*** | Important Japanese bronze sculpture of a central urn with hawk covered top, supported on a dragon stand. Height 244 cm. Provenance: Purchased for the Great Exhibition London, signed Masayoshi | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved wooden panel taken from the imperial summer palace. 28 x 36 cm | *** | |
*** | 19th century Tibeto-Chinese gilt bronze and cold painted statue of Mahakala and consort. Finely cast, featuring thirty-four radiating arms held in harina mudra, the front ones grasping his consort and holding implements, all standing on a base of maidens,… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese republic period vase on stand. Globular form with flared neck painted with figures in domestic scenes, the flared neck painted with clouds. 38 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese silk panels with birds and flowers. 82 cm high, 37 cm wide. | *** | |
*** | A superb pair of Qing period Chinese rosewood chairs, each with a spoon back, and ornate pierced carved decoration on short cabriole legs terminating in lion feet | *** | |
*** | Superb antique 18th century jadeite carving of jewellery grade, on original wooden base and exhibiting no losses. Rich sculptural quality highlighted by animated and beautifully-rendered 3-birds in peach tree composition, demonstrating the Ming-revival… | *** | |
*** | Four signed, and finely painted under glaze blue Chinese wall panels, Republic period (1927). 120 cm high. | *** | |
*** | A carved ivory inro with netsuke shibayama school inlaid with mother of pearl coral and ivory signed shibayama Meiji period (1868-1911.). Height 9 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Satsuma earthenware vase, of ovoid form with flared neck, the both sides decorated in colours and gilding, with panels of maidens and figures in a landscape with blossom trees to front and reverse, signed Di Nihon Kyoto Awata Satsumayaki Chikusai… | *** | |
*** | Important signed Japanese bronze and ivory group of three tigers attacking an elephant | *** | |
*** | A late 19th century mahogany Chinese Chippendale display cabinet, surmounted by brass grille with a carved frieze, below a pair of astragal glazed doors with glazed sides on square carved supports. Height 206 cm length 111 cm depth 33 cm. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Qing dynasty hardwood horseshoe back armchairs, the curved top rail with down-swept arms and out-swept hand grips are constructed of three pieces using lap joined method, more commonly the cresting is in five pieces. The rectangular S shaped… | *** | |
*** | A fine Qing period ornately carved table, the circular top with a band carved foliate, on a carved column with the base carved with birds and Tibetan lions. 381 cm high, 138 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A mid 19th century Thai Gilt Bronze standing Buddha, 104 cm high. Provenance: from a Temple in Bangkok Thailand due to being demolished thirty years ago. | *** | |
*** | A superb English 19th century silver plated centre piece. Having grape, vine and cherub decoration and etched glass comports. 67 x 58 cm. | *** | |
*** | A late 19th century Tibetan door, with dragon painted on cloth and applied, 180 x 84 cm. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese blue and white ginger jars decorated in under glaze blue with kylins in panels with flowering prunus against a crackle ground. 24 cm high | *** | |
*** | A three piece Chinese silver tea service | *** | |
*** | A 14th century Ming period crackle glaze cylindrical celadon vase banded with key decoration on stand, overall height 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Pair of Satsuma moon shaped specimen vases with very intricate decorations, from the Meiji Period (1868-1911) | *** | |
*** | An 18th century Chinese scroll depicting a woman with her family at dinner. 135 x 52 cm | *** | |
*** | A large blue-glazed bottle vase, Kangxi mark, 19th century, with tall, cylindrical neck, covered in an even dark blue glaze. Height 40 cm. Provenance: Purchased John W. Kenny Estate collection, Sotheby's May 2004 | *** | |
*** | A Qing period vase of globular form with a flared neck and hawthorn decoration, 45 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Qing Dynasty, 18th century, four-panel lacquered hardwood folding screen, each panel inlaid with well - carved polychrome bone figures of Daoist immortals and their attendants. the reverse side painted in coloured lacquer with birds, shrubs | *** | |
*** | A fine Imperial ware vase. Five dragons on a yellow ground, Qianlong mark, Qing dynasty. Double gourd. 26 cm high. | *** | |
*** | Unusual Chinese gilt bronze Guanyin, sitting on the back of a boar. Mark to base. Height: 37 cm | *** | |
*** | A large 19th century Cantonese bowl. Rich gilt with reserves of courtiers and famille rose decoration. 41 cm diameter. | *** | |
*** | A late 19th century English bronze figure cast of Japanese lady, standing holding an umbrella and fan on a stepped base. Inscribed 'Japanese Lady'. Height 49 cm. Provenance: Ernest Mueller, Lancelot house, contents Sale, Bendigo 1949. Earnest Mueller was… | *** | |
*** | A large incised dragon bowl with yellow-ground and Kangxi mark, 20 cm high, 25 cm diameter. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens. | *** | |
*** | Three signed Japanese porcelain panels depicting figures in landscapes. 37 cm high, 24 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A fine 19th century Cantonese bowl on French ormolu stand the bronze ormolu stand with foliate decoration the bowl painted with figures in landscape with ormolu banding and handles | *** | |
*** | A pair of decorative Chinese rosewood ornately carved elbow chairs | *** | |
*** | A 19th century Chinese Tibetan gilt bronze figure model of Mahakala 'Defender of the Faith'. 16 cm high | *** | |
*** | A four-panel Chinese landscape screen, the green stone panels are enamel painted with mountain and waterway scenes. 180 cm high, 170 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Very fine and rare hunting design carpet hand woven in China on silk weft an cork wool. Set on a black backdrop with a pink and beige border. 371 x 284 cm | *** | |
*** | A large and imposing Japanese, circa 1930, Kutani ware Shi Shi (Buddhist lion), with good moulding and bold colouring, 70 cm high, 60 cm wide. | *** | |
*** | A superb ivory figure modelled of a man and monkey, signed to base. 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | A green Buddha with one hand holding a lotus flower and the other outstretched. Provenance: Purchased 1897-99 in (Tibet) then part of China and is sold on behalf the purchaser's great grandson. Minor restoration, 39 cm high | *** | |
*** | Rare Japanese shibayama vase. Ornately decorated with mother of pearl | *** | |
*** | A jade backed carved cameo Chinese chair. | *** | |
*** | A pair of Satsuma vases, each of baluster with a flared neck, inset with panels painted of courtiers in landscape within a deep blue and gilt surround, maker Nanbe. Height 22.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Ivory nobleman wearing an embroidered jacket signed on base. Height 36 cm. Meiji period 1868-1911 | *** | |
*** | A Chinese export hard paste porcelain tankard circa 1780. Bell shape with painted Chinese figures in landscape, the handle with shaped heart finial. Height 13.5 cm. | *** | |
*** | A Japanese Kano school, Edo period (circa 1800) six-fold screen, depicting red crested cranes resting by a river, surrounded by bamboo and rocky outcrops, each panel being 102 x 40 cm. | *** | |
*** | A Chinese silver tea service, with chased dragon decoration, 826gm | *** | |
*** | An early 19th century bronze figure modelled of an Indian goddess, with curled hair and traditional dress on a rock base. 50 cm high | *** | |
*** | A fine 19th century Japanese Imari vase and cover of baluster form with panels of fence and landscape. Height 68 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Satsuma vases. Meiji period (1868-1911), each with alternating panels of figures in landscapes and cherry blossoms, each signed on the base. 26.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Ming celadon charger with fluted interior, 34 cm diameter. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens. | *** | |
*** | An impressive silk oriental picture of birds amongst the blossom trees, signed lower right 102 cm high, 101 cm long. | *** | |
*** | Late Qing dynasty, figural, Honan jade group. Lady with serving maid on wooden base. 17 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese rosewood single door ornately carved cabinet. 193 cm high, 95 cm long, 38 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A Cantonese enamel planter, reserves with landscapes within yellow cloisonne decorated with flower heads, on a flared copper base. Between 1870 and 1900. 65 cm high | *** | |
*** | Exhibition Satsuma scalloped bowl by Kinsen, from the Meiji Period (1868-1911), decorated with courtiers in gilt | *** | |
*** | A late Ming dynasty celadon dish, the interior with incised flower decoration, 35 cm diameter. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens. | *** | |
*** | A large Kangxi style Chinese blue and white double gourd shaped vase with landscape scenes, a central ruyi head and double ring border | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' pattern early 19th century vases, 23 cm high. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens. | *** | |
*** | A fine Chinese Cantonese comport, the ormolu decorated base and handles. 26 cm high. | *** | |
*** | An impressive Chinese ornately carved ivory chess set. | *** | |
*** | A bronze figure of Shiva, 19th century, surrounded by a ring of fire standing on a lotus leaf and square plinth base. 93 cm high, 75 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese ivory figures, 20th century of maidens, each standing wearing a long wide-sleeved robe on a stand, 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | Eight sterling silver wines | *** | |
*** | A Japanese carved wood okimono signed Uetzu. Carved of monkey seated at a rosewood desk writing on ivory panel. Meiji period (1868-1911.14 cm high, 15 cm wide, 11 cm deep. | *** | |
*** | An 18th century Chien Lung Chinese ox blood jar and cover. Height 21 cm | *** | |
*** | A large root carving of Po-lo-to, taming his tiger. Height 50 cm | *** | |
*** | A cinnabar lacquer vase, Qing Dynasty, of hexagonally lobbed ovoid form, with three layers of relief depicting landscapes, with dense peony scrolls, 28 cm high. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens. | *** | |
*** | A Japanese Showa period tsubo tea storage of globular form with five lugs and blue white and yellow treacly coloured glaze, 38 cm high. | *** | |
*** | A pair of impressive Japanese, Meiji period, circa 1890, blue and white hand blown pots, with painted peonies and a shaped lattice border, 93 cm high. | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Qing period blue and white jar, painted with alternating stylised sprays and fish, between ruyi head and double ring border. Kangxi period 18th century. 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white baluster vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Painted in under glaze blue with flowering prunus against a crackle ground. Double circle mark on base. 43 cm high | *** | |
*** | A superb blanc de chine figure riding a Makara, 32 cm high | *** | |
*** | An Asian rhinoceros small horn (4 cm) and bowl (4.5 cm) | *** | |
*** | A superb Cantonese porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled pedestal bowl. Having hand painted floral and noble figures in tradition costume. Height 36 cm, diameter 43 cm. | *** | |
*** | A superb ivory figure modelled of a gentleman conch shell. | *** | |
*** | A Qing period Chinese bowl with brightly painted reserves of flowers and foliage, encompassed by a banding of French ormolu on a French ormolu base. 12 cm high, 37 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Qing period corner cupboard with four doors and applied figures and landscapes. Provenance: Singapore. 130 cm high, 90 cm wide, 54 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Japanese carved ivory okimono Meiji period 1868 - 1912, modelled as fisherman holding a net, on a naturalistic wooden base inset with ivory. 24 cm high, 31 cm high | *** | |
*** | Late Qing dynasty, well-carved pair of birds in light jade, on wooden base. 12 cm high | *** | |
*** | A 19th century Chinese Qing period bronzed lamp. Bulbous form, with a hexagonal flared stem, with dragon decoration, above a bamboo shade. 105 cm | *** | |
*** | A Cantonese 19th century painted comport, with panels of courtiers in landscape with a band of foliate and butterflies, the interior brass stand with cartouche with figures in interior with a conforming band with ormolu handles and pierced ormolu base. 30… | *** | |
*** | An oriental brass lidded koro. 57 cm high | *** | |
*** | Black lacquered plaque late Meiji period 1868-1911 Convex and circular in form standing on a base inlaid with fold over silver leaf and ivory flowers and birds, signed with three Chinese characters on right hand lower side | *** | |
*** | A celadon bowl, late Ming Dynasty, the shallow rounded sides feet and carved with peony sprays beneath the green glaze falling short of the base inside and out, an impressed medallion in the centre, 8 cm high, 45 cm wide. | *** | |
*** | A late 18th century Chinese Chippendale mahogany silver table, surmounted with blind fret gallery, a carved frieze, on carved square supports. Width 37 cm. Length 64 cm. Height 72 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese (sang de boeuf) vase. 18th century, the vase of bulbous form with cylindrical flared neck. Height 40 cm. | *** | |
*** | A matched pair of pate-sur-pate moderator lamp bases, late 19th century. One decorated with a classical woman, the reverse with a mask and scrolls. The other with floral subjects, each on a pale celadon ground the mounts cast with leaves and scrolls, the… | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese paintings on paper in period frames. | *** | |
*** | A Qing dynasty Saladin dish, with moulded decoration . Within fluting. 37 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Chinese, Republic-period, painted 3-fold screen depicting workers vigorously tending to the land and flying red flags. Possibly intended as communist propaganda. 100 cm high, 131 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A large Japanese bronze crane, Edo period, modelled in a realistic manner, supported on splayed feet,.86 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Cantonese famille rose bowl, with French ormolu mounts, late 19th century, painted with alternating panels of figures and floral bouquets on brocade, the ormolu base with acanthus decoration on pierced feet, above scrolled handles and ormolu border with… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Ming period, 17th century stem cup with stylised dragon motif to the body, on a carved wooden stand. Overall height 13 cm. | *** | |
*** | An oriental crackle glaze Japanese ginger jar on stand. 36 cm high | *** | |
*** | A set of twelve Chinese noble couple portraits, each a gouache on rice paper. 89 x 89 cm. | *** | |
*** | A Thai Suka style 19th century gilt bronze standing Buddha standing on a high tiered throne, the face very serene. 164 cm high. | *** | |