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Auction date Wednesday 8 December 2021 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
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)	£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…	£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.…	£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	£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…	£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	£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…	£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	£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…	£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	£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…	£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)	£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	£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…	£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	£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.	£800 - £1,200	£800	View
96	A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO in the form of a mushroom, with Shibayama decoration of insects, signed Meiji, 13cm.	£450 - £750	£500	View

Total lots: 143

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