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Absentee bids accepted until Wednesday, 29 November 2023

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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Saturday 25th November 9.30am - 12pm

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Head of Sale:

Guy Schwinge

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
25	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CUSHION-SHAPED BOX AND COVER with a divided interior, the lid with a central panel of a crane flying between cloud-scrolls, in a border of scrolling lotus flowers, the base with conforming decoration and the underside with a six…	£2,000 - £4,000	-	View
26	A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BITONG probably late Ming or Transitional, the exterior decorated with military figures and immortals with deer beside a river with willow trees and a cascading waterfall, with mountains visible beyond and…	£4,000 - £6,000	-	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
29	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL BITONG the sides with script alternating with landscapes and flowering shrubs and trees, the base with a four character mark, 13cm high x 10.25cm wide Provenance: Christie's London, 15th May 2018 lot 253	£2,000 - £3,000	-	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
35	A CHINESE BRUSHPOT (BITONG) early Qing or later, decorated with four circular panels of figures in underglaze blue, iron red and green, on a solid green ground, the partially unglazed base with a central glazed recessed panel…	£200 - £400	-	View
36	A CHINESE DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN probably early Qing, the deity seated on rockwork with a lotus flower at her feet and a vase perched on a ledge to one side, 33.5cm high	£800 - £1,600	£1,600	View
37	A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE GROUP Qing or later, modelled with numerous elegant figures taking tea beside a tree, with a musician playing a flute, on a wave-scroll base, 30cm high x 34cm wide	£200 - £400	£200	View
38	A CHINESE PORCELAIN ROULEAU VASE probably early Kangxi, enamelled with gaming figures and other motifs, 46cm high x 18cm diameter Provenance: Acquired by the grandmother of the vendor. Private Collection, Hampshire. Private…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
39	A CHINESE "FAMILLE NOIRE" BALUSTER VASE with a flared neck, enamelled in polychrome with birds perched in and flying around a blossoming prunus tree, on a black ground, the base with a six character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue enclosed…	£800 - £1,500	£850	View
40	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR Kangxi, with a globular body decorated with stylised lotus alternating with characters within formalised borders, 21cm high, with a later wooden lid; and a Chinese blue and white ovoid jar decorated…	£500 - £1,000	£650	View
41	A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASE in the Kangxi style, the baluster body with a domed cover, enamelled in polychrome with landscape panels on a speckled ground inhabited by mystical beasts amidst flowers and scrollwork and enclosed…	£200 - £400	£400	View
42	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH in the Kangxi style, decorated with elegant figures around a pavilion, within a panelled border of precious objects and cellular panels, the rim with foliage, 32cm diameter	£500 - £800	£600	View
43	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN GINGER JAR AND COVER in the Kangxi style, decorated with panels of precious objects and glasses charged with flowers, on a "cracked ice" ground strewn with prunus blossom, the cylindrical cover with conforming decoration…	£300 - £500	£320	View
44	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE in the Kangxi style, decorated with precious objects and flower sprays, 15cm high	£100 - £200	£100	View
45	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BASIN with heaped and piled decoration of scrolling lotus beneath an everted rim decorated on the underside with floral sprays, the interior of the bowl, the central stylised foliate panel enclosed by a…	£3,000 - £5,000	-	View
46	A PAIR OF CHINESE SAUCER DISHES probably Yongzheng, enamelled in polychrome with naturalistic sprays of flowers, the base with a brocaded square enclosed by a double circle in underglaze blue, 16cm diameter	£800 - £1,500	£780	View
47	A CHINESE "FAMILLE ROSE" CHARGER probably Yongzheng or early Qianlong, decorated with two birds on a flowering branch, the rim with sprays of flowers and precious objects, 36.5cm diameter	£100 - £200	£150	View
48	A FINE CHINESE CELADON DOUBLE BALUSTER VASE with finely carved decoration of lotus flowers and feathery leaves, and two scrolling handles with rams mask terminals, the base with a Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze blue, 28.5cm high …	£15,000 - £25,000	-	View

Total lots: 122

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