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Ceramics — Chinese - Oriental - Philips Auctions Australia
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Ceramics - Chinese
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| *** | A Chinese porcelain brush pot, apparently mid Qing Dynasty (1723-1735), of square cushion form with all four sides decorated with finely painted contesting dragons upon a delicately incised pale turquoise ground; with Yongzheng marks underside. Height 3.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three antique Chinese cups and saucers, Qing Dynasty, probably 18th century, in the mandarin palette with iron red, puce, blue, emerald and touches of yellow, depicting interior figural narrative scenes to the saucers in roundels and to… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese late Ming-style blue and white tea pot, probably of the period (16th/17th century), squat ovoid with a small shaped spout and three mask loops around the shoulder, the dish-shaped cover possibly associated, decorated to one side with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese butterfly bottle vase, bearing Kuang Hsu mark 1875-1909, the slightly flared rim and shoulder decorated with yellow and pink borders, the body painted with butterflies among various flowers and plants. Height 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A famille verte baluster vase, early 20th century, the elegant neck set with double gilt lug handles above bulbous body. Set with panels of figures in a garden and panels of floral sprays. Height 45 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese White On Blue Lidded Jardiniere. Early 20th century. The spherical form with high rounded shoulder terminating in an inset lid with acorn finial all glazed in a deep purplish blue with a pattern of white enamel floral sprays. Height 23 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Pair of porcelain decorative figurines, the male modelled as a Chinese musician with an oriental moustache and holding cymbals, the woman holding a parrot | *** |  |
| *** | An antique rose Mandarin teapot, second half 19th century, a large slightly concave teapot with a flattened collar and a high domed lid, decorated with a continuous figural narrative in a garden pavilion setting, the collar profusely decorated with… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain dishes, Qing Dynasty, early 19th century of circular form, underglaze decorated to the interior with scrolling chrysanthemum central roundels, surrounded by floral spray border, with biscuit coloured edge, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose teapot, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the cylindrical teapot with a flush fitted lid and moulded peach finial, small porcelain supports holding twin wire handles, decorated with figural entertainment scenes in cloud shaped… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration featuring a double phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with scale like patterns… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white porcelain plate in the Qing manner, a gently lobed plate centred with a figural narrative scene within a pavilion and garden setting enclosed by a pencilled main border with arrangements of plum blossom and peony, and narrow borders with… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white censer bowl in the Kangxi manner, a small compressed and waisted bowl with a broad neck, freely decorated in underglaze blue with a pair of dragons holding floral stems and flying amidst flaming clouds, between concentric rings and having… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille rose bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, with a continuous scene of children playing in a fenced garden, with lappet, key fret, stiff leaf and lingzhi mushroom borders in pastel tones, the neck with elephant… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese famille rose vase, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the baluster vase with a broad trumpet neck, applied zoomorphic lug and ring handles, and decorated to the body with a beautiful lady and two children in a garden setting, one child with… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage painted Chinese enamel box in the European tradition, the cushion profile covered box featuring a scene of 18th century lovers in a landscape setting to the lid enclosed by scrolling designs and floral cartouches upon a yellow ground, sky blue… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of vintage famille rose floor vases, mid 20th century, baluster vases having broad waisted necks with applied dog of fo handles, decorated throughout with shaped cartouches enclosing figural narrative, scenes and vegetal motifs amidst scattered… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yellow ground vase, probably 20th century, the compressed oviform vase on a small foot with a broad flared neck and rim, a sgraffito design throughout depicting dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst ruyi clouds, upon a bright mustard yellow… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese famille rose figural Joss stick holders, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the opposite pair of figures dressed in apple green floral robes, each bearing a ruyi sceptre and a branch of auspicious peaches, with apertures… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yellow brush wash bowl Qing Dynasty, 1878-1908 period of cushion profile with an even yellow glaze, underglaze Guangxu mark underside, height 7.5 cm, diameter 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A sang De boeuf bottle vase, of typical form in an even brick red glaze, unmarked, height 39.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome enamel Chinese floor vase, the bottle vase decorated with four roundels decorated with bats and stylised flora in mint green, lemon, red, blue and black colours upon a similarly embellished aqua crackleware ground between key fret, vegetal… | *** |  |
| *** | An iron red porcelain bowl, possibly late Qing Dynasty (late 19th /early 20th century), the interior with lucky crickets, and a central cartouche, the exterior boldly decorated with opposing dragons in a landscape, Guangxu marks underside. Height 5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cream porcelain Guanyin, the contemplative Guanyin in a classic seated position with one knee partly raised, her eyes downcast and her hair coiled and embellished with beads, cradling a ruyi in her left hand across her arm, and supported on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese porcelain screen in a hardwood frame, late Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, the rectangular plaque decorated in fencai enamels with a narrative scene of a wise elder showing a scroll depicting 'Good fortunes' to a child, set with in a… | *** |  |
| *** | A raised Chinese porcelain bowl, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century of oval lobed and tapering form raised upon a conforming base decorated externally in polychrome colours with continuous scenes of writhing dragons amidst fiery clouds, the base… | *** |  |
| *** | A six piece famille rose dragon and phoenix serving set, probably Republic era, mid 20th century, comprising two bowls, two spoons, and two plates, all overglaze decorated, with phoenix and dragons chasing flaming pearls within polychrome key fret,… | *** |  |
| *** | A rose Mandarin hot water serving dish with cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the oval dish decorated to the domed lid and base with figural narratives in garden and pavilion settings enclosed by gold ground floral and insect borders, height 16 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Qing-style polychrome-decorated bowl Qing Dynasty Guangxu mark, possibly of the period (1875-1908) circular with ribbed sides, fencai decoration, the exterior painted with butterflies amidst floral sprays, the interior with a conforming centre,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome vase. The tapering ovoid vase with a trumpet neck, decorated with cats in a flower and rockwork garden, sprigged with butterflies, and having a lambrequin style border to the rim and a lappet border to the base; with mock iron red… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of emerald green Chinese porcelain vases, the elegant baluster vases with ringed trumpet necks with a black underglaze design depicting a bird in a 'Friends of Winter', pine, bamboo, and prunus blossom landscape, accompanied by script and upon a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese pottery vase, the naturalistic vase in the form of a fallen and broken piece bamboo adorned with a family of scampering mud crabs. Height 17 cm. Length 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue bottle neck vase, bearing Yung Cheng mark (1723-1735), the elegant neck above a bulbous decorated in a blue speckle glaze. Height 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon glazed 'Twin-Fish' washer, possibly Yuan Dynasty the well-potted circular washer or dish with deep rounded sides and flattened rim, moulded in relief to the centre with twin fish, with a moulded cavetto and covered overall with an even… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Doucai porcelain bowls, early 20th century, late Qing to Republic era, shallow bowls with flattened rims decorated with hibiscus and tendrils in underglaze cobalt to the exterior, and chrysanthemum flowers in emerald and yellow glazes with… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese polychrome bottle vase, in a pastel and turquoise palette with a continuous relief scene of scholars, wise men with their attributes and others in a garden setting, the lattice design to the neck and foot interspersed with reserves… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese glass Guanyin, early 20th century, in celadon coloured glass with gilt highlights, featuring a contemplative Guanyin with downcast eyes her arms folded in robes and standing upon frothing waves; with signature and seal to the reverse. Height 35… | *** |  |
| *** | Three pieces of blue and white Chinese porcelain. Includes a bowl in the form of a flowering lotus with lingzhi mushroom motifs and Qing marks, a blue and white low bowl with a pouring spout and a porcelain ink stone and water dispenser of rectangular… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white metal rimmed bowl in the Qing manner, the bowl with a flattened rim edged with a metal band and raised on a small foot ring, underglaze decorated to the body with the eight immortals, four character mark underside, height 6.5 cm, diameter… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved zitan brush pot cylindrical, the exterior naturalistically carved to simulate a knotty tree trunk. Height 18 cm diameter 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, decorated all over in the Ming manner with figures in a pavilion and auspicious landscape setting; bearing four character Ming marks underside. Height 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Cantonese famille rose vase c1880s, the porcelain vase of elongated baluster form with a waisted neck and foliated rim, the neck applied with gilded handles modelled as a recumbent lions, with four dragons applied to the shoulder, the body… | *** |  |
| *** | Two large Chinese floor bottle vases. Both decorated in enamel colours with eight deity figures amidst a profusion of flaming clouds upon a mottled navy ground; bearing Qianlong seals underside. Height 59 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large pair of Chinese ceramic Foo dogs, 20th century the standing male and female pair of guardian foo dogs, respectively with ball and cub under their paw and their mouths open, in rich polychrome glaze, on a thin rectangular base. Height 49 cm, length… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome porcelain bowl, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the flared bowl with a flattened base and a continuous scene in a vibrant emerald, apple green, blue and iron red palette with puce highlights, of water birds in a… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese hanging scroll, in watercolour on paper depicting a vase filled with lotus flowers and foliage accompanied by extensive script and various red seal stamps, length 132 cm, width 56 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese Hu vase, in the Qianlong manner, the polychrome vase continuously decorated with myriad deer in a landscape setting, with bright gilt deer head handles to the neck; red and gold seal mark underside. Height 39.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white pot in the Ming manner, a high shouldered ovoid pot with a broad low neck decorated in peony and chrysanthemum type flowers and tendrils in underglaze indigo blue colours between lappets to the shoulder and base, bearing Xuande… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the low bowl featuring a dragon and phoenix contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames and ruyi clouds between a key fret border and waves to the base, apocryphal red seal mark underside,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille rose plate. The cabinet plate with border patterns and diaper decoration enclosing a figural narrative scene with two women in rose and yellow attire in a fenced bamboo and rockwork landscape setting; iron red bordered seal underside.… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese Straits type famille rose covered jars, 20th century, hexagonal jars with reserves depicting figural narrative scenes in pavilion, and landscape settings between floral decorated panels upon a lime green, ground, lingzhi fungus and key… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases, and another similar, 20th century, all of meiping shape, the pair decorated all round with ducks amidst vegetation, the third slightly taller vase decorated with figures engaged in various pursuits in a… | *** |  |
| *** | A slender famille verte baluster vase, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the vase decorated in enamels with a figural narrative comprising three deity figures, one accompanied by a deer in a three friends of winter landscape, height 26.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Cantonese rose Mandarin vase, late Qing Dynasty, second half 19th century, the baluster vase with a broad neck and applied ring handles with zoomorphic mounts, decorated to the body with figural narratives scenes to reserves and cloud cartouches between… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese vase in the Yongzheng manner, of squared baluster form, each facet with a scrolled reserve depicting a bird in a garden setting in bright enamel colours upon a dove blue grey ground, the body with a diaper pattern throughout between puce tendril… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of six matching rose Canton plates, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the plates richly decorated to four fan reserves and a central octagonal medallion with birds and insects amidst auspicious foliage and fruits upon a gilded brocade ground, diameter 25… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese 'Wood grain' porcelain bowls. The oval bowls of lobed and flaring form raised upon petite lingzhi fungus feet, with a flattened and scroll decorated serpentine rim, the interior glazed in turquoise; bearing Qianlong mark underside.… | *** |  |
| *** | Ten Waterford, Colleen' short stemmed wine or water glasses, 1968, year of introduction, stemware of classic design with cross hatching to the lower body and a border, of elegant lens cuts, with a cut knopped short stem to spreading plain foot, stencil… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Imari barber's bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century brightly enamelled with leafy sprays of hibiscus, prunus and other flowers within a wide band on the rim of diaper and cell patterns edged in scrolling leaves and trailing floral sprigs, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of twelve Chinese 'Beauties of the red Mansion' plates, 1980s, by Imperial Jingdezhen porcelain. A collection of limited edition plates by master artisan Zhao Huimin, based on the Chinese romantic novel 'A dream of red Mansions' each plate stamped… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese double gourd 'Insect' vase, a striking vase encrusted with cicadas and crickets hidden within foliage and flora in subtle shades of umber and Prussian blue on a pale ground, the waist decorated with the eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese green-enamelled porcelain box, cylindrical, the cover with a dragon to the top and bats and shou characters to the sides, the base with waves, a Jiaqing seal mark underside. Height 5 cm. Diameter: 9.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese porcelain brush pot, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the large pot of near cylindrical form decorated in a famille verte palette with a continuous narrative scene with figures engaged in games and aspects of daily life in a landscape… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Shuangxi Chinese blue and white covered jars, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, two ovoid jars each with three double happiness symbols and freely executed scrolling sweet pea motifs throughout between concentric ring borders, the flat topped covers… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white transitional style sleeve vase, of typical form with incised borders to the collar and base and decorated in underglaze blue with a figural narrative scene set in a symbolic garden. Height 40.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine porcelain Guanyin. Republic era, 20th century. The contemplative Guanyin of serpentine pose and with flowing drapery standing upon a swirling and vegetal base; with feint impressed seal mark to the reverse. Height 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese export polychrome-decorated porcelain vases, late 19th century, mallet-shaped and applied with a pair of shishi to the neck and opposed pairs of chilongs at the shoulder, each neck and body decorated with panels between foliate borders,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912), the squat vase with flared rim decorated to the plain body figures in long robes amongst bamboo. Height 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille rose butterfly vases, bearing Chia Ch'ing mark (1796-1820), the double gourd shape vase decorated with butterflies among flowers with painted tied ribbon to the centre. Height 20 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white Chinese bottle vase, bearing K'ang-hsi mark (1662-1722), the bulbous body rising to slender neck painted with villages and figures in a mountain landscape. Height 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white vase. Bearing Qianlong mark (1736-1795), the hexagonal shaped vase with bulbous base displays repeat floral and peach motifs throughout. Height 43 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved globular vase. Bearing Qianlong mark (1736-1795), the squat base with tubular neck displays a carved scene of pheasants in a rockery set within a deep turquoise ground. Stamped to base. Height 25.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white Meiping vase, probably Ming Dynasty, decorated to the body with trailing marguerites, foliage and tendrils with a similar frieze to the collar between key fret, arabesque and lappet borders, with a satin glaze overall; underglaze… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of twelve Chinese porcelain 'Beauties of Jinling' snuff bottles, the set of cylindrical bottles with gilt stoppers, each depicting one of the twelve beauties from the Chinese 18th century classic novel Hongloumeng (Dream of the Red Chamber) in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white moon flask porcelain vase, bearing Ming Xuande mark, the Chinese twin-handled moon flask vase decorated on both sides with roundels depicting fish and lotus in a pond scene, with underglaze six-character Xuande mark to the rim but… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Cantonese export famille rose porcelain plates, late 19th century the matching set of three plates, each typically decorated to the well and surrounding border with birds, shou medallions, insects and flora, upon a profusely embellished ground.… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain stools, the octagonal barrel shaped stools with pierced coins to the top and sides, decorated with applied button nodules, floral forms throughout, between key fret and wave borders. Height 46 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese blue and white porcelain Pillow, of traditional brick type and decorated with a dragon flying through clouds to the top, flowers and water fowl to the long and short sides, height 13 cm, length 34.5 cm, width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille rose dish, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, centred with an array of auspicious objects and vases of flowers and enclosed, by a broad rim with four shaped reserves decorated with bird life against a flower sprigged diaper ground, diameter… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of Chinese blue floor vases, late 19th to early 20th century, the imposing pair of monochrome bulbous vases with trumpet neck in rich dark Prussian blue glaze, height 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A W&R Carlton ware 'Swallow & Cloud' Yen-Yen vase, circa 1926, shape 139. the Chinese shaped vase with swallows flying across lemon clouds embellished with gilded lace and abundant tendrils and dotted with green and red jewels upon a striking blue purple… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon plate on stand, 20th century, set in the form of a flower with petal rim edge standing on pierced wooden stand. Diameter 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese floral bottle vase, the vase with a bulb form rim decorated throughout with scrolling emerald foliage, underglaze blue and flowers in pink, yellow and iron red enamel colours; above a key fret decorated foot rim; bearing a Qianlong mark… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white porcelain charger, possibly late Qing the Chinese export charger of circular form, decorated with central scene of houses on a river, surrounded by borders of cross hatching, the exterior with foliate sprays, with old paper label… | *** |  |
| *** | A matching pair of small Chinese dishes, in doucai colours, the interior with a central roundel depicting a peach branch emanating from a 'Calligraphic' tree trunk amidst a rocky landscape setting, similarly decorated externally united by scrolled motifs;… | *** |  |
| *** | A Kangxi blue and white shipwreck cup and saucer. Qing Dynasty, circa 1700, unknown shipwreck, the delicately modelled porcelain cup and saucer with finely lobed cells and ribs, each decorated in underglaze blue with various phoenix, a loosely drawn… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese relief decorated famille rose Nanking vase, the baluster form Nanking vase decorated with a battle scene with some warriors on horseback, in famille rose palette enamels upon a beige crackle ground, with iron glazed relief chilongs and lions,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese porcelain vase, the pear shaped vase with a trumpet neck decorated with blue grey birds in a prunus blossom tree upon an bright orange ground; bearing a Yongzheng mark within concentric blue rings underside. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Cantonese famille rose footed lotus bowl, late Qing Dynasty, 19th-early 20th century, the lobed and barbed bowl raised on a conforming foot, well decorated in typical colours with eleven figures engaged in an animated narrative in an interior, the foot… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille verte bowl. a flared faceted bowl with a continuous enamel decorated scene of prancing horses against a swirling emerald ground sprigged with prunus blossom and flames; bearing a Kangxi mark to the rim. Height 12 cm. Width 23 cm. Depth… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese export wares: a teapot and an armorial tankard for Baillie, Qianlong period, 18th century, as found, a bullet shaped figural narrative teapot with enamel decoration (lid absent), a large tankard bearing the coat of arms of Baillie impaling… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white dish with a transparent green glaze, late Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark 1875-1908, profusely decorated throughout with writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls, amidst fiery clouds, a narrow lappet border below the exterior decoration,… | *** |  |
| *** | A cinnabar lacquerware box, the cushion form circular box profusely decorated throughout with dragons, auspicious fruits, arabesque and chevron borders, centred with the character, for 'Spring' on a diaper ground, apocryphal Qianlong marks underside,… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese blue and white ewer, Qing Dynasty, probably 17th to 18th century, the double gourd ewer decorated with lotus flowers and foliage, lilies and fruits, with stiff leaf borders to the collar and base and cloud forms to the upper section,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of small Chinese dishes. The low form circular dishes with foot rims decorated with flowers, bamboo and rockwork, bearing Yongzheng marks underside. Height 3.5 cm. Diameter 7.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large yellow ground polychrome porcelain teapot, the beehive shaped teapot with a domed lid and finial, having a moulded gold painted spout and chilong handle, decorated to the body with two cloud shaped reserves, one with lotus, the other with… | *** |  |