*** | Wang Lanruo (Chinese, 1911 - '), Snow, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, Signed and inscribed by the artist, with two seals of the artist, Dated 1967, 34.5 cm x 104.3 cm. Provenance: Victoria Private Collection, gifted from the artist in the 1960s… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese celadon-glaze square vase, Early to mid-20th century, of rounded shoulder and tall neck, flanked with a pair of 'dragon' handles, supported on a flaring and tall foot, original stand, 22 cm high. | *** | |
*** | A pair of tinted Chinese ivory carvings, carved almost symmetrically with children playing various games amongst a garden pavilion, each carved with pine trees and willows to its back, 11 cm high, (2). | *** | |
*** | A Chinese ivory carving of the deity Hotei and child, 19th century, 12.5 cm high, with carved wooden stand | *** | |
*** | Two carved celadon jade of a lioness and a cub, and of bamboos, 19th/ 20th century, the lioness and cub carved from an even and creamy toned stone, the two animals curling in mutual pursuit, the bamboos carved from a creamy greyish-toned stone with spots… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese ivory figure of Shouxin, 19th century, standing and laughing in good humour, dressed in flowing robes, holding his staff and peach of immortality, his crane at his side. 27 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese ivory tusk panel, 20th century, profusely carved with a frieze of exotic and animals including rhinoceros, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, tiger and monkey against a forest of leafy trees, tinted in tones of brown together with a carved and… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Cantonese ivory spill vase, 19th century, carved and pierced with a courtly scene of courtiers and court ladies in garden pavilions, raised on a carved and pierced circular foot, 11.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A late 19th century Chinese export nest of green lacquered quartetto tables decorated with dragons chasing flaming pearls. Width 52 cm. Depth 30 cm, 71 cm in diameter | *** | |
*** | A pair of 'phoenix' openwork gilt applique, with box, 17.0 cm and 18.0 cm long (2). | *** | |
*** | A huanghuali and mixed wood lantern with glass panels, China, dated by inscription 10th year of Guanxu period, corresponding to 1884, 43.5 cm, height, 27 cm width, 27 cm depth | *** | |
*** | An archaistic jade censer and a plaque 28.2 cm diam. and 25.2 cm high (2). Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A thangka of Green Tara, Tibet, 18th century. blessings inscribed to the back correspondent to the various goddesses in the front, thangka: 47.5 x 33 cm, including brocade: 86 x 65 cm | *** | |
*** | An amber-bead necklace, Qing dynasty with box, each beads approx. 0.8 cm diam., the necklace 48.0 cm long fully extended. Provenance: C. C. Teng, Taipei, 28 February 1995, no. 001147 (label and receipt) | *** | |
*** | Two aloeswood plaques, fitted pewter box, 6.0 cm long each (2). | *** | |
*** | A bronze 'dragon' censer, Xuande six-character mark, Qing dynasty, 14.8 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's (label), Private collection, Sydney, acquired from above during the 1970s | *** | |
*** | A celadon jade plaque, fu Qing dynasty 9.7 cm high, 35g. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann, Wollongong, no. 1737 (label) | *** | |
*** | A blue-and-white 'lotus' bowl 16th/ 17th century with box, 15 cm diam, 6.8 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese carved 'Basket' snuff bottles, late Qing dynasty to Republic period, 5.7 cm and 4.7 cm high (2) | *** | |
*** | A white jade 'chi-dragon' belt buckle, Qing dynasty with a silver chain, 5.5 cm long, 36g (jade buckle only) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese imitation-realgar glass snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 1700-1820, 6.5 cm high. Provenance: Acquired from J. W. A. Multinational, Inc. Oriental fine arts, Florida on 26 September 2008, New England private collection, Compare a similar example, see… | *** | |
*** | A celadon jade carving, Qing dynasty of a child riding a branch of lingzhi fungus, 11.7 cm long, 61g | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Chen Runpu (b. 1946), and unknown, 20th century 8 cm, 9 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia b. 1946. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese export silver bowls, Early 20th century the 'chrysanthemum' bowl inscribed to the rim, 'Presented to Mrs Titmas by Royal Naval Quadrille Club, Hong Kong', impressed '?' [fai] or '?' [jiu], 'Kw', possibly Kwan Wo, the 'crane' bowl impressed '?… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese painted ceramic 'bamboo' bowls, Daoguang six-character underglaze blue mark, 9.2 cm diam., (2). Provenance: Western Australia private collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved mother-of-pearl 'Carp' snuff bottle, 5.8 cm high | *** | |
*** | An album of woodblock-printed letter paper, Beijing Rongbaozhai xin jishi jianpu, Rongbaozhai, Beijing 1953, 31.4 cm long, 22.5 cm wide, 4.4 cm deep (with case). Provenance: ACT private collection | *** | |
*** | A gilt copper alloy 'makara' vajra, Tibet 14.4 cm long | *** | |
*** | A soapstone 'chi-dragon' seal, Attributed to Hu Jue (1840-1910) 3.9 cm high, 54g | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Longquan mallet-shaped celadon vase with 'phoenix' handles, covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green tone falling just above the edge of the foot, and also covering the inside of the foot and the flat base, 23 cm high. Provenance:… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt-bronze seated figure of a Buddha, possibly Vairochana, and style of Ming dynasty, height 18 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Singapore, acquired in Singapore in the early 1990s | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese painted opaque yellow glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.2 cm and 5.3 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection | *** | |
*** | A bronze square censer with silver inlays, Shisou mark, Qing Dynasty, 5 cm high. Provenance: Christie's, 8 July 1991 (label attached), Private collection, Sydney, Christie's, 8.7.91 | *** | |
*** | A Chinese famille-rose 'bird and flower' spittoon, Genbentang five-character iron-red mark, 9 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, purchased in 1991, Ex R and V. Tregaskis | *** | |
*** | A Japanese silver inkstand in the form of a rickshaw and a resting stand marked Made in Silver by Etsu, circa 1900, marked Made in Silver by Etsu, circa 1900 finely engraved with scrolling vines, 36 cm long, 1190gms | *** | |
*** | A Chinese inside painted 'Havoc in Heaven' glass snuff bottle, Wen Xiangjun, dated 1989 10 cm. Provenance: Purchased at in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong Compare a bottle by Wen painted with equal artistic refinement and also in the theme of… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt bronze figure of a seated Bodhisattva and his mount, Ming dynasty 31 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s | *** | |
*** | A carved Japanese ivory figure group, Taisho period carved in sections of a figure holding possibly Taoist staff in his hands, unsigned, 31.4 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW | *** | |
*** | A Sino-Tibetan bronze Avalokiteshvara, 18th century, the well patinated figure wearing a jewelled Crown, jewelled necklaces and armlets accented in semi-precious stone, seated in dhyasana, with his twelve arms in the twelve mudras. 15.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Mughal-style carved celadon jade bowl, 14 cm wide. Provenance: Western Australia private collection. The Collection assembled in the 1970s in HK and Singapore, and hence by descent | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese doucai bowls, Yongzheng six-character underglaze-blue mark to the base, 11.8 cm diameter (2) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved jade and cloisonne bracelet, The jade and cloisonne of late Qing to Republic period, some parts possibly later, 18.5 cm wide (extended), 8.5 cm long. Provenance: Perth private collection, acquired privately for $8000 in 2008, hence by… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese inside painted 'Imperial Ming-dynasty porcelain' glass snuff bottle, Yun Chuan, dated 1996 7.4 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company | *** | |
*** | Two associated yellow-ground marriage spittoons, Guangxu four-character iron-red mark, enamelled in five registers with 'xi', happiness, around the body and the flaring mouth rim, separated in the neck with a gilded band, the rim and the foot gilded, all… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese yellow glaze bowl, Daoguang six-character seal mark, supported on a short foot rim, covered with a thin yellow glaze over all stopping near the foot rim, 12.5 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co… | *** | |
*** | A copy of 'The Epigraphy', Jinshi Suo and a copy of 'The Pictorial Dictionary for Children', Chongjiao Mengxue Zike Tushuo, dated 1907 and 1901. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired in Beijing in 1963 or 1964 | *** | |
*** | A pair of Regency figural candelabra, circa 1830, each raised on a stepped marble base and cylindrical bronze standard surmounted by a classically draped figure holding a scrolling two branch candelabra aloft, 56 cm high | *** | |
*** | A carved Chinese miniature agate tripot, Qing dynasty, of greyish creamy tone with orange inclusions, the cover with a 'lingzhi' finial possibly of hard stone, fitted with its original stand and box, 7.6 cm high (including stand). | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese polychrome 'vegetable' dishes, six character Qianlong mark but later painted in enamel with various vegetables and fruits, underside of ruby-pink ground, 15 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese green glaze bottle vase, 19th century the globular body raising to a long neck supported by short foot rim, covered with a thin green glaze over a creamy crackle glaze, stand, 27.4 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection NSW | *** | |
*** | A Chinese crackle green glaze slender-baluster vase, 19th century with flaring neck and raised on a short and unglazed foot rim, covered with a layer of green glaze over a crackle white glaze, 25.2 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection NSW | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese hexagonal zitan stands, the lobed table tops each supported by six curved legs joined by a six-lobed stretcher, 11.4 cm high (2). | *** | |
*** | A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, 19th century, 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese carved shells depicting battling warriors before pavilions, on carved wooden stands and a smaller pair 23 cm and 20 cm wide (4) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white porcelain double gourd vase, 19th century, painted with scrolling dragons chasing flaming pearls 31.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A carved Chinese export ivory box 19th century of rectangular form, the interior and the bottom covered with felt, the exterior carved with panels of ornamental shaped of daily street view of a idyllic small town during summer, it's top carved with… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white jar-poss, 18th/ 19th century, the body painted in two large panels of court ladies enjoying the four arts; the zither, painting, calligraphy and chess, in a garden surrounded pavilion, two unglazed animal-mask handles, missing lid… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese blue and white plate, 18th/ 19th century, painted to the interior with a scene from a Chinese drama, the border decorated in two layers with panels of Buddhist emblems, the exterior painted with two leafy patterns, gilded rim. 37.6 cm | *** | |
*** | Four Chinese figures of immortals, in carved ivory each holding their appropriate attributes, 25 cm, 14 cm, 13 cm, 13 cm high respectively | *** | |
*** | A pair of Japanese Bizenware shi-shi, 19th century, well modelled with open mouths in rampant pose with incised marks to the underside of each abdomen. 24 cm long 23 cm high and 21 cm long, 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese incised jade 'bi' disc, 19th centuryand wooden stand 6 cm diam | *** | |
*** | Two Japanese realistic coloured ivory okimono of fruit, late Meiji period, a lemon, 9 cm long, and an apple cut in half showing core and pips. Length 10 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese elm folding chair, with horseshoe top rail and dragon carved splat | *** | |
*** | Two Japanese bronze figures of Rabbits early 20th century | *** | |
*** | A famille-rose 'Plum Bossom' ceramic plaque, 20th century, framed, 55 cm diam. | *** | |
*** | A jun-style bowl 19.1 cm diam. | *** | |
*** | A suite of eight famille-rose 'peony' dishes 18th century one pair, and six of different decorations, approx. 23.1 cm diam. each (8). | *** | |
*** | Four jade carvings, probably Western Zhou dynasty and later, the two Huang 8.5 cm long, 20g; 8.2 cm long, 9g; the other two pieces 5.2 cm diam., 25g; 2.6 cm long, 9g (4). | *** | |
*** | A famille-rose bottle vase Qianlong four-character seal mark, early to mid 20th century 24.7 cm high | *** | |
*** | A famille-rose reserve-decorated bowl, Qianlong period. 6.5 cm high, 14.3 cm diam. | *** | |
*** | A lapis lazuli 'magnolia' washer, Late Qing to Republic period, with a matching stand, 17.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | A blue-and-white 'lion' ewer and cover with box, 26.4 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A carved cinnabar lacquer box and cover, 13.5 cm diam. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1615 (label) | *** | |
*** | A bronze tripod censer, ding, Qing dynasty, 24 cm high, 35.5 cm wide. Provenance: Gora Singh Mann Collection, Wollongong, no. 1649 (label) | *** | |
*** | A lime-green glazed square vase Late Qing dynasty to Republic period 37.3 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A celadon glazed enamelled and gold painted saucer, Qianlong four-character mark, 20th century, 11.3 cm diam. | *** | |
*** | A famille-rose enamelled and gilt 'hundred flowers' plate Yawan zhencang studio mark, mid 20th century 24.1 cm diam.,. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney | *** | |
*** | A jian ware 'hare's fur' conical teal bowl 12.5 cm diam., 7.6 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney | *** | |
*** | A white-glazed 'woven basket' vase Late Qing dynasty to Republic period 30.2 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese 'Loushi Ming' hexagonal plate, 19th century enamelled to the interior with seals bearing various verses from the Chinese classic text 'Loushi Ming', the back fixed with two cut-outs of seal impressions attributing the same texts, 21 cm diameter,… | *** | |
*** | A group of four carved jade pieces, Qing dynasty comprising of a 'cloud' snuff bottle, a gourd-shaped pendant on stand, and two carvings of a three-legged toad and of a child riding a freshwater bivalve, 6.3 cm high (snuff bottle, jade only), 3.4 cm long,… | *** | |
*** | A celadon jade carving of a mythical beast, Qing dynasty 5.9 cm wide, 143g | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese skyblue-glaze 'Buddhist Emblems' vase, 45 cm high | *** | |
*** | A blue-and-white 'squirrel and grapevine' bowl, Underglaze double-ring mark, Qing dynasty 20.2 cm diam., 9.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | An enamelled and incised porcelain 'dragon' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 1820-1900. the recessed base decorated with stylized clouds, 6.5 cm high. Compare an identical bottle, see 'Chinese snuff bottles from two private American collection', lot 6004 Sale… | *** | |
*** | A small Chinese doucai wine cup, six-character Qianlong mark, with flaring mouth rim supported on a short foot rim, the body elaborately painted around the body in underglaze blue and various enamelled colours of flowers amongst scrolling foliage, all… | *** | |
*** | A famille-rose 'dragon' water pot, Guangxu six-character iron red mark 14 cm diam, 9.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three carved Chinese amber and root amber snuff bottles, 6 cm, 6.1 cm, and 7 cm high (3) | *** | |
*** | A yixing tea pot, Attributed to Yang Pengnian (1796-1850) 17.9 cm wide, 8.3 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure group of hehe erxian, Attributed to He Chaozong baring two impressed seal marks on the back of one figure, 'dehua', and 'He Chaozong yin', 23.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Victoria | *** | |
*** | A Chinese painted-enamel bottle-vase, Attributed to Liu Yuceng, with an iron-red studio mark to the base 25 cm high | *** | |
*** | Shen Daohong (China, b. 1947), Playing the Flute and Zither Ink and colour on paper, framed Signed Daohong, with three seals of the artist and one of Wan Fung Art Gallery Dated Autumn of 1992 86.5 cm x 94 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased… | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese inside-painted revolutionary-theme glass snuff bottles, Wen Xiangjun, Dated 1967 and 1968 4 cm, 7 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s | *** | |
*** | A Chinese 'landscape' yixing teapot, Dated 1943 by inscription, attributed to Jiang Handing (1903-1963) and Gu Jingzhou (1915 - 1996), 19 cm spout to handle | *** | |
*** | A carved bamboo 'boating' brush pot, Attributed to Shi Chengzhi (Qing dynasty), incised mark Qingxi Shanren, 14.1 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three carved Chinese soapstone stamps, 10.4 cm high, 10.2 cm high, 8.5 cm high (3). Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong | *** | |