*** | A Canton famille-rose bowl, 19th century, painted on the exterior with a frieze of birds among detached flower sprays, below a key-fret and green-ground border, wood stand, 34.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen | *** | |
*** | Three large Chinese export green glazed teapots the largest 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese porcelain fish bowl, 20th century decorated in the Imari style with landscape panels and scrolling foliage 42 cm high, 53 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese flambe vase, late 19th /early 20th century the baluster form with a rich red glaze and pale lilac streaks to the neck 30 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Longquan celadon dish Ming dynasty, thickly potted with shallow sides and barbed everted rim, the interior carved with floral sprays around a central peony flower, all beneath the crackled sea-green glaze, 21.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A large cast brass statue of Ganesha, Indian, the elephant-headed Hindu god with multiple arms, fanned nimbus, raised on a lotus and square base embellished with an Indian bandicoot rat, 66 cm high | *** | |
*** | Attributed to Cai Tianxiong (1944 - ), autumn landscape, ink and colour on paper, framed, bearing the signature, inscription and three seals, 67 x 67.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A copper-red glazed tazza, mark of Qianlong, covered on the exterior with a rich red glaze, the rim and interior in white, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, 20.7 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Japanese cloisonne butterfly vase, with impressed character mark to the base, 26 cm high | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese ivory figures of sages, one wood stand, 10 cm to 16 cm | *** | |
*** | An Oriental style black lacquered console table, three drawers with swing handles, on exaggerated curule style legs suspending a curved rack form stretcher, 83.5 cm high, 158 cm wide, 65 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866), sea Battle, woodblock print, oban triptych, framed, each sheet approx 35 x 23.5 cm, overall 52 x 95 cm | *** | |
*** | A large carved wooden figure of a reclining buddha, 26 cm high, 78 cm wide, 21 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A pair of blue and white 'Aster' pattern dishes Qing dynasty, 18th century each of saucer shape with brown-edged rims 21.7 cm and 22 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese elm long stools 54 cm high,115 cm wide, 18 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Oriental school, baskets of flowers, ink and colour on paper, with two seals, 197 x 132 cm overall | *** | |
*** | Three Chinese blanc De chine figures, late Qing Dynasty comprising a standing Guanyin, a seated Guanyin and a Buddhist lion the standing Guanyin 24 cm high | *** | |
*** | A framed Chinese silk embroidery panel, 19th century 45 x 70 cm | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blanc de chine libation cup, late 19th century of rhinoceros horn form, relief decorated with dragons and pine branches 7 cm high, 14 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A set four Chinese watercolours on silk, 20th century, depicting auspicious flora including magnolia, plum blossom and bamboo with butterflies and a song bird on buff coloured silk, each with two character signature and one seal, 18 cm high, 22 cm wide | *** | |
*** | An archaistic celadon jade bi disc, Qing dynasty or later, either side carved in low relief with chilong encircling the central aperture, the pale stone with a dark brown inclusion, fitted wood box, 6.1 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Chinese elm sideboard 84 cm high, 157 cm wide and 42 cm deep. | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blue and white ginger jar, late 19th/early 20th century, 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | A red lacquered buffet, circa 1900, with two double doored cabinets above a dual pierced frieze raised on square form supports, 89 cm high, 129.5 cm wide, 48 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A collection of Chinese hardstone carvings, comprising an axe head, four small jade and hardstone carvings, a soapstone seal, a lacquer snuff bottle and a wood stand, the axe head 27 cm long | *** | |
*** | A large Japanese black lacquered lidded Hokkai Bako, 19th century, made for the Kato and Hayashi families in the Yamagata Prefecture, with horizontally ribbed roiro-nuri sides, the cover gilt with a design of bound ribbons, gilt metal mounts chased with… | *** | |
*** | A polychrome painted portrait scroll of dignitary and lion, 20th century, the image size 192 x 99 cm, the scroll 275 x 125 cm | *** | |
*** | A large covered Imari-style vase and a baluster vase, 19th/20th century, the covered vase strewn with flowers, the baluster vase depicting flora to shaped panels, 76 cm high and smaller | *** | |
*** | Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866), warriors, woodblock print, oban triptych, framed, each sheet approx 35 x 23.5 cm, overall 52 x 95 cm | *** | |
*** | A silver belt the braided silver mesh set with terminals decorated in relief with dragons and leaping carp and the central plaque with birds and lions around a dragon medallion, two stamped character marks 82 cm long overall | *** | |
*** | A leather bound hand illustrated copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, first half 20th century, the printed calligraphy pages interspersed with nine full page hand painted and gilded illustrations | *** | |
*** | A collection seven Chinese blue and white vases and vessels, 19th century and later comprising three vases, a small bowl with iron red highlights, a small stemmed cup, a beaker and a shallow bowl mark for Guangxu the tallest 13 cm high | *** | |
*** | Four Japanese netsuke, 19th century the largest 5 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of blue and white Kraak porselein saucer dishes late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, each thinly potted and painted with flowering peonies within a frieze of ribboned objects, flower and fruit sprays, 14 cm diameter,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London,… | *** | |
*** | A silver mounted blue and white dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the centre with a medallion of flower sprays within a floral vignette and diaper border, later Dutch silver swing handle, ding mark, wood stand, 28 cm diameter,. Provenance: W. van Halm,… | *** | |
*** | Two blue and white dishes Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, each painted with a flower and rocks medallion within radiating sprig lappets on a cracked-ice ground, barbed rims, one with flower mark, the other inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark of… | *** | |
*** | An inside-painted snuff bottle by Wang Jiu Zhou Hengshui - Hebei, 1970 -1999 decorated to one side with a collared greyhound named Cangshui Qau under a pine tree, calligraphy to the side, the reverse with a brown Tibetan mastiff and a pine tree, red seal… | *** | |
*** | An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, attributed to Ding Erzhong, dated 1892 painted to one side with a figure in a boat against a mountainous landscape, the reverse inscribed with a poem ' My Idle Dreams Roam Far' by Li Yu, signed Ding Erzhong to each… | *** | |
*** | An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, by Yeh Chung-San, Middle Period, dated 1904 decorated with a market scene under a tree | *** | |
*** | A painted red lacquer cabinet, 20th century of rectangular form, the top with upswept ends above a pair of drawers over a pair of doors, the exterior decorated with shaped panels of birds and flowering plants reserved on the overall diaper ground, the… | *** | |
*** | Five Japanese Imari dishes, 19th/20th century, decorated with flowers and vignettes, 30 cm to 32 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Japanese four panel painting on silk, 68 cm x 137 cm | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese paintings, maidens in a garden setting, ink and colour on silk, framed, one bearing an inscription and seal, 74.5 x 59 cm and 74.5 x 20 cm | *** | |
*** | A Japanese five-tier black lacquer square food box, gilt with pine, prunus and bamboo, made for the Yamamoto family, wood case, each box 21 cm x 22.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Two Chinese monochrome vases, 19th/20th century, comprising a flambe glazed vase, covered with a faintly streaked copper-red glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark of Qianlong; and a yellow-glazed vase, the base with an iron-red four… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese black lacquer two door cabinet, 20th century, with gilt openwork panels of figures on horseback and on foot, the interior with stepped shelves and a single drawer, 79.5 cm high, 60.5 cm wide, 35 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A lobed hardwood stand, inset with a rose marble top supported on a pierced apron and corner mask feature paw feet with stretchers, 44 cm high, 45 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A square section hardwood stand, inset with a rose marble top supported on a pierced apron and corner mask feature paw feet with stretchers, 46 cm high, 40 cm square | *** | |
*** | A cloisonne vase, 20th century, of archaic bronze form, decorated in colours with birds on flowering branches and stylised floral sprays, 31.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A pair of oriental style hammered brass tray top side tables, with folding bases, 46 cm high, 55 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A pair of hardwood conical form stools, 20th century, 45 cm high, 99 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese rosewood glazed display cases, 20th century 70 cm high, 46 cm wide, 12 cm deep (each) | *** | |
*** | Shunichi Inoue (Japanese, Born 1946), a pale celadon glazed studio pottery vase, signed to base: S. Inoue, incised with Japanese calligraphy mark, 30 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large glazed earthenware bowl attributed to Mitsuo Shoji, decorated with large flowers and leaves, incised signature to base, 52 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A white jade carving of two boys playing on a gourd 6.5 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A pair of large Chinese export glazed ceramic phoenix, 20th century 120 cm high | *** | |
*** | An antique flintlock rifle, Indian, with silver and brass inlay and a bone buttplate, 85 cm long | *** | |
*** | A Chinese green ground famille rose lobed bowl, late 19th century, profusely decorated with scrolling floral motifs, 8 cm high, 18 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A polychrome jardiniere with serrated rim, 20th century, the exterior painted with iron-red carp swimming among green crested waves, six-character seal mark; and a blue and white bowl painted with a continuous floral scroll between formal borders, 26.5 cm… | *** | |
*** | A silver painted Indian temple on wrought iron base 93 cm high, 77 cm wide, 50 cm deep (excluding base) | *** | |
*** | A blue and white 'Nanking Cargo' bowl, 18th century four blue and white 'Nanking Cargo' bowls, 18th century comprising two bowls and two small dishes, each decorated to the exterior with temples and landscapes, each applied to the base with a Christie's… | *** | |
*** | Three blue and white wares, Qing dynasty, 18th century, comprising a deep dish painted with figures in a pavilion garden; a dish with a central lake scene; and a deep bowl painted with a floral scroll, 21.5 cm, 23 cm and 12 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A canton enamel snuff bottle, either side painted after Lan Shih-ning with a hound' in a landscape reserved on a floral decorated turquoise ground, the base with an apocryphal four-character mark of Qianlong in blue enamel, stopper en suite, 6 cm high | *** | |
*** | Seven Chinese jadeite and hardstone snuff bottles and a jade figural seal | *** | |
*** | A nest of four Chinese carved rosewood occasional tables, 20th century the largest 72 cm high, 51 cm wide, 36 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A Chinese .900 silver presentation bowl, Wang Hing & Co, Hong Kong, late 19th/early 20th century, reticulated with confronting dragons and a flaming pearl amidst swirling clouds, raised on a straight-sided foot ring engraved, 'H.M.S Minotaur quarter mile… | *** | |
*** | A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain bowl, Edo Dynasty, 18th/19th century, the lobed sides decorated on the interior with pine and prunus, the base with six-character mark of Chenghua, 16.5 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | Four scroll paintings, lake scene with Sampan, maidens viewing Mt Fuji, mountains and lake, Thatched hut in the Woods, ink and colour on silk, hanging scrolls, bearing inscriptions and seals, wood boxes, 1240 x 41.5 cm; 200 x 51 cm; 1200 x 41 cm; 1240 x… | *** | |
*** | A red lacquered wood chest, the hinged lid with a butterfly-shaped metal lock plate, supported on a separate platform base, 47 cm high, 80 cm wide, 52 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A decorative screen, Japanese, circa 1980's, elmwood in decorative pattern, 143 cm high, 143 cm wide | *** | |
*** | A large blue glazed Tang style horse, 32 cm high | *** | |
*** | A three-tier hardwood cabinet, 20th century, the upper two tiers with vertical spindle doors above a pair of drawers and lower two door cabinet, set with fish form metal pulls, 180 cm high, 90 cm wide, 42 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A Ming style yellow-ground flask, painted in underglaze blue with fruiting sprays between bands of lappets and stiff leaves, reserved on the ochre yellow ground, Xuande mark, 28 cm high | *** | |
*** | A large polychrome and gilt wood multi-armed deity, the multi-headed figure seated on a tiered and raised lotus pedestal base, backed by a removable flammiform lotus scroll mandorla, wearing long flowing robes and celestial scarf, the principle hands held… | *** | |
*** | A set of eleven Chinese white-glazed stem cups, circa 1600, each with steeply rounded sides on a high splayed foot, some with labels attached, 9 cm high. Provenance: Christie's Australia, The Binh Thuan Shipwreck, 1 & 2 March 2004 | *** | |
*** | Two cylindrical brush pots, 20th century, one decorated in gilding on an iron-red ground the other with a long inscription in black, Qianlong and Jiaqing seal marks, 12 cm and 10.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese hexagonal yellow glass vase the yellow glass form with a stepped square form foot rising to a flared rim25 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Chinese gilt wood decorated black lacquer cabinet, 20th century, the pairs of doors and sides inset with openwork panels, 91 cm high, 74 cm wide, 37 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A Chinese Imari porcelain vase, 20th century 47 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Japanese two-section kitchen tansu, with two tiers of shallow cupboards with sliding doors above a four small drawers, the lower cabinet with two shelves, 164.5 cm high, 119 cm wide, 40.5 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A monumental plaster bust of Chairman Mao, 170 cm high, 135 cm wide, 60 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A burlwood brushpot, Qing dynasty/20th century, carved as a cylindrical section with irregular protrusions and crevices on the exterior, 31 cm high | *** | |
*** | A hardwood brushpot, Qing dynasty/20th century, of slightly waisted cylindrical form, 23.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A celadon jade 'Chilong' bi disc, Qing dynasty, either side finely carved in low relief with two chilong around the central aperture, the pale stone with slight russet suffusions to one side, 7.6 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A carved jade bird finial, with head raised and tail plumes arched, carved from a mottled grey-green stone with some russet inclusions and striations, 12 cm long | *** | |
*** | Three celadon jade carvings of animals, comprising one of a recumbent deer; one of a pig; and another of a recumbent cat with a kitten lying on its back, 6.5 cm, 4.5 cm and 3.5 cm long | *** | |
*** | A blue and white tureen, early 19th century, octagonal and depicting oriental landscape scenes to the body and domed cover, with a waisted base, diaper border to the cover and a pronounced knop, 31 cm long | *** | |
*** | Japanese school, Geishas and warriors, three colour woodblocks, 36.5 x 25 cm (each) | *** | |
*** | A marble-inset carved hardwood pedestal, of baluster form, the circular top inset with a marble plaque above the shaped apron pierced with flowering sprays and serrated leaves extending down the four legs joined by cross stretchers, 91 cm high, 31 cm… | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese famille rose vases, 20th century, decorated with the 'Tobacco Leaf' pattern, 34.5 cm high | *** | |
*** | A Meiji period blue and white charger, Japanese, circa 1900, the central flower decoration surrounded with panels of peacocks, cranes and swans, blue and white wave marks to the underside, 46 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A Tibetan polychrome painted cabinet profusely decorated with mythical beast masks, dragons and Buddhist symbols 103 cm high, 108 cm wide, 58 cm deep | *** | |
*** | A portrait of Hazrat Dastgeer Ghaus Samdani, Mughal, late 19th/early 20th century gouache and gold on paper, identifying inscription in nasta'liq script to the top of the mount, black lined brown outer borders the painting 36 x 26 cm, the sheet 31 x 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Sterling silver dishes and vessels, 19th century and later a collection of Continental silver, comprising two dishes and a twin handled cup, Mexican, a Thai jug with a cobra form handle and a scalloped bowl, the cobra handled jug 9.5 cm high, total weight… | *** | |
*** | A Chinese blanc De chine lotus form bowl, late Qing Dynasty 27 cm high, 21 cm diameter | *** | |
*** | A pair of Chinese carved rosewood barrel stools, 20th century 46 cm high, 30 cm diameter (each) | *** | |