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Antiques & Interiors — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:947
Sale Title:Antiques & InteriorsLots with images:945
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:776
Date:25-Jan-2015
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Two wood abacus with instruction manual in Chinese, 43 cm x 18 cm;, 38 cm x 18 cm
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A Buddha and prayer book, the book leather bound, pages mounted marble plaques with gilt characters, Buddha 15 cm high
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A Chinese brass mirror lotus shaped depicting mythical creatures 15 cm diameter
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A Chinese yellow tea cup depicting cranes, marks to base 11 cm diameter
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A large jade Zhou style open work pierced dragon plaque. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002, Lot no. 539 33 cm
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A Chinese silver coin box
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Two small snuff bottles 8 cm
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A Chinese double snuff bottle
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A painted glass snuff bottle 9 cm
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A Chinese carved soapstone box 11 cm wide
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A Chinese ivory snuff bottle in the form of a horse
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A bag of loose green jade
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A green jade bi disc in the form of Kylin dragons chasing a flaming pearl. Purchased Goodmans Auction May 2002 catalogue item number 494 16 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white circular box with Jiaqing marks to base (AF) 6 cm deep
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A pair of burgundy glaze tea cups marks to base 9 cm diameter
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A small archaic style hardstone Ding censer and cover. Purchased Bonhams and Goodman Auction May 2002 catalogue item no. 471 10 cm
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A string of blue beads, approx 174 cm long
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A Chinese wood counter weight scale 59 cm
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An agate bangle
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A shallow jade open work bowl with dragon motifs. Purchased at Goodmans Auction May 2002; catalogue item no. 422 14 cm diameter
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A small brown jade bi disc with dragons. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002; Lot no. 571, 14 cm
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A bi disc with high relief Kylin. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002; Lot no. 573, 10 cm
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A small hardstone censer with metal lid and legs, cobra handle and cut out detail to lid, stamped to base 6 cm high
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An open work jade pendant in Zhou style depicting confronting dragons. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002; Lot no. 542, 12 cm
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A brown jade ink pot in the form of double gourd with bats, vines, leaves and fruit decoration in high relief. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor Collection Auction, May 2002; Lot no. 705, 19 cm long
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A pair of Japanese male and female blue and white porcelain tea cups with lids and wooden box makers stamp to base, 11 cm x 9 cm
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Seven Japanese Gods of good Fortune figures Selagnor pewter with stepped wooden stand. Purchased in Singapore 27 cm long, 6 cm high
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A set of three floral paintings brush Art style; two Orchids and Sakura, unframed, 28 cm x 25 cm
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A Chinese orange and white hand painted plate with scroll work, floral and bat designs, marks to base
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Two orange and white Chinese rice bowls with matching spoons with floral and bat motif, marks to base
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Two tea cups with lids and saucers with bats, peaches and character decoration, marks to base (one cracked and repaired)
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A Japanese exportware tea set (15) six cups, six saucers, tea pot, creamer and sugar jar, marks to base
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A black hardstone bi disc with dragons in Zhou style. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002. Lot no. 638, 40 cm
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A red leather travel writing box together with a lidded container box: 26.5 cm long, 20 cm wide, 7.5 cm high, container: 13 cm diameter x 11 cm high
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A Chinese carved gilt panel with traditional Chinese style hanger, 45 cm x 21 cm
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A small blue and white vase, 15 cm high
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A celadon glaze cup, 11 cm high
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A dark green ceramic brushpot with blue and white flowers, 13 cm high
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Two Scrolls of calligraphy 143 cm each
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A Chinese antique round framed tapestry carved open work frame with traditional Chinese style hanger and tassle, depicting mother and child, ball decoration on tassle depicting family by the lake 19 cm diameter
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Two Chinese wall panels with raised shell floral decoration, 74 cm x 51 cm ea
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Pair of cloissonne lidded jars on stand, 12 x 20 cm
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An Indonesian book stand
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A pair of famille rose bowls on wooden stands, six character overglass red Guangxu marks on base. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002, Lot no. 209, 13 cm diameter
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An orange and gilt Chinese lidded urn with inner bowl with dragon and phoenix chasing flaming pearl design
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A finely carved white jade figure of a boy riding a carp on a wooden stand. Purchased at Goodmans Auction May 2002; catalogue item no. 141, 10 cm high
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A blue glaze double handled vase with mauve splash, imperfections to glaze, 12 cm high
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A Chinese leather Pillow. Purchased Taylor's Chin Hua Galleries, Sydney, 18 cm x 14 cm x 9 cm
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A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha on double lotus throne seated in lotus position, 17 cm
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Three Chinese ceramic figures General Guan Yu and two attendants 28 cm - 30 cm
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An eggshell porcelain bowl yellow with a dragon motif, marks to base 18 cm diameter
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A brown jade dragon plaque in zhou style. Purchased Goodmans, the Keith Taylor collection auction May 2002, Lot no. 506, 25 cm
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Two Japanese table screens depicting geisha's in original box 42 cm x 15 cm
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A collection of glass snuff bottles (3) Zhengshi Kui inside snuff bottle collection 13 cm, 6 cm, 9 cm
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A Japanese Satsuma plate and beaker 7 cm high, 12 cm diameter
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A Japanese cloisonne vase, 12 cm high
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A Chinese dragon kite of bamboo and paper. Purchased in Beijing
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A set of nine Chinese paper Cuts dragons, unframed, 20 cm x 28 cm
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A finely carved brushpot featuring cranes. Purchased Taylor's Chin Hua Galleries, Sydney 16 cm
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A grey jade Champion vase with decorative dragons in relief. Purchased Goodmans the Keith Taylor collection Auction May 2002, Lot no. 688, 27 cm
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A Qing brown jade brush washer in the form of a lotus on a finely carved wooden stand. Purchased at Bonhams and Goodman auction May 2002 catalogue item no. 315 15 cm
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A brown hardstone Ding censer and cover in Zhou style purchase Bonhams and Goodman auction May 2002; catalogue item no. 502 14 cm
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A carved stone lidded vase lotus and dragon motif, 28 cm high
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A late Qing table teapot decorated in famille rose marks to base
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A pair of Chinese porcelain tea cups with lids decorated with a dragon motif, makers mark to base. Purchased in Shanghai 8 cm
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A small ceramic tea pot with fish motif marks to base. Purchased in Beijing 9 cm
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A late Meizi Satsuma vase
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A Cloissonne vase, height 31 cm
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A yellow porcelain vase decorated with pink chrysanthemum flower and calligraphy to back, marks to base, on wood stand. Purchased Taylor's Chin Hua Galleries, Sydney, 40 cm high
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A Japanese porcelain vase decorated with birds and a flowering garden and gold, marks to base, on wooden stand 37 cm
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A pair of pale celadon bulbous vases decorated with flowering plants on wooden stands. Purchased at Bonhams and Goodman Auction May 2002, catalogue item number 602, 36 cm high
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Three Chinese ceramic figures Gods of Wealth, Prosperity and Longlife, 31 cm high
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A pair of Chinese black & white caramic lamp bases height 30 cm
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Two ceramic vases on stands with blue and white glaze 33 cm, 32 cm
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A Chinese vase blue crackle glase, makers mark stamped to side of base 28 cm
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Four Thai graduated red lacquered boxes 9 cm diameter - 13 cm diameter
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A green crackle glaze tri-foot bowl 15 cm
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A wood carving of a Laughing elder on a deer, 23 cm high
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A Softwood carving depicting scholars under trees, 16 cm high
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A Chinese cinnabar vase with vase of flower motif, marks to base, 32 cm high
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A Chinese floral vase marks to base, 26 cm high
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A Chinese porcelain vase decorated with vase of flower motif, marks to base, 28 cm high
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A burgundy and blue glaze lidded vase in square form with lion to lid, incised marks to base, 31 cm high
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A large crackle glaze painted vase double handled, garden and birds motif, marks incised to base 41 cm
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A jade brushpot featuring carved cranes and pine trees. Purchased Taylor's Chin Hua Galleries, Sydney 17 cm
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A Chinese wood carved brush pot decorated with ducks on pond motifs, 15 cm high
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A pair of glazed terracotta vases, 24 cm high
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Two small blue and white porcelain flower bud vases with dragon motif, marks to base 10 cm, 9 cm
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A cased pair of meditation balls
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A pair of 19th century Imari bottle vases with faceted body
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A Chinese coloured soapstone carving of happy Buddha 8.5 cm high
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Three Indus Valley ceramic pots of baked clay decorated with geometric and figuritive motifs and polychrome pigments 12 cm, 14 cm, 20 cm diameter
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A Chinese porcelain vase decorated with a hundred children, with wood stand, marks to base. Purchased Taylor's Chin Hua Galleries 28 cm
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An oval Chinese black lacquer tray with figures, mountains trees and house 55 cm long
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A Chinese carved figural lamp
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Two Chinese display plates longevity and happiness, made in Hong Kong 16 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white pottery charger 19th century 35.5 cm diameter
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A Turn of the century Chinese carved timber & silk diorama depicting a temple on a lake, 26 x 30 cm
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A 19th century Japanese green glazed bowl
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A Chinese hand painted porcelain lidded bowl with floral motif 14 cm diameter
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