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

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Total lots: 122

CHINESE SCHOOL
Lot 97 Sold
CHINESE SCHOOL
a landscape with buildings, figures and mountains beyond a lake, inscribed, 68cm x 28.5cm

Provenance: The collection of the late Roger Peers, FSA (1932-2023)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
KOREAN SCHOOL
Lot 98 Sold
KOREAN SCHOOL
A tiger with a magpie perched in the branches of a pine tree above, watercolour and wash on parchment paper, 95cm x 57cm, in a modern glazed frame.

Provenance: The collection of the late Roger Peers, FSA (1932-2023)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE "EAGLEWOOD" VESSEL
Lot 99 Unsold
A CHINESE "EAGLEWOOD" VESSEL
probably Kangxi, of naturalistic form carved with flowering branches, 11cm high
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSH POT
Lot 100 Sold
A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSH POT
Qing or later, carved with a continuous landscape of figures, pavilions and trees beneath a band of cloud-scrolls on the rim, 17.5cm high
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE CUSHION BOX AND COVER
Lot 101 Unsold
A CHINESE CUSHION BOX AND COVER
the lid decorated with a lily and the base with an oval impressed Qianlong mark, 8cm diameter

Provenance : A French private collection.
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME FIGURE
Lot 102 Sold
A CHINESE CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME FIGURE
Qing, the corpulent dignitary sitting on a throne with his feet raised on a stool, on a canted rectangular base with foliate scrolls in gilt on a blue ground, 29cm high
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
AN ISLAMIC KOFTGARI IROU AND 'GOLD' INLAY BOX AND COVER
Lot 103 Sold
AN ISLAMIC KOFTGARI IROU AND 'GOLD' INLAY BOX AND COVER
of octagonal form with cable borders, 12.5cm wide x 9.5cm high
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A LARGE CHINESE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
Lot 104 Unsold
A LARGE CHINESE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER
probably Ming or early Qing, with a compressed body decorated with taotie masks, scrolls and stylised leaves on a turquoise ground, with zoomorphic loop handles, the lid with four shaped panels containing lotus scrolls beneath multi-stemmed Lingzhi mushrooms, on three block feet headed by gilt bronze Buddhistic lions heads, 41.5cm high

Provenance: The collection of General Charles H.T. Collis (1838-1902), and thence by descent.
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ LOBED VASE
Lot 105 Sold
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ LOBED VASE
with an onion-shaped neck decorated with stylised flowers and foliage on a turquoise ground, within gilt-lined borders, the gilt base with an incised four character mark, 13cm high
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ STEM CUP
Lot 106 Unsold
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ STEM CUP
decorated with stylised lotus flowers on a turquoise ground, within a formalised border of scrolls and lappets, the base with an incised four character Qianlong mark enclosed by a double square, the interior and base in gilt, 9cm high
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A FINE CHINESE CLOISONNE HU-SHAPED VASE
Lot 107 Unsold
A FINE CHINESE CLOISONNE HU-SHAPED VASE
with gilt lion mask and loose ring handles, decorated with guei dragons, flaming pearls, waves and ruyi heads on a blue ground, the base with an engraved seven-character Qianlong mark arranged in two lines, 19cm high

Provenance: Formerly in a French private collection.
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE ENAMEL BOWL
Lot 108 Sold
A CHINESE ENAMEL BOWL
the exterior with a purple ground overpainted with stylised flowers and foliage, and panels containing characters in gilt, the base with a four character Qianlong mark in iron red enclosed by a double circle, 18.5cm diameter

Provenance: Christie's, London, lot 27 on 8th November 2016.
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A FINE "BEIJING" ENAMEL CONJOINED BOX AND COVER
Lot 109 Sold
A FINE "BEIJING" ENAMEL CONJOINED BOX AND COVER
decorated in polychrome enamels with stylised flowers and foliage, on a blue ground within scrollwork borders, the base with a four character Qianlong mark in iron red enclosed by stylised dragons forming the cartouche, 10cm long x 3.75cm high, with a carved hardwood stand

Provenance: An English private collection.
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
Lot 110 Sold
A CHINESE ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
of flattened ovoid form, enamelled in polychrome with female musicians in a landscape within a border of stiff leaves around the neck, with a bronze metal lid and attached spoon, the base with a four character mark in blue, 7.5cm high; and another snuff bottle decorated with carp in a pond (2)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE CARVED AND LACQUERED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN
Lot 111 Sold
A CHINESE CARVED AND LACQUERED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN
the stand carved in low relief with archaic motifs and scrolls. one side with a child holding a ruyi sceptre riding on the back of an elephant and bats to each angle, the other side with blossoming prunus and peonies near rocks and fungus, in lapis lazuli, turquoise, coral, stained ivory and mother-of-pearl, 21.5cm high x 18.5cm wide

Ivory submission reference: HU5KUWJ3
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE "IMPERIAL" BLUE SILK ROBE
Lot 112 Unsold
A CHINESE "IMPERIAL" BLUE SILK ROBE
with eight roundels worked in coloured silks and gilt thread with five-clawed dragons contesting flaming pearls amidst cloud-scrolls, the lower border with colourful stripes, branches of blossom, wave-scrolls, cloud-scrolls and branches of peach sprouting from stylised rockwork inhabited by bats, 132cm long
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A CHINESE "YAO" ROBE
Lot 113 Sold
A CHINESE "YAO" ROBE
probably Jin Ping Country, Yunnan, Qing or later, embroidered with figures and stylised beasts within key pattern borders and associated costume, (a collection)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES
Lot 114 Sold
TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES
including a Kutani vase by Koji Taniguchi, decorated with figures, marked to the underside, 8.5cm high, and another Satsuma vase with figural scenes, 9.5cm high (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN VASE
Lot 115 Unsold
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN VASE
from the Kinkozan kiln and signed on an artist's pallet, the ovoid body decorated in shades of gilt and silver with dragons and foliage on an unusual marbled brown ground. 38cm high.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A RARE JAPANESE HARDWOOD MODEL OF A CRAB
Lot 116 Unsold
A RARE JAPANESE HARDWOOD MODEL OF A CRAB
probably Meiji, the crustacean with articulated claws and limbs, 34cm wide maximum, on an associated Victorian carved rosewood base with a velvet-lined top.
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE LAQUER PANELS
Lot 117 Sold
A SET OF FIVE JAPANESE LAQUER PANELS
probably Edo, decorated in shades of gilt and red with figures in combat outside a pavilion and elegant figures in and around palatial buildings, all signed and inscribed. 110cm high x 36.5cm wide
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)
Lot 118 Unsold
KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820)
an illustrated book, depicting birds and flowers, one volume and looses sheets
Estimate: £400 - £600
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Lot 119 Sold
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
two volumes from the series Hokusai Manga, vol. 2 and 14 (2)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £700
29 November 2023
29 November 2023
UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1823-1880)
Lot 120 Sold
UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1823-1880)
an album of prints from the Genji Karuta series, contained in one volume
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
29 November 2023
29 November 2023

Total lots: 122

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