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Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:504
Sale Title:Fine and Decorative ArtsLots with images:504
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:302
Date:5-May-2019
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An Art Deco spelter model of a Sunbathing woman, circa 1920s-30s, a modish cold painted figure of a seated woman in her swimsuit, holding a rose decorated parasol and accompanied by two dogs, raised on a veined black, marble base, height 23 cm, length 65 cm, width 14 cm
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Two vintage Barometers, 1900 and after, one German, the other marked Maison du Lynx, Brussels, a circular barometer in a timber frame, the other housed in a carved oak case, with a thermometer to the stem, length 58.5 cm, width 18.5 cm and smaller
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An English walnut regulator clock, 1865-1870, with maker's mark for William Holmes, Norwich, the architecturally inspired clock with a triangular pediment with shell, urn, and paterae motifs above a case of typical form with turned and fluted, pilasters, the enamel dial with Roman numerals to the chapter ring and a secondary dial, with pendulum, two brass weights and winder, in working order, length 124 cm, width 47 cm, depth 20 cm
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A neoclassical figural bronze mantle clock, late 19th century, signed F. Barbedienne Fondeur to base, C.H. Boye to dial, with a large casting of a Roman woman in lavish drapery upon an extended and stepped red marble base with bas relief figural decoration, the black enamel, dial with Arabic numerals, with key and pendulum, height 77 cm, length 44.5 cm, width 22 cm
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A fine Louis XV style ormolu clock garniture, later 19th century, with mark of Honegger of Lyon to the dial, pierced and cast in the rococo manner with Art Nouveau influences, the enamel, dial with Roman numerals and minute markings, accompanied by a pair of elegantly sinuous twin candle side pieces, with key and pendulum, height 33.5 cm, width 26.5 cm, depth 16 cm
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A French marble clock garniture, circa 1920s, a triangular mantle clock with a white veined marble case faced in grey green, marble with bead decoration and a cast bronze floral embellishment, the enamel dial with Arabic numerals and enamel festoons, accompanied by shallow, cup form tazze on conforming triangular bases, with key and pendulum, height 28 cm, width 31 cm, depth 11.5 cm
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A Louis XVI style ormolu mantle clock, late 19th century, marked Au Negre and Sarazin Paris to dial, finely cast with a drum head enclosing an enamel dial with Roman numerals, decorated with ram's head and laurel wreath handles, an urn surmount and other pierced and patterned neoclassical elements, with key and pendulum, height 38 cm, length 29 cm, width 15 cm
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A pair of ormolu candlesticks in the Louis XVI style, 19th century, finely pierced and cast with a central stem and three vegetal arms upon an ornate stem and a profusely decorated base, height 38 cm
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An Art Deco clock garniture, circa 1920s-30s, of arching form in vigorously mottled maroon and terracotta marble, the dial, with Arabic numerals and embellished to the case with cast bronze roses, the side tazze of conforming design, key and pendulum, height 19.5 cm, length 35.5 cm, width 11 cm
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An Art Deco marble clock garniture, circa 1920s, in mottled purple marble, the case of fan shape with applied stylised floral, and scroll decorations, the enamel dial with Arabic numerals, with conforming, side tazze, key and pendulum, height 28.5 cm, length 40.5 cm, width 10.5 cm
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A gilded spelter figural mantle clock in the Louis XVI manner, 19th century, with a drum head enclosing an enamel dial with Roman numerals beside a water, carrier maiden and raised on a demi-lune onyx base trimmed with cast and pierced neoclassical elements, with key and pendulum, height 37 cm, length 35 cm, width 13 cm
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An Art Deco figural clock garniture, circa 1920s-30s, signed P. Seca to dial, a diamond shaped dial with Arabic numerals set within a shaped red orange, arching case with a boy and girl scrambling across the crest climbing a tree, with conforming side tazze, with key and pendulum, height 26.5 cm, length 31 cm, width 11 cm
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An Art Deco mantle clock, circa 1920s-30s, signed Delattre Armentieres to dial, of bold arching form in contrasting figured maroon and yellow marble, decorated with formal cast floral, rope and tassel embellishments, the dial, with Arabic numerals, upon a stepped and shaped base, with key and pendulum, height 38.5 cm, length 43.5 cm, width 16 cm
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an Art Deco marble clock garniture, circa 1920s-30s, in contrasting yellow ochre and orange red marble, the case of cusped arch, form enclosing a dial with domed glass and Arabic numerals, decorated with a cast applied dragon fly motif and a floral festoon in high relief, the side, vases of conforming shape with contrasting colours, key and pendulum, height 38 cm, length 33 cm, width 14 cm
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An Art Deco figural clock garniture, circa 1920s-30s, the rectangular clock with canted feature in contrasting creamy taupe and portoro marble, surmounted by a gesturing seated dancing girl, with, conforming side vases, key and pendulum, height 37 cm, length 37 cm, width 9 cm
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An Art Deco marble mantle clock, circa 1920s-30s, of triangular profile in vigorously figured green marble with ochre trims, having an enamel dial with Arabic numerals and marked Chaignard, embellished, with cast floral details, with key and pendulum, height 24 cm, length 26 cm, width 11 cm
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A bold Art Deco marble clock garniture, circa 1920s-30s, a large oval yellow onyx case with radiating black tiles enclosing the dial, with Arabic numerals, raised on cast foliate supports above a green black, base, with conforming side tazze: key and pendulum, height 30 cm, length 43 cm, width 13 cm
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An Art Deco marble and spelter clock, circa 1920s-30s, the square shaped clock with a chequerboard tile pattern housing a square, dial with Arabic numerals, a pair of leaping deer to the sides and raised on, a multi toned layered base, height 24 cm, length 50 cm, width 8 cm
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An Art Deco clock garniture with dragon fly, circa 1920s-30s, of striking moderne profile having a square dial with Arabic numerals set, within a mottled red marble case with one curved edge and stepped, embellishments, the single dragonfly to one side, sidepiece vases of conforming design, with key and pendulum, height 20.5 cm, length 44.5 cm, width 11.5 cm
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An Art Deco architectural style mantle clock, circa 1920s-30s, the stepped waterfall style clock in maroon, terracotta and black marble, colours, with a diamond shaped dial with Arabic numerals, key and pendulum, height 25 cm, length 43 cm, width 11 cm
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An ormolu mantle clock in the Louis XVI manner, 19th century, with an enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings, raised, upon a fluted column, embellished with flora and surmounted by a flower, spilling urn, further decorated with festoons, wreaths and other neoclassical, elements, with key and pendulum, height 39 cm, length 128 cm, width 12.5 cm
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A boulle type mantle clock in the Louis XV manner, 19th century, the waisted bracket clock brass inlaid in the Berainesque manner upon a scarlet ground, the dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings and embellished with cast trims, height 48 cm, length 20 cm, width 11.5 cm
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An ormolu mantle clock in the Louis XVI style, 19th century, with a fine enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings set, within a finely cast shaped case with urn finial, formal leafy forms and bead, details, with key and pendulum, height 31 cm, length 25 cm, width 15 cm
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A rococo revival ormolu mantle clock, later 19th century, with maker's mark of Japy Freres, an eight-day bell strike clock of waisted form with floral pendants and leafy, embellishments, a pierced crest and trellis decoration to the lower border, above acanthus feet, the enamel dial beneath a domed glass with Roman, numerals, Arabic minute marks and pierced hands, key and pendulum, height 41 cm, width 25 cm, depth 16 cm
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A Napoleon III ebonised portico clock with regulator pendulum, 19th century, of typical portico style with an enamel dial with Roman numerals set within, plain pillars, having an adjustable regulator pendulum with dial, with key, and pendulum, height 50 cm, length 25 cm, width 15 cm
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An ormolu clock in the Louis XV manner, 19th century, having an enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings set, within a waisted, pierced and cast case profusely decorated in the rocaille, manner, with key and pendulum, height 30 cm, length 23.5 cm, width 9.5 cm
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An Art Deco marble and spelter clock garniture, circa 1920s, the rectangular clock with curved upper corners in red veined white marble, surmounted by a seated musician figure, the white enamel dial with Arabic, numerals, with conforming side tazze, key and pendulum, height 38 cm, length 32.5 cm, width 10 cm
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A bold Art Deco marble and onyx clock garniture, 1920s-30s, in vigorously figured marble with contrasting brown and green onyx, embellishments, the head of lozenge shape housing a distinctive dial with, melting' Arabic numerals, upon a triangular stem to a long base and accompanied by conforming geometric side vases, with key and pendulum, height 25.5 cm, length 46 cm, width 12.5 cm
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A figural spelter and red marble clock garniture, 19th century, the clock with two animated maidens carrying baskets above a shaped red, marble plinth enclosing a floral decorated enamel dial with Arabic numerals, raised on pierced foliate feet and accompanied by two urn form vases of conforming design, with key and pendulum, height 66 cm, width 34.5 cm, depth 17 cm (clock) height 47 cm (urns)
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A Louis XV style ormolu cartel clock, late 19th century, pierced and cast with shell and scrolling leaf motifs and housing an enamel, dial with Roman numerals and Arabic minute markings beneath a domed glass, with key and pendulum, length 56 cm, width 32 cm
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A large Louis XVI style spelter figural clock, circa 1900, mark of Bareier Lyons, with key and pendulum, a large cold painted cupid holding a pair of doves and leaning on a plinth, supporting a floral decorated enamel dial with Roman numerals and raised on an elongated base with rounded ends with gilt bronze trims, height 54 cm, width 31 cm, depth 20 cm
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A Domenech Et Pfeffer spelter group, 'Char De La Victoire, circa 1900, inscribed mark of Domenech et Pfeffer to marble base, the dynamic casting of a Roman charioteer and his two rearing horses, mounted, on a portoro marble base, bearing a 1934 plaque, height 54 cm, length 75 cm, width 26 cm
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A bronze model of a hunting dog by Jules Moigniez (1835-1895), the model of a hound' holding a dead game bird, on a rocky base with an integral bronze base, incised signature J Moigniez, with old repair, height 31 cm, length 48 cm, width 14 cm
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A large bronze Casting of the head and shoulders of a stag after, Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875), a naturalistic model supported on a black marble base, inscribed signature, Barye to the shoulder, height 48 cm, width 31 cm, depth 18 cm
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A fine pair of cast bronze urn vases, late 19th century, signed F. Barbedienne, the refined vases well cast with classical figural narrative scenes in low, relief, with fantastic sea creature bifurcated handles and raised on red, marble fluted pillars and octagonal bases, signed to base of bronzes, height 48 cm
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A Grand Tour bronze replica of the Warwick vase, later 19th century, the small size urn after the Roman original with Bacchic ornament and classical borders, height 13 cm, width 20 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A fine pair of French bronze, gilt and marble tazze, 19th century, in the neoclassical manner having cast dishes with grape vine borders upon, fluted marble plinths with gilt festoons and scrolling buttresses above, shaped bases and gilt toupie feet, height 20 cm, diameter 14.5 cm
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A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu mantle decorations, late 19th century, the decorations in the form of slender knopped urns with elongated necks, decorated with festoons and raised on a shaped and acanthus embellished base, with shaped gilt wood stands, height 33 cm, width 19 cm, depth 9.5 cm
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A bronze figural group, early 20th century, depicting an animated classical family group with one child playing a tambourine, the other upon the shoulders of the father, signed indistinctly, across one corner and raised on a red marble base with bead border, height 30 cm, width 15 cm, depth 15 cm
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A bronze model by Leon Pilet (1836-1916), the figure of a man in Renaissance attire wearing an apron and gazing at a platter of seafood in his hands, beside a bricked stove with a broken dish, signed L. Pilet to the base, and raised on a marble stand, height 34 cm
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An export ware rose medallion vase, Qing Dynasty, later 19th to early 20th century, the baluster vase with trumpet neck typically decorated with reserved figural, narrative scenes and reserves of birds and flora upon a scroll and floral, decorated gold ground, similarly decorated to the neck, height 31 cm
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An export ware rose medallion floor vase, early to mid 20th century, the baluster vase with a trumpet neck having pairs of dogs of fo lug handles, and decorated with figural narrative scenes in courtly settings to two, reserves upon a profusely embellished floral ground, height 60 cm
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A Kutani vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the baluster vase with an exaggerated trumpet neck, decorated with identical, figural narratives to two reserves upon a white ground embellished with, auspicious flowers and ho ho birds in red, blue, and emerald colours, painted, red characters marks underside, height 43 cm
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A Cantonese export silk 'Manila' shawl with original cases, late Qing Dynasty, early 20th century, a cream silk fringed shawl profusely decorated with flowers and housed in the original fabric covered box decorated to the lid in bright gouache colours, together with an outer gilt decorated black lacquered case, both depicting, figural narrative scenes in garden and pavilion settings, length 194 cm, width 194 cm (shawl), length 47.5 cm, width 47.5 cm (case)
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A large Chinese famille rose ginger jar, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, well decorated with a rose coloured peony, emerald and lime coloured foliage, and a song bird on a branch, calligraphy to the reverse, height 21 cm
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A Satsuma bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the lobed bowl decorated with shaped reserves featuring courtly figures in landscapes alternating with birds amidst flora, with brocaded borders to the scalloped rim, in a muted soft palette of tan, pale blue, olive and iron red, with gilt enrichments, unmarked, height 5 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A heavy two tone brown and gold bronze box, cylindrical with a fitted lid, with inlaid geometric patterns to the base and sides, the lid with a lion dog figure with surrounding flames, apocryphal, four character seal mark in relief underside, height 6.5 cm, diameter 9.5 cm
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A large vintage Chinese Imari cat, mid 20th century, a slip cast recumbent cat upon a lattice decorated plinth base profusely, embellished throughout with flowers in a predominantly navy and iron red, palette with white, turquoise and faded gilt enrichments, six character mark, underside plus other, height 18 cm, length 31 cm, width 12 cm
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A crackleware celadon brush pot, the cylindrical ge Ware type pot with a fine network of red and deliberate, natural glaze cracks throughout, bearing apocryphal seal mark underside, height 13 cm
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A Jun Ware bowl, the small low bowl with an unctuous mottled teal and pale olive glaze to the interior and exterior, falling shy of the base, raised upon an unglazed foot, ring, height 5 cm, diameter 10.5 cm
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An Inkstone in a fitted stone box, the smooth terracotta and ochre colour stone box with script to the lid, housing a rectangular stone in rich banded colours with a shallow well for, ink grinding and a fan shaped recess for colours, length 11.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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A large Satsuma baluster vase, first half 20th century, partial characters and marked made in Japan, a carinate shouldered baluster vase with a waisted neck, decorated in broad, planes of colour in a muted tan, blue, green, brown and black palette with, moriage enamel enrichments and depicting Kannon with two sages, height 31 cm
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A Chinese cloisonne vase, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to 20th century, the baluster vase with a trumpet neck embellished in colours with patterned, and stylised formal floral borders to the neck, collar and shoulder above a deep lappet frieze with four writhing dragons and pendant floral devices upon, a deep teal blue ground, with copper edges to the rims, height 37 cm
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An antique ivory okimono, Meiji period, 1868-1912, signed, the carved, engraved and lightly inked figure of a fisherman holding his, traditional net and catch, marked underside, height 24.5 cm
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An antique Chinese ivory figurine, early 20th century, depicting a serene meirin finely carved in traditional draping attire and holding a spray of peony, the well-coiffed hair and refined facial features, enriched with inked decoration, with a rosewood stand, height 31 cm
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An antique signed Japanese ivory figure of a sage, Meiji period, 1868-1912, Intricately carved depicting the seated figure holding a sceptre and a small, Buddha figure on a lotus throne and encircled by a writhing kirin and dragon, both with mother of pearl eyes, signed to red cartouche underside, height 10 cm
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A bright green jade snuff bottle, of slender square section form, plain with canted edges and having a red, stone stopper with brass mounts and spoon, height 8 cm
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A small vintage bronze censer bowl, in rich mottled copper bronze colours with integral high set arching handles, and conical feet, cartouche with apocryphal Xuande characters underside, height 5 cm, diameter 8 cm
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A Chinese silver ornament, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, a small traditionally attired figure carrying a basket, wearing a hat with, small articulated links to the brim and attached to a short chain with a carnelian bead and hooked clasp, total weight 20gr, length 6.5 cm
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A stone Buddha, in creamy semi translucent stone flecked with copper colours, depicting a seated Buddha upon a lotus throne with high coiffed and coiled hair, dhoti, and hands in the Bumisparsha mudra, 'Touching the earth, height 12 cm
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A jade pendant, the celadon pendant of rectangular form with pierced and relief decoration in the archaic manner, held with an amber coloured cylindrical bead necklace, interspersed with small compressed black beads, length 7.5 cm, width 5 cm (pendant)
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A group of four Yixing type teapots, in shades of red terracotta and variously decorated with script, vegetal, motifs, applied motifs including Chairman Mao portraits, one item plain, impressed marks to all, height 8.5 cm and smaller
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A mixed group of Archers' rings, four in mixed stones and colours, including a celadon jade example with, script, a silver ring with figures in relief to cartouches upon a revolving, outer band, and a carved resinous ring, housed in a vintage miniature, suitcase, width 3.5 cm, diameter 4 cm and smaller
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A Chinese porcelain teapot, 20th century, of ovoid shape with delicate blue vegetal decoration and having a bamboo, style spout and scroll handle, the domed lid with knop, unmarked, height 14.5 cm
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A Satsuma Koro, 20th century, a square section baluster koro raised on shaped legs and having a domed lid, and figural finial, decorated to two faces with various immortals of good, fortune, one accompanied by his attribute of a deer, partial signature in gold with red seal mark, height 13 cm
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A pair of Japanese double gourd sake bottles and five little cups, 20th century, the bottles decorated in iron red colours with gilt flower and fungus heads, blue patterned spheres to the neck and patterned borders to the foot, the cups of similar design centred with miniature rockwork and floral scenes, character marks underside to all, height 14.5 cm (bottle)
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A red lacquer ware cinnabar style box, 20th century, the rectangular box decorated in low relief to the cover with a sublime, mountain scene populated with figures in pavilions and auspicious foliage, against a diaper ground, the sides with key fret and scroll borders, black, lacquer to the interior with gilt script, height 6 cm, length 18 cm, width 9.5 cm
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A large black green jade Guanyin, the serene figure with coiffed hair and typically attired, the right hand in kurana mudra, and posed upon a double lotus throne, height 41 cm
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A Kyoto type Satsuma vase, circa Taisho to Showa period, 1920-30s, the baluster vase with ring, rope and tassel applied decorations to the shoulder and sides, a flaring neck, decorated in a red, salmon, buff and blue, grey palette with figural narrative scenes and patterns, red script mark, underside, height 40.5 cm
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A finely decorated Cantonese export ware teapot and creamer, Republic era, 20th century, profusely decorated in a sophisticated famille rose palette with a profusion, of auspicious flowers upon a gilded ground, a six-character mark underside, height 10 cm and 7 cm
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Two finely decorated Cantonese export ware plates, Republic era, 20th century, decorated in a sophisticated famille rose palette with a profusion of auspicious flowers depicted as if growing upon a gilded ground, six-character, mark underside, diameter 17.5 cm
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Four Cantonese export ware plates, Republic era, mid 20th century, the mandarin rose plates typically decorated with reserved decoration, featuring figures engaged in narratives in garden pavilion settings, and birds, insects and flora, upon a profusely embellished ground, one plate as found, diameter 19 cm
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A pair of Cantonese rose medallion chargers, 20th century, typically decorated in a famille rose palette with six reserves alternating, figural narratives in pavilion settings and birds amidst flora and fruits, a roundel to the centre and united by brocade borders, height 7 cm, diameter 37 cm
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An antique Japanese cloisonne vase and a box, Meiji period, late 19th to early 20th century, a lobed baluster vase inlaid with auspicious pairs of creatures below a border of dragon and phoenix and other floral and patterned bands, together, with a covered circular box decorated with circles enclosing flora on a black, ground, height 24.5 cm (vase)
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A Chinese export ware Imari tankard, Qing Dynasty, mid 18th century, the bell-shaped tankard with loop handle and heart shaped terminal, decorated, with vases and floral sprays in underglaze blue and enamel colours, a diaper, border to the rim, height 16 cm
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A Peking glass vase, the baluster cameo vase with broad neck decorated with brilliant cobalt over, white and depicting a phoenix amidst peony blooms between stiff leaf and lappet borders, height 29.5 cm
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A large Satsuma baluster vase, first half 20th century, red characters in a diamond cartouche, shimazu crest, to collar, the vase with a waisted neck decorated in broad planes of colour in green, blue, dull red, chocolate, black and brilliant orange with moriage enamel and gilt enrichments and depicting Kannon with four sages, mark underside, height 32 cm
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A Chinese Longquan type celadon dish, with concentric rings to the rim and centre enclosing a fine sgraffito, design, the exterior with a continuous frieze of combed stiff leaf motifs, the base glazed and with five spur marks, height 4.5 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
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A Jun ware lobed dish, the heavily potted dish with inverted lobes and decorated with a rich, turquoise blue modulating to celadon glaze and typically splashed with purple, red to the interior and exterior, the foot ring unglazed, height 5 cm, diameter 13.5 cm
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A large famille rose dish, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, centred with an array of auspicious objects and vases of flowers and enclosed, by a broad rim with four shaped reserves decorated with bird life against a flower sprigged diaper ground, diameter 34 cm
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Two vintage Chinese hanging scrolls with bird Themes, both in ink, one depicting a small songbird on a maple tree branch, signature, and single red seal to right margin, and a bird flying towards a freely, executed flowering magnolia tree with rockwork to the base, with script and multiple seals to right margin, length 142 cm, width 33 cm
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A Kutani bowl, Meiji period, 1868-1912, mark of probably Tsukuru Kutani, the bowl depicting a figure bowing before a courtly figure in a landscape, setting, a deep brocaded border in a muted palette with moriage enamel, details to the rim, floral sprays and fan motifs externally, character marks, for maker's name and Dai Nippon underside, height 6.5 cm, diameter 22 cm
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A large sterling silver photo frame, 2000 Birmingham, with maker's mark Pjp, in the form of a mitred frame with simple ridged lines to the inner and outer, moulding, aubergine moire silk lining, and velvet backed with provision for, an easel stand, hallmarked to lower edge, height 30 cm, width 25 cm
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A mixed group of six sterling silver wares: five spoons, a pair of tongs, plus one other, early 19th to 20th century, English, Irish, Danish, various makers, an early bright cut Irish teaspoon, a Georgian fiddle pattern spoon, an apostle type spoon, a souvenir spoon, a green enamelled Danish spoon, a pair, of tongs, and a plated spoon with kangaroo motif, hallmarked to silver items, silver weight 92gr (excluding plated item) length 16 cm and smaller
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