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![Gray (George Robert). A Fascicule of the Birds of China, [London: Taylor and Francis, 1871], 12 fine hand-coloured lithograph](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/f63e889f-1c9d-4c81-ad5a-acd400ecae86/468x382.jpg)
Lot 104
Gray (George Robert). A Fascicule of the Birds of China, [London: Taylor and Francis, 1871], 12 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by William Swainson, occasional minor spotting, minor marginal water stain to text leaves, light toning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover, some marks, 4to, 33 x 25 cm (13 x 9.75 in)Qty: (1)NOTESFine Bird Books p. 103; Nissen IVB 389; Wood p. 367; Zimmer 271. Provenance: Abel William Bahr (1877-1954), important Chinese art collector, his ink stamp to front pastedown. "These twelve plates were originally intended by my brother, Dr J.E. Gray, to form part of a series of figures of Chinese birds; but, owing to engagements on other works, which have appeared in the mean time, they were put aside and have thus remained up to the present period." (introduction). Provenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Lot 396
Bahr (Abel William). Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China. Being Description and Illustrations of Articles selected from an Exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, London: Cassell and Company, 1912, 20 original paintings on silk by Wong Chun Hai, colour frontispiece, 101 monochrome illustrations, light spotting to endpapers and foredges, top edge gilt, original polychrome silk gilt over boards, corners rubbed, large 8voQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 6/12, signed by the author, London, 12 September 1912. Extremely rare, no other copy traced at auction or institutions. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was born in Shanghai and began collecting Kangxi porcelain around 1905. His collection of early jades were acquired by the Field Museum, Chicago in 1928 and most of his Chinese paintings were bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1947. Provenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Lot 400
Laufer (Berthold). Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China by A.W. Bahr, Now in Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, New York: Privately Printed for A.W. Bahr, 1927, 36 plates, including 3 colour, small ink stamp of A.W. Bahr to front endpaper, top edge gilt, original vellum, slight discolouration and bowing to covers, 4to, together with Webster (K. Athol). The Armytage Collection of Maori Jade, London: The Cable Press, 1948, 35 monochrome photographic plates by John Queenborough, original cloth-backed boards, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with 7 others including The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The H.O. Havemeyer Collection. A Catalogue of the Temporary Exhibition March 10-November 2, New York, 1930, Dr A A Breuer's The Influence of China on Laquer in Japan, reprinted from the Transactions of the Japan Society, Vol. XII, circa 1914, inscribed by the author, and Chinese Art. An Exhibition presented by the British Council in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy, The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1944, with a compliments slip from Major A.A. Longden to A.E. BahrQty: (9)NOTESFirst item possibly a unique copy bound in vellum for the Chinese art collector Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), the usual copies bound in cloth. Provenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Lot 405
Siren (Osvald). Early Chinese Paintings from A.W. Bahr Collection, London: Chiswick Press, 1938, 27 tipped-in plates, a few colour, slight toning to endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, top corner bumped, light vertical mark to upper cover, folio, limited edition of 750, this copy unnumbered, presentation inscription to half title: 'Bound - with pleasure - for A.W. Bahr, August 1951, W.H. Langwell', together with Laufer (Berthold). T'ang, Sung and Yuan Paintings belonging to various Chinese collectors, Paris and Brussels: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire/G. Van Oest and Co.,1924, 30 monochrome plates, gutta-percha perished, contents loose, original wrapper, spine titled in manuscript, light soiling, 4to, plus The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ch'ing Ming Shang Ho. Spring Festival on the River. A Scroll Painting (Ex Coll. A.W. Bahr) of the Ming Dynasty after a Sung Dynasty subject, New York, 1948Qty: (3)NOTESProvenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Lot 301
A 19th Century Chinese antique Kangxi mark porcelain ' Garlic Mouth ' vase having hand painted blue and white decoration depicting lizards within fan shaped panels. Large globular body with tapered cylindrical neck and disk shaped rim. Six character Kangxi reign mark to underside in blue Kaishu script. Measures: 32cm tall. Condition. One gaze fault to base (under the glaze) otherwise in good condition.
Lot 371
A pair of early 20th century Chinese ceramic porcelain blue / turquoise duck figurines. The duck raised on a purple natural pedestal base having 107 and 208 impressed mark to the underside together with a collection of five Beswick bird porcelain figurines to include: 2273 Goldfinch, 1041 Grey Wagtail, 992 Blue Tit, 993 Wren, 991 Chaffinch. All being raised on naturist in plinth base with makers stamp to the underside. 11cm high
Lot 108
Large Samson Armorial Chinese-style porcelain tea caddy, of rectangular form on four feet, painted in gilt and enamels with foliate patterns and a central coat of arms, 16cm height x 14cm widthCondition report: Two small chips and a fleabite to the footrim. Otherwise good condition with no damage.
Lot 74
18th century Chinese famille rose porcelain, including three dishes, a tea bowl and saucer, two cups, and a 19th century miniature Canton vase (8)Provenance: removed from Dalethorpe, DedhamCondition report: One of the cups has a hairline on the rim and a small chip to the footrim. The Canton vase has some rim chips and a spot of glaze wear. The tea bowl has three hairlines and a few nicks. The saucer has four small hairlines on the rim. The dishes have chips and fritting and two of them are repaired.
Lot 806
Chinese porcelain baluster vase lamp, decorated in the famille rose palette with flowers and birds and arabesque borders, on wooden base, height of vase 46cmProvenance: Property of a Lady, removed from a Hertfordshire Country EstateCondition report: Visible part of vase appears to be in good condition, lighting fixing at top covers rim, base is drilled centrally for the flex
Lot 1857
A good quality hand painted porcelain oil lamp, decorated with a panel of gentleman holding a child in a rural location, with twin Adams type ram head handles, upon a stepped cast base, the lamp 43cm high, to include shade and flue; together with a further contemporary Chinese porcelain lidded ginger jar (2)
Lot 497
2 Chinese blue and white porcelain rectangular table lamps on hardwood stands, height 26cm, and a porcelain blue and white box with lid.The pair of new table lamps are in good condition with no damage. There are some light surface scratches only. These will need to be rewired as they are currently fitted with a two pin plug.The victorian blue and white pot and cover. The lid has some surface glazing chips around the edges and handle. The interior of the box has a 0.5cm chip along the top edge and on one of the dividers. There are several other smaller surface glazing chips around the top edge and surface wear.The two lamp bases are both modern.
Lot 1207
A Chinese porcelain blue-ground cylindrical stick stand, late 19th century, painted in famille-verte enamels with a large panel of a bird in flowering branches, the reverse painted with lotus flowers and a butterfly, (a.f), 61 cm high. Condition Report Restored section to rim, extending down side of stick stand for approx. 8in. Some traces of gilding around panels. Some overall crazing to the glaze.
Lot 1225
A Chinese porcelain figure of Budai, 20th century, modelled seated holding a string of beads, four character mark to base, 19cm high; also a famille-rose brush pot painted with women at leisure, 15.5cm high, and a famille-rose plate painted with three figures in a landscape, 20cm diameter, (3). Condition Report Budai- good condition.Brush pot- small filled in chip to rim. Some glaze impurities. Firing crack to rim, approx. 1cm. length.Plate- some glaze impurities and wear.
Lot 1227
A Chinese porcelain cylindrical snuff bottle, 20th century, painted in iron-red with a grasshopper amongst flowers, 8cm high; and a hair crystal snuff bottle of flattened ovoid form, 5cm high, (2). Condition Report Porcelain bottle- good conditionhair crystal bottle- some light surface scratches.
Lot 1228
Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, late 19th/20th century, comprising; a cylindrical bottle, painted with an iron-red dragon, four character Qianlong mark; an oviform bottle painted with an iron-red phoenix; and a black ground bottle enamelled with a white dragon, tallest 7.5cm, (3). Condition Report The phoenix bottle with haircracks around the rim.The black ground bottle with flaking to the black enamel and some light scratches.
Lot 1229
Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, late 19th/20th century; comprising; a bottle in the form of a young woman; a cylindrical bottle painted with man and boy; a bottle moulded and painted with figures and animals engaged in battle, tallest 9cm high, (3). Condition Report Young woman- right foot with glued repair.Cylindrical bottle- fine haircrack to side, approx. 2cm. length.Moulded bottle- some restoration and chips to rim.
Lot 1236
A large Chinese porcelain dish, late 19th century, painted with an official and two attendants inside a diaper border reserved with panels of birds in branches, (a.f), 41. 5cm diameter; and a smaller famille-rose Immortals dish, (a.f), 35cm diameter, (2). Condition Report The larger with restoration and a haircrack to the rim.The smaller dish with extensive restoration to the rim and minor wear.
Lot 1248
A Chinese export porcelain oval salt, circa 1790, painted with a crest beneath an underglaze-blue border, 9cm length; and an export crested lozenge shaped dish with blue enamel and gilt border, 28.5cm wide, (2). Condition Report Salt- some restoration to rim. Some wear to crest.Dish- some losses to blue enamel on border. Some wear to gilding. Some specking to the glaze.
Lot 1265
A Chinese Thai market benjarong porcelain cadogan teapot, 19th century, painted with the Buddhist deities Thepanom and Norasingha against a black ground, 13cm high; and a large Chinese benjarong cylindrical teapot and cover with similar decoration (a.f), 18.5cm high excluding metal handle, (3). Condition Report Cadogan teapot- spout restored.Cylindrical teapot- extensively broken, all major pieces are present.
Lot 1291
Seven Chinese Transitional blue and white stemcups from the Hatcher Cargo, circa 1643, each painted with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, each approximately 4.5cm high, (7). Condition Report There is some variance in size. Some wear to the glaze due to being underwater. One cup has been broken and glued with two small pieces of porcelain missing. Another has a haircrack to the rim, approx. 1.5cm. length. Another cup has some patches of brown staining. Four cups are in overall good condition.
Lot 1307
A group of three Chinese snuff bottles, 20th century, comprising; a porcelain bottle, painted with a grasshopper and verse, four character Qianlong mark; an inside painted glass bottle painted with a figure in a landscape; an ivory bottle carved with flowers, tallest 6cm high, (3). Condition Report Overall in good condition.
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