*** | A bronze 'iris' sculpture, Meiji period, incised Issei, above seal mark of Hidemitsu Kansei 37.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze tripod censer, Embossed Zhengde four-character mark, 11 cm diam. 810g | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese bronze tripod censer, 19th century, the bulbous body with everted rim cast with paired kylin handles and panels of birds on a floral engraved ground studded with flower heads, cast signature panel Fuji Zhu, 42 cm diameter, 32 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan bronze Avalokiteshvara, 18th/19th century,the eleven-headed eight-armed divinity standing in samapada wearing flowing robes, his primary hands in namaskara mudra, his lower right hand in varada mudra, three of his remaining hands holding… | *** | |
*** | A 19th century Thai (Bangkok) gilded bronze Buddha, seated in dhyanasana, his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra and his left in dhyana mudra, his hair in rings of tight curls and a flame rising from his usnisha, his downcast eyes and serene contemplative… | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Avalokiteshvara, 19th century, seated in vajraparyankasana and hands in dhyana mudra and holding a jewelled offering vessel, his face with a serene expression and eyes downcast in meditation, wearing a dhoti, a jewelled Crown… | *** | |
*** | Two large Japanese bronze models of rabbits by Shuzan, early 20th century, a pair of long-haired rabbits, one in a crouched position with ears back, the other seated on its haunches preening, signed on the underside Shuzan. Height 28 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese amber glass gold-splashed washer, four-character Qianlong seal mark, but later the compressed globular body in the form of a lotus flower, the associated bronze spoon with an end in the form of a dragon's head, with stand, 5.1 cm high | *** | |
*** | A gilt bronze figure of a Bodhisattva Possibly Nepalese, 19th century or earlier fixed on stand, the statue 8.5 cm high, with stand 11.4 cm. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 30 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Japan in the 1960s | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, 18th century, 9.4 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of a seated Gautama Buddha, possibly Vairochana, style of 14th century, height 15.3 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney | *** | |
*** | A square bronze censer with 'lion' handles, Two-character embossed seal mark to the base, 6.2 cm high, 895g | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt-bronze ruyi sceptre, Qianlong four-character impressed mark, 36.5 cm long. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, purchased in the 1960s in Kyoto and hence by descent (by repute) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze Bodhisattva statue, Ming, the seated goddess accompanied by two of her consorts above a beast, her right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the left hand held in dhyana mudra above her lap and holding a bead, wearing a jewelled foliate Crown,… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese square bronze censer with silver inlays, Three-character embossed studio mark, 8.5 cm high, 18 cm wide, 8.2 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A gilt bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, 15 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1980s | *** | |
*** | A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze zoomorphic censer, 18th-19th century, in the form of a large mythical beast with a large upturned tail, the head hinged to the massive body on four powerful clawed paws, bearing a paper label, 'Mossgreen Auctions 1981/01'. 26… | *** | |
*** | A bronze Bodhisattva, Republic, the goddess wearing a flowing robe and elaborate Crown, her hands in Bhumisparsha mudra, seated on a lotus base. 33 cm high | *** | |
*** | A bronze water pot with a spoon, Qing dynasty, the vessel of compressed globular shaped, decorated around the body in high relief with melons and vines, the spoon of slender form, the end resembling the head of a goose. 8 cm wide, 4.1 cm high | *** | |
*** | A gilt-bronze Bhaisajyaguru, 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze incense burner, 19th/ 20th century of half lobed rectangular form with twin S-shaped handles on four slightly splayed legs with cast dragon attenuations, complete with a domed carved reticulated wooden cover surmounted by a carved figural… | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan gilded bronze figure of Amitayus, 19th century seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyana mudra, holding a bowl, replaced, and wearing an elaborate Crown, jewellery and flowing robes, accented with semi precious stones and gilt with a later… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese opium set, 19th and 20th century, comprising a silver mounted black lacquered wood opium pipe with striated green jade terminals to each end, a pottery octagonal stopper with incised marks of (jiangji, the name of the workshop), (simao, the name… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze belt buckle, Waring States 18.5 cm long. Provenance: NSW Private Collection. Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, 21 July 1981 Sydney (label and receipt) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze tripod censer, three-character embossed studio mark, 10.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan bronze Tara, 19th century seated in vajraparyankasara with her right hand lowered in varada mudra, her left raised and holding the stem of a lotus flowering at her shoulder, surrounded by an arching robe/halo, her hair adorned with a… | *** | |
*** | A bronze articulated model of a swimmer crab, Japan, Meiji period (late 19th century) length 22 cm | *** | |
*** | A gilt-bronze figure of a seated Lama, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Shanxi, China in the 1950s (by repute) | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure group of a tiger attacking a hippopotamus, Meiji Period, 45 cm long. Provenance: Ramornie Antiques Seaforth, Jan 1974 | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze figure of a seated Bhaisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha with serene expression, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, wearing layered robes, his left hand holding a medicine nectar, his right hand resting on his knee, holding the… | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure of a country woman, Meiji period, carrying a basket on her back. Impressed mark. 35 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt-bronze seated figure of a Buddha, possibly Vairochana, and style of Ming dynasty, height 18 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Singapore, acquired in Singapore in the early 1990s | *** | |
*** | A bronze square censer with silver inlays, Shisou mark, Qing Dynasty, 5 cm high. Provenance: Christie's, 8 July 1991 (label attached), Private collection, Sydney, Christie's, 8.7.91 | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt bronze figure of a seated Bodhisattva and his mount, Ming dynasty 31 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan bronze Avalokiteshvara, 18th century, the well patinated figure wearing a jewelled Crown, jewelled necklaces and armlets accented in semi-precious stone, seated in dhyasana, with his twelve arms in the twelve mudras. 15.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Regency figural candelabra, circa 1830, each raised on a stepped marble base and cylindrical bronze standard surmounted by a classically draped figure holding a scrolling two branch candelabra aloft, 56 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two Japanese bronze figures of Rabbits early 20th century | *** | |
*** | A bronze tripod censer, ding, Qing dynasty, 24 cm high, 35.5 cm wide. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1649 (label) | *** | |
*** | A gilt-bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, 19.5 cm high. Provenance: East and West Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria Private Collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese 'arabic script' bronze tripod censer, Three-character embossed studio seal mark 11 cm diam., 1970g | *** | |
*** | A bronze head of Buddha, Laos, 16th/17th century, with flaming ushnisa rising from his tightly curled hair revealing long pendulous ear lobes. 21 cm high | *** | |
*** | Eight pairs of gold, silver and gilt bronze earrings, Ming to Qing dynasty Varying sizes from 2.7 cm to 5.4 cm long (16). | *** | |
*** | A Japanese cast bronze figure of a crouching rabbit, Meiji periodincised signature to base | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze 'cloud' vessel, zhi, Qing dynasty, 19.5 cm high, 1.8kg | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze silver-inlaid censer, bo, 'Shi Sou' silver-inlaid mark to the base decorated around the body with scrolling lotus above a band of leafy patterns, all silver inlay 13.5 cm diameter, 2030g | *** | |
*** | An Ayuthia standing gilded bronze Buddha, 17th/18th century,his right hand raised in abhaya mudra, his downcast eyes and serene smile framed by pendulous ears, his curled hair covered by a jewelled Crown and dressed in a flowing robe. 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two small Japanese bronze models of seated hares, late 19th century | *** | |
*** | A bronze figure of Guanyin Late Ming, 17th century with a stand, 28.5 cm high. Provenance: Vernon Yip, Sydney (Certificate). Private collection, Sydney. | *** | |
*** | A parcel gilt bronze suanni censer Yutang Qingwan studio mark 7.5 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Western Australia | *** | |
*** | A gilt-bronze figure of a seated Manjushri, 15 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of a seated Bodhisattva, her hands in Abhaya and Varada mudra, seated in Dhyanasana on a double lotus base, 16.3 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze tripod censer, Yutang Qingwan four-character embossed studio seal mark to the base 10.5 cm diam., 575g, Perth private collection, inherited from current owner's grandfather who had acquired the piece in Kyoto during the 1950s, by repute | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze arhat, the slender arhat seated with his eyes closed as if meditating in half-leg position, his robe flowing from his waist down to reveal a torso with visible ribs, two hands resting on the left knee, 8 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan bronze temple gong, late 19th century in the form of a stylised chattra, each side engraved with mythical animals and birds and mounted on a shaped wooden stand complete with wooden striker, gong and stand 66 cm wide 31 cm deep 79 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze censer, gui, 5.5 cm high, 475g | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure group of tigers attacking an elephant, Meiji period, signed indistinctly, possibly Tsuneaki Zo, the elephant with ivory tusks and raised trunk, a tiger on his back and another under his foot 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Japanese parcel gilt bronze figure of a fearsome Kabuki actor, Meiji period, the standing snarling figure dressed in robes highlighted in gilt mon and holding aloft a dish, the figure 44 cm high on a large carved wooden platform overall 60 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Thai gilded bronze figure of Buddha shakyamuni, seated in vajrasana, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, the left resting on his lap in vitarka, 35 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze peach-shaped censer 19th century, the cover with a monkey seated amongst leaves on top of the peach., the disproportioned monkey and p each possibly referring to an episode in ', the Journey To, the West', Where, the Monkey King Steals XI… | *** | |
*** | Two Japanese bronze models of seated rabbits by Shuzan, early 20th century | *** | |
*** | A bronze 'kui'-dragon tripod censer 12.8 cm diam., 445g. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1127 | *** | |
*** | A gilt bronze figure of White Jambhala, 5.7 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Beijing during the 1950s | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Vajra-Heruka embracing his consort Vajra-Krodhesvari, Mid 20th century, 19 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, New South Wales, acquired in Nepal in the late 1960s | *** | |
*** | A japanese tetsubin (iron kettle) with bronze cover, Attributed to Ryubundo, incised with company mark to the underside of the cover [], cast in low relief within a raised reserve a reading woodcutter in a mountain landscape on one side, and a branch of… | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese 'lion'-handle bronze censer, embossed 'xuan' to the base, of compressed globular form supported on a short foot rim, flanked by two 'lion' handles, 12 cm widest, 4.8 cm high, 569g | *** | |
*** | A Chinese buckle of gilded bronze, 19th/ 20th century, the two parts with sliding mechanism,cast with a large full-faced dragon, its head in high relief, flanked by two smaller dragons, all against a ground of lei pattern. 7 cm long, 3.2 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze model of a seated fox by Kazuyuki, late 19th century | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan gold lacquered bronze figure group of Yama Dharmaraja and consort, 18th/19th century, 7.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Arabic-inscribed bronze censer, six-character Xuande mark to the base, but later, of compressed form, supported on three short feet and flanked by two upturned handles, cast on two sides with Arabic inscriptions set within shaped reserves. 5 cm… | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Nepalese figure of Indra, early 20th century, in gilded bronze, seated in lalitasana, with a lotus issuing from her left shoulder, wearing an elaborate Crown, necklace and bracelets, on a lotus base, sealed. | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze mixed metal vase, Meiji Period, signed Yamamoto Zo inlaid in silver and shibuichi depicting prunus blossom 17 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan bronze counter-flowing kettle and pouch, the kettle embossed with a seated Buddhist monk on both sides reserved against a profusely decorated field of Indian lotus, the spout issuing from a demon's mouth, the handle in the shape of a arching… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese square bronze censer, Three-character embossed studio mark, 18.5 cm wide, 9 cm high, 9 cm deep, 2440g | *** | |
*** | A large Japanese bronze turtle group by Kosai, late 19th century | *** | |
*** | An archaistic 'kui-dragon' bronze vessel, hu, 16th/ 17th century, 25.5 cm, height, 13 cm width, 10.5 cm depth | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure of a samurai, signed Toyoshi, Meiji period, the figure standing in an alert manner holding a wooden pike (replaced), 30 cm, on a realistic carved wooden base, 40 cm high overall | *** | |
*** | A pair of Japanese bronze models of carp, late 19th century, each propped up on its tail as if leaping from the water, mouths open and fins outstretched. Height 30.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A bronze belt buckle with gold inlays Han dynasty 14.7 cm long. Provenance: Soo Tze Orientique, Melbourne, 1995. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Eastern 'Archaic' twin handled bronze bowls, each with raised fish and seaweed design within triple ring border, once in the entrance hall of the Pierre Hotel Fairfax penthouse, New York, 40 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure group Meiji period, of a fisherwoman seated on a large anchor a basket at her feet and watching a boy playing before waves on a shore line, 40 cm wide, carved wooden stand 33 cm high overall | *** | |
*** | A large Japanese bronze turtle, by Kosai, late 19th centurycast and finished to resemble the rough textures of the animal's shell and skin, signed on the underside Kosai chu,11in long | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure group of an elephant attacked by two tigers, Meiji period, marked (cast by Seikoku), 22 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bronze footed censer, ding, the square faceted body with a pair of upright loop handles rising from the everted rim, decorated with panels of paired stylised dragons raised on four tall legs in the form of stylised phoenix. 18 cm long, 14 cm… | *** | |
*** | A Japanese shibayama box and cover, Meiji periodof shaped petal form with applied fan-shaped panels to the cover inlaid and mounted with figures of monkeys and a rat catcher in bronze, copper and gold, the sides with fans decorated with figural and floral… | *** | |
*** | A small Japanese bronze model of two turtles late 19th century | *** | |
*** | A pair of Japanese bronze mixed metal bottle vases, Meiji Period signed Kyoto Kuroda Zo, signed Kyoto Kuroda Zo inlaid in silver, gilt, and shibuichi depicting heron wading in water, 17 cm high (2) | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze mixed metal censer and cover, Meiji period signed Shu Koku, inlaid in silver, gilt and shibuichi with a goose flying in a full moon, the reverse with prunus blossom, two rising loop handles 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese gilded bronze tripod 'dragon' censer, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, early to mid 20th century, cast with a dragon accompanied by small lion dogs against a 'sea wave' ground on each side of the body, supported on three… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Japanese bronze figures of elephants, Meiji period, one walking, the other trumpeting with with a raised trunk, both with ivory trunks, 12 & 21 cm high (2) | *** | |
*** | A Japanese patinated red bronze mixed metal plate, Meiji period, Nogawa Company of Kyoto mark, inlaid with silver and bronze depicting a cockerel perched amongst prunus blossom 27 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze hand beaten bowl, marked touroku shouyan and heian ryuya, engraved with a scrolling dragon 30 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese silver inlaid bronze figure of a kylin, 20th century, the body in recumbent position, the head turned back with snarling expression, Shi Sou mark in silver inlay to base. 17 cm long | *** | |
*** | A bronze Buddha, Laos, 19th century, seated in bumisparsa mudra on a raised lotus pedestal base, incised with Laotian script, possibly the name of the donor. 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | A bronze footed jardiniere, with twin elephant head handles raised on shaped scrolled feet joined by slender stretchers, 23 cm wide 13 cm deep 13 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Buddha Sakyamuni, in cast bronze, seated in Dhyana mudra on a lotus pedestal and holding a gilded pearl. 20th century. Height 72 cm | *** | |