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Auction date Thursday 23 May 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
192	A CHINESE CELADON CRACKLE GLAZE BOTTLE VASE in Song Dynasty style, 11cm high Provenance: An old Sotheby's Hong Kong Autumn 2001 label to the underside.	£100 - £200	£110	View
193	A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BTUSHPOT 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
194	A CHINESE OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE mid-18th century with the arms of Richardson of Great Dunmow, impaling Leeke of Newark-on-Trent, with four en grisaille panels of birds and landscapes to the gilt edges, 21cm diameter Provenance:…	£100 - £200	£120	View
195	A CHINESE SANG DE BOEUF VASE bearing a six character Qianlong seal mark, of pear shape with flared foot, 30cm high	£200 - £400	£240	View
196	A GROUP OF THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS including a large teapot, with two double gourd marks to the lid, 10.5cm high, one with a side handle, seal mark to the base, 9.5cm high, and another small teapot, marked to the base, 6.5cm high …	£40 - £80	-	View
197	THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES one decorated with scholars in a garden, 14.5cm wide, and two further, each with shaped rims and bearing marks to the underside, 12.5cm wide	£50 - £100	£70	View
198	TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE LION DOGS 19th century or later, both with incense stick holder and with one paw balanced on brocaded ball, the taller 17cm high; together with two dark cream glazed creatures, including a lion dog and a qilin…	£50 - £100	£40	View
199	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL BRUSHPOT 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	£2,000	View
200	A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWLS 20th century, each bearing six character seal marks to the base, decorated with a processional scene of figures and beasts, 5.5cm high x 11.8cm wide; together with another similar bowl, 5cm high; and…	£100 - £200	£360	View
201	NINE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS 19th century or later, including a Nanking-style plate warmer of 'willow pattern' design, 26cm handle to handle, and a plate of similar design,16cm diameter, three tea bowls, a teacup, two saucers…	£100 - £200	£150	View
202	A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BRUSH POT late Qing dynasty, the exterior decorated with figures in a garden landscape, 14cm high x 12.5cm wide	£150 - £250	-	View
203	THREE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS 19th century, one with frog finial on lotus shaped body decorated with applied insects, 6.5cm high, the second with applied stylised prunus, 9.5cm, and the third unadorned and of squat outline, 7cm…	£200 - £400	£200	View
204	A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PLAQUE Qing or later, depicting a maiden in a boat harvesting lotus flowers on a lake, 33.5cm long x 24.5cm wide	£100 - £200	£190	View
205	THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS the first, a Ming dish decorated with a scrolling flowerhead, 11cm diameter, the second a Ming saucer decorated with foliage, 11cm diameter, and another 17th century dish decorated with a rabbit in…	£50 - £100	£50	View
206	TWO SIMILAR CHINESE QIANJIANCAI BOWLS AND COVERS Republic Period, both decorated with figures in mountainous landscapes, inscribed with verse, with lion dog finials, interior bowl linings and wrought metal loop handles, 17cm high x 20cm wide …	£800 - £1,500	£4,200	View
207	A CHINESE POWDER BLUE TEAPOT Kangxi, decorated with panels of chickens and foliage, 8.5cm high; together with four items of 'Shipwreck' porcelain, including one saucer bearing a Christie's Nanking cargo label to the base, 12cm…	£50 - £100	£180	View
208	A GROUP OF THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE CERAMICS MOUNTED ON A WOODEN STAND 19th century or later, composed of two courtly ladies aside a tripod censor, attached to a wood stand carved with pine foliage, 18cm high; together with a similar figure of a standing sage, 15.5cm…	£100 - £200	£100	View
209	A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 19th century or later, including two lobed saucers, the larger 11cm long and decorated with bats and a deer with lingzhi in its mouth; a miniature vase decorated with birds and flowers, 8.5cm high; a…	£100 - £300	£420	View
210	A CHINESE BRONZE STRING OF PRAYER MEDITATION BEADS the black beads highlighted with prayer in gold characters, total length 120cm (excluding tassel and end bead), in original round leather box Provenance: An old English collection, acquired in Hong…	£80 - £150	£1,200	View
211	A BLACK SILK CHINESE ROBE WITH QILIN MILITARY RANK BADGES Qing or late 19th century, embroidered in silk and predominantly in metal threads, the two front panels mirroring each other with the beasts amongst polychrome waves, each panel 15cm x 18.5cm, the…	£400 - £800	£1,500	View
212	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
213	TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE SHOES early 20th century, one of Matidi form, 20cm long, the other pair in red silk and embroidered, 15cm long (4)	£100 - £200	£150	View
214	A PAIR OF CHINESE HUAPANDI OR MATIDI SHOES Qing Dynasty, 19th/20th century, the upper sections embroidered with flowers, 13cm high x 21cm long; together with a pair of Chinese child's boots, woven with cat faces to the front, the foot…	£100 - £200	£440	View
215	TWO CHINESE POLYCHROME PAINTED WOODEN DOLLS late Qing/Republic, figured as a man and woman in court dress, 26cm high Provenance: Sir Richard Evans, Ambassador to China, and thence by descent.	£100 - £200	-	View
216	A JAPANESE BRONZE CENSER Meiji period, signed to the base, the finial in the form of a lion dog, each handle figured as a phoenix, 29cm high x 32cm wide	£300 - £500	£260	View
217	AN ARCHAISTIC JAPANESE BRONZE VASE 19th/early 20th century, a frieze to the shoulder carved with stylised birds, 19cm high	£40 - £80	£30	View
218	THREE JAPANESE BRONZE KAGAMI OR HAND MIRRORS Taisho period, early 20th Century, all decorated in relief, the first with cranes and wicker bound handle, the second with fruiting foliage and the third with pine tree and calligraphy, the largest…	£100 - £150	-	View
219	A PAIR OF JAPANESE SILVERED METAL FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS early 20th century, modelled as herons standing on tortoise with snakes in the beak, 26.5cm high (2)	£40 - £80	£130	View
220	A JAPANESE CLOISONNE CENSER Meiji Period, the black ground decorated with flowers and insects, on tripod feet, 12cm high Provenance: Thomas Child (1841 – 1898) was a pioneering photographer who produced a large body of…	£100 - £200	£220	View
221	A JAPANESE GINBARI CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE by Sato, decorated with prunus blossom on a green ground, 25cm high, stamped to underside, associated stand	£100 - £200	£60	View
222	A PAIR OF JAPANESE BLACK GROUND CLOISONNE VASES Meiji or Taisho, late 19th century or early 20th century, decorated with sparrows amongst an abundance of flowers and foliage, 25cm high (2)	£200 - £400	£100	View
223	A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASES Meiji period, 19th century, of baluster shape with midnight blue ground, decorated with roosting pigeons amongst maple leaves, 12.5cm high; together with a similar miniature vase decorated with…	£200 - £400	£110	View
224	A COLLECTION OF CLOISONNE including a Japanese bowl and cover, 10cm high, a small Japanese vase, 13cm high, three cloisonné napkin rings, a Japanese box and cover, a very small pair of vases, 6.5cm high, a cup and a bottle…	£80 - £150	£220	View
225	A JAPANESE LACQUERED FIVE SECTION INRO decorated with horses in a river landscape, 8cm x 5.5cm, signed; and a Japanese bronze pen box with inkwell, 17cm long, signed (2)	£100 - £200	£180	View
226	A JAPANESE STONEWARE FIGURE OF AN ONI BEARING A TEMPLE BELL Meiji, late 19th century; together with two pipecases (kiseruzutsu), one with leather tobacco pouch with metal lion dog clasp detail and orange ojime, the other with wood inro with carp and wood…	£200 - £400	£160	View
227	A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ITEMS including three pipe cases, two pipes, and a lacquered match box cover decorated with moon amongst pine trees, and a tsuba (7)	£80 - £120	£190	View
228	TWO JAPANESE GEISHA DOLLS ON STANDS Showa, late 20th century, one dressed in orange embroidered kimono and the other in a black kimono, the taller 27cm high; together with a girl doll; and a six-fold miniature screen decorated with…	£100 - £200	-	View
229	A COLLECTION OF EIGHT DOLLS FOR THE FESTIVAL OF HINAMATSURI, OR GIRL'S DAY Showa, late 20th century, including seated Empress and Emperor adorned with headresses, two other members of the royal household (each with their own dais), together with two female musicians, two…	£50 - £100	-	View
230	A COLLECTION OF 'PRESENTS' FOR THE FESTIVAL OF HINAMATSURI, OR GIRL'S DAY Showa, late 20th century, including a lacquered hand cart, two lacquered palanquins, two pairs of shoes, two miniature scrolls, a model of a house with thatched roof, two attendants; and a miniature…	£40 - £80	-	View
231	A COLLECTION OF NINE MUSICIAN DOLLS FOR THE FESTIVAL OF HINAMATSURI, OR GIRL'S DAY Showa, late 19th century, with backdrop miniature screen of herons in flight over prunus trees (a lot) Provenance: The collection of R P & P Gray, Bridport, Dorset.	£100 - £300	-	View
232	KITAO SHIGEMASA (1739-1820) an illustrated book, depicting birds and flowers, one volume and looses sheets	£300 - £500	-	View
233	A PAIR OF JAPANESE SIX PANEL TABLE SCREENS decorated in colours with cranes and horsemen respectively, late 19th/early 20th Century, watercolours, within cloth and ebonised wood borders, each 43cm high x 103cm wide (2) Provenance: Purchased…	£300 - £500	£200	View
234	TWO JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTINGS one depicting a carp, signed and with seal mark, 106cm x 39cm, the other a bird of prey, similarly signed and sealed, 90cm x 37cm Provenance: The bird of prey example was acquired from Charterhouse…	£100 - £200	-	View
235	SHOJI OSUGI (20TH CENTURY JAPANESE) Red Peony signed in English and Japanese, dated ‘84, woodblock print, 71cm x 21cm	£200 - £400	-	View
236	SHOJI OSUGI (20TH CENTURY JAPANESE) ‘Peony’ study of a seated lady drawing, signed in English and Japanese, dated ‘84, woodblock print, 71cm x 21cm	£300 - £500	-	View
237	SHOJI OSUGI (20TH CENTURY JAPANESE) Dancing with Butterfly signed in English and Japanese, dated ‘84, woodblock print, 71cm x 21cm	£200 - £400	-	View
238	A PAIR OF JAPANESE VASES WITH FLARED SCALLOPED NECKS Meiji or later, late 19th/20th century, the bodies in bold polychrome colours with scrolled foliated handles, each decorated with two panels of courtiers at their leisurely pursuits, amongst peonies…	£100 - £200	-	View
239	A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI JARS AND COVERS Meiji or later, late 19th or 20th century, lobed outline with segmented panels of stylised flowers and foliage, the flared finials on the lids mirroring the design, 40cm (2) Provenance: The Estate…	£200 - £400	£160	View

Total lots: 271

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