*** | An Indian carved ivory figure of Padmapani, 19th century, standing in typical pose, a carved circular mandala behind her head, with her left hand in abhaya mudra and holding a lotus flower in her right hand, wearing a jewelled Crown, necklaces about her… | *** | |
*** | A Japanese cloisonne candlestick, on filigree silver with gilded accents decorated with scrolling leaves and panel s in blue and green, 19th century. Height 24.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Whitehead. P.J.P and Edwards. P.I Chinese Natural History Drawings | *** | |
*** | A large Japanese bronze turtle group by Kosai, late 19th century | *** | |
*** | A large late 19th century Japanese pine and iron bound trunk 91 cm x 131 cm | *** | |
*** | A sancai green and beige glazed plate with box, 25.9 cm diam. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A flambe-glazed brush washer 19th/ 20th century 26.1 cm diam. | *** | |
*** | A famille rose 'Hunting Deer' vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red mark, late Qing dynasty, 45.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two associated Chinese qianjiangcai dishes attributed to Wang Xiaoting, Mid-20th century, 8.3 cm diam. 9 cm diam. (2). | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese red glass overlay snuff bottles, 7.2 cm high, 5 cm high (2) | *** | |
*** | A group of three Chinese jade and jadeite carvings, Late Qing to Republic period, one of a white jade belt buckle, one of a reticulated white jade 'flower' decorating piece, and one of a jadeite 'duck and lotus' caring with russet-brown inclusion, 8 cm… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon' bowl and a saucer, Pictorial and Chenghua mark to the bases, Kangxi period 9.8 cm diam. 10.3 cm diam. (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection, acquired from Micawber's, 1 December 2000, Sydney (receipt) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese inside-painted glass 'harvest' snuff bottle, signed Sun Jizhe, possibly Sun Jijie (1945 - 2014), dated 1972 6.8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company Hong Kong in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia 1945 - 2014. Y.F. Yang &… | *** | |
*** | Yang Zhengxin (China, b. 1941), Ducks Ink and colour on paper, framed Signed Yang Zhengxin, with one seal of the artist Undated 66 cm x 43 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, purchased in a local gallery in NSW Australia | *** | |
*** | A carved Chinese 'bat' inkstone, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, fitted with a hardwood box, 11.5 cm long (with box). Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, 1980s 8 cm, 7.3 cm, 7.2 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s | *** | |
*** | A Japanese Satsuma two handled bottle vase, Meiji Period signed, diameter Nihou, signed, diameter Nihou painted with panels of a dancer watched by dignitaries, the reverse with figure in a garden on a millefiore ground, two bamboo loop handles with leaf… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese beige-ground silk-embroidered and velvet jacket, Late Qing dynasty, 143 cm wide (sleeves extended), 73 cm long | *** | |
*** | A carved Chinese celadon jade 'nipple' hair piece, 10 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Chinese 'landscape' famille-rose vase, Qianong six-character iron-red seal mark, early to mid 20th century, with label '407 Sotheby's', 44 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, purchased in Bonhams & goodman on 29 May 2002, lot 42 | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese rosewood side tables, early 20th century one with inset marble top, 46 and 56 cm high (2). | *** | |
*** | A Chinese white jade carving of a horse, 5.3 cm wide, 60g | *** | |
*** | A Chinese silver plaque, late Qing or Republic period, worked in low relief with a qilin and a phoenix amongst peonies, stamped 'solid silver' to the back, 10 cm x 5.6 cm x 0.4 cm, 195g | *** | |
*** | Attributed to Sha Menghai (19001992), Calligraphy, Ink on paper, mounted Signed Sha Menghai with one seal of the artist Dated by inscription 1987, 66.5 cm x 32 cm, 1987 | *** | |
*** | A Chinese ivory carving of the deity Shou, holding a staff and a peach, the symbol of immortality, with carved wooden stand and fitted box, ivory 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese yellow ground famille rose kidney shape bowl, Tongzhi mark and period (1862-1873), painted with scrolling dragons, turquoise interior (with chip) 23 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Chinese ivory carving of the deity Shou, holding a staff and a peach, the symbol of immortality, with carved wooden stand and fitted box, ivory 17 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three ivory pieces 19th century. a Chinese rectangular carved panel of two dragons casing a flaming pearl set in a wooden stand; a paper knife carved with a tiger, and a Japanese netsuke of a foe dog and ball | *** | |
*** | A Chinese figure of a beauty, late Qing dynasty, carved in pale pink Angel hair coral, standing with a basket of flowers on her head and others about her dress and feet. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales | *** | |
*** | An archaistic 'kui-dragon' bronze vessel, hu, 16th/ 17th century, 25.5 cm, height, 13 cm width, 10.5 cm depth | *** | |
*** | A Yaozhou-style celadon-glazed bowl 19th/ 20th century 16.6 cm diam. | *** | |
*** | A peach-bloom glazed opium pipe bowl, Kangxi six-character mark, 19th century, with a fitted box, 3.7 cm high | *** | |
*** | A celadon-glazed vase with box, 20.7 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A famille-rose 'myna and plum blossom' vase Jinghua Zhenpin mark, 20th century with a fitted box 29 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large jade necklace, composed of 26 graduated rows of polished jade beads, measuring approximately 2.40 mm each, set with a large carved jade plaque measuring approximately 5.40 x 3.80 cm, gross weight approximately 168.70 grams, length 41.00 cm. | *** | |
*** | A white-glazed vase, gu with fitted box, 24.7 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | An inside painted glass snuff bottle and a rock crystal snuff bottle, Late Qing dynasty the inside painted snuff bottle attributed to Sun Xingwu (active 1894-1900), and dated winter of xinchou year (1901), 7.1 cm high, 6 cm high (2). | *** | |
*** | A Chinese miniature painted enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 3.8 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese inside-painted snuff bottle for The First International Snuff Bottle Society snuff bottle, Liu Shouben, 1979, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired directly from the artist | *** | |
*** | A blue-and-white 'chrysanthemum' stemmed bowl, Qing dynasty box, 12.6 cm high. Provenance: Phillip Caine, acquired in Beijing on 27 June 1985 (receipt) Accompanied by an Antique Certificate and an Export Permit, issued by the National Committee of… | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese painted glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 4.2 cm and 4.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottle, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottle, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty, 5 cm high. Provenance: Acquired from Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Ceramics & works of Art on 20 March 1995 (receipt), and the insurance valuation from the same business dated 1… | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese miniature glass snuff bottles, 4 cm, 5.2 cm, 3.2 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006) and Yiding (b. 1974), dated 1978 and 1979 7.8 cm, 7.8 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong Similar inside painted snuff… | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese horsehair or bamboo brushes, Qing dynasty, two with hardwood handles, one carved with inscription attributed to Huayue studio, one of banded and woven bamboo, Approx. 17 cm long (3). Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago… | *** | |
*** | An amber glass 'Peach' snuff bottle, late Qing or Republic, in the form of a peach, carved around its top leaves, the agate stopper in the form of an stem end, with tripod stand. 6 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese monochrome glass snuff bottles, 5.8 cm, 6.2 cm, 6.8 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection. The rare shape of the blue bottle is a model of the cricket cages much in use during the second half of the Qing dynasty to house the… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese tea-dust glaze, Qianlong six-character impressed seal mark, 19 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese wood carving of the deity Shou, 19th century, holding a staff and a peach, the symbol of immortality, 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Satsuma vases, Meiji Period, signed Satsuma Shouzan Zo, Shimazn mon with slender neck with coloured and gilt panels, crenulated shoulder, the body with a continuous panel of dignitaries and their attributes, 16.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A red lacquer box in the form of a pig, 88 cm wide, 58 cm deep, 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese scholar's stone, the stone of greyish and maroon shades, stand, 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | A group of three Chinese ivory carvings, Qing dynasty to Republic period, of a Canton 'figures and pine trees' magic ball supported on a tall stand, a 'dragon' magic ball, and a 'children' toggle, 24.5 cm high (assembled magic ball), 6 cm diam. ('dragon'… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese seated Buddha, his hands in Abhaya and Varada mudra, seated in Dhyanasana on a double lotus base, 21 cm high | *** | |
*** | A carved Japanese ivory figure group, of a child with his hunting fox underneath a tree trump, a ghost standing on top of the trunk, incised two character studio or artist mark to the base, 27.3 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure of a samurai, signed Toyoshi, Meiji period, the figure standing in an alert manner holding a wooden pike (replaced), 30 cm, on a realistic carved wooden base, 40 cm high overall | *** | |
*** | An unusual Chinese water dropper, 19th/ 20th century, in the form of a mouse climbing over a branch of grapes, the mouse in a purple glaze, the plant in green and teal. 11 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A mid 19th century Indian carved hardwood revolving chair, the tall waisted back profusely carved and pierced with leaves and stylised berries above a circular swivel seat with fitted cushion, raised on a carved and pierced apron on three scrolled legs… | *** | |
*** | A delicate Indian ivory rose-water sprinkler, 19th century, in the form of an elegant minaret tower with pierced top, issuing from a spherical orb on a circular foot, 28.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Japanese bronze models of carp, late 19th century, each propped up on its tail as if leaping from the water, mouths open and fins outstretched. Height 30.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A bronze belt buckle with gold inlays Han dynasty 14.7 cm long. Provenance: Soo Tze Orientique, Melbourne, 1995. | *** | |
*** | A celadon glazed bowl with box, 13.5 cm diam., 5.9 cm high. Provenance: Previously from a Japanese private collection | *** | |
*** | A celadon-glazed square vase Qianlong six-character impressed mark, 19th/20th century 34.2 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved agate 'ford' snuff bottle, 7.5 cm high, 105g | *** | |
*** | A Chinese inside-painted 'bird and flower' snuff bottle, Attributed to Ding Erzhong, and signed 'erzhong' painted both sides with birds and flowers and signed 'erzhong', the top of hard stone fitted with metal, 8 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved jade 'Marriage' snuff bottle with coral and turquoise inlays, late Qing dynasty, 7 cm high. Provenance: Lot 0789, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne Australia, 2 Jun 2008 | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved celadon jade 'Gourd' snuff bottle, 6 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved celadon jade 'Gourd' snuff bottle, 8 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese export silver dishes, by Wang Hing, Hong Kong, late 19th century/ early 20th century each stamped '??'[ch'iu-chi], 'Wh', '90', 15.3 cm long each, 72g and 80g (2). | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottles, 20th century, 4.5 cm high, 4.7 cm high (2) | *** | |
*** | A woodblock-printed catalogue of paintings by Qi Baishi, Qi Baishi Huaji, Rongbaozhai, Beijing 1952, 32 cm long, 21.8 cm wide, 2.8 cm deep. Provenance: ACT private collection | *** | |
*** | A carved Chinese bamboo brush pot, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, embossed inscription attributed to Jinghe studio, 10.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong | *** | |
*** | A rock crystal wine cup, in the form of a ram 13 cm wide, 10 cm long, 3.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two carved Chinese bamboo whist rests, Qing dynasty, one signed and inscribed 'Shaogu', the other 'Yue Bang', 25 cm long, 26.5 cm long (2). Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong | *** | |
*** | A Chinese inside-painted 'crow and melon' snuff bottle, Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006) and Yiding (b. 1974), dated 1982 7.3 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Arts of China in the late 1980s and early 1990s | *** | |
*** | Three Bleu de Hue 'dragon' and 'phoenix' bowls, Neifu mark, 19th century, Jingdezhen export-ware, each fitted with silver rim, diameter 10.7 cm, 10.3 cm, 11.1 cm (3). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: From the 1700s onwards, kings of the… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue-and-white 'cloud' plate, Qianlong six-character mark, 22.5 cm diam | *** | |
*** | A Japanese Satsuma spherical Koro and cover, Meiji Period, the collar and cover with vertical piercing above a continuous panel of figures in an interior, three short feet and bud finial, seal mark Satsuma, 10 cm high | *** | |
*** | A framed Chinese fan painting, Dated according to inscription 1876, 49 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Nepalese parcel-gilt and repousse travellers shrine, 19th century, 13 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Eastern 'Archaic' twin handled bronze bowls, each with raised fish and seaweed design within triple ring border, once in the entrance hall of the Pierre Hotel Fairfax penthouse, New York, 40 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Japanese bronze figure group Meiji period, of a fisherwoman seated on a large anchor a basket at her feet and watching a boy playing before waves on a shore line, 40 cm wide, carved wooden stand 33 cm high overall | *** | |
*** | A Chinese famille rose two handled vase, Republic period, the rectangular sectioned body painted with panels of figures on a pathway and poetry, lion mask ring handles 29.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A set of six Indian hardwood folding chairs, early 20th century, the plain top rail above spindle backs and pierced seats above x-frame folding legs. (6) | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Cantonese ivory perfume sachet, 19th century, finely carved in the form of a gourd with a scrolled flowering branch on a delicate pierced lattice and lace body. Length 8.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Japanese bronze turtle, by Kosai, late 19th centurycast and finished to resemble the rough textures of the animal's shell and skin, signed on the underside Kosai chu,11in long | *** | |
*** | A Chinese bottle shaped vase, late 19th centuryin blue monochrome glaze. Height 20.5 cm (seal to the base 'The antique porcelain gallery'). | *** | |
*** | A Japanese ivory okimono group of chomin (townspeople), late Meiji period of a man sanding and holding a fan with three characters at his feet, one carving a Noh mask, one sharpening a blade and one with a pipe, the woman carrying a rattle inscribed 'Hino… | *** | |
*** | He Chong (1807-1883), Fu Shouyi (1873-1945) Swallows and Spring Flowers Ink and colour on paper, two album leaves of mounted fan paintings 1. Inscribed and signed He Chong, with one seal of the artist 2. Inscribed and signed Puchan, with one seal of the… | *** | |
*** | A jian-ware black-glazed 'hare's-fur' conical bowl with a box, 15.8 cm diam., 6.2 cm high. Provenance: The Reid family collection, Sydney. | *** | |
*** | Four jade and silver hair pins, China, 19th/ 20th century 10.5 cm longest (4). | *** | |
*** | A sandstone bust of parvati Central India, Madhya Pradesh, circa 11th century likely a fragment from an Uma-Mahasvara (Shiva and Parvati) stele, 23.5 cm high. Provenance: From a private collection, Sydney | *** | |
*** | An enamel painted porcelain 'rose' snuff bottle, Four-character Qianlong mark, 20th century jadeite stopper, 7.1 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese carved glass snuff bottles, 5.8 cm and 6.5 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection. Note: Pictured in the centre is a typical motif from the imeprial glass workshop mostly popular during the Qianlong period. . Compare a green… | *** | |