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Antiques & Decorative Arts, Day 2; New Zealand & Historical Silver — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:309
Sale Title:Antiques & Decorative Arts, Day 2; New Zealand & Historical SilverLots with images:309
Auction Location:WellingtonPrices available:272
Date:31-Mar-2022
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Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain dish painted with a lady and attendants in an interior setting, the exterior rim painted with flowers scrolling tendrils and butterflies. Minor surface rubbing. 25 cm diameter
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Two Chinese Canton famille rose vases each hand painted with figures in interior settings and profuse floral decoration, 20 cm height
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Pair of Chinese Canton famille rose vases hand painted with figures in interior settings and profuse floral decoration 'Made in China ' stamped to the underside of each vase. (one af), 29 cm height
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Two Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain teapots
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A large Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty Canton famille rose bowl decorated in painted enamels with gilt highlights with shaped reserves containing figures, birds and flowers. Raised on a fitted pieced ebonized stand. 35 cm diameter
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A large Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty Canton famille rose bowl, decorated in painted enamels with gilt highlights with shaped reserves containing figures, birds and flowers. Raised on a fitted pieced stand. 38 cm diameter
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A large and impressive Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty Canton famille rose table lamp baluster shape with gilded dragons to the cylindrical neck section. Decorated in painted enamels with gilt highlights with shaped reserves containing figures, birds and flowers. Raised on a fitted wooden stand with white pleated shade
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A Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty Canton famille rose vase baluster shape with incipient lion dog handles to the cylindrical neck section. Decorated in painted enamels with gilt highlights with shaped reserves containing figures, birds, butterflies and flowers. Hairline crack evident to the interior. 35 cm height
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Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty Canton famille rose vase with gilded lion dogs to the cylindrical neck section and low relief gilded dragons to the shoulder, painted with figural and floral decoration, 31 cm height
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Chinese 19th century Qing Dynasty Canton famille rose vase with gilded lion dogs to the cylindrical neck section and low relief gilded dragons to the shoulder, painted in shaped panels with figures, flowers, birds, insects and butterflies, raised on a pieced ebonized stand, 26 cm height
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Japanese Meiji period Imari jardiniere hand painted in hexagonal panels with floral decoration, 25 cm diameter
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Japanese Meiji period Imari vase baluster shape, hand pained with exotic birds, floral decoration and scrolling tendrils, raised on a hard wood stand, 37 cm height
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Superb Japanese Meiji period Imari charger, hand painted with a five paneled screen with figures, birds, bamboo and floral decoration reserved on a floral and red diaper pattern ground with scattered floral mons and two shaped panels with mythical ho ho birds. The reverse exterior rim with flower heads and scrolling tendrils. 47 cm diameter
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Japanese Meiji period Imari charger, hand painted with floral decoration and diaper patterns in shaped bands and with scattered floral mons and a circular panel with a vase spilling forth a profusion of flowers, 46 cm diameter
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Large and impressive Meiji period Imari floor vase hand painted and gilded with a shishi lion dog and cub to the front panel. The whole profusely decorated with floral designs, floral mon and scrolling tendrils in red and blue. 76 cm height
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Two Japanese Imari pattern planters 20 cm and 12 cm height
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Japanese Meiji period Imari bowl scallop shape, finely painted and gilded in panels with exotic birds, flowers and a diaper and mon pattern. 24 cm diameter
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Japanese Meiji period Imari charger, hand painted in panels with bird and floral decoration, 39 cm diameter
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A Japanese Meiji period Imari plate hand painted and gilded with exotic birds in a garden, 31 cm diameter
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Large and impressive Chinese Canton porcelain famille rose charger hand painted with a central rondel depicting an assembly of figures in an outdoor garden setting framed by alternating shaped panels depicting groups of figures in outdoor settings and nesting birds in flowering trees, 50 cm diameter
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Canton famille rose porcelain teapot in a fitted woven cane basket 17 cm height
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Two Chinese Canton famille rose lidded cylindrical boxes, 10 cm and 6 cm height
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Three Chinese hand painted pedestal dishes
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A late Qing Yongzheng style famille-rose dish hand painted with birds and flowers. Apocryphal mark to the base, 21 cm diameter
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Chinese blue and white 'Meiping' vase together with a famille rose enamel floral plate and underglaze blue dish (rim chip) and tray
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Late 18th century/Early 19th century export gravy boat underglaze blue willow pattern type pattern 21 cm length
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Pair late 18th century/Early 19th century export plates underglaze blue decoration (one af) together with two tea bowls (one with rim repair) 23 cm diameter
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A Qing dynasty Qianlong style blue and white celestial dragon dish finely painted with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl. Apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base, 22 cm diameter
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Eight Chinese blue and white porcelain panels hand painted with various scenes, each 18 x 12 cm
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Chinese 19th century blue and white Potiche together with a export porcelain dish the Potiche with floral decoration and lion dog final. The blue and white dish hand painted with a pagoda house in a landscape
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A late 19th century ginger jar converted to a table lamp raised on a fitted wooded stand, 34 cm height
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Qing Dynasty Lang Yao red glazed vase baluster shape on a circular foot, 29 cm height
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A Qing Dynasty red Lang Yao plum vase Meiping shape raised on a wooden stand, 31 cm height
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A large and impressive Satsuma Meiji period floor vase painted and gilded in cartouche panels. The front central panel with a Bijin and attendants. The other panels with interior scenes and landscapes on a ground with bird, floral and mon decoration.
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Pair of Japanese porcelain Kutani guardian lion Shishi dogs, each with front legs resting on a pieced ball painted with floral decoration, 30 x 23 cm
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Japanese Meiji period Imari bowl hand painted in panels with fish and floral decoration to the exterior and interior. The panels intersected by a blue and white cruciform diaper design. Raised on a circular hardwood stand. 29 cm diameter
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A finely painted porcelain Qing Dynasty Qianlong style vase baluster shape with a slender neck with floral decoration on a gold ground, with two central panels painted with landscape scenes intersected by panels painted with Chinese script from an 18th century Chinese poem. Apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base
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Japanese Meiji period Satsuma bottle vase hand painted and richly gilded with bird and floral designs to the ovoid base, the cylindrical neck section with elephant handles and finely painted with children on a diaper pattern ground with mon and lappet designs, cracked to the top section, 30 cm height
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Decorative 19th century Chinese lidded jar polychrome painted with two dragons in a landscape, script seal mark to the base, 24 cm height
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Japanese Arita porcelain vase the ovoid vase hand painted with two cranes walking through a bamboo grove, 40 cm height
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Qing Dynasty Qianlong style Geyao vase ovoid shape with a cylindrical neck with crackle glaze. Apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base, 23 cm height
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Two Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain plates each painted in panels with figures and floral decoration, 20 and 23 cm diameter
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Three Chinese 19th century export ware plates hand painted in blue and white, two with landscape scenes and one with floral decoration
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Six assorted pieces of Chinese porcelain comprising two cups, a saucer, side plate and two blue and white pedestal dishes
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Six assorted pieces of Canton famille rose porcelain comprising one cup, three saucers, a small bowl and a plate
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Chinese porcelain Imari bowl together with a Japanese Kakiemon dish the bowl hand painted with figures on terraced verandahs, the dish decorated with a flowering tree
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Unusual pair of Japanese Satsuma lamp shades decorated in raised enamels with Samurai warriors, scholars and children in landscape settings, 20 x 18 cm
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Chinese porcelain figure of an immortal the figure standing holding a staff, his robe hand painted with Shou (longevity) symbols and floral and bird decoration. 43 cm height
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Pair of decorative Chinese vases each with multiple apertures, modeled as flowering trees with birds in relief, 44 cm height
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Pair of Japanese Awaji vases each with foliate decoration and green majolica glaze, 35 cm height
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Japanese Meiji period ivory lidded box together with another ivory lidded box the Japanese box carved with tigers, lions, monkeys and other animals in low relief. The other box of cylindrical form with 'Aimee' inscribed to the lid
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A 19th century Chinese ivory brush pot decorated with figures and pagodas in a landscape setting and Chinese character script, 13 cm height
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Chinese bamboo brush pot cylindrical shape carved in low relief with a boat on a river in a landscape setting, split evident to the back section, 15 cm height
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Large and impressive Japanese Meiji period okimono ivory figure of a Buddhist priest modelled standing holding mala beads in one hand and in the other hand a small figure of an immortal. Raised from an oval disc base. 30 cm height
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A Japanese Meiji period ivory figure of a bearded Sennin in Battle with three Oni the standing Sennin figure holding one of the small oni above his head in his outstretched arm, another held in his other hand and the third beneath his raised foot clasping his boot. Signed to the underside of the base. 23 cm height
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Japanese Meiji period ivory figure group depicting a man standing in front of a paneled screen holding a bowl surprising a group of industrious mice. Signed to the base. 13 x 10 cm
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Japanese ivory figure group of Sennin in Battle with three Oni raised on a fitted wooden stand. Together with two carved Chinese figures and a carved elephant
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Chinese mammoth ivory tusk carving of a Confucian scholar the bearded figure seated with his head resting on his knees, archaic carved script seal to the underside. Raised on a fitted stand, 10 cm height
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19th century carved Chinese ivory panel carved in low relief with a figure of Shou Lao, the god of longevity and attendants in a landscape setting, some faults evident, 24 x 9 cm
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Japanese Meiji period ivory arm rest tapering cylindrical form, carved with monkeys in a tree, 27 cm length
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Japanese ivory netsuke of a rat on a fan 5 cm width
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Two Japanese ivory netsuke one as an elderly man seated with a wheatsheaf strapped to his back holding a double gourd and cup. The other as a man with two geese.
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Chinese ivory puzzle ball on stand the exterior ball carved with intertwining dragons, the stand carved with three horses in high relief, 23 cm height
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Chinese ivory model of a Pleasure boat carved with numerous figures, raised on a fitted stand, 30 cm length
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An ivory elephant bridge carved with a graduated procession of seven elephants on a fitted wooden stand, 44 cm length
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Chinese tusk bridge carved with a continuous landscape with figures, trees and pagoda houses on a fitted hardwood stand, 26 cm length
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Japanese ivory Amida Buddha figure 12 cm height
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19th century silver Thai Buddha figure seated with hands in the Bhumisparsha (earth touching) mudra on a stepped throne base. Abugida script to the back of the throne, 22 cm height
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18th/19th century Thai bronze Buddha figure seated with hands in the Dhyana mudra on a stepped base. 22 cm height
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19th century bronze Laotian Buddha seated with hands in the Bhumisparsha ( earth touching) mudra on a stepped base, 22 cm height
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Thai Sukhothai Kingdom (1238 - 1438) Khmer Pottery figure 9.5 cm height
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Good Chinese 19th century brush pot modelled as a Gnarled tree stump 20 cm height
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Chinese hardwood brush pot modelled as a Gnarled tree stump height 19 cm
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A fine and rare Ming Dynasty red lacquer incense box circular form decorated with the buddha Maitreya and an attendant, complete with a wooden box. 7 cm diameter
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19th century Chinese opium pipe with a bamboo cylinder and brass bowl and mouth piece, 38 cm length
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A good Chinese celadon jade archaic vase & cover flattened baluster form with kylin caved in relief. The celadon jade with russet inclusions, 14 cm height
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A Chinese green jade censor & cover and two snuff bottles the censor with a lion dog finial and captured ring handles
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Carved agate Buddah seated pose holding peach, 11 cm height
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Chinese celadon jade Warring States style buckle and two bi discs, the buckle carved in the form of a dragon
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Collection of eighteen assorted pieces of Chinese jade
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Small carved jade figure of a man 3 cm height, together with a small cylindrical beaker
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Chinese celadon glazed bowl made in the song dynasty style decorated under the glaze with a scrolling lotus flower design. 24 cm diameter
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18th century Thai bronze Buddha figure seated with hands in the Bhumisparsha ( earth touching) mudra on a throne base. 10 cm height
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Japanese Meiji period copper shibayama ink well and dish the circular dish and ovoid inkwell inlaid in silver and brass flowering plants, 14 cm diameter
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Pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze shibayama vases the small bottle shaped vases inlaid with birds and floral decoration in brass and copper, 12 cm height
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A pair of Japanese late Meiji period cloisonne vases each decorated with scrolling foliate designs and raised on carved hard wood stands, 12 cm height
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A pair of Japanese Meiji period cloisonne vases decorated with wisteria and floral decoration on a midnight blue ground, 33 cm height
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Pair of Chinese cloisonne lidded boxes made in the form of dragons with gilt metal heads and tails. 22 cm length
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19th century Chinese Cantonese enamel box & cover elongated quatrefoil shape of unusually large size. The lid depicting a scholar being served tea by an attendant in a garden. The side panels with children in garden settings framed by profuse floral decoration on a yellow ground. 11 cm length
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Late Qing Chinese cloisonne plate decorated with a dragon on green cloud form ground with blue lappet boarder, 20 cm diameter
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Two Japanese Meiji period bronze mirrors
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Japanese Edo period Tetsubin (cast iron teapot) some rusting evident to the interior
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A Chinese 19th century export gilt and lacquered tea caddy sarcophagus shape with cantered corners, decorated in shaped panels with figures in interior settings on a floral and daiper pattern ground. Raised on lions head feet. The interior with original pewter tea tins. 23 cm wide
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A Chinese export black lacquer sewing box sarcophagus shape with cantered corners raised on gilt lions paw feet. Profusely decorated in gilt and red with figures and floral decoration. The top panel painted with four endless knots the interior with two lidded compartments and nine open compartments with numerous bone sewing accoutrements.
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Chinese 19th century export gilt and lacquered writing box decorated to the top, front and sides with boats on a river and figures in terraced houses on a black ground. The interior with a central panel painted in gilt with figures in a garden setting. The sloped writing surface upholstered in a red plush velvet, 46 x 25 cm
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Japanese Meiji period elm Ko-Dansu with two drawers above panelled compartments with two further drawers to the base, 53 cm height, 43 cm width
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A Japanese lacquer tea caddy and six incense boxes
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A Laotian porcelain flask hand painted with birds and floral decoration and embellished with silver plated mounts and handles, 22 cm height
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Japanese late Meiji period black lacquer folding wall shelf painted and gilded with figures in interior settings. Showing wear and damage to one hinge, 30 x 30 cm
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Pair of Japanese Meiji period black lacquer temple candlesticks 70 cm height
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