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Wednesday 8th December at 10.30am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 49 |
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES
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)
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£150 - £250 | £450 | View |
| 50 |
A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE PART DINNER SERVICE
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,…
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£300 - £500 | £2,200 | View |
| 51 |
A RARE CHINESE YELLOW JADE CHILONG AND BAT PENDANT,
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… |
£8,000 - £12,000 | - | View |
| 52 |
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
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… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | - | View |
| 53 |
A CHINESE PALE CELADON SEAL
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
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£500 - £1,000 | £900 | View |
| 54 |
A FINE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE TEAPOT AND COVER
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…
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£15,000 - £25,000 | £65,000 | View |
| 55 |
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE BUFFALO,
the head turning across the back of the recumbent beast, with a soft lustrous polish, Qing, 6cm
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£300 - £500 | £2,500 | View |
| 56 |
A PAIR OF CHINESE JADE DRAGONS
with finely carved detail, Qing, 3cm long (2)
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£200 - £400 | £220 | View |
| 57 |
A CHINESE CARVED WHITE JADE PLAQUE, QING,
carved with a continuous knot, 9cm long.
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£100 - £200 | £300 | View |
| 58 |
A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' BELT HOOK, QING,
9cm long.
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£80 - £150 | £120 | View |
| 59 |
A SMALL WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO CATS, QING DYNASTY
finely carved with the two felines coiled around a flowering stem, one with a faint russet patch on the back.
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£300 - £500 | £460 | View |
| 60 |
A CHINESE WHITE JADE BUDDHA
seated cross legged and contained in a glazed bronze metal case, Qing or later, 3.75cm high
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£200 - £400 | £2,000 | View |
| 61 |
A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER
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…
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£200 - £400 | £260 | View |
| 62 |
A CHINESE GREEN SOAPSTONE TEAPOT
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
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£400 - £600 | - | View |
| 63 |
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE CENSER
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… |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 64 |
A CHINESE AMBER BUDDHISTIC LION, QING,
together with a small ivory box in the form of a fruit, early Qing. Amber 5cm high, Box 7.5cm diameter (2)
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£100 - £200 | £170 | View |
| 65 |
A CHINESE CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME LOHAN, PROBABLY LATE MING,
modelled riding on the back of a fish, 82cm high
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£700 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 66 |
A CHINESE "ZITAN" TRAY
carved to simulate a rattan panel within a bamboo frame, on shaped feet, Qing or later, 32cm x 18cm
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£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 67 |
A CHINESE "ZITAN" BOWL
carved with calligraphy, 12cm dia. x 8cm high
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£300 - £500 | £650 | View |
| 68 |
A CHINESE "ZITAN" TRAY
of circular form with an undulating border, the central panel carved to simulate basketwork over which grows a bamboo shoot, 30cm dia.
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£200 - £300 | - | View |
| 69 |
A CHINESE "ZITAN" BRUSHPOT
of plain cylindrical form, Qing or later, 10.25cm high x 7.5cm dia.
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£150 - £250 | - | View |
| 70 |
A CHINESE "ZITAN" BRUSH POT
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… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | - | View |
| 71 |
A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED HORN LIONS,
each reclining beast with finely detailed musculature and bushy tails, Qing, 5cm long x 2cm high.
Provenance: With Ben Janssen Oriental Art, London 2018 |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,000 | View |
| 72 |
A CHINESE RED 'LACQUER' SEATED GUANYIN
the underside with seal marks and inscription, 11cm high
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£300 - £500 | £3,000 | View |
| 73 |
A CHINESE IVORY BASKET
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 |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 74 |
A FINE CHINESE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
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)
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£500 - £1,000 | £3,200 | View |
| 75 |
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ TIBETAN STYLE EWER
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…
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£3,000 - £5,000 | £190,000 | View |
| 76 |
A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER,
of plain form with rounded shoulders, the base with a finely-cast six character mark of Xuande, 16cm dia.
Provenance: Private collection, West Dorset. |
£300 - £500 | £3,000 | View |
| 77 |
A CHINESE GILT BRONZE MINIATURE TRIPOD CENSER
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. |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 78 |
A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER,
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.…
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£300 - £500 | £1,100 | View |
| 79 |
A CHINESE BRONZE SCROLL-WEIGHT
modelled as a recumbent goat with well defined mane and curly tail and “ gold - splash” markings, early Qing or later,
7.5cm long |
£300 - £500 | £2,800 | View |
| 80 |
A CHINESE GILT BRONZE OF A MONK
seated cross legged beneath flowing robes, on a square “ cushion” base engraved with stylised foliage, Ming or later, 13cm high
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£500 - £800 | £2,000 | View |
| 81 |
A MONUMENTAL SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE OF TARA, QING
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…
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£30,000 - £50,000 | £380,000 | View |
| 82 |
A SINO-TIBETAN BRONZE BUDDHA
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
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£2,000 - £3,000 | £25,000 | View |
| 83 |
A RARE CHINESE BRONZE CANNON, QIANLONG, DATED 1789
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…
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£40,000 - £60,000 | - | View |
| 84 |
AN ALBUM OF CHINESE ORNITHOLOGICAL STUDIES
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 |
£500 - £800 | £5,200 | View |
| 85 |
CHINESE SCHOOL, a scroll depicting a continuous landscape with figures
within a textile border, approx. 525cm long x 25cm high
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£200 - £400 | £280 | View |
| 86 |
A CHINESE BLUE SILK DRAGON ROBE
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…
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£800 - £1,500 | £1,500 | View |
| 87 |
A CHINESE IVORY SILK SHORT ROBE
embroidered with figures in roundels and landscape vignettes within panelled borders on a contrasting dark ground, probably late Qing, 126cm wide across the shoulders
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£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 88 |
A CHINESE PURPLE SCHOLAR'S SUMMER ROBE
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…
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£300 - £500 | £1,200 | View |
| 89 |
A TIBETAN WARRIORS ORANGE ROBE
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)
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£100 - £200 | £420 | View |
| 90 |
A JAPANESE CERAMIC VASE OF GLOBULAR FORM,
carved with a vine leaf design highlighted in celadon glaze, on an unglazed pale terracotta ground, 13cm high
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£150 - £250 | £150 | View |
| 91 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE "NABESHIMA" SHALLOW BOWLS
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.
… |
£300 - £500 | £300 | View |
| 92 |
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN CHARGER
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…
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£300 - £400 | - | View |
| 93 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES
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
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£150 - £250 | - | View |
| 94 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES
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 |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 95 |
A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO
in the form of a pepper, with fine Shibayama decoration of insects, with a naturalistically coloured stalk, signed Meiji, 7cm.
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£800 - £1,200 | £800 | View |
| 96 |
A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO
in the form of a mushroom, with Shibayama decoration of insects, signed Meiji, 13cm.
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£450 - £750 | £500 | View |
