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Auction date Wednesday 27 November 2024 13:00 - 17:30 GMT

Head of Sale:

William Batt


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Wednesday 27th November at 1pm

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 385

Lot 524 Sold
JOHN DADLEY (1767-1817) 'View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin'
engraving, published London, 1796, by G. Nicol, 29cm x 39cm

From the collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 525 Unsold
CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
watercolour on paper, inscribed with seal mark, depicting a collage of paper cuttings and a vignette with figures in a landscape, the image 45cm high x 80cm wide
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 525a Sold
TA THI THANH TAM (b.1960) Seated figures
with a table of food to the foreground, signed and dated 2003 lower right, painting on lacquer, 78.5cm x 99cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 526 Unsold
HUANG WANGXI (CHINESE 19TH/20TH CENTURY) Bamboo and prunus blossom
colour and ink on paper, artist seal mark and inscribed, framed, 182cm wide x 97cm high
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 527 Unsold
AFTER ZHAO MENGFU (1254-1322) Horses and Grooms
ink and colour on silk, with seal of the artist, hanging scroll, 150cm high x 58cm wide, framed
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 528 Unsold
CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH A COLLECTION OF 'STREET LIFE' STUDIES
watercolours on paper, depicting a variety of people and jobs each with inscriptions to the right, bound in huali wood with carved characters (24)
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 529 Sold
SU BAOZHEN (1916-1990) 'Lotus and Dragonfly'
inscribed with seal mark upper right, watercolour on paper, 33.5cm x 21cm

Provenance: Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh, and thence by family descent.
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 530 Unsold
A TIBETAN THANGKA
late 19th century/early 20th century, painted on canvas, a standing buddha to the centre, the figure of Yama to the foreground, the image 89cm high x 34cm wide
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 531 Sold
A TIBETAN THANGKA
18th/19th century, depicting Dharmata, carrying a yak tail flywhisk and a travel case full of books, a tiger in attendance, with buddha seated on a sea of clouds to the distance, the image 57cm x 37cm wide, mounted on a scroll

Note: See a very similar comparable in the Rubin Museum of Art.

Provenance: Bearing an old label, Sotheby's London, 23rd June 1980, Lot 175.
A private collection and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 532 Unsold
TIBETAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Panjarnata Mahakala
painted on panel, against a background of flames, 34cm x 25cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 533 Unsold
CHEN XINMAO (b.1954) An urban landscape
signed lower right, ink on paper, 34cm x 35cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 534 Unsold
CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH/20TH CENTURY A Mountainous Landscape
bearing red seal marks and an inscription upper right, a calligraphic panel and further seal marks above, 136cm high x 60cm wide
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 535 Unsold
CHINESE SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY, A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE
with a figure to the centre, inscribed and with seal marks upper right, 133cm x 66cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 536 Sold
CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE QING DYNASTY, A STUDY OF AN EAGLE
perched on a tree in a mountainous landscape, inscribed and with seal marks upper left, 90cm high x 48cm wide
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 537 Sold
CHINESE SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY A photograph of a busy street
ascribed verso 'Attrib. Thomson. Ca. 1870. China. Albumen Print.', 22cm x 28cm

Provenance: Brian Seed Antiques, Hong Kong.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 538 Unsold
A. DONNAY (EARLY 20TH CENTURY) 'A FEW DAYS IN HONAN PROVINCE'
a French photographic album and journal, 28.5cm high
Estimate: £300 - £500
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 539 Unsold
A SMALL GROUP OF REFERENCE BOOKS
including 'A Collection of Old Chinese Porcelain Exhibited by Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd. June-July 1933', and 'Chinese Art' Edited by Leigh Ashton, 1935 (9)
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 540 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD STANDS
20th century, approximately sixty overall (a lot)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 541 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD DISPLAY STANDS
approximately twenty-four overall (a lot)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 542 Sold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE WOOD DISPLAY STANDS
approximately sixty-seven overall (a lot)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 543 Unsold
A CHINESE HARDWOOD AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID TRAY
20th century, carved in high relief with a mouse, a frog and vines, and inset with a landscape scene, 61cm x 41cm wide
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 544 Unsold
A TIBETAN POLYCHROME PAINTED CHEST
17th/18th century, the lifting top opening to a vacant interior, the façade decorated with a central motif surrounded by further characters, iron strapwork to the corners, 60cm high x 109cm wide x 47cm deep

Provenance: Purchased Duke's, 9th May 2013, Lot 279. Formerly of the James Yarrow Collection of Chinese and Tibetan Furniture.
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 545 Sold
A CHINESE ELM SIDE CABINET
20th century, the cupboard opening to a shelved interior, on short block legs with shaped brackets, 74cm high x 60cm wide x 40cm deep
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 546 Unsold
A KOREAN BURR WOOD LOW CABINET
20th century, the cupboard opening to a vacant interior, on shaped bracket feet, 81.5cm high x 91cm wide x 44cm deep
Estimate: £80 - £150
27 November 2024
27 November 2024

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