Asian Art Friday 8 November and Wednesday 13 November 2019
Lots 126 & 127
Asian Art - Two Day Sale Day One - Friday 8 November at 4pm at the Mount Vernon Room, The Westbury, Mayfair W1S 2YF Day Two - Wednesday 13 November at 11am at the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms, CM24 8GE DAY ONE - ORDER OF SALE Lots 1 - 110 Chinese Porcelain and Ceramics Lots 111 - 134 Chinese Silver, Cloisonné and Metalware Lots 136 - 169
Chinese Works of Art
Lots 170 - 204
Chinese Jade
Lots 205 - 208A
Japanese Porcelain and Ceramics
Lots 209 - 219
Japanese Cloisonné and Metalware
Lots 220 - 244 A Single Owner Collection of Walking Sticks Lots 245 - 250
Japanese Ivory
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DAY TWO - ORDER OF SALE Lots 300 - 515
Chinese Works of Art - Part II
Lots 516 - 532
Japanese Works of Art - Part II
Lots 533 - 537
Asian Art Books and Catalogues
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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 1-110
1 Lot 1 A Chinese Henan kiln black-glazed bowl, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century, of circular form on a circular foot with a waisted groove below the rim, covered in a mirror black glaze thinning to a speckled dark brown colour, the interior with russet-coloured splashes, the glaze to the exterior finished above the splayed foot to reveal the buff-coloured body, ‘R&G McPherson Antiques, London, 23463’ label, 17.3cm diameter £400 - 600
Lot 2 A Chinese Jizhou ware bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), decorated on the interior in resist technique with florets reserved in a dark brown glaze, against a finely variegated buff matte ground imitating tortoiseshell, the exterior covered with a dark brown glaze ending atop a dark reddish-brown slip, gold mounting to rim, 10.9cm diameter £2,000 - 3,000 宋 吉州窑玳瑁贴花盏 Lot 3 A Chinese qingbai saucer, Southern Song (1127-1279), of circular form, moulded with two fish swimming in a lotus pond within a key fret and floral border, covered in a pale blue glaze, the rim unglazed, 10.5cm diameter £400 - 600
Provenance: A n English private collection. 宋十二至十三世纪 河南窑黑釉褐斑碗
3 Lot 4 A Chinese Yaozhou ware vase, Song dynasty (960-1279), of ovoid form rising from a splayed foot to a flared rim, incised with a floral spray above a banana leaf border, 19cm high £3,000 - 4,000 Provenance: Purchased in a Japanese regional auction room in 2014. 宋 耀州窑青釉刻花瓶
Provenance: An English private collection. 南宋 青白釉荷塘鲤鱼纹碟
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Lot 5 A Chinese blue and white incense burner, Wanli (1573-1620), in the form of a luduan, the rectangular body on four legs, painted with a caparison with a key fret design, 13cm high (2) £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 7 A Chinese celadon tea bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of lobed form on a circular foot, all under a pale green glaze, the rim repairs with kintsugi, 9.7cm wide £50 - 80
A luduan is a legendary Chinese auspicious creature. It can travel 5500 miles in a single day and speaks all world languages. It appears during the enlightened rule. The throne of the Emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony has two incense burners in the form of luduan as an auspicious symbol.
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明万历 青花甪端式香薰 Lot 6 A Chinese celadon bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty, of circular form on a circular base, the thick potted body covered with a dark green glaze, incised with scrolling flowers, ‘Catherine Hunt, Oriental Antiques, 5436’ label, 15.7cm diameter £500 - 800 Provenance: A n English private collection.
Lot 8 A Chinese celadon tripod censer, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of circular form moulded with ‘bagua’ (eight trigrams) motifs on three stud feet, covered in a thick pale blue-green glaze with crackles, 32.8cm diameter £600 - 800
Lot 9 A Chinese Longquan celadon cong vase, Yuan-Ming dynasty, of square form with a circular mouth and foot after an archaic jade cong, each side moulded with eight raised horizontal bands within a raised rectangular frame, covered under a sea-green glaze, 25cm high £3,000 - 5,000 For a similar lot, see Sotheby’s, London, 15 May 2019, lot 99. 元至明 龙泉青釉琮式瓶
Provenance: Purchased from Malcolm Clarke in 1994; The Collection of The Late Brian and Josie Lister, The Old Rectory, Widdington, and thence by descent. 明 青釉八卦纹三足香炉
元至明 青釉缠枝花卉纹碗
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10 Lot 10 A Chinese Longquan charger, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of lobed circular form incised with scrolling lotus, the well with a diced pattern, 38cm diameter £150 - 250
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明 龙泉窑青釉刻花大盘 Lot 11 A Chinese wintergreen-glazed censer, Yongle (1403-1424), of squat form with elephant handles on a circular foot, under a thick bluish-green glaze thinning to beige at the rim and falling above the foot rim, 16cm wide £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 12 A Chinese famille verte plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), of lobed circular form, the centre painted with a qilin in a garden with a phoenix above in the sky, the border painted with flowers in shaped panels, 21.5cm diameter £100 - 150
明永乐 翠青釉象耳炉
清康熙 五彩威凤祥麟纹花口盘 Lot 13 A Chinese famille verte charger, Kangxi (1662-1722), of circular form, painted in shaped panels with deer and other animals recumbent under flowering trees, encircling a roundel with a blossoming prunus tree, all within a diapered border, 47cm diameter £400 - 600 清康熙 五彩花卉纹大盘
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15 Lot 14 Two Chinese blue and white chargers, Kangxi (1662-1722), of circular form, one painted with a warrior kneeling in front of a general in a tent, the other with a soldier carrying a flag reporting to a general, both within a diapered border, 37 and 37.4cm diameter (2) £700 - 1,000
Lot 15 A Chinese blue and white plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), of lobed circular form, painted with figures and a horse standing under a willow tree by a river, the border with florets in shaped panels, 27.5cm diameter £150 - 250 清康熙 青花人物故事图花口盘
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16 Lot 16 A Chinese Langyao sang-de-boeuf plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), of circular form on a short circular foot, covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of deep crushed strawberry-red colour falling in a thin line above the unglazed foot and thinning to a pale tone below the white rim, restored with kintsugi, 24cm diameter £300 - 500 清康熙 郞窑红釉盘 Lot 17 A pair of Chinese blue and white vases and covers, Kangxi (1662-1722), each of baluster form, painted with scrolling flowers, each domed cover with a spear knop, similarly decorated, 43cm high (4) £2,500 - 3,500
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清康熙 青花缠枝花卉纹将军盖罐 一对 Lot 18 A Chinese wucai vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of baluster form with a garlic mouth, painted with sprigs of flowers including prunus and chrysanthemum, between false gadroon borders, 24cm high £250 - 350 清康熙 五彩折枝花卉纹瓶 Lot 19 A Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi (1662-1722), painted with insects and flowers below a floral border, mask and tongue handles, 23.5cm diameter, with an associated pierced and carved wood cover (2) £400 - 600 清康熙 五彩花鸟图碗
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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 1-110 Lot 20 A Chinese blue and white vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the pear-shaped body with a flared mouth, painted with lotus, chrysanthemum and other flowers, ‘R&G McPherson Antiques, London W8, 22882’ label, 11.5cm high £350 - 450 Provenance: An English private collection. 清康熙 青花花卉纹瓶
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Lot 21 A Chinese blue and white vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), the pear-shaped body with a flared mouth, painted with lotus, chrysanthemum and other flowers, 12cm high £350 - 450 Provenance: An English private collection. 清康熙 青花花卉纹瓶
Lot 22 A Chinese blue and white censer, Chongzhen (1628-1644), of squat form with a flared rim on a circular foot, painted with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, 20.7cm diameter £5,000 - 8,000 明崇祯 青花竹林七贤图香炉
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Lot 23 A Chinese famille verte vase, 17th century, of tapering cylindrical form, painted with theatrical figures in a garden, the neck with bamboo, 23cm high £500 - 800 十七世纪 五彩人物故事图瓶
Lot 24 A Chinese blue and white punch bowl, c.1900, of circular form, painted with dragons amongst peony, 31cm diameter £200 - 300 清约1900年 青花龙穿牡丹纹大碗
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Lot 25 A Chinese blue and white plate, Yongzheng (1723-1735), of circular form on a short circular foot, painted with a dragon and a horse amongst clouds encircling a taiji in a roundel, the underside is decorated with a brush, ingot, and ruyi sceptre in underglaze blue, representing the phrase ‘biding ruyi’ (may everything be according to your wishes), 20.4cm diameter £400 - 600
Lot 26 A Chinese blue and white brush pot, 19th century, of cylindrical form, painted with a literatus standing by a river pointing at a crane in the sky above, inscribed, 12.7cm high £150 - 200 清十九世纪 青花人物故事图笔筒
清雍正 青花云龙纹盘 笔锭如意款
Lot 27 A set of Chinese blue and white sweetmeat dishes and covers, 19th century, the central dish of octagonal form, painted with sprigs of flowers, the rim with a symmetrical border, the domed cover similarly decorated with a Buddhist lion knop, 16.7cm diameter, surrounded by eight shaped dishes and covers, similarly decorated, each 13.4cm wide, all within a lacquered box, painted with a pheasant standing on a rock by peony and magnolia, 42.8cm wide overall £2,000 - 3,000 清十九世纪 青花折枝花卉纹攒盒
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Lot 28 A Chinese blue and white vase, 19th century, of squat form on a short circular foot, painted with scrolling lotus, 23cm high £600 - 800 清十九世纪 青花缠枝莲纹荸荠瓶 Lot 29 A Chinese blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of circular form on a circular foot with a flared mouth, painted with scrolling lotus above a lotus petal border to the foot, 14.9cm diameter £500 - 800 清 青花缠枝莲纹碗
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Lot 29A A Chinese famille rose charger, 19th century, of circular form, painted with a finger citron, a peach and flowers spilling from a canework basket, six-character Yongzheng mark, 51.4cm diameter, together with a wood stand carved with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl (2) £1,500 - 2,000 Exhibited: Sotheby’s ‘The Glory of the Garden’, A Loan Exhibition in Association with The Royal Horticultural Society, 2nd January to 28th January 1987, plate no. 352. 清十九世纪 粉彩花篮纹大盘 《大清雍正年制》青花楷书款 连木底座
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Lots 30 to 32 From the Collection of the Late Countess Eleanor Golfarelli (1882-1988) Countess Eleanor Golferelli (1882-1988) was a child actress turned music hall star who, in 1888, danced for Queen Victoria at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. In the early 1900s, as the wife to the pioneering brain surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Dr Alfred Hull, and mother of twins, the Countess travelled extensively around India, South East Asia and the Far East. Later in life, after discovering her second husband - Italian aristocrat, Count Golferelli - was a bigamist, she fled back to England. Settling in St John’s Wood, she became an international buyer for the John Lewis Partnership where she worked until she was ninety years old.
Lot 30 A Chinese Langyao sang-de-boeuf vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of baluster form with a waisted cylindrical neck on a flared circular foot, covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of deep strawberry colour falling in a thick line above the unglazed foot and thinning to a pale tone below the rim, 39cm high, carved wood stand with ruyi feet (2) £2,000 - 2,500 Provenance: Property of a direct descendant of Countess Eleanor Golfarelli (1882-1988). Eleanor gave the present lot to her grandson, Anthony Gaisford Hull, as a wedding present in 1966. He kept it in his home in Harrow until he passed it to his son on his marriage in 2003. For a similar vase, see Christie’s, London, 13 May 2014, Lot 100. 清康熙 郞窑红釉观音瓶 连木底座
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Lot 31 A Chinese flambé glazed vase, 19th century, of globular form rising to a flaring neck, covered in a rich strawberry-red glaze suffused with crackles, thinning to beige at the rim and falling above the foot rim, 34.5cm high, associated wood stand (2) £200 - 300 Provenance: P roperty of a direct descendant of Countess Eleanor Golfarelli (1882-1988). 清十九世纪 红釉赏瓶
Lot 32 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of baluster form with a flared mouth, painted with figures and birds in shaped panels against a floral ground, 44cm high, now fitted as a lamp £200 - 300 Provenance: P roperty of a direct descendant of Countess Eleanor Golfarelli (1882-1988). 清 广东粉彩人物花鸟图瓶
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Lots 33 to 37 From the Collection of the Late Thomas Torrance (1871-1959) Thomas Torrance was born in Shotts, Scotland. After becoming a Protestant missionary, he was posted by the China Inland Mission to Chengdu, China in 1895, residing in Western Sichuan from 1896 to 1910. After a brief period back in Scotland in 1910, Torrance re-established himself in Western Sichuan with the American Bible Society. He married Annie Elizabeth Sharp in 1911 and finally returned to Scotland in 1934. On his journeys throughout Sichuan and the Himalayan foothills, Torrance happened upon the Qiang people, who he considered descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Torrance was also influential in the founding of the West China Union University Archaeological Museum. See: ‘The Selected Works of Thomas Torrance’, Chengdu, 2016, p.234.
Lot 33 A Chinese Guan-type double vase, 18th century, of two adjoining square vases on a short spreading foot, covered overall with a soft bluish-grey glaze suffused with a network of dark grey and golden crackles, simulating the ‘iron wire’ and ‘gold thread’ of Song dynasty Guan ware, the foot rim dressed in brown, 22cm high, wood stand (2) £500 - 800 Provenance: Thomas Torrance (1871-1959), and thence by descent. 清十八世纪 仿官釉双联瓶 连木底座
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Lot 34 A Chinese blue-glazed vase, mid-Qing dynasty, of baluster form with a flared mouth, the exterior with a powder blue glaze in contrast to the white rim and interior, 22.5cm high £200 - 300 Provenance: T homas Torrance (1871-1959), and thence by descent. 清中期 蓝釉撇口瓶
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Lot 35 A Chinese iron red vase, mid-20th century, of baluster form on a flared foot, painted with officials greeting an elderly woman below a pine tree in a garden, six-character Qianlong mark, 21.5cm high £300 - 500 Provenance: T homas Torrance (1871-1959), and thence by descent. 二十世纪中期 矾红人物故事图瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款
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Lot 36 A Chinese famille rose plate, 19th century, of circular form, painted with a boy presenting a jue cup to Fu, Lu, and Shou under a pine tree in a garden, six-character Daoguang mark in red, 25.2cm diameter £100 - 150 Provenance: Thomas Torrance (1871-1959), and thence by descent. 清十九世纪 粉彩福禄寿图盘 《大清道光年制》矾红篆书款
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Lot 37 Two Chinese overlay Peking glass snuff bottles, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), one decorated with precious objects in black against a clear ground, coral stopper, 7cm high, and another, decorated with stylised chilong in red against a white ground, coral stopper, 6.5cm high (2) £200 - 250 Provenance: T homas Torrance (1871-1959), and thence by descent. 清 透明地套黑料博古图鼻烟壶 及 雪霏地套红料螭龙纹鼻烟壶 一组两件
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Lots 39 to 45 From the Collection of Alderley House, Gloucestershire
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Lot 39 A Chinese Canton enamelled basin, c.1900, of circular form with a flared rim, painted with figures in a garden in shaped panels, surrounded by butterflies, fruit and flowers against a gilt ground, 36.5cm diameter, and a famille rose punch bowl, c.1900, painted with figures, foliage, birds and insects in shaped panels, 33cm diameter (2) £500 - 1,000 Provenance: A lderley House, Gloucestershire. 清约1900年 广东粉彩人物故事图大碗 及 盆 一组两件
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Lot 40 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose vase, 19th century, of baluster form with a flared mouth, painted with figures in shaped panels surrounded by butterflies, fruit, flowers and precious objects, 62cm high £500 - 800 Provenance: Alderley House, Gloucestershire. 清十九世纪 广东粉彩人物故事图撇口瓶
Lot 41 A pair of Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose vases, 19th century, of ovoid form with a plate-shaped mouth and twin flattened stylised dragon handles, moulded and painted with birds and butterflies amongst blossoming prunus, peony and chrysanthemum, all against a pea green ground, 61.5cm high (2) £500 - 800 Provenance: Alderley House, Gloucestershire; Christie’s, London, 26 January 2010, lot 194. 清十九世纪 广东粉彩豆青地花鸟图盘口瓶 一对
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Lot 42 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose bowl, early 20th century, painted with figures, flowers, birds and insects in shaped panels, 40cm diameter £400 - 600 Provenance: A lderley House, Gloucestershire. 二十世纪初 广东粉彩人物花鸟图大碗 Lot 43 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose basin, 19th century, painted with figures, birds and flowers in shaped panels amongst flowering foliage against a gilt ground, 40.5cm diameter £300 - 500 Provenance: A lderley House, Gloucestershire. 清十九世纪 广东粉彩人物花鸟图盆 Lot 44 A pair of Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose vases, 19th century, of baluster form with a flared lobed mouth, painted with precious objects surrounded by birds, butterflies and flowers against a gilt ground, applied chilong to the shoulder and Buddhist lion handles in gilt, 45cm high (2) £300 - 500 Provenance: A lderley House, Gloucestershire; Christie’s, London, 26 January 2010, lot 106. 清十九世纪 广东粉彩博古图花口瓶 一对 Lot 45 A large Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose punch bowl, 19th century, of circular form, painted with figures, birds and flowers in shaped panels against a gilt floral ground, 40cm diameter £400 - 600
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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 1-110 Lot 46 A Chinese copper red glazed vase, 19th century, of pear-shaped form on a short circular foot, covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of deep crushed oxblood colour falling above the unglazed foot, 40cm high £150 - 200 清十九世纪 红釉胆瓶
Lot 47 A Chinese famille rose vase, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with dragons amongst peony against a pea green ground, Buddhist lion handles, 61.5cm high £500 - 800 清十九世纪 豆青地粉彩龙穿牡丹纹瓶
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Lot 48 Two Chinese famille rose punch bowls, Qianlong (1736-1795), one painted with figures seated around tables in a garden drinking or reading, 38.4cm diameter, and another, painted with ladies and boys in a garden in shaped panels, 25.8cm diameter (2) £150 - 300 清乾隆 粉彩人物故事图潘趣碗 一组两件
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Lot 49 A Chinese famille rose bowl, Daoguang (1821-1850), of circular form on a circular foot, painted with a landscape of four seasons in roundels surrounded by scrolling lotus against a ruby sgraffito ground, the interior painted with He Xiangu carrying a basket of lingzhi next to a deer amongst Eight Buddhist Emblems in blue, six-character Daoguang mark, 14.4cm diameter £1,000 - 2,000
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50 Lot 50 A Chinese celadon bowl, possibly Qianlong (1736-1795), of circular form on a circular foot, covered in a pale green glaze, six-character Qianlong mark, 10.9cm diameter £150 - 250 清乾隆(可能) 青釉碗 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款 Lot 51 A Chinese famille rose vase, late Qing dynasty, of cylindrical form on a tall splayed circular foot with inverted rim, with applied precious objects and insects surrounded by flowers on a yellow ground between two diapered borders with lotus, the foot with scrolling lotus and bats against a turquoise ground, 60cm high, wood stand (2) £1,500 - 2,000 Provenance: C ollection of Baroness Rawlings, Burnham Westgate Hall. Collected by Mr Thomas Cook, grandson of the founder, on his travels. He bought Sennowe Park in 1898 and had it rebuilt in 1907. The vase was bought by the present owner at a private auction sale at Sennowe Park in the early 1990s. 清晚期 粉彩黄地贴塑博古图棒槌瓶 连木底座 Lot 52 A Chinese Canton famille rose vase, late 19th century, of ovoid form with a cylindrical neck, painted with panels of figures surrounded with flowers, applied chilong to the neck and shoulder, 62cm high £500 - 800
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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 1-110 Lot 55 A Chinese famille rose plate, Daoguang (1821-1850), of circular form, painted with an elephant carrying a vase in a garden, with an official’s hat above, six-character Daoguang mark in red, 22.6cm diameter, a water dropper, 19th century, of pear-shaped form with a slender neck on a circular foot, painted with cockerels, Buddhist lion handles in iron red, the base with six-character Qianlong mark against a blue enamelled ground, 9.5cm high, and a famille rose snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty, of compressed baluster form, painted in a roundel with Niulang seated on a buffalo and Zhinü walking on a bridge formed by magpies, going to meet each other at the Qixi Festival, surrounded by incised clouds, 7.5cm high (3) £200 - 300 清道光 粉彩太平有象图盘 《大清道光年制》矾红篆书款 清十九世纪 斗鸡图铺首耳胆瓶 《大清乾隆年制》篆书款 及 清晚期 粉彩牛郎织女图鼻烟壶 一组三件
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Lot 56 A Chinese blue-glazed water dropper, Yongzheng or later, the compressed globular body on a recessed base, the inverted rim with a small notch, six-character Yongzheng mark, 6cm diameter, wood stand (2) £5,000 - 6,000 清雍正或更晚 霁蓝釉水盛 《大清雍正年制》青花楷 书款 连木底座
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Lot 58 A pair of Chinese famille rose wall vases, 18th century, each in the form of a lady in a green robe with florets, lifting a vase with both of her hands to her shoulder, 18.5 and 19.5cm high, wood stands £600 - 800 Provenance: T he Collection of the late Brian and Josie Lister, The Old Rectory, Widdington, and thence by descent. 清十八世纪 粉彩仕女纹壁瓶 连木底座 一对
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1-110 CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Lot 59 A Chinese famille rose vase and cover, 19th century, of ovoid form on a slightly splayed foot with scroll handles, painted with Hua Mulan disguised as a man retiring to her home from the battle, the other side with Jiang Ziya fishing by a river, and King Wen of Zhou coming to meet him following a guide, the domed cover painted with Hehe Er Xian and a literatus with attendant, Buddhist lion knop, 64cm high (2) £500 - 800 清十九世纪 粉彩人物故事图连盖瓶 Lot 60 A Chinese blue and white and copper-red bulb vase, 19th century, in the shape of a lotus with five openings, moulded as lotus flowers, stem, leaf and seed pod, six-character Kangxi mark, 16cm high £300 - 500 清十九世纪 青花釉里红莲花花插 《大清康熙年制》青花楷书款 Lot 61 A Chinese Jun ware tea bowl and stand, the bowl of tapering form on a short circular foot, covered by a glaze with purple and blue splashes, the foot rim unglazed, 6.4cm diameter, the stand under a blue glaze, 7.3cm diameter (2) £1,000 - 1,500 钧釉茶碗 及 茶托 一组两件
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Lot 62 A Chinese famille rose tea bowl, the porcelain 18th century, of circular form on a short circular foot, later enamelled with quail standing on a rock amongst blossoming prunus and orchid, 9cm diameter £2,000 - 3,000 粉彩鹌鹑纹碗 瓷胎为十八世纪 Lot 63 A Chinese famille verte brush pot, 18th-19th century, of cylindrical form, painted with a couple in a garden, 12.2cm high £200 - 300 清十八至十九世纪 五彩人物故事图笔筒 Lot 64 A Chinese celadon vase, 18th-19th century, of baluster form, incised with sprigs of peony above a false gadroon border, six-character Qianlong mark, 25cm high, wood stand and associated pierced and carved wood cover (3) £400 - 600 Provenance: F rom a private collection in Buckinghamshire. 清十八至十九世纪 青釉刻花纹瓶 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款
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Lot 65 A Chinese famille rose wine cup, Jiaqing (1796-1820), of tapering cylindrical form, painted with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove with attendants at leisure pursuits, the interior with a turquoise glaze, four-character Jiaqing mark, 4.8cm high £800 - 1,200 清嘉庆 粉彩竹林七贤图酒杯 《嘉庆年制》矾红篆书款 Lot 66 A pair of Chinese famille rose altar vases, 18th century, of hexagonal baluster form, each painted with a basket of flowers encircled by a floral border, surrounded by butterflies and sprigs of flowers, 29cm high, and another vase, of quatrefoil baluster form, similarly decorated, 24.6cm high (3) £300 - 500 清十八世纪 粉彩开光花卉纹瓶 一组三件 Lot 67 A Chinese famille verte vase, 19th century, moulded with a Buddhist lion holding a brocade ball amongst clouds in relief, a pup to its side, in a shaped panel against a diapered ground, the neck and shoulder with further panels of birds and flowers, 50cm high £8,000 - 12,000 Provenance: From a private Scottish collection. 清十九世纪 五彩开光太狮少狮纹瓶
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Lot 69 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose gu vase, 19th century, of archaic bronze form, painted with birds, butterflies and flowers, between borders of scrolling lotus on a gilt ground, 34.5cm high £300 - 500 清十九世纪 粉彩花鸟纹花觚
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1-110 CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Lot 70 A Chinese famille rose bowl, Jiaqing (1796-1820), 19th century, of lobed circular form, painted with boys playing various games in a garden, six-character Jiaqing mark, 17.9cm diameter £800 - 1,200 清嘉庆 粉彩婴戏图花口碗 《大清嘉庆年制》矾红篆书款 Lot 71 A Chinese famille rose vase, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with figures in a continuous mountainous landscape, six-character Qianlong mark, 20cm high £400 - 600 清十九世纪 粉彩山水图瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款 Lot 72 A Chinese yellow-glazed bowl, 18th century, of circular form on a circular foot with flared rim, incised to the exterior with phoenixes amongst scrolling lotus, six-character Chenghua mark, 14.8cm diameter £1,000 - 2,000 Provenance: A n English private collection. 清十八世纪 黄地凤穿牡丹纹碗 《大明成化年制》青花楷书款
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Lot 73 A Chinese turquoise-glazed vase, 18th century, the pear-shaped body on a circular short foot with a tapering cylindrical neck, all covered in a crackled turquoise glaze, the base unglazed, with a ‘B. de Lavergne, Paris, no. 2296’ label, 39cm high £6,000 - 8,000 清十八世纪 孔雀蓝釉胆瓶
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Lot 74 A Chinese white-glazed saucer, 17th-18th century, of circular form with barbed rim, ‘Catherine Hunt, Oriental Antiques, 5305’ label, 13.4cm diameter £200 - 300 Provenance: An English private collection. 清十七至十八世纪 白釉花口碟
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75 three views Lot 75 A Chinese famille rose tea bowl, possibly 18th century, finely potted with steep rounded sides rising from a short foot, painted in bright enamels with the sanduo fruits representing the ‘Three Abundances’ of longevity, blessings and abundance of sons, including two peaches on a branch surrounded by curling leaves, two pomegranates with one split open revealing its seeds, and a spray of bright yellow loquat fruits, the interior with three cherries in iron red, four-character Cai Hua Tang Zhi (Hall of Brilliant Colours) mark in iron red to base, 9.7cm diameter £100 - 200 For a similar lot, see Sotheby’s, London, 8 November 2017, lot 8. 清十八世纪(可能) 粉彩三多纹茶碗 《彩华堂制》矾红楷书款
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Lot 76 A Chinese famille rose wine cup, 18th century, of deep ‘U’ form on a short circular foot rising to an everted rim, painted with a blossoming branch of osmanthus flowers, inscribed with an excerpt 76 mark from Li Qiao’s poem, ‘Gui’ (Osmanthus): Zhi sheng wuxian yue. Hua man ziran qiu. (The branches are growing for months without end. Once they are laden with blossoms, autumn has surely arrived), six-character Yongzheng mark, 4.7cm high £500 - 800 The same poem is inscribed on Kangxi porcelain ‘month cups’ representing the eighth month, which similarly depict autumn associated with the Chinese mid-autumn festival. Osmanthus also became synonymous with the imperial examinations, as they were held in the eighth lunar month. 清十八世纪 粉彩花神杯 《大清雍正年制》青花楷书款 题识：枝生无限月，花满自然秋。 Lot 77 A Chinese copper red bowl, Qianlong (1736-1795), painted with roundels of phoenix, the interior similarly decorated, six-character Qianlong mark, 14.5cm diameter £40 - 60 清乾隆 釉里红团凤纹碗 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款
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Lot 78 A Chinese porcelain vase, possibly 18th century, of hexagonal form with ribbed decoration to the neck, scroll handles, all under an opaque glaze, 15.6cm high £200 - 300 清十八世纪(可能) 白釉六方瓶
Lot 79 A Chinese famille rose Wu Shuang Pu bowl, Daoguang (1821-1850), painted with renowned historical figures divided by poems, six-character Daoguang mark, 17.3cm diameter £300 - 500 Wu Shuang Pu (Table of Peerless Heroes) was a woodblock printed book, published in the late 17th century by Jin Guilang, which illustrated forty imagined portraits of Chinese folk heroes. 清道光 粉彩无双谱图折腰碗 《大清道光年制》矾红篆书款
Lot 80 A Chinese famille rose vase, 19th century, of tapering cylindrical form, painted with figures in a garden on shaped panels surrounded by butterflies, flowers and precious objects, the domed cover similarly painted and with a floral knop, 57cm high (2) £500 - 1,000 清十九世纪 粉彩庭院人物图盖瓶
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Fig.1. Wall vases in Yang Xin Dian, the Qianlong emperor’s special study
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Wall vases, also known as wall pockets or sedan chair vases, can be traced back to the Wanli period (1573-1620) in the Ming dynasty, when examples can be found for flower displays on the wall. During the 18th century under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735-1796), government support for arts and craftsmanship reached its peak, the quality of the refined material and the artistic innovation all representative of the emperor’s ambition. Wall vases, of all porcelain forms, became one of Qianlong’s favourite types and developed significantly during his reign. There are thirteen wall vases in varying glazes and forms on the wall of San Xi Tang (The Hall of Three Rarities), the emperor’s special study in Yang Xin Dian (Hall of Mental Cultivation) in the Forbidden City, where he housed his most prized possession: the calligraphic works comprising ‘Timely Clearing After Snowfall’ by Wang Xizhi, ‘Mid-Autumn’ by Wang Xianzhi and ‘Boyuan’ by Wang Xun (fig.1). There are 320 Qianlong wall vases recorded in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing and about 138 of them are inscribed with poems by the emperor. Only a few of these poems are from Yuzhi Leshan Tang quanji [The complete Works by His Majesty from the Hall of Pleasure in Goodness], which were written by him as Heshuo Bao Qinwang (Prince Bao of the First Rank), his title from 1722 to his accession in 1735, and which were first printed in 1737 (fig.2). According to Zaoban Chu Gezuo Chengzuo Huoji Qingdang [The Archives of the Imperial Workshops], on the 23rd of September in the 7th year of the Qianlong period (1742), the emperor specifically commissioned Tang Ying (1682-1756) to produce porcelains with selected poems from Leshan Tang quanji. And on the 16th of October in the 17th year (1752), the emperor instructed Tang Ying that instead of the poems from the Leshan Tang quanji, which were written when he was still a prince, only poems composed after his accession in 1735 should be used (see Chi Jo-hsin, ‘cong wenwu kan Qianlong huangdi [understanding Qianlong Emperor through artifacts]’, Emperor Ch’ien-lung’s Grand Cultural Enterprise, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2002, p.233). In view of this the present wall vase must have been produced between 1742 and 1752, as part of a larger order which included the pair of vases in the collection of the Palace Museum: all three are identical but for their differing poems; see Poem and Porcelain: The Yu Zhi Shi Ceramics in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2016, pl. 46 (fig.3). Enhancing the rarity of the present lot, is its yangcai (foreign colours) decoration, which was introduced by European Jesuit craftsmen to the Qing court around 1685, adapting the European techniques of enamelling on metal. This resulted not only in an enriched palette of colours, but also in a combination of European brocade-like designs, using tonal effects to appear three-dimensional, and purely Chinese elements such as scrolling lotus motifs. Developed in the Jingdezhen imperial workshops under the patronage of the Qianlong Emperor, this style is representative of the superb quality of porcelain production achieved during the Qianlong reign. Special orders of yangcai are believed to date from only a few years in the early 1740s, with none after Tang Ying’s death in 1756. For more examples of yangcai enamels on sgraffito grounds, see Huali cai ci: Qianlong yangcai /Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the Ch’ien-lung Reign, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008.
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Lot 81 A Chinese imperial inscribed famille rose wall vase, Qianlong (1736-1795), well modelled and flattened at the back, the pear-shaped form on a short splayed foot, flanked by a pair of ruyi handles to the waisted neck, the body inscribed with an imperial poem appraising incense in a circular cartouche with a yuti mark followed by two iron-red seal marks reading Qianlong chen han (the Qianlong Emperor’s own mark) and Weijing weiyi (be precise, be undivided), surrounded by scrolling lotus against a yellow sgraffito ground, 19cm high £50,000 - 80,000 The poem is recorded in the Yuzhi leshantang quanji dingben [Definitive Edition of the Complete Works by His Majesty from the Hall of Pleasure in Goodness], Siku quanshu [The complete library in four sections] ed., vol. 30. 清乾隆 黄地轧道洋彩如意耳开光御题诗纹壁瓶 《乾隆辰翰》《惟精惟一》矾红篆书款 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款 诗题：一瓣名香静里焚，篆烟缕缕白如云。幽情未许旁人㑹， 手自翻书到夕曛。
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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 1-110 Lot 82 A pair of Chinese famille verte cups, 19th century, of bell form, each painted with a deer holding a lingzhi in its mouth under a pine tree, with a monkey looking at a bee, four-character Xianfeng mark, 7.4cm high (2) £300 - 400 清十九世纪 五彩喜鹿蜂猴图杯 《咸丰年制》矾红篆书款 一对 Lot 83 A Chinese famille rose vase, late Qing dynasty, of pear-shaped form with tapering neck, painted with quail amongst chrysanthemum against a yellow sgraffito ground, the shoulder with banana leaves above a ruyi border, the foot with a border of chrysanthemum in shaped panels on a diapered ground, 36cm high £500 - 800 Provenance: C ollection of Carl Fredrik af Petersens.
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Lot 84 A Chinese famille rose cup, Qianlong (1736-1795), of lobed rectangular form on a raised flared foot, painted with a landscape in a roundel enclosed by scrolling flowers against a yellow ground, the interior with turquoise glaze, chilong handles in iron red, six-character Qianlong mark, 11cm wide £5,000 - 8,000 清乾隆 黄地粉彩开光山水纹双耳杯 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款
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Lot 85 A pair of Chinese famille rose hat stands, 19th century, each of cylindrical form, with pierced quatrelobed windows surrounded by Daoist immortals, six-character Tongzhi mark, 28.5cm (2) £500 - 800
Lot 86 A Chinese famille rose tripod censer, 19th century, of globular form on three cabriole legs, painted with Eight Buddhist Emblems amongst scrolling lotus, 23.5cm high £250 - 350
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1-110 CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Lot 87 A Chinese famille rose figure, Qianlong (1736-1795), of a boy standing on a rectangular plinth, holding a jar in his right hand, 38cm high £100 - 150 清乾隆 粉彩童子立像 Lot 88 A Chinese Shiwan ware figure, 19th century, of a Buddhist lion seated with his head turned to the right, his fur moulded in details, 20cm high £250 - 350 清十九世纪 石湾窑佛狮摆件 Lot 89 A Chinese famille rose stoneware basin, mid-Qing dynasty, of deep rounded form with a flat everted rim, the interior painted with a landscape surrounded by eight Daoist emblems, the rim with scrolling lotus, the exterior with prunus on a diapered ground revealing the unglazed zisha body, four-character Zhou Yuanlin zhi mark to base, 35.7cm diameter £2,000 - 3,000 清中期 紫砂胎粉彩折沿洗 《周元林制》篆书模款
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Lot 90 A Chinese Yixing teapot, in the squat form of a chrysanthemum splaying to a flat base, the handle and spout imitating the stem, stamped marks Zhou Haolin zhi to base, the cover similarly decorated with two seals Zhou and Haolin, 14.5cm long (2) £100 - 150 For a similar teapot, see Christie’s, Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3212. 宜兴紫砂菊瓣纹茶壶 Lot 91 A Chinese Yixing ‘hundred-fruit’ teapot, early 20th century, the globular body modelled in the form of a pomegranate, on moulded feet in the shape of a lotus seed pod, a walnut and a flower, with further applied nuts and fruits to the shoulder, the spout in the shape of a lotus root, the handle a water caltrop, the cover as a mushroom with an associated ivory knop, stamped marks to cover, 17.5cm long (2) £100 - 150 For a similar lot, see Christie’s, London, 14 May 2019, lot 92. 二十世纪初 宜兴紫砂百果壶 Lot 92 A pair of Chinese famille rose plates, each of circular form, painted with blossoming florets and leaves against a ruby ground, six-character Daoguang mark, 22.5cm diameter (2) £2,000 - 3,000 粉彩胭脂水地百花不落地纹盘 《大清道光年制》矾红篆书款 一对
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1-110 CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Lot 93 A Chinese famille rose vase, of ovoid form on a circular splayed foot with a flared rim, painted with a hundred boys at play in a continuous landscape, the neck with two confronting catfish attached to a ribboned qing (chime) tied to a ji (polearm) amongst scrolling lotus against a yellow ground, six-character Jiaqing mark, 49cm high £8,000 - 12,000 The combination of a chime (qing, homophonous to celebration) hanging on the polearm (ji, homophonous to auspicious), together with a pair of catfish forms the pun Ji Qing You Yu which means Abundance of Auspiciousness and Celebrations. 粉彩百子图吉庆有余纹撇口瓶 《大清嘉庆年制》矾红篆书款
Lot 94 A Chinese famille rose vase, of square form, painted with a mountainous landscape, each side depicting a different season, against a midnight-blue ground painted with scrolling lotus in gilt, six-character Qianlong mark, 28.5cm high £600 - 800 粉彩描金开光山水图四方瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款 Lot 95 A Chinese famille rose eggshell bowl, 20th century, of circular form, painted with mountainous landscape in winter, four-character Qianlong mark, 16.2cm diameter, and another, similarly decorated, 18.2cm diameter (2) £200 - 250 二十世纪 粉彩雪景碗 一组两件
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Lot 96 A Chinese famille rose eggshell bowl, 20th century, of lobed circular form, painted with figures fishing or walking in the snow in a winter landscape, inscribed, dated year of Renshen, signature of Ling Zongzheng (b.1929), Jingdezhen Yishu Cichang Meiyanshi mark to base, 23.7cm diameter £100 - 150 二十世纪 粉彩雪景碗 凌宗正款
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Lot 97 A Chinese famille rose vase, 20th century, of rouleau form with a flared mouth, painted with ladies in a garden between a ruyi head and a false gadroon border, the neck painted with scrolling flowers, inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark, 20cm high £200 - 300 二十世纪 粉彩人物故事图瓶 《乾隆年制》矾红篆书款 Lot 98 A Chinese famille rose brush pot, Republic period (1912-1949), of cylindrical form, painted with blossoming flowers including peony, prunus and chrysanthemum, 12.7cm high £250 - 350 民国 粉彩花卉纹笔筒
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Lot 99 A pair of Chinese famille rose jardinières and stands, Republic period (1912-1949), each of cylindrical form on an inverted circular foot, painted with a continuous scene of five boys in a garden, all holding objects symbolic of scholarly success and good fortune, two with ruyi sceptres, one carrying a spear tied with a ribbon suspending a chime, one with a vase with a stalk of grain and a lantern, and another holding a lantern in the shape of a fish, all between a dense floral scroll and a false gadroon and key fret border, the lobed flared rim enamelled with scrolling flowers in blue, the base with a four-character mark lingzhi chengxiang (the qilin’s footprints foretell good fortune) in iron red, 19.2cm diameter, the stands similarly decorated with branches of peaches, pomegranates and finger citrons to the undersides, which represent the ‘Three Abundances’ of longevity, blessings and abundance of sons, 17.9cm diameter (4) £100 - 150 The decoration on these jardinières is filled with symbols of posterity. The five boys represent the sons of Dou Yujun, all of whom achieved exceptional success and were known as the ‘five dragons’. The mark lingzhi chengxiang is an ancient greeting used to wish couples the birth of a son and often found on pieces decorated with boys and qilin. For a similar pair of jars and covers with the same decoration, see Sotheby’s, New York, 17-18 September 2013, lot 367. 民国 粉彩婴戏图花盆连底座 《麟趾呈祥》矾红楷书款 一对
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1-110 CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Lot 101 A Chinese porcelain vase, Republic period (1912-1949), of ovoid form, painted with a bird perched on a blossoming prunus tree, inscribed with the signature of Bi Botao (1886-1961), dated year of Gengwu, seal mark to base, 15.5cm high, and two ink paste boxes and covers, each painted with birds and flowers, inscribed and signed, 7.2 and 6.8cm diameter (5) £300 - 500 民国 浅绛彩花鸟图瓶 毕伯涛款 及 花鸟图盖盒 一组三件 Lot 102 A Chinese porcelain brush pot, early 20th century, of cylindrical form, painted with precious objects, the reverse with an inscription and signature of Chu Huanwen, six-character Guangxu mark, 12.5cm high, and a planter, of rectangular form on four bracket feet, painted with a landscape, inscribed, four-character Qianlong mark, 24.7cm long (2) £100 - 150
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Lot 106 A Chinese celadon hu vase, 20th century, of compressed pear-shaped form on a splayed oval foot, the neck flanked by two lug handles, all covered in a grey-green glaze, 29cm high, associated wood stand (2) £200 - 400 二十世纪 青釉贯耳扁壶
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Lot 107 A Chinese porcelain tray, Republic period (1912-1949), of shaped rectangular form with a channelled border, painted with a lady seated by a window under a blossoming tree, dated year of Dingchou, inscribed with the signature of Jin Pinqing, 23.7cm long £600 - 800
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Lot 108 A pair of Chinese iron red vases, Republic period (1912-1949), each of baluster form, painted with scrolling lotus amongst bats and shou characters above a false gadroon border, 46cm high (2) £100 - 200
Lot 109 A Chinese powder blue ginger jar and cover, Republic period (1912-1949), of ovoid form, painted with carp against a powder blue ground, the domed cover similarly decorated, 26cm high (2) £200 - 300
Lot 110 A Chinese wucai vase, Republic period (1912-1949), of tapering baluster form with a flared mouth, painted with ladies and boys at play in a garden, the other side with a bodhi tree, all above a false gadroon border, the neck with a landscape, 45.5cm high £300 - 400
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民国 撒蓝地鳜鱼纹盖罐
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111 Lot 111 A Tibetan brass bowl, of globular form, decorated with characters enclosed by lotus petals, the base with a double vajra, 13cm diameter £500 - 800 西藏莲纹铜钵 Lot 111A A Chinese bronze incense burner, of squat form on three shaped legs, a circular mark with archaic characters to the base, 13.8cm from handle to handle, wood cover and stand (3) £3,500 - 4,500
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铜铸三足香炉 Lot 112 A Chinese bronze Daoist figure, late Ming dynasty, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, wearing a long robe with beaded jewellery, 21.5cm high £400 - 600 明晚期 铜铸道教人物坐像 Lot 113 A Chinese brass box and cover, of oval form, incised with a painting of a Budai by Wang Zhen (1867-1938), inscribed and signed Bailong Shanren, impressed mark Chengxing to base, 9.2cm long £200 - 300 刻铜弥勒图墨盒 《成兴》模款 Lot 114 Spare lot
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Lot 115 A Chinese bronze incense burner, late Ming dynasty, of rectangular form with two handles on four tall mask and tongue feet, each side moulded with a taotie mask against a key fret ground, details decorated in gold and silver, the interior engraved with archaic characters, 18.3cm high, wood stand with ruyi head shaped decoration in relief, the cover similarly decorated with an agate finial of lingzhi (3) £3,000 - 5,000 Provenance: A cquired by vendor’s grandfather in China in 1930s, thence by descent within the family. 明晚期 铜错金银饕餮纹鼎式炉 连 南红玛瑙雕灵芝钮盖 及 木底座
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Lot 116 A Chinese bronze incense burner, of circular squat form on three stud feet, seal mark ‘Yu Tang Qing Wan’ (pure pleasure of the jade hall) inset to base, 14cm diameter £3,000 - 5,000 铜铸三足香炉 《玉堂清玩》篆书模款
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Lot 116A A Chinese gilt bronze incense burner, possibly Qianlong (1736-1795), of compressed globular form on a short circular foot, cast on the exterior with literati walking or playing go under a bodhi tree in a rocky landscape, four-character Qianlong seal mark to base, 7.6cm diameter £5,000 - 8,000 Provenance: Doyle, New York, 14 September 2015, lot 158. 清乾隆(可能) 铜鎏金高士图香炉 《乾隆年制》篆书模款
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Lot 117 A Chinese gilt bronze incense burner, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of squat circular form on three stud feet with gilt splash decoration, six-character Xuande mark, 13.5cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500 清 铜洒金三足香炉 《大明宣德年制》楷书模款
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Lot 118 A Chinese gilt bronze Mahakala, in the Ming style, the four-armed protector seated wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, holding a kapala and karttrka in his lower hands in front of his chest, his face wearing a wrathful expression with bared fangs and bulging eyes, centred by a third eye, and surmounted by a skull and jewel diadem, 38cm high, associated wood stand (2) £20,000 - 30,000 铜鎏金大黑天坐像
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Lot 119 A Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha, 14th century, wearing a long robe, seated cross-legged on a double lotus platform, his hands in Bhumisparsha mudra, 9cm high £800 - 1,200
Lot 120 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, late Ming dynasty, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal in Vitarka mudra, covered in gilt lacquer, 22.5cm high £500 - 800
十四世纪 西藏铜鎏金释迦牟尼坐像
明晚期 铜漆金释迦牟尼坐像
Lot 121 A Tibetan gilt bronze bodhisattva, 16th century, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, seated cross-legged on a double lotus platform, his hands resting in his lap holding a jar with flame decoration, 16.3cm high £3,000 - 4,000 十六世纪 西藏铜鎏金无量寿佛坐像
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Lot 122A A Chinese jade Shakyamuni Buddha, in the Yuan style, seated cross-legged in Vitarka mudra, wearing a long robe with the folds falling to the ground, the stone of greyish-white tone, 11.5cm high £11,000 - 12,000 玉雕释迦牟尼坐像
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Lots 123-128 From the Collection of the late David and Sophia Wood Lot 123 A Chinese hardwood easel frame, c.1900, of shaped rectangular form, profusely pierced and carved with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl above magpies amongst blossoming prunus, 47 x 41cm £150 - 200 清约1900年 木制镂雕喜上眉梢纹相框
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Lot 124 A Chinese silver bowl, c.1900, by Kwong Man Shing, of lobed circular form, pierced and carved with dragons amongst clouds in shaped panels, on three dragon supports, stamped marks KMS and zhuo, 17cm wide, 302.2g, inset glass liner, wood stand (3) £500 - 800 清约1900年 银制龙纹三足碗 广万成款 连木底座
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Lot 125 A Chinese silver tea set, c.1900, comprising: a teapot, a sugar bowl and cover, and a milk jug, all of tapering form, decorated with a blossoming prunus tree, the covers similarly decorated with the knop imitating a branch, the handles and spout as simulated tree trunks, monogrammed ‘DW’, stamped marks CW, teapot 14.5cm high to top of finial, 620.6g sugar bowl 18cm long, 391.2g milk jug 11cm high, 288g (4) £600 - 900 清约1900年 银制梅花纹茶具组 Lot 126 A Chinese silver tray, c.1900, of shaped square form, the well engraved with a fisherman, a traveller on a donkey and a lady in a pavilion in a landscape, enclosed by a border decorated with dragons and the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove in relief, monogrammed ‘DW’, stamped marks CW and Peiji, 41cm wide, 2069g £500 - 800 清约1900年 银制人物故事图托盘
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Lot 127 A Chinese silver spirit kettle, c.1900, of lobed globular form decorated with birds and flowers in relief, the handle, spout and three feet simulating bamboo, stamped marks, 19cm high to top of handle, en suite with a silver faux bamboo stand with silver spirit lamp, 29.5cm high overall, approximately 1177.8g in total (3) £500 - 800 清约1900年 银制花卉纹水壶 及 银制竹纹底座
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Lot 127A A Japanese silver bowl, early 20th century, by Kuhn & Komor, of shaped circular form, decorated with chrysanthemum in relief on four cluster column feet surrounded by leaves, silver liner, 26.5cm diameter, 1186g, wood stand (3) £400 - 600 二十世纪初 日本银制菊纹三足碗 连木底座
Lot 128 A Chinese white metal group, early 20th century, modelled as the Queen of Heaven wearing an elaborate long robe, with a whisk in her right hand, her left hand presenting a jue cup on a tray, a recumbent deer by her side holding a lingzhi in its mouth, the figure 32cm high, 1674g the deer 14cm long, 604g, wood stands, in a presentation case with a plaque reading ‘Presented to Mr David Wood by the Staff of the Accounts and Stores Branch, Public Works Dept., Hong Kong on the occasion of his retirement, May 1924’, and accompanying letter (6) £500 - 800 二十世纪初 天母立像
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Lot 130 A Chinese silver card case, late 19th century, the front decorated with birds amongst blossoming prunus trees, a monogram within a shield-shaped cartouche, the reverse with cranes in bamboo and pine, stamped marks, 11cm long, 123g £200 - 250 清十九世纪末 银锤鍱松鹤花鸟图名片盒
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Lot 131 Two Chinese silver card cases, late 19th century, one of curled form, the front decorated with warriors on horseback in battle, the reverse with bamboo, 8.3cm long, 65g, and another, of rectangular form, the front decorated with a dragon amongst clouds, the reverse with chrysanthemum and a vacant shield-shaped cartouche, stamped marks ‘Guangsheng’, ‘WA’ and ‘90’, 8.8cm long, 57.5g (2) £200 - 250 清十九世纪末 银锤鍱名片盒 一组两件 Lot 132 A Chinese painted enamel box and cover, of quatrefoil form, decorated with scrolling lotus within a gilt border against a blue ground, six-character Qianlong mark, 10.2cm wide (2) £600 - 800 铜胎画珐琅缠枝莲纹花口盖盒 《大清乾隆年制》篆书款 Lot 133 Three Chinese ivory figures, late Qing dynasty, of Guan Yu in full armour standing with his left hand resting on his sword, 20cm high, together with his son Guan Ping carrying his official seal, 18.8cm high, and Zhou Cang carrying his crescent blade, 20cm high, wood stands (6) £1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 134 A Chinese ivory scroll weight, 19th century, incised with literati seated by a rock under a pine tree in a rocky landscape, 21.5cm long £300 - 400 清十九世纪 象牙雕高士图纸镇 Lot 135 Spare lot
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Lot 136 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead necklace, 19th century, consisting of 59 rhino beads with a carved seal to the end in the shape of a mythical beast, in a red lacquered box painted with a dragon and a phoenix chasing a flaming pearl in gilt, rhino beads approximately 1.5cm diameter, overall 47cm long, total weight approximately 151g £1,500 - 2,000 Accompanied by a Gemmological Certificate, Report No. 79221-23, dated 3 July 2019. 清十九世纪 犀角念珠
Lot 137 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead rosary, 19th century, consisting of 54 rhino beads with four further beads to the end, rhino beads approximately 1.4cm diameter, overall 43cm long, total weight approximately 124g £1,500 - 2,000
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Accompanied with a Gemmological Certification, Report No. 79221-18, dated 3 July 2019. 清十九世纪 犀角念珠
Lot 138 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead rosary, 19th century, consisting of 54 rhino beads with four further beads to the end, rhino beads approximately 1.4cm diameter, overall 43cm long, total weight approximately 123g £1,500 - 2,000
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Accompanied with a Gemmological Certification, Report No. 79221-22, dated 4 July 2019. 清十九世纪 犀角念珠 Lots 139-140 Spare lots
Lot 141 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead rosary, 19th century, consisting of 54 rhino beads with a cylindrical amber bead to the end, rhino beads approximately 1.5cm diameter, overall 39cm long, total weight approximately 116g £1,500 - 2,000
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outside the EU. Non-EU potential purchasers should be aware that, under EU guidance issued March 2012, it is possible that you may not be able to obtain a CITES re-export permit for this lot. Lot 142 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead necklace, 19th century, consisting of 108 rhino beads with two further beads to the end and two strings of metal beads to both sides, rhino beads approximately 0.9cm diameter, overall 48.5cm long, total weight approximately 75g £1,000 - 2,000
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清十九世纪 犀角念珠 Lot 143 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead rosary, 19th century, consisting of 54 rhino beads with four further beads to the end, rhino beads approximately 1.5cm diameter, overall 41.5cm long, total weight approximately 118.5g £1,500 - 2,000
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Accompanied with a Gemmological Certification, Report No. 79221-19, dated 3 July 2019. 清十九世纪 犀角念珠 Lot 144 Δ A Chinese rhinoceros horn bead rosary, 19th century, consisting of 54 rhino beads, rhino beads approximately 1.3cm diameter, overall 38cm long, total weight approximately 118g £1,500 - 2,000 Accompanied with a Gemmological Certification, Report No. 79221-20, dated 3 July 2019.
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Lot 145 A Chinese cinnabar lacquered box and cover, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of circular form, the cover decorated with boys chasing one another in a garden, the sides with peony in shaped panels against a diapered ground, surrounded by scrolling lotus, 24cm diameter (2) £6,000 - 8,000 清 剔红雕漆锦地婴戏图圆盖盒
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Lot 146 A collection of four Chinese walnut carvings, 19th-20th century, comprising: a pair with monks, elephants, flowers and bamboo, 3.5cm long, and another two, similarly decorated, 4.4 and 3.5cm long (4) £300 - 500 十九至二十世纪 核雕 一组四件 Lot 147 A Chinese bamboo wrist rest, incised with literati seated on a rock in a garden in a mountainous landscape, inscribed and dated Year of Xinchou, signed, 30cm long £200 - 300 竹雕高士图臂搁 Lot 148 A Chinese bamboo brush pot, 18th century, of cylindrical form on three bracket feet, carved with literati standing below pine trees in front of rocks and cliffs, 11.5cm high £2,000 - 2,500
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清十八世纪 竹雕高士图笔筒 Lot 149 Two Chinese bamboo carvings, late 19th century, deeply carved with figures amongst pine trees and pavilions in a rocky landscape, 40 and 44cm high (2) £1,000 - 1,500 清十九世纪末 竹雕人物故事图摆件 一组两件 Lot 150 A pair of Chinese jade incense stick holders, of cylindrical form, each engraved with a poem, dated Year of Wuxu, signature of Ziyou, with key fret borders, 15.4cm high (4) £2,000 - 3,000 玉雕诗文香筒 一对
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Lot 151 A Tibetan thangka, painted with Vajrabhairava standing on a lotus pedestal surrounded by deities, 63.5 x 50cm £3,000 - 4,000 西藏大威德金刚唐卡
Lot 152 A Tibetan thangka, painted with Shakyamuni Buddha, seated in a rocky landscape surrounded by lama and other deities, 94 x 58.5cm, mounted with silk panels embroidered with a crane above fruiting peach branches £4,000 - 5,000 西藏唐卡
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Lot 153 A Tibetan thangka, painted with a lama seated in a temple accepting respect and offerings from his followers, 94.5 x 58cm £4,000 - 5,000 西藏唐卡
Lot 154 A Tibetan thangka, painted with a lama seated in a mountainous landscape surrounded by magnolia and lotus flowers, 94 x 58cm £4,000 - 5,000 西藏唐卡
Lot 154A A Tibetan thangka, painted with a lama seated on a lotus pedestal, surrounded by a deity and a disciple, 93.5 x 58cm, mounted with a silk panel embroidered with a crane and fruiting peach branches £4,000 - 5,000 西藏唐卡
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CHINESE WORKS OF ART 136-169 Lot 155 A Chinese Peking glass water pot, of globular form, painted with fruiting pomegranates and finger citron trees by blossoming magnolia and irises, the glass midnight blue, four-character Qianlong mark in gilt, 8.5cm diameter £500 - 700 蓝料三多纹水盂 Lot 156 A Chinese painted enamel snuff bottle, of moon flask form, the compressed circular body painted with European figures enclosed by floral borders, four-character Qianlong mark, rose quartz stopper, 5.5cm high £1,200 - 1,500
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铜胎画珐琅欧式仕女图鼻烟壶 《乾隆年制》楷书款
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Lot 157 A Chinese jade snuff bottle, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of ovoid form, the stone of pale celadon tone, 5cm, and a snuff dish, with a short foot rim, 5.7cm diameter (2) £300 - 500
Lot 159 A Chinese rock crystal snuff bottle, 19th-20th century, of ovoid form, carved with a bird perching on a pine tree, the other side with two birds and two butterflies amongst reeds, 7cm high £150 - 250
清 素青白玉鼻烟壶 及 烟碟 一组两件
Lot 160 Two Chinese blue and white snuff bottles, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), both of tapering cylindrical form, one painted with Jiang Ziya fishing under a willow tree, 9cm high, and another, painted with copper red of a boat crossing a river, inscribed, 9cm high (2) £200 - 300
Lot 158 A Chinese jade snuff bottle, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of plain rectangular form on a short foot, the stone of white tone, 6.5cm high £300 - 500 清 素白玉雕鼻烟壶
十九至二十世纪 水晶雕花鸟图鼻烟壶
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Lot 161 Two Chinese agate snuff bottles, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of rectangular form, one carved with flowers and two butterflies, the other plain, 5.4cm high (2) £200 - 300 清 玛瑙雕鼻烟壶 一组两件
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136-169 CHINESE WORKS OF ART Lot 162 A Chinese wood brush pot, deeply carved with chilong amongst grapes and vines, with a rim in simulated folds, stamped seal mark, 17.5cm high £600 - 800 木制螭龙纹笔筒 Lot 163 A Chinese hardwood brush pot, 19th century, of cylindrical form, inset with a butterfly above scrolling flowers, 13.5cm high £200 - 300
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Provenance: C ollection of L R Shrimpton, Royal Navy, on HMS Falcon, 1937-1939. 清十九世纪 嵌百宝蝶恋花图笔筒 Lot 164 A Chinese wood brush pot, of plain cylindrical form, 16cm high £400 - 600 木笔筒 Lot 165 A Chinese bamboo brush pot, early Qing dynasty, carved with a young man drawing a bow to the sky beside a waterfall, his horse next to him under a tree by a cliff, 15.6cm high £1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 166 A Chinese wood libation cup, probably aloeswood, after a rhinoceros horn original, the conical body carved with figures on a boat in a rocky landscape, the sides with pine trees, 16.5cm wide, wood stand pierced and carved as pine branches, 18cm high overall £1,500 - 2,500 木制山水图犀角式杯 连木底座 Lot 167 A string of Chinese wooden beads, possibly aloeswood, each of the 108 beads in rounded form, connected together with a tassel at the end, each bead approximately 1.5cm diameter, overall 76cm long £200 - 300
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木念珠 Lot 168 A Chinese wood carving, in the shape of a finger citron, with two further smaller examples to the side, signed and dated Year of Kuichou, 18cm long £2,500 - 3,500
Lot 169 A pair of Chinese wood carvings, c.1900, carved with two Buddhist lions, one with a brocade ball, the other with a pup, 24cm high (2) £200 - 300 清约1900年 木雕佛狮摆件 一对
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Lot 170 A Chinese soapstone seal, of rectangular form, surmounted by two dragons chasing a flaming pearl and a carp amongst the spuming waves, the seal face carved with ‘Da Ming Yuan Jing Yin Kong Kuang’, 8cm high £4,000 - 6,000 寿山石双龙抢珠纹印章 印文：大明圆镜印 空旷
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Lot 171 A Chinese jade seal, possibly Qianlong (1736-1795), of rectangular form, surmounted by two chilong amongst clouds, the seal face carved with ‘Si Yi Tang’, the stone of greyish white tone, 4.5cm long £2,000 - 4,000
Lot 172 A Chinese jade seal, of square form, the finial carved with a pair of addorsed dragons crouching on their haunches, each horned mythical beast with long curling whiskers, their scaly bodies intertwined, the seal face with a four-character mark in seal script Huang Di Xin Bao in Mandarin and Manchurian, 10.6cm square, wood stand (2) £10,000 - 12,000
清乾隆(可能) 灰白玉雕螭龙钮印章 印文：四宜堂
交龙钮玉玺 连木底座 印文: 皇帝信宝
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Lot 173 A Chinese jade buckle, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of circular form, carved simulating a rope-twist, 7cm diameter £250 - 350 明 绞绳纹玉绦环 Lot 174 A Chinese jade carving, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of a recumbent Buddhist lion, its fur carved in details, and a boy kneeled behind the beast, 8cm long, wood stand (2) £600 - 800
Lot 176 A Chinese jade carving, carved with figures in a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a boy seated on top of a buffalo crossing a river, the stone of greyish celadon tone with inclusions, 19cm wide, wood stand pierced and carved with pine and lingzhi amongst rocks (2) £2,000 - 3,000 玉雕牧牛图山子 连木底座
Lot 175 A Chinese jade group, of a monkey in black jade, seated holding a double gourd, and a smaller monkey in white jade by its side, carrying a fruiting peach branch, 4.5cm high £800 - 1,000
Lot 177 A Chinese jade carving, mid-Qing dynasty, of a lady wearing long sleeved robes with a ruyi head shaped necklace, her coiffure terminating in a chignon decorated with floral hair ornaments, her left hand raised holding a flower, standing on a rectangular plinth with scrolling florets between lotus borders, 25cm high £8,000 - 10,000
俏色玉雕猴子把件
清中期 碧玉雕仕女立像
明 童子戏狮玉摆件 连木底座
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Lot 178 A Chinese agate carving, 19th century, the mottled-white portion of the stone carved in the form of a pomegranate with a bat resting on its rim, all supported on an openwork cluster of a blossoming fruiting stem rising up the side with further smaller pomegranates, 13cm long, on a pierced and carved wood stand with fruiting peach branches (2) £10,000 - 15,000
Lot 179 A Chinese agate vase and cover, early 20th century, pierced and carved with branches with leaves and flowers surrounding the body, 22.5cm high, wood stand (3) £1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: T ajan, Paris, 9 December 2013, lot 187.
二十世纪初 玛瑙雕花卉纹盖瓶 连木底座
清十九世纪 南红玛瑙雕榴开百子花插 连木底座
Lot 180 A pair of Chinese hardstone incense burners, 20th century, each in the form of a luduan, wearing a mask and ring necklace, the fur engraved in details, the legs decorated with flames, the stone of spinach-green colour with red inclusions, 29cm high, wood stands (6) £1,000 - 2,000
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A luduan is a legendary Chinese auspicious creature. It can travel 5500 miles in a single day and speaks all world languages. It appears during the enlightened rule. The throne of the Emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony has two incense burners in the form of luduan as an auspicious symbol. 二十世纪 甪端式香炉 一对
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Lot 181 A Chinese jade plaque, possibly Qianlong (1736-1795), in the shape of an archaic ceremonial axe, carved with taotie masks against a diapered ground enclosed by a key fret border, the sides with mask handles, the stone of white tone, 10.9cm long £3,000 - 5,000 清乾隆(可能) 白玉雕仿古饕餮纹玉戚 Lot 182 A Chinese jade carving, of three rams, one in the foreground emitting a taiji ball amongst clouds, the stone of greyish-white tone, 8.3cm wide £2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 187 A Chinese jade brush rest, possibly Qing dynasty, carved as a miniature landscape in the form of a mountain range, the peaks of varying depths and heights, the stone of yellow tone, 14.5cm long £1,500 - 2,000 清(可能) 玉雕笔山
Lot 188 A Chinese jade huang pendant, in the Shang style, of arc shape, carved with archaic entwined chilong, the stone of greyish-white tone, 17cm long £13,000 - 15,000
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Lot 190 A Chinese jade carving, possibly Qing dynasty, of a gu vase in archaic bronze form carved with a taotie mask and two elephant and loop ring handles, resting on the back of an elephant covered with a caparison carved with a rock above waves, the stone of greyish-white tone, 22.5cm high £10,000 - 15,000
Lot 192 A Chinese jade qilin, possibly Qing dynasty, the mythical beast standing on an oval base carved with clouds, the stone of greyish-celadon tone, 4cm high £3,000 - 3,500 清(可能) 玉雕麒麟把件
Lot 191 A Chinese jade carving, in the Ming style, of an eagle standing on the back of a bear, the stone in black and greyish-white tones, 5.3cm high £3,500 - 4,500
Lot 193 A Chinese jade carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), carved with a recumbent Buddhist lion holding a brocade ball in its mouth, a pup on its back, their fur engraved in details, the stone of black and white tone, 5cm long £1,000 - 2,000
玉雕鹰熊纹把件
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Lot 194 A Chinese jade table screen, 20th century, carved with literati in a rocky landscape, the reverse with two deer standing by a cliff beside a river, 11cm wide, on a wood stand with bracket feet 14.8cm high overall (2) £300 - 400
Lot 196 A Chinese jade pendant, in the Song style, of tapering cylindrical form carved with entangled chilong, the stone of dark brown tone, 7cm long £3,500 - 4,500
Lot 198 A Chinese jade archer’s ring, of cylindrical form, carved with an inscription, four-character Qianlong mark, the stone of greyish-white tone, 3cm diameter £5,000 - 8,000
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Lot 197 A Chinese jade carving, of a recumbent mythical beast with its head turned to the back, the stone of greyish-white tone with brown inclusions, 7.5cm long £5,000 - 8,000
Lot 199 A Chinese jade bowl, of circular form on a short circular foot, carved with a chilong resting on the rim and peering into the bowl, another chilong to the side, 7cm diameter £5,000 - 8,000
Lot 195 A Chinese jade carving, of a recumbent Buddhist lion, its hair engraved in details, the stone of greyish-white tone, 9.5cm long £1,500 - 2,000
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170-204 CHINESE JADE Lot 200 A Chinese jade brush washer, in the form of a lotus leaf, the well carved with a chilong chasing a flaming pearl above clouds, the underside carved with clouds in relief, the stone of greyish-white tone, 11cm long, wood stand in the shape of two lotus leaves supported by lotus stems (2) £10,000 - 15,000 玉雕螭龙纹莲叶式笔洗 连木底座
Lot 201 A Chinese jade cap finial, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), pierced and carved with deer and lingzhi amongst branches, the stone of greyish-white tone with orange inclusions, 4.5cm high £800 - 1,000
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Lot 202 A Chinese jade carving, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of a recumbent horse, the stone of greyish-white tone, 5cm long £1,000 - 1,500 明 玉马把件
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Lot 203 A Chinese jade vase, late Ming dynasty, the compressed pear-shaped body with a lobed rim, carved with a taotie mask below stylised chilong borders, the mouth with an archaic blade border, mask and tongue handles, the stone of spinach green with brown inclusions, 12cm high £250 - 350 明晚期 玉雕饕餮纹扁瓶
Lot 204 A Chinese jade carving, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of a boy grappling with a tiger, the stone of greyish-white and black tone, 6cm high, wood stand (2) £100 - 150 明 玉雕童子戏虎摆件 连木底座
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Lot 205 A Japanese blue and white plate, 18th-19th century, of lobed circular form, moulded with a scholar kneeling in front of a lady in a garden in low relief, inscribed with a Chinese poem ‘Spring Dawn’ by the Tang poet Meng Haoran, Fuku mark to base, 21.5cm diameter, inscribed Tomobako £150 - 250 ‘Spring Dawn’, by Meng Haoran translated by Stephen Owen Sleeping in spring, unaware of the dawn, Then everywhere I hear birds singing. Last night, the sound of wind and the rain Flowers have fallen, I wonder how many. See Stephen Owen, ‘The Great Age of Chinese Poetry: The High Tang’, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981, p.86.
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Lot 206 A Japanese blue and white dish, c.1690-1720, of shaped rectangular form, painted with bamboo and blossoming prunus by rockwork in a shaped panel, surrounded by scrolling lotus, Fuku mark to base, 22.5cm long £200 - 300 Provenance: An English private collection. Lot 207 A Japanese white-glazed bowl, c.1680-1700, of lobed form with stepped sides, moulded with scrolling lotus, brown glazed kuchibeni rim, ‘R&G McPherson Antiques, London 24351’ label, 13.9cm wide £200 - 300 Provenance: An English private collection.
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Lot 209 A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), of square form with a flared mouth on a circular foot, enamelled with birds amongst fruiting vine above chrysanthemum, the foot with Buddhist lions with ribboned brocade balls, all against a red ground, 45cm high £800 - 1,200
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Lot 213 A pair of Japanese Miyao-style parcel gilt bronze figures, Meiji period (1868-1912), both finely cast in bronze with gilt details with their weapons at the ready, the moustachioed soldier wearing a jinbaori over his armour and an elaborate suji bachi kabuto on his head, leaning forward with a long jumonji yari, 33cm high, and the other similarly decorated, wearing a full armour with a naginata in his hands, signed on a gilt plaque Yoshimitsu, 29cm high, both mounted on rectangular wood stands (2) £4,000 - 6,000
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Lot 214 A Japanese Soten School shakudo tsuba, Edo Period (1603-1868), 19th century, pierced and carved with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, finely chiselled and inlaid in gold, silver, copper and shakudo, signed Goshu Hikone ju, Mogarashi Nyudo Soten sei, 7.6cm high, kiri box (2) £100 - 200 Lot 215 A Japanese shakudo tsuba, Edo Period (1603-1868), 19th century, pierced and carved with a fox by a river under the moon, the other side with pine trees, dated year of Kanoene with the signature of Iwamoto Koukan (1744-1801), 7.2cm high, and two Japanese fuchi, one with an oni, the other with florets, each 3.7cm long (3) £100 - 200
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Lot 217 A pair of Japanese bronze vases, Meiji period (1868-1912), each moulded with dragons amongst clouds in relief against a diapered border, on four mask and tongue feet, cloud-shaped handles and rings, stamped marks, 25.5cm high (2) £250 - 350 Lot 218 A Japanese bronze vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), of baluster form pierced to resemble rattan on three simulated bamboo feet, the sides decorated with flowers and leaves, with a cylindrical liner signed Unshou chu, 34.5cm high (2) £300 - 500 Lot 219 A Japanese bronze water dropper, Meiji period (1868-1912), of lobed oval form, moulded with birds and sprigs of flowers in relief, a mask spout and bird finial, inlaid with silver and gold, stamped mark to base, 8.2cm high £300 - 400
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A SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION OF WALKING STICKS 220-244
Lot 220 A Japanese ivory and specimen wood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with silver collar inscribed ‘C.B.S. Government House’, hallmarked for London 1885, above a turned tapering shaft, 92.5cm long £500 - 800 Lot 221 A Japanese ivory and Shibayama inlaid walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the wrythen twisted handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with foliate engraved silver collar, London 1924, above a turned tapering shaft with horn heel, 87cm long £500 - 800 Lot 222 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid knob in the form of a pomegranate, decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with silver collar, London 1918, above a turned tapering shaft with horn heel, 93cm long £500 - 800 Lot 223 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with white metal basket weave collar above a turned tapering shaft and bone heel, 88cm long £500 - 800 Lot 224 A Japanese ivory and ebonised hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, with a foliate engraved silver collar, hallmarks rubbed, above a turned tapering shaft, 88cm long £400 - 600 Lot 225 A Japanese ivory and snakewood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with white metal collar above a turned tapering shaft and ivory heel, 93cm long £500 - 800
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Lot 226 A Japanese marine ivory and hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid carved handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, above a turned tapering shaft and ivory heel, 94.5cm long £400 - 600 Lot 227 A Japanese ivory and coromandel walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with gold-plated collar inscribed ‘Presented by the Employees Aug. 4th 1897’, above a turned tapering shaft and horn heel, 92cm long £400 - 600 Lot 228 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a five-character signature, with foliate embossed white metal collar, above a turned tapering shaft, 91cm long £400 - 600 Lot 229 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a five-character signature, with foliate embossed silver collar with vacant cartouche, Birmingham 1900, above a turned tapering shaft, 85.5cm long £400 - 600 Lot 230 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, with white metal collar with an embossed continuous pastoral scene, above a turned tapering shaft, 93cm long £400 - 600 Lot 231 A Japanese ivory and partridge-wood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a five-character signature, with a niello decorated foliate engraved white metal collar, above a turned tapering shaft, 94.5cm long £400 - 600
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Lot 232 A Japanese ivory and hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a five-character signature, with a foliate engraved silver collar, London 1901, above a turned tapering shaft and horn heel, 86.5cm long £400 - 600 Lot 233 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a six-character signature, with a foliate embossed silver collar, with elaborate inscription, hallmarks rubbed, above a turned tapering shaft, 93.5cm long £400 - 600 Lot 234 A Japanese ivory and hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, above a turned tapering shaft set with two further ivory bands and an ivory heel, 84.5cm long £400 - 600 Lot 235 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with an engraved silver collar, London 1882, above a turned tapering shaft, 82cm long £400 - 600 Lot 236 A Japanese ivory and snakewood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid knob decorated with insects, bearing a six-character signature, above a turned tapering shaft, 88cm long £300 - 500 Lot 237 A Japanese marine ivory and ebony walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, above a turned tapering shaft and an ivory heel, 85cm long £300 - 500 Lot 238 A Japanese ivory and Malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, with a foliate embossed white metal collar, above a turned tapering shaft and ivory heel, 85.5cm long £200 - 300
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Lot 239 A Japanese ivory and hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with a silver collar above a turned tapering shaft and a coromandel heel, 87cm long £300 - 500 Lot 240 A Japanese ivory and malacca walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with an engine turned white metal collar above a turned tapering shaft, 86.5cm long £300 - 500 Lot 241 A Japanese ivory and ebonised hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), by Brigg of London, the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, with a yellow metal collar above a turned tapering shaft, 88cm long £300 - 500 Lot 242 A Japanese marine ivory and hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a four-character signature, with a foliate engraved silver collar, Chester 1900, above a turned tapering shaft, 86cm long £300 - 500 Lot 243 A Japanese ivory and ebonised hardwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a five-character signature, with a silver collar, hallmarks rubbed, above a turned and carved tapering shaft and a bone heel, 86.5cm long £300 - 500 Lot 244 A Japanese ivory and fruitwood walking stick, Meiji period (1868-1912), the Shibayama inlaid handle decorated with insects, bearing a five-character signature, with silver collar and sectional shaft, 81cm long £300 - 500
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Lot 245 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), carved with Ashinaga wrestling with Tenaga, 5.5cm high £200 - 300 Lot 246 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), in the form of a boy lying on a table playing with a reishi, all above an intricately carved base, 3cm high £200 - 300
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Lot 250 Three Japanese netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), one of wood in the form of a seated monkey eating a peach, signed Masamichi, 4.5cm high, another wooden example, of two toads, signed Masatsugu, 4.5cm high, and another of nut, carved with a mask, 3cm long (3) £150 - 250
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Lot 300 A Chinese bamboo-veneered box and cover, of double gourd form, carved in shallow relief with two bats and further gourds and tendrils, four-character Qianlong mark, 21cm long £100 - 150
Lot 301 Two Chinese porcelain vases, of baluster form, decorated with a fisherman or a literatus by a river in a mountainous landscape, one dated Year of Dingchou, the other Year of Kuiyou, both with signature of Wang Yeting (1884-1942), 13.5cm high (2) £60 - 80
Lot 302 A Chinese gilt bronze incense burner, of squat form on three stud feet with gilt splashed decoration, six-character Xuande mark, 9cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 303 Two Chinese wood stands, one of rectangular form, the apron pierced and carved with scrolls, the top inset with marble, 26cm long, the other in the shape of a scroll, 37cm long (2) £80 - 120
Lot 304 A Tibetan bronze Buddhist phurba, 19th century, of tri-form, with a tri-headed terminal above a double vajra, a mythical beast coming out of its mouth extends the blade, 29cm long £500 - 800
Lot 305 A Chinese bowl, in the Song style, painted with dark brown splashes against an opaque ground, 22.8cm diameter £200 - 300
part lot Lot 306 A collection of nine Chinese paintings, 19th century, comprising: seven pith paper paintings, of fruits, flowers and birds, 24-30cm long, and two rice paper paintings, each with a bird standing on a rock, 22.5 and 28cm long, all framed and glazed (9) £300 - 500
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part lot Lot 307 A collection of five Chinese pith paper paintings, 19th century, comprising: four with quail, pheasants and other birds standing on rocks, 18.5 x 28.5cm, and another, with a bird standing on a branch eating a grasshopper, 16 x 20.3cm, all framed and glazed (5) £200 - 300
Lot 308 A Chinese jade cap finial, pierced and carved with egrets in a lotus pond, the stone of greyish-celadon tone, 6cm high £300 - 400 Lot 309 Spare lot
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Lot 310 A Chinese gouache painting, 20th century, of a girl in a winter coat standing by a blossoming prunus tree, inscribed and dated Year of Renshen, signature of Zhengming, ink and colour on paper, 104 x 68cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150
Lot 311 A Chinese jade pendant, of a chilong catching its tail in its mouth, the stone of greyish-white tone, 4.5cm diameter £300 - 400
Lot 312 A Chinese gouache painting, Republic Period (1912-1949), painted with blossoming prunus, lotus and other flowers issuing from a cloisonné vase and a cloisonné censer on a stand, inscribed with a signature ‘Shanghai, Wang Chengxun’ with a red seal, ink and colour on silk, 65 x 40cm, framed and glazed £40 - 60
Lot 313 A Chinese jade pendant, of shaped rectangular form, carved with a bat above two double gourds and tendrils, the reverse with a seal mark, the stone of white tone, 6.5cm high £300 - 400
Lot 314 A Chinese gouache painting, 20th century, of peony and other flowers amongst bamboo, inscribed, ink and colour on paper, 136 x 67.5cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150
Lot 315 A Chinese Ding ware bowl, of lobed circular form, the shallow well incised with scrolling lotus, silver-mounted rim, 20cm diameter £300 - 500
Lot 316 A Chinese six-fold screen, 20th century, each fold inlaid with dragons in hardstones amongst spuming waves, the reverse painted with flowers and bamboo in gilt, each fold 183 x 41cm (6) £400 - 600
Lot 317 A Chinese Jian ware tea bowl, the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a rim indented with a thin concave groove, covered with a black glaze with ‘hare’s fur’ streaks, the glaze draining from the rim and falling short of the foot, revealing the dark brown body, the rim mounted with silver, 12.9cm diameter £300 - 500
Lot 318 A Chinese jade bi disc, of circular form, carved with a dragon in relief, the reverse with scrolls, 5.4cm diameter £300 - 400
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Lot 319 A Chinese table screen, 20th century, inserted with a rectangular marble panel, inscribed and dated Year of Bingshen, 24.1cm long £100 - 150
Lot 320 A pair of Chinese armchairs, 20th century, each back in the shape of ruyi head scrolls inset with marble panels, on rectangular seats over aprons with scrolls, 64.5cm wide, 53cm deep, 98cm high (2) £200 - 250
Lot 321 A Chinese jade belt hook, of typical form, one end with a dragon’s head, the other with a chilong climbing up the body, the stone of white tone, 10.5cm long £300 - 400
part lot Lot 322 A pair of Chinese armchairs, 20th century, the backs in the shape of key frets, the central panels carved with precious objects, on rectangular seats above aprons with scrolls, 70cm wide, 51cm deep, 97cm high (2) £200 - 250
Lot 323 A set of four Chinese porcelain panels, 20th century, each painted with a continuous scene from the painting ‘Along the River During the Qingming Festival’ (Qingming Shanghe Tu), each 31 x 112cm, framed (4) £400 - 600
Lot 324 A Chinese jade and cloisonné pendant, of a butterfly above a circular dish with scrolling flowers, inset with a jade carving of a dragon amongst clouds, 7.8cm high, attached to a jade beaded necklace, 39.5cm long £500 - 800
Lot 325 A Chinese gouache painting, 20th century, of peony by branches, inscribed and dated Year of Jiashen, ink and colour on paper, 100 x 67.5cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150
Lot 326 A Chinese acrylic painting, by Yang Keshan (b.1944), of Tibetan girls seated on grass, signed, 71 x 89cm, framed £100 - 150
Lot 327 A Chinese famille rose bowl, 20th century, of circular form painted with peony on a yellow sgraffito ground, six-character Guangxu mark, 16.8cm diameter, and a plate, similarly decorated with four seasons of flowers in roundels, Yi Yuan Tang Xuan Zhi mark to base, 25cm diameter (2) £40 - 60
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Lot 328 A Tibetan thangka, painted with a lama seated on a lotus pedestal surrounded by deities, 74.5 x 49cm £100 - 150
Lot 329 A Tibetan thangka, painted with a mythical beast holding a circular panel painted with stories of the life of the Buddha, 72 x 59cm £100 - 150
Lot 331 A copper engraved map of a journey from Hang-Tchoo-Foo to Quang-Tchoo-Foo, inscribed: ‘Carte de la Route que l’Ambassade Anglais a Suivre en Allant de Hang-Tchoo-Foo, Quang-Tchoo-Foo on Canton en Chine’, Plate XXXlX, written in French, Gravee par Tardieu l’Aine, rue de Sorbonne No. 385, 48.5 x 68.5cm, and a map of Hsi-Shan or Western Hills of Peking, inscribed ‘General Map shewing relation of Western Hills and railway lines and Peking’ 1/500.00 scale, published by Henri Vetch at the French Bookstore, Peiping 1933, prepared by W. Lewisohn l / Xl / 32, drawn by Shens Siao-Tche, 78.5 x 108cm (2) £200 - 300
Lot 333 A Chinese celadon vase, of baluster form, incised with foliage below a banana leaf and ruyi head border, 32cm high £200 - 250
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Lot 330 A Tibetan thangka, painted with a Shakyamuni Buddha, seated on a lotus pedestal surrounded by deities against a red ground, with further smaller Buddhas, 72.5 x 57.5cm £100 - 150
Lot 332 A collection of Chinese ceramics, comprising: a yellow-glazed vase, possibly Liao dynasty, of baluster form with a bowl-shaped mouth, 26cm high, a brown-glazed jar with four handles to the shoulder, 21cm high, and a celadon vase, of ovoid form on three bracket feet, incised with dragons, 21cm high (3) £200 - 300
Lot 334 A pair of Chinese sancai bowls, Liao dynasty (907-1125), of shallow rounded form, moulded with sprigs of flowers and leaves enamelled in orange and green against an opaque ground, 14.5cm diameter, and a sancai jar, Liao dynasty (907-1125), with ribbed decoration covered with an orange and green glaze, 9.5cm high (3) £100 - 150
Lot 335 Two Chinese snuff bottles, one of cylindrical form, painted in copper red with an official in long robes with a hu board, the other side with a general in armour, 6.7cm high, coral stopper, the other painted inside with a literatus riding on a donkey, the reverse with a landscape, dated Year of Dingchou, with the signature of Xue Bifu, 7cm high, hardstone stopper (4) £60 - 80
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Lot 336 A Chinese wood carving, early 20th century, of a fisherman seated on a rock with his right hand resting on his creel, 23cm high £200 - 250
Lot 337 A Chinese gilt bronze musical table clock, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, surrounded by ornate foliage scrolls, the corners decorated with lines of alternating red and yellow calibré-cut paste, the clock surmounted by a double gourd, similarly decorated with a red and yellow paste outline and with Daji (great good fortune) in red paste above a radiating rotating spiral with a bezel set with two rows of graduated red and white eight cut paste, all topped by a paste set pineapple finial, surrounded by four revolving paste set flowers issuing green painted foliage, the clock standing on a rectangular plinth with further revolving paste set flowers at each corner, the front and the sides with cut-out scenes revealing cranes in a lotus pond with watery automaton glass rods, all on foliate scroll and paw feet, mechanism with maker’s signature, 96cm high £10,000 - 15,000
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Lot 338 A Chinese bronze mirror, possibly Song dynasty, of circular form, moulded with the moon rabbit pounding spices next to a cinnamon tree, 9.4cm diameter, and a jade cicada, with engraved details, the stone of celadon tone with brown inclusion, 4cm long, with a bronze coin attached (2) £100 - 150
Lot 339 A Chinese hanging scroll, by Wang Xuetao (1903-1982), painted with two birds standing on a blossoming prunus tree by a bamboo, signed with two red seals and dated Year of Xinyou (1981), ink and colour on paper, 123 x 58.5cm £100 - 150
Lot 340 A Tibetan bronze lama, seated on a shaped rectangular plinth, his right hand in Vitarka mudra, his left hand resting in his lap holding a board, 14.8cm high £200 - 250
Lot 341 A Japanese hanging scroll, by Tamon Yamanouchi (1879-1932), painted with a landscape, signed with a red seal, 134 x 31cm £100 - 150
Lot 342 A bronze figure, seated on a shaped rectangular pedestal, wearing a long robe with floral borders, 17.5cm high £200 - 250
Lot 343 A Chinese famille rose jardinière and stand, Republic period (1912-1949), painted with pheasants, standing on a blossoming tree amongst peonies, 12.5cm high, the underside of the stand painted with flowers of the four seasons, a cylindrical vase painted with magpies on a prunus tree between two scrolling lotus borders, six-character Jiaqing mark, 28.3cm high, a circular box and cover with inscription,13.5cm diameter, a cloisonné warmer with birds and flowers, 20.5cm long (6) £100 - 150
Tamon Yamanouchi was known for his sansui works. He was also the pupil and follower of well known masters like Nakahara, Gyokudo Kuwai and Gaho Hashimoto.
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Lot 344 A Tibetan bronze figure, seated cross-legged on an oval pedestal, wearing a long robe with folds falling around him, 15cm high £200 - 300
Lot 345 A Chinese famille rose stand, early 20th century, of lobed circular form, painted with pheasants amongst blossoming peony and magnolia, 12.5cm diameter £50 - 80
Lot 346 A bronze bodhisattva, standing on the back of a figure on a lotus pedestal, wearing beaded jewellery and with a snake around his neck, the mandorla with scroll decoration, 17.4cm high (3) £200 - 250
Lot 347 A Chinese gilt bronze Guanyin, seated cross-legged on a lotus pedestal on a stepped plinth, his right hand raised in Karana mudra, 18.5cm high £400 - 600
Lot 348 A Chinese School triptych of three figures, 19th century, decorated with a warrior in a red winter cape, a prince in a blue dragon robe, and a Daoist carrying a sword and a basket, ink and colour on paper 34 x 79cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150
Lot 349 A Chinese bronze box, of shaped square form, decorated with scrolling lotus, each side with a dragon amongst clouds in a shaped panel, supported on a raised pedestal with ruyi shaped feet similarly decorated, the centre with a cylindrical box together with four additional hinged pockets to each corner, moulded with shou characters in different fonts, the domed cover with dragons amongst clouds and a dragon finial, 24cm high £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 350 A Tibetan bronze bodhisattva, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery with inset stones, a Buddhist attribute in each of his hands, his left leg straight and right leg bent, both pressing on the back of a figure on a double lotus pedestal, 11.3cm high £200 - 250
Lot 351 A Chinese gouache painting, 20th century, of the Great Wall of China, inscribed and dated Year of Yichou, signed Li Fengsong, ink and colour on paper, 67 x 67cm, framed and glazed £80 - 120
Lot 352 A Tibetan bronze bodhisattva, seated on a double lotus pedestal with her right foot resting on an extended lotus blossom, dressed in an ankle length dhoti incised with scroll borders, her hands in Vitarka mudra, 23cm high £200 - 250
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Lot 353 A Chinese hardstone jardinière, of shaped rectangular form with two flower stems, 18cm high £600 - 800
Lot 354 A bronze bodhisattva, seated on a rectangular plinth above a lotus pedestal, holding the stem of a flower in his left hand, a seated lion to each side, 14.5cm high £200 - 250
Lot 355 A Chinese wood Guanyin, early 20th century, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery and long robes, standing on a rock holding a lotus flower in his right hand and a vase in his left, his face and body in gilt, 122cm high, wood stand (2) £150 - 250
Lot 356 A collection of Chinese hardstone carvings, all of archaic form as animals or pendants, 4 to 16.5cm, presented in a lacquered box with gilt vine decoration, 30cm long £400 - 600
Lot 357 A Chinese famille verte vase, early 20th century, of rouleau form, painted with an official dining in a dragon boat with four wheels, pulled by a group of ladies surrounded by armoured guards and attendants, in a mountainous landscape, the neck painted with literati and attendants, 62cm high £300 - 500
Lot 358 A Chinese blue and white jar, Kangxi (1662-1722), of circular form, painted with precious objects in shaped panels, 24cm diameter £40 - 60
Lot 359 A Chinese gilt bronze bodhisattva, seated on a double lotus pedestal, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery and a lower garment with floral borders, a stem of lotus flower to each side, six-character Xuande mark, 28cm high £4,000 - 5,000
Lot 360 A bronze bodhisattva, seated on a double lotus pedestal with her right leg resting on an extended lotus blossom, her hands in Vitarka mudra holding the stem of a lotus flower, 15.8cm high £200 - 250
Lot 361 A Chinese bronze model, in the form of a traditional shrine, the front with three shaped openings surrounded by deities, the sides with scrolling lotus, the back panel engraved with inscriptions, the sweeping roof flanked by a mythical beast to each corner, all supported by eight columns encircled by dragons on a rectangular stand with lotus petal decoration, 40.5cm wide £3,000 - 5,000
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Lot 362 A Chinese bronze bodhisattva group, 20th century, of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi locked in a passionate embrace, lovingly gazing at each other, the nine-headed Chakrasamvara wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, his arms outstretched surrounding the couple like a golden aura, each hand holding a Buddhist attribute including vajra, a kapala and a kartika, their left legs straight and their right legs bent, standing on a double lotus pedestal with a flaming mandorla behind them, 30cm high £300 - 500
Lot 363 A hardstone embellished thangka, ornately inlaid in coral, turquoise, lapis lazuli and bone against a filigree ground, depicting a bodhisattva seated cross-legged holding a lotus flower, surrounded by further smaller deities, 63cm high £6,000 - 8,000
Lot 364 A Chinese bronze bodhisattva, Manjushri, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, with three faces and six arms, each hand holding a Buddha statue, a sword, a bowl, a double vajra or a shell, 82.5cm high (2) £500 - 800
Lot 365 A Chinese agate carving, carved with two carp turning into dragons above spuming waves, 28cm high, the green-painted stand moulded as waves between rocks, 29.5cm high overall (2) £3,500 - 4,500
Lot 366 A Chinese jade bi disc, carved with an immortal battling a dragon above waves, the reverse with archaic scrolls, 7.5cm wide £100 - 150
Lot 367 Two Chinese jade carvings, both in the shape of a blade, one carved with taotie, the stone of greyish-green tone, 26.8cm long, and another, the top carved with scrolls, the stone of greyish-white tone, 12cm long, together with a wood box, overall 54.5cm long (3) £300 - 500
Lot 368 A Chinese bronze incense burner, 20th century, of circular form on three mask and claw feet, decorated with dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, the domed cover similarly decorated with an engraved scroll border, mask and tongue handles, six-character Xuande mark, 28cm wide (2) £200 - 300
Lot 369 A Chinese wood box, onlaid in soapstone and mother-of-pearl with two pheasants perched on a blossoming magnolia tree above rocks and peony, 22.8cm long, enclosing four Peking glass jarlets of different shapes, seal marks to base £600 - 800
Lot 370 Three Chinese incense burners, 20th century, two of glass, each of globular form on three mask and claw feet, the domed covers surmounted with a chilong, mask and ring handles, 14 to 15cm wide, wood stands (9) £100 - 150
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Lot 371 A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose vases, late 19th century, of lobed baluster form with flared mouth, painted with Eight Daoist Emblems amongst butterflies, gourds, birds and flowers against a pea green ground, Buddhist lion handles, 63cm high (2) £100 - 200
Lot 372 A Chinese porcelain panel, 20th century, of rectangular form, painted with figures and buildings in a mountainous landscape, inscribed, dated Year of Dinghai, signature of Zhang Zhitang (1893-1971), 32.2 x 90.5 in a wood frame inserted with scrolls and key frets in bone £300 - 500
Lot 373 A Tibetan bronze prayer wheel, 20th century, of a cylindrical wheel engraved with scrolling lotus and Tibetan script between lotus petal borders, 31cm long overall, associated wood stand (2) £100 - 150
Lot 374 A Chinese low table, 20th century, in the shape of a scroll on ruyi shaped legs, 98cm wide, 40cm deep, 33cm high £150 - 250
Lot 375 A Chinese jade carving, of a recumbent horse, the stone of yellow tone with brown inclusions, 4.5cm long £100 - 150
Lot 376 A Chinese hardstone table screen, carved with literati standing under pine trees in a mountainous landscape, the reverse with an inscription, the stone of white tone, on a spinach green hardstone stand, 25cm high overall (2) £1,500 - 2,500
Lot 377 A pair of Thai bronze figures, 20th century, of two kneeling monks, each wearing an ankle length garment, one resting his hands on his legs, the other with his hands clasped in front of his chest, 50cm high (2) £600 - 800
Lot 378 A Chinese jade carving, of two chilong and a phoenix entangled, the stone of greyish-white tone, 6cm wide £100 - 150
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Lot 379 A Chinese hanging scroll, painted with chrysanthemums above a rock, inscribed and dated Year of Dingsi, signature of Wu Changshuo, ink and colour on paper, 136 x 34cm £100 - 150
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Lot 380 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, lying on his side with his head resting on his right arm, his robe decorated with a scroll and swastika border, spreading out in folds on the rectangular plinth, the sides with dragons chasing a flaming pearl between key fret borders, 48cm wide £150 - 250
Lot 381 Three Chinese bronze incense burners, 20th century, one of circular form on three mask and claw feet, the sides with peony, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial, dragon handles, 23cm high, one in the form of a luduan, decorated with scrolls, 14cm high, and another of rectangular form on four S-shaped legs, the sides with scrolling lotus, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial and chilong handles, 13.5cm high (6) £150 - 200
Lot 382 A Chinese bronze incense burner, 17th century or later, in the form of a luduan, the hinged head above a rectangular body on four tall feet, decorated with scrolls, 28cm high, wood stand (2) £200 - 300
Lot 383 A Chinese famille verte vase, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with figures in a garden, 31cm high £80 - 120
Lot 384 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, seated cross-legged on a low double lotus pedestal in Bhumisparsa mudra, his garment with a scrolling border, 70cm high (2) £400 - 600
Lot 385 A Chinese bronze Guanyin, 20th century, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, his robe engraved with scrolls on a diapered ground, 60cm high £500 - 800
Lot 386 A Thai bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, seated cross-legged in Bhumisparsa mudra, with his garments spreading in folds on a raised pedestal, 68cm high £300 - 500
Lot 387 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal in Bhumisparsa mudra, his garment with floral borders, 72cm high (2) £300 - 500
Lot 388 A Chinese famille verte jar and cover, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with precious objects, the domed cover with a spear knop, 37cm high (2) £80 - 120
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Lot 389 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, his hands resting in his lap, his robe with a scroll border, the stand engraved with Tibetan script, 60cm high (2) £500 - 800
Lot 390 A Thai bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, seated cross-legged in Bhumisparsa mudra, with a flame on top of the ushnisha, 69.5cm high £250 - 350
Lot 391 A Chinese famille verte jar and cover, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with precious objects, the domed cover with a spear knop, 38cm high £100 - 150
Lot 392 A Chinese bronze bodhisattva, 20th century, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, standing on a double lotus pedestal, her hands in Vitarka mudra, 44cm high £150 - 250
Lot 393 A Chinese bronze bodhisattva, Ganesha, 20th century, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, his garments with scroll borders, and standing on a rat above a lotus pedestal, each hand holding a Buddhist attribute, 64.5cm high £250 - 350
Lot 394 A Chinese famille verte jar, 19th century, of ovoid form, painted with warriors watching a young man practising archery, 32cm high £100 - 150
Lot 395 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal in Bhumisparsa mudra, his garment decorated in relief with stories of the life of Buddha, 43cm high (2) £150 - 250
Lot 396 A Chinese blanc de Chine Buddha, 19th century, standing on a lotus throne, in long robes, 34.5cm high £100 - 150
Lot 397 Three Chinese celadon vases, 20th century, of ovoid form incised with symmetrical lines, 31 to 36cm high (3) £100 - 150
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Lot 398 A large Chinese blue and white vase, of baluster form on a flared circular foot, painted with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amongst scrolling lotus, above a false gadroon border, the neck similarly decorated, mask and ring handles, six-character Qianlong mark, 49cm high £200 - 300
Lot 399 A Chinese blue jar and cover, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with a landscape in gilt, domed cover, 48cm high (2) £100 - 150
Lot 400 A Chinese famille rose vase, 19th century, of baluster form, painted with peonies in shaped panels, surrounded by scrolling flowers, 34cm high £100 - 150
Lot 401 A Chinese Shakyamuni Buddha, 20th century, seated cross-legged in Bhumisparsa mudra on a lotus pedestal, his garment with scroll borders, 32cm high, together with a lotus base, 32cm wide (2) £150 - 250
Lot 402 A Chinese blue and white jar, late Ming dynasty, of baluster form, clobber painted with flowers in shaped panels in polychrome and gold decoration, 34cm high £100 - 150
Lot 403 A pair of Chinese famille rose bowls, each painted with precious objects in roundels surrounded by scrolling lotus, six-character Daoguang mark, 13.6cm diameter (2) £800 - 1,000
Lot 404 A Chinese famille rose porcelain group, 19th century, moulded with Shoulao surrounded by Eight Daoist Immortals, 14cm high £100 - 150
Lot 405 A Chinese gouache painting, of two ladies sharing a book, inscribed with signature Gaiqi, ink and colour on silk, 90 x 39cm, framed and glazed £200 - 250
Lot 406 A pair of Chinese reverse glass paintings, early 20th century, each painted with ladies reading or playing go in a sitting room, 48.5 x 33cm, framed (2) £100 - 150
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Lot 407 A Chinese famille rose punch bowl, 18th century, of circular form, with figures in a garden, 26cm diameter £100 - 150
Lot 408 A Chinese red glazed plate, of circular form on a short circular foot, covered in a strawberry-red glaze, the rim white, Jing De Zhen mark to base, 19cm diameter £70 - 100
Lot 409 A Chinese embroidered robe, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), decorated with roundels of peony and leaves above a fruiting peach branch and lingzhi on a rock and precious objects above waves, the sleeves similarly decorated, all against a midnight blue ground, 178cm across the arms £200 - 250
Lot 410 A Chinese jade bi disc, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), incised with a poem, the stone of brown tone, 6.9cm diameter £100 - 200
Lot 411 A Chinese porcelain vase, of cylindrical form, decorated with cicadas in a willow tree, inscribed, 21.8cm high £60 - 80
Lot 413 A Chinese famille verte punch bowl, 18th century, of circular form, the interior painted with Three Winter Friends, the exterior similarly decorated with phoenix and qilin, 27cm diameter £100 - 150
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Lot 412 A Chinese famille rose moon flask, the compressed circular body rising from a splayed oval foot to a cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of shaped handles, painted with scrolling peony and other flowers, between a ruyi head and a banana leaf border, six-character Qianlong mark, 17cm high £400 - 600
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Lot 414 A Chinese porcelain vase, of pear-shaped form with an inverted rim, painted with a traveller walking in the woods in a mountainous landscape, 21cm high £200 - 400
Lot 415 A Chinese famille rose plaque, painted with a blossoming prunus tree, inscribed and dated Year of 1951, signature of Tian Hexian, 54.5 x 33cm £800 - 1,000
Lot 416 A collection of three Chinese blue and white plates, one painted with birds with bamboo, dated Year of Kuihai with signature of Hu Xianya (1902-1996), 26.4cm diameter, the other two each with a pine tree in front of a rocky mountain, both dated year of Jimao with signature of Wang Xiliang (b.1922), 29.8cm and 30.3cm diameter (3) £100 - 150
Lot 417 A Chinese famille rose basin, of deep circular form with flat everted rim, the well painted with pavilions in a mountainous landscape, the sides with millefleurs, six-character Qianlong mark, 42cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 418 A Chinese blue and white ewer, the pear-shaped body painted with a dragon amongst clouds, between banana leaf and false gadroon borders, 22cm high £400 - 600
Lot 419 Two horn beaded necklaces, 19th century, each of natural horn, one overall 50cm long, each bead approximately 0.7cm diameter, total weight 46g, and another 62cm long, each bead approximately 1cm diameter, total weight 64g (2) £100 - 150
Lot 420 A bronze Buddha, possibly Mongolian, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, his hands in Dhyana mudra, 21.8cm high £100 - 150
Lot 421 A bronze bodhisattva, late 19th century, possibly Nepalese, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, a pair of his hands clasped in front of his chest, another pair raised with Buddhist attributes, 9.4cm high £80 - 120
Lot 422 A Chinese bronze incense burner, of globular form with two handles, on three tall cylindrical legs, six-character Xuande mark, 14.8cm high £200 - 300
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Lot 423 A Chinese blue and white jar, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), painted with Buddhist lions amongst scrolling flowers, 13cm high £100 - 150
Lot 424 Two Chinese famille rose plates, of circular form, the centre painted with a basket of flowers, peaches and pomegranates, encircled by a border of precious objects in shaped panels against a diapered ground, 35.5 and 36cm diameter (2) £200 - 300
Lot 425 A Chinese hardwood carving, early 20th century, of a literatus seated under a pine tree raising a toast with a cup in his right hand, another elderly man standing next to him with both hands raised, 49cm high £80 - 120
Lot 426 A pair of Chinese hardstone table screens, each carved with literati in a pavilion or fishing on a boat in a rocky landscape, the stone of greyish-white tone, 24.5cm high, the reverse with a poem, each on a wood stand, pierced and carved with scrolling lotus, 39.5cm high overall (2) £300 - 400
Lot 427 A pair of Chinese porcelain cranes, 20th century, each red-crested bird perched on pierced rockwork dotted with lingzhi and pine, 33.5cm high (2) £200 - 300
Lot 428 A Chinese famille rose figure, 20th century, of a peacock standing on a rock with its right foot resting on lingzhi, 37.5cm high, wood stand (2) £100 - 150
Lot 429 A Chinese scroll table, 19th century, the rectangular top with a ruyi head-shaped frieze above a key fret apron, on four legs with bun feet, 123cm wide, 40cm deep, 85cm high £400 - 600
Lot 430 A collection of Chinese wood stands, 19th-20th century, of various shapes and sizes, including one of lobed circular form on five tall shaped legs, 20.5cm diameter (qty.) £200 - 300
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For a similar lot, see Christie’s New York, ‘Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver & Chinese Export’, January 2010, lot 442.
Lot 431 A pair of Chinese blue and white vases, early 20th century, each of cylindrical form with a flared mouth, painted with dragons amongst peony, four-character Kangxi mark, 20.8 and 21cm high (2) £200 - 300
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Lot 432 A Chinese blue and white tea bowl, of circular form, painted with sprigs of peaches and pomegranates, six-character Yongzheng mark, 8.7cm diameter £800 - 1,200
Lot 433 A Chinese bamboo pillow, 19th century, in the form of a boy lying on his front with his head turned to one side, 34.5cm long £300 - 500
Lot 434 A bronze censer, possibly Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the bell-shaped body moulded with taotie masks below three Chinese characters, between studs and key frets, the finial with two Buddhist lions holding a brocade ball, 24cm high £400 - 500
Lot 435 A Chinese famille rose bowl, 18th century, of tapering form on a short circular foot, painted in a European style with sprigs of flowers, 12cm diameter £200 - 300
Lot 436 A Chinese famille rose jar, of globular form with an inverted rim, painted with sprigs of flowers and butterflies against a pea-green ground, six-character Qianlong mark, 11cm high £250 - 350
Lot 437 A set of six Chinese famille rose saucers, c.1900, painted with millefleurs against a gilt ground, six-character Guangxu mark, 15.4cm diameter, and a pair of Canton enamelled vases, painted with figures, birds and flowers in shaped panels, 20cm high (8) £150 - 250
Lot 439 A Chinese boxwood carving, of Shoulao standing on a rock with a staff in his left hand, 15.5cm high £50 - 80
Lot 440 A Chinese wood carving, of Guanyin seated on a double lotus plinth, his right hand resting on his right knee, covered in red lacquer, 15cm high £50 - 80
Provenance: From a private Dutch collection.
Lot 438 A pair of Chinese porcelain teapots and covers, 20th century, of cylindrical form, painted with a pagoda below a pine tree in a mountainous landscape, inscribed, 17.5cm (4) £60 - 80
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Lot 441 A Chinese famille rose ewer and cover, c.1900, the pear-shaped body painted with a bird and peony, inscribed, 15.5cm high (2) £50 - 80
Lot 442 A Chinese embroidered robe, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), decorated with roundels of cranes and flowers against a blue ground, the cream border with florets, 145cm across the arms £300 - 500
Lot 443 A Chinese famille rose plate, painted with butterflies above peony and other flowers, six-character Yongzheng mark, 20.2cm diameter £100 - 150
Lot 444 Two Chinese hardwood jardinière stands, late 19th century, each circular top inset with rouge marble, above a pierced apron with scrolling lotus, on shaped legs with claw feet united with a ‘X’ stretcher, 47cm high (2) £150 - 250
Lot 445 A Chinese bottle vase, of cylindrical form with a tapering long neck and flat mouth, covered with a crackled blue glaze, 14cm high £100 - 200
Lot 446 A pair of Chinese hardwood jardinière stands, late 19th century, each circular top inset with rouge marble, above a pierced apron with scrolling lotus, on shaped legs with claw feet united with an ‘X’ stretcher, 60.5cm high (2) £300 - 350
Lot 447 A Chinese crystal box and cover, of shaped rectangular form, carved with archaic scrolls, four-character Yongzheng mark, 7cm long (2) £100 - 150
Lot 448 A Chinese jade bodhisattva, seated with his left foot resting on a lotus flower, his left hand raised, the stone of greyish-white tone, 13.5cm high £150 - 200
Lot 449 A Chinese jade double vajra, carved with scrolls, 5.5cm long, accompanied by a metal box (2) £100 - 150
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Lot 450 A collection of Chinese soapstone seals, engraved with birds, flowers and landscapes, 5.5 to 6.4cm high, together with an archer’s ring and a small dish, incised with shou (8) £250 - 350
Lot 451 A Chinese famille rose bowl, 20th century, of circular form with a flared rim, painted with a pheasant and quail standing on rocks amongst peony, prunus and other flowers, inscribed, the interior painted with three bats above a fruiting peach branch, four-character Yongzheng mark, 18.4cm diameter £80 - 120
Lot 452 A Chinese blue and white dish, 20th century, painted with a crane in a peach-shaped panel against a shou character, surrounded by further characters and scrolls in relief, all on a crackled ground, 21cm diameter £80 - 120
Lot 453 A Chinese porcelain brush pot, of cylindrical form, decorated with birds standing on a blossoming branch, inscribed Year of Gengwu with signature of Shu Huijuan (b.1945), 20cm high £80 - 120
Lot 454 A Chinese doucai vase, of baluster form, painted with a phoenix and a dragon amongst scrolling lotus, the neck similarly decorated, 64cm high £200 - 250
Lot 455 A Chinese blue and white vase, of tapering form, painted with phoenixes amongst scrolling lotus above a false gadroon border, the shoulder with ruyi heads, lug handles, six-character Qianlong mark, 60cm high £200 - 250
Lot 456 A Chinese porcelain plaque, enamelled with a fisherman on a boat in a mountainous landscape, inscribed, 37 x 24.8cm £300 - 500
Lot 457 A Chinese ivory snuff bottle, early 20th century, of oval form, deeply carved with a battle on horseback, with a domed stopper, four-character Qianlong mark, 10cm high £200 - 300
Lot 458 A pair of Chinese famille rose saucers, the centre painted with a ruyi sceptre, a brush pen and an ingot in a roundel surrounded by Eight Buddhist Emblems, key fret border to rim, four-character Tongzhi mark, 15cm diameter (2) £400 - 600
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Lot 459 A Chinese jade vase and cover, of baluster form, carved with a continuous rocky landscape with a boat, a bridge across a river by pine trees, the domed cover carved with clouds and with a spear knop, 17cm high (2) £200 - 300
Lot 460 A collection of four Chinese porcelain dishes, decorated with cicada, butterfly and flowers, birds and bamboo, signature of Furen, 16.3 to 16.7cm diameter (4) £60 - 80
Lot 463 A Chinese Ding ware dish, of lobed circular form, moulded with a peacock amongst peony, the side ribbed, covered in a cream glaze, 18cm diameter £100 - 200
Lot 464 A Chinese celadon vase, of double gourd form, under a celadon glaze with brown splashes, 14.5cm high £100 - 200
Lot 465 A Chinese celadon bowl, of circular form on a short circular foot, the interior incised with scrolling flowers, the exterior with symmetrical lines, 13cm diameter £100 - 200
Lot 466 A Jun ware tea bowl, of circular form on a short circular foot, covered with a blue glaze with purple splashes, 9.3cm diameter £100 - 200
Lot 467 A Chinese jade vase, the compressed pear-shaped body carved with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl encircling the neck, the stone of celadon tone, 18cm high £200 - 300
Lot 468 A Chinese Jian ware tea bowl, of tapering form on a circular foot with a narrow groove encircling the exterior below the rim, covered overall with black glaze with brown ‘hare’s fur’ streaks, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the dark grey stoneware body, the rim with silver mounting, 12.8cm diameter £100 - 200
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Lot 462 A Chinese Jun ware gu vase, of archaic bronze form, the central bulbous section supported on a splayed foot with constricted waist, rising to a wide trumpet neck flaring at the rim, each section divided by four vertical flanges, covered overall with an opaque blue glaze, the base with the character ‘one’ in Chinese, 28.5cm high £300 - 500
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Lot 469 A Chinese celadon tea bowl, of circular form on a short foot, covered under a crackled translucent green glaze thickening to the foot rim, the rim unglazed, 8.2cm diameter £100 - 200
part lot Lot 470 Two Chinese famille rose porcelain plaques, second half of the 20th century, of circular form, one painted with the Eight Daoist Immortals, inscribed, 60.5cm diameter, the other with the story of Liu Bei visiting Zhuge Liang at his house three times to recruit him, 60.5cm diameter (2) £100 - 150
Lot 471 A Chinese bronze censer, of squat circular form, the handles moulded with rams, six-character Xuande mark to base, 12cm long £100 - 150
Lot 472 A Chinese jade buckle, of ovoid form, the stone with greyish-white tone, 9.3cm long, a jade dish carved with Chinese characters Jin Yu Man Tang, the stone of greyish-white tone, 9.4cm diameter, and a hardstone vase, the pear-shaped body on a circular foot carved with taotie masks, 10.5cm high (3) £200 - 300
Lot 473 A Chinese famille rose pillow, early 20th century, of rectangular form painted with precious objects between key fret borders, 14cm long, and a famille rose box and cover, painted with a literatus leaning against a rock, inscribed, 8.4cm long (3) £100 - 150
Lot 474 A porcelain bowl, painted with flowers and friezes in copper red, four-character mark Fu Gui Chang Ming to base, 10cm diameter £300 - 500
Lot 475 A Chinese jade brush washer, in the form of lotus leaves, flowers and pods, supported on stems, the stone of greyish-green tone with inclusions, 23.5cm wide £200 - 300
Lot 476 A Chinese jade jar, of globular form with an inverted rim carved with scrolls, Buddhist lion handles, 14cm wide £100 - 150
Lot 477 A Chinese Ding ware vase, the pear-shaped body with ribbed decoration, all covered with a cream glaze, 27.5cm high £100 - 200
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Lot 478 A Chinese dagger, in the Mughal style, the jade handle with a ram’s head finial, the blade with gilt decoration, 30.8cm long, the sheath wrapped in floral embroidery with silver mountings to each end, together with two similar handles, 9 and 11.5cm long (3) £300 - 400
Lot 479 A Chinese jade vase and cover, the compressed pear-shaped body flanked with two scroll handles, the domed cover with a ball knop, 14cm high (2) £150 - 200
Lot 480 A Chinese ancestor painting, 19th century, of an official in a court robe with the First Civil Rank badge of a crane, surrounded by attendants and boys, ink and colour on fabric, 176 x 100cm £100 - 200
Lot 481 A Chinese celadon vase, of globular form on a circular foot with straight neck, two lug handles, covered with a crackled greyish-green glaze,15.5cm high £100 - 200
Lot 482 A collection of Chinese hardstone vases, one of gu form with ribbed decoration, mask and ring handles, the stone of white tone, 19cm high, one of tapering form supported on the back of a phoenix with two chilong clambering up the side, the stone of white tone, 19.5cm high, and another of archaic bronze form with a gu vase on the back of a phoenix, 18cm high (3) £250 - 350
Lot 483 A collection of three Chinese jade vases, all of archaic bronze form, one carved with a dragon amongst clouds above scrolls, with mask and loop ring handles, the stone of white tone, 23cm high, one vase and cover, carved with two chilong above a taotie mask, the domed cover with a dragon finial, loop ring handles, 28.5cm high, and another, the compressed pear-shaped body on four mythical beast feet, carved with scrolls and with loop ring handles, the cover similarly decorated with four loops, 20cm high (5) £200 - 300
Lot 484 A collection of three Chinese jade carvings, comprising: a seal with a dragon finial on a cylindrical plinth, 6.2cm long, a jade carving of two quail holding millet in their beak, 6.3cm long, and a pendant with a mythical beast above an archaic axe, 8cm high (3) £150 - 250
Lot 485 A Chinese silk embroidery, early 20th century, decorated with a peacock standing on a rock below a pine tree, next to a lotus pond with a pair of mandarin ducks, surrounded by peony, pheasants and other birds, inscribed Luan Feng He Ming, enclosed by a diapered border with animals and flowers, 82 x 59cm, now fitted as a fire screen with a European panel and stand, fire screen 95.5 x 67cm £300 - 400
Lot 486 A Chinese famille rose vase, Republic period (1912-1949), of rouleau form, painted with birds, flowers or a Buddhist lion in shaped panels, against a black ground with sprigs of flowers, six-character Yongzheng mark, 54cm high £150 - 250
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Lot 487 A Chinese jade brush pot, of cylindrical form, carved with figures, pavilions and pine trees in a rocky landscape, four-character Qianlong mark, 11.5cm high £150 - 200
Lot 488 A Chinese jade vase and cover, of baluster form, profusely carved with scrolling lotus in shaped panels, the domed cover similarly decorated and with a spear knop, the stone of greyish-white tone, 24.5cm high (2) £200 - 300
Lot 489 A Chinese famille rose plate, c.1960, of circular form, painted with horses by a river enclosed by a diapered border, four-character Qianlong mark, 33.2cm diameter £100 - 150
Lot 490 A Tibetan bronze bodhisattva group, 19th-20th century, of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi locked in a passionate embrace, Chakrasamvara with three eyes, his arms outstretched and each holding a Buddhist attribute, wearing a lower garment of tiger skin, his left leg straight and the right bent, both pressing on a figure on a lotus platform, Vajravarahi in his lap with her left leg wrapped around his waist, holding Buddhist attributes in her hands, 27cm high (2) £800 - 1,200
Lot 491 A Chinese Chaozhou ware vase, late Ming dynasty, of lobed baluster form with a flared mouth covered in a crackled cream glaze and scroll handles, with ‘Eymery & Co., Constantinople’ label, 32cm high £100 - 150
part lot Lot 492 Two Chinese gouache paintings, early 20th century, painted with a bird by a lake with bulrushes, inscribed, ink and colour on paper, 36 x 41cm, and another, with a bird standing on a fruiting tree branch, inscribed, ink and colour on paper, 36.5 x 41.5cm (2) £300 - 400
Lot 493 A Chinese gouache painting, 20th century, of fan shape, with two literati seated below pine trees in a mountainous landscape, dated Year of Yiyou (1945), inscribed and signed Chen Xianhua, ink and colour on paper, 51cm long, framed and glazed £80 - 120
Lot 494 A Chinese famille rose punch bowl, 18th century, painted with three rams in a garden, the reverse with swallows, 26cm diameter £400 - 600
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Lot 495 A Chinese iron helmet, 19th century, the skull consisting of eight plates decorated with rocks above waves, the top with a lobed plume holder, the front with a butterfly-shaped panel within incised lines, 47cm high £200 - 300
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Lot 496 A Chinese famille rose bowl, late 19th century, of shaped hexagonal form, painted with cranes amongst clouds between a floral and symmetrical border, six-character Tongzhi mark, 21.7cm diameter £80 - 120
Lot 499 A Chinese ge-type box and cover, of shaped rectangular form, all covered in a crackled white glaze, on four bracket unglazed feet, 6.2cm long (2) £300 - 500
Lot 500 A Chinese celadon tea bowl, possibly Ming dynasty, of lobed circular form on a short circular foot, covered with a crackled pea green glaze, 9.5cm diameter £400 - 600
Lot 503 A Chinese bronze bodhisattva, Vaisravana, 20th century, seated on a shaped plinth, his lower garment with a scroll border, holding a citron in his right hand and a mongoose in his left, the plinth incised with Eight Buddhist Emblems, 47cm high £150 - 250
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Lot 497 A Chinese gilt bronze incense burner, of squat circular form on a splayed foot, with gilt splashed decoration, four-character Yutang Qing Wan mark, 19cm wide £1,000 - 2,000
Lot 498 A Chinese gilt bronze incense burner, of lobed circular form with gilt splashed decoration, on three short splayed feet, six-character Xuande mark, 11cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 501 A Chinese famille rose vase, 20th century, of tapering rouleau form, painted with ladies playing go in a garden, inscribed, between a ruyi head and a false gadroon border, the neck with scrolling flowers, 33.8cm high £80 - 120
Lot 504 A Chinese pudao sword, 19th century, the broadsword with a long ribbed wood handle, 91cm long £300 - 500
Lot 502 A Chinese marble hanging panel, 19th century, painted with a literatus walking on a bridge in a mountainous landscape, inscribed, 39.5 x 29cm £200 - 300
Lot 505 A pair of Chinese hardwood chairs, each with an ‘S’ shaped back splat, inset with marble panels above a pierced and carved ruyi head, rattan seats, 48cm wide, 39cm deep, 94cm high (2) £500 - 800
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Lot 506 A pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain panels, 20th century, of rectangular form, painted with pheasants, mandarin ducks, peacocks, cockerels and other birds standing on a floral branch or in a lotus pond, inscribed, 77 x 23cm, framed (2) £130 - 150
Lot 507 A Chinese blue and white dish, of tapering circular form on a short circular foot, painted with a taiji roundel encircled by Eight Bagua Trigrams and scrolling lotus, six-character Daoguang mark, 10.9cm diameter £1,500 - 2,500
Lot 508 A Chinese blue and white jardinière, of tapering cylindrical form painted with literati gathered in a garden, Buddhist lion handles, six-character Jiajing mark, 54cm wide £1,000 - 2,000
Lot 509 A Chinese famille rose vase, of globular form with a garlic mouth, painted with a continuous mountainous landscape, the neck painted with scrolling lotus and bats against a ruby ground, six-character Jiaqing mark, 32.5cm high £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 510 A Chinese gilt bronze incense burner, in the form of a mythical beast seated on its haunches, the hinged head engraved with detailed fur, 25cm long, wood stand (2) £5,000 - 6,000
Lot 511 A Chinese porcelain brush washer, of squat circular form with inverted rim, covered in a light blue glaze, six-character Kangxi mark, 12cm diameter £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 512 A large Chinese blue and white jardiniere, of globular form with a straight neck, painted with dragons amongst clouds, six-character Jiajing mark, 70cm wide £5,000 - 8,000
Lot 513 A pair of Chinese famille rose jardinières and stands, of tapering form, painted with a continuous mountainous landscape between a ruyi head and a key fret borders, six-character Qianlong mark, 24.3cm diameter, the stands similarly decorated 19.8cm diameter (4) £1,500 - 2,000 Lots 514-515 Spare lots
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JAPANESE WORKS OF ART PART II 516-532
Lot 516 A Japanese silk embroidery, 20th century, possibly Vietnamese, decorated with a cockfight surrounded by bamboo, in a mahogany frame, 55 x 44cm, framed and glazed £250 - 300
part lot Lot 519 A collection of eleven Japanese woodblock prints, Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising five with the signature of Toyokuni, two Hiroshige, one Kunisada, one Kuniyoshi, one Kynichika and another, with ladies or Samurai, each approximately 37 x 25cm, framed and glazed (11) £400 - 600
Lot 522 A Japanese gouache painting, 20th century, painted with waterbirds by reeds, signed, ink and colour on silk, 75.5 x 46cm, framed and glazed £200 - 300
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Lot 517 A Japanese silk kimono, Showa period (1926-1989), painted with the legendary race across the Uji River between the two Samurai warriors, Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna and Kajiwara Genda Kagesue, during the Battle of Ujigawa, 80cm long £120 - 180
Lot 518 A Japanese lacquered tray, Meiji period (1868-1912), of shaped rectangular form, decorated in gilt with a minogame by a pine tree and bamboo, a crane flying above, 32.8cm long £80 - 120
Lot 520 A Japanese Imari charger, 19th century, of lobed circular form, painted in the centre with a bouquet in a censer, surrounded by birds and flowers in shaped panels, 46cm diameter £300 - 500
Lot 521 A pair of Japanese Satsuma vases, early 20th century, the pear-shaped body with an elongated cylindrical neck, painted with chrysanthemum by a fence in gilt, the mouth and foot with a diapered body, all against a midnight blue ground, signed to base, 15.5cm high (2) £100 - 150
Lot 523 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of a faggot collector walking with a staff in his right hand and a book in his left, a bird above his left shoulder, 31cm high £400 - 600
Lot 524 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of a fisherman carrying a basket of fish with a trident in his left hand, a boy by his side looking up to his father with a raised left hand, 30cm high £400 - 600
Lot 525 A Japanese bronze vase, with a pear-shaped body and garlic mouth, inscription to base, 24.5cm high £100 - 150
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Lot 526 A pair of Japanese bronze vases, early 20th century, each of baluster form, moulded with birds surrounding a blossoming tree in relief, 21.5cm high (2) £150 - 250
Lot 528 A Japanese white metal cigarette box, of rectangular form, the cover decorated with a dragon clasping ‘Fuku’ and ‘Ju’ in relief enclosed by a key fret border, the sides with chrysanthemums amongst waves, seal mark to the base, wood liner, 10.6cm long £50 - 80
Lot 530 A Japanese cloisonné vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), the pear-shaped body with a flared mouth on three stud feet, decorated with birds, butterflies and flowers in shaped panels, the neck with florets and beaded ornaments, 22cm high £100 - 150
Lot 527 A Japanese tortoiseshell tray, of lobed circular form, decorated with cranes and egrets next to a pine tree in a mountainous landscape in gilt lacquer in relief, encircled by a symmetrical border, 35cm diameter £200 - 300
Lot 529 A Japanese bronze Buddha, seated cross-legged in a long robe, 4cm high £50 - 80
Lot 531 A Japanese ivory carving, Meiji period (1868-1912), of a Noh actor standing with a fan in his right hand, with revolving faces of himself and an oni, 7.7cm high, and an ivory manju netsuke carved with a rakan, the reverse with a whisk, signed, 4.5cm diameter (2) £80 - 120
Lot 532 A Japanese gouache painting, 20th century, painted with birds and flowers, signed, ink and colour on silk, 75 x 45.5cm, framed and glazed £200 - 300
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Lot 533 A collection of Japanese art books and catalogues, dated 1973 to 1998, from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and a collection of Eskenazi exhibition catalogues, comprising: Japanese netsuke formerly in a collection of Dr L Greene, December 1973, Japanese inro from the collection of E A Wrangham, November 1974, Japanese netsuke and inro from private collections, June to July 1976 Eighteen to twentieth century netsuke, June to July 1978, Michael Webb netsuke, June to July 1978, Japanese netsuke from private collections, brochure, June to July 1979 Japanese netsuke from collections and Michael Webb netsuke June to July 1980 Japanese inro from private collections, October 1982, Japanese netsuke, ojime, inrō and lacquer-ware, October to November, 1984, Japanese netsuke, inro and lacquer-ware, December 1986, Japanese lacquer-ware from the Verbrugge collection, November 1989, boxed, The Charles A Greenfield collection of Japanese lacquer, November 1990, Recent acquisitions, November 1992 Japanese inro and lacquer-ware from a private Swedish collection, November 1996, Japanese netsuke, ojime and inro from the Dawson collection, June 1997, Japanese netsuke, ojime and inro from a private European collection, June 1998 (16) £200 - 300
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Lot 534 A collection of auction catalogues and books, dated 2001 to 2013, relating to Chinese Works of art, from Christie’s, Bonham’s and Bloomsbury, including Sotheby’s Meiyintang collection, five volumes (41) £500 - 800
Lot 535 A miscellaneous collection of books and auction catalogues, dated 1997 to 2011, including Islamic and Indian arts from Christie’s, Bonhams, Sotheby’s, HALI and two Eskenazi exhibition catalogues, comprising: ‘Acquisitions’, November 2001, ‘Art of the Gandhara’, November 1998 (15) £300 - 400
Lot 536 A collection of miscellaneous catalogues, dated 2002 to 2019, Japanese and Chinese works of art from Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams and Nagel (37) £50 - 100
Lot 537 A collection of Eskenazi exhibition catalogues, dated 1972 to 2002, including: Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, March 1972, Ancient Chinese bronze vessels and early ceramics, June - July 1973, Chinese ceramics from the Cottle collection November 1973, Early Chinese ceramics and Works of Art, June - July 1974, Ancient Chinese bronzes from the Stocklet and Wessén collections, June 1975, Chinese Jades from a private collection, June - July 1976, two volumes Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, gilt bronzes and sculptures; two private collections, one formerly part of the Minkenhof collection, June-July 1977, Ancient Chinese sculpture, June-July 1978, Ancient Chinese bronzes and gilt bronzes from the Wessén and other collections, July 1980, Ancient Chinese Sculpture, December 1981, Twenty five years, June 1985, Tang, June 1987, Chinese and Korean Art from the collections of Dr Franco Vannotti, Hans Popper, and others, June 1989, Chinese Art from the Reach Family collection, December 1989, Ancient Chinese sculpture, from the Alsdorf collection and others, June 1990, boxed, Inlaid bronze and related material from pre-Tang China, June 1991,
Chinese Lacquer from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc collection, and others, December 1992, Early Chinese art from tombs and temples, June 1993, boxed, Yuan and early Ming blue and white porcelain, June 1994, boxed, Early Chinese Art: 8th century BC to 9th century AD, June 1995, boxed, Sculpture and ornament in early Chinese art, June 1996, two vol Ceramic sculpture from Han and Tang, China, New York, March 1997, Chinese Buddhist sculpture, June 1997, Chinese works of art and furniture, 1998, Animals and Animal designs in Chinese art, New York March 1998, Ancient Chinese bronze and ceramics, New York, March 1999, Ancient Chinese bronzes from an English private collection, November 1999, boxed, Masterpieces from Ancient China, Millennium exhibition, 1960 to 2000, New York, London, 2000, boxed, Tang ceramic sculpture, New York, 2001, Chinese ceramic vessels 500-1000AD, November 2001, Chinese Buddhist sculpture from Northern Wei to Ming, New York, March 2002, Two rare Chinese porcelain fish jars of the 14th and 16th centuries, November 2002, Song: Chinese ceramics, 10th to 13th century, November 2003 Chinese works of art from the collection of J M A J Dawson, Brochure, December, 1980 (36) £500 - 800 Provenance: Gordon House
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2.6 We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale. 2.7 If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at the address set out on our Website. 3. Bidding procedures and the Buyer 3.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us. You must also satisfy any security arrangements we have in place before entering the auction room to view or bid. 3.2 We strongly recommend that you attend the auction in person. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition.
‘Auctioneer’
means GES & Sons Ltd trading as Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 6858916 and whose registered office is located at Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8GE or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate; ‘Bidder’ means a person who places a bid for Goods at our auction; ‘Buyer’ means the person who makes the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer; ‘Commission’ means the commission that we charge you on the sale of the Goods as set out in Clause 5 below; ‘Consumer’ means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession; ‘Consumer Contracts Regulations’ means the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013; ‘Deliberate Forgery’ means: (a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source; (b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and (c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described; ‘FCA’ ‘Goods’ ‘Hammer Price’ ‘Premium’ ‘Price’ ‘Proceeds’ ‘Reserve’ ‘Seller’ ‘Terms of Consignment’ ‘Terms of Sale’ ‘Trader’
‘VAT’ ‘Website’
means the Financial Conduct Authority; means the goods that you consign to us for sale at our auction; means the level of the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer; means the premium charged to the Buyer on the sale of the Goods in accordance with the Terms of Sale; means the total of the Hammer Price, Premium and any applicable VAT; means the Price less the Commission, the Premium, any expenses incurred to your account and any applicable VAT; means the minimum price at which the Goods may be sold; means the owner of the Goods and any agent who consigns the Goods for sale on the owner’s behalf (if applicable); means these terms of consignment; means the terms of sale for bidders or buyers at our auctions; means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf (such as an agent and/or the Auctioneer); means any value added tax or equivalent sales tax; and means our website available at www.sworders.co.uk.
In these Terms of Sale the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise. 2. Information that we are required to give to Consumers 2.1 A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue. 2.2 Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.
3.3 If you instruct us in writing, we may execute commission bids on your behalf. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we have the right to prefer the first bid made (where this can be reasonably ascertained). 3.4 The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price.
2.3 The price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 4, 5, 7 and 8.
Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion. We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.
2.4 The arrangements for collection of the Goods as set out in Clauses 8 and 9.
3.5 Bidders will be deemed to act as principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.
2.5 Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 13.
3.6 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve.
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3.7 We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so. 3.8 Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (but will be in line with standard auction practice). 4. The purchase price As Buyer, you will pay: a. the Hammer Price; b. a premium of 23% plus VAT of the Hammer Price or 15% plus VAT for our Fine Wine and Port Auction; c. any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot; and d. any VAT due. 5. VAT 5.1 You shall be liable for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price and premium due for a Lot. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the ‘Information for Buyers’ in our auction catalogue for further information. 5.2 We will charge VAT at the current rate at the date of the auction. 6. The contract between you and the Seller 6.1 The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed after the hammer falls when the highest bid for the Goods at the auction is written into the Auction book by the Auctioneer. 6.2 You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment. 6.3 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may in our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim. 6.4 We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot). 7. Payment 7.1 Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will: 7.1.1 give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations); and 7.1.2 pay to us the Total Amount Due in any way that we agree to accept payment. Note there is an upper limit of 10,000 euros equivalent for payments in cash. 7.2 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay these debts. 8. Title and collection of purchases 8.1 Once you have paid us in full the Total Amount Due for any Lot, ownership of that Lot will transfer to you. You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it. 8.2 You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 5pm on the Friday following the auction. 8.3 If you do not collect the Lot within this time period, you will be responsible for any reasonable removal and storage charges in relation to that Lot. 8.4 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot. 8.5 If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within thirty days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot. 9. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 9.1 Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you.
This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures: 9.1.1 take action against you for damages for breach of contract; 9.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you; 9.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the price you should have paid for the Lot and the price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 8.5). Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller; 9.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense; 9.1.5 if you do not pay us within five business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due; 9.1.6 keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the Total Amount Due; 9.1.7 reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or 9.1.8 if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us. 9.2 We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 9.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms of Sale. 10. Health and safety Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees’ or our agents’ negligence. 11. Warranties 11.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you that: 11.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the lot at auction; 11.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot to you free from any third party rights or claims; and 11.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct. 11.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable to pay you any sums over and above the Total Amount Due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below. 11.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand. 11.4 If a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 11.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015). These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots. 11.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded. 12. Descriptions and condition 12.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (ii) our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot).
12.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot. 12.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. 12.4 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold ‘as is’ (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed. 13. Deliberate Forgeries 13.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within 30 days of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. 13.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) provided that if: 13.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or 13.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us, you will have no right to a refund under this Clause 13.2. 13.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the price that you paid for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot.
15.2.3 by email, provided that receipt of the email is acknowledged by the recipient. 15.3 Notices must be sent: 15.3.1 by hand or registered post: a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or 15.3.2 by email: a. to us, by sending the notice to the following email address: auctions@sworder.co.uk b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address in writing. 15.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received: 15.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery; 15.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or 15.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt (provided that receipt is acknowledged by the recipient). 15.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, email, any form of messaging via social media or text message. 16. Data Protection We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our website. 17. General 17.1 We may, acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.
13.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.
17.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate. Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.
14. Our liability to you 14.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.
17.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.
14.2 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Conditions of Business. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.
17.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.
14.3 Subject to Clause 14.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the total purchase price paid by you to us for any Lot.
17.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies are: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.
14.4 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for: 14.4.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); 14.4.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or 14.4.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law. 15. Notices 15.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it. 15.2 Any notice referred in Clause 15.1 may be given: 15.2.1 by delivering it by hand;
17.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.
17.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any non-contractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. These terms are based upon the recommended terms of sale by the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers
15.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery; or
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