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| *** | A blue and white baluster vase Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period 17th century, boldly painted on the exterior with a phoenix in flight chasing a qilin in a continuous garden of bamboo, rockwork and tall banana palms, below formal borders around the shoulders… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual archaistic lacquered bronze covered censer, of cylindrical form, the sides with tiered friezes of pierced dragon scrolls and set with taotie mask and loose ring handles, the matching cover surmounted by three bird form knops, all supported on… | *** |  |
| *** | Chen Wen Hsi (Chinese, 1901-1991), Gibbons, watercolour and ink on paper, signed and stamped on upper right, 34 x 46 cm, Provenance: The Old & New Gallery, Singapore, 1988. Exhibited. Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chen Wen Hsi, The Old & New Gallery,… | *** |  |
| *** | Rosewood corner-leg table, 19th century a rare Chinese jade embellished hardwood corner-leg table, 19th century 80 cm high, 130 cm wide, 44 cm deep. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland. Other Notes: for a similar example see Christie's, fine… | *** |  |
| *** | Chen Wen Hsi (Chinese, 1901-1991), Herons, watercolour and ink on paper, signed and stamped upper left and lower right, 34 x 45 cm, Provenance: The Old & New Gallery, Singapore, 1988. Exhibited. Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chen Wen Hsi, The Old &… | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt decorated Chenxiangmu bead rosary bracelet, comprising eighteen square-shaped wood beads suspending rose-quartz and pearl teardrop pendants, inscribed fitted pewter box, the rosary 27 cm long overall, Compare with a bracelet in jewellery of the… | *** |  |
| *** | A huanghuali square waistless table, Fangzhuo, 20th century the flush panelled top within a broad mitred frame with a double cushion-moulded rounded edge, above an apron of vertical braces dividing each side into three panels, each centred with a beaded… | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon and russet jade boulder carving, Qing Dynasty, 18th century finely carved as a peach with two bats amidst scrolling foliage in low relief, Spink & Sons label to the base 7.8 cm wide. Provenance: Jane Carnegie, in association with six London… | *** |  |
| *** | Chen Wen Hsi (Chinese, 1901-1991), Shrimps and Lotus, watercolour and ink on paper, artist's seal centre right and centre left, 40 cm diameter, Provenance: Acquired from the Artist's Studio, Singapore, 1977. Private Collection, Victoria | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of cast bronze cranes in the Meiji style, the tallest 220 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four embellished black lacquer panels, Qing dynasty, late 19th century each rectangular panel inlaid in polychrome ivory and various hardstones including jade, lapis-lazuli, malachite, carnelian and rose and amethystine quartz, with vases of… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white covered vases Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c. 1640, each of octagonal baluster form, painted on the exterior with detached sprays of seasonal flowers between a band of blue-ground lappets around the shoulders and a band of… | *** |  |
| *** | A large finely painted famille rose gilt-ground vase, probably Republic period, decorated in Ye Zhenjia style, the tall almost cylindrical body surmounted by a short waisted neck, painted with a large panel on either side enclosing legendary figure scenes… | *** |  |
| *** | A large gilt bronze censer, Qing dynasty, the compressed body supported on a flared foot, set below the lipped rim with two elephant head handles, the base crisply cast with an inscription and apocryphal Xuande mark, 23.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Chen Wen Hsi (Chinese, 1901-1991), Squirrels, watercolour and ink on paper, signed and stamped upper right, 34.5 x 45 cm, Provenance: The Old & New Gallery, Singapore, 1988. Exhibited. Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chen Wen Hsi, The Old & New Gallery… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive hardwood and shibayama style inlaid gold lacquer Shodana display cabinet, Meiji period, fitted with an asymmetrical arrangement of cupboards, with sliding panels, doors and drawer fronts, decorated in ivory and mother of pearl inlay on gold… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese mounted fan leaves bearing signatures of Zhu Mei-Cun (1911-1993) andGu Rong Mu bearing signature of Zhu Mei-Cun (1911-1993) and bearing signature of Gu Rong Mu old man in an emerald mountain and Riverside before Approaching rain ink and colour… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Landscape' vase, probably Republic period, finely painted in the style of Wang Yeting, the baluster body decorated with a continuous lakeside landscape with distant mountains, with figures in the foreground of rocks and trees near a… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Japanese Rimpa School panels, 19th century, each painted in ink and colour against a gold speckled ground with flowering plants, one with hydrangeas and lilies in a long handled basket, the other with blossoms and plants in a jardiniere, brocade… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export silver cutlery service by Nanking Store, Shanghai, circa 1930, comprising a setting for twelve with extra serving implements, all engraved with a writhing dragon, the largest piece 53.5 cm long, total weight of silver excluding the knives… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Asian scroll ink paintings pavilions and lake, pair of cranes, calligraphy and black horse, wood box, and another ink on paper depicting a crane | *** |  |
| *** | A Doucai cup, Cheng Hua mark, Yung Cheng period delicately decorated with a continuous frieze of bamboo branches and leaves 3 cm high, 6.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A massive carved ivory tusk, c. 1900, carved on one side in deep undercut relief with a panel enclosing a dragon and phoenix confronted on a ribboned pearl among scrolling clouds, the details picked out in black, incised four character mark, 82 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | Chen Wen Hsi (Chinese, 1901-1991), Finches, watercolour and ink on paper, signed and stamped centre left, 33 x 42.5 cm, Provenance: The Old & New Gallery, Singapore, 1988. Exhibited. Exhibition of Chinese Paintings by Chen Wen Hsi, The Old & New Gallery,… | *** |  |
| *** | A profusely carved hongmu display cabinet, circa 1900, of rectangular form, the intricately carved multi-tiered cabinet fitted with a combination of shelves above a single small cupboard to one side, with openwork carved borders of flowering prunus, and… | *** |  |
| *** | A large and impressive famille-rose 'Dragon and phoenix' vase Qing dynasty, 19th century the tall ovoid body boldly painted in brightly coloured enamels with a pair of dragons pursuing a flaming pearl on one side, and a pair of phoenix in flight on the… | *** |  |
| *** | A large German porcelain Schneeballen floral encrusted vase, 19th century, the baluster body entwined with a leafy branch supporting an exotic bird, the cover with conforming decoration, 60 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese bronze group of turtles, Meiji period, realistically modelled with eight young climbing over the larger turtle's back, their heads raised, signed in a rectangular panel Seimin chu (cast by Seimin), 22 cm long. Provenance: The private collection… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'phoenix' bowl, 19th/20th century, the exterior painted with four phoenix in flight among flowering hibiscus scrolls, between gilt line borders, Tongzhi mark, 21 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A gilt bronze figure of Sakyamuni Buddha, seated in dhyanasana on a waisted lotus pedestal, the hands joined in vitarka mudra, draped in a loose robe leaving the chest bare, the serene face with urna and with tightly curled hair piling high over the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese yellow ground 'Floral' famille rose bowl, Jiaqing seal mark and probably of the period the exterior vibrantly enamelled in the Imperial style with scrolling flowers including lily and chrysanthemum all reserved on a yellow ground, the interior… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved jade finial, late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) finely pierced and carved with a reticulated design of cranes, foliage and lotus 5 cm high, 4 cm wide, 3.5 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white hexagonal vase Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640, the baluster body painted with a dignitary and attendants on a garden terrace below a blue-ground lappet border around the shoulders and a castellated band on the short straight mouth… | *** |  |
| *** | A Dutch delft blue and white tulip vase, 18th century, of compressed heart shaped form with seahorse handles, the arched top with five knopped fingers centred beside four shorter fingers of similar shape, painted with a figure seated among flowering… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Dutch delft blue and white jar and cover, 18th century, Chinese decoration of cranes, peacocks and lotuses, 46.5 cm high. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white Ming-style vase, of ovoid form with short tapering neck, the sides painted in deep underglaze blue with cranes in flight among stylised cloud scrolls, between formal borders around the base and narrow mouth, fitted box, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A rectangular bronze censer Qing dynasty, 19th century, with straight sides supported on corner bracket feet and set with two angular loop handles, some red patination over the sides, the base with an apocryphal six-character mark of Xuande in a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming style blue and white bowl, the rounded sides tapering to the waisted lipped mouth, painted with a continuous composite floral scroll above a band of upright petals, Xuande mark, 20.5 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow-ground blue dragon bowl, painted on the exterior with two scaly dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls above bands of petals, the interior with a similar medallion, Kangxi mark, 13.2 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A jade bi disc and two openwork plaques, the disc carved in relief on one side with entwined chilong, the reverse with interlaced motifs; a reticulated butterfly plaque; and a rectangular plaque with bats and shou characters, wood stands, 5.5 cm, 9 cm and… | *** |  |
| *** | Six blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, almost forming a set, each painted with figures in a garden setting, the central medallion encircled with a vignette and diaper border, five inscribed with apocryphal six-character marks of Chengua,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of large Chinese paintings of courtiers and courtesans, 20th century, 119 x 228 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Mughal miniature painting, Northern India, late18th/early 19th century, two Burraq, Farsi Calligraphic panel verso, gouache, gold and pigment on wasli paper, this painting depicts a pair of mirroring pink Burraqs on a blue background, with an… | *** |  |
| *** | An elaborately decorated and carved hardwood Shodana cabinet, Meiji period, with shibayama style blue lacquer panels and doors inlaid in mother-of-pearl, ivory and bone including sliding doors and drawers, with various cupboards and shelves within the… | *** |  |
| *** | An intricately carved Chinese archaistic ivory censer and cover, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, on tripod animal head scroll legs, the sides carved in relief with dragon vignettes and set with angular scroll and loose ring handles, the high domed cover… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese carved rosewood glazed display cabinets, 20th century the largest 178 cm high, 76 cm wide, 42 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | A profusely carved hongmu display cabinet, of rectangular form, the cabinet fitted with a combination of tiered shelves with openwork carved borders of scrolling foliage, extending onto the corner supports, and surmounted by a similar arched openwork… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chenxiangmu archer's ring the sides inset with spaced gilt shou characters and incised around the rim with four characters reading Cheng Zhai Zhen Wan, the interior mounted in gilt metal, fitted metal box 3.4 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A boxwood netsuke of Kwanyu, 19th century carved wearing long robes and armour, carrying his halberd and holding his long beard 10 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive Japanese bronze censer, Meiji period, circa 1900, in three sections, the base with writhing dragons rising from crested waves, supporting an urn decorated on either side with figural scenes in relief and set with two sinuous dragon handles,… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved wood figure of Guanyin, late Ming/Qing dynasty, seated in lalitasana on a rockwork base, her right arm extended and resting on her raised right knee, wearing long loose robes falling in folds to her bare feet, and a trailing scarf draped over the… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of famille rose dishes late Qing dynasty, each of saucer shape painted with a dignitary seated beside precious objects gazing at a large lotus flower, a long inscription in black above, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Hundred Bats' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form rising to a tall cylindrical neck, painted on the exterior with numerous iron-red bats among trailing cloud scrolls, all between a band of lappets around the base… | *** |  |
| *** | An inside-painted glass snuff bottle depicting two immortals by Ye Zhongsan(Yeh Chung-san) 1924 decorated with the immortal Zuang Guolao riding a water buffalo, the reverse with the immortal Lu Cao Guo-Jiu seated on a flying Phoenix | *** |  |
| *** | An antique lacquered leather Chinoiserie painted folding screen, 18th/19th century, comprising four panels with stud trim, each depicting figural scenes amidst abundant flora, each panel 127 cm high, 52 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A crackled celadon glaze bottle vase 17 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A flambe-glaze double-gourd vase, 19th century with a rich purple and lilac glaze running down from the neck rim, six-character seal mark to the base 20 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive pair of famille rose 'Dragon' fish bowls, 20th century, each with steeply rounded sides rising to the everted rim, decorated in a famille rose palette with five dragons writhing among scattered full bloomed sprays including chrysanthemum,… | *** |  |
| *** | An album of twelve paintings, ink and colour on paper, depicting maidens in landscape settings, bearing the signature Wu Qingxia, dated and with two seals, the album 26.5 x 16.5 cm, each painting 26.5 x 32.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A bronze censer Qing dynasty, 19th century, the squat body supported on tripod conical feet and set on the slightly flared mouth with two loop handles, the exterior with marbled reddish and bronze patina, the base with an apocryphal six-character mark of… | *** |  |
| *** | An unusual inscribed metal brushpot, 19th/20th century, of cylindrical form, the straight sides incised with a long poetic inscription with a dedication to Ruan Yuan and seal, all below a continuous rural landscape frieze around the upper part, 15 cm high… | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four 17th century-style Japanese woodblock prints, 19th century individually framed 176 x 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of eight Chinese carved hardstone animals, 19th century and later the largest 5.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese flambe vase, 18th/19th century of squat circular form, heavily potted with a thick, green and red crackled glaze, small lug handles 8 cm high, 12 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A celadon jade figure of a recumbent horse, 19th/20th century, with head raised and ears pricked in alert attitude, the pale stone with some fine russet striations and dark suffusions, 15 cm long | *** |  |
| *** | A jadeite archer's ring, the pale green stone with areas of bright green suffusions, fitted pewter container, 3.4 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese embroidered red silk banner, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, decorated in gold and coloured thread with a wide border featuring the eight immortals surrounding a four character inscription and further inscriptions to either side, 280 cm high,… | *** |  |
| *** | Attributed to Huang Yong Yu, fish, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, inscribed and with three seals, 34 x 45.5 cm (image size) | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese mounted fan leaves bearing signature of Zhao Jing Yu (1921-1993) and Mau Xu bearing signature of Zhao Jing Yu (1921-1993) and bearing signature of Mau Xu resting horse and view of Countryside ink and colour on paper, two fan leaves, mounted… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white chargers Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a central medallion of a pair of pheasants perched on ornamental rockwork beside flowering prunus trees, encircled around the broad everted rim with a band of floral lappets… | *** |  |
| *** | A blue and white hexagonal vase Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640, painted on the exterior with two scholars seated in conversation beside a banana palm and rocky cliffs in a continuous landscape, below a band of blue-ground lappets around the… | *** |  |
| *** | A kesi 'Dragon' panel, the gold thread scaly dragon leaping from a band of waves pursuing a flaming pearl, among ribboned Buddhist emblems, clouds and flames, with two bats above, in colours on the ochre yellow ground, 200 cm long, 80 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese black and gold lacquered shrine, Butsudan, late Meiji period, of rectangular form, the upper section with two hinged bi-fold panel doors opening to reveal two inner bi-fold doors, the inner shrine with a series of shelves and plinths, all above… | *** |  |
| *** | A yellow ground bowl, 20th century, the sides painted in famille rose enamels with birds on flowering prunus branches, Tongzhi mark, 9 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose 'Flower and Insect' bowl, 20th century, Daoguang mark, 11 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of white jade wine cups, each well carved with steeply rounded sides and lipped rim standing on a shallow foot rim, the whitish jade with an area of faint russet tone on one side of each cup, stands and fitted box, 5.3 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Period, Kangxi period (1662 - 1722) and later a collection of ten blue and white vases, cups and dishes, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662 - 1722) and later the tallest vase 13.5 cm high, the largest dish 12.5 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A set of three blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a central basket of flowers encircled by radiating floral sprays, wood stands, 26 cm diameter. Provenance: W. Van Halm, London, 21 January 1993. Compare with a similar… | *** |  |
| *** | A massive pair of famille-rose vases, 20th century, each of baluster form brightly enamelled with boys supporting a dragon and a lion in a procession, whilst others play musical instruments, in a continuous landscape of pine trees and flowering plants,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of blue and white bowls, mark and period of Guangxu each decorated throughout with floral scrolls and Buddhist emblems above a lotus band border, the bases inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue 14 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A white glazed archaistic tripod vessel seal mark of Daoguang, 19th/20th century, of jue form, the sides encircled with an archaic style frieze in linear relief beneath the overall pale glaze of bluish tint, the base impressed with an apocryphal… | *** |  |
| *** | A red silk Buddhist priest's robe, kasaya, embroidered in coloured silks with deities supported on clouds and ribboned emblems within gold bordered squares and a border of lotus flowers, wood ruyi shaped clasp and cassock ring, 225 cm x 131 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two interior painted snuff bottles, 1950 and later, comprising one by Zheng Shi Kui (born 1951) depicting 'The Son of Emperor', the other, signed by Huang San, 2003, 'The first Ode for the red Cliff', stoppers, box, 9 cm and 6.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese mounted fan leaves bearing signatures of Fei Jee and Chen Tze-Ching bearing signature of Fei Jee and bearing signature of Chen Tze-Ching waterfall landscape and mountain landscape ink and colour on paper, two fan leaves, mounted for framing… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese carved jade vessels, late Qing Dynasty comprising a brushwasher carved in the form of a peach and a carved celadon jade in the form of a 'Buddha's hand' finger citron the buddha's hand 9.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A bell striking lantern clock, Japanese, 19th century the weight driven twin foliate etched escapement within a brass case and dial ring, alarm and day/date apertures in dial, timber base and backboard, tall timber stand 172 cm high, 26 cm wide, 30 cm deep | *** |  |
| *** | (1902-1978) T'Ing Yin-Yung - landscape with pavilion and figures Ding Yanyong (1902-1978) T'Ing Yin-Yung - Ting Yin-Yung landscape with pavilion and figures ink/colour on paper (framed) signed and inscribed upper left 96.5 x 35.5 cm. Provenance: East West… | *** |  |
| *** | A coral-ground famille rose vase, 20th century, the pear-shaped body surmounted by a tall trumpet neck set with double animal head and loose ring handles, the sides gilt with floral sprays on a ground of dense foliate scrolls divided by formal borders and… | *** |  |
| *** | A large famille rose Canton enamel punch bowl Qing dynasty, 19th century, decorated inside and out with alternating panels of figure scenes and birds amongst flowering plants, below a floral ground border of birds and flower vignettes around the gilt… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved coral figural group, 20th century, of an old man standing resting on his wooden staff held in his left hand, the right clasping the leg of a small boy sitting on his shoulders, the coral of rich even tone with some small scattered white markings,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ming style polychrome jar, the steeply rounded sides painted with Buddhist lions in a continuous landscape between floral and diaper borders, Wanli mark, 13 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A famille rose lotus-form water dropper, 19th/20th century, the flower-shaped bowl of overlapping pink petals, borne on a slender green stem forming the spout, Guangxu mark | *** |  |
| *** | A Thai gilt lacquered bronze figure of Buddha, late 19th/early 20th century, seated in dhyanasana on a stepped base, the surface of the robes and base with relief motifs, the face with benign expression and hair in tight curls with high ushnisha, 66 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese peach bloom beehive form coupe, Kangxi mark 9.5 cm high (not including stand), 13 cm diameter Provenance: Asian Art, Bonhams, Sydney, 1 September 2014, lot 10 | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese spinach jade lotus form circular box and cover, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) 9 cm diameter Provenance: The decorative Arts collection of James Fairfax AC, Leonard Joel, Sydney, 31 August 2017, lot 175 originally purchased from Sotheby's prior… | *** |  |
| *** | A famille verte rouleau vase, 19th/20century, the sides painted in bright enamels with a continuous scene of farm workers in a rural setting, below a diaper ground border on the shoulders and a lakeside scene around the neck with galleried mouth 46.5 cm… | *** |  |