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Absentee bids accepted until Wednesday, 15 June 2022

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: 109

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
25 ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY LOAN EXHIBITIONS
six vols, 1955 – 1968; two Sotheby’s Chinese catalogues, 1969 and 1973; and The Riesco Collection, E.E. Bluett. (9)

Provenance: The collection of Richard Edmund Relfe Luff CBE (1887-1969)
£400 - £600 £480 View
26 SELECTED CHINESE ANTIQUITIES
Collection of Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, 1948.

Provenance: The Collection of Richard Edmund Relfe Luff CBE (1887-1969)
£100 - £150 £360 View
27 A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE VASE (HU)
with a pear-shaped body, the waisted neck cast with a band of archaic designs flanked by two dragon head handles, the foot well cast with a band of waves, Yuan/early Ming, 37cm high

Cf: A similar…
£2,000 - £3,000 - View
28 A CHINESE BRONZE VASE
with a finely patinated surface, with a fluted strap applied with masks beneath the slightly everted rim, on a circular foot, Yuan/Ming, 25,5cm high x 18cm diam. (across the top); a Chinese bronze…
£200 - £400 £380 View
29 A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER
with two upright handles, the compressed body with attractive malachite encrustations, the base with a Xuande mark in a circle, 10cm diam. x 7cm high
£300 - £500 £900 View
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
32 A MONUMENTAL CHINESE BRONZE ARROW VASE
with tubular handles, the neck, handles and foot cast with bands of archaic designs, the main body with large stylised masks below a dense key-pattern ground, Ming, 16th century, 63cm high
£4,000 - £6,000 £3,800 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
38 A SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE TARA
seated on a double-lotus base with beaded rims and finely chased detail, the figure with inset semi-precious blue and turquoise stones, the face, headdress and hair with cold painted highlights, the…
£5,000 - £10,000 £160,000 View
39 A FINE CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA
seated in lalitasana on double lotus base with beaded borders, finely cast and inlaid with red and green stones, the back of the base with a six character Yongzheng mark, the underside of the base…
£3,000 - £5,000 £5,500 View
40 A CHINESE COLD PAINTED AND GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
seated on a lotus pedestal holding a vase above the seven-character reign mark in a rectangular panel flanked by straps hanging down over the base, the back of the pedestal incised with four…
£3,000 - £5,000 £20,000 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
43 A RARE "BEIJING" ENAMEL FAMILLE ROSE WATER-POT
the turquoise ground painted with peonies, lotus and chrysanthemum blossoms, the base with a Yongzheng four character mark in pink enamel enclosed by a double blue square, 9cm wide x 5cm high
£3,000 - £5,000 £35,000 View
44 A CHINESE ENAMEL ALTAR PIECE
representing a Wheel of Life, with finely enamelled polychrome decoration of flowers, leafy tendrils, stylised leaves and scrollwork, within gilt beaded borders, the underside of the base decorated…
£5,000 - £10,000 £70,000 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
47 A LARGE CHINESE CLOISONNE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
decorated with pavilions and deer in a rocky wooded landscape, Qianlong/Jiaqing, 44cm x 52cm,
£2,000 - £3,000 - 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

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