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Lot 168
A CHINESE GILT BRONZE BELT BUCKLE QING DYNASTY Decorated with Buddhist lion dogs playing with brocade balls with ribbons on a diaper ground, and with the three character mark Xi Xin Sheng, 7cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of R. H. Davidson Esq., with a note from Soame Jenyns, Deputy Keeper at the British Museum, dated 16th August 1961.
Lot 78
A CHINESE PORCELAIN GUAN-TYPE HU-SHAPED VASE 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER Of archaic bronze form, the pear-shaped body rising to a wide flaring mouth, the shoulder with two mask and ring handles, decorated with a pale celadon crackled glaze falling short of the foot revealing the brown biscuit underneath, a paper label for the E.T Hall Collection no.246, 17.4cm. Provenance: Christie's London, The E.T Hall Collection of Chinese Monochrome Porcelains, 7th June 2004, lot 177.
Lot 146
A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE 17TH CENTURY The pear-shaped body with flanges to each side, decorated in relief with taotie masks divided by concentric bands and a pair of mythical creatures, all reserved on a key fret ground, the flaring neck with lug handles, 16.3cm. Provenance: the collection of Jamieson Ritchie. Purchased by Bluett & Sons from Sotheby's, 27th October 1944, lot 69 for £7. The collection of Basil Drewe, purchased from Bluett & Sons, 7th May 1946, for £10:10, and thence by descent. Cf. R Davids & D Jellinek, Provenance, p.374 for further information about Jamieson Ritchie.
Lot 64
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF LU DONGBIN LATE MING DYNASTY The immortal stands wearing long flowing robes bordered with lotus heads scrolls and foliage, with his hair arranged in a topknot and holding his hands together with his palms on top of each other, raised on a rectangular integral stand, 33.5cm. Cf. R Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, pp.80-5 no.64 and also M Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing, p.156, no.108 for similar figures. Lu Dongbin is one of the Eight Immortals honoured as a great poet and swordsman. In the present figure he is depicted as a scholar.
Lot 417
A JAPANESE GILT BRONZE OKIMONO OF A GOLDEN PHEASANT MEIJI 1868-1912 Its wings outstretched and with long tail feathers, standing on a wooden stand simulating a rocky outcrop, signed Masatsune, 47cm. (2) Cf. L Bordignon, The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono, Dr. Kanter Collection, pp.248-249 for a related pheasant by Masatsune.
Lot 165
A NEPALESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI 20TH CENTURY Standing, his right hand extended in varadamudra and his left holding a flower stem blossoming at the shoulder, wearing a dhoti with folds falling between the legs, adorned in ornate jewellery with a beaded sacred thread, surmounted by a foliate tiara incorporating a small figure of Buddha, the hair in a tall chignon and topped with a knop, 36cm. Provenance: from the collection of John Newall Esq.
Lot 8
A LARGE CHINESE PARCEL-GILT ARCHAISTIC BRONZE DING AND COVER MING DYNASTY Imitating a Shang original, the body cast in three lobes with tall angled handles and raised upon tall tapering cylindrical legs, each lobe cast in high relief with stylised taotie masks and fish motifs on a leiwen ground, the hardwood cover with an elaborate soapstone knop carved with one large and nine small single-horned dragons, 37cm. (2) Cf. M Maucuer, Musée Cernuschi, Bronzes de la Chine Impériale des Song aux Qing, p.78, no.29 for a similar example.
Lot 153
A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body with loop handles raised on three tall legs, inlaid with silver-wire with key fret to the body, ruyi-heads to the neck and stylised banana leaves to the legs, the base with a two character shi sou mark, 11cm.
Lot 53
A PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL VESSELS, FANG HAN DYNASTY 206BC - 220AD The bulbous square-section bodies with short flared necks, each supported on a flared foot and each with a pair of taotie mask handles with loose rings to the sides, the covers with loops and hooks, 37.8cm. (4) Cf. Artifacts in the Nanyue King's Tomb of Western Han Dynasty, National Museum of History, p.105, no. B60 for a similar vessel. Vessels of this type have been excavated from several sites in China as far apart as Guangxi in the south and Hebei in the north.
Lot 10
A CHINESE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY The compressed ovoid body with two lug handles and raised on a short flared foot, inlaid with silver wire depicting archaistic taotie designs, cloud scrolls and key fret above a band of stylised dragons, the base with a six character Xuande mark dividing a two character shi sou mark, with a carved hardwood ruyi stand and cover, the cover with a pale celadon jade finial carved as a fish, 19.8cm. (3) Cf. R S Jenyns & W Watson, Chinese Art, p.92, no.58 where a related incense burner with comparable decoration is illustrated.
Lot 7
A LARGE CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE YEN YEN VASE 17TH/18TH CENTURY The body cast in two sections, the lower section divided into three lobes and cast with ruyi-head motifs in high relief, the tall flaring neck with two thick rings above the shoulder and two chilong handles towards a broad rim, raised on a tall flared foot with applied studs, the brown patinated surface applied with gold splashes, together with a hardwood stand, 50.5cm. (2) Provenance: an English private collection. Cf. Sydney L. Moss Ltd, The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, no.64-66 for a slightly smaller related vase. See also Sotheby's London, 11th May 2011, lot 236.
Lot 11
A CHINESE BRONZE RECTANGULAR 'FIVE DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 17TH CENTURY The reticulated cover cast in relief with five dragons emerging from scrolling clouds, the flared body with water buffalo heads and small mythical beasts amidst breaking waves, the base with a shaped apron and taotie mask feet, raised on a hardwood stand, the interior cast with two panels of calligraphy, 20.5cm. (3) Cf. The Luís Esteves Fernandes Collection of Asian Art, 22nd May 2013, lot 163 for a related dragon incense burner sold in these rooms.
Lot 12
A CHINESE BRONZE VASE LATE MING DYNASTY The quatrefoil-section body with a broad flared rim, a lizard-like chilong with a forked tail is wrapped around the middle section, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 24cm. Provenance: acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.
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