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

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:435
Sale Title:International Decorative Arts, Day 2Lots with images:435
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:325
Date:1-Aug-2016
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A set of three Chinese framed painted marble panels, early 20 th century, depicting immortals and their attendants, good hard wood frame, 26.5 x 23 cm
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A framed Japanese print by Komai Yoshinobu (active c.1764-81), 19.8 x 26.6 cm
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Two Chinese lacquer on wood figures of an ancestor couple, Daoguang period (1821-1850), each seated figure wearing a Qing official robe, with inscriptions carved to the back., 28.3 cm and 27.2 cm high. Provenance: Acquired from Eastern Dreams, Hong Kong, 30/09/95
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A large Chinese blue and white porcelain plate, Kangxi period (1690-1710), the centre of the interior decorated with a long-tailed pheasant on a rock under a branch of flowers, above with a arms of Pelgrans set in a band in which formalized lotus flowers separated by three panel of daisy branches, a conch shell with double circle mark to the base., The family of Pelgrans were closely related to the Flemish family of de Heuvel, who in 1681 had used the Pelgrans arms. This plate was probably made for Jacob…
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A pair of Chinese blue and white dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), each finely painted with fish amongst seaweed and flowers, six-character 'Chenghua' mark within a double circle in underglaze blue on the base, fitted box, 11.1 cm diameter. Provenance: Old Melbourne private collection, purchased from Hong Kong in 1950's
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A Nepalese Tangka, 20th century, 28 x 35.5 cm
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A pair of pewter chargers, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), each decorated with phoenixes at the interior centre, three marks to the base, 31 cm diameter
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A Japanese lacquer box, 20th century, 38 x 11 x 11 cm
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A Chinese jadeite plaque together with two inside painted glass snuff bottles, 20th century, plaque carved with a fairy to one side and flower and birds to the other, fitted stand, 1.4 x 5.8 cm
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A pair of Chinese celadon glazed vases with under-glaze blue decoration, 19th century, painted with officials and boys, 58.5 cm and 57.4 cm high
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A Tibetan Tangka of Amitabha, 20th century, 35 x 47 cm
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A Chinese 'Doucai' 'Anbaxian' ogee dish, Qianlong mark, probably 19th century or later, interior centre painted with a full-faced flower head encircled by four peaches and stylized lotus blossom scrolls, the Eight Daosit Emblems, 'anbaxian' tied to flower sprays with fluttering ribbons decorated on the rounded flaring cavetto, the exterior with exotic blooms on foliate scrolls above a band of 'ruyi' head, six-character seal mark in undergalze blue on the base, fitted box, 20.3 cm diameter. Provenance: Old…
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A Chinese bronze seated figure of Amitbha Buddha, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, circa 1780, seating in a square throne in front of a flaming mandorla with Dhyana-mudra, the front bottom of the throne inscribed 'Da Qing Qian Long Kang Zi Nian Jing Zao' which translated as 'Made in the forty-fifth year of Qianlong, 22.4 cm high. Provenance: Estate of Sheelah Wood
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A Chinese celadon glazed jar with cover, 19th century, with under-glaze blue decoration, 31.5 cm high
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An Indian/South East Asian terracotta sculpture of a Shakyamuni Buddha, well caved with a Shakyamuni standing on a double lotus throne in front of a mandola, with two attendants standing on each side and a lion kneeling in front, 21.5 cm high
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A pair of Chinese blue and white lidded jars, 19th century, together with three blue and white bowls, 20.5 cm high (jars), 13.6 cm diameter (largest bowl)
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A Chinese green glazed ginger jar with cover, 19th century, with floral scroll designs, together with a famille-rose vase with 'Hong Xian Nian Zhi four character iron-red mark to the base, 20th century, 25.8 cm high (Jar), 25 cm high (vase)
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A framed Chinese textile panel, 19th century, decorated with immortals and attendance, 177.2 cm long
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A Chinese long neck vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), finely painted with three pomegranates in underglaze blue and copper red on a compressed body, covered with an even celadon glaze, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Old Melbourne private collection. Purchased from T.Y.King, Hong Kong, 1950s (original receipt)
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A Chinese hand mirror with jade belt hook handle, late Qing dynasty, late 19th century-early 20th century the chased metal back centered with an off-white oval jade plaque of convex form carved with an immortal and a deer standing beneath a pine tree and surrounded by semi-precious stone cabochons of uneven contour, the attached handle with a greenish-white jade belt hook with carved dragon head hook facing a 'chilong'. For a similar example please see Bonhams San Francisco,11/12/2015, lot 02111., 28.1 x…
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A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain dishes, 18th century, each decorated with flowering peonies, rocks and a willow tree in a garden, 23.3 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's, Melbourne, 29/06/1987, lot 506
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A Chinese red lacquer cabinet, late 19th - early 20th century, with gilt decoration depicting a children play in a garden scene, 180.5 cm high, 108.8 cm wide, 70.5 cm deep
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A Korean celadon oil jar, Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), the shoulder decorated in black and white slip with three dotted flowers, covered overall with an olive green ice-crackle glaze, 5.6 cm high. Provenance: Old Melbourne private collection. Purchased from Hong Kong in 1950s
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A group of six Chinese blue and white dishes, 16th century and later, 16.5 cm diameter (largest)
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A carved cinnabar lacquer box and cover, Qing dynasty, late 18th century, the circular box and cover finely carved all over with a millefleurs design, the interior is lacquered black, 6.8 x 3.3 cm
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A Chinese blue and white covered jar together with two blue and white teapots, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 13.4 cm high (teapot with cover)
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Two Chinese blue and white covered boxes, together with two small covered boxes and one wine cup, 16th -17th century, 9.4 cm diameter (largest)
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Two Chinese blue and white jars, 16th century, together with three square blue and white cover boxes, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 7 cm high (jars)
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Two Tibetan bronze vajra together with one bronze lion, late 19th-early 20th century, 15.8 cm long (vajra)
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A group of six Chinese blue and white bowls, 16th century and later, 14.4 cm diameter (largest)
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Two Thai covered boxes, 15th-16th century, 12.6 cm diameter
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A group of 6 South East Asian ceramics, including three small covered boxes, a small jar, and two miniatures, 8.6 cm diameter (largest covered box)
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A Chinese celadon jade carving figure of a boy holding a peach branch, 20th century, 5 cm high
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A group of five Chinese ceramics, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), including four small Qingbai covered boxes, and a Qingbai ribbed jarlet, 2.4-5.8 cm high
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A group of ten South East Asian ceramics 15th century and later, including four jarlets, two covered boxed, three plates, and a celadon lugged jar, 15th-18th century, 4-12.8 cm high, 22-28 cm diameter (plates)
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A group of six Chinese ceramics, including three blue and white bowls, 8-11.6 cm diameter, a jarlet, 8.9 cm high, and a Qingbai bowl, 18.6 cm diameter. Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), together with a blue and white plate, 18th century, 21.4 cm diameter
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A Chinese hanging scroll, Flowers and birds, Chen Ziyi (b. 1919), Ink and colour on paper, Inscribed, signed, one red seal of 'Lingnan', two seals of the artist, 101 x 59 cm. Provenance: Melbourne old private collection
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A Chinese famille rose bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th century decorated with children at a table, other figure at various pursuits and with a gilt band around the knopped neck, 24 cm high
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Two Chinese blue and white moon-flasks, Qing Dynasty, 19th century decorated with a lotus surrounded by scrolling foliage above a band of stiff leaves and two chi long on the shoulders, 23.5 & 26.5 cm high
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A Thai Sawankhlok green deep circular bowl, 15th century the centre with multi-petalled medallion and incised line to the rim, 20 cm diameter. Provenance: The Brake-Lau-Eckermann Collection of South East Asian Ceramics, Textiles and Works of Art, Christie's, 3rd September 1990, Lot 111
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Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese 1856-1950), Garden, watercolour, signed lower right H Yoshida, 33 x 49 cm, and Artist unknown, Country Stream, watercolour, indistinctly signed lower left, 29 x 46 cm
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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, 13.9 cm (largest) diameter. Provenance: Collection of Richard Austin (three dishes)
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A Japanese Satsuma bowl, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with thousand butterflies, with 'Ryozan' mark to the base, with fitted wooden box, 14 x 8 cm
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A Japanese ivory okimono of a traveling street performer, Meiji period (1868-1912), carrying various music instruments and trinkets, signed, 13.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ken Lawrence Foundation
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A Japanese okimono of a lady and a boy, Meiji period (1868-1912), signed, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ken Lawrence Foundation
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A Japanese bronze figure of a Budai monk, 20th century, signed to the base, hardwood stand, 27 x 14.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Ken Lawrence Foundation
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A Chinese pale green and russet jade archery ring, early 20th century, 2.6 cm diameter
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A Japanese okimono of a street vendor, Meiji period (1868-1912), holding a hat, with red two-character 'hongyu' mark to the base, 12.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ken Lawrence Foundation
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A Japanese ivory okimono of traveling performers, Meiji period (1868-1912), standing playing the 'biwa', a boy standing beside playing the flute, another boy climbing on his shoulder with a dragon costume, with mother of pearl inlaid, signed, 15.6 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ken Lawrence Foundation
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A Japanese ivory okimono of Gama Sennin, Meiji period (1868-1912), standing on a rock, with one hand holding a small toad, a large toad climbing on the top of his head, painted with red and gold lacquer, signed, 18.5 cm high. Provenance: Collection of Ken Lawrence Foundation
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An Edwardian mahogany cross banded cylinder desk, 114 cm high, 122 cm wide, 59 cm deep
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A Victorian glass column spirit lamp, converted to lamp base, 65 cm high
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A Japanese black lacquer and gilt decorated graduated tower of triangular corner tables, 143 cm high, and a collection of lacquer bowls, late 19th/early 20th century
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Three George III mahogany hoop back dining chairs with carved splats above drop in seats and a George III mahogany shield back armchair, circa 1800
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A rectangular cast iron marble topped table raised on scroll legs with winged caryatid supports, early 20th century, 90 cm high, 104 cm wide, 84 cm deep
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An Edwardian pair of ivory mounted opera glasses in a red felt carrying case
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A collection of eight cut glass decanters, 19th and 20th century
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A collection of Victorian lacquer comprising two letter racks, one decorated with dogs, the other with foliage, two trays, a spill vase and a box
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A George III set of four oak dining chairs, with carved vertical splat and drop-in 'leopard' upholstered seat
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A collection of porcelain comprising a Meissen porcelain floral plate, 18th century, 22 cm diameter, a Victorian wildflower plate, 22 cm diameter, a Naples ware porcelain box, a Richard Ginori wall bracket lamp, a framed Meissen panel and a painted marble panel of bird
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A green painted lacquer 2 tier occasional table painted with panels of a courting couple, early 20th century, 69 cm high, 50 cm wide, 40 cm deep and a painted metal umbrella stand
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A pair of Victorian alabaster urns, 52 cm high, two floral alabaster vases, (all converted to lamp bases), two green 'faux' marble wooden lamp bases, an alabaster floral comport, 28 cm high, a gilt metal stand and a pair of paperweights
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A Wedgwood black basalt jug, 16 cm high, a similar bowl, 19 cm diameter, two Victorian copper lustre jugs, a pair of silver lustre candlesticks, a vase and a porcelain ink stand on wooden base
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A French bronze bust of Adolphe Thiers, President of France by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887), 27 cm high, a Regency metal decanter coaster, 20 cm diameter and a large pewter ale jug, 24 cm high
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A Chinese bronze and cane-work floral plate, 29 cm diameter, a set of four Chinese bronze bowls, 12 cm diameter, a dragon box and two bowls, 19th century
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A pair of Victorian cold painted cast metal figures of pheasants, 29 cm long and a metal quail, 21 cm high
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A Victorian yellow cut glass metal mounted hinged box, 11 cm high, 22 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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E Girardino, Still Life, oil on canvas, Signed and dated 'E Girardino 1892' top right, 79 x 63 cm
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A George III mahogany demi-lune tea table, circa 1800, 78 cm high, 94 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A Victorian blue glass cornucopian vase with deer head mount, 19 cm long, a pair of bronze 'Dartmoor Pixie' bookends, a brass chamberstick and a pair of brass dwarf candlesticks
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A Victorian red and gilt painted oval lacquer tray, by William S Burton 39 Oxford Street, 2 & 3 Newman Street & Perry Place, London and registration stamp for 25th November 1867, on a later base forming an occasional table, 49 cm high, 77 cm wide, 60 cm wide
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A George III mahogany cross banded rectangular dining table, 75 cm high, 88 cm deep, 134 cm wide
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A Victorian mahogany two glazed door hanging display cabinet, 93 cm high, 73 cm wide, 27 cm deep
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A Japanese marquetry cabinet with lower drawers and two doors opening to reveal a series of further drawers on a base with four scroll legs, late 19th century, 84 cm high, 60 cm wide, 29 cm deep
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A George III mahogany four poster canopy bed
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A Victorian oak kidney shaped dressing table with triple mirror plates, the table, 82 cm high, 116 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A George III mahogany chest of drawers with rectangular top above two short and three long drawers, 78 cm high, 93 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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A Victorian walnut hanging bracket cabinet with two doors above a shelf, 74 cm high, 50 cm wide, 18 cm deep, and a dressing table mirror, with the plate flanked by two carved swan supports, 86 cm high, 67 cm wide, 29 cm deep
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A Victorian needlework sampler depicting Abraham sacrificing Isaac and the appearance of an angle, the reverse with a hand written note by Frank Robertson, Melbourne, January, 1895, stating that it was done by his Great Great Grandmother, framed and glazed, 31 x 27 cm
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A large Chinese Canton ware circular punch bowl with panels of figures and a border of butterflies, 19th century, 36 cm diameter, 15 cm high
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A large Chinese Canton ware circular punch bowl with panels of figures and birds, butterflies and foliage, 19th century, 41 cm diameter, 17 cm high
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A large Chinese export porcelain floral mug decorated with floral sprays, 18th century, 15.5 cm high
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Three Parian ware busts, 19th century, a pair of Copeland busts, one of the poet, John Milton, after the model by Matthew Noble, one of William Shakespeare, after Raphaelle Monti, both with Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union impressed marks, 36 cm high, and a bust of Richard Cobden, Liberal Mp, 45 cm high
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A carved gilt wood 'King' lamp base, 75 cm high, a cast metal putti lamp base, 50 cm high, and a carved wooden 'dolphin' lamp base, 65 cm high
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An Indian partial gilt bronze figure of an elephant and mahoot, 19th century, 15 cm high, and a pair of bronze cobras, 12 cm long
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A set of four mahogany balloon back chairs
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A Victorian black painted cast iron rampant lion door stop, 38 cm high and a green painted stop with a fox head, 30 cm high
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A Regency black and gilt oval toleware occasional table with gilt decorated border, 50 cm high, 77 cm wide, 61 cm deep
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John Mather (Australian 1848-1916), Figures in landscape, oil on board, Signed with initials and dated 'Jm 84' lower right, 20 x 34.5 cm
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Australian School, Lady Writing, oil on board, 18 x 23 cm
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Captain Delauney Lille, Coast Scene, oil on board, Label verso, 15.5 x 24.5 cm
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After Kitagawa Utamaro, Lady with thread, from Women's Handwork Series, woodblock print, 37 x 25.5 cm
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L Cooper, Tasmanian Houses (a pair), oil on board, Signed 'L Cooper 99' lower right, 29.5 x 37.5 cm
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Three 19th century Engravings, Fine Rabbits & Fresh Strawberries, after S & J Fuller, and Cupid blowing Bubbles, after H Sturmark, 25 x 19.5 cm (3)
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A Victorian black and gilt papier mache shaped rectangular occasional table decorated with gilt and painted flowers, raised on wheels, 72 cm high, 78 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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European School (19th century), Nude with monkey, oil on canvas, 28 x 18.5 cm
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Australian School, At Low Tide, watercolour, 15 x 20 cm
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Italian School, Madonna and Christ, oil on board, in a two door presentation frame, 36.5 x 24.5 cm
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After Edwin Landseer, 19th century, The Rat Catchers, oil on canvas on board, 15 x 19.5 cm
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Manner of Saloman Van Ruydael (Dutch, 18th century), Landscape, oil on board, 46 x 62
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