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Click here to subscribeA Chinese silver and gilt thread lady's rank badge, Qing Dynasty, of the 5th civil rank, the square panel worked in couched silver thread with a silver pheasant facing the sun disk in the top right corner, above gilt thread rolling waves, surrounded by Buddhist symbols and within scroll and fret corner spandrels, 25cm square, framed.
19th century Chinese carved tortoiseshell snuff box of bowed form, intricately relief carved with panels of figures in landscapes and dragon borders, 7cm wide, together with two Japanese carved boxwood netsukes in the form of cattle and a Chinese faience scroll weight in the form of a flowering peach (4) CONDITION REPORT Snuff - minor losses to rear associated with hinge, otherwise ok. Turquoise scroll weight with possibly slight losses
18th century Worcester coffee cup with notched loop handle, painted in coloured enamels in the Chinese style, with two figures at a table and a young boy standing on a stool, within a flower and landscape panelled gilt scroll band, circa 1770, 2½ inches high CONDITION REPORT Good order - wear to rim gilding
18th century Worcester coffee cup with notched loop handle, painted in coloured enamels - probably in the London atelier of James Giles, in the Chinese style, with two birds in a landscape with flowers and rocks, the interior with an iron-red and gilt scroll band, circa 1765, 2¼ inches high CONDITION REPORT Good order
Pair late 17th century Chinese blue and white ovoid jars painted with roundels of precious objects, on a fluted ground within flower and leaf scroll bands, with white metal flat covers embossed with vases, fans and flowers - Kangxi mark, 5½ inches high CONDITION REPORT One vase has small chips to top neck and one chip to foot rim. The other vase in good order
A pair of late 19th century Samson porcelain figures, of a young gentleman and lady, with bright polychrome enamels and gilt highlights, on scroll moulded circular bases, pseudo crown mark in red, 23cm, with a Chinese carved wood boy and buffalo group, on carved base, a Crown Derby small bowl and strainer (5) (at fault)PROVENANCE: Private collection, from a Thames riverside house, Windsor.
Pair of Chinese Carved Hardwood Horseshoe Back Armchairs, probably Huanghuali, U-shaped crestrail and scroll arms terminating in dragon heads, S-curved splat carved with dragon panels, paneled seat framed with a carved gallery, dragon frieze, cabriole legs, claw and ball feet, box stretcher, h. 39 1/2 in., w. 28 1/2 in., d. 24 in. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Henry William Jolly (1917-2004), Baton Rouge, LA Note: For a similar Huanghuali chair with raised animal claw feet resting on a box stretcher, see Sotheby's, New York, Fine Chinese Furniture, Works of Art and Carpets from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Sept. 16, 2009, lot 34. For examples of Chinese chairs with scroll feet resting on balls supported by stretchers see Guangzhou-style chairs, including lot 2503, sold Christie's, Hong Kong, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Dec. 3, 2008.
A CHINESE MARBLE BUDDHIST TRIAD GROUP Northern Wei or later The central figure of Buddha enthroned framed by a foliate and scroll nimbus and flanked by two standing Bodhisattva's standing on flowerhead emanating from the back of the throne, the surface extensively weathered and degraded, 48cm high
Five Chinese provincial blue and white wares, the smallest of the three bowls with stippled decoration13cm (5 in) diameter, the largest with thunder scroll rim band enclosing stem of flowers, the back blue monochrome,19.5cm (7.75 in) diameter, one dish painted with birds amongst cherry blossom, 28.5cm (11.25 in) diameter, the other stencilled with dragons alternating with flowers, 31cm (12.25 in) diameter (5) (D) The smallest bowl has a rim chip and two hair cracks. The middle sized bowl has a chip out of the foot rim. The largest has had its rim chips tidied up by a restorer. The bird decorated dish has two chips and hair cracks at 9 o'clock to the image. The largest dish has a hair crack
A Chinese blue and white vase , of archaistic zun form, well-painted in brilliant cobalt-blue tones with simulated 'heaping and piling', the baluster body encircled by two bands, the upper with continuous lotus scroll, the lower with a composite floral meander, all between slightly raised double-line borders, the shoulder set with animal mask and mock-ring handles, below the waisted flared neck decorated with stiff ruyi -bordered upright plantain leaves and a narrow wave band around the rim, the lower register with a further wave band above a band of pendant petal panels encircling the high flared foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with apocryphal six-character Qianlong reign mark, 25cm high
A Chinese blue and white brush pot, bitong , the cylindrical body painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a continuous scene of figures on terraces from a scene known as ???? , from the Western Zhou dynasty legend of Wen Wang, all between incised chevron or scroll bands at the rim and foot, in mid-17th century style but later, 19cm high
A Chinese Clair-de-lune baluster vase , applied on two sides with small C-scroll 'handles', and with a rib encircling the neck, covered with a pale sky-blue glaze that continues over the spreading foot and ends at the edge of the recessed foot ring, after a Kangxi original probably 19th or 20th century, 20.8cm high
A Chinese wucai baluster vase , Shunzhi (1644-1661), enamelled in green, lime-green, iron-red, aubergine and yellow, the shouldered body with floral roundels on an iron-red floral crescent ground, the neck with scroll and cracked-ice motifs, 26cm high Provenance: From the estate of the late Patricia Bishop. ??? ?????? ????: Patricia Bishop????
A Chinese Cloisonné box and cover, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, inlaid in colours with dragons, a seated sage holding a scroll and with calligraphy referring to Longevity and Fortune, 22cm wide x 13cm high Compare with a similarly shaped lacquer box illustrated in Lacquer wares from the Qing Dynasty, The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum , p.90 清19世纪 铜掐丝珐琅龙纹《羲之爱鹅图》盒（带盖）Please note: The catalogue description for this lot should read 19th century or later: 19世纪或晚Please note: this should read 19th century or later 世纪或晚
Ω A Chinese ivory brise fan, Canton, first quarter of the 19th century, each pierced stick carved intricately on both sides with scroll ground enclosing flowers and foliage, the solid guard sticks carved with two panels one of pagodas and trees and the other of birds and flowers, 27cm high closed and 45cm wide open Provenance: Purchased by the current owners at Christies, South Kensington, circa 2005. 19????? ?????????? ????: 2005?????????? Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported from the EU. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites
A Chinese scroll painting by Fang Yuejuan , Qing Dynasty, Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion , ink and colour on silk, signed and inscribed, approximately 192cm x 41.5cm The scene depicts the Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion (Lanting), which was then documented by Wang Xizhi in his renowned calligraphy work Lantingji Xu: A Spring Purification Ceremony was held at Lanting, Kuaiji Prefecture where Wang Xizhi was appointed as the governor at the time. During the event, many literati gathered along the banks of a coursing stream and engaged in a drinking contest - cups of wine were drifting down from the upstream, and whenever a cup stopped in front of a guest, he had to compose a poem or otherwise drink the wine. Provenance: Mr. Ko who worked for the Chinese Postal Service from 1904-1947 and then by direct family descent. ? ?????????? ???? ????:?????????????(?????)? 1904-1947????????
TWO CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY One carnelian-agate, carved in high relief with a hawk perched on a fruiting peach branch, and with a tassle-tied scroll and a ruyi sceptre to the reverse, the other as a double gourd, with irregular markings to the stone, 5.8cm. (2) 十九世紀壽山石雕葫蘆及花鳥紋鼻煙壺 一組兩件
QI LIANG YI (1923-1988) A PAIR OF CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTINGS 20TH CENTURY One depicting a spray of blue morning glory flowers, dated 1969,signed and with two seals to the right side, 33.5cm x 34.5cm, the other a branch of blossoming prunus 33,7cm x 34,2cm. (2) Provenance: purchased from Collets Chinese Bookshop c.1970.
A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER ATTRIBUTED TO XU BEI HONG 20TH CENTURY Depicting a horse standing with his head lowered, signed and with the cyclical date gui wei, with one artist's seal and one collector's seal, 104cm x 60cm. Provenance: purchased in Singapore in 1966 by the present owner.
TWO CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINGS ON PAPER 20TH CENTURY One depicting five running horses, the other with eight donkeys, the former inscribed Xu Bei Hong, the latter Huang Zhou and with two red seal marks 91cm x 51cm. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong between c.1960 and 1980.
A CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING ON PAPER AFTER WANG XUE HAO LATE QING DYNASTY Depicting two figures in a hut in a mountainous winter landscape, inscribed with two lines of calligraphy and with two artist's seals, 139cm x 36cm, together with a modern Chinese painting of crayfish signed Rui Zhi. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong between c.1960 and 1980.
A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN LATE MING DYNASTY Seated, wearing flowing robes and holding a scroll, raised on a wood stand, together with a bronze cover in the form of Shoulao with a peach, together with a wood stand, 10cm, 485g. (4) Provenance: an English private collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
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