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Zother — Oriental - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
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| *** | A Chinese Peking glass vase, the clear deep apple green baluster vase with gold flake inclusions, etched with a repeat wave like pattern and overlaid with clear brown red glass and depicting birds and phoenix in flight over pine trees, bamboo and magnolia… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese sterling silver tea caddy, early to mid 20th century, with maker's mark, Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, of generous proportions and finely relief worked and engraved and fashioned as a geisha, her open parasol serving as the bowl of the spoon;… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese lacquer ware lidded box, comprising black and red cut layers, the straight sided octagonal box with bold ruyi fungus designs to each facet and the lid, and with a scalloped stylised floral motif centrally. Height 6 cm. Length 12 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A group of twenty two antique Chinese silver Bells and ornaments, mostly in the form of globes, pods and ovals with a range of floral and foliate motifs and attached to orange red agate beads; also one ornament to be hung on clothing with inset agate… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of five elaborate Chinese silver pendants, variously 19th/early 20th century, of various designs and decoration, most with subsidiary chain-linked bells and pendants ringing as bells, two with carnelian beads, mounted on a felt-lined board,… | *** |  |
| *** | Five assorted silver items, four sterling silver, one Chinese, 19th to 20th century, including a small export .90 Chinese silver beaker with a dragon motif, maker's mark Klj; a 1908 Birmingham engraved matchbox by Joseph Gloster; a 1924 Chester engine… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Japanese cloisonne vase, by Ando, Taisho period (1912-1926), the tapering baluster body vase decorated in richly coloured enamels with pink and white roses in full bloom on leafy branches, silhouetted against a pale yellow ground, with silver wire… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese stone seal mottled dark green stone, the low, wide square seal surmounted with a pair of opposed dragons, one side with engraved script, with a fitted box. Height 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese temple bell, Ming Dynasty (1368-1643), the leaf pattern base rising to a cylindrical body set with Chinese prayers, the top with four holes surrounding a double headed mythical beast handle. Height 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved sandalwood fan, late 19th/early 20th century, each blade finely carved in low relief on a pierced ground to form when fanned scenes of figures engaged in various pursuits in a landscape with trees and buildings, the covering blade carved… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of six Chinese export silver knife handles, wing On & Co., Hong Kong, early 20th century of tapering rectangular section, the upper side of each decorated with a snarling dragon in relief on the plain ground, the undersides with engraved monogram JA… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four Chinese export silver forks, khecheong, Canton, mid-19th century, with pseudo-English hallmarks, the upper side of each shaped flat shaft finely cast in low relief with different scenes of figures in gardens, the underside of each terminal… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan cast metal Guru figure, depicting the auspicious yogi sage, Milarepa, having a typically austere disposition, in a seated position with one leg raised, a small bowl cradled in his left hand, and his right arm raised, upon an animal skin clad… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved timber figure of a Chinese deity, probably emblematic of the deity, Fu, the figure of a dignified elder in a serpentine pose and flowing attire, with a bald head and curling hair and beard, holding a scroll in his right arm; upon a timber display… | *** |  |
| *** | A small Chinese soap stone carving, 20th century, the carved front decorated with a seated scholar and two resting children, the reverse set with faux tassel. Height 5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soap stone seal with seated man, early 20th century, the figural top set with a seated man resting against a boulder and seal to the base. Signed to the front. Height 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood stand. in light tones and of traditional styling, the shaped waisted top above fretwork spandrels and supported on long straight legs with a lower box stretcher to small shaped tapering square form feet. Height 92 cm. Width 32 cm. Depth… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese lacquered pillow box. 20th century, the long rectangular box with domed lid displays a series of gilded scenes. Height 18 cm. Width 62 cm. Depth 17 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A set of six Chinese export silver beakers, Tuck Chang & Company, Shanghai, late 19th/early 20th century, the set of beakers with squared flat bases and round rims, the body with a plain hammered finish, each hallmarked to the underside. Weight 318g… | *** |  |
| *** | A piece of polished coral, multi-branched, the various natural features coloured green. Height 28 cm. Width 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese.935 solid silver bullock, in the Qing manner, the recumbent beast with skin folds to the neck and a body decorated with arabesques in low relief; x-ray tested for solid silver. Silverweight : 65gr. Height 5 cm. Length 7.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A gold brooch, 18ct yellow gold, made as a large round panel brooch with pierced outer frame supporting a gold Chinese character in polished gold finish, fitted with pin to reverse. Weight 12.1grams | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved tortoise-shell card case. Early 20th century, rectangular of typical form with a slide-off top, finely carved and under-carved to both sides and all edges with scenes of figures around buildings and boats amidst trees. Height 11 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved Tielimu armchair, Zhejiang province, late Qing the openwork armrest and back carved with scrollwork enclosing butterfly, ruyi, and twin flower heads, the back splat inset with a relief carved panel depicting a crane on a fruiting peach… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese red cinnabar lacquer round plate | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved and inlaid stand, early 20th century the waisted circular hardwood stand with carved bats apron and calligraphy mounts to cabriole legs united by under tier terminating in scrolled feet, decorated throughout with inlaid mother of pearl… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Shakudo (bronze and gold alloy) Kogai (skewer) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood 'Happy Buddha'. The large carving depicting a dancing and laughing rotund Buddha with an enormous peach on his shoulder and upon a bulbous base. Height 47.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese brass incense burner. the compressed waisted pot with conforming foot, having a pierced domed lid with lotus seed pod finial, decorated to the body with lotus foliage decoration cast in relief, with a Qing Xuantong character stamp underside.… | *** |  |
| *** | A cinnabar censer, the long legged tripod censer of typical compressed form with a waisted neck, domed lid and upright bracket handles, decorated with three taotie masks to shaped cartouches upon a diaper ground beneath lingzhi mushroom and lappet borders… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese export silver cake tongs, late 19th to early 20th century, marked Yuchang, sterling (Yu Chang manufactured in Canton & Hong Kong), scissor action tongs with bead and reel patterned shafts and ring handles, with reticulated circular jaw… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Shousan stone seal, in modulating red colours flecked with ochre and depicting a substantial lion upon a square plinth, the base with seal script, height 11.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A porcelain and gilt bronze figural pocket watch holder, 19th century, probably French, the coloured bisque porcelain figure of a Chinese man reclining against a large bale and holding an opium pipe, within a finely cast gilt bronze mount of rococo… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese lacquered side tables, 20th century, the pair of side tables or jardiniere stands, circular with glass tops, decorated with incised, painted and gilded decoration of birds above blooming trees and scrolls. Height 49 cm, diameter 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese silver overlay decanter bottles, mark of Yeching, Tietsin, early 20th century, the pair of bulbous bottle form crystal decanters decorated with grapes and leaves overlay motif, with hand beaten lid, each marked Yeching sterling to the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese.950 silver geisha tea caddy spoon, Showa period, after 1928, the well cast spoon in the form of a geisha in a chrysanthemum decorated kimono, her open parasol serving as the bowl of the spoon; marked sterling.950 underside to stem, silver… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese reverse-painted glass tea service, a tea pot and four small tea bowls, the interior of each painted with landscapes showing through the facetted exterior, fitted in a box. Height 7 cm (tea pot), and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved hardwood Buddha panel. Modern era. The shaped rectangular panel relief carved with a jovial Buddha playing with a set of beads; with provision for hanging. Height 34.5 cm. Width 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood-cased ink stone, aubergine pod shaped ink stone simply marked with characters in similar shaped zitan box. Length 29 cm. Width 16 cm. (irregular) 100-200, 101, a pair of Chinese carved hardwood scroll weights, carved and pierced in… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese 'Chicken blood' seal, the red flecked stone plinth surmounted by a small creature eating a vegetable, with seal underside. Height 10.5 cm. Width 3.5 cm. Depth 3.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A large carved timber Buddha, 19th century, carved from a trunk, the smiling Buddha in red with gilt, well modelled with fine relief detailing to the hems of fabric and the cowl. Height 63 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese spinach jade bowl with Mongolian silver mounts, late Qing Dynasty (late 19th /early 20th century), a unadorned rich emerald bowl set within a geometric patterned silver rim and a base with ruyi embellishments, also with dragon and phoenix motifs… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ink stone the green-veined black hexagonal stone carved with a phoenix in the clouds, the edges with a lattice border, the sides and base with incised characters, fitted with a zitan cover and base. Height 8.5 cm diameter 14.5 cm (overall) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved soapstone seal mottled yellow-brown stone, roughly triangular with three rough sides and one narrow side polished and incised with characters, the top carved with a bearded man with a sack, the base with a seal. Height 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver filigree card case, latter half 19th century, apparently unmarked of serpentine rectangular form with a slide-off top, wire-work and filigree throughout, each side with a central cartouche containing raised applied decoration, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese enameled opium pipe, late 19th/early 20th century of typical form with removable fittings and accessories, with champleve decorations, tassel and carved stone Bi-disc, length 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese 'chicken blood' stone seal. Grey stone with bright red inclusions, the tall square seal plain. Height 7.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan brass Amitayas, 20th century, raised upon a lotus throne, the contemplative Amitayas wearing a Crown decorated with further emblems of the deity, the hands in dhyana mudra, weighted and marked underside with an impressed four petal motif. Height… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan Tsa-Tsa votive clay plaque of Amitbha Buddha, 18th to 19th century, the relief moulded clay tsa-tsa depicting an Amitbha Buddha seated on a lotus base in front of a flaming mandorla, the motif repeated on each corner, patinated with remnants of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver Dip pen with a Chinoiserie papier mache pencil case, the dip pen or nib holder with a with figural terminal and tapering stem decorated in low relief with plum blossom on a stippled ground, (Wang Hing, Hong Kong, late 19th century)… | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian silver betel box, X-ray tested 900 silver, early 20th century, the spherical box with a flat, finely repousse and chased with borders of fruiting vine between scrolling foliate borders, surmounted with a leaves finial, probably a betel nut box,… | *** |  |
| *** | A silver and copper-overlaid brass Lota and cover, South India, early 20th century the ovoid body with a short neck and everted mouth, a domed cover with bulbous finial, overlaid to the body with a diagonal chequerboard leaves design, between bands of… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Anglo-Indian metalwork items wall plaques, Damascene, dishes with tray, a bowl, an Oriental covered pot, early 20th century, four brass wall hangings relief decorated with deity figures in contrasting, mixed metals, a similar bowl, a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cinnabar style lacquer ornamental dish, 20th century, with ornamental foliate scroll borders and centred with a traditional peony and rockwork landscape upon a red diaper ground. Diameter 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese jade Archers' rings, a white jade ring housed in a cloche covered wooden box, and a rich green ring | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white Chinese plate, Qing Dynasty, mid 18th century, the plate with a shallow well, freely decorated with honeysuckle and other flora to the tray enclosed by concentric rings and a bold and spontaneous floral border, edged with a brown dressed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Shibuichi (bronze, silver and gold alloy) Kogai (skewer) | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Shakudo (bronze and gold alloy) Kogai (skewer) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese zitan tray, circa 1920s, the simple unadorned rectangular tray with Art Deco-style shaped corners and a raised rim in characteristic purple black zitan tonings. height 3 cm. Length 35.5 cm. Width 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver water buffalo, the recumbent beast engraved and cast with scrolls and embellishments to the body and with rolls of skin to the throat (tested for silver). Silver weight 70gr. Height 5 cm. Length 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A boxed set of eleven Chinese silver rings, the plaque rings all cast, engraved and pierced with auspicious symbols and traditional imagery including bats, goldfish, fantastic creatures and birds. Various shapes and similar sizes | *** |  |
| *** | A group of forty antique Chinese silver decorative fittings, 19th/early 20th century, of various symbolic, animal, bird, and insect designs, mounted on a velvet-lined board, various sizes | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Straits Chinese silver casket, 19th century, in the Malay manner, the oval cushion shaped casket with a swing handle with repousse floral and foliate work throughout with a patterned lower section, a hook clasp to a heart shaped lock and raised… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese.950 sterling silver tea caddy, early to mid 20th century, no maker's mark, of generous proportions and finely relief worked and engraved and fashioned as a geisha, her open parasol serving as the bowl of the spoon; hallmarked sterling underside… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese silver filigree and enamel peacock, circa 1960s, an exquisitely worked peacock with its wire work tail in full fan with enamel 'Eyes', the cloisonne body in typical shades of blue, teal, aqua and green; upon a timber base; stamped silver… | *** |  |
| *** | A Malaccan Straits covered silver container, circa 1900 to early 20th century, the round container with a shaped lid having a chased knot design with repeating lotus and plain motifs within lappet reserves and decorative bands, the lower half similarly… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese lacquered koi fish box, Showa period, c1940s, the rectangular lacquered jewellery or document box, the top decorated with three koi fish among seaweeds, the hinged lid opening to an interior with a sliding three-compartment tray, with key.… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese carved stone figure, early 20th century, the large Han-style carved figure of a court attendant in dark green stone, standing in a respectful pose, with both hands in the gesture of offering, wearing a guan and a finely detailed shenyi… | *** |  |
| *** | A boxed set of carved ivory Gaming Counters, Canton, late Qing, 19th century, the Chinese set of 24 counters, 12 natural and 12 red stained, each finely carved on both sides with figures in garden scene, in a fine lacquered box with gilt floral decoration… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone carving the orange-brown and blue stone carved with a dragon and a chilong on a rock, fitted with a stand and a box. Height 7 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese.950 silver geisha sugar spoon, Showa period, after 1928, the finely cast and engraved slender spoon cast as a geisha, the terminal in the form of a shamisen, her open parasol, the bowl of the spoon; marked sterling.950 underside to stem, silver… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver bracelet, apparently unmarked, late 19th/early 20th century, formed of eight linked rectangular panels of alternating width and decorated in deep relief, the wider panels with scenes of figures in landscapes, the narrower with… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of seven Japanese export silver tumbler cases, arthur and Bond, Yokohama, late 19th/early 20th century, marked 'Sterling', each of tapering cylindrical form with an undulating rim, the pierced repousse sides decorated with flowering irises in low… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indian and Sri Lankan silver repousse boxes, 800 silver, early 20th century the three silver boxes oval and shaped forms, each with hinged domed lid and repousse floral decoration, one with a frieze of lions to the sides, one with scalloped ends and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved soapstone mountain, utilising the natural arching shape of the amber coloured stone and relief carved with figures playing chess in a pavilion and traditional landscape setting, with a fitted timber stand. Height 9 cm. (on stand) | *** |  |
| *** | A Korean celadon dish, choson Dynasty, 15th-16th century, the punch'ong pale olive glazed body with inlaid white slip bands of zigzag and concentric rings to the interior, six spur marks, the exterior with fragment from kiln accident. Provenance: from the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese sterling silver dish, early to mid 20th century, no maker's mark. Embossed and fashioned as a seated geisha, her open parasol serving as the bowl of the dish, hallmarked sterling underside. Silver weight 32gr. Diameter 11.5 cm. (irregular) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese footed censer with dragon and Foo dogs, 20th century, the rectangular base supporting a globular shaped censer with tall tubular neck featuring a curling dragon around the neck and with four foo dogs cornered at the base all glazed in a deep… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jade bowl, possibly late Qing Dynasty, of broad flared form upon a small circular ring foot, the translucent white jade, partly coloured, with eight panels containing seal designs externally and seal marks underside. Height 5.5 cm. Diameter 13.5… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone mountain, in deep amber tones with a pale outer layer, and well carved in the round to utilise the natural almost cameo-like inflections of the stone and depicting figures in a rocky landscape; with stand and boxed. Height 9 cm. (on… | *** |  |
| *** | A prayer wheel on stand, 20th century, the rotating prayer wheel with applied brass Tibetan characters and Buddhist objects on alternating turquoise and coral red ground, on a carved ebonised wood shaped stand supported on carved columns. Height 66 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A good pair of Japanese cloisonne dishes, Meiji period, late 19th century the pair of shallow dishes raised on a ring foot, each decorated with a dover and butterfly hovering above blossoming branches of peony and jasmine upon a turquoise ground, with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan ritual Kangling pipe, 19th century, the bone and 850 silver ritual pipe with an ornate mouthpiece and trefoil finely chased with dragon motifs, scrolls and key fret borders, decorated with cabochon stones. Total weight 441g length 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A six piece Chinese export silver dressing table set, Republic era, circa 1920s, comprising two covered boxes, hand mirror, brush, clothes brush and comb, of a pleasing textured design throughout, with borders of elongated stepped devices and stylised… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine hardstone Guanyin, in creamy celadon with tan inflections, a contemplative Guanyin in a serpentine pose with diadem and her clasped hands holding a strand of beads, raised on a double lotus throne base, height 20 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A heavy strand of Chinese beads, the spherical semi precious stone beads in varied green, teal, amethyst and tan colours with additional lengths of knotted strands with shaped beads in salmon and turquoise colours. Length 77 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese cloisonne baluster vase, Meiji period, 1868-1912 delicately wire worked in silver and depicting a songbird beneath flowering wisteria, upon a midnight blue black ground, with silver plated rims and deep green to the interior and base, unmarked,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese Qing style Dehua figures of guanyin, each representing the bodhisattva classically, in flowing robes, holding a lotus flower, and raised on a lotus base, each with a hardwood stand, height 25.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese enamel and silver red-crested crane with stand, mid 20th century, finely made with silver gilt filigree and enamel colours, the body with white, gold and black feathers and accent colours to the wings, the crest, with a cabochon stone, raised on… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese sterling silver clad Bitters bottles, early 20th century, Dimpled triangular body shapes, one clad with a fine trellis of prunus blossom, the other of pierced scale design with engraved landscape, pavilion and boat scenes, with plain… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese horn beakers, of similar design, the conical beakers with pairs of animalistic handles and continuous scenes of figures in traditional landscape and pavilion settings between key fret borders; with seal marks underside. Heights: 7.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone figurine, circa 1900, in mottled russet and ochre, a ruyi and scroll holding figure in flowing robes accompanied by a fu dog, atop a low wooden stand. Height 19.5 cm. (on stand) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver and enamel bird group, circa 1950/60s, the pair of racket tail hummingbirds delightfully worked in silver gilt filigree and wires with cloisonne enamel, one bird in emerald, lime and yellow, the other bird in russet, cream and yellow,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver and enamel bird group, circa 1950/60s, the pair of pheasants beautifully worked in silver gilt filigree and wires with cloisonne enamel, both birds in black, silver and steel blue, and posed quite naturally upon a wooden branch. Height 19… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese .900 export silver beaker, late 19th to early 20th century with maker's mark for Wang Hing & Co, a tapering straight-sided beaker with a gilt washed interior and a fine lightly beaten finish to the exterior with a circular vacant cartouche and a… | *** |  |
| *** | Two jewelled emperor and Empress ivory figures and a cloisonne lidded box, 20th century, the Chinese carved solid ivory seated figures of an emperor and Empress with inset jewels, each signed to base and mounted on hardwood stands, and a small Chinese… | *** |  |