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Click here to subscribeA PAIR OF CHINESE JADEITE PLAQUES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY each rectangular plaque carved and pierced with a kylin amidst foliage and ruyi cloud swirls, the stone of pale green colour with bright apple-green inclusions, each mounted as a table screen with openwork scroll carved wood frame and affixed stand plaques 8cm high Provenance: Private English Collection
A PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI OGEE BOWLS, 20TH CENTURY each with flaring sides rising from a short foot, painted and enamelled to the interior with a floral medallion encircled by the bajixiang at the rim, the exterior with a composite floral scroll above a ruyi band, the base with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark 20cm diameter Provenance: Private European Collection
A CHINESE CARVED TURQUOISE FIGURE OF A MAIDEN, 20TH CENTURY carved and pierced standing leaning against a gnarled tree stump, wearing a long-sleeved robe and holding a fan in her left hand and a scroll in the right, silver wire-inlaid wood stand, box 14.5cm high Provenance: Private European Collection, acquired in Hong Kong, November 1995
A CHINESE SPINACH JADE ARCHAISTIC CENSER AND COVER, 20TH CENTURY the body with deep rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to a rolled rim, set with a pair of high relief taotie mask handles, the domed cover carved and pierced with a dragon scroll band, all surmounted by a finial formed of four dragon heads grasping a pearl and each suspending a loose ring, wood stand 17.5cm wide Provenance: Private European Collection, acquired in Milan
A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER AND WOOD JAR AND COVER, 20TH CENTURY the baluster body rising from a short foot to a rounded shoulder, decorated around the exterior with four quatrefoil panels enclosing figures and pavilions, all reserved on a dense scroll ground, the domed cover similarly decorated 21.8 cm high Provenance: Private European Collection
Important and unusual massive antique chinese scroll painting. With 12 red collector/artist seals throughout the image. Original Watercolor/ink. With a landscape painting and a calligraphy poem on each side of the landscape. Signed lower left of painting with three seals, lower right hand portion of image has 5 red seals. Inscribed on backside of scroll. Provenance: Important New York City collection. Overall Length: 17' 3". Height: 10.25 in.
A Chinese Carved Hardwood Dinner Gong, late 19th/early 20th century, the foliate carved frame centred by a dragonhead suspending a circular hammered metal gong between a C scroll frame with foliate carved base and outswept legs, the beater with ebonised turned handle, 106cm by 55cm see illustration
A Gilt Metal Mounted Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, the porcelain Kangxi, painted in underglaze blue with lappet shaped panels of foliage suspended from a stiff and cloud scroll border, the base cast with formal leaves, six character Kangxi reign mark in underglaze blue, 22.5cm high See illustration. Gilt metal mounts a later addition. Some typical surface wear and minor scratching throughout.
A large 19th Century Chinese Kangxi revival powr blue ground antique porcelain vase having deep cobalt blue and white decoration depicting dragons and branches. The vase having a flared circular rim with scrolled band, leaf decorated neck and scroll and lotus shoulders. The base further decorated with a band of panel decoration. Blue concentric circles to underside. Measures: 46cm tall.
A good 19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty large red lacquered marriage chest / travel box of rectangular form. The chest having cinnabar lacquer red ground finish with gilt scroll and floral interspersed with medallions and foliage with a crane atop. Large brass lock to the front with a hinged lid opens to reveal a spacious interior. Measures 54cm x 88cm x 59cm.
A pair of 18th Century Chinese antique Qianlong period porcelain plates of octagonal form having hand painted enamelled decoration depicting an unravelling silk scroll with decoration of birds and flowers with exterior floral scene. The border decorated in floral sprays enriched with gilded details. Measures: 22cm. Condition: Some minor marks to rim, no visible cracks, chips or repair.
A true mirrored pair of Chinese Republic period Qianlong mark porcelain vases. The hand painted glazed vases of rouleau form depicting birds amongst blooming floral sprays and branches and Chinese scroll work. Some geometric pattern decoration to the neck. Four character red seal mark to underside of foot. Measuring approx 26cm tall.
A group of five Chinese scroll paintings, including: one prunus blossom painting, ink and colour on paper, 148cm long x 56cm wide; one landscape painting signed Sun Rujuan, ink and colour on paper, 168cm long x 45cm wide; one painting depicting bird and bamboo, after Chen Congzhou, ink on paper, 64cm long x 35cm wide; one landscape painting after Li Sixun, ink and colour on silk, 63.5cm long x 38cm wide; one buffalo painting by Song Yinke (1902-1990), 56cm long x 44.5cm wide; and a Japanese temple scroll, painted with a standing guanyin at the centre and stamped with shuyin of various temples, 124cm long x 43cm wide (6)Provenance: Property of a Gentleman collected in the 1980's or 1990's 宋吟可作《牧牛图》等书画共六幅拍品来源：英国私人收藏，购于上世纪八十-九十年代Condition Report: Crazing and foxing, some scrolls with splitting parts and one of the porcelain scroll ends cracksCondition Report Disclaimer
Y A Chinese ivory twin-handled vase and cover, circa 1900, the carved body supported on three mask feet, with detachable scroll handles and the cover with Buddhist lion, the height of the vase and cover 30.5cm high, wood stand and overall height including stand 36.5cm, ivory weight 2,091 gProvenance: Property of a lady民国 象牙双耳瓶拍品来源：英国私人女士收藏Y - Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. For further details on CITES regulations, visit: www.gov.uk/guidance/cites-imports-and-exports. Condition Report: the handles are carved separately and pegged into position and one is detached and now with old gluesome age crack to ivory through base plate of vase 8cm long and minor cracks to the interior of the vase and overall some age discoloration an small chip to Buddhist lion finial Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese snuff bottle of cylindrical form decorated in underglaze blue and yu li hung with a scholar standing beside two boy acolytes, 8 cm high, Qing DynastyProvenance: Ex. An English Private Collection. Please note that some deterioration extant. This includes a hairline, possibly superficial, beside the boy holding the scroll.
A fine Tibetan Thang-ka, 20th century, pigment with gold on cloth, depicting an arhat seated under a tree outside a cave, an attendant at his side, a small lion in the foreground, figures of Amitayus and Sakyamuni suspended above, with 18th/19th century Chinese brocade surround, the picture 74cm x 49cm and the reverse of the scroll with the hand print of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, the print inscribed with the three-character Tibetan mantra 'Om Ah Hum' [三字明咒], which is used to purify the mind, speech and heart, accompanied with the 14th Dalai Lama's personal seal mark, mounted with 18th or 19th century geometric brocade silk, picture size 72.5cm x 47cm, overall size including brocade 148cm x 76cm, with scroll stand Provenance: 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, of Broadlands and thence by descentAlmost certainly gifted by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in 1974 and thence by descent. Many temples in Tibet were given brocades as offerings from wealthy Chinese through the ages. They were sometimes used as the surround for a Thank-ga, as in this instance. The geometric patterns are associated with the royal household during the Qianlong reign. 20世纪 释迦摩尼佛唐卡一件背面：十四世达赖喇嘛旦增嘉措手印及私印，并墨书三字明咒 拍品来源：十四世达赖旦增嘉于1974年访问亲自赠予英国海军元帅、东南亚盟军总司令蒙巴顿勋爵（现英国菲利普亲王的舅舅）Condition Report: Overall condition is quite good with just some creasing to picture and some minor stains throughout Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese cloisonné enamel tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, the compressed body raised on three shaped supports, with twin loop handles, decorated with a leafy lotus scroll, amidst dense scrolling leaves, bellow a foliate border, with stylised chrysanthemum heads on the underside, 13.5cm diameter, pierced 19th century wood cover Provenance: Formerly in a private North London collection. 明 铜掐丝珐琅三足炉拍品来源：北伦敦私人收藏Condition Report: some green bronze corrosion to one foot and to the interiorfinial missing on wood cover and fine 1cm crack to wood near rim some typical firing blemishes throughoutmaybe some small areas of re-fill but very difficult to tell but overall in very presentable condition Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese multi-coloured lacquer box, 18th century, Qing Dynasty, the top carved with two ladies dancing amidst scrolling clouds in a landscaped setting, the sides carved with foliate floral scroll, all reserved on geometric pattern grounds, 11cm wideProvenance: Property of a Gentleman collected in the 1980's or 1990's 清18世纪 三色雕漆山水仕女图四方盖盒拍品来源：英国私人收藏，购于上世纪八十-九十年代 Condition Report: Very minor retouch on several spots of cinnabar, interior of the box with wear and chips to the edges commensurate with age, the bottom with scratches, loss of black lacquer and with a later inscription of 'china'Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese ebony wood 'Pomegranate' wrist rest, late Qing/Republican period, carved with a pomegranate branch accompanied with a calligraphic inscription, 14.2cm long x 4.2cm wide; and a Chinese boxwood scroll weight, late Qing/Republican period, 42.5cm long (2)Provenance: Property of a Gentleman. The wrist rest purchased at Christie's, 15th January 2004, Lot 159晚清/民国 木雕题诗文石榴图臂搁及黄杨木镇尺两件拍品来源：英国私人收藏，购于上世纪八十年代起，臂搁于2004年1月购自佳士得，拍品编号159号Condition Report: Minor wear to the surfaceCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade carving of the 'Heavenly Horse', Tian Ma, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, carved in openwork with a vivacious heavenly horse galloping across roiling waves, the forelegs extending forward in tandem, the hind legs pushing energetically off the water's surface, a large beribboned scroll tied to the back, the undulating watery ground incised with flowing lines and punctuated with plumes of sea spray leaping from the surface and generating swirls of mist, the stone a whitish-celadon tone with icy inclusions and russet passages, 11.8cm cm longProvenance: Formerly in a private South African Collection purchased circa mid 1970's and to the mid 1980's 清 青白玉俏色雕海马拍品来源：南非私人收藏，购自上世纪70-80年代Condition Report: good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE KOBE AUTOMATA FIGURES of artisans with moving arms and googly eyes with open mouths, of the late Meiji period. Together with a gilded Chinese carved wooden figure of a high ranking official seated, portrayed in the Ming style and probably Guan yu, from the late Eastern Han dynasty, overall with flowing robes and having painted decoration, natural hair, moustache, on an oval painted base, 14.5cm high approx, and a Chinese carved hardwood square shaped baluster pierced base on scroll feet. (4)(B.P. 21% + VAT) The two Japanese figures are well worn and very grubby, one lacks its operating knob and interior mechanism. Surface wear.The emperor figure is badly damaged and missing the arm to his chair and with other general chips, losses and significant wear. Very dirty, surface loss underneath his chair, crack through the base and the square platform has one foot broken off.
China, paar Huali houten horseshoe vormige fauteuils, 20ste eeuw, gedecoreerd met gestoken en opengewerkte florale patronen. Beide fauteuils staand op een vierkante houten basis. H. 99 x D. 68 x W. 73.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands 2 Each chair is constructed with an elegantly curved top rail leading to armrests terminating in hooked ends decorated with openwork foliage, all supported on straight and S-shaped posts, each backsplat is decorated with a shaped openwork panel carved with A pair of Chinese huali or huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, 20th century, floral scroll, the upper and lower corners are decorated with further scrolling spandrels, the solid seat is supported on four bowed legs terminating in further scrolled foliage, all connected by four low stretchers.
LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'BAJIXIANG' DISH, GUANGXU SIX CHARACTER MARK IN RED AND OF THE PERIOD centrally decorated with a flower head encircled by linked foliate scroll surrounded by eight ribbon-tied Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang) within a ruyi border, Diameter: 34cm. For similar dish sold at auction see: Christie's, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Provenance: The Martin Laing Collection
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose plates, Qianlong period, enamelled in polychrome with flowers, rockwork and pagoda to the foreground shore, an island beyond, within a floral scroll border, D23cm - Condition Report Good overall condition, with some light general surface wear, and a couple of fairly small losses to rim.
A Chinese carved wood dragon palace lantern, of hexagonal section with pierced fretwork scroll crestings, above rectangular frosted glass panels, enamelled with birds perched on branches, with dragon head brackets and scroll fretwork ornament, on scroll feet, on coubel gourd-shaped support and hook for hanging, early 20th century, approx 75cm diameter
A pair of Chinese blue and white ewers,Kangxi (1662-1722), each of pear form with a loop handle and scroll spout attached to the neck, painted with scrolls in a shaped panel against a crackled-ice pattern ground,with the collector's label 'Morgan Collection 258/86502' and 'Morgan Collection 259/96502',17.5cm high (2)Provenance: The Pierpont Morgan Collection, from the family of 'Robber Baron' Jason 'Jay' Gould.清康熙 青花开光卷草纹执壶 一对 Condition report: Covers missing. One with chips to handle, spout and footrim, and a hairline crack from rim to neck.
A Chinese famille rose Budai,20th century, his garment painted with florets with scroll borders, his right hand with a rosary and his left hand with a sack, surrounded by five boys, stamped mark to base,26cm high, associated wood stand (2)二十世纪 粉彩布袋坐像Condition report: Budai with hairline crack to belly and firing cracks to feet. Firing split to base. Stand with scratches.
A Chinese gilt-bronze Shakyamuni Buddha,seated cross-legged wearing an ankle-length long robe with a scroll border, and a crown with long plaits cascading down the shoulders, his hands in Bhumisparsha mudra, 20cm high, fixed on a wood platform铜鎏金释迦牟尼坐像Condition report: Statue fixed to wood platform, unable to check condition of base. Surface scratches with gilt rubbed, minor dents. Inlaid missing.
A Chinese blanc de Chine figure, 18th century, of a luohan, seated wearing a long robe with the folds spreading naturally to the sides, covered with a smear glaze, 16cm high, a bamboo carving, of three literati appraising a scroll in a garden with rocky landscape, 13.5cm long, and a lacquered box, c.1900, of rectangular form, carved with figures in a garden, the sides with scrolling lotus, 14.5cm long (4)Condition report: Luohan - chips to robe, small firing cracks, smear glaze all over, possible restoration.Bamboo - small cracks, a section to the carving and a foot of base missing.Box - the cover with sections of leaves chipped and missing, small splits, chips to corners and lacquer decoration, surface scratches.
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