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Decorative Arts; Asian Works of Art — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:384
Sale Title:Decorative Arts; Asian Works of ArtLots with images:384
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:190
Date:6-Mar-2023
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A Chinese Gongxian/Gongyi white-ware dish, Tang Dynasty (618-907), circa 8th century, of wide and shallow form with no foot rim and a gently everted rim, covered in a finely crackled white glaze, 2.3 cm high, 14.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese Xingyao bowl, Tang Dynasty (618-907), circa 9th century, of shallow rounded form with a rolled over rim, and a wide 'Bi' foot, covered in a pale glaze pooling slightly greenish-blue around the foot, 4.5 cm high, 13.75 cm diameter
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A Chinese Yueyao celadon bowl, five Dynasties (907-979), potted with steep sides and a finely cut foot rim, the whole covered in a greyish-celadon glaze apart from six unglazed areas within the foot rim, 6.5 cm high, 15.5 cm diameter
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Two Chinese Longquan bowls, Song Dynasty (960-1279), both with carved decoration of lotus petals to the exterior, covered in greyish celadon glazes, the larger bowl 6.5 cm high, 15 cm diameter
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A Chinese Qingbai carved foliate rim dish, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), with lobed rim and carved floriate design to the centre, covered in a pale greenish-blue glaze, 3.5 cm high, 14.25 cm diameter
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A Chinese Qingbai bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), Koh antique, 1403, with abstracted combed decoration to the interior, and an unglazed rim. The whole covered in a pale blue glaze, 6.1 cm high, 17.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Koh antique, Singapore. Stock number 1403
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A Chinese Qingbai Saggar with dish, Song Dynasty (960-1279), Brian page Antiques, of bowl shape in stoneware containing an adhered Qingbai foliate form dish with combed decoration, 9 cm high, 16 cm diameter. Provenance: Brian page Antiques, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Two Chinese Qingbai bowls, Song Dynasty (960-1279), comprising one larger bowl with carved decoration of lotus blossom to the interior, covered in a pale blue glaze, and a smaller bowl with moulded decoration of playing boys to the interior. The larger bowl with an old Christie's label to base, dated 6/7/99, the larger bowl 6.5 cm high, 19.5 cm diameter
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Two Chinese Qingbai bowls, Song Dynasty (960-1279) or later, both with radial piped-slip decoration to the cavetto, the larger with combed decoration to the interior centre, the larger bowl 6 cm high, 18.1 cm diameter
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Two Chinese Longquan dishes, Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), comprising one golden celadon dish with moulded twin-fish design to the interior, and a barbed foliate rim dish with crackled glaze. The crackle dish with an old Christie's label dated 30/10/01, the golden celadon dish 3.5 cm high, 11.75 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou Twin-Handle black glazed jar, Northern Song (960-1127) or Jin (1115-1234) Dynasty, of compressed globular form with two ribbed strap handles to the shoulder, the top half of the jar covered in a mottled black/brown glaze, 11 cm high, 16 cm diameter
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Three Chinese Qingbai Brushwashers, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), comprising one larger brushwasher with carved scrolling foliage, another smaller with moulded twin-fish decoration, and another undecorated, the largest brushwasher 2.5 cm high, 13 cm diameter
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A Chinese Fujian celadon ewer, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), of lobed globular form with a curved spout, covered in a greyish-celadon glaze, 17.5 cm high, 12.5 cm diameter
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Two Chinese Longquan twin-fish dishes, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), each with moulded decoration of two fishes to the centre and carved lotus petals to the exterior, covered in various celadon glazes, the larger bowl 5 cm high, 21.25 cm diameter
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A Chinese Longquan celadon carved bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), 30/10/200, 122 with carved foliate decoration to the interior, and covered in a pleasant celadon glaze, 4.5 cm high, 13 cm diameter. Provenance: Christie's, Melbourne, 30 October 2001, part lot 122
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A rare Chinese polished black Pottery figure, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the moulded and carved figure finely modelled as a standing lady with hands clasped before her, the surface polished, 23.75 cm high, 7.25 cm wide
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A Chinese Cizhou-Type black and russet glazed vase, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), of cylindrical bottle form with two strap handles, covered in a black and russet glaze, 21 cm high, 13 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou-Type black and russet glazed vase, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 17/07/2002, of cylindrical bottle form, covered in a black glaze with russet around the shoulder, 14.5 cm high, 7 cm diameter. Other Notes: together with a Tl test from the University of Wollongong dated 17 July 2002
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A Chinese Longquan Bagua tripod censer, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), with carved trigrams to the sides, raised on three small feet and covered with a glassy bright green celadon glaze, 11.5 cm high, 27 cm diameter
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A Chinese Longquan celadon barbed foliate rim dish, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), with barbed foliate rim and fluted cavetto, the interior centre with a moulded design of peony, covered in a pleasant celadon glaze, 6 cm high, 33 cm diameter
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A large Chinese carved blue and white phoenix tail vase, Fengweizun, Kangxi period (1661-1722), 1, 11/05/2016, 343, of baluster form with a wide flaring neck, with low-relief carved plum blossom reverse decorated in blue and white, 46.5 cm high, 22 cm diameter. Provenance: Christie's, 'Chinese ceramics, works of Art and textiles part I'. London, 11 May 2016, lot 343
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A large Chinese painted Pottery storage jar, Majiayao culture (3300-2000BC), Machang phase (2300-2000BC), of globular form with two small strap handles around the middle, with black painted decoration to the shoulder of linked spirals, 41 cm high, 42 cm diameter. Provenance: Leonard Joel Auctions, Jason E. Sprague, Private Collection, NSW, Asian Works of Art, Leonard Joel Auctions, 7 March 2022, lot 227, Jason E. Sprague collection, London/Melbourne
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A fine Chinese Straw-Glazed figure of a court lady, Sui Dynasty (581-618) or early Tang Dynasty (618-907), elegantly modelled as a beautiful lady standing with hands clasped before her, wearing diaphanous robes, her hair pulled into two chignons, the straw glaze of rich, slightly greenish-yellow hue, covered with glaze apart from lower portions of the robes which have remnant red pigment. Together with a fitted hardwood stand and a fine purple silk lined and padded custom made Japanese wooden box, 31.5 cm…
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A Chinese Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty (618-907), of baluster form with a long strap handle, decorated to either side with green glaze tree branches. Together with an old Japanese wooden box, 23.5 cm high, 14.5 cm diameter
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A rare pair of Chinese Gongxian blue Sancai wine cups, Tang Dynasty (618-907), each with amber glaze to the interior and blue and clear glaze to the exterior, the gently splayed foot well polished. With Japanese wooden boxes, each approximately 2.75 cm high, 5.4 cm diameter
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A Chinese Gongxian white-ware vase, Tang Dynasty (618-907), of baluster form with a wide body and cup-shaped mouth, 9 cm high, 11 cm diameter
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A Chinese Dingyao foliate rim conical bowl, five Dynasties (907-979), the rim carved with five lobes, covered in an ivory-tinged glaze, 4.75 cm high, 15.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese Qingbai conical tea bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), of conical form with carved decoration of scrolling peonies to the interior. Silver mount to the rim, 4.5 cm high, 13 cm diameter
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A Chinese Dangyangyu conical tea bowl, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), of conical form covered in a dark hare's fur glaze, 4.5 cm high, 12 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou white-ware bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279), with five piped slip lines to the interior and covered in a white slip and clear glassy ivory tinged glaze. Together with a Japanese wooden box, 4.5 cm high, 14.25 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou russet-splashed black glazed bowl, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), potted with a slightly waisted rim, covered in a black glaze and splashed with russet to the interior, 8 cm high, 19 cm diameter. Provenance: Jason E. Sprague, Jason E. Sprague collection, London/Melbourne
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A Chinese Jizhou tortoiseshell-glazed tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), of conical form with a deep tortoiseshell glaze, 6 cm high, 11 cm diameter
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A Chinese Longquan Guan-Type vase, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), with a thick Guan-type crackled glaze, the cut down rim mounted in copper, 7 cm high, 9.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou russet-painted black glazed vase, Yuhuchunping, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), of very elegant pear shape with narrow elongated neck and with painting of flower sprays to each side in a deep purplish-russet colour. Together with an old Japanese wooden box, 24.5 cm high, 14 cm diameter
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A rare Chinese blue and white vase, Yongle period (1402-1424), of baluster form decorated with scrolling peonies between cloud collar borders, the cobalt applied with heaping and piling technique, slightly running on the sides, the glaze with a bluish tinge, 16 cm high, 12 cm diameter
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A Chinese Wucai/Famille verte dish, Kangxi period (1661-1722), finely decorated with shaped reserves to the interior containing Buddhist lions and rocks and flowers, the rim with precious objects, 4 cm high, 28 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white dish, Kangxi period (1661-1722), decorated with a basket of flowers to the interior, the rim with plum blossom against a blue ground. Double line mark to the base, 3 cm high, 21.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese famille rose jar, Yongzheng period (1722-1735), decorated with scrolling peonies, the base with an underglaze blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle. Together with a later wooden lid and stand, 14.5 cm high, 11.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese pair of blue and white 'Kosometsuke' dishes, Ming Dynasty, Tianqi period (1620-1627), each decorated with a different Buddhist arhat flying over waves, the rim decorated with plum blossom and waves. Together with an old Japanese wooden box, each approximately 4 cm high, 21.5 cm diameter
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A rare Chinese blue and white 'Shonsui' tea bowl, Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period (1627-1644), of cylindrical form decorated with the Chinese character 'Fu' in white against a blue ground four times around the body within a shaped reserve against a diaper ground. Marked 'Fu' in seal script to the base. Together with a Japanese cotton and silk shifuku and wooden box, 7.5 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter
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A small Chinese Yixing wine ewer, Qianlong period (1736-1795), of compressed spherical form with a high cylindrical neck and graceful s-shaped spout and handle, undecorated except for a small band of archaistic design around the mouth rim, 12 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
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A Chinese turquoise ground famille rose bowl, Tongzhi mark and of the period (1862-1874), the shaped bowl decorated with dragons and scrolling flowers against a turquoise ground. Six-character Tongzhi mark in iron red to the base, 8 cm high, 17.25 cm diameter
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A Chinese turquoise ground famille rose bowl, Tongzhi mark and of the period (1862-1874), the shaped bowl decorated with scrolling flowers between lappet borders against a turquoise ground. Six-character Tongzhi mark in iron red to the base, 6 cm high, 13.25 cm diameter
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A Chinese blue and white dish, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa 18th century, decorated with a ribbon-tied spray of lotus flowers and grasses to the interior, and scrolling flowers to the cavetto, the base unglazed, 5.5 cm high, 27.5 cm diameter
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A pair of Chinese Dehua guardian lion incense holders, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa 18th century, each modelled with one paw resting on a brocade ball, on rectangular integral plinths, 13 cm high, 5 cm wide
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A Chinese mottled green monochrome vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa 18th century, of pear shape, evenly covered in a mottled pale and dark green glaze, 15.5 cm high, 7 cm diameter
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A Chinese famille rose export plate, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th century, of octagonal form decorated with peonies and geese, 3.5 cm high, 33 cm wide
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A Chinese famille rose export dish, Qianlong period (1736-1795), finely decorated with cranes, geese and flowers in famille rose enamels and gilding, 4 cm high, 22.75 cm diameter
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A Chinese Fencai/Famille rose brush rest, Shijingtangzhi mark, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), dated Jiaqing 1798, (1798 ) modelled as an open book decorated to the top with a finely painted scene of a palace surrounded by mountains, the reverse with an eight character inscription in iron red reading 'Jiaqing Wuwu Shijingtangzhi', 2 cm high, 6.5 cm wide, 9.75 cm deep
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A Chinese Jun-Type double gourd vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), in the form of a flattened double gourd in stoneware, covered in a raspberry splashed jun-type blue glaze. Together with an old hardwood fitted stand, the vase 15 cm high, 11 cm wide. With stand 19 cm high
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A Chinese Yixing set of eight tea cups and tray, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, the tray decorated with a carved blossoming plum branch, four-character impressed seal mark to base, the tray 2.5 cm high, 26 cm diameter. The cups 2.5 cm high, 6 cm diameter
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A Chinese Fencai/Famille rose dish, Republic period (1912-1949), of ogee profile, decorated continuously from the base and over to the interior with a flowering plum branch, peach blossom and red peony. The base with a six-character Qinalong mark in iron red, 3.5 cm high, 17.5 cm diameter
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A Straits Chinese/Peranakan famille rose soup tureen, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, of spherical form decorated with peonies against a green ground within an iron red border, 18.5 cm high, 19 cm diameter
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A pair of Chinese famille rose bowls, Xie Zhu Zhu Ren Zhao marks, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa 1900, each decorated with a vignette of a male and female pair of paradise flycatchers amongst flowering white and pink plum blossom. Xie zhu zhu ren zhao (master of the bamboo studio) marks in iron red to the base, each 6.5 cm high, 18 cm diameter. Provenance: Jason E. Sprague, Jason E. Sprague collection, London/Melbourne
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A Chinese copper red vase, Tianqiuping, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, of globular form with a long neck, covered in a rich raspberry coloured glaze, thinning at the mouth, 38 cm high, 21.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese relief carved erotic snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th/19th century, elaborately carved in high relief with a continuous scene of figures engaging in dalliances within a bed chamber, finished with famille rose enamels and gilding, 5.7 cm high, 3.8 cm wide
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An inscribed Chinese famille rose vase, P.R.O.C. Period (1949-), circa 1970s, 1970 decorated with a pair of birds in a blossoming peach branch, black enamel lappet decoration around the neck and mouth, and an inscription to the reverse. Marked 'Jingdezhen Zhi' in iron red to the base, 32 cm high, 17 cm diameter
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A large Chinese parcel gilt bronze vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, of baluster form with deep relief cast scrolling peonies and twin handles with pierced diaper motifs, the peonies gilded. Cast Xuende mark to base, 45 cm high, 23.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese inscribed bronze mirror, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), the mirror of foliate form, with a vase shaped handle, with an inscription cast in raised relief reading 'Huzhou Shijilang Langzheng Lizizi', meaning 'Bronze mirror cast in Huzhou by Shijilang', 11 cm wide, 20.2 cm long. Other Notes: in the Southern Song Dynasty there was a family with the surname 'Shi' living in Huzhou south of lake Tai, that was known for casting mirrors. See a similarly inscribed Song Dynasty bronze octafoil mirror in…
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A Chinese gilt bronze figure of Guanyin/Avalokiteshvara, Tang Dynasty (618-907), standing elegantly in tribhanga pose, holding a flower and a whisk, surrounded by flowing scarves, part covered in remnant gilding. Together with a circular black plinth. Old Sotheby's lot label to base of the plinth, the figure 10.25 cm high, 4 cm wide. Provenance: 1980s. Private Collection, Melbourne, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 1980s. Lot 350
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A large and fine Chinese Hexafoliate bronze mirror, Tang Dynasty (618-907), very crisply cast with six different flower sprays and clouds surrounding the central boss. Together with an old Chinese silk cover, 19.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese bronze Duck-Form censor, probably Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), cast as a duck with upstretched neck and open mouth for the incense smoke to escape, 25.5 cm high, 19.5 cm wide
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A Chinese gold lacquered bronze figure of Qixiang Luohan, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), modelled as a bearded figure with gentle face seated on a recumbent elephant, traces of red and gold lacquer finish remaining, 27 cm high, 22.5 cm wide
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A Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer Kang table, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), circa 1600, the low rectangular table with cabriole legs and a shaped apron, very intricately decorated with small mother of pearl pieces with a design of scholars gathered in a walled garden with pavillions at either side against a deep brown/black lacquer ground, 14 cm high, 62 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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A Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer incense box, Kangxi period (1661-1722), of square form with a domed cover, inlaid with mother of pearl with a design of scholars in a garden to the top, daiper motif to the sides. Marked 'Fu' in seal script to the base. Together with a Japanese wooden box, 2.25 cm high, 5 cm wide, 5 cm deep
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A Chinese inscribed lacquered wood table screen, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), circa 16th/17th century, decorated with precious antique objects to one side in red against black lacquer highlighted with gilding, the ground of crushed abalone shell, the other side carved deeply with a fourteen character poetic inscription together with two carved seal marks, the poem reading as 'Gui Mei Shan Zhong Bai Ri Chang tao Hua tan Shui bi Sha Xiang' (the days are so long in the mountains of laurel and plum, yet the water…
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A Chinese zitan scholar's desk tray, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, in an unusual geometric form with a partial division to the centre, in fine dark zitan wood, 1.5 cm high, 23.75 cm wide, 18.5 cm deep
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A large Chinese bamboo wrist rest, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th century, with fine aged patina, and incised decoration of a lady resting against a fence in a garden under a banana tree, 2.25 cm high, 29 cm long, 8.4 cm wide
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A large Chinese cloisonne dish, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), of deep basin form decorated with a crane amongst flowers to the centre, the exterior with stylised cloud motif. Together with an early Japanese wooden box, 6.25 cm high, 31.25 cm diameter
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A pair of Chinese hardwood-framed mirrors, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, the frames with a carved keyfret decorative band and a bronze wire hanger, the mirrors original with elegant degradation, each approximately 39.5 cm high, 28.5 cm wide
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A Chinese Fuzhou bodiless lacquer vase, Republic period (1912-1949), of baluster form with an integral stand, decorated with a landscape scene in gold and coloured lacquers, the stand with relief carved scrolling flowers. Remnant mark to base (unread), 17 cm high, 7 cm diameter
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A Chinese carved giltwood eight horses of Mu Wang panel, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, very finely carved in high relief with a depiction of the eight horses of Mu Wang frolicking amongst willow trees, rocks and clouds. Set in a later frame, the panel 62 cm high, 23 cm wide. With frame 76 cm high, 37.5 cm wide
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A Chinese white Jade-Inset gilt copper belt buckle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th century, the oval-shaped jade plaque of fine white hue, finely carved in low relief with an archaistic qilong, inset into a gilded copper belt setting with relief decoration of bats and peaches, the jade plaque 4.5 cm high, 5.75 cm wide. The setting 6 cm high, 7 cm wide
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A Chinese carved jade figure of a boy, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), carved as a reclining boy with a bat at his shoulder in yellowish white jade, 3.5 cm high, 4.25 cm wide
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An inscribed Chinese painted fan with carved bamboo guards, Republic period (1912-1949), with a calligraphic inscription to the front of two bamboo-stem poems describing lychees, by Hu Yisheng (1883-1957). The reverse with a painting of pavillions within a rocky landscape beyond a river by Shen Zhongqiang (1893-1974), dedicated to Law Ming Shek. The bamboo guards very finely and beautifully carved by Yu Chung Ka (1908-1941), the fan paper 18.2 cm high, 43 cm wide. The bamboo guards 31.3 cm long. Provenance…
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A Chinese round Calligraphic work, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), calligraphy on a gilded silk round panel, framed and glazed, the calligraphy 24.5 cm diameter. The frame 39 cm high, 39.5 cm wide
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Two Chinese silk embroidered scrolls, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, comprising one scroll inscribed with calligraphy in black silk against a pale mauve silk ground and with an elaborate brocade mount, the other with a pictorial embroidery of a classic Chinese landscape scene, 193 cm h, 33 cm w, scroll 230 cm h. 40 cm w
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Five Mongolian miniature Buddhist Gao/Ga'u paintings, circa 19th century, each very finely painted in mineral pigments and gilding on small rectangles of canvas, three with sanskrit incantations to the reverse, the largest 7 cm high, 6 cm wide
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A pair of Chinese hardwood vase stands, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, elegantly and simply designed with square corner legs and small relief areas of archaistic cloud carving to the aprons, 86 cm high, 42 cm wide, 31 cm deep
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A Chinese black and gilt lacquered altar table, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), with square-corner legs and an elaborate pierced and carved apron and spandrels, and a black lacquer finish accented by gilding, 91 cm high, 146 cm wide, 34 cm deep
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A pair of Chinese Dreamstone Marble-Inset hardwood hall chairs, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, with straight panel backs containing archaistic shaped reserves inset with dreamstone marble, and pierced spandrels connecting the backs to the seat, 92.5 cm high, 50 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A set of four Chinese yokeback chairs, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa late 19th century, with yokeback top rails and s-curved back-splats, covered in a brown lacquer finish, each approximately 114.5 cm high, 49.5 cm wide, 43 cm deep
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A pair of Chinese spindle-back hall chairs, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), circa late 19th century, with continuous yokeback top-rails and narrow spindle back-splats, covered in a brown lacquer finish, each approximately 89.5 cm high, 48.5 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A Chinese Beijing/Tianjin carpet, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century, wool pile on cotton warp and weft, with design in deep indigo of a central flower spray and border with four Shou characters against a beige ground, 290 cm long,150 cm wide
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