An early twentieth century Chinese jade censor and cover on pierced and carved hardwood plinth. Of pale mottled colour carved with bands of strapwork, with twin peacock head handles and raised on carved scroll supports, 18cm high. Condition Report : Good condition. Internal and natural flaws to the stone only.
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QI BAISHI (1864 - 1957) ∆ SIX SHRIMPS China, dated 1951. 102.5 x 34 cm. Ink on paper. Hanging scroll, brocade mounting. Original wooden case with National Gallery, Prague label. Inscription and signature: painted by 91 year old man Bai Shi in General Yang Xiaotian’s home after a 100-day stay. Seal: Bai Shi. Seal in the lower left: Dajiang zhi men. Provenance: Collection of Antonin Hasek. Published: A. Hoffmeister, L. Hajek, E. Rychterova - Contemporary Chinese Painting, NCVU, Prague, 1959, page 66. Y. V. Zavadskaya - Qi Baishi, Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1982, colour illustration no. 60. Reserve price: 1,800,000
A FINE PAIR OF ""ZITAN"" HORSESHOE-BACK ARMCHAIRS, the outswept serpentine splats with dragon-carved and pierced tops, on cane-panelled rectangular seats, over round legs with shaped spandrels and carved foliate scroll details, the legs united by half-round stretchers and a front foot board, late Qing/Republic, 39"" high (2) It has been suggested by an authority on Chinese furniture that the wood used to make these handsome chairs is a type of zitan used by craftsmen during the late Qing period. Provenance: Private collection, Oxfordshire.
A Chinese blue and white tripod bowl, 20th century, the interior decorated with a phoenix in flight within stylised borders, the three feet moulded as rams, 20cm diameter, and a Chinese blue and white scroll weight, the upper face painted with figures by a river, the opposing face with a yinyang symbol, 8cm diameter (2)
A Chinese carved hardwood seal box in an archaic style, the cube shaped lid decorated on five sides with a four clawed imperial dragon chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds within scroll borders, the fitted base carved on all sides with stylised lotus leaves and floral motifs, 15cm high x 13cm wide (at fault)
A Vauxhall baluster shaped sparrow beak milk jug with look handle, painted Imari palette with birds and pen in a Chinese landscape. The interior with a scroll panelled diaper band together with Imari pattern dish. Circa 1760, 7cm high. Age ware to lip and minor hairlines to jug, poor repair to dish
An early and rare Worcester octagonal coffee cup, c.1753, decorated in the famille verte palette with panels of flowers, vases, insects and with the unusual addition of a Chinese figure, scroll moulded handle, 5.8cm. Cf. Phillips, The Watney Collection Part II, 10th May 2000, lot 583 for an identical example.
A brass Scroll Weight, mid-19th century, of ingot form, engraved Ershi Liang, 7cm This is in the form of a 20 Tael unit of weight. The Tael was used by the East India Company to pay the Chinese in silver for goods such as tea, porcelain, silks and lacquer. 清十九世纪中 铜铸元宝纸镇 CONDITION REPORT: Surface scratches throughout.
An exceptional 'Hundred Boys' large Zitan Brush Pot, late 18th/early 19th century, deeply carved with numerous small figures at various pursuits on a rocky mountainside below clouds, one side with the boys entertaining a dragon with musical instruments beneath pine and other trees, natural split, base missing, also other minor damage, 24.5cm The Hundred Boys is a popular Chinese subject and lends itself to the imagination of the painter, sculpture or craftsman, for example a scroll by Leng Mei (fl.1700-1742) from the Yongzheng Period was with Sotheby's Hong Kong 9 October 2012, Lot 3008. No other Zitan brush pot of this importance seems to be recorded. The carving of numerous small figures - often Buddhist monks, or families - on a rocky mountainside is familiar from Canton carving of ivory card cases, fan guards and boxes. The monastery of Tiantai Shan in Zhejiang Province in the Sir Victor Sassoon Collection, illustrated in 'Chinese Ivories, The Shang to the Qing', OCS 1984, pl.269 reflects the idiom. Another mountain, this carved in bamboo, is illustrated in 'Chinese Bamboo Carving', HK1978, no. 195 and a closer parallel is with a brush pot in the same book, no. 76, dated to the late 18th century. 清十八世纪末/十九世纪初 紫檀雕庭院婴戏图笔筒 CONDITION REPORT: One drumming figure with hands missing. Kneeling figure with one hand missing. One figure with right arm missing. Tip of pagoda corner missing. One kneeling figure with thumb missing and fingertips. One pagoda with three corners missing. One fence post top chipped. Small chip to pine tree. One vine leaf chipped. Tip to horn chipped. Interior base missing. interior with cracks and a hole (see illustrations)
A Chinese Hardwood Folding Mirror Stand, probably 20th c., arched crest rail with scroll terminals over square lattice frame supported on adjustable base, open height 18 1/2 in., width 14 7/8 in., depth 16 in. Provenance: Estate of restaurateur Luo Yapquan (1917-2009), Flushing, NY and Miami, FL.
A Fine Chinese Yellow Jade Vase Group, probably 18th c., carved as a flattened baluster vase with scroll handles, a bat in clouds and a hydra dragon, domed lid with a lion finial, on a lingzhi and cloud base beside a small open pot, Spink & Son label, height 5 in., wood stand, overall height 6 1/8 in. Provenance: Estate of Robert (1912-1991) and Edwina (1920-2006) Reisfeld, New Orleans, LA.

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