*** | A pair of Biedermeier Karelian birch burl wood veneer settees, Northern European early 19th century upholstered in stripped green silk length of back 147 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of heavily cast cloisonne enamel 'hundred crane' meiping, late Qing dynasty, each decorated in colours on the turquoise wire ground with black and white cranes in flight among clouds and perched on rocks at the base, Kangxi marks, 45 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large and impressive landscape vase Republic period, the tall cylindrical body surmounted by a waisted neck with flared mouth, finely painted in famille verte enamels with a continuous lakeside scene of figures variously occupied in rural pursuits, with… | *** | |
*** | A large Chinese sang De boeuf vase on stand, late 19th century 57 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three jade bi discs and a small archaistic jade ewer, late Qing Dynasty the largest disc 8 cm diameter, the ewer 3.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese hardwood display cabinet the glazed rectangular display section raised on a pierced and carved stand finely decorated with carved prunus boughs 98 cm high, 74 cm wide, 43 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A gold splashed bronze censer, Qing dynasty, of bombe form, the mouth set with double upright loop handles, supported on three conical feet, Xuande mark, wood cover and stand, 15.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A bronze censer Qing dynasty, 19th century, of squat bombe form supported on tripod feet, the sides with panels of Arabic script in relief below the mouth set with double upright loop handles, the base with an apocryphal six-character mark of Zhengde in a… | *** | |
*** | A Japanese six-panel folding screen, inscribed Seigyu ga, 20th century, painted in colours on the gold silk ground with a single bird perched on a branch of a flowering prunus tree beneath overhanging willow and maple and beside brightly coloured… | *** | |
*** | A pair of iron-red decorated wine cups, each with steep sides painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls above a band of waves, Guangxu marks, 6 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A celadon-glazed vase, Qing dynasty the ovoid body carved with a broad frieze of lotus scrolls between bands of petals, the short waisted neck with upright stiff leaves and the base with a key-fret border, all beneath the sea-green glaze of even tone 34.5… | *** | |
*** | A gold-splashed bronze incense burner late Qing dynasty/20th century, the compressed globular body set with two lion mask handles, supported on a short splayed foot, the exterior decorated with gold splashes, the base with Qian Qing gong mark flanked by… | *** | |
*** | Four jade carvings of figures, late Qing Dynasty the largest 7.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A celadon jade 'Dragon' vase Qing dynasty, 19th century, the pear-shaped body standing on a small splayed foot, carved in high relief around the slender neck with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl among cloud scrolls, the mouth with an incised key-fret… | *** | |
*** | A celadon glazed brush pot of cylindrical form with a thick deep green glaze, the exterior decorated with three calligraphy panels 12.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large famille rose hexagonal vase Qing dynasty, 19th century the sides painted with legendary figures in a continuous garden setting, below further figures supported on cloud scrolls around the waisted neck set with double lion handles 58.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A famille rose 'Dragon and phoenix' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form surmountd by a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl and a phoenix in flight among trailing cloud scrolls, above a band of… | *** | |
*** | A pair of large Mandarin palette meat dishes Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, the interior of each painted with maidens being served tea, seated on the terrace of a lakeside pavilion, within a puce diaper ground border reserved with iron-red vignettes… | *** | |
*** | A hardwood corner leg side table, Tiaozhuo, 20th century the rectangular floating panel top set in the standard mitred frame above a short recessed waist and beaded apron extending to the corner square-sectioned legs, joined below the apron by a freize of… | *** | |
*** | A turquoise-ground famille rose vase, mark of Daoguang, the sides enamelled with stylised lotus sprays and bats with pendant ribboned wan emblems, between formal borders, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark, 17.8 cm high | *** | |
*** | An eight panel gold-ground coromandel screen, 20th century, decorated with a pair of phoenix and groups of song birds in flight above flowering peonies, magnolia and other flowers growing from rockwork, the reverse with a pair of Mandarin ducks and… | *** | |
*** | An embellished hardwood ruyi sceptre, the shaft carved and pierced with scrolling clouds and inset with shaped hardstone plaques including turquoise, mother of pearl and agate on lapis-lazuli grounds, carved with a crane, gourd vine, lingzhi sprig and a… | *** | |
*** | A Chinoiserie black lacquer table, 62 cm high, 92 cm wide, 71 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Three blue and white Meiping comprising two Ming-style meiping painted with phoenix and lotus and another with overall flower scrolls two with four-character marks to the base 23.5 cm and 24.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A blue and white vase Qing dynasty, 18th century of baluster form painted with phoenix among scrolling peonies, the mouth encircled with a ruyi -head border, wood stand 35.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese marble inlaid pedestals with carved dragon's legs 82 cm high, 40 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A boxed set of two snuff bottles comprising a famille-rose porcelain bottle decorated on one side with children in a garden, the reverse with a long inscription in black, apocryphal iron-red four character seal mark of Qianlong, stopper, and a yellow… | *** | |
*** | A carved celadon jade vase, the deep bowl rising from rock work with branches of lingzhi and flowering plants extending up the sides in pierced relief, the pale whitish stone with areas of dense russet suffusions, 12 cm high | *** | |
*** | A boxwood netsuke of Ashinaga and an octopus, Edo period, 19th century the tall standing figure finely carved with a flowing beard holding and octopus 11 cm high | *** | |
*** | A blue and white 'hunting scene' saucer dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the interior painted with two hunters on horseback chasing a rabbit in a landscape scene extending to the barbed rim, inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark of Chenghua,… | *** | |
*** | A blue and white winepot and cover Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c. 1640, of hexagonal form, the ovoid body set with an upright rectangular handle, painted on the exterior with insects among detached sprays of seasonal flowers below a blue-ground lappet… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese red dragon bowl, mark of Kangxi, 20th century an 'Iron-red' dragon bowl, mark of Kangxi decorated with a writhing dragon chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds, the interior with apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark in iron-red to the base 17.5… | *** | |
*** | A rectangular soapstone seal, 19th/20th century, of upright form surmounted by an arched scroll finial above a rope twist border, a two-character inscription on one side, the face with seal characters, box, 6.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A stained beech cabinet in the Japanese manner, attributed to Gabriel Viardot, French, late 19th century, with a carved dragon surmount above an arrangement of cabinets and shelves, oriental style carved and pierced elements throughout with applied… | *** | |
*** | An unusual pink glass brush washer, of domed square section, the gently rounded sides with lines of inscriptions below the circular lipped mouth, Qianlong mark, wood stand, 5.5 cm square | *** | |
*** | A Longquan celadon dish Ming dynasty the interior with a central floral spray encircled with radiating flutes carved around the cavetto within the everted lipped rim, covered overall with an attractive sea-green glaze apart from a ring inside the footrim… | *** | |
*** | An impressive Chinese export silver jardiniere by Wang Hing Co., Hong Kong, late 19th/early 20th century, applied twin branch handles to each side leading to flowering chrysanthemums across the body and enclosing a central heart form cartouche, factory… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Japanese cloisonne vases, Meiji period each of tapering shouldered form, decorated in colours on a rich blue ground with song birds perched on blossoming boughs beside maple trees, silver mounted rims, wood stands 30.8 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese fluted celadon bowl, possibly 18th century 16 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, probably 19th century 42 cm high, 17 cm wide | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese polychrome decorated table screens, Republic period (1912-1949) the vertical panel 19 cm high, 12 cm wide, the horizontal panel 14 cm high, 25 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A large celadon jade carving of a vase decorated with entwined foliage and lotus flowers, raised on a wooden stand 22 cm high | *** | |
*** | Cloisonne vase, late 19th,early 20th century a Chinese cloisonne lobed vase, late 19th, early 20th century 39 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved rosewood side cabinet, 20th century 84 cm high, 118 cm wide, 41 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel 'peach' boxes Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, each decorated with fruiting peach on a turquoise ground, gilt metal branch and bat mounts, 9 cm diameter. Provenance: Leonard Joel, 12 October 2017, lot 282 | *** | |
*** | A pair of carnelian embellished flowering trees, 20th century, the branches of each bearing numerous carnelian blooms and buds among the green foliage, growing from a cloisonne enamel jardiniere decorated with lotus scrolls on a turquoise ground, 50 cm… | *** | |
*** | A pierced and carved gilt wood panel of rectangular form, depicting warriors on foot and on horseback 41 x 30 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A thangka, Tibet, 18th/19th century, painted in colours, depicting Amithayus with the vessel of the elixir of life in both hands, surrounded by ninety-nine smaller figures and a white Tara in the centre of the lower row, brocade mounts, 65 cm x 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A famille rose ceremonial subject vase, Shende Tang Zhi mark, painted with figures on the banks of a lake watching a procession of ornate dragon and phoenix boats, the continuous scene with huts and pavilions set along the mountainous shore, below… | *** | |
*** | A white jade carving of a scholar's rock, 19th/20th century, of irregular upright form simulating rockwork with naturalistic hollows, apertures and protrusions, the pale stone with some areas of russet suffusions, fitted wood stand, 11 cm high | *** | |
*** | A white jade carving of a finger citron Qing dynasty, the fruit borne on a leafy branch forming the pierced base, the white stone with some slight russet and brown suffusions, fitted wood stand, 6.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | An ivory okimono, by Masamichi, Meiji period finely carved depicting Yamato Takeru no Mikoto slaying an adversary lying at his feet, the detailing picked out in black, signed Masamichi 14 cm high | *** | |
*** | A set of twelve rice paper paintings Qing dynasty, late 19th century each brightly painted with figures in courtly scenes, six depicting various male dignitaries each with two attendants and six depicting different female court figures each attended by… | *** | |
*** | A jadeite rosary bracelet, Shou Chuan the 18 beads divided by a ruby coloured bead suspending a tourmaline pendant carved with bats and lingzhi and two filigree mounted drops, fitted wood box 27 cm long overall | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese blue and white vases, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) variously decorated with landscape scenes, figures and birds flying amongst foliage 21 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese Hongmu side chairs, 20th century | *** | |
*** | A collection of Chinese famille rose porcelain, 18th century and later comprising a tall, pierced vase, a covered jar, a pair of saucer dishes, a single saucer dish and a cafe au lait cup the vase 29 cm high | *** | |
*** | Four jade carvings of figures, late Qing Dynasty comprising three celadon jade figures and spinach jade figure of a standing Guanyin the largest 7.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese carved hardstone figures and a covered urn the urn 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | Ding Yanyong (1902-1978) T'Ing Yin-Yung - crane and flower ink/colour on paper (framed) signed and inscribed 69 x 45 cm. Provenance: East West Art, Melbourne. Private collection, Melbourne | *** | |
*** | A rare blue and white 'ship' dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period circa 1710, painted with a central medallion of a schooner fully rigged with flags and undersail, encircled around the well and broad flared rim with diaper panels interspersed with boys among… | *** | |
*** | An archaistic bronze vase, 19th/20th century, of hu form standing on a high foot and set with double animal head loop handles on the waisted neck encircled with an inlaid silver wire frieze of taotie and scrolls below the flared mouth, 30 cm high | *** | |
*** | A silk embroidered 'Vajrapani' thangka, the wrathful protector standing in fierce alidhasana backed by a flaming mandorla, a tiger skin and garland of severed heads around his waist and wearing serpent jewellery, holding a vajra in his raised right hand,… | *** | |
*** | A small yellow-ground vase, mark of Yongzheng, decorated in underglaze blue with floral scrolls and formal borders reserved on the bright yellow ground, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark, 11 cm high | *** | |
*** | A jade 'Lingzhi' washer, 19th/20th century, the ruyi shaped bowl enclosed within branches of lingzhi fungus carved in high and pierced relief, the pale stone with areas of brown suffusions, 9 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A Chinese carved wood 'Dragon' lantern, 20th century, the glass shade pendant from the dragon's head, supported on a platform base with four scroll feet, 195 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two ovoid covered jars, 19th/20th century one painted with jardinieres of flowers in famille-rose enamels, the other with Buddhist lions in iron-red 32.5 cm and 32 cm high | *** | |
*** | A zitan brushpot Qing dynasty of cylindrical form, the wood with attractive grain and patina 18.2 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese cloisonne dragon vase, 19th century 23 cm high | *** | |
*** | A collection of seven Chinese blue and white, polychrome and crackle glaze vases, 19th century and later the tallest vase 13.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese polychrome decorated sang De bouef vase, circa 1900 24.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Guan-style celadon glaze jar the cylindrical neck and everted rim on a short tapering foot with all-over crackling to the glaze and burnt orange unglazed footrim 11 cm diameter note for a similar example see Sotheby's Australia, fine Asian, Australian &… | *** | |
*** | A doucai enamelled 'Chicken' cup, 20th century, the exterior with chickens and chicks beside rocks and flowering plants, Chenghua mark, 7.8 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A collection of small carvings comprising seven ivory netsuke, a hornbill snuff bottle, a tobacco pouch, pipe and netsuke, a small horn container and a wood mask netsuke the pipe 21 cm long | *** | |
*** | A repousse gilt bronze figure of white Tara, 19th century seated in Dhyanasana on a double lotus throne, her right hand lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in vitarka mudra, with serene expression and wearing a lotus tiara, carved wooden stand 14… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Shen Zongjing (1669-1735) Mountain Landscape watercolour on silk | *** | |
*** | Two Chenxiangmu rectangular plaques, 19th/20th century, each carved in low relief, one an abstinence plaque with a central cartouche enclosing the characters zhai jie and the Manchu script on the reverse within stylised dragon scrolls, the other wth a… | *** | |
*** | A Chenxiangmu court necklace, comprising 108 wood beads interspersed with three green jadeite beads terminating in a further jadeite bead suspending a green jadeite plaque on a beaded cord and tassel, inscribed fitted box, 68 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A pale celadon jade reticulated plaque, carved in high relief with a dragon above waves, reserved on an openwork diaper ground, wood mount, the plaque 11 cm long, 16 cm long overall | *** | |
*** | A Song-style celadon glazed bowl, the exterior carved with upright petals beneath the overall sea green glaze of attractive tone, 15 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A blue and white vase probably late Ming dynasty, 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… | *** | |
*** | A pair of ruby-backed famille rose erotic-subject dishes, 20th century, each of saucer shape, painted on the interior with a couple in an interior setting, the reverse covered with a deep pink glaze, the base inscribed in iron-red with an apocryphal… | *** | |
*** | A portrait of a Sufi holy man, probably Gaisu Daraz, the long haired one, Mughal, 19th/20th century gouache, silver and gold on paper, identifying inscription in farsi script to the top, red and black outer borders the painting 25 x 16 cm, the sheet 29 x… | *** | |
*** | A carved celadon jade ewer and cover the pear-shaped body with loop handle and tapering spout, carved in low relief with lotus scrolls, fluted domed cover and finial 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, fine Asian, Australian & European Art,… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese export 'Pseudo tobacco leaf' porcelain tureen and cover with platter, circa 1775 of chamfered octagonal form with a tobacco leaf variant pattern in colorful enamels showing cut fruit against curling, leafy tendrils and blossoms the platter 33.5… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white square form vase converted to a lamp decorated with panels of figures and scholars, the shoulders with scrolling floral motifs, wooden mounts the vase 30 cm high, including the mounts 41 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Ming-style ivory figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty seated in Royal Ease on a rockwork base, holding a small boy clasping a lotus flower on her lap, wearing loosely draped robes and beaded necklace, her face with lowered gaze and hair drawn into a high… | *** | |
*** | A pair of famille rose cups, 19th/20th century each of deeply flared form, the exterior delicately painted with a maiden seated holding a lingzhi fungus stem beside a recumbent deer, and with further fungus growing from rockwork to one side, the reverse… | *** | |
*** | A pair of ceramic figural lamps depicting a male and female scholar, with matching silver and gold shades, 116 cm high | *** | |
*** | A celadon wine cup on flower form stand, 12th/13th century, each piece covered with a glaze of olive green tone, the cup 7.5 cm diameter, the stand 16 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, The Estate of the Late John Kenny, 17/18 May 2004, Lot 2 | *** | |
*** | A bronze censer Qing dynasty, 19th century, of bombe form supported on tripod conical feet, set on the flared mouth with two upright loop handles, the base with an apocryphal six-character mark of Xuande in a rectangular recess, jade-knopped wood cover… | *** | |
*** | A Sri Lankan jewelled and carved ivory elephant, the animal caparisoned with a jewel encrusted gilt metal cloth and headdress, supporting a square canopy on its back pendent with further strings of jewels, 18 cm high | *** | |
*** | Two Longquan celadon vases Ming dynasty one of tapering shouldered form, the other of meiping form, each with carved decoration beneath the sea-green glaze 19 cm and 23.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Longquan celadon barbed rim dish Ming dynasty stoutly potted with shallow rounded sides, carved on the interior with a flower spray within radiating petals extending to the broad everted rim, repeated on the underside, covered overall with a sea-green… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese sang De Bouef flambe Meiping vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) 20 cm high | *** | |
*** | Five Chinese jade carvings, 19th century and later comprising three carved as leafy peaches and two carved as finger citrons the largest 6 cm high approx | *** | |