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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 set of four Chinese framed blue and white ceramic plaques, Late Qing or Republic period, possibly made for screens or windows, two of Begonia-blossom-shape and the others of rectangular shape, each painted meticulously with figurines set in garden landscapes, engaging in different leisure activities, all set in reticulated wooden frames, approx. 35 cm x 34 cm, 35 cm x 22 cm, (4)
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A Chinese qianjiangcai 'landscape' hexagonal vase, Attributed to Xu Shanqin, Republic period, with angular shoulder, painted on five sides with a landscape of mountains and trees, inscribed on the sixth with a verse from a poem by Xu Ben, signed 'winter of yichou (1925) year, Xu Shanqin', the shoulder inscribed with two characters on each side, 13.7 cm high, 10 cm wide, (1925)
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A painted-enamel 'landscape' brushpot, Attributed to Zhang Zhitang, painted around the body with a landscape of a mountain village by a lake, inscribed with a poem appropriating the scene, signed 'year of wuzi (1948), Zhang Zhitang, Zhu Shan', iron-red studio seal mark to the base, 5.3 cm high, 12.2 cm diam.
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A Chinese enamelled bottle-shaped vase, Signed Shi Yuchu (1090-1972), Republic period, painted with two butterflies flying about a field of daisies, with stand and box, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Ex K. Y. Fine Art Exhibited: Lot 21, Innovation and Continuity: 20th century Chinese Ceramics, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, October 2012 Note: This vase attributed to Shi Yuchu is a good example of the continuity or transmission of skills from one generation of painters to the next. Pan Taoyu taught Liu Yucen…
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A small Chinese enamelled vase, Dated by inscription 1956, attributed to Wei Yongsheng (1910-1975), of bottle shape with a flaring neck, painted with the Goddess of the Luo River elevated above the waves, the neck and foot rim with decorative patterns in overglaze blue, the rim painted with gold, inscribed 'The Goddess of the Luo River, 1956, Wei Yongsheng at Zhushan' followed by an iron-red seal, 'Sheng', of the artist, and another, 'Yongsheng', to the base, 12 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection…
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A Chinese qianjiangcai pillow, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period, the four sides each painted with a reclining lady in a garden, by a window, or in a study, all between two borders of diaper ground, one end with a Begonia-blossom-shaped opening, the other reticulated and gilt with a double-circular symbol, both accompanied by surrounding painted floral branches, 14.5 cm x 12.3 cm x 6 cm
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A pair of enamelled 'landscape' brush pots, Wang Yunquan (1916 - 1998), dated according to inscription 1957, each painted with similar landscapes of cottages by mountain streams, all between two black-glaze decorative border, each accompanied with a poem describing the scene, signed and inscribed by the artist, with one seal to the poem and another to the base, box, 18.9 cm high, 5.2 cm diam., (2)
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A Chinese painted-enamel 'landscape' bowl, Xuantong six-character underglaze-blue mark, early Republic period, with a subtly levelled rim, painted around the body with a garden pavilion by a lake amongst a landscape of mountains and trees, two ferries crossing the river and two figures near the bank, 18.4 cm diam., 8.5 cm high
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A framed and enamelled Chinese ceramic plaque, 20th century, attributed to Liu Shuren, painted elaborately with a guanyin standing in front of a naturalistic rock-deck placed with her willow-vase and sutras, signed and inscribed by the artist, 42.9 cm x 79.3 cm
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A framed Chinese painted ceramic plaque, Attributed to Liu Yucen (1904 - 1969), dated by inscription 1927, Republic period, painted in enamel with two sparrows resting on a floral branch, inscribed and signed by the artist with two seals, 29.5 cm x 52.5 cm, Note: The back of the frame is removable, revealing the base of the plaque with traces of four rails running in parallel, and marks of linen cloth covering the unglazed back, the signs of the firing process particularly during the Republic period where…
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A Chinese painted-enamel 'lady' plaque, Attributed to Ma Qingyun, Republic period, painted with a lady holding a fan, standing amongst a garden landscape, inscribed a poem attributing to her, signed, 'summer of year of renyin (1902), painted in Changjiang, by Ma Qingyun', 36.6 cm x 25.4 cm x 1.2 cm, ()
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A yixing stoneware lotus-shaped box with cover, dated by inscription 1911, with design repeated on both box and cover, blue glaze to the interior and the recess of the foot rim, incised poems by Zheng Banqiao to the exterior, 17.3 cm diam., 7.7 cm high, 1911 : : :
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A contemporary Chinese yixing hexaganal tea pot, Attributed to Shi Xiaoma, moulded on four sides in low relief dragons and phoenix, impressed seal mark 'Xiaoma' to the base, 6.2 cm high, 12.3 cm at the widest
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A small Chinese embossed bamboo 'cowboy' brush holder, Zhao Weiyang, in the style of the cowboy paintings by Fan Zeng (1938 - ), embossed with an old gentleman asking direction with a child riding an ox, under a pine tree, inscribed with a poem describing the scene, with a seal of the artist, 10.1 cm high, 5.3 cm diam.
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A coral-red-ground gold-painted brush pot, Jiaqing six-character iron-red mark to the base, painted around the body in gold with four panels of lotus flowers separated by a column of floral and changpan-knot spray, all between two decorative borders and an coral-red ground, mouth rim gilded, the interior and the base with turquoise enamel, 6.7 cm diam., 12 cm high
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A Chinese iron-red 'dragon-and-phoenix' washer, Daoguang six-character iron-red seal mark, painted around the body with a dragon and a phoenix pursuing a flaming ball, all above a band of sea-wave border, 9.3 cm diam
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A Chinese famille verte brush pot, Late Qing dynasty, painted around the body with figurines set in garden landscape, on one side a seated official, possibly Su Shi, surrounded by two of his close friends, possibly Huang Tingjian and Fo Yin, enjoying tea, attended by two servants on the other side, the base with a central glazed recess, 19.9 cm diam., Su Shi, a famous poet and calligraphist during the Northern Song dynasty, was well known for his love for tea. Historical records and paintings often show Su…
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A carved Chinese square soapstone 'lioness and cub' seal, Artisit unknown, carved for collector Weng Guangping (1760-1842), the stone of an orange tune, the lioness and the cub in mutual pursuit, carved on the four sides a short attribution to the painting of Weng Guangping which humbling the artist's seal-carving skill, inscription dated the tenth month of the year of Gengchen (1842), box, 5.4 cm high
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A small Chinese soapstone seal, Attributed to Zhou Bin, the stone of creamy tone with black and brown inclusions, the finial carved of a squatting dragon, dun long, the side incised with a verse attributed to the dragon and the artist's style-name, the seal script, jinshen, meaning 'prudence', box, 3.5 cm high, Dun long, literally a squatting dragon, a mythical creature originally used to decorate roofs of palaces and temples, imperial chariots, and later also appearing on seals, is a type of dragon that…
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A carved Chinese gaoshan soapstone seal, the stone of reddish brown and creamy beige tones, carved with a climbing slender chi dragon, one seal incised 'linfuoyuanzhu', the other embossed 'panshui', 5 cm wide. Provenance: Lot 2451 Autumn Series 2009, Xiling Yinshe Auction 2009·
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A Chinese carved jade brush stand, incised Qianlong four-character seal mark, one side carved with floral design, the other with a poem in seal script, 7.3 cm wide
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A Chinese celadon jade washer, carved as a lotus petal supported by a its branch, 13 cm long. Provenance: Bearing a label 'Gregory Collection' 'Gregory Collection'
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A carved large Chinese pale-celadon jade pendant, Qing dynasty, 18th century, carved in the front of a chi-dragon and a flying phoenix swirling in mutual pursuit, the back with a squarish-circular disc carved with cloud motif, the top with a bat carved out of the brown inclusion, 9 cm long, 144g
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A Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a censer top, Qing dynasty, the stone with some light brown inclusions, one side carved with a lady figure with a spotted deer, the other side with a spotted deer, all amongst pine trees, lingzhi fugus and bajiao plants, 4.5 cm high
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A carved Chinese pale-celadon jade censer top, of circular shape, pierced with two cranes, one holding a branch of ruyi in its mouth, with stand, 5.3 cm diam
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A Chinese carved white jade fish, the stone with slight inclusion, suspending from a beaded necklace, 6.2 cm wide
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A small Chinese carved agate plaque, the stone of creamy tone, with striated orange inclusion, carved out of the dark orange inclusion with a sage carrying a gourd on his back, resting on a rock, a pine tree branching out from a tall mountain in the background, 4 cm (W) x 5.2 cm (H) x 0.7 cm (D)
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A group of five Chinese snuff bottles, Early to mid-20th century, of various materials including agate, nephrite, and rock crystal, some carved, some inside-painted, each fitted with a stopper of hard stone, coral, or jadeite, box, varying from 6.7 cm to 8 cm high, (5).
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A carved Chinese miniature agate tripot, Qing dynasty, of greyish creamy tone with orange inclusions, the cover with a 'lingzhi' finial possibly of hard stone, fitted with its original stand and box, 7.6 cm high (including stand).
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A small Chinese blue-and-white wine cup, Xuantong eight-character studio mark and of the period, 1910, with no foot rim, the exterior painted with eight individual flower sprays between two borders, the mark translated as 'Xuantong gengxu (1910) year, made for the Hall of Appropriate Spring', 7.9 cm diam., 2.8 cm high.
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A small Chinese blue-and-white washer, Qianlong four-character mark, Late Qing or Republic period, with inverted and curved rim, painted with fish amongst water plants, the rim with 'ruyi' border, the unglazed foot rim recessed, the mark to a central glazed recess, 9.1 cm diam., 2.5 cm high.
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Three small Chinese turquoise ground 'Chinese Rose' plates, Qianlong four-character iron-red mark, Republic period, each painted in the centre with a Chinese Rose, and a few other flowers around it, 10 cm diam., (3)
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An inscribed ivory seal, Attributed to Yu Shuo (1873 - 1957), Late Qing or Republic, incised on opposing two sides with the full text of Zhuzi Jiaxun, a 17th-century educational classics in the Neo-Confucian canon, signed 'winter of Xinchou (1901), Yu Shuo, Beijing', uncarved, 6.4 cm high.
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A Chinese carved ivory belt buckle and an associated decorating piece, Qing dynasty, each carved with similar design of a dragon in high relief pursuing a flaming jewel amongst clouds, the buckle sliding into two pieces each with a square loop to the back, the decorating piece suspending with a 'dragon' loose ring, with a square loop to the back, 5.3 cm wide (buckle), 4.5 cm widest (decorating piece), (2).
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A pair of small Chinese enamelled bronze plates, 'Qingwan'-mark to the base, Late Qing or Republic period, each with lobed and rounded corners and supported on four bracketed short feet, painted with a landscape of a pavilion by a lake amongst rocks and trees, the border with stylised 'kui' dragon motif, the underside with decorative borders, 10.2 cm x 10.2 cm x 1.7 cm, (2).
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A Chinese painted-enamel 'bat and peony' plate, Chenghua six-character iron-red mark, Republic period, painted concentrically with layers of auspicious symbols such as peony, bat, scrolling lotus, all encircling a central ruyi sceptre, 24 cm diam.
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A Chinese celadon-glaze tripod censer, Qianlong six-character blue-and-white mark, Republic period, the compressed globular body with two looped handles, the base with an unglazed ring, the reign mark to the central recess against a celadon ground, 8.5 cm high.
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A Chinese celadon-glaze square vase, Early to mid-20th century, of rounded shoulder and tall neck, flanked with a pair of 'dragon' handles, supported on a flaring and tall foot, original stand, 22 cm high.
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A Japanese carved ivory cylindrical vessel with cover, Taisho period, carved around the body with various animals including a frog, a lizard, two birds, a snail and a butterfly among leaves, the cover with a finial in the form of a snail removable from the cover, incised probably Gyoumi [] to the base of the snail, 13 cm high.
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A carved and pierced Chinese ivory tusk, Early to mid-20th century, in the shape of a dragon boat with its 'dragon's head' amongst the figures, carved with figures of all ages, varying social groups and ethnicities engaging in various activities under pine and peach trees, with its original stand and box, 43 cm wide.
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A carved Japanese figure group, Incised 'Jushan' [] to the base, Meiji or Taisho period, of the God of Longevity accompanied by a child and a potted deer, holding a basket of fruit in his hand, wood stand and box, 19.5 cm high.
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A carved and tinted Chinese ivory of Iron-Crutch Li, Li Tieguai, Qing dynasty, the Daoist Immortal in the form a beggar supported with his iron-crutch, carrying on his back a gourd bottle, a vapour cloud emanating from the gourd, midst the cloud raising a circular jewel symbolising the Immortal's soul, fitted with its original base protector and wood box, 17.8 cm high.
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A Chinese carved ivory of Tao Yuanmin, Late Qing or Republic period, the recluse-poet holding a branch of chrysanthemum in his left hand, and bamboo stick on his right hand attached with a straw hat resting on his shoulder, fitted with a wood stand with silver inlaid and cloisonne decoration, box, 23.5 cm high (without stand).
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A carved Chinese ivory figure group, Qianlong four-character embossed mark to the base, early to mid-20th century, the two halves of the clam shell open and revealing a scene of a Guanyin holding a child in her arms accompanied by her attendant amongst rocks and bamboos, all supported on a continuation of the landscape with a child kneeling on a lotus flower worshiping the Goddess amongst a field of lotus flowers with various insects, below, a group of smaller-scaled fishermen and villagers engaging in…
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A group of three Chinese ivory carvings, Qing dynasty to Republic period, of a Canton 'figures and pine trees' magic ball supported on a tall stand, a 'dragon' magic ball, and a 'children' toggle, 24.5 cm high (assembled magic ball), 6 cm diam. ('dragon' magic ball), 3.5 cm wide (toggle), (3).
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A carved ivory chess set with a marble board, 19th century, the 'white' pieces carved as European figures, and the 'black' pieces, tinted red, and carved as Asian figures, the board of green onyx and black marble, the pieces of 5.3 cm to 10.3 cm high, the board: 28.4 cm x 28 cm x 1.5 cm, (33)
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A Chinese carved ivory figure of an old man, Republic period, holding a walking stick in his right hand suspending from it a double-gourd, and a string of Buddhist beads in his left hand, a branch of pomegranate hanging on his waist, stand, 22.6 cm high
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A Chinese carved rhinorcerous-horn libation, Qianlong four-character mark, in the form of a lotus leaf, carved around the body in high relief with a bird resting amongst a lotus pond, 7 cm high
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A carved Chinese zitan libation cup, in the shape of a lotus leaf supported by a branch issuing lotus root and buds, with chi-dragons climbing on both the interior and the exterior, 9.8 cm high
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A Chinese carved wood figure group, of Liuhai riding a wave, wearing a lotus leaf as a hat, his left hand holding a water vessel, a string of money suspended from the forearm, his right leg stepping on a three-legged toad emerging from the wave and catching the other end of the string of money in its mouth, 23.5 cm high
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A carved Chinese horn Zhongli Quan, 19th century, Qing dynasty, the Taoist immortal seated, holding his fan in his right hand, wearing a open and loose jacket and pantaloons, fitted wood stand, 12.2 cm high
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A Chinese moulded and carved gourd vase with ivory and tortoise shell cover, Guangxu incised mark to the base, moulded and carved around the body with a landscape of garden pavilions and gate towers amongst rocks and pine trees, accompanied with a poem describing the scene, the neck with hui-and-lappet border, fitted with an ivory rim, the cover screw-removable, the ivory base and the tortoiseshell top pierced with movable butterflies amongst scrolling foliage, 36 cm high, Note: The traditional technique…
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A carved boxwood figure of Zhao Yun, depicting the general suited in his amour, holding a infant in his right hand, holding a spear in his left - a famous anecdote in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Zhao Yun saved Liu Bei's newborn during the battle of Changban, 35 cm high
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A Chinese carved boxwood Yaksa, yecha, the semi-god poised for combat, holding a trident in his hands, riding waves, 38 cm high
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An unusual Sino-Tibetan silver inlaid casket and cover, Wanli six-character embossed mark and of the period, of rectangular shape, flanked with two upturned 'crane' handles, the long sides each decorated with a circular 'prunus' panel, and other auspicious motifs on a fretwork silver ground, the cover pierced and applied with roundels and sword-shaped motifs and scrolling dragons around the rim, all covered with silver-work 'lei'-patterns, raising to a 'shou' knob, 34 cm x 16 cm x 29 cm, Note: This type of…
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A small Chinese cloisonne 'morning glory' vase, Laotianli four character workshop mark, late Qing or Republic period, worked with metal inlay of scrolling pink-and-red morning glories against a white ground, between two bands of decorative patterns, 21.9 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection Victoria Note: For an example with the Laotianli-workshop mark, see 'Metal-bodied Enamel ware: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the (Beijing) Palace Museum,' Hong Kong, 2001, p.172 no. 164
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A Chinese carved 'cloud' black lacquer plate, Xuande four-character embossed mark, carved with the classic 'cloud' motif to both the interior and the underside with simulated effect of layered black and cinnabar lacquer, supported on a short foot rim, 28.3 cm diam
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A Chinese coloured overlay glass vase, Four-character Qianlong mark, Of four facets with angular shoulder and flaring mouth rim, and short foot rim, each facet decorated with yellow, green, red and blue overlay of children celebrating the Lantern Festival, all against a dusted white ground, the foot rim of red overlay with carved hui pattern., 23.6 cm high
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A Chinese blue glass bottle-neck vase, Qianlong four-character incised mark but later, carved in high relief of a fisherman catching a carp by a lotus pond, accompanied by various symbols of longevity and fortuity such as peaches, cranes, pine trees, and ruyi fungus, all against an incised 'sea wave' ground, 28.3 cm high
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A Chinese gilded bronze buckle, the central panel carved in high relief with a full-frontal dragon, the two side panels with two smaller dragons, all against a lei-ground in low relief, the buckle sliding into two parts, 7 cm wide
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A small Chinese gilded bronze tripod 'dragon' censer, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, early to mid 20th century, cast with a dragon accompanied by small lion dogs against a 'sea wave' ground on each side of the body, supported on three 'beast'-masked legs, flanked by 'dragon' handles, the cover worked with two dragons against 'cloud' ground with 'lion dogs' finial, 11.5 cm high
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A small Chinese 'lion'-handle bronze censer, embossed 'xuan' to the base, of compressed globular form supported on a short foot rim, flanked by two 'lion' handles, 12 cm widest, 4.8 cm high, 569g
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A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze censer, Xuande six-character embossed mark, of compressed globular form raised in a foot rim, flanked by a pair of gilded 'elephant' handles, 23 cm wide, 2315g
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A carved Chinese stone figure of Dharuma, in flowing robe, his right hand holding a scroll, in the left hand a walking stick, carrying a straw hat on his back, a Buddhist-lion by his feet, stand, 18 cm high
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