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International Decorative Arts — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:607
Sale Title:International Decorative ArtsLots with images:606
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:358
Date:29-Aug-2017
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A Chinese Dehua seated Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 17th century, with Royal ease posture, both hands supported on a tripod animal mask stool, the right hand holding a Ruyi sceptre, wearing long flowing robes, the face with a serene downcast expression and hair ornately tied and set with jewellery, covered with ivory white crackle glaze, a square impressed mark to the back, 14.3 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland Collection
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A Chinese dehua libation cup, Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century, with pierced foot moulded flower sprays on faintly fluted body, 6.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese dehua white glazed censer, 17th-18th century or earlier, with mask handles and a pierced silver cover, 9.4 cm diameter
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A Chinese dehua libation cup, Qing Dynasty,18th century, moulded prunus sprays on flared fluted body, 8.3 cm diameter, 5 cm high
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A Chinese Dehua seated Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 17th century, seated in lalitasana on a rockwork base behind a lion dog, wearing long flowing robes, a sutra and a stupa on each side, the face with a serene downcast expression, covered with ivory white glaze, 13 cm high
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A Chinese dehua Gu shaped vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18.5 cm high, 12 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain covered jar, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, painted in deep blue with a dragon writhing amongst clouds, the porcelain lid with original lion finial, 22 cm high
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A Chinese dehua covered box, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, raised flower design on lid with a ribbed border, 6.6 cm diameter. Provenance: Collection of Jane Carnegie
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A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls, Yongzheng mark, 20th century, 10.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white dragon jar, late Qing Dynasty, 19-20th century, painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst flame and cloud scrolls over breaking waves, 15.4 cm high, 24.5 cm wide
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A pair of large Chinese blue and white Swatow plates, Ming Dynasty,16th century, 37.2 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain brush pot, Qing Dynasty, Guangxu period (1871-1908), painted in under glaze blue and white with Qiling' mythical beasts which usually symbolised a dignitary of the first rank, playing among clouds., 18 cm high, 15 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white dish, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, finely painted with a boy on buffalo under a willow tree, 23.8 cm diameter. Provenance: Private Queensland Collection
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A large Chinese blue and white porcelain dish, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, central image of formal flower basket, 32 cm diameter
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A large Chinese blue and white, late Qing dynasty, 19th century, 58.5 cm high
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A large Chinese blue and white vase with crackle glaze, late Qing dynasty, early 20th century, 59.3 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white vase, Kangxi period (1654-1722), decorated with flower panels, 20.6 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white bowl, Kangxi period (1661-1722), with everted rim, the external and the interior centre finely painted with 'The Story of the West Wing', an under glaze blue square studio mark within a double ring mark to the base, 20.2 cm diameter
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A Chinese underglaze blue and red bowl, Kangxi period (1661-1722), exterior painted with grape trees and birds, interior centre with a branch of grape vine within double rings, a square under glaze blue studio mark within double ring mark to the base, 15.5 cm diameter, 7.8 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland Collection
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A rare Chinese blue and white saucer-dish, Jiajing mark, late Ming-early Qing Dynasty, 16th-17th century, well decorated with three mythical animals within a floral scroll, Jiajing six-character mark, 11.3 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's Melbourne 24 July 1989, lot 354, R&V Tregaskis, 14 August 1989, Mossgreen, The Vincent Massa Collection 19-20 June, 2013, lot 20
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Two Chinese blue and white bowls, Ming Dynasty, 16th century, including one from Hongzhi period, one Wangli period, 14.5 cm and 15.1 cm diameter
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A Chinese famille-rose and 'Anhua' decorated bowl, Qing Dynasty, Chenghua Mark, Yongzheng period, 18th century, 13 cm diameter, 6 cm high
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A large Chinese famille rose dish, Qianlong mark, Qing dynasty, 19th century, 43 cm diameter
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A Chinese famille vert square tall vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, decorated with flowers and birds on a yellow ground, 48.6 cm high
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A Chinese group of five Chinese blue and white saucers, Qing Dynasty, 17th-19th century, largest 13.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese cylindrical ewer, 19th-20th century, with a bamboo shape, chilong form handle and spout, a flat lid with chilong form knob, body decorated with leafy green scrolls on a yellow ground., 16.5 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white rouleau vase, late 19-early 20th century, 27.7 cm high
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A pair of large Chinese famille-verte vases, bearing Kangxi mark, 20th century, decorated with eight immortals, six-character Da Qing Kang Xi Nian Zhi' iron red mark to the base, 62 cm high
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A Chinese blue glaze vase, Yongzheng mark, 20th century, a band of upright banana leaves on the neck, two moulded phoenixes on the body, six character 'Yong Zheng' underglazed blue mark to the base, 25.2 cm high. Provenance: Estate of Doris Baer
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A Chinese Longquan celadon vase, Ming dynasty, 15th century, 20 cm high
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A Chinese cobalt blue glaze dish, Daoguang six-character mark and of the period (1820-1850), 16.1 cm diameter. Provenance: Private QLD collection
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A group of six blue and white dishes, late 19th-20th century, largest 15.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese famille rose vase, Hongxian mark, early 20th century, the ovoid body painted with boys playing a game of hide and seek in a garden, 'Hong Xian Nian Zhi' four-character iron red mark to the base, 19.2 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, 4-5 May, 2001, lot 146 (cover lot)
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A Chinese blue glaze 'Fanghu' vase, Qianlong mark, 18th-19th century, in an archaic form, with even dark blue glaze, 'Qian Long Nian Zhi' four-character under glaze blue mark to the base, 31 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection
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A Chinese famille-rose vase, Ju Ren Tang mark, Republic period, 20th century, finely painted with seven sages and attendants in bamboo grove on the exterior, with four-character 'Ju Ren Tang Zhi' mark to the base, 34.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection
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A group of four blue and white dishes, Guangxu mark and of the period (1871-1908), about 14.3 cm diameter
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A Chinese hexagonal lidded censer, 20th century, with pierced lid on raised foot painted with phoenix bird, peony and scattered flowers, the base pale blue with ten coloured flower heads, 19 cm high
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A Chinese white crackle glaze vase, Qing Dynasty, 18-19th century, with pear shape, covered with creamy crackle glaze, the base covered with brown slip, 26.5 cm high
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A Chinese 'Sancai' glazed square vase, Kangxi six character mark, 19th century, with well pierced and moulded decoration of Zhongkui and ghosts, six-character impressed Kangxi mark to the base, 50.8 cm high
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A Chinese Wucai square vase, Kangxi period (1661-1722), decorated with scholars and officials in a landscape, two under glazed 'Kang Xi' mark to the base, 45.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection, purchased from Sotheby's Australia in the 1980s
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A Chinese Qingbai bowl, Southern Song (1127-1279), decorated with double fish on the centre of the interior, 18.3 cm diameter
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A Chinese dehua white glaze cup, late 19th-early 20th century, with animal decorations, 13.1 cm long, 6.6 cm high
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A Chinese Zisa brush washer mark of Chen Ziqi, 20th century, 16.4 cm long, 9.3 cm wide
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A Chinese blue and white jar, late Ming -early Qing Dynasty,16-17th century, 14.4 cm high
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A Chinese famille-rose bowl, Guangxu mark and of the period (1871-1908), with a splayed mouth, the exterior finely painted with a pair of mandarin ducks, pheasants and cranes in a lotus pond, six-character 'Da Qing Guang Xu Nian Zhi' underglazed blue mark to the base, 14.4 cm diameter, 6.7 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection
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A Chinese white glaze stem cup, early Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century, supported on a splayed hollow stem foot, the interior of the bowl moulded with eight Buddhist auspicious symbols, 14.5m diameter, 10 cm diameter high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection
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A Chinese Robin's egg glaze 'Hu' shaped vase, 18th-early 19th century, in an archaic form, covered with an even blue glaze with characteristic turquoise flecking, 11.8 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection
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A Chinese blue and white jar, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, with two cartouches painted in underglaze blue scrolling foliate designs scattered with long life symbols, 8 cm high
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An unusual pair of Chinese silver hooks, late Qing Dynasty, 19 th century, each one with an articulated repousse design of two boys standing on a lotus, one side marked 'Taiping Xinji' the other sided marked 'Huang' and 'Tiande', attached to a phoenix headed circular hook, 29.6 cm high and 30 cm high
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A Chinese famille-rose vase, Jurantang mark, 20th century, 28 cm high
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A Chinese Langyao red glaze jar, 19th-ealry 20th century, 27.3 cm high, wooden lid. Provenance: An old NSW private collection
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A Chinese cylindrical ewer, 19th-20th century, decorated with tree bordered river scene, with chilong spout and handle, a flat lid with chilong form knob, covered with crackle creamy glaze, 16.5 cm high
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A Chinese pottery drinking vessel 'Jia', Neolithic Period, circa 3000BCE, 33.3 cm high. Provenance: Old private New Zealand collection
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A pair of Chinese grey pottery rams, Western Han Dynasty (206BCE-8ACE), 16.9 cm high and 16.5 cm wide. Provenance: Old New Zealand collection
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A Chinese dark glazed stoneware house, Han dynasty (206BCE-220ADE), 36.4 cm long, 16.4 cm wide, 23.4 cm deep
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A Chinese pottery figure of an official, Tang Dynasty (619-907), 23 cm high
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A Chinese famille-rose vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, 25.8 cm high
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A Chinese copper red glaze 'Taibaizun', Kangxi mark, late Qing to early Republic period, late 19th-early 20th century, 11 cm high
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A Chinese archaic bronze cooking vessel, Han Dynasty (206 BCE?220 Ace), 27 cm diameter, 16.2 cm high
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A Chinese 'sancai' glazed pottery figure of an official, Tang Dynasty (618-907), 27.5 cm high, for a similar female figure please see Sotheby's Hong Kong,3rd June 2016, lot 698
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A Chinese 'Hongzhou' ware celadon plate, Sui Dynasty (581-618), decorated with a lotus in the centre, 27 cm diameter
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A Chinese Jian ware purple glazed bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), 12 cm diameter
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A Chinese celadon glazed vase, Qianglong Mark, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), with incised decoration, animal mask and ring handles attached to two sides of the neck, 33 cm high
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A Chinese Wucai jar, 20th century, painted with flying horses interspersed with rockwork and breaking waves on a scrolling ground scattered with conch shells and flower heads, wood cover, 29.1 cm high
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A Chinese dehua seated figure of Guanyin, late Qing-Republic period, early 20th century, 34.5 cm high
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A Chinese Yaozhou ware bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), 17.7 cm diameter
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A Chinese Jizhou ware tea bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), 10.6 cm diameter
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A Chinese Jizhou ware tea bowl, Song Dynasty (927-1279), exterior with black glaze, interior with yellow glaze, 13.3 cm diameter
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A pair of Korean celadon conical tea bowls, 14.5 cm diameter, fitted box
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A Chinese Longquan celadon tripod censer, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, in an archaic ' Ding ' shape, covered with a thick even green crackle glaze, 12.5 cm high, 13.2 cm diameter, Similar example see Sotheby's London, 17 November 1999, lot 739. Provenance: An old NSW private collection
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A Chinese painted pottery dancing female figure, possibly Tang Dynasty (618-907), 30.5 cm high, For similar example see Christie's New York, March 2001 Lot 105. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Major Harold de Val Rubin (1899-1964) whose benefaction helped establish the Art Gallery of Queensland collections., Purchased Christie's Melbourne 15 November 1999 Lot 170
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A Chinese Qingbai vase, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty (960-1368), 13.4 cm high
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A large Chinese grey pottery horse, Tang dynasty (618-906), very well sculpted, standing under saddle on a flat triangular base with one leg raised, original red and white mineral pigments, 49 cm high and 65 cm wide, For similar example see Bonhams London, 12 May 2016, Lot 1 and Christie's New York, 27 November,1991, lot 299. Provenance: The David Henwood Collection, Moss Vale NSW, Mossgreen,16 June 2014, lot 31
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A Chinese gilt-bronze Taotie mask, Han Dynasty (206BCE-220ACE), the dramatically executed mask of a mythological beast would have been a door boss with a ring handle, retains most of its gilding, 5.5 cm high
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A Chinese pottery figure of a guardian in winter robes, Sui Dynasty (581-618), with straw-glaze and traces of original lacquer pigment, 20 cm high
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A Sichuan ware tea bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), interior with thick black glaze with russet splashes, the exterior with persimmon glaze, 11.3 cm diameter
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A Chinese white glazed cup, Sui Dynasty (581-618), covered with greenish white glaze, 8.5 cm high, for a similar example please see Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, museum no.RLS1997.48.1074, fitted Japanese wooden box. Provenance: Purchased from Uragami Sokyu-do Oriental works of Art
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A Chinese Qingbai vase, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, with dragon and ring handle attached to each side of the neck, the body incised with a band of lotus flowers above a band of upright banana leaf motif, each side of the neck decorated with an upright banana, overall evenly covered with white glaze with nice bluish tone, with unglazed base and foot rim, 30.5 cm high. Provenance: The Estate of Doris Baer. Exhibited: Oriental Ceramics Society Exhibition, 1949, no.44 (labeled) Doris Baer
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A Chinese celadon Jade carving of a horse and a monkey, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 7.5 cm long
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A Chinese jade carved monk, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 9.8 cm high
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A Chinese white jade Ruyi sceptre, 16.5 cm long
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A Chinese Jian ware hare's fur tea bowl, the blackish-glaze with russet striations, neatly stopped above the foot, 12 cm diameter. Provenance: Collection of Colin Lanceley, Sydney, Mossgreen, MA134, November, 2011, lot72
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A Chinese sancai glazed set of cups and tray, possibly Tang Dynasty (618-907) or later, the tray 21 cm diameter, the cup 5.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese green glazed pilgrim flask, possibly Liao Dynasty (916-1125) or later, 30.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Tasmanian collection
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A Chinese green glazed 'Bianhu', possibly Liao Dynasty (916-1125) or later, with two boys riding on the top, 29.4 cm high. Provenance: Private Tasmanian collection
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A Chinese white jade Ruyi, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 11.5 cm long
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A Chinese celadon jade carving of Liu Hai and a frog, Qing Dynasty (1944-1912), 4.2 cm long, 2.5 cm wide
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A Chinese grey Chrysanthemum stone brush washer, 20th century, in leaf form with inclusions, 13 cm diameter
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A Chinese Jade round pendent, late Qing, circa late 19th century, 6 cm diameter
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A Chinese white jade Buddhist robe ring, 5.5 cm diameter
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A group of five Chinese white jade pieces, including a necklace, a Cong style ring, and three pendants
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A Chinese celadon double gourd shaped pendent, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, 5.1 cm long
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A pair of Chinese ivory snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 8 cm high
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A Chinese celadon jade belt hook, 20th century, 10.1 cm long
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A Chinese black lac burgaute wine cup together with a Chinese black lac burgaute square dish, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 10.5 x 10.5 cm (dish), 4.5 cm high, 5.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese bamboo carved cup, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 8.4 cm high, 10.6 cm long
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A Chinese bronze seal, Han Dynasty (206BCE-220ACE), with a lion knob, 4 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland Collection
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A Chinese painted enamel bronze hand warmer, Qianlong mark and of the period (1735-1799), both sides finely painted with a scholar and an attendant in a landscape within an ovoid medallion sounded by stylized lotus scrolls on a fine turquoise ground, four-character 'Qian Long Nian Zhi' blue mark to the base, 7.5 cm high, For similar example please see XiLingYinShe Auction Co. Ltd.: 17 December, 2013, lot 3046
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A Chinese ivory figure of an immortal, late Qing to early Republic period, late 19th-early 20th century, 32.9 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection
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A pair of bronze Zhizhen, 20th century, 11 cm long
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