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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** An unusual and large hardwood high-back chair, China, circa 1900 profusely carved with foliate decoration, on ball and scroll feet 71 cm wide x 60 cm deep x 160 cm high ***
*** Three Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottles, 6 cm and 6.4 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A pair of Chinese iron-red and gold painted 'ruyi' plates, Yongzheng blue-and-white six-character mark 12.8 cm diam. (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** Three woodblock prints after paintings by Lan Ying, Published by Rongbaozhai, circa 1950, Ink and colour on paper, three hanging scrolls, 30 x 24 cm each (3) ***
*** A Tibetan iron container for food bowl, 16th/17th century, Dege, with etched gilding of 'shou' symbols, 18.5 cm diameter x 9.5 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney. Note: This type of metalwork was produced in exceedingly high quality and vast… ***
*** A carved Chinese 'pavilion' duan inkstone, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, fitted with a hardwood box, 17 cm long. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** Three Chinese white and iridescent glass snuff bottles, 5 cm, 5.3 cm, 7 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese 'sandwich' glass snuff bottle with white and apple-green splashes, 19th century, 5.00 cm high. Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection Paul Braga ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose yen-yen vase, Mid-20th century, Yongzheng six-character underglaze-blue mark, 44.8 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia Private Collection ***
*** Three Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Liu Tieqin, Song Ziying, 1980s 7.4 cm, 9 cm, 7.4 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s ' David Arts ***
*** Two Chinese carved yellowish-celadon jade bangles, Late Qing or Republic period, 8.5 cm diam. 9 cm diam. (2). ***
*** A Chinese cloisonne 'taotie' vase, Qianlong four-character impressed mark, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in WA in the 1990s ***
*** A Chinese cloisonne water vessel, Qianlong four-character impressed mark, 7 cm high. Provenance: Western Australia private collection, acquired in Britain in the 1990s, hence by descent (by repute) ***
*** A carved Chinese jadeite peacock-feather holder, 6.1 cm long ***
*** A carved Chinese ivory seal, Chen Shushi 5.8 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white square shaped vase, Republic period, painted on one side with wild geese by a pond amongst reeds, on the other with a crane resting on a pine tree, flanked by a pair of animal-mask handles with rings, 22.7 cm high ***
*** Three Chinese carved yellow-glass snuff bottles, 20th century 7 cm, 6.5 cm, 7 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at Yue Hwa in the late 1980s and early 1990s Yue Hwa ***
*** Two Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Yun Chuan, Mao Ru, late 20th century 8 cm, 7.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Japanese cloisonne vase, Ando company mark, 20th century, 27.5 cm high, 3.2kg ***
*** A Chinese 'marriage' necklace of hardstone, jade, and silver beads, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, 57 cm long fully extended, the jade bangle 3.2 cm diam., beads varying from 0.7 cm to 2.5 cm diam., 215g. Provenance: NSW private collection,… ***
*** Li Peiwen, mountain landscape, ink on silk, hanging scroll, 105 cm x 50 cm. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired as one of 13 scrolls from (Joseph) Newman's Antiques on 22 July 1960 and hence by descent ***
*** A Chinese qianjiangcai pillow, Late Qing dynasty or Republic period, the four sides each painted with a reclining lady in a garden, by a window, or in a study, all between two borders of diaper ground, one end with a Begonia-blossom-shaped opening, the… ***
*** A Chinese carved wood figure group, of Liuhai riding a wave, wearing a lotus leaf as a hat, his left hand holding a water vessel, a string of money suspended from the forearm, his right leg stepping on a three-legged toad emerging from the wave and… ***
*** A small Chinese gilded bronze tripod 'dragon' censer, Qianlong four-character embossed mark, early to mid 20th century, cast with a dragon accompanied by small lion dogs against a 'sea wave' ground on each side of the body, supported on three… ***
*** A copper red-glazed vase, yuhuchun ping, Qing dynasty 18 cm high ***
*** A famille-rose 'landscape' brush pot, Qianlong six-character mark 9.9 cm high ***
*** A pale-celadon jade plaque, 5.7 cm long, 39g ***
*** A pair of Japanese bronze figures of elephants, Meiji period, one walking, the other trumpeting with with a raised trunk, both with ivory trunks, 12 & 21 cm high (2) ***
*** A Japanese patinated red bronze mixed metal plate, Meiji period, Nogawa Company of Kyoto mark, inlaid with silver and bronze depicting a cockerel perched amongst prunus blossom 27 cm diameter ***
*** A Japanese bronze hand beaten bowl, marked touroku shouyan and heian ryuya, engraved with a scrolling dragon 30 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese wucai hexagonal garden stand, of baluster shape with pronounced central knop, each section pierced with a design of flowers, plants, symbols of good fortune in aubergine, blue, yellow and white enamel to all facets al on a green ground, 59.9 cm… ***
*** A Chinese silver inlaid wood carving of an elderly man, 19th century, with a branch of fruit and a monkey trying to steal the fruit, 36 cm high on a carved wooden stand, 43 cm high overall ***
*** A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl, Ming dynasty, painted with horses and flaming pearls 14.5 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese silvered panel, chased and coloured with elaborate pavilion in a mountainous landscape with nesting and flying cranes, framed and glazed 36 x 25 cm ***
*** A zitan brush pot, 19th/ 20th century, in a realistic form of a trunk of very dark tone, the brush pot decorated with two ruyi heads on one side. 15.8 cm high ***
*** A hardwood brush pot, 20th century of slightly waisted form, the dark wood with an attractive grain. 19.3 cm high ***
*** A carved spinach jade statue of eagles, 20th century, carved from a stone of varying dark green tone, the two birds resting on two branches of a tree in dialogue, with an associated wooden base and a box. 27.5 cm ***
*** A blue and white exportware plate and bowl, 17th century, Nanking Cargo, the plate painted with roundel of trees, leaves and flowers within a stylized floral border with overglaze white floral panels, tin glaze rim, the bowl painted with flowers,.… ***
*** A Chinese silver inlaid bronze figure of a kylin, 20th century, the body in recumbent position, the head turned back with snarling expression, Shi Sou mark in silver inlay to base. 17 cm long ***
*** A bronze Buddha, Laos, 19th century, seated in bumisparsa mudra on a raised lotus pedestal base, incised with Laotian script, possibly the name of the donor. 20 cm high ***
*** A Chinese pale celadon jade footed stand, late Qing with carved raised ends and raised on scrolled everted pedestal supports, 7 cm long, 3.25 cm wide, 2 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection Paris, circa 1930, thence by descent ***
*** A Chinese export silver goblet by Wang Hing & Co., 10 Queens Road, Hong Kong, circa 1900, the bowl embossed with a scrolling dragon, marked WH90 ***
*** A blue and white shallow bowl, late 17th century, late Ming, painted with leaves within a brown tin-glazed border. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland ***
*** A pair of Chinese export silver fiddle pattern table spoons marked Wc, weight 168gms ***
*** A bronze footed jardiniere, with twin elephant head handles raised on shaped scrolled feet joined by slender stretchers, 23 cm wide 13 cm deep 13 cm high ***
*** A Japanese Arita ware bowl and cover, Meiji Periodin the form of a sixteen petal chrysanthemum, painted in brocade on a gilt metal foot. 20.5 cm wide 19 cm high ***
*** A Satsuma miniature vase, Meiji Periodof bulbous bottle shape with narrow elongated neck decorated with clusters of delicate blossoms and leaves on a brushed buff and burnished ground. 6 cm high (Kinkozan) ***
*** A Chinese ceramic figure of a seated Bodhisattva, holding a Jui on her left arm and wearing a flowing robe and a pearl necklace, the robe in crackle glaze. Impressed four character mark verso. 20 cm high (Rushtons fine arts Auction 26/10/1997). ***
*** A Chinese Buddha Sakyamuni, in cast bronze, seated in Dhyana mudra on a lotus pedestal and holding a gilded pearl. 20th century. Height 72 cm ***
*** A barbed-rim celadon dish, Five-dynasties Period, 4.2 cm diam., 3.6 cm high ***
*** A red glass official hat finial, 5.8 cm long ***
*** A celadon jade dog, Qing dynasty 6.0 cm long, 45.5g ***
*** A famille-rose enamelled tea pot Hongxian four-character mark, mid 20th century with box, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: From the collection of Prof. and Mrs Wong Siu Hong ***
*** A Chinese carved bamboo 'fruits' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 1830-1920, 5.9 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London in 1986. It is rare to find bamboo snuff bottles in the form of fruit pods. See a very… ***
*** A cloisonne 'Children at play' vase, China, 20th century, the motifs on a diaper speckled ground, base and interior in green enamel, 30.2 cm high ***
*** Five Chinese carved ruby-glass snuff bottles, varying heights from 5.3 cm and 6.2 cm (5). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted 'George Washington' rock crystal snuff bottle, attributed to Ma Shaoxuan, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A set of four Chinese export silver wares, Late Qing dynasty the 'dragon' brush stamped '?' [pao],'CL', and one of the boxes stamped '??', 'WH', '90', 25.5 cm long; 17.5 cm long; 15.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm, 151g; 13.5 cm x 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm, 120g (4). ***
*** A group of three Chinese blue-and-white bowls and a wucai bowl, Wanli to Kangxi period various sizes from 10.5 cm to 14.2 cm diam. (4). Provenance: NSW Private Collection. The Wanli blue-and-white bowl: Oriental Ceramics and Other Works of Art, Lawsons's,… ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Dated 1980 and 1979 7 cm, 8 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Yue Hwa, Hong Kong and Bangkok in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** A Chinese Sang De Boeuf double gourd vase, Jingdezhen zhi seal mark, 19th century 19 cm high ***
*** A pair of Japanese shibayama silver, enamel and ivory vases, each with flared rim and neck decorated in coloured enamel, silver flowers on the shoulders, the body decorated with birds, butterflies, blossom and chrysathmums in shell, mother of pearl, coral… ***
*** A Negoro lacquer raised tray, koban, in red with undercoat of black, 35.8 cm diam., 6 cm, height. Provenance: David Jones Gallery, Robert Haines era ***
*** A crackle-glazed vase Qianlong six-character mark, 19th/ 20th century 25.2 cm high ***
*** A set of six Chinese canton famille-rose jars with covers, Late Qing dynasty each painted with images of figures, and birds and flowers, 3.8 cm - 12.2 cm high (6) ***
*** A pair of rock crystal cufflinks, each set with a rectangular cushion shaped rock crystal, approx. 14.42 x 11.60 x 8.10 mm, mounted in silver, Russian silver hallmarks, weight 10.5gm. ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white dish, Jiajing six-character mark, Kangxi period 27 cm diam. Provenance: NSW Private Collection. Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, 1 March 1997 Sydney (label and receipt) Collection. of Gladys Sheed ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted glass 'scholars' snuff bottles, One dated 1966 7.3 cm, 7.7 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company,Hong Kong and Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s ';. Y.F. Yang & Company; Kaynes ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'dragon and phoenix' disc, 28 cm diam. ***
*** A group of four Japanese woodblock prints, 19th century Four oban tate-e ; one by Hiroshige, titled 'Iwami Province: Mount Takazuno, Salt Beach' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces', one by Utagawa Toyokuni II of a Kabuki Onnagata,… ***
*** An incised Chinese bamboo 'seal' brush pot, Qing dynasty, incised around the body with four square seal marks, 9 cm diam. 12.3 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago on Wyndham Street in Hong Kong ***
*** Two Chinese rootwood brushpots, 11 cm high, 7 cm high (2). Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** Two Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Liu Kunyan, dated 1988 9 cm, 8.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong ''. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Japanese Satsuma fluted oval bowl, Meiji Period, signed Kikozan Zo gilt with a scrolling dragon amongst clouds with red highlighting, seal mark, 16.5 cm wide ***
*** Three Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles, Wang Jinshan (1958 - ), painted in 2000 and 2001, 9 cm high, 9.6 cm high, 9.4 cm high (3). Provenance: NSW Private Collection, '·''·''·'20002002 ***
*** A Chinese turquoise-ground brush pot, of cylindrical shape, moulded in high relief with branches of prunus blossoms, 12.5 cm high ***
*** A Japanese export four-fold screen of a flower wagon, Meiji or Taisho, ink, gold, and colour on gold-leaf paper, signed by the artist, with one seal of the artist, 125.6 cm x 63.3 cm ***
*** A Japanese bronze vase, Meiji or Taisho, the well patinated bulbous body with a band of incised stylised striated wave pattern beneath the waisted neck, on a low circular foot, together with a carved wooden stand. 14 cm high, 16 cm diameter ***
*** A pair of Chinese blue and white covered jars, and a pair of jardinieres, decorated with landscapes and exotic birds, the jars 33 cm, the jardinieres 22 cm ***
*** A Japanese bronze slender mixed metal vase, Meiji period signed Shungyo Koku, inlaid in silver, gilt, and copper depicting two cockerels perched amongst prunus blossom 18.5 cm ***
*** A Japanese Satsuma koro and cover, Meiji period, signed Hekizan Zo, raised on three legs painted with chrysanthemums, dragon mask handles, and cover with a seated temple lion, seal mark 22 cm high ***
*** A Japanese Satsuma Koro and cover, Meiji period, seal mark Satsuma, Shiman mon, painted with birds amongst chrysanthemums overlooking a lake, large gilt dragon handles and finial 19 cm high ***
*** A pair of Japanese slender bronze mixed metal vases, Meiji period, inlaid in silver, gilt and copper depicting cockerels perched amongst prunus blossom 12 cm ***
*** A Chinese blue ground bottle vase, 18th century, double blue ring mark 11.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese export blue and white porcelain square bowl, late 18th century, with weaved rim and painted with scenes of pavilions by a lake 24 cm square ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of a procession of eight elephants crossing a bridge, with wooden stand 45 cm length ***
*** A pair of Chinese export silver peppers, by Wang Hing & Co, 10 Queens Road, Hong Kong, circa 1990; another two peppers and a mustard pot, all with applied prunus blossom decoration (4) ***
*** A Chinese ivory carving of an elegant lady in flowing robes holding a sprig of blossom, with carved wooden stand 26 cm high overall ***
*** An agate snuff bottle, well hollowed with natural dark brown markings suggestive of a mountain landscape and carved mask ring handles to the sides on an oval, slightly protruding foot, fitted with a coral stopper. Provenance: Private Collection Shanghai… ***
*** An agate snuff bottle, the ovoid body with wave-like brown inclusions raised on a oval slightly protruding foot and fitted with a domed coral surmounted stopper. Provenance: Private Collection Shanghai 1950s thence by descent ***
*** An agate snuff bottle, the well hollowed slightly flattened body, with natural dark inclusions with carved masks to the sides and a slightly protruding oval footrim, fitted with a porphyry stopper. Provenance: Private Collection New South Wales ***
*** Two Chinese carved bamboo brush rests, early 19th century one carved with Daruma, signed and one with figures in a boat in a mountainous lake scene, carved with poetry, 19 cm long. (2) ***
*** A pair of Satsuma vases in the form of wells, circa 1910, painted and gilded with boys at play in tones of black and coral with richly gilded accents on a brocade ground with reserves of butterflies, lotus and enamel, 10.5 diam 19 cm high ***
*** A pair of Chinese carved limestone stands in the form of circular stools, 40 cm in diameter, 39 cm high ***
*** A bronze figure of Buddha Burma, possibly Pyu period 12.5 cm high. Provenance: BC Galleries, Melbourne, 18 Nov 2013 ***
*** Jiang Boyun (20th century) Ford Crossing Ink and colour on paper, framed Inscribed and signed Boyun, with two seals of the artist Dated wuyin year (1938) 109 x 48 cm. Provenance: Baboori Antiques, Sydney, 14 April 2000 (by repute). Private collection,… ***