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Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of European Art and Antiques — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:769
Sale Title:Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of European Art and AntiquesLots with images:769
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:482
Date:21-Nov-2011
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A Japanese Satsuma vase, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Decorated with mythical figures in gosu blue, red and gilt, blue 'Mon' and inscription. 15 cm high
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An unusual Japanese Satsuma bowl, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Decorated with auspicious symbols and floral motifs in gilt and enamels, metal-mounted rims, gosu blue 'mon' and fine gilt. 10.6 cm high, 18.4 cm diameter at mouth
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A Japanese Enamel and Gilt teabowl, 1868-1912, Meiji period. With eight Lohans, mark worn. 7.5 cm high, 11 cm diameter
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A Japanese bowl, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Decorated in cobalt blue and enamels, six-character mark. 21.8 cm diameter
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A Japanese lobed iron box, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Decorated in gold with an ancient Egyptian scene, hinged cover, Mount Fuji mark, Komei factory. 7.5 cm wide
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A Pair of Japanese lobed Satsuma bowls, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Decorated in the centre with Samurai, gilt inscribed base (rubbed). 6.4 cm high, 14 cm diameter
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A Pair of Japanese Sumidagawa pottery and porcelain vases, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Each one with rope twist handles and decorated with figures in high relief, two character mark above the base. 29.8 cm high (2)
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A Japanese Satsuma vase, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Decorated with women and children beside a lake, gilt seal mark Gozan. 24 cm high
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A Japanese ivory okimono, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Depicting a street vendor holding up a young child, signed. 20 cm high
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A Chinese Ding-type covered bowl, 1115-1234, Jin Dynasty. Thinly potted and covered with a creamy glaze. 15 cm high x 15 cm wide
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A Chinese Longquan celadon plate, 1280-1368, Yuan Dynasty. Covered with an even green glaze, an unglazed rim on the recessed base. 35 cm diameter. Together with a Chinese bluish-green glazed celadon plate, possibly 17th century. Incised with a floral and wave pattern. 33.5 cm. Diameter variable. (2). Provenance: old private Queensland collection
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Two Chinese Dehua moulded libation cups, 17/18th century, Kangxi period. a large Prunus cup with ivory-white glaze 8 cm high, 12 cm wide; and a rhinoceros horn-shaped cup with a dragon and various animals, 6.3 cm high, 10.2 cm wide, both with hardwood stands (2)
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A Chinese Canton Enamel Pierced Basket and Stand, 19th century, Qing Dynasty. 24.5 cm x 21.5 cm (basket), 25.8 x 21.5 cm (stand) (2) Provenance: Old Private Queensland Collection
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A Chinese famille Verte rouleau Vase, 19th century, Qing Dynasty. Decorated with figures in a landscape, mounted as a lamp. 24 cm high (vase); 54 cm high (lamp) Provenance: Old Private Queensland Collection
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A dark green jade ewer and cover, 1912-1949, Republic period, with stylised dragon and phoenix decoration 21 cm high. Provenance: old private Queensland collection
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A Japanese Small Ivory-lidded box, circa 1900, Meiji Period. Carved with highlights in black ink depicting tigers and insects. 6.7 cm diameter; And an ivory scoop (2) Provenance: Private NSW collection
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A Chinese archaic stoneware jar, 475-221BCE, Warring States, with an overall paddle-beaten design. 16.5 cm high
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Balinese Girl, 1922, signed, dated and titled lower right. various trade labels to reverse. Provenance: Magdalene Gallery, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Zwemmer Gallery, London
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A small Chinese bamboo brushpot, 20th century, well-carved in relief with a scholar and attendant, a poem and seal on the reverse. 10 cm high 6.8 cm (widest) diameter
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A Chinese heavily-potted celadon vase, 14/15th century, Yuan/Ming Dynasty, with elephant-head ring handles, the body moulded with shou and fu characters within a double-gourd flask, the glaze finely crackled. 23 cm high
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A Himalayan pottery plaque (tsatsa), 18th century, Depicting a Dakini. 10 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white dragon dish, 1723-1735, Yongzheng period. The decoration extended over the rim, the recessed base unglazed. 28.4 cm diameter
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A Chinese Dehua bowl, 17th century, late Ming/early Qing dynasty. 16.5 cm diameter Provenance: Nagel Auctions, 'Tek Sing Treasures'
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A Chinese blue and white tripod censer, 18th century, Qing Dynasty. Freely painted with figures in a landscape. 27.5 cm x 10.5 cm
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A Chinese Neolithic two-handled pot, late 2nd millennium BCE, Siwa Culture. With a burnished red body. 15 cm high x 15 cm wide
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A Chinese Neolithic earthenware pot, late 2nd-early 1st millennium BCE, Xindian Culture. With a loop handle and stylised painted design 15 cm high x 15 cm wide
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A Chinese red earthenware pottery ox, 618-906, Tang Dynasty. Standing on an oval base. 15 cm high x 15 cm wide
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A rare Chinese grey pottery ram, 618-906, Tang Dynasty. The recumbent spotted animal painted with mineral pigments. 14 high x 8.5 cm wide
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A good Chinese stoneware Cizhou pillow, 1115-1234, Jin Dynasty. Painted in iron-oxide with a floral spray under a clear glaze. *See Yutaka Mino 'Freedom of Clay and Brush Throughout Seven Centuries in Northern China' Plate 54 and figures 142-148, p 132 for examples with similar shapes
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A handsome Chinese polychrome and grisaille baluster vase, mid-20th century, finely painted with a provincial genre scene, four-character iron-red seal mark. 'Jing Shen Tang Zhi' ('Hall Where Prudence Is Revered') 32 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland Collection
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Two Himalayan pottery plaques, 17/18th century, Depicting a Bodhisattva and a Protector in yubyum. 8 cm and 7 cm high. (2)
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A Chinese teabowl, 960-1127, Southern Song Dynasty. With a good greenish-brown glaze, the mouth with a white rim, South China. 11.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese Qingbai ten-lobed saucer dish, 1127-1279, Southern Song. Covered with a greenish-white glaze, base unglazed, Probably Jingdezhen kilns. 16 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cultural Revolution tea set, Prc 1965-1975, Comprising a teapot, dated 1967 and a gilt rimmed tumbler 13.2 cm high, 19.5 cm wide (2). *See the 'Cultural Revolution Porcelain Wares' 2002, pp.290-291
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A Chinese Longquan celadon bowl, 960-1127, Northern song. Incised and combed lotus design on the interior. 15.8 cm diameter
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A pair of lead-glazed stoneware candleholders, 16/17th century, Ming Dynasty. In the form of Buddhist lions, a seven-character inscription on the base. 16 cm high, 17.8 cm wide (2)
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A Chinese polychrome bottle-vase, mid-20th century, Decorated with insects, shrubs and flowers on a lavender ground. 34 cm high
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A Chinese blue and white rouleau Vase, Decorated in the round with a scene from a drama, double circle under the base, original fritting to mouth rim. 44 cm high. Provenance: Private NSW collection; Christies, Melbourne, label attached, 26/10/2004, lot 124; ex Heinz Kent, Adelaide
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A Chinese pottery equestrian group, 15-16th century, Ming Dynasty. Painted in russet and black pigment on a rectangular base, the figure with detachable head. 38 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A good Chinese Qingbai lobed dish, 962-1127, Northern song. Incised and combed floral design to the centre, bluish-green glaze, copper-mounted rim. 18.4 cm diameter
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A small Chinese Qingbai conical cup, 962-1127, Northern Song. Incised in the centre with a lotus spray. 12 cm diameter
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A Chinese Jianyao-type teabowl, 1127-1279, Southern Song. With a mottled bluish-black to russet glaze. 10.9 cm high
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A Chinese Qingbai porcelain conical cup, 960-1127, Northern song. Incised with three clouds beneath a greenish-white glaze. 12.1 cm diameter
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A small Chinese porcelain water-pot, 618-906, Tang Dynasty. With a finely crazed greenish white glaze. 3.5 cm high
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A Chinese grey pottery tile, 1115-1234, Jin Dynasty. Well modelled with a seated dwarf (grumpy). 20.3 cm high, 18 cm wide
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A Chinese Coconut cup, 18th century, Qing Dynasty. Well carved with four precious objects divided by four gilt 'shou' characters, original metal liner. 5.5 cm high x 8 cm wide
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A Chinese zitan libation cup, 18/19th century, Qing Dynasty. in the form of a pomegranate flower, attached and supported on further fruiting branches, silvered copper liner. 8.5 cm high, 8.5 x 7 cm. Width variable. Provenance: private Queensland collection
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A Chinese archaic Agate fitting, 206 BCE-220 Ace, Han Dynasty. The well polished stone in the form of a ring. 6.5 cm x 2.5 cm
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Two Chinese inside painted snuff bottles, 19th-20th century, Late Qing dynasty. One rock crystal with butterflies and landscape, 6.9 cm high, plus stopper; The other rectangular glass bottle with ducks attacked by an eagle, 7.7 cm high, plus stopper (2)
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A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, 19th century, late Qing dynasty. Painted with a lady and children 5.9 cm high, plus stopper
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A banded Chinese rock crystal snuff bottle, 19th century
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Three Chinese archaic split-rings, 475-221 BCE, Warring States. Two in jade, 3.5 and 2.5 cm diameters respectively; and one agate ring, 4.5 cm diameter; Together with a pierced jade blade. 2.7 x 6.5 cm (4)
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A small Chinese Longquan celadon jar and lotus-leaf cover, 14/15th century, Yuan/early Ming Dynasty. Covered in a finely crazed grey-green glaze. 7.5 cm high
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A small Chinese Jade ornament, Neolithic period, Probably worn as an earring. 3.4 cm
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A Chinese mottled brown jade recumbent pig, Ming Dynasty or earlier
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A good Chinese white Jade toggle of a Heavenly Horse, possibly 206BCE-220ACE, Han Dynasty. The stone of pale green colour, with a good polish, a minute hole through the mouth. 5 cm long. *See Jessica Rawson, 'Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, image (d), pp351 for a very similar horse from Xian, Western Han period
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A Chinese white Jade weight, 12/13th century, probably Song Dynasty. Of a recumbent mythical beast, the base flat, a hole through the mouth. 5.2 cm length
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A Chinese celadon and russet jade small toggle, 12/14th century, song/Ming Dynasty. of a recumbent hound, a tiny hole through the centre. 4.5 cm. Length. See HK Museum of Art, 'Chinese Jade Animals' for a similar piece
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A Chinese white Jade Bi disc, 1368-1644, Ming Dynasty. Relief-decorated with archaic scrolls, the stone with russet and black inclusions. 5.7 cm diameter
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A rare Chinese polychrome ink cake, 1844, Qing Dynasty, Daoguang period, with a carved landscape on one side, a lengthy poem on the reverse, framed by four Strident dragons, the edge inscribed 'Daoguang Jia Chen' cyclical year. 14 cm diameter. Provenance: An old Queensland private collection. See Sothebys HK 2004, lot 72 for an almost identical example, re-offered, Bonhams Hk. 24/11/2010, lot 287
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A Chinese banded thin Jade tablet, 1600-1050 BCE, In a glass and perspex case. 7.5 cm x 2.5 cm. *Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade
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A Chinese spinach Jade Bi disc, c. 2500-1800BCE, Probably Neolithic period. Mounted in a perspex stand. 11.8 cm
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An early Chinese Jade 'ge', c. 1200-800BCE, Shang/Western Zhou. The slate-like stone, with white and pale green inclusions. 12.8 cm length
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A Chinese Huanghuali brushpot, 18th century, Qing Dynasty, with large traces of original lacquer to the interior 14.8 cm high, 13.6 cm diameter
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A Chinese 'Jichimu' (Chicken wing wood) bowl, 1644-1911, Qing Dynasty. With wide mouth rim and broad flat foot. 16.8 cm diameter
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A Chinese Zitan rectangular box and cover, 1644-1911, Qing Dynasty. The timber of purplish tone
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A Chinese Cizhou bowl, 1115-1234, Jin Dynasty. The brown-black glaze with bluish-russet splashes to the interior, mouth-rim unglazed. 11.3 cm diameter
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Two Chinese Yueyao proto-celadon cup and stand sets, 1115-1234, Jin Dynasty. 7.8 and 6.3 cm high, 10.3 and 7.8 cm diameters (2)
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A small Chinese straw-glazed teabowl, 581-618, Sui Dynasty. With impressed leaf motifs, the base burnt brick red. 11.1 cm diameter
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A Chinese conical Qingbai bowl, 1127-1279, Southern song, with a moulded band in the centre, supported on a small, flat unglazed foot. 14.1 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou creamy white-glazed shallow bowl, 10th century, The foot and base unglazed, some crazing and discolouration to the glaze overall. 14.7 cm diameter
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A Chinese white-glazed bowl, 13/14th century, Song/Yuan Dynasty. With everted rim and unglazed mouth and foot rim and base, possibly Dehua. 16.7 cm diameter
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A Chinese Cizhou globular jar, 1115-1234 or later, possibly Jin Dynasty, with lug handles, a russet design of leaves on the sides. 13.3 cm high
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A Chinese spinach Jade tablet, 1368-1644
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A Chinese square inlaid bronze seal box and cover, 17th century, late Ming/early Qing. Decorated in silver with a qilin on the cover and floral motifs on the sides, white jade liner 6.9 cm long, 4.2 cm high. Provenance: An old Queensland private collection; ex Leon Blumenthal collection circa 1980, (ex British Colonial service)
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A Chinese Qingbai saucer-dish, 1127-1279, The exterior carved with a double band of lotus petals, slight moulded design to interior. 15.5 cm diameter
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Two Southern Chinese small tea-bowls, 1127-1279, Southern Song. Each brown glazed bowl with a white rim 10 cm each (2)
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A Tibeto-Chinese parcel-gilt Bronze group, 18th century, Of Devi Lhamo on horseback. 8.5 cm high, 7.9 cm wide
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A Chinese hanging scroll, 19th century, Late Qing Dynasty. Ink and colour on paper, inscribed, dated and signed
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Four Chinese pottery footed ink-stones, 5th-12th century
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A rare Chinese Yueyao ewer and cover, 10th century, With a twin-fish handle, covered in a olive-green proto-celadon glaze. 10 cm high, 13.8 cm wide
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A Tibetan Thanka, 19th century, With a large central deity on horseback surrounded by flames
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Two Chinese Qingbai lotus bowls, 960-1127, Northern Song. Probably from Fujian or Guangdong province 14.5 and 15 cm diameter (2). *See Regina Krahl 'The Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, 1994?, Cat number 329
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Two Wooden Buddhist Sculptures, 17/18th century, Tibet/Nepal. The first one with some polychrome 16 cm high and 17 cm high (2)
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A Chinese Wooden Wine cup, 18th century, Carved in the form of a peach, original silver liner. 9.5 cm wide
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A Japanese gilt bronze figure of Buddha, 1868-1912, Meiji period. Standing on a lotus base, before a Mandala, signature to base. 15.8 cm high
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A Bronze Zoomorphic Censer, 19th century, In the form of a mythical beast, the head forming a cover. 10.5 cm high
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An old Ivory ring and its base, 17/18th century, With broad cracks and good patina 4.5 and 4.7 cm (2)
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An early Japanese Bone netsuke, 18th century, Edo Period. Depicting a Sennin and toad, good patina, the toad?s eyes inlaid. 7.3 cm high
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A fine Chinese bronze weight, 1368-1644, Ming Dynasty. Well sculpted in the form of a recumbent Qilin scratching his chin with a back paw. Wood stand 6.8 cm. Length. Provenance: R and V Tregaskis, mid 1990's
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A Chinese Jadeite pendant, 19th century, Brown, pale green and mauve, in the form of a carp riding on a lotus. 3.1 cm high
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A Chinese Jade toggle of Liu Hai, 17th century, Ming Dynasty. Holding a branch, with one foot resting on a toad. 4.8 cm high
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Two Chinese (Ordos) archaic metal fittings, 475-221 BCE, Warring States. In the form of stylised animals, reddish patina (2)
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A Chinese red glass beaded necklace, 19th century, Qing Dynasty. Simulating coral. 54 cm long
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A small archaic Chinese Jade dragon fitting, 11th century-771 BCE, Probably Western Zhou Dynasty. Finely modelled, with a small hole under the tail, the surface calcified. Fitted box
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A Chinese circular porcelain plaque, mid-20th century, decorated in enamels and grisaille with two children on buffalo, Inscription, signed 'Zhang Zhitang' (1893-1971), one seal 25.5 cm diameter, box
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A Burmese gilt bronze figure of Buddha, 17/18th century, Boldly carved in earth touching mudra, seated on a waisted pedestal, a lotus branch on each shoulder. 26 cm high
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A Burmese Arakun-style Parcel-gilt Buddha, 18th century, Seated on a waisted pedestal with earth-touching mudra, with a tall-pointed crown and high finial. 25.3 cm high
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A Large Tibetan Silver and Copper Gau, late 19th/20th century, With repousse design of ten Buddhist images, amongst lotus scrolls, a painted image in the window 18.5 cm x 15 cm x 5 cm; Together with a repousse copper Gau, 20th century 18.5 cm x 15 cm (2)
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Four Indian Bronze Figures of Deities, circa 19th century, One with an inscription; one on horseback; and another riding an elephant. 11.8 to 15.5 cm high (4)
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