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A brass bound Chinese hardwood travelling dressing table/box, of rectangular form, the top lifting to reveal an inset mirror plate, the front hinged in two parts, swinging open to reveal a series of drawers and compartments with blind cut scroll carving detail, raised on a plinth and set with carrying handles, 22cm high x 27cm wide x 39cm deep
19th/ 20th century Chinese charger painted in polychrome enamels with three figures painting a scroll, D40cm and an 18th/ 19th century Chinese charger painted in the Japanese style with Pagodas in a mountainous landscape (2) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
A 19th century Chinese hardwood connoisseur's vase box, the sliding cover enclosing a silk-lined interior fitted to accommodate a jade or porcelain meiping, brass swan neck carrying handle, 24cm long; a Chinese hardwood circular vase stand, carved as a lotus, shaped scroll feet, 19.5cm diam; another, rectangular, faux bamboo frieze above a pierced apron of scrolling prunus, 18cm wide (3)
A pair of German World War One Trench Art mantel spill vases, each salvaged from a pair of Patronenfabrik Karlsruhe Kp. 5. 18. shell cases, well-engraved in the Chinese taste with precious objects, jardinières of flowering peonies and chrysanthemums, further foliage and butterflies, below a wrigglework S-scroll border, the base with a lotus and foliate demi-lunes on a scale border, 41cm high, the bases dated Aug. 1917 and Juni. 1918, (2)
Chinese School Guanyin, framed circular scroll, ink on paper with artists seal marks 30cm x 30.5cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure
Xu Zonghao (1880-1957) orchids growing on rocks, scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark 92cm x 27cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katherine Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan,(great grandson of the emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure
Wang Xuetao (1903-1982) vegetables and fruit, scroll, ink on paper with artists seal marks 99cm x 46.5cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katherine Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan, (great grandson of the Emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure
Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name) river scene, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark 98cm x 28cm Provenance: By direct descent of KatherineTalati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katherine received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan, (great grandson of the emperor Daoguang) from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her paintings are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with Pu Quan and various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure Bibliography: Shelagh Vainker and James C.S Lin,'Pu Quan and his Generation. Imperial painters of Twentieth-century China,Oxford' : The Ashmolean Museum 2005; Fans from the East,London:Debretts Peerage Ltd and the Victoria and Albert Museum 1978,chapter 5: Katy Talati,pp 73-84
Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name) flowers, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal marks 36cm x 54cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure
Katherine Talati (1922-2015) Da Shunming (Chinese name) figures on a rocky outcrop, mounted scroll, ink on paper with artists seal mark 34cm x 44cm Provenance: By direct descent of Katy Talati. Born in 1922 in Beijing Katy received private painting lessons with Prince Pu Quan from 1945 until her departure to London in 1948. Her painting are evidence of her fully accomplished technical skills in Chinese painting after having studied with various teachers in Beijing prior to her departure
A magnificent Chinese silk kesi 'Peach Festival' hanging scroll, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), richly embroidered in bright colours with a lively scene depicting immortals celebrating the birthday of Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West, of a pantheon of Daoist immortals and deities, including He He Erxian, Liu Hai, Shoulao and the Eight Immortals, on a garden terrace with lingzhi , pine and peach trees issuing from rockwork, awaiting the arrival of Xiwangmu, who descends from the sky seated astride her phoenix with her entourage of attendants, a crane in flight above, 175 x 89cm The ‘Peach Festival’, according to legend, takes place every 3000 years at the Jade Palace in the Kunlun Mountains in the Western paradise. A traditional Daoist theme, the festival is part of the celebrations for Xiwangmu’s birthday, during which she gifts immortals with the Peaches of Eternal Life, so their immortality may continue. This scroll captures the moment the immortals wait in anticipation for Xiwangmu, who is seen making a grand entrance on the back of a phoenix. The panel’s auspicious theme made it ideal to present at birthdays. For a similar lot, see Sotheby's, London, 13 May 2015, lot 122. 清 缂丝蟠桃会图挂幅
A collection of Chinese jades, comprising: one armrest in the shape of a tree trunk with scroll feet and blossoming prunus in relief, four-character Qianlong mark, 10cm long, another armrest, carved with literati in a rocky landscape, a crane flying above, inscribed, 18.7cm long, and a plaque, with three literati seated under a pine tree, an attendant alongside, 9.1cm long (3)
A Chinese gilt bronze bodhisattva, Qianlong (1736-1795), wearing elaborate beaded jewellery and a long robe, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, his hands resting in his lap and holding a jar with flame decoration, in front of a mandorla with scroll and beaded border, 12.3cm high 清乾隆 铜鎏金菩萨坐像
Large Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain baluster vase, the frilled rim over gilded dog of Fo applied handles with four dragons to the shoulder, painted with reserves of figures, birds of paradise and insects within scroll and Greek key borders upon a gilt highlighted scroll ground in typical palette, 19th century, 18.5" high
A Chinese famille rose porcelain ovoid ginger jar and cover, of small proportions, painted in polychrome enamels with a boldly blossoming pink peony, further flowers, a pair of birds seated on a leafy branch and a dragonfly in flight, the shoulder with scroll and lappet-shaped reserves of leafy tendrils on a red ground, domed cover, 16cm high, Kangxi concentric circles, 19th century
A Chinese bamboo six-section scholar's table screen, each painted with a vignette of the natural world of birds and blossom with accompanying verse in black calligraphic script and a red seal mark, pierced and shaped pediment above fan-shaped reserves and a ground incised and picked out with scroll clouds, the lower sections with further rectangular tableaux of nature, carved and pierced aprons and feet, 29.5cm wide, 51.5cm wide, second-quarter 20th century
A Worcester tea bowl, finely potted, and transfer-printed after designs by Robert Hancock and then picked out in polychrome enamels, 4.2cm high, 7cm diameter, c.1765; a Worcester coffee cup, painted in onglaze enamels with traditional Chinese figures and precious objects, en puce camaïeu landscape vignettes, gilt leafy scroll ground, grooved loop handle, 6.9cm high, c.1770; another Worcester Chinoiserie coffee cup, c.1770; a Worcester Chrysanthemum tea bowl, the exterior moulded in shallow relief, the interior printed in underglaze blue, 7.5cm diameter, 4.5cm high, underglaze blue crescent mark, c.1770; a Worcester Mansfield pattern coffee cup, grooved loop handle, 6cm high, workman's mark, c.1770 [5]

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