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Lot 46
* Chinese white-glazed porcelain vase, Kangxi (1661-1722), of slender tapering form with everted rim, two dog of Fo mask handles, the body incised in black calligraphy 'Huang Da Zong' (the name of the owner), the neck chipped with some pieces missing, 28 cm high, together with a Daoguang white glaze vase,1820-1850, of plain form moulded in low relief with a blooming prunus tree and magpie (Xi Shang Mei Shao), two dog of Fo mask handles, the neck with a band of ruyi clouds pattern, vertical hairline crack, 17.5 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 43
* A rare Documentary Chinese porcelain dish, 1879, of triangular form with raised rim and enamelled in 'Canton' style, richly decorated with roses, pomegranates, butterflies and pheasants, a central gilt square with gilt inscription in capitals 'Emily Canton 1879', 26.2 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.Feller, The Canton Famille Rose Porcelains (Peabody Essex Museum, 1982), page 27 (illustrated).David Sanctuary Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong (1997) page 52 (illustrated).While Arabic inscriptions on Chinese bowls are not uncommon, fewer than half a dozen pieces with English dates and places are recorded. 'An effort to discover a ship Emily, which was clearly at Canton in 1879 has not been successful. A search of Lloyds Register reveals 23 ships and 6 ocean-going British yachts of the name at that time - the largest vessel being a barque of 403 tons. It seems less likely, however, that Emily was a person.' (Howard).
Lot 51
* Chinese blue and white porcelain globular teapot, 18th century, decorated with shaped panels encircled with auspicious objects on both sides on the ground of “wujin you” brown glaze, the lid decorated in the same manner and with the finial of “baozhu” (treasured pearl), 19 cm long x 14 cm high, together with a Chinese blue and white teacup decorated with a thin band of underglaze blue to the rim foot and handle, the white glazed body moulded with low relief depicting a garden scene with bamboo, chrysanthemum and “Taihu” rocks and other symbols, 6.5 cm x 6 cm diameterQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 45
* Chinese famille verte porcelain tea bowls, 18th century, two porcelain tea bowls of octagonal form decorated with flowers on rocks in panels of lotus-petal shape, a band of waves on the interior rim with a rose at the centre, the base with a floral mark, 7 cm high, 7.9 cm diameter, together with a floral rim tea bowl, Lingkou rim, depicting a boy holding a lotus standing on a lily pad and a bird amongst flowers in panels, with a lotus motif at the interior centre, the base with a cobalt square, 5.5 cm x 7.5 cm across QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 3
*A large Chinese Tiexiuhua craquelure glaze celadon vase, 19th century, celadon porcelain vase with iron rust decoration, of baluster form with trumpet shape rim, bands of low relief brown ruyi yuntou, dog of Fo mask handles and a brown unglazed coloured base, large chips to the rim and some restoration, 56 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 320
* Chinese Yuan style porcelain charger, 19th century, decorated with a chi-lin standing on a naturalistic base, bordered by flowers, scrolls and other plants, the decoration continuing to the underside, some minor damage and restoration, 46 cm diameter, presented on a hardwood stand QTY: (1)
Lot 14
* A Chinese porcelain dish with European decoration in the Japanese Imari style, 18th century, with shaped rim and polychrome decorated with dragons and landscapes, the raised edge decorated with panels of deers, flowers and brocade, the exterior with floral branches and red square mark to the base, 28.3 cm diameter, together with a smaller porcelain plate decorated in a similar style, with red square mark to the base, chip to the underside rim, 23.4 cm diameterQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.Both plates of Chinese origin, with European decoration (probably Holland).
Lot 52
* A pair of Chinese porcelain figures, 18th century, modelled as scholar and a lady, the scholar wearng a celadon robe and the lady a light blue robe both smiling and in a good conversation, indicating harmonious family life, each with a stoneware plinth, the scholar 19 cm high and the other 17 cm, together with a Blanc de Chine dog of Fo head, cracked and repaired, 7.5 cm highQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 310
* A pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain miniature vases, Vung Tau Cargo, decorated with flowers and mountainous landscapes, one has a firing fault on the foot rim, the other small chip, each with Christie's and Robert McPherson label to base, additionally inscribed in ink with numbers,14 cm high together with a pair of octagonal porcelain tea bowls and saucers from the same wreck, each decorated with flowers and with a floral mark to base, the tea bowl 6 cm across, the saucer 9.8 cm acrossQTY: (3)NOTE: Provenance: Private Collection, Bristol, UK.
Lot 47
* Chinese porcelain famille rose teabowl, Qing, decorated with a pair of quails in a garden with rocks and flowers, the interior wih a single red painted floret at the centre and a red and gold repeating band to the rim, 6 cm high x 12 cm diameter, together with a teacup and saucer, a small teacup and other ceramics all deocrated in the quail pattern, some pieces damaged QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: the first four items are part of Jill McNeile Collection; The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 316
* Chinese blue and white porcelain cup, of flared form decorated with dragons in a cloudy sky chasing a flaming pearl, with six character 'Kangxi' mark to base, 8 cm high x widest point 8.5 cm diameter, together with a blue and white porcelain bowl, decorated with immortals, the interior decorated with figures, with a blue band to the inner rim, the base with six character 'Kangxi' mark, 5 cm high x 9.5 cm diameterQTY: (2)
Lot 56
* A Chinese polychrome porcelain globular teapot, 18th century, the circular body raised from a short foot, both the body and lid, carved with low relief floral patterns, decorated with parrots and pheasants perched on prunus branches with tigers, bamboos, and other vegetation with a band of flower heads on the shoulder, some staining to the glaze, 15 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 18
* Charger. A fine Chinese polychrome porcelain charger, Kangxi period (1662-1722), with Dutch decoration of a pair of parrots perched on rose branches, one holding a cherry in its mouth, two more cherries hanging on the branch, the other turning its head back to watch, two butterflies flying nearby in the garden, a band of lotus, peonies and scrolling leaves on the flat rim, 39.3 cm diameterQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, London, China Without Dragons, Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, 2016, catalogue number 200. See items 114 and 127 in the catalogue for further information.
Lot 248
*A set of six Hungarian Herend porcelain cabinet plates, circa 1900, each decorated in the Chinese famille-rose style with a seated female overseeing two playful children within gold painted borders painted with rabbits and other symbols, impressed and printed factory marks to base, 22 cm diameter, one cracked and repairedQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 23
* Miniature Chinese porcelain, 17th/18th century, including a bullet shape teapot, decorated with tulips (probably for the Dutch export market), the spout replaced with metal, 8 cm high, a vase and cover of hexagonal form, decorated with alternating floral and landscape panels, with a high rim, flat shoulder and flared circular foot, the base marked with a symbol of “Wanzi” with 'Christie’s, VungTau Cargo, Lot 777' label, 15.8 cm high, various blue and white double gourd vases plus a baluster black glaze vase with gold floral decoration, 6 cm high QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.NOTE:Provenance (for the first item): Christie's Amsterdam, The Vung Tau Cargo, Chinese Export Porcelain, 7-8 April 1992, lot 777.For a similar example, see Sotheby’s Amsterdam, Made In Imperial China, January 2007, lot 780.
Lot 38
* A Chinese white glaze porcelain statue of "the laughing buddha", 18th century, modelled in traditional Buddhist robes, with characteristic smile, large belly and bare feet, holding a ball-shaped medical tablet and the other hand holding a gourd container, 21.5 cm, with old printed label for 'Old Antique House, Washington No 6686', together with a smaller white glazed buddha modelled wearing a chain of Buddhist rosary on the chest, 12.8 cm highQTY: (2)
Lot 33
* A collection of Chinese porcelain teacups, comprising a famille verte lobed teacup, Kangxi, with petal-shaped rim, decorated with flowers, flower-and-bird, flower-and-dragonfly in panels, a band of lotus petals encircled above the footring, a pond with mandarin ducks and lotus decorated at the centre of the interior, florets on the wall, hairline cracks, chips and restoration, 8 cm diameter, together with a famille rose teacup, decorated with butterflies, the base marked “Tongzhi Nianzhi” in a red double square border, 7.5 cm diameter, another famille rose teacup with handle, decorated with pheasant, butterfly, ladybird, fly and grasshopper on rose sprigs and fluids, hairline crack, 6.6 cm diameter, another famille rose octagonal tea bowl, of trumpet form and with petal-shaped rim, decorated with figures in a garden, depicting the story of 'Xi Xiang Ji', 12 cm diameter, an armorial teacup, with a lion facing left surmounting a shield decorated with eagles and trees in panels, the shield flanked with floral scrolling, damaged and the pieces crudely reaffixed, 8.4 cm diameter plus another famille rose teacupQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.Xin Xiang Ji is the famous story of the young couple who consummate their marriage without the approval of their parents.
Lot 39
* A Chinese armorial export porcelain circular charger, Zhe Yan Pan, Qianlong, circa 1735, the centre polychrome and gilt decorated with the coat of arms of Willes Impaling Broster, surmounted with an eagle above a banner inscribed 'Tenax Propositi' (Tenacious of Purpose) within an anhua (hidden design) lotus flower and scrolling incised tendril rim, 38 cm diameterQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.The armorial blazon - Dexter side, Argent a chevron sable between 3 mullets gules. Sinister side, sable, 3 antelope heads (or ibex heads) carbossed Or. Crest, a hawk or falcon rising proper, with the motto 'Tenax Propositi'.
Lot 53
* Chinese porcelain 'Dutch-decorated' coffee cups and a matching saucer, circa 1715-1725, the cups are a matched pair, incised with floral patterns under the white glaze, pencilled in underglaze blue with sprays of lotus, between narrow famille verte borders, 6.5 cm high x 5.5 cm diameter, the navette shape saucer with a wreath the same as on the cups, 13.5 cm long QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The Helen and John Espir Collection. Helen and John Espir were major collectors of Chinese ceramics. Helen was assistant secretary of the Oriental Ceramic Society from 1984-1990; the British Museum houses many pieces from their collection; The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Lot 263
Early Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, possible Kangxi period baluster form, decorated with a continuous scene of figures in a landscape of rocks and trees, raised on a hardwood stand (Damage to vase lip) height 26cm CONDITION REPORTThe vase is in good all round condition with exception to the obvious damage to the rim of the vase. Approximately 4.5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from the lip of the vase. There is also a small hairline crack to the inside lip but not visible to the exteriorSee additional imagesPROVENANCE: From a private collection.
Lot 3082
A small collection of modern Chinese/Eastern items to include; a 20th century ceramic model of a dog of foo (chip to front), a modern Cloisonné Chinese dragon designed pot with cover, a modern Chinese porcelain trinket/powder pot with detachable cover, character marks to base, and a small Chinese modern ebonised wooden seal in wooden box. (4)
Lot 1031
Three late 18th century cream jugs i.e. 18th century Chinese export Mandarin pattern porcelain cream jug which has chips to rim and base, with discolouring, along with a late 18th century English porcelain Newhall style cream jug with chips to rim and base and reglued handle. Also an 18th century Staffordshire cream jug with rose decoration.
Lot 40
A 19th century flowerhead-shaped Chinese porcelain pedestal dish: hand-decorated in enamels with a flying bird carrying a prunus blossom sprig above flowering peony; the exterior decorated with floral sprigs; spreading circular foot decorated in green enamels with stylised waves; six-character red Tongzhi seal mark to underside. (17.25 cm in diameter and 4.5 cm high) * Condition: In good condition, with no chips, cracks or restoration.
Lot 34
A 20th century Chinese porcelain bowl of quatrefoil form: matt duck-egg blue glazed interior; the exterior hand-decorated in enamels with a continuous landscape scene of mountains, buildings and boats; raised on slightly spreading conforming foot; six-character Xianfeng seal mark to the underside (22.5 cm wide x 8 cm high). Conforming pierced Chinese hardwood stand with four shaped legs. * Condition. Gilt wear to rim. Light glaze scratches and surface wear to the interior turquoise glaze, with matting to the surface of the glaze to the well. Glaze crazing to the turquoise glaze to the base. The porcelain is in good condition, with no chips, hairlines, cracks or star cracks. No restoration.
Lot 66
Three pieces: 1. an early 20th century Japanese cloisonné vase of squat ovoid form, decorated with feng dragon-like creatures and a kneeling figure. 2. a modern Chinese eggshell porcelain bowl hand-decorated with dragons (14.5 cm in diameter). 3. a modern Persian-style porcelain bottle-vase decorated with scrolls and stylised patterns (13 cm high).
Lot 54
A 19th century Chinese porcelain bowl of pleasing proportions: hand-decorated in cobalt-blue underglaze with scrolling lotus to the exterior, raised on circular foot, four-character blue painted Chinese apocryphal reign mark to underside (12.25 cm in diameter). * Condition: One hairline crack from rim, approx. 4cm long. A number of small glaze frits to the rim, plus two or three other slightly larger glaze chips. One burst bubble to the glaze to the exterior from firing, leaving a circular unglazed pinhead sized spot to one leaf. No other faults.
Lot 57
An 18th century Chinese porcelain bowl with slightly everted rim, the interior with stylised flaming pearls and exterior with four circular coiled dragons interspersed with stylised decoration, the circular foot with square Chinese apocryphal mark between concentric circles, the underside of the foot exhibiting chatter marks (rim fritting and hairlines) (17.5cm diameter) * Condition: Five long hairlines from the rim and three large joined cracks to one side. Also four chips to the rim, plus glaze fritting all around the rim.
Lot 52
Three Chinese porcelain pieces: 1. a flowerhead-shaped porcelain pedestal dish decorated with two exotic birds perched on a flowering branch emanating from rockwork with peonies surrounding; the underside decorated with floral sprigs; spreading circular foot decorated in enamels with stylised waves; six-character painted red seal mark of Tongzhi to underside (13 cm in diameter). 2. a late 19th century Canton porcelain bowl hand-decorated in famille rose enamels with figures and peony within shaped-cartouches (10.5 cm in diameter). 3. a similar sized bowl decorated with key-fret design to the interior border and the exterior with iron oxide, blue and green enamels depicting sprigs and birds in flight (10.75 cm in diameter). * Condition: Flowerhead-shaped dish: Small unglazed spot to the rim (a firing fault). Otherwise in good condition, with no chips, cracks or restoration. Canton bowl: Some gilt wear. Otherwise good with no other faults. Bowl with keywork band to rim: Gilt wear throughout, otherwise good with no other faults.
Lot 37
A pair of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain chargers: probably late 19th century, painted with two opposing long bodied, four-toed dragons amidst flowering plants, within a broad border of ruyi and prunus blossom, the underside with three sprays of bamboo. (30.3 cm in diameter) (One with a small rim chip and hairline.) * Condition: One with a small rim chip and 1.5in. hairline, and a small underglaze firing flaw to the rim. The other in good condition overall, but with a raised glaze flaw to the edge of the central design, which has been removed with an abrasive tool, leaving a matted patch to the glaze with surrounding glaze scratching. There are also some iron spots to the glaze around this area.
Lot 44
A 19th century Chinese lozenge-shaped porcelain pedestal dish. The interior delicately decorated in varying coloured enamels with a mountainous background landscape with a flock of nine birds, painted red sun and stylised clouds. The foreground with two figures climbing steps and approaching a fenced gateway to a sanctuary of buildings in the centre ground. The exterior of the bowl decorated with pink, blue and turquoise opposing phoenixes, and the slightly spreading foot decorated with floral sprigs above a Ming-style lappet border. (LWH 28.5 x 23 x 8.25 cm). * Condition: Tiny pinhead sized chip to edge of the base. Otherwise in good condition, with no other chips, cracks or restoration. A little gilt wear to rim.
Lot 39
An early 20th century Chinese porcelain jar and cover: hand gilded and decorated in iron oxide red with two open-mouthed dragons amongst scrolling lotuses, four-character Kangxi mark to underside (14.5 cm high). * Condition: In good condition, with no chips, cracks or other faults. No restoration.
Lot 51
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) - a Chinese porcelain dragon dish: four-clawed dragon in underglaze blue flying through stylised clouds to attain the flaming sacred pearl of wisdom; the long scaly body and tail of the dragon painted and continuing on the underside of the dish with further stylised clouds flanking; apocryphal square mark within concentric circles and circular foot with unglazed edge. (16 cm in diameter) * Condition: Two small chips and five hairline cracks to rim. Another long hairline across the interior of the bowl, below the dragon's head - this is also visible to the underside of the bowl.
Lot 166
A circa 1900 Chinese porcelain stacking box of four sections in cylindrical form, the top decorated with figures riding a kylin within a garden setting, the sides decorated with butterflies and floral sprays bearing indistinct oxide red seal mark to base 11 cm high x 8.5 cm diameter Condition Report : Over all condition good, though several firing faults and blemishes throughout the piece, particularly to the sides and base and to the interior of the base. Some rust type discolouration to the base of the foot. Firing crack at the point of the oxide red mark to the base and around the edge of the glaze - see images for further detail
Lot 102
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN AND BRASS EURASIAN TAPER STICK the porcelain Chinese, the brass Dutch, both 18th century, with tall cylindrical nozzle, gadrooned drip pan, double gadrooned skirt and base with scalloped and gadrooned edging, the centre of the baluster stem formed from the body of a blue and white porcelain miniature vase, the base from the base of a bowl, 10.2cm highProvenance: Alistair Sampson Ltd, London, 11th December 1997. The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).
Lot 556
A Chinese porcelain blue and white oval plate, 18th century, centrally decorated with a river landscape scene depicting a pagoda, willow tree and fishing boat, 32.5cm wideCondition report; No obvious chips, cracks or restoration. Extensive surface staining. Areas of pitting can be seen. General surface scratching apparent. Some glazing flaws/grazes can be seem to the underside rim.
Lot 566
A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white bowls, Wanli period (1572- 1620), each of shaped circular form and decorated with a locust and a bird, 15cm wide (2) (at fault) 1) the rim has a large chip which has been re-glued as two sections, firing fault to the foot rim, some pitting throughout. 2) some chips and nibbles to the high points on the rim, pitting and fritting throughout.
Lot 570
A Chinese porcelain blue and white snuff bottle, Kangxi (1662-1722), of slender compressed bottle form and decorated with a dragon amidst clouds, lacking stopper, 7.7cm highCondition report; Pitting and surface staining visible to the piece. Grubbiness to the interior and edge of the neck of the bottle. General surface wear visible throughout.
Lot 550
A set of four Chinese porcelain reticulated plates, Qianlong (1736-1795), each circular plate decorate in the famille rose palette depicting peacocks perched on branches and rocky outcrops, within a spear head border, largest 28cm diameter and smallest 21.5cm diameter (4) (at fault) Condition report; Largest example with rivet repair to the reticulated rim. All with chips and losses to the rims and reticulated borders, varying from glaze grazes to more significant chips. Some over painting and further restoration can be seen to the reticulated borders. Surface scratching and wear can be seen to the centre of each plate. Pitting also apparent throughout.
Lot 569
A Chinese porcelain 'Wu Shuang Pu' teapot and cover, Guangxu period (1875-1908), the circular pot externally decorated in the famille rose palette with figures and calligraphy scripture, the removable cover similarly decorated, bearing iron-red Daoguang (1821-50) seal mark to the underside, 9cm high overallCondition report; Faint hairline crack ascending from the rim of the cover approx 2.5cm. Further underglaze hairline can be seen to the underside of the cover extending to approx 7cm. Pitted to the underside. Gilt wear to the rim of the pot. Slight nibbles to the tip of the spout. Some pitting to the body of the pot. Decoration and colours appear clean and vivid.
Lot 703
A pair of Capodimonte porcelain nodding Chinese figures, 20th century, the male and female each modelled seated cross legged with articulated head, tongue and hands, picked out in polychrome enamels throughout, crowned 'N' in blue to underside, each 23cm high (2) CONDITION REPORT:The male figure shows small chips to the edge of the tongue, but no other obvious chips, cracks, crazing or repairs. The female figure shows no obvious chips, cracks, crazing or repairs. Both figures show fine surface wear and rubbing to the gilt highlights throughout. Both figures would benefit from cleaning.
Lot 590
A Chinese Canton mug, 19th century, decorated in famille rose palettes depicting a continuous frieze of figures, with rope twist handle, 10cm high, with a small European export Chinese porcelain coffee cup, 18th century, 6.5cm high (2)Condition report; Canton mug - Rim descending hairline crack but no further chips, cracks or restoration. Coffee cup - Gilt and decoration wear to the exterior. Pitted interior.
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