Gorringe's Auctioneers Fine Summer 2022

Lot 208
A Chinese bamboo group of
boy riding a buffalo, 18th/19th
century, of caramel brown patina,
12.5cm high
Lot 209
£300 - 500
A Chinese bamboo group
of Shou Lao riding a deer,
18th/19th century, caramel
brown patina, the deer biting
lingzhi in its mouth, 21cm high
Lot 210
£400 - 600
A Chinese bamboo figure of a
seated fisherman, 19th century,
holding a rod in his right hand
and a fish in his left, with waves
lapping by his feet 16.5cm high
Lot 211
£400 - 600
A fine Chinese rhinoceros horn
‘Ode to the Red Cliff’ libation
cup, 17th/18th century, carved in
high relief and open work with the
figure of two men on a boat below
an overhanging cliff with shrubs
and a pine tree and clouds above
them, the cup of toffee colour
ranging to a deep caramel colour,
15.2cm long, 9.8cm high
Lot 212
£5,000 - 8,000
A Chinese hardwood tray,
possibly zitan, 19th century
35cm x 24 cm
Lot 213
£300 - 400
A Chinese inscribed bamboo
arm or wrist rest, Kangxi
period, carved in relief with
a horse, pine and rock to a
roundel and incised with a three
column calligraphic inscription,
warm caramel brown patina.
Provenance - Dr J W H Grice
(1891-1976) collection, label
no.37. This arm or wrist rest is
illustrated in Dr Grice’s article
‘Chinese Bamboo Carving’ in
Country Life magazine in 1954.
23.8cm high
Lot 214
£800 - 1,200
A Chinese gilt-decorated
lacquer games box, mid 19th
century, typically decorated with
figures amid pavilions and trees,
the interior fitted with similarly
decorated boxes and gaming
trays containing a large collection
of Cantonese carved and
engraved mother-of-pearl gaming
counters, 37.5cm wide
Lot 215
£400 - 600
A Chinese green and russet
jade ‘lotus leaf’ brushwasher,
17th/18th century, carved as
a curled lotus leaf with incised
decoration, the celadon green
stone with russet inclusions,
13.5cm across, wood stand
Lot 216
£1,500 - 2,000
A Chinese pale celadon and
russet jade archer’s ring, early
20th century 3.4cm diameter
Lot 217
£400 - 600
A Chinese celadon jade figure
of a boy holding a lotus sprig,
19th century, 5.2cm high
Lot 218
£250 - 350
Two Chinese grey and black
seal script inscribed jade
beads, possibly Han dynasty,
each face inscribed with four seal
script characters, largest bead 2.5
cm
£200 - 300
Lot 219
Two Chinese archaic jade
figures of a man, probably
Western Zhou to Han dynasty,
the smaller highly stylised
human figure in green and
brown mottled jade, cf. Charles
Stanley Nott, Chinese Jade,
1936, plate XI for a similar figure
in the Eumorfopoulos collection,
British museum, described as
Western Zhou, 6.3cm high and
the second figure carved as an
official, his robes with low relief
with C scrolls, in green black and
russet jade, cf. Jade figures with
similar features, Chinese Jade
throughout the ages, exhibition
catalogue 1 May – 22 June 1975
Victoria and Albert Museum with
similar features, figures 140-142.
Lot 220
£400 - 600
A Chinese archaistic yellow and
russet jade openwork plaque,
possibly Song-Yuan dynasty, in
the form of a dragon and young,
carved in relief with scrolls, 6.8cm
Lot 221
£600 - 800
A Chinese pale celadon
jade carving of a duck, Jin-
Yuan dynasty its head turned
backward and grasping a peach
sprig in its beak, 4.8cm long
Lot 222
£600 - 800
Two Chinese jade carvings,
Ming dynasty or later the first a
green and russet jade carving of
peaches and curled leaves, 5 cm,
the second a disc carved with two
boys in brown and russet mottled
celadon jade, 4.5cm
£300 - 400