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  • Mug, Qianlong, glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, Impair Dish, Meiji Period, Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    Mug, Qianlong, glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, Impair Dish, Meiji Period, Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period

    A ‘family-rose’ export ware Mug, Qianlong, cylindrical with dragon handle, painted in mandarin colours with a scene of figures framed within a ‘Y’-diaper ground, minor rim

    hairlines, 13cm.;

    A Pair of ‘family-rose’ cylinder Vases, Guangxu, each pink ground filled with green tendrils and reserved with yellow-framed figure panels, hair-crack, 35.5cm.; 14in.

    A Pair of enamelled crackleware
    Vases, Guangxu, each of broad true baluster
    form enamelled with scenes of hunting parties
    under applied ‘bronzed’ mask and ring
    handles, minor chips, 48cm.; 18in., Chenghua.

    A blue and white ovoid Jar,Kanji,
    the ‘cracked ice’ ground reserved with three
    quatrefoil panels of Precious Objects, rim
    repair, 21.5cm.; 8in., wood stand and cover.

    A Chinese blue and white octagonal Meat Plate, Qianlong, of canted form, painted with a landscape between four flower sprays, rim repair, 37.5cm.;

    A lavender glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, of attenuated hexagonal form covered in a well-graded glaze, 33.5cm.;  incised four-character mark.

    A Chinese export ware Teapot and Cover, painted with landscape under complex brocade borders, 13cm.;

    A Satsuma Bowl, Meiji Period, finely enamelled and gilt with chrysanthemum between brocaded roundels and key-fret borders, butterflies within, chip, 11.1cm.;

    A Japanese earthenware Wine Pot, Meiji, of wide flared form, on three short feet, the concave sides enamelled with basin panels, small chip, 12cm.;

    A Satsuma Koro and Wine or Teapot, Meiji, damage to leg, lacking covers .

    An hexagonal Botde and Stopper, Meiji, enamelled with kidney panels under a brocade shoulder, 10.3cm.;

    An Hirado monogram Ewer and Cover, tail arched over its back to form the handle, the carapace picked out with flowers, cover repaired, 17.8cm.;

    An Impair Vase, Meiji Period, probably Fukagawa, each complex brocade ground reserved with oval garden panels, 30cm.;

    A Pair of Kutani Vases, Meiji Period, each iron-red ground brocaded in gilding and filled with panels of birds, a cat catching a butterfly underneath, applied mask and ring

    handles, 31cm.;

    An Impair Dish, Meiji Period,
    enamelled with a complex brocade of
    overlapping scrolls and fans over hexagon
    fragments filled with garden flowers and
    dragons, 45.5cm.;

    A Fukagawa Vase, Meiji Period, the ovoid body finely enamelled with colourful flowers between brocade borders, 26cm.;

    A Pair of Impair Vases, Meiji Period, each of hexagonal ovoid form, the blue ground reserved with garden panels framed by brocade elements, restoration to one, 24.5cm.;

    A Pair of Satsuma Vases, Meiji Period,
    each of pear form, applied with a pair of dragon handles crouching over intricately enamelled scenes of samurai, rim repair to one, 24.2cm.;

    A Set of five Impair Dishes, Meiji Period, each of lozenge outline, filled with a bird framed by brocade, two damaged, 29.5cm.;

    A Kinkozan Satsuma Jarlet and Cover, Meiji Period, enamelled with begin and with a performance between lappet borders, rubbed signature, 8.7cm.;

  • Сhinese Ceramics: Canton ‘hundred antiques’ Jardiniere, 19th Century, A carved celadon Dish, Ming Dynasty, white Bowl, Qing Dynasty, Plate, Kanji

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    Сhinese Ceramics: Canton ‘hundred antiques’ Jardiniere, 19th Century, A carved celadon Dish, Ming Dynasty, white Bowl, Qing Dynasty, Plate, Kanji

    A sang de beef Vase, 18th Century,
    of bronze hub form, a pair of applied dog-of-For masks biting rings upon a shoulder horizontally zoned by a pair of moulded lines, the characteristically streaky glaze draining

    from the rim, bevelled foot, 32.7cm.

    A Canton ‘hundred antiques’
    Jardiniere, 19th Century, of flared square
    form, on bracket feet, the celadon sides
    attractively enamelled with auspicious vessels
    and arrangements of plants amongst scattered
    medallions between key-fret and foliate
    borders, crack, 27.8cm.

    A celadon bottle Vase, Qing Dynasty, mark of Qianlong, the stout spheroid body slip-trailed with archaistic fang scroll medallions centred by a lengthy fungus, all filled in

    cobalt blue, the wasted neck similarly decorated with bats between fang moulded pierced handles, 37.5cm.; 143In, six character seal mark in under glaze-blue    .

    A carved celadon Dish, Ming Dynasty, and a tripod Censer, the first carved with a central flower, the second supported on the backs of three boys, 16 and 10cm., one boxed, one

    on wood stand (4).

    A ‘devils work’ white Bowl, Qing Dynasty, mark of Qianlong, finely pierced with dragons amongst clouds over combed Anhui’ waves, the main design filled with a wash of glaze,

    13.6cm.; 53in., seal mark in under glaze-blue, boxed.

    An nhui’ eggshell porcelain Bowl, Qing Dynasty, finely incised with dragons amongst flames, 12.7cm.; 5in., archaic mark, (a myriad ages without ending), boxed.

    A Chinese export armorial Soup Plate, Qianlong, octagonal, charged on the rim with the crest and arms

    A Group of Export ware, 18th Century:
    two blue and white Plates, a ‘family-rose’ Plate,
    two Tea bowls and a Saucer .

    A Samson armorial Bowl, late 19th
    Century, charged with a variant of the arms of
    Hamilton within under glaze-blue bands and scattered flower sprays, 30cm.; 12in., marked.
    An export ware bell-shaped Mug, Qianlong, painted in ‘family-rose’ enamels with four ladies and two boys about a table under a gilt border, 13cm.

    A ‘family-rose’ Teapot and Cover, Qianlong, enamelled with a family in a garden, serpent moulded spout, small crack, 16cm.; 6in. (2).

    A ‘family-rose’ sparrow beak Jug, Qianlong, enamelled with maidens and boys in a garden, 8.5cm.; 33in.; and a Saucer .

    A Pair of ‘family-rose’ miniature
    trumpet beaker Vases, Qianlong, each wasted
    body enamelled with a blue and yellow bird
    upon a flowering shrub, 8.2cm.

    An early Ming celadon Figure of Guan Yin, 14th/15th Century A.D., seated with a small vase in one hand, the other hand resting on her knee, her biscuit face washed in lustrous

    iron oxide, the glaze of clear sea green colour with an overall crackle, 17cm.

    A ‘family-verte’ Plate, Kanji,
    enamelled with a rider and attendant dwarfed by a scholar’s table by a fence and palace, scholar’s implements on the rim, crack, 22cm.; 83in., ding mark in under glaze-blue   .

    Two ‘family-rose’ Figures, Jiaqing,
    one of Ganging with a diminutive child,
    20.5cm.; 8Vsin.; the other of a have spirit,
    chipped, 17.8cm.; 7in.

    A blanch -de-Chine Figure of Butyl, 18l Century, the jovial god seated with a rope of beads on his knee, finely incised facial festoon 8.5cm.; 33in., impressed potter’s square

    seal mark huang haul stand (2)    .

    A transitional blue and white ’sleeve’ Vase, 2nd quarter 17th Century, well painted with a kingfisher perched above water fowl, two landing on a us pond, crack and chip,

    26.5cm..

    An attractive blue and white small Dish, early 17th Century, of saucer form, simply painted with a bird on the branch of peach tree, 10.3cm.; 4in.
    A carved celadon Jar let, early Ming Dynasty, of stout ovoid form, carved with meandering us beneath a pale sea green glaze, 10.8cm.; 4/4in.

    A sang-de-beef ‘dome of heaven’
    Vase, 18th Century, of bottle form, with a
    dark greyish-maroon glaze draining from the
    rim, chipped foot rim, 31cm.

    A Chinese ‘family-rose’ double Vase, Guangxu, painted with Immortals on a shore inspecting a scroll and smaller landscapes, reserved in a flower-strewn green ground under a pair

    of masked and loose rii handles, rim chip, 37.2cm.; seal mark Qianlong in iron-red.

  • Сhinese Ceramics: ivory glazed Bulb Bowl, Ming Dynasty, Wine Cup and Saucer, Yongzheng, Canton ‘family-rose’ Vases, Guangxu

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    Сhinese Ceramics: ivory glazed Bulb Bowl, Ming Dynasty, Wine Cup and Saucer, Yongzheng, Canton ‘family-rose’ Vases, Guangxu

    A ‘family -verte’ Jardiniere, Guangx the rounded sides enamelled with a pheasant amongst flowers and rocks, lipped rim, 26cn 10 in.; and a carved wood Stand (2).

    An ivory glazed Bulb Bowl, Ming Dynasty, with bombe sides over three paw few carved with flowers, crack, feet loose, 29cm.; and a cream glazed Vase, 24.3cm.; 9/2in.

    A matched Set of four blue and white small Plates, Kanji, each painted with a ‘Jumping Boy’ pattern framed by a trellis bordered rim, hair-cracks, chip, approx. 10cm.; 4in.,

    three with apocryphal Chengdu marks, one marked tang (made for the hall of precious jade) .

    A ‘family -rose’ bottle Vase, Daogu the low body and cylindrical neck enamelled with richly blossoming branches, 30cm.

    A Pair of ‘family-rose’ Lanterns and Stands, Guangxu/later, each decorated with wa-wa scenes of children celebrating the New Year with processional dragons and fireworks (4)    .

    A Pair of Chinese crackleware balls Vases, Guangxu, with ‘bronzed’ dragon relief under prunes’ handles, 25.3cm.; Win.

    A ‘family-rose’ octagonal Bowl, mark
    and period of Tongzhi, eight figures
    accompanied by auspicious animals arranged
    about the sides, puce interior, chip, minor
    repairs, 18.6cm.; 7 in., seal mark in red.

    A Pair of ‘Mandarin’ palette baluster Vases, Qianlong, each ‘fish roe’ blue ground reserved with enamelled domestic scenes of figures, hair-crack, 17.8cm.; 7in.

    A good ‘rose-verte’ Wine Cup and Saucer, Yongzheng, each piece painted with maidens accompanied by deer in a blossoming garden, small glaze chip, three cracks in saucer; and a

    ‘family-rose’ Rice Bowl and Stand, painted with an iron-red bird amongst flower repair, bears Marryat Collection label; and a ‘Queens’ pattern Saucer .

    A Samson ‘family-rose’ Plate, late 19th
    Century, painted in Chinese style with a lady
    observing foul deeds in a garden framed by a
    complex brocade border, 22.7cm.
    .
    A transitional blue and white Food Jar,
    mid- 17th Century, painted in soft tones of
    under glaze  cobalt blue with two fabulous
    beasts among rocks, one a dragon-headed scaly
    animal, the other of ram-like appearance,
    hung with metal swing handles, 21cm.; 8in.
    diam.

    An Aria blue and white Coffee Urn,
    late 17th Century, of conical form, the
    tapering sides painted with two birds among
    flowers, rocks and fruiting pomegranate,
    square spigot button, 26.5cm.; 10′/2in.

    A Pair of Canton ‘family-rose’ Vases, Guangxu, each of mallet form with applied gilt dragons and dogs-of-For over figure and bird panels, chip, 25.8cm.; Win.

    A Chinese Imari Charger,Kanji, closely following a Japanese original with panels of shish birds and butterfly separated by three under glaze-blue wave-edged panels filled with

    peony and radiating from a flower basket medallion centre, repaired, 46cm.; 18in.

    A Group of export ware, 18th Century,
    comprising: two Teapots, a Canton enamel Bowl, Cover and Stand, a Cup and Saucer, a Worcester ‘Lowestoft’ Teapot and a He rend arrow beak  Jug and Cover, some damage .

    A spinach green jade Bowl and Cover, 18th Century, repaired, 15cm.; 57in., wood ; tend  .
    An attractive Longue celadon Dish, early Ming Dynasty, of characteristic form with fluted interior radiating to a lipped rim, ill covered in a rich bluish-green glaze front made

    back, the biscuit firing ring oxidized to range.

    A Pair of Chinese Stick Stands, of
    cylindrical form, painted with green dragons, drilled, one damaged, 65cm.; 25/2in.

    A Pair of turquoise glazed Dogs-of-For, 20th Century, seated on cube bases, 32cm.; 12/2in.

    A coral-red ground Dish, reserved with a partially unrolled scroll filled with a river landscape, gilt flower sprays scattered round about, 23.3cm.; Win., seal mark of Qianlong

    in under glaze-blue (boxed).

    Chinese export armorial wares, late Qianlong, comprising: a Pair of Fitzhugh border pierced Dishes bearing the arms of Brent, distressed, 25.6cm.; and a Pair of Vegetable

    Tureens bearing the crest Farquason over a festooned shield monogrammed J.F., damaged handles .

  • A Chinese blue and white Dish - A Chinese ‘famille-verte’ Dish, Kangxi - A wood Netsuke - A Chinese blue and white saucer Dish, Kangxi - A Chinese blue and white Jar

    Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

    A Chinese blue and white Dish - A Chinese ‘famille-verte’ Dish, Kangxi - A wood Netsuke - A Chinese blue and white saucer Dish, Kangxi - A Chinese blue and white Jar

    A Set of three provincial Chinese blue and white saucer Dishes, 18th Century, each boldly painted with a dragon amongst clouds, its hind quarters trailing over the underside, crack, repair Compagnie-des-Indes deep Dish, Qianlong, of European silver form, pencilled with European rose sprays under a hatched border bearing flower sprays inside the iron-oxideedged rim
    A Batavianware ‘famille-rose’ Punch Bowl, the cafe-au-laic ground reserved with barbed panels of peony, cracks, 25cm.; 9314in.; and an Imari Bowl, Meiji, the interior painted with ho-o birds ‘famille-rose’ Bowl, mark and period of Yongzheng, the exterior finely enamelled on one side with feathery peony, the other side with a spotted yellow butterfly, two small sprays within, very small chip to rim, six character mark in
    underglaze-blue, wood stand
    A large Chinese baluster punch Jug and Cover, Qianlong, painted in underglazeblue and enamels with figures in a continuous Lakeland scene, scroll spout, repair to rim, replacement metal handle Pair of Chinese
    blanc-de-Chine lion joss-stick Holders, 18th Century, each Buddhistic beast sitting on a cube base, a brocade ball under its left paw, both bases cracked
    A Chinese blue and white Jar, Wanli, of stout shouldered ovoid form, the sides painted in underglaze-blue with a Ion -tailed
    ‘d perched on a rock in a garden of peony, the shoulder panelled with stylised chrysanthemum in a wan-diaper ground
    A ‘Compagnie-des-Indes’ Basket and Stand, Qianlong, with trellis pierced sides framing a river scene within brocade and trellis borders, handles repaired, hair-crack in stand
    A Pair of Chinese Imari Pots and Covers, Kangxi, each of cylindrical form, painted with hibiscus sprays, both cracked
    Three ‘famille-rose’ Teapots, Qianlong and later, enamelled with figures and flowers, one repaired
    A Chinese ‘Mandarin’ palette Punch Bowl, Qianlong, the Y-diaper ground reserved with two figure scenes between panels containing birds in branches, a complex brocade and butterfly border within, hair-cracks,  A
    ‘Compagnie-des-Indes’ blue and white tureen Stand, Qianlong, painted with a willow in a garden before peaks under a cavetto and rim of complex and panelled brocade, chips
    Two `famille-rose’ Plates, Yongzheng/ Qianlong, one painted with a pheasant framed by a panelled pink cavetto and four flower
    Trays on the rim, 22cm.; 8314in., the other with flowers within an octagonal frame with panelled turquoise trellis border, hair-crack
    A Chinese blue and white saucer Dish, Kangxi, a central fan panel framed by four flower and vase groups under a complex border incorporating further fans and scrolls separated by scattered flowers .
    A Chinese blue and white Dish, Kangxi, two tiers of flower lappets radiating to a barbed rim from a lotus medallion centre against a trellis ground, two hair-cracks
    A Chinese blue and white food Jar, Kangxi, the cylindrical sides filled with two broad antique and landscape panels, rim repair wood cover
    A Pair of ‘Compagnie-des-Indes’ Sauceboats, Qianlong, painted in underglazeblue with lake scenes, brown dressed shaped rim, handle crack, other glued,
    A ‘Compagnie-des-Indes’ oval Tureen and Cover, Qianlong, painted with expansive lake scenes under a cover surmounted by a pomegranate finial, handles damaged
    A Chinese blue and white Ewer, Kangxi,painted in near Transitional style with two scholars seated beneath a willow, body and handle crack
    A Chinese ‘famille-verte’ Dish, Kangxi, pencilled in underglaze-blue with two bands of linezhi fungus radiating from and between a medallion centre and trellis borders
    A Chinese exportware Bowl and Spoon, for the Persian market, jiaqing, each piece decorated wit simple gilt interweaving ribbon borders centred by green flowerheads about an Arabic inscription clobbered Chinese Jar,
    Kangxi and later, the barrel body painted with figure medallions in a reeled band later enamelled with dragons on a green ground between iron-red borders incorporating underglazeblue flower sprays, 20cm.; 8in., Manhao of Chenghua, wood cover and stand
    A blanc-de-Chine Ewer, 18th Century, of hexagonal double-gourd form, moulded with recessed panels of auspicious objects against a wave ground; and a blanc-de-Chine Guanyin Group
    A Chinese ‘famille-rose’ cylindrical Tankard, Qianlong, painted in Mandarin palette with a scene of three figures on a terrace
    A `famille-verte’ wine Pot, Kangxi, of rectangular form, with raised roundels filled with plants and antiques, repairs to upright yoke handle,  ; and an Imari clobbered blue and white Teapot and Cover  A
    `Compagnie-des-Indes’ Mug, Qianlong, of barrel form, painted with panels of European roses in puce and purple in scroll frames under scale borders hung with flowers, minor chips to rim interior.
    A similar Mug, Qianlong, with entwined double-strap handle and beaded borders, chip
    A wood Netsuke, 18th Century, simply carved as a lotus leaf, of dark colour

  • An ivory Netsuke - A mutton-fat jade Carving of a Buddhistic lion - A Japanese ivory Figure of a samurai - A Group of Japanese ivory Figures and Carvings - A Qajar lacquered Bowl

    Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

    An ivory Netsuke - A mutton-fat jade Carving of a Buddhistic lion - A Japanese ivory Figure of a samurai - A Group of Japanese ivory Figures and Carvings - A Qajar lacquered Bowl

    A mutton-fat jade Carving of a Buddhistic lion and cub, both biting the brocade ribbon attached to a ball, wood stand, cased
    An Indian painted wood Carving of an ele unit, circa 1900, with driver seated on its back, possibly lacking howdah.
    A Chinese carved wood Group of a boy on buffalo, Guangxu; and two Carvings of seated Buddhas
    An am hors ware Group of an Arab riding a camel, early 20th Century, modelled in Royal Dux style and decorated in typical `shot’ enamels, restored, impressed mark Amphora Austria’
    A Set of four Chinese leaf Paintings, 19th Century, each finely painted with a conclave of Buddhistic monks, Iohan and deities, mounted, framed and glazed.
    A Qajar lacquered Bowl, 19th Century, of hemispherical form, decorated inside and out with a formal floral design.
    Six Canton export watercolour Paintings on rice paper, 19th Century, each depicting a Chinese man-o’-war or river boat, framed and glazed, various sizes
    A Pair of Chinese export watercolour Paintings on rice paper, 19th Century, each framed with a courtesan and two attendants,
    ramed and glazed
    A Japanese overmantel  Mirror, circa 1900, of rectangular outline, the upper half mounted with a painted frieze of three bin,
    A part lacquered and marquetry inlaid Kodanso, Meiji, with incised chequer ground simulating basketweave, the sliding front inlaid with a fair and man motifs, the case and three drawers hung with gilt-bronze handles,
    one side detached; a small Cabinet; and a Headrest
    Eight Japanese ivory on lacquer Panels, Meiji, comprising: three Pairs, one decorated with a sage and his acolyte, the others with figures or flowers, various sizes
    A Chinese soapstone Figure of Guan Jiaqing Daoguang, standing on a pierced gnarled rock, her robes caught in a breeze, a small vase in one hand, finely incised features.
    A Japanese wood theatre Mask, 19th Century, carved as a frowning ng villain with furrowed features, all covered in red, 26cm.
    A Japanese ivory Figure of a samurai, 19th Century, a small dog attracting his attention with a document.
    A Chinese reverse glass Paintin 19th Century, depicting a family, distressed, gilt, frame.
    Ando: A Japanese cloisonne Vase, Meiji, decorated with a boat approaching a shore with mountains behind and a Pair of smaller turquoise ground ovoid Vases, decorated with chrysanthemum Chinese School: A Group
    of Paintings on silk, comprising: a Study of ducks, egrets beneath lotus flowers, and a Study of flowers under plantain leaves, all framed and glazed, various sizes
    An ivory okimono Group, Meiji, three travellers, one on horseback signed; a stag antler Netsuke of a sennin, 18th Century, in his hands a large gourd and a plantain leaf, and a stag antler Netsuke of Fururokuyu, 19th
    Century, in contorted pose, head tilted to one side.
    A Group of Japanese ivory Figures and Carvings, Meiji: a man and woman eating, a man with a bowl, an oni with a bowl, a man in a shell, a duck and a man crouching.
    A Japanese eight-fold Screen, mounted in a single Trame, painted with cranes by a shore.
    A Group of Japanese sword Fittings, 19th Century, comprising: iron Tsuba cast and inlaid with figures and gardens, matching Fuchi and nine Menuki and similar Fittings.
    A Japanese cloisonn6 Bowl, circa 1880, of flared form, the underside enamelled with ducks on a pond over applied bamboo feet.
    A Canton export ivory cribbage Board, 19th Century, with arched end, the pierced telling panels framing figure panels recessed in a foliate ground.
    A cloisonne Vase, Meiji, of ovoid form, the black ground finely decorated with yellow flowerheads and buds, 15.7cm.
    Two Chinese cloisonne Bowls, Guangxu, one of low discoidal form, the other of punch bowl form, both decorated with yellow dragons in a black ground.
    A Collection of Chinese cloisonne, circa 1900, comprising: a Pair of Candlesticks, 23.5cm.; 91/4in., a Pair of pear-form Vases, dented, a Box, a circular Box, a small Dish, a match Case, three Bowls, a Vase and a wood
    Stand
    A Pair of Japanese bronze censer Vases, Meiji, each with everted pan tops over reliefs of chrysanthemums, socketed into a similarly encrusted base, damage to foot.
    A Pair of Japanese bronze bottle Vases, 19th Century, in Chinese 17th Century style, each cast with a dragon rising to the onion mouthed neck.
    A Japanese bronze gong Figure, Meiji, hand thrust into the air to support a gong with inscribed rim, a scarf billowing about the bare-chested figure, on socketed stand, gong perhaps added.Japanese lacquered
    Cabinet-on Stand, Meiji of traditional form, a pair of cupboard doors under upturned ends enclosing inner compartments and drawers over a galleried base, inlaid ivory detail, minor damage;
    A Chinese archaistic bronze Vessel, Jue, Qing Dynasty, of typical ShanglZhou form with horn-shaped mouth, mask and tongue handle over the taotie moulded body upon tapering triangular blade feet, traces of gilt inlay, foot repair.
    An ivory Netsuke, 19th Century, a shi-shi hatching out of a ball, apparently stuck, unsigned


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