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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
97	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)	£100 - £200	£100	View
98	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…	£150 - £250	£320	View
99	A CHINESE "EAGLEWOOD" VESSEL probably Kangxi, of naturalistic form carved with flowering branches, 11cm high	£500 - £1,000	-	View
100	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	£200 - £400	£180	View
101	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.	£300 - £500	-	View
102	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	£200 - £400	£200	View
103	AN ISLAMIC KOFTGARI IROU AND 'GOLD' INLAY BOX AND COVER of octagonal form with cable borders, 12.5cm wide x 9.5cm high	£300 - £500	£280	View
104	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…	£10,000 - £20,000	-	View
105	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	£1,000 - £2,000	£950	View
106	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…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
107	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…	£5,000 - £8,000	-	View
108	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…	£300 - £500	£6,000	View
109	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…	£6,000 - £10,000	£9,000	View
110	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…	£100 - £200	£130	View
111	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…	£1,000 - £2,000	£1,600	View
112	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,…	£4,000 - £6,000	-	View
113	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)	£200 - £400	£200	View
114	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)	£80 - £150	£70	View
115	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.	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
116	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.	£4,000 - £6,000	-	View
117	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	£1,500 - £2,500	£1,800	View
118	KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820) an illustrated book, depicting birds and flowers, one volume and looses sheets	£400 - £600	-	View
119	KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) two volumes from the series Hokusai Manga, vol. 2 and 14 (2)	£500 - £700	£500	View
120	UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1823-1880) an album of prints from the Genji Karuta series, contained in one volume	£800 - £1,200	£750	View

Total lots: 122

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