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Click here to subscribeA Chinese Qianlong porcelain water dropper modelled as a water buffalo with underglaze blue detailed tail and horns, unmarked, length 8.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: Back right leg restored (broken off and reglued) and with a major chip in the upper part of this area, approx 1.2cm. Crude faceted finish to the inside of the hooves, also with some manufacturing imperfections and losses to the brown glazing, chip to the front left hoof.
A 19th century Chinese Famille Verte porcelain joss stick/incense holder modelled as a figure of a Mandarin with his robes overall painted with a phoenix with a small aperture to the top of his hat, height 9cm (af). CONDITION REPORT: The right foot has been broken off and reglued, some surface wear and rubbing to the glaze at the raised areas, area of fritting to the left elbow, some shallow losses to the tip of his robes in the lower part. Minor rubbing to the paint.
A pair of late19th/early 20th century Chinese porcelain pilgrim/moonflasks, each painted in underglaze blue with a figural scene in landscape on blossoming prunus ground, with moulded twin handles, height 26cm (af). CONDITION REPORT: One vase is badly at fault with major loss to the neck and one missing handle, the other with major loss to one handle. A bruise to the rim and with spreading hairline. General minor surface wear commensurate with age.
Two small late 19th/early 20th century Chinese porcelain pilgrim/moonflasks, painted in underglaze blue with dragon amongst clouds to both sides, on scroll and floral ground with twin dragon hands, height 10cm (one af). CONDITION REPORT: One with damaged 'wing' to neck and small chip to rim. Some fritting to the edge. Please note: this is not a pair.
A late 19th century Chinese porcelain stem cup, painted in underglaze blue with five dragon roundels to the top and with three lucky bats underneath, on spreading circular foot, painted with seascape, unmarked, diameter 14cm. CONDITION REPORT: There are two hairlines spreading from the edge of the rim, approx 1.5cm. Some firing imperfections to the edge of the base.
An early 20th century Chinese porcelain baluster jar and cover, painted in enamels with two confronting dragons chasing the pearl of wisdom amongst clouds, with two decorative borders, bearing red four character printed mark to base, height 21.5cm (af) and a floral decorated ovoid jar and cover, unmarked, height 21cm (2).
A group of various Chinese porcelain items including a circular bowl painted in enamels with two chasing dragons amongst clouds centred with a pearl of wisdom, bearing four character mark to base, diameter 24cm, a teapot, a baluster vase painted in underglaze blue with blossoming prunus, a similar ginger jar and a turned soapstone slender vase. CONDITION REPORT: Damage throughout this lot and in need of some attention.
A collection of six early 20th century Chinese porcelain pieces including a pair of sleeve vases with four character mark to base, two differently sized ginger jars with circular marks, and two variously sized baluster vases (one) with a lid, one with circular marks the other with four character marks, each decorated in under-glaze blue with blossoming prunus, (6). CONDITION REPORT: Pair of sleeve vases are 20.5cm tall. The lid of the small baluster vase is damaged, otherwise ok.
A group of various Chinese porcelain items comprising a pair of small crackle glazed sleeve vases, height 14cm a twin handled double gourd pilgrim flask with six character mark to the upper rim, height 26.5cm, a blue and white dragon decorated shallow bowl and a celadon glazed transfer decorated example, also a Japanese Seto ware ginger jar and cover (6). CONDITION REPORT: All items are modern so condition is as expected. No further images will be provided.
AMENDED CONDITION REPORT: A Chinese gilt metal and cinnabar circular box and cover, overall decorated with applied hand painted enamel blossoming prunus branches, diameter 8cm, with impressed Qianlong six character mark along the cover rim, bearing two stickers to the inside 'Imperial Oriental Art N.Y.C, 182' and 'Period of Emperor Chien Lung, A.D. 1506-1521'. CONDITION REPORT: Generally in good condition with traces of surface wear particularly visible to the gilt on the rims. The box appears to be made of porcelain with cinnabar coloured overpaint or a thin layer of lacquer.
A pair of Chinese famille rose porcelain 'moonflask' snuff bottles late Qing Dynasty circa 1910 each painted in underglaze blue with lotus leaves, each panel painted with insects, bats and butterflies on blossoms and script, 5.5 cms high and two pairs of later porcelain snuff bottles in blue and red of octagonal and half round forms the tallest 5 cms (6)
Two groups of Chinese export porcelain Imari palette plates, comprising a set of four decorated with fences and trees within a foliate border, unmarked, and a set of three with central chrysanthemum flower head and foliate borders, also unmarked. 18th Century. (7)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: All 7 are in good condition with no obvious damage.
A CHINESE ENAMELLED COPPER 'BAJIXIANG' DISH LATE 18TH CENTURY Decorated with the eight Buddhist emblems in tooled gold on a blue basse-taille ground, the exterior covered with green enamel and floral sprays in silver foil, together with a copy of A Tale of Three Cities by D S Howard, 11.4cm. (2) Illustrated: D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, p.157 no.203. Cf. M Gillingham, Chinese Painted Enamels of the 18th Century, the Chinese Porcelain Company, 1993, p.24-5 for a similar object.
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' JAR PROBABLY GUANGXU Decorated with double chrysanthemum medallions, stylised lotus heads and scrolls between underglaze blue borders, a six character Qianlong seal mark to the base, 11.5cm. Cf. T M Elins, Imperial Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum, p.101, pl.70 for a similar jar from the Qianlong period.
A LARGE AND IMPOSING PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BUDDHIST LION DOGS KANGXI 1662-1722 Powerfully modelled with their heads turned sideways and looking down, the female with her puppy climbing up her front paw, the male with an articulated brocade ball, each raised on a high rectangular plinth and decorated with green, yellow and aubergine enamels on a biscuit porcelain ground, 33cm. (2) Cf. M Pinto de Matos, Chinese Porcelain in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection, pp.146-147, no.37 for a closely related pair.
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.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN MOSTLY 18TH CENTURY Comprising: a bottle vase decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, a small bottle vase with grasses and insects, a hexagonal teapot and cover with stylised floral sprays, a small incense burner, and two small jars, 24cm. (7)
A CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN 'DRAGON' BOWL LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated with two incised dragons chasing pearls above waves in green against a yellow ground, the base with a four character mark in underglaze blue which reads qing huan zhenpin (precious object of splendour) indicating it was made for the use of a first rank concubine, 16.2cm. Provenance: Orchardleigh Park, Christie's 21-22 Sep 1987, lot 516, £320. Cf. R E Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, figure 199, p.172 and also G Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, pp.88-89, no.121 for similar examples.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN INCENSE STICK HOLDER PROBABLY LATE QING Moulded in relief with boys and water buffaloes in a rocky river landscape and with a four character inscription, the base inscribed Dao guang si you chen guo zhi zuo, together with a small blue and white seal paste box and cover decorated with a figure in a mountainous landscape, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 11.6cm max. (3)
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BAXIAN INCENSE BURNER KANGXI 1662-1722 The cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of the Eight Immortals celebrating Shoulao's birthday, all with their various attributes, Shoulao sits on a rock with an attendant and a deer, all between chevron borders and raised on three rectangular feet, a reticulated wood stand, 19.8cm. (2) Provenance: a Scottish private collection. Cf. M Butler and Wang Qingzheng, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, p.64 and 65 for another blue and white 'Eight Immortals' incense burner.
A LARGE GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY Comprising: four plates, two teapots, two large mugs, a set of four Compagnie des Indes bowls, two tea canisters and a plate decorated with a pomegranate spray, 28.8cm. (19) Provenance: from the collection of Lady Ottoline and Philip Morrell, and thence by descent.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' JAR LATE MING DYNASTY The lobed ovoid body painted with a flock of sparrows among bamboo, pine and prunus, the shoulder with lappet decoration and the rim with key fret pattern, 14.7cm. Cf. M Butler, M Medley and S Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, p.37 for a similar jar.
A CHINESE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN ALTAR VASE QIANLONG 1736-95 With an ovoid body and cylindrical knopped neck raised on a wide domed foot, finely enamelled in iron-red with lotus sprays above a band of stiff leaves, the neck with a key fret border, 22.2cm. Cf. An identical altar vase can be seen in the painting by Giuseppe Castiglione in The National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrating the Emperor Qianlong beneath trees and beside a table with a number of other treasures; see Palastmuseum Peking Schätze aus der Verbotenen Stadt, Berlin, 1985, no.41, pl.24. For another example presented to Cheltenham College, England, by Yuan Shikai in 1914, and now in the Weishaupt Collection, see G. Avitabile, From The Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no.176, p.127. See also P. Lam, Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1995, no.83. Another example can be found in the British Museum, London.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'RECLINING LADY' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY With her legs crossed, brightly enamelled and gilded, wearing turquoise trousers and an iron-red jacket, touching her cheek and holding a kerchief, the stopper formed as her foot, 11cm. Provenance: Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd, the Bellis Collection and the Bentley Collection.
A MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH LATE QING DYNASTY / REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted on the interior with two intertwining prunus branches which extend from the reverse, one branch with white flowers with a greeny-yellow tinge, the other branch with flowers with a pink tinge, two large lingzhi sprays sprout from the base of one branch and are balanced by a flowering peony to the left, the reverse with an apocryphal six character Yongzheng mark, 52.8cm. Provenance: from the estate of Mr Klaus Henrich, purchased in the 1970s. Cf. Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, p.222 no.51 for the Yongzheng prototype of this dish.
A PAIR OF CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES C.1772 Decorated with the arms of Pitt impaling Grenville, flanked by a lion and a stag with the motto Benigno Numine (By the Favour of the Heavens), the rims with flower sprays, coronetted initials and further crests of storks and anchors, 22.5cm. (2) Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol.1, p.404 for more information about the history of this service. For a plate from this service, see the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no.C.71-1932.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted in colourful enamels with a weeping willow, a group of pine trees and a small farmhouse by the riverside in a mountainous landscape beneath a poem describing the scene, 27.3cm x 20cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mr Robert Bigio (1913-2003).
A blue and white porcelain Kamcheng for the Peranakan Market, with domed cover decorated with floral and foliage designs, 18cm diameter; together with a Chinese small blue and white vase, decorated with a fisherman, 18.5cm high (2) Condition Report Please note that the areas of deterioration include: a crack to the small vase, and a star crack and chip to the kamcheng.
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