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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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Kraak porcelain bowl Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and white Kraak porselein bowl late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, of deep form with barbed rim, painted on the exterior with alternate flower and bird panels, the interior with a central bird medallion, 12.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A vase of double gourd form, 20th century, the pierced body with 'boy' medallions below flower sprays on the shoulders, 30.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A group of blue and white wares, 18th century and later, comprising a blue and white octagonal dish painted with flowers; two saucer dishes; a pair of miniature vases; and a bird feeder, the first dish 23 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A coral figure of a maiden, standing holding a flowering rose in her raised left hand, wood stand; together with a green jadeite snuff bottle, stopper en suite; and a malachite figure of a pig, 10 cm, 6.2 cm and 6 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white hexagonal vase Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640, the baluster body painted with a dignitary and attendants on a garden terrace below a blue-ground lappet border around the shoulders and a castellated band on the short straight mouth, 22.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white vases, 20th century, each of globular form standing on a splayed base, painted with boys playing in continuous garden scene, below the waisted fluted neck encircled with a band of stiff leaves, apocryphal four-character seal marks of Qianlong, 29.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of polychrome jardinieres, 20th century, each of slightly flared form painted on the exterior with groups of boys reading books and others at play in a continuous garden scene between formal borders, 21 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of polychrome jardinieres, 20th century, each of slightly flared form, painted on the exterior with groups of boys reading books and others at play in a continuous garden scene between formal borders, 21 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A polychrome jardiniere with serrated rim, 20th century, the exterior painted with iron-red carp swimming among green crested waves, six-character seal mark; and a blue and white bowl painted with a continuous floral scroll between formal borders, 26.5 cm high, 26.7 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of blue and white miniature vases and covers Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the hexagonal body of each painted with landscape and floral panels; together with a pair of silver mounted blue and white miniature vases, each painted with birds and flowers, silver rims and covers, 15 cm and 10.7 cm high,. Provenance: The first pair, The Vung Tau Cargo, Christie's, Amsterdam, 7th/8th April 1992, lot 484, W. van Halm, London, 24 July 1999. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A group of seven blue and white dishes, late Ming dynasty and later, 9 cm to 22.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A group of small blue and white wares Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, comprising a teapot and cover of slender pear shape painted with maidens and floral panels; a pair of miniature vases and covers, the sides painted with maidens and flower sprays, dragon loop handles; and another vase and cover of baluster form, painted with flower scrolls, 13.5 cm,11.2 cm, and 12 cm high,. Provenance: The pair of vases W. van Halm, London, 24 July 1999, 1999/7/24 W. van Halm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne…
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A pair of large oval dishes Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, each decorated in underglaze blue and coloured enamels with a central lakeside scene, encircled around the broad flared rim with alternating floral panels, 39 cm wide,. Provenance: Venduehuis, 5 September 2008, lot 1404. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A group of blue and white wares Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, comprising a small teapot and cover, wood stand; a set of three wine cups; two tea bowls and saucers; and three other tea bowls, the teapot 11 cm wide, the largest cup 6.8 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the centre with a dense peony flower medallion within radiating floral sprig vignettes on a blue cracked-ice ground, cash mark, wood stand, 22 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Four small blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century, comprising one petal moulded and painted with flowers; another with pine trees in the centre; and a pair painted with a maiden and boy in a central medallion, inscribed with apocryphal four-character marks of Kangxi, two wood stands, 13.5 cm to 10 cm diameter,. Provenance: The second dish The Nanking Cargo, Christie's, Amsterdam, April/May 1986, lot 5574, 18/19, Lot 5574. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white deep dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the centre painted with a fisherman in a lakeside scene, encircled around the flared fluted sides with fish among water weeds, scalloped rim, wood stand, 21.8 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Five blue and white bowls late Ming dynasty, 16th century, one painted with pencilled scrolls; two painted with riders on horseback; and two decorated with a bird on a flowering tree, two wood stands, 12.2 cm to 15 cm diameter, 16. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white hexagonal vase Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640, painted on the exterior with two scholars seated in conversation beside a banana palm and rocky cliffs in a continuous landscape, below a band of blue-ground lappets around the shoulders and castellated border on the short straight mouth, 22.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of three South East Asian hardwood carvings of deities and other figures, the tallest 63 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white rectangular plaque, 19th/20th century, painted with warriors on horseback in a mountainous landscape, an inscription above, wood frame and stand, 63.5 cm high overall, the plaque 38.5 cm x 29.5 cm, /. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A set of four blue and white bowls, 19th/20th century, each sketchily painted with flower scrolls; and another similar bowl, 16 cm and 16.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A rare blue and white figure of a laughing boy Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, seated facing forward with both hands raised in front and legs apart, wearing a short blue tunic tied at the waist, the head with well defined features and two top knots, 12.5 cm high, Compare with two similar figures of boys in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, 1994, no 301, p.254; and five similar figures of boys, illustrated by Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher…
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Two European subject tankards Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, of slightly waisted form, comprising one painted in grisaille with figures sleeping beneath a tree; the other in famille rose enamels with a draped figure seated playing a lyre, 14.5 cm and 13.5 cm high, A dish decorated with the same subject as the first tankard and a teapot decorated with the same subject as the second tankard are illustrated by Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr., Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Centre Collection, Lexington,…
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An unusual pair of blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted across the interior with exotic foliage and flower sprays, wood stands, 22.6 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A massive pair of famille-rose vases, 20th century, each of baluster form brightly enamelled with boys supporting a dragon and a lion in a procession, whilst others play musical instruments, in a continuous landscape of pine trees and flowering plants, all between a turquoise-ground ruyi head border at the shoulders and a band of flower and butterfly vignettes around the base, now mounted as lamps with shades, each vase 59 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A group of seven blue and white snuff bottles, 19th/20th century, two with copper-red detailing, two wood stands, the tallest 10 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of thirteen International and Australian Asian art auction catalogues. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of eleven reference books on Chinese ceramics and paintings. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of twelve reference books on Asian ceramics and works of artbooks. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A group of six Japanese ivory netsuke, and an ivory figure of an elephant, 4 cm to 6 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome tulip vase, 18th century, of compressed heart shaped form with seahorse handles, the arched top with five knopped fingers centred beside four shorter fingers of similar shape, painted with a bird perched among flowering branches, the waisted rectangular foot reserved and painted with trellis borders and stylised flowerheads, 21 cm high, Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.215., no 4…
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A Dutch delft figure of a leopard, 18th century, 4.5 cm high,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white tulip vase, 18th century, of compressed heart shaped form with seahorse handles, the arched top with five knopped fingers centred beside four shorter fingers of similar shape, painted with a figure seated among flowering branches, the waisted rectangular foot reserved and painted with trellis borders and stylised flowerheads, 21 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft salt stand, 18th century, 5.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A large and important Dutch delft liturgical bowl, 18th century, 40 cm diameter. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, illustrated, p.221, no 24. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A small Dutch delft jug, 18th century, decorated with foliate banding, 11 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A small Dutch delft miniature coffee pot, 18th century, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft covered butter dish, 18th century, painted throughout with scrolling foliate strap work, 6.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft tray, 18th century, painted with a seaside village scene within scrolling foliate borders, 21 cm long. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome vase, 18th century, monogrammed APK to the base and bearing a Sotheby's label, 22 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white plate, 18th century, in the Kraak style, 28 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft figure of a recumbent cow, second half 18th century, 8.5 cm high. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.219., no 7. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft plate, 18th century, painted to the centre with a cottage in a landscape scene, 19.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A large Dutch delft blue and white charger, 18th century, the central panel painted with a stylised Chinese dragon, 40 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of Dutch delft shoes and a small stand, mid 18th century, the stand 4.5 cm high, the shoes 3 cm high,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.219., no 10. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A large Dutch delft blue and white jar and cover, 19th century, figural landscape cartouche, 50.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A large Dutch delft blue and white jar and cover, 18th century, Chinese decoration of cranes, peacocks and lotuses, 46.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft figure of a dog, 18th century, 4 cm high,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft figure of a child in high chair, 18th century, 9.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome figure of a horse, first half 18th century, 17 cm high. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.217., no 8. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome and blue and white quatrefoil wall plaque, 18th century, painted with a Chinese hunting scene, 25 cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of Dutch delft covered butter dishes, 18th century, each painted with flowers throughout, the covers with moulded polychrome flower and leaf finials, 8 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white quatrefoil wall plaque, mid 18th century, with a central scene of a courting couple, 27 cm long. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.232., no 3. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of Dutch delft blue and white dragon plates, 18th century, the central panels decorated with a Chinese dragon, 22 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white shaped rim plate, 18th century, the central decoration of a flowering tree, 34.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Three Dutch delft blue and white framed tiles, 19th century and later, the largest 12 x 12 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of Dutch delft blue and white vases, 18th century, central figure panel, the larger 23 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white onion vase, 18th century, base labelled 1663, 35 cm high. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.226., No. 2. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white tobacco jar, 18th century, 27.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft plate, 18th century, decorated to the centre with a Chinese dragon, 22.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white jug, 18th century, with a Chinese transitional scene, 21.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white charger, 18th century, transitional decoration of Chinese figures, 35 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft plate, 18th century, decorated to the centre with a basket of flowers, 23.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white jug, 18th century, painted with stylised chrysanthemums and prunus among rocks, 19.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white platter, 18th century, of lobed form decorated with panels of stylised peony within scrolling foliate borders, 34 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft plate, 18th century, decorated to the centre with a Chinese Interior scene with figures, 23 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A blue and white tin glaze bottle vase, probably Frankfurt, early 18th century, decorated with Chinese figures in a continuous landscape frieze, 16 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white porcelain panel, 19th century, Painted with a scene of figures in a tavern, monogram AP to the reverse, within a carved oak frame, the panel 23 x 31.5 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome royalist charger, 18th century, the lobed dish with centred by a crowned figure, 34.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of Dutch delft dogs, 18th century, 4 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white candlestick, 18th century, 20 cm high,. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch/English delft blue and white charger, 18th century, in a transitional style with central decoration, 35 cm diameter,. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white jug with pewter cover, 18th century, painted with a bird on a prunus branch, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white vase, circa 1700, in the Chinese transitional style, 27.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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An English delft polychrome charger, 18th century, 34 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome charger, 18th century, with a central decoration of a bird on a stylised bough, 35 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white lobed dish, 18th century, Chinese decoration, central figure with flag, 34.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft polychrome lobed dish, 18th century, decorated in yellow flowers, 34.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft armorial plate, 18th century, 30 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white tobacco jar, circa 1700, the cartouche inscribed Omer, 18 cm high. Note: For a similar example see Christie's Pictorial History of European Pottery, by H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, Phaidon, 1984, p.222., no 3. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white platter, 18th century, with a central scene of houses by a lake and a single fisherman in the foreground, 33.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A large Dutch delft polychrome tile picture, 19th century, comprising twenty tiles framed and painted as one scene, 50 x 63 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A pair of heavy Dutch brass candlesticks, 18th century, 40.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch brass Heemskerk candlestick, 17th century, with a stepped domed foot and large circular drip pan, 34 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two pewter plates, 18th century, together with a later Indian plated copper dish, the largest 37 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A composite tusk section, with a carved scrimshaw, image of a lady in a bonnet, 25 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two hand vaseline glass vases, 19th century, each painted with starlings on branches, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A small carved ivory vase, 8 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A small hanging display cabinet, 19th century, 56 cm high, 40 cm wide, 15 cm deep. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A carved fossilised ivory scrimshaw plaque, by Paul Logan, decorated with a walrus, on stand, 4 cm high, 7.5 cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of miniature silver cannons, the largest 8.5 cm long. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Dutch delft blue and white cornucopia wall pocket, 19th century, showing a bucolic provincial scene, with a pierced rim, 24 cm long. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of Indian silver plate figures and miniature dioramas, the largest 8 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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Two blue and white porcelain salts, together with a ceramic figure of a parrot and a small blue and white plate, the parrot 7 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A framed miniature of a lady, 19th century, signed lower right 'J.St.', 5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of reference books on European and English ceramics. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A collection of reference books on antiques and furniture. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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An Afghan rug, with repeating lozenge pattern on a red field within geometric borders, 168 x 120 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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A Persian pattern Indian rug, with a stylised foliage pattern on a blue field within conforming red and blue borders, 198 x 140 cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen
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