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Antique & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:779
Sale Title:Antique & Art AuctionLots with images:725
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:577
Date:14-Aug-2018
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An old Chinese carved pale jade small figure, holding a peach branch over his left shoulder. Height 53. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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Four old Chinese snuff bottles, one of cameo cut Peking glass on wooden stand, one of red cameo glass, one of agate and one of carved ceramic. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection
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Four old Chinese finely carved walnuts, each detailed with multiple figures.
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Four old Chinese finely carved walnuts, each detailed with multiple figures.
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A Chinese jade ring, with apple green splash to the panel.
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A Chinese black stone disc pendant, carved in high relief with three beasts. Diameter 4.5 cm
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A Chinese pale carved jadeite pendant on bead necklace, the ovoid form pendant of near white tone carved with a floral spray. Length 55. With gem ID certificate.
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A Chinese carved hardstone seal, a sinuous dragon carved in full relief to the square seal, the base uncarved.
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An old carved Chinese jade dish, as a water lily with flower highlights, pale toned with dark and vibrant green jade highlights. 8.5 cm x 45, raised on carved hardwood stand. The Flower Family Collection.
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A small old Chinese horn fingering piece, a recumbent double headed mystic animal. Length 5.5 cm.
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CORAL PIPE, An old Chinese petrified wood cigarette holder. Length 11 cm.
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A Chinese red agate carved mythical animal, the handling piece with fine detail. Length 4.6 cm.
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A Chinese pale jade handling piece, carved in high relief with a dragon and bat. Width 6.5 cm.
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A Chinese jade sword chape, engraved with taotie mask designs. Width 4.2 cm.
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A jade tablet, carved in low relief to either side with peaches and a dragon. Height 4.7 cm.
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A jade bangle, the variegated jade with a small band of red through one portion.
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A Chinese hardwood cased inkstone, the square stone with mildly raised rim engraved with long-tailed phoenix, the fitted conforming lidded case with short bracket feet. 16.8 cm x 17.4 cm.
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An old Chinese cased eight-piece ink stone set, the variously shaped and decorated ink stones with remains of gilt highlights, in fitted case with calligraphic detail to the hinged lid.
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An old Chinese bronze scholar's large desk seal, the square seal with multiple character marks measuring 6.3 cm x 62, fine engraved calligraphy to two sides and seal top, long tapered oval section handle. Length 11.5 cm.
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A vintage Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball on stand, the ball with a contorted finely carved dragon exterior of at least six concentric balls, supported on a stand of three standing elephants upon a turned wood plinth. Height 11.2 cm.
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A Qing dynasty period carved wood polychrome decorated shrine figure, carved as a seated nobleman wearing highly patterned robes. Height 21 cm.
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A good 19th century Chinese fan, with beautifully carved and pierced sticks and floral painted paper, in original box.
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A fine quality 19th century Chinese fan, with beautifully carved and pierced ivory sticks, the paper painted with classical scenes by Lady Chetwynd. Small tear.
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A Chinese carved ivory medicine doll, the standing naked woman with hands behind her head raised on an ebonised stand and circular spreading pedestal. Length 13 cm
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An old Chinese large and solid carved ivory figure of a seated Buddha, traditionally represented smiling with open robe showing his long mala bead necklace and corpulent belly. Height 14.5 cm.
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A Chinese carved solid ivory figure of an empress, seated upon her throne, raised on a carved wood stand. Height 17 cm.
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A Chinese ivory tablet, carved as an open book, the pages displaying images of dragons and birds, in small rosewood stand. Overall height 12 cm.
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A vintage Chinese carved ivory small puzzle ball on stand, traditional carved decoration, the tall stand with lathe turning, the base with split. Ball diameter approx. 3 cm.
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A large Chinese silver bowl, decorated with a single dragon in high relief, raised on foot ring, Wang Hing mark and date mark of 1885 impressed to base. 558gm. Diameter 19 cm.
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A Cantonese porcelain teapot, decorated in famille rose. Height 13.5 cm
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A 19th century Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl on short foot, painted with figures in a garden. Rim frits and hair crack. Diameter 19 cm.
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An old Chinese famille verte trumpet vase, finely painted in polychrome with large vertical panels incorporating figures, the floral decorated ground with calligraphic panels. Height 27.8 cm.
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Three 19th century Chinese export famille rose pieces, includes two plates and one serving dish, all with multi-figure, floral, bird and insect panels, gilt enrichments, minor damage. Diameters 19.7 cm, 24.8 cm and approx. 24 cm.
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A Chinese famille rose porcelain cylindrical brush pot, decorated in polychrome enamels with eight figures, including a nobleman, peasant, musician, etc., as well as bats. Height 12.5 cm, diameter 12.5 cm
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A 19th century Chinese famille rose porcelain lidded jar, traditionally decorated with figures within a walled garden, etc., the interior rim with some damage. Height 11.8 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain cylinder vase, painted in famille rose with an encircling river landscape, the neck decorated in underglaze blue with a profusion of flowers, Qianlong seal mark under the base. Height 24.5 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain inverse baluster shaped vase, decorated in famille rose and polychrome enamels with birds and flowers, underglaze blue fret pattern at neck and lappet pattern at foot. Six-character Qianlong mark under the base. Height 13 cm.
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A Chinese famille rose porcelain ginger jar, six-character mark under the base. Height 91 cm.
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A Chinese exportware porcelain mug, decorated in famille rose enamels, cobalt and gilt, cylindrical with simple loop handle. Height 10 cm.
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A pair of famille rose bottle vases, decorated with gilt embellished dragons, florals and insects. Height 17 cm.
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A pair of modern famille rose bowls, the exterior decorated with figures and weapons in a garden setting, gilt embellishment to rims. 21 cm x 11.5 cm.
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl on short foot, stylised floral painting. Diameter 15.5 cm.
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A small Chinese blue and white porcelain stem dish, painted with a dragon. Diameter 11.5 cm.
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An early 17th century Chinese blue and white porcelain dish, from the Binh Thuan Shipwreck Collection, recovered 2001 from the Dutch East Indiaman 'Witte Leeuw'. Diameter 27.5 cm
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A Chinese Junyao glazed bowl, covered in a thick chun glaze which falls short of the foot revealing a pale orange coloured biscuit. Diameter 17 cm.
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A Chinese circular fahua type porcelain lidded box, with pierced decoration and raised floral designs in green, ochre and aubergine. Diameter 15 cm.
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An 18th century Chinese export blue and white porcelain two-handled tureen, painted with a landscape, flowers, ribbons etc, the lid with recumbent dog finial. Length 34 cm.
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A Chinese Ming Dynasty blue and white circular dish, with wide rim and short foot, painted floral decoration in panels, the base with birds in a garden, Wan Li 1573-1619. Hair crack. Diameter 15 cm.
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A Chinese Yixing teapot, the top with relief grape leaf and bunch decoration in dark grey tone on the dark terracotta body, butterfly finial. Diameter 12 cm.
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A Chinese Yixing teapot, small squat form in grey/green tone, the shoulder with incised extensive landscape decoration. Diameter 9.5 cm.
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A Chinese Yixing circular teapot, relief dragon decoration to the body, the lid with double scrolling cloud form finial and moveable dragon's head, some minor fritting. Diameter 12.5 cm.
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A Chinese Yixing teapot, squat ovoid form, the lid with lug handle, speckled tan glaze, impressed mark to base. Minor fritting. Diameter 10 cm.
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A Chinese blue and white ginger jar, lid absent. Height 19 cm.
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A Chinese octagonal goldfish bowl, alternating panels of calligraphy and repeating pattern including fish scale, cruciform etc. The interior decorated with goldfish and aquatic plants, some hair cracking. Diameter 26.5 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain shallow oval dish, finely polychrome enamelled with an extensive coastal, mountainous landscape including buildings and trees, celadon glazed ground, hair crack. 23 cm x 15 cm.
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A large Chinese octagonal shaped porcelain bowl with a circular well, painted with an extensive landscape with depictions of vessels on a lake, craggy rocks and ancient pine trees along with pavilions and figures in enamels. The entire scene framed by a lappet border, the everted rim decorated with Precious Objects. The reverse decorated with sprigs of peaches, pomegranate and lychee. Six character Qianlong reign mark to the back. Diameter 43 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain blue and white vase, decorated with an encircling landscape and buildings, figures and bridge, Double circle mark under the base. Height 23 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain beaker cup, decorated with fancy fish and water weeds on a white scale ground between puce borders. Yongzheng seal mark under the base. Height 9 cm.
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A Chinese cylindrical porcelain vase, decorated in underglaze blue with an equestrian archer and lance bearer in a landscape, painted on a crackle ground between burnt iron borders at mouth and foot. Height 17 cm.
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A Chinese small saucer dish, the interior decorated in underglaze blue and iron red with a figure on a bridge, the exterior with lustrous brown glaze, four character mark in underglaze blue under the foot. Diameter 12 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain Ming style two-handled vase, decorated in underglaze iron red to the baluster shaped body with a design of birds and water weeds. Height 28.5 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain octagonal jarlet, with incipient mask and ring handles to the shoulder, decorated in underglaze blue with phoenix and flowers. Height 10 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with a dragon in high relief moulded to the neck and shoulder, the body decorated with lotus flowers and tendrils, six-character Qianlong mark under the base. Height 23 cm.
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A small Chinese porcelain jar, ovoid shape, decorated in polychrome enamels and with unusual black decoration to the mouth. Height 7 cm.
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A fine Chinese porcelain bowl, hemispherical with everted rim, decorated in enamels with a song bird amongst blossom and ripening pomegranate fruit, six character Guangxu mark under the base. Diameter 12.5 cm.
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A large Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in underglaze blue with stylised calligraphic motifs and foliate tendrils, raised on a carved and pierced wooden stand. Overall height 50 cm.
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A Chinese exportware porcelain tureen and cover, lozenge shape, decorated in underglaze blue with temples and pavilions in a river landscape, the design replicated to the interior. Width 26.5 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain exportware tureen and cover, rectangular shape with canted corners, decorated with temples and pavilions in a river landscape, the design repeated to the interior. Width 24 cm.
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain box and cover, cube shaped raised on four legs modelled as children standing on a square frame base, captured ring handles issue from the side, the lid surmounted by a temple dog, six-character mark under the base. Height 14.5 cm.
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A Japanese white porcelain dish, modelled as a flowerhead, five stilt marks under the base. Diameter 11.5 cm.
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A Chinese Ming-style blue and white small jarlet, squat ovoid shape. Diameter 8 cm.
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A Chinese fine porcelain wine cup, flaring cylindrical shape, decorated within polychrome enamels with figures in a river landscape, seal mark under the base. Diameter 8 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain wine cup, hemispherical shape, decorated with grape vines and tendrils, Kangxi mark under the base. Diameter 8.5 cm.
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A porcelain shallow small dish, pale celadon glaze with purposeful crackle, five stilt marks under the foot ring. Diameter 12 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain brush pot, decorated in polychrome enamels with three dragons on a cloudy ground, cylindrical shape, four character mark under the base. Height 12 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain Ming-style wine ewer, decorated in underglaze blue with figures and flowers. Height 20 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain censer, cylindrical shape raised on three mask feet, lug handles issue from the rim, decorated in low relief with animal motifs. Diameter 12.5 cm.
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A Chinese porcelain kong vase, pale celadon glaze, with wide crackle, intaglio seal mark under the base. Height 35.5 cm.
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A Chinese arrow vase, pale blue glaze and restrained craquelure to body. 23 cm x 36 cm
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A Chinese gu form vase, decorated in Wucai colours with dragons, phoenix etc, a demon face on either side of the neck, Ming mark to base. Boxed later in Japan by a collector. Height 43 cm.
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A Chinese Jun glazed dish, typical teal glaze with peach bloom splash. Diameter 18.5 cm.
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A pair of Chinese porcelain tall urns in the Song/Yuan manner, tall baluster shape, Qing Bai glazed, the necks decorated in relief with stylised figures and animals. Height 47.5 cm.
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A Chinese cloisonne plate, decorated with flowers and butterfly. diameter 30 cm.
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A Chinese bronze statuette of the Marici bodhisattva, portrayed with three faces and six arms, seated upon a lotus throne. Height 17 cm.
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A small Chinese bronze figure of a seated Buddha, height 7 cm.
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A Chinese archaic style lidded bronze urn, the swollen square section body and architectural lid finely decorated with angular scrolls and panels, captured ring handles, variable green patina. Height 33 cm.
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A Chinese bronze and champleve enamel gu-form vase, stiff leaf panel design flanking the central band, raised on conforming shaped hardwood stand. Height overall 26.8 cm.
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A large Chinese calligraphy brush, with cinnabar lacquer style handle and natural bristle head. Length 36 cm. With box.
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Two old Chinese scrolls, one painted in watercolour with a mountainous landscape, the other in watercolour and ink with birds upon a branch, bamboo highlights.
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A hongmu wood brush pot, of cylindrical shape with slightly concave wall, displaying good figured grain, a removable insert to the centre of the base. Diameter 25 cm, height 23.5 cm.
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A framed pair of Mandarin's robe cuffs, worked in 'blind stitch', framed and glazed. Overall 56.5 cm x 26 cm.
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A vintage Indian finely carved ivory elephant with howdah, three figures included, loss to one head-dress section. Height 9.5 cm.
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A vintage carved ivory group of a simple double ox-drawn cart, with single figure and platform base. Length 11 cm.
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Three small Chinese gods represented as the gods of fortune, prosperity and longevity, black, red and green stained highlights. Heights approx. 6.4 cm.
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A Tibetan conch shell trumpet, with copper and silver metal fittings, decoratively embossed with various motifs including eight Precious Objects. Length 39 cm.
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A set of nine antique graduated Burmese bronze bird opium weights, the largest height 6.5 cm.
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Three Indian miniatures on ivory, depicting princes and their consorts, in a contemporary display frame. Largest 13.5 cm x 10.5 cm.
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An Indian ivory carving of Shiva and consort, raised on teak stand. Overall height 19.5 cm.
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An Indian ivory carving of a woman carrying a water pot on her head, raised on teak stand. Overall height 17 cm.
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An Oriental ink and watercolour drawing, Temple Environs, Bangkok, signed. 52 cm x 38.5 cm.
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