Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.
Ceramics — Chinese - Oriental - Philips Auctions Australia
Auction House:
| Philips Auctions Australia | |
|---|---|
| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Ceramics - Chinese
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | A Chinese carved zitan brush pot. Cylindrical, the exterior carved to simulate a gnarled and knotty tree trunk. Height 17.5 cm. Diameter 14 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Two matching antique Chinese porcelain dishes, late Qing Dynasty (late 19th century), of different sizes but otherwise matching, each oval with raised edges, the centres decorated in green, gold, and red with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the borders… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Islamic style ewer, bearing Yung Lo mark 1403-1424, the single handled and wide rim ewer decorated with dragons contesting flaming pearls among scrolling clouds, the lid set with blue and white finial and incised clouds. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Inkstone. The rounded rectangular duan stone of deep aubergine colouring, finely carved and pierced to the brush wash section with a fish leaping from the waves of a lotus water garden; with seal mark underside. Length 24.5 cm. Width 21.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Duan Inkstone and wash, the celadon and purple duan stone in the form of an aubergine with a recessed well and naturalistically carved with tendrils and leaves and signed to the reverse with the maker's name and a motto. Height 2.5 cm. Length 20… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four small Chinese ceramic wares, a crackle-glazed blue porcelain dish; a pale blue-glazed porcelain jar or brush washer with a Kangxi mark underside; a green-glazed porcelain water pot, with stand; and a miniature green-glazed stoneware tea… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inkstone, 20th century, depicting a naturalistic aubergine and utilising the natural purple and celadon hues of the duan stone, the pale green mixing well having a fine silken finish descending to a small purple reservoir, decorated to the end… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Yixing teapot, in deep olive tonings and in the form of a squat lobed gourd or pumpkin, with a branch style handle and having a similarly shaped lid with a vegetal finial; with impressed seal marks to the lid and also underside. Height 7.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Meiping dragon porcelain vase, bearing Qianlong mark, 20th century in a famille verte palette, decorated with dragon over turbulent sea upon a ground of incised clouds, with borders of scrolls and vigorous tendrils with stylised flower heads to… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese underglaze blue floor vases. The baluster vases with generous trumpet necks and applied double lion dog lug handles, decorated to one with the figure of the god of longevity Shouxing and his attributes, with a deer, bats and figures in a… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique famille verte baluster vase, later Qing Dynasty, the waisted tapering vase with a carinate collar, decorated to the body with figural narratives set within garden and sublime landscape settings, diaper patterns and borders punctuated with… | *** |  |
| *** | A tall Chinese Wucai sleeve vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, decorated in underglaze blue and wucai enamels with dragons chasing flaming pearls, between a scrolled foliate border with floral rosettes to the collar and a wavy lower border, pearl and flame… | *** |  |
| *** | A green decorated dragon bowl, the bowl with shallow foot rim, decorated throughout with five green dragons enriched with black and white enamels and chasing flaming pearls amidst lingzhi fungus and fiery clouds, above a border of cresting waves,… | *** |  |
| *** | An export ware rose medallion vase, Qing Dynasty, later 19th to early 20th century, the baluster vase with trumpet neck typically decorated with reserved figural, narrative scenes and reserves of birds and flora upon a scroll and floral, decorated gold… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white brush pot, cylindrical and decorated in the Kangxi manner with a continuous scene of courtiers in a pavilion and landscape setting, an engraved scrolling border, to the rim, height 17 cm, diameter 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese vase with peach lugs. Bearing Qianlong mark ( 1736-1795), the ts'un shaped form footed and with elongated neck displays a scene of birds and blooms set within a deep cerulean blue ground. Stamped to base. Height 42 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese Ming-style Wucai dishes, probably 19th century, of low saucer profile with gently upturned sides, the interior decorated in iron red, cobalt, green and yellow, with a roundel of a dragon within a. Wide border of figures alternating with… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese polychrome jar on turquoise ground, 20th century, the large jar or planter, with raised and painted polychrome dragons above a turbulent sea, between heart-shaped reserves with birds, flowers and clouds upon a brocade patterned yellow… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Longquan celadon 'Kinuta' vase, possibly Southern Song Dynasty the mallet-shaped (Kinuta) vase, well-potted with a cylindrical body, canted shoulder and cylindrical neck with an everted dish-shaped mouth, set to the neck with a pair of stylised… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese export ware famille rose soup bowls, Qianlong period 1736-1795, centred with individually painted informal rose arrangements in puce, iron red and green, enclosed by a delicate husk border and a running ribbon and floral festoon border… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue & white opium burner on stand, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the metal mounted blue and white pot, decorated with underglaze scene in mountainous landscape, with handle and removable spout, bearing south china eight character mark, on… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export famille rose bowl in the Mandarin palette, Qing Dynasty, in the 18th century manner featuring two large figural narrative cartouches in garden settings between iron red trellis decoration and smaller cartouches with landscape sketches,… | *** |  |
| *** | A rose Canton teapot in the Western taste, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the waisted teapot with flattened shoulders, scrolling handle and spout and a domed lid, richly decorated to shaped reserves and roundels with birds and insects amidst foliage and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Qianlong famille rose teapot, Qing Dynasty, mid 18th century, of globular form with a large loop handle and domed lid with shaped finial, decorated with reserved identical figural narratives in landscape and pavilion settings, with magenta diaper… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white Garlic head vase, the five lobed vase with individual apertures well decorated with figures engaged in daily pursuits in a traditional and sublime landscape setting, the neck similarly decorated; with a four character mark… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved zitan brush pot, cylindrical, the exterior finely carved to simulate a gnarled and knotty tree trunk. Height 18.5 cm. Diameter 16.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille rose dish, late Qing Dynasty (late 19th/early 20th century). The hexagonal straight sided dish with a flattened rim and raised on stile feet, decorated to the interior and rim in a predominantly puce, emerald and iron red palette with… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Yixing Teapots Reputedly by Qian long and Jian Rong, of deep brick red colouring, one with an incised blossom motif and script, and having a small nut like finial, the other with a textured satin glaze and an applied ceramic 'Painting' of a… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese flambe vase, Republic era, mid to late 20th century, a substantial ovoid vase with a broad waisted neck and raised on a conforming circular foot and having distinctive deer head handles, with a rich over all sang de boeuf glaze mottled… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Thousand Deer Zun. Bearing Qianlong Mark (1736-1796). The bulbous base tapers towards a narrow neck and featuring a pair of decorative side lugs to each side to the body displays a scene of the 'thousand deer' pattern frolicking amongst the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese early Qing-style sang-de-boeuf bottle vase, probably early 20th century, the long slender neck above the globular body on a foot-ring, the deep red glaze falling away from the white-glazed mouth, finely streaked over the body. Height 37 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese crackle-glazed jar, globular, the flat cover with a ball finial, white-grey glazed with dark crackle. Height 20.5 cm. Diameter 22 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Guan-Type crackle Clazed tripod censor, late 19th to 20th century, the censer of compressed globular form with a pair of shaped looped handles to the shoulder, covered in a fine pale green celadon glaze with 'Iron wire and golden thread' crackle… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three Chinese blanc de chine items: a covered box, a brush wash and a miniature vase, Qing Dynasty. Provenance: ex Prof. C.P Fitzgerald collection, sinologist, a miniature sleeve vase carved in relief with a wolf walking through pine foliage, a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese sang-de-boeuf covered jar, Republic era, early to mid 20th century, the ovoid jar with an inverted rim having a fitted lid and a small round knop, with a rich mottled red glaze with hints of purple to the rim; bearing a jian ding wax seal mark… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four Chinese porcelain scholar's desk pieces, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, comprising a scrolled wrist rest, an oval inkstone, a brush wash with a quatrefoil aperture, and a pierced rectangular brush rest, all with underglaze blue… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Binh Thuan shipwreck bowl, circa 1608, Wanli period, the high form bowl with underglaze blue decoration to a central double ringed roundel featuring a phoenix in a garden, with non glazed marks to the interior and externally and having… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon glazed 'Sunflower' washer, possibly Yuan Dynasty, the well-potted circular washer or dish with deep rounded sides and barbed rim, moulded in relief to the centre with a sunflower, with a moulded cavetto and covered overall with an even… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese porcelain dome form dragon brush pot, Daoguang period mark, the fine dome form circular brush pot, decorated in polychrome enamels with a central band of two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds and above waves, bearing a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved hardwood brush pot. Cylindrical, the thick sides carved in relief with opposing reserves within fretwork borders and spandrels, one with dragons in clouds, the other with a bat above peaches and a doubled circular symbol. Height 19.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome enamel bowl, the tapering bowl with a small circular foot rim profusely decorated with writhing dragons in blue, pink, yellow and green colours chasing flaming pearls amidst white capped waves; pale teal to the interior, and bearing a… | *** |  |
| *** | 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 or cranes, centred… | *** |  |
| *** | A Cantonese export ware famille rose tureen with cover, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, rectangular with a domed lid and peach finial, decorated to the lid and sides, with continuous figural narrative scenes between lavish brocaded… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique emerald green Shiwan pottery teapot, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the straight-sided pot with curved pouring spout, ear form handle and flat lid to the pronounced neck, with a thick 'Majolica' type glaze throughout falling shy of the foot rim,… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white phoenix bowl in the Ming manner, a thickly potted ogee profile bowl with foot ring, decorated with a phoenix amidst chrysanthemums to a central roundel, a diaper border within concentric rings to the to the rim, the exterior with a frieze… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export bowl. Qing Dynasty, circa 1,800, of small punchbowl shape with underglaze blue and enamel decoration in iron red and gold depicting peony flowers and lingzhi mushrooms beneath a tree in a lattice fenced garden, with a floral spray… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white decorated dragon cup, the bell shaped cup with a pair of writhing dragons pursuing a flaming pearl amidst fiery clouds, apocryphal bordered Ming marks underside, height 5 cm, diameter 6 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese yellow ground dishes, in solid canary yellow to the exterior, stone white to the interior; bearing underglaze Guangxu mark underside to both. Height 4.5 cm. Diameter 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three Cantonese rose medallion porcelain wares two Teapots and a lidded canister, qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, two teapots, the larger with a peach finial and the other with a gilded knop, and a cylindrical flat topped canister, all… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white tulip vase, 19th century, of typical bulbous garlic form with a long neck, decorated with two figural, cartouches of Chinese figures upon a prunus decorated sponged blue ground, between lappets and a ruyi collar, height 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Pinched edge triangular plate, bearing Hsuan Te mark 1426-1435, the yellow ground plate with raised rim is decorated with green incised images of a dragon contesting flaming pearls above a turbulent sea. Height 2.5 cm. Length 29 cm. Depth 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese sang-de-boeuf vase, the onion shaped lobed vase upon a gently flared foot having applied chilongs to the neck and with a rich mottled red purple glaze. Height 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese dark blue glazed earthenware dish, of flat form with an everted rim and glazed in deep blue with a white figure of a flying dragon with feint incised patterns to the centre; displayed in a carved timber display stand shaped as clouds, diameter… | *** |  |
| *** | A jade horse with stand, contemporary, in the manner of a caparisoned Tang horse nibbling its foreleg; the jade of a rich medium green colour. Height 18 cm. Length 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export polychrome-decorated vase, late 19th/early 20th century, mallet-shaped with a flaring mouth and a chilong applied to the neck, reserves to the neck and body painted with scenes of figures on a terrace and with birds and insects amidst… | *** |  |
| *** | A facetted semi-circular bowl, qing Dynasty 1736-1796, unusually shaped bowl on a stand with polychrome floral and foliate design all over, mottled turquoise glaze to the interior and worn red marks to base, with certificate of identification. Height 11… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese sang-de-boeuf bottle vase. Possibly late Qing Dynasty (late 19th /early 20th century), in deep maroon coloration modulating from near white at the rim to rich deeper tonings, and with a white glazed interior. Height 38 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome lidded bottle vase, the straight sided bottle with an elongated neck and a domed lid with a turban finial, decorated with contesting dragons and phoenix in a green palette interspersed with shou medallions upon a textured and tendril… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese blue and white porcelain mallet vase, with a pair of ribbed tubular handles to the neck, the body decorated with various objects within a field of scrolling foliage, the neck, shoulder, and foot with bands and borders of various designs, a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Kangxi blue and white shipwreck cup and saucer, Qing Dynasty, circa 1700, unknown shipwreck, the delicately modelled cup and saucer with finely scalloped rims and radiating lobed cells, each decorated in underglaze blue with floral emblems, birds and… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Kangxi blue and white shipwreck dishes, Qing Dynasty, circa 1700, unknown shipwreck, the small dishes with honeycomb impressed moulding to the cavetto and embellished in underglaze blue with peony and plum blossom flowers within concentric blue… | *** |  |
| *** | A Kangxi blue and white shipwreck cup and saucer, Qing Dynasty, circa 1700, unknown shipwreck, the footed bell shaped bowl of typical form decorated with birds, blossom and bamboo before a lattice fence, the associated saucer similarly decorated; lingzhi… | *** |  |
| *** | A Flecked Chinese bottle vase, of typical form, with a random matte terracotta speckle over a mottled brown glaze; with an underglaze faux Ming mark underside. Height 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Kangxi blue and white shipwreck cup and saucer, Qing Dynasty, circa 1700, unknown shipwreck, the delicately modelled cup and saucer with finely scalloped rims and lobed cells, each decorated in underglaze blue with floral emblems and butterflies, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Qing-style sang-De-boeuf vase, the slightly waisted neck above a globular body, the glaze falling from the mouth finely streaked and with fine purple suffusions below the mouth, with a carved and moulded hardwood stand. Height 39 cm (vase) | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese porcelain bowls, an octagonal tapered bowl in iron red and gilt decorated with Chinese lanterns between key fret and lappet borders, bearing a bordered four character Qing mark underside; and an orange bowl tapering to a small circular foot,… | *** |  |
| *** | A large pair of Chinese porcelain Dogs of Fo, the pierced and moulded dogs of traditional seated form each with a scrolled mane and tail curled on its back, in a brown, amber and green glaze and upon a large pierced shaped base. Height 37 cm. Width 26 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Cantonese decorated Cong style vase, early 20th century, the square section vase with two large reserves depicting figural narratives, in pavilion settings, smaller shaped reserves with floral motifs upon a floral rich brocaded gold ground, partial seal… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese famille rose baluster vase, late Qing Dynasty, the carinate shaped vase with a trumpet neck, decorated with a joyful narrative comprising fifteen boys engaged in outdoor pursuits and pranks accompanied by their teacher, height 37.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot possibly late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) dark tan colour, undecorated, ovoid with a short spout and loop handle, the cover with a short curved handle, an impressed seal mark to the base. Height 11.5 cm. Width 14 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An elegant Chinese water bottle. Bearing Chenghua mark (1465-1487), the globular base with tall slender neck and with stopper displays a scene of small boys at play. Stamped to base. Height 23.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual Chinese vase. Bearing Qianlong mark (1736-1795), the ovoid form with tubular neck displays a famille rose floral scene in the round surmounted above with a blue foliate pattern and below a further band of foliate motifs also in blue all on a… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese celadon covered jar, the high shouldered body decorated with raised images of dragons among scrolling clouds and set with a naturalistic leaf form lid and twisted stem finial. Height 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese bulbous peach vase, bearing Chi'en Lung mark (1736-1795), the cylindrical neck above a spherical body decorated with scrolling and fruiting peach vines against a plain ground. Height 55 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white Yen Yen vase, the body and neck bearing continuous scenes of scholars and others in landscape and pavilion settings, with key fret and chevron patterns to the collar; bearing concentric rings underside. Height 39.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A set of five Chinese export Teabowls, possibly 18th century, the porcelain teabowls of ogee profile with a moulded secondary ogee to the top section, painted with ruyi form stylised foliage and flower head bands, unmarked height 4 cm, diameter: 7.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, 20th century, the large jar or planter of baluster form, decorated with birds on branches in shaped reserves, against a ground of raised beads, between successive borders of lappet, ruyi heads and scrolls,… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese blue and white porcelain jar, 20th century, the large jar or planter of baluster form, decorated with trailing peony scrolls and flower heads, flanked by borders of lappet and ruyi heads, with figural mask fixed handles. Height 60 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export porcelain dragon punch bowl on stand, 20th century., the large and deep punch bowl extensively decorated with green and red dragons with five claws contesting flaming pearls above a ruyi border, all against a bright yellow ground, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export blue and white porcelain tureen and cover, late 18th century the rectangular soup tureen of traditional form painted to the body with birds on flowering branches, floral sprays to the domed cover, with rabbit head side handles and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome baluster vase, bearing Daoguang mark, 20th century. Of baluster form with a bulbous body, flaring neck and gilded dragon handles, decorated with alternating shaped cartouches of birds on blooming peony branches and poems, against a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Wucai 'Buddhist Lion' jar and cover, Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period (1573-1619) the ovoid body with tapered rounded sides rising to a high shoulder and surmounted by a short neck, the exterior vividly painted with a broad frieze of two Buddhist lions… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese red glazed bowls, Qing Dynasty, early 20th century, of shallow form with a broad foot rim, glazed red to the exterior and white to the interior, with six character Guangxu marks underside. Height 4 cm. Diameter 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Dehua Blanc-de-Chine porcelain trio. Qing Dynasty, later 19th century. Three female deity figures, one of gentle serpentine form and a serene composed expression, another seated and holding a manuscript and the smallest figure with an animated and happy… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Clair De Lune' porcelain tripod censer bowl, of compressed bronze shape with a waisted neck and twin applied chilong, creatures to the rim, decorated to the collar with a continuous border of archaistic motifs and shou medallions in lighter hues in low… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white tripod censer. The cylindrical form censor raised on three feet, decorated with eight circular medallions within stylised floral scrolls, between fret and wave borders, unmarked. Height 15 cm, diameter: 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white covered Chinese jars, PPRC era, second half 20th century, square section vases with broad waisted necks and domed covers and finials, with scenes to each face between decorative borders and auspicious floral embellishments,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Qianlong export ware famille rose bowl, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, probably a large slops bowl with a barbed rim, decorated with gilt and iron, red borders in patterns above dainty sprigs, floral pendants, insects and undulating puce and gilt… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Dehua-type crackle-glazed figure of Guanyin, modelled standing, holding a ruyi, impressed marks to the back. Height 41.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose charger, 20th century depicting a courtly scene set in a pavilion with figures to the fore including a horseman bearing a standard, enclosed by a floral and fruiting border with teal and pink lingzhi fungus heads, a double bordered… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Cantonese rose medallion export ware porcelain vases, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to 20th century, the square section baluster vases with flaring necks and gilded pierced lug handles, profusely decorated with figural narrative scenes and a… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese export Meiping vase, late Qing Dynasty, 19th to early 20th century, the high shouldered baluster vase decorated throughout with cavorting lion dogs and chrysanthemum blooms in shades of apple and emerald green upon a mauve flowered mid… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique porcelain pillow, Qing Dynasty, probably 19th century, the traditionally shaped and moulded pillow with curved neck rest and extended ends, freely decorated with flora and peaches in underglaze blue, light green and maroon colours, height 12 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A 'Honeysuckle' bowl, a small bowl with foot ring decorated to the exterior with four stylised, honeysuckle blooms in underglaze chocolate brown with patchy iron red, inclusions, bearing a double bordered underglaze Yongzheng character mark, underside,… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white shipwreck dish, probably bin Thuan cargo, Wanli period (1573-1619), thickly potted and of slightly irregular form, freely decorated to the centre with a phoenix perched in a lotus and water garden, surrounded by a border of auspicious… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese export tankards, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 18th century and after, a blue and white Nanking variant tankard with pavilions in fenced gardens and lakeside settings, a border of floral motifs to the rim, the scroll handle with spine and… | *** |  |