Asian Art

enamelled in polychrome with a central armorial beneath a motto "Sto Pro Veritate" within blue diaper and spearhead borders, Qianlong, 23.75cm dia.; and three smaller dishes ensuite, 15.5cm dia. (5)

enamelled in polychrome with figures in a garden pavilion surrounded by flowers and enclosed by a fence in iron-red and gilt within underglazed blue foliate borders incorporating butterflies, Qianlong.

Comprising: a tureen and cover with boars-head handles, 36cm wide; three graduated meat plates, 34cm, 29cm and 25.5cm; a pair of sauceboats, 7.75cm; six bowls, 22.5cm dia; and seven plates, 22.5cm dia. (a collection)

Provenance: The Estate of the Late Rufus Eyre, Esq.

probably Han, with attractive russet inclusions, the stone with a soft lustrous polish, 5cm.

Provenance: Acquired for a private collection, Somerset in the 1960's

We are grateful to Anthony du Boulay FSA for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

standing with arms folded wearing a tall headdress and robes decorated with scrolls, the stone with russet inclusions and a soft lustrous polish, probably Wei, 8cm high

Provenance: Acquired for a private collection, Somerset in the 1960's

carved with a mythical beast, the underside of the rectangular base with calligraphy and traces of red ink staining, Ming or later, 4.5cm wide by 4.5cm high

of large size, the simple domed cover with a pierced finial intricately carved with fungi and leafy tendrils, the bulbous body with a simple spout and a scroll handle, the extremely pure stone with a soft polish and the colour fading to white towards the extremities, the base carved with the four-character mark of Qianlong, 19cm wide (max) x 12,5cm high

Provenance: From a Dutch private collection acquired in the 1980's

the head turning across the back of the recumbent beast, with a soft lustrous polish, Qing, 6cm

with finely carved detail, Qing, 3cm long (2)

carved with a continuous knot, 9cm long.

9cm long.

finely carved with the two felines coiled around a flowering stem, one with a faint russet patch on the back.

seated cross legged and contained in a glazed bronze metal case, Qing or later, 3.75cm high

of flattened baluster form, carved on one side with a phoenix and the other with a dragon, the shoulders and one side carved with scrolling foliage, the stopper and body with some darker green inclusions, Qing or later, 6cm high

the gourd-shaped body mottled in white and carved with a coin toad climbing across lily pads, Qing, 12.5cm wide x 7.75cm high

in finely mottled stone of amber colour, the compressed circular body carved with lotus and scrolling foliage, the mask handles with bulging eyes, Qing, 16.5cm

Provenance: Polmaise Castle, Scotland and thence by descent in the Hamilton family.

together with a small ivory box in the form of a fruit, early Qing. Amber 5cm high, Box 7.5cm diameter (2)

modelled riding on the back of a fish, 82cm high

carved to simulate a rattan panel within a bamboo frame, on shaped feet, Qing or later, 32cm x 18cm

carved with calligraphy, 12cm dia. x 8cm high

of circular form with an undulating border, the central panel carved to simulate basketwork over which grows a bamboo shoot, 30cm dia.

of plain cylindrical form, Qing or later, 10.25cm high x 7.5cm dia.

carved with an immortal climbing on a rocky outcrop in the shade of a tree, the reverse carved as a gnarled tree trunk, early Qing or later, 20cm high x 16cm wide

Provenance: With Ben Janssen Oriental Art London, 2016

each reclining beast with finely detailed musculature and bushy tails, Qing, 5cm long x 2cm high.

Provenance: With Ben Janssen Oriental Art, London 2018

the underside with seal marks and inscription, 11cm high

of shaped form finely carved and pierced with panels of figures, on a complex diaper ground, Qianlong, 28cm wide x 24cm and 22cm high

Provenance: The Estate of the Late Rufus Eyre

decorated with panels of birds and flowers, the base with a four character Qianlong mark in blue, 6.25cm high and a similar snuff bottle with a coral - coloured ground, both Republic (2)

with finely chased gilt-bronze mounts and a scrolling spout, the body decorated with precious objects, auspicious symbols and stylised lotus surrounded by leafy tendrils on a turquoise ground, with formalised borders, early Qing or later, 20cm high

of plain form with rounded shoulders, the base with a finely-cast six character mark of Xuande, 16cm dia.

Provenance: Private collection, West Dorset.

with simple loop handles, the interior cast with a coiled dragon incorporating characters, the base with a Xuande mark in a rectangle, 7.75cm dia.

Provenance: Private collection, West Dorset.

Ming, the circular bulbous body lightly engraved with archaistic style decoration within geometric key-pattern borders, the zoomorphic scroll handles modelled as serpents with shaped tails, 17cm dia. across the handles

modelled as a recumbent goat with well defined mane and curly tail and “ gold - splash” markings, early Qing or later,
7.5cm long

seated cross legged beneath flowing robes, on a square “ cushion” base engraved with stylised foliage, Ming or later, 13cm high

wearing an elaborate headdress and seated on a lotus-leaf base with beaded borders, the face and hair retaining a large proportion of the polychrome decoration, the underside of the base engraved with stylised foliate panel highlighted in gilt, 72cm high x 48cm wide

Provenance: According to the family this impressive gilt-bronze left Russia after the Revolution and then remained with the family in London.

the figure seated cross legged with right arm raised on a stylised lotus -leaf oval base, engraved on the underside, with traces of gilt, early Qing or later, 20.5cm high

with a well patinated surface, the cannon bears inscription dating to the third month of the Qianlong 54th year (1789), Governors Cup, from Guo Xing Fu the merchant group. Guo Xing Fu was in charge of the maritime trade across southeast China, all foreign merchants bought Chinese export cargoes into Xiamen seaport during the turning point of the Ming and Qing dynasties,
on a later wooden carriage.

Number 20, 430 Jin units in weight (c.258kg). Cannon approx 166cm long.

depicting birds perched in blossoming branches and on rockwork and calligraphy, eight panels with ornithological subjects, the album boards 43cm x37cm

Provenance: A client in Southern England

within a textile border, approx. 525cm long x 25cm high

embroidered in colourful silks with five- clawed dragons, birds and auspicious objects amidst cloud-scrolls on a rich blue ground, lined in coral-coloured silk, probably late Qing, 181cm wide acros the shoulders

embroidered with figures in roundels and landscape vignettes within panelled borders on a contrasting dark ground, probably late Qing, 126cm wide across the shoulders

decorated with five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, cranes in flight amongst clouds and other auspicious symbols above a band of lishui stripes, probably late Qing, 159cm wide across the shoulders

buttoned at the side and with flared cuffs, 195cm wide across the shoulders; together with a winter hat decorated with auspicious symbols in silk damask with a black lining (2)

carved with a vine leaf design highlighted in celadon glaze, on an unglazed pale terracotta ground, 13cm high

decorated in underglaze blue with blossoming branches of hydrangea, the reverse with formalised scrolls and stylised flowerheads above a circular foot painted to simulate fluting, 20.5cm dia.

Provenance: Private collection, West Dorset.

decorated in polychrome enamel underglaze, blue and gilt, with European men o'war, junks, a gnarled pine tree, buildings and a fan-shaped panel with a figure of an ox, within formalised and foliate borders, the reverse with scrollwork in underglaze blue, and a seal mark, 47cm dia.

Meiji, enamelled in polychrome and gilt with Geisha girls walking beneath maple branches turning to autumnal shades, the base signed in black and gilt in a rectangular panel, 18cms height

Meiji, decorated in polychrome and gilt with Samurai warriors and dignitaries within cellular and foliate borders, the base with a band of upright stiff leaves, (2)
18cms height

in the form of a pepper, with fine Shibayama decoration of insects, with a naturalistically coloured stalk, signed Meiji, 7cm.

in the form of a mushroom, with Shibayama decoration of insects, signed Meiji, 13cm.