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Ceramics — Chinese - Oriental - Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
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Ceramics - Chinese
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| *** | A blue and white baluster vase Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period 17th century, boldly painted on the exterior with a phoenix in flight chasing a qilin in a continuous garden of bamboo, rockwork and tall banana palms, below formal borders around the shoulders… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white covered vases Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c. 1640, each of octagonal baluster form, painted on the exterior with detached sprays of seasonal flowers between a band of blue-ground lappets around the shoulders and a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A large finely painted famille rose gilt-ground vase, probably Republic period, decorated in Ye Zhenjia style, the tall almost cylindrical body surmounted by a short waisted neck, painted with a large panel on either side enclosing legendary figure scenes… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Landscape' vase, probably Republic period, finely painted in the style of Wang Yeting, the baluster body decorated with a continuous lakeside landscape with distant mountains, with figures in the foreground of rocks and trees near a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Doucai cup, Cheng Hua mark, Yung Cheng period delicately decorated with a continuous frieze of bamboo branches and leaves 3 cm high, 6.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A large and impressive famille-rose 'Dragon and phoenix' vase Qing dynasty, 19th century the tall ovoid body boldly painted in brightly coloured enamels with a pair of dragons pursuing a flaming pearl on one side, and a pair of phoenix in flight on the… | *** |  |
| *** | A large German porcelain Schneeballen floral encrusted vase, 19th century, the baluster body entwined with a leafy branch supporting an exotic bird, the cover with conforming decoration, 60 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'phoenix' bowl, 19th/20th century, the exterior painted with four phoenix in flight among flowering hibiscus scrolls, between gilt line borders, Tongzhi mark, 21 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yellow ground 'Floral' famille rose bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and probably of the period the exterior vibrantly enamelled in the Imperial style with scrolling flowers including lily and chrysanthemum all reserved on a yellow ground, the interior… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white hexagonal vase Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640, the baluster body painted with a dignitary and attendants on a garden terrace below a blue-ground lappet border around the shoulders and a castellated band on the short straight mouth… | *** |  |
| *** | A Dutch delft blue and white tulip vase, 18th century, of compressed heart shaped form with seahorse handles, the arched top with five knopped fingers centred beside four shorter fingers of similar shape, painted with a figure seated among flowering… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Dutch delft blue and white jar and cover, 18th century, Chinese decoration of cranes, peacocks and lotuses, 46.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white Ming-style vase, of ovoid form with short tapering neck, the sides painted in deep underglaze blue with cranes in flight among stylised cloud scrolls, between formal borders around the base and narrow mouth, fitted box, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming style blue and white bowl, the rounded sides tapering to the waisted lipped mouth, painted with a continuous composite floral scroll above a band of upright petals, Xuande mark, 20.5 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground blue dragon bowl, painted on the exterior with two scaly dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above bands of petals, the interior with a similar medallion, Kangxi mark, 13.2 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Six blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, almost forming a set, each painted with figures in a garden setting, the central medallion encircled with a vignette and diaper border, five inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chengua,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille rose dishes late Qing dynasty, each of saucer shape painted with a dignitary seated beside precious objects gazing at a large lotus flower, a long inscription in black above, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Hundred Bats' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form rising to a tall cylindrical neck, painted on the exterior with numerous iron-red bats among trailing cloud scrolls, all between a band of lappets around the base… | *** |  |
| *** | A crackled celadon glaze bottle vase 17 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A flambe-glaze double-gourd vase, 19th century with a rich purple and lilac glaze running down from the neck rim, six-character seal mark to the base 20 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive pair of famille rose 'Dragon' fish bowls, 20th century, each with steeply rounded sides rising to the everted rim, decorated in a famille rose palette with five dragons writhing among scattered full bloomed sprays including chrysanthemum,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese flambe vase, 18th/19th century of squat circular form, heavily potted with a thick, green and red crackled glaze, small lug handles 8 cm high, 12 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white chargers Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a central medallion of a pair of pheasants perched on ornamental rockwork beside flowering prunus trees, encircled around the broad everted rim with a band of floral lappets… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white hexagonal vase Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640, painted on the exterior with two scholars seated in conversation beside a banana palm and rocky cliffs in a continuous landscape, below a band of blue-ground lappets around the… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow ground bowl, 20th century, the sides painted in famille rose enamels with birds on flowering prunus branches, Tongzhi mark, 9 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Flower and Insect' bowl, 20th century, Daoguang mark, 11 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Period, Kangxi period (1662 - 1722) and later a collection of ten blue and white vases, cups and dishes, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662 - 1722) and later the tallest vase 13.5 cm high, the largest dish 12.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A set of three blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a central basket of flowers encircled by radiating floral sprays, wood stands, 26 cm diameter. Provenance: W. Van Halm, London, 21 January 1993. Compare with a similar… | *** |  |
| *** | A massive pair of famille-rose vases, 20th century, each of baluster form brightly enamelled with boys supporting a dragon and a lion in a procession, whilst others play musical instruments, in a continuous landscape of pine trees and flowering plants,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white bowls, mark and period of Guangxu each decorated throughout with floral scrolls and Buddhist emblems above a lotus band border, the bases inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue 14 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A white glazed archaistic tripod vessel seal mark of Daoguang, 19th/20th century, of jue form, the sides encircled with an archaic style frieze in linear relief beneath the overall pale glaze of bluish tint, the base impressed with an apocryphal… | *** |  |
| *** | A coral-ground famille rose vase, 20th century, the pear-shaped body surmounted by a tall trumpet neck set with double animal head and loose ring handles, the sides gilt with floral sprays on a ground of dense foliate scrolls divided by formal borders and… | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille rose Canton enamel punch bowl Qing dynasty, 19th century, decorated inside and out with alternating panels of figure scenes and birds amongst flowering plants, below a floral ground border of birds and flower vignettes around the gilt… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming style polychrome jar, the steeply rounded sides painted with Buddhist lions in a continuous landscape between floral and diaper borders, Wanli mark, 13 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose lotus-form water dropper, 19th/20th century, the flower-shaped bowl of overlapping pink petals, borne on a slender green stem forming the spout, Guangxu mark | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese peach bloom beehive form coupe, Kangxi mark 9.5 cm high (not including stand), 13 cm diameter Provenance: Asian Art, Bonhams, Sydney, 1 September 2014, lot 10 | *** |  |
| *** | A famille verte rouleau vase, 19th/20century, the sides painted in bright enamels with a continuous scene of farm workers in a rural setting, below a diaper ground border on the shoulders and a lakeside scene around the neck with galleried mouth 46.5 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A large and impressive landscape vase Republic period, the tall cylindrical body surmounted by a waisted neck with flared mouth, finely painted in famille verte enamels with a continuous lakeside scene of figures variously occupied in rural pursuits, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese sang De boeuf vase on stand, late 19th century 57 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of iron-red decorated wine cups, each with steep sides painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls above a band of waves, Guangxu marks, 6 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon-glazed vase, Qing dynasty the ovoid body carved with a broad frieze of lotus scrolls between bands of petals, the short waisted neck with upright stiff leaves and the base with a key-fret border, all beneath the sea-green glaze of even tone 34.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille rose hexagonal vase Qing dynasty, 19th century the sides painted with legendary figures in a continuous garden setting, below further figures supported on cloud scrolls around the waisted neck set with double lion handles 58.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Dragon and phoenix' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form surmountd by a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl and a phoenix in flight among trailing cloud scrolls, above a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of large Mandarin palette meat dishes Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, the interior of each painted with maidens being served tea, seated on the terrace of a lakeside pavilion, within a puce diaper ground border reserved with iron-red vignettes… | *** |  |
| *** | A turquoise-ground famille rose vase, mark of Daoguang, the sides enamelled with stylised lotus sprays and bats with pendant ribboned wan emblems, between formal borders, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark, 17.8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Three blue and white Meiping comprising two Ming-style meiping painted with phoenix and lotus and another with overall flower scrolls two with four-character marks to the base 23.5 cm and 24.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white vase Qing dynasty, 18th century of baluster form painted with phoenix among scrolling peonies, the mouth encircled with a ruyi -head border, wood stand 35.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white 'hunting scene' saucer dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the interior painted with two hunters on horseback chasing a rabbit in a landscape scene extending to the barbed rim, inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark of Chenghua,… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white winepot and cover Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c. 1640, of hexagonal form, the ovoid body set with an upright rectangular handle, painted on the exterior with insects among detached sprays of seasonal flowers below a blue-ground lappet… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese red dragon bowl, mark of Kangxi, 20th century an 'Iron-red' dragon bowl, mark of Kangxi decorated with a writhing dragon chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds, the interior with apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark in iron-red to the base 17.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon dish Ming dynasty the interior with a central floral spray encircled with radiating flutes carved around the cavetto within the everted lipped rim, covered overall with an attractive sea-green glaze apart from a ring inside the footrim… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese fluted celadon bowl, possibly 18th century 16 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, probably 19th century 42 cm high, 17 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose ceremonial subject vase, Shende Tang Zhi mark, painted with figures on the banks of a lake watching a procession of ornate dragon and phoenix boats, the continuous scene with huts and pavilions set along the mountainous shore, below… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) variously decorated with landscape scenes, figures and birds flying amongst foliage 21 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Chinese famille rose porcelain, 18th century and later comprising a tall, pierced vase, a covered jar, a pair of saucer dishes, a single saucer dish and a cafe au lait cup the vase 29 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A rare blue and white 'ship' dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period circa 1710, painted with a central medallion of a schooner fully rigged with flags and undersail, encircled around the well and broad flared rim with diaper panels interspersed with boys among… | *** |  |
| *** | A small yellow-ground vase, mark of Yongzheng, decorated in underglaze blue with floral scrolls and formal borders reserved on the bright yellow ground, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark, 11 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Two ovoid covered jars, 19th/20th century one painted with jardinieres of flowers in famille-rose enamels, the other with Buddhist lions in iron-red 32.5 cm and 32 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of seven Chinese blue and white, polychrome and crackle glaze vases, 19th century and later the tallest vase 13.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome decorated sang De bouef vase, circa 1900 24.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Guan-style celadon glaze jar the cylindrical neck and everted rim on a short tapering foot with all-over crackling to the glaze and burnt orange unglazed footrim 11 cm diameter note for a similar example see Sotheby's Australia, fine Asian, Australian &… | *** |  |
| *** | A doucai enamelled 'Chicken' cup, 20th century, the exterior with chickens and chicks beside rocks and flowering plants, Chenghua mark, 7.8 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A Song-style celadon glazed bowl, the exterior carved with upright petals beneath the overall sea green glaze of attractive tone, 15 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white vase probably late Ming dynasty, of ovoid form with short tapering neck, the sides painted in deep underglaze blue with cranes in flight among stylised cloud scrolls, between formal borders around the base and narrow mouth, fitted box, 24… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of ruby-backed famille rose erotic-subject dishes, 20th century, each of saucer shape, painted on the interior with a couple in an interior setting, the reverse covered with a deep pink glaze, the base inscribed in iron-red with an apocryphal… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export 'Pseudo tobacco leaf' porcelain tureen and cover with platter, circa 1775 of chamfered octagonal form with a tobacco leaf variant pattern in colorful enamels showing cut fruit against curling, leafy tendrils and blossoms the platter 33.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white square form vase converted to a lamp decorated with panels of figures and scholars, the shoulders with scrolling floral motifs, wooden mounts the vase 30 cm high, including the mounts 41 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille rose cups, 19th/20th century each of deeply flared form, the exterior delicately painted with a maiden seated holding a lingzhi fungus stem beside a recumbent deer, and with further fungus growing from rockwork to one side, the reverse… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon wine cup on flower form stand, 12th/13th century, each piece covered with a glaze of olive green tone, the cup 7.5 cm diameter, the stand 16 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, The Estate of the Late John Kenny, 17/18 May 2004, Lot 2 | *** |  |
| *** | Two Longquan celadon vases Ming dynasty one of tapering shouldered form, the other of meiping form, each with carved decoration beneath the sea-green glaze 19 cm and 23.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon barbed rim dish Ming dynasty stoutly potted with shallow rounded sides, carved on the interior with a flower spray within radiating petals extending to the broad everted rim, repeated on the underside, covered overall with a sea-green… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese sang De Bouef flambe Meiping vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) 20 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Three pieces of Chinese blue and white porcelain, 20th century comprising a dish, a two-handled censer and a small jar the dish 18.5 cm diameter, the jar 8 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A set of three famille rose porcelain panels, Qing dynasty, 19th century, each painted with dignitaries and attendants variously occupied in interior settings, within a diaper ground border scattered with flower heads and lingzhi sprigs, mounted in wood… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Eighteen immortals' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century, the sides brightly enamelled with a gathering of the immortals and the neck with a scene of boys in a garden, between formal borders, 45.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white temple censer, 20th century of cylindrical form, painted with a pair of dragons among clouds confronted on an inscribed panel reading 'Tai Ping Temple' and dated to the 29th year of Guangxu (1903), a nine character inscription in a panel… | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille-verte vase Qing dynasty, 19th century the tall shouldered body brightly decorated with shaped panels of family groups variously occupied on pavilion terraces interspersed with vignettes of landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and other… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese polychrome painted porcelain panels, Republic period (1912-1949) framed 42 x 24.5 cm and 36 x 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese white porcelain censer and a libation cup, 18th century the censer 12.5 cm diameter, the libation cup 7.5 cm high note the censer accompanied by a small card inscribed 'Porcelain incense burner from the Te-hua kilns (Fukien) 17th or 18th century… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white bowl, late Qing Dynasty 9.5 cm high, 19.2 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A small blue and white bowl, mark of Yongzheng, the exterior delicately painted with bamboo canes extending to the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark, 9.3 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white jar late Ming dynasty of ovoid form, the exterior painted with a frieze of peony medallions interspersed with scroll motifs, between lappet borders around the base and shoulders, the base with rectangular seal mark 16.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille noire vases, 20th century, each of square section, decorated in famille verte enamels with flowering lotus plants, Kangxi mark, 48.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A teadust-glazed saucer dish Qing dynasty, well potted with shallow rounded sides, covered inside and out with an even finely-flecked green glaze thinning to brown around the lipped rim, 15 cm diameter. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann collection, Wollongong,… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose rectangular dish Qing dynasty/ Republic period, of shallow form standing on bracket feet, the interior painted with a boy dancing whilst others play musical instruments in a garden setting within a turquoise-ground floral border, the base… | *** |  |
| *** | A turquoise-ground famille-rose bowl, 19th/20th century with steeply rounded shallow sides and broad everted rim, decorated with bats and lotus scrolls around a central wan flowerhead, the decoration repeated around the sides and rim and with further… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of six Chinese blue and white vases, 18th century and later variously decorated with figures and flowers and foliate motifs; one soft paste porcelain vase the tallest 12.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white saucer dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a maiden playing a qin in a garden setting within radiating ruyi sprays around the petal-moulded sides, inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chenghua, 16.6… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white deep dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the centre painted with a fisherman in a lakeside scene, encircled around the flared fluted sides with fish among water weeds, scalloped rim, wood stand, 21.8 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white bowl, late Qing Dynasty 9.5 cm high, 19.2 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A small robin's egg-glazed vase Qing dynasty, the pear-shaped body supported on a straight foot and surmounted by a tall narrow neck, covered overall with streaked turquoise and blue glazes falling short of the footrim, 13.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon dish Yuan/Ming dynasty of shallow saucer shape, the interior decorated with a peony spray in a central medallion within undulating scrolls carved around the cavetto, covered overall with an attractive pale sea-green glaze apart from a… | *** |  |
| *** | Vase late Qing dynasty a blue and white vase, 19th/20th century of baluster form, boldly painted on the exterior with floral scrolls below a band of petals around the short neck with lipped rim 32.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An underglaze blue and white pot, possibly late Qing dynasty decorated with a continuous frieze of figures and scholars in a landscape within cloud scroll and diaper borders 21 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese celadon dish, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) the fluted serpentine edge dish centred by a central decoration of underglaze trellis, clouds and leaves 30.5 cm diameter | *** |  |