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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A Chinese embroidered ' fushou ' apple-green silk vest, Late Qing dynasty 75 cm long, 69 cm wide. Provenance: NSW Private Collection. by descent NSW Private Collection, acquired in China at least 90 years ago ***
*** A Chinese turquoise monochrome bottle vase, 19th century, 16 cm high ***
*** 36 woodblock prints, Mid to late 20th century Including 30 prints after the paintings of modern Chinese artists, and six New Year prints from Jinshan 30 prints after paintings: 36 x 27 cm approx. to 42 x 55 cm approx. Five New Year prints: 42 x 55 cm… ***
*** Two Japanese Satsuma two handled bottle vases, Meiji period, each painted with ladies by a stream, gilt dragon mask handles, seal mark Satuma; and a similar vase with larger handles, both 13 cm high (2) ***
*** A Japanese bronze mixed metal vase, Meiji period signed Kyoto Kuroda Zo and Koven Kaku, inlaid in silver depicting bamboo and a lappet band to the shoulder 12 cm high ***
*** A Japanese bronze slender mixed metal vase, Meiji period, Nogawa Company of Kyoto mark, inlaid with silver bamboo 18 cm high ***
*** A Chinese cloisonne enamel tea pot and a charger, with scrolling orchid decoration on a blue ground, 20 cm high, the charger decorated in colours with birds and a turquoise ground 31 cm diameter. (2) ***
*** A Chinese export silver belt by Cumshing, with hexagonal panels embossed with various prunus, bamboo palms and pavilons and scrolling dragons on the buckle 70 cm length, 125gms ***
*** A Chinese cloisonne enamel four panel table screen, decorated with birds amoungst prunus blossom and a pigeon blood ground, the reverse engraved with birds and bamboo.19 x 33 cm overall ***
*** An enamelled silver finger cover, Qing dynasty 10.6 cm long ***
*** A Chinese painted ceramic 'conjoined fish' snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Chinese quartz snuff bottles, Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period 6.5 cm, 5.3 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in Hong Kong and Lawson's Auction in the 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company; Lawson's Auction ***
*** Two Chinese yellow glass snuff bottles, Republic Period 8 cm, 9.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Lawson's Auction in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia Lawson's ***
*** A Lao carved wooden figure of Shakyamuni, 19th century, 50 cm high ***
*** A Japanese blue-and-white faceted bowl, marked Ko Reirou Yamakan, 19th century, 16.5 cm diam. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** Two Japanese woodblock prints, one by Kikugawa Eizan of two girls and plum flowers, one by Ippitsusai Buncho from the 'Picture Book of Kabuki Actors on Fans', the Kikugawa of oban size, the Ippitsusai of chuban size (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection… ***
*** A Chinese coconut-shell and a lacquered nut snuff bottles, 4.5 cm and 6.2 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted 'hunting' glass snuff bottles, Dated 1973 8.2 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong '. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese bronze twin-handled tripod censer, Four-character embossed studio mark to the base incised with figures amongst garden landscape, 25.5 cm wide ***
*** Attributed to Kun Can (1612 - 1673), Bamboo, Ink on paper, hanging scroll Inscribed, with two seals of the artist, and one collector's seal, 31.5 cm x 134 cm. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A miniature Chinese famille-rose faceted bottle vase, Qianlong six-character iron-red seal mark, enamelled in each facet with a flower spray on decorative grounds, and gilded ridges, the neck and foot rim with hui and scrolling flower patterns in blue… ***
*** A Chinese woodblock print after Shen Zhou, by Rongbao Studio, hanging scroll, bearing a publishing label 'Rongbao Studio No.80-5-A13 Coloured Landscape by Shen Shitian and printed by Rongbao Studio', 31 cm x 23.5 cm. Provenance: East and West Gallery,… ***
*** 10 reference books on Chinese works of Art, including: Clifford, Derek, Chinese carved lacquer, bamboo publishing Ltd, 1992, Dickinson, Gary and Wriggleswith, Linda, Imperial wardrobe, ten Speed press, 2002, Fang, Jing Pei, Treasures of the Chinese… ***
*** A pair of small Chinese horn washers, of compressed globular form with short rims, one with stand, 5.5 cm diam ***
*** A small Chinese cloisonne 'morning glory' vase, Laotianli four character workshop mark, late Qing or Republic period, worked with metal inlay of scrolling pink-and-red morning glories against a white ground, between two bands of decorative patterns, 21.9… ***
*** A Japanese Satsuma two handled vase, signed Seizan, painted with a small panel of elegant ladies above flowering plant, two temple lion handles 15 cm high ***
*** A pair of Japanese Imari plates, Meiji period, painted with vases of flowers within a red, blue and green floral decorated border 23.5 cm diameter (2) ***
*** A Chinese Canton enamel tea-serving set, Republic period including a tea pot, a tea filter, four small jars and pots for milk and water, a circular box, and a small cylindrical vessel, 20 cm at tallest (water pot) (8) ***
*** A Canton enamel bowl, 19th century, painted with a landscape 10 cm square ***
*** A Chinese blue embroidered robe, with gilt coloured thread depicting three dragons chasing flaming pearls above weaves.126 cm wide ***
*** An ivory figure of a lady tea servant Meiji period dressed up in floral-patterned kimono, the lady leaning forward, with her face raised, while holding a saucer with teacup. Inscribed mark ***
*** A Chinese silver mounted ivory handled magnifying glass, early 20th century applied with a carved agate figure of a goldfish ***
*** A Southeast Asian ivory lute, probably Thai or Burmese, with turned ivory neck with twin pegs, above a heart-shaped sounding chamber covered with gold thread embroidered cloth, and turned ivory base, 99 cm ***
*** A Chinese ivory gourd-shaped snuff bottle, Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Y. F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong ***
*** Three Chinese glass snuff bottles, 20th century 8 cm, 8.5 cm, 8 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s Kaynes ***
*** Two Japanese Albums of Woodblock Prints, Showa period. including. Insho Domoto (1891-1975), Eight Views of Kyoto, Kineya Art Shop, 1928. and an album of miniature woodblock prints from the Meiji period, 41 cm x 29 cm x 5.5 cm (package) (2). Provenance.… ***
*** A Chinese export silver belt marked 0.900, circa 1900, with cast circular links alternatively depicting a dragon and a tiger 75 cm length 250gms ***
*** A pair of Indian paintings on mica, depicting a shipping scene of river transport conveying a nobleman, the other a large vessel conveying passengers and buildings, gallery label verso: 'Champkins Dover St London', 16 cm x 12 cm within mount, 26 cm x 29… ***
*** Two blue and white jars with lids, the large jar of Kangxi period; the small jar with six-character Kangxi mark to the base, mid to late Qing, the large jar painted with prunus against a blue ground, with associated wooden lid, the small jar painted with… ***
*** A Chinese carved buffalo horn snuff bottle with mother-of-pearl, ivory, and hardstone inlays in the shape of a water gourd, Mid 20th century 6.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased in China in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** Two Chinese painted-enamel snuff bottles, Late Qing Dynasty 9 cm, 9.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Grays Auction in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia Grays ***
*** A blue-and-white 'dragon' bowl, possibly 19th century, Korean, single-character mark, width 17.3 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles, Painted in 1997 and 2007, 8.2 cm high, 8.5 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'peony' charger, 39 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Chinese jade and hardstone pot-flower, Late Qing to Republic period, 27 cm high ***
*** A Japanese silver hand mirror, by Watanabe Zo, circa 1900, finely embossed and chased with chrysanthemums 27 cm length ***
*** A Chinese export blue and white porcelain sparrow beak jug, late 18th century, painted with pavilion by a lake, moulded neck and handle with gilt highlighting 11 cm ***
*** A Chinese stone carved pillow, carved with symmetrical figural forms, wax import seal to the base, 9 cm, height, 23 cm width, 13 cm depth ***
*** A famille-rose 'peony' saucer 18th century 11.9 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, Signed Moshi, Dated 1970 8.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Lawson's in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia ***
*** Two Chinese glass overlay snuff bottles, Late Qing Dynasty 7 cm, 7 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Grays Auction in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia Grays ***
*** A Japanese blue and white and enamel 'floral' dish, Possibly imari, late 17th/ early 18th century underside freely inscribed in underglaze blue fuku [?] mark, 21.6 cm diam., 4.9 cm high. The particular fuku mark is said to be discontinued after 1710 and… ***
*** A Mughal style brass snuff bottle with hardstone inlays and Two Chinese carved-ivory snuff bottles, 7.6 cm, 7 cm, 8.4 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased in Treasure Auction in HK during the 1980s and 1990s ***
*** Two Japanese satsuma plates, Meiji to Taisho period, one painted with a lady playing with children, signed Kinkozan, the other of millefleur design, signed Kozan, 16 cm diam, 16.8 cm diam. (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A pair of lacquered 'phoenix' trays with matching stands Japan, 20th century with box, the trays 33.3 x 27.5 x 4.6 cm, the stands 33.4 x 27.5 x 9.3 cm (4). ***
*** A Chinese ceramic snuff bottle of painted enamel decoration, Late Qing Dynasty 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Nan Chang Museum in the late 1980s and early 1990s in China ***
*** A Japanese carved ivory snuff bottle, Meiji or Taisho period 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Odawa Tokyo Hotel in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Tokyo, Japan. ***
*** A Chinese painted-enamel metal 'Zhang Heng and Li Shizhen' snuff bottle, 20th century 6 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white square vase, Late Qing dynasty painted in reserves of different shapes with figures and landscapes, all against a ground of scrolling foliage, painted leaf mark on a recess to the base, 49 cm high. Provenance: Private collection… ***
*** A lacquered circular betel box, kun-it, Burma /Myanmar, 20th century, 20.5 cm diam. 11 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Chinese silver inlaid bronze plate marked Shisou, decorated with a phoenix, and an Indian silver inlaid bronze plate with fish, both 17 cm diameter and a small vase (3) ***
*** An unusual French porcelain plate, satsuma decorated in Japan, first half of the 20th century, the porcelain in a moulded basket and foliate interwoven design, painted in gilt and enamel with geese in flight and by a river bank, 'Depose and monogram'… ***
*** Two Chinese carved malachite snuff bottle and Chinese bone and metal-work snuff bottle, 20th century 5.4 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s in C.A.C. in Hong Kong and Penang C.A.C ***
*** A Chinese black-glass snuff bottle with metallic inserts, 20th century 5.6 cm. Provenance: Purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** A Japanese bronze figure of a turtle, marked possibly ryokame, 16.5 cm long. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** Four Chinese snuff bottles, 20th century, two of glass overlay, one inside painted, one of jade and hard stones. Various sizes from 7 cm to 8 cm (4). Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Japanese bronze dish, Meiji period, signed Mitsumoto, in the form of a duck by a pond 14 cm wide ***
*** Two Japanese Imari saucer dishes, both painted in typical palettes with various mon and floral decoration; one with a Kangxi period Studio mark 'Qiyn baoding zhizheng' the other fugui changchun (prosperity and longevity) 12 cm diameter (2) ***
*** A famille-rose cup and saucer 18th/ 19th century 9 cm diam., and 13.5 cm diam. (2). ***
*** A Chinese blue-and-white 'bird and flower' charger, 19th century the border carved with foliage patterns and coated with brown glaze, 37.3 cm diameter. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Japanese Kutani pottery figure of an Oni warrior, dressed in coloured robe and holding a sword 48 cm high ***
*** A Chinese famille rose bowl marked huazhau chunxiao (early spring) of state of Hua, painted with a village by a river, 14 cm diameter; and a floral beaker (2) ***
*** A Chinese pale blue eggshell porcelain bowl, Yongle four character mask, but 20th century, finely carved with five claw scrolling dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds 13 cm diameter ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, Mid 20th century 7 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Lawson's Auction in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Xue Chengcai, 20th century 6.5 cm, 7 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Grays Auction in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia Grays ***
*** A Chinese celadon bowl, Ming dynasty, with crackled glaze 13.5 cm diameter ***
*** A famille-verte Shou tea pot, height 24.4 cm ***
*** Three Chinese moulded snuff bottles, Late Qing to Republic period 8.2 cm, 6.5 cm, 8.5 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F Yang, Hong Kong & Company and Michael J. Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company; Michale J. Kaynes ***
*** A pair of Japanese cloisonne enamel vases signed, decorated with egrets in white and green on a blue ground 9 cm high (2) ***
*** A bamboo opium pipe, 19th century, the carved body fitted with silver to the mouth and parts of the body, a slender and flaring piece of resin to one end. 56.3 cm long ***
*** Two Chinese blue and white snuff bottles, 19th century 7 cm, 9 cm (2). Provenance: One purchased in Lawson's Auction in Australia, and the other at Yue Hwa in Hong Kong in the late 1980s and early 1990s Lawson's; Yue Hwa ***
*** A group of five reticulated Chinese yellow jade carvings, of various designs, varying from 5.5 cm to 6.5 cm long (5) ***
*** A Japanese cloisonne ovoid vase by Tada Zo, decorated with pink iris on a pale blue ground, 9 cm high ***
*** A Chinese polychrome eggshell lobed porcelain bowl, Qianlong four character mask, but 20th century, painted with figures on a shore by a lake 13 cm diameter ***
*** A painted Chinese famille-rose turnip-shaped vase, Hongxian four-character iron-red seal mark to the base 20 cm high ***
*** A Chinese celadon plate with underglaze-blue painting, Four-character Chenghua mark to the base, 19th century, accompanied by a certificate issued by the Guangdong Province Antique Company, 17 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased on 10… ***
*** A Chinese famille-rose brush pot, Qianlong four-character iron-red mark to the base, 20th century, 12 cm high. Provenance: Private collection NSW ***
*** A Chinese blue and white brush pot, height 17 cm ***
*** A Chinese sang-de-boeuf pear-shaped vase, Qing, 16 cm high ***
*** A Chinese painted-enamel 'bat and peony' plate, Chenghua six-character iron-red mark, Republic period, painted concentrically with layers of auspicious symbols such as peony, bat, scrolling lotus, all encircling a central ruyi sceptre, 24 cm diam. ***
*** A Chinese polychrome eggshell porcelain bowl Qianlong four character mask, but 20th century, painted with palace maidens 12.5 cm diameter ***
*** A Japanese cloisonne on porcelain teapot, painted in black floral panels on a turquoise ground 13 cm wide ***
*** A Sino-Tibetan snuff bottle, 19th century, with carved bone body, metal mount set with turquoise (some absent), 15 cm high and an Indian inlaid ivory box with geometric tinted ivory and stone inlay 6 x 4.5 cm (2) ***
*** A modern celadon studio-pottery bowl, late 20th century 27 cm diam. Provenance: NSW Private Collection, acquired from David Jones ***
*** A Chinese square ink stone, 15.6 cm x 5.9 cm x 2.2 cm. Provenance: Private collection NSW, Purchased 20 years ago in Wyndham Street, Hong Kong ***
*** A large Cantonese famille verte floor vase, early 20th century, of typical form with overall decoration with internal scenes, possibly from Cao Xueqin's story of the stone, 92 cm high, 34 cm diameter ***