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Antiques & Interiors — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:534
Sale Title:Antiques & InteriorsLots with images:522
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:361
Date:25-Oct-2015
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A Chinese eggshell bowl with dragons and flowers on a stand
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A yellow porcelain dish with dragons in aubergine and green glaze a Kangxi mark to base
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A Chinese porcelain dish. Diameter 22 cm
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A pair of Chinese fine porcelain bowls, decorated in the doucai palette, with floral roundels, a six character Yongzheng mark to base in underglaze blue. Height 6 cm. Diameter 13 cm
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A Chinese porcelain planter a continuous scene of children at play in a garden. Height 10. Diameter 14.5 cm
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Chinese porcelain Doucai enamelled chicken cup with a six character Chenghui mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 8.3 cm
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A scholar's water dropper with Jun glaze together with a blue and white stemmed cup with underglaze blue Ming mark. [2] Dropper. Diameter 6 cm
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A Chinese Republic period lidded jar, mark to base. Height 14 cm
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A Straits porcelain ginger jar, 20th century in overglaze enamels with a bird and large flowering pink peony, iron red mark to base and another in blue and white. [2]. Height 12.5 cm
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Chinese export blue and white porcelain dish, 20th century the lozenge shape dish with double handles sits on a high foot. Height 10 cm
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A Chinese porcelain lidded pot
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A fine pair of Chinese porcelain dishes in underglaze blue and white, 18th/19th century an overall design of flowers and leaves, together with an octagonal shaped export plate in blue and white. Diameter 21 cm & 23 cm
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Chinese porcelain book shaped blue and white paperweight
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A blue and white crackle glaze ceramic Pillow, L
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Two Chinese porcelain figures of a seated boy and girl, with blue aprons, hair tied up in top knots, each holding a vase. Height 12 cm
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A Chinese pear shaped vase high
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A Chinese crackle glazed sleeve vase, 19th/20th, condition: rim chip and star crack at rim H 30 cm
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A Chinese porcelain bottle vase in underglaze blue and white, the front painted with goats sheltering behind a rock, the three friends of winter issuing from the rocky outcrop, Qianlong seal mark to base. condition: chip to rim. Height 19 cm
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A blue and white vase, decorated with figural group. Marks to base. Height 21 cm
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A Chinese ceramic double lidded jar, together with two handled jar. Height 14 cm, 10 cm
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A Chinese lidded vase in iron red, with pheonix and dragon chasing flaming pearl design. Height 26 cm
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A Chinese porcelain moon shaped vase, double handles, decorated with crane on one side and wren on other side, calligraphy to sides. Height 24 cm
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A red vase and a lidded jar
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A Chinese porcelain vase in overglaze enamels, with chilin in high relief, painted decoration of bird in tree, calligraphy on the reverse, iron red seal mark to base. Height 27 cm
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A Chinese porcelain vase, decorated with waves and mythical beast. Marks to base. Height 30 cm
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A Chinese ceramic panel in wooden frame
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A Chinese exportware set, including two large bowls, four spoons, stamped to base, bowls: H 20 cm, diameter 25 cm, spoons: L. 22 cm
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A pair of Chinese porcelain plates painted in overglaze enamel, of beauties, made in Jingdezhen, dated 1987 on reverse.
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An exportware cup and saucer, a blue and plate, Greed lidded box
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A pair of Japanese Imari plates, 20th century, decorated with fish and floral motifs, the other with butterfly and fruit motifs. [2], diameter 21 cm
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A circular lidded Satsuma box on three low feet, condition: chip to lid. diameter 8 cm
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A Japanese cloisonne Goldstone lidded box, 20th century the rounded, rectangular shape with two open fans in black on the lid. L15,. Height 5.5 cm
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Four cloisonne vases white ground, green ground and two blue ground
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Two Japanese Imari dishes with a scalloped edge, 19th/20th century, the charger has geese and shi shi dogs in alternate cartouche. large 31 cm & 22 cm
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Two Chinese ink on silk paintings, one of bird and flowers, one of butterfly and flowers, 28 cm x 37.5 cm
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Six Japanese woodblock prints including Hiroshige 53Stations of the Tokaido, some fading and trimming [6], 24 x 35 cm
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A green glaze pottery bottle shaped vase, moulded with a stand. Height 17 cm
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A celadon glaze heart shaped dish
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A celadon glaze jar, early 20th century, with four lug handles to shoulder, incised characters to base. Height 17 cm, diameter 16 cm
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A Chinese crackle glaze ginger jar, decorated with blossoms, on wooden stand. Height 16 cm
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A white Ding, conical shaped dish
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A Chinese porcelain celadon glazed brush washer, 19th/20th century, and a flat celadon glazed dish with and incised lotus to the centre, condition: chip on rim of dish. brush washer 8.5 dish 12 cm
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A Chinese Jun squat vase. Height 9 cm
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A Japanese celadon crackle glazed teapot for one person, together with a Chinese blue and white conical shaped bowl, with a Ming mark to base. [2], teapot. Height 5 cm bowl diameter 10 cm
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A Chinese celadon crackle glazed vase, song / Yuan style, gourd shaped with incised design around the bulbous bottom half. Height 15 cm
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A Korean celadon glazed bowl, an incised design of a continuous vine flowering. D15 cm high 7 cm
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Chinese pottery contemporary jar the ringed jar with band of green and red. Height 17 cm
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A Chinese Huanghuali brush pot, the concave body with a well marked grain. Height 15 cm
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A Chinese zitan brush pot the dark grained wood with markings. Height 10.5 cm
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A Yixing teapot of octagonal shape with a panel of calligraphy on the front and a frond of bamboo at the rear, an impressed mark to the lid and base. Height 13 cm
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Four Chinese Shiwan glazed ceramic figures, each of the elderly gentlemen with fine detail, stamp to base. Height 20 cm, 19.5 cm, 22 cm, 28 cm
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A pair of spinach jade bowls, mid 20th century, the translucent bowls have a classical shape, on wooden stands. Height 5 cm, diameter 10 cm
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A Chinese jade knife, with incised designs and characters in high relief on blade, L. 27 cm
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An green jade agate necklace, L 56 cm
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A white agate necklace with 47 oval beads, with streaks of apple green on several beads. L 52 cm
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Three stone pieces including a ShoushanSeal on fitted stand, together with a carved white cabbage with a red worm and a jade pendant on a black silk cord. [3]. Height 7 cm
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A strand of agate Buddhist prayer beads in Hues of red, Rust, yellow and brown, the mala garland has lapis blue glass beads at the 28 bead break and at the head. L165 cm
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A Tibetan silver, Turqouise and coral necklace
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Two Chinese jade pendants on silk cords
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Two stone Toggles and a strand of black & white agate beads an uncarved yellow pebble and a carved white pebble threaded on a silk cord. Toggles length 8 cm
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Two circular apple green jade bangles
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Three semi precious stone carved figures, a rose quartz Buddha, together with a red agate cat and a red agate Buddha pendant. Buddha 5 cm
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A fine white jade Pendent on a cord, the carved pendant of a bat eating fruit. Length 4 cm
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A collection of six jade pieces, including a seal, two carved pendants a foliate shaped bi disc, a massage roller, and a glass archers ring. [7]
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A metal image of a seated Tara with four arms, 20th century holding auspicious objects in two of her hands. Height 20 cm
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A Sino Tibetan bronze Buddha, with gilt highlights. Height 18.5 cm
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Two Chinese metal rug weights as seated mythical figures
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A Chinese circular bronze censer the rounded squat form without decoration, a raised single character mark to base. Diameter 7 cm
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Three Chinese metal weights two circular and one in the shape of an ingot [3]
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A brass teapot and a horn jewellery box
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A Chinese carved hardstone square plaque with chilong to centre
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A composition Buddha and composition turtle pot red and green
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Seven Japanese woodblock prints of Women a Noh Actor and village scenes, some fading and trimming [7], 28.5 x 17 cm, 35 cm x 24 cm
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An Artist printed folio with coloured plates, 20th century, stamped with his seal. 33 x 16.6 cm
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A Chinese stamp album and a collection of nineteen Chinese first day covers
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A Chinese wooden calligraphy panel
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A Chinese silk embroidered wall hanging of the God of Longevity, 20th century, and a painting of a Manchu war Lord [2], hanging 85 cm x 35 cm painting 30 cm x 25 cm
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A Chinese wood carved panel
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An album with ten Pages of Chinese coins and medallions including a 1984 Los Angeles Olympic medallion, together with an album of Chinese notes [6]
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Ming porcelain, Thames and Hudson, London 1978, hardback, lion-Goldschmidt, daisy, a reference tracing the origin and development of Ming porcelain, 324 illustrations 41 in colour, a comprehensive and authoritative account in the historical and social context during 300 years. condition: fine, cloth and Dust jacket 33 x 29 cm
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Qing porcelain famille verte, famille rose, Beurdeley, Michel and Guy Raindre the manufacture, distribution and exportation of Qing porcelain from Jingdezhen, stonewares from Yixing, blanc-de-chine from Fujian, 99 colour plates, 286 black and white illustrations, a comprehensive and authoritative account in the historical and social context. Thames and Hudson, London 1987, Hardback, condition: fine, cloth and Dust jacket 33 x 29 cm
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Tang and Liao Ceramics, William Watson, the era noted for the earthenware tomb figures and partially glazed pots and bowls, considerable expansion, increased trade within china and abroad, a comprehensive and authoritative account of the influence of the technical and aesthectic quality, 40 colour plates, 279 black and white illustrations. Thames and Hudson, London 1984, Hardback, condition: fine, cloth and Dust jacket, 33 x 29 cm
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Chinese Ceramics, Beurdeley, Michel and Cecile, fifteen chapters of painstaking research from Neolithic to 20th century, the intricacies of technique, materials glazes and the evolution of form and decoration, maps, drawings and 111 hand mounted colour plates, 359 black and white illustrations, a comprehensive and authoritative account in the historical and social context. Thames and Hudson, London 1974, Hardback, condition: fine, cloth and Dust jacket, 33 x 29 cm
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Arts of Asia magazines, including Vol 31, 2001, Vol 36, 2006 Imperial porcelain from the Kangxi era, other articles include: Qianlong the Imperial Collector, Evolution of the Japanese Haori, arts of the Islamic, Chinese painting and calligraphy. [8]
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Arts of Asia magazines, including a Romance with jade, 1994 and 2005, other articles: the Shanghai Bund, Straits Chinese porcelain, gold Javanese jewellery, 1994 Asia Pacific survey of auction results. [7]
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Arts of Asia magazines, 2002 and 2003 articles including a snuff bottle special edition, Chinese ancestor portraits, Ming and Qing Ivories, Zhu Qizhan, painting and calligraphy. [7]
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A Chinese calligraphy scroll
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A Chinese framed ancestor portrait of a Mandarin, 19th century, in a blue winter robe and hat and his wife wearing a red robe with a rank badge, they are seated in front of a classical painting, several rows of calligraphy at the top. condition: the original scroll is intact within the frame. Provenance: Robert Morrison Antiques, Sydney. Height 155 cm, width 94 cm
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A Nepalese painting, Pokahra 1969, the naive painting with a central tree of life at the top, and villagers in everyday pursuits, mounted with embroidered braid and framed. 94 cm x 63 cm
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A pair of red lacquer chests with butterfly hinges in Baitong, Qing Dynasty the cabinets are fitted with drawers of different sizes, two front swinging doors deeply carved, sitting on low feet carved with taotie masks, from Shanxi, unrestored and in original condition. Height 36 cm. Diameter 29 cm, width 33 cm
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A nest of four rectangular Chinese rosewood tables, early 20th century, the apron with a large key fret pattern, square corner legs with a humped stretcher, each table fitting together neatly. Height 69 cm tall. Height 40 cm low
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A Chinese hardwood table inset with Dali marble top, Shanghai Art Deco circa 1930 the rosewood, rectangular two tier table with curved corner legs, terminating in scroll feet, the front and side apron with a detail of a bi disc, in fine original unrestored condition. height 52 cm. Length 70 cm. Depth 39 cm
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A pair of Chinese blackwood armchairs, Shanghai, Art Deco, circa 1930 Republic period, inlaid with variegated Dali marble roundel within a beaded frame on the back rest, flanked by square open sections and hardwood seat, square splayed legs at the rear, the curved arms recessed with the curved front legs extended, in fine original unrestored condition. Height 82 cm
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A pair of Chinese blackwood high-back armchairs, Shanghai, Art Deco period circa 1930, with Dali marble panels on the back rest, flanked by curved open sections and hardwood seat, a curved front apron, square splayed legs at the rear, and full scroll arms resting above stylized cabriole legs, in fine original unrestored condition. note: the dreamstone is esteemed as a natural canvas. Height 102 cm
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A pair of rosewood armchairs inlaid with a white marble back-splat, late Qing Dynasty, floating with four open panels vertically and horizontally, the open panel above the marble has a simple continuous knot below the shaped toprail, the deep, hardwood seats below the back angled at 45 degrees, in fine original unrestored condition. reference: See similiar resting lounges in the Summer Palace, Beijing. Height 77
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A Korean elm and cedar wood three Level chest, early 20th century, four drawers along the top, original brass hinges and bat handles with fish locks, sitting on a stretcher foot, the back printed with a sheet of Chinese characters. Height 125 cm L 74 cm. Diameter 41 cm
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A Korean cedar coin chest Hinges, handles and Lock plate in iron, 19th century, the well constructed dense wooden chest sits on low square feet, the impressive iron work all original. Height 59 cm, length 90 cm, depth 37 cm
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A Korean chest with Upturned ends, 20th century, gourd shaped hinges at front and fully lined with original paper sitting on low legs. Height 42 cm, width 54 cm
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A silk embroidered framed panel, early 20th century, with tigers roaming through a bamboo grove. 105 x 60 cm
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A pair of horseshoe-back armchairs, Quanyi, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the fine grain elm wood with sweeping crest rail terminating in cloud hands, the curved splat carved with a shaped reserve with a chilong dragon, a hard mat seat, plain shaped apron and spadrels on the sides, the foot rest above a plain, shaped apron. Provenance: Acquired in Singapore 1990s. Height 99 cm wide
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