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Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art; Fine Jewellery, Day 1 — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:405
Sale Title:Fine European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art; Fine Jewellery, Day 1Lots with images:405
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:244
Date:26-Nov-2013
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A Ming-style blue-and-white jar, the rim coated with brown glaze, painted around the body with a scene involving a few officials set in a garden landscape, all between two decorative borders, 20 cm high
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A Chinese blue-and-white square shaped vase, Republic period, painted on one side with wild geese by a pond amongst reeds, on the other with a crane resting on a pine tree, flanked by a pair of animal-mask handles with rings, 22.7 cm high
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A Chinese blue-and-white octagonal charger, Wanli period, painted with a central roundel of three figures in a garden landscape, surrounded by a repeated pattern of a child crossing a bridge, underside painted with decorative patterns, 28.5 cm wide. Provenance: Bearing a label 'R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art 2467' 'R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art 2467'
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A famille-verte 'butterfly' jar, painted with four butterflies in two registers amongst various flowers, all between two 'flowing peony' bands, underglaze double-ring mark to the base, 23.8 cm high
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A Chinese 'mirror black' ground gold-painted vase, painted in reserves with different flowers, against a hui-pattern ground, all between two decorative borders, 24.5 cm high
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A Chinese 'peach and bat' brushpot, Qianlong six-character blue-and-white seal mark, Republic period, of cylindrical form, painted on two opposing panels with peaches and bats, alternating with two pierced panels, all between two gold-painted bands against an iron-red ground, the base with a glazed recess with the mark, 10.3 cm diam., 21.6 cm high
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A Chinese famille-rose 'bogu' cylindrical vase, Iron-red Qianlong seal mark, Republic period, of angular shoulder and flaring neck, painted on one side with scholars' objects and antiquities, the foot and mouth rim with decorative patterns in iron-red, 33.7 cm high
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A Chinese pierced wucai double-wall long-neck vase, Kangxi six-character embossed seal mark, Late Qing or Republic, the globular body moulded and carved in high relief the 18 arhats in groups, each with his representative sttribute, the neck with a flying dragon, all against a field of pierced cloud, the inner wall of cylindrical form, 41.5 cm high
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A Chinese famille rose cylindrical vase, Iron-red Tongzhi mark, Republic period, painted in rectangular reserves with ladies from traditional Chinese folklore and landscapes, against a iron-red ground, 35 cm high
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A pair of Chinese enamelled bowls, Guangxu six-character mark, each painted with peasant resting on a rock issuing floral branches and lingzhi fungus, all between two bands, 11.3 cm diam., (2)
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A Chinese enamelled conical bowl, Tongzhi six-character mark, but probably Republic period, painted around the body with two sparrows resting on a branch, the mouth rim gilded, inscribed and signed by the artist, with a seal of the artist, 15.3 cm diam
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Two associated Chinese enamelled 'fu shou' bowls, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark, and probably of the period, each painted around the body with five medallions with a stylised 'shou' character, the medallions each outlined by a pair of green-enamel bats, all between two decorative borders, 15.1 cm diam., 14.9 cm diam., (2)., Note: Compare a similar sample with identical design illustrated in From the Dragon's Treasure: Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection,…
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A pair of Chinese famille-rose yellow ground 'flower' medallion bowls, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark, each painted in three medallions with lotus, chrysanthemum, and peony, all reserved on a yellow sgraffito ground, 12.9 cm diam., (2)
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A Chinese polychrome bowl, Guangxu six-character underglaze blue mark, painted in three medallions with a dragon and a phoenix chasing a flaming jewel, reserved against a field of scrolling foliage against a yellow ground, the interior painted in iron-red with five bats loosely arranged, 20.8 cm diam., 9.7 cm high
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A large Chinese Canton famille-rose charger, Six-character iron-red studio mark, late Qing or Republic period, painted with six concentric panels of alternating images of court ladies and flowers and birds, the centre with a medallion painted with a floral scene, all reserved against a field profusely decorated with peonies and butterflies, the underside with butterflies and flowers, 46.7 cm diam.
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A large Chinese Canton famille-rose bowl, Late Qing or Republic period, painted on both the interior and the underside with four panels of court scenes, the interior with a central medallion painted with a similar scene, all outlined with gold-painted hui-borders, and all reserved against a field profusely decorated with butterflies and flowers, 60.3 cm diam
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A famille-rose fish jar, painted with scenes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms between two decorative borders, 33 cm high. Provenance: Christie's Australia, 5 July 2005, Lot 441 : 2005
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A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of a court lady, Qing dynasty, clad in robes with an elegant 'cloud' collar and holding a lotus flower in her right hand, 77 cm high. Provenance: Collection of the New England Regional Art Museum Lot 249, Sotheby's, 1 - 2 May 2007, Melbourne
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A Chinese Yuan-style white-glazed Guanyin, the Goddess in half-seating position, wearing flowing robes, the base sealed, a circular opening at the back, 21 cm high
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A Chinese celadon-glaze vase, covered with a celadon glaze except for the foot rim, exposing burnt orange in the firing, carved with a repeated scene of blooming lotus flower drawing a dragonfly, all between two decorative borders, the neck carved with lappets, 40.3 cm high
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A Chinese jun glaze washer, raised on a short foot rim, covered over all with a striated glaze, the rim with firing white, 11.5 cm diam
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A flambe twin-handled incense burner, Yongzheng four-character incised mark, of compressed globular form flanked by a pair of looped handles supported on a flaring foot, the body covered with a striated flambe glaze, the interior with a greyish-crackle glaze, 8.2 cm high, 19.5 cm ear to ear. Provenance: According to the owner, the censer was purchased on July 9, 1979, Lot 133, 'Important Chinese and Korean Ceramics, Bronzes, Enamels and Works of Art', Christie's 197979133
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A Chinese celadon-glaze barbed-rim washer, with upright-sides folding into a barbed rim supported on a short foot rim, the centre moulded in high relief with Han-dynasty-styled motifs with flying phoenixes and unicorns, the base with five spur marks, 21 cm diam., 4.9 cm high
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A Chinese longquan celadon-glaze plate, Yuan or Ming dynasty, moulded with a peony in low relief to the centre, covered overall with a sea-green glaze except for a circle within the foot rim exposing the burnt orange during the firing process, 25 cm diam. Provenance: Bearing a label 'National Museum of the Philippines Manila, Registration: 91H-145' 'National Museum of the Philippines Manila, Registration: 91H-145'
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A Chinese dark-celadon-glaze bowl, probably of jun type, the glaze stopping unevenly around the foot rim exposing a stoneware biscuit, supported on a sturdy and short foot rim, 18.5 cm diam
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A Chinese jade carving of a reclining mythical beast, Qing dynasty, the stone with striated and spotted reddish brown inclusions, the beast holding a branch of ruyi in its mouth, looking back, 8.5 cm wide
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A Chinese white jade carving of a horse, the horse looking back and resting its head on its back, with stand, 8.7 cm wide
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A carved Chinese celadon jade tiger, Qing dynasty, the tiger recumbent on all fours, with brown and stone inclusions on its forehead, back, and forefeet, 9 cm long
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A group of three Chinese celadon jade carvings, one of a carved 'poem and painting' plaque, one of a pair of 'horse head' hairpins, 5.3 cm high, 8.1 cm high, (3).
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A group of three Chinese celadon jade carvings, one of a archaic-style 'kui dragon' plaque, one of a 'chi dragon' censer top, one of a cylindrical 'cloud' hat attachment, 10.4 cm high, 4.8 cm diam., 7.8 cm high, (3)
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A carved Chinese celadon jade plaque and a branch of lufas, the plaque reticulated with three double-gourds suspending from a branch, the lufas joined and suspending from a branch, double-grourd: 5.8 cm long, lufas: 5.2 cm long, (2)
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A carved Chinese green jade figure group, Qing dynasty, of a child figure holding a large ruyi sceptre, a bat about his feet, all against a lotus leaf with a three legged toad to the back, 5.3 cm high
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A Chinese celadon jade carving of a child, holding one of his toes to his mouth, 5.9 cm high
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A carved Chinese white jade pendant, with brown inclusions, carved in high relief of a leaping horse under a flying bird, 6.8 cm long
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A carved Chinese pale celadon jade plaque, Qing dynasty, with two monkeys and a branch of peaches in high relief, 8 cm high, 1.7 cm deep
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A Chinese carved celadon jade figure group, of the two gods of hehe, holding together a branch of lotus stigma, 5.4 cm high
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A carved Chinese lavender jade pebble of a lioness and two cubs, 6.2 cm long
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Three carved Chinese jade pieces, of a celadon 'chi'-dragon jade buckle, a celadon lion pebble, and a celadon laughing Buddha with brown inclusions, buckles: 11.5 cm assembled, dog: 5 cm long, Buddha 7.5 cm long, (4)
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A group of three Chinese celadon jade carvings, one of a pierced jade pendant, one of a carved 'Mi Fu' plaque, one of a 'Guanyin' plaque, 5.2 cm high, 5.5 cm high, 5.5 cm high, (3).
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A carved Chinese celadon jade belt buckle, Qing dynasty, each of a greyish celadon tone in the shape of a double-gourd, the loop reticulated with a spotted deer and a bat amongst scrolling foliage and lingzhi fungus, the hook with a dragon head, and the body reticulated with a pheasant amongst floral scrolls, each 7 cm long, (2)
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A carved Chinese celadon jade 'dragon' belt buckle, Qing dynasty, with a hooked dragon head and a chi-dragon in high relief swirling towards it, 11.3 cm long
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A carved Chinese celadon jade 'nipple' hair piece, 10 cm wide
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A carved Chinese figure, Qing dynasty, the stone of creamy beige tone darkening into a greyish to one side, of probably a central Asian figure with a hat carved out of the dark brown inclusion imitating tiger skin, his hands joined and hidden inside his long sleeves, fitted with an amber beard at the base, 5.6 cm long
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A Chinese cylindrical nephrite candleholder, in archaic form, pierced on the sides with various mythical animals, 8.3 cm high
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A Chinese carved jadeite cabbage, the stone of pale green tone with darker green inclusions, 6.5 cm high
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A carved Chinese square jade urn, of greyish celadon tone, both the cover and the vessel flanked with 'cloud' handles with loose rings, 14.5 cm high
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A carved Chinese blue glass snuff bottle, carved with two mice in the front, a string of coins suspending from the neck to the back, a metal coin inside the bottle, fitted with a hard-stone stopper, 8.9 cm high
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Three Chinese snuff bottles, one of carved celadon jade flanked with goat-head handles, one of agate carved in low relief of a old man and a child under a pine tree, and one of carved rock crystal of a leaping carp, all with associated hardstone stoppers, 6.5 cm high, 7 cm high, 8.5 cm high, (3)
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Two Chinese snuff bottles of various materials, one of a carved horn with mythical-beast decoration, one of silvered metal with gold-fish decoration, 7.5 cm high, 8 cm high, (2)
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A Chinese horn carved snuff bottle, carved on each side with the God of Fortune, one side with a spotted deer and the other of a bamboo garden, fitted with a coral stopper, 7.5 cm high
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A small Chinese horn carved washer, with a long and waisted opening, carved with two catfish in high relief amongst clouds, 6.2 cm long
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A Chinese carved aubergine glass snuff bottle, each side carved with bogu-image in low relief, fitted with an agate stopper, 7.3 cm high
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A Chinese amber beaded bracelet, consisting of 27 similar-sized beads, 9 cm diam. approx
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An amber necklace, consisting of 30 beads of varying sizes of an even orange tone, 17.5 cm long when stretched
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A miniature Chinese famille-rose faceted bottle vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark, enamelled in each facet with a flower spray on decorative grounds, and gilded ridges, the neck and foot rim with hui and scrolling flower patterns in blue enamel, the flaring neck with ruyi heads in pink against a yellow ground, 12.8 cm high
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A Chinese gold-painted brown-glaze 'dragon' washer, Qianlong four-character gold-painted seal mark but later, painted around the body with two dragons against a field of scrolling lotus, between two decorative bands, 8 cm high
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Three pieces of Chinese export porcelain, 18th to 19th century, comprising a paired Imari cup and saucer, and a blue and white saucer with Kangxi four-character mark, 10.4 cm diam. (Imari saucer), 3.6 cm high (Imari cup), 10.3 cm diam. (blue and white saucer), (3)
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A Chinese turquoise-ground brush pot, of cylindrical shape, moulded in high relief with branches of prunus blossoms, 12.5 cm high
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A small Chinese Chenghua-style yellow glazed jar with cover, Underglaze blue 'Tian'-character mark to the base, incised around the body with the Eight Buddhist Treasures amidst scrolling lotus, all between two bands of lappets, the cover with a central lotus flower encircled by lappets, the rim with 'cloud' decoration, 9.7 cm high
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A Chinese sang-de-boeuf vase, and a small Chinese crackle-glaze vase, the sang-de-boeuf vase of slope neck raising to a narrow neck, the crackle-glaze vase of similar shape with flat base, 19 cm high, 8 cm high, (2)
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A small Chinese blue-and-white double-gourd shaped vessel, Late Ming dynasty, painted around the upper and lower body with floral designs, separated by banded rings, the mouth rim with lappet pattern, 9.5 cm high
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A small Chinese blue-and-white vessel, Yuan Dynasty, 14th century, with eight concave sides, a short neck flanked by two lugs, painted on alternate panels with floral sprays, 5.4 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection NSW R&V Tregaskis Oriental Art F. W. Bodor Exhibition and Publication: Lot 50, Guy, John, Oriental trade ceramics in Southeast Asia, 10th to 16th century: Selected from Australian collections, including the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Bodor Collection, National Gallery of Victoria…
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A Chinese export wucai tea-pot, and a blue-and-white mug, 18th to 19th century, the tea pot painted with a flower spray on each side, fitted with copper lid, the mug painted around the body with a landscape between two decorative borders, the handle moulded as a dragon, the mouth rim and the spine of the dragon gilded, tea pot: 12.5 cm high, mug: 14.7 cm high, (2). Provenance: The tea pot bearing a label 'Christie's East: 9/30/81, 555' 'Christie's East: 9/30/81, 555'
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A Chinese doucai brush pot, Four-character underglaze-blue studio mark, painted with figures of officials, female attendant, armed people in a garden pavilion, all between two banded borders, 13.9 cm high, 10.9 cm diam.
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A Chinese famille-rose 'floral' brush pot, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark, Late Qing or Republic period, painted around the body with a pheasant resting on a rock amongst branches of various flowers, 9.6 cm diam., 9 cm high
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An enamelled 'dragon' brush pot, Guangxu six-character mark, painted around the body with dragons of the Four Seas chasing flaming balls, all against an incised 'sea wave' ground, 8.5 cm high
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A Chinese famille-verte tall cup, painted around the body with figures in a garden pavilion, possibly from The Story of the Western Wing, 10.8 cm high
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A famille-rose shell-shaped box, Republic period, painted to the four corners with four historical figures of Cao E, Wen Tianxiang, Sun Ce, and Feng Dao, each accompanied with a short poem attributed to their life stories, in the central medallion painted with Li Bai, the short foot rim in similar shape as the vessel, 27 cm wide, 4.8 cm high
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A square Chinese famille-rose 'lotus' washer, Daoguang six-character iron-red mark, with rounded corners on a recessed base, painted around the body with scrolling lotus, the top edges decorated with a band of hui-pattern in pink, 18.1 cm x 12.2 cm x 7.6 cm
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Two large Chinese famille rose bowls, 19th century, one painted with large peony blossoms and a bird, and the other with lobed sides painted with landscape, 23.5 cm diam., 24 cm diam., (2).
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A Chinese tea-dust-glaze cylindrical 'bagua' vase, cong, Qianlong six-character embossed seal-mark, moulded and carved on all four sides with symbols of the eight trigrams, supported on the circular foot rim and raising to a narrowing and circular neck, 25.4 cm high
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A Chinese blue-glaze 'elephant'-handle square vase, cong, Qianlong six-character seal mark, the square body supported on a circular foot rim and raised to a circular neck, flanked by a pair of 'elephant' each suspended with a ring, covered overall with a blue glaze only exposing the foot base, 29.3 cm high
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A turquoise-glaze 'elephant'-handle vase, hu, of compressed globular body, covered overall with a bright-bluish-turquoise ground except for the foot rim, carved around the body with two taotie masks against a hui-ground, the neck with six lappets of vertical kui-dragons, the foot with four horizontal kui-dragons, flanked by a pair of 'elephant' handles, 24.5 cm high
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A famille-rose Tibetan-style ewer, penba, Jiaqing six-character mark to the base but later, the compressed globular body finely enamelled with the bajixiang, the Eight Buddhist Emblems, between two decorative borders, all reserved on a yellow ground, surmounted by the lobed neck simulating a chrysanthemum blossom, below the galleried upper section with dense foliate floral scrolls on a yellow ground, the vase raised on a spreading foot with overlapping lappets, the base turquoise enamelled, 25.5 cm high,…
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A yellow-ground square 'dragon' bowl, Jiajin six-character underglaze blue mark, with flaring sides each painted in underglaze blue with a ferocious dragon amongst scrolling lingzhi, all between two banded borders, the interior with a 'shou'-character to the centre within double-banded square, the rim with a band of scrolling-foliage decoration, all against a yellow ground, stand and box, 7.7 cm high, 16 cm wide approx
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Two associated yellow-ground marriage spittoons, Guangxu four-character iron-red mark, enamelled in five registers with 'xi', happiness, around the body and the flaring mouth rim, separated in the neck with a gilded band, the rim and the foot gilded, all reserved against a yellow ground, 9 cm high, (2).
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A pair of small iron-red-enamel 'dragon' plates, Late Qing or Republic period, with flaring sides, painted in iron-red with a vigorous, four-clawed full-frontal dragon amongst clouds in blue, yellow and aubergine, the white glaze continuing to the outer rim of the base, leaving an unglazed central circle exposing the grey ware, 11.4 cm diam., 0.9 cm high, (2)
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A pair of Chinese green-and-aubergine enamelled 'dragon' dishes, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, each incised in the central medallion with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl, one in green and the other in aubergine enamel, encircling the medallion painted with six branches of fruit and flowers, the underside with two opposing dragons separated by two branches of lingzhi fungus, all against a yellow ground, 10.8 cm diam., (2). Provenance: Private Collection Victoria
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A yellow glazed 'dragon and phoenix' spittoon, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, covered over all with a yellow glaze bar the foot rim, incised around the body with a dragon and a phoenix pursuing a flaming jewel, the shoulder decorated with a band of hui patterns and the neck encircled with overlapping leaves, 8.4 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection Victoria
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A Chinese brown-glaze bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, supported on a short foot rim, covered over all with a metallic brown glaze thinning to the rim to reveal a white glaze, box, 12.5 cm diam., 5.9 cm high. Provenance: Ex-Taiwanese private collection, box bearing a 'Yunbaoxuan' label
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A Chinese gold-painted wucai 'dragon' bowl, Guangxu six-character iron-red mark and of the period, painted around the body with two dragons chasing flaming jewels above a green 'sea wave' borders, the interior with a central 'shou'-character surrounded by five bats, mouth rim gilded, 17.5 cm diam., 7.7 cm high
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A Chinese blue-and-white 'phoenix' bowl, Xuande six-character underglaze-blue mark, Kangxi period, painted around the body in two registers with four phoenix-medallions alternating with 'shou'-characters, and four flaming mandalas connected with scrolling lotus, all between two banded borders, the interior with a 'shou'-character within floral borders with ruyi decoration to the central medallion, the rim with decorative border, 15.8 cm diam., 8.4 cm high
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A Chinese turquoise-ground famille-rose 'floral' bowl, Qianlong six-character underglaze-blue seal mark and of the period, of shallow form with flaring mouth on short and slightly-flaring foot rim, painted with a branch of flowers on one side and a single Chinese Rose on the other, the rim coated with brown glaze, 21 cm diam
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A pair of Chinese enamelled tea cups with covers, Daoguang six-character iron-red seal mark to each cup and cover, and of the period, each painted in vibrant blue enamel with a large chrysanthemum amongst smaller ones and leaves in green enamel, the design repeated on the cover, all against a pale-brown ground, mouth rim of tea cup and foot rim of cover gilded, each needled with a character 'Song' (literally, pine) to the interior, boxes, cups: 11 cm diam., 5.8 cm high; covers: 9.4 cm diam., 3.2 cm high,…
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A pair of Chinese coral-red-ground gold-painted 'longevity' bowls, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period, inscribed around the bodies with three different 'longevity' phrases each accompanied with a large correspondent seal mark, the rim coated with gold, box, 16.9 cm diam., 7 cm high, (2). Provenance: Ex-Taiwanese private collection, box bearing a 'Yunbaoxuan' label
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A Chinese blue and white charger, Wanli Period, Ming Dynasty, the central medallion painted with cranes flying about or resting in a lotus pond, the rim decorated with sketchy birds and flowers, the underside freely painted with two bands of scrolling foliage and birds, a square factory or shop mark to the base, 30 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct descent : Tiffany & Co. Lockwood de Forest
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A Chinese yellow glaze bowl, Daoguang six-character seal mark, supported on a short foot rim, covered with a thin yellow glaze over all stopping near the foot rim, 12.5 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct descent : Tiffany & Co. Lockwood de Forest
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A Chinese celadon-glaze conical bowl, Song dynasty, moulded to the interior with three floral sprays, supported on a short unglazed foot rim, 17.2 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct descent : Tiffany & Co. Lockwood de Forest
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A carved crackle celadon-glaze plate, sturdily potted with everted rim raised on a short foot rim, carved freely with foliage and decorative patterns, 20.7 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co. and thence by direct descent
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A Chinese famille-rose tea cup with cover, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period, painted in both the cup and the cover with scenes from Story from the Western Wing, each inscribed with a verse from the play, 11.8 cm diam
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A small Chinese export famile-rose jug, Qianlong period, painted around the body with a scene of a Manchu official enjoying a day in a garden pavilion with his children and his lady, the mouth and foot rim with gilded bands, 11 cm high
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A Chinese wucai vase, Late Qing dynasty, painted around the body with two branches of flowers accompanied by birds and insects, between stylised ruyi heads and leafy borders, the shoulder and the neck decorated with bands of decoration including four panels of fruits reserved against a diaper ground and prunus blossoms against an ice-crackle ground, 42 cm high
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A Chinese export hexagonal vase and cover, Qianlong period, painted on each side in a reserve with a continuous image of figures set in a garden pavilion, each side accompanied by two smaller reserves around the neck and near the foot rim, painted with landscapes in alternating iron-red and light brown, repeated on the cover surmounted by a gold-painted lion dog, all against a reserve of a diaper ground, 41 cm high
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A Chinese white glaze xingyao pentalobe tea cup, Late Tang to Five Dynasties, 10th century, elegantly shaped in the form of a prunus blossom with a faintly recessed rim to the centre, covered inside and out with a glaze of slightly greyish tone falling short at the foot rim to expose the white biscuit, 13 cm diam., 4 cm high, Footnote: Compare a similar cup catalogued in Watson, William, Tang and Liao Ceramics, Thames and Hudson, 1984, P.135. According to Watson, the five-lobed shape is 'one of the most…
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A pair of Chinese qingbai lobed dishes, Northern Song Dynasty, in the style of ding-ware, each with raised slip decoration and everted petal-lobed mouth rim, supported on a short foot rim, 14.5 cm diam., 3.3 cm high, (2). Provenance: Ex K.Y. Fine Art, bearing a label of such Note: In Regina Krahl's 'Bright as silver, white as snow - white wares of north and south China', Krahl offers readers a clear lineage of the development of the Xing and Ding of Hebei in the North, and Qingbai in the south. They peaked…
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A Chinese qingbai moulded 'phoenix and peony' bowl, Song Dynasty, with slightly curved sides supported on a short foot rim, covered with a blue-tinted pale-white glaze stopping at the mouth rim, moulded in the central medallion with a branch of peonies, surrounded by a band decorated with two phoenix interspersed with peony sprays below a band of hui patterns, 18.1 cm diam., 3.3 cm high. Provenance: Ex K. Y. Fine Art, bearing a label of such Note: In Regina Krahl's 'Bright as silver, white as snow - white…
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A small Chinese jizhou 'tortoise shell' tea bowl, Song Dynasty, with conical sides rounding up towards the rim, covered inside and out with a rich dark brown glaze splashed in translucent golden glaze in imitation of mottled tortoiseshell, the glaze ending short of the foot to expose the buff-colored granular ware, a faint ink mark to the base supposedly a collector's mark, 11.3 cm diam., 5.5 cm high
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A pair of Chinese moulded yaozhou celadon bowls, 12th century, Northern Song to Jin Dynasty, the slightly rounded flaring sides rising to a lipped rim, decorated on the interior with a crisply moulded design of six scrolling blooms, joined by a slender meandering stalk with tendrils of curling leaves, surrounding a flowerhead with radiating petals in the centre, the exterior incised with vertical patterns, covered all over in a shiny translucent olive-green glaze thinning in places near the base to…
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A Chinese painted-enamel vase, Attributed to Wang Qi, painted around the body with figures of an old gentleman and his servant resting in an autumn forest, inscribed with a poem appropriating the scene, signed, 'Year of kuiyou (1933), Wang Qi, Zhu Shan', all between two purplish brown decorative borders, iron-red seal mark to the base, 38.2 cm high
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A Chinese painted-enamel 'roaster' bottle vase, Attributed to Liu Yucen, Republic period, painted around the body with two roosters in front of a branch of peonies under a tree, inscribed and signed 'Year of Dingmao (1927), Liu Yucen, Zhu Shan', 30.5 cm high
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