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Art | Asian | Jewels | Objets — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:279
Sale Title:Art | Asian | Jewels | ObjetsLots with images:279
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:100
Date:14-Apr-2019
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Klepac, Lou. John Coburn The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, 2003, 1st edn, dust jacket, very good
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McCaughey, Patrick. Fred Williams, Bay Books, Sydney, 1984, 2nd edn, hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt embossed, dust jacket, some creasing, good
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Pearce, Barry, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life + Arthur Boyd: retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995 + 1994, one softcover, both good
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[Photography etc.] Three Volumes including: Beck, Deborah, Hope in Hell, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, 2005 + Gernsheim, Helmut. Masterpieces of Victorian Photography, Phaidon Press, London, 1951 + Strasser, Alex. Immortal Protraits, the Focal Press London, 1941 [3]. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Anne Wienholt
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Klepac, Lou. David Strachan, The Beagle Press, Sydney 1993 + France, Christine. Margaret Olley, Craftsman House, 1990 (2), both with dust jackets, Strachan inscribed by the author, both good
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[Australian Art] Three Volumes including: Johnson, Heather. Roy de Maistre: The English Years 1930-1968, Craftsman House, 1995, 1st edn, folio, dust jacket sun damaged, clean + Power, Rachel. Alison Rehfisch, The Beagle Press, 2002, 1st edn, Signed by Author, folio, dust jacket, clean + Fink, Elly. The Art of Blamire Young, Golden Press, 1983, dust jacket dirty, foxing to title page [3]
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[Australian Art] Four Volumes including: Murch, Ria. Arthur Murch An Artist's Life 1902-1989, Ruskin Rowe Press, 1997, 1st edn, Ltd edn ed. 702/1000, soft cover, good, with accompanying letter from Ria Murch to Anne Wienholt + AGNSW, John Passmore Catalogue 1984 + Kaufmann, Edgar, Fifty Drawings by Francis Lymburner, Present Day Art in Australia Series, Ure Smith Pty Limited, Sydney, 1946 (2), all good [4]
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[Drysdale, Russell] Burke Joseph. intro. The Paintings of Russell Drysdale, A Present Day Art in Australia Series, Ure Smith Publication, undated (1951), Ltd edn 1000, signed by the artist, blue cloth, hardback, dustjacket, some wear to edges, good + Dutton, Geoffrey, Russell Drysdale, Thames & Hudson, 1964, worn [2]
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Ure Smith, Sydney. ed. The Art of William Dobell, Present Day Art in Australia Series, Ure Smith Pty Limited, Sydney, 1946, hardcover, red calf, gilt lettering, some foxing to edges, good, inscribed to Dear Enid from Syd.
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† [Lindsay, Norman] Three Volumes including: [Lindsay, Norman] Three Volumes including: Norman Lindsay Pen Drawings, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1974, dj, some foxing to edges otherwise clean + Norman Lindsay's Bears, Selected by Keith Wingrove, Macmillan, Australia, 1978, 1st edn, dj, slight discolouration to edges, otherwise clean + Norman Lindsay Select Pen Drawings, Bonanza Books New York, 1968, dj, small tear, clean [3]
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[Lindsay, Norman] Three Volumes including: Hetherington, John. Norman Lindsay, The Embattled Olympian, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1976, hc, dj, discolouration of edges, good, clean + Wingrove, K. sel. The Comic Art of Norman Lindsay, Angus & Robertson, 1987, hc, dj good clean + Howarth, RG & Barker, AW. ed. Letters of Norman Lindsay, Angus & Robertson, 1979, Ltd edn ed. 179/300, black leather hc, staining, with slipcase & pictorial illus. pasted, good musty + Bloomfield, L. ed. The World of Norman…
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[Lindsay, Norman] The Tales from the Heptameron of Marguerite of Navarre, including twenty eight pen drawings by Norman Lindsay, with intro by AD Hope, Wilke & Co., 1976, Ltd edn ed. Out of Series, cream leather, dj foxed & stained, otherwise good clean
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Campbell, Robert. Paintings of Tom Roberts, Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1963, 1st edn green cloth hardback, some wear to edges, clear dust jacket, good
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[Australian Art & Design] Three Volumes including: Bertie, Charles. Old Colonial By-Ways, Art in Australia, Sydney 1928 + Ure Smith, S. ed. Present Day Art in Australia, 1949 + Art & Designe 1 A Ure Smith Publication 1949 [3]. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Anne Wienholt
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Art and Australia Thirty Issues including: 1971 (1), 1973 (2), 1974 (3), 1975 (2), 1976 (3), 1977 (3), 1978 (3), 1979 (1), 1983 (10, 1984 (4), 1985 (2), 1986 (1), 1987 ( 1), 1988 (2), 1989 (2), 1990 (1). Provenance: The Estate of the Late Anne Wienholt
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Art and Australia Magazine Thirty Three Issues including: 1999 Vol 36 No. 4, 1999-2007 Vol 37 Nos 1-4, Vol 37 Nos 1-4, Vol 38 Nos 1-4, Vol 39 Nos 1-4, Vol 40 Nos 1-4, Vol 41 Nos 1-4, Vol 42 Nos1-4, Vol 43 Nos 1-4, Vol 44 Nos 1-4 [33]
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Australian Art Collector Magazine, Forty Six Issues including: 1999-2002 Issues 9-19, 2002-2004 Issues 21-30, 2005-2007 Issues 31-40, 2008-2011 Issues 43-55 + Issues 61 & 63 [46]
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Mr Gay. The Beggar's Opera, William Heinemann, London, 1921, Illus. Claude Lovat Fraser, spine detached, foxed endpapers, fair. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Anne Wienholt
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Ure Smith, S & Stevens, Bertram, ed. Domestic Architecture in Australia, Special Number of Art in Australia Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1919, Ltd edn 2000, tipped in plates, grey boards, worn & dirty, edges worn, some staining to interior
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A Hermann Gradl (1869-1934) for Nymphenburg, Belle Epoque Fish Service 1899-1975, contour print on porcelain, includes a fish platter, six plates & a sauce boat Notes: The service was premiered in 1900 at the Paris World Exhibition, where it was awarded the 'Grand Prix' as one of the most successful examples of the Floral Munich Style of Art Nouveau. Contour Prints: contours of the fish were at the time and still are printed using copper plates on silk paper. The contour print is then transferred to the…
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Nicholas Mount (b.1952) scent bottle no. 11,200 2001 blown glass, Murrini glass, wheelcut & polished signed to base original invoice included with this work, height 71 cm. Provenance: Estate of the late Betty Lewis. Exhibited: Quadrivium, Sydney 2001
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Lois (20th century) Enticed 1993 hand worked glass ed.2/5 signed, indistinctly, titled and dated to base, height 19.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of the late Betty Louise Lewis
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G Kelly blue glass tassa 1989 hand blown & worked signed and dated to base, indistinct, height 20.5 cm, diameter 15 cm. Provenance: Estate of the late Betty Louise Lewis
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Bernard Sahm (1926-2011) tall standing vessel blue glazed stoneware signed to base, height 50 cm
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Bernard Sahm (1926-2011) crock glazed stoneware signed to base, height 17 cm, diameter 20.5 cm
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Bernard Sahm (1926-2011) tall standing vessel 1972 glazed stoneware signed to base, height 76 cm
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A Greek earthenware bell krater, with curled horizontal handles & Athenian black & red figures, Attica, BC 4th-Ad 6th C, for mixing wine with water, on a short cylindrical stem raised on a circular foot, height 20 cm, diameter 18 cm
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A silver gilt cloisonne enamel kovsh, drinking vessel, an impressed mark Gk 84, of Gustav Klingert, 1829-1917, Moscow, Russia the oval bowl on ball feet with a raised handle, enamelled with a swan & scrolling flower motifs in turquoise, blue & green on a white ground, note: Gustav Klingert set up silver workshops with his four Sons in Moscow in 1865. Originally the Kovsh was made from wood and used to serve & drink mead, with specimens excavated from the tenth century, height 9 cm, diameter 6.5 cm
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A Persian silver samovar with teapot & tray, decorated with chased foliate sprays, impressed mark '84', early 20th century, mark to the base of the teapot & the base of the samovar condition: Restoration to teapot handle, height 26 cm, tray 19 cm, weight 988 g
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Two Persian watercolours on paper, attendants setting up the camp, calligraphy to the right top, centre & bottom right, Iran, 20th century, within an illuminated border, framed behind non reflective glass 36 x 27 cm
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A Persian rug with an open flowing design on a blue field within three borders, 19th/20th century, a geometric central design with rust highlights 143 x 95 cm
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A beehive shaped water pot, the fine porcelain with an evenly applied peachbloom glaze, possibly mark & period of Kangxi, 1662-1723 the classic domed form & slightly tapering sides rising to a rounded shoulder and short waisted neck, the recessed white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six character reign mark, height 10 cm, diameter 12 cm
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A Shoushan stone seal, with a Coiling chilong, after Hu Zhen, [1817-1862] Qing Dynasty, seal carver & Calligrapher carved square, inscribed on the side bi Shan, [Alias] for Hu Zhen & the seal characters, chishen, lixing, lianjing, yangzhi, relates to discipline 4 cm, sq
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A dwarf figure, with green glaze, Tang Dynasty, 8th C. Condition: Restoration to one foot, height 9 cm
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A pair of dwarf standing figures, with amber glaze, Tang Dynasty, 8th C, height 10 cm
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A Chinese inside painted crystal snuff bottle, signed Ma Shaoxuan [1867-1939], cyclical date, the winter of Wuchen year, 1928, titled the water margin to the front with warriors' farewell on the shore, a poem to the reverse, height 9 cm
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A gilt bronze alloy of a seated Manjushri, elaborately adorned with a Crown & jewellery, height 35 cm, width 23 cm
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Oil on canvas, Meiping River, Northern Siam, Kid Kosolawat [1917-1988] signed lower right 'Kid' signed & titled verso, Thailand note: Kosolawat kid was born in Srisaket Province, Northeast Thailand to Merchant parents. In1936 he moved to Bankkok to study at Silpakorn University & later at Poh Chang College of Arts & Crafts. He married & had five children. He was president of Thai Fine Arts Association and an Art professor at Poh Chang College of Arts & Crafts in Bangkok, 68 x 42 cm
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A strand of jadeite beads composed of forty six graduated jade beads in hues of natural white to pale green, early 20th century. Complete with a the original silver gilt clasp. Provenance: The Son of a former Ambassador in Asia, length 53 cm
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A translucent white jadeite bangle the circular round has natural green flocculated tissue. Note: a certificate from Asian Gemmological Institute & laboratory Ltd. Hong Kong. Provenance: The Son of a former Ambassador in Asia outside diameter8 cm, inside diameter 5.8 cm
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A cylindrical bronze ritual vessel & cover, inlaid with silver & archaic script characters to the top, China, Warring States, 300BC variegated green, deep brown encrusted patina with red inclusions. Provenance: Acquired thirty years ago from an Antiquities gallery, height 28 cm, diameter 13 cm
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A very large Chinese moonflask, painted in underglaze blue, Xuande mark to the neck, height 46 cm
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A Chinese vase in underglaze blue with Qianlong mark to the base, height 28 cm
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A large underglaze blue fish bowl, painted with dragons flying in the clouds, Ming style, the tapering straight sides narrowing at the foot, height 28 cm, diameter 43 cm
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A porcelain arm rest, shaped like the crest of a wave Curl, Xuande mark to the underside, 20th century, painted in an underglaze blue with a band of wave pattern, length 24 cm, width 9 cm
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An underglaze sapphire blue bottle vase, double rings to the base, late Qing Dynasty, freely painted with an elder & a young boy in a classical landscape with a pine tree in the foreground condition: glaze slight shrinkage around the mouth, height 28 cm
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A fine underglaze blue censor, with 'Heaven Soaring Handles' in the Ming style, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century a lion dog knop, raised on three short legs, decorated bands of in foliate scrolling, height 17 cm, diameter 15 cm
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A underglaze blue bowl with scalloped rim, painted with lotus & Lingzhi, Yongzheng mark, height 6 cm, diameter 14 cm
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A bulbous jar painted with figures playing Go & Gu Qin in underglaze blue on a red ground, apocryphal Longqing mark, height 17 cm, diameter 16 cm
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A Chinese vase painted with dragon in underglazed blue, Guangxu mark to base, height 15 cm
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A celadon jade with russet, a carved seated chilong with a long tail, height 4 cm, length 5.5 cm
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A fine celadon & brown jade crouching tiger, the animal has detailed facial features, 18th/19th century, the head resting on the front paws & the tale curling around the behind, length 9 cm, height 2.5 cm
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A celadon jade carving of a duck, height 4 cm, length 5 cm
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A white jade carving of a chilong, length 7 cm, height 2.5 cm
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A celadon jade carving of a chilong, length 7 cm, height 3.5 cm
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A white jade carving of a chilong, height 5 cm, length 7 cm
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A finely carved jade pendant with two chilong sitting on the top & bottom, height 4.5 cm, length 3.5 cm
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A fine white Hetian jade carving of peacocks, a natural brown Striation through the stone, 19th/20th century, the male holding a flower bud, & a female resting on the reverse, height 7 cm, length 5 cm
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A fine Hetian jade carving with three goats resting under a shelter, height 5 cm, length 5 cm
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A fine large celadon jade Guanyin, seated in front of a circular aureole, height 28 cm
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A gilt bronze alloy figure of Mahakala on black rectangular fitted plinth, height 19 cm
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A gilt bronze alloy of a monk, fitted box, height 16 cm, width 14 cm
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A gilt bronze alloy of a high priest, seated holding a sceptre, wearing an elaborate crown, in front of a shaped aureole, a full face with downcast eyes, height 30 cm, width 15 cm
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A large gilt bronze alloy of a Buddha, a young serene full face framed by elongated earlobes, Sino-Tibetan, 19th/20th century, the hair arranged in rows of tight whorls surmounted by a domed ushnisha, wearing a close fitting robe with the pleats of the monastic cape falling in neat folds, hands in the gesture of touching the earth, seated on double lotus throne, height 61 cm, width 43 cm, depth 31 cm, weight 27 kg
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A Tibetan gilt bronze alloy a figure of a black Jambhala, [Kubera], height 16 cm, width 13 cm
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A gilt bronze Bodhisattva seated on a pig, height 16 cm, width 10 cm, depth 6 cm
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A Sino-Tibetan monk, gilt bronze alloy, wearing a simple robe draped over both shoulders, 19th/20th century, seated on a double cushion, height 14 cm, width 11 cm, depth 7 cm
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A gilt bronze Mahakala, height 15 cm, width 12 cm
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A gilt bronze alloy Mahakala, wearing elaborate jewellery with a low hanging belt of Skulls, bulging eyes & open mouth revealing Fangs, wearing a tiger skin Dhoti, a tiara of skeletons holding back the flaming hair, a billowing scarf & standing in a menacing pose with right hand aloft, height 17 cm, width 14 cm
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A rock crystal Pixiu, winged lion, boldly carved with archaistic features, Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th century, an auspicious mythical creature with whorls on the head & a gaping mouth, the feline body standing on short legs with a large twirling tail, the clear translucent stone with internal streaks, height 12 cm, length 14 cm
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A Peking glass vase, the opaque white with translucent green overlay, carved with duck swimming in a lotus pond, early 20th century. He baluster shape, height 23 cm
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An amber coloured glass vessel with calligraphy, Qianlong mark to the base, height 9 cm, diameter 10 cm
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A celadon Peking glass vase with blue interior, engraved with peony to the front & poem by Qianlong on reverse, & mark to the base cyclical date 1785, height 15 cm
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A sapphire blue Peking glass vessel in form of ritual censer with crescent shaped handles, Qianlong mark to the base a willow garden engraved on the front & Qianlong poem on the reverse, a cyclical date of 1762, fitted stand, height 12 cm, length 22 cm
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An amber glass vase with gold flecks, the eight sided bottle vase on a high foot, Chinese, 20th century, height 19 cm
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A Chinese Peking glass vase the opaque white vase with red overlay, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, birds flying above a the flowering garden. Provenance: Acquired in the early 20th century & thence by descent 25 cm
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Twelve stone rubbing on Xuan paper, horses in different poses & a camel & warriors, Tang Dynasty, two duplicate patterns, unmounted, fold marks & foxing [12]. Provenance: Acquired by Margo Lewers in the 1950s on a trip to china - thence by descent to her niece the granddaughter of a G plate, artist, writer, photographer & merchant seaman. He voyaged throughout the Pacific from 1887 until late 1903 & throughout the Dutch East Indies & Asia from 1901-1907, while he was writing a book: a Cruise through…
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Nine stone rubbing on Xuan paper, a camel & rider, horses with riders & grooms, from Han, Tang, & Yuan Dynasty, 2nd C- 13th C, horses with riders, include a Mongolian rider with a whip, archers, warriors, unmounted, fold marks & foxing [9]. Provenance: Acquired by Margo Lewers in the 1950s on a trip to china - thence by descent to her niece the granddaughter of a G plate, artist, writer, photographer & merchant seaman. He voyaged throughout the Pacific from 1887 until late 1903 & throughout the Dutch East…
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A Chinese album Ce Ye, water based woodblock print, signed, Chen Shu [1660?1736], early 20th century, fourteen pages folded: 24 x 17 cm
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A Chinese Ce Ye album, water based woodblock prints, Qi Baishi [1864 - 1957], Published by Rong Bao Zhai studio in Beijing, 1952 stamp mark of Rong Bao Zhai studio to the last page, no. 507, 22 printed paintings, 22 x 32 cm
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A Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a Chinese idiom, long Teng Hu Yue, literal translation: as dragon soaring and tiger leaping, describing active and martial movements or prosperous and bustling scene. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was given this calligraphy before he set off on his adventure to study in Australia. 166 x 50 cm
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A Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Li Bai [701-762]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was given this calligraphy before he set off on his adventure to study in Australia. 166 x 50 cm
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A Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Zhu XI [1130-1,200]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was given this calligraphy before he set off on his adventure to study in Australia. 166 x 50 cm
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Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Zhang Ji [712-779]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was given this calligraphy before he set off on his adventure to study in Australia. Note: Ren Zheng born into a literary family in Huangyan town, Zhejiang Province. He followed his grandfather Ren Xinyi's into researching the Art of calligraphy and…
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A Chinese hand scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with three seals, dated 1988, a poem by. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was given this calligraphy before he set off on his adventure to study in Australia. 48 x 127 cm
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A Chinese hanging scroll, ink & colour on paper, attributed to Wu Changshuo [1844-1927], dated 1918 inscribed, 'The peach Takes three Thousand Years to Grow', note: the peach is a symbol of longevity 110 x 40 cm
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A Chinese hanging scroll ink & colour on silk, with lohan, unsigned with a red seal 59 x 43 cm
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A Shoushan stone seal, the oval shape finely carved with birds & flowers, the seal blank, height 5.5 cm, width 5.5 cm
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Seven Chinese stone seals, carved with mythical beasts, 20th century, various shapes & stones some without a seal, height 6 - 12 cm
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A Dali marble inscribed plaque, with huali frame, dated 29th year of the Republic period, 1940, Dedicated to Zhang Yao, condition: marble broken in three sections & frame in parts, height 50 cm, width 42 cm
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Kalighat school, West Bengal, the neutral background & lack of proportions characterize this genre of painting, India, 19th/20th century. Note: some consider it was the street art of the day, exaggerated eyes, curved bodies with thick arms & legs, flat brush strokes without shadowing, unsigned & undated. Provenance: The collection of a former Australian Ambassador. Frame: 68 x 54 cm
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Two hand coloured woodcut prints, from the Epic, Ramayana, Benares, Varanasi, India, early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of a former Australian Ambassador frame: 33 x 29 & 37 x 33 cm
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Gouache on paper, Lord Krishna playing his flute, Rajasthan, India, mid 20 C, standing by a lotus pond, surrounded by peacocks within a border of cows on an orange ground within a floral frame, wearing a fanned skirt & several garlands of beads & flowers, framed & mounted behind glass, printed & painted. Provenance: The collection of a former Australian Ambassador frame 84 x 64 cm
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Ink & watercolour on paper, a woman with a cow, signed lower right, India, 20th century. Provenance: The collection of a former Australian Ambassador frame: 50 cm, sq
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A miniature painted on ivory with an illuminated border, India, 20th century, a micro mosaic frame inlaid with bone. Provenance: The Son of a former Ambassador in Asia 13 x 24 cm
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Two bronze alloy vessels, India, 19th/20th century, height 13 & 16 cm
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A Dhokra cast iron fertility figure, tribal District of Chhattisgarh, India, mid 20th century, seated on a twin elephant head stool with a baby, the figure has well delineated features, height 21 cm, length 26 cm
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Ink & colour on paper, from the Mustang caves of Nepal, early 20th century, a Buddhist deity surrounded by heavenly & earthly attendants, the Mustang are a mystical tribe that were isolated from the world until 1992. Provenance: The collection of a former Australian Ambassador frame 63 x 55 cm
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Tibetan Buddhist thangka, 130 x 93 cm
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Tibetan Buddhist thangka, 188 x 134 cm
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