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Click here to subscribeKANGXI GREEN GROUND DRAGON & WAVE BOWLChinese Qing Dynasty Period green ground dragon bowl. Depicts brown dragons amongst crashing waves, fish and rock formations. Bowl ha scalloped rim with pumpkin form. Bottom holds black six character calligraphy Kangxi (1681-1722), and is of the period. Measures 2 1/4" Height x 7" Diameter (5.71cm x 17.78cm). Weighs 779 grams.
18th C. CHINESE DOCAI PORCELAIN BOWLAntique Chinese hand painted Docai enameled porcelain bowl. Has Lingzhi and scrolled design to exterior. Bottom holds blue calligraphy Yongzheng (1723-1735) reign marks, and is of the period. Measures 2" Height x 3 7/8" Diameter (5.08cm x 9.84cm). Weighs 86 grams.
19th C. FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASEAntique Chinese hand painted enameled Famille Rose vase depicting intricate floral design throughout. Bottom holds blue six character calligraphy Kangxi reign marks in double circles, but made 19th century. Measures 11" Height x 4 1/2" Diameter (27.94cm x 11.43cm) Weighs 609 grams.
19th C. CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOWLAntique Chinese Famille Rose enameled porcelain bowl depicting floral design to exterior. Bottom holds four character calligraphy Yongzheng reign marks, but made 19th century. Measures 2 1/8" Height x 5 3/4" Diameter (5.39cm x 14.60cm). Weighs 222 grams.
20th C. CHINESE PEKING GLASS BIRD & FLORAL VASEChinese Peking glass vase having hand painted enameled design to exterior depicting bamboo, birds, flowers and rock formations. Verso holds black calligraphy poem with three red seals. Bottom holds blue Qing Dynasty marks, Measures 6 5/8" Height (16.82cm). Weighs 307 grams.
18th C. CHINESE DRAGON & FISH VASEAntique Chinese Qing Dynasty Period hand painted black and gilt vase depicting dragon and fish. Holds calligraphy poem with two red seals to side, turquoise glaze interior and bottom. Bottom holds red four character archaic Qianlong (1736-1795) reign marks, and is of the period. Measures 8" Height x 4" Diameter (20.32cm x 10.16cm). Weighs 666 grams.
A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN JARSA pair of large Chinese Kangxi Period style blue and white porcelain lidded ginger jars. Each depicting dueling dragons amongst clouds with flaming dragon jewel. Figural foo dog finial design to cover. Holds Kangxi period calligraphy marks to side of base. Made late Qing to Republic period. Includes round wooden bases. Each jar measures approx. 23" height + 2 1/2" base height (58.4cm + 6.3cm). Total weight of 23.72 kilograms.
Pr CHINESE CARVED AFRICAN IVORY SCHOLAR FIGURESA pair of Japanese carved and polychromed African ivory scholar figures. One figure depicting Shou Xing holding peaches to left hand and wooden staff to right. The next depicts a man holding calligraphy scroll and brush. Black enamel eyes. Each signed to bottom. Includes round wooden bases. Each measures approx. 8 1/4" height + 1 1/4" base height (20.9cm + 3.1cm). Total ivory weight of 1127 grams.
Pr CHINESE CARVED AFRICAN IVORY FOO LION FIGURESPair of antique Chinese hand carved African ivory figures depicting seated male and female foo dog figures with ball and cub under paw respectively on octagonal ivory bases. Black enamel beaded eyes. Includes fitted wooden bases. Late Qing Dynasty period, 19th century. Etched calligraphy reign marks to bottom. Each measures approx. 4 3/4" height + 3/4" base height (12cm + 1.9cm). Total ivory weight 600 grams.
CHINESE ENAMELED FAMILLE NOIR PORCELAIN CHARGERA Chinese hand painted enameled Famille Noir porcelain paradise bird charger. Bird is standing on a rock formation near a tree with flowers. Rim has peaches and leaves design. Etched and stamped calligraphy marks to bottom. 19th/20th century. Measures 12 1/4" diameter (31.1cm). Total weight of 1322 grams.
CHINESE RELIEF CARVED JADEITE WARRIOR GROUPA Chinese relief carved jadeite group depicting a tribal warrior with axe. Scene also depicts bats, clouds, trees and rock formations. Raised four character calligraphy marks to lower right in recess. Mottled white, pale to apple green jade tones throughout. 19th/20th century. Includes fitted wooden silver inlay base. Measures 5 3/8" height x 5 1/4" width + 2 3/8" base height (13.6cm x 13.3cm + 6cm). Jade weight of 690 grams.
A CHINESE WATERCOLOUR ALBUM, Canton, late 19th Century, containing 146 scenes from everyday life, including calligraphy, sign and fan making, lantern and hat making, surgery, cooking, chiropractory, games, building, acrobats, fireworks, paper dragons, chiropody and others, in an embroidered outer cover, inscription on each page reads Zhou Pei Chun (possibly the artist).
Pair of Chinese Imari plates decorated with flowers, 22.5 cm dia. and a Chinese blue and white guglet, 23 cm, all 18th century, to/w a cylindrical teapot decorated with calligraphy and a cylindrical vase decorated with bamboo, 20.5 cm (5) Condition Report One plate with hairline, both rubbed overall. Hairline through neck and down main body of guglet
UMAYYAD, TEMP. AL-WALID I (86-96h)Dirham, ‘Dashtaq’ 96hOBVERSE: In margin: point below b of duriba and two points above t of sitt in dateWEIGHT: 2.53gREFERENCE Unpublished (cf Klat 340.1 [Dimashq])CONDITION: Attempted piercing at 8 o’clock on obverse, otherwise very fine and apparently unpublished NOTE: The distinctive calligraphy, coupled with the points placed exactly as on regular Damascus dirhams, surely confirms that ‘Dashtaq’ is an engraver’s error for Dimashq and not a mint in its own right.
UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h)Dirham, al-Rayy 82hREVERSE: In field: letter wa placed at the end of the second lineWEIGHT: 2.11gREFERENCE: cf Klat 397CONDITION: Some surface corrosion and staining, about fine and extremely rare NOTE: Two specimens of this date recorded by Klat. Although an ancient piece, the calligraphy and anomalous position of the wa at the end of the second line of the reverse field suggest that it may be an unofficial issue of some kind.
UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN or AL-WALID IDirham, Wasit ‘73h’OBVERSE: In margin: decade of date written sin-‘ayn-ya-nun (sic, either for saba‘in or tisa’in)WEIGHT: 2.59gCONDITION: Good very fine and unusual NOTE: The calligraphy on the obverse is executed to a high standard, while the reverse, although still fully literate, is somewhat coarser in style. It seems that the coin is likely to be an unofficial issue of some kind, possibly from North Africa. It is curious that the only obvious spelling error should be in the date, particularly since this produces an ‘impossible’ reading for the type. Could this be a deliberate attempt to conceal when, and possibly by whom, the piece was produced? Umayyad dirhams with similar ‘impossible’ dates in the 70’s are also known from other mints, including an example of ‘Marw 74h’ sold in these rooms (Important Coins of the Islamic World, 23 April 2012, lot 61).
Calligraphy. Four extremely well executed sheets of calligraphy and geographical tables, drawn by James Fuller and dated 1824-1826, pen & ink, two sheets drawn on Bristol board, two drawn on thick wove paper, comprising a sheet advertising the calligraphic instruction of Mr Fuller, a sheet displaying specimens of various typefaces, a sheet displaying the points of the compass and degrees of the sun, and a sheet of geographical charts showing the relative size of mountains and rivers, 56.3 x 45.5cm or 51.5 x 40.5cm, some light dust-soiling and marks. See the manuscript map in this sale, also by James Fuller. (4).
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARTIST SIGNED ROULEAU PORCELAIN VASE, CIRCA 1930. Finely decorated with two horses in a mountainous scene with pine tree, signed on verso with calligraphy inscription signed"zhang zhitang" (Chinese 1893-1971), with red seal type mark on base. Height 13.25 inches (33.5 cm).
A FOUR PIECE GROUP OF BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES, 19TH/20TH CENTURY. Comprising a very fine Ming style garlic head vase with interlocking flowers, a bird and floral decorated vase, an Imperial style bird and floral bottle vase with calligraphy inscription, and a Kangxi style phoenix decorated bottle vase. All with under glaze marks, two with Qianlong archaic and six character reign marks. Largest height 12 inches (30.5 cm).
A Qur'anic writing board from Mali, used by students to practice calligraphy and to memorize Koranic verses, together with a pair of ceremonial recades or axes, from the Fon peoples of West Africa, one having a decorated iron blade in the shape of a python, the other of symbolic Royal form. (3)
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