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226<br />

A Chinese sapphire blue and white<br />

charger of circular shape, with foliate<br />

rim, painted with a central lotus flower<br />

and radiating lotus leave panels, each<br />

painted with rock and flower designs.<br />

On the reverse, painted floral decoration<br />

and a central open lozenge (the symbol<br />

of victory) inside a central double ring.<br />

diameter 370. Kangxi period c.1695-<br />

1720. Hair crack. See page 13. $4500<br />

227<br />

An ox-blood glazed Chinese porcelain<br />

bowl of attractive simple shallow<br />

tapering shape marked under the foot<br />

ring with a five character inscription<br />

associating the bowl with the Quing<br />

Royal Dining Hall. Diameter 140. See<br />

page 13. $700<br />

228<br />

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase<br />

marked with an impressed Qianlong<br />

seal mark highlighted with traces of gilt<br />

under the foot. the monochromatic<br />

turquoise ground decorated with song<br />

birds and flowering plants carved in<br />

low relief to the body and decorated<br />

in polychrome enamel. Height 245.<br />

See page 13. $1100<br />

229<br />

A Chinese porcelain Wusancai shouldered<br />

vessel decorated with kylin and<br />

flowering plants, the shoulder decorated<br />

with an iron red geometric pattern.<br />

Height 110. $600<br />

230<br />

A late Qing Chinese porcelain vase,<br />

baluster shape, decorated with a nobleman<br />

and an attendant boy. Height<br />

165. $650<br />

231<br />

A Chinese porcelain ox-blood monochromatic<br />

glazed vase of shouldered<br />

shape with a trumpet neck. Four character<br />

Kangxi mark in underglaze blue<br />

under the foot ring. Height 205. See<br />

page 13. $750<br />

232<br />

A Chinese porcelain monochromatic<br />

blue glazed vase, six character Qing<br />

dynasty Guangxu reign marks under<br />

the base. of square section with a<br />

small circular neck and with elephant’s<br />

heads handles issuing from the sides.<br />

Height 300. See page 13. $1500<br />

233<br />

A fine Chinese porcelain small dish<br />

decorated in underglaze blue with a<br />

coastal landscape, framed by landscape<br />

vignettes. The underside with<br />

tenmoku-type glaze and a six character<br />

Qing, Kangxi mark. Diameter 135.<br />

Along with a famille rose saucer dish<br />

and a celadon glazed shallow bowl,<br />

both faulted. $350<br />

234<br />

A Chinese porcelain vessel modelled<br />

after an archaic bronze Kuei form vessel,<br />

squat circular shape with two loop<br />

handles issuing from the sides, mottled<br />

green glaze to the interior and exterior.<br />

Diameter 220. $700<br />

235<br />

A small porcelain incense burner with<br />

a green tea dust glaze, modelled after<br />

the archaic form. Qianlong seal mark<br />

impressed under the base. diameter<br />

85. See page 13. $700<br />

236<br />

A Chinese porcelain tea caddy of<br />

cylindrical shape with a serpentine<br />

outline decorated with a landscape<br />

10<br />

view and calligraphic inscription. The<br />

domed lid similarly painted with a<br />

coastal landscape. Four characters<br />

painted in iron-red decorate the shoulder.<br />

Height 120. See page 13. $225<br />

237<br />

A Chinese porcelain cylindrical brush<br />

pot decorated in famille rose enamels<br />

with precious objects along with<br />

various other motifs. Printed seal mark<br />

under the foot. Height 130. $300<br />

238<br />

A Chinese porcelain small square lidded<br />

box, the lid decorated with three<br />

figures in a landscape and with calligraphic<br />

inscription. the walls decorated<br />

with floral sprigs. Chips to wall.<br />

110 x 55. $250<br />

239<br />

A Chinese porcelain shallow bowl<br />

decorated in the Ming manner in<br />

underglaze blue with a lotus leaf and<br />

flower, framed by a blue dot border.<br />

Diameter 290. $250<br />

240<br />

A Chinese porcelain squat circular jardiniere,<br />

decorated in famille verte enamels<br />

with figures of deities in a celestial<br />

landscape. Diameter 270. $550<br />

241<br />

A pair of Chinese porcelain Susancai<br />

(famille verte) shoulder vases decorated<br />

with prunus boughs, song birds and<br />

rocky outcrops on a black ground, the<br />

shoulder decorated with a diaper pattern,<br />

the trumpet shaped neck similarly<br />

decorated as the body. A geometric<br />

panel design encircles the foot. six<br />

character Qing Dynasty Kangxi reign<br />

marks under the bases. Height 415.<br />

See page 13. $2000<br />

242<br />

A Chinese porcelain provincial Ming<br />

bowl decorated to the interior in<br />

underglazed blue with foliate tendrils,<br />

the exterior tenmoku glazed, raised on<br />

a carved and pierced wood stand.<br />

Diameter 285. $125<br />

243<br />

A Qing Dynasty Guangxu six character<br />

marked porcelain bowl. Broad double<br />

cavetto shape, the interior decorated<br />

with eight precious objects surrounding<br />

a foliate medallion to the centre.<br />

diameter 210. See page 13. $900<br />

244<br />

A Chinese porcelain bowl marked with<br />

Qing, Guangxu seal mark under the foot<br />

ring. decorated to the exterior with an<br />

encircling band of flowering and fruiting<br />

vines beneath a border of swastika motifs,<br />

the interior decorated with a medallion<br />

incorporating both elements. diameter<br />

130, height 65. See page 13. $700<br />

245<br />

A pair of Canton enamel porcelain<br />

vases, ovoid shape with lids surmounted<br />

by foo dogs, dragons moulded to<br />

the shoulder, painted with landscaped<br />

panels and figures on a veranda, (a.f.).<br />

Height 290. $ 175<br />

246<br />

An old Chinese stoneware shouldered<br />

wine jar with a green-olive glaze, over<br />

painted subsequently with colourful<br />

decoration and chinese characters.<br />

considerable distress to the painted<br />

surfaces. Height 490. $140<br />

247<br />

A small Chinese export ware porcelain<br />

teapot, shouldered cylindrical<br />

shape painted in enamels with insects<br />

amongst flowers, the domed lid with a<br />

gilded finial, the short spout with gilded<br />

tip. Height 120. $175<br />

248<br />

A carved rosewood figure of the sage<br />

Gama sennin. rosewood inlaid with<br />

silver wire decoration. Height 200. $100<br />

249<br />

Two Chinese figural temple carvings,<br />

one a phoenix in flight with blossom (the<br />

empress), the other a dragon amongst<br />

cloud (the emperor), both deeply<br />

carved and with some original red and<br />

black colouring with remnants of gilt<br />

highlighting, some losses. Length 600<br />

and 620, height 220 and 240, mounted<br />

on contemporary wooden stands. Provenance<br />

ex. the oppenheim collection,<br />

Waikanae, collected in china during the<br />

Cultural Revolution, c.1960’s. $550<br />

250<br />

A Chinese cloisonne shoulder vase,<br />

decorated in colour with goldfish in<br />

a lily pond, on a rich red ground and<br />

further decorated under the clear<br />

surface with an engraving of swimming<br />

fish. Silver mounted at the mouth and<br />

foot. Height 180. $200<br />

251<br />

A pair of large archaic style Chinese<br />

hardstone Bi discs decorated in low<br />

relief with patterns of phoenix birds and<br />

dragons. Green and brown nephrite.<br />

Diameter 295. $175<br />

252<br />

A pair of 19thC Chinese cloisonne vases,<br />

cylindrical shouldered shape, decorated<br />

with butterflies, insects and flowering<br />

plants on a bleu celeste ground. colourful<br />

stylised borders decorate the short<br />

neck and shoulder. Provenance: ex.<br />

the Alan Firth Collection. Height 245.<br />

Along with a chinese cloisonne table<br />

censer. See page 13. $400<br />

253<br />

A brass statue of Hotei, the god sits<br />

displaying his corpulent belly, upon a<br />

carved rosewood base. Overall height<br />

250. $140<br />

254<br />

Two Chinese watercolours painted<br />

on fan shaped panels, one depicting<br />

an old man fishing accompanied<br />

by a young boy sitting underneath<br />

a blossom tree and inscribed with a<br />

calligraphic poem. the other depicts<br />

five young boys in a landscape, again<br />

with calligraphic inscription. Width 520,<br />

height 175 each. $150<br />

255<br />

An old Chinese hardwood carving of<br />

the standing Ho Tei with open mouth,<br />

inlaid eyes and teeth and shaped<br />

plinth base. Height 390. $150<br />

256<br />

Two Chinese watercolours painted on<br />

fan shaped panels, one depicting three<br />

scholars seated at a table in a garden,<br />

inscribed with calligraphy. the other<br />

depicting five galloping horses in extensive<br />

landscape, again calligraphically<br />

inscribed. Width 520, height 175. $150<br />

257<br />

A Chinese ink and watercolour painting<br />

by Feng Zi Kai, a garden landscape<br />

with buildings and figures, calligraphic<br />

inscription and seal marks. on rice<br />

paper. 355 x 260. $200<br />

258<br />

A Chinese watercolour on rice paper

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