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

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Friday 9th December at 10.30am


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Total lots: 146

Lot 97 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT
early Qing or later, of squat cylindrical form decorated in underglaze blue with birds amongst foliage , above an incised border, the base unglazed, 16.5cm high x 21.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 98 Sold
A LARGE CANTONESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE
Qing, with lion handles and the neck moulded to simulate folds of fabric, enamelled overall with an extensive river landscape, 64cm high
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 99 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARS AND COVERS
Qing, enamelled in polychrome with flowers issuing from rockwork below emblems at the shoulders, 26cm high (2)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 100 Unsold
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASES
Qing, painted with formal scrolling lotus and bats around vacant circular medallions, 23cm high (2)
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 101 Unsold
A CANTONESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE
Qing, enamelled in polychrome with panels of flowers, birds, butterflies and flowers, 60cm high
Estimate: £600 - £1,200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 102 Unsold
A PAIR OF CANTONESE FAMILLE ROSE OIL LAMP BASES
Qing, enamelled in polychrome with figures, flowers, birds and butterflies, 16.5cm high
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 103 Sold
A CANTONESE FAMILLE ROSE PEN BOX
Qing, of rectangular form decorated with figures, 18cm wide
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 104 Sold
A CANTONESE FAMILLE ROSE BASIN
Qing, decorated with polychrome enamel panels of figures, flowers, birds and butterflies, 41cm diameter
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 105 Sold
A CANTONESE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE BOWL
Qing, with inverted corners enamelled in polychrome with elegant figures and landscape panels, 24cm wide
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 106 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE LIBATION CUPS
Qing, modelled in relief with prunus, on branch bases, 11cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 107 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'CROCUS' VASE
Qing, the bulbous lobed body finely decorated with panels of foliage in underglaze blue, 24cm high
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 108 Unsold
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUE
probably Qing, of rectangular form painted with immortals and attendants in a rocky fenced garden, 44cm x 37cm
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 109 Sold
A CHINESE CREAM GLAZED POTTERY BOTTLE VASE
probably Qing, decorated with three coloured splashes, impressed seal mark, 24cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 110 Sold
A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GROUND SQUARE VASE
Qing or later, with raised gilt archaic decoration and gilt pierced handles, 12cm high
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 111 Unsold
A FINE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
Qing or later, enamelled in polychrome with Buddhistic emblems among scrolling lotus and key-pattern borders on a pale celadon ground, with pierced flying-scroll handles, the rim with geometric zig-zag border and the interior with a turquoise glaze, the other edge of the rim with a rectangular panel containing a six character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue within a gilt line border 25.5cm high x 24.5cm across handles

Provenance: A Private collection East Dorset, acquired in the 1950's or 1960's.
For a similar example see: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut ID, object…
Estimate: £20,000 - £40,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 112 Sold
A GUANGDON GREEN GLAZED POTTERY VASE
Qing or later, with four ribbed lug handles, 26cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 113 Unsold
A CHINESE RED GLAZED DISH
Qing or later, the rich red monochrome interior fading to a lighter ground on the exterior, on a raised circular foot, the base with a six character Yongzheng mark, within a double circle in underglaze blue, 22.5cm diameter
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 114 Unsold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
Qing or later, of tapering square form with lion mask and ring handles, painted with emblems and formal scrolling lotus, the base with a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 40cm high.
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 115 Unsold
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND GREEN ENAMLLED 'DRAGON' BOWL
Qing or later, the dragons contesting flaming pearls within cloud-scrolls, the base with a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue, 10cm diam. x 6cm high
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 116 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LOBED BOWL
with Tongzhi seal marks in iron-red, painted with cranes among peaches and another bowl painted with immortals among waves, with turquoise interiors, 19cm and 15cm diam. (2)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 117 Sold
A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT
of rounded rectangular form, with a curved spout and a simple loop handle, the cover modelled with a recumbent buddhistic lion and the body inscribed with calligraphy, the base and underside of the lid with a seal mark, 18.5cm wide

Provenance: Private collection Hampshire
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 118 Unsold
A CHINESE BROWN-GLAZED JAR
with moulded diaper decoration, the glaze running towards the foot, the base with an old collection number '84', 9cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 119 Unsold
A JAPANESE BRONZE FLOWER VASE
with a trumpet-shaped top and a cylindrical neck with a band of wave scrolls, the surface with a lustrous patination and some scattered malachite encrustations, Edo, 28cm diam. x 17.5cm high; and a similar smaller vase with a collar of diaper-work, 18.25cm diam. x 9.75cm high (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 120 Sold
A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN
Meiji, seated on a rock beside a pile of wood, some gold splashing, 20cm high
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 121 Sold
A JAPANESE CLOISONNE CANTED SQUARE TRAY
Edo, decorated in dark enamels with a green dragon on an indigo ground, 31cm wide
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 122 Unsold
A JAPANESE PLIQUE À JOUR CUP
Meiji, the cylindrical body with pierced floral panels, 7.75cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 123 Sold
A JAPANESE BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL TWO-HANDLED VASE
Meiji, 30cm; and a pair of similar vases and covers, 20cm (3)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 124 Sold
A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE CHAMPLEVE VASE (HU)
Meiji, with dragon head and tongue handles, 46cm high
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 125 Unsold
A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES
Meiji or later, decorated with urns of chrysanthemums flanked by floral bouquets on a two tone blue ground, within lappet and butterfly borders, each 105cm high x 50cm diameter (2)

Provenance: From the collection of an International Designer
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 126 Sold
A JAPANESE RED AND BLACK LACQUER TABLE SCREEN
Meiji, decorated in gilt with ornamental carp, 22cm high x 20cm wide
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 127 Sold
A LARGE JAPANESE GILTWOOD BUDDHA
Meiji, standing on a double lotus petal base, 64cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 128 Sold
A MONUMENTAL JAPANESE SILK WORK PANEL
Meiji, embroidered with tigers in a landscape on a silk ground, 252cm x 173cm

Provenance: by family repute purchased from the Great Exhibition, 1851.
The Cree Family, Moigne Court, Dorset.

Moigne Court, Dorset
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £300 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 129 Unsold
A JAPANESE SCROLL
Meiji, painted in watercolour with figures on a bridge within a river landscape, with seal signature,129cm x 49cm including the silk work borders
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 130 Sold
A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER
Edo, late 17th century, painted with a central vase of flowers within panels of ho-ho birds, 55.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 131 Unsold
A JAPANESE BOX AND COVER
Edo, the moulded cushion shaped box decorated with underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with panels of prunus scrolls a diaper work, 14cm diameter x 11cm high.
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 132 Unsold
A JAPANESE IMARI DISH
Edo, of circular form with moulded rim, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, green enamel and gilt with panels of flowers, foliage and birds, the reverse with decoration of emblems and a four character mark in underglaze blue, 18.5cm dia
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 133 Unsold
A PAIR OF JAPANESE HIRADO WHITE-GLAZED SHISHI
Edo/Meiji, the animals with bushy tails and amusing expressions, 20cm long x 14cm high (2)
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 134 Unsold
A NEPALESE PINKISH SMOKEY QUARTZ BUDDHA
19th century, seated with legs crossed, 15cm high.
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 135 Sold
A TIBETAN SILVER 'DHAKA' (TEA BOWL STAND)
with engraved and pierced decoration; with accompanying jadeite tea bowl, 19th century, (c.7.25oz overall weight of silver), overall height 6" (15cm)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 136 Sold
A TIBETAN SILVER 'DHAKA' (TEA BOWL STAND)
19th century, with engraved and pierced decoration, with accompanying jade tea bowl, (c.9.5oz weight of silver), 8" (20cm) overall height
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 137 Unsold
A TIBETAN SILVER PRAYER WHEEL
19th century, with filigree decoration inset with turquoise and coral, containing the original paper scroll, 15cm long overall; together with another Tibetan silver prayer drum inset with heart-shaped turquoise matrix stones and inscribed with a chant, 9cm) high, 7cm diameter, (c.7.75oz combined weight)
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 138 Unsold
AN INDIAN MUGHAL SILVER-GILT 'SUHARI' (WINE FLASK)
early 19th century, decorated in relief with coriander flowers, probably Kashmir, (c.6.4oz), 18cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 139 Sold
A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT 'SUHARE' (WINE FLASKS)
possibly Lucknow, 19th century, engraved with gnarling coriander and palmettes, (c.7.6oz total weight), 14.5cm high (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 140 Unsold
AN INDIAN PINK SANDSTONE CARVED STELE OF RADHA AND KRISHNA
possibly 2nd/3rd century A.D, seated on a lotus base, the eternal couple portraying peace and enlightenment, [Mathura, Kushan Empire], some weathering, 18.5" x 14.5" (47 x 37cm)

Provenance: An old Antiquarian West Country Collection
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 141 Sold
A LURISTAN BRONZE HORSE BIT AND CHEEK PIECES
each modelled as a standing horse, 8th/7th century BC.
8cm high x 23cm long x 11cm wide

Provenance: The Collection of Richard Edmund Relfe Luff CBE (1887-1969)

Bluett & Son 1970 valuation no. 7
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 142 Sold
AN ISLAMIC SAFAVID GILDED COPPER BOWL
probably 16th/17th century, engraved with bands of Arabic inscription above a row of floral pendants, and with an inscribed pendant cartouche, a further inscription within a double circular outline on the underside of the base, together with various workmen's marks, gilding still evident on base, 26cm diameter x 14cm high
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 143 Sold
AN ISLAMIC COPPER BOWL
probably 17th century, decorated with panels of Arabic inscriptions on a floral patterned ground, the interior of the base with a further inscribed circular panel bordered with flowers, with traces of original tinning, 24cm high
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2022
9 December 2022
Lot 144 Unsold
A SYRIAN LIMESTONE SCARABOID SEAL
8th-7th century B.C. carved with a stylised lion, 2cm long.

Provenance: Leo Mildenberg Collection

Literature: Illustrated in Alan S. Walker, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenbery Collection, part 3, p99, Fig 111, 150.
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 December 2022
9 December 2022

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