Gorringe's Asian Ceramics and Works of Art November 12 2024 | 12.00pm

Gorringe’s
Asian Art
Tuesday12th November 2024
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ASIAN WORKS OF ART
Tuesday 12th November
12.00pm
Dan Bray
+44 (0)1273 472503
danb@gorringes.co.uk
15 North Street, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2PE
ORDER OF SALE
Japanese & Korean Ceramics 1 - 47
Japanese Works of Art 48 - 64
Chinese Ceramics 65 - 206
Chinese Furniture 207 - 213
Chinese Carvings, Jades, Hardstones
& Indian Carvings 214 - 286
Chinese Bronzes, Enamels Etc 287 - 311
Chinese Pictures & Textiles 312 - 345
VIEWING
Friday 8th November 9 - 4.30p.m
Saturday 9th November 9 - 1.00p.m
Monday 11th November 9 - 4.30p.m
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Cover: Lot 129
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Japanese & Korean
Ceramics
1 - 47
At 12.00pm
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Lot 1
A pair of unusual Satsuma reticulated
double-walled vases, 19th century, of
double gourd form, each painted with
Samurai battle scenes interspersed
by pierced diaper panels, gosu blue
tied ribbons and rockwork, unmarked,
39.5cm high, one vase repaired
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 2
A Japanese
Imari style coffee
pot, Hizen ware,
c.1700-1730, of
hexagonal tapering
form, the panelled
body moulded in
low relief with the
figures of samurai,
bijin and flowers,
European bronze
spigot tap, on three
figural feet, 40.3cm
high, repairs
Estimate £250 - 350
Lot 3
Makuzu Kozan, a
miniature baluster
vase, c.1900-10,
decorated with a finch
seated on a maple
branch, underglaze blue
seal mark, 7.5cm high,
wood stand
Estimate £150 - 200
Lot 4
A Japanese Satsuma square koro, Meiji period, decorated
with bijin, samurai and a rakan and boy in landscapes,
rectangular handles, inscribed mark to base ‘Da Nihon..
Satsuma yaki Seizan?’, gilt metal pierced cover, 12cm wide
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 5
A Japanese Satsuma chrysanthemum petal
lobed dish, Meiji period, painted to fan and
leaf shaped reserves with bijin and samurai in
landscapes, signed to the base, 19.1cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 6
A Japanese Satsuma circular box and
cover, early 20th century, painted with a
disc shaped landscape reserve overlapping
bamboo, two character mark to base, 11.9cm
diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 7
A Japanese Satsuma ‘Shichifuku-Jin’
octagonal jar and
cover, Meiji period, painted with
the Seven Gods of Happiness,
the domed cover with brocade
pattern, gilt character mark to
base, 28.5cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 8
A Japanese Satsuma blue
ground ovoid vase, Meiji
period, painted with courtesans
in a landscape, the reverse
with Kwannon and rakan in a
landscape, with gilt-decorated
cobalt blue borders, gilt ten
character mark to base, 26cm
high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 9
A Japanese Satsuma ovoid koro and cover, Meiji period, painted
with dignitaries and courtesans in an interior, the reverse with a
landscape scene, brocade pattern borders, the domed cover pierced
with a phoenix motif, on three curved feet, four character signature to
the base, 11.7cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 10
A pair of Japanese Satsuma double gourd-shaped miniature vases,
early 20th century, each painted with boys playing in an interior, the
reverse with courtesans, unmarked, 10.1cm high
Estimate £250 - 350
Lot 11
A group of ten Japanese Satsuma
topped hair pins, early 20th
century, of different shapes,
variously decorated with flowers,
brocade patterns or a samurai,
largest overall 27.9cm in length
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 12
A large Japanese Satsuma blue
ground ‘bijin’ vase, Meiji period, of
tall waisted form, painted with bijin
and children in a landscape, within gilt
decorated cobalt blue borders, gilt four
character mark to base, 32cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 13
A pair of Japanese Satsuma miniature cylindrical vases,
by Kinkozan, early 20th century, one painted with birds
amid wisteria, the second with birds amid bamboo, on three
shaped feet, impressed for character mark ‘Kinkozan so’,
7cm high, hairline crack
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 14
A Japanese Satsuma ‘chicken’ box and cover,
by Kinkozan, Meiji period, the slightly domed
cover painted with a group of chickens pecking
amid maple leaves, the sides decorated with birds
amid maple branches, on three scroll feet, gilt four
character seal mark to base ‘Kinkozan so’, 9.2cm
diameter, cover chipped
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 15
A Japanese Satsuma ovoid jar and cover, by Kinkozan, Meiji
period, painted with figures in a continuous river landscape
scene, within ‘thousand butterfly’ borders, the drum shaped
cover enclosing the original inner cover, gilt three character mark
‘Kinkozan so’, 9.2cm high, damage to covers
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 16
A pair of Japanese Satsuma globular koros, Meiji period, each painted
with figures in chrysanthemum petal lobed reserves on a brocade pattern
ground, on three scroll feet, three character signature to base, 7.7cm high,
lacking covers
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 17
A pair of Japanese Satsuma small
dishes, by Kinkozan, early 20th
century, each painted with figures in
landscapes within brocade pattern
borders, three character signature
‘Kinkozan’ to base, 11cm diameter
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 18
A Satsuma ‘millefleur’ miniature vase, by
Kinkozan, early 20th century, painted with multiple
polychrome flowers, three character signature to
base ‘Kinkozan’, 4.4cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 19
A Japanese Satsuma
square koro and
cover, early 20th
century, painted to
each side with samurai
in landscapes, ten
character inscription
to frieze, the body
applied with a pair of
animal mask handles,
the square cover
with button finial, on
four bracket feet, two
character mark to base,
8.8cm wide
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 20
A Japanese Satsuma miniature vase, by Kinkozan,
Meiji period, painted with ladies and children to fanshaped
reserves, decorated with brocade patterns
and flowers on a cobalt blue ground, impressed four
character seal mark ‘Kinkozan so’, 8.7cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 21
A Japanese Satsuma square section vase, Meiji
period, painted with rakan visiting a group of elders and
other figures in a landscape, brocade pattern borders,
gilt eight character mark to base, 22.6cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 22
A pair of Japanese Satsuma blue ground globular vases, Meiji
period, painted with battling samurai and ladies in gardens, within
cobalt blue gilt flower decorated borders, unmarked, 13cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 23
A Japanese Satsuma U-shaped bowl,
Meiji period, painted with Kwannon,
rakan and attendants to the exterior and
samurai to the interior, six character
signature to base, 12.6cm diameter, with
original presentation box
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 24
A Japanese Satsuma
‘egrets’ baluster vase,
by Kinkozan, Meiji
period, painted with
two egrets and other
birds amid foliage, gilt
four character seal
mark and impressed
four character seal
mark to base, 20cm
high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 25
A Japanese Satsuma relief moulded ‘rakan’ vase, Meiji
period, painted with Kwannon, rakan and other figures in
a landscape, some of the figures and rockwork moulded in
relief, two character signature to base, 18.2cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 26
A Japanese Satsuma
small ovoid vase, Meiji
period, painted with a
procession of figures,
within brocade pattern
borders, three character
signature to base, 9.5cm
high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 27
A pair of Japanese Satsuma ‘dragon’
vases, Meiji period, each painted with
samurai, ladies and rakan in landscape
reserves, the shoulder modelled with a gilt
dragon, two character signature to base,
18.5cm high
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 28
A Japanese Satsuma ‘garden scene’
dish, Meiji period, painted with figures in
a landscape to a fan shaped reserve with
flowers and brocade below, six character mark
to base, 21.5cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 29
A pair of Japanese Satsuma ‘boys’ ovoid vases,
Meiji period, finely painted with boys playing
and acting as adults, the reverse with figures in
landscapes, inscriptions within the design, 28.2cm
high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 30
A large Japanese Satsuma koro and cover,
Meiji period, the globular body applied with a
pair of pierced gilt floral handles, the pierced
domed cover surmounted by a figure, on three
scroll feet, painted with seated and standing bijin,
three character signature to base, remnants of
label, 26.2cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 31
A large Japanese Satsuma
blue ground vase, by
Kozan, Meiji period, finely
painted with samurai in a
landscape, the reverse with
women and children in a
landscape, gilt six character
mark to base ‘Da Nihon,
Kozan so’, 46cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 32
A pair of Japanese Satsuma hexagonal vases, signed
?Kozan, early 20th century, each painted with a group
of samurai in a landscape, the reverse with bamboo and
maple, brocade pattern borders, gilt three character marks to
base, 18.6cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 33
A pair of Japanese Satsuma bottle vases,
Meiji period, painted with shaped reserves of
bijin, scholars, birds in-flight and sea creatures,
on a brocade pattern ground, unsigned, 14.8cm
high, one rim chip
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 34
A Japanese Satsuma koro and cover, Meiji
period, painted with rakan and children, the reverse
with samurai in landscapes, the shoulder applied
with a pair of leaf shaped handles, on four scroll
feet, three character mark to base, 11.3cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 35
A Japanese Satsuma ‘rakan’ bowl, Meiji
period, the exterior painted with rakan and
attendants, the interior with bijin, rakan and
children, four character signature to base,
11.7cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 36
A Japanese Satsuma blue ground square koro
and cover, Meiji period, painted to each side with
rakan, samurai, ladies and other figures in garden
pavilions, the pierced domed cover surmounted by a
flower finial, gilt character mark to base, 15cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 37
A Japanese Satsuma koro and silver cover,
Meiji period, decorated in raised gilt and colours
including gosu blue with chrysanthemums and
other flowers within brocade pattern borders, on
four animal shaped legs, gilt and enamelled mark to
base, 12.1cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 38
A fine Japanese Satsuma ‘millefleur’ three
piece teaset, by Kinkozan, Meiji period, each
piece finely painted with chrysanthemums and
other flowers on a multi-flower ground, iron
red and gilt decorated handles, impressed four
character seal mark to base, one item with
original Kinkozan paper label, teapot 13.2cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 40
Lot 39
A Japanese Satsuma barbed rim dish,
Meiji period, painted to a rectangular
reserve with a procession of figures, the
upper and lower register with fans and pink
flowers on a brocade ground, two character
signature to base, 17.2cm wide
Estimate £200 - 300
A Japanese Satsuma circular dish, Meiji period,
painted with Kwannon, attendants, rakan and a dragon,
within a barbed gilt and black ground border, signed to
the base ‘Satsuma yaki ?zan’, 22.2cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 41
A Japanese Satsuma ‘Spring festival’ cylindrical vase,
Meiji period, painted with a man carrying a large noh mask
on his back with a procession of children and other figures
following in a mountainous river landscape with pavilions and
plum blossom, two character signature to the base, 23.4cm
high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 42
A Japanese Satsuma circular dish, Meiji
period, painted with ladies and children in a
pavilion within an oval reserve with brocade
cartouche, above a river landscape of birds
amongst blossoming trees, signed Fuzan?,
20.6cm diameter, repairs
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 43
A Japanese Satsuma double gourd-shaped
vase, 19th century, the upper section painted with
ribbon tied flowers and butterflies, the central band
painted with objects emblematic of the Seven Gods
of Happiness, with petalled borders, iron red three
character signature to base, 17.3cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 44
A Japanese Satsuma ‘triple fan’ dish, Meiji period,
the design of the dish formed from three open fans,
the ‘leaves’ painted with bijin in landscapes, Kwannon
and rakan, signed to the base, 20.9cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 45
A Japanese Satsuma seated
figure of Buddha, Meiji period,
two character signature to base,
18.4cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 46
A Japanese Satsuma circular incense
box and cover, Meiji period, painted
with a florid chrysanthemum on a gilt and
polychrome chrysanthemum ground, the
interior with gilt flowers, two character seal
mark to base, 10.6cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 47
A Japanese Satsuma rectangular box and
cover, by Kinkozan, Meiji period, finely
painted to the cover with ladies in a garden,
within a gilt keywork border, the sides with
‘thousand flower’ design, the interior with flower
sprays, signed to the base, with individual artist
mark also, remnants of Kinkozan label, 11.3cm
wide, base broken and re-glued
Estimate £200 - 300
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Japanese Works
of Art
48 - 64
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Lot 48
A heavy Japanese silver stem dish,
early 20th century, stamped mark
‘jungin’ (pure silver), 15.1cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 49
A Japanese bronze model
of a crab, early 20th century,
10.2cm wide
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 50
A pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel ‘Seven
Sages of the Bamboo Grove’ dishes, Meiji period,
30.2cm diameter.
This subject relates to seven famous Chinese Daoist
scholars and is a popular subject in Chinese art but
unusual to see in Japanese decorative arts.
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 51
A collection of twenty four
Japanese iron tsuba, Edo
period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th
century, the majority sukashi
(openwork) variously cast with
foliage, dragons or figures, four
with gold inlay, one signed,
largest 8.4cm wide
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 52
Four Japanese
cloisonné
polychrome enamel
dishes, early 20th
century, including
a pair of octagonal
dishes decorated
to the centre with
a phoenix within
Kyoto style lapetted
borders, 29cm wide
and two dishes
decorated with
flowers and foliage
one with different
thicknesses of silver
wire, 30.5cm
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 53
A Japanese enamelled
silver belt, Meiji period,
c.1900-10, each plaque
cast and enamelled with
a different colour tiger lily,
the larger central clasp
with a chrysanthemum, the
twelve plaques stamped
‘jungin’ (pure silver),
65.5cm long
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 54
A Japanese
precious metal
overlaid bronze
vase, signed,
Meiji period, finely
decorated with two
cranes and a pine
sapling, engraved
two character
signature to base,
16.4cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 55
A Japanese bronze
figure of a man, 19th
century, carrying fabric
wrapped packages
suspended from straps,
40.2cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 56
A Japanese damascened iron dish by Ohayo Shoten and
a similar small circular box, by Komai Otojiro, early 20th
century, the dish decorated with a Tori gate and temple in a river
landscape, Mount Fuji beyond, on three feet, signed ‘Ohayo sei’
(made by Ohayo), 13.7cm diameter, the cylindrical hinged lid
box decorated with a figure, the sides with butterflies, the base
signed ‘Nihon koku Kyoto ju Komai sei’ (made by Komai from
Kyoto, Great Japan), 6cm diameter (2)
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 57
A small Japanese export gilt bronze
Sawasa oval tobacco box, 18th century,
bas-relief decorated to the cover and
bottom panel with flowers, buds, scrolling
leaves and tendrils, on gilt ground, 5.4cm
wide
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 58
A Japanese export gilt bronze Sawasa oval tobacco
box, 18th century, the flush cover bas-relief decorated
with pavilions and birds amid flowering shrubs on a gilt
ground, the base with a cipher, gilt interior, 9.8cm wide
cf. Sawasa tobacco boxes in the Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam, illustrated in M De Brujin et al., Sawasa:
Japanese export art in black and gold, 1650-1800, p.57-
62.
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 59
A large Japanese bronze
‘crane’ hanging lamp,
19th century, the crane
modelled in-flight with
outstretched wings and
trailing legs, carrying
a vessel on its back,
suspended from chains,
64cm long
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 60
A Japanese gold lacquer kobako (box and
cover), 19th century, the cover decorated with
a mountain stream thundering through a rocky
landscape with chrysanthemums on each side,
the sides with landscapes, unmarked, 20.5cm
wide
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 61
A Japanese gilt lacquer four-case inro, signed,
19th century, decorated with birds in-flight or perched
on branches, gilt three character signature to the lower
section, 7.4cm high, slight wear to the lacquer
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 62
A small Japanese
tsuishu (carved
red lacquer) seal
netsuke, 19th
century, modelled
as a stylised
elephant, it’s face
looking upward, two
character matrix,
3.7cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 63
A Japanese ‘iris’ decorated travelling chest, Edo
period, late 18th/early 19th century, decorated after
Ogata Korin with a carved and colour design of irises
along the riverbank around a plank bridge, using the
natural wood as a background, bound in iron with iron
carrying handles, the pair of doors opening to reveal an
arrangement of six drawers, later ebonised stand, chest
123cm wide, 40.5cm deep, height including stand 93cm
Provenance - purchased from Jeremy J. Mason Oriental
works of art, 145 Ebury Street, London for £5000, in
1998.
Christies South Kensington Oriental ceramics and works
of art sale 14 August 1997, Lot 92
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 64
A Japanese Shibayama style inlaid wood cabinet,
Meiji period, inlaid in ivory, coloured stone and other
natural materials with figure scenes, objects and
flowers to the panelled fronts of an arrangement of
cupboards and drawers, on a separate four-footed
stand, 177cm high, 129cm wide, losses to inlay
CITES submission ref;FGWKGMPU
Estimate £300 - 400
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Chinese
Ceramics
65-206
171
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Lot 65
A Vietnamese blue and white porcelain dish, Hoi
An Hoard, 15th century, painted floral design inside
the bowl and lotus leaf patterns to the exterior, the
inside of the foot rim is coated in a brown wash,
24cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 66
A large Thai celadon glazed bowl, Sawankhalok
kilns, 14th / 15th century, heavily-potted with flared
and upturned rim, the centre incised with a “sun” pattern
surrounded by parallel bands, surrounded by five incised
roundels each containing lotus blossoms, the exterior
carved with vertical grooves and horizontal bands below
the rim, translucent and finely-crackled blueish-green
celadon glaze, unglazed base, 29.5cm
Estimate £350 - 450
Lot 67
A Chinese painted
pottery groom figure,
Tang Dynasty (AD 618-
906), cold-painted in a
white pigment with the
facial details picked out in
red and black pigments,
standing in attendance
with hands clasped
together under long
sleeves, 31cm high
Estimate £350 - 450
Lot 68
A fine Chinese painted
pottery foreigner, Tang
Dynasty (AD 618-906).
with Oxford TL Test, the
red pottery figure coldpainted
in a thick white
pigment with the facial
details picked out in red
and black pigments,
31cm high
Estimate £800 - 1,200
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Lot 69
A fine large Chinese burnished pottery cocoon jar,
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8) or possibly
as early as the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), with
Oxford TL Test, the finely-burnished surface decorated
with twelve bands of triple-incised lines vertically
surrounding the body as well as raised horizontal
bands around its neck and base, 31cm high, 35cm
long
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 70
Two Chinese sancai glazed figures
of a seated dignitary and a standing
attendant, Ming dynasty, the largest
27cm high
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection.
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 71
A rare Chinese glazed
decorated pottery table with
legs, Han Dynasty (206 BC-
AD 220). the pottery model
of a table for the serving of
tea or wine, complete with
its four detachable legs,
incised decoration comprising
rectangular panels, with
green and greenish yellow
glazes, length 41.5cm, width
28.5cm
Estimate £600 - 800
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Lot 72
A Chinese glazed pottery altar table with
food offerings, Ming Dynasty, c.1550-1600,
the table is laden with twelve dishes containing
various foods, some stacked, including a duck,
fish and a boar’s head, cold-painted in a black
pigment, the rest of the table and the items
coated in green, yellow and golden-brown
glazes that have, in places, acquired a silvery
iridescence, a reaction of the glaze from long
exposure to moisture, length of table 24cm,
maximum height 24cm
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 73
A fine Chinese Buddhist pottery zodiac jar, Song
Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty
(AD 1279-1368), strips of clay have been applied to the
outer wall of the body to form six lotus leaf panels, within
each panel there are two press-moulded animals, each
representing one of the twelve zodiac animals, there are
also moulded appliqués in the form of human figures, around
the shoulder are incised patterns and applied moulded vajra
(Buddhist sceptres), the cover decorated with a deeplyincised
six-pointed star design, 24cm high
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 74
Two Chinese sancai ‘dragon-fish’ ridge
tiles, Ming dynasty, each figure leaping
above waves, largest 31cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 75
A Chinese painted pottery cocoon jar,
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8), the
grey pottery bottle body decorated in coloured
pigment with cloud patterns within vertical
bands, 26cm high
cf. similar examples described and illustrated
in the fine Southeast Asian Ceramic Society
book “Spirit of Han”.
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 76
Four very rare Chinese inscribed pottery jars, Han dynasty, with Oxford TL Test, each with a finegrained
pale grey pottery semi-spherical body with short neck and flared mouth, flat base with a bevelled
edge, inscription in red pigment, the characters being in the traditional/archaic form and not easy to
translate accurately, each jar is 13cm high, 15.5cm and 16cm diameter
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Lot 77
A large Chinese painted
pottery tray, ladle and cups
set, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD
220), the large and impressive
rectangular pottery serving tray,
complete with a ladle and six
“ear” cups, in grey pottery and
“cold painted” in red pigment,
tray dimensions: 56.5cm long,
35.5cm wide, three cups of
length 11.25cm, three cups of
length 13.75cm, the ladle 17cm
long
Estimate £600 - 800
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Lot 78
A fine pair of large Chinese painted
pottery triangular tiles, Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644), made from grey pottery and
the decoration in relief features a pair of
deer in a landscape, total length of the
two tiles when placed together is 74cm,
38cm high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 79
A Chinese painted pottery saddled
horse, Tang Dynasty (AD 618-906),
in red pottery that has been “cold
painted” with a white pigment on
top of which has been applied black
pigments for the saddle and features
of the head, 35cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 80
A large Chinese painted pottery Hu jar,
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8), with
three raised bands of decoration surrounding its
wide body, “taotie” mask handles, cold-painted in
creamy-white and yellow-ochre pigments, 50cm
high
Estimate £600 - 800
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Lot 81
A fine large Chinese glazed
Buddhist jar with sanskrit
inscription, Song Dynasty
(AD 960-1279) or the Yuan
Dynasty (AD 1279-1368),
green glazed, moulded Buddhist
motifs have been applied to the
surfaces of both the cover and
jar, the unglazed surface of the
underneath of the cover and
the inner surface of the jar are
good traces of Sanskrit-type
characters in red pigment, 36cm
high, 28cm diameter
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 82
A fine pair of large Chinese
painted pottery ‘Qilin,
Sun and Moon’ tiles, Ming
Dynasty (1368-1644) each
cold painted in black, white,
green and orange pigments,
modelled in high relief with a
qilin, 30cm square
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 83
A set of twelve Chinese
Buddhist pottery zodiac
animals, Song Dynasty
(AD 960-1279) or the Yuan
Dynasty (AD 1279-1368),
two of the animals have
faint traces of Sanskrit-type
characters on their backs in
red pigment, approximately
12cm long
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 84
A tall Chinese painted pottery foreigner figure, Tang Dynasty
(AD 618-906), the buff-coloured pottery that has been cold-painted
in a base coat of white pigment on top of which is black pigment
in places, the end of the arms are purpose-made holes where
originally would have been fixed separate hands, probably made
of wood and now long since rotted away and lost, unusual hat, the
clothing and the facial features, 55.5cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 85
A large Chinese Neolithic
pottery jar, Caiyuan Culture
(c.2600-2200 BC), with Oxford
TL Test, the upper surface
burnished the lower surface
has been simply yet very
effectively decorated with
repeated cord impressions that
spiral downwards, 40cm high,
32cm diameter
Estimate £800 - 1,000
Lot 86
A very rare large Chinese pottery cocoon /
listening jar, Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC) or
possibly Warring States period (475-221 BC),
with Oxford TL Test, the outer surface of the
body is decorated with repeated cord or woven
impressions with vertical bands then being
made around the body whilst the clay remained
soft, body 52cm long, 44.5cm high
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 87
A rare Chinese Neolithic pottery
tripod, li, Qijia Culture (2200 BC-1600
BC), with castellated pattern edge, two
small loop handles, each decorated
on top with a thin strip of notched clay,
13cm high
Estimate £350 - 450
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Lot 88
A pair of Chinese painted pottery ‘Birds &
Blossoms’ tiles, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),
decorated in high relief featuring a bird sitting on
a branch surrounded by blossoms and buds, “cold
painted” in various brightly-coloured pigments, good
traces of which still remain, total length of the tiles
when placed together is 63.5cm, 16.5cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 89
A very rare Chinese painted pottery ding,
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8), the body
with two square-cut handles, raised circular band
around the top of the cover allows it to be taken
off, turned upside down and used as a bowl, on
three feet of human form, each brightly painted,
22cm diameter, 18cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 90
A rare Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture
burnished black pottery jar (c.1350
BC), applied with high handles, a saddleshaped
mouth and a wide body that
tapers down to a small circular flat base,
22cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 91
A fine large Chinese Neolithic Banpo pottery amphora, c.4800-4300 BC), with Oxford TL Test,
with a tall cup-shaped mouth and pointed base, decorated with repeated parallel cord impressions
that are at a slight angle, applied loop handles, 41cm high
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
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Lot 92
A fine large Chinese glazed granary jar, latter part of the
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8), the short-lived Xin
Dynasty (AD 9-25) or the early Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-
220), the red pottery vessel coated in an amber glaze that in places
has a silvery sheen to it, the top modelled as a two-tiered tiled roof,
the tall cylindrical body decorated with two bands of incised lines,
on three sturdy feet moulded into the form of bears, 36cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 93
A Chinese stoneware
jar with rare stand and
cover, Song Dynasty (AD
960-1279), the outer body
and inner mouth coated in
an iron glaze, the colour
of which varies from a
“silvery” brown to black,
the applied decoration
around the shoulder
features a dragon chasing
a flaming pearl, 24cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 94
A large Chinese Neolithic Machang painted pottery
jar, c.2300-2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, the short
neck with flared mouth, and two sturdy loop handles
on opposing sides at the waist, the outside of the jar
and the mouth have been decorated with the welldocumented
frog or hand pattern, as well as the circular
net pattern in two different colours, 40cm high, width at
the handles of 42cm
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 95
A Chinese incised and burnished pottery
cocoon jar, Western Han Dynasty (206
BC-AD 8), the burnished surface decorated
with ten bands of triple-incised lines, 24.5cm
high, length of body 26.5cm
cf. similar examples are shown in the
Southeast Asian Ceramic Society book
“Spirit of Han”.
Estimate £300 - 400
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Lot 96
A Chinese Qingbai porcelain bowl in Kiln Saggar,
Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960-1127), excavated
from a kiln site in the Jingdezhen area of Jiangxi
province, 15cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 97
Two tall Chinese sancai figures of
attendants, Ming dynasty, the male figure
holding a dish and the female figure a box,
each standing on a hexagonal base, largest
47cm high, some wear to face
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 98
A Chinese Longquan celadon ‘qilin’
dish, 15th/16th century, the centre
moulded with the figure of a qilin, all
under a fine crackled glaze, burnt orange
ring to the base, 31.2cm diameter
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 99
A Chinese underglaze copper
red octagonal bottle vase,
yuhuchunping, possibly Yuan or
Hongwu period, Ming dynasty,
painted to the neck with leaves,
cloud lappets, the shoulder with
bands of lotus and scrolls above
eight panels of varying flowers
and foliage, the lower register with
a band of scrolling cloud lappets,
25.5cm high, misfired
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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Lot 100
A pair of Chinese Cizhou green
glazed meiping, probably Ming
dynasty, each covered in a combed
dark brown and translucent green
glaze with narrow aperture to the
neck, 18cm high
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 101
A Chinese Jun type tripod narcissus bowl,
17th/18th century, probably Guangdong kilns,
covered in a thick multi-coloured glaze, the
shallow bowl moulded with small boxes to the
exterior, on three feet, 19.3cm diameter
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 102
A Chinese fahua seated
figure of an official, late
Ming dynasty, covered
in aubergine, turquoise
and ochre glazes, the
head and feet unglazed,
29.3cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 103
A Chinese sancai glazed group of a horse
and female rider, Tang or later, decorated in
ochre green and blue glaze with some white
pigments, the horse standing on a rectangular
plinth, untested, 46cm high, 40cm long
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 104
A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Transitional,
Chongzhen period, c.1630-1640, the globular body
painted with a cat grasping a butterfly in its mouth and
the black bird in-flight amongst butterflies and insects
above rockwork and flowers, a bird also in-flight, the neck
decorated with dragons amid floral sprays, 36.2cm high,
hairline crack to neck
Provenance - this vase has been in the same family for
more than 70 years.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 105
A Chinese wucai ‘dragon and phoenix’ baluster
jar, Transitional, Shunzhi period (1644-1661),
painted with two dragons and two phoenixes amid
flames and ribbon tied objects, the shoulder with an
underglaze blue band, the neck with lappets, 30.5cm
high, damaged
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 106
A Chinese blue and white ovoid vase and
associated cover, Transitional, Shunzhi period
(1644-1661), painted with birds in-flight and dense
foliage and lotus, unglazed base, jar 30cm high,
some faults, together with an associated domed
cover
Estimate £600 - 800
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Lot 107
A Chinese blue and white ‘squirrel and vine’
melon-shaped jar, Wanli period (1572-1620),
painted with squirrels amongst fruiting vines,
between bands of stiff leaves on the shoulder and
lower body, the short neck is decorated with a
classical scroll band, 12.5cm high, wood stand
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 108
A large Chinese famille verte bowl, Kangxi
period (1662-1722), the panelled exterior painted
with reserves of Antiques and flowers with rockwork,
the interior with a petal lobed reserve, all with
cellular and flowering shrub borders, 30cm diameter,
discoloured restoration
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 109
A Chinese blue and white ovoid ‘boys’ jar,
Kangxi period, one boy riding a qilin, the others
bearing banners and musical instruments, in a
fenced rockwork garden, 18cm high, wood stand
and cover
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 110
A Chinese Jun ware purple splashed
bowl, Song/Yuan dynasty, the conical
shaped bowl with slightly everted rim, a
small purple splash to the interior with
pale blue and mushroom grey glaze, on
an unglazed foot with pooling to the glaze
around the area, 20.5cm diameter, heavy
crazing and small rim crack
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 111
A Chinese famille verte jar, Kangxi period,
of elongated ovoid form, painted with flowering
shrubs and rockwork, underglaze blue double
circle to base, overall 22.5cm high, repairs to
base, wood cover
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 112
A pair of Chinese blue and white ‘Astor’ bowls, Kangxi period, each with a petal lobed
rim the panelled body painted with astors, squared seal mark to base within a double circle,
15cm diameter, one cracked, wood stands
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection.
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 113
A good Chinese blue and white
‘Hundred Antiques’ ovoid jar, Kangxi
period (1662-1722), finely painted to each
side with scholarly antiques and precious
objects, interspersed by two lotus flower
sprigs, double circle to base, 19.5cm high,
wood cover
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 114
A Chinese blue and white ‘Yang Jia Jiang’ dish,
Kangxi period (1662-1722), painted with warriors
on horseback, the rim with six cartouches of further
horseman and attendant with a flag, the reverse with
an apocryphal Chenghua mark, 32cm diameter, short
rim crack.
cf. an identical example in the Rijksmuseum,
accession No.
This dish depicts Mu Guiying a legendary heroine
from the Yang Jia Jiang (Generals of the Yang Family
Legends), a Northern Song Dynasty tale and play.
Also compare an identical dish sold by Christie’s
Amsterdam, European Noble and Private collections
sale, 10-11 December 2011, lot 436
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 115
A Chinese yellow glazed broadrimmed
bowl, Kangxi period
(1662-1722), the broad rim above
a deep cavetto, the yellow glaze
with slight iridescence, white glazed
base, two old paper collector’s
labels, 20.7cm diameter, two hairline
cracks
Estimate £200 - 300
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Lot 116
A pair of large Chinese
mirror black glazed yen-yen
vases, Kangxi period (1662-
1722), with brown glazed
rims, white glazed bases, one
vase with an old ‘Bon Marché’
label to the base, 44.5cm
high
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Lot 117
A large Chinese famille verte hexagonal baluster vase,
Kangxi period, the panelled body painted with Antiques
and birds amid flowers, foliage and lotus, the shoulder with
beasts including a tiger and deer in landscapes, 40.7cm
high, broken and repaired
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 118
A Chinese blue and white lotus pod-shaped
teapot and cover, Kangxi period, the eight side
panels painted with flowering shrubs, on an eight
pointed star foot, 10cm high, cover restored
Estimate £600 - 800
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Lot 119
A Chinese blue and white ‘precious objects’ censer
and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722), of bombé form,
painted with antique vessels and furniture, ribbon tied
precious objects, the domed cover with a rabbit on an
artemisia leaf, and ribbon tied objects, button shaped
finial, 11cm diameter, fritting and hairline crack
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 120
A large Chinese blue and white ‘lotus’
dish, Kangxi period, painted with five
lotus flowers, scrolling tendrils and leaves,
the underside with an artemisia leaf within
a double circle, the border with ribbon tied
precious objects, 38cm diameter
cf. an identical example in the Dresden
collection
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 121
A pair of Chinese blue and
white chargers, Kangxi
period (1662-1722), each
painted to the centre with
flowering shrubs and
rockwork, within a panelled
border of flowering plants,
the underside with artemisia
leaf mark within a double
circle, flaming ring and
ribbon tied precious objects,
34cm diameter, minor faults
Estimate £500 - 700
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Lot 122
A Chinese blue and
white ‘Four Beauties’
drum-shaped jar
and cover, Kangxi
period (1662-1722),
finely painted with four
ladies and furniture
in a garden, some
playing instruments or
holding gifts, the body
applied with a pair of
beast head looped
handles, the domed
cover surmounted by
a gilt lion finial, raised
stud borders, 22.3cm
high, minor restoration
to lion finial
Estimate £6,000 -
8,000
Lot 123
A pair of Chinese blue and
white square section vases,
Kangxi period, each side
variously painted with flowering
peony, prunus, magnolia and
cherry blossom branches amongst
birds, butterflies and rockwork,
on an unglazed base, 26.2cm
high, one neck damaged, covers
lacking
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 124
A large Chinese blue and white spittoon,
zhadou, Yongzheng/Qianlong period, painted
with flowering shrubs in a fenced garden, the
interior of the flared neck with a band of fruiting
vines, 26.3cm high, two hairline cracks
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 125
An unusual Chinese famille rose ‘fishermen’
brushpot, bitong, Yongzheng period (1723-35),
painted with four fishermen with nets and fishing
lines and an old man and boy carrying a basket
on a rocky outcrop with trees, the foliage with
some highlights in rose pink enamels, unglazed
ring to the base, 15.2cm high, 18.5cm diameter,
old repairs
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 126
A Chinese blue and white bowl,
Yongzheng/Qianlong period,
the exterior painted with trees,
bamboo, flowering shrubs and
ribbon tied auspicious objects,
26.2cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 400
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Lot 127
A Chinese famille rose ‘peony and prunus’
saucer dish, Yongzheng mark and period
(1723-35), finely painted with peonies, flowering
prunus branch and other flowers with a hovering
butterfly, underglaze blue six character mark ‘Da
Qing Yongzheng nian zhi’, 20cm diameter
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 128
A Chinese blue and white ‘cloud and dragon’ bowl,
Yongzheng mark and period (1723-35), painted to the
interior and exterior with a four claw scaly dragon amid
clouds, underglaze blue six character mark ‘Da Qing
Yongzheng nian zhi’, 19.2cm wide, rim crack
Estimate £500 - 700
Lot 129
A rare Chinese famille rose ‘Sanxing’ yen-yen
vase, Yongzheng period (1723-1735), the neck
painted with the Sanxing (three star gods), above
two figures riding on a horse, a woman being
pushed in a wheeled sedan chair, and a female
attendant in a landscape, 44.5cm high, wood stand
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 130
A pair of Chinese
famille rose ‘landscape’
plates, Yongzheng-
Qianlong period, each
finely painted with figures
in a mountainous river
landscape scene with
pavilions, within gilt
scrollwork borders to the
cavetto, the broad rim
gilded in Meissen style
with scrollwork, 22.5cm
diameter, small edge chip
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 131
A Chinese famille rose baluster vase,
Yongzheng period (1723-35), finely painted
with a scholar, two ladies and an attendant
standing on a garden terrace with precious
objects laid out on a table, beside them two
phoenixes flying amongst peonies, the shoulder
with a band of tight scrolls and flowers, the
lower register with a band of pendant lappets,
underglaze blue double circle to base, 35.5cm
high, star crack to side
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 132
A large Chinese Ming style blue and white dish,
possibly 18th century, painted with peony sprays
to the centre, the cavetto with lotus flowers leaves
and tendrils, the wide rim with flower and fruit
sprays, metal mounted rim, unglazed base with a
border of lotus flowers, leaves and tendrils, 44.5cm
diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 133
A Chinese blue and white ovoid jar,
Kangxi period (1662-1722), painted with
Antiques to petal lobed reserves, on a prunus
and cracked ice ground, underglaze blue
double circle to base, overall 26.7cm high,
pierced wood cover and stand
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 134
A Chinese blue glazed baluster vase,
Yongzheng six character mark and probably
of the period (1723-35), with white glazed rim
and interior, the base with underglaze blue six
character mark ‘Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi’,
within a double circle, 38.5cm high, base later
drilled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 135
A Chinese sang-de-boeuf
glazed pear shaped vase,
yuhuchunping, 18th century,
with white glazed rim and base,
31.5cm high
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 136
A pair of Chinese Langyao bottle vases,
late 18th century, each neck with a
mushroom coloured glaze graduating to ox
blood, 21.4cm high, wood stands, small area
ground off foot
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 137
A pair of small Chinese blue and white small serving
dishes, Qianlong period, each painted with scenes of
ladies in a palace garden, a groom holding a horse, within
fruit, flower and scrolled leaf borders, 25cm
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 138
A large Chinese famille rose punch
bowl, Qianlong period, the exterior
painted with flowers in a fenced garden,
the interior with a flower bouquet within
a garland of flowers, 40.5cm diameter,
wood stand
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 139
An unusual Chinese European subject blue and
white shallow basin, Qianlong period, painted with
a man on a rocky outcrop with castle, looking out to
a galleon ship at sea, within diaper pattern borders,
the broad rim painted with various insects and flower
sprays, unglazed base, 42cm diameter, fritting to rim
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 140
A massive Chinese blue and white ‘temple’
jar and cover, Qianlong period, painted with
a temple pagoda and various pavilions in a
mountainous river landscape scene, the shoulder
with lappets and cash, with similar domed cover,
66cm high, small drilled holes for former metal
mounts
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 141
A Chinese blue and white ‘scroll and
blossom’ charger, Qianlong period, the
centre painted with a landscape, scroll and
flowers, the border with diaper, ribbon tied
objects and bouquets of flowers, 41.5cm
diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 142
A Chinese famille rose ‘mandarin’
bowl, Qianlong period, painted
with figures in a lakeside garden,
between red enamelled landscape
vignettes and cellular panels,
28.4cm diameter, hairline crack
Estimate £400 - 600
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Lot 143
A Chinese blue and white ‘Sanxing’ ovoid vase,
Qianlong period, painted in vibrant blue with the three
star gods with attendants and children in a landscape, the
reverse with two bats in-flight, foliate sprigs to the neck,
32cm high, neck restored
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 145
A Chinese
enamelled
porcelain group of
Guanyin holding
a child, Qianlong
period, seated
in lalitasana, her
coloured robes
enamelled in black
with flowers and with
sgraffito decoration,
25cm high, cracks
and repair
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 144
A Chinese ‘mandarin’ pattern tea bowl,
coffee cup and saucer, Qianlong period,
each piece finely painted with courtesan
figures in pavilion gardens and interiors, the
circular reserves within diaper and foliate
panelled borders, the saucer 12cm diameter,
together with a similar larger saucer dish but
with gilt scrollwork borders, 16cm diameter,
latter damaged (4)
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 146
A Chinese Dehua
polychrome
enamelled blanc
de chine figure of
Guanyin, late 18th
century, seated
on a double lotus
throne, 24.5cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 147
A Chinese Yixing pottery teapot, 18th
century, of cylindrical form with a slightly domed
cover, incised six character mark to base, 17cm
across
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 148
Two Chinese Yixing slip-decorated miniature teapots and covers, 18th/19th century,
each decorated in white slip with river landscape scenes, 7cm and 7.5cm across, tiny chips
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 149
A Chinese Yixing censer, 19th century, the
compressed globular body applied with a pair of lion
mask handles, the base with impressed four character
seal mark, 13cm across
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 150
A pair of Chinese coral ground ‘boys’
vases, Jiaqing period (1796-1820), painted
with boys playing in a garden setting to four
shaped reserves, on coral ground decorated
with gilt flowers, foliage and lappets, turquoise
glazed interior and foot, 23.5cm high
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
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Lot 151
A near pair of Chinese blue
and white moonflasks,
bianhu, Daoguang seal
marks and of the period
(1821-50), both painted in
Ming style with five peaches
and two bats to a peachshaped
reserve on each side,
the borders with lotus flowers,
scrolling leaves and tendrils,
the base inscribed in seal
script ‘Da Qing Daoguang nian
zhi’, 25cm high
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Lot 152
A pair of large Chinese square baluster
vases and covers, Daoguang period,
c.1830, each finely painted with court
figures amid pavilions and trees, modelled
with a pair of seated figures of ladies
to each handle, the domed cover with
a seated monk, 54cm high, one of the
figures to a handle is broken
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 153
A fine Chinese famille rose ‘Romance of the Western
Chamber’ dish, Jiaqing-Daoguang period, superbly
enamelled with two ladies seated at a table on a pavilion
terrace, with the figures of two men on the walls below
flying a kite to catch their attention, within intricately painted
butterfly, fruit and flower border, the underside with Jiang
Zhenglong zhi seal mark reserved on a turquoise ground,
20.1cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 400
53

Lot 154
A pair of Chinese powder blue glazed bowls, Daoguang mark and of the
period (1821-50), each with a white glazed rim and foot edge, underglaze six
character seal mark ‘Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi’, 17.8cm diameter, small splinter
chip to each rim
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 155
A pair of Chinese yellow
ground double-walled
moonflasks, bianhu,
Daoguang marks, 19th
century, each pierced to
the central peach shaped
reserve and enamelled in
pink, the reverse blue within
lotus flower scrolling leaf and
tendril yellow ground borders,
turquoise glazed applied
handles to the shoulder, iron
red six character seal marks,
24.5cm high
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Lot 156
A set of five Chinese
enamelled porcelain
‘pavilion’ dishes,
Daoguang mark and
period (1821-50),
each dish painted with
different titled pavilions
in landscapes, iron red
six character seal mark
in a canted square to
base, 18.5cm diameter,
one dish chipped
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 157
A large Chinese famille rose ‘beasts’
vase, mid 19th century, well painted with
deer, tigers, butterflies, pheasants, dragons,
Buddhist lions and other mythical beasts,
the neck painted with two dragon roundels,
applied with gilt dragons, butterfly and flower
borders, 59.5cm high, one handle lacking
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 158
A Chinese enamelled porcelain pink ground
‘boys’ dish, mid 19th century, painted with five boys
clambering amid giant flowering shrubs and rockwork,
on a pink ground, the underside plain, 38cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 159
A tall Chinese famille
rose square section
vase, 19th century, finely
painted with ladies and
boys with objects, furniture
and a banana plant in the
background, the neck with
boys, the shoulder painted
with flowers and leaves,
48.5cm high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 160
A Chinese white glazed
group of Guanyin and
child, 18th/19th century,
20.5cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 161
A pair of impressive
Chinese yellow ground
moonflasks, late 19th
century, each painted
in underglaze blue and
enamelled in colours
with circular reserves of
warriors and battle scenes,
the yellow ground borders
with underglaze blue and
polychrome enamelled
dragons amid flames and
clouds, each shoulder
applied with a pair of chidragon
handles, 53.5cm
high
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Lot 162
A pair of large Chinese famille rose
baluster jars and covers, Qianlong
seal mark, but late 19th century,
each painted with peacocks or
blackbirds amid prunus, peonies and
rockwork, underglaze blue seal mark,
46.5cm high, some damage
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 163
A pair of Chinese black ground enamelled
porcelain baluster vases, late 19th century,
each painted in an unusual black and white
palette with three female immortals on clouds
visiting a nobleman with horse and attendant,
diaper borders, 23.5cm high, wood stand
Estimate £200 - 300
56

Lot 164
A large Chinese famille verte pedestal table
and four matching stools, Guangxu period
(1875-1908), the circular table top painted with
an immortal invoking a whirlpool with a dragon
looking onward, all of the pieces painted with birds,
flowers and objects in shaped reserves, the ground
with scattered butterflies and flower sprays within
patterned borders, the table 89.5cm diameter, 70cm
high, the stools 37cm high
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Lot 165
A large Chinese blue and white ‘Hundred
Antiques’ jardinere and hongmu stand,
late 19th/early 20th century, painted to
shaped panels with Antiques and other
precious objects on a prunus ground, diaper
and lappeted borders, unglazed base,
41.5cm diameter, total height 76.5cm, the
hexagonal hongmu stand with six scrolled
legs joined by stretchers, repairs to stand
only
Estimate £400 - 600
57

Lot 166
A good Chinese famille rose ‘Four Beauties’ baluster
vase, late 19th century, finely painted with four ladies
carrying baskets of flowers in a garden, the neck with
antiques, 44.5cm high, wood stand
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 167
A pair of Chinese yellow ground medallion saucer dishes,
Guangxu six character marks, early 20th century, each painted
with a lantern and auspicious objects to five medallions, on a yellow
ground with gourd vines and flowers, 23.6cm diameter, hairline
crack to one dish
Estimate £600 - 900
Lot 168
A pair of large Chinese wucai
jars and covers, late 19th
century, each finely painted with
dignitaries in an encampment,
amid rockwork, the shoulder with
flowers and rockwork, the domed
covers with parasols surmounted
by onion finials, 41cm high, wood
stands
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
58

Lot 169
An unusual Chinese underglaze blue and copper
red ‘longevity’ vase, 19th century, of elongated
ovoid form, finely painted with two cranes and two
deer beneath a gnarled pine tree with green enamelled
foliage, the neck with bamboo, lingzhi fungus and
rockwork, all emblematic of longevity, underglaze blue
double circle to base, 46cm high
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 170
A pair of Chinese famille verte green ground
jardinieres, Kangxi marks, but late 19th century,
each painted with black birds perched on a prunus
tree with rockwork below, underglaze blue six
character Kangxi mark to base, 33.5cm diameter
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 171
An unusual Chinese famille rose
butterfly-shaped vase, late 19th
century, the body modelled as
a yellow, pink and blue butterfly,
the ground decorated with further
butterflies amongst bitter melons,
33cm high
The butterfly is a symbol of Summer
and represents young love.
Estimate £4,500 - 5,500
59

Lot 172
A Chinese wood framed and porcelain mounted low
screen, late 19th century, the four upper panels painted
with court figures amid pavilions, the central panels with
immortals in gardens, between underglaze blue lotus
scroll plaques, 80cm high, formerly a larger screen
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 173
A Chinese blue and white jar and
cover, Shunzhi mark but Guangxu
period, painted with dignitaries by a
pavilion and birds amid trees, on a bird
and flower ground, six character seal
mark to base, overall 36.8cm high,
together with a good Chinese hongmu
stand
Estimate £500 - 700
Lot 174
A Chinese cafe-au-lait ground
beaker vase, gu, 19th century,
painted in famille verte palette with
birds, flowers and mythical beasts
in shaped reserves, 34.5cm high,
losses to glaze around base
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 175
A large Chinese powder blue ground bottle vase, 19th
century, painted in famille verte palette to shaped reserves
with a peacock amid flowers, rockwork and prunus, the
reverse with a female immortal floating amid clouds,
holding two scrolls, the figures of a bowing boy and buffalo,
underglaze blue double circle to base, 45.3cm high
Estimate £500 - 800
60

Lot 176
A Chinese green crackle
glazed bottle vase, 19th
century, with white crackle
glazed base, 41.5cm high,
wood stand
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 177
A Chinese blue and white ‘ladies’ plate, Kangxi mark,
19th century, painted with four ladies in a garden, the
border with ladies and foliage, apocryphal Kangxi mark to
base, 29.3cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 178
A Chinese turquoise ground famille rose
jar and cover, late 19th century, painted
with butterflies amid fruit and flower sprays,
turquoise glaze base, ruyi head and lappet
borders, 22.2cm high, patches of wear
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 179
A large Chinese famille
noire square baluster
vase, 19th century in
Kangxi style, painted to
each side with birds amid
prunus and rockwork,
egrets in a lotus pond,
chrysanthemums, a
butterfly and rockwork
and other flowers with
rockwork in moonlight,
50.7cm high, restored
area to rim
Provenance - ‘Spink &
Son Ltd est. 1772’ label
to base
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
61

Lot 180
A pair of large Chinese famille verte
globular jars and covers, early 20th
century, each painted with figures on
horseback, fishermen, farmers and a
boy riding a buffalo in a landscape, the
shoulder with a banded diaper, the circular
cover with two children playing in a garden,
28cm high, wood stand
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 181
A Chinese gilt decorated blue ground vase, Hu,
Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908),
gilt decorated with a bird perched on blossoming
branches, the reverse with a river landscape scene,
remnants of inscriptions to the neck, underglaze blue
six character mark to the base, 30cm high, the base
later drilled for a lamp
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 182
A Chinese blue and white eight trigrams bowl,
Daoguang mark, probably c.1900, the exterior
painted with an alternating design of the eight
trigrams, five cranes and five clouds, above
waves and rocks, six character seal mark to base
13.5cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 183
A pair of Chinese doucai cups, Guangxu
mark and period (1875-1908), each
painted with lotus flowers, scrolled leaves
and tendrils, the base with underglaze blue
six character marks, 5cm high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
62

Lot 184
A Chinese famille rose two
handled vase, mid 19th
century, of unusual shape, the
cylindrical neck applied with
a pair of gilt elephant head
handles, typically painted with
figures in interiors, within foliate,
butterfly borders on a gilt ground,
35cm high
Estimate £250 - 350
Lot 185
A large Chinese blue and
white moonflask, bianhu,
19th century, each side
painted with Hundred Antiques
design within lotus flower
scrolling leaf and tendril
borders, the cylindrical neck
applied with a pair of chidragon
handles, 34.5cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 186
A pair of Chinese yellow sgraffito ground medallion bowls,
Guangxu mark, early 20th century, each exterior painted
with insects and flowering shrubs, on a yellow incised ground,
iron red six character mark ‘Da Qing Guangxu nian zhi’,
11.7cm diameter
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 187
A large Chinese blue and white ‘lotus’ vase, late
Qing dynasty, painted with lotus flowers, scrolling
tendrils and leaves, 44cm high
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
63

Lot 188
A Chinese famille rose saucer dish,
late 19th century, painted with a black
bird perched in a blossoming tree with
flowering branches below, the base
with underglaze blue four character
mark, 18.6cm diameter, rim chip
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 189
An impressive Chinese famille
rose baluster vase, 19th
century, painted with dignitaries
and attendants in a continuous
river landscape, the shoulder and
neck with a palace and the figures
of Lu Dongbin and two demons,
the neck applied with a pair of
lion-dog handles, 63cm high,
minor flaking to enamels
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 191
A Chinese moulded white glazed saucer dish,
Yongle mark, Republic period, the centre
moulded with a double vajra motif, the underside
incised with anhua decoration and incised Yongle
mark, 14.7cm diameter
Estimate £500 - 700
Lot 190
A Chinese blue and white
meiping, Qianlong mark, early
20th century, painted with the eight
Buddhist emblems to the shoulder,
above lotus flowers and scrolling
tendrils and leaves, the lower
register with rocks and waves,
apocryphal Qianlong seal mark to
base, 34.3cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
64

Lot 192
A Chinese enamelled porcelain and hongmu
framed table screen, Republic period, the
rectangular porcelain plaque painted with
fishermen in a mountainous river landscape scene,
inscribed with a poem to the top, 37 x 24cm, the
hongmu frame and stand carved and pierced with
bamboo and fruiting vines, total height 81cm
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 193
A near pair of Chinese famille rose
‘Hundred Antiques’ baluster vases,
Kangxi mark, early 20th century, each
painted with antiques on a red scrollwork
ground, brocade pattern banded borders,
underglaze blue six character mark,
largest 36cm high
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 194
A pair of large Chinese blue
and white ‘prunus’ baluster
vases and covers, 19th
century, each cylindrical neck
surmounted by a domed cover
with lion-dog finial, 37cm high
Estimate £500 - 800
65

Lot 195
Two fine Chinese famille rose plates,
Republic period, the first painted with
ladies in a garden loading a cart with
basket of flowers, the ruby ground border
with the eight Buddhist emblems, the
second with a lady attended by a horse
groom in a garden setting, pink enamelled
dragon and lingzhi fungus border, the
underside of both with apocryphal Qianlong
seal mark and precious objects, 19.5cm
diameter
Estimate £500 - 700
Lot 196
A Chinese famille rose plaque of the immortals
Lu Dongbin and Zhang Guo, Republic period, the
figures depicted holding their attributes, a bat in-flight
above, two seal marks, 38cm x 24.5cm, framed
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 197
A large Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘eight
immortals’ plaque, late 20th century, the
plaque 34cm x 57cm, the wood frame 55cm x
78cm
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 198
A Chinese blue and white ovoid jar, guan,
Ming style, painted with dignitaries on
horseback in a landscape, unglazed base,
23cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
66

Lot 199
A Chinese turquoise glazed bowl,
Yongzheng mark, possibly Republic
period, the exterior with a turquoise glaze,
white glazed rim and interior, six character
mark to base within a double circle, 13.7cm
diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 200
A small Chinese peach
bloom glazed vase with
fitted wood stand, Republic
period, underglaze blue
Kangxi mark to base, 19.3cm
high including fitted stand
Estimate £200 - 400
Lot 201
A large Chinese carved
porcelain ‘thousand flower’
bottle vase, 20th century,
intricately carved and applied
with white glazed flowers to
the exterior, the base with
impressed four character seal
mark, 43cm high, grubby
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 202
An unusual large
Chinese robin’s eggglazed
porcelain seated
figure of Laozi, early
20th century, the Daoist
immortal seated and
holding a fan in his right
hand, his throne modelled
with a dragon, with part
gilded bronze glaze to
certain elements of the
figure, 39cm high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
67

Lot 203
A Chinese famille rose rectangular narcissus
dish, Republic period, painted with pheasants
and black birds perched on blossoming branches,
the borders enamelled in black, on four bracket
feet, apocryphal Qianlong mark, 24cm x 14.5cm,
wood stand
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 204
A pair of Chinese Tang style painted pottery ladies,
44.5cm
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 205
A pair of Chinese Han style
painted pottery ladies,
29.5cm
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 206
A Chinese famille rose figure of Fuxing, early 20th
century, standing and holding a scroll, wearing Qing
formal robes decorated with shou medallions, 36.1cm
high, small losses, composition to base
Estimate £300 - 500
68

Chinese
Furniture
207-213
213
69

Lot 207
A large Chinese hongmu and silver
mounted tray and stand, c.1900-10,
the tray inlaid with ships in a harbour,
the corners of the border with prunus
embossed mounts, with a pair of looped
handles, the folding stand with cabriole
legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher,
89cm wide
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 208
A Chinese hongmu and floral mother
of pearl inlaid console table, late 19th/
early 20th century, the half-moon shaped
top insert with a ‘dreamstone’ marble
panel, the frieze pierced and carved with
ruyi sceptre motifs, on four rounded legs
joined by a half-moon shaped stretcher,
105cm wide, 88cm high, 54cm deep
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 209
A pair of Chinese
jichimu horseshoe
shaped armchairs
and a matching table,
19th/20th century, all
with intricately pierced
spandrels, the chairs
with similar handles, the
table 52cm wide, 74cm
high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
70

Lot 210
A Chinese tixi lacquer and carved
soapstone overlaid six panel screen,
mid 20th century, relief decorated with
panels of flowers, immortals, attendants
and mystical beasts, 183.5cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 211
A good Chinese mother-of-pearl
inlaid and marble topped hongmu
altar table, late 19th/early 20th
century, the rectangular top inlaid
with three Dreamstone grey and white
marble panels, flanked by a pair of
scrolled ends, the frieze carved, pierced
and inlaid with mother-of-pearl creatures
and prunus, the tapering front legs
headed by dragon heads, terminating
in claw and ball feet, plain back legs,
154.5cm wide, 112.5cm high, 51.5cm
deep
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 212
A Chinese padouk wood and
jichimu altar table, the panelled
rectangular top with scroll ends,
on plain uprights headed by ruyi,
185cm wide, 94cm high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
71

Lot 213
An important pair of Chinese carved zitan and silver wire inlaid ‘cloud and dragon’ curio cabinets
and stands, duobaoge, probably Imperial, late Qing dynasty, the top, front and side panels of each
cabinet carved in high relief with dragons chasing ‘flaming pearls’ amongst clouds, within borders inlaid
in fine silver wire with lotus flowers, foliate scrolls and keywork, the stepped upper section fitted with two
drawers above a pair of panelled doors, the gilt bronze lock plate and hinges engraved with dragons,
enclosing a plain interior, above a third long drawer, each on an openwork stand with matching fine silver
wire inlay, the frieze carved with bats amid clouds the downswept apron elaborately carved and pierced with
dragons chasing a flaming pearl with flared feet, 60cm high, 38cm wide, minor old chip losses
It is likely that this pair of cabinets were made for Imperial use as zitan (red sandalwood) was the favoured
timber of the craftsmen in the Imperial workshops in which similar ‘dragon’ cabinets were made in the 18th
and 19th century. Compare a very similar ‘cloud and dragon’ curio cabinet with silver wire inlay and pierced
‘dragon’ stand, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, inventory no. Gòu zá 000019N000000000.
A similar shape carved zitan dragon cabinet with silver wire inlay was sold by Bonhams, Hong Kong, 27
May 2012, lot 323.
Provenance - purchased from Sotheby’s, London, May 10 and 13, 1988, Chinese Export Porcelain and
Decorative Arts sale, Lot 371, the cabinet with original Sotheby’s lot labels (see photo of catalogue entry
onlin
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
72

Chinese Carvings, Jades ,
Hardstones & Hindu Carvings
214-286
264
73

Lot 214
Three Chinese carved wood stands, 19th/
early 20th century the first a model of an
altar table with marble top and fruiting vine
frieze, the second an asymmetric double
vase stand, and the stand carved in open
work with waves, largest 44cm wide
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 215
A large Chinese hongmu vase stand
and a rectangular hongmu fangding
censer stand, late 19th century,
the first carved and pierced with ruyi
heads, on five scrolled legs joined by a
pierced stretcher, cm high, the censer
stand carved and pierced with foliage
and zoomorphic motifs, largest 26cm
wide (2)
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 216
A Chinese silver wire inlaid hardwood
stand, late 19th century, 35.5cm wide
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 217
A Chinese huanghuali scholar’s
stand, 18th/19th century, and a
small reticulated zitan stand, 19th
century, the largest stand with framed
rectangular panel, scroll carved frieze,
on four downswept legs, 36.5cm wide,
16.3cm deep, 9cm high, the small
intricately carved archaistic stand
decorated with scrolls, lappets and ruyi
heads on ruyi head feet, 6cm wide (2)
Estimate £200 - 300
74

Lot 218
Eight Chinese hardwood stands,
19th/20th century
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 219
A Chinese boxwood
figure of a female
juggler, attributed to
Zhu Zichang (1876-
1934), Republic
period, standing
on a stained wood
openwork stand,
18cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 220
A Chinese bamboo brush
pot, 19th century, carved in
high relief with a procession
of dignitaries in a landscape
with pine trees and rockwork,
the bamboo of caramel colour,
21cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 221
A pair of rare Chinese Straits palm wood
archer’s thumb rings, 19th century, each
carved in relief with the character ‘shuangxi’
(double joy), with keywork borders, largest
3.8cm diameter
Estimate £800 - 1,200
75

Lot 222
A Chinese carved coral and silver ring, early 20th
century, the coral plaque carved and pierced with lilies, the
filigree work mount decorated with figures of pheasants,
3.3cm across
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 223
Two Chinese coral
figures of ladies, early
20th century, one holding
a parasol, the other a
flower, glued to wood
stands, 9cm and 9.5cm
high overall
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 224
A large Chinese coral carving of a flower fairy,
mid 20th century, 14cm high, glued to wood stand
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 225
Three Chinese amber figures of immortals, 19th century, each carved in relief
and openwork with an immortal, the tallest 6.5cm high, wood stands
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
76

Lot 226
A Chinese tortoiseshell circular
snuff box with gold piqué work
cover, early 19th century, the cover
decorated with a chequer pattern,
within a keywork border, 9.5cm
diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 227
An unusual Chinese cinnabar
lacquer ‘thousand flower’ footed
dish, 18th/19th century, finely carved
in high relief to the interior and the
underside with multiple flowers, leaves
and tendrils on a keywork ground,
the inside of the foot plain, 20.1cm
diameter, 6.1cm high, some restoration
to edge of foot
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Lot 228
A Chinese cinnabar lacquer box
and cover, 18th/19th century, the
cover carved in relief with the figures
of the immortals Li Tieguai and He
Xiangu, walking in a mountainous river
landscape, the borders with flower
and rockwork reserves on a diaper
ground, 28.5cm diameter, wood stand,
damaged
Estimate £200 - 300
77

Lot 229
A Chinese polychrome and giltwood seated figure
of Guanyin, Guangxu period inscription for the first
year of his reign, c.1875, seated on a lotus throne with
overhanging canopy, the stand with four attendant supports,
inscribed in black ink to the reverse with a dedication to
Guangxu and a Buddhist salutation, 36cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 230
A Chinese gilt lacquered
wood seated figure of
Wenchang Wang, late
Ming, 17th century, the
figure holding a jade tablet,
wearing flowing robes,
his face with gaps for a
moustache and beard, now
lacking, overall 48.1cm
high, later hardwood
throne and plinth
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 231
A Chinese pale celadon and russet veined jade ‘egret
and lotus’ hat finial, Jin-Yuan dynasty, intricately carved
in high relief and openwork with egrets amid lotus, 4cm
high, wood stand
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection, purchased from
John Sparks Ltd, 14 June 1955, for £10 (incorrectly
identified as Qianlong period at the time).
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
78

Lot 232
A Chinese pale creamy white jade
‘egret and lotus’ plaque, Yuan-Ming
dynasty, carved in high relief and
openwork with two egrets amid lotus
leaves flowers and tendrils, the stone of
a translucent creamy white tone, 7cm
wide, inset into a Qing dynasty hongmu
rectangular box and cover, 11.4cm wide
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Lot 233
A Chinese green and brown jade bi disc,
Yuan/Ming dynasty, 4.3cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 234
A Chinese celadon and mottled brown jade figure of a
monkey climbing on a recumbent horse, Ming dynasty,
16th-17th century, the mottled stone with natural veining,
9cm long, wood stand
The horse depicted with a monkey is a popular subject
matter for jade carving in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
A horse and climbing monkey forms the rebus Mashang
fenghou, which may be translated as ‘May you
immediately have high rank conferred upon you’
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection, purchased from
Ian McLean Antiques, 301, Lane Crawford House, Hong
Kong in the 1970s for HK$2300.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 235
A Chinese white jade ‘dragon’ belt
hook, 18th/19th century, the stone
of excellent even tone, carved in high
relief and openwork with a chi-dragon,
with dragon head terminal, 11.7cm long,
tiny splinter chips
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
79

Lot 236
A Chinese pale celadon jade flask-form vase and
cover, Qianlong/Jiaqing period, c.1780-1820, the
flattened baluster-shaped body carved with a pair of
elephant head handles, on an elliptical foot, the domed
cover with open-work dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the
carver cleverly using a russet inclusion in the stone for
the pearl, total height 19.5cm high, glued to wood stand
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Lot 237
A fine Chinese white
jade group of a bearded
foreigner, 18th century,
the man holding a
brocaded ball with a liondog
by his feet, the stone
of excellent even tone,
7.2cm high, on a lotus
carved zitan and silver
wire inlaid stand, 10.7cm
high in total
Provenance - A. V. K.
Murray collection
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 238
A Chinese white jade figure
of Liu Hai, 18th-19th century,
the standing figure carved in
relief and openwork with the
three legged toad on his back,
5.8cm high
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray
collection.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
80

Lot 239
A Chinese pale grey green and black
jade figure of a seated Mythical
beast, Qing dynasty, one signed
inscribed Made for the Prince of Liao,
8.3cm, with original receipt from Louis
Percival, Knightsbridge, London 21
July 1948.
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 240
A Chinese black and white
jade ‘fish’ sword fitting, Song
or later, 7.5cm long
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 241
An unusual Chinese white jade
‘bean pod’ box and cover, 18th-19th
century, modelled as a bean pod
carved in relief and openwork with
tendrils, the chain link cover and base
skilfully carved from a single piece of
jade, the stone of excellent even tone,
10.4cm long
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray
collection.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 242
A Chinese pale celadon jade archer’s thumb
ring, 18th/19th century, 2.5cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
81

Lot 243
A Chinese pale celadon jade figure of a boy,
18th century, the standing boy with belted robe
and hair in three tight curls, his right arm raised,
10.7cm high, wood stand
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection,
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 20 June 1962,
for £41, 10s.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 244
A Chinese celadon and russet jade
group of two lion-dogs, 19th century,
8.5cm across
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 245
A Chinese spinach green jade two-piece belt buckle, 18th/19th century,
each section carved in relief with Shou medallions and archaistic scrolls, one
section with a dragon head hook, 15cm wide
Estimate £400 - 600
82

Lot 246
A fine Chinese white jade
‘twin-fish’ bowl, Qianlong
period (1736-95), the
shallow bowl with spreading
foot and slightly flaring rim,
the interior carved in relief
with a pair of fish in mirror
image, the exterior with
raised band of vertical fins,
the stone of good even tone
with some small pale russet
inclusions, 9.9cm diameter,
wood stand, rim nick and
short hairline
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Lot 247
A Chinese pale celadon jade
‘chrysanthemum’ dish, Mughal style,
18th century, delicately carved as a
chrysanthemum flowerhead to the top
and underside, 10cm diameter
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 248
A rare Chinese white jade rice
spoon, 19th century, the stone
of excellent even tone, 12.7cm
long
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray
collection.
Estimate £800 - 1,200
83

Lot 249
A fine Chinese inscribed white jade
plaque, 18th/19th century, carved in relief
with a female immortal, the reverse with an
inscription, 7.5cm wide
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 250
A Chinese pale celadon and brown jade group of Liu
Hai and his three legged toad, Qianlong period (1736-
95), the carver skilfully using the pale brown inclusion
in the stone for his robes and the toad on his back, 8cm
high, wood stand
Provenance - A.V.K. Murray collection, purchased from
Dunt King, Hong Kong, 18 March 1970, for HK$900.
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 251
A Chinese white jade figure of a
kneeling boy holding lingzhi fungus,
19th century, the stone of good even
tone, 5cm high
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection
Estimate £400 - 600
84

Lot 252
A Chinese pale
celadon jade cup,
18th / 19th century,
the stone with some
black speckling, 4.2cm
high
Provenance - A. V. K.
Murray collection.
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 253
A Chinese pale celadon jade
reticulated ‘dragon’ plaque, 19th
century, the stone of good even tone,
carved and pierced with a confronting
dragon amid lotus flowers and scrolled
leaves and tendrils, bamboo border, 8cm
wide
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 254
A Chinese pale celadon jade plaque,
17th/18th century, now inset into a
hongmu box, the jade plaque reticulated
and carved with a phoenix amid tendrils,
lotus flower and prunus blossom, within
a border of convex discs, 6.5cm wide,
later inset into a 19th century Chinese
hongmu box, total width 11.3cm
Provenance - English private collection.
Estimate £800 - 1,200
85

Lot 255
A Chinese spinach green jade arrow vase, hu, 18th/19th
century, of flattened bottle shape, crisply carved in high relief
with lotus flowers, scrolling leaves and tendrils, the neck
applied with a pair of openwork flower handles, 14cm high,
small chip losses
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 256
A Chinese pale celadon
jade ‘mallow flower’ plaque,
18th/19th century, the tips
of the petals carved with ruyi
heads, the reverse with a
piercing for a cord, the stone
of good even tone with some
slight white inclusions, 6.7cm
wide
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 257
A Chinese pale celadon jade two-piece reticulated belt buckle,
19th century, each section pierced and carved with birds amid foliage,
one section with dragon-head hook, the stone of good even tone with
very slight inclusions, total width 8.2cm
Estimate £800 - 1,000
86

Lot 258
A Chinese pale celadon jade twin gourd pendant,
18th century, carved in high relief and openwork with
leaves and tendrils and a snail, the stone of excellent
even tone, 5cm high, tiny splinter chips
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 259
A Chinese white jade
water pot, modelled as
a bucket or tub, 19th
century of inverted conical
form, the stone of excellent
even tone, 5.1cm diameter
Provenance - A. V. K.
Murray collection
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 260
A Chinese white jade
‘Shuangxi’ plaque,
19th/20th century, carved
in a low relief, 7.3cm long
Provenance - A. V. K.
Murray collection
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 261
An unusual Chinese pale celadon
jade plaque, 19th century, carved
to each side with the same scene of
pavilions in a river landscape, 6cm high
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
87

Lot 262
A Chinese russet
skin jade elephant
head literati seal,
Qing dynasty, three
character seal script
matrix, 10cm high
Estimate £1,000 -
1,500
Lot 265
A Chinese white jade figure of a
monkey trainer, 18th century, the
standing figure with a monkey on his
back, the stone of good even tone with
some occasional white mottling, 7.9cm
high, wood stand
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray collection
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 264
A large Chinese pale celadon jade
‘dragon-fish’ vessel and cover,
19th century, with a small chainlinked
cover to the top of the dragon
fish, probably for use as a water
pot, the fish tail carved in high relief
and open work with a chilong (sea
dragon), the stone of good even
tone, 13.9cm long, carved wood
‘waves’ stand.
The carp (liyu) transforming into a
dragon (long) is associated with the
passing of the Imperial Civil Service
examinations.
Provenance - A. V. K. Murray
collection, purchased from Ming
Dynasty Antique Art & Crafts, Hong
Kong, 18th February 1971, for
HK$3630.
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
88

Lot 263
A Chinese celadon and
a russet jade figure of
a recumbent lion-dog,
17th century, the stone
with natural creamy and
russet inclusions, 6.7cm
wide
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 266
A Chinese pale celadon jade reticulated ‘butterfly’ and
‘boy riding a qilin’ double plaque wedding pendant, 19th
century, the boy riding a qilin plaque, 8cm wide, linked to the
butterfly plaque, 7.5cm wide with ‘endless knot’ cord, stone of
good even tone
Provenance- owned by the same family since the 1930s.
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 267
A Chinese pale celadon jade ‘Eight Daoist emblems’ multiplaque
wedding pendant, 19th century, the reticulated
upper carved and pierced with twin phoenixes mid peonies
flanking a character, 13.5 cm wide, suspended with a HeHe
Erxian plaque, the other eight plaques carved and pierced with
the Daoist immortals emblems, the stone of good even tone,
the cord with endless knot motifs, 32cm drop
Provenance- owned by the same family since the 1930s.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
89

Lot 268
A set of three Chinese inscribed
soapstone literati seals, two of
square section and one of slender
rectangular section, all inscribed to
the side and with a carved matrix, silk
stands, largest 10.4cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 269
A Chinese white jade reticulated
‘chilong’ plaque, the stone of good
even tone, 6cm wide
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 270
Two Chinese aquamarine carvings and
a rock crystal carving, 19th century,
largest 4.1cm high
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 271
A Chinese green
jade vase and cover,
20th century, carved
in archaistic style with
pierced scrollwork handles
and panels, the cover with
suspension chain, vase
17cm high, associated
wood stand, total height
49cm
Estimate £300 - 500
90

Lot 272
A Chinese white and russet jade figure of a
deer, 20th century, the galloping deer grasping
a peach branch in its mouth, the stone with dark
grey and russet inclusions, 11.5cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 273
An impressive Chinese white and calcified jade
figure of a Bodhisattva, 20th century, the figure finely
carved in high relief and openwork, seated in Royal pose
upon a rockwork throne, the base carved with lotus and
waves, 32.5cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 274
A large Chinese green
jade ‘Buddha Shakyamuni’
boulder carving, in Tang
style, but 20th century, the
boulder with a grey/russet skin,
carved wood stand, total height
33.5cm
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 275
A massive Chinese
white and calcified jade
standing figure of Buddha
Shakyamuni, in Tang style,
but 20th century, the figure
holding a vessel in his right
hand, 43cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
91

Lot 277
A Chinese soapstone figure
of the immortal Han Zhongli
holding a fan, 18th century,
his robes finely engraved with
cloud motifs and flowerheads,
23.3cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 276
A Chinese embellished agate
snuff bottle, the bottle Chinese,
1780-1820; the embellishment
Japanese, Tsuda family, Kyoto,
1920-1940 and three other snuff
bottles, the semi-precious stone
embellished bottle of moonflask
form, decorated with three children
and a crane playing beneath a
tree, the reverse with flowers and
rockwork in a fenced garden,
5.6cm, losses to decoration,
together with a cameo agate ‘HeHe
Erxian’ bottle, 6cm, a cameo rock
crystal ‘chickens and chicks’ snuff
bottle, 6.6cm and an inside painted
double snuff bottle, 5.5cm (4)
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 278
A Chinese hardstone snuff bottle,
19th/20th century, carved in relief with
bamboo canes, and a pair of bat-shaped
ring handles, 5.9cm high
Estimate £250 - 350
Lot 279
A stone arched stele of Vishnu, Nepal, 17th
century, standing in samabhanga, dressed in jewels
and a dhoti, his four arms radiate around him, on
a lotus base adorned with the crouching figure of
Garuda, 21.1cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
92

Lot 280
A grey schist relief of Indra, Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century A.D., his
hands folded in prayer, muscular torso covered in drapery, moustachioed
face flanked by earrings, hair in chignon, backed by halo, with another
partial figure to the right, 43cm high
Provenance - London private collection, formed between early 1940s-
1972
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 281
A large grey schist
Bodhisattva figure,
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd
century A.D., dressed
in a flowing ‘sanghati’
adorned with a torque
and necklace, the face
with heavy lidded eyes,
flanked by pendant
earrings, elaborate
headdress, backed
by nimbus, 73cm high
excluding display stand
Provenance - London
private collection,
formed between early
1940s-1972
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Lot 282
A marble head of a deity, Northwest India, Hindu
Shahi period, 6th/7th century A.D., face with elongated
heavy-lidded eyes and flanked by head earrings, wavy
locks of hair pulled off the face and secured by a beaded
headdress, 33.5cm high
Provenance - London private collection, formed between
early 1940s-1972
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 283
A terracotta head of a man, Gandhara, 3rd/4th
century A.D., finely modelled with a beard and
moustache, aquiline nose and downcast eyes, curly
hair arranged in a coif across the forehead, 36cm
high, excluding display stand
Provenance - London private collection, formed
between early 1940s-1972
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 284
Two silver aryballoi, lacking handles, Roman
or Gandhara, c. late 1st century BC - early 1st
century A.D. 6.5cm and 6cm diameter
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 285
A sandstone Ekamukha Shiva Linga and Yoni, Northwest India,
7th/8th century A.D., the Linga with the face of Shiva, fangs bird and
with third eye, the hair in a topknot with locks swept behind the ears,
the wasted square in form, mottled stone throughout, 22cm high
Provenance - London private collection, formed between early 1940s-
1972
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 286
A sandstone relief of Buddha’s foot prints
(Buddhapada), Southern India, 12th century,
37cm
Provenance - London private collection, formed
between early 1940’s-1972
Estimate £800 - 1,200
94

Chinese Bronzes,
Enamels & Silver
287-311
306
95

Lot 287
A small South East Asian bronze seated figure of
Vairocana Buddha, probably 17th/18th century,
9.5cm high, small losses to hat
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 288
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a buffalo, 18th century, with
traces of cabochon jewelling, formerly supporting the figure of
Yama, 24.5cm long
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 289
A Chinese gilt metal repoussé work box and
cover, Liao dynasty style, of petal lobed form,
decorated with lions amid filigree scroll work, 5.5cm
across
Provenance - Hong Kong businessman’s private
collection, acquired 1960s,
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 290
A Chinese miniature bronze censer, Xuande mark,
probably 17th/18th century, of oblong shape, cast in
relief with Sanskrit characters between bands of raised
bosses, the rim surmounted by a pair of rope twist
handles, on four cabriole feet, 5.5cm wide, wood stand
Provenance - Hong Kong businessman’s private
collection, acquired 1960s
Estimate £600 - 800
96

Lot 291
A Chinese bronze censer, gui, Xuande mark,
18th/19th century, the bombé shaped body with
a pair of looped lug handles, 17.5cm diameter
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 292
A Chinese copper alloy hand warmer, 18th
century, the cover reticulated with prunus on
a honeycomb ground, with engraved trellis
to the side, bronze carrying handle, 21.5cm
wide
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 293
A Chinese bronze figural scroll weight, late Ming,
modelled as a boy standing on a wooden frame work,
5cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 294
A Chinese inscribed archaistic bronze altar vase,
gu, 19th century, the foliate engraved vase applied
with raised fins and cast in relief with lion-dogs, the
base engraved with an inscription, 33.7cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
97

Lot 295
An unusual Burmese bronze seated figure of Buddha,
17th/18th century, his head with unusual spiral grooves
to the ushnisha, on a reticulated scrollwork D-shaped
base, 17cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 296
A Tibetan silvered and
gilt repoussé copper
and bronze capala
bowl, late 19th/early
20th century, decorated
with lotus flowers and
scrolled tendrils and
leaves with gilt Sanskrit
characters to the
separate triform base,
16.5cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 297
A pair of Chinese bronze beaker
vases, gu, 18th/19th century,
each cast and chased with
butterflies and flowers, auspicious
objects and zoomorphic motifs, the
foot later stamped with the retailer’s
name Maison Marnyhac 1 Rue de
lad Paris, 14.7cm high
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 298
A Chinese bronze model of a
luohan’s head, Ming dynasty,
on a later stone plinth, 9cm high,
total height 14.5cm
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
98

Lot 299
A Chinese cloisonné polychrome enamel petal
lobed jardiniere, Jiaqing period, decorated with
panels of birds, butterflies and flowering shrubs, on
a blue keywork ground, the broad rim decorated with
lotus flowers and scrolled leaves and temples, the edge
with champlevé enamel keywork, 33.4cm wide
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 300
A Chinese archaistic bronze temple bell, and reticulated
hardwood stand, Qing dynasty, the polished bronze bell cast
with the eight trigrams, a band of taotie masks, leiwen scrolls
and lappets, the stand carved and pierced throughout with
confronting dragons chasing a flaming pearl, height 55.6cm
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 301
A pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel
‘goldfish’ vases, probably Jiaqing
period (1796-1820), the bambooshaped
necks decorated with lotus
flowers and keywork, the globular
bodies with goldfish amid swirling
currents, above waves, 22.4cm high
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 302
A Chinese cloisonné enamel moon flask, bianhu, late
Ming dynasty, each side with a star shaped device, with
a ring of flower heads, on a pale blue ground decorated
with lotus flowers and scrolled leaves and tendrils, gilt
bronze rims, 31cm high, one handle lacking, some dents
Estimate £200 - 300
99

Lot 303
A Chinese cloisonné enamel ‘bats’
dish, late Qing/Republic period, finely
decorated in colours with bats surrounding
a central Shou medallion on a scrollwork
blue ground, within lappeted borders,
30.5cm diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 304
Two Chinese Guangzhou enamel boxes and a
similar petal lobed dish, Daoguang period, the leaf
shaped and petal lobed boxes painted with figures
in gardens, the border with coloured foil bats, with
landscapes to the sides, 10.5cm and 8.5cm, the
octafoil dish painted to the centre with figures in a
pavilion garden within panelled border of landscapes
and coloured foil ribbon tied objects, 15cm (3)
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 305
A Chinese Guangzhou enamel saucer
dish, 19th century, delicately painted in
pastel tones with two ladies in a rockwork
garden with a stream, the underside with
six character mark ‘Da Qing Qianlong
nian zhi’, within a border of lotus flowers
and leafy scrolls, 9.6cm diameter
Estimate £150 - 250
100

Lot 306
A Chinese Guangzhou enamel two
handled wine cup, four character
Qianlong mark and of the period (1736-
1795), painted in vibrant colours with lotus
flowers scrolling tendrils and leaves on
a yellow ground, with keywork borders,
applied with a pair of pierced zoomorphic
handles headed by white flower buds, gilt
bronze rims, the base with blue Qianlong
four character mark, 10.5 cm wide, minor
damage.
This Guangzhou enamel cup is a copy of an
Imperial workshops gold and polychrome
enamel wine cup and saucer made for
the Qianlong emperor (1736–95), housed
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, inventory
no.Gu.11582.
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 307
A good Chinese archaistic bronze tripod wine cup,
jue, dated Qianlong 3rd year, corresponding to
1738, crisply cast under the spout with an inscription
reading ‘Qianlong sannian zhongdong jidan zhi’ (made
on the first day of the eleventh month in the third year
of Qianlong), overall 21.1cm high, on a reticulated
archaistic zitan stand
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 308
A large Sino-Shan bronze rain drum, Shan
States, East Burma, 19th century, the cast
concentric ring top with central star motif,
surmounted by four frog finials, 65cm diameter,
49.5cm high
Estimate £300 - 500
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Lot 309
A Chinese kingfisher feather
and glass bead mounted
headdress, late Qing dynasty,
modelled with twin dragons,
27.5cm across, losses
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 310
A Sino-Tibetan silver-gilt jar and cover,
mid 20th century, with filigree decoration
applied with coral and turquoise, around
Shou medallions, base stamped ‘silver’, 9cm
diameter
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 311
A Chinese export silver quadruple trumpet vase
centrepiece, c.1900-1910, each trumpet vessel
decorated with prunus flowers, on a pierced wood
stand, maker’s mark NM, 20.5cm high
Estimate £400 - 600
102

Chinese Pictures
& Textiles
312-345
323
103

Lot 312
° A Burmese mulberry leaf book of Tai Magic,
Shan States, Myanmar, 19th century 55cm
wide, the additional book, 41cm x 35.5cm with
reference book
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 313
A Tibetan thangka,
18th/19th century,
depicting Master
Tsongkhapa,
image 45.5cm x
30cm, unmounted
Estimate £1,000 -
1,500
Lot 314
A Tibetan painted
silk thangka,
depicting
Padmadambhara
seated on a throne
of lotus petals,
19th century,
adorned with gold
earrings, with four
smaller Buddha
painted in each
corner representing
four aspects of
enlightenment,
image 56cm high x
39cm wide, brocade
borders
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 315
A Chinese painting on silk, Ming
dynasty, depicting scholars in a
mountainous landscape with sparse
vegetation, 29cm x 23.5cm, fragment of
larger work
Estimate £400 - 600
104

Lot 316
Chinese School, c.1800, ink and colour on
paper, beautiful ladies in a garden, the figures
on a terrace around a large table with precious
objects, a landscape beyond, image 67cm x
44cm, repairs and a fragment of a larger work
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 317
Chinese School, 19th
century, ink and colour
on paper, Magu with
a basket of flowers,
inscribed and with artist’s
seal upper left, 72.5cm
x 31.5cm, framed and
glazed
Estimate £300 - 400
Lot 318
Chinese School, early 19th century, a
pair of gouaches, interior scenes, the
first depicting a lady seated in an interior,
an attendant behind her feeding a parrot
on a suspended perch by a window, the
second a lady wearing formal dragon robes
standing in front of an opium bed with an
attendant to her left holding an opium pipe,
the trellis-work shutters propped open at
the window in the background, each 48cm
x 37cm
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 319
Chinese School, early 20th century, a pair of paintings
on silk, festival scenes, each depicting ladies and
children enjoying a spring festival, both inscribed and with
seal mark, image 42cm x 40.5cm
Estimate £400 - 600
105

Lot 320
Chinese school, late 19th
century, a set of four oils on
board, shipping in Chinese
harbours, each image 10.5cm x
16cm, framed and glazed
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 321
Chinese school, 19th century, an album
of ten pith paintings of warriors on
horseback, blue satin ribbon borders,
34cm x 23.5cm
Estimate £500 - 700
Lot 322
Circle of Tingqua, Guangzhou School,
c.1820, watercolour on paper, palace
garden scene, depicting figures by a riverside
pavilion with ornamental rockwork and shrubs,
image 35.5cm x 49.5cm
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 323
A set of twelve Chinese paintings,
late 19th century, ink and colour on
paper, each depicting different trades and
occupations, with inscriptions to the right,
27cm x 32cm, unmounted pages in a
modern album
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
106

Lot 324
Chinese School, 19th century, scroll painting, ink
and colour on silk, scholars in a garden examining
a painting, Inscribed upper left, 143cm x 23.5cm
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Lot 325
China Trade, Guangzhou School, c.1805, gouache on paper,
figures in a pavilion, probably depicting one of the processes
in the production of silk, 36.5cm x 47.5cm
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 326
Chinese School, 19th century, a
large ink and colour on paper,
depicting the Daoist immortal
Magu and a deer, ten character
inscription written by Zichen?, and
two seal marks,180.5cm x 94cm
Estimate £700 - 1,000
Lot 327
A Chinese reverse painting on
glass of a lady holding a flower,
19th century, image 49cm x
34cm, contemporary Chinese
hardwood frame, 58cm x 43cm
Estimate £400 - 600
107

Lot 328
A Chinese printed
paper passport,
Guangxu period,
dated February 1906,
42cm x 40cm
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Lot 329
° Ten Chinese auction
catalogues, c.1916-1946,
including Parke Bernet
galleries
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 330
Views of China, two early 20th century
photograph albums, scenes of Hong Kong
and Kowloon, largest album 30cm x 19cm
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 331
Reference books on Chinese art, culture, writing, porcelain, history, including later Chinese painting
and calligraphy 1800-1950, published by Random House. See Gorringes website for further details of
the books in this lot
Estimate £150 - 250
Lot 332
Reference books on Chinese ceramics, Jade, porcelain, works of art, etc. See Gorringes website for a
detailed list
Estimate £100 - 200
Lot 333
° A large quantity of Chinese ceramics and works of art sale catalogues produced by Bonhams,
Christies, Sotheby’s etc, dating from approximately 2002 to 2015, four boxes
Estimate £150 - 250
108

Lot 334
Lu Peng (Chinese, b.1967), ink and
colour on paper, abstract figure
scene, stamped with artist’s seal and
inscribed “Created by Lu Peng” dated
2007, image 83.5cm x 78cm, framed
and glazed
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 335
A Chinese blue silk ‘dragon’ robe, jifu, late 19th century and a mandarin hat, the robe
woven with nine dragons, and with flowers to the lishui stripes, collar and sleeves altered, the
Mandarin hat with pigtail
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Lot 336
A large Chinese
Kesi ‘eighteen
luohan’ panel, 19th
century, worked in
colours and gold
thread with the
figures of the luohan
amid rocks, with
mythical beasts,
119cm x 64cm,
framed and glazed
Estimate £150 - 250
Lot 337
A pair of Chinese embroidered silk
roundels, mid 19th century, woven in
white and shades of blue with butterfly
amid foliage and rockwork, 24.5cm
diameter
Estimate £300 - 400
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Lot 338
A Chinese Kesi ‘dragon’ panel, 19th century,
woven with four dragon roundels, above a five
claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl amid bats,
clouds and auspicious objects, above lishiu
stripes, 37.5cm x 57cm, probably a fragment
from a table frontal
Estimate £400 - 600
Lot 340
A Chinese
embroidered silk
wall hanging,
early 20th century,
decorated with an
egret amid lotus, on
a red ground, below
a canopy, 280 x
47cm
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 339
A pair of Chinese coral silk ‘dragon’
panels, 19th century, worked in
polychrome silk and gold thread with
dragons amid clouds and auspicious
objects, above lishiu stripes, the largest
89 x 39cm, framed and glazed, probably
fragments from a robe
Estimate £300 - 500
Lot 341
A Chinese
embroidered silk
wall hanging,
early 20th century,
decorated with a
chicken, insects
and shrubs, on a
red ground, below a
canopy, 280 x 47cm
Estimate £600 - 800
110

Lot 342
Two Chinese Kesi mandarin
squares of the fifth rank, 19th
century, each woven with a silver
pheasant above lishui stripes, each
30cm x 28cm, later framed and
glazed
Estimate £600 - 800
Lot 343
A Chinese brown silk court robe
for an Imperial Duke, jifu, late
19th century, embroidered to the
brown ground with nine five-clawed
dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls
amongst scrolling clouds, bats and
other auspicious symbols, all above
a wave border and lishui stripes,
alterations to sleeves
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 344
An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman
Turkey, 17th century, 27cm
diameter, repaired, with two
books on Islamic ceramics
Estimate £200 - 300
Lot 345
An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman
Turkey, 17th century, 30.3cm
diameter, with two books on
Iznik ceramics
Estimate £600 - 800
112

OLD MASTER TO MODERN BRITISH
Tuesday 3rd December
10.00am
15 North Street, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2PE
Entry deadline; 15th November
All enquiries to Clifford Lansberry
clifford@gorringes.co.uk
Ken Howard OBE, RA, RWS, RWA, ROI, PPNEAC (British, 1932-2022)
Robert Buhler and Bill Michael at 3 Avenue Studios
Estimate £8,000-12,000
113

SILVER, WATCHES & JEWELLERY
Tuesday 10th December
10.00am
15 North Street, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2PE
Entry deadline; 22th November
All enquiries to Roger Mead
rogerm@gorringes.co.uk
cccccccA modern Cartier 18k white gold and diamond cluster set hinged ‘Love’ bangle
Estimate £18,000-22,000
114

Auctioneers Since 1929
Sales Calendar
October-March
2024/2025
Jewellery,
Silver & Watches
Pictures –
Old Masters to
Modern British
Interiors &
Decorative Arts
Asian
Ceramics &
Works of Art
15 October
8 October
12 November
(Entries by 27 September)
(Entries by 18 September)
(Entries by 23 October)
10 December
(Entries by 22 November)
4 March
(Entries by 20 February)
3 December
(Entries by 15 November)
25 March
(Entries by 7 March)
Vintage &
Collectable
Pens
11 March
(Entries by 26 February)
28 February
(Entries by 12 February)
Weekly Sales
with Specialists
Weekly House
& Gardens Sale
Books & Manuscripts
28 October (Entries by 9 October)
24 February (Entries by 31 January)
Mid Century Furniture,
Vinyl & Autographs
2 December (Entries by 20 November)
7 October
16 December
Militaria & Medals
17 February (Entries by 5 February)
6 January
14 October (Entries by 2 October)
Coins & Stamps
17 March
20 January (Entries by 8 January)
4 November (Entries by 9 October)
10 February (Entries by 29 January)
Fine Wine & Spirits
24 March
Textiles
25 November (Entries by 13 November)
3 March (Entries by 19 February)
31 March
21 October (Entries by 9 October)
13 January (Entries by 19 December)
Lux
9 December (Entries by 20 November)
Toys, Dolls & Teddy Bears
11 November (Entries by 30 October)
10 March (Entries by 26 February)
Music & Science
Christmas Closure
3 February (Entries by 22 January)
18 November (Entries by 6 November)
27 January (Entries by 15 January)
Monday 23rd December 4pm –
Thursday 2nd January 8.30am
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Auction Estimate
15 North Street Lewes
East Sussex BN7 2PE
01273 472503
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Gorringe’s Asian Art Tuesday12th November 2024