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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

Page:

of 4

Lots per page:

Total lots: 93

Lot 2 Unsold
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
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 3 Sold
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
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 4 Sold
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, London, on 15th March 2002.
The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929-2022).
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 5 Unsold
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 black ground, on a later ebonised stand with swept (feet) 89cm high x 92cm wide x 62cm wide.

Provenance: The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929-2022), acquired in 1954 for six guineas.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 6 Unsold
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 wide x 35cm deep

Provenance: The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 7 Sold
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).
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 8 Sold
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 FSA (1929- 2022).
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 9 Unsold
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
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 10 Unsold
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: The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929 - 2022).
Acquired from Spink & Son in 1968 for £45.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 12 Unsold
A CHINESE BRONZE "JUN" VESSEL
with archaistic decoration including masks and scrollwork, the body with some malachite-coloured encrustation, 24cm high
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 16 Sold
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
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 17 Sold
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 noted collector and member of the OCS from the early 1950's.

With an Oxford Authentication Certificate (TL Testing Sample C123h31) dated June 2023 stating that "the sample yielded a result consistent with manufacture during the Han Dynasty".
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 20 Unsold
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), a noted collector and active member of the OCS from the early 1950's.
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 21 Sold
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 collector and member of the OCS from the early 1950's.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 22 Unsold
A CHINESE OCTAGONAL BOWL
covered in a crackled Ge type glaze, on a circular foot, 7.5cm wide
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 23 Unsold
A CHINESE CELADON VASE
Yuan or later, with a baluster body and a wide neck, 21cm high
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 24 Sold
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
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 27 Unsold
A "SWATOW" DISH
decorated with stylised flowers and birds, 25.5cm diameter
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 28 Sold
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
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 30 Unsold
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 in the shade of a prunus tree, the base with a six character mark enclosed by a double circle in underglaze blue, 16.5cm diameter x 10cm high
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 31 Sold
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 diameter
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 32 Sold
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 vendor and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 33 Sold
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 John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
Lot 34 Sold
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 and animals, the partially unglazed base with a central recessed glazed panel containing a four character mark in underglaze blue, 17.5cm high x 19cm diameter
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023

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