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Auction date Wednesday 15 June 2022 10:30 - 17:30 BST

We are delighted to announce that our

ASIAN ART AUCTION on the 15th JUNE

will include a group of porcelain and works of art from the renowned
collection of Richard Edmund Relfe Luff CBE (1887-1969).

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If you have a piece you are thinking of selling please contact Guy
Schwinge to arrange an appointment. Alternatively, email details and
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The market remains extremely strong for Chinese ceramics and works of art as demonstrated by the outstanding results in our last specialist auction.

Auction:

Wednesday 15th June at 10.30am

Viewing:

Saturday 11th June 9.30am - 12pm

Monday 13th - Tuesday 14th June, 9.30am - 5pm

From 9am the day of the Auction

Bidding:

Live Bidding will be available for this auction through this website. Please ensure your registration is completed early to avoid disappointment. Commission Bidding and Telephone bidding is also available.

For more information please contact Duke's on 01305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
49	A CHINESE MOTTLED CELADON JADE KNEELING HORSE wearing an elaborate saddle, with a finely-carved mane and a well-defined rein, the stone with russet highlights and a soft lustrous polish, early Qing or later, 15.5cm wide x 7cm high, on a finely…	£3,000 - £5,000	£7,500	View
50	A FINE CHINESE WHITE 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 whitish/pale…	£15,000 - £25,000	£28,000	View
51	A CHINESE WHITE JADE BELT HOOK carved in openwork and undercut with a chilong crawling towards the dragonhead hook, with a circular stud on the reverse, the stone of very pale greenish-white colour and with a fine soft polish,…	£800 - £1,500	£1,300	View
52	A CHINESE CELADON JADE DOUBLE BRUSH-WASHER finely carved as two lotus flowers with numerous petals, with a soft lustrous polish, Qianlong or later. L: 12 cm, W: 10 cm, H: 4 cm. Provenance: A French private collection.	£3,000 - £5,000	£5,200	View
53	A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF TWO FIGURES IN A PAVILION surrounded by pine, bamboo and rockwork, Qing or later, 12cm x 11cm x 4.5cm Provenance: An American Private Collection, acquired in China prior to 1940, and thence by descent.	£800 - £1,500	£1,200	View
54	A CHINESE WHITISH CELADON JADE PARFUMERIE of cylindrical form, the body finely carved and pierced with pavilions amidst rocky outcrops from which sprout pine trees with a circular lid at either end, carved with foliage around the edge, and…	£5,000 - £8,000	-	View
55	A CHINESE JADE BANGLE with finely chased gold mounts, the green jade with a blueish hue, with 18ct yellow gold hinge and clasp in the form of dragons heads, 9cm wide	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
56	A FINE CHINESE GREY AGATE SEAL, the white skin used to depict a gui dragon, Qing, 1.8cm x 3cm x 3cm	£500 - £1,000	£1,200	View
57	A CHINESE SOAPSTONE TURTLE the stone of mottled red and grey colour with a soft lustrous polish, Qing, 17cm	£600 - £1,000	-	View
58	A CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEAL carved with a double-headed dragon, on a square plinth, the underside carved "In Jen Ji Zhan" (seal of In Jen), 8cm high x 6cm wide Provenance: A French private collection and thence by descent. …	£10,000 - £15,000	-	View
59	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	£140	View
60	A CHINESE HARDWOOD FIGURE OF AN EMACIATED BUDDHA holding a string of beads and crouching on a pierced "rootwood" base, Qing, 15.5cm high Provenance: Private collection, Somerset.	£100 - £200	£200	View
61	A CHINESE BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL BRUSH-POT with wood rim and tripod base, carved with various figures below pine trees in a continuous rocky landscape, with seven character inscription, Qing, 15cm high.	£500 - £1,000	-	View
62	A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSH POT carved with a seated figure in a rectangular panel with re-entrant corners, the reverse with four vertical lines of calligraphy, Qing or later, 13cm high x 6.75 diam.	£100 - £200	-	View
63	A CHINESE BOXWOOD CUSHION BOX AND COVER of octagonal form, finely carved with dragon and phoenix roundels within borders of Buddhistic emblems, Qing or later, 26cm diam. x 16cm high	£500 - £1,000	£500	View
64	A CHINESE RED 'LACQUER' SEATED GUANYIN the underside with seal marks and inscription, 11cm high	£300 - £500	£160	View
65	A BLACK LACQUER CUP-STAND, in the Song style, the rims bound in metal. 9.7cm diam. (max) x 15cm, (diameter min: 9cm) Provenance: From a Japanese private collection and thence by descent.	£200 - £300	£900	View
66	A FINE SINO TIBETAN REPOUSSE SILVER CIRCULAR INCENSE-BOX AND HINGED COVER densely decorated with panels of Buddhist emblems, lions, dragons and phoenix, all on a floral ground, the raised central boss on the pierced cover with silver-gilt leafy tendrils, 19th century, 18cm…	£3,000 - £4,000	-	View
67	A CHINESE WHITE METAL RUYI SCEPTRE the back of the shell-shaped terminal with an inlaid four-character Qianlong mark in gilt on a black ground, 29.5cm long	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,000	View
68	A SINO-TIBETAN THANGKA depicting Amitabha sitting cross-legged beneath a temple, 46cm x 23cm Provenance: Property from a Dorset Manor House.	£100 - £200	£200	View
69	A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL mounted with three paintings in ink and colours on paper depicting three butterflies, a shoal of fish and a group of frogs, Ming/early Qing, the butterfly painting 23cm x 34cm	£200 - £400	£220	View
70	CHINESE SCHOOL A hanging scroll painted with flowers, coloured ink, signed and with two seals, the image 68cm x 34cm	£100 - £200	£1,200	View
71	A CHINESE "JIZHOU" STONEWARE TEABOWL loosely painted in pale brown to the interior with flower sprays on a dark brown ground, the exterior with two shades of brown glaze running towards them footrim, Southern Song, 12cm diam. x 4.5cm…	£1,000 - £1,500	-	View
72	A CHINESE BUFF STONEWARE CONICAL BOWL with moulded floral interior, covered in a rich amber glaze finishing half way down the exterior to show the white slip beneath, Liao, 10th/11th century, 12cm dia. x 5cm high Provenance: A…	£600 - £1,000	-	View
73	A CHINESE LONGQUAN STYLE KUNDIKA with a wide flange below the tapering neck, covered in a kinuta-type glaze, 31cm x 12cm x 12cm. Provenance: An old Japanese collection and retaining the original Japanese wooden box	£300 - £500	-	View
74	A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON SHALLOW CENSER on three lion feet, moulded with trigrams, Ming, 16th century, 26.5 cm diam, with wooden stand.	£600 - £1,000	-	View
75	A CHINESE CELADON VASE of archaic form covered in a pale celadon "crackle" glaze, the slightly flattened baluster body with tubular handles to the oval neck, the footrim with a brown wash, Song or later, 23.5" high	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
76	A CHINESE GREEN CELADON TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER the flattened bulbous body carved with undulating leafy tendrils, on three shaped feet, Ming or later, 16cm diam. x 11.5cm high	£400 - £700	£700	View
77	AN ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE of unusual compressed baluster form with a cylindrical neck decorated overall with flowering tendrils within key-pattern borders and the upper part of the body with ornamental carp swimming amidst…	£100 - £200	-	View
77a	A CHINESE QINGBAI LOBED EWER, SONG, the globular lobed body rising to a flaring trumpet-shaped neck, with an incised strap handle, 19cm high Provenance: Private collection, Somerset.	£1,000 - £1,500	-	View
78	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE of baluster form, decorated with flowering tendrils and emblems within formalised borders, on a spreading circular foot, the base unglazed, Wanli, 51cm high Provenance: Private collection, Langport…	£500 - £1,000	£1,400	View
79	A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BASIN enamelled in polychrome with shaped panels of birds surrounding a jardiniere of flowers, on an iron red ground overpainted with gilt foliage and diaper work, the exterior with conforming foliate…	£300 - £500	£500	View
80	A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE LIBATION CUP, early Qing, 9cm wide; and a Chinese bowl enamelled in polychrome with a landscape, 10cm diam. (2)	£200 - £300	-	View
81	A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE "BISCUIT" FIGURE OF YANLUO sitting holding a fan in his right hand, Kangxi, 21cm high Provenance: Property removed from a Dorset Manor House.	£500 - £1,000	£6,500	View
82	A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BOWL with a slightly everted rim and a circular foot, the base with an old typed collectors label "Celadon bowl Ming Dyn 1368-1643", 19cm diam. x 9cm high	£300 - £500	£13,000	View
83	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER decorated with flowering tendrils and leafage, the reverse with three branches and the base with a stylised leaf enclosed by a double circle, Kangxi, 39.5cm diam.	£100 - £200	£160	View
84	A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'NINE DRAGON' VASE of slender baluster form painted with shaped panels and roundels of mythical beasts in gardens and birds and butterflies among flowers, each seperated by a sinuous dragon, the shoulder with panels of…	£8,000 - £12,000	-	View
85	A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BOWL in the Kangxi style, the exterior enamelled in polychrome with elegant figures and immortals in a garden landscape and on the terrace of a pavilion, the interior with a single figure reclining…	£300 - £500	£300	View
86	A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE enamelled in polychrome with depictions of vases on a mottled coral-coloured ground, the base with a six character Yongzheng mark enclosed by a double circle, 43cm high Provenance: Private…	£300 - £500	-	View
87	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASK (Bianhu) with a flattened circular body decorated with a network of stylised floral scrolls highlighted with simulated heaping and piling, the slightly flared cylindrical neck with a formalised lower…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
88	A CHINESE GUANYAO TYPE SLENDER VASE moulded in relief with two bands of trigrams, the base with a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 35cm high	£300 - £500	-	View
89	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER with an undulating rim, decorated with figures in the shade of a pine tree, within a border of scattered floral sprays and butterflies, and the rim with wave-scrolls, Qianlong, 38.5cm diam.	£100 - £200	£320	View
90	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CUSHION BOX of large size, decorated with stylised 'wheel' flowerheads and scrolling leafy tendrils, with Qianlong seal mark, 26cm diam. x 16.5cm high Provenance: The Collection of Aubrey Ellwood Esq and…	£500 - £1,000	£1,800	View
91	A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND BOWL finely painted with flowers, the interior with five bats, the base with a four character blue enamel Qianlong mark, 17cm diam. x 7.5cm high	£200 - £400	£320	View
92	A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE "LOTUS" VASE, enamelled in polychrome with lotus, leafy tendrils and emblems within formalised borders, on a sea-green ground, the sea-green base with a Jiaqing seal mark in iron red, 25cm high	£800 - £1,200	-	View
93	A CHINESE PORCELAIN CIRCULAR DISH enamelled in polychrome with a mother holding a baby with boys wrestling on a mat beyond, the reverse with sprays of flowers, Qing and the base with a Qianlong seal mark in iron red, 17cm diam. …	£100 - £200	£400	View
94	A CHINESE "DOUCAI" BOWL decorated with a flowering vine beneath a butterfly wing upper border and a lower border composed of stylised leaves, the base with a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 8cm diam.	£300 - £500	£380	View
95	A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE WATER-POT of bulbous lobed oval form, painted with formal scrolling flowers and leaves, the rim and cover with small matched recesses for a spoon, the interior, base and underside of the cover glazed in…	£5,000 - £7,000	-	View

Total lots: 109

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