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The Autumn Auction Series, Day 1 — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:357
Sale Title:The Autumn Auction Series, Day 1Lots with images:357
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:260
Date:16-Jun-2014
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A pair of green-glazed stoneware Buddhist lions, 19th/20th century, each one standing on a brocade ball, supported on a pierced pedestal, 27 and 26.7 cm high
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A large brown lead-glazed Hu, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE-220ADE, decorated with a moulded band of zodiac animals between two animal masks, TL certificate Wollongong University WT441 18/3/1998, 36 cm high
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A Japanese foliate-rimmed silver bowl, Meiji Period, circa 1900, boldly decorated with a large dragon, impressed mark to base, 8.2 cm high, 15.5 cm diameter, Japanese wooden box
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Two large blue and white foliate-rimmed bowls, Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century, one decorated in the centre with a rabbit amongst foliage, the cavetto with numerous vertical rims, the second with a dragon in the centre, 31 to 30.4 cm diameter variable and 32 cm diameter. Provenance: Christie's 'The Eric Dare Collection' 1995, lot 107/2
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Six blue and white tea bowls and saucers, Kangxi Period, 1662-1722, five decorated with a lady and jumping boy, one with figures in a landscape, all with four character Chenghua marks. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1980's; from an old Dutch family collection in Tasmania
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A Chinese blue and white double-handled baluster vase, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, decorated with a phoenix amongst peony, the trunk of the tree continued on the neck of the vase, 39.2 cm high, 18.6 cm diameter
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A large Junyao deep bowl, late Jin Dynasty, 12-13th century, covered in a 'peacock feather' glaze darkening at the rim, 11 cm x 22.3 cm. See 'The Multiplicity of Simplicity, Monochrome Wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties', HK University, 2012, cat no's 86 & 87; for very similar examples; also Roger Kevern, 'Summer Exhibition', 2007, cat no 30
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A Yaozhou celadon lobed bowl, Song Dynasty, 12th century, finely potted and covered with a vibrant olive green glaze, the sides divided by six vertical ribs, 7.5 x 20.3 cm. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis
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A good Jianyao 'hare's fur' teabowl, Southern Song, 1127-1279, with indented lip, covered with a thick black glaze with russet striations stopped neatly above the foot, 6.9 x 12.5 cm, fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, 3/11/2002, (no 2185). See Mowry 'Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers.', Harvard 1996, cat no 79, pp213 & 214
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A Jizhou tortoiseshell-glazed jar, Southern Song, 1115-1234, well potted, with four shoulder lugs and a good even brown glaze covered with slightly raised russet splashes, unglazed base, 9.7 cm x 10.2 cm, fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1990's. See The Worlds Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics', vol 10, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, cat no 173 for a Jizhou jar of the same shape & date
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A small Qingbai mallow-shaped dish, Northern Song, 11th century, 8.5 cm diameter (irregular). Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, 6/5/2000. See Kai-Yin Lo 'Bright as Silver White as Snow', 1998, cat nos 34 & 35, p152-155
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Two small flambe-glazed meiping vases, Qing Dynasty, 18th & 19th century, one with a good lavender glaze, stopped neatly at the flat base; height 10.1 cm; the second with glaze ground off at the bulbous base; 13.2 cm. Provenance: Andrew Stuart-Robertson
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A Yaozhou celadon lobed bowl, Jin Dynasty, 1115-1234, moulded with a duck amongst waves, under an olive-green glaze, 17 cm diameter, attached label 'P.B.F. & M.S.F.JR.' 00178 & a Christies label, lot 40. See Rose Kerr 'Song Ceramics', Victoria and Albert Museum, cat no 51, for 2 very similar bowls
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A wucai enamel baluster jar, Shunzhi, 1644-1661, decorated in underglaze blue, enamels and iron-red with grape vines and rockwork, iron-brown dressed rim, the flat unglazed base with a blue enamel leaf over an original firing crack, 17.3 cm high, fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, 4/11/2000. See Shunzhi Porcelain, Treasures from an Unknown Reign', 2002, for examples with similar decoration
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A rare Yaozhou compressed circular bowl, Tang/Five Dynasties, 10th century, decorated with areas of brown glaze over a white slip, possibly Huangpu kiln, Yaozhou county, 5.7 x 7.5 cm (rim), fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1990's. See 'Masterpieces of Yaozhou ware', the Museum of Oriental Ceramics' Osaka, 1997, cat no 11, pa17 for a similar bowl (from the Tokyo National); Also: Mowry 'Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers', Harvard 1996, cat no 65, pp184 & 185
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A Cizhou conical oil-spot teabowl, Jin Dynasty, 1115-1234, covered with a thick black-brown glaze with irregular russet spots, 12 cm diameter, fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1990's. See Mowry 'Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers..', Harvard 1996, cat no 37, pp140-142; also Regina Krahl 'Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection', vol 3, cat no 1503, p498 for a very similar bowl with silver oil spots
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A Jizhou conical tea-bowl, Southern Song, 1127-1279, freely painted with prunus and the moon on a black glaze, 14 cm. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis. See Mowry 'Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers.', Harvard 1996, cat no 94, pp237
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Two small Jianyao 'hare's fur' teabowls, probably Northern Song, 960-1127, each one with a blue-black russet-splashed glaze, 9.5 & 9 cm diameters. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis. See Rose Kerr 'Song Ceramics', Victoria and Albert Museum, cat no 117, pp115
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A Jizhou tea-bowl, Southern Song, 1127-1279, with lipped rim, freely painted with prunus and the moon in russet on a mat brown-black glaze, 14 cm. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis. See Mowry 'Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers.', Harvard 1996, cat no 94, pp237
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A Yaozhou six-lobed flower-form teabowl, Jin Dynasty, 1115-1234, covered with an even russet glaze, the inner wall divided by six vertical ribs, supported on a tall foot, 6.2 x 10.8 cm (variable), fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, 16/7/2003. See 'Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware', the Museum of Oriental Ceramics' Osaka, 1997, cat no 48 for an almost identical bowl (from the Tokyo National
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Three Jianyao small bowls, Song Dynasty, 960-1279, one with a black glaze, russet around the rim; one with a russet 'hare's fur' glaze; the third, a tiny cup with turned in rim and flat base, possibly Song, 9.2 cm; 9.4 cm; 6 cm diameters
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A Qingbai shallow conical twin-fish bowl, Southern Song, 1127-1279, combed and incised in the centre, the rim divided by six raised ribs, mouth-rim and base unglazed, 17.5 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis. See Qingbai Ware: 'Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties', 2002, Percival David Foundation, cat no 15, p52 & 53 for an almost identical bowl
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An octagonal Dehua box and cover, Yuan Dynasty, 1280-1367, moulded with a peony medallion within a wave border, translucent blue-green glaze, unglazed concave base, 11.3 cm diameter (variable). Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1990's
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A Dehua circular box and cover, Yuan Dynasty, 1280-1367, the top moulded with peony, the sides fluted, unglazed base, 14 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1990's. See Locsin 'Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines', Cat no 70, p86
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A small Qingbai ewer and cover, Yuan Dynasty, 1280-1368, with two shoulder lugs, the body divided into two sections, each one with eight moulded panels of flowers, unglazed base, 8 cm high, fitted box. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis 6/5/2000 (1501). See Simon Kwan 'Song Ceramics from the Simon Kwan Collection', 1994, cat no's 108 & 109 for two similar Yuan lidded ewers
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A Qingbai six-lobed flower-form teabowl, Northern Song, 960-1127, covered with an unctuous blue-green glaze, supported on a tall foot, base unglazed, 11.4 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, 6/5/2000. See Kai-Yin Lo 'Bright as Silver White as Snow', 1998, cat no 9
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A Satsuma deep bowl, early Meiji Period, 1868-1912, very well decorated with a Ho-ho bird in the centre and continuous flowering prunus around the exterior, five character inscription to base, 9 cm high, 17.8 cm diameter
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A black glaze Satsuma saucer-dish, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, intricately painted with Kannon riding the sacred carp, signed Ryozan with gilt mon and Yasuda seal mark, 15.6 cm diameter
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A fine Satsuma teapot and flat cover, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, intricately decorated with a genre scene of figures interspersed with extravagant designs, unsigned but style of Hankinzan, 6.5 cm high, 12 cm long
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A Satsuma quatrefoil vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, early 20th century, painted with birds on weeping cherry blossom branches over a mauve glaze, black Kinkozan seal mark, 21.5 cm high
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A long-necked Kyoto ware vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with carp swimming above a raised band of waterlilies, 33 cm high
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A rare miniature Satsuma four piece tea set, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, comprising a teapot, ewer, jar and cover and tea cup and saucer, each piece finely decorated, signed Seikozan Zo, 5.7 cm highest, saucer 8.9 cm diameter. Provenance: From the collection of Captain John Francis Anderson (1848-1927), sold by A.G Bruce Auctioneers
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A rare Satsuma tiered vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, well decorated with numerous figures in silver, gilt and enamels, signed Kinkozan Zo, 11.5 cm high
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A Japanese Satsuma belt, Meiji period, comprising 12 round plaques and two buckles, each in enamels and gilt, silver-backed, with a tiny impressed seal, silver chains linking each piece, 73 cm long
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Six Japanese wood and ivory shibayama whist counters, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, with inlaid design of insects and birds, each 9 x 5.8 cm
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A large pottery Satsuma oval plaque, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with birds and morning glory vine beside a stream, signed Dai Nihon, Kyoto Nimura Sei, 45 cm high, 26.5 cm wide
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A pair of Satsuma dishes, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, each one decorated on the cavetto with a procession of figures, impressed Kinkozan mark, with red seal 'Seiko', 19 cm diameter
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A rare Satsuma tripod porcelain vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, very finely decorated with figures in two shaped panels below an elaborate border, all set against a finely worked raised silver ground over a deep green glaze, signed Kinkozan Zo in black enamel, 23.7 cm high
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A large Japanese porcelain figure of Kannon, Meiji period, 1868-1912, standing in long elaborate robes holding a scroll, decorated in gilt and enamels, 49 cm high
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A pair of miniature footed Satsuma vases, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with iris, signed Kinkozan Zo, 4.7 cm high, 2.6 cm diameter
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A rare Satsuma ovoid jar, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with a raised gilt and enamel design between two gilt textile-style bands, all on a glossy olive to emerald green glaze, signed Kinkozan Zo within a gourd (incorporated in the decoration), 9 cm high
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An unusual Satsuma porcelain vase, early 20th century, finely decorated with birds flying above a figure in a boat, both in raised enamels, the water a flecked cobalt blue, impressed Kinkozan seal mark, 19 cm high
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A Japanese Kyoto ware square dish, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with two samurai fighting beneath a prunus tree, flat base, 13.6 cm square
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A rare miniature Satsuma vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated in gold and silver over a green glaze, signed Kinkozan Zo, 6.1 cm high
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A miniature Satsuma vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, finely decorated with birds and flowers, signed Seikozan Zo, 6.3 cm high
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A miniature Satsuma vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, finely decorated with figures in a river landscape, signed Seikozan Zo, 6.5 cm high
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A Satsuma miniature vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, finely painted with a continuous landscape, signed Seikozan Zo with mon, 5.6 cm high
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A Satsuma shallow bowl, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with two figures in the centre, a brocade border below the rim, 15 cm diameter
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Three small Satsuma vases, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, all signed Kinkozan, from 4.5 cm to 9 cm high
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A pair of Japanese Komai hexagonal vases, Meiji/Taisho Period, early 20th century, finely decorated in gilt with birds, dragon, flowers and pagodas, signed on the base, 8.5 cm high
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A fine Japanese mixed metal presentation box, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the silver box with a bronze and shakudo plate on the cover, inlaid with a heron in silver and gold and signed 'Toshimasa', the silver box signed by Miyamoto Shoko (Imperial family silversmith), lined with zitan wood., Presented to and inscribed on the inside 'Mr William Parsons'., Parsons was a famous US civil engineer who worked on a number of major projects in the far east, 4.8 cm, 14.3 cm, 10.6 cm
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A large Satsuma sake or teapot, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, with overhead handle, decorated with birds in two shaped cartouches, signed Kinkozan Zo, 16 cm high
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A small Satsuma spill vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, signed Kinkozan, 9 cm high
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A miniature Satsuma covered box, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, the cover decorated with a procession of figures, 4 cm diameter, together with two miniature Satsuma vases, all signed Kinkozan, 4.5 cm and 6.2 cm high
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Three Japanese ivory items, early 20th century, comprising a shibayama small elephant, 4.5 cm high, 6 cm wide, an ivory 'elephant' shoe horn 15.7 cm long and shibayama ivory pointer inlaid with insects 11 cm long
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A large Japanese pale celadon glazed porcelain Hibachi, 1st half 20th century, well decorated with two Buddhist lions in cobalt blue and one in the biscuit, 32 cm high, 26 cm diameter at the mouth
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A fine Satsuma sake pot, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, delicately painted with figures and exotic flowers, supported on three tiny feet, cane handle;, together with a fine Satsuma small dish, decorated with exotic flowers and ladies, both signed Hankinzan Zo, 9.5 cm diameter and 12 cm diameter
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An unusual Japanese set of four Satsuma sake bowls and saucers, early 20th century, each one decorated all over in spiral bands, impressed seal of Okimura Shozan, cup: 8 cm diameter, saucer: 15 cm diameter
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A Satsuma pottery figure, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, wearing a colourful robe decorated in gilt and enamels, signed inside the base Kinkozan Zo, 14 cm high
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A presentation Japanese silver vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, with an engraved floral design, signature and impressed seal to base, inscribed on the body 'Colonel Barker, Senior Advisor to the Quartermaster General...', signed, 13.5 cm vase
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A Japanese woven cane and mixed metal box, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the cover with a heron in a pond, signed Yoshimitsu Koku, 5 cm high, 14 cm wide and 10 cm deep
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A Satsuma long-necked vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with floral motifs, signed Tozan?, 16 cm high
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A Japanese bronze mixed metal vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, inlaid with flowers and birds, 'Hattori' seal mark, 15.4 cm high
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A Japanese gilt and enamel porcelain bowl, early 20th century, decorated with birds and butterflies, six character mark 'Imura Zo', 8.5 cm high, 16.2 cm diameter
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A large Japanese figure of a Gama-Sennin, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, a large toad on his shoulder, decorated in gilt and enamel, attached to original wooden base, 30 cm high
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Six Japanese wood and ivory shibayama whist counters, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, with inlaid design of insects and birds, each 9 x 5.8 cm
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A large Japanese studio porcelain ovoid jar, early 20th century, decorated with flowering iris in a pond, three character mark Genroku Sei, 45 cm high
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A Japanese white porcelain figure of a ram early 20th century, mark of Kiyomizu Rokubei, 12 cm high, 14 cm wide, together with a terracotta group of the three wise monkeys, 9 cm high, 15 cm wide, mark of Kiyomizu Rokubei
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A Japanese pottery sculpture of Mount Fuji, early 20th century, complete with gilt dragon (every mountain should have one), 16 cm high, signed Kiyomizu Rokubei, signed fitted box
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Two sets of twelve Japanese black lacquer bowls, early 20th century, in two separate original wood boxes, inscribed 'Tomobaku', 3.5 cm high, 11.2 cm diameter; 5.5 cm high, 11.8 cm diameter
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A small Satsuma bottle vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated with women and children in a landscape, signed Kinkozan Zo, 9 cm high
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A fine Satsuma vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, decorated in silver and gold with wisteria on a vibrant blue/brown transmutation glaze, signed Kinkozan Zo in a fan shaped cartouche, 9 cm high
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A small Satsuma vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, decorated with gilt, iron-red and enamels in four shaped panels with figures and landscapes within diaper designs, signed Ryozan, 6 cm high, 5.5 cm diameter
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A small Satsuma double-handled koro and cover, Meiji period, 1868-1912, finely decorated with six medallions, supported on three short feet, signed Kozan, 7.2 cm high
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A tall Japanese pottery ikebana vase, early 20th century, the glaze on the overhead handle and around the rim dripping over the russet biscuit body, impressed seal of Makuzu Kozan, 29 cm high
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A rare set of four tiny Satsuma cups, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, each one with a two character Meizan mark, but Yabu Meizan Factory, together with four tiny silver scoops, wooden box, cups 1.2 to 1.6 cm high, 2.4 cm diameter
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A Satsuma handled ewer, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the interior with a hundred butterflies design, the exterior with two medallions of figure over a floral landscape, signed Hankinzan Do, 4.3 cm high, 12.3 cm long
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Three Satsuma miniature vases, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, two signed Kinkozan and one Kenzan, 6 cm, 4.5 cm and 6 cm high
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A quatrefoil Satsuma vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, early 20th century, decorated with birds on blossoming prunus branches in soft enamels over a black glaze, signed Kinkozan Zo, 28 cm high
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A smaller Japanese mixed metal box, Meiji period, with silver and shakudo lid, signed 'Toshimasa', with a rooster and hen in a landscape, lined with zitan wood, 4.2 cm high, 10.5 cm wide and 8.3 cm deep
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Two small Satsuma Kinkozan covered boxes, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, one decorated with flowers, the other with ladies, one signed, the other with original label 'Kinkozan Kyoto', each 5 cm diameter
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A small Satsuma miniature spill vase, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, on three short feet, decorated with figures within three medallions, signed Kinkozan zo, 5.7 cm high, 2.7 cm diameter
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A Chinese celadon-jade dog, early Qing Dynasty, 17-18th century, seated, wearing a bell, his ruyi-form tail curving upwards, 5.6 cm high, 3.9 cm wide, fitted wood stand. Provenance: Josef Neumann 1965
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A grey jade weight, Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century, in the form of a recumbent Buddhist lion with a ruyi fungus in his mouth, carved in the round, his head turned toward the tri-fibula tail, the veined stone with darker inclusions, 4.2 cm high, 6.1 cm wide. Provenance: Collection of jim Forbes, Boston, USA, whose family had been involved with the china trade. Most of the collection is in the Peabody Museum, Massachusetts, USA
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A rare brown jade beast, Ming Dynasty or probably earlier, recumbent with its head turned back towards the split tail, the caramel-coloured stone with some darker inclusions, 5 cm long. Provenance: Collection of Jim Forbes, Boston, USA, whose family had been involved with the China trade. Most of the collection is in the Peabody Museum, Massachusetts, USA.
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A pair of Chinese famille-verte lanterns, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, in coloured enamels on the biscuit, each lantern pierced and moulded into 6 vertical sections, each one with figures in a round medallion; supported on a waisted pedestal on six shaped feet, 39.7 cm high. Provenance: A Brisbane collection, Collection of Miss Perrin, whose family had resided in China in the early 20th century. The collection was a sold at Oxford House In Brisbane in the 1960's
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A Tibeto-Chinese gold-lacquered bronze figure of Buddha, late Ming Dynasty, 17th century, the jewelled and draped figure seated on a double lotus throne, with an inverted swastika on the front of the throne, base unsealed, 22.7 cm high, *The word 'swastika' is derived from the Sanskrit svastika - 'su', ('good' or 'auspicious') combined with 'asti' ('being'). Provenance: Jean Ada Armstrong, NSW, lived in China and India for twenty-six years and mixed with the likes of Chiang Kai Shek and Avery Brundage
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A Mongolian saddle rug, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, decorated with floral and stylised motifs in the centre and surrounding border, two leather patches, one on either side for the stirrups, 138 cm long, 59.6 cm wide in the centre. Provenance: A Melbourne private collection
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A Chinese celadon warming bowl, late Ming Dynasty, 17th century, covered in a crackled green glaze, with a hole inside the centre of the unglazed base, 8.7 cm high, 18.6 cm diameter. Provenance: Josef Neumann (by repute)
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An unusual Chinese quatrefoil lobed bowl, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, decorated in copper red and cobalt blue on a tall foot, 10.5 cm high, 32 cm long. Provenance: A Brisbane collection
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A Chinese polychrome bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the outer body pierced and decorated with eighteen immortals in relief against a stylised cloud background, around a hollow cylindrical core, a large dragon on the neck, impressed Qianlong mark to base, 42 cm high. Provenance: A Brisbane collection
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A Burmese bronze group, 17-18th century, with a central Buddha seated on a waisted throne, flanked by two monks (detachable), traces of polychrome, height 24.8 cm
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A Chinese blue and white square seal box and cover, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, the cover painted with a landscape within a raised square, surrounded by a lotus scroll, the sides with overall diaper designs, supported on a small foot rim, 5.6 cm high, 9.7 cm square
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A Chinese blue and white jar, early Qing, 17th century, painted with a continuous landscape, on a flat unglazed base, 14 cm high
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A Chinese conical blue and white teabowl, Kangxi, 17-18th century, decorated with a scene of a sage and acolytes in a landscape, the interior with flowers and four character mark, 10.2 cm diameter
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Two pairs of Chinese blue and white cups, early Qing Dynasty, 18th century, one decorated with trigrams and yin-yang symbols, symbolic mark to base, the second pair with a landscape, four character mark, 6 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter and 5.5 cm high, 8.6 cm diameter
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A pair of Chinese hexagonal, blue and white jardinieres, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, each one decorated with precious objects and standing on six short feet, with a drainage hole in the centre, 15.8 cm and 15.4 cm high, both 27.5 cm wide
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A Chinese blue and white moulded dish, 17th century, painted with floral motifs, 31.6 cm diameter, together with a small blue and white saucer dish, (Nanking Cargo) circa 1740, 10.6 cm diameter, with stand
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A Chinese blue and white jar, early Qing Dynasty, 18th century, painted with the 'three friends', pine, prunus and bamboo, birds and a rockwork, 16.6 cm high, wooden cover and base
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A Chinese blue and white beaker-shaped vase, Transitional period, 17th century, freely painted with rocks, flowers and insects, flat unglazed base, 24.5 cm high, 9.4 cm diameter
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