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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