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Toys and Trains — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:408
Sale Title:Toys and TrainsLots with images:265
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:337
Date:26-Mar-2014
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A Chinese framed watercolour of a mountain river scene. Seal mark. 30 x 60 cm
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A circular Chinese framed watercolour of a mountain landscape. Seal mark. D. 23 cm
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A Chinese leather bound four-way screen, decorated with figures in various landscapes. Length 187 cm. Width 212 cm
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Asian bronze figure of a Buddha seated atop a three-legged pedestal. Age and origin uncertain. Good condition. Height 29 cm
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Old south East Asian bronze figure of Buddha seated atop a pedestal. Age and origin uncertain. Some signs of corrosion. Height 25 cm
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An extremely fine and large pair of Chinese bronze and cloisonne horse and riders, incense burners, each of two pieces. Some restoration, one bridal missing. Good condition. See Christies New York sale 5-6 April 2005 for a similar lot. Height 38 cm
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Japanese Fuchi Kashira. Not signed
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Japanese Kashira and one Fuchi. Not signed
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Japanese Kozuka handle. Deer under the moon. Signed
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Japanese Kozuka handle. Pheasant and flowers. Signed 'Fukagowa'?
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Japanese Kozuka handle Watanabe. No tsuna
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Ornate carved Indian. Ivory of an elephant, with houdah on his back carrying a male (turban), a female passenger and handler. Mounted on a plinth with elephant, decorated feet. Height 19.5 cm
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Ivory brush pot and lid c. 1800, with carved dragon decoration and seated man on top. Rim damage to part of lid. Height 14.5 cm
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Bone walking stick. Twisted shaft and etched diamond pattern to handle. Length 73.5 cm
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Tang style Chinese glazed yellow horse with upraised head. Green saddle, blanket edged with white. No tail. Height 36 cm
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Pair of very large oriental blue and white lidded jars, decoration of a fish and underwater grasses. A/f to one lid. Height 39.5 cm
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A Japanese ivory netsuke of a monkey holding a mushroom. Height 7 cm
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An unusual cast iron figure of a seated Buddha with large flame Mandala. The four legged base bears calligraphy referencing a date to the thirteenth year of the three kingdoms period. (c. 220-265AD). Some repairs. Height 21 cm
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Five intricately carved. Chinese walnuts depicting various scenes, each walnut approximately 4 cm high
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A 19th century Chinese finely embroidered cape, decorated with floral and landscape scenes. Various ties and pendants. Width (approx. ) 100 cm
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Two late 19th/early 20th Chinese embroidered panels. Orange silk ground decorated with birds and florals. Approx. 36 x 33 cm each
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A pair of late 19th century /early 20th century Chinese embroidered rank badges (civil court rank no. 2). Golden pheasant surrounded by various Buddhist symbols. One badge bisected for front of coat. Approx. 26 x 28 cm each
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A pair of late 19th century Chinese embroidered silk cuffs. Birds and flowers on yellow ground. Approx. 14 x 76 cm each
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Two pairs of early 20th century Chinese rank badges. One pair civil court rank no. 6 with egret. The other pair of military rank with mythical beast. Approx. 26 x 28 cm each
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A pair of late 19th century Chinese embroidered silk cuffs, decorated with bats and flowers on pale blue ground. Approx. 13 x 78 cm each
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A 20th century hollow ivory pierced cover, with various wild animals in forest setting: elephant and lion finial. Height 19 cm
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A rare Chinese zitan wood brush pot, with poem and various characters carved to exterior. Height 19 cm. Depth 18.5 cm
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A Chinese Qing style Guan Ware glazed vase. of baluster form. Blue Qianlong mark to base. Height 21.5 cm
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A Chinese late Qing style porcelain brush pot, decorated with flowers and bird poem to reverse. Possibly Guangxu reign period. Height 11 cm
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A Chinese Qing style vase of Fanghu form. Blue crackle glaze fading to white outlines. Height 27 cm
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A Chinese late Qing style vase. Faceted body decorated with birds of paradise on crimson ground. Blue Qianlong mark to base. Height 28.5 cm
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Five Chinese late Qing/early Republic side plates, decorated with blue and green dragons within a leiwen and cell border. Bright yellow ground. Good condition. Red 'China' marks underneath. D. 18.5 cm each
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A Chinese Qianlong-style. Gu vase. Grey/green glaze with various lugs, flared neck. Repair to rim. Blue Qianlong mark to base. Height 25.5 cm
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A Chinese late Qing-style Doucai bowl, decorated with various flowers in blue and white scroll borders. Blue Guangxu mark to base. D. 15 cm
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A Chinese large carved natural lapis lazuli brooch, with an ornate silver gilt filigree mount. Stamp mark to base, C. 1910-1930. Height 5 cm. Width 4.5 cm
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A prayer book of north. Indian or Tibetan origin. Two wooden covers containing 34 leaves with calligraphy to each side. Signs of age and use. Length 36 cm
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A Chinese song style. Ding-Ware two-handled pedestal dish. Dragon relief decoration to outside. Slight crackle glaze. Gilt metal bands. to rim and foot. D. 14.5 cm
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A Chinese early Qing style peach bloom glaze vase. on red ground. Blue Kangxi mark to base. Height 23.5 cm
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A Chinese Qing. Meiping-style vase, decorated with bamboo, birds and flowers within geometric bands. Red Xianfeng mark to base. Height 38 cm
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A Chinese underglaze blue, decorated jar with design of two phoenix within a ruyi border. Ming style. Height 20 cm
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A Chinese underglaze blue vase. of Yuhuchun Ping shape around head lugs. Minyao mark underneath. Height 26 cm
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A Chinese famille rose brush pot (possibLY a zhadou), with birds and flowers. Guangru. (1875-1908) mark underneath. Height 11 cm
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A late Qing/early. Republic saucer dish, decorated in Canton famille enamels with the 100 butterfly design. D. 13.5 cm
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An unusual underglaze. Blue decorated squat vase, with geometric designs in Ming style. Height 22.5 cm
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A large Chinese baluster vase, decorated in Qing style famille verte enamels, underglaze blue with a scene of warriors on horseback. Six character Kangxi (1662-1722) mark underneath. Height 35.5 cm
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A nicely decorated small vase, with famille rose decoration of key fret medallions on an iron orange ground. Four character Yongzheng (1723-1735) mark. Height 12.5 cm
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An early Ming-style Chinese dish, decorated with incised water plants under a celadon glaze. Iron orange underside. Diameter 24 cm
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A large Chinese doucai dish, with dovetailing floral scrolls in enamels and underglaze blue. Six character Yongzheng (1723-1735) reign mark underneath. Diameter 33.5 cm
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A very large Chinese dish. Foliate rim, incised floral designs, covered in a Ming style celadon glaze. Crazing and glaze lines in the cavetto and underneath. Diameter 42 cm
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A large Chinese Kangxi-style charger in the famille verte palette, a central scene of departing lovers within a geometric border. Double rings underneath. Diameter 44 cm
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A Chinese figure of Guanyin seated on a rock. Carved from horn. Seal marks on. The back. Height 23 cm
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A Chinese ink slab, decorated with flowers and seal marks in relief. Age uncertain. Length 18.5 cm
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A finely decorated Chinese soapstone carving of a sage. Sleeping with a mythical animal. Length 17 cm
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A very rare Chinese porcelain brush washer in the shape of a resting Shishi, all in an emerald spotted glaze on brown ground. Qianlong (1736-1795) reign mark underneath. Slight chipping. Length 12 cm
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A small Chinese porcelain brush washer, decorated in famille rose enamels of figures in a boat. Tongzhu (1861-1875) mark. D.6 cm
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A rare Chinese lavender. and green jadeite bangle, with raised floral decoration. Diameter 8 cm
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A Chinese pale celadon. Jade rope twist ring. Natural flaws and inclusions. Diameter 5 cm
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Two Chinese snuff bottles. One peking glass, the other a hard stone. No stoppers. Heights 5 cm; 3.1 cm
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A small mutton fat jade snuff bottle of rectangular shape. Age uncertain. No stopper. Height 3 cm
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A Chinese serpentine jade carving. of glassy appearance. Age uncertain. Height 4 cm
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Superb octagonal lacquer tray. Superbly decorated with mother of pearl (or abalone/paua) cranes within elaborate borders of leiwen (thunder pattern) and floral ruyi chrysanthemum and other designs. Underside undecorated but bearing a mark (possibly Korean). Superb condition, few scratches and signs of wear to underside. D. 27.5 cm
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A large Japanese Imari porcelain charger. Dating to the Meiji period (1868-1912) decorated with underglaze blue panels, containing decoration of flowers and flowering plants. Reverse with leaf scrolls. Minor wear only. Diameter 57 cm
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A large Chinese porcelain Hu vase, decorated in underglaze blue with a mountain river scene. Kangxi (1662-1722) mark underneath. Height 32 cm
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An antique Chinese porcelain fruit bowl, decorated in the earlier Kangxi style with panels of flowers within a powder blue ground, the inside plain except for floral sprays. No marks, comes with later wood stand. Late Qing dynasty. Diameter 23.5 cm
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A rare Chinese pumpkin shaped lidded container, decorated with Imperial five clawed dragons under a bright yellow glaze. The inside and underside in turquoise. Guangth (1875-1908) seal mark. Diameter 19 cm
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A finely potted Chinese brush pot, bearing calligraphy with a scene of birds in a garden. Jurentang Zhi mark (made for the hall where one dwells in benevolence). Height 15 cm
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A Chinese porcelain vase, bearing panels of birds and shrubs within an elaborate yellow and green enamel border. Six character underglaze blue Guangxu mark. Height 30.5 cm
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A Chinese porcelain garlic-head vase, Ming style decorated in underglaze blue with lotus scrolls. No mark. Some crazing. Height 34 cm
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A miniature Chinese bronze two handled and three-legged ding, copying earlier examples. Elaborate decoration to legs and body. Age uncertain. Height 13 cm
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A large oriental two-handled vase, with Satsuma style decoration of figures in a courtyard. Height 40 cm
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An old Chinese hard stone carving Hotei (Budai) on original hard wood stand. Losses to stand, minor chips to figure. Length 13 cm
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A Chinese lidded stem vase, with underglaze blue decoration of fish in a pond; accompanied by horses, birds etc. Height 33 cm
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A large Chinese brass figure of Guanyin. Atop a nicely incised seal. Height 21.5 cm
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A small Chinese porcelain gu vase, covered in a bright ox blood or sang de boeuf glaze. Underglaze blue Qianlong mark. Height 16 cm
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A Chinese hard stone seal, modelled as a section of bamboo. with calligraphy. Age uncertain
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A flat Chinese white metal (untested) ink container, modelled with birds and dragon among houses. Removable lid. Incised characters underneath. 15 x 10 cm
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A Chinese porcelain model of a vegetable (lotus?) pod, probably a water dropper, underglaze blue and enamel decoration. Length 13 cm
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A Chinese porcelain tea bowl in Doucai palette of phoenix. Six characters Ming chenghua mark. Age uncertain. Diameter 8 cm
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A Chinese Yixing stoneware miniature tea pot. The lid with loose seed pod decoration. Seal mark under. Length 12.5 cm
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A pair of Japanese Satsuma lidded ink or powder boxes, with fine enamel and gilt decoration of flowers marked underneath. Early 20th century natural crazing
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Two curious oriental metal bowls. One possibly silver or wood, the other copper, both elaborately decorated. Height 5.5 cm. Diameters 15 cm; 16 cm
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A heavily carved Chinese red hard stone seal. Surmounted with a mythical animal on a base carved with calligraphy and a landscape. Height 10 cm
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A Chinese necklace of 29 jadeite coloured round beads. Individually knotted with a white metal clasp. 45 cm long. The beads approx. Diameter 12 cm
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A finely carved Chinese ivory tiered group, with a figure on horseback beneath a mountain grotto. Wood stand. Height 14 cm including stand
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Two Chinese ivory cigarette holders, one with painted decoration and fine calligraphy, the other carved. Length 9.5 cm. Length 8.5 cm
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A Chinese cream-coloured brush, probably ivory, together with an. Ivory toothpick/opium spoon tool. Lengths 14.5 cm; 5.5 cm
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A small Chinese punch bowl, probably copying a Yongzheng original, with a hunting scene on the outside. Diameter 20 cm
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A large Chinese underglaze blue foliate rimmed charger, decorated with figures playing a board game near a bird and another figure. Diameter 39.5 cm
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A Japanese Imari fruit bowl, Taisho period, foliate rim, decorated with six panels of iron red and green flowers, within an underglaze blue background. Chip to rim and scratches from wire. Diameter 21.5 cm
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A Japanese Meiji period. Imari dish. of square shape, chamfered corners, iron red, green and gilt over an underglaze blue border. Riveted corner. Diameter 29 cm
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A Japanese Imari, Taisho period, round plate, with floral decoration frits to rim. Diameter 22 cm
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Three Chinese blue and white plates. One of which is 18th century export in the pagoda pattern. Some damage. Approx. Diameter 23 cm
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A Chinese minyao dish, with underglaze blue floral sprays on a celadon ground, Chinese Government wax seal. Incised owner's mark. Ming Chenghua mark but 19th century. Diameter 22 cm
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Pair of Oriental plates, decorated in bright enamels with panels of birds and blossom. Hanger attaching to one. Mark to underside. Diameter 21.5 cm
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Two Chinese stem bowls, decorated in underglaze blue with a bird on a branch (both damaged) and a later rice bowl. Diameter 10 cm approx
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A large Japanese Imari fruit bowl. River scene and panels of flowers in green, iron red and gold. Restored. Diameter 28 cm
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A Chinese bowl, covered in a bright ox blood (sang de boeuf) glaze, with a Jiaqing (1796-1820) mark underneath. No damage. Diameter 14 cm
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A superbly decorated Chinese lidded jar, with green enamel Imperial five clawed dragons within a border of Buddhist emblems. Six character underglaze blue Qianlong (1736-1795) mark underneath. No damage. Height 21 cm
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A large Japanese Satsuma floor vase, decorated with warriors on a. Foaming sea, in a finely crackled glaze. Height 61 cm
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A large Chinese brass figure of Buddha. Seated on a custom made wood stand. Age cracks to wood stand. Height 25 cm
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