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Auction date Wednesday 29 November 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

The sale includes items from the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929 - 2022); Roger Peers FSA (1932-2023); the family of the late John Walden (b.1926); and items from the Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon (1920-2009)

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Wednesday 29th November at 10.30am

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Head of Sale:

Guy Schwinge

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
2	A CHINESE HARDWOOD KANG TABLE with a rectangular "floating" panel top over a carved frieze, on shaped legs with claw and ball feet. 76cm wide x 41cm deep x 38cm high	£300 - £500	-	View
3	A CHINESE HARDWOOD VASE STAND with a circular "floating" panel top over a shaped and pierced frieze on five moulded square legs joined by an undulating stretcher. 37cm diameter x 79cm high	£150 - £250	£180	View
4	A PAIR OF CHINESE ELM OPEN ARMCHAIRS probably Shanxi Province, Qing, of conventional design with square backs and shaped arms over rattan seats, 98cm high x 59cm wide (2) Provenance: Acquired from Marchants, Kensington Church Street,…	£500 - £1,000	£380	View
5	A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER COFFER probably early Qing, with a rectangular lid and panels decorated in polychrome on a red ground with pagodas and other buildings in extensive river landscapes, the borders with floral sprays on a…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
6	A CHINESE HARDWOOD SIDE TABLE the rectangular top above a carved and pierced frieze, tiered shelves below, on turned feet, bearing partially torn label to the base: '...ONG SANG... established 1882... Hong Kong', 79cm high x 69cm…	£200 - £400	-	View
7	A CHINESE HARDWOOD VASE STAND Qing, the square top above a pierced and carved frieze, on turned legs joined by stretchers, 64cm high x 28cm square. Provenance: The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).	£100 - £200	£80	View
8	A CHINESE 'HONGMU' STEPPED STAND Qing dynasty, 19th century, with two tiers with open scroll frieze, on turned legs joined by stretchers, 76cm high x 66cm wide x 30cm deep Provenance: The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay…	£200 - £400	£240	View
9	A CHINESE LOW TABLE the top with a lifting compartment, fitted with an engraved escutcheon plate, above a panelled frieze, on square legs and block feet, 61cm x 38cm x 52.5cm high	£200 - £400	-	View
10	A CHINESE 'HUANGHUALI' LOW TABLE late Ming/ early Qing, the rectangular top with a floating panel over a modelled frieze, on inverted angular scroll legs joined by shaped stretchers, 75cm wide x 44cm deep x 30cm high. Provenance:…	£500 - £1,000	-	View
12	A CHINESE BRONZE "JUN" VESSEL with archaistic decoration including masks and scrollwork, the body with some malachite-coloured encrustation, 24cm high	£300 - £500	-	View
16	A SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE GUARDIAN FIGURE Qing or later, standing wearing a broad rimmed hat and holding a halberd, the face and beard painted in cold enamels, 15.5cm high	£300 - £500	£500	View
17	A CHINESE POTTERY HORSE Han, the recumbent animal with well-modelled features covered in a red pigment with black and white highlights, in two parts, 42cm high Provenance: The family of the late John Walden (born 1926), a…	£500 - £1,000	£700	View
20	A CHINESE RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A COURT LADY probably Tang, standing with her hair in a chignon and with a smiling countenance, her arms clasped together beneath her robe, 88cm high. Provenance: The family of the late John Walden (born 1926),…	£4,000 - £6,000	-	View
21	A PAIR OF CHINESE VASES in the Tang style, each with three moulded flowerhead medallions and covered in a straw cream and green glaze, 43cm high (2) Provenance: The family of the late John Walden (born 1926), a noted…	£200 - £400	£260	View
22	A CHINESE OCTAGONAL BOWL covered in a crackled Ge type glaze, on a circular foot, 7.5cm wide	£100 - £200	-	View
23	A CHINESE CELADON VASE Yuan or later, with a baluster body and a wide neck, 21cm high	£300 - £500	-	View
24	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…	£200 - £400	£480	View
27	A "SWATOW" DISH decorated with stylised flowers and birds, 25.5cm diameter	£100 - £200	-	View
28	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE Transitional or later, the ovoid body and long "garlic" neck decorated with sprays of prunus and other flowers within formalised leaf and simple line borders, the base unglazed, 36.5cm high	£200 - £400	£500	View
30	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL early Qing or later, with an everted rim, decorated with goats in a landscape with prunus trees and willow, the interior with a cellular rim and the base with a circular panel decorated with a kylin…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
31	A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL early Qing or later, with an undulating rim, the body decorated with scaly dragons amidst iron red scrolls on a scraffito ground of wave scrolls, the base with a four character mark in iron red, 11cm…	£100 - £200	£240	View
32	A CHINESE BISCUIT PORCELAIN SCHOLARS BRUSH REST Kangxi, covered in a green glaze, modelled with opposing lions and scrolls, the back with wave- scrolls, 13cm wide x 8.5cm high, on a later curved hardwood stand Provenance: The grandfather of the…	£300 - £500	£260	View
33	A PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN BUDDHISTIC LIONS in the Kangxi style, probably early Qing, the beasts recumbent on rectangular bases and covered in yellow, green and brown glazes, one with a cub, 12cm high (2) Provenance: The Estate of the late…	£100 - £200	£150	View
34	A CHINESE BRUSHPOT (BITONG) in the Kangxi style, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and green with oval panels of figures, on a cracked-ice blue ground with wave scrolls alternating with plain rectangular panels of figures…	£200 - £400	£200	View

Total lots: 93

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