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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
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

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