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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design — Sotheby's

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Auction House:Sotheby'sNumber of lots recorded:243
Sale Title:Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & DesignLots with images:236
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:186
Date:15-Apr-2014
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A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonne enamel tea glass holder, I. Saltikov, Moscow, 1899-1908, decorated with polychrome flowers and scrolling foliage on stipled ground, angular scroll handle 84 standard, 6.5 cm high
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A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonne enamel salt, Moscow 1896 and a Russian silver gilt salt, Moscow 1874, the enamel salt with circular with the tapering sides decorated with polychrome flowers and leaves entwined with a blue and white ribbon scroll, turqouise dot borders, makers initials, 88 standard together with a silver-gilt salt, the waisted side engraved with vacant cartouche an geometric motifs, on circular raised foot, maker's mark A.W.W.,84 standard, (2), 3.5 cm, 5 cm high respectively
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A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonne enamel small beaker, Moscow 1887, the sides decorated with polychrome foliate designs within white beaded circular borders, on ball feet, engraved date and initials to interior rim, stamped no. 875 in oval, 84 standard, 5.8 cm high
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A Russian silver gilt and cloisonne enamel napkin ring, makers mark T.K Moscow 1899-1908, the sides with shaded polychrome trailing flowers and leaves to stipled ground, 84 standard, 4 cm high
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Georg Jensen silver and ivory 'Blossom' pattern coffee and chocolate service, designed by Georg Jensen 1905, post 1945 marks, Comprising: coffee pot, chocolate pot, covered sugar bowl and creamer, carved ivory handles openwork blossom finials, each on three claw feet, stamped Georg Jensen, Denmark Sterling all 2B except sugar 2C., (4), coffee pot 18.5 cm high, chocolate pot 17.5 gross weight 1468 gms (4)
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Georg Jensen silver cactus pattern serving tray, designed by Gundorph Adolphus, circa 1930, post 1945 marks, of oval shape, plain with incised motifs at spaced intervals to raised border, stamped 'Dessin Georg Jensen, Denmark Sterling, 572', 60 cm long, 28.5 cm wide, 1240 gms
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A nest of three French Art Deco side tables, each with crossbanded tops and on tapered inlaid supports, (3), tallest 58 high
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A Swedish ladies burr wood desk, the roll top opening to reveal a fitted interior with two small drawers and ten pigeon holes, the apron fitted with two small drawers flanking the kneehole, raised on turned slender, tapering legs, 92 cm high, 90 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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Kaj Frank, Finnish, 1911-1989, glass 'kremlin bells' decanter, designed 1958, model no. 1500, in smokey grey and green with multi-coloured glass and cork stopper, signed to base 'Kaj Franck Nuitajam Vaisigi - 64', 36 cm high
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Kaj Frank, Finnish, 1911-1989, glass 'kremlin bells' decanter, designed 1958, model no. 1500, decanter in clear glass and cognac coloured glass with blue glass stopper, signed Kaj Franck, Nuutajarvi-Notsjo - 60, 35.6 cm high
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Rene Lalique, 1860-1945, 'Oranges vase, designed 1926, a large globular glass and black enamelled glass vase, moulded with bunches of oranges amongst curved tapering leaves, moulded 'R.Lalique' mark, 29 cm high
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A Georges Leleu French Art Deco silver plated and glass chandelier, the mount supported by six rods above rows of glass beads, the arms supporting eight stepped conical glass shades each stamped G. Leleu, between swags of oval glass balls and strands of single glass balls leading to a larger glass ball, 110 cm high
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A French Art Deco macassar ebony sideboard, the marble serpentine top above three curved doors enclosing shelves, the central glazed door enclosing a single shelf, supported by a recessed platform on a rectangular plinth, 103 cm high, 191 cm wide, 56 cm deep
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Demetre Chiparus, Romania 1886-1947, Ayouta (circa 1925), patinated and cold painted bronze with ivory face and hands, inscribed 'D. Chiparus' to onyx base, 47 cm high
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An early Australian platypus rug, 19th century, 32 pelts, 125 cm x 95 cm pelts, 134 cm x 104 cm felt
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Bicornual basket, Northern Queensland, woven lawyer cane, 32 x 28 cm
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Letter signed by Duke of Portland dated 1796,
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The Te Pahi silver medal, presented by Governor King of New South Wales to Te Pahi [Tippahee] a Chief of New Zealand, 1806, maker unknown, New South Wales, inscribed and dated 'Presented / By Governor King / to / Tippahee / a Chief of New Zealand / during his Visit at / Sydney N S Wales / Jany 1806' recto; inscribed 'In the / 46th Year of the Reign / of George the Third / by the Grace of God / King / of the United Kingdoms / of Great Britain / and / Ireland' verso, 4.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Te Pahi (Nga…
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A large Annamese blue and white dish, 15th century, the shallow rounded sides rising to a flared and lipped rim, painted on the interior with a stylised lotus spray within a band of radiating leaves, and a floral scroll around the cavetto, below a band of classic scroll at the rim, the exterior with lotus petal lappets, 36.5 cm diameter
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A blue and white dish late Ming dynasty, the interior painted with fish swimming among lotus and other water plants, in a medallion encircled around the broad everted barbed rim with a landscape frieze, the underside with tree shrews and vine, 30.4 cm diameter
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A blue and white 'kraak porselein' dish Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the interior with a central medallion of an insect resting beside a peony flower growing from rockwork, on diaper grounds within alternating ribboned object and flower sprig vignettes, 29 cm diameter
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A 'kraak porselein' blue and white bowl late Ming dynasty, the steep sides painted on the exterior with panels of bamboo and fruiting and flowering plants, the interior with floral sprigs encircling a bird medallion, 13 cm diameter
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A blue and white bottle vase, circa 1640, the pear-shaped body rising from a straight foot to the tall slightly waisted neck, painted to the exterior with two sages conversing, seated in a continuous landscape below a floral scroll band and stylised tulip sprays, 23.7 cm high
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A blue and white jarlet Ming dynasty, 16th century, painted with a floral scroll between ruyi head and lappet borders; together with a circular box and cover of globular form, the sides painted with a floral scroll encircling a figure scene medallion on the domed cover, (3), 9.5 cm high; and 8 cm diameter
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A blue and white bottle vase, probably circa 1640, the globular body rising from a straight foot to a tall waisted neck, painted on the exterior with two attendants presenting gifts to a dignitary accompanied by four other attendants in a garden setting, below a floral meander and stylised tulip sprays on the neck, 35.5 cm high
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A pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each with shallow rounded sides and lipped rim, supported on a double footrim, boldly painted on the interior with a shaped lappet and ruyi head medallion enclosing three cranes in flight and three babao among clouds and scrolls, within a frieze of alternating clouds and babao around the cavetto, the underside with further ribboned emblems and clouds, wood stands, (4), 33 cm diameter
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A blue and white rouleau vase Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, painted with a continuous scene of sages in a lakeside setting, some on a sampan seated eating at a table, whilst approaching others waiting on the rocky shore, near steps leading to pavilions set among trees and with mountains in the distance, the neck with formal borders, a double circle on the base, 45.5 cm high
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A blue and white jar Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the ovoid body painted with a lotus meander below a chevron border encircling the narrow unglazed mouth, wood cover, (2), 14 cm high
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A blue and white bowl Qing dynasty, 18th century, with steeply rounded sides and flared rim, painted with a continuous chrysanthemum meander of blooms and foliate scrolls in reserve on the blue ground, repeated on the interior in a central medallion and a border around the rim, 17.5 cm diameter
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A rare powder-blue ground 'dragon' bowl, mark and period of Kangxi, the steeply rounded sides and flared rim springing from a straight foot, covered on the exterior with a powder-blue glaze decorated with two scaly dragons pursuing flaming pearls among scattered flames, outlined in white reserve against the blue ground, the rim and interior glazed in white, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, 19.2 cm diameter
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A blue and white ovoid jar Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, boldly painted with alternating stylised lotus sprays and auspicious characters, between ruyi head and lappet borders around the base and mouth, 23 cm high
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A blue and white vase and cover Qing dynasty, 19th century, of baluster form, the sides painted in bright cobalt blue with a group of precious objects comprising jardinieres with flowering and fruiting plants on ornamental rockwork, tables and stands, the domed cover with fruits and flowers, (2), 43 cm high
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A 'famille-rose' 'floral' dish Qing dynasty, 18th century, painted on the interior with peonies and other flowers growing beside rockwork, in a central medallion within a turquoise and pink ground border, brown-edged rim, 37 cm diameter
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An armorial sauce boat Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, the shallow sides set with a strap handle and decorated with gilt floral sprays, the centre of the interior with a coat of arms and crest, 19 cm long
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An unusual white-glazed, relief-carved 'famille-rose' vase mark of Hongxian, the shouldered ovoid body surmounted by a short waisted neck, carved in low relief with bats in flight among clouds on a cell-diaper ground between a band of upright lotus petals at the base, and with ruyi head and stiff leaf borders around the shoulders and neck, the sides reserved with three 'famille-rose' medallions of boys in a garden setting, the base inscribed in iron-red with a four-character mark in a double square, box,…
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A 'famille-rose' dish, Republican period, the interior decorated with figures on horseback and carrying a banner, escorting an old man approaching his carriage in a landscape setting, the base inscribed in iron-red with Ju Ren Tang mark, wood stand, (2), 37.5 cm diameter
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A 'famille-rose' 'peach' vase, Tianqiuping Qing dynasty, 19th century, the globular body rising to a slightly tapering cylindrical neck, brightly enamelled with two gnarled peach trunks, the knotted boughs in sepia and brown growing from a grassy bank, and extending around the sides and over the neck bearing clusters of the nine succulent peaches in tones of yellow shading to pink, among slender foliage in tones of green and turquoise, and blossoms in pink, blue and yellow, wood stand, (2), 55 cm high
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A 'famille-rose' 'auspicious emblems' bowl, seal mark of Daoguang, with widely rounded sides springing from a high slightly tapering foot and rising to a lipped rim, the exterior decorated with a parade of alternating twin fish, lotus flowers and chimes, interspersed with tassles pendant from a border of pink diaper and stylised lotus, the foot encircled with a frieze of lotus sprays and florettes, the interior and base glazed in turquoise, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark, 20…
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A 'famille-rose' bowl seal mark of Daoguang, with steeply rounded sides rising from a recessed base, painted on the exterior with birds in flight and perched on branches of pink and white blossoming prunus trees growing among bamboo, and with a red sun rising from scrolling clouds, the interior with a bat and fruiting peach encircled with sprigs of chrysanthemum, bamboo, prunus and iris, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark, 16.5 cm diameter
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A pair of 'famille-rose' bowls seal marks of Jiaqing, each with rounded sides flaring to the gilt-edged rim, the exterior painted with a continuous scene of groups of sages and boy attendants, some standing beside or carrying precious objects and one riding on a deer, the interior glazed in white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, (2), 14.3 cm diameter
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A 'famille-rose' bowl, Republican period, thinly potted and delicately enamelled with five sages and four boy attendants admiring a scroll in a garden setting, inscribed with a poetic couplet and three seals, all between blue enamel ruyi head and key-fret borders repeated on the interior, the base with an apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark in blue enamel, 13 cm diameter
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A rare 'famille-rose' figure of Amitayus, probably 20th century, seated in dhyanasana on a triangular waisted lotus pedestal with hands held in dhyanamudra originally supporting a vase, the face and body applied with a pale puce enamel, the deity with lowered gaze and serene expression, the hair enamelled blue partially falling in long tresses over the shoulders, the rest swept up into a high top knot secured with a jewel behind the five-leaf crown, adorned with jewellery and with a green shawl draped over…
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A carved jade group Qing dynasty, 19th century, depicting a man standing on pierced rockwork, holding the reins of a horse standing at his side, while his wife carrying a qin sits on a ledge nearby, carved from a stone varying in tones of grey, cream and brown, fitted wood stand, (2), 6.5 cm high
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A celadon jade flower-form brushwasher Qing dynasty, 19th century, the rounded bowl supported on a meandering stem, with further scrolling stems bearing leaves and lotus blooms, and with a chilong climbing over one side, all in pierced relief, the pale stone with russet striations, fitted wood stand, (2), 12.5 cm diameter
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An openwork celadon jade plaque Qing dynasty, carved with a large trumpet-shaped flower among slender stems bearing serrated leaves and berries, with a long tailed bird perched to one side, all within the circular ring border, the pale stone with russet suffusions, 8 cm diameter
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A carved celadon jade belt plaque Qing dynasty, 19th century, of oval form carved in relief with a sage standing beneath an overhanging pine tree in a rocky landscape, the reverse with a dragon's head hook and button knop carved with a yin yang motif, 7.5 cm long
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A celadon jade plaque Qing dynasty, 19th century, carved and pierced with the wufu in flight among cloud scrolls encircling a central shou medallion, the green stone with some lighter inclusions, mounted in gilt metal as a belt clasp, the back plate undercut with flower scrolls and fitted with gilt metal straps, 8.5 cm wide
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A white jade 'scroll' plaque Qing dynasty, 19th century, of shaped rectangular form, carved as a partly open scroll revealing on the interior a blossoming prunus tree growing from jagged rocks, the exterior depicting Shou Lao with his staff accompanied by his deer walking ahead and his crane flying overhead, approaching two thatched huts beneath a gnarled pine tree in a rocky landscape setting, all carved in relief, the stone of even pale tone, 9.5 cm long, 5.3 cm wide
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A carved celadon jade pendant, 20th century, in the form of a pod with leaves and a lingzhi sprig extending over the sides in relief, and an insect resting on one side using the russet markings in the pale greenish stone, 10 cm long
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A carved jade cylindrical brushpot, Bitong, the straight sides carved in relief with a dignitary and five boys, one carrying a lantern, on a rocky ledge above a flight of steps leading to mountain pavilions, and two cranes in flight over a river with overhanging pine trees and cliffs, using an area of bright russet suffusions in the pale translucent stone with some opaque white mottling, 19.5 cm high
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An archaistic jade vase and cover, of rectangular section, the squat body supported on a splayed foot and surmounted by a waisted neck with two scroll handles, either side carved with a taotie mask in low relief and set with dragon loop and loose ring handles, the pale greenish stone with black speckling and russet suffusions, wood stand and box, (3), 12.5 cm high
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A pale celadon jade-mounted ruyi sceptre, the wood shaft inlaid with three oval jade plaques carved in relief with jardinieres of the 'Three Abundances', peach, pomegranate and finger citron, 52 cm long
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Two jade carvings, comprising a bi disc, one side carved in relief with a phoenix biting a lingzhi sprig, the whitish stone with some brown suffusions; and a jadeite chilong and fruit pendant, carved from a pale celadon stone with an area of bright green suffusions, (2), 4.8 cm diameter; and 8 cm long
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A pair of pale celadon jade bowls, each carved in Moghul style with steeply rounded sides and flared rim, springing from a short slightly splayed foot enclosing a multi-petalled flowerhead on the underside, the exterior with two foliate sprays the central leaf rising to curl over a peach set below the rim forming a handle to either side, and interspersed with floral sprays, all in low relief rising from a radiating band of lappets above the foot and below a band of overlapping petals below the rim, the…
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Two celadon jade carvings, 19th/20th century, comprising a 'boy' group, carved in the form of a boy riding a kylin, holding a trailing lotus stem in his left hand; and a 'double gourd' pendant, one side carved in low relief with a boy and a duck approaching an old sage holding a fan seated beneath an overhanging pine tree, the reverse with lingzhi scrolls, (2), 7 cm long; and 7.5 cm high
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A pair of gilt bronze acolytes, 17th/18th century, the boy standing with hands held together in front, wearing a short robe and trailing scarf, his hair tied into three top-knots; the girl standing with hands draped with a presentation cloth, supporting a flaming pearl on an offering dish, wearing a ruyi cloud collar over a long wide-sleeved robe, and long scarf, her hair drawn back into double loops, wood stands, (4), 12 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of Buddha Qing dynasty, 18th century, portrayed giving his first sermon, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with both hands raised in dharmacakramudra, dressed in loose robes with chased borders leaving his right shoulder bare, his head crowned with a prominent ushnisha and large cintamani, 10.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of Tara Qing dynasty, 18th century, seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, the hands in varada and vitarkamudras, wearing a dhoti with chased borders, adorned with jewellery and a trailing scarf, the face with benign smile, and the high chignon encircled with a five-leaf tiara, 12.5 cm high
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A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, 18th/19th century, seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra supporting a vase of fruits, wearing jewellery and dhoti, the hair drawn into a high headdress, the reverse inscribed in Tibetan script, 13.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze group of Manjushri and consort, Nepal, 18th century, portrayed with six arms and three faces, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, holding attributes including the vajra, bell ghanta, and sword, a flammiform mandorla attached to the back of the head, the consort seated to one side with hands in varada and vitarkamudra, both wearing dhoti and adorned with jewellery, earrings and a tiara, encircled around the base with an impressed possibly dated dedication in Newari script, 17.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of Vasudhara, Nepal, 17th century, the six armed deity seated in lalitasana on a pierced lotus base, the hands holding various attributes, now partly missing, dressed in a dhoti, jewellery and a tiara surrounding the tall chignon, a flammiform mandorla rising behind the head, a free standing mandorla surmounted by a kirtimukha and flanked by two geese set on a wood stand, (3), figure 7.5 cm high, mandorla 10.5 cm high
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A gilt bronze figure of Guhyasamaja Lokeshvara, Tibet, 16th/17th century, portrayed with six arms and three faces, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, the hands each holding an attribute including the vajra and bell ghanta, wearing a dhoti and scarf draped over one shoulder and adorned with jewellery and crowned with jewelled tiaras applied in turquoise, 15 cm high
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An ivory card case, of rectangular form, either side with a recessed shaped vignette carved with figures in pavilion gardens, repeated on the cover, 11.5 cm long
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A carved and pierced ivory tusk, circa 1900, intricately carved on one side with men on horseback and on foot brandishing shields, weapons and banners travelling through a rocky landscape with trees and flowering plants, approaching a dignitary and attendant in a mountain pavilion, the other side with farmers returning from work, one leading a boy on a buffalo, to a village of thatched huts, wood stand, (2), 63.5 cm long
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An inscribed ivory pendant, of flat rectangular form, one side carved with a dated poetic inscription referring to the 10th year of the monkey, the ivory of caramel tones, 6.5 cm long
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A rare archaistic zitan pouring vessel mark of Qianlong, carved in the form of a mythical beast, the body forming a hollowed bowl with lipped rim, supported on two short legs and a coiled tail, the animal's head with bared teeth and staring eyes stretched forward forming the spout, the loop handle in the form of a slender dragon, the base incised with a six-character mark, 19 cm long
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A gilt lacquered wood head late Ming dynasty, the face with lowered gaze, benign smile and long pendulous ears, the black hair drawn into a high coiled chignon bound with a red clasp, wearing a necklace with pendant below a high collar at the neck, 48 cm high
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A pierced and carved bamboo brushpot, Bitong Qing dynasty, 19th century, the cylindrical vessel with the seven sages and an attendant relaxing in a clearing amonst rocks and pine trees, a figure watching from a pavilion on a rocky ledge nearby, 17 cm high
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A carved zitan flower-form brushpot, Bitong, the steep sides carved as overlapping upright petals rising to the lipped rim, springing from a branch coiled to form the base, and with further stems bearing magnolia flowers and leaves carved in deep and undercut relief extending over the exterior, 21 cm high
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A zitan brushpot, Bitong Qing dynasty, naturalistically carved as a trunk section of a tree, the knotted surface simulating bark, the wood patinated to lustrous dark tones of brown, 12.5 cm high
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A zitan stand Qing dynasty, the rectangular panelled top with a recessed waist above a shaped apron carved with angular scrolls, extending down to hooked terminals on the corner legs joined by stretchers at the base, the wood of rich dark brown colour, 15 cm high, 24.6 cm wide, 13.8 cm deep
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A huanghuali travelling medicine cabinet, Yaoxiang Qing dynasty, of rectangular form with a removable sliding front panel opening to reveal three long and five small drawers, the top surmounted by a stepped arched handle, with metal fittings and the front panel fixed with a metal locking mechanism on the exterior, the wood of attractive honey-brown colour, 27 cm high, 31 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A hardwood display cabinet, of stepped rectangular form on short corner feet, the taller central section with a glazed door opening to reveal four shelves, flanked by two shorter hardwood doors, the exterior carved overall with blossoming prunus boughs, 167.5 cm high, 102 cm wide, 44 cm deep
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A hardwood side table, Tiaozhuo Qing dynasty, 19th century, probably huanghuali, the rectangular top with a free-floating panel within a mitered frame, above a slightly recessed shaped apron with beaded edge continuing to beaded-edge rectangular-section legs terminating in hoof feet, the wood of rich honey-brown tones, 84.5 cm high, 1010 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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A set of ten continuous-back hardwood chairs, each with a shaped crestrail above an S-form central splat, the side posts continuing down to the moulded frame enclosing the rectangular seat above a plain shaped apron with beaded edge, the legs of square section joined by stretchers, (10), 104.5 cm high, 51 cm wide, 40.5 cm deep
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A hardwood folding horseshoe-back armchair, Jiaoyi 19th/20th century, the chair with rounded crestrail ending in outswept handrests, supported by the curved extensions of the front legs and curved back splat, the seat frame carved with two chilong and foliate scrolls, and the whiplash curve of the front legs securing metal bamboo-form struts to the crestrail, with further chased metal strapwork on the structural joins and on the footrest, 104 cm high, 68 cm wide, 62 cm deep
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A pair of marble-mounted hardwood side chairs, 19th/20th century, each with a shaped and moulded back inset with a circular white marble plaque, and joined to the solid seat with short curved arms pierced and carved as scrolling lingzhi fungus stems, the beaded apron extending to square-section legs joined by stretchers, (2), 93 cm high, 50 cm wide, 41 cm deep
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A pair of porcelain mounted hardwood square stands, 19th/20th century, the top of each inset with a square porcelain plaque decorated in iron-red and gilding with the wufu around a central shou medallion in turquoise enamel and iron-red, all within an iron-red floral border reserved on a turquoise ground with yellow and blue enamel ruyi heads at the corners, the wood frame above a recessed waist and shaped apron carved with scroll motifs extending into square section legs and hoof feet, joined at the base…
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A hardwood Kang table, 19th/20th century, the rectangular panelled top terminating in everted scroll flanges, waisted above a shaped apron heavily carved and pierced with fruiting vines and centred at the front with a single drawer, the cabriole legs surmounted by lion's masks carved with floral sprays and terminating in claw feet, 62 cm high, 96 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A carved hardwood cocktail cabinet, of upright rectangular form, carved on the exterior with angular scrolls in relief, the top and hinged front flap opening to reveal double huanghuali panels covering a fitted bottle container, the front with two doors enclosing a cupboard with one shelf and the sides and rounded corners opening to further cupboards with shelves, 105 cm high, 88 cm wide, 48 cm deep
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A 'shufu'-type bowl, 13/14th century, the steeply rounded sides decorated in relief on the interior with flowering sprays within a key-fret band below the barbed and flared rim, covered with a slightly opaque bluish glaze falling short of the foot, 14.5 cm diameter
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A white-glazed kendi Song/Yuan dynasty, the squat body decorated in white slip with linear scrolls below the flared neck, and set on one side with a slender spout, the white glaze falling short of the base revealing the pale ware, 16 cm wide
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A 'shufu'-type dish Song/Yuan dynasty, with shallow moulded sides and barbed everted rim, covered with an opaque pale bluish glaze; together with a 'qingbai' conical bowl with petal-shaped rim covered in a translucent pale blue glaze, (2), each 11.5 cm diameter
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An unusual 'Jian' teabowl northern Song dynasty, of well-potted slightly rounded conical form, covered inside and out with an underfired rippled greenish-grey glaze shading to brown on the interior, falling short of the foot revealing the dark ware, 9.5 cm diameter
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Two 'Jian' russet-glazed tea bowls Song dynasty, comprising a bowl with deep rounded sides covered overall with a brown streaked black glaze with russet hare's fur streaks extending from below the everted rim; and a conical bowl with everted rim, covered inside and out with a rich russet glaze thinning towards the base to reveal the black glaze beneath, the glazes falling short of the foot to reveal the dark stoneware body of each, (2), 12 cm diameter; and 10.5 cm diameter
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A pair of 'qingbai' bowls Song dynasty, each with rounded sides rising from a shallow footrim, freely incised with lotus sprays on the exterior beneath the overall translucent bluish glaze falling short of the silver metal mounted rim, (2), 16.5 cm diameter; and 16.6 cm diameter
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A 'qingbai' ewer and cover Song dynasty, the globular body set on the shoulders with a tapering spout opposite the loop handle surmounted by a small lug, the short neck with galleried rim applied with two lugs, and a further lug on the stepped cover, the translucent pale blue glaze falling short of the unglazed rim and base, (2), 14.5 cm wide
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Two 'qingbai' bowls Song/Yuan dynasty, comprising a heavily potted bowl, the rounded sides and interior carved with lotus sprays beneath the pale blue glaze of attractive tone; and a widely flared bowl, the interior incised with two fish amongst waves beneath the pale blue glaze, the rim mounted in metal, (2), 19.5 cm diameter; and 19 cm diameter
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A rare 'qingbai' cosmetic box and cover northern Song dynasty, the interior divided into three sections by three unglazed free standing flowering stems extending from the centre to the rim, each section containing a small bowl, the low domed cover finely incised with a floral scroll, covered with a translucent pale blue glaze falling short of the rims and countersunk base revealing the white ware, (2), 12 cm diameter
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A 'Longquan' celadon bottle vase Ming dynasty, the pear-shaped body set on a straight foot and tapering to a tall slender neck above an incised border, set with double animal masks below the lipped mouth, covered with a crackled pale sea-green glaze, the unglazed footrim burnt orange in the firing, 21.8 cm high
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A 'Longquan' celadon 'twin fish' dish Song dynasty, with shallow rounded sides and broad everted rim, the interior with two fish in relief swimming in opposite directions, the exterior moulded with upright petals, all beneath the sea-green glaze of even tone, 21.5 cm diameter
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A 'Longquan' celadon vase, Meiping probably Ming dynasty, stoutly potted with rounded shoulders tapering to a waisted foot with square-cut footrim and surmounted by a short slightly tapering mouth, covered overall with a sea-green glaze of even tone pooling in an even line above the unglazed foot burnt orange in the firing, 36.3 cm high
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A blue-glazed Guan jar, the baluster body waisted below the wide neck and set on the shoulders with a pair of bovine mask handles, the exterior covered with a glaze of violet blue tone, the rim and interior glazed in white, 32.3 cm high
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A gilt decorated blue-glazed kendi Qing dynasty, 18th century, of globular form surmounted by a tall trumpet neck, and set on the shoulders with a bulbous spout, decorated in gilding on the ground of deep blue tone, 24.5 cm high
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A blue-glazed vase, Meiping Qing dynasty, 18th century, the tapering body rising to curved shoulders and narrow waisted mouth, covered to the exterior with a rich blue glaze stopping neatly above the foot, the rim and interior glazed in white, 17 cm high
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A flambe-glazed vase, Meiping probably Qing dynasty, the high shouldered body rising to a narrow waisted mouth with lipped rim, covered overall in a rich purplish-red glaze with lavender blue streaks thinning to a buff colour around the rim, the base covered in an uneven opaque pale greyish glaze partially covering an incised seal mark, 30.3 cm high
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A yellow-glazed brushpot seal mark of Daoguang, of cylindrical form, the straight sides carved to simulate vertical bamboo canes, covered overall with a lime-yellow glaze, the base impressed with a six-character seal mark, 20.2 cm high
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A flambe-glazed vase Qing dynasty, 19th century, the globular body supported on a straight foot and rising to a tall waisted neck with flared mouth, covered with a blue streaked rich crimson glaze thinning to buff around the rim, 42.5 cm high
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An unusual white-glazed biscuit porcelain brushpot, Bitong, of broad cylindrical form, the exterior decorated in high relief and partially glazed in different tones of white with a hunting party on horseback and on foot stalking two deer, an attendant carrying their kill, beside a pine tree in a continuous mountain landscape, the recessed base with the artist's seal in relief reading Chen Guozhi zuo (Made by Chen Guozhi), 21.5 cm diameter
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A 'famille-verte' Yen Yen vase Qing dynasty, 19th century, the sides painted with a continuous rural scene of farmers returning from working on the land, one leading a boy seated on a buffalo, watched by a figure seated at the window of a nearby pavilion, wood stand, (2), 45 cm high
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