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Auction House:
Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Ceramics - Chinese
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*** A famille jaune vase, bearing Ch'ien Lung mark (1736-1795), the elegantly formed baluster shaped vase with slightly flared rim is painted with cranes and flowers. Height 45 cm ***
*** A Chinese famille noir cylindrical floor vase, bearing K'ang His mark (1662-1722), the black body painted with peacocks and butterflies among the rocky out crops and flowers, the shoulder and foot decorated with borders of geometric patterns. Height 53 cm ***
*** A Chinese hexagonal bowl, bearing Shun Chih mark (1644-1661), decorated to the exterior with various figures in a garden and plain green interior to the centre. Height 9 cm ***
*** A Chinese green glazed Mingqi and a blue and white bowl, bearing Ming mark, the Han-style seated musician terracotta mingqi, smiling with his hands placed on the instrument, covered in lead green mottled glaze, and a Ming-style blue and white heavily… ***
*** A Chinese yellow glazed porcelain bowl, bearing Yongzheng mark the yellow glazed porcelain deep bowl with polychrome decoration of birds on blossoming prunus tree branches to the exterior and interior, with inscriptions to one side, bearing an apocryphal… ***
*** A Set of Two Small Chinese Tea Bowls. Late 19th century. The set of serving bowls each displaying blossoms and chrysanthemum alternatively all on a rich red ground. Bearing four character mark to base. Height 5 cm Diameter 6.5 cm ***
*** A fine Chinese egg shell porcelain famille rose bowl. Well decorated with myriad red crested cranes in an auspicious pine tree and prunus blossom landscape, with clumps of iron red lingzhi fungus to the base, blue stylised borders to the rims and centred… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white censer pot. the straight-sided circular box with a single horizontal flute decoration near the rim, decorated in the Kangxi manner with a narrative comprising three figures in a fenced landscape setting, the underglaze blue with… ***
*** A Qianlong period porcelain export ware tea caddy, 18th century, the famille rose caddy of typical square section form with sloping shoulders, decorated with an enamel floral spray to both faces and delicate border, decorations, without lid, unmarked,… ***
*** A rose Canton platter, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the platter 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, length 36 cm, width 31 cm ***
*** A Chinese Dehua lattice work porcelain vase. The blanc-de-chine bulbous vase with a waisted neck and a pointed scallop rim, with overall intricate fretwork to the body and a rope twist to the centre, the neck with navette shapes and lattice forms; with a… ***
*** A Chinese Meiping vase. In a pleasing rich emerald green with black detailing, depicting dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst fiery and lingzhi mushroom clouds between wave and fungus and still leaf borders; bearing a Qianlong seal underside. Height 19… ***
*** A Chinese Qing-style Fencai 'Butterfly' vase, 20th century, the bulging mouth and long waisted neck above the compressed globular body, decorated all over with flying butterflies between bands of foliate decoration at the rim and foot, the base with a… ***
*** An antique Chinese blue and white porcelain opium burner, Qing Dynasty, probably 19th century, the metal mounted cylindrical burner with a stepped shield and long pipe, decorated with an underglazed figure in a landscape scene upon a crackle ground;… ***
*** A Chinese ceramic blue and white brush pot, of rectangular block form and raised on low bracket feet, with applied circle and fan motifs on two sides, the other two faces with fine underglaze scenes of a pavilion in a mountainous and lakeside landscape.… ***
*** A Chinese famille rose plate, later Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, decorated in the Cantonese manner with a figural narrative scene, in puce, iron red, light green and sky blue enamels surrounded by a richly embellished border depicting numerous exotic… ***
*** A Chinese Qing-style Fencai vase, painted to one side with a bird in flowering foliage, lines of script to the other, a seal mark underside. Height 22 cm ***
*** A Chinese porcelain ink stone in the Qing manner, of compressed barrel form with a pierced top for brushes, and decorated in a predominantly iron red and green palette with a continuous scene of children at play in a landscape setting, between lingzhi… ***
*** A large Chinese polychrome vase, late Qing Dynasty (late 19th/early 20th century), of broad baluster form with a short neck and a waisted foot with a green ruyi lappet border to the collar enclosing pink and lemon blooms, the body with a continuous scene… ***
*** A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine porcelain trio, Republic era, 20th century, depicting the gods of wealth, longevity and prosperity, Fu, Lu and Shou, in traditional attire carrying their attributes of money or an ingot, a ruyi and a peach; with feint impressed… ***
*** A pair of Crown Ducal decorated black-ground baluster vases and another matching vase, latter half 1920s, the pair decorated around the neck and shoulder in coloured enamels with hanging Chinese lanterns and associated objects, the mouth glazed royal blue… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white bottle neck vase, bearing Kang Hsi mark (1662-1722), the flared rim above cylindrical neck decorated with a river and mountain landscape that continues on the bulbous body. Height 24 cm ***
*** A Chinese stoneware dragon jar, 20th century, the large glazed stoneware jar or pot planter, decorated around, the body with an incised dragon above waves in two-tone ochre and brown glaze, turquoise glazed to, the interior and everted flat rim, with… ***
*** A Canton enamel 'Millefleur' famille noire sweetmeat set, Republic period, 20th century comprising 6 petal-shaped dishes that form circle with a center circular dish, finely hand painted throughout in millefleur (thousand flowers) design upon a black… ***
*** A Chinese carved hardwood brush pot cylindrical, relief-carved to one side with a boy carrying a fish, the other side with a field of geometric decoration enclosing a carved reserve depicting ducks amidst water plants. Height 20.5 cm diameter 14.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese yellow-ground famille rose cylindrical vase, Tongzhi (1862-1874) mark, 20th century moulded as bamboo stems with applied decoration of a baluster vase holding sprays of lotus blossoms and leaves, all reserved on a bright yellow ground, with… ***
*** A pair of Chinese porcelain bowls, later Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the low form shallow bowls with everted rims decorated in a predominantly puce and iron red palette, one embellished in the western manner with a floral basket hanging in a tree,… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white-glazed square bowl, the shaped opening with bat's heads at the corners, their wings painted to the corners of the exterior above stylized waves, on a shaped foot, bearing Qianlong mark to base. Height 7.5 cm. Width 12.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese Ming-style blue and white stem cup with a slightly-flared rim and rounded sides on a slightly-spreading stem, the exterior of the bowl painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls, the stem with flowers and foliage, the interior with a… ***
*** A Chinese famille jaune vase, the high shouldered vase decorated with incised images of dragons contesting flaming pearls among scrolling clouds with geometric borders to the foot and shoulder. Height 33 cm ***
*** A Chinese blue and white charger. Decorated with deer beside a river surrounded by panels of peaches and offerings. Height 5.5 cm. Diameter 33.5 ***
*** A pair of Chinese porcelain dragon bowls, the small Chinese bowls of ogee profile, the exteriors covered in a pink glaze decorated with incised overglaze writhing dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst fiery cloud, each bearing four-character mark to the… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white plate, Qing Dynasty, 19th century the Kangxi style shallow circular plate, underglaze blue painted with a central circular panel of four warriors in rocky landscape bearing polearm, ji and halberd, within concentric circles and… ***
*** A Chinese enamel on copper snuff bottle, bearing Qianlong period mark, the flattened cushion shape snuff bottle, hand decorated with dragons chasing the flaming pearl in yellow and blue against a pale turquoise ground filled with flower heads and tendrils… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white enameled bowl, Guangxu period mark (1875-1908), the interior and exterior decorated with lotus flowers in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, with six-character Guanxu mark to the underside, in fitted case. Total weight 162g H… ***
*** A Chinese sang de boeuf flambe vase, the thickly potted baluster form Qing-style vase, covered in a deep red jun-type glaze thinning over the rim and dripping inside the mouth with blue suffusions, falling streakily over the body, unmarked. Height 29.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese shipwreck blue and white tea cup and saucer, Qing Dynasty, circa 1725. a Ca Mau Binh Thuan shipwreck piece, the slightly flared cup and associated saucer with a freely painted figure in a pine tree landscape within a decorated border, brown… ***
*** A rose medallion platter, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the oval platter with four shaped cartouches, two with figures engaged in narratives in interiors, the other with flora, insects and birds, brocaded borders on gold and floral… ***
*** A pair of Chinese vases, the near cylindrical vases with conical collars and small necks, enamel and gilt decorated with pink and blue clouds and dragons chasing a flaming pearl upon a sage green ground, with a border of waves to the base; bearing mock… ***
*** A porcelain snuff bottle, probably Qing dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the cylindrical bottle underglaze decorated with a seated tiger in blue and orange ochre colours, height 8.5 cm ***
*** A pair of famille rose vases, 20th century, two panel baluster vases featuring ladies engaged in pastimes in garden, settings, on a turquoise ground with scrolling flora and decorative fan, shapes, between lappet, ruyi and floral borders, bordered iron… ***
*** Two Chinese blue and white chargers, early 20th century; the other later, with a gently raised rim and upon a circular ring foot, both with underglaze blue designs, one of a cavorting dragon, the other with floral and foliate embellishments to the broad… ***
*** A Chinese pink-ground baluster vase, with a pair of stylized chilong handles to the neck, the body and neck enamelled in colours with flower heads and scrolling foliage between ruyi head borders. Height 41.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese Yixing teapot, in buff and chocolate tonings and of squared form, the domed top incised and having a rope style finial as if gathered and tied, with a squared handle and spout and bearing incised characters, the base with a large seal. Height 11… ***
*** A Chinese celadon vase in the Qing manner of simple baluster form raised upon a small circular foot and having a short flared neck, with a pleasing olive celadon satin glaze; bearing Yongzheng marks underside. Height 15 cm ***
*** A fine Royal Doulton Slaters CHINE ware vase, circa 1890. a double gourd oriental style vase with a copper coloured waist and a slender neck flaring to a broad rim decorated to the body with applied floral and foliate arabesque lacework designs in olive,… ***
*** Three Chinese Yixing teapots, 20th century, one in the form of a round woven basket with a gourd-type spout, buff coloured with a rounded handle and pierced cover, the other two in deep olive tones, one in the shape of a traditional fishing boat and one… ***
*** A Longquan type celadon bowl on stand, a small olive green bowl with external vertical lines and concentric rings to the external body, the interior embossed with a faint underglaze lotus head, height 6 cm, diameter 11.5 cm ***
*** Two Chinese enamel ware dishes, mid 20th century, a scallop edged plate with a bat and peach border upon a black ground, a bird within a spray of yellow and pink flowers to the centre; and a small pin dish with a female figure in a fenced garden, diameter… ***
*** A Chinese cinnabar covered box, later Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the rectangular box and cover with a cushion profile, carved with figures in an auspicious landscape and pavilion setting in low relief upon a diaper ground, continuous floral borders… ***
*** A New Hall Chinese pattern teapot, circa 1810, pattern 421 an oval boat shaped teapot with a domed lid and matching finial, hand decorated to both sides with the 'Boy and Butterfly' pattern in a famille rose palette, pattern number underside, height 14 cm… ***
*** A Chinese Fencai plate, probably late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the centre painted with birds amidst flowering foliage, similar decoration to the border, fitted in a box, diameter 23.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese Yixing stoneware tea pot, probably late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), of squat ovoid form, incised decoration to one side of Shou-Lao with his deer and with a long inscription to the other, an impressed seal mark and incised characters underside,… ***
*** A Chinese Kangxi-style Wucai porcelain jar and cover, the hexagonal jar and cover decorated throughout in under-glaze blue and over-glaze enamels with flowering and fruiting plants in vases, a Kangxi mark underside. Height 28 cm ***
*** A Chinese Yixing teapot, in deep brown colouring, a circular pot enclosed within a pierced, scrolled and writhing layer of dragons, with a dragon handle and spout and a conforming finial; unmarked. Height 7.5 cm. Width 15.5 cm ***
*** An antique Chinese export polychrome-decorated bottle vase, late 19th/early 20th century, the compressed body decorated with a continuous scene of figures and in a garden, the neck and shoulder with flowering foliage, butterflies, bats, and auspicious… ***
*** Two small Chinese blue and white cups, Qing Dynasty, probably 18th century, one cup in the Kangxi manner with a lobed body and scalloped rim decorated with floral motifs with in shaped arches, the other of flaring form with a woman and animated child in a… ***
*** A large Chinese Qing-style blue and white dish, circular with an undulating rim, the centre painted with opposing warriors in a river landscape, the border and exterior variously decorated, a Kangxi mark underside, diameter 44 cm ***
*** A Chinese export armorial painted porcelain soup plate, late 18th/early 19th century, the centre painted with a coats of arms with coronet and lion and dog supporters surrounded by floral sprays, the border with a floral bands between two gilt-decorated… ***
*** A large Chinese blue and white bowl, the substantial bowl in the Ming manner decorated throughout with cobalt patterned borders with lattice and floral motifs, and continuous figural and symbolic landscape scenes, and to the centre a water landscape… ***
*** A Chinese Ming-style painted porcelain cup wucai decoration, with a slightly-flared rim and rounded sides on a foot-ring, the exterior painted in under-glaze blue and over-glaze colours with boys playing in a garden, the interior plain, a six-character… ***
*** A Chinese sang de boeuf glazed vase, bearing Ch'ien Lung mark 1736-1795, the square baluster form body set with tubular lug handles and standing on a raised foot. Height 30 cm ***
*** A Chinese Fenghuang vase. Bearing Chenghua mark (1465-1487), the globular form with trumpet neck displays an underglaze pattern of the phoenix motif in black with a glazed and crackled green ground. Stamped to base. Height 24 cm. ***
*** A Chinese pheasant vase, bearing Chi'en Lung mark (1736-1795), the slightly flared lip above raised peach lug handles and a central raised image of pheasant among the trees against a plum coloured ground. Height 39 cm. ***
*** A carved Chinese cabinet panel, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to 20th century, in typical red and gilt colours, well pierced and carved in high relief with an arrangement of furniture, vases, symbolic fruits, flower arrangements and fantastic creatures;… ***
*** Four Chinese porcelain items, 20th century Comprising a pair of underglaze blue and white bowls, flared form with lotus decoration and insects, bearing Qianlong six-character seal marks to the underside, a small double gourd bottle vase, and a wine cup… ***
*** A Chinese Junyao flambe-glazed Meiping vase, 20th century, the high shouldered body rising to a narrow everted mouth, covered in a rich purplish-red glaze with lavender blue streaks thinning to a buff colour around the rim, one side leaving the greyish… ***
*** A Chinese pale celadon glazed bowl, 20th century the delicate bowl with slightly rounded sides, incised to the interior with children at play in foliate setting, with shaped rim, unmarked. Height 8 cm, diameter 25 cm ***
*** A large Chinese famille rose baluster vase on stand, Qianlong seal mark, of baluster form with bulbous body & flaring neck, moulded & gilded elephant mask & ring handles, decorated in famille rose palette with 2 scenes in cartouche, one depicting a… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white porcelain 'Qilin' dish, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) the provincial Ming dish decorated to the interior with a central qilin amongst clouds, with a scrolls and parenthesis border to the shaped rim, the exterior diameter 20 cm ***
*** An incised yellow-glazed dragon dish, bearing Xuande period mark, the interior finely incised with a five clawed dragon amidst clouds in pursuit of a flaming pearl of wisdom, similarly carved around the exterior with a further pair of dragons, with… ***
*** A French painted porcelain tea canister. Early 19th century, in the Chinese form, rectangular with domed cover, white-glazed, each side painted with a bird amidst foliage, the narrow sides and shoulders with butterflies and other insects, the cover… ***
*** A blanc de chine Dehua porcelain figural group, probably Republic period, 20th century, slip moulded and depicting a rotund male figure standing next to a seated, ascetic upon a rockwork base, height 16 cm, width 11 cm ***
*** A blue and white kendi ewer, Qing Dynasty, in the 18th century manner, of typical bulbous form with a long neck, foldover rim, and mammary pouring spout, decorated with flower stems to the neck and profuse floral decoration to the body below a diaper… ***
*** A Chinese export famille rose cup and two saucers, circa 1880 the three pieces decorated in Canton famille rose medallions showing alternating panels of figures and birds, butterflies, and flowers. Height 6.5 cm, (cup) diameter: 15.5 cm, and smaller ***
*** A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, people's Republic of China era, the carinate shaped bottle vase profusely decorated with underglaze lotus blooms and foliage to the collar and lower section between wave like borders, the neck with floral and ruyi… ***
*** Two Fencai porcelain wares, a footed bowl and a covered cup, probably people's Republic era, 20th century, the hexagonal bowl with a Robin's egg glazed interior and continuous decoration of auspicious 'Friends of winter' flora and fauna including cranes,… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white vase, of elegant pear shape with a slender neck, decorated throughout with underglaze vegetal motifs, height 45 cm ***
*** A petite pair of dragon cups, a near pair of cups with writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls, one in iron red colours and the other in raspberry colours, both picked out in gilt, double bordered apocryphal Ming (Chenghua) marks underside, height: 4.5 cm ***
*** A flambe porcelain Meiping vase, 20th century, with factory mark of Jingde Chaiyou, boldly decorated with a cobalt neck with sang-de-boeuf feathering and drips and flecked with small emerald green pock marks to the upper body merging to deeper colours… ***
*** A large Chinese famille rose ginger jar, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, well decorated with a rose coloured peony, emerald and lime coloured foliage, and a song bird on a branch, calligraphy to the reverse, height 21 cm ***
*** A Chinese blue and white vase in the Kangxi manner, of ovoid form with a short broad waisted neck, decorated with a continuous scene of lion dogs chasing ribboned auspicious symbols, between concentric blue lines to the base and collar, the latter also… ***
*** A Chinese export polychrome-decorated vase, latter half 19th century, baluster-shaped with two chilongs applied to the neck, reserves to the neck and body painted with scenes of figures on a terrace and with birds and insects amidst flowers, framed by… ***
*** A Chinese vase with applied Decorations, early 20th century, the baluster vase with applied phoenix, bamboo, peony to the body and peaches to the collar, in emerald, blues, iron red and lemon on a vibrant puce ground, aqua glazed to the interior and… ***
*** A Chinese Ming-style blue and white stem cup, the exterior and centre decorated with various trees and plants. Height 10 cm ***
*** A carved Chinese jadeite ornament, in vibrant emerald green modulating to olive and celadon with tan highlights, pierced and carved with chilongs and other fantastic creatures. Length 8 cm. Width 5 cm ***
*** A group of four Chinese Yixing Teapots, ovoid and cushion shaped pots ranging from brick red to deep brown, two with applied medallions of Chairman Mao and dragons and bats, one with all over characters and fish finials, the other of plain pot form with a… ***
*** A covered famille rose bowl, 20th century. Of very large form, the cushion shaped covered bowl decorated in pink, puce, and green toned enamels with gilt highlights and depicting abundant peaches, pomegranates, peony and other auspicious symbols… ***
*** A group of six blue and white Chinese export dishes, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, five plates in the manner of Wanli kraak ware with partitioned borders to the everted rims with floral designs and patterns, each decorated to the centre with a garden scene… ***
*** A pair of Chinese famille rose tiles, early 20th century, the rectangular tiles, one a mountainous scene with 'Friends of winter' vegetation, prunus, bamboo and pine; the other with two fishermen under a pine tree; both with Chinese characters. Length 36… ***
*** A large Chinese late Ming-style blue and white dish, 20th century, circular with raised and flared sides and a slightly foliate edge, the centre and border with floral and geometric decoration, an encircled three-character mark undersideDiameter 39.5 cm. ***
*** A Chinese covered bowl and dish Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark (1875-1908) and probably period, the high-sided circular bowl with domed cover fitting into the dish, fencai decoration of floral and trailing foliate designs in under-glaze blue and over-glaze… ***
*** A Chinese blue and white bowl, bearing Yung Cheng mark (1723-1735), decorated to the interior with a scrolling vine border above a central image of man sleeping on a water buffalo. Diameter 19 cm ***
*** A Chinese blue and white porcelain floor vase, 20th century, the pear-shaped circular hu vase with twin lug handles, the body decorated under and above the shoulder with traditional mountain and lake landscapes populated with boats, figures and pavilions,… ***
*** A Chinese hexagonal baluster vase in the antique manner, the vibrant and intricate vase with shaped reserves on yellow ground enclosing scenes of birds, insects, and auspicious foliage in dramatic landscape, framed by rich floral-patterned ground and a… ***
*** A Chinese Yixing teapot, early 20th century, the finely crafted pot in deep brown colours decorated with applied sprigs of plum blossom, with a twig form spout and finial and a branch-style handle; signed to the interior of the lid and underside, height 9… ***