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International Decorative Arts, Session 2 — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:578
Sale Title:International Decorative Arts, Session 2Lots with images:578
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:325
Date:18-Apr-2016
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A Qingbai tripod censer, Yuan-early Ming dynasty, 14th century, with a finely crackled blue-green glaze, the inside and the base unglazed, with traces of iron-red, 7 cm x 12.7 cm
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A good Qingbai boys bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), well moulded design of two boys amongst peonies, fine pale blue glaze, probably Jingdezhen kilns, minor traces of silver rim, 6 cm x 17.7 cm
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A rare Qingbai scholar's object, Ming dynasty, 16th century. In the form of three peaks covered with a moulded floral scroll, the vessel acting as a brush rest and a water-dropper, 8.5 cm x 11 cm
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Two 'sancai' glazed water-droppers, late Ming, 16th century. One in the form of a cockerel, 9.3 cm high, the other one a dog, glazed in green, yellow and aubergine, 9 cm high
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Two Jianyao small hare's fur tea bowls, Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century. One with black - brown striated glaze, the larger bowl with a more russet coloured glaze, 4 x 9 cm, 4.2 x 10.5 cm
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A Chinese 'Longquan' celadon ware dish, Ming dynasty, 14 th century, decorated with coin patterns on the center of interior, 29 cm diameter. Provenance: Old Melbourne private collection
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A mottled yellow jade quatrefoil censer, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). With dragon handles. Fitted wood stand, 7.5 x 15 cm. Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in Hk prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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A 'fencai' enamel quatrefoil brush pot, 20th century. Two sides painted with a mountainous river landscape, the other two with poems related to landscapes, inscribed Zhang Zitang, dated to the Bing Zi year (1936), Red three character seal mark to base, 20.5 x 15.8 x 15.6. Provenance: acquired in the US
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A Chinese 'chicken blood' stone seal, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), of tall rectangular form and square section, the top carved with slightly rounded corners, the seal face un-carved, with a vermillion-red colour and russet streaks., 6 cm high
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A carved rock crystal group, early 20th century. A carved rock crystal group, early 20th century in the form of an immortal, with attendant, together with three rams and 'ruyi' fungus, supporting a large sphere. Fitted hardwood stand, 19.5 cm high. Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in HK prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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A spinach jade disc, late Qing-Republic period, 19-20th century. One side finely incised with a hut under a tree, a large pine branch on the other, both sides inscribed with a poem and a seal, standing on a carved boxwood 'prunus stand., 10.6 cm and 12 cm (stand). Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in HK prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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A pale celadon jade belt plaque, late Qing-Republic period 19-20th century. With four archaic characters and pine in the centre, enclosed with a pierced stylised border (dragon corners), 6.2 x 9 cm. Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in Hk prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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Two jade animals, Ming dynasty, circa 16th century, one in the form of a recumbent horse biting his hoof, together with a mandarin duck seated on a lotus leaf holding a flowering lotus stem in his beak, both pale celadon with darker inclusions, 3 x 6.2 cm and 3.5 x 4.5 cm (duck)
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A Chinese porcelain tile, mid-20th century, a very well painted depiction of 'Tie Guaili', resting on his staff, watching a bat, 'Qianlong' seal mark, hard wood frame, 31.5 x 22.8 cm
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A Chinese seated 'Sancai' glazed figure of an official, late Ming dynasty, 17th century, 61 x 34 x 23 cm
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A small turquoise matrix figure of an immortal, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Holding a basket beside a bird on rockwork, 6.2 cm high Fitted hardwood stand. Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in HK prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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A Japanese bronze bottle vase, Meiji/Taisho period, early 20th century, finely painted with an abstract design., 27 cm high
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Two fencai enamel small vessels, Qing dynasty, 19th century. A quatrefoil double-handled cup, 'Daoguang iron-red mark and period, together with an unusual octagonal dish with the 'Hehe Erxian standing in the centre, a three-legged toad on their back, wood-grain decoration on the base, 4.7 x 5.4 cm, 10.4 cm diameter. Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in Hk prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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Two rock crystal balls, early 20th century. One surmounted with a hawk, each one with a fitted hardwood stand bird, 9.5 and 18 cm (with stand) high, 6 cm & 17 cm diameter. Provenance: From a private Sydney collection acquired in HK prior to 1963. Passed on by descent
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Three Chinese blue and white dishes, Late Ming dynasty, 16 th -17 th century, one decorated with ducks in a lotus pond, Longqing mark and period (1567-1572), 19.2 cm diameter, second one with four cranes amongst clouds, studio mark to base, 20.3 cm diameter the third painted with zodiac animals. Provenance: Ujung Pandang (1) and Moongate, Singapore, 1970s (2). The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015
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Six Chinese blue and white bowls, late Ming dynasty, 16 th -17 th century, each one decorated with floral scrolls, from 11.8 cm to 15 cm diameter. Provenance: The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015, -17
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A Chinese blue and white lotus bowl decorated with on the interior with double vajra, mid 16 th century, 10 cm high, 22.7 cm diameter. Provenance: Rustam, Ujung Pandang, late 1960's. The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015
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A Chinese blue and white bowl decorated on the exterior with four peony panels separated by cloud motifs, of the Jiajing Mark and of the period (1522-1566), 8.8 cm high and 17.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Rustam, Ujung Pandang, 1970s. The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015
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A Large Chinese blue and white bowl with a border decorated with auspicious symbols and peaches, below are the five roundels with cranes and deer, an encircled six characters Xuande mark on the base, Ming dynasty, late 16 th century, 13 cm high and 28.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Ex Rajah Watan Bone Collection, South Sulawesi, Rustam, Ujung Pandang. The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015
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Two Jian ware small tea bowls, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), one with persimmon glaze the other with a tea dust glaze, 9.8 cm diameter and 9.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015
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A Chinese bamboo perfumer, mid-19th century, pierced and deeply carved with lotus leaves and flowers, wooden ends, 23 cm high
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A Q ingbai ewer, Southern Song (1127-1279), with pale green-ish white glaze, 17 cm high. Provenance: Wong Ying Ho, Koolong early 1980s. The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015
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A large Vietnamese blue and white dish, 15 th -16 th century, painted in the centre with a bird, floral sprays around the cavetto, the base with a brown wash, 36.2 cm diameter. Provenance: The Peter Elliott sale, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015, -16
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A Japanese celadon studio vase, probably late Meiji period, early 20th century, in the form of a melon, signed under the base, 33 cm high
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A Large Chinese blue and white Swatow plate, Late Ming, 16 th -17 th century painted in the centre with a phoenix above rocks and flowers, the cavetto with eight floral medallions, 43.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Norma Lu Gallery Singapore, 1970's. The Peter Elliott Collection, Mossgreen, 1/9/2015, -17
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A mustard yellow-glazed steep-sided bowl, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). With two raised horizontal bands around the exterior, 5.7 x 14.9 cm, see Christies Ny, 'Wilson Collection of Scollar?s Objects' lot 1159, for a bamboo brush washer of similar form, dated 17th century. Provenance: The Richard Austen collection, Queensland
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A Japanese hanging scroll, 19th century, in ink on paper, freely painted with a gnarled prunus tree, three red seals, 47.5 x 58 cm
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Four small cups, late Ming and later, 16th-20th century, comprising a fine doucai enamel chrysanthemum cup, Yongzheng mark, a pair of Wanli blue and white cups, a mazarine blue cup, a Shonsui-style cup with iron-brown rim and a tiny Kangxi vase, 6-8 cm diameter, Vase: 7 cm high
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Three scholars object, 16th century and later, a Ming dynasty water dropper, aubergine and yellow glaze on the biscuit, in the form of two ducks, 9.5 x 6.5 cm, an ink-stone, 9.5 cm diameter, and a Korean 'five peak' brush-rest in blue and white enamel, 8.5 x 5.8 cm, 19th century or earlier
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A pair of archaic grey pottery 'Hu', Han dynasty (206BC-220AD), each one with stylised designs in original mineral pigments, 33.5 cm and 34 cm high, -220AD
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A Japanese hanging scroll, early Edo, 17- 18th century, ink and colour on paper, depicting a samurai and two geishas, brocade silk mounts, 30.5 x 50 cm
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A Tibetan silver cup, 18th-19th century, finely chased with a pair of dragons between stylised bands, together with a Tibetan copper prayer box and cover, 5.4 x 8.4 cm. Provenance: R&V Tregaskis 1980's
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A Chinese stained ivory plaque, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), in the form of a 'Ruyi', carved with finger citron, nice patina, 9.5 x 6.5 cm, -1912NB:
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Two Japanese pottery tea bowls, 19th-20th century. A stoneware 'chawan' with in-turned rim and a mottled brown glaze, with a red pottery deep 'chawan' with variegated green glaze, 5.5 x 14.3 cm and 7.4 x 11.2 cm
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Two early Longquan vessels, Song Dynasty, 12th century, one carved and combed tea bowl with lotus design on interior and exterior, the second one is a small dish with carved and combed design, the rim divided into five segments, 11.5 cm and 14 cm diameter
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A Japanese Mishima ware 'chawan', 20th century. In a traditional style, with stylised bands in white on a grey ground, seal mark to base, original inscribed wooden box. Provenance: Acquired in Kyoto
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Three Chinese dishes, one jar and two sets of cups, Song dynasty and later. A 'soft Jun' blue-glazed dish with upturned rim, 18th century, a small 'Junyao' dish, Song dynasty, a small 'Yueyao' cup stand, 9-10th century, a bluish green jarlet, 2 sets of four and five miniature cups, circa 18th century, 5-13.9 cm (largest) diameter. Provenance: Collection of Richard Austin (three dishes)
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A Japanese hanging scroll, ink on paper, 19th century. Freely painted with a bird on a gnarled branch, three character inscription and a red seal, Japanese mount, 92 x 39 cm
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A finely potted 'Longquan' tea bowl, Song Dynasty, 12th century. Incised lotus design on the inside, carved vertical ribs on the outside, Fujian province, 'Tongan' kilns, together with a 'Yueyao' celadon 'ear cup', Zhijiang province, Three Kingdoms, 3rd-4th century, 16.1 cm diameter, 20.5 x 9.1 cm
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A Qingbai boys bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), the interior with a moulded design of two fish, the cavetto with two boys amongst peony and lotus flowers, Jingdezhen kilns, minor traces of silver rim, 4.3 x 18.1 cm
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Three Chinese Qingbai vessels, 13th-14th century, one carved and combed with scrolling peony, 16.5 cm diameter, one with a moulded design of two geese amongst lotus, remains of silver rim, 15.2 cm diameter, and a finely crazed washer, traces of silver mount, 13 cm diameter
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A celadon-glazed Yueyao-type deep bowl, possibly Northern & Southern Dynasties (386-589), with incised stylised designs on the outside and interior, pad marks on the slightly concave base, 9 x 16 cm, -589
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A tiny Qingbai water-dropper, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), in the form of a kettle with overhead handle, moulded with stylised motifs, the base unglazed, 5.5 cm x 6.4 cm
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A Ding-type small tea bowl, possibly Song Dynasty, 12th century. The inside moulded with a double band of stylized lotus petals, mouth rim unglazed, 9.4 cm diameter
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Six Qingbai vessels, Yuan - Ming dynasty, 14-15th century, including four stem cups, a small box and cover & a small lamp, from 6.5 - 9 cm diameter
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A Chinese celadon fish plate, Song dynasty style but probably a later copy. Moulded with three fish on the interior and one on the exterior., 20.8 cm diameter
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A Longquan cylindrical tripod censer, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, supported on three short feet, the body with horizontal ribs, centre and base unglazed, the remainder glazed olive, 7.2 x 8.4 cm
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A Qingbai bowl, Yuan-early Ming, 14-15th century. A single flower in the centre, the outside body with horizontal ribs, the small base burnt brick red, together with a small bowl, 7.5 cm, 5.3 x 14 cm
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A pale-blue glazed shallow bowl with incised and moulded decoration, with two characters 'Shu' and 'fu', together with a brown-glazed shallow bowl, both 20th century, 19.7 and 13.8 cm diameter, '
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A Qingbai bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), incised and combed in the centre, two bands of lotus petals around the outside, iron-dressed rim, 5.3 x 16.1 cm
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A Chinese smoky crystal water pot, Qing dynasty, 19th century, carved in relief with a Chilong and a Ruyi branch, 7.4 x 12.8 cm, together with two early Vietnamese crystal split rings, probably Han dynasty, 4.6 cm and 4.8 cm diameter
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A large 'fencai' enamel quatrefoil brush pot, 20 th century. Decorated on all four sides with various scenes, each side inscribed, two sides signed Wang Yeting (1884-1942), two signed Wang Xin, dated Geng Wu year (1930), 27 x 19 x 19 cm. Provenance: acquired in the Us
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A Japanese silver bowl, early 20th century. Decorated in high relief flowers on the exterior, an impressed studio mark to the base, 18 cm diameter
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A Chinese export tea caddy, late Qianlong period, circa 1790's, with later wood cover, 11.7 cm high
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A Japanese hardwood table, 20th century, 88 x 89 x 34 cm
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A pair of lacquer cabinets from Shanxi province, late 19th century, 79.5 x 59 x 37 cm
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A pair of Chinese blue and white vases, late 19th century, 57 cm high
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A Chinese celadon glaze and underglaze blue vase, late 19th century, 60 cm high
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A pair of Chinese celadon glazed and underglaze blue cover jars, late 19th century, 31 cm high
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A Chinese lacquered alter table, late 19th century, 98 cm high, 197 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A large Chinese porcelain tile, People's Republic of China, late 20th century, painted with figures in a mountain and river landscape, inscribed and signed 'Wang Yeting' and framed, 73.5 x 22 cm
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A Chinese elm square-sectioned table, late Qing Dynasty, 86 cm high, 79 cm wide, 79 cm deep
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A Thai gilt bronze standing figure of a Buddha, 19th century, 70 x 19 cm
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A 'Erdos' style bronze dagger with inscribed house head handle, 27.5 cm long
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A silver three piece tripod tea service, late Qing dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century, comprising a tea pot, creamer and sugar bowl, each one with dragon handles and well decorated with scholars in various pursuits, impressed marks 'WHL 90' and 'Xin Yuan' to the base, 19 cm, 17 cm and 13 cm high, 761grms, 531gms and 345grams weight. Provenance: A private Perth collection
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A pair of silver bowls, late Qing dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century, each one with a pierced design of exotic flowers, original blue glass liners, marked 'WH 90', one seal 'Zhuo' character, 13 cm diameter (each). Provenance: A private Perth collection
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A small Nepalese gilt bronze seated figure of green tara, 16th century, with some original inlaid, together with a Tibetan seated figure of Buddha, 16th century, with traces of gilding, some scrolls inside the base, 7.2 cm and 6.9 cm high
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A Chinese rootwood sculpture of Dao Mu, early 20th century, 46 x 28 x 20 cm
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Three Tibetan bone plaques, 16th century and later, each one deeply carved with 'Chitaipati' in the centre, two with various deities above and below, the third one with scrolls, 18 cm, 15.5 cm and 14.2 cm long, see Sotheby's NY 'IMAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT', 17/9/14, LOT 448 for a similar example. Provenance: A Private Melbourne Collection
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A Chinese blue gauze ceremonial dragon robe, 'Jifu', 19th century. Embroidered with nine gold crouched dragons chasing the 'flaming pearl' amongst a dense ground of scrolling clouds, together with other cosmic symbols all against a vivid deep blue ground, 140 x 220 cm. For a similar example: see Hong Kong Museum of Art, Heaven's Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong: 1995, pl.74, p.240. Also see Teresa Coleman Fine Arts, Dragons and Silk From The Forbidden City: Antique silk…
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A large Japanese silk embroidered wall hanging, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with eight three claws dragons flying amongst clouds, in coloured silk, brown velvet mounted, cotton backing, 112 x 166 cm. Provenance: Old Queensland private collection
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A very unusual Himalayan bone figure, 18th century or later, seated wearing a long necklace and holding a female figure, 8.5 cm long, housed in an inscribed brass box containing sutras. Provenance: Melbourne private collection
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A dark blue silk Han Chinese style lady's robe, 19th century, embroidered with Peking know stitch and satin stitch with stylised butterflies, peonies, gourds, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms., 110 x 137 cm, together with A Chinese textiles book by Hong Kong Museum of Art, Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong: 1995. Provenance: Robe: Melbourne private collection, purchased from Teresa Coleman Fine Arts Ltd. in 1995 (with the original receipt)
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A Tibetan copper and silver gao, 19th-early 20th century, with consecration material inside and a gilt bronze Buddha., 15.5 cm high 12.3 cm wide
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A unusual pair of Himalayan animal tooth ivories, 18th/19th century, each one carved with a zoomorphic face, and geometric designs, nicely patinated, 12 cm and 13.2 cm
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A pair of framed Chinese flower and bird 'Gongbi' paintings, 20th century. Signed by Zhang Jianjun (1963-), ink and colour on paper, framed by silk, three seals of the artist, 51 x 50 cm (each), (1963-)
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Four Chinese paintings of an album, attributed to Yun Shouping (1633-1690), ink and colour on silk, signed and three seals of the artist, 29.5 x 37.5 cm, -1690
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A Japanese calligraphy hanging scroll, unknow artist, ink on paper, 129 x 35 cm
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A Chinese scroll of Bamboo, late 19th - early 20th century, ink on paper, inscribed, signed and seals, 129 x 31.8 cm
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A Korean ink painting of a tiger in a landscape, 19th century, 180 x 89 cm
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An old Chinese Daoist hanging scroll, 17th century, ink and colour on silk, 70 x 123 cm
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A Japanese literati hanging scroll, 19th century, ink on paper, inscribed, singed and three red seals, 60 x 18.5 cm
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A framed Japanese woodblock print signed by Kaigetsud(c. 1671-1743), 19X40 cm, -1743
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A Chinese painting of a tiger, 20th century. Very well painted in ink and colour on paper, inscribed 'xx Chen Xianxing Xie Yu Beijing', framed and glazed, 60 x 18 cm
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A set of four Chinese rice paper painting, late Qing dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century, 22.5 x 16 cm
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A Japanese woodblock print. Landscape in impressionistic style. Keisai Masayoshi (1764-1824). Year of work: 1813. Koban size, 1813
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A framed Japanese scroll painting, 20th century, ink and colour on silk, signed and one seal of the artist, 100 x 37.5 cm
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A Chinese bronze seated figure of Guanyin, 20th century, elegantly seated on a rock work platform, reading a book, well patinated, fitted wood stand, 11.5 cm high. Provenance: Acquired in Sydney 1970s. The estate of Ross Gordon, Queensland
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A Chinese bronze seated figure of a Daoist deity, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), with traces of gilt lacquer, seated on a shaped throne, 15 cm high. Provenance: Binkar gallery, Queensland, late 1970s
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A Chinese bronze censer and cover, in the form of a deer, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), standing with the head turn to one side, the cover with a peach branch finial, 26 cm high. Provenance: Old collection from Macao. Purchased from Queensland in 1990s
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Three Chinese buckles, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and later, comprising a cloisonne dragon buckle with flanked by two butterflies the back gilt, together with a gilt bronze buckle mounted with three chalcedony cabochons, and a gilt bronze belt hook set mounted with two jade stones, 8-10 cm long. Provenance: The estate of Ross Gordon, Queensland
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A Chinese spinach jade and silver wine cup, early 20th century, both handles carved as 'Shou' characters, encased in a silver leafy scroll, the flowers jam set with turquoise, coral and other semi-precious stones, the inside with silver liner, wood stand., 6 cm high. Provenance: A old collection from Macao. Purchased in Queensland in early 1990's
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A Chinese bronze seated figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty, 16th century, 23 cm high. Provenance: Melbourne Private collection. Binkar gallery, Queensland, circa 1990
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A Longquan lidded jar with cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), the ribbed and carved body with five vertical spouts on the shoulder, covered in an olive-green glaze, 31.5 cm high. Provenance: Ross Gordon collection. Joseph Neumann collection, Sydney, 1960s
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A Chinese Longquan bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), the exterior carved with lotus petals, the rim turned in 11.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The estate of Ross Gordon
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