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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: 401

Lot 460 Sold
A GROUP OF FOUR CHINESE SOAPSTONE CARVINGS
including a tripod censer, 11cm high, a dragon boat, 8cm high, and two landscapes, 8.5cm and 11.5cm high (4)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 461 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE JADE BOWLS
20th century, with flared rims, 5cm high x 10cm diameter (2)

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 462 Sold
TWO CHINESE SOAPSTONE FIGURES
20th century, including a lady carrying a basket, 20cm high, and a court official with a scroll, 16cm high (2)

Provenance: The collection of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865-1944) and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 463 Sold
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' SEAL
attributable to Yang Yuxuan, Qing dynasty, the three beasts carved with bulbous eyes and snarling, painted with black details to the eyes and hair, with finely detailed coats, incised cloud motifs and raised spines, bearing the seal mark to the base, 6cm high x 3.2cm square

Note: The seal reputedly races to 'Wang Daxun', a cleric in the imperial court of Kangxi.

Provenance: A private collection Oxford, curated over fifty years.
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 464 Sold
A CHINESE JADE DISC PENDANT
of archaistic form, with carved and pierced surround, 6cm square
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 465 Unsold
A CHINESE JADE ARCHER'S RING
in pale apple green jadeite, 2.5cm high x 3cm diameter; together with a gilt metal case, bearing a four character mark to the base, carved with dragons in relief, 3.5cm high (2)
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 466 Sold
A CHINESE 'BAMBOO' BRUSH POT
19th/20th century, modelled naturistically in the form of bamboo, with a flower and leaves issuing, 17cm high, on a wooden stand
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 467 Unsold
A CHINESE HARDSTONE SEAL
the seal possibly 17th century, the mark later, of naturalistic form carved with a chilong and lingzhi, 7.5cm high x 11cm square
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 468 Unsold
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18th/19th century, figured seating with incised cloud decoration to the robe, 13.5cm high

Provenance: Bearing an old collection label to the base.
Estimate: £400 - £600
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 469 Sold
A CHINESE JADE BELT HOOK
Qing dynasty, carved with a chilong beneath a dragons head finial, 13.5cm long

Provenance: The collection of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865-1944) and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 470 Sold
A CHINESE JADE FISH
20th century, with incised details, 8.5cm long
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 471 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE JADE BOWLS
probably 20th century, with slightly flared rims and circular foots, 4.5cm high x 10cm diameter (2)

Provenance: Wabey House, Upwey.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 472 Sold
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE 'SCHOLAR'S ROCK' CARVING
20th century, indistinctly signed lower left, both sides with a mountainous landscape, pagodas and blossoming tress, 11cm high x 10cm wide
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 473 Sold
TWO CHINESE CARVED JADE BI DISCS
one incised with ruyi shape borders, 3cm wide, the other in 'grain pattern' moulded with bosses in relief, 5.5cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 474 Sold
A CHINESE JADE RING BANGLE
late Qing dynasty, 5cm diameter

Provenance: The collection of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865-1944) and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 475 Unsold
A CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE 'MOUNTAIN'
20th century, carved in detailed relief with figures, trees and pagodas, on a naturalistic base, 28cm high x 21cm wide; together with another similar carved soapstone landscape, decorated with abundant foliage, 33.5cm high x 19cm wide (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 476 Unsold
A CHINESE JADE DOUBLE GOURD
late 19th/20th century, the apple green jadeite carved with a shou symbol to the front, 11.5cm high x 6cm wide
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 477 Sold
A CHINESE CARVED SOAPSTONE TREE
20th century, the bark effect wire branches issuing plentiful leaves and fruit, in a hexagonal section cloisonne jardinière, 38cm high
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 478 Unsold
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE BRUSH POT
20th century, carved naturistically with two organic vases and flowers, 18cm high x 18cm wide; together with another similar, 15cm high x 18.5cm wide (2)
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 479 Sold
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE FLOWER VASE
probably Qing dynasty, of unusual archaistic design, with a rectangular and oval aperture, carved in high relief to the exterior, 10.5cm high x 11cm wide x 6cm wide
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 480 Unsold
LUIS ALBERTO QUISPE APARICIO (20TH CENTURY) A LAPIS LAZULI FIGURE OF BUDDHA
modelled seated on a turquoise pebble, highlighted in gold leaf with turquoise beads, raised on an agate plinth base, 35cm high x 31cm wide x 22cm deep

Provenance: Bonham's, Lapidary Arts and Gems including The Rock H. Currier Collection, 27th October 2020.
Note: This extraordinary Buddha sculpture was designed by Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio, a world…
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 481 Sold
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Ming dynasty, figured seated in dhyanasana, the right hand extended in varadamudra holding a single myrobalan fruit, the left hand in dhyanamudra, with a serene face and draped in a fine robe, on a double lotus stand, cast with swags of ribbon and a bird seated on a branch, 41cm high overall

Provenance: Property of a Dorset gentleman.
Acquired by the family in the late 19th/early 20th century and thence by decent.
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 482 Unsold
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDDHA
probably 18th century or after, modelled in padmasana on a double lotus base, the right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, wearing a highly decorative robe and a turquoise inset headdress, 17.5cm high
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 483 Unsold
A SINO-TIBETAN PARCEL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDDHA
bearing a six character Qianlong mark to the front, cast seated on a lotus base, with hands raised in vitarkamudra and abhayamudra, wearing an ornate headdress enhanced with blue, 21.5cm high
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
27 November 2024
27 November 2024

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