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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 
an image for an ONLINE APPRAISAL

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

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 88

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
30 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
31 A CHINESE GILT BRONZE LION INCENSE-BURNER
with a detachable head, the mane and upright tail with finely chased fur, 43cm high
£500 - £1,000 - View
33 A CHINESE BRONZE CYLINDRICAL CENSER
with mask handles, cast in relief on each side with a coiled dragon, ,with traces of the original gilding, the base with a six character Xuande mark in a rectangle, but probably 17th century, 12cm…
£400 - £600 - View
34 A CHINESE SILVER AND GOLD ONLAID BRONZE BALUSTER VASE
with mask and loose ring handles decorated with archaistic mask, 18th/19th century, 29cm high
£800 - £1,500 £950 View
35 A CHINESE SILVER INLAID BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
with a globular body and twin handles, decorated with two qilin among clouds, the base with a Shisou mark, Qing, 11cm. diam. x 11.5cm high
£500 - £700 £520 View
36 A CHINESE GILT BRONZE VESSEL
cast with phoenix contesting flaming pearls beneath a key-pattern border, Qing, 23cm wide x 8,5cm high

Provenance: By repute acquired by Major General Ivor Philipps in Beijing circa 1900.
£400 - £800 - View
37 A CHINESE BRONZE CYLINDRICAL HAT STAND
cast in relief with shaped panels of stylised foliage, Qing, 24 cm.
£800 - £1,200 - View
41 A CHINESE CLOISONNE BASIN
decorated with three fish to the centre, late Ming, 32.5cm diam.
£400 - £600 £700 View
42 A PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE WINE CUPS
each painted with a pair of Mandarin ducks and other small birds among water-plants, Yongzheng, 6cm diam. x 4.25cm high
£400 - £600 £550 View
45 A CHINESE CLOISONNE CYLINDRICAL JAR
on three ruyi head feet decorated with formal scrolling lotus and iron-red characters, the base with a Qianlong four character mark, 8.5 cm high x 9 cm deep

Provenance: A private European…
£1,000 - £2,000 £2,200 View
46 A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
painted with dense scrolling peonies and a blue key-pattern border, Qianlong, 12cm diam. x 6.75cm high
£500 - £700 £460 View
48 A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE AND GILT COPPER PLANTERS
decorated with dragons and phoenix among flowers divided by two Wheels of Life, on white grounds below lappets and above waves, Jiajing, 16 cm diam, (2)
£800 - £1,500 £800 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
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
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
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

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