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Lot 164
QINGBAI 'TWIN FISH' BOWL SONG DYNASTY 宋 青白釉刻雙魚紋斗笠碗 of conical form with gently everted rim, the interior carved freely with a lively leaping pair of carps on a neatly combed wave ground, applied overall with an elegant pale blue glaze tinged with green, the flat foot unglazed, the base with remnant of an old label ‘R.F.A. Riesc.. No. 116’(17.9cm diameter)Provenance: Private Scottish collection, from The Riesco Collection, Sotheby's London, 11th December 1984, lot 116 (label) Raymond Francis Alfred Riesco (1877-1964), had a long and distinguished career in the insurance world, starting in 1895 and retiring in December 1954. Besides acquiring Chinese porcelain, he was also an authority on philately and bought watercolours and etchings. He was a Council member of the Oriental Ceramic Society from 1951-1961 and was a generous friend of the Society. He built a superb collection of Ming and Qing porcelains and after selecting a few important pieces for the British Museum, donated his whole collection to the corporation of Croydon.
Lot 214
PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BEEHIVE WATER POT KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD 康熙款或到代 豇豆紅釉太白尊 the rounded sides raised to a short, waisted neck and slightly flaring mouth, incised with three archaistic dragon roundels beneath a glaze of even, crushed strawberry tone suffused with mottled copper-green, the rim, interior and base are covered in a transparent glaze, the base inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue(12.5cm wide)Provenance: formerly in a private American collectionNote: Water pots of this form are known as Taibai zun, after the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai (also named Li Taibai, 701-762) who is often depicted leaning against a large wine vat of this shape. Similar peachbloom-glazed water pots are found in various museums and collections worldwide, including the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, illustrated in Earth, Fire and Water: Chinese Ceramic Technology, London, 1996, no. 24, p. 34; the Baur Collection, Catalogue, vol. III, Geneva, 1999, nos. A305, A310 and A313-A316; a full set of the eight vessels at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by S.G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, p. 237; the British Museum, Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 230. Compare to a similar water pot sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 2924. An example of a smaller size (8.9cm diam.) was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11 April 2008, lot 2907.
Lot 361
A group of ceramics to include a Newhall teapot stand with floral motif decoration; a Bailey & Barnum set of two teacups and saucers and bowl with blue seaweed and shell decoration; a shallow bowl, the inside decorated with inscription 'Fill it again', 16cm diameter; a majolica glazed ceramic vase with relief decoration of Bacchus and fruiting vines, 20cm high and further items (10)Surface cracks and chips to underside and pits to glaze on surface of Newhall teapot stand, teacups with chips to underside, fill it again bowl with pits and damages to glaze and inscription rubbed
Lot 409
A collection of ceramic figurines, comprising 3 female figures, one playing the hurdy gurdy, 16cm high, a Derby boy figurine of a flower seller, 9cm high and two dogs, 4cm high(6)Derby boy with chip to the base and pits to the front, chip to instrument of hurdy gurdy player, dogs with fading to painted decoration
Lot 181
A PAIR OF SATSUMA BALUSTER VASESBy Hododa, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated in enamels and predominantly gilt with a full repertoire of rakan and their attributes; some of the rakan applied in ceramic high relief, each vase signed on the base Dai Nihon Satsumayaki Hododa tsukuru beneath the Satsuma crest. Each vase: 37.5cm (14¾in) high. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 139
THREE CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS. To include a Chinese white-glazed porcelain shallow dish - early Ming dynasty, a glazed conical pottery bowl - Yuan dynasty and a Yixing pottery teapot with four-character mark to base and a two-character mark to inside of cover. Teapot 17.5cm length. (3)White-glazed bowl with two hairlines to rim. Bowl with minor chips to rim. Teapot in good overall condition.
Lot 225
A CHINESE PAINTED GREY POTTERY FITTING IN THE FORM OF A BEAR, HAN DYNASTY (206BC-220AD). An unusual item originally purchased as a 'spout in the form of a mythological creature'. The bear was a popular symbol in the Han dynasty and could be found used as a fixings or supports made in bronze, ceramic and jade. 13.5cm height.With a Certificate of Authenticity from B.C.Galleries, E1133, dated July 2004. Provenance: From a private Essex collection. Purchased from B.C. Galleries, Ancient Art & Archaeology Ethnographic Art, Australia 2004.
Lot 321
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE EXHIBITION CATALOGUES AND RELATED MATERIAL. Including 'University Museum, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University', pp. 84, 1987, catalogue of its holdings, profusely illustrated in colour and b&w, card wraps. 'Japan Yesterday. Spuren und Objekte der Siebold-Reisen', 4to, Prestel 1995, text in German. 'Ukiyoe: Pop Art of Old Edo', brochure. 'Tosetsu, Monthly Journal of the Japan Ceramic Society.' Shashin de miru Edo Tokyo (Photographs of Edo). 'The Works of Tomioka Tessai A Travelling Exhibition', Kyoto, 1966, first edition. Beijing Palace Museum Guide, Treasures of the Palace Museum, 4to, Japanese edition. Cultural Atlas of Japan, hardback in jacket. China, Mongolia, Ancient Horse culture, exhibition catalogue, in Japanese. The Great Japan Exhibition, Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868, Royal Academy Exhibition catalogue, 1981. Many in Japanese, some in English. Quantity (25).Condition: Some wear to covers, jackets of some copies.
Lot 45
A LARGE VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE CERAMIC DISH, 16TH CENTURY. The deep heavily-potted bracket lobed dish decorated in underglaze blue with lotus pond scene within a floral border. The exterior with floral scrolls. 34cm diam.Visible crazing throughout. Two minor shallow chips to rim. General wear expected with age. No signs of repair.
Lot 3003
A Victorian mahogany framed day bed couch or Ottoman, with later rexine upholstery and raised on turned legs with patent ceramic castors, height 39cm, length 176cm, depth 63cm.The cover is in a distressed state, the frame is in a good solid condition. Images of underside on David Lay website.
Lot 151
A VERY RARE AND LARGE PALE WHITE GREEN AND BROWN-STREAKED JADE VASE, HUMing DynastyThe vase of flattened pear shape rising from a spreading stepped foot to an everted rim, the body intricately carved on each side with a forward-facing chilong with long mane, surrounded by archaistic motifs and taotie masks, flanked by a pair of mythical-beast loop handles, the stone of pale green tone with russet and milky-white veins. 18.5cm (7 1/4in) high.Footnotes:明 青白玉浮雕仿古紋鋪首耳尊Provenance: Dunt King, Hong Kong, November 1956Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 13 November 1956R.H.R Palmer, MC DL (1898-1970), collection no. 187, label 'R.H.R.P 187', and thence by descentBonhams London, 11 June 2003, lot 17來源：香港古董商仁德行，1956年11月倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.，1956年11月13日R.H.R. Palmer（1898-1970）舊藏，藏品編號187，收藏標籤「R.H.R.P 187」，並由後人保存倫敦邦瀚斯，2003年6月11日，拍品編號17Reginald Howard Reed Palmer (1898-1970), Chairman of Huntley and Palmer 1948-1963, was educated at Eton. He was Sheriff of Berkshire in 1935 when his address was Hurst Grove, near Reading. He started collecting Chinese works of art when he married in 1924, much helped by his wife, who had an equally good eye, especially for jades, and they went on to build a collection consisting of Ming and Qing porcelains, jade, ivory and lacquer. He was also an active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and regularly lent his pieces for exhibition. Skilfully carved in low relief with the surface finished to a fine and even sheen, this vase represents the archaistic style that grew in popularity in jade carving during the Ming dynasty. The academic trend known as the 'search for evidence' (kaozheng 考證) movement began in the early 17th century. Although this movement originated in a renewed scholarly interest in ancient texts and inscriptions on archaic bronzes, as literati sought a more empirical approach to understanding their ancient heritage, it led to a greater fascination for decorative designs adopted from ancient bronzes too. The shape of the present lot derives from archaic bronze hu vessels, while the combination of decorative elements, including the taotie masks and animal-head handles, are also taken from archaic bronze motifs. For example, the intertwined dragons are reminiscent of designs found on archaic bronze wares from the Eastern Zhou dynasty, such as a facetted hu and cover, illustrated by J.So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronze from the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, New York, 1995, pl.37. These archaic motifs are juxtaposed with new designs, such as the stylised rendering of the creature with neatly combed and parted hair, to result in a highly original piece that suited the aesthetic and taste for things qi (奇, variably translated as 'original', 'unusual', 'marvellous' or even 'strange' and 'eccentric'). See K.P.Burnett, Dimensions of Originality: Essays on Seventeenth Century Chinese Art Criticism, Hong Kong, 2013. Vases decorated with this design are unusual and no other closely-related example appears to have been published. Compare with a slightly smaller vase of similar hu shape, decorated on the body with a taotie mask, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, vol.7, Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl.19. A creature with similarly rendered hair is found on early Ming lacquerware, as seen on a box attributed to the Yongle reign, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Shanghai, 2006, pl.25.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 20
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSEMing DynastyThe horse carved kneeling with its legs tucked beneath the large body covered with finely-incised saddle and stirrups, the arched neck with neatly-parted incised mane and pricked ears, the face with almond-shaped eyes, the stone of pale green tone with dark-brown patches, box. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) long (2).Footnotes:明 玉馬Provenance: Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park, GloucestershireChristie's London, 24 May 1965, lot 86Sydney L. Moss Ltd., LondonA distinguished English private collection來源：英國格洛斯特郡諾斯維克公園，喬治·斯潘塞·丘吉爾上尉（1876-1964）舊藏倫敦佳士得，1965年5月24日，拍品編號86倫敦古董商Sydney L. Moss Ltd.英國顯赫私人收藏Son of Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill, DL, and Augusta Warburton, and cousin to Sir Winston Churchill. Captain Spencer-Churchill inherited Northwick Park from his maternal grandmother in 1912. He was awarded the Military Cross in the First World War. He was a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and of the Karlbeck Syndicate, the latter a syndicate formed by Ovar Karlbeck acquiring objects on behalf of a consortium of museums and private collectors, the first in 1931-1932 and the second in 1934. See a similar jade carving of a horse, Yuan/Ming dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.83, no.66. See also another related jade carving of a horse, Yuan/Ming dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1997, p.150, no.132.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 65
A RARE CARVED BOXWOOD 'ELEPHANT' GROUPLate Qing DynastyThe large beast expertly carved with naturalistic wrinkles standing foursquare with its head lumbering slightly to the right, the long trunk curled up to its right side feeling for a vase of ruyi held by a foreigner with long flowing robes and a conical hat, above the rounded caparisoned back incised with lotus are a further two figures crouching, holding between them a basket of lingzhi fungus, box. 10.7cm (4 1/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清晚期 黃楊木雕太平有象Provenance: The Peony collectionSotheby's Hong Kong, 31 May 2018, lot 338Exhibited, Published and Illustrated: The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Art and Imitation in China, Hong Kong, 2006, no.50.來源：牡丹堂舊藏香港蘇富比，2018年5月31日，拍品編號338展覽著錄：《馳騁古今：中國藝術的摹仿與創新》，香港東方陶瓷學會，香港，2006年，編號50The present lot is replete with auspicious meaning. The 'vase' (ping 瓶) carried by the foreigner which puns with 'peace' (ping 平), and elephant (xiang 象) which also means 'sign' or 'portent', forms a rebus for the phrase taiping youxiang (太平有象), meaning 'Where there is peace, there is an omen (or elephant!)'. Furthermore, the figures on top, being elephant-riders (qixiang, 騎象) form a rebus for jixiang, 吉祥, 'blessings'. The boys interpreted here as the Twin Immortals, the Hehe Erxian, symbolic of harmony and union, lend good wishes for a happy marriage, suggesting that perhaps the group was intended as a wedding gift. See a related boxwood carving of an ox and qilin, early Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, p.57.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 184
A blue ceramic jardinere on wrought iron stand 60cm high including stand, together with a embossed copper vase 26cm high (2)The interior of the jardinere has staining commensurate with use. The iron stand has sligth water marking to the base. The copper vase has oxidation throughout and an area of restoration round the rim and on the base. Slight cracking round the rim.
Lot 1498
Box of Collectibles, including a Dazey Churn No. 20 vintage butter churn, a Brownie Reflex camera, six wooden folk art carved wooden love spoons, Queen Elizabeth II UK Crown 2006, boxed set of butter knives, collection of coins including Jersey five shilling coins, assorted UK coins, commemorative coin 1953, large bag for sorting, a leather strop, ceramic pipes, bag of horse brasses, box of Player's No. 6 vouchers, Community Plate boxed knife by Oneida Silversmiths, assorted flatware, two pairs of sugar nips, and two vintage hand tools, etc.
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