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chiswick auctions
Asian Art
5 May 2015
Asian Art
5 May 2015
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Sale Calendar
Tuesday 12th May
Rugs
Tuesday 19th May
Stamps, Coins and Banknotes
Tuesday 26th May
Jewellery and Watches followed by Rugs
Tuesday 2nd June
Wine and Spirits
Tuesday 9th June
Fine Art
Wednesday 10th June
Printed Books and Manuscripts
Tuesday 16th June
Antiquities
Tuesday 23rd June
Rugs
Wednesday 24th June
Historical Documents and Ephemera
Tuesday 30th June
Medals and Militaria followed by Rugs
Tuesday 7th July
20th Century and Contemporary Art and Design
Tuesday 14th July
European Porcelain and Glass
Wednesday 29th July
Tuesday 4th August
Tuesday 11th August
Jewellery and Watches
Tuesday 1st September
Asian Art
A weekly general antiques sale is held every Tueday at 12 noon.
Chiswick Auctions
Directors
William Rouse
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Leigh Osborne
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Specialists
Mathew Caddick
Jewellery & Watches
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John Caroll
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Terms and Conditions
1.
Descriptions: Any representation in any catalogue as to the origin, date, age, attribution,
genuineness or estimated selling price of any lot is a statement of opinion only. Any prospective
buyer should satisfy themselves prior to the sale as to the reliability of the catalogue description.
All lots are sold as seen.
2.
Ownership: The buyer shall be the bidder at the highest price at the fall of the hammer.
Any dispute shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion. Under no circumstances will
a sale be cancelled after the fall of the hammer.
3.
Lazarus Halstead
Asian Art
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Premium: The buyer shall pay Chiswick Auctions Ltd a premium on the hammer price of 20% +
VAT on that commission.
4.
Stephen Large
Vintage Wine and Spirits
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Collection: Purchased lots can be collected from the auction room after the sale has ended or
between 10am and 6 pm on the day after the sale. Purchased lots not collected before 6pm on
the day after the sale shall incur storage charges of £5.00 per lot, per day or part thereof.
5.
Jan Leman
Paintings and Fine Art
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Responsibility: Purchased lots shall be at the buyer’s risk in all respects from the fall of the
hammer, and neither Chiswick Auctions Ltd nor their agents shall be responsible for any loss or
damage or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise.
6.
Payment: All purchased lots must be paid for on the day of the auction. Commission bids must
be paid for the day after the auction. Payment must be in cash, debit, credit card or bank transfer.
We do not accept cheques. Credit cards are subject to a 5% surcharge.
7.
Electrical Items: All electrical items are sold as seen and Chiswick Auctions Ltd offers no
guarantee as the working condition of such items.
8.
Commission Bids: Commission bids shall be executed at the lowest possible price, subject to
competing bids and reserves. Chiswick Auctions Ltd cannot be liable for any neglect to execute
a commission bid. Although Chiswick Auctions Ltd will endeavour to inform buyers by telephone,
it is the buyer who is responsible for checking to see if he has been successful in purchasing
something.
9.
Proof of Identity: Bidders not previously known to Chiswick Auctions, will be required to provide:
a. Proof of identity in the form of a passport or photocard driving licence (no other forms of ID are
acceptable)
Mark Longson
Medals & Militaria
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Simon Nuckley
Entertainment and Memorabilia
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James Nurse
20th Century and Contemporary Art & Design
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Chris Vin
Rugs
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Richard Westwood-Brookes
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and
b Proof of address will be required. For proof of address, only official documents showing name
and address will be accepted
Nicholas Worskett
Printed Books & Manuscripts
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Claudio Corsi
Antiquities
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Photographer
Steven McCauley
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- Both Landline and Moblie telephone numbers must be provided .
- A valid email address is required.
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All purchased lots MUST be paid for on the day of the sale and collected no later than 6pm
the following day.
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Storage charges become applicable from the Thursday morning following the sale.
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Lots marked with a dagger are subject to a £1,000 fully refundable deposit prior to bidding
on the lot.
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Asian Art
5 May 2015, 12 noon
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Viewing /
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Sunday 3 May 12 noon – 6pm
Monday 4 May 10am – 6pm
Tuesday 5 May 10am – 12 noon
Specialist: Lazarus Halstead
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General enquires:
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By tube:
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1
A LOOP HANDLED YANGSHAO PAINTED POTTERY JAR.
Neolithic Period.
25cm H.
£200 - 300
2
A CHINESE LOBED YUEYAO EWER.
Tang or later.
With a short spout, handle and two loop ears, together with a green
glazed triple handled vessel, both 18cm H. (2)
£400 - 600
3
A CHINESE GUAN GLAZED EWER.
Tang Dynasty.
11cm H.
£200 - 300
4
A LARGE CHINESE CIZHOU WARE JAR.
Song or later.
Heavily potted, of ovoid form with brown slip decoration over a creamy
white-grey surface, 41cm H.
£80 - 120
5
A CHINESE QINGBAI BOWL.
Song Dynasty.
Carved with scrolling floral and foliate motifs, with an old Japanese
repair in gold. Together with another, both 17cm diameter. (2)
£200 - 300
6
A CHINESE QINGBAI GLAZED BOWL.
Song Dynasty.
The exterior incised with floral decoration, sitting on a short circular
unglazed foot, the rim also unglazed, 6cm high, 17.5cm diameter.
£200 - 300
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THREE CHINESE QINGBAI CERAMICS.
Song Dynasty.
Comprising a moulded circular qingbai box and cover with a floral spray
within a circular border, covered with a pale blue glaze, 8cm diameter,
together with a qingbai dish with incised decoration to the interior, 11cm
diameter, and a low circular qingbai bowl covered with a milky blue
glaze, 13.5cm diameter. (3)
£200 - 300
8
A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON TWIN FISH DISH.
Song.
With shallow rounded sides rising to a flat rim, the interior with a pair of
fish swimming in opposite directions, the exterior moulded with lotus
petals radiating upwards from the foot, covered overall in a lustrous seagreen glaze except around the foot rim, 26cm diameter.
Provenance: National Museum Philippines label to base, purchased
Christie’s South Kensington, March 22 1990.
£500 - 700
9
A LARGE CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON DISH.
Ming Dynasty.
The interior moulded with ribs, the glaze is of a pale celadon tone, 40cm
diameter.
Provenance: National Museum Philippines label to base, purchased
Christie’s South Kensington, March 22 1990.
£500 - 700
10
A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED FOLIATE RIM DISH.
Ming dynasty.
Thickly potted and raised on a low foot, the interior incised with cloud
decoration around a central flower head. 12cm diameter.
£200 - 300
11
A CHINESE FAHUA GLAZED ARCHITECTURAL TILE.
Ming Dynasty.
Modelled in relief with a figure holding a lotus branch among swirling
clouds, 32 x 24cm.
Provenance: formerly from a diplomatic collection, acquired in Hong
Kong.
£500 - 700
12
A CHINESE CELADON DOUBLE EARED VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
Of pear shaped ribbed form, with incised decoration to the foot and
neck, 37.5cm H.
£400 - 600
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A TRIPLE GOURD ROUGE-DE-FER TRIPLE-GOURD VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period.
Decorated with flowers and precious objects within scroll and lappet
borders. 26.5cm H.
£800 - 1,200
14
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISH.
Kangxi.
With curving sides, a central medallion brightly enamelled with two
ladies in a garden, a scrolling border reserved with scholar’s objects
and fo dog cartouches. 24cm diameter.
£600 - 800
15
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA BARREL AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
With two lion mask handles, with applied prunus branches, the flat cover
surmounted by a double peach finial, 14cm H.
£1,000 - 2,000
For a similar example, see Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period
(circa 1620-1680 A.D.) from the collection of Mr & Mrs Peter Thompson,
1985, no. 61
16
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE DEHUA BOYS.
20th Century.
Raised on a circular plinth with hands pressed together, 30cm H. (2)
£80 - 120
17
A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED CENSER WITH MASK HANDLES.
Qing Dynasty, probably 18th Century.
Fo compressed circular form with moulded lion masks at the shoulders
beneath an everted rim, covered with a white-cream glaze, 11.5cm
diameter, 6.5cm H.
£200 - 300
18
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE YENYEN VASE.
Kangxi, encircled leaf mark.
The body painted with a continuous scene of qilin among foaming
waves, the neck with a similar scene, 45.5cm H.
£800 - 1,200
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A CELADON GLAZED MELON FORM
WALL VASE.
Qing Dynasty, four character Qianlong
mark in underglaze blue, and of the
period.
The lobed fruit with a scrolling vine,
leaves and smaller melon modelled in
relief on the surface of the vase and a
butterfly cut out on the lower end of the
fruit. 15.5cm H.
£8,000 - 12,000
19
A CHINESE MONOCHROME RED VASE
BOTTLE VASE.
Kangxi mark and of the period.
With globular body and a tall slender tubular
neck, slightly tapering towards the rim,
supported on a slightly splayed foot, with a
wooden stand, 21cm H.
£5,000 - 7,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE YENYEN-BASE CRANE AND DEER
VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi
Decorated with a continuous scene of two deer in a rocky landscape
beneath gnarled pines below a pair of cranes among scrolling clouds,
26.5cm H.
Provenance: thought to have been purchased from Guest and Grey.
£600 - 800
22
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PHOENIX JARDINIÈRE.
Qing Dynasty.
Decorated with phoenixes flying amongst peonies and scrolling foliage,
30cm H.
£200 - 300
23
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIÈRE.
Late Qing.
Decorated in bright enamels with a continuous scene of pairs of birds
among peonies and rockwork, 26cm H.
£1500 - 1800
24
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈRE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong.
The domed body with deep rounded sides rising from a recessed base,
the exterior painted with a continuous watery landscape scene, 18cm H,
24.5cm diameter.
£100 - 200
25
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PRUNUS GINGER JAR.
Late Qing.
Decorated with 2 cartouches filled with the “Hundred Treasures”. Kangxi
nianzhi mark to base, 23cm H.
£200 - 400
26
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PLATE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
The central medallion decorated with peonies, pines and rocks on a
garden veranda, 37cm diameter.
£80 - 120
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU-FORM VASE.
Late Qing.
Decorated with various archaic vessels on a crackle glaze ground,
23cm H.
£150 - 200
28
FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PRUNUS DECORATED CERAMICS.
Late Qing, 19th Century.
Comprising a ginger jar with cover, 29cm H, a baluster form vase, 30cm
H, a pear shaped vase, and a bowl, 30cm diameter. (4)
£120 - 150
29
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE.
With a central medallion with flower heads, surrounded with a boarder of
lappets each containing flowers, the reverse decorated with the eight
precious things, the base with a cash coin within a double circle, 22cm
diameter, together with a blue and white tankard, Qianlong period,
decorated with a continuous watery landscape, with a double
interwoven handle, 15.5cm H. (2)
£150 - 200
30
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE RIBBED PLATES.
Qing, 18th Century.
With foliate edges, decorated with a central medallion depicting
butterflies and flowers, 16cm diameter. (2)
Provenance: Bluett label to the underside of one dish.
£200 - 300
31
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATE.
Qing Dynasty.
Decorated with three phoenixes around a peony with scrolling floral
decoration, the base with seal mark linzhangmao zao to base, 36.5cm
diameter.
£60 - 80
A similar plate was sold by China Guardian September 9 2006, lot 1999.
32
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE.
Late Qing.
The body with phoenixes decorated among scrolling floral decoration, a
band of lappets around base, further bands around the shoulders and
neck, 44cm H.
£400 - 600
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL.
The exterior painted with two large panels of figures between two
smaller panels, the interior painted with a beauty playing a qin, 29cm
diameter, together with a Chinese export mug, 13cm H (2)
£150 - 200
39
A PAIR OF CHINESE MONOCHROME YELLOW MINIATURE VASES.
Late Qing.
9cm H. (2)
£100 - 200
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33
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SAUCER AND CUP.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period.
Each decorated en grisaille and gilding with the coat of arms of J. de
Wit, the saucer 11.5cm diameter, the cup 5cm H. (2)
£300 - 500
34
A CHINESE EXPORT SAUCER AND CUP.
Each decorated in green, iron red and gilt with flower medallions, the
saucer 14cm diameter, the cup 6cm H. (2)
£200 - 300
35
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER FORM VASE.
The body and neck each finely enamelled with a continuous scene of
birds, flowers and insects among peonies, chrysanthemums, peaches
and pomegranates, with bands of floral decoration, 46.5cm H.
£100 - 200
36
THREE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PLATES.
19th Century
Comprising two rose medallion plates, and a celadon ground small
plate. 37 / 24.5 / 18cm diameter. (3)
£200 - 300
40
TWO CHINESE GRADUATED FAMILLE VERTE DRAGON BRUSH POTS.
Late Qing.
Of cylindrical section, each decorated with lotus flowers a dragon whose
tail transforms into scrolling foliage which spreads over the yellow
ground, a band of floral decoration to the base and rim, 10.5 / 12cm H.
£100 - 200
41
A PAIR OF CHINESE SPOONS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Each painted in enamels with a beauty relaxing against a rocky outcrop,
edges gilt, 13.5cm long.
Provenance: Acquired in the Far East before 1937 and thence by
descent to the present owner. (2)
£80 - 120
42
CHINESE “ROSE MEDALLION” EXPORT BOUGH POT.
Late Qing.
Of square section with canted corners, the handles modelled as a pair
of intertwined branches with berry fruit that extends over the canted
sides with panels of figures alternating with flower panels, 24cm H.
£400 - 600
43
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SQUARE SECTION TAZZA.
Tongzhi mark, but probably later.
Decorated with a continuous scene of birds on flowering branches, 7cm
H.
£80 - 120
37
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SWEET MEAT DISH SET.
Early 20th Century.
Pieces of hexagonal, trapezium, and pentagonal section all decorated
with lotus flowers, 5 –11cm, (10)
£80 - 120
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A CHINESE MONOCHROME YELLOW
MEIPING VASE.
19th / 20th Century.
25.5cm H.
£300 - 500
45
A TEA DUST GLAZED MEIPING VASE.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
24cm H.
£300 - 400
47
A CHINESE FLAMBÉ GLAZED PEARSHAPED VASE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
With two qilong modelled in relief around
the neck, the vase mounted as a lamp.
31cm H.
A similar example was sold in these rooms
on February 10 2015, lot 32.
£80 - 120
48
A CHINESE BALUSTER VASE.
20th Century.
With two gilt handles, decorated with a
pair of cranes beneath a pine tree,
mounted as a lamp but not drilled, 43cm
H.
£100 - 200
10
46
A CHINESE TEA DUST GLAZED DOUBLE
GOURD VASE.
Late Qing.
Supported on tripod feet, each modelled as a
small boy, 16cm H.
£200 - 300
49
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE AND GILD
DECORATED GU FORM VASE.
Late Qing.
Decorated with a continuous scene of
scholars, beauties and children among
antique objects, mounted as a European
lamp with attached hardwood stand.
29.5cm H.
£100 - 200
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A CHINESE CIRCULAR HARDSTONE
PLAQUE.
Late Qing.
Inlaid with jade, mother of pearl and other
hardstones, with incised gilt decoration,
28cm diameter.
£150 - 200
52
A CHINESE CIRCULAR DRAGON CERAMIC
PLAQUE.
Late Qing.
Flying among scrolling clouds and flames above
a winged feline beast among waves, 24cm
diameter.
£200 - 300
50
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN
PLAQUE.
Delicately painted with chrysanthemums and
peonies. 33 x 22cm.
£400 - 600
53
A PAIR OF CHINESE RECTANGULAR PAINTED
CERAMIC PLAQUES.
Republican era.
Each depicting a scholar seated in a rocky
landscape,18.5 x 24cm.
£120 - 150
54
A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED PORCELAIN PLAQUES.
Republican era.
Each with a figurative scene, presented in original hardwood frames, 22 x 15cm. (2)
£150 - 200
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A CHINESE RICE AND SILK CULTIVATION
BALUSTER VASE.
Republican era.
Illustrated with a continuous scene of
illustrations from the Geng Zhi Tu
(Illustrations of Rice and Silk Cultivation),
45cm H.
£500 - 700
56
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HUNDRED
DEER VASE.
20th Century.
Decorated with deer frolicking around in a
rocky landscape, 61cm H.
£400 - 600
55
56
57
THREE MATCHING CHINESE “WAN SONGMAO” TEA CUPS.
Republican era.
Decorated with a scholar drinking in a garden, Wan Songmao zao mark
to base. 5.5cm H.
£80 - 120
58
A CHINESE DOUBLE EARED VASE.
Republican era.
Of compressed lobed form, with two scenes
of scholars relaxing in a garden. 37cm H.
£400 - 600
59
A CHINESE HEXAGONAL SECTION VASE.
Republican era, apocryphal Daoguang mark
to base.
Decorated in enamels with figurative scenes
against a blue ground decorated with
scrolling clouds, 33cm H.
£300 - 500
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60
TWO MONOCHROME PEAR SHAPED VASES.
Kangxi mark to one, but Republican Era.
With compressed globular bodies, one with a white
glaze, the other pale blue, old stock numbers to the
base of each, 11 / 12cm H. (2)
£80 - 120
61
A PAIR OF CHINESE “RELAXING FISHERMAN” BOWLS.
Republican era.
Painted with a figure and bat, gilt edges. Shanghai xinshenyu chupin mark to base.
6cm H.
Provenance: Acquired in the Far East before 1937 and thence by descent to the
present owner. (2)
£200 - 300
62
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASES.
20th Century.
Each decorated with a beauty together with a boy feeding a spider to a
cat, 14.5cm H.
£100 - 200
63
A BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN.
20th Century.
Seated in royal ease, a ruyi sceptre in her left arm, the left resting on a
Buddhist lion dog, presented on a scroll stand. 17cm H.
£80 - 120
64
A SQUARE SECTION FAMILLE NOIRE VASE.
Late Qing.
With panels decorated with birds, butterflies
and flowers, mounted as a lamp, the vase
42cm H.
£100 - 200
65
A “HEAVENLY MAIDEN SCATTERING
FLOWERS” PORCELAIN BRUSH POT.
Republican era.
Delicately painted in enamels with some
gilding, 28cm H.
£200 - 300
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65
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66
A PINK-GROUND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TAZZA.
Late Qing, impressed Decheng mark to base.
Of circular form supported on a tall splayed knopped stem decorated overall in
black, green and pinkish-white with scrolling floral patterns, 19.5cm H.
£600 - 800
67
THREE CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL TRAYS.
Square, with cut corners, each raised on four feet, the centres brightly painted,
one with European subjects, one with a monkey carrying a book, marks to
base, scrolling foliate border to interior and exterior rims. 10 x 10cm.
£300 - 500
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68
A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL KETTLE AND COVER.
Derived from a George II silver model, with a globular body, a wickerworkcovered arching overhead handle, the body enamelled with a continuous scene
of beauties and attendants on a garden veranda all reserved on an opaque
white ground, divided by ruyi-head lappets and floral scrolls. 27cm H.
£150 - 200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL
CANDLE STICKS.
The matching bell-shaped base decorated
with a series of formal archaistic hooked
key-frets, linked by crescent shapes in
bright red enamel, above this a ring of
lotus flowers a flower head encircling
the columnar stems, one with lotus
flowers the other with five and sevenpedalled florets, all reserved on a
lapis-coloured ground, the base dates to
the Qianlong era, the stems earlier, 19cm H. (2)
£800 - 1,200
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BEGGING BOWL.
Mid Ming.
With bulging shoulders that flatten off at the mouth and slant
sharply down to a narrow, circular base, the sides and
shoulders decorated with a pair of facing long-tailed Makara,
their mouths, through which protrudes a long curling tongue
and a string of pearls, separated by a red lotus flower with a
yellow centre, the creatures supported on a band of foaming
waves, their tails trailing behind. The base is decorated with a
ribboned double vajra, 6.5cm H, 14.5cm diameter.
£10,000 - 15,000
For cloisonné examples with similar Makara see Compendium
of the Palace Museum, Enamels, volume 1, 2011, plates 95 and
99.
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE DUCK CENSER.
Late Ming Dynasty.
Formed in two sections, the gilded bottom designed to support the incense, raised on a lozenge-shaped base by two sturdy legs and webbed feet.
The duck is modelled with lifelike proportions and the head tilted round to the left and open for the release of smoke and with a curling tongue
slightly protruding. The expressive face is enhanced by modelled facial details and translucent green glass eyes. A gilded cash shaped opening,
also allowing for the release of smoke is positioned in the middle of the duck’s back. The cloisonné is composed of mixed and unmixed enamels
have been used to form a varied palette, 24cm H.
Provenance
Japanese private collection since the 1940s/1950s
American private collection since the 2010s
£20,000 - 30,000
Duck-form censers have a long history in China dating back to the Han
Dynasty (207 – 220). They were revived during the Song Dynasty and
continued to be popular through to the Qing dynasty (for a pair of mother
of pearl duck-form boxes see lot 73 in the present sale). It was arguably
during the Ming, however, when duck-form vessels reached the zenith of
artistic achievement. Examples are known to have been produced in
enamelled porcelain, celadon, bronze and cloisonné.
The present example exhibits traits both typical and unique among the
canon of known Ming duck censers produced in cloisonné enamel.
The top of the base, on which the duck stands, is decorated with a large
blossoming white lotus flower and a red bud among lotus leaves, the
horizontal face below is decorated around with scrolling waves, meaning
that when viewed from a high level of elevation, the duck appears to be
floating on a pond of flowers above a surface of water, an effect intensified
by the translucency of the green-blue enamels.
When viewed from the side, the visual effect is somewhat more formal
and geometric, the outer vertical faces of the stepped base are decorated
with matching continuous scrolling cloisons sandwiching a wider inner
section with a continuous pattern of white florets, two on each of the four
faces, and with alternating red and black centres. This side view pattern
is broadly similar to the South Kensington duck.
This observation situates the piece uniquely within the canon of Ming
Dynasty cloisonné enamel duck censers. The NPM piece, dating to the
early 16th century, a century before the present piece, is presented on an
oval base supported by four feet and can be seen as a prototype for the
present piece. The vertical face contains a single ring of scrolling cloisons
on a blue ground similar to two bands on the present piece.
Garner, in commenting on cloisonné enamel duck censers states, “a
number of figurative ducks are known, generally mounted on square or
rhomboidal bases” (Garner 1962, p 83). Indeed this is true of a number of
ducks, including the Stoclet duck, the single duck from the Amezaga
collection and the pair of ducks from the Pierre Uldry collection. However,
another important category of base is that of domed lotus flower-form
form, of which the Palace Museum, Beijing holds three examples, and a
pair reside within the Robert Chang collection.
Of these, all but one in the Palace Museum – over whose surface the
cloisons mark out leafy veins – depict a lotus flower, creating a visual play
between the lotus form base, and the flowers and foliage above the blue
watery ground.
The present piece continues this visual play placing the duck upon the
lotus flowers above another layer of translucent waves whilst retaining the
formal structure of the trapezoid base. This feature of the base is most
closely reflected in the South Kensington duck but the effect is not fully
realised and only in a form derivative of the present example.
Realism of form is perfected to a significant extent in the present duck.
The translucency of the green glass eyes gives them a lifelike glow and the
feathers are unique amongst known examples of Ming cloisonné enamel
ducks by being rendered in at least three distinct techniques. Flame
shaped feathers down the neck and lappet feathers on the upper section
of the duck are outlined by cloisons. On the underside of the duck’s
tummy the feathers are incised beneath the gilded surface. Finally, on the
gilt bronze head behind the eyes, tightly curling feathers are modelled in
relatively high relief, bearing the closest resemblance to the Hermitage
duck.
It is a pleasure to bring this piece, hidden in private collections for over
half a century, to the attention of scholars and collectors, and it is hoped
that it will continue to instil delight and fascination in those around it for the
centuries to come.
Related examples
(Illustrated below left to right)
Hermitage Museum, Moscow
Neglinskaya, Chinese Cloisonné Enamel from the 15th to the Early 20th Century, 2006, p 78
Palace Museum Collection, Beijing
Zeng Xinmiao, Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels, 2011, Volume 3, plates 145, 146, 147.
National Palace Museum Collection
Enamel Ware in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p 14
Robert Chang Collection (pair)
Colourful, Elegant and Exquisite: A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr Robert Chang’s Collection, 2007.
Stoclet Collection
Eskenazi, Chinese Works of Art from the Stoclet Collection, 2003, plate 18.
Uldry Collection (pair)
Chinese Cloisonné: the Pierre Uldry Collection, 1989, plate 220.
Amezaga Collection
Christie’s, Cloisonnés d’Exception: Collection Juan Jose Amezaga et Maria Dolores Feijoo, Partie II, 2007, lot 11, (Robert Chang’s pair was
purchased in this sale, lot 13)
South Kensington sale
Christie’s, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, November 2009, lot 96
References
Garner, Chinese and Japanese Enamels, 1962.
Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, 2001.
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A CELADON HAWK CENSER.
Ming.
Heavily modelled resting on an openwork cylindrical rock-form base, the
head turned to the left with wings raised, the beak partially open for the
release of smoke, a circular hole beneath the tail feathers also designed
for this purpose, 30cm H.
£4,000 - 6,000
For other celadon bird-form censers of the Ming period see HarrisonHall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, 2001, pp 498-499.
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A PAIR OF CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL VENEERED STANDING
DUCK-FORM BOX AND COVERS.
Qianlong seal mark inside each cover, late Qing, 19th Century.
Each finely modelled in the form of a duck, the mother-of-pearl-inlaid
body delicately incised emulating feathers, the backs with a small
disguised cover inscribed Qianlong yu wan, 9cm H. (2)
£600 - 800
74
A PAIR OF CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED PARROTS.
Qing, 19th Century.
Modelled looking to the right and left, standing on a pierced rockwork
base, covered overall with a crackled turquoise glaze, 24cm H. (2)
£200 - 400
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A CHINESE YIXING LOTUS PETAL FORM WATER VESSEL.
Signed Chen Mingyuan, Republican era.
Modelled in the shape of a lotus petal incised with veins to the exterior
and borne on a curving stem which terminates at the rim which forms
the support of the vessel along with a snail and lotus pod with a short
stem, the pod and stem covered in greyish-brown slip and the snail in
dark brown, impressed seal mark, Chen Mingyuan zhi. Circular Antique
Dealers’ Association label to interior. 9 x 24 x 16cm.
£150 - 200
77
A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER.
20th Century.
With a squat ovoid body with incised decoration, the handle with a
thumb rest, the cover surmounted by a circular filial, 10cm H.
£80 - 120
76
A YIXING ENAMELLED VASE.
Republican era.
Lobed into 3 sections with wide shoulders and a short mouth,
enamelled with scrolling circular panels on a green ground decorated
with scrolling floral spray, Chen Ziqi mark to base, 24cm H.
£100 - 200
78
A “BASKET WEAVE” LACQUER BOX AND COVER.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli.
Of oval section, with rounded basket-weave sides, surmounted by a
lacquered panel depicting a beauty on a garden veranda, 13 x 6.5cm.
£500 - 700
79
A CHINESE PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT AND
COVER.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Of hexagonal section, the loop handle and short tapering
spout both mounted with jade stones, the main body
incised with prunus to one side and calligraphy to the
reverse, the circular cover with a small jade finial, Yang
Peng seal to the interior, 9cm H.
£600 - 800
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A CHINESE BLUE GLAZED ROCKWORK
PAPER WEIGHT.
20th Century.
Modelled in relief with openwork, covered
overall with a bluey-white glaze, 25.5 x 11
x 2.5cm.
£500 - 600
81
A TORTOISE SHELL DOUBLE GOURD
FORM CRICKET CAGE AND COVER.
Late Qing.
Formed of thin strips of tortoise shell with
a hexagonal section, the cover with an
openwork shou character, 12cm H.
£200 - 300
82
TWENTY-FOUR CARVED BRAZIL NUTS STRUNG INTO A NECKLACE.
20th Century.
Each formed as a luohan head with various facial expressions, each nut
3cm long.
£120 - 150
84
A BRAZIL NUT CARVED IN THE
FORM OF A MINIATURE BOAT.
Early 20th Century.
Inscribed with quotation from the
Chinese classic, “Red Cliff”, 5 x
2cm.
£150 - 200
20
83
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH WASHER.
Republic era.
Of square form with canted corners, the rounded sides rising to a
straight upright rim, applied with a moulded gui dragon, the mouth
resting on the rim, decorated with a continuous figurative scene, Kangxi
nianzhi mark to base. 6cm H.
£100 - 150
85
AN ELM BRUSH POT TOGETHER WITH A BAMBOO BRUSH POT, 16 /
20CM H.
£400 - 600
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A ROCK CRYSTAL LOBED WASHER.
Of circular form with modelled branch above the lobed surface, 7cm H.
£200 - 300
87
A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL BOX AND COVER.
Liao Dynasty, or later.
Of oval form, supported on a short oval foot, the sides of the box and
cover formed as overlapping lotus leaves, the finial to the cover formed
as two ducks, their bodies entwined in such a way as to recall a yingyang when viewed from above, 8.5cm L.
£3,000 - 5,000
88
A CHINESE BISCUIT WASHER/WATERDROPPER.
Formed as a lotus pod with adjacent lotus leaf, 5 x 12 x 7cm.
£500 - 700
89
A CHINESE JADE WASHER.
Late Qing.
With two chi dragons clambering over the surface, the body
and bifurcated tail of one curved around the underside of the
washer, 11 x 10cm.
£150 - 200
90
A CHINESE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED WATER POT.
Of cylindrical section with rounded shoulders, the lip and base with a
cream-white crackle glaze, the body covered with an attractive ox-blood
red with attractive purple streaks, supported on an openwork wooden
stand, the water pot 4cm H.
£600 - 800
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LOTS 91 – 98: PLAYTHINGS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FROM THE COLLECTION OF
ROGER BLUETT (1925 – 2000)
91
A SMALL CHINESE PEWTER MOUNTED PORCELAIN DISH.
Qing, Guangxu mark and of the period.
Decorated with peaches, bats and a fu character, 7cm diameter.
Provenance: Collection of Roger Bluett (1925-2000) and thence by
descent.
£200 - 300
92
A CHINESE MINIATURE MONOCHROME WHITE GLAZED BOWL.
China, 18th / 19th Century.
Of conical section, raised on a circular foot. 2.5cm H, 5.5cm diameter.
descent.
£200 - 300
93
A CHINESE JADE CIRCULAR OPEN WORK PENDANT.
Late Qing.
In the form of a bat above two coins. 5.5cm diameter.
descent.
£200 - 300
94
A CHINESE ARCHAIC JADE FISH PENDANT.
Han Dynasty.
With incised key scrolls and 3.8cm diameter.
descent.
£100 - 200
95
A CHINESE BRONZE BELT BUCKLE.
Song Dynasty.
The end formed as a horse’s head, 15cm long.
descent.
£400 - 600
96
TWO JAPANESE FUCHI SWORD FITTINGS.
Meiji, 19th Century.
One decorated with a crane in silver and copper on bronze, the other
depicting a boat with silver on copper. 3.3 x 1.6 x 7mm. Together with a
19th Century Chinese oval cinnabar lacquer brooch in a white metal
mount. (3)
descent.
£80 - 120
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A COLLECTION OF LEDGERS AND OTHER MATERIAL FROM THE
ARCHIVE OF ROGER BLUETT, comprising:
Ledger, 1907 Aug 12th to 1908 June 24th, 238 pages, Quarter bound
in leather, 31.5 x 12.5cm, lists 127 client names, addresses and account
details for the period.
Ledger, June 1908 to June 1910, 264 pages, Half bound in leather, 33
x 22cm, Lista of over 250 client names, addresses and account details
of the period, including Yamanaka, John Sparks, William Burrell, and
Alfred Chester Beatty.
Ledger, Jan 1912 to July 1920, 354 pages, Half bound in leather, 33 x
23cm, Lists of over 300 client names, addresses and account details
including Percival David.
A scrapbook containing various articles, illustrations and
reminiscences.
A series of preparatory document for “Ming and Qing Porcelains”
A number of old invoices, including for fine Xuande porcelain.
£400 - 600
98
98
A COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES FROM THE BLUETT ARCHIVE,
comprising:
Catalogue of the Well Known Collection of Fine Chinese Famile Rose
Porcelain, the Property of W. Martin-Hurst, esq., Sotheby & Co, 1943, 20
pages, 133 lots, hand written annotation to the cover reads “Catalogue
prepared by RBB at age 17”. 24 x 15cm.
Early Chinese Art: A Catalogue of Early Chinese Bronzes, Jades and
Allied Decorative Works of Art from the Cunliffe Collection – Exhibition
October 1973. Bluett & Sons Ltd. 11 pages, 108 pieces. 25.5 x 20cm.
Cunliffe Collection Exhibition, Bluett & Sons, 1971, a folding brochure
illustrating 8 pieces from the collection including the Chenghua palace
bowl.
Bluett and Sons, Centenary Awards 1884-1984, 188 pages, 30 x
21cm.
Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons, London,
1990, 79 pieces, fully illustrated in colour, bound in cloth, in slipcase.
Ancient Chinese Bronzes, An exhibition arranged by Bluett & Sons,
London, 1963, 11 pieces fully described and illustrated. 23.5 x 16.5cm.
A Collection of Old Chinese Porcelain with Monochrome Glass, July
1930, Bluett & Sons, 12 pages, 99 pieces listed, all with hand written
prices. 21 x 14cm.
A Collection of Old Chinese Monochrome Porcelain, [June 1925],
Bluett & Sons, 8 pages, 113 pieces listed. 23 x 14.5cm.
A Collection of Old Pottery and Porcelain, March 1934, Bluett & Sons,
14 pages, 91 pieces, with hand written prices and further annotations.
21 x 14cm.
Early Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Ceramics, 1951, Bluett & Sons, 20
pages, 101 pieces, with hand written prices and stock numbers. 21 x
13cm.
97
Japanese Works of Art from the Tikotin Collection, 1956, Bluett & Sons,
12 pages, 118 pieces. 19 x 12cm.
Ancient Chinese Bronzes, 1938, Bluett & Sons, 30 pages, 16 pieces
fully described and illustrated. 21 x 13cm.
A Collection of Old Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Recently Collected
in China by Mr. Peter Boode of the Hague, 1934, Bluett & Son, 40 pages,
107 pieces, all with hand written prices, 7 plates. 23.5 x 15cm.
Early Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Ceramics, 1949, Bluett & Sons, 12
pages, 66 pieces. 21 x 13cm.
An Exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints from an American Collection
[collection of Mr R.E. Lewis], 1956, Bluett & Sons, 12 pages, 34 pieces.
19 x 12cm.
The Rutherston Collection of Old Chinese Works of Art, 1948, Bluett &
Sons, 32 pages, annotated with prices. 18.5 x 12cm.
Islamic Pottery of the IX-XIV Centuries from the Collection of Sir Eldred
Hitchcock, 1958, 16 pages, 71 pieces, all priced. 19 x 12cm.
The Hetherington Collection of Old Chinese Porcelain, 1953, 12
pages, 54 pieces, annotated with stock numbers and conditions. 19 x
12cm.
An Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery, Porcelain Sculpture, Etc., 1929,
20 pages, 127 pieces, 20.5 x 14cm.
Early Chinese Works of Art, 1926, Bluett & Sons, 18 pages, 157
pieces, 23.5 x 15cm.
The James Baird Collection of Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,
1926, 16 pages, 160 pieces. 23.5 x 15cm.
Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain and Iranian Works of
Art, Bluett & Sons, 1967, 4 pages, 6 pieces illustrated. 21.5 x 9.5cm.
A small Exhibition of examples of the various groups of old Chinese
pottery and porcelain and a few fine old English clocks. 1934, Bluett &
Sons, 7 pages, 40 Chinese pieces. 20 x 13.5cm.
A Collection of fine old Chinese Jade Carvings, Early Glass and Pottery
and Porcelain. 1936. Bluett & Sons, 16 pages, 156 pieces, 14 illustrated.
25.5 x 19cm.
A Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes. 1937, Bluett & Sons, 16
pages, 76 pieces, 8 illustrated. 25.5 x 19cm.
The Liddell Collection of Old Chinese Porcelain. 1929, Bluett & Sons,
26 pages, 229 pieces, 27 illustrated. 25.5 x 19cm.
The Wong Collection of Ancient Chinese Jades. 1930, Bluett & Sons,
36 pages, 527 pieces, 56 illustrated, marked up with prices. 25.5 x
19cm.
The Abbes Collection of Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. 1934,
Bluett & Sons, 16 pages, 79 pieces, 6 illustrated, marked up with prices
and buyers’ names. 25.5 x 19cm.
Eumorfopoulos Collection: Exhibition of the Chinese Pottery and
Porcelain available for private purchase. 1935, Bluett & Sons, 58 pages,
331 pieces. 25.5 x 19cm. (27)
£600 - 800
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99
A CHINESE GILT BRONZE
STANDING BUDDHA
Tang / Liao Dynasty
Standing with a bowl in
hand, raised on a
rectangular plinth, 11.5cm
H.
£300 - 500
100
A CHINESE STANDING
BUDDHA.
Liao Dynasty.
With a serene facial
expression, raised on a
square pedestal, 11cm H.
£800 - 1,200
101
A CHINESE BRONZE
MINIATURE TRIPOD
INCENSE BURNER AND
COVER.
Ming.
Of compressed globular
form with upright curved
handles, supported on
three tapered cylindrical
legs, the openwork domed
cover with incised
decoration. 10cm H.
£150 - 200
103
A CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHA PAPERWEIGHT.
Qing.
The face grinning, seated with an open belly and one raised knee, 3cm
H.
£150 - 200
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102
A CHINESE BRONZE
QILIN PAPERWEIGHT.
Late Ming.
Modelled standing on
four slender legs, with
the head raised and
cocked slightly to one
side, the tail flared up
behind, its main and tail
naturalistically rendered.
9cm H.
£200 - 300
104
A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FINIAL.
Ming Dynasty.
Modelled as a lion, the hind legs flicked over the front ones with a
swirling mane running down the ovoid body, the open fanged mouth
swallowing the hollow cylindrical fitting, 7cm H.
£500 - 700
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A GOLD SPLASHED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER.
Ming Dynasty.
With a globular body decorated on both sides with two incised dragons
around a circular shou character, supported on tripod feet, from which
emanate lingzhi spray, two qilong form the looped handles, 12cm H,
21cm across.
£6,000 - 8,000
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A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE GUI-FORM CENSER.
Ming Dynasty.
Cast and carved in relief around the body with dragons and mythical
beasts frolicking amidst crashing waves and picked out in rubbed
gilding. A further ring of detail to the neck and foot, with two mythical
beast-head loop handles, the centre of the base with incised sixcharacter mark, Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi in a rectangular panel, 17.5cm
diameter.
£12,000 - 18,000
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107
A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE.
17th Century or earlier.
With flaring shoulders and a cylindrical neck,
horizontal ribbing separating bands of
decoration, three on the body depicting rising
spray, lotus flower heads and stylised dragons,
with their spines incised with key scroll
decoration, a band of lappets drop down from
the neck each enclosing a baku, and a further
floral band of decoration rings the neck, 24cm H.
£200 - 300
108
A CHINESE BRONZE HU-FORM VASE.
Ming or later.
The neck decorated with a band of two taotie
masks against key-scroll ground, with two lionhead handles, 24cm H.
£400 - 600
108A
A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE VASES.
Qing dynasty.
Of docagonic section, each face divided into
four sections decorated with taotie masks and
various stylised animals against a key-scroll
ground, each with apocryphal Xuande mark to
the base, mounted as lamps, the vases
33.5cm H.
£100 - 200
109
A CHINESE IRON BELL.
Ming Dynasty.
Decorated with a band of trigrams, with a double dragon
loop handle, 21cm H.
£150 - 200
110
A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE BRONZE VASES.
Early 20th Century.
Of baluster form, decorated in high relief with four figures on a cloudy
outcrop alternating with Buddhist emblems, the neck with scrolling
prunus branches forming two handles, all reserved on a stylised chi
dragon and key-scroll ground, 59cm H, (2)
£400 - 600
111
A MINIATURE BRONZE TRIPOD LOOP-EARED INCENSE BURNER.
Late Qing.
Apocryphal Xuande mark to the base, 4.5cm H.
£200 - 300
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112
A BRONZE BOY AND GOAT GROUP.
Communist era.
The goat playfully nibbling at the boy’s trousers, raised on a wooden
stand, 9cm H.
£80 - 120
113
A CHINESE JADE “THREE RAMS” CARVING.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Carved in the form of a large recumbent ram, flanked by two smaller
recumbent rams, 3cm H.
£120 - 150
114
A CHINESE CELADON JADE MODEL OF A RECUMBENT GOAT.
Mid Qing.
Realistically carved looping horns, the front legs tucked in, and the
mouth nibbling the hind left hoof, russet inclusions, 5 x 11 x 9cm.
£1,000 - 2,000
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FOLLOWER OF SU HANCHEN.
Ming Dynasty, or later.
“Welcoming Spring”, ink and colour on silk, 96 x 63cm.
Provenance:
Seal of classical Chinese painting connoisseur, Zhang Hang (1915 - 1963)
Formerly in an English private collection in the West Country.
£3,000 - 5,000
The goat has an auspicious meaning in Chinese culture and is often
used as a symbol for the coming of spring. At the highest Imperial levels,
paintings of boys herding goats were enjoyed and commissioned across
the centuries.
The present piece is a two-thirds scale copy of the Song Dynasty
original by Su Hanchen in the National Palace Museum, formally of the
Chinese Imperial collection (picture below right).
Interestingly, however, compositional elements within the painting can be
seen across a wide array of paintings and tapestries from the Imperial
collections. Such paintings tend to contain a boy with either three, nine, or
as in this case, eighty-one goats. In at least three other paintings, now
held at the National Palace, Taiwan, central aspects of the composition
are reproduced including the central boy, the goat he rides and the pine
tree which sweeps diagonally over his head. In these paintings too, various
individual goats or small goat groups bear striking resemblances across
the paintings.
This would indicate that compositions were built up around known
compositional elements and indeed another painting depicting the riding
boy and another boy facing another goat (picture below left) would appear
to provide the basis of a more complex composition, the boys and goats
being painted in a sketchily fashion and without recourse to any
background details.
Compositions of boys and goats are also known in textiles. An
embroidered textile dating the Yuan or Ming, composed of two panels now
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split between the Palace Museum, Beijing and the Metropolitan Museum,
New York (the latter piece incidentally was purchased out of a London
based auction house before being sold to the Metropolitan Museum)
bears a close relationship to these paintings (the two embroideries are
pictured below centre). The Palace Museum section includes the
compositional element of a boy riding a goat with a pine tree diagonally
positioned above him, although in this case the composition is laterally
inverted. That such compositions were appreciated at the highest Imperial
levels is clear in the fact that the Qianlong Emperor later commissioned an
embroidery of the very scene and graced the piece with an inscription
from his own hand.
The present piece, probably painted in the Ming Dynasty, and so faithful
in its recording of every detail of the original, must have been created
under close consultation with the original. We might therefore conclude
that it bears an Imperial provenance beyond the reassuring seal of Zhang
Hang. The painting also plays an important role in the story of the
transmission of goat herd compositions thereby linking the emperors of
the Yuan and Ming with the Qianlong emperor of the Qing.
References
Gugong Shuhua Tulu, 1989, volume 2, pp. 75, 79; volume 3, pp. 111,
235, 251, 253, 255, volume 5, p. 205
Bickford, Three Rams and Three Friends: The Working Lives of Chinese
Auspicious Motifs, 1999.
China: The Three Emperors, 1662 – 1795, 2005, p. 297.
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL DISH.
The interior depicting a crane among scrolling clouds, the exterior with a
series of concentric cloison rings, 10.5cm diameter.
£150 - 200
117
A CHINESE TORTOISESHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER.
Late Qing
Carved to the cover and base with figures in boats and in a garden
setting, the sides carved with floral decoration, 8cm diameter.
£200 - 300
118
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMELLED ARCHER’S RING.
The exterior decorated with a continuous landscape scene, 2.5cm
diameter.
£600 - 800
119
VARIOUS CHINESE HARDSTONE CARVINGS.
20th Century.
Including three hardstone mounted trees in cloisonné/jade jardinières,
together with a green quartz Guanyin, with stand, 21cm H, 2 green
quartz boys riding mythical dragons, 16cm H. (6)
£80 - 120
120
TWO CERAMIC BOWLS AND A CLOISONNÉ COVER.
Comprising a Chinese guan-glazed vessel with a globular body rising to
a waisted neck and incised brown ground Chenghua mark to base, 6cm
H, together with a peach-bloom glazed vessel with a short globular
body and a bulbous mouth, 7cm H, the cloisonné cover 10cm diameter.
(3)
£100 - 200
121
A CANTON ENAMELLED BOWL AND COVER TOGETHER WITH A
JADE TOPPED RECTANGULAR PEWTER BOX, 10.5cm H and 3.5 x 8 x
3.5cm. (2)
£100 - 200
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A CANTON ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTRE.
Decorated with scrolling flowers and auspicious symbols on a yellow
ground, 29.5cm long.
£300 - 500
123
A CHINESE INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES.
Republican era, dated 1923.
Painted with a continuous scene of scholars in a landscape, signed Ma
Shaoxuan, coral stopper, 9cm H, together with a playing boys inside
painted snuff bottle dated 1932, 8cm H. (2)
£150 - 200
124
A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT “SEA HORSE” SWEET MEAT DISH.
Kangxi period.
Of hexagonal section, the green ground covered with a yellow horse
amid swirling waves, auspicious emblems and florets, each exterior face
containing an auspicious emblem, hand written Rao Feng Xuan mark to
base, meaning “villa among the mountains”, 12cm diameter.
£200 - 300
125
A SELECTION OF CERAMICS AND CANTON ENAMEL DISHES.
Including three canton enamel square trays, with cut corners one
decorated with a European beauty together with a child and a small
ram, Qianlong era, 10 x 10cm, a lobed double qilong eared cup on a
decorative hardwood stand, late Qing, two fish bowls and a turquoise
glazed tripod incense burner, (7)
£100 - 200
126
A LAPIS LAZULI DOG OF FU PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved in relief with the head, with a demure expression, cocked over
the left shoulder, mounted on a cloth board, 8 x 6cm.
£500 - 700
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A MOGHUL-STYLE ROCK
CRYSTAL BIRD-FORM
HANDLE.
13cm long.
£200 - 300
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A MOGHUL-STYLE JADE
HORSE HEAD HANDLE.
13cm long.
£200 - 300
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A CHINESE JADE
RECTANGULAR
PLAQUE.
Late Qing.
Carved on one side
with a qilin among
waves, the reverse
with sprouting
shoots, 6 x 4.5cm.
£100 - 200
130
A CHINESE SPINACH JADE PLATE.
Late Qing.
Of circular form with a reticulated band of decoration, 8.5cm.
£250 - 300
131
A CHINESE JADE BUDDHIST LION DOG.
Ming Dynasty or later.
With a flattened head, the ears pressed down, sitting with the legs
tucked under the body, 8cm long.
£80 - 120
133
THREE CHINESE JADE PENDANTS.
4 – 6cm.
£120 - 150
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A CHINESE JADE LOTUS LEAF GROUP CARVING.
Qing, 18th Century.
Deeply carved in relief as a bunch of lotus stems one terminating in a
curled and veiny leaf and another in a flower bud, raised on a five footed
hardwood stand intricately carved with openwork decoration, on the
reverse is a handwritten note stating “Archaic jade, period about 1700,
Original wood stand”, 14cm long.
£7,000 - 9,000
134
A CHINESE AGATE CARVING
OF A GUANYIN.
20th Century.
Delicately carved with a child
bearing a peach, her trailing
shawl carving in openwork, the
carving 12cm H.
£80 - 120
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A CHINESE JADE HAIR
ORNAMENT.
Late Qing.
The central panel carved in
openwork with five boys, 22cm
long, with a wooden stand,
boxed.
£200 - 300
For a similar example, see
Michael Knight, Chinese Jades,
Ming Dynasty to Early 20th
Century from the Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, 2007,
no. 5.
136
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE DOG OF FO RUYI SCEPTRE
PLAQUE.
Late Qing.
The fo dog chasing a ball, 7 x 7.5cm.
£300 - 500
137
A CHINESE PALE CELADON LOCK-SHAPED PENDANT.
Late Qing.
With bats and a shou character carved in openwork among scrolling
flowers, 7.5 x 11cm.
£200 - 300
138
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE OVAL PLAQUE.
Late Qing.
Carved in relief with a fruiting peach tree emanating from a vase
decorated with a xi character. 11.5 x 6cm.
£200 - 300
139
A CHINESE JADE BAMBOO STEM PENDANT.
Late Qing.
6.5cm H.
£120 - 150
140
A CHINESE JADE PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A DRAGON
SURMOUNTED BY A RAT.
Early 20th C.
5 x 7.5cm.
£120 - 150
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A CHINESE JADE DOUBLE FISH PENDANT
Early 20th Century
Delicately carved in openwork, with lingzhi spray emanating from the
mouths, 6cm long.
£100 - 200
142
THREE CHINESE MINIATURE CELADON JADE PENDANTS.
Late Qing.
One a pair of bats, one of a child embracing a goose, another cat, the
latter with orange inclusions, each 2cm long. (3)
£150 - 200
143
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE AGATE CARVINGS.
Late Qing.
A lotus leaf carving with a red inclusion worked into the form of a fish,
5.5 x 3cm, together with a circular plaque with incised decoration
radiating from a central flower and with foliate edges, 7cm diameter, and
a pair of dove carvings. (4)
£150 - 200
144
AN AGATE BIRDS AND LOTUS GROUP CARVING.
Early 20th Century.
Delicately carved in openwork with two birds on a lotus root from which
are issuing various lotus buds. 6 x 9cm.
£100 - 200
145
A CHINESE CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE.
Late Qing.
Of rounded rectangular form, well carved to
incorporate natural inclusions to depict a hawk
standing on a rocky outcrop between two sprays of
lingzhi fungus.
6.5cm H.
£150 - 200
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A SELECTION OF SIX CHINESE JADE CARVINGS.
19th Century or later.
Comprising a pale celadon carving of a bird with a spray of fruit in its
mouth, 5cm long, a fo dog with a lingzhi spray tail supported by a
tapering plinth, 7cm H, a sitting duck, 2cm H, a peach group on a fitted
wood stand, 7cm H, an archer’s ring, 2.5cm H, and a jadeite ruyi head
pendant, 5cm H. (6)
£100 - 200
148
A SET OF 6 JADE SPOONS.
Each spoon of a pale celadon colour, terminating with a ruyi head
handle with inscribed stylised shou character. 13cm long. Boxed.
£200 - 300
150
A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS HARDSTONE CARVINGS.
Ming Dynasty and later.
A carving of a seated cat, 5cm long, a recumbent ox, 6cm long. a
circular box and cover surmounted by an openwork dragon, 4.5cm H,
an openwork rectangular pendant depicting two dragons around an
enclosed reticulated disk, 5.5 x 5cm, a peony decorated belt buckle, 4 x
6cm, a lock form jade carving, 6 x 8cm, and a pair of uncut soapstone
seals in the form of a rectangular plinth supporting a seated horse, 6cm
H, boxed. (9)
£300 - 500
147
A CHINESE JADEITE LIU HAI AND TOAD CARVING.
Early 20th Century.
The reverse with a patch of emerald green coinciding with the toad, and
orange inclusions worked into two carved coins and a double gourd
bag, 5cm H, together with a pale celadon jade carving of Liu Hai with a
toad on his back, the toad carved to make use a grey inclusion in the
stone, 7cm H, with fitted wood stand and box. (2)
£150 - 200
149
A CHINESE PALE GREEN JADE BAT AND PEACHES RUYI-SCEPTRE
HEAD PLAQUE.
Late Qing.
12 x 13cm.
£400 - 600
151
A CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND GOOSE.
Late Qing.
The pair seated on a lotus leaf, 3 x 3cm.
£150 - 200
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A LARGE AMBER CARVING OF A DRAGON.
Raised on an attached wooden base, 13 x 9 x 5cm.
£800 - 1,200
153
AN AMBER NECKLACE.
Strung with 47 graduated circular beads, the beads 0.5 – 2cm.
£150 - 200
154
A CARVED AMBER BI PENDANT.
Decorated in relief with a chilong, a lingzhi spray issuing
from its mouth, 5 x 4cm.
£150 - 200
155
A JADEITE YELLOW METAL RING.
Tests as high carat gold, indistinct impressed mark, 3 x 2.5cm.
£120 - 150
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A JADEITE HUAIGU, DIAMOND AND PEARL PENDANT.
Early 20th Century.
Set with a translucent emerald green jadeite huaigu, accented by a
diamond, mounted in gold inset with four pearls, 2 impressed marks to
reverse, 2.6cm diameter.
£500 - 700
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AN EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE CENSER WITH EUROPEAN GOLD MOUNTING AND COVER SURMOUNTED BY A BOUCHERON PEARL.
Late Qing, c. 1900.
The exterior carved in low relief with taotie heads, flanked by a pair of openwork S-shaped handles, resting on a pedestal foot, European gold
mounting to the base with engine turned rim repeated to the rim of the gold cover. The cover is surmounted by a pearl and diamond cluster finial, the
inner lid with a seed pearl floral cluster. The jadeite with natural veins, inclusions and lighter patches.
The original pearl, missing in the Sotheby’s catalogue photograph, was loose and misplaced during viewing. It was replaced shortly after the sale by
Boucheron, Paris.
10cm H.
Provenance:
Mona Bismarck Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Monaco 1986, lot 1630.
Private European collection.
£10,000 - 15,000
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER CRUET SET TOGETHER WITH 16
BURMESE OPIUM WEIGHTS.
19th Century and earlier.
The cruet set formed as a man carrying the cruets on a shoulder pole
and supported on a four wheeled base, Wang Hing mark to base, 11cm
H, the weights formed as single animals supported on a plinth, 2-12cm
H. (17)
£100 - 200
159
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TRUMPET CUP.
Late Qing.
Decorated with floral spray, impressed Wang Hing mark to base,
17.5cm, together with a pair of Wang Hing dragon cups, 6cm H, a silver
plate decorated in repoussé with a dragon, impressed Yinchun mark,
12cm diameter, a white metal opium pipe, with a dragon in relief resting
on the bowl, 16cm, and a white metal model of a boy-form pillow, 9cm
long (6)
£200 - 300
160
AN ENAMELLED CHINESE EXPORT SILVER GOBLET.
Late Qing.
The body decorated in repoussé with a pair of peaches, the two handles
modelled in openwork as two bats nibbling a spray of lingzhi fungus, the
peaches, bats and fungus enamelled in bright colours, two marks to
base: Beijing sanyuan and baozuyin. 15.5cm H.
£400 - 600
161
A SELECTION OF ELEVEN CHINESE EXPORT SILVER SALT, PEPPER
AND CONDIMENT BOWLS.
Late Qing.
Four marked Wang Hing, five Tuck Chang, one WoCo Ltd and one Hung
Chong, 4.5 – 6cm H, (9)
£150 - 250
162
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER JUG.
Late Qing.
Decorated with panels of irises, bamboo and plum blossom, Wang Hing
impressed mark to base, 10cm H, together with a toothpick holder
decorated with a dragon, 9cm long (2)
£100 - 200
163
A PAIR OF CHINESE TRIPOD CONDIMENT BOWLS AND SPOONS.
Late Qing.
Supported on tripod animal-form feet and decorated to the exterior with
a continuous scene of scholars in a landscape with a blank crest,
stamped Wang Hing mark, and each with a small bamboo-form handled
spoon. 4cm H, together with a circular box and cover with incised
decoration of a dragon searching a flaming pearl, 8cm H, together with
a Wang Hing marked cup, 4.5cm H. (6)
£200 - 300
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A CHINESE ROSEWOOD THREE-TIERED PICNIC BOX.
Of rectangular form, the box comprising a narrow cover and three
rectangular trays, which stack within a base frame joined by a
rectangular handle at the top, the cover is held in place by brass rod,
the corners are decorated with brass mounting. 25.5 x 35 x 19cm.
£800 - 1,200
165
A PAIR OF CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER VASES.
Late Qing.
The body of each carved with scholars and attendants in a landscape
setting, with various bands of lappets, key-scroll and ruyi heads to the
base and key-scroll bands decorating the shoulders, 25cm H. (2)
£800 - 1,200
166
A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER.
Late Qing.
The cover with a circular medallion incised with scholars in a garden
setting, the sides of the cover and box both with floral medallions on a
key fret ground, 9cm H, 16cm diameter.
£100 - 200
167
A CHINESE INLAID JADE PLAQUE TOGETHER WITH TWO DOLLS.
Republican era.
The plaque inlaid with various hardstones and depicting a child and
maiden chasing a butterfly in a reticulated hardwood frame, 21 x
16.5cm, the male and female merchant dolls elaborately embroidered
with matching dragon roundels, 27cm H. (3)
£80 - 120
168
A LARGE LACQUERED WOOD CARVING
OF DAMO.
Carved with flowing robes resting on a staff
and supported on a circular base, 68cm H.
£80 - 120
169
TWO CHINESE GILT AND LACQUERED
TEMPLE FIGURES.
Qing Dynasty.
One seated on a rockwork base, the other
raised on a rectangular base holding a brush
and with xiaozi (dutiful son) written on his hat,
each 31cm H. (2)
£100 - 200
170
A WOOD CARVED LIU HAI.
Late Qing.
Seated with arms crossed around a raised
knee, a three legged toad sitting on his right
shoulder, 13cm H.
£100 - 200
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A BLACK LACQUERED NECKLACE CASE.
20th Century.
Painted in gold with a pair of dragons chasing a flaming pearl, 19cm
diameter.
£80 - 120
172
A LARGE CHINESE RED LACQUERED AND GILT BOX AND COVER.
Late Qing.
Each side painted with a different animal: a dragon, phoenix, tortoise
and qilin, 24 x 54 x 54cm.
£200 - 300
173
A CHINESE MOTHER-OFPEARL INLAID WOODEN
CROSS.
Inlaid with symbols of Christ
within three stylised ruyi head
ends, 42 x 21cm.
Provenance: Acquired in the
Far East before 1937 and
thence by descent to the
present owner.
£60 - 80
174
TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS.
Late Qing and later.
34cm H, 11.5cm diameter / 9.5cm H, 8.5cm diameter. (4)
£80 - 120
175
FIVE ASSORTED CHINESE STANDS.
Qing dynasty.
(5)
£150 - 200
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A LARGE COLLECTION OF CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS.
Qing dynasty and later.
(Quantity)
£200 - 300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNÉ AND
HARDSTONE INLAID BLACK LACQUER
CUPBOARD DOORS.
Republican era.
Depicting various stands and jardinières
supporting flowering branches and plants, the
reverse decorated with cranes painted in gold, 59
x 42cm. (2)
£120 - 150
178
TWO CHINESE FRAMED BLACK
LACQUERED WOOD PANELS.
Late Qing.
Painted in gilt with narrative scenes on
palace verandas, 18 x 58cm (2)
£150 - 200
179
A FINELY CARVED CHINESE WOODEN ARCHITECTURAL PANEL.
Mid Qing Dynasty, 17th / 18th Century.
Depicting scholars and officials relaxing in an interior, within three compositional groupings each of approximately four people, every figure is
realistically rendered in three dimensions along with details of furniture and furnishings, the humour and jollity is underlined by a centrally positioned
pair of rabbits, surreptitiously copulating under the table in the centre of the panel, 84 x 27cm.
£400 - 600
For a related depiction of a pair of rabbits similarly engaged see Bertholet, Gardens of Pleasure: Eroticism and Art in China, 2004, p. 152
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A PAIR OF CHINESE RED GROUND SILK PANELS.
Late Qing.
One embroidered with the female immortal, Magu, holding an
archaic bronze containing wine, accompanied by a paradise fly
catcher, the other depicting Shoulao accompanied by a deer
with a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth, both figures decorated with
numerous auspicious symbols, the nose and cheeks of each
embroidered in high relief. 179 x 94cm (2)
£100 - 200
181
A CHINESE TEXTILE.
Late Qing.
Composed of three panels
depicting narrative scenes
within a gold embroidered
boarder, further surrounded
by a silk brocade boarder,
framed and glazed. 79.5 x
35.5cm.
£150 - 200
182
THREE CHINESE BOY EMBROIDERED SILK TEXTILES.
Qing, 18th / 19th Century.
Each cut from a single “hundred boys” textile panel,
depicting mischievous boys engaged in various pursuits,
framed and glazed. 54 x 22 / 27 x 37 / 22 x 39cm. (3)
£80 - 120
183
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED PURPLE PANEL.
Republican era, c. 1920.
Finely embroidered with peacocks, swallows and mandarin ducks
among lotus leaves, and mounted in a floral decorated wrapper binding.
29 x 38.5cm.
£100 - 200
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184
A CHINESE RECTANGULAR EMBROIDERED PANEL.
Late Qing.
Depicting a figurative scene of Fu (god of fortune), Lu (god of
decedents), Shou (god of longevity) and three auspicious Gods from
Daoism legends, with an overhanging panel of peonies and two ruyi
sceptres. 90 x 104cm.
£100 - 200
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A CHINESE
EMBROIDERED
PANEL.
Qing Dynasty.
Depicting butterflies
among peonies,
prunus, peaches and
finger citron, framed
and glazed, 54 x
12.5cm.
£60 - 80
186
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED TEXTILE AND
TWO PITH PAINTINGS.
Qing.
The textile composed of a boy riding a qilin
among flowers and bats mounted on a tray,
43 x 36cm, the paintings 19 x 32 / 27 x 21cm.
(3)
£200 - 300
187
A PAIR OF CHINESE EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES.
Late Qing, 1900-1910.
With a separately embroidered ninth rank paradise fly catcher,
detachable lest the wearer should advance in rank. 30.5 x 30.5cm. (2)
£120 - 150
188
A CHINESE KESI WOVEN SILK DRAGON ROBE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Embroidered with dragons in gilt thread surrounded by swirling clouds
interspersed with Buddhist emblems, lion dogs and fish emerging from
the waves at the base, all reserved on a blue ground, 132cm H.
£400 - 600
189
A CHINESE KESI WOVEN SILK DRAGON ROBES.
Qing Dynasty.
Each embroidered with five-clawed dragons, 140cm H.
£1,000 - 2,000
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TEN BAMBOO STUDIO CATALOGUE OF LETTER PAPER [SHIZHUZHAI
JIANPU].
20th Century, 1952 edition.
Four volumes of Chinese books of woodblock prints, many embossed,
ink and colour on paper, bound in a silk brocade slipcase. The book,
hailed by Jan Tschichold in 1970 as “an incomparably perfect facsimile;
the best book of modern times anywhere”, is included the British
Library’s permanent highlights exhibition, and can also be found in
Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder’s Art, 2011.
31 x 21.5cm.
£1,000 - 2,000
191
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE AUCTION AND
DEALERS CATALOGUES.
(Quantity)
£400 - 600
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A CHINESE HONGMU ALTER TABLE.
Republican era, c. 1920.
With scroll form ends each terminating around a
circular shou character, each side with an
openwork apron, carved with a central circular
shou character and archaistic scroll form
designs, the legs with burr panels, 83 x 112 x
40cm.
£800 - 1,200
193
A CHINESE HONGMU DEMI-LUNE SIDE TABLE.
20th Century.
79 x 76 x 39cm.
£400 - 600
194
A LARGE CHINESE CARVED WOOD SHOP HANGING SIGN.
Early 20th Century.
Pierced and carved in high relief through both sides with birds sitting on
a series of interconnect branches of plum blossom and bamboo, the
top with a enameled clock face flanked by two large birds with a
butterfly below, 171cm H.
£3,000 - 4,000
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A CHINESE HONGMU DISPLAY
CABINET.
20th Century.
Ornately carved with five
separate compartments, 170 x
74 x 38cm.
£1,200 - 1,800
196
A CHINESE HONGMU SIDE
TABLE.
Late Qing.
With under-table, 80 x 41.5 x
30cm.
£200 - 300
197
A CHINESE HARDWOOD
LOW TABLE.
Late Qing.
90 x 44 x 32cm.
£150 - 200
198
A CHINESE LOW TABLE WITH
LATTICEWORK TOP.
Late Qing.
48 x 91 x 91cm.
£400 - 600
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199
A PAIR OF CHINESE HARDWOOD THRONE CHAIRS.
Late Qing.
98cm H. (2)
£1,000 - 1,500
200
A CHINESE INLAID TABLE.
Qing Dynasty.
75 x 42.5 x 42.5cm.
£500 - 700
201
A PAIR OF CHINESE HARDWOOD CHAIRS.
Qing Dynasty.
With a basket woven seat, 92cm H.
£400 - 600
200
202
A PAIR OF RIBBED CHINESE HARDWOOD STOOLS.
20th Century.
43cm H.
£400 - 600
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FOLLOWER OF ZHU XI (1130 – 1200).
Late Ming, or later.
A calligraphic scroll mounted triptych, boxed together with a Japanese letter of authenticity
attributing the piece directly to Zhu Xi, and various other documentation. However, the size and
format of the painting is inconsistent with a Song date and the silk brocade mounting, together
with the calligraphic style indicate a late Ming date, each painting 82cm wide. (3)
£5,000 - 7,000
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204
A CHINESE FRESCO FRAGMENT OF A LUOHAN.
Song Dynasty.
Depicted standing with each foot supported by a lotus flower, the trailing
garment embellished by florets, the face with a serene expression, the
head framed by a halo, mounted in a plaster and wood frame, 90 x
44cm.
£600 - 800
205
205
A CHINESE PAINTING OF A FLOWERING LOTUS.
Mid to late Qing.
Colours on silk, framed and glazed, the painting 25 x 18cm.
£200 - 300
206
SIX CHINESE BOTANICAL PITH PAINTING ALBUM LEAVES.
Late Qing.
Finely painted in vibrant colours, 29 x 33cm. (6)
£600 - 800
207
LT WALFORD THOMAS BELLAIRS R.N (C. 1794-1850).
Fort at Chuenpee.
Pencil and Sepia wash, inscribed verso: “Chuenpee captured 7th
January 1841. Near this fort the opium was destroyed”, 13.5 x 22.5cm.
Provenance: Martyn Gregory, Catalogue 29, No 104; Collection of
Roger Bluett (1925-2000) and thence by descent.
£200 - 400
207
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FIVE CHINESE FIGURATIVE ALBUM LEAVES DEPICTING
CHARACTERS FROM “ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS”.
Late Qing.
Depicting Hua Tuo, Lu Su, Lady Sun, Gan Ning and Lady Mi each with
an accompanying calligraphic inscription, framed and glazed, 21 x
31cm. (5)
£150 - 200
210
A PAIR OF CHINESE INK PAINTINGS.
Late Qing.
Depicting court scenes, framed and glazed, 148 x 56cm. (2)
£500 - 700
209
A CHINESE PAINTING OF BEAUTIES ENGAGED IN LEISURELY
PURSUITS.
Republican era.
Sixteen girls in total, some swinging, climbing polls and playing ball, in
front of a European style residence, framed and glazed, 67 x 45cm.
£80 - 120
211
A CHINESE ZEN FIGURE PAINTING.
Late Qing.
Brocade mounted, framed and glazed, 136 x 63cm.
£120 - 150
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A CHINESE INK PAINTING OF A WATERY LANDSCAPE.
Framed and glazed, 44.5 x 63cm.
£150 - 200
213
TWO CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLLS, EACH 32CM WIDE. (2)
£80 - 120
214
ZHANG YING (1920 – 1984).
A painting of a scholar seated under a pine playing a qin, framed and
glazed, 40 x 30cm.
£500 - 700
215
GAO XINGJIAN (1940-).
Print, marked EA 34 / 100 and signed by the artist lower right, framed
and glazed. 90 x 70cm.
Provenance: Gift from the artist to Salvatore Lombaldo, then gifted to
the present owner.
£400 - 600
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217
216
218
219
216
YANG YISUN (1812 – 1881).
A pair of calligraphic scrolls, painted on gold flecked paper, 2 seals of
the artist, mounted as hanging scrolls, 129 x 31cm.
£400 - 600
218
WU CHUBO.
Painting of pines in celebration of an official’s sixtieth birthday, scroll
mounted in pink brocade, 49 x 26cm.
£200 - 300
217
CHINESE SCHOOL.
Cyclical date, Dingchou, 1877 or 1937.
A parrot painting on silk, scroll mounted, 93 x 42cm.
£300 - 500
219
FOLLOWER OF YANG SHENG.
Jade mountain in sunlight, on silk, scroll mounted, 156 x 26cm.
£250 - 300
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221
222
220
CHINESE SCHOOL.
Late Qing.
A painting of a small rodent on a branch, scroll mounted, two
seals marks to lower left, 92 x 29cm.
£200 - 300
221
LI FENG.
A bird and flower painting, scroll mounted, 90 x 51cm.
£300 - 400
223
222
FOLLOWER OF WANG FANG (1799 – 1877).
Qing Dynasty.
A landscape painting, scroll mounted, end damaged, 126 x
37cm.
£400 - 600
223
CHINESE SCHOOL.
A painting of a beauty, mounted as a hand scroll, 53 x 85cm.
£100 - 200
224 No Lot
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CHINESE SCHOOL.
Plum blossom ink painted, scroll mounted,
seal mark and signature to lower right, 50 x
60cm.
£200 - 300
226
YI ZHAO.
Late Qing.
Landscape painting, scroll mounted, two
seals of the artist, 130 x 40cm.
£300 - 500
227
SCHOOL OF XU BEIHONG.
Galloping horse painting, thought to be
produced by a student of the artist, scroll
mounted, 99 x 50cm.
£400 - 600
228
LIU YUAN.
2nd half of 20th Century.
Painting in honour of Qi Baishi, scroll
mounted.
£400 - 600
225
226
56
227
228
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HUANG ZHOU (1925 –
1997).
Painting of donkeys, scroll
mounted, 44 x 66cm.
£2,000 - 4,000
229
230
FOUR LARGE INK STUDIES OF MALE NUDES.
20th Century, 164 x 93cm. (4)
£500 - 700
230
231
TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF MEDICAL
FIGURE SHOWING MUSCLES AND
BONES.
133 x 64cm.
£200 - 300
231
232
A QUANTITY OF ACUPUNCTURE /
MEDICAL POSTERS.
3rd quarter of 20th Century.
Scroll mounted (Quantity).
£300 - 500
232
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LOTS 233 – 237: AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION OF INDONESIAN TEXTILES
233
233
AN IKAT HAND SPUN COTTON TEXTILE.
Indonesia, c. 1900.
164 x 94cm.
£400 - 600
234
234
TWO SILK BATIK SHAWLS.
East Java, c. 1900.
298 x 58 / 253 x 54cm. (2)
£1000 - 1500
235
235
A CEREMONIAL HAND SPUN COTTON TEXTILE.
Lampung, South Sumatra, late 19th Century.
Natural dyes, 77 x 60cm.
£400 - 600
236
A WEFT IKAT, KEMARE, PANTALOONS
CLOTH.
Early 20th Century.
Natural dyes, 340 x 88cm.
£1,000 - 1,500
237
A COTTON IKAT SHAWL.
Timur, Indonesia, early 20th Century.
212 x 120cm.
£400 - 600
236
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A BURMESE PARABAIK.
Konbaung Dynasty, 19th Century.
Depicting the Buddha’s relics being honoured by the Malla Kings, a part
from the Life of Buddha, framed and glazed, 49 x 186cm.
£100 - 200
239
A BURMESE MAHAKALA,
DEVIL PROTECTOR
19th Century
Carved from lacquered
wood, with mounted antler
horns, mounted on a stand,
72cm H including stand.
£2,000 - 4,000
240
A KHMER SANDSTONE FIGURE OF
UMA.
Baphuon style, 2nd half of 11th
century.
Carved in the round, with braided
hair rising to a domed topknot, her
sampot wrapped around the waist
and forming a fishtail sash, 61cm H.
£2,000 - 3,000
241
A KHMER SANDSTONE
MALE HEAD.
Koh Ker style, 2nd
quarter of 10th Century.
With a benign face, the
hair drawn into a conical
chignon secured with a
foliate tiara, 29cm H with
stand.
£1,500 - 2,000
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AN ARCHITECTURAL STONE FRAGMENT.
Java, 14th Century.
Carved in relief depicting three figures, 38 x 33 x 13cm.
£600 - 800
243
A LARGE BURMESE WHITE MARBLE RECLINING BUDDHA.
Lying on a rectangular plinth raised on a metal stand. 39 x 83 x 39cm,
together with a smaller reclining Buddha, 21 x 42 x 13cm. (2)
£500 - 700
244
A BURMESE WHITE MARBLE SEATED BUDDHA.
Circa 19th Century.
Seated in maravijaya supported on a pedestal, and decorated in gold
with inlaid glass, 58cm H.
£700 - 900
245
A BURMESE WHITE MARBLE SEATED BUDDHA.
Circa 19th Century.
Seated in maravijaya supported on a pedestal. 68cm H.
£400 - 600
246
TWO SMALL BURMESE WHITE MARBLE BUDDHAS.
20.5cm / 23cm H.
£150 - 200
247
A SEATED BUDDHA PLAQUE.
Mounted on a rectangular Perspex base. 8 x 4.5cm.
£300 - 400
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A LARGE THAI BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA.
Sturdily cast seated in maravijaya, his right hand in
bhumisparsha mudra and left resting on the lap,
dressed in a diaphanous sanghati with a pleat draped
over his left shoulder leaving his chest semi-bare, the
face with a serene expression and downcast eyes.
60cm H.
£1,000 - 2,000
249
A THAI GILT BRONZE STANDING
BRONZE FIGURES.
Standing with both hands in the
abhayamudra and raised on a lotus
pedestal supported by a stepped
plinth. 37.5cm H.
£400 - 600
250
A THAI GILT BRONZE SEATED
BUDDHA.
Raised on a stepped plinth, 27cm H.
£300 - 500
251
A LARGE MARTABAN
BLACK-GLAZED JAR.
South East Asia, 17th Century.
The shoulders with three
looped lugs, the body
decorated with raised dots
between raised vertical lines,
61cm H.
£1,500 - 2,000
252
AN ARCHITECTURAL
SANDSTONE FRAGMENT.
Central India, 11th Century.
Carved with a figure of
Vishnu, 55 x 23 x 6cm.
£1,000 - 1,500
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253
TWO INDIAN COPPER ALLOY STANDING FIGURES, ONE VISHNU,
THE OTHER LAKSHMI.
North India, 19th Century.
Each raised on a double lotus pedestal. 80 / 84cm. (2)
£300 - 500
254
A PAIR OF INDIAN HORN CARVINGS OF DEER.
Realistically modelled, seated with legs tucked and heads slightly raised, 8.5cm H.
£120 - 150
255
AN INDIAN MINIATURE BRONZE FIGURE OF
VISHNU.
India, 17th / 18th Century.
Holding a conch shell and the chakra, 6cm H.
£100 - 200
257
256
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256
A QAJAR DAMASCENED
STEEL MIRROR CASE.
Iran, late 19th Century.
The rounded case with
opening front panel, on a
stand with a domed base,
the acid-etched decoration
with seated figures and
floral motifs, 70cm H.
£600 - 800
257
AN EGYPTIAN TENT HANGING TEXTILE.
Cira 1900.
Decorated with geometric patterns with two calligraphic
panels reading “welcome” in Arabic, 288 x 227cm.
£200 - 300
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TWO MOGHUL INDIAN OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURES.
Late 18th Century.
An inscription on the reverse reads: “These are said to be the children of
the Nawab of Oudh, India. I was given the miniatures by one of his
descendants, whose grandfather, after the mutiny, had sought refuge in
Bhagdad. I often visited the giver... in 1902. I believe these miniatures relate
to the Royal family and are of a much earlier date, El Sagastane”
Another attached note reads: “These are the children of the last King of
Oudh who sided against the British in the Indian Mutiny. His Spode tea set
with the arms of Oudh painted on them was taken from the palace by
General Wilkie and is now in his house at Malvern. Genearl Barnor.. saved
the Taluqdars of Oudh, the majority of whom had remained loyal to the
Raj... For this act the Taluqdars in gratitude erected a statue of him in
Lucknow. He was the first and probably the only British subject to receive
such an honour from the Indian Community, Regards Lousada Barrow”.
Mounted, framed and glazed, the paintings 10 x 8cm.
Provenance: Collection of Roger Bluett, then by descent to the present
owner.
£300 - 500
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A TIBETAN SEATED BRONZE FIGURE OF VAIROCANA.
West Tibet, 13th Century.
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base the front of which is decorated with a panel depicting a pair of snow lions, both hands in bodhyagrimudra,
wearing numerous body ornaments, the face with serene expression, painted facial details, elongated earlobes with ear rings, five leaf crown, blue
coloured high chignon, appears to be unopened, 21.5cm H.
£20,000 - 30,000
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A TIBETAN GILT COPPER ALLOY GHANTA AND VAJRA.
The four-pronged vajra, with eight petal foliate elements, and a double
band of pearls at the centre, 11cm long, the ghanta bell cast with royal
emblems alternating with kirtimukha linked between bands of vajras,
with letters in Lantsa script ensconced in lotus petals on the shoulder,
the copper grip surmounted by a tiara and eight-pronged vajra finial,
17cm H, together with a tingsha set decorated with dragons and
Buddhist emblems 7.5cm diameter. (3)
£100 - 200
261
A ROCK CRYSTAL ELEPHANT.
Nepal, 19th / 20th Century.
Decorated with gilt copper filigree inlaid with turquoise and coral, 13cm
H.
£200 - 300
262
A WOODEN KILA.
Nepal, 18th Century.
The handle made up by a
three-headed deity, the
lower half with a tripartite
blade issuing from the jaws
of a makara, with snakes
writhing in and out of the
open mouth, 21cm H.
£800 - 1,200
263
A TANGKA PAINTING.
Tibet, 19th Century.
Depicting Vajradhara seated on a lotus flower, surrounded by
four deities, mounted in silk brocade, framed and glazed, 70 x
55cm.
£200 - 300
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264
A SINO TIBETAN GILT BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF
AVALOKITESVARA
17th /18th C
Seated in vajrasana, hands in dhyanamudra, ribbons trailing over the
arms, wearing an elaborate crown, inlaid with turquoise and coral, 11cm
H.
£2,000 - 3,000
265
265
A TIBETAN BRONZE FINIAL.
17 / 18th C or earlier.
12cm H.
£600 - 800
266
266
A TIBETAN SUTRA.
19th Century.
Each leaf with woodblock prints on each side, the first two and last page illustrated. Unbound with wooden covers. 12.5 x 57 x 11cm.
Provenance: Reputedly purchased in 1945 at Kalimpong, North India, from Rev. Thaichin (mentioned by Sir Charles Bell, Portrait of the Dalai Lama,
Collins, 1946, pp. 369, 383), Mr Tharchin told the present owner that it was a treatise on the medical properties of nectar, printed in a monastery at
(perhaps) Gyantse which was destroyed by fire about 1908.
£200 - 300
66
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267
A JAPANESE FUKAGAWA VASE.
Late Meiji.
With ten differently-decorated vertical panels. Signed Fukagawa-sei to
base. 15cm H.
£200 - 300
268
A JAPANESE NABISHIMA WEAR BEAKER.
9cm H.
£200 - 300
269
AN AOTE KUTANI TIGER PLATE.
19th Century.
Probably Yoshidaya, Fuku mark to base, 21cm diameter.
£100 - 200
270
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN EWER AND COVER, SURMOUNTED BY A
BUDDHIST LION.
Circa 1900.
Decorated with densely scrolling flowers, with two panels each depicting
a Samurai on horseback submerged in water, 31cm H.
£100 - 200
271
A SELECTION OF SIX PIECES OF JAPANESE SUMIDA WARE (6).
£100 - 200
272
A JAPANESE HEART-FORM BOX AND COVER.
By Hozan, early 20th C.
Blue glazed rim, decorated overall in enamels and gilt, with a scene of
ladies with a child. Shimazu ron family crest, signed Hozan beneath a
Shimazu-mon. 10 x 8 x 3cm.
£80 - 120
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ VASES.
Meiji period.
Each of ovoid form with flaring mouth, decorated in coloured enamels
with panels of cockerels and flowers, reserved with geometric the neck
and flaring foot with geometric panels. 38cm H (2).
£1,200 - 1,500
274
A JAPANESE MIYABE ATSUYOSHI
BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A MUSICIAN
WITH CONTORTED FACIAL
EXPRESSION.
Meiji Period, late 19th Century.
Signed atsuyoshi saku and sealed maruki
shachu sei. 41cm H.
£200 - 300
275
A JAPANESE BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A SAMURAI
WARRIOR.
57.5cm H.
£2,000 - 3,000
276
AN EROTIC BRONZE
BATHING SCENE.
Meiji, late 19th Century.
Depicting a young
women in a loosely
fitted towel holding a
wash bowl beside a
larger vessel, the base
fixed to a wooden
stand. 17cm H.
£100 - 200
277
A JAPANESE GILT BRONZE PHEASANT.
Meiji, signed Masatsune chi.
19cm H, 45cm long.
£1,500 - 2,000
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A JAPANESE PAIR OF TORTOISESHELL-EFFECT GLASSES.
Early 20th Century.
Together with a shagreen case, 18cm. (2)
£80 - 120
279
A JAPANESE ANTIMONY AND COPPER TRAY.
Late Meiji.
Decorated with three monkeys at play, 9.5cm diameter.
£80 - 120
281
A JAPANESE PORTRAIT
WOODBLOCK PRINT.
Late Meiji.
With a calligraphic inscription
above, scroll mounted, the
print 26.5 x 36cm, together
with a framed English
translation. (2)
£100 - 200
280
A JAPANESE SILVER CIGARETTE CASE AND COMPACT.
c. 1920.
The rectangular cigarette case decorated in relief with a building below
pines, marked “950 Silver” on the interior, boxed, the circular compact
with mixed metal inlay, both engraved on the reverse with “Blackie F.” (2)
£100 - 200
282
A JAPANESE ALBUM OF WOODCUTS.
Late Meiji.
16 pages, one leaf has been removed and framed, 26.5 x
36cm.
£200 - 300
283
TAKIZAWA KIYOSHI [INTERLACED PATTERN BOOK].
Tokyo, 1884.
A book of 86 leaves each containing 6 monochrome patterns printed
from copper plates, 7.5 x 16cm.
£60 - 80
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A JAPANESE SUJI KABUTO.
Lacquered black and fitted with gilt-brass mounts, the four-lameshikoro
laced in orange finishing in fukigaeshi applied with stencilled leather,
15cm H.
£100 - 200
284
A JAPANESE BAMBOO BIRD CAGE.
Late Meiji.
75cm H.
£800 - 1,200
LOTS 287 – 297: JAPANESE INRO
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
287
A FOUR CASE INRO.
Decorated with a dragon among clouds in hiramaki-e
with wood netsuke mushrooms, unsigned. 7.5 x 6cm.
£100 - 200
288
THREE TWO-CASE RED LACQUER INRO.
One decorated with a scholar and child under a pine
tree, with a horn netsuke, unsigned. 6.5 x 7cm;
another with a ribbed netsuke and a black lacquered
ojime. 6 x 6cm; and a further decorated with a hawk,
with a figurative netsuke and bead ojime, 7 x 7cm. (3)
£120 - 150
70
286
A CERAMIC MODEL OF
FUKUROKUJU.
The head unglazed, modelled
holding a scroll and staff, the robe
covered in toku and fuku
characters, with a wood scroll
stand. 25cm H.
£80 - 120
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289
A TWO CASE WOOD INRO.
With gilt inlaid Nanatsuboshi / Shichiyo mon on the inro
and manju, and a coral ojime. 6 x 4cm.
£100 - 200
290
A CINNABAR LACQUER FOUR CASE INRO.
With scrolling floral spray, with a bead ojime, 7.5 x 5cm.
£120 - 150
291
A BLACK LACQUERED
FOUR CASE INRO.
Decorated in takamakie
with a Buddhist lion on one
side and peonies on the
reverse, with a manju
netsuke decorated in gold
with pine branches and an
inlaid white metal ojime.
6.5 x 5cm.
£100 - 200
292
A BLACK LACQUERED SINGLE CASE INRO.
With a carved wood netsuke and bead ojime. 5 x 7.5cm, together with a plain
black lacquered single case inro with bronze head netsuke and bead ojime.
5 x 8cm; and a further plain black lacquered three case inro 7.5 x 5cm. (3)
£120 - 150
293
A GOLD LACQUERED THREE CASE INRO
With a wooden child netsuke and agate ojime. 5 x
6cm.
£80 - 120
294
A BLACK LACQUER SINGLE CASE INRO.
Decorated in takamakie with a tiger on a bamboo
branch, with a walnut netsuke and bead ojime. 5.5
x 9cm.
£150 - 200
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295
A BLACK LACQUERED THREE CASE INRO.
With brass netsuke and bead ojime. 6.5 x 6cm.
£100 - 150
296
A FOUR CASE INRO.
Each side decorated with a Kotobuki character,
bronze double wrestling Sumo netsuke and bead
ojime, 7 x 6cm.
£120 - 150
297
A LACQUERED FOUR
CASE INRO. Decorated
with peonies, with a
figurative netsuke and
bead ojime. 9.5 x 5cm;
together with a
lacquered two case inro
with bead ojime, 6.5 x
5cm. (2)
£80 - 120
298
THREE ASSORTED
JAPANESE
WOODBLOCK PRINTS,
36 x 24cm. (3)
£100 - 150
299
A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF A
MONKEY, together with another woodblock print,
14.5 x 24cm / 34 x 24cm. (2)
£100 - 200
300
A JAPANESE PAINTING OF A DOG TURNING TO
OBSERVE THE MOON,
91 x 64cm.
The reverse inscribed, John Harriott, Spinks 1987.
£300 - 500
72
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Tuesday 12th May
Rugs
Tuesday 19th May
Tuesday 26th May
Jewellery and Watches followed by Rugs
Tuesday 2nd June
Wine and Spirits
Tuesday 9th June
Fine Art
Wednesday 10th June
Tuesday 16th June
Antiquities
Tuesday 23rd June
Rugs
Wednesday 24th June
Tuesday 30th June
Medals and Militaria followed by Rugs
Tuesday 7th July
20th Century and Contemporary Art and Design
Tuesday 14th July
European Porcelain and Glass
Wednesday 29th July
Tuesday 4th August
Tuesday 11th August
Jewellery and Watches
Tuesday 1st September
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