Gorringe's Asian Ceramics and Works of Art on Tuesday 29th April starting at 10am

Gorringe’s
Asian Art
Tuesday 29th April 2025
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ASIAN CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART
Tuesday 29th April
10.00am
15 North Street, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2PE
Dan Bray
Head of Sale
+44 (0)1273 472503
danb@gorringes.co.uk
Jack Young
+44 (0)1273 472503
Jack@gorringes.co.uk
Buyer’s Premium:
25% + VAT payable on the hammer price of all lots
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SALE NOTICES
SALE SYMBOLS
§ Artist’s resale right - 4% on the hammer price
† VAT on the hammer price
* Import tax of 5% on the hammer price
** Import tax of 20% on the hammer price
BIDDING
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a bidding form. Bids must be received no later than 9 a.m. on the saleday.
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CONDITION REPORTS
Rarely are things at auction in perfect condition so do satisfy yourself as to the condition of each lot. Condition reports
are not printed in the catalogue. They are all available in the online catalogue at www.gorringes.co.uk. Please email if
you require further information about a lot.
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documentation for hand-carried exports. In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported by a shipper
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regulations). Please note we do not accept credit cards or American Express.
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where practical but high value and delicate items may well require a specialist. Overseas shipping is best provided by
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CONDITIONS OF SALE
Visit www.gorringes.co.uk for full conditions of sale.
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ORDER OF SALE
Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art 1 - 13
Indian and Islamic Works of Art 14 - 17
Chinese Ceramics 18 - 129
Chinese Works of Art 130 - 168
Bronzes, Silver and Enamels 169 - 185
Chinese Paintings and Textiles 186 - 208
Chinese and Japanese Furniture 209 - 225
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VIEWING
Friday 26th April
Saturday 27th April
Monday 28th April
9am - 4.30pm
9am - 1.00pm
9am - 4.30pm
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Japanese ceramics
and works of art
detail of lot 9
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A good Japanese Arita blue and white dish
GENROKU PERIOD (1688-1704),
painted in kraak style with a central basket of flowers in
a garden setting, within panelled borders of alternating
flowers and shells, the base with one stilt mark,
45.5cm diameter, with hardwood stand
£300-£500
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Two Japanese Mino ware blue and white vases
BY KATO GOSUKE IV (ACTIVE C.1863-1898),
the first painted with a peacock and peahen in a
landscape with diaper pattern borders, the second with
lotus, pondweed and crabs, each with underglaze blue
mark to base ‘nihon mino-kuni kato gosuke tsukuru’
(Made by Kato Gosuke in Mino province, Japan), 18cm high
Kato Gosuke was a renowned painter of birds and flowers
who went on to win several awards at the 1878 Paris
Exposition Universelle.
cf. A small blue and white vase with butterflies and vines
by Kato Gosuke IV (1839–1905) in the Walters Art Museum,
Baltimore.
£300-£500
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A Japanese Arita blue and white dish
GENROKU PERIOD (1688-1704),
painted in kraak style with a central basket of flowers in
a garden setting, within panelled borders of alternating
flowers and ribboned objects, the base with four stilt
marks, 44cm diameter
£150-£250
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A Japanese small Satsuma vase
BY HATTORI, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912),
finely gilded and painted with figures of rakan, elders and children in a
landscape, brocade pattern borders, above and below, signed in gilt to
a rectangular seal on the base, 15cm
£200-£300
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A Japanese Satsuma square bowl
SIGNED RYOZAN, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912),
the exterior finely painted with figures in landscapes, birds
and foliage within brocade pattern borders, the interior
with a dragon within a scrolling surround, with flower and
ribbon-tied object panelled borders, sixteen character
mark to the base, 12.5cm high, width 19.5cm
£300-£500
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A Japanese ginbari enamel vase
BY HAYASHI KODENJI (1831-1915),
the lobed body decorated in red enamel with a design
of bamboo, impressed maker’s lozenge mark and seven
character mark to the underside, 15.5cm high
£200-£300
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A pair of Japanese bronze and mixed metal
miniature vases
BY NOBORU NOGAWA, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912),
each decorated with irises, Nogawa trade mark to base,
also signed to the body by the artists Yoshitsugu and
Yoshimasa, 9.3cm high
£500-£700
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A Japanese Sawasa ware gilt copper
tobacco box
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY,
of shaped rectangular form, the central panel of
the cover, decorated with a pavilion amid flowers,
trees and birds, floral borders, 12.9cm long
£500-£700
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A pair of Japanese bronze and mixed metal
inlaid bottle vases
SIGNED HIDEMITSU, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912),
each decorated with egrets wading amid reeds, on a
brown patinated ground, with engraved two character
signature to the reverse, 24.5cm high
£500-£700
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A Japanese guribori lacquer double gourd shaped netsuke
EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY,
girded by a silvered metal band with a hinged loop himotoshi and cylindrical
stopper, 6cm high
£400-£600
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A Japanese lacquer fubako (letter box)
EDO PERIOD,
decorated with cranes in flight above cranes among foliage,
43cm long, 12.5cm wide
£250-£350
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lot 12
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A Japanese embroidered silk picture of
Kinkaku-ji, ‘Temple of the Golden Pavilion’
in Kyoto
MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912),
147cm x 58.5cm
£200-£300
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A Japanese gold lacquer ‘landscape’ box,
tray and cover
19TH CENTURY,
decorated with buildings in a mountainous river
landscape with pine and prunus, with matching
internal tray, 19.5cm wide
£150-£250
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Indian and Islamic
works of art
detail of lot 17
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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
£800-£1,200
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A sandstone relief of Buddha’s foot prints
(Buddhapada)
SOUTHERN INDIA, 12TH CENTURY,
of rectangular form, 37cm wide
Provenance: London private collection,
formed between early 1940’s-1972
£400-£600
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An Iznik pottery dish
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY,
painted in colours with tulips and other flowers
and foliage, zigzag border, 27cm diameter;
with two books on Islamic ceramics
£200-£300
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Mogul (Mughal) School
PROFILE PORTRAIT OF A MOGUL DIGNITARY, POSSIBLY SHAH JAHAN (1592-1666),
full length, wearing court attire and a sword, standing in a landscape,
watercolour miniature
label verso ‘Fogg Art Museum Loan 17444.246’
31cm x 20.5cm including borders
£400-£600
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Chinese Ceramics
detail of lot 52
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A large Chinese green glazed earthenware jar, hu
HAN DYNASTY (202BC-220AD),
incised with linear concentric bands surrounding its body,
with moulded ‘taotie’ mask and ring handles, 34.5cm high
£300-£500
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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
£150-£250
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A large Chinese sancai pottery figure
of a bactrian camel
TANG DYNASTY (618-907),
standing four square on a rectangular plinth,
59cm high,
With thermoluminescence test certificate number
566h75 undertaken by Research Laboratory for
Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University,
10th August 1990
£400-£600
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A Chinese Jian ware hare’s fur bowl and
saggar
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279),
17.7cm wide
£300-£500
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A Chinese Longquan celadon
petal lobed deep bowl
SOUTHERN SONG/YUAN DYNASTY,
13TH CENTURY,
the exterior moulded with lotus petals,
partially unglazed foot, ‘Bluett and Sons, London’
label to base, 8cm high, 12cm diameter,
wood stand
cf. A near identical example in the Singapore
Government website, collection, Accession No.
2001-00013
£400-£600
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A Chinese blue and white shipwreck
small jar
EARLY MING DYNASTY,
painted to each side with a bird perched on a branch,
the upper register with ribbon tied amulets or coins,
unglazed base, 10.2cm high, old collector’s label to base
£100-£150
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A pair of Chinese blue and white pear-shaped
shipwreck vases
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY,
each painted with flaming Buddhist wheel motifs amid
scrolling clouds, the neck with leaf lappets, unglazed base,
19.5cm high
£300-£500
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A Chinese blue and white shipwreck meiping
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY,
the central band painted with lotus flowers, scrolling leaves and
tendrils, the lower register with lappets and scrolls and the upper
register with flowers and leaves in ruyi-shaped reserves, burnt
orange unglazed base, 25cm high
£300-£500
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A large Chinese blue and white tripod censer
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY,
of cylindrical form, raised on three cabriole feet and painted
with scrolling lotus and the eight Buddhist emblems (bajixiang),
25cm tall, 27.5cm diameter
cf. A similar example sold by Christies, New York,
Fine Chinese and Works of Art Part I, 14 September 2012, lot 1172
£3,000-£5,000
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A Chinese blue and white ‘Buddhist lions’ dish
MING DYNASTY OR LATER,
painted with Buddhist lions surrounding a ribbon-tied
brocaded ball, the border decorated with lotus flowers
amongst tendrils, 42cm diameter, copper mounted rim
£2,000-£3,000
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A Chinese Ming blue and white saucer dish
16TH CENTURY,
the centre painted with a seated immortal and attendant on
a rocky outcrop overlooking a river landscape, the underside
with a border of horses running in a continuous landscape,
20.4cm diameter
£300-£500
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A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644),
each painted to the exterior with trailing lotus flowerheads,
the bowl with a central roundel containing lotus flowers
amid tendrils, 6.8cm high, diameter 14.5cm
£600-£800
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Two Chinese sancai ‘dragon-fish’
ridge tiles
MING DYNASTY, C.1580-1620,
each modelled with a leaping dragon-fish
above waves, curved base, 29 and 31.5cm
high, wood stand
£200-£300
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A Chinese Longquan celadon crackle-glazed
tripod censer
MING DYNASTY OR LATER,
decorated to the body with a band of raised stars, the rim
flanked by two rope twist handles, 14cm handle to handle
£600-£800
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A Chinese Transitional blue and white
‘Ladies’ rolwagen vase
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1627-1644),
painted with four ladies gallivanting in a garden with
a gentleman, possibly a scene from the Romance of
the Western Chamber, the reverse with banana plants
and rocks encircled by billowing clouds, below an
incised band of chevrons and painted leaf lappets,
unglazed base, 44.5cm
cf. A similar shape Chongzhen vase, cyclically dated
to the Wuyin year corresponding to 1638 and of the
period, from the Marsh Collection sold by Bonhams,
London, New Bond Street, 2 November 2023, lot 12.
£3,000-£5,000
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A large Chinese Transitional blue and white
jar and cover
MID 17TH CENTURY,
finely painted with insects amid lotus, prunus and other floral
sprays, the domed cover with blossom, on a raised foot, 29cm
high
£600-£800
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A pair of Chinese Transitional wucai vases
and covers,
SHUNZHI / EARLY KANGXI, LATE 17TH CENTURY,
painted with flowering chrysanthemums amongst foliage,
below a band of ‘cracked ice’ and leaf lappets, unglazed base,
38cm high
Provenance: Handwritten letter, stating that the vases were
given to a Mrs. Mary Collins by sailors at Greenwich, around
1770-1780.
£400-£600
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A pair of Chinese Transitional blue and white
‘mythical beasts’ bowls
EARLY KANGXI PERIOD,
each painted with three mythical beasts in a fenced garden
to the exterior, the interior with a hare in the garden,
one of them staring at the moon, pine needle borders,
Shende Tang zhi mark to base, 15cm diameter
£800-£1,200
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A pair of Chinese Transitional blue and white
‘landscape’ jars
PROBABLY SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
each painted with a house in a river landscape scene,
and glazed base, 17cm and 17.5cm high
£400-£600
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A Chinese Transitional blue and white brushpot,
bitong
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1627-44),
finely painted with a soldier carrying a large vase of pole arms,
an official standing before him in a walled garden, the upper
border incised with leaves and scrolls, the lower border with
crosshatching, 15.8cm high
cf. A similar brushpot sold by Bonhams, Hong Kong,
29 November 2023, Lot 807.
£800-£1,200
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A Chinese blue and white
‘phoenix and peony’ baluster vase
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
the vase is the lower section of a yen-yen vase,
typically painted with two phoenixes amid peonies,
25.3cm high
£300-£500
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A Chinese blue and white yen-yen vase
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
painted with prunus blossom on a ‘cracked ice’ ground,
divided by a chevron border and castellation to the
foot and rim, 45cm high
£1,000-£1,500
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A Chinese blue and white cover for a box
EARLY KANGXI PERIOD,
painted with a lady and two attendants holding gifts
in a garden with planting rockwork and fence, 18cm
diameter
£300-£500
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A Chinese blue and white charger
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
painted to the centre with foliage and lotus, within a
panelled border of flowering plants, the underside with
artemisia leaf mark within a double circle, 38cm diameter
£200-£300
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A Chinese blue and white baluster vase
EARLY KANGXI PERIOD,
and associated cover, painted with two figures and horses
in a mountainous landscape, 17.5cm high
£600-£800
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A Chinese inscribed blue and white
‘seven sages of the bamboo grove’
meiping
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
finely painted with the seven sages with an attendant
performing calligraphy and playing music, within a
landscape with bamboo and rock work, three column
inscription, apocryphal Chenghua mark to base,
19.2cm high
£1,500-£2,000
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A pair of Chinese blue and white
octagonal vases
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
the body painted with alternating figures in
landscapes and antique treasures, the upper
facets similarly painted with floral sprays and
antiques, each below a band of ruyi heads,
28cm high
£1,000-£1,500
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A Chinese blue and white
‘double phoenix’ dish
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
painted with two phoenixes standing on rockwork
amid flowers and bamboo, on a channel
moulded foot, 33cm diameter
£800-£1,200
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A Chinese famille verte octagonal dish
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
painted with two courting birds in a garden with pine tree, flowers
and a jardiniere, phoenix and peony border, moulded edge, sprigging
to the underside, 38.5cm wide
£1,500-£2,000
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Two graduated Chinese famille verte octagonal dishes
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
each painted with two courting birds in a garden with pine tree,
flowers and a jardiniere, phoenix and peony border, moulded edge,
sprigging to the underside, 34.4cm and 31.4cm across
£500-£700
lot 47
lot 46
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A Chinese famille verte decagonal dish
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
painted with flowers and a butterfly to the centre within a
panelled border of blossoming branches, the underside
with panelled border and underglaze blue double circle,
22cm diameter
£300-£400
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A Chinese blue and white ‘lotus’ bottle vase
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
painted to each side with a lotus flower, and decorated
with bands of foliage, scrolls and two café au lait bands,
on a spreading foot, 20.5cm high
£200-£300
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A Chinese export Imari canted
rectangular serving dish
EARLY 18TH CENTURY,
painted with peony and chrysanthemum
blossoms within a fenced garden, floral
border and moulded rim, 38cm wide
£200-£300
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A set of six Chinese famille verte petal lobed saucer dishes
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
each painted with an insect amid flowers rockwork and foliage,
within similar panelled borders, 18.2cm diameter
£600-£800
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A Chinese sancai-glazed biscuit porcelain
‘luduan’ censer and cover
EARLY 18TH CENTURY,
the beast standing four square, the removable lid
modelled as the luduan’s head, 23cm high, 18cm long,
wood stand
£600-£800
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A Chinese Yixing hexagonal teapot
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722),
applied with pine and blossoming branches,
the domed cover with lotus petals,
European silver mounts, 14cm long
£1,000-£1,500
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A rare Japanese Arita or Chinese porcelain
model of a shoe, based on a Delft shape
FIRST HALF OF 18TH CENTURY,
decorated in blue and iron red enamels with flower
heads, leaves and scrolling tendrils, 18cm
£300-£500
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A Chinese famille rose ‘cockerel’ octagonal plate
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
painted with two fighting cockerels in a landscape, scrollwork and
cellular pattern borders with reserves of prunus and peonies,
20.7cm wide
£150-£200
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A near pair of Chinese famille rose
‘cockerel’ tea bowls and saucers
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
each painted with a cockerel amid rockwork
and peonies, 4.5cm high, diameter 11.8cm
£300-£500
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A Chinese blue and white ‘crane and phoenix’ dish
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
painted in pencil drawn style with a crane and a phoenix amid
bamboo and peonies, around a central lotus roundel, diaper
pattern borders, 34.7cm diameter
£200-£300
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A pair of Chinese famille rose
‘cockerel’ octagonal plates
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
each painted with two fighting cockerels in
a landscape, scrollwork and cellular pattern
borders with reserves of prunus
and peonies, 20.7cm wide
£300-£400
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A Chinese famille rose ‘cockerel’ cream jug
and cover
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
painted with opposing cockerels amid rockwork and flowers,
cracked ice and prunus border, 11.5cm high
£150-£200
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A Chinese export gilt and famille rose teapot
YONGZHENG / QIANLONG PERIOD,
finely painted to each side with the figures of a family in an
interior, a garden beyond, gilt scrollwork borders, lacking
cover, 9cm
£150-£250
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A pair of Chinese famille rose ‘cockerel’
octagonal plates
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
each painted with two fighting cockerels in a landscape,
scrollwork and cellular pattern borders with reserves of prunus
and peonies, 20.5cm wide
£200-£300
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A Chinese semi-eggshell porcelain saucer
and a similar tea bowl
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735),
each painted with goats and chickens, the tea bowl with gilded
ground, 6.5cm the saucer with black and green ground, 10.5cm
£200-£300
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An unusual Chinese famille rose
miniature coffee cup and a
lotus bud shaped jar
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
the cup painted with flowers rockwork and
a tree, 4.5cm high, the jar in the form of a
lotus bud, lacking cover, 5.2cm high (2)
£150-£200
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Two Chinese semi-eggshell porcelain
hexagonal saucers and a similar cup
YONGZHENG/QIANLONG PERIOD,
one saucer painted with two quail, insects rockwork
and flowers, 10.6cm wide, together with a similar cup,
the second saucer with fighting cockerels a jardiniere
of flowers on a stand, and a basket of fruit,
13cm wide (3)
£200-£300
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A pair of Chinese famille rose
‘double pheasant’ coffee cups
EARLY QIANLONG PERIOD,
each painted with two pheasants amid
rock work and flowers
£150-£200
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An unusual Chinese blue and white trefoil
shaped double walled vase
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
exterior reticulated with three ‘dragon’ roundels, and painted
with lotus flowers and scrolling tendrils, 9.5cm high
£300-£500
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A Chinese export famille rose
basket and stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
each painted in European style with insects
and flowers within a pierced ribbon border,
basket 8cm high, stand diameter 21.5cm
£300-£500
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A Chinese export European
subject ‘hunting’ punch bowl
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
painted in famille rose enamels to the exterior
with huntsmen on horses with hounds in
landscapes, the interior with a huntsman and
his hounds in a roundel, scrollwork borders,
28.2cm diameter
£300-£400
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A Chinese famille rose ’ducks’ plate
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
painted to the centre with ducks amid rocks and
peonies, the border with peonies and other flowers
within diaper bands, 22.7cm diameter
£150-£200
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A Chinese famille rose ‘chickens’
octagonal plate
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
painted with a hen and chicks amid rockwork and flowers,
the border with flowers and diaper, 21.5cm wide
£150-£200
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A Chinese famille rose ‘mandarin’
ogee-shaped teapot
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
painted with a gentleman seated in a classical chair
attended by two ladies, with two children playing in a
garden setting, bird and flower borders, 22cm across
£150-£250
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A Chinese famille rose ‘cockerel’
beaker vase
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
painted with two cockerels amid rockwork and
peonies, diaper pattern banded borders, 21.3cm high
£300-£500
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A Chinese export enamelled porcelain
model of a seated spaniel
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
wearing a collar with bell around its neck, its fur picked
out in brown with white patches, 17cm high
£300-£500
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A Chinese export famille rose
coffee pot
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
the tapering cylindrical body decorated with
an interlaced monogram amid floral sprays,
applied with a bifurcated handle, the domed
cover with pomegranate finial, 24.5cm high
£150-£250
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A Chinese export grisaille ‘ship’ bowl
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
MADE FOR THE DANISH MARKET,
painted with a Danish trading ship in black to each
side, with iron red Danish flags, black enamel borders,
22.8cm diameter, wood stand
£150-£200
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A set of three Chinese blue and white meat dishes
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
each painted with scholarly objects on a rockwork stand,
in a garden setting, Fitzhugh style borders, 45cm - 45.5cm wide
£300-£500
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A Chinese blue and white bowl
and cover
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
unusually painted to the interior with The Three Friends
of Winter - pine bamboo and prunus together with a
peony within a cross-hatched border, 25.5cm diameter
£200-£300
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A Chinese rouge de fer tea bowl and saucer
and a similar cup
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795),
the fluted tea bowl and saucer painted with chickens
amid foliage, 13cm diameter, the octagonal cup with
foliage and a bird in flight
£150-£200
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A Chinese blue and white arrow vase
QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95),
painted with a continuous band of scrolling
leaves, between leaf lappeted borders, the neck
painted with waves and a band of key work scrolls,
six character seal mark to base, 19.2cm high
£2,000-£3,000
Mark detail
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A Chinese green enamelled sang de boeuf
ground ‘lion’ bottle vase
PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY,
decorated with three lion-dogs chasing a ribbon-tied brocaded ball,
the neck with leaf lappets and ruyi head border, 24cm high
£400-£600
81
A Chinese green crackle glazed
figure of Shouxing
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
in standing pose with flowing robes,
canted rectangular base, 27.7cm high, wood stand
£200-£300
82
A Chinese Guan type brushwasher
QIANLONG MARK BUT LATER,
of quatrelobed form, each side moulded in relief with
an animal mask ring handle, covered in a thick crackle
glaze, brown dressing to the edge of the foot, six character
underglaze blue mark, 10.5cm high
£200-£300
46

83
A Chinese blue and white ‘dragon’ vase
PROBABLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
decorated with two five claw dragons amongst waves,
13.2cm high
£300-£500
84
A Chinese blue and white ‘landscape’
hexagonal jar and cover
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
painted with a continuous river landscape scene,
the shoulder with pendants, the cover and neck
with bat and cloud borders, 25.3cm high
£400-£600
85
A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls
KANGXI FOUR CHARACTER MARK, 19TH CENTURY,
each painted with asters and lotus, in petal-shaped
reserves, the interior with flower sprays, four character
mark base, 8.5cm high, 19.8cm diameter
£200-£300
47

86
A Chinese blue and white ewer
HONGZHI MARK, PROBABLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
painted in pencil style with scrolling tendrils and flowers,
six character mark to base, 17.8cm high
£200-£300
87
A Chinese blue and white ‘dragon’ bottle vase
19TH CENTURY,
painted with a five claw dragon emerging from powder
blue clouds, fixing its stare upon a flaming pearl, its tail
wrapped around the neck of the vase, the base with
double circle, 42.2cm high
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents while
living in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£400-£600
48

88
A large Chinese blue and white
‘Hundred Antiques’ jar and cover
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
painted with Antiques in shaped reserves on
a prunus and cracked ice ground, crenellated
borders, double circle to base, cylindrical cover,
33cm high, wood stand
£400-£600
89
A Chinese blue and white
‘dragon’ dice bowl
XUANDE MARK,
PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
thick walled, the exterior painted with
two five-clawed dragons around the
exterior frieze amidst flames and
ruyi-clouds, between lotus lappets
encircling the base and a border
of waves around the mouth rim,
the reign mark inscribed in a line
under the wave-band, the interior
in biscuit, the base unglazed,
8.5cm high, diameter 16.2cm
£300-£500
49

90
A Chinese powder blue glazed globular jar
19TH CENTURY,
the white glazed base with underglaze blue double
circle, 23cm high, wood cover and stand
£200-£300
91
A Chinese enamelled biscuit
‘eighteen Luohan’ vase
19TH CENTURY,
moulded in relief with figures and a dragon amid
scrolling clouds, the base with incised six character
mark, 21.3cm high
£300-£400
92
Three Chinese enamelled porcelain plates
MID 19TH CENTURY,
each painted with figures amongst pavilions and
gardens within shaped reserves, 25.5cm diameter
£300-£500
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93
A Chinese pink-ground sgraffito pear-shaped vase,
yuhuchunping
DAOGUANG SIX CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850),
finely painted with butterflies and floral sprays on a sgraffito pink ground,
the shoulder and neck with lime green ruyi head bands, the base with
lappets, underglaze blue six character seal mark ‘Da Qing Daoguang
nianzhi’ to the underside, 28.5cm high
£10,000-£15,000
51

94
A Chinese enamelled porcelain water
bottle, cover and basin
MID 19TH CENTURY,
painted with figures, pavilions and trees, with borders
of flowers and birds, the bottle and cover in a
matching pattern, 35cm high, basin 36cm diameter
£300-£500
95
A Chinese robin’s egg glazed
brushwasher
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
the exterior moulded in relief and slip
decorated with a prunus branch, turquoise
glazed interior and base, 12.5cm diameter
£300-£400
52

96
A Chinese underglaze blue and iron red bowl
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD
(1821-1850),
painted around the exterior with four upright lotus flowers in
iron-red supported on leafy stems in underglaze blue, the
base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, 7.9cm
diameter
£200-£300
97
A Chinese famille rose square section vase
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY,
each side painted with lotus, peonies, plum blossom and
chrysanthemums, the neck with lotus flowers and scrolling
leaves on a turquoise ground, partially unglazed base,
30cm high
£200-£300
98
A Chinese celadon glazed landscape vase
19TH CENTURY,
decorated to one side with an underglaze blue
landscape within a white ground panel, and a poem
to the other side, underglaze copper red seal marks,
21cm
£200-£300
53

99
A pair of Chinese lime-green sgraffito
ground vases
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
enamelled with ladies, butterflies and cranes
against a sgraffito green ground, above a keywork
band with flowers and leaves, surmounted by two
‘lion-dog’ handles, 32.5cm high
£600-£800
100
A Chinese white glazed ‘gu’ vase
19TH CENTURY,
the central section decorated with two pairs of dragon
heads, between bands of leaf lappets, 24.5cm
£300-£500
101
A pair of Chinese famille verte
stacking containers
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
each cover painted with a lady seated in a garden,
the sides painted with ribbon-tied objects and
panels of diaper, 13.5cm high, diameter 10.7cm
£200-£300
54

102
A pair of Chinese blanc-de-chine
gourd-shaped vases
DEHUA KILNS, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
each applied with tendrils and leaves, 10.5cm high
£300-£500
103
A Chinese blanc-de-chine seated figure of Budai
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the figure seated wearing robes, holding a vajra (dorje)
in his left hand, 16.4cm high, wood stand
£400-£600
104
A Chinese blanc-de-chine seated
figure of Guanyin
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
seated in royal ease, impressed seal mark to the figure’s back,
22.7cm high, hongmu stand
Provenance: This figure was bought to the UK from Malaysia in
the late 1940s/early 1950s, by the vendor’s late aunt.
£400-£600
55

105
A large Chinese famille rose
two-handled vase
MID 19TH CENTURY,
one side painted with ducks and insects amid lotus,
the reverse with blackbirds amid blossoming branches,
between a band of lotus petals of alternating colour,
the neck applied with a pair of pomegranate shaped
handles, on an olive-brown ground, painted with leaves
and scrolling tendrils, the foot with lotus flowers, leaves
and scrolling tendrils on a yellow ground, 60.5cm high
£300-£500
106
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
Provenance: ‘Spink & Son Ltd est. 1772’ label to base
£1,000-£1,500
56

107
A Chinese famille rose rouleau vase
KANGXI MARK, C.1900,
painted with a boy on an ox showing reverence to the
figure of Guanyin amongst clouds, below a band of
alternating antiques and ribbon bound objects, the
base with an underglaze blue six character mark within
double circle, 35.7cm high
£600-£800
108
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 Guanyin floating amid clouds,
holding two scrolls, the figures of a bowing boy
and buffalo, underglaze blue double circle to base,
45.3cm high
£500-£800
57

109
A Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘dragon’ vase
19TH CENTURY,
painted with five different coloured five claw dragons, chasing
flaming pearls amid scrolling clouds, above a band of waves at
the base, the neck applied with a pair of pierced ‘pine’ handles,
44cm high
£800-£1,200
58

110
A Chinese blue and white table service
GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908),
each piece painted with sprays of chrysanthemums, comprising a steamer
bowl and cover, 25.5cm diameter, two serving bowls and covers, 19.5cm
diameter, and three rice bowls, covers and stands, 11cm diameter, all with six
character marks
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents while living in Hong Kong
from 1974–76.
£400-£600
111
A pair of Chinese iron red ‘dragon’ cups
GUANGXU SIX CHARACTER MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908),
each painted with five claw dragons chasing flaming pearls above a band
of waves, underglaze blue six character marks, 4.7cm high
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents while living in Hong Kong
from 1974–76.
£400-£600
59

112
Three Chinese blue and white snuff
bottles
C.1850-1900,
two painted with a dragon chasing a flaming
pearl, 5.7cm and 7.1cm the third with chickens,
5.8cm high
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents
while living in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£200-£300
113
A Chinese blue and white ‘dragon’ stem bowl
GUANGXU SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1875-1908),
the interior of the bowl painted with a confronting dragon
chasing a flaming pearl, within a keywork border, the exterior
with lotus and peonies on a diaper ground, lappeted border
and spreading foot, inscribed to the underside of the foot
‘Da Qing Guangxu nian zhi’, 17cm diameter
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents while living
in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£200-£300
114
A Chinese blue and white ‘dragon’ box
and cover
JIAJING SIX CHARACTER MARK, 19TH CENTURY,
painted with five claw dragons amongst fire and
cloud scrolls, the underside with six character
mark within a double circle, 16.5cm diameter
£600-£800
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115
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
£500-£700
116
A Chinese enamelled porcelain
‘Li Tieguai’ brushpot, bitong
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949),
painted in iron red and black enamels with the
characterful figure of the immortal Li Tieguai,
holding lingzhi fungus, leaning against a giant
gourd, his iron crutch and sandals strewn on the
ground, the figures of a crane and a boy stoking
a stove, apocryphal Qianlong mark, 14.6cm high,
wood stand
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents
while living in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£500-£700
61

117
A Chinese blue and white container
YONGZHENG SEAL MARK, REPUBLIC PERIOD,
finely painted with figures in a river landscape, 7.5cm high
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents while living
in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£200-£300
118
A Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘Hundred Butterfly’
vase
QIANLONG MARK, REPUBLIC PERIOD,
painted with numerous butterflies in flight, blue enamel
four character mark to base, 27.2cm high
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents while living
in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£300-£400
119
A Chinese famille verte saucer dish
CHENGHUA MARK BUT LATER,
painted with a bird perched on a magnolia branch
surrounded by prunus, underglaze blue six character mark
to base, 14.4cm diameter
£600-£800
62

120
A Chinese underglaze blue and copper
red ’dragon and tiger’ baluster vase
POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY,
painted with a dragon amid clouds breathing
water or wind toward a tiger on a rocky mount,
underglaze blue double circle to base, 35.7cm high
£400-£600
121
An unusual Chinese famille verte
bowl
GUANGXU MARK, PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD,
the exterior painted with a pheasant
amongst branches and flowers with
butterflies on a blue ground, the interior
painted in famille verte enamels with a
crane and floral sprigs, on a biscuit ground,
underglaze blue six character mark to base,
16.3cm diameter
£150-£250
63

122
A Chinese famille rose ‘Li Tieguai’ plaque
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949),
the figure standing in a landscape, holding his staff, his gourd
and hat hanging over his back, plaque 20.3cm x 12.7cm, wood
frame
£200-£300
123
A Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘landscape’
plaque
ATTRIBUTED TO WANG XIAOTING, MID 20TH CENTURY,
painted with buildings in a river landscape scene,
inscribed upper left, 30cm x 52cm
£400-£600
64

124
A Chinese enamelled porcelain
‘dragon’ bowl
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949),
painted externally with six four claw dragons of
various colours, chasing flaming pearls amongst
smoke, above a border of waves and alternating
flowers and waves, internally painted with another
dragon chasing a flaming pearl and floral sprigs,
underglaze blue Xuande mark within double circle
to base, 9cm high, diameter 20.8cm,
£600-£800
125
A Chinese famille verte dish
XUANDE MARK BUT LATER,
enamelled with an immortal riding a mythical beast
amid waves, apocryphal mark to base, 16.5cm
diameter
£800-£1,000
126
A Chinese inscribed famille rose ‘quail and
chrysanthemum’ bottle vase
HONGXIAN FOUR CHARACTER MARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD,
finely painted with four quail amid chrysanthemums and
rock work, the opposing side with four column inscription
and artist seal marks, the shoulder with flowers on a gilt
band, blue enamel four character mark to underside,
old label to neck, 16.7cm high
Provenance: Bought from Guangzhou Antique shop, mid
20th century, with applied Guandong Province Cultural
Relics Bureau wax seal.
£200-£300
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127
A Chinese inscribed enamelled porcelain
‘Winter landscape’ vase
QIANLONG FOUR CHARACTER MARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD,
finely painted in grey and ochre enamels with a fisherman in a winter
river landscape scene, with four column inscription verso with various
artists seals, four character blue enamel seal mark into the underside,
old retailers label, 16cm high
Provenance: Bought from Guangzhou Antique shop, mid 20th century,
with applied Guandong Province Cultural Relics Bureau wax seal.
This is a copy of a Qianlong mark and period vase in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei collection number 002918N000000000
£200-£300
128
A Chinese famille rose ‘Liu Hai’ bottle vase
QIANLONG SIX CHARACTER SEAL MARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD,
finely painted with the figure of Liu Hai in four different
poses, in a landscape with pine, rocks and bamboo, his
three legged toad below, iron red six character seal mark
to underside, 26cm high
Provenance: Bought from Guangzhou Antique shop, mid
20th century, with applied Guandong Province Cultural
Relics Bureau wax seal
£300-£500
129
A large Chinese blue and white ‘sages’
fish bowl
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
painted with sages and attendants in a continuous
landscape with rockwork and pine, ruyi- head band
to the shoulder and waves to the base, unglazed
base, 41.5cm diameter
£200-£300
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detail of lot 137
67

130
A pair of Chinese carved sandalwood
frames
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
each carved in high relief and openwork with figures
amid pavilions and trees, the uprights with a pair of
dragons, 38.5cm x 26cm.
£200-£300
131
A Chinese inscribed polychrome
lacquer document box
QIANLONG MARK AND INSCRIPTION,
incised and decorated with confronting dragons amid
clouds on a gold ground, around a tablet shaped
cartouche inscribed ‘Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi’ above
waves, the underside of the cover inscribed,
31cm x 22cm
£600-£800
68

132
A group of sixteen Chinese hardwood stands
together with a Japanese stand
19TH/20TH CENTURY,
the largest stand is 26cm diameter
£300-£500
133
A Chinese mother-of-pearl overlaid
hardwood miniature table screen
19TH CENTURY,
decorated with ladies in garden settings, antique
objects and flowers, the feet with brass cups,
30.2cm
£200-£300
134
A Chinese hardwood scholar’s stand,
carved in imitation of rootwood
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
the circular top with burr wood inset, on four carved
down-scrolled supports joined by stretchers, 28cm high
£300-£400
69

135
A Chinese inscribed hardwood brushpot,
bitong
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
carved with horizontal and verticals character and seal
marks, 14cm high
£300-£500
136
A cased pair of Chinese hardwood
‘lion-dog’ seals
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
each of the square section seals surmounted by the figure
of a lion-dog, blank matrix, 6.2cm high, silk covered stand
and fitted hardwood box,
£400-£600
137
A Chinese painted leaf fan and
hardwood stand
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
the leaf painted with figures seated
in a pavilion, looking out over a
winter landscape, with a figure
on horseback in the distance,
inscribed and with artist seals
upper left, in an arched frame,
on a lobed stand carved and
pierced with a tripod censer and
leaves, total height 33.5cm,
total width 53cm
£500-£800
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138
A Chinese reticulated bamboo
perfume holder
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
pierced and carved with scholars and attendants
on a boat navigating amid lotus, rocks and pine,
turned horn ends, four character inscription,
19.7cm high
£600-£800
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139
A Chinese silver filigree work
and enamel scent bottle
BY WONGSHING,
three carved peach stones, and a kernel and turquoise
bead necklace, late 19th/early 20th century,
the silver and filigree work scent bottle with screw top, 6cm,
in a fitted brocade box with paper label ‘Wongshing No.15’,
the peach stones carved with a giant goldfish and people
and a man in a goat drawn cart, each approximately 3cm
long, the bead necklace with figure carved kernels and
turquoise beads, joined by knotted silk with a silver class
stamped TEH (3)
£200-£300
140
A Chinese cinnabar lacquer seal paste box
19TH CENTURY,
carved in relief to each side with figures in landscape
scenes, 4.7cm diameter
£200-£300
141
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
£1,500-£2,000
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142
A Chinese lacquer, soapstone,
mother-of-pearl and bone overlaid panel
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
decorated with a figure on horseback holding a
halberd, a soldier running towards him holding two
swords, in a gilt decorated landscape applied with
rocks to each corner, panel 29cm x 18cm, framed
£300-£500
143
A large Chinese archaistic pale celadon
and calcified jade rhyton
on a hardwood stand, 17.5cm high
£150-£200
74

144
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.
£1,000-£1,500
145
A Chinese pale celadon jade ‘duck’
brushwasher
POSSIBLY 17TH/18TH CENTURY,
the figure of the duck grasping a floral sprig in its
mouth, standing on two feet, aperture to its back,
the stone with some occasional russet inclusions,
10.7cm long
£400-£600
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146
A Chinese white jade pendant plaque
POSSIBLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
carved in relief with figures in a pavilion garden, possibly
a scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber,
the reverse with a five column inscription in cursive script,
the stone of good even tone, 7.6cm high
£1,000-£1,500
147
A Chinese white jade figure
of a recumbent horse
the stone of good even tone with
a few small russet inclusions,
8cm long
£600-£800
148
A set of five Chinese pale
celadon jade robe buttons
19TH CENTURY,
each carved with a flower head to
the front, the reverse with a loop for
attaching to a robe, approximately
1.7cm diameter
£300-£500
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149
A Chinese brass ‘dragon’ box, inset
with a 17th/18th century
jade plaque
the archaistic celadon jade plaque, carved
in low relief with scrolls and phoenix heads
biting lingzhi fungus, 7.7cm x 5.4cm, the brass
cover of the box embossed with foliage, the
sides with dragons amid clouds, 13cm wide
£300-£500
150
A Chinese reticulated white jade
‘dragon’ plaque
18TH CENTURY,
carved and pierced with a dragon amid scrolling
tendrils and lingzhi fungus, clasping a pearl in its
front right claw, the stone with some small inclusions,
7cm x 5.2cm
£300-£500
151
A Chinese white and russet jade
petal lobed cup stand
the raised centre carved with a shou
medallion within a border of ruyi heads,
with raised lotus petal lobed sides,
12.8cm wide
£300-£500
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152
A Chinese jade and cabochon
mounted hand mirror
THE JADE 18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the oval mirror back inset with jadeite and
gem stone cabochons around a pale celadon
jade plaque, 9cm (probably removed from
a ruyi sceptre), carved in relief with a ribbon
tied gourd issuing flowers, the now detached
handle mounted with a pale celadon jade
dragon belt hook, 9.2cm, of good even tone,
silver mount detached from oval mirror
£600-£800
153
A Chinese pale celadon jade
‘dragon’ belt hook
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the toggle carved with scrolls, the stone with
some paler inclusions, one and with a slight
russet inclusion, 12cm long
£1,200-£1,600
154
A Chinese white and black jade
figure of a recumbent tiger
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279),
its legs tucked under its body, pierced hole
top to bottom, 4.9cm long
£300-£500
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155
A Chinese white jade ‘rabbit’
snuff bottle
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the rabbit ears folded back and the hind
and front legs tucked under its body, the
translucent stone with small black and
russet inclusions, the eyes inset with red
glass, the bottle well hollowed, 6.4cm long.
cf. Bonhams, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles sale,
New York, 9 September 2019, Lot 150, for a
snuff bottle in the form of a rat but with legs
similarly tucked underneath the body.
£300-£500
156
A Chinese pale celadon jade carving of
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the figure lying recumbent on a giant banana leaf
fan (probably taken from Princess Iron Fan), wearing
a chain mail shirt, a circlet headband and cloudwalking
boots, holding his staff, the Ruyi Jingu Bang,
in his right hand, the stone of excellent even tone,
6.6cm high
£300-£500
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157
A Chinese pale celadon jade scroll weight
with single scroll end, carved and pierced with a repeating band of endless knots,
the stone of good even tone, 31.2cm long
£1,000-£1,500
158
Four Chinese archaistic hardstone or burnt jade
cong or cylinders
the stone mottled or calcified, three carved in low relief with taotie masks,
ranging from 1.2cm to 8cm high
£800-£1,200
159
Four Chinese archaistic jade or hardstone cong
each in mottled green and brown stone,
ranging from 7cm to 10.5cm high
£1,000-£1,500
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160
A pair of Chinese white jade cups
QING DYNASTY OR LATER,
each on a circular foot,
the stone of good even tone,
5.7cm diameter, 4cm high
£2,000-£3,000
161
A Chinese pale celadon and black jade bi disc
carved in high relief with two chilong, the reverse with a rice
grain pattern, 8cm diameter
£400-£600
162
A Chinese rock crystal tripod censer and
cover, ding
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
carved with a pair of lion mask handles, on three
zoomorphic feet, the domed cover with lion-dog finial,
11.5cm wide
163
A Chinese rock crystal vase
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
of hexagonal tapering form, engraved with a
flower spray, 14cm high, with hardwood stand
£300-£500
Provenance: Brought back from Shanghai circa 1940.
£600-£800
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164
A large Chinese gilt and polychrome
lacquered stucco work and wood
figure of Samantabhadra on an
elephant
YUAN-MING DYNASTY,
the bodhisattva seated and holding his right
hand aloft, on a stylised elephant standing four
square, wood base, 57cm high
Samantabhadra Is the Bodhisattva of Universal
Virtue and is known in China as Puxian.
£3,000-£5,000
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165
A Chinese gilt and polychrome
lacquered stucco work and wood
figure of Manjushri on a lion
YUAN-MING DYNASTY,
the bodhisattva seated on a lion holding his right
hand aloft, the lion standing four square, wood
stand, 56.5cm high, restoration.
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, is known in
China as Wenshu.
£3,000-£5,000
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166
A Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer and
hardstone mounted panel
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
decorated with three immortals on river banks and
a boat, bone calligraphy upper right, on a cinnabar
lacquer brocade ground, the hardwood frame
138cm x 58cm
lot 168
£600-£800
167
A Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer and
hardstone mounted panel
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
decorated with figures in a pavilion garden, bone
calligraphy upper left, on a cinnabar lacquer
brocade ground, the hardwood frame 138cm x 58cm
£600-£800
168
A Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer and
hardstone mounted panel
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
decorated with figures on river banks, in a landscape
with a pavilion beyond, bone calligraphy upper
left, on a cinnabar lacquer brocade ground, the
hardwood frame 138cm x 58cm
£600-£800
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Bronzes, Silver and Enamels
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169
A large Thai lacquered bronze bust of Buddha
17TH/18TH CENTURY,
with serene expression, the robes cast in low relief with
brocade patterns, later stand, total height 65cm
£3,000-£5,000
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170
A Thai bronze Buddha’s hand
17TH/18TH CENTURY,
modelled in the vitarka mudra, the gesture of discussion,
with elongated fingers, detailed with nails and creases,
a lotus flower cast to the palm and a floral sleeve,
29cm long, casting imperfections, wear to patina,
resting on an associated marble stand
£400-£600
171
A Chinese bronze tripod censer and cover,
ding
LATE MING DYNASTY,
with twin upright handles, the body decorated with large
archaic characters on leaf motif ground, raised on three
legs, the hardwood cover with horn finial, carved as a rock
and bamboo, signed, 18cm high
£600-£800
172
A small Chinese cast bronze bottle vase
MADE FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 17TH CENTURY,
decorated with two shaped reserves containing Islamic
Kufic calligraphy, below a keywork border, 14.5cm high
£2,000-£3,000
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173
A large Chinese bronze and parcel gilt
‘peach’ censer and cover, Li
17TH/18TH CENTURY,
cast in the form of three peaches with peach branch shaped
handles and bearing small peaches, picked out in gilt, the domed
cover pierced with scrolling leaves and surmounted by a peach
shaped finial, picked out in gilt, 21cm wide, 21.5cm high
£2,000-£3,000
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Mark detail
174
A Chinese bronze rectangular censer, fangding
XUANDE MARK, 18TH CENTURY,
of rectangular form, applied with a pair of key work scroll shaped
handles, on four shaped bracket feet, cast six character Xuande
mark to base, 12.1cm wide
£800-£1,200
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175
A Chinese bronze censer, ding
XUANDE MARK, 18TH/19TH CENTURY,
surmounted by a pair of high looped handles, on
three tapered stump feet, cast six character mark to
base ‘Da Ming Xuande nian zhi’, 16cm wide
£400–£600
176
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
£800-£1,200
177
A large Chinese bronze rectangular censer
and cover
XUANDE SEAL MARK, AND A ‘PLUM BLOSSOM AND CHILONG’
BRONZE CENSER, BOTH 19TH CENTURY,
the large rectangular censer cast in relief with a band
of lotus between repeating scrolls, applied with a pair
of animal mask swing handles, the cover pierced with
wan motifs, elongated seal script ‘Xuande nian Zhi’
mark, 25cm wide, repair to cover, the plum bud shaped
censer cast in high relief and openwork with three
clambering chilong dragons, the base with plum brass
blossom branch, 10cm wide
£300-£500
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178
A pair of Chinese bronze
gu-shaped vases
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911),
each cast in low relief with archaistic
lappets, two bands of wan symbols
and cast in high relief and
open work with a pair of
prunus branch shaped
handles, petal lobed rims,
30.5cm high
£300-£500
179
A Chinese bronze ‘lion-dog’ seal
19TH CENTURY,
seated on square base with seal mark,
5.5cm tall
£400-£600
Seal detail
180
A Chinese bronze and mixed metal buffalo
scroll weight
19TH CENTURY,
decorated with silver and chestnut patinated
patches, 10cm long
£200-£300
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181
A Chinese polished bronze cong vase
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
of square form, decorated with cranes amongst clouds,
Xuande character mark to base, 20.5cm high
£200-£300
182
A pair of Chinese silver ‘immortals’ vases
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
each engraved with immortals, including Xi Wangmu,
the Queen Mother of the West, riding in a hand drawn
carriage, stamped maker’s mark to base, 21.5cm high
£400-£600
183
Four Chinese silver hair
ornaments, bian fang
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
each embossed and chased with flowers,
one with an interlocking trellis design,
maker’s marks, 9.8cm to 14cm
£400-£600
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184
An unusual Chinese silver tripod censer
with pagoda shaped cover, ding
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
the globular body engraved with a ten column
inscription, the reverse with four characters seal script
inscription, relating to a 70th birthday gift, with flying
scroll handles, on three mythical beast shaped feet,
the pierced pagoda top cover with diaper and window
panels, two character maker’s mark to base,
33.5cm high
£500-£700
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185
A Chinese Guangzhou enamel snuff bottle
QIANLONG MARK, 19TH CENTURY,
decorated with three female heavenly immortals
amid clouds, three character mark to base, 5.1cm high
£400-£600
94

Chinese Paintings and Textiles
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187
Chinese School (18th/19th century)
PHOENIXES AMID FLOWERS
Ink and colour on paper; a pair,
both inscribed upper left with seal marks
£1,000-£1,500
186
Chinese School, (Yongzheng period (1723-35)
TWO COURT LADIES
Watercolour on paper
two collector’s seals
66.5cm x 33.5cm
£600-£800
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188
Sino-Tibetan School (18th century or earlier)
BODHISATTVA SEATED ON A THRONE
Painted thangka
gilt Xuande mark to throne
37cm x 22cm, gilt framed
£800-£1,200
189
Chinese School (19th century)
SAGE AND BOY, FARMER AND OX, AND TWO SAGES AND ATTENDANT
Ink and colour on rice paper; three works
each with red artist’s seal
38.5cm x 39.5cm, framed and glazed
£200-£300
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190
Chinese Guangzhou School (mid 19th century)
ALBUM OF 22 WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER AND A PENCIL DRAWING ON RICE PAPER
containing sixteen full page paintings on pith paper with ribbon borders,
comprising seven of flowers and insects, five of birds and foliage, four of
mandarin or trade figures, six half page pith paintings, comprising two of boats
and four of torture, together with a single pencil drawing on rice paper of the
Hongs of Canton
£400-£600
detail
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191
Chinese School (late 19th century)
PRINCES FROM THE DOMINIONS PAYING HOMAGE TO THE EMPEROR
ink and watercolour on silk, calligraphic inscription,
79.5cm x 79.5cm
Compare a similar size picture apparently by the same hand sold
by Bonhams, London, Fine Chinese Art, 2 November 2021, lot 333.
£1,500-£2,000
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192
Chinese School
(late 19th century)
LADIES IN A GARDEN
Ink and colour on silk
Inscribed upper left
107cm x 41cm,
excluding brocade border
£400-£600
193
Chinese School
(late 19th century)
IMMORTALS IN A LANDSCAPE
Ink and colour on silk
Inscribed upper left
114.5cm x 40.5cm,
excluding brocade border
£400-£600
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194
Two Chinese inscribed paper leaf fans
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
the first painted in ink and colour with a scholar in
a winter landscape with inscription to the left and
calligraphy to the reverse, the bamboo guards carved
in relief with precious objects, 31cm, the second with
gilded paper leaf painted in ink and colour with flowers,
inscribed and signed to the left and with calligraphy to
the reverse, jichimu sticks and guards, 32cm
Provenance: Purchased by the vendor’s parents
while living in Hong Kong from 1974–76.
£200-£300
195
Chinese School (Qing dynasty)
FIGURES IN A MOUNTAINOUS RIVER LANDSCAPE
Ink and colour on paper handscroll
268.5cm x 29cm excluding borders
£300-£500
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196
Views of China, two early 20th century
photograph albums
SCENES OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON,
largest album 30cm x 19cm
£600-£800
197
°Ten Chinese auction
catalogues, c.1916-1946,
including Parke Bernet galleries
£400-£600
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198
After Qi Baishi (1864-1957)
ALBUM OF 38 LARGE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
Flowers, birds, insects, animals and sea creatures,
each image 39cm x 26.5cm
£1,500-£2,000
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199
A Chinese embroidered silk ‘Shou’
character
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
framed, 119.5cm x 56.5cm
£300-£500
200
A large Chinese embroidered silk ‘boys’
panel
19TH CENTURY,
decorated with boys in a pavilion garden, worked
in colours on a gilt ground, 106cm x 111cm including
borders, housed in a bamboo style frame
£400-£600
201
A Chinese embroidered silk ‘chicken’
panel
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
worked predominantly in brown, cream and
black silk, with two chickens standing by
chrysanthemums, 96.5cm x 51cm,
framed and glazed
£500-£700
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202
Two Chinese embroidered silk wedding skirts
late Qing,
five hats, trousers, two skirt panels and two others, collar and a panel
£800-£1,200
203
A Chinese embroidered silk panel of uncut robe borders
eleven similar sleeve panels and two other items,
late Qing dynasty,
(15)
£800-£1,200
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204
A Chinese embroidered silk
‘Peking Opera’ panel
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
decorated with characters from the
Peking Opera embroidered in silk and gold
thread, with couch work faces and hands,
on a gold thread ground, 47cm x 79.5cm,
framed and glazed
£300-£500
205
A Chinese embroidered silk ‘crane’ panel
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
embroidered in silk and gold wrapped thread with
two confronting cranes in flight, the gilt character
shou, auspicious objects and heavenly waves within
a roundel, the spandrels with flower sprays and
butterflies, on a red felt ground, silk brocade borders,
total size 77cm x 65cm
£200-£300
206
A Chinese needlepoint rank badge
19TH CENTURY,
woven with a golden wild goose, above rocks and
lishiu stripes, the border with Shou medallions and
bats, 29.5cm x 26.5cm
£150-£250
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207
A Chinese gold thread and silk gauze ‘dragon’
summer robe, jifu
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
woven in gold wrapped thread with nine dragons chasing flaming
pearls amid auspicious emblems including ruyi sceptres, flutes,
castanets, parasols, and endless knots, above lishiu stripes,
on a blue silk gauze ground, 140cm long
£800-£1,000
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208
A Chinese ’Hundred bird’ embroidered silk table
screen and hongmu stand
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
the panel decorated with cranes, birds in flight, insects,
peacock and peahen amid rockwork flowers and pine,
the surround carved with foliage, on a pair of lion-dog supports,
total height 74cm, width 56cm
£1,200-£1,800
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Chinese and Japanese Furniture
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detail of lot 215

209
A Chinese hongmu square mahjong
table
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
the rectangular panelled top above a freeze
fitted with small tile drawers, with pierced
and coved spandrels on shaped square legs
with leaf cappings to the toes, 89cm square,
83.5cm high
£800-£1,200
210
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
£600-£800
110

211
A Chinese huanghuali round-corner cabinet, yuanjiaogui
19TH/20TH CENTURY,
the rounded rectangular panelled top above a pair of panelled doors with
removable central divider, enclosing a single shelf fitted with two drawers below,
stained pine linings and back panel, 130.2cm high x 78.5cm wide x 40.6cm deep
cf. The original prototype for this model, in Wang Shixiang, Classical Chinese
Furniture, illustration 141.
£10,000-£15,000
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212
A small Chinese hongmu altar table
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
the panelled top with pierced ruyi head scroll
ends, the frieze carved with chain-link motifs, on
four shaped rectangular section legs joined by
stretchers, 85cm high x 125.4cm wide x 44.8cm
deep
£600-£800
213
A Chinese burrwood scholar’s cabinet
19TH CENTURY,
with brass mounted corners to the cover, hinges, lock
plate and handles, the domed hinged cover with inner
tray above a pair of panelled doors enclosing an
arrangement of five drawers, some with tielimu linings,
30cm high x 31.4cm wide x 23cm deep
£1,200-£1,800
214
A Chinese huanghuali and burrwood
panelled round-corner kang cabinet
20TH CENTURY,
of slightly tapering rectangular form, the pair of doors
with circular brass lock plate enclosing a single shelf and
a pair of short drawers, shaped apron stand for rounded
feet, 45cm high x 37.7cm wide x 22.8cm deep
£1,200-£1,800
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215
A Chinese huanghuali throne-shaped dressing cabinet
20TH CENTURY,
the back carved and pierced with a pair of phoenixes amid flowers and
foliage, the sides with pomegranates, above an arrangement of four
drawers carved in relief with flowers and foliage, the lower side panels
with mythical beast and foliage, the lower back panel with blind fretwork,
the shaped corner apron stand and for scrolled feet,
52cm high x 55cm wide x 34.5cm deep
cf. The original prototype for this model in Wang Shixiang,
Classical Chinese Furniture, illustration 163.
£6,000 -£ 8,000
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216
A Chinese hongmu and burrwood
panelled altar table
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
the panelled rectangular top above a scroll work
frieze, on four shaped rectangular legs joined by
stretchers, 84.3cm high x 138.5cm wide x 41.2cm
deep
£600-£800
217
A Chinese dreamstone marble inset
hongmu table and four matching stools
the table and four stools all inset with grey and
white figured marble tops, with shaped edge
and apron, on four downscrolled legs, the table
with concentric circular stretchers,
80cm high, 73.5cm diameter,
the stools 45.5cm high, 34.5cm diameter
£1,200-£1,800
218
A Chinese huanghuali and brass mounted
folding hunting chair, jiaoyi
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
the horseshoe shaped back with central pierced splat
carved with a chilong above a qilin amid gourds and
scrolling clouds, rush seat, brass mounted foot rest,
110cm high x 73cm wide x 65.5cm deep
£2,000-£3,000
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219
A pair of Chinese huanghuali and brass
mounted horseshoe-back armchairs, quanyi
19TH CENTURY,
the central curved rectangular splat carved in relief
with a goat and prunus roundel, the framed panelled
seat on round corner legs joined by stretchers,
99cm high x 65.7cm wide x 45.7cm deep
£8,000-£12,000
115

220
A Chinese huanghuali incense stand
19TH/20TH CENTURY,
the rectangular framed panelled top above a shaped apron
carved with leaves and buds, on four rounded legs joined by
stretchers, 77.5cm high x 44.7cm wide x 34.9cm deep
£1,500-£2,000
221
A Chinese hongmu and marble
inset stool
19TH CENTURY,
the rouge marble inset circular top above
four curved supports joined by ogee arched
framework, circular base and four shaped
bracket feet, 51cm high
£600-£800
222
A Chinese hardwood
and burrwood inset
spindle-back bench
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
with central raised table, the back
and side panels with chilong
roundels, 147cm wide, 93cm high,
49cm deep
£400-£600
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223
A Chinese huanghuali and brass
mounted horseshoe-back armchair,
quanyi
LATE 19TH CENTURY,
the central curved rectangular splat carved in
relief with a zoomorphic scroll work cartouche,
the framed panelled seat above an apron
carved in relief with leafy scrolls and buds, on
round corner legs, joined by stretchers,
99cm high x 64.5cm wide x 45.7cm deep
£5,000-£7,000
224
A Chinese huanghuali yoke-back
side chair, denguayi
QING DYNASTY,
104.5cm high x 46.5cm wide x 43cm deep
£400-£600
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225
A Japanese lacquer Butsudan shrine cabinet
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD,
the black lacquer panelled exterior with metal mounts
enclosing an architectural giltwood, gilt metal and
composition shrine surmounted by a lion dog pierced
panel, the interior with winged immortals, scrolling
waves, flowers and foliage, 143cm high, 88cm wide
£400-£600
End of Sale
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