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Auction date Friday 9 December 2022 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Total lots: 146

A LARGE CHINESE JADE SEAL
Lot 49 Unsold
A LARGE CHINESE JADE SEAL
Qianlong or later, the celadon green stone with grey highlights and soft polish, carved with two opposing dragons entwined to form the handle, all four sides with an extensive inscription and the base with a square seal, 7.8cm high x 10.5cm wide

Provenance: W.W. Winkworth collection, St Catherine's Isle of Wight, Hampshire.
Purchased from a local collection in the 1970s at St Catherine's.
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE
Lot 50 Unsold
A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE
probably early Qing, carved with a chilong around the rim, 20cm high, on a carved hardwood stand

Provenance: A Scottish private collection.
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE BUDDHA
Lot 51 Unsold
A CHINESE MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE BUDDHA
probably late Qing, with a fine polish, the standing figure on a matching jadeite lotus base, height 17cm

Provenance: Acquired from an English private collection in the 1990s
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE CELADON JADE BOULDER CARVED AS A MOUNTAIN
Lot 52 Unsold
A CHINESE CELADON JADE BOULDER CARVED AS A MOUNTAIN
Qing or later, the stone with areas of russet and spinach, carved with two immortals and a deer in an extensive mountainous landscape, 15cm high

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, April 28th 1993, lot 643, and illustrated "Brush and Stone", 1st edition and cover of "Brush and Stone", collection edition.

Dr Dean Edell. Private collection
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE 'WHITE' JADE CENSER AND COVER
Lot 53 Sold
A CHINESE 'WHITE' JADE CENSER AND COVER
Qing or later, with elephant head loose ring handles and a dragon finial, the base bearing a paper label for 'S BERNSTEIN AND CO. SAN FRANCISCO', 20cm wide x 14.5cm high, on a carved hardwood stand.

Provenance: Acquired by the grandparents of the present owner.
Hammer price: £18,000
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE CELADON JADE RUYI SCEPTRE PANEL
Lot 54 Unsold
A CHINESE CELADON JADE RUYI SCEPTRE PANEL
Qing or later, of convex shaped oval form carved with a central character within Buddhist symbols, 13cm

Provenance: Nick Troubetzkoy Foundation.
Private collection.
Estimate: £600 - £1,200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE DARK GREEN BOWENITE CIRCULAR PLAQUE
Lot 55 Sold
A CHINESE DARK GREEN BOWENITE CIRCULAR PLAQUE
mounted on a wooden stand as a table screen, 21cm high
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A LARGE CHINESE BLACK HARDSTONE BI
Lot 56 Unsold
A LARGE CHINESE BLACK HARDSTONE BI
carved with archaistic dragons, 30cm diameter, on a wooden stand
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A LARGE CHINESE GREEN HARDSTONE BI
Lot 57 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE GREEN HARDSTONE BI
the stone of mottled celadon, russet and black colour, 26cm diameter, on a wooden stand
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A LARGE CHINESE SOAPSTONE GUANYIN
Lot 58 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE SOAPSTONE GUANYIN
probably early Qing, her finely carved hair piled into a chignon and her billowing robes carved with cloud-scrolls, the olive green and russet-veined stone with a soft polish, 23cm high on a carved hardwood base

Provenance: From the collection of Carel Emil Duits, thence by descent
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL BUFFALO
Lot 59 Sold
A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL BUFFALO
probably Qing, the recumbent beast modelled with head turned, 15cm long
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE SANDSTONE HEAD OF A LOHAN
Lot 60 Sold
A CHINESE SANDSTONE HEAD OF A LOHAN
in the Song dynasty style, 44cm high overall, on a wooden plinth,
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A SINO-TIBETAN LACQUERED GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
Lot 61 Sold
A SINO-TIBETAN LACQUERED GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
Ming or later, holding a sword in one of the four arms and sitting on two prostrate figures, on double lotus base, 19cm high

Provenance: European private collection.
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE LACQUER DISH
Lot 62 Sold
A CHINESE LACQUER DISH
decorated in polychrome and incised with a central five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl surrounded by cloud scrolls, the everted rim with four subsidiary panels of dragons on a red and gilt diaper ground, the reverse similarly decorated and the base incised with a six character Kangxi mark, 25cm diameter
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE BAMBOO PARFUMERIE
Lot 63 Sold
A CHINESE BAMBOO PARFUMERIE
probably Qing, carved with the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove, with wooden top and base, 31cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A MONUMENTAL CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Lot 64 Unsold
A MONUMENTAL CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Qing or later, standing on a wave-scroll base, 204cm high
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE BAMBOO SCHOLAR'S CARVING
Lot 65 Sold
A CHINESE BAMBOO SCHOLAR'S CARVING
probably Qing, depicting two men seated at a table on a raft whilst another paddles beside a pine tree, on a hardwood wave-carved stand, 13cm long
Hammer price: £3,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A LARGE CHINESE PAINTED PLASTER ‘NODDING HEAD’ FIGURE
Lot 66 Unsold
A LARGE CHINESE PAINTED PLASTER ‘NODDING HEAD’ FIGURE
Qing, probably circa 1820, the standing man wearing a brimmed hat, a black robe with phoenix rank badge and coloured undergarment, on fixed wooden base, overall height 34cm.
Estimate: £600 - £800
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A FINE CARVED WOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
Lot 67 Sold
A FINE CARVED WOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
decorated at the head with a stylised bat, the reverse incised with an inscription, 33cm long
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A 'BEIJING' WHITE AND RED OVERLAY GLASS VASE
Lot 68 Sold
A 'BEIJING' WHITE AND RED OVERLAY GLASS VASE
probably Qing, decorated with archaistic dragon panels and stylised meandering foliate scroll borders, the base engraved with four character Qianlong mark enclosed by a square, 18cm high
Hammer price: £17,000
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CASED SET OF TEN CHINESE INKSTONES
Lot 69 Sold
A CASED SET OF TEN CHINESE INKSTONES
Qing or later, the decoration highlighted in gilt, the longest 17.5cm long
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE IVORY SILK SHORT ROBE
Lot 70 Sold
A CHINESE IVORY SILK SHORT ROBE
probably late Qing, embroidered with figures in roundels and landscape vignettes within panelled borders on a contrasting dark ground, 126cm wide across the shoulders
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED PANEL
Lot 71 Unsold
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED PANEL
Qing, with a band of figures in raised work on a ground of golden silk threads, 42.5cm x 75.5cm, and a smaller panel of birds admist foliage, 18cm x 75.5cm, in a single frame
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING
Lot 72 Sold
A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING
Ming/Qing, painted on silk with a dignitary in a chariot pulled by dogs and attendant figures beneath a rocky outcrop, on silk, 136cm X 50cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
STUDIO OF TINGQUA
Lot 73 Unsold
STUDIO OF TINGQUA
A portrait thought to be Hong Xiuquan, Ruler of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (1814-1864), wearing a vividly coloured dragon robe and orange cowl, gouache on paper, 27cm x 19 cm (unframed)

Hong Xiuquan declared himself Ruler of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace in 1851 following the Taiping Rebellion in 1850.
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 74 Unsold
ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The Praya Grande, Macau from the north, oil on canvas, 32 x 54.5cm, in the original giltwood and gesso swept frame
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
YANG YANWEN (b.1939) "The Recitation of Qu Yuan"
Lot 75 Unsold
YANG YANWEN (b.1939) "The Recitation of Qu Yuan"
signed and inscribed "Qu Zi hum versing while walking, summer of year of Xin Wei (probably year 1991) by Yanwen of Zhu Jian Tang", with four seals of the artist, "Yang Yan Wen yin", "Ge Da Yan", "Bo Shu Cun" and "Zhu Jian Tang" ink and colour on paper, 68.5cm x 135cm

Exhibited: "Promises: Yang Yanwen", 1991, Plum Blossoms (Intl.) Ltd, Hong Kong (no.26)

Provenance: Acquired from Plum Blossoms (Intl.) Ltd, Hong Kong, 1991
Private Collection Hong Kong and London
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
ORIENTAL BLUE & WHITE
Lot 76 Unsold
ORIENTAL BLUE & WHITE
Sir Harry Garner; Ancient Chinese Bronzes, William Watson; and two other volumes by Michael Sullivan and Bamber Gascoigne, The Ceramic Art Of China, W.B. Honey, 1944: and six other volumes on Chinese and Korean art. (11)

Provenance: The Collection of Richard Edmund Relfe Luff CBE (1887-1969)
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE QINGBAI FUNERARY VASE
Lot 77 Unsold
A CHINESE QINGBAI FUNERARY VASE
Song, modelled in relief with a band of figures, 55cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE CELADON VASE
Lot 78 Unsold
A CHINESE CELADON VASE
in the Song style, 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, 23.5" high
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK' DISH
Lot 79 Unsold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK' DISH
late Ming, decorated with panels of auspicious objects and foliage, 29.5cm diameter
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON VASE
Lot 80 Unsold
A CHINESE 'LONGQUAN' CELADON VASE
Ming or later, the reticulated body of compressed globular form, rising to a tall cylindrical neck set with tubular handles, the body carved in openwork revealing a narrow tubular body inside, 25cm high
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE WUCAI VASE
Lot 81 Sold
A CHINESE WUCAI VASE
Transitional, circa 1640, decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels with elegant ladies playing games in a fenced gardens with a mountainous landscape beyond, the base unglazed, 29.5cm high

Provenance: The grandfather of the vendor was Herbert Way. He was a merchant on the Bund in Shanghai in the 1920's and 1930's.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE WUCAI GU-SHAPED VASE
Lot 82 Sold
A CHINESE WUCAI GU-SHAPED VASE
transitional, circa 1640, decorated in underglaze blue and enamelled in polychrome with figures, fruit and flowers, converted to a table lamp; and another similar vase, 45cm high (including the base) (2)

Provenance: The property of a European collector
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE OCTAGONAL BEAKER
Lot 83 Unsold
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE OCTAGONAL BEAKER
Kangxi, painted with vessels and emblems on a cafe au lait ground, 6.6cm high, and a famille verte teabowl and saucer, Kangxi (3)
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A FINE CHINESE CORAL-GROUND BOWL
Lot 84 Sold
A FINE CHINESE CORAL-GROUND BOWL
the exterior vividly painted with flowers in polychrome enamels on a coral ground, the interior plain, the base with a four-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue enclosed by a double square, 5.8cm high x 11cm diam.

Provenance: Bearing a label for "L. Wannieck Paris, 158"
Acquired by the grandparents of the present owner and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £170,000
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE 'DOUCAI' BOWL
Lot 85 Sold
A CHINESE 'DOUCAI' BOWL
probably Yongzheng, of elegant flared form, the interior with birds of paradise and bamboo shoots centred by a flaming pearl, the decoration continuing over the rim and the exterior with the long-tails of the birds with bamboo shoots between, 8cm high x 20cm diameter, with an associated hardwood stand

Provenance: A deceased estate, Dorchester, Dorset
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EWER
Lot 86 Unsold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EWER
of Iznic form painted in shades of intense blue with scroll work and stylised flowers, the body with two bands of moulded gadrooning, with a simple "S"-scroll handle, the base with a Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze blue, 26cm high

Provenance: An English private collection, probably acquired in the 1970s
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE
Lot 87 Unsold
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 collection, Gillingham, Dorset.
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A DEHUA "BLANC DE CHINE" FIGURE OF GUANYIN,
Lot 88 Unsold
A DEHUA "BLANC DE CHINE" FIGURE OF GUANYIN,
with associated wooden base, Qing, 50.5cm high.
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A DEHUA "BLANC DE CHINE" FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Lot 89 Sold
A DEHUA "BLANC DE CHINE" FIGURE OF GUANYIN
standing on a cloudscroll base, Qing, 47.5cm high
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND DRAGON PLATES
Lot 90 Unsold
A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND DRAGON PLATES
decorated with five claw dragons contesting flaming pearls highlighted in emerald green and aubergine enamels, the reverse with berried foliage and the bases with Qianlong seal marks in black, 13cm diameter (2)
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE BALUSTER VASE
Lot 91 Unsold
A CHINESE BALUSTER VASE
with flared neck, painted in iron-red and black with immortals and two boys, the base with a Qianlong seal mark in iron-red, 47cm high
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE TUREEN AND COVER
Lot 92 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE TUREEN AND COVER
Qianlong, decorated with a farmer and his cattle, the handles moulded as pomegranates, 33cm wide; together with two matched blue and white serving dishes of the same pattern, 37cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CYLINDRICAL VASE
Lot 93 Unsold
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CYLINDRICAL VASE
painted with stylised flowers and emblems around six pierced quatrefoil apertures on a yellow ground, the base with a rubbed Qianlong seal mark in iron-red on a turquoise ground, 31cm high
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE RUBY-GROUND LIDDED JAR
Lot 94 Sold
A CHINESE RUBY-GROUND LIDDED JAR
enamelled in polychrome with scrolling lotus and fish within formalised borders, the base with an iron-red Daoguang seal mark on a turquoise ground, 22cm high
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BRUSH POT
Lot 95 Unsold
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BRUSH POT
enamelled in polychrome with scrolling flowers and emblems on a pale celadon-ground within yellow-ground borders, the base with a Qianlong seal mark in iron-red on a turquoise ground, 12cm high
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
A PAIR OF CHINESE 'IMARI' CANISTERS
Lot 96 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE 'IMARI' CANISTERS
early Qing, painted with panels of flowers within diaper zig-zag borders, 26cm high (overall), with associated metal covers (2)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022

Total lots: 146

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