed globular form with everted rim, twin mask and loop handles, raised on three zoomorphic feet, the body incised with deer, horses and other animals amid flowers and foliage, 27cm high. £220 - £250
Lot 156 Lot 156 A CHINESE ENAMEL SILENT BUTLER, Qing, 19th century, of oval form with tapering cylindrical handle and hinged cover, painted in colours with flowers, foliage and butterflies on a pale green £200 - £300 ground, 25cm long.
Lot 159 Lot 159 A CHINESE CLOISONNE POT AND COVER, 19th/20th century, of compressed globular form and worked in bronze wire with panels £80 - £120 of flowers and foliage, 15cm dia.
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Lot 162 A CHINESE CLOISONNE VASE, 19th/20th century, of hexagonal section and tapering form with narrow rim, worked in bronze wire with scattered precious objects on a blue ground, 20cm high. £100 - £150
Lot 160 Lot 160 A CHINESE CLOISONNE BOWL, 19th century, of plain rounded form and worked in bronze wire with stylised peonies and scrolling foliage on an apple green ground beneath a ruyi border, 16.5cm dia. £70 - £90 Lot 163 Lot 163 A CHINESE ENAMEL PEN BOX, 18th/19th century, of rectangular form with rounded ends, the internal section with pen compartment and inkwell fitting to an outer sleeve, painted in colours with panels of fruiting peach branches with flowers and £60 - £80 foliage, 23.5cm long.
Lot 161 Lot 161 A CHINESE BRONZE ARROW VASE, possibly Ming, of slender pear form with twin tubular handles and raised on a conical base, £300 - £500 cast with archaistic forms, 21cm high.
Lot 164 Lot 164 A CHINESE PEWTER EWER, 19th century, of slender pear form with high loop handle and conforming spout, the body incised with shaped panels; one with a scene of guanyin and a deer, the other with a vase in a flower garden, between panel borders, 25cm high. £80 - £120
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Lot 165 Lot 165 A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER AND STAND, Xuande mark but later, of conventional bombe form with curved handles rising from the everted rim, raised on three peg feet and further raised on a fitted stand cast as three overlapping lotus pads, 15cm dia. (2) £200 - £300
Lot 168 Lot 168 A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE VASES, 19th/20th century, of shouldered ovoid form and moulded with a central frieze of fanciful birds in flight amid clouds between borders of repeating £150 - £200 panels, 27cm high. (2)
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Lot 167 Lot 167 A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER, Xuande mark but later, of conventional ovoid form with twin bracket handles, 6cm high. £80 - £120
Lot 169 Lot 169 A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE VASES, Republic, of lobed gourd shape and worked in bronze wire with flowers and foliage within ruyi and lappet borders against a turquoise ground, 23cm high (excluding stands). (2) £150 - £200
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Lot 170 Lot 170 A CHINESE CLOISONNE BOX AND COVER, 19th/20th century, of compressed form and worked with flowers and foliage on a blue ground round a central flower reserve on white, 8cm dia. £80 - £120
Lot 172 Lot 172 A CHINESE BRASS JARDINIERE, 19th century, of square section and pronounced lobed form, applied with twin cast dragon handles and raised on a square foot, width across handles 40cm. £300 - £500
Lot 171 A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE HELMET, Western Zhou Style, surmounted with an angular lug to the panelled skull and twin £600 - £800 plume holders to each side, 30cm high.
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Lot 175 Lot 175 A CHINESE SILVER FILLIGREE BRACELET, probably Canton, of serpentine outline and worked with a flower medallion flanked by curled dragons, 6.5cm dia. £80 - £120
Lot 173 Lot 173 A CHINESE SILVER SPITTOON, probably Canton circa 1900, the body of compressed globular form beneath a flared trumpet rim, incised with meandering flowers and foliage, a ruyi border to the £100 - £150 neck, 14cm high.
Lot 174 Lot 174 A PAIR OF CHINESE SILVER DISHES, circa 1900, probably Canton, of plain circular shape with shallow ring feet, each incised with a wrythen dragon, unrecorded maker’s mark KFC, 10.8cm dia. (2) £60 - £80
Lot 176 Lot 176 A CHINESE SILVER PLAQUE, Qing, circa 1900, formed as an open scroll, the border chased with a pheasant perched on a rock with flowering branches, the centre inscribed with a dedication to diversity and freedom, mounted on a conforming hardwood panel, £200 - £300 26cm long.
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Chinese Snuff Bottles, Ivories and Works of Art
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Lot 178 Lot 178 A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, Qing, 19th/20th century, of typical form and painted in iron red to one side with Lu dongbin and a tiger, the same figure in a different pose verso, 6cm high. £50 - £80
Lot 177 Lot 177 A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, Qing, 19th century, moulded in high relief with a continuous scene of the eighteen luohan engaged in various activities, painted in colours on a white ground, iron red four-character Qianlong seal mark to base, 7cm £450 - £500 high (lacking stopper).
Lot 179 Lot 179 EIGHT VARIOUS CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES, 19th/20th century, including three glass internally painted with landscapes, one cameo glass with birds amid lotus, a chalcedony example with carved pony, a pale green jadeite, a porcelain moulded with immortals and another porcelain painted with flowers and foliage, ranging 5cm to 7.5cm. (8) £100 - £150
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Lot 180 Lot 180 A PAIR OF CANTON RETICULATED IVORY TUSK VASES, 19th Century, worked with wrythen dragons amid clouds on an openwork cellular ground, set on turned wood bases, 17cm high. £200 - £300
Lot 182 Lot 182 A CHINESE CARVED IVORY CHESS PIECE, Qing, 19th century, a white ‘king’ modelled as an emperor in elaborate regalia on an £100 - £150 oval base, 11cm high.
Lot 183 Lot 183 A COLLECTION OF CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL GAME COUNTERS, circa 1900, of various forms and designs including fish (150 pieces). £200 - £300 Lot 181 Lot 181 A CANTON CARVED IVORY RETICULATED BOX AND COVER, 19th century, of natural ovoid section, the cover worked with a peacock on openwork cellular ground, the sides with peacocks and hens amid openwork leafy bamboo, 6.5cm high. Footnote: Bears gummed paper collection label ‘EX LIBRIS A.H.SIMPSoN’. £80 - £120
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Lot 186 TWO CHINESE CANTON IVORY CARD CASES, Qing, 19th century, the first carved in high relief with densely populated scene of figures in a townscape amid trees beside a river, bordered by dragons, an oval garter cartouche inscribed ‘Jane’, 11.5cm high, the second carved with a similar scene of figures at work and leisure bordered by dragons, a vacant cartouche to the front, 9cm £350 - £450 high. (2)
Lot 184 Lot 184 A CHINESE CANTON IVORY BRISE FAN, Qing, 19th century, the twenty-two stick fan finely carved on one side with a densely populated scene of scholars, sages and attendants, a central oval cartouche containing the monogram ‘Ag’, the covers carved in relief with Immortals amid clouds above rocky landscapes with £150 - £200 trees and buildings, 19cm long. Lot 187 Lot 187 A CHINESE CANTON IVORY BRISE FAN, Qing, 19th century, the nineteen stick fan finely carved to both sides with a densely populated scene of scholars, sages and attendants amid houses and trees, the covers carved in deeper relief with similar scenes, £400 - £600 19cm long.
Lot 185 Lot 185 A CHINESE CANTON CARVED IVORY RETICULATED TUSK VASE, Qing, 19th century, worked with figures amid trees and buildings £100 - £150 against an openwork ground, 8cm high.
Lot 188 Lot 188 A PAIR OF CHINESE IVORY FIGURES OF AN EMPEROR AND CONSORT, Qing, 19th century, modelled seated on heavily carved thrones, they wear elaborate robes, he holding a bead necklace, she with a ruyi scepter, signed with a seal mark, 15cm high. (2) £400 - £600
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Lot 191 Lot 191 A CHINESE CAMPHOR WOOD LACQUER BOX, Qing, 19th century, of rectangular shape with cushion form hinged top, decorated in gilt with boys and buildings within flowering plants, trees and rocks against a black ground, plain black lacquer interior, 23cm £300 - £400 high, 41cm wide, 26.5cm deep.
Lot 189 Lot 189 A CHINESE RED LACQUER DISH AND STAND, 20th century, with slightly everted edges, carved in relief with a pair of cranes in flight on a foliate ground of blossoming flowers and leaves, 28.5cm £200 - £300 diameter (28cm high on stand)
Lot 192 Lot 192 A CHINESE ROOT WOOD CARVING OF HEHE ERXIAN, 19th century, the two boys with sectional extremities wearing top knots and traditional robes emanating from a natural formed knotty root, £200 - £300 27cm high.
Lot 190 Lot 190 A CHINESE LACQUER TEA CADDY, 18th century, of canted sarcophagus form and raised on zoomorphic feet, the outside decorated in gilt with densely populated terrace scenes within panel borders, the inside with two fitted pewter or paktong canisters with outer and inner covers and incised decoration, 21cm wide, 15cm deep, 12.5cm high. £250 - £350
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Lot 193 Lot 193 A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER TRAY, 19th century, of rectangular form and carved in high relief with scholars and attendants at leisure in a rocky landscape, within a lotus and panel £400 - £600 border, 38cm wide.
Lot 196 Lot 196 A CHINESE TASTE PAPIER MACHE MONEY BOX, 19th/20th century, of rectangular form, the top with gilt chinoiserie decoration of boys in a fenced garden, 12.5cm across. £60 - £80 Lot 197 A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSH POT, Bitong, 18th/19th century, carved in relief with a continuous scene of men carrying bundles of sticks through a mountain pass, the body raised on £800 - £1,200 three peg feet, 16cm high. Lot 198 A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSH POT, Bitong, 18th/19th century, carved in relief with a continuous scene of scholars at leisure in a wooded mountain retreat, the body raised on three peg £800 - £1,200 feet, 17cm high.
Lot 194 Lot 194 THREE CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES, 19th century, each of rectangular form, the red lacquer worked with similar scenes of figures in landscapes, the sides with cellular borders, £200 - £300 the interiors black, 14.5cm and 17cm wide. (3)
Lot 199 Lot 199 A CHINESE DRY-LACQUER FIGURE OF GUANYIN, Qing, modelled seated beside a lotus plant, she wears traditional patterned robes and holds a scroll, the red lacquer detailed in gilt throughout, 37cm high. £400 - £600
Lot 195 Lot 195 THREE CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES, 19th century, each of circular form, the dark red lacquer worked with similar scenes of figures in landscapes, the sides with cellular borders, the interiors black, 10cm, 12cm and 13cm dia. (3) £200 - £300
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Lot 201 A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSH POT, Bitong, Qing, finely carved around the body with a scene of scholars conversing at a table on the terrace of a villa amid a mountain village, 16cm high. £500 - £800
Lot 200 Lot 200 A CHINESE EXPORT CARVED SANDALWOOD CARD CASE, 19th century, of rectangular form and carved in relief with figures amid buildings and trees, 12cm. £150 - £250
Lot 202 Lot 202 A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF BOYS ON A BUFFALO, Qing, possibly depicting Hehe Erxian, modelled standing astride the back of a water buffalo, one clutching banana leaves, the other a scroll, the beast standing with its head lowered, 22cm high. £300 - £400 Lot 203 A CHINESE SOAPSTONE INLAID LACQUER PANEL, 19th/20th century, of rectangular form, the black lacquer inlaid with a mixed coloured soapstone scene of peacock and other birds amid flowering £300 - £500 plants and trees in a landscape, 50x102cm.
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Chinese Pictures
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Lot 204 Lot 204 COLLECTION OF CHINESE PITH PAPER MINIATURES, early 20th century, each brightly painted with a figure or figures at leisure, £80 - £120 9cm x 6cm (24 pieces to two boxes).
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Lot 205 YUAN SHENG (HAO WANDUO, 1845-1935), a calligraphic scroll, the text reading ‘’shen long ci fu’’ (May the dragon god bestow good fortune on you) beneath a single symbol ‘’long’’ (dragon), £100 - £150 boxed. Lot 206 A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTED GLASS PANEL, Qing, 19th century, decorated in colours with Asiatic pheasant amid flowering roses against a silvered ground, apparently inscribed Wangli ben, £450 - £550 47x38cm. Lot 207 A CHINESE PAINTING ON PITH PAPER, 19th/20th century, ink and colours depicting a beauty seated reading on a bench with ornaments around her, 27cm x 16cm, framed and glazed. £30 - £40 Lot 207 57
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Lot 208 TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE PITH PAPER PAINTINGS, 19th century, the first with pairs of birds in flowering branches, 19x31cm, the second with scattered butterflies and insects, £100 - £150 19x26cm. (4)
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Lot 209 ESTHER TAM, a Chinese scroll painting, 1966, two circular flower studies, watercolour on paper, each 26cm dia., laid on textile and paper scroll. Provenance: Purchased at Midlands Art Centre, Edgbaston, exhibition of Chinese paintings, october 1966. £80 - £120 Lot 210 HA VAN VUONG (CHINESE, BORN 1914), ‘Chrysanthemums’, oil on board, signed lower £150 - £250 left, 104x31cm. Lot 211 FATQUA (CHINESE 19TH CENTURY), a reverse painting on glass shipping scene, circa 1810, two prominent ships with boats and other ships around in coastal waters, signed ‘Fatqua Canton Pinxt.’ lower right, 40x60cm. Footnote: Carl L Crossman in The China Trade, Antique Collectors Club 1991, makes reference to Fatqua as a follower of Spoilum, painting on glass and canvas, notably of shipping scenes. He was recorded by Robert Waln Jr of Philadelphia in 1819/20 as trading from New China Street, Canton, as a first rate artist. £800 - £1,200
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Lot 212 FATQUA (CHINESE 19TH CENTURY) a reverse painting on glass, circa 1810, ships in full sail in rough coastal waters, signed ‘Fatqua Pinxt.’ lower left, 25x34cm. £300 - £500 Lot 213 FATQUA (CHINESE 19TH CENTURY) A Reverse painting on glass, circa 1810, ships and a boat in calm coastal waters, signed ‘Fatqua Pinxt.’ lower right, 25x34cm. £300 - £500
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Lot 214 Lot 214 A CHINESE PAINTING ON SILK, Qing, painted in colours with a scene of ladies and boys at leisure in a pastoral village with £300 - £400 mountains beyond, framed and glazed, 63x40cm. Lot 215 CHINESE SCHOOL HANGING SCROLL, ink and watercolour on silk, five birds perched in the branches of a pine tree, total scroll £100 - £200 length approximately 174cm. Lot 216 CHINESE SCHOOL HANGING SCROLL, ink and watercolour on silk, landscape with figure standing on a river bank before a waterfall, total scroll length approximately 150cm. £100 - £200
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Lot 217 Lot 217 CHINESE SCHOOL HANGING SCROLL, ink on paper, a standing beauty in rocky landscape, total scroll length approximately 176cm. £100 - £200
Lot 218 Lot 218 CHINESE SCHOOL HANGING SCROLL, ink on paper, depicting guanyin floating above the waves, total scroll length approximately £100 - £200 178cm.
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Chinese Textiles
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Lot 219 A CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED MEN’S SMOKING JACKET, late 19th century, stitched in threads of various blues, white and red on blue silk with red trim to highlight the collar and sleeves, all-over decorated with circular foliate designs with butterfly detail and interspersed floral motifs, the hem with distinctive stylised wave pattern with ruyi bats and auspicious symbols amongst the waves, lined with a pale blue patterned silk, approximately 80cm in length, 40cm across the chest, arm length 60cm (at fault) and an embroidered waistcoat, 20th century, decorated with a floral pattern in purples whites and greens on black silk, approximately 55cm in length (2) Provenance: from a collection belonging to Admiral James Startin, sold on Friday 17th September 1954 as part of the Sale of Valuable Furnishings from Linley Hall, Bishops Castle. £800 - £1,200
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Lot 221 Lot 221 A CHINESE SILK AND GOLD THREAD WALL HANGING, 19th century, of near square shape, the aubergine silk worked in gold thread with a profuse flower basket to the centre framed by flower corner spandrels above a fringed lower hem, 138cm x 130cm. Provenance: From the collection of Lt gen Sir William Jervois, governor of South Australia 1877-1883. £400 - £600
Lot 220 Lot 220 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE SILKWORK PANELS, 19th century, of circular form, each worked with scenes of birds in flowering branches, 30cm and 27cm dia. £60 - £100
Lot 222 Lot 222 A CHINESE SILKWORK RANK BADGE, Qing dynasty, made for the fifth civil rank, worked with a silver pheasant in flight amid clouds above the sea, all within an archaistic border, mounted on panel, £300 - £400 28x30cm.
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Lot 223 A CHINESE SILK ROBE, early 20th century, of blue silk embroidered with scattered flower vases, flowers and foliage, edged with floral £200 - £400 embroidered ivory silk cuffs and hems, 118cm long.
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Japanese Ceramics
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Lot 226 Lot 226 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER, Meiji/Taisho period, of plain circular shape and decorated in the Chinese manner with four ‘long Eliza’ figures in a formal garden, a diaper and panel border to the rim, 37.5cm dia., and a smaller Arita blue and white dish decorated with flowers and rocks within a £100 - £150 landscape border, 31.5cm dia. (2)
Lot 224 Lot 224 A JAPANESE KUTANI FIGURE OF GUANYIN, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled seated on a Buddhist lion and holding a sword, painted £80 - £120 in colours and gilt detail, 24cm high.
Lot 227 Lot 227 A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI TEA CADDIES AND COVERS, Meiji period, of square section with slightly domed covers, painted with panels of stylised flowers and foliage within dark blue and gilt £100 - £150 borders, 18cm high. (2)
Lot 225 Lot 225 A JAPANESE KUTANI FIGURE OF A MAIDEN, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled standing and wearing traditional robes, she holds a basket of oysters, painted in colours and set on a circular base, £80 - £120 32cm high.
Lot 228 Lot 228 A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER, 19th century, of plain circular shape and painted in the Chinese manner with a scene of scholars in a punt beside a waterfall amid a rocky riverscape, 47cm dia., six £100 - £200 character Chenghua mark.
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Lot 229 Lot 229 A JAPANESE SATSUMA DISH, Taisho period, of lobed circular shape and painted in typical colours and gilt with a bird in flowering branch beneath wisteria branches before a river and £80 - £120 mountains, 24.5cm dia.
Lot 231 Lot 231 A JAPANESE PART GLAZED PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A WARRIOR, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled seated on a rock and wearing armour, the robes and rock covered in a dark cobalt glaze, £100 - £150 26cm high.
Lot 230 Lot 230 A JAPANESE IMARI VASE, late Meiji/Taisho period, of bottle form with moulded everted rim, decorated in a typical palette with complex panels of stylised flowers and foliage, 35cm high. £100 - £150
Lot 232 Lot 232 A JAPANESE KUTANI FIGURE OF KINTARO AND HIS MOTHER, Taisho period, modelled standing, the boy reaching up to hold his mother’s arms, they wear brightly patterned robes, 33.5cm high. £150 - £250
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Japanese Ivories and Works of Art
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Lot 235 Lot 235 TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE, Meiji period, the first carved as a seated monkey clasping a nut, the second a recumbent water buffalo, both signed, 4cm and 3cm respectively. (2) £100 - £150
Lot 233 Lot 233 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO GROUP OF GODS, Meiji/Taisho period, modelled as the seven gods of fortune arranged on a rock, with carved hardwood stand, 14.5cm high (excluding stand). £80 - £120
Lot 236 Lot 236 A JAPANESE IVORY AND CARVED HARDWOOD OKIMONO OF A LADY, Meiji period, modelled standing and wearing refined robes detailed in gilt, she holds a fan and a scepter, 23cm high, signed. Provenance: The Sage collection.
Lot 234 Lot 234 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A FARMER, Meiji period, modelled standing with one foot raised on a rock, he wears rustic robes and carries a basket over his shoulder, 17cm high, signed £300 - £500 to a tablet.
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Lot 237 Lot 237 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A CLAM SHELL DIORAMA, Meiji period, the open shell form containing a scene of fishing on £50 - £80 a rocky shore, 6cm across.
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Lot 238 Lot 238 A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE, Meiji period, modelled as a man £200 - £300 at play with three boys, 4cm high.
Lot 240 Lot 240 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A FARMER, Meiji period, modelled standing on a rock and holding up a vine of grapes, an empty basket at his feet, while two squirrels investigate, 22cm high. £200 - £300
Lot 239 Lot 239 A JAPANESE IVORY TUSK VASE, Meiji period, of natural form and carved in low relief with a scene of two elders and four boys in a rocky mountain landscape, set on a hardwood base with gilt £200 - £250 painted detail, 12.5cm high.
Lot 241 Lot 241 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO, Meiji period, carved as a man accompanied by a boy, a dragon and two monkeys, 25cm high. £200 - £300
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Lot 242 Lot 242 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A LION FIGHTING A TIGER, Meiji/Taisho period, naturalistically carved in the round and inset £80 - £120 with mother of pearl eyes, 18.5cm long. Lot 245 Lot 245 A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT ATTACKED BY TIGERS, Meiji period, the main figure raised on its hind legs with trunk curled, one tiger climbs its back while another attacks prone from below, apparently signed Koyama, with wood stand, 19.5cm £400 - £600 high (excluding base).
Lot 243 Lot 243 A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF AN OWL, Taisho period, naturalistically modelled perched on an oak branch, inset with mother of pearl eyes, set on an oval base and a carved hardwood £60 - £80 stand, 8.5cm high.
Lot 246 Lot 246 A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT, Meiji period, naturalistically modelled standing in mid stride, the head turned to the left and trunk lowered, applied with ivory tusks and with a carved hardwood ‘rocky’ stand, indistinctly signed, 20cm high £300 - £500 excluding stand.
Lot 244 Lot 244 A JAPANESE LACQUER INRO, Meiji period, the dark brown lacquer of five cases, embellished in gold with a grasshopper amid flowering plants to one side and to the other with a koto resting £300 - £500 beside a fence in a flowering garden, 10cm.
Lot 247 Lot 247 A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION, Meiji period, modelled in aggressive pose with mouth open and tail extended, signed, inset with glass eyes and with hardwood stand, 13.5cm high, 24cm £150 - £250 long (excluding stand). 74
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Lot 248 Lot 248 A JAPANESE SHAKUDO BOX, Meiji/Taisho period, of rectangular form with four bracket feet, the hinged cover inlaid with houses before mount Fuji, the sides with bird vignettes, maker’s mark, £60 - £100 7cm wide, 3.5cm high.
Lot 250 Lot 250 A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURAL KORO COVER, Meiji period, modelled as a bijin standing and holding a koto, she wears elaborate patterned robes and stands on a domed base of knotty £150 - £250 tree roots, 18.5cm high.
Lot 249 A JAPANESE BRONZE AND IVORY OKIMONO OF A CHICKEN CATCHER BY KANEDA, Meiji period, naturalistically carved as a woman standing and wearing traditional robes, she holds an upturned basket to catch a cockerel, chicken and three chicks, set on a carved hardwood base, signed with a seal, 24.5cm high. £3,000 - £5,000
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Lot 251 Lot 251 A LARGE PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES, Meiji period, of baluster form with everted rims, the necks applied with fierce wrythen dragons, the bodies cast in high relief with leaping fish in £300 - £500 the waves of an angry sea, 44cm high. (2)
Lot 252 Lot 252 A JAPANESE SHAKUDO COMBINATION COMPACT AND CIGARETTE CASE, Taisho period, a gilt ring and curb chain suspending a rectangular case, the outside worked in gilt with a scene of a peacock beside a tree in blossom, signed, the inside with cigarette compartment to one side and to the other with two powder compartments worked in gilt with a bird above grasses, above a mirror compartment opening to an ivorine notelet, 9.5cm. £100 - £200
Lot 253 Lot 254 HIROSHI YOSHIDA (1876-1950) ‘SARUSAWA POND’, ‘A glimpse of Ueno Park’, and ‘In a Temple Yard’, woodblock print on paper, each signed Hiroshi Yoshida in pencil with jizuri seal, all oban tatee measuring approximately 37.5cm x 25cm (3 prints) £250 - £350 Lot 255 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III) 1786-1865, A triptych, measuring 45cm x 33.8cm, together with two prints from the May Flower series, 43.5cm x 32.5cm and 42cm x 31.3cm, and a further print of a woman gathering moss, 41.5cm 30cm, colour woodblock print on paper, all later framed and mounted (dimensions given include frame) (6 prints) £70 - £100
Lot 253 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) ‘CROWD AT THE YEAR-END FAIR AT KINRYÛZAN TEMPLE IN ASAKUSA’, from the series ‘Famous Places in the Eastern Capital’, circa 1823-38, woodblock print, ink and colour on paper, oban yoko-e 21.5cm x 33cm, and ‘great white herons in the wetlands next to a river near Sakasai £120 - £150 ferry terminal’, circa 1860-80, 33cm x 22cm. (2)
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Lot 259 Lot 259 TWO JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE, 19th century, the first modelled as three puppies tumbling over each other, 5cm, the second modelled as a shishi, snarling with hind quarters raised, 5.5cm, both signed to ivory tablets. (2) £80 - £120
Lot 256 Lot 256 A FOLIO OF THIRTY-NINE JAPANESE PRINTS, inter-war period, by various hands and depicting scenes of domestic, ceremonial and military life, still lifes and calligraphy, each 24x34cm. £250 - £300
Lot 260 Lot 260 A JAPANESE CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD TOMB FIGURE, possibly Muromachi period, modelled as a standing female wearing simple robes, the left arm bent at the elbow, remnants of £200 - £300 polychrome paint and gilt decoration, 37cm high.
Lot 257 Lot 257 SHINSEN KODAI MOYO KAGAMI, Tokyo 1884, bound volume of colour woodblock printed textile designs, 8vo. Provenance: Ex-Libris The glasgow School of Art.
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Lot 258 Lot 258 A JAPANESE KATANA, mid Meiji period, the saya in black lacquer with gilt bronze shibabiki moulded with flowers and foliage, the tsuka with conforming flower moulded fuchi, kashira and menuki, all beneath a dark brown silk wrap, the oval bronze tsuba of plain form with graduated moulded seppa, signed, 36.5’’ (93cm) long. £500 - £700
Lot 261 Lot 261 A JAPANESE MIXED METAL FIGURE GROUP OF SWANS, 20th century, naturalistically modelled in white and yellow metal as a pair of swans, one with neck raised, the other with neck curled, signed, with black lacquer stand and fitted wood box, 14cm wide. £700 - £900
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South East Asian Art
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Lot 262 A THANGKA OF MAHAKALA, Tibet, 18th/19th century, distemper and gilt on cloth, the dark blue hued body standing framed by billowing flames, five attendant deities to the corners and below, all within flower and foliate panel borders, inscribed in red verso, unmounted, ÂŁ800 - ÂŁ1,000 130x105cm.
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Lot 263 A THANGKA OF VAISHRAVANA, Tibet, 18th/19th century, distemper and gilt on cloth, the god of wealth dressed in gold armour and seated on a snow lion, he holds a jewel-spitting mongoose in one hand and a furled victory banner in the other, before his golden-roofed palace in Chang-lo-chen, attendant deities to each corner, all within a border of gilt foliage on a dark red ground, inscribed ‘om Ah £800 - £1,000 Hum’ verso, unmounted, 141x110cm.
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Lot 264 Lot 264 A TIBETAN THANGKA OF MAHAKALA, 17th/18th century, distemper on cloth, the central six-armed deity in red with a green snake curled around his shoulders, he stands on a bed of lotus and is framed by fire, above him a buddha is flanked by two lamas, 50x35cm. £2,000 - £3,000
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Lot 265 Lot 265 A THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF A FOOTBALLER, 19th/20th century, modelled in simple robed with one foot raised balancing a knotted ball on his foot, set on a green hardstone base, 14cm high £40 - £60
Lot 267 Lot 267 AN INLAID AND JEWELLED COPPER RITUAL OFFERING VASE, Sino-Tibetan, 19th/20th century, of amphora shape with everted rim and applied with brass dragons, bosses and shaped cartouches between bands of moulded triangular panels and mounted with semi-precious cabouchon stones, 33.5cm high. V £200 - £250
Lot 268 Lot 268 FOUR TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHA, 18th/19th century, each seated on varying ovoid bases, 7.5-12cm high. (4) £250 - £300
Lot 266 Lot 266 A TIBETAN CARVED WOOD BODHISATVA, 19th century, possibly modelled as Amityas seated and holding a vessel of nectar, flanked by attendants beneath a nimbus with flames surmounted by a dragon head, the base carved with overlapping foliage, 24cm high. £80 - £120
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Lot 269 Lot 269 A SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE BODISATVA, 19th century, the crowned figure modelled seated on a moulded angular base, 15cm £80 - £120 high.
Lot 271 Lot 271 PART OF A TAMIL NADU WOODEN DOORWAY BRACKET, circa 18th century, both sides carved to show a sword weilding warrior riding a rearing horse with armed foot soldier and dog accompanying, red, black and gilt detailing still visible, 79cm high £150 - £200 (at fault)
Lot 270 Lot 270 A KHMER RED SANDSTONE HEAD OF HARIHARA, finely carved as the head of hybrid deity Vishnu and Shiva, identified by their composite head-dresses; Shiva to the left with his hair arranged in looped coils and Vishnu to the right wearing a tall, plain crown, mounted on a wood stand, 16cm high excluding mount. Footnote: A similar head of Harihara from the 7th century Ad can be found at the Musee guimet, Paris. £200 - £300
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Lot 273 Lot 273 AN INLAID BRONZE DISH, Persia, 19th/20th century, of circular shape with fluted rim, inlaid with a band of silver inlaid text and knot roundels around a central symbol medallion within copper £120 - £150 inlaid and sgraffito borders, 47.5cm dia.
Lot 272 Lot 272 A PAIR OF INDIAN MINIATURE PORTRAITS, opaque watercolour on ivory, male and female sitters wearing elaborate robes, each beside a window with draped curtains, 6.5x5cm. (2) £200 - £250
Lot 274 Lot 274 INDIAN SCHOOL, 19th century, portrait of two ladies with a veena in an interior setting, reverse painting on glass, 50x40cm. £350 - £450
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Lot 275 Lot 275 AN INDIAN CARVED STONE PEDESTAL OR COLUMN CAPITAL, 18th/19th century, of double lotus form with rope twist centre band and four zoomorphic supports, the top carved with a floret within £80 - £120 concentric borders, 13.5cm high, 17cm dia.
Lot 276 Lot 276 AN ISLAMIC MARKET EWER, Turkey circa 1900, of mallet form with bracket handle, decorated with repousse beasts and text, £70 - £100 24cm high.
Lot 278 Lot 278 THREE INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS, 19th/20th century, the first of elephant polo before a castle wall, 13x23cm, the second a terrace scene of nobleman and consort attended by two maidens, 20x13.5cm and the third a deer and tiger hunt in a landscape within marginal text, 18x11cm, all in opaque watercolour on paper £200 - £300 laid on card. (3)
Lot 277 Lot 277 AN ISLAMIC MARKET INLAID BRASS DISH, 19th/20th century, of lobed shape and worked with white metal and copper inlay with a complex knot design, 24cm dia., and another similar white metal £120 - £150 inlaid copper dish, 32.5cm dia. (2)
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Lot 279 THREE INDIAN MINIATURE PORTRAITS, 19th/20th century, the first an elder dignitary in profile wearing elaborate dress and reading within a floral border, 13x9cm, opaque watercolour on paper laid on card, the second a twin portrait of high born male and female betrothed, each 5.5cm dia., opaque watercolour on board, and the third a male dignitary, opaque watercolour to oval ivory panel, 6cm. (3) £150 - £200 Lot 280 AN INDIAN SILVER TEA SERVICE, Tarachund Parsram, Bombay circa 1900, chased with mythical figures and beasts to arcaded terraces, the handles and spouts formed as elephant heads and trunks, the tray rim chased with a densely populated processional scene, each piece inscribed with initials A.B., comprising teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl, associated tongs and a rectangular twinhandled tray, total weight 91.5oz, teapot height 13.5cm, tray length over handles 48cm. Footnote: This service was a gift to a British engineer working in India at the turn of the century for services rendered to a cotton mill owner, thence by descent to the vendor. £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 281 Lot 281 AN INDIAN IVORY AND RHINO HORN BACK SCRATCHER, Qing, carved as a grasping hand with ruched cuff, the tapering horn £200 - £300 handle with ball pommel, 40cm long.
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Chinese and Asian Furniture
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Lot 284 Lot 284 A CHINESE CARVED HONGMU VASE STAND, Qing, 19th century, the circular table raised on five scroll feet with openwork ruyi form aprons between intircately carved with flowers and foliage, 16.5cm £180 - £220 high, 30cm dia.
Lot 282 Lot 282 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD TRAY, Qing, 19th century, of rectangular form above a fret cut apron, raised on four scroll feet united by shaped stretches, the top inlaid with mother-of-pearl scene of figures by a river with buildings, the sides and apron with fruiting vines and fretwork, 31cm wide, 18cm deep, 10cm high. £300 - £500
Lot 285 Lot 285 AN ANGLO-CHINESE SILKWORK MAHOGANY FRAMED TWOFOLD FIRE SCREEN, 19th century, the frame with openwork fret friezes in the aesthetic taste having graduated glazed panels with silkwork inserts, the larger with arched scene of figures and fanciful bird in a profusely flowering garden, the smaller with a similar square scene, worked in polychrome on a dark blue ground, 110cm total width, 103cm high.
Lot 283 Lot 283 A CHINESE HARDWOOD MARBLE TOPPED AND INLAID VASE STAND, 19th century, of rectangular outline, the top inset with grey veined marble and inlaid with mother of pearl fruiting vines, above openwork spandrels, an undertier with scroll carved frieze, raised on square section reeded supports, 45cm wide, 34cm deep, £150 - £250 78cm high.
Footnote: Purchased from the sale of the contents of Beaucastle House in Bewdley, Worcestershire, 1950. Beaucastle was built in 1877, designed in the Venetian gothic style by Richard doubleday and John Ruskin. The screen is thought to have been produced by Liberty and may have been originally purchased by the house’s £400 - £600 first owner, Alderman george Baker.
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Lot 288 Lot 288 A CHINESE HARDWOOD VASE STAND, Qing, 19th/20th century, the moulded panel top above a serpentine frieze raised on circular section slender supports united by low stretchers, 45cm wide, £150 - £180 35cm deep, 78cm high.
Lot 286 Lot 286 A CHINESE INLAID HARDWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE, 19th century, the square moulded top above a ‘bamboo’ form carved frieze and serpentine apron, raised on cabriole supports, the whole profusely inlaid with tooled mother of pearl borders and panels of figures, birds and Shou symbols amid dense scrolling £400 - £600 foliage, 84cm wide, 84cm deep, 77cm high.
Lot 289 Lot 289 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD COFFEE TABLE, 20th century, of rectangular section the panel top inlaid with mother of pearl birds in flowering branches, above a carved fretwork frieze raized on conforming square section carved supports, 127cm wide, 56cm £150 - £250 deep, 41cm high.
Lot 287 Lot 287 A CHINESE HORSESHOE-BACK HARDWOOD ARMCHAIR, Qing, 19th century, the tapering arms overlapping at the back raised on slender supports with floating panel inset with a circular grey veined marble plaque, the panel seat raised on tapering square section rounded supports, 79cm wide, 53cm deep, 98cm high. £300 - £500
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Lot 292 Lot 292 A PAIR OF CHINESE ROSEWOOD VASE STANDS, 20th century, the moulded panel tops above friezes carved with openwork panels of birds in prunus branches, raised on moulded square section supports united by moulded stretchers, 30.5cm wide, 30.5cm £200 - £300 deep, 91cm high. (2) Lot 293 A CHINESE ROSEWOOD DINING SUITE, 20th century, the drawerleaf table with panel top and two additional leaves above a moulded frieze with openwork sections of carved prunus branches, raised on moulded square section supports terminating in spade feet, with ten chairs having conforming openwork panel splats and panel seats raised on moulded square section supports including two carvers, table 255cm wide fully extended, 112cm deep, 78cm high. £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 290 Lot 290 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD NEST OF FOUR TABLES, 20th century, the moulded panel tops with mother of pearl inlaid vignettes of birds in flowering branches to the edges, above carved fretwork friezes raised on conforming carved square section supports united by square section stretchers, largest 50cm wide, 35cm deep, 66cm high, smallest 28cm wide, 24cm deep, 35cm £200 - £300 high. (4)
Lot 294 Lot 294 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD NEST OF FOUR TABLES, 20th century, the moulded panel tops with mother of pearl inlaid vignettes of birds in flowering branches to the edges, above carved fretwork friezes raised on conforming carved square section supports united by square section stretchers, largest 50cm wide, 35cm deep, 66cm high, smallest 28cm wide, 24cm deep, 35cm high. (4) £200 - £300
Lot 291 Lot 291 A PAIR OF CHINESE ROSEWOOD VASE STANDS, 20th century, the moulded panel tops raised on moulded square section supports with openwork spandrels, united by moulded stretchers, 30.5cm £100 - £150 wide, 30.5cm deep, 71cm high. (2)
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Lot 295 Lot 296 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD COCKTAIL CABINET, 20th century, the folding top inlaid with mother of pearl scenes of birds in flowering branches above twin cupboard doors having conforming inlay, opening to a fitted interior with multiple recesses having carved openwork galleries, closed 91cm wide, 49.5cm £300 - £500 deep, 106.5cm high.
Lot 295 A CHINESE ROSEWOOD SIDEBOARD, 20th century, the moulded panel top above a pair of cupboard doors beside three short drawers, all carved with shaped panels of birds in prunus branches, raised on moulded square section supports terminating in spade feet, 154cm wide, 48cm deep, 78.5cm high. £200 - £300
Lot 297 Lot 297 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD TELEVISION CABINET, 20th century, of part open-back construction the panel top inlaid with mother of pearl scene of birds in flowering branches above twin cupboard doors over a smaller cupboard door, all inlaid with conforming mother of pearl vignettes, 76cm wide, 56cm seep, £200 - £300 115cm high.
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Lot 298 Lot 298 A CHINESE INLAID HARDWOOD WRITING TABLE, Qing, early 20th century, the panel top inlaid with a bone vignette of birds in flowering branches to a quatrefoil cartouche, the edges with bone fret inlay, above a long frieze drawer flanked by two box drawers all having conforming inlay, over an openwork apron, raised on square section supports with cut mouldings, 120cm wide, 61cm £2,500 - £3,500 deep, 81cm high.
Lot 300 Lot 300 A CHINESE ROSEWOOD OR HONGMU OCCASIONAL TABLE, 19th century, the panel top with bead moulded edge above an openwork frieze carved with prunus branches, raised on circular section supports with conforming carving, an undertier galleried with carved bamboo branches, 46cm wide, 46cm deep, 68cm high. £300 - £500
Lot 299 A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD URN STANDS, 19th century, the moulded tops with leaf edges inset with pink veined marble, above an openwork frieze carved with fruiting vines, raised on cabriole supports with conforming carving, united by curved stretchers, 42cm wide, 42cm deep, 47cm high. (2) £800 - £1,000
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Lot 301 A CHINESE INLAID ROSEWOOD LOW OR COFFEE TABLE, late Qing/Republic period, the rectangular panel top inlaid with tooled mother of pearl dragons amid clouds, the edges with baskets issuing fruiting vines, above a carved, shaped frieze and raised on cabriole supports terminating in claw and ball feet, 140cm wide, £300 - £500 50cm deep, 41cm high.
Lot 302 AN INDIAN PAINTED TEAK THREE-FOLD SCREEN, 19th/20th century, each of the four panels with serpentine cresting above a trellis of pierced leafy sections and panels painted with courtly portraits, detailed in gilt and polychrome on a black ground, 182cm £400 - £600 high, 200cm total width.
Lot 303 Lot 303 A CHINESE PAINTED ELM WOOD CHILD'S CHAIR, 19th centuty, the panel back carved with flowers and foliage, the plain arms with openwork supports above a wedge form seat raised on square section supports with inset carved panels and cut mouldings, painted £150 - £250 red, 53cm wide, 37cm deep, 74cm high.
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Asian Art 13th May – Sale Report Halls third stand-alone Asian Art auction showed a continuing strength in this field with a broad selection of Chinese, Japanese and Islamic lots giving the audience of buyers plenty to choose from. Pre-auction interest was very strong with lots of activity from overseas, particularly China and North America, and it quickly became clear which would be the key contested lots. Traditionally May has been a month for key Asian Art auctions in London and the regions, though not carrying the full weight of publicity afforded November’s ‘Asian Art Week’ in the capital, or the equivalent outing in New York in March, it nevertheless provided an excellent platform for Halls. The room was busy with both trade and private buyers, including a devoted Chinese contingent, and there was plenty of interest throughout the auction from online bidders both in the UK and overseas. Two collections of Ca Mau shipwreck porcelain kicked off and performed steadily, most lots selling online, followed by other Chinese porcelain where more lively bidding came into play. A small famille rose bowl which had much pre-sale interest achieved £550 against its £60-100 estimate, in spite of damage and repair. Monochromes, which have been lacklustre performers in the past, got their share of interest with a Song dynasty Jun Yao bowl reaching £360 and a flambé bottle vase achieving £800, both against £100-200 estimates. A Claire de Lune bottle vase carrying a Qianlong mark but catalogued as 19th Century nearly tripled its top estimate to end at £1,200. The ever popular blue and white porcelain also fared well, especially those from the early Qing dynasty including a pair of Kangxi (16621722) tea caddies which reached £850 against their £400-600 estimate, in spite of lacking covers, and a Qianlong (1736-1795) bowl painted with chickens making a quadruple estimate £420. It was the works of art section that provided the top prices of the day, though, with the best falling at the mid point. Two cinnabar lacquer pieces, intricately carved through their ‘sealing wax red’ surfaces with figures in settings amid foliate borders, were the auctions real treasures, both from the same private source in Oswestry. A Qianlong mark and period circular dish realised its low estimate £3,000 to the regional trade. But our cover lot, an ingot form box, easily broke through its £4,000-6,000 estimate to finish at £15,000 to a buyer in mainland China bidding online. While the Japanese art market has lately trailed behind Chinese, it was not immune from interest. One lot in particular, a bronze marine life platter, garnered a lot of pre-sale activity from all quarters, even though showing significant damage. The £300-500 estimate proved to be a modest expectation and bidding swiftly exceeded this before the hammer fell at £2,400. Another top price for the sale came in the jades and hardstones section where most pieces achieved prices within their estimate range. One lot, however, surprised everyone. A jadeite bead necklace estimated at £150-250 raced away with interest from the USA to achieve £2,100. Pictures and prints were also buoyant with good results for Japanese block prints and two Chinese scrolls, the latter making ten times estimate £650 and £600. The winner here, though, was a bound folio of pith paper paintings in exquisite detail, many signed by the artist Sunqua, which enjoyed a good deal of interest prior to the sale. It made £2,600 against a £200-400 estimate. Highlights in the furniture section include a rosewood twin pedestal desk which made £2,000 (estimate £700-900) and a much viewed 19th Century altar table realising £2,100 (estimate £400-600). With activity in Indian and Middle Eastern art steady and with no surprises, the auction as a whole was an encouraging third outing, showing that the appetite is still strong for good quality and unusual works, especially those that have been hidden away in private hands for many years. Alexander Clement Asian Art Specialist
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CARRIAGE & PACKING
Whilst Halls Fine Art are not packers or shippers we are happy to liaise with your chosen carrier for removal of lots after sale. Please note, no lots shall be released to a carrier until payment has been received. If you have not arranged shipping with a chosen carrier, Halls Fine Art can also provide a list of shippers in our area.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
For further information, please email peter@hallsgb.com or call 01743 450700
Although every effort is made to note damage and restoration, the absence of such information does not imply that the lot is free from defects. detailed condition reports and email images can be obtained on request until 4.00pm the day prior to the sale.
EXPLANATION OF CATALOGUING TERMS FOR PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, SCULPTURES AND PRINTS
Any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date and age, provenance and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. Halls Fine Art reserve the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. 1.
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John Constable In our opinion a work by the artist. When the artist’s forename(s) is not known, a series of asterisks, followed by the surname of the artist, whether preceded by an initial or not, indicates that in our opinion the work is by the artist named. Attributed to John Constable In our opinion probably a work by the artist, but less certainty as to authorship is expressed than in the preceding category. Studio of John Constable In our opinion a work by an unknown hand in the studio of the artist which may or may not have been executed under the artist’s direction.
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Circle of John Constable In our opinion a work by an as yet unidentified but distinct hand, closely associated with the named artist but not necessarily his pupil.
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Style of… follower of John Constable In our opinion a work by a painter working in the artist’s style, contemporary, but not necessarily his pupil.
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Manner of John Constable In our opinion a work in the style of the artist and of a later date.
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After John Constable In our opinion a copy of a known work of the artist.
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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.
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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.
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dimensions are given height before width.
11. Pictures are framed unless otherwise stated. Artists Resale Rights In accordance with Artists Resale Rights Regulations 2006, all lots marked † which sell for €1,000 or more are subject to a resale royalty charge ("Royalty"). This Royalty is payable by the Bidder. The Royalty will be charged at a rate of 4% of the total hammer price (exclusive of Bidder's premium) for lots selling for amounts up to €50,000. For lots selling in excess of €50,001, the Royalty shall be calculated at a reduced rate (details available on request). The Royalty is not subject to VAT and is payable in sterling calculated on the day of sale at the prevailing rate of exchange. Payment shall be passed directly to the design and Artists Copyright Society (dACS), 33 great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0dX. For further information please contact the Auctioneers or dACS on 0845 4103410 or visit their website at www.dacs.org.uk
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Selected Chronology for Japanese periods:
Selected chronology for Chinese Dynasties:
Song Dynasty: 960-1279 Northern Song 960-1127 Southern Song 1127-1279 Yuan Dynasty:1279-1368 Ming Dynasty: 1368-1644 Hongwu 1368-1398 Yongle 1403-1424 Xuande 1426-1435 Chenghua 1465-1487 Hongzhi 1488-1505 Zhengde 1506-1521 Jiajing 1522-1566 Longqing 1567-1572 Wanli 1573-1619 Tianqi 1621-1627 Chongzhen 1628-1644
Qing Dynasty: 1644-1911 Shunzhi 1644-1661 Kangxi 1662-1722 Yongzhen 1723-1735 Qianlong 1736-1795 Jiaqing 1796-1820 Daoguang 1821-1850 Xianfeng 1851-1861 Tongzhi 1862- 1874 Guangxu 1857-1908 Xuantong 1909-1911
Heinan period: 794-1185 Kamakura period: 1185-1333 Muromachi period: 1333-1568 Momoyama period: 1568-1600 Edo period: 1600-1868 Meiji period: 1868-1911 Taisho period: 1912-1926 Showa period: 1926-1989
Republic Period: 1912-1949
Interiors Wednesday 18th November
Interiors and Toys Wednesday 25th November
Paintings, Silver and Jewellery Wednesday 2nd december
Interiors Wednesday 9th december
Special Christmas Collective Wednesday 16th december
Interiors
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Wednesday 11th November
SELECTED CHRONOLOGY FOR CHINESE & JAPANESE PERIODS
Tang Dynasty: 618-907 Five Dynasties: 907-960
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CoNdITIoNS oF SALE 1.
CoNdITIoNS oF SALE APPLICABLE To BUYERS
definitions. In these Conditions Halls Holdings Limited act only as auctioneers and agents for the seller and the representative of Halls Holdings Limited conducting the auction is called the “Auctioneer”.
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2. general. Whilst Halls Holdings Limited make every effort to ensure the accuracy of their catalogues and the description of any lot:(a) Each lot as set out in the catalogue or as divided or combined with any other lot or lots sold by the seller with all faults, imperfections and errors of description. (b) Halls Holdings Limited do not accept responsibility for the authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, authorship, date, age, period, condition or quality of any lot unless they have been instructed in writing by the seller to so certify, and in such case the auctioneers do so as agents of the seller and are not themselves responsible for such claims. (c) All statements whether printed in the catalogue or made orally as to any of the matters set out in (b) above are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying any warranties or representations of fact by Halls Holdings Limited unless they have been instructed in writing by the seller to so certify. (d) Any claim under any Statute must be received in writing by the Auctioneers within ten days of the day of the sale.
9. Property and Risk. The legal title in a lot shall not pass to the buyer until the lot(s) has been paid for in full and the Auctioneers shall be entitled to a lien on any lot sold until the purchase price (as defined in 10 below) is paid in full but each lot is at the sole risk of the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Each buyer shall forthwith give his full names and permanent address and if called upon to do so by the Auctioneer shall forthwith pay Halls Holdings Limited such proportion of the purchase price as the Auctioneer may require. If the buyer fails to do so, the lot may at the auctioneer’s sole direction be put up again and re-sold. 10. Every bidder shall be deemed to act as principal unless there is in force a written acknowledgement by Halls Holdings Limited that he acts as agent on behalf of a named principal. 11. Removal of goods. (a) No purchase shall be claimed or removed until the sale has been concluded. All lots shall be paid for and removed at the buyer’s risk and expense by the end of the second working day after the sale, failing which the Auctioneer shall not be responsible if the same are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, and all lots not so removed shall remain at the risk of the buyer and subject to a warehousing charge. If they are not paid for and removed within seven days of the sale the Auctioneer may re-sell them by auction or privately without notice to the buyer. Any liability which there may be on the part of the Auctioneer in respect of any loss shall be restricted to a maximum of the price paid by the buyer of the lot. (b) In the event of any failure of the buyer to comply with any of the above conditions the damages recoverable by the seller or the Auctioneers from the defaulter shall include any loss arising on any re-sale of the lots, together with the charges and expenses in respect of both sales, and together with interest at 2% above Handelsbanken Base Rate upon the price of any lot which has not been paid for within forty-eight hours of the sale, and any money deposited in part payment shall be held by the Auctioneers on account of any liability of the defaulter to them or to the seller. The Auctioneers are unable to accept payment from successful bidders other than in cash or by the bidder’s own cheque. Cheques drawn by third parties, whether in the auctioneer’s favour or requiring endorsement, cannot be accepted.
3. The Auction. (a) The Auctioneer has absolute discretion to divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot or lots from the sale, to refuse bids, regulate bidding or cancel the sale without in any case giving any reason or without previous notice. He may bid on behalf of the seller for all goods which are being offered subject to reserve or at the auctioneer’s discretion. (b) The highest bidder shall be the buyer except in the case of a dispute. The Auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid. If during the auction the Auctioneer considers that a dispute has arisen, he has absolute discretion to settle it or to re-offer the lot. (c) Each lot is put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the seller. (d) All conditions, notices, descriptions, statements and other matters in the catalogue and elsewhere concerning any lot are subject to any statements modifying or affecting the same made by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to any bid being accepted for the lot. 4. Rescission. Notwithstanding any other terms of these Conditions, if within fourteen days after the sale Halls Holdings Limited have received from the buyer of any lot notice in writing that in his view the lot is a deliberate forgery and within twenty-one days after such notification the buyer returns the same to Halls Holdings Limited in the same condition as at the time of sale and by producing evidence, the burden of proof to be upon the buyer, satisfies Halls Holdings Limited that considered in the light of the entry in the catalogue the lot is a deliberate forgery then the sale of the lot will be rescinded and the purchase price of the same refunded. The seller and the buyer agree to be bound by Halls Holdings Limited’s decision
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CoNdITIoNS oF SALE APPLICABLE To SELLERS 23. Warranty of Title. The seller warrants to Halls Holdings Limited and to the buyer that he is the true owner of the property or is properly authorised to sell the property by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.
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17. Instructions. All goods delivered to the Auctioneers’ premises will be deemed to be delivered for Sale by Auction and will be catalogued and sold accordingly unless special instructions are recorded on the receipt.
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18. Reserves. Halls Holdings Limited will be pleased to advise on suitable protective reserves but if no reserves have been received prior to the day of the Sale, the lot will be sold without reserve or at the discretion of the Auctioneer. Reserves must be confirmed in writing or notified on the receipt at the time of delivery.
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