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The Dale Frank Collection of Early Colonial Furniture; Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts — Bonhams

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Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:453
Sale Title:The Dale Frank Collection of Early Colonial Furniture; Fine Furniture & Decorative ArtsLots with images:450
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:269
Date:20-Nov-2011
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A lobed snuff bottle 19th century in chalcedony, the oval body with flecked and foam-like inclusions, tapering to a narrow circular flat foot and fitted with a stone stopper. Provenance: Private collection New South Wales
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Two snuff bottles 19th century a simulated ivory snuff bottle in porcelain in the form of a corn cob, well hollowed and fitted with an ivory stopper together with another snuff bottle, fashioned from a gourd with carved figural decoration and fitted with a branched, stalk-like coral stopper
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Two inside painted glass snuff bottles, one in amber tones with crane and verso with deer, midst wooded landscape. Signed and dated by the artist, Qu Jia, in the summer of 1915 ()., the other with figures in a mountain landscape with lake and river, fitted with a malachite stopper, dated by the artist in the mid-summer of 1913, and titled as pine tree and crane, symbols of longevity (), 7.5 cm high and 6.5 cm high respectively. Provenance: Private collection New South Wales
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A Chinese lacquer snuff bottle with associated stopper 19th or 20th century, the short neck decorated with Indian lotus scroll, the globular body carved with a scene of ritual offering in a pavilion with willow trees between floral panels around, the shoulder and ruyi head around, the foot, incised with four-character Qianlong mark, [Qianlong Nian Zhi] 10.2 cm high
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A Chinese celadon jade carving 18th century of the hand of Buddha, the stone naturalistically coloured and carved with an insect clinging to its base
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A jadeite plaque carved with dragon motif of even grey tone with brown veins decorated in high relief of an 'S' shaped dragon, the plaque of an even grey tone with brown veins and colouration in its upper right-hand corner and lower portion
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A white jadeite qilong, resting on four legs, its head glancing backward, in even milky tone, the horn and two paws highlighted in natural brown coloration
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A Chinese pale celadon jade toggle 19th century carved with a playful figure clambering over two giant peaches 8 cm long, 5.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection Paris, circa 1930, thence by descent
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Two pieces of Chinese green jade carvings 19th century one of dragon with pearl, the pearl nicely carved out of the natural inclusion of the stone, one of a horse carrying a parcel on its back riding on a piece of leaf, the leaf carved out of the natural inclusion of the stone
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A pale celadon jade rectangular shallow dish, Qing dynasty, carved with lobed spreading sides and scrolled cloud panels to, the corners raised on four feet, 9 cm long, 4 cm wide, 2 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Paris, circa 1930, thence by descent
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A Chinese pale celadon jade footed stand, late Qing with carved raised ends and raised on scrolled everted pedestal supports, 7 cm long, 3.25 cm wide, 2 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection Paris, circa 1930, thence by descent
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A jadeite plaque inscribed with children and Chinese poem, after Zigang, carved with image of children collecting golden coins from a tree. Verso inscribed with a poem by du Fu, describing a late autumn mountain scene, inscribed Zi Gang
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A green nephrite buckle carved with dragon motif, Qing Dynasty, possible Qianlong, the stone with a number of manganese impurities, of a buckle in two segments of hood and loop, carved on each segment a dragon, and the belt hood itself carved of dragon head
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A spinach jadeite buffalo resting on its four legs, its head glancing backward, the stone marbled with brown striped inclusions extending across, the back and chest, with carved wooden stand
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A green jadeite Maitreya Buddha, the oval shaped stone carved with, the Buddha holding a branch of ruyi, sitting under a lotus, its leaf carved to reveal, the natural inclusion of the stone
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A white jade horse with monkey 19th century, the white stone without any inclusion or colouration, the horse kneeling, looking back at, the monkey hanging at its back
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Three carved jadeite pendants and panels one of a swallow in pale green jade with an included russet band, one of a pale green pi disc carved with panels of scrolling cloud, and one of a pale yellow rectangular pendant carved with a mounted horseman and poem verso
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Four pieces of Chinese hardstone and jadeite carving, 20th century one in pale spinach jadeite with bright green inclusions carved as lufa plants, one in celadon jadeite carved as a dragon, engraved in low relief with Chinese character of [fa, growing wealth] verso, one of pierced hard stone carving of a child and a hard stone carving of two bixi each with a coin in his mouth, 5 cm high (lufa), 5.3 cm high (dragon), 5 cm high (kid), 4.7 cm high (bixi)
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A Chinese jade censer and cover raised on three dragon head feet, the body with two ringed dragon handles and domed cover with three smaller handles and a large dragon finial, on a wooden stand, 16 cm wide, 14.5 cm high
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A finely carved jadeite Maitreya, the full-bodied smiling Buddha wrapped in a robe knotted below his navel exposing his torso and five toes, a bat hiding behind his ear
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A Chinese silver and jade oval tobacco box 19th century, the pale celadon jade cover carved with fruit and butterflies, the silver base chased with scrolling leaves and clouds inlaid with coral and turquoise, 12 cm long, 7 cm wide, 3.5 cm deep. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales
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A Chinese carved coral figure of an immortal, early 19th century, the elongated figure with well carved smiling face, holding a long branched staff, inscribed (Hui) to base, 13 cm high
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A Chinese figure of a beauty, late Qing dynasty, carved in pale pink Angel hair coral, standing with a basket of flowers on her head and others about her dress and feet. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales
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A Chinese figure of an immortal 19th century in carved coral, standing with his staff on a base of a water gourd midst foaming waves. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales
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A Chinese figure of a beauty, late 19th century in carved pale pink 'Angel Hair' coral seated midst a profusion of fruit and flowers. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales
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A late Qing dynasty/Republic ebony scholar's writing slope with twin handles, the exterior inlaid with bone and ivory floral patterns throughout., the domed back and the fall-front opening to a fitted interior with compartments and a green felt signing slope, with an ebony paper scroll/ weight, similarly decorated in inlaid bone and ivory, 39 cm wide, 25 cm deep, 16 cm high
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A miniature spirit stone brush rest 19th century, the variegated beige and brown stone naturalistically carved to mimic a miniature spirit stone (linglong shi), capable of resting two brushes
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Two Chinese carved bamboo brush rests, early 19th century one carved with Daruma, signed and one with figures in a boat in a mountainous lake scene, carved with poetry, 19 cm long. (2)
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A blue-and-white ceramic ink stone late Ming or early Qing dynasty, the ink stone in a shape of a tripod stand, the exterior decorated with images of scholars, the top decorated with floral scroll adjacent to a ring indentation designed to trap, the ink
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An agate lotus shaped brush washer with zitan stand 19th century, the colour of the stone varying from light to dark brown, the stand carved as a nest of branches
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Chenxiang wood Buddhist praying beads with a jade pendant 19th century arranged as alternating large and small beads, with a jade pendant of a carved butterfly resting on a pumpkin
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A collection of jade and soap stone carvings 19th century a pair of dark brown soapstone plain stamp stone carved with lion-god on the top, one of a soapstone stamp stone carved with ram on the top, incised [pan Shiyong], one of a soapstone brown plain stamp stone carved with a dragon on the top, of oval shaped cross section, one of a white soapstone plain stamp stone carved with a pig on the top, one of a jadeite plain stamp stone carved with a lion on the top, one of a nephrite pendant of a melon
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A carved bamboo brush pot, bitong 18th century, the cylindrical body deeply carved to the exterior with a scene of scholars sailing in a mountain river and engaged in various pursuits in a deeply wooded rocky landscape. Private collection New South Walesthence by descent
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A transitional blue-and-white ceramic brush pot, bitong, early 18th century, the ample cylindrical body painted in underglaze blue with figures and horses in garden-surrounded pavilions within incised borders raised on a recessed circular foot, 19 cm diameter, 19 cm high . Provenance: Private collection New South Wales
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A rosewood brush pot, bitong of hexagonal form, the facets slightly concave, with a delicately raised thin outer rim and raised on six paired feet
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A Chinese zitan brush pot 19th century, the straight sided body with defined graining, 15 cm high, 15 cm diameter
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A Chinese brush pot 19th/ 20th century of cylindrical shape, moulded in high relief with branches of prunus blossoms on a turquoise ground, 12.5 cm high
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A Chinese famille rose brush pot 18th century, the slender cylindrical body painted and enamelled with a lady beside a table with vase of flowers and books, verso with garden stools, a pair of rabbits and butterflies. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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A rhinoceros horn libation cup in the form of an open lotus flower, the stem supporting, the base and forming, the handles with further flower heads carved in relief on the sides
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Four Chinese figures of immortals, in carved ivory each holding their appropriate attributes, 25 cm, 14 cm, 13 cm, 13 cm high respectively
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A carved ivory shell 19th century, the shell slightly opened, between, the two leaves carved scenery of a small village amidst trees, people farming, laundering, and riding carriage
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A Chinese carved ivory figure, Qing Dynasty of an old man with Qing-Dynasty-style long braid, standing slightly leaning forward, two hands joining and hiding below, the sleeves, with a gentle smile on his face as if greeting someone, mounted on a wooden stand
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A pair of Chinese ivory incense stick holders and a rouge pot and cover, 19th century with narrow ringed circular necks on five-petal lobed shafts, raised on small feet, the circular rouge box with carved floral roundel to, the cover 9.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection Paris 1930 thence by descent
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A large Japanese ivory figure of woodcutter Meiji period, the woodcutter smiling, smoking from a pipe in one hand and holding a lantern in the other, carrying a pack of logs on his back, equipped with a large knife and a pouch, stepping on a stone, his clothes nicely carved with patterned patches, accompanied by a dog, marked to the bottom a symbol of chrysanthemum and (Misuwakata)
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A Japanese ivory figure of a scholar Meiji period well carved with a benign contemplative expression holding his beard, a branch of plum blossom in his left hand, tinted, incised signature Shinsho to base
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A pair of Japanese ivory statues of Takasago Meiji period well carved and rendered in classical pose with each holding their attributes; she with broom and he with rake and fan, tinted accents to robes, incised signatures Shinsho to base
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A Japanese ivory figure of a falconer Meiji period well carved with tinted accents, he with an expectant expression, and holding, the falcon in his left hand, incised signature Shinsho to base
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Five Japanese okimono in carved ivory, incised signatures, depicting four various standing street vendors and a pair of seated vendors
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A collection of ivory carvings 19th century one of a geisha holding a textile with goldfish image, incised, one of a snuff bottle carved with two crabs, one of a horse netsuke with its head bent down, one of a Japanese farmer holding a pumpkin, one with two frogs sitting on a lotus leaf, incised [Matsuyama]
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Three Japanese ivory figures of Geishas of graduated size with open revealing kimonos, holding hand mirrors, one kneeling with mask and fan, incised
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A Japanese carved ivory figure Meiji period of a lady dressed up in kimono, bare foot, the geisha holding a pair of scissors to one of the sleeves as if to cut a thread, marked
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A Japanese plique a jour vase, the full baluster body with band of birds and flowers above a deep border of alternating arrowhead panels of ritual objects and phoenix on aventurine - flecked ground
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A Japanese cloisonne vase Meiji period, the ovoid body decorated with exotic goldfish and seaweed in guilloche on a rich mottled ground of green and salmon tones, with impressed mon
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A Japanese silver cloisonne vase Meiji period, the ovoid body decorated with a pair of flying cranes on rich green shagreen ground and verso with guilloche bamboo
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Two Japanese Satsuma vases, one well painted with birds in an exotic landscape of bamboo, chrysanthemums and gilded accents, the other painted and gilded with a spread-winged eagle on a branch beneath a panelled brocade border, painted signatures, [Etsuta], and [Satsuma Touhaku] respectively
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A Japanese silver cloisonne vase, the ovoid body decorated with a flock of eight flying cranes on a rich deep black ground
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A pair of Satsuma ovoid vases Meiji period with a short neck and flared foot rim, finely painted in enamels and gilt, the body with large oval shaped panel enclosing different scenes on profusely decorated floral ground, one of gift giving ceremony and the other of family outing, the two panels separated by two small panels of floral scenes, marked (Shuuzan)
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A large Satsuma bowl Meiji period, the deep bowl decorated with butterflies on a floral ground, the mouth rim with hui pattern in both, the exterior and interior, near, the foot rim decorated band of iris and chrysanthemum, adjacent to, the band of hui pattern. Marked [Kyoto Ryuuzan]
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A Satsuma vase Meiji period, the flattened ovoid body painted and gilded with a processional of ladies and gentlemen accompanying a group of men carrying a large sedan carriage beneath a draped brocade border. Gilded four character mark, [Suyama Seizo, made by Suyama]
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A Satsuma vase Meiji period in the form of a flattened pear with painted and gilded panels of figures of ladies and children in a flowering landscape and verso with a panel of bamboo and chrysanthemums in an idyllic landscape within rich brocade borders,
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A Satsuma Koro and cover, Meiji period, the faceted twin handled body well painted and gilded with panels of figures and landscapes within rich brocade borders terminating on four arrowhead shaped gilded feet, the domed cover with pierced panels in brocade pattern surmounted by a stylised chrysanthemum finial, gilded signature, [Den Shuuzan]
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A Satsuma vase and cover Meiji period finely painted and gilded with a deep band of ladies, nobles and children in a landscape of flowering trees within rich brocade borders, the cover well painted and gilded with phoenix and flowers. Gilded signature to base
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A red sandstone statue of a deity central Indiameter, 12-13th century, the fine featured visage flanked by pendulous ears with pierced lobes adorned with earrings, the downcast almond eyes with arching brows below an elaborate Crown at apex, fragmented halo to rear, holding a lotus flower wearing a swirling sash and adorned with jewellery, 45 cm wide, 76 cm high (figure only), 91 cm high (including stand). Provenance: The collection of Mr Conan Lang 'Arts of Asia, Armadale, Victoria'. Private collection,…
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A Japanese Royal presentation silver cigarette case made to commemorate, the coming-of-age of Prince Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Son of Emperor Taisho, on June 25, 1922, Taisho period of square form, with fitted case with retailers mark of Miyamoto Shoko, the case impressed (Miyamoto Zo, made by Yamamoto)
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A Japanese Shibiyama silver cigarette box Meiji period, the hinged top inlaid and chased with a scene of mount Fuji and lakeside village with boats in silver, gold and bronze and lined in ebonised wood, incised signature
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A Chinese export silver swing handled basket by Wang Hing & Co., 10 Queens Road, Hong Kong, circa 1900, the shaped bowl with pierced panels of bamboo, chrysanthemums and prunus blossoms and engraved with a scrolling dragon, raised on four ball feet, pierced loop handle, marked Wh, 23.5 cm wide, 18 cm high (340 grams)
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A Chinese export silver and mother of pearl comport by Wang Hing & Co, 10 Queens Road, Hong Kong, circa 1890, the shell raised on a tripod of bamboo posts, marked 'Wang Hing', 17.5 cm wide, 9 cm high
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A Japanese silver vase Meiji period, the elegant ovoid body inlaid with a gold roundel featuring a fourteen-pedalled chrysanthemum within a radiating circlet of alternating fans and foliage, impressed mark of (pure silver) to base. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales
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A Chinese export silver circular pierced basket by Yu Chang, circa 1900 with lobed rim and pierced panels of birds amongst blossom, fruit and bamboo, raised on three bun feet, marked Yu Chang, 30 cm. Diameter 6 cm high (508 grams)
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A Chinese export silver two handled presentation cup engraved with a vacant heart cartouche amongst flowers and foliage, engraved across, the handle, (to Mr. Li Zheshi: Till later, from Cui Shangpan), 13.5 cm wide, 20 cm high (250 grams)
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A rare large Indian Ganges sacred water vessel in beaten silver in classic style, with a narrow waisted neck issuing to a full bulbous body, 28.5 cm high, 28 cm diameter, weight 2545gms
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A Chinese export silver goblet by Wang Hing & Co., 10 Queens Road, Hong Kong, circa 1900, the bowl embossed with a scrolling dragon, marked WH90
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Two Indian carved wood figures of Padmapani, Tamilnadu, Southern Indiameter, circa 1900 each wearing jewelled headdress, necklace and bracelets, their hips draped with cloth sashes, one with hands in anjali mudra, the other with hands in abhayamudra, each standing on a carved pedestal bases, 60 cm high
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A Chinese cloisonne Buddha, Qing Dynasty, seated in varada mudra on a double-lotus base, his robe profusely covered with cloisonne floral scrolls, each lotus petal on the base further enamelled with Indian lotus pattern
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A fine blanc de chine vase 18th century, possibly Kangxi, the slender tapering ovoid body decorated with twin mask handles and applied panel of a blossoming prunus tree in low relief,. Provenance: Private collection Queensland
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A Chinese circular tureen and cover 18th century with half-moon chrysanthemum handles, decorated in underglaze blue and white with peonies, bamboo and rock garden motifs, the domed cover surmounted with a mushroom-shaped finial painted with a radiating chrysanthemum, the rim with honey-glaze edge, applied to prevent chipping. Provenance: Peter Wedde collection. Private collection New South Wales
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A pair of Chinese export Nanking blue and white Bough pots and covers, late 18th or, early 19th century, the hexagonal waisted bodies with rope twist handles, the facetted sides well decorated with alternating panels of painted floral subjects and moulded sprays of blossoms and butterflies, the covers with five holes, well painted with rampant dragons midst scrolling clouds within panelled borders. Note: for a similar pair of vases, see Christies Auction 1496, 5-6 April 2005, New York, lot 374. Provenance:…
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A Chinese bottle vase 19th century in teadust glaze, the elegant elongated neck rising from, the bulbous body decorated with an applied figure of a stylised dragon, raised on a slightly everted circular foot. Applied collection paper labels to base and gilded Bada transfer to body, 27 cm high. Provenance: collection of George Eumorfopoulos, Private collection New South Wales
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A Chinese Qianlong exportware barrel shape mug 18th century, the moulded banded body delicately painted with floral bouquet and floral sprays in famille rose palette within brocade borders, 17.5 cm high
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A Chinese Qianlong exportware mug 18th century, the cylindrical body with flared foot painted in famille rose palette with a figural panel of scholars, ladies and children in a garden pavilion on a brocade ground 13 cm high
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A Chinese exportware blue and white mug 18th century, the ample cylindrical body painted with flowers and bamboo in idyllic garden landscape and fitted with a dragon-shaped handle, 13 cm high
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A Chinese Qianlong exportware mug 18th century, the ample cylindrical body well painted with a large panel of ladies and playing children in a garden and small roundels of birds and insects on a delicate ground of flowers and foliage in blue, rose and soft gilt, 13 cm high
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A pair of English coffee cans, circa 1785 with painted figural decoration en Chinoiserie, 7 cm high
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A pair of famille rose doucai bowls, late Qing Dynasty, finely painted with a lotus scroll and bats in rich enamel between pink ruyi-heads on a yellow ground and lotus petals, the foot rim decorated with hui pattern on a light-blue ground, inscribed to, the bottom six-character blue under-glaze Qianlong mark, [Daqing Qianlong Nian Zhi]
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A Nanking Cargo blue and white porcelain plate 18th century decorated with a scene of a quiet port, image named pattern in the Sky. Provenance: Christies Amsterdam sale of the Nanking Cargo in 1986, lot 4132, Private collection Queensland
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A blue and white shallow bowl, late 17th century, late Ming, painted with leaves within a brown tin-glazed border. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland
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A Japanese vase 19th century of double gourd shape, painted with a pavilion by a rocky outcrop on glazed cream ground
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A Korean sake vase, possibly 16th century, the ovoid body with generous bulbous shoulders and narrow neck boldly painted with a floral spray in brown glaze on buff toned ground 25.5 cm
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A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vases 18th century, possibly Kangxi period well painted in underglaze blue with rampant dragons chasing a flaming pearl midst stylised clouds, 20 cm high, six character Kangxi mark in under glaze blue, [Daqing Kangxi Nian Zhi]. (2)
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A pair of hexagonal blue-and-white vases with landscape images late Qing dynasty/ Republic period decorated with finely painted near- identical mountain landscapes of idyllic fishing village life, with two blue-glazed lion-dogs, the feet with bamboo-leaf motifs to each of the six facets
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A blue and white bottle shaped vase 19th century, the globular body rising to a long neck, the body decorated with floral patterns on blue ground in peach-shaped panels, the shoulder decorated with band of ruyi-heads, adjacent to a band of hui pattern, the neck painted with angular leafy patterns with associated flowerhead, with double-ring mark,. Provenance: The collection of John and Maggie Russell, Presbyterian missionaries who built hospitals in China during, the second half 19th century, and thence by…
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A Cantonese bottle shaped vase 19th century painted with figurative panels of ladies in garden pavilions on a brocade ground painted with figured panels, floral sprays and ritual objects in typical palette with gilded highlights, an applied figure of a gilded dragon about, the tall neck
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An Imari rectangular panel Meiji period, the centre painted in typical palette with dragon and scholars holding their attributes within multiple brocade borders
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A Chinese exportware platter 18th century of octagonal form, painted and enamelled in famille rose palette with a central vase of flowers within a border delicately decorated with floral swags, 45 cm long, 35 cm high
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A famille rose bowl with babao motif, late Qing Dynasty, the large body decorated with Buddhist babao motifs between a band of ruyi-head and blue dots on yellow ground to the foot rim and a band of hui pattern around, the mouth rim, inscribed to the bottom six-character Guangxu mark, (Daqing Guangxu Nian Zhi)
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A celadon glazed bowl, Southern Song or, early Yuan dynasty with flared rim and straight foot, decorated with two carved bands, one to, the rim and the other to, the base to both, the interior and the exterior
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Two Chinese blue-and-white exportware bowls, Ming Dynasty each painted with a central flower to, the interior within a medallion on a lotus scroll ground within a banded geometric pattern border to, the inner rim, geometric mark to, the base
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A Chinese export bowl, early 19th century, the interior painted with a spray of flowers, the exterior with a band of flowers on a gilt ground and further sprays of flowers, 27 cm diameter, 11 cm high
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A Chinese sang de boeuf saucer dish 18th century of typical form with a cream interior with six-character Yongzheng mark, Daqing Yongzheng Nian Zhi)
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A famille rose Cantonese tea pot, 20th century, the body finely enamelled with images of children in a playground, holding lanterns, lighting fireworks, another playing a trumpet, the base of the spout decorated with [shou], symbol of longevity, under-glaze blue geometric square 'Hui' pattern to, the foot rim, the shoulder and lid decorated with elaborate floral pattern on yellow ground, enamelled mark [Ju Ren Tang Zhi]
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