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Pair of 20th Century Chinese carved jadeite figures of Immortals, together with a similar scroll weight, a pair of soapstone scroll weights and three reproduction netsuke

Three framed Chinese embroidered panels, a fan and a scroll

Both marked and tested 14K. Chinese gold and onyx pendant with symbols for Longevity, Fortune, and Love. A scroll with the Star of David in the center in white gold. Total weight: 7.5 grams (.24 troy). Dimensions are: largest 1 3/4" long. All measurements are approximate. Condition: Excellent

A SET OF 6 LATIN AMERICAN AND SPANISH ORDERS AWARDED TO AMBASSADOR HU SHI XIcomprising:a) Orden del Quetzal (Order of the Quetzal), Knight Badge. Guatemala. Gilt silver five cleft-armed star; the centered circular medallion with the arms of Guatemala within a white enamel ring inscribed in gilt lettering GUATEMALA AL MERITO, the obverse with a centered circular sky-blue medallion inscribed in gilt Roman numerals MCMXXXVI within a white enamel ring inscribed in gilt lettering GUATEMALA AL MERITO, with diamond-shaped eyelet, ring and ribbon suspension, in original stamped box; height excluding ring suspension: 44 mm.b) Order of Merit. Ecuador. Gilt bronze star with red and green enamels, with a centered circular medallion with mountains and rising sun inscribed REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR AL MERITO, with pierced borders, with wreath and ribbon suspension and oval eyelet, the obverse plain; height excluding suspensions: 57 mm.c) La Orden al MŽrito por Servicios Distinguidos (Order of Merit for Distinguished Service). Peru. Gilt bronze with radiating ball-tipped stylized feathers, the centered circular medallion with red and white enamel bearing a central gilt panel in relief showing a rising sun over the Andes mountains, the Pacific Ocean in the foreground, a palm branch to the lower left, a laurel branch to the lower right, a deep red enamel ribbon above inscribed in gilt lettering AL MERITO POR SERVICIOS DISTINGUIDOS and below REPUBLICA PERUANA, with fleur-de-lys and scroll suspensions, CASA NACIONAL DE MONEDA. LIMA-PERU mint mark on obverse; height excluding suspensions: 60 mm.d) Orden de Juan Pablo Duarte (Order of Juan Pablo Duarte), Knight. Dominican Republic. Gilt silver cross patee with white and blue enamel with ball-tipped finials, five rays between each arm; the centered circular white medallion with gilt raised portrait of Juan Pablo Duarte y Diez circumscribed in gilt lettering JUAN PABLO DUARTE HONOR Y MERITO, the obverse with centered circular white medallion with raised arms of the Dominican Republic, with wreath and blue-and-white ribbon suspensions; height excluding suspensions: 55 mm.e) Al Merito Civil (Order of Civil Merit), Commander by Number, Breast Star. Spain. Gilt silver star with eight arms, with blue and white enamels, the cross topped by a crown, centered with a raised medallion circumscribed with AL MERITO CIVIL, with ornate vertical pinback flanked by dual prongs on obverse; height: 70 mm.f) Orden Nacional Jose Matias Delgado (National Order of Jose Matias Delgado), Commander Cross. El Salvador. Gilt silver star with blue and white-enamelled cross patee centered with raised profile of Jose Matias Delgrado, obverse with centered circular medallion circumscribed with HONOR A LOS PROCERES DE LA INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA, with vertical pinback; height: 70 mm.LOT NOTESThis lot comes from the collection of the prominent historical figure Ambassador Hu Shi Xi, dignitary from the Republic of China, and himself descending from an influential family of diplomats. His father, Hu Weide, was the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Qing Dynasty, and briefly served as the Premier of the Republic of China after Duan Qirui was ousted from Beijing in 1926. He was instrumental in bringing democracy to the Qing Dysnasty and was a member of the Chinese delegation at both the Treaty of Versailles as well as the Hague Peace Conference.Hu Shi Xi was a Chinese dignitary, the Chief Ambassador of the Republic of China in Canada, as well as an executive chief of embassies in many Spanish-speaking countries: Spain, Cuba, Argentina, Colombia, and others. In addition to his diplomatic skills, Hu Shi Xi was gifted artist, exhibiting his artworks at public exhibitions and diplomatic soirees to great acclaim. During his time posted in Europe and South America, he counted amongst his friends and visitors many other well known artists, such as Zhang Daqian. PROVENANCECollection of the Ambassador for the Republic of China, Mr. Hu Shi Xithence by descent in the family

Chen Banding (Chinese, 1876-1970): Birds and Flowers, the birds sitting in a wisteria tree, a peony flowering beneath, a hanging scroll of ink and colour on paper, stamped with the artist's seal and signed, the characters translate as 'painted by the old man Banding, in the autumn of the year of bingxu', believed to be referring to 1946, 91 by 214cm.Provenance: Given to the vendor by a great aunt who spent two years in China and travelled extensively.

A Chinese porcelain baluster vase, of shouldered form, with iron red scroll handles, bands of lappet, Greek Key and ruyi, the body with scrolling lotus, underglaze blue seal mark (the rim extensively damaged). 31cm

A Chinese two handled silver basket, pierced with flowers and foliage, scroll feet, 16cm wide, stamped 800; a Continental silver oval easel photograph frame, ribbon tied reeded border, stamped 830 (2)

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting Chinese character marks, with seal mark

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting birds amongst foliage, signed and with seal marks

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting Chinese character marks, with seal mark

A Chinese scroll painting depicting birds amongst flowering tree, with seal mark

A Chinese scroll painting depicting mountain landscape, signed and with seal mark

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting cantering horse, signed

A large Chinese scroll painting depicting a mountain landscape scene, signed

A Chinese silk scroll painting depicting buildings amidst mountain landscape, signed

A Chinese watercolour scroll painting depicting a cockerel amongst foliage, signed and with seal mark, together with two others (3)

A SELECTION OF SILVER AND SILVER COLOURED METAL ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL NAPKIN RINGS to include; two pairs in foreign silver coloured metal, one with bright cut garland decoration un-engraved, the other with pressed scroll borders engraved, a Chinese silver coloured metal napkin ring with character decoration and un-engraved cartouche and three other miscellaneous silver napkin rings, one with engraved initials, others blank, various dates and makers, 146g

An XVIII Century Chinese Black Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, the doors decorated with figures and a vase of flowers, gilded lock plate with brass hinges, an arrangement of ten drawers decorated with figures and animals, the base on square supports with 'C' scroll apron, 157cm high, 96cm wide.

20th century Chinese Cinnabar lacquered vase, of lobed form, carved in high relief with peony, lotus and other flowers on key fret ground and overall scroll work decoration, H32.5cm

Acupuncture.- Jinshin Gozo No Zu; Ôjin Meido No Zu; Sokujin Meido No Zu; Fukujin Meido No Zu, 4 large rolled wood-block print scrolls, browned, one or two tiny areas of loss, contemporary Japanese wooden scroll mounts with contemporary silk wrapping cords, laid into recent Japanese wooden box, v.s., Tokyo, Musashi Toyoshima, 1662.⁂ A complete set of four seventeenth-century Tokugawa hanging scrolls demonstrating the Japanese art of acupuncture. They illustrate the organs, meridians and meridial points in front, side, rear and internal depictions of the human figure. Provenance: Jean Blondelet, collector of Chinese and Japanese medical texts, his sale Tajan, 23 October 2001.

Three Antique Chinese Wood Carved Grain Vessels, one with intricately carved cover and handle depicting figures in a landscape setting, the primary vessel with a Greek key frieze to the upper portion and seven black cartouche of painted with foliate and vegetal decoration, raised on an altar-style table base, the carved spout depicting a horned dragon (bears the Shanghai Antiquities Approval Seal), approx 29 x 29 x 36 cms, one of simple design with a decorative carved handle depicting foo dog, double metal bands to the vessel body, approx 29 x 24 x 30 cms and another of simple design with painted cartouche depicting figures in a garden setting and decorative scroll carving to the cover and handle, approx 27 x 23 x 36 cms.

A Chinese archaistic style jardiniere, a carved bamboo brush pot, a scroll painting and two blue and white plates and a vase (6)

Chinese Gilt Bronze Openwork Incense Burner. Decorated with three raised dragons, scroll patterns, and stands on tripod paw feet. Rubbing to gilt overall good condition. Measures 10-3/4" H x 9" W. Shipping $85.00 (estimate $400-$600)

A Chinese scroll or wall hanging showing seven young crows on a ledge, with bamboo and other foliage to the foreground, signed, image size 133cm x 66cm, 27cm x 82cm overall

A PAIR OF COLOURED CHINESE CIGARETTE ADVERTISING POSTERS. Framed. One for Hatamin Cigarettes depicting girl arranging flowers in a vase, with calendars. The other with numerous figures on balconies, and warriors below, with the Socony trademark from Standard Oil Company New York. Each 40” (102cm) high x 14” (36cm) wide. AND a Chinese framed scroll picture advertising for Pirate Cigarettes, depicting a river landscape with figures in a boat. 30” (76cm) high x 12.5” (32cm) wide. (3)

A Chinese watercolour scroll depicting mountains above a village and bridge, the scroll measures 133cm x 67cm and the image is 215cm x 82cm

A Chinese hanging watercolour scroll on paper within silkwork border. Depicting a cockerel in a landscape with flowers and having poem inscription and seal marks in red, painting 1m 34cm x 67cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Good condition. Some minor staining.

AN 18TH CENTURY FIGURED MAHOGANY CHINESE CHIPPENDALE SILVER TABLE with finely carved shell and C scroll cabriole legs and scrolled feet, joined by a shaped cross stretcher with pagoda central finial 86cm wide 62cm deep 79cm high.

A Chinese silk mounted scroll of the seated Buddha, W. 67cm L. 151cm.

Chinese silk panel, with flower head and scroll decoration, in a hardwood frame, the panel 27.5cm x 57.5cm

Chinese ivory puzzle ball and stand, the ball carved with flower heads and dragons, the stand with turned and pierced column above a carved figure , on a scroll, dragon and leaf decorated base, 34cm high, (2)

Chinese Qianlong charger in famille rose pallet with a scroll, bird and flowers of octagonal form, with restoration 29.5cm diameter

Loretta Hui-shan Yang or Yang Huishan - two ribbed and blue glazed porcelain cups and saucers, the cups of beaker form with cire perdu glass handles of Chinese scroll design, four character impressed marks to bases (4) Provenance: Purchased from the arist c1999.

A Chinese export porcelain blue and white meat plate, of shaped rectangular form, painted with cranes in a garden setting within a foliate scroll and cell border, brown line to rim, Late 18th Century, 25.5cm max

An unusual Chinese famille rose bottle form vase, the trumpet neck with pierced scroll handles and a raised and shaped pelmet to shoulder over a cylindrical body, painted with panels of scholars in interiors interspersed with long tailed birds in flowering peony branches, the sloped shoulder painted with a continuous band of precious objects between fretwork borders to rims, 19th Century, 34cm high approx

Two pairs of Chinese paintings on silk, subjects include: four women viewing an immortal in a tree stump grotto; musicians about a table or altar; adult figures and children; female figure in a throne, with attendants, all with cartouches containing Chinese script, each within a carved foliate scroll fretwork frame, 37 x 27cm inc frame and 41 x 27cm (4)

A Chinese scroll picture, painted with a landscape scene with trees and a river in the foreground and mountains beyond with script and seal marks, 215cm high x 81.5cm wide

Chinese School (first half of 20th century)A Solitary Figure in a Monumental Landscapeinscribed with script and red seal mark, watercolour on pith paper, 114cm x 47cm, preserved as a scroll; another, similar, (2)

A late 19th century Chinese hardwood jardiniere stand, inset soapstone circular top, beaded border above friezes boldly carved with blossom, shaped X-stretcher, serpentine legs, scroll feet, 48cm high, c. 1900

A Chinese watercolour scroll painting depicting a Hindu Goddess, text inscription and seal, main panel 128cm x 65cm.

A Chinese porcelain inkwell, painted blue and gilt floral scroll designs, 4 character seal mark under, width 5.5cm.

A Chinese wool carpet, the ivory ground with floral sprays within a floral scroll border 306cm x 187cm

A large and rare "Chinese" toothpick holder Portuguese silver of the 19th century Scalloped square base on four scroll feet, scalloped plinth decorated in relief with Chinese figures and pagoda Standing Chinese figure with hat and holding a cup, clothes with engraved decoration Marked on three locations with AMT maker's mark alongside a "VX" mark that usually accompanies this maker's mark, remarked with Porto assay mark (1843-1853) and Caetano Rodrigues de Araújo maker's mark (1843-1867) (wear signs) Height: 25,5 cm 552 g

A large and rare "Chinese" toothpick holder Portuguese silver of the 19th century Scalloped square base on four scroll feet, scalloped plinth decorated in relief with Chinese figures and pagoda Standing Chinese figure with hat and holding a cup, clothes with engraved decoration Porto assay mark (1843-1853) and Caetano Rodrigues de Araújo maker's mark (1843-1867) (wear signs) Height: 25,5 cm 602 g

A large Chinese scroll painting of a Mother and Child, Qing Dynasty, probably early to mid 19th century, painted with a mother washing a child's head on a wood stand with metal bowl, image size approximately 163cm x 69cm 清19世纪早中期（可能） 教子图

A Chinese Shoushan soapstone figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the well carved figure seated in lalitasana and holding a scroll, wearing long robes with a high cowl, the robe borders decorated with waves and foliage and the side carved with a lotus flower and lingzhi fungus supporting a vase, the stone in tones of orange-brown and grey and with painted details in red, the figure without stand 12cm high x 9.5cm wide x 5cm deep, fitted carved wood stand, 470g excluding stand 清19世纪（可能） 寿山石观音

A Chinese Famille-Rose porcelain 'Floral' Abstinence plaque, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, of oval form, one side centred with a vertical oval raised gilt band enclosing the characters zhaijie ('abstinence'), surrounded by a composite floral scroll delicately rendered in the famille-rose palette against a white ground, the reverse similarly rendered save for the central cartouche, inscribed in Manchu script with bolgomi karga ('purity charm [pendant]'), all within gilt and moulded sides, pierced vertically through the centre with an aperture, 5.5cm high x 4.1cm wide x 6mm deep 清 粉彩斋戒牌

A Chinese celadon jade 'chilong and phoenix' boulder carving, Qing Dynasty, well carved, the front carved with the head of the phoenix and the eye incorporating a natural russet inclusion and grasping in its mouth a lingzhi sprig, with curved wings, the reverse with several russet inclusions and carved with four deeply carved scroll tail feathers, the jade 11cm wide x 7.2cm high x 3.2cm deep, wood stand Provenance: By family descent to the current owner whose father was a diplomat working in Hong Kong in the 1960's.清 青白玉凤衔灵芝摆件 拍品来源：英国驻港外交官六十年代购自香港

A Chinese bronze octafoil mirror, Tang Dynasty (618-907), of linghua (water chestnut flower) shape and crisply cast, the knob surrounded by four animals shown in lively positions as they frolic atop a flowering scroll within the raised inner edge of the outer band cast in the eight barbed lobes with alternating insects and foliate sprays, grey patina and small patches of small reddish crystal patina, approximately 17cm diameter, 511 grams Provenance: Purchased by the current vendors late father in the 1960's from the George Family. By repute it was collected by the British officer Robin George during the Boxer rebellion, and thence by descent through his family. George left China in 1901 for India, where he married before returning to the UK. Compare with a similar parcel-gilt example of this mirror form and design sold Christies, New York, 22nd March 2012, Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, lot 1459. 唐 瑞兽菱花镜 拍品来源：六十年代购自乔治家族

A Chinese white jade 'abstinence' plaque, the pendant is carved and pierced on each side with two stylised confronting dragons, their bodies are formed by an archaistic scroll that frame a rectangular cartouche at the centre with two characters reading zhai jie, 'abstinence', 6.6cm x 4.3cm x 6mm 白玉斋戒牌

A Chinese bronze 'Animals' Mirror, Han Dynasty, the pierced hemispherical boss encircled by a raised scroll band, the outer field in linear relief with six different animals, each alternating with a nipple centred on a scalloped medallion, the wide raised rim encircled with a toothed band and stylized bird motifs, 12.3cm diameter Collection of Gale R. Blosser (1913-2009), acquired S. & G. Gump Co., San Francisco, California, 21st November 1977 and offered Sotheby’s New York, lot 72, 19th March 2013. 汉 瑞兽纹铜镜 拍品来源：Gale R. Blosser (1913-2009)收藏，1977年由S. & G. Gump Co.购自三藩市，并于2013年三月拍于纽约苏富比，拍品编号72

A Chinese blue and white 'scholar's table' small bowl, late Ming or Kangxi, the exterior painted with mythical sea creatures on a wave scroll ground, 8.5cm high x 13.3cm diameter Provenance: From the collection of Jan H. Eversen (1906-1995) and to the current owner. 1,500 - 2,500 晚明或康熙 青花笔洗

A Chinese blue and white 'Floral Scroll' Dish, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng, in Ming-style, sturdily-potted with rounded sides and lipped rim, painted in varying tones of underglaze blue in 'heaped and piled' technique, the central medallion with a floral meander, the stylized blooms borne on narrow stems with twisting leaves within a classic scroll band, the cavetto with a similar band of scrolling flowers, all enclosed by a scroll border, repeated to the underside, the base and foot rim unglazed, 34.5cm diameter 清雍正 青花缠枝莲纹大盘

A attractive small Chinese blue and white 'Lotus Bouquet' dish, painted to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a ribbon-tied bouquet of lotus flowers and leaves, encircled by a composite floral scroll, the base with under glaze blue presumed apocryphal Qianlong six character seal mark, 11.5cm diameter 青花缠枝莲纹盘

Three Chinese hardwood low tables or stands, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, all of pegged construction, comprising: one with scroll carved apron, 48.5cm long x 34cm wide x 27cm high; another with the four short legs joined by stretchers, 62cm long x 331 wide x 10.5cm high and the smaller stand with four curved legs, 40cm long x 24cm wide x 11cm high (3) 清19世纪 硬木炕桌三件

A Chinese Doucai hat stand, modelled in two sections and with a cover, the spherical top section pierced with four dragon medallions and reserved on a floral ground, the knopped stem raised on a bell-shaped foot painted with bats and clouds rising from a quatrefoil flower scroll base with four gilt and iron-red dragon supports, the base painted with blue and green with key pattern motif, possibly Qing or Republican period, 32cm high For a very similarly shaped Qianlong Famille Rose example in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, see Enamelled Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty , Book II, pl.II; and for a Jiaqing example, see G.Avitable, From the Dragon's Treasure , London, 1987, p.24, cat.no.8 清或民国（可能） 斗彩五蝠缠枝莲纹帽座

A pair of Chinese Famille Rose two-handled vases, enamelled in shades of rose-pink, blue, green, yellow and red and reserved on a white ground with four gilded shou characters, separated by stylised lotus sprays borne on foliate scrolls, each surmounted by a flying bat, all between a ruyi head scroll at the gilded rim and the base with a band of multi-coloured upright lappets, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, the base with a six-character apocryphal Qianlong seal mark in iron-red, 37.5cm high (2) 乾隆款粉彩缠枝莲纹寿字瓶

An Imperial-style Chinese blue and copper-red glazed 'dragon' moonflask, bianhu, the rounded flattened body vividly painted in a brilliant underglaze copper-red on each side with an Imperial front-facing five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl, each surrounded by finely scrolling clouds painted in underglaze blue and above heaped waves releasing splashes of foam at the feet of each dragon, the slender cylindrical neck with a cloud scroll on each side and flanked by curving handles the body, the base with apocryphal underglaze blue six character seal mark largely obscured by firing faults, 32cm high 青花釉里红龙纹抱月瓶

A CHINESE SILVER INLAID 'SHI SOU' BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN 17TH CENTURY Standing, wrapped in a long cloak decorated with clouds and edged with a band of bats and clouds inlaid with silver wire, holding a scroll in his hand, with one foot bare, a two character mark to the back, mounted on a modern stand, 22.5cm, 2.5kg. Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE and thence by descent, collection no.Bs23, purchased from David Newman in May 1973 for £150.

A RARE CHINESE WUCAI 'OFFERINGS' BOWL SIX CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1573-1620 The centre painted with two scaly dragons contesting a flaming pearl, the exterior with three tables of vases divided by blue jardiničres, the flared rim with a geometric cloud scroll band, 19.5cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, Berkshire. Cf. The Ceramic Art of China, an Exhibition Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1971, no.177, pl.122 for a similar bowl from the Riesco Collection.