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Interiors | Private Collection — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:379
Sale Title:Interiors | Private CollectionLots with images:371
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:315
Date:11-Oct-2020
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A pair of French Art Deco wrought iron three branch table lamps, with gilt decoration and crimson pleated shades, 50 cm high
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An Italian carved walnut cassone, early 19th century, 70 cm high, 163 cm wide, 600 cm deep
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A pair of French silver plate wrapped pricket candlesticks, 45 cm high
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A large French carved giltwood mirror, 153 x 114 cm
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A large carved walnut light pink upholstered fauteuil, 19th century, 122 cm high
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An Amphora polychrome glazed porcelain figure of a parrot, mark to base AMPHORA / Made in Czecho-Slovakia, 33 cm high
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A set of ten French walnut upholstered dining chairs
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A pair of Italian carved walnut tapestry upholstered dining chairs
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A small French red painted metal mirror, 35 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A French carved stone fire surround, 19th century, 123 cm high, 178 cm wide, 29 cm deep
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A pair of famille rose jardinieres, 32 cm high, 37 cm diameter
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A French Art Nouveau two handled bronze jardiniere in the manner of Alphonse Mucha and Gustave Moreau, 43 cm high, 32 cm diameter
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A set of four faux bois jardinieres
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A French copper bound oak barrel on stand, 33 cm high, 32 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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A Spanish oak side table,18th century, 60 cm high, 79 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A pewter grape and vine decorated wine ewer, signed to body P. VANHO, 19 cm high
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A pair of Murano clear glass shell form wall sconces, 35 cm high, 45 cm wide
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A French green marble top painted and gilded console table, 19th century, 95 cm high, 137 cm wide, 43 cm deep
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An Italian Murano Italian glass hanging light with shell form drops, circa 1970, 60 cm high, 60 cm wide
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A pair of Louis XV style green floral silk upholstered painted walnut fauteuil
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A pair of Louis XV style carved walnut black leather upholstered bergeres
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A black lacquer chinoiserie decorated low table, 39 cm high, 79 cm wide, 53 cm deep
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A Spanish fruitwood writing desk, 18th century, 76 cm high, 92 cm wide, 56 cm deep
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A Dutch landscape painted dropside table, 77 cm high, 135 cm wide, 85 cm deep
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A Louis XV style grey and pink marble top carved oak console, 19th century, 87 cm high, 85 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A French terrestrial globe on carved oak tripod base by J. Forest, Paris, 60 cm high
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A large Louis XV style carved walnut upholstered bergere, 19th century
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A Chinese famille rose square sectioned bowl, first half 20th century, decorated with auspicious motifs, green glazed interior, 6 cm high, 16 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A Chinese green ground famille rose lobed bowl, late 19th century, profusely decorated with scrolling floral motifs, 8 cm high, 18 cm diameter
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A green glazed bowl, 9 cm high, 19 cm diameter
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A Chinese aqua green glazed footed bowl, 15 cm high, 20 cm diameter
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A white porcelain pineapple form lamp base, 56 cm high
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A Gothic style Baltic pine buffet, French late 19th century, 91 cm high, 142 cm wide, 59 cm deep
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A Chinese aqua green glazed ceramic vase, 22 cm high
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A Japanese Imari porcelain vase, 26 cm high
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A pair of Japanese Imari hexagonal porcelain vases, 25 cm high
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A Japanese Imari porcelain vase, 25 cm high
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A French iron bound oak wine jug, 33 cm high, 26 cm base diameter
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A French iron bound oak wine jug, 35 cm high, 30 cm base diameter
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A set of two large simulated book boxes, 33 cm high
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A set of three simulated book boxes, the largest 27 cm high,14 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A French Louis XV style carved walnut leather upholstered fauteuils
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A pair of French carved walnut caned fauteuil, 90 cm high
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A Louis XV style brass and cut glass chandelier, 90 cm high, 50 cm diameter approx
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A carved hunting scene decorated oak box, 15 cm high, 34 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A Louis XV style painted and gilded vitrine, 171 cm high, 76 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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An early Etruscan marble bowl, with wave decoration, 20 cm high, 35 cm diameter
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A red tile inlay white painted wrought iron garden table and four chairs, the table 75 cm high, 144 cm wide,79 cm deep
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A Louis XV style painted and gilded table and side chair, the table 53 cm high, 70 cm wide, 45 cm deep
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A French ebonised coat rack, 35 cm high. 115 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A terracotta floral decorated jardiniere, 45 cm high, 52 cm diameter
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A French painted and gilded overmantel mirror, 95 cm high, 120 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A Louis XV style painted and gilded glazed hanging cabinet, 110 cm high, 72 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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A French Louis XVI style carved and ebonised king size bed frame, 81 cm high, 200 cm wide, 212 cm deep
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A pair of white painted French doors, 19th century, to fit aperture 246 x 136 cm
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A polychrome glazed ceramic figure of a cockerel, 47 cm high
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An unusual French cherub decorated lead rain head, 27 cm high, 25 cm wide, 25 cm deep
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A circular grey marble top wrought iron garden table, 76 cm high, 97 cm diameter
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A large French copper ewer, 31 cm high
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A faux bois garden table and two benches, 75 cm high, 132 cm diameter
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A French rustic wrought iron grapevine decorated wall plaque, 65 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A blue and white 'hunting scene' saucer dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the interior painted with two hunters on horseback chasing a rabbit in a landscape scene extending to the barbed rim, inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark of Chenghua, wood stand, 19.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Kraak porcelain blue and white dish Ming dynasty A blue and white Kraak porselein dish late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the centre painted with a jardiniere of flowers within a frieze of radiating object and sprig vignettes, wood stand, 21 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white saucer dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a maiden playing a qin in a garden setting within radiating ruyi sprays around the petal-moulded sides, inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chenghua, 16.6 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A large blue and white Kraak porselein charger late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the centre painted with a jardiniere of flowers within radiating panels of alternating ribboned objects and flower sprigs, reserved on different diaper grounds, 31.2 cm diameter,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London, 20 January 1996. The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white Kraak porselein saucer dishes late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, each thinly potted and painted with flowering peonies within a frieze of ribboned objects, flower and fruit sprays, 14 cm diameter,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London, 20 January 1996, 1996/01 Guest & Gray. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white winepot and cover Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c. 1640, of hexagonal form, the ovoid body set with an upright rectangular handle, painted on the exterior with insects among detached sprays of seasonal flowers below a blue-ground lappet border around the shoulders and pendant stiff leaves on the base, knopped and domed cover, 26.5 cm high. Provenance: Peter Kemp Antiques, London, 27 July 2002. The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen. Compare with a similar winepot in the Hodroff…
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An unusual blue and white dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, painted with an eagle and butterfly in the central medallion, within a frieze of landscape and floral vignettes around the broad everted brown-edged rim, wood stand, 26.3 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two pairs of blue and white baluster vases Qing dynasty, 19th century, one pair painted with panels of precious objects, the other with alternating maidens and birds, apocryphal four-character marks of Kangxi, 12.8 cm and 17.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Three blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, comprising a pair decorated with two maidens in a garden setting, encircled with a band of fruit vignettes on a diaper ground border; and another similar dish painted with a dignitary and maiden in the central medallion, inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chenghua, 16.5 cm, 16.1 cm and 15.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white chargers Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a central medallion of a pair of pheasants perched on ornamental rockwork beside flowering prunus trees, encircled around the broad everted rim with a band of floral lappets on a cell-diaper ground, 38 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white coffee pot and cover Qing dynasty, 18th century, of tall conical form, the straight tapering sides set with a loop handle at right angles to the upright spout, and painted with floral sprays highlighted in gilding, knopped and domed cover, 23.5 cm high, wood stand, Compare with a similar coffee pot sold Sotheby's London, 11 May 1993, lot 24; and another with added iron-red detailing in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, 1994, no 168 p.155,…
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A pair of blue and white bowls Qing dynasty, 18th century, each with rounded sides and lipped rim, the exterior painted with a continuous hibiscus scroll, 15.5 cm diameter, 18. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white baluster vase Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period 17th century, boldly painted on the exterior with a phoenix in flight chasing a qilin in a continuous garden of bamboo, rockwork and tall banana palms, below formal borders around the shoulders and short slightly waisted neck with lipped rim, 28.5 cm high. Provenance: Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis, 1 November, 1996. The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two pairs of blue and white small saucer dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the first of shallow form each painted with a basket of flowers, wood stands; the second of deep form, each painted with a jardiniere of flowers in the centre, 15.5 cm and 13.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A rare blue and white 'ship' dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period circa 1710, painted with a central medallion of a schooner fully rigged with flags and undersail, encircled around the well and broad flared rim with diaper panels interspersed with boys among scrolling lotus, seal mark, wood stand, 27 cm diameter,. Provenance: W. van Halm, London, 24 July 1999, Compare with a similar dish in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, 1994, no 13, p.46, Hodroff…
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A grisaille-decorated dish Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, painted with two European gentlemen, one holding a rifle, standing on the banks of a river in a Dutch landscape, 23.3 cm diameter, Compare with a similar dish illustrated by Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr., Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Centre Collection, Lexington Virginia, no 142, p, 151. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Six blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, almost forming a set, each painted with figures in a garden setting, the central medallion encircled with a vignette and diaper border, five inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chengua, one with a six-character mark reading qing yu bao ding zhi zhen, 21 cm to 21.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A silver mounted blue and white dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the centre with a medallion of flower sprays within a floral vignette and diaper border, later Dutch silver swing handle, ding mark, wood stand, 28 cm diameter,. Provenance: W. van Halm, London, 27 July 2002, 2002/7/27 W. van Halm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white Kraak porselein deep dish late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the centre with a bird on rocks in a landscape scene, barbed rim, wood stand, 16.7 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Transitional-style Wucai baluster vase, painted with a dignitary and boys in a garden setting, 17.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each depicting a maiden watching two boys at play in a garden setting, encircled with a band of fruit vignettes on a diaper ground border, inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chenghua, 15.4 and 15.6 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Qing dynasty An unusual pair of blue and white dishes marks and period of Kangxi, each finely painted with radiating bands of shaped floral vignettes interspersed with sprigs, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark, wood stands, 25.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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An unusual pair of blue and white Chinese export plates Qing dynasty, 18th century, each of octagonal form, painted with a central scene of two dogs in a Dutch landscape, within a floral border around the everted rim, 22.5 cm diameter,. Provenance: W. Van Halm, London, 21 January 1993, 1993/1/21 W. Van Halm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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century; together with a later blue and white box and cover Two unusual blue and white jarlets, 16th century, painted with camels; together with a later blue and white box and cover, 6 cm to 6.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A set of three blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a central basket of flowers encircled by radiating floral sprays, wood stands, 26 cm diameter. Provenance: W. Van Halm, London, 21 January 1993. Compare with a similar dish illustrated by Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, no. 86, p. 96, 1993/1/21 W. Van Halm, Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, no. 86, p. 96. Provenance…
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Two famille-rose tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, each of slightly waisted form, one painted with a family group and floral sprays; the other with a lakeside scene, 16 cm and 15.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a flower and rocks medallion within radiating sprig lappets on a cracked-ice ground, barbed rims, one with flower mark, the other inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark of Chenghua, one wood stand, 21.7 cm and 21 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two famille-rose tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, each of slightly waisted form, painted with a figure scene panel reserved on an underglaze blue fish-roe ground scattered with flower sprays and butterflies, 15 cm and 14.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Kraak porselein dish Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and white Kraak porselein dish late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, painted in the centre with a maiden in a garden medallion within a frieze of vignettes, barbed rim, wood stand, 20.8 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white covered vases Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c. 1640, each of octagonal baluster form, painted on the exterior with detached sprays of seasonal flowers between a band of blue-ground lappets around the shoulders and a band of pendant stiff leaves around the high slightly splayed base, a castellated border on the short straight mouth, knopped and domed covers, 36.5 cm high overall, Three similar covered vases are illustrated by Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain…
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A set of six blue and white plates Qing dynasty, 19th century, each painted with a stylised flower spray with scrolling stems, encircled with a similar frieze around the cavetto and broad flared rim with scalloped edge, inscribed with apocryphal four-character marks of Kangxi, 20.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Chinese Imari charger Qing dynasty, 18th century, painted with radiating chrysanthemum and peony sprigs within a border of stylised waves around the broad everted rim, lingzhi sprig mark, 36 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Canton famille-rose bowl, 19th century, painted on the exterior with a frieze of birds among detached flower sprays, below a key-fret and green-ground border, wood stand, 34.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two Canton famille-rose bowls Qing dynasty, 19th century, one set with double strap handles and painted with figures and flowers below a gilt ground border with monogram; the other painted with figure scenes, 14.7 cm and 18 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Three famille rose wares Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, comprising a plate painted with flowers; a Mandarin palette tankard with strap handles; and a bowl with floral sprigs, 23 cm diameter, 11 cm high and 14.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two famille-rose tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, each of slightly waisted form, one painted with a pheasant perched on rocks beside peonies and magnolia; the other with peonies and prunus growing beside rockwork, 15.3 and 15.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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An unusual blue and white rectangular flask Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period c.1650, the straight sides painted with a vase of flowers and precious objects, alternating with panels of a bird on a branch, below the narrow tapering mouth, 19.5 cm high, Compare with a square flask painted with landscapes, in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, 1994, no 237 p.204, (1650), Hodroff Collection, illus by D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, 1994, no 237 p.204…
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A set of six blue and white tea bowls and saucers Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the bowls of deep form, each painted with floral panels, the saucers 13.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted on the interior with detached flower sprays within the spirally radiating fluted sides decorated with flowering plants and birds, seal marks, wood stands, 21.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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