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| *** | Two Chinese carved stone figures, one a seal, the seal in translucent grey stone carved with the figure of an older man, the other green jade with brown inclusions carved as a younger man holding an object. Height 5 cm., and slightly shorter | *** |  |
| *** | A Southern Indian brass, copper and silver bowl, probably Tanjore, late 19th to early 20th century of rounded shape, the plain base gently convex, the exterior adorned with a band of twelve oval cartouches of repousse silver deities (X-ray tested),… | *** |  |
| *** | A Franco-Chinese sterling silver tumbler, mark of Freres Sennet, Hong Kong, circa 1900., the sterling silver tumbler with a very plain round body and rolled rim over an engraved floral frieze, sitting on a flat base, stamped to the underside 'Argent.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved hardwood figure of an immortal, early 20th century, the figure sitting on a stump, wearing a hat, with glass eyes and bone teeth, raised on a pierced fitted wooden stand, height 33.5 cm, width 29 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three carved soapstone 'Dragon' Boulders, 20th century, the three finely carved in openwork with dragons, comprising one of boulder mountain form, carved and incised with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, in mottled grey and light brown stone, each boxed,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian copper Tiffin box, late 19th to early 20th century the cylindrical 5-tiered tinned copper Indian lunch box with swing handle, locking plates to the sides, chapati box to the top, engraved with repeat geometric pattern and symbols, height 29 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese archer's rings, 20th century comprising a mottled green and white jade ring of rounded form housed in a turned hardwood case, and a glass one hand painted with a chilong and inscriptions, raised on a hongmu circular stand. Diameter: 4 cm, and… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of celadon Peking glass bowls, the bowls of ogee profile with foot rims, highly glazed to the interior with satin glazed exteriors, height: 6 cm, diameter 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pigeon blood-type seal, rectangular and boldly flecked in red and oatmeal colours, relief carved with landscape and figural scenes, archaic seal mark with remnant ink to base, length 15 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese .900 silver salts with spoons, late Qing Dynasty, 1900, unidentified workshop mark for Wc, petite cauldrons with leafy cartouches enclosing characters in relief, raised on tripod bamboo legs with leafy mounts, with bamboo stem type… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese pigeon blood stone seal, the large Chinese pigeon blood hard stone seal of square form with a domed top, bright red with flecked inclusions, one side carved with an idiom, and seal script mark in relief to base. Length 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two pieces of Eastern silver a .900 silver scroll holder, a .900 Pomander, and a jug, a pierced cylindrical scroll holder with foliate designs; a scale decorated compressed circular pomander with a pointed finial; and a gadrooned pedestal jug with an… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of.900 silver dishes 20th century, of Turkish or Eastern origin. The pair embossed and chased with scrolling foliate motifs upon a lightly hammered ground, the plain dishes stamped.900. Silver weight 301gr. Height 2 cm. Diameter 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese spelter Guanyin, a rustic Guanyin, jewelled, crowned and with pendulous earrings sits upon a lotus throne, a snake encircling her torso and with a lizard in her left hand and a seashell in her right. Height 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jade and gilt pendant, of pale celadon colour and annulus shaped with pierced figural handles or embellishments, decorated to both sides with gilt scrolls and whorls. Width 8 cm. Diameter 5.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique Chinese silver ornament, late Qing Dynasty, the pierced, moulded and engraved image of a bat with lingzhi mushroom motifs and auspicious characters, with an attached nut bead to the top and with turquoise and figural beads below. Length 10… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Qing-style black and gilt-decorated wooden box, rectangular with canted corners, decorated all over with scenes of figures in interiors and gardens. Height 14 cm. Width 28.5 cm. Depth 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved ink stone rectangular with shaped ends, the stained red stone finely relief-carved to one side with a landscape and with a long inscription within a key-pattern border to the other. Length 15 cm. Width 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved red stone seal, the rectangular blank seal surmounted with a carved Buddhist lion, on a carved wooden stand. Height 8.5 cm. (not including stand) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jade incense burner, the pierced sides encompassing archaic phoenix held by archaic tiger head sides and carved lid decorated with Chinese characters. Height 10 cm. Length 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver coin dish and a pair of coffee spoons, the silver coin dish of circular form with bamboo style rim, coin set to centre, marked to the underside sterling, made in Hong Kong, with character mark, and the coffee spoons with applied… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of carved soapstone dragons, 20th century, the pair of soapstone guardian dragons, carved in openwork and modelled in a crouching pose with long curved neck, bulging eyes, open mouth exposing sharp teeth and upturned tongue, the rust veined… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Chinese carved soapstone ornaments, 20th century Comprising an earlier Republic period soapstone figure of a fisherman in mottled russet and celadon stone atop a carved hardstone base, another of a cub perched on a brocade ball, on a darker pierced… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Chinese hardstone flowers in pots, circa 1950, set with multi coloured flowers and hard stone leaves rising from a pale green jade quatrefoil pots and one from a cloisonne pot. Height 33 cm, width 29 cm, and smaller | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cloisonne dragon box on stand, Republic Period (1912-1949) the cylindrical box and cover decorated with polychrome five-clawed dragons to the top and exterior against a black ground with wire worked clouds, above a border of waves, raised on a… | *** |  |
| *** | Two large Chinese wooden Carvngs of immortals. Comprising the imposing figure of Li Tieguai carrying special medicine in his calabash gourd to heal the poor and the sick, finely carved with glass eyes and bone teeth, and another of guanyin as a young… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese malachite seal. Utilising the natural swirling modulations of the richly coloured stone, fashioned as a simple cylinder with a rounded top. Length 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three ivory and silver needlework accessories. Comprising a Dorcas silver thimble in a c1910 egg-shaped brass thimble holder with floral engravings, a Chinese heavily carved ivory needle case, of tapering cylindrical form with screw lid, and an carved… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of antique yellow ground green dragon Chinese bowls, Qing Dynasty, with Daoguang reign marks 1821-1850, continuously decorated with writhing dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst, fiery clouds, similarly decorated to a central roundel, reign marks… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese polychrome timber deity figure. Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. The simply carved figure of a deity riding side saddle upon an ox, above a waisted plinth style base with a shaped apron, in distressed muted red and blue colours… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Indian silver bowls and a jug, two small bowls, one with a continuous frieze, the other with reserves, and an ovoid jug with strap handle, of traditional profuse embossed foliate, design, one bowl marked T.90, silver weight 290gr, height 9 cm (jug) | *** |  |
| *** | A decorative silver mirror, the oval mirror with an oriental style scalloped frame with impressed fruit designs to the rim, the back richly cast with floral motifs and radiating petal forms, with a central floral medallion and further scrolling motifs to… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Jun ware earthenware censer, the censer of bulbous form with broad neck, flared neck and rounded rim supported on tripod feet, with the typical mottled thick blue glaze modulating to olive with a characteristic splash of blue red falling shy of… | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian Colonial silver sugar caster. 800 silver, unidentified maker's mark, 19th century, the footed baluster shaped caster with pierced dome cover and urn finial in Queen Anne style, marked 800 & Hallmarked under rim with maker's mark Eg. Weight 227g,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver cigarette case, two button hooks, late 19th to 20th century, Wang Hing & Co, other, a cigarette case with bamboo design in relief upon a textured ground, a Wang, hing & Co button hook with prunus designs, and a plated button hook with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A boxed set of Chinese sterling silver shot beakers and a boxed sterling silver breakfast set, 20th century, the petite beakers of plain form with gilt washed interiors; and a breakfast set comprising an egg cup, spoon and napkin ring, all marked .925,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved horn, retaining its natural shaped, carved in relief throughout with a scene of scholars beneath blossoming trees. Length 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three Chinese bamboo wrist rests, comprising a pair carved with Chinese characters and another with the figure of a draped woman carved in low relief and incised Chinese characters. Length 34 cm, and shorter | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan manuscript holder, of tubular form and fabricated from copper, embellished simple bands and beading, and with Tibetan script and auspicious symbols in brass and silver, having a lift off fitted lid, the domed terminal set with a cabochon red… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of six Chinese silver pendants and pendant fittings, variously 19th/early 20th century, of various designs and decoration, most with subsidiary chain-linked bells and pendants including one with elaborate animal and object fittings and another as… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese bronze scroll weights, the matching pair with white metal and gold coloured inlay, and engraved with bats and the image of the fabled alchemist Lin Hau and the three legged toad, Jin Chan, tossing money to a carp; engraved signature of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved jade pendant, the upper half carved and pierced with foliate scrolls, the lower half with a figure in low relief on one side and Chinese characters on the other, on a glass-beaded cord, diameter 5.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved stone seal mottled white-ish and red stone, the square seal surmounted with a Buddhist lion, the base blank. Height 7.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese green jade guanyin figure, dressed in the humble attire of a Fisher maid, the figure of a standing guanyin with a fish hanging from a rudimentary rod above her shoulder, raised on a carved timber stand, height 26.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An iron tsuba (hand guard) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved hardwood figure of Shou-Lao holding peaches, early 20th century, the standing figure of Shou-Lao with his long beard, carrying peaches, on an integral pierced base, height 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Four Chinese decorative items, comprising a carved wooden box and cover in the form of a mythical turtle with a lion head surmounted by a crane finial, a Chinese Orihon watercolour folding book of flora and fauna, with inscriptions, an electroplated… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Japanese yellow ground cloisonne vases, early to mid 20th century, the opposite pair of lemon yellow baluster vases with waisted necks and silver-plated rims, each decorated with silver wire worked bamboo stem and foliage in modulating shades of… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Oriental cloisonne items, comprising a Japanese cloisonne oil lamp (Meiji period 1868-1912), the bulbous body decorated with alternating panels of butterflies and phoenixes on polychrome and speckled ground, between lappet and floral borders, on a… | *** |  |
| *** | Three carved soapstone 'Dragon' Boulders, 20th century, the three finely carved in openwork with dragons, comprising one of boulder mountain form, carved and incised to the top with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, in mottled red and cream stone, each… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese spinach jade wine cups, 20th century, the pair of carved jade wine cups with flared sides, everted rims and raised on foot rings, in mottled green tones. Height 5 cm, diameter: 10.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese scroll of horizontal format, 20th century the scroll of extensive horizontal format depicting mountainous landscape with trees, flanked by archaic characters and panels of Chinese calligraphy, printed and painted on paper mounted on patterned… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved rosewood buffalo group on stand, late Qing Dynasty Carved with two boys on the back of a recumbent buffalo, the older boy sitting cross-legged, the buffalo looking sharply to the right, its right foreleg slightly raised, naturalistically… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone mountain, of triangular form, the cream and amber triangular form mountain relief carved with a contemplative elder in a rocky landscape and with raised characters to one of the 'Boulders'; boxed and with a timber stand. Height 7 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Tibetan copper and brass Vajra ritual object, 19th century the unusual paddle-form ceremonial object with four-pronged vajra to one end, and a rectangular plate engraved with nine auspicious Buddhist symbols, a brass deity applied to the centre and… | *** |  |
| *** | A signed Japanese Takaoka bronze vase, Showa period, 20th century, a baluster vase depicting auspicious flying cranes with Mt Fuji in the distance, incised and inlaid in silver, gold and varied hues of bronze colours upon a modulating gunmetal grey ground… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese porcelain opium Den Pillows, Qing Dynasty and after, 19th to 20th century, of typical brick form with coin style piercings to one end and open to the reverse, decorated in underglaze blue decoration, the older pillow with sporting lion… | *** |  |
| *** | A commemorative coin of a Chinese panda 2016, the 1 kg coin with the image of a panda in low relief to one face, bearing mock pure silver markings and accompanied by a mock certificate of authenticity, housed in a clear plastic container and presentation… | *** |  |
| *** | A green Peking glass vase, late Qing Dynasty, early 20th century, a thick walled baluster shaped bottle in transparent deep green flecked with foil inclusions, height 20.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese jade pendant, a pierced shou medallion with twin chilong mounts in celadon colours, length 5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon glazed guanyin, the Dehua type seated guanyin with arabesque head dress and applied ornaments to the dress, height 32.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese mutton fat jade pendant, the chalky texture pebble form pendant, in pale white mutton fat jade, with flecked inclusions and darker veins. Length 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved stone Sow with Piglets. Naturalistically carved to the richly mottled and flecked ochre coloured stone. Height 16 cm. Width 24 cm. Depth 11.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A delightful signed Japanese silver condiment shaker, Meiji period, 1868-1912 period, with jungin mark for pure silver, the baluster pot embossed with iris flowers and foliage upon a lightly matted ground, the compressed screw top decorated with swirling… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of jewellery, comprising a feature round hinged bangle of wide, wire worked silver, detailed by large cabochon onyx beads throughout and small marcasite, a Thai princess cluster pendant with paste stones, a pair of silver drop earrings and… | *** |  |
| *** | A jade leaf and rock crystal necklace, presented in original box from Shanghai, Museum, styled as a necklace of small round rock crystal beads suspending a multitude of small, carved lead like beads of jade, varied in colour from pale white/green to light… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Chairman Mao Propaganda vase. Modern. the cylindrical vase with a cream crackle finish having a transfer of Chairman Mao and to the reverse, a group of animated revolutionaries carrying copies of Mao's little red book, in black and iron red.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver opium Capsule, late Qing Dynasty, cylinder shaped with a fitted removable section, decorated externally with engraved and enamelled narrative scenes; with later tassels and cords attached. Length 7.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A group of three Chinese timber figures, circa 1930-50s, two traditional fishermen figures, one with a small child by his side, the third in the form of a seated Buddha, Heights: 31 cm, 29 cm and 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese timber scroll weights, of tapering and shaped arrow head form each with various seals in low relief to the top face, length 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver pill box, marked only with a Chinese character, late 19th/early 20th century, cylindrical with a slide-off cover, the top and sides decorated in low relief with figures and buildings amidst trees, marked underside. Height 3 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese porcelain Inkstone and a brush pot, a shaped white glazed inkstone decorated with bats in low relief, and a cylindrical brush pot with an underglaze blue wave pattern throughout with a slip applied flame breathing dragon and fish in a white… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese pink and fawn cinnabar lacquer round plate | *** |  |
| *** | Three Chinese carved stone ornaments, 20th century, comprising a carved shoushan stone laughing buddha sitting on carved brown stone base, and a pair of soapstone rhinoceroses. Height 10.5 cm, (figure) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved stone archer's ring, 20th century, the archer's ring of rounded form in green stone with striations, glows in the dark after exposure to strong light, unmarked. Diameter 3 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Indian silver repousse boxes, X-ray tested 900 silver, 20th century, comprising a box with a pierced hinged cover decorated throughout with flower head and trailing foliage, with clasp, the smaller one with reserved panels on each side of chased or… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese two tier Mandarins hat box with summer hat, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the octagonal hat box with a conical top, each panel with brass and copper woven geometric pattern, the top section enclosing a summer hat, the lower tier empty… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese silver filigree and enamel Fingernail guard, 20th century the filigree fingernail guard adorned with floral and foliate enamel and semiprecious cabochon stones, stamped 'silver' to the underside. Weight 17g, length 8.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Anglo-Indian marquetry inlaid box. Early 20th century the rectangular document box with chamfered edges, finely inlaid with intricate tessellated motifs worked in vari-coloured timbers, bone and mother of pearl to the exterior with a further inlaid… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese soapstone figure, 20th century, the mythical figure of a dragon in celadon colour stone, finely carved and lightly engraved, height 8.5 cm, width 10 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Shoushan stone carved mountain, utilising the natural contours and amber russet hues of the stone, carved in relief and depicting figures and a walled village in a rocky landscape, with a fitted rosewood stand, height 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A trio of silver wine cups in the Chinese Straits style, late 19th to early 20th century. the pedestal cups with cushion form lobes each with cartouches repousse and chased with floral motifs, the bases conforming; apparently unmarked. Silver weight 142gr… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export .90 silver snuff box, late Qing Dynasty, 1840-1915, with factory mark of wing Chung, Hong Kong, a small rectangular box decorated with bamboo and a vacant circular cartouche upon a textured ground to the lid, with embossed bamboo and… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of jewellery. Comprising five pieces, all vintage and antique, one 9ct yellow gold bar brooch with central shield motif set with garnet topped doublet, a silver round bangle with tubular form and pierced oriental motif, hinged with safety… | *** |  |
| *** | A Yixing teapot, a large pot with a Buddha leaning up against a large pumpkin and shouldering another; with impressed seal underside. Height 13 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Tianhuang stone seal, in rich variegated caramel tonings, the rectangular seal with an irregular domed top, plain to the base. Height 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Indian silver salts, mid 20th century; marked 'Pe Deluxe 800', spherical bell shaped salts upon splayed tripod legs, and with knopped finials, the body with stylised flower and foliate designs; hallmarked underside. Silver weight 62gr. Height 6… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved white quartz seal, bouldershaped, one side carved with a man in a landscape, similar decoration and incised characters to the other side. Height 6.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Chinese lacquered paper and timber box, the domed casket with decorated with birds to the lid and having a traditional brass circular lock and swing side handles upon bat shaped plates, the interior lined with vintage newspaper | *** |  |
| *** | An Indian carved and inlaid alabaster plate, early 20th century, the Indian alabaster serving plate, inlaid with colourful semiprecious stones in the manner of the Taj Mahal, with a radiating floral design surrounded by a finely carved petal form rim.… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Chinese jade carved items, comprising a body comb in carved and pierced white stone with russet inclusions, the spine in the form of a dragon, and two pendants including one figural carved and decorated on both sides. Length 10.5 cm, (comb) | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese polychrome timber Domestic altar, with a central panel of script surmounted by a dragon head in high relief and flanked by long scaly dragons and pierced panels with auspicious deity figures, dragon and phoenix, a galleried lower section and a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Peking glass brush wash, probably late Qing to Republic era, 20th century, a clear glass compressed circular wash raised upon a blue glass ringed base, with overlaid cobalt chilong and bat figures. Height 5.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A carved soapstone chilong seal, 20th century, the oval form seal surmounted by a reticulated chilong, engraved with script to one side and cut to the seal base, in brown and amber stone with opaque white Mottling. Height 5.5 cm, length 6.5 cm, width 4 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved soapstone libation cup, 20th century of archaic style with recumbent qilin and a clambering chilong at the cup base, the red veined variegated stone with grey and beige shadings, incised with inked highlights. Height 19.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Jun incense burner, a tripod censer with an aubergine splash to the unctuous teal glaze, a timber, and pierced jade cover with chilong and shou decoration and a red 'Coral, type finial, height 9.5 cm, diameter 9.5 cm | *** |  |