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Click here to subscribeA 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 CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE PLATESQianlongEach painted in the centre with a scroll, a table, vase and flowers, 22cm diameter; also two Qianlong famille-rose plates painted with flowers, 22cm diameter, wood stands (8)Pair of plates- one with chip to rim, approx. 2.5cm by 1cm. Small chip to underside of rim. Some chips to footrim. Second plate with some repair to the rim. Bothe plates with some wear to enamels.Single plates- one plate has a haircrack to the rim. approx, 3cm. length. The other plate has two small chips to the rim. Both plates with some wear to the enamels.
A Chinese doucai ‘lotus and lanca’ cup, the gently rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, painted with eight lanca characters resting on lotus blooms of contrasting colours, issuing from a continuous leafy scroll, above a border of ruyi lappets at the base, the six-character mark in underglaze-blue within a double square, broken and restuck, 7.2cm, Chenghua mark and period, extremely rare, one of only four known to exist Provenance: Orientique Gallery, Hong KongFor a similar doucai cup, see A Legacy of Chenghua, Imperial Porcelain of the Chenghua Reign Excavated from Zushan Jingdezhen, Tsui Museum of Art, 1993, p. 291, C101. 中国明成化斗彩莲花梵文杯，柔和圆边自浅足升至轻微外翻的口沿，饰以八个梵文字符于颜色对比鲜明的盛开莲花上，莲花下缠着连续的叶子涡卷纹饰，其下接底部如意垂饰的边缘，杯底双方形内饰以釉下青花成化六字款，破过黏上，7.2厘米，极为罕见，为已知现存四件之一 来源：香港吉庆堂画廊 类似的斗彩杯，请参见徐氏艺术馆于1993年出版的《成窑遗珍——景德镇珠山出土成化官窑瓷器》，第291页，C101
A Chinese hanging scroll, painted with an eagle upon a gnarled pine branch, with three red chop seals, watercolour, image 99.5cm x 49.5cmCondition report: One Zhoutou missing. A small 'V' shape tear in the eagle's wing. All along the top of the Tiuantou has been stapled. Some creases and foxing.
A CHINESE CELADON GLAZED CHILONG VASE LATE 19TH CENTURY Carved to the exterior with two chilong clutching branches of lingzhi in their mouths, the mythical beasts writhe amongst stylised foliage, with a continuous scroll to the tall flaring neck, all raised on a flared foot incised with a band of key fret, decorated all over in a pale green glaze, 27.2cm.
AFTER ZHANG DAQIAN (20TH CENTURY) LOTUS A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, inscribed, dated September of the jiashen year, with two artist's seals, 98cm x 32.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mary Colinet (née Skiotis), and thence by descent. Mary Colinet was born in Beijing on 20th August 1928. She married her husband Paul Colinet in Tianjin in September 1947 and later left Tianjin for France in 1953. Mary collected Chinese art and antiques, particularly during the period between 1964 and 1975 when she lived in Hong Kong. Mary spoke Greek as her first language and was also proficient in Mandarin, English and French.
XIAO NONG (LATE QING DYNASTY) KINGFISHER AND LOTUS A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed and signed, dated the Xianfeng xinyou year, with one artist's seal and three collectors' seals, together with a scroll painting of flowers by Su Duoyong, with three artist's seals, 104cm x 29cm max. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Mary Colinet (née Skiotis), and thence by descent. Mary Colinet was born in Beijing on 20th August 1928. She married her husband Paul Colinet in Tianjin in September 1947 and later left Tianjin for France in 1953. Mary collected Chinese art and antiques, particularly during the period between 1964 and 1975 when she lived in Hong Kong. Mary spoke Greek as her first language and was also proficient in Mandarin, English and French.
FOUR CHINESE BAITONG HAND WARMERS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY One with a rectangular-section body incised with a continuous floral scroll, the largest with a compressed circular body tapering towards the foot, another with an oval body, the smallest decorated with endless knots and shou characters, the cover of each with pierced decoration, 18cm max, 2.4kg overall. (8)
A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND ORMOLU-MOUNTED BEAKER VASES THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY One painted with shaped panels enclosing ladies, boys and flowering branches beneath a continuous lotus scroll, the other decorated with cartouches containing peony and chrysanthemum blooms between green bands of roundels reserved on diaper, with stylised flowerheads dividing the panels, all set against a rich cherry-red ground, with ormolu mounts to the rims and feet, the interior of each with a removable liner, 42.5cm overall. (4) Provenance: from an English private collection, Cornwall.
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD She sits with one hand resting upon her raised knee, she holds a scroll in her other hand and rests her elbow on an armrest decorated with an animal mask, wearing loose robes and strings of beads, with her hair piled in a chignon, the reverse with a four character mark reading Bo Ji Yu Ren, 24.9cm.
A 19th century Chinese Canton famille rose punch bowl, late Qing dynasty, painted in the typical palette of polychrome enamels with floral designs, exotic birds, insects and Manchu/Chinese dignitaries within shaped reserves on a gilt ground with dense green scroll work, 35 cm diameter x 15 cm highThe bowl has a network of hairline cracks through the base extending up the side, areas of restoration and general wear to enamels
A Chinese porcelain blue and white dish, post Qing dynasty after a Ming original, the interior painted with a central bouquet of ribbon tied lotus blossoms inside a border of composite floral scroll which is repeated on the exterior in a rich underglaze blue, the base with six character Yongzheng mark but not of the period, 17 cm diameter Good condition without damage, not chipped, cracked, restored or repaired
A 19th century Chinese high shouldered baluster wucai vase in the Kangxi style, painted in bright polychrome enamels with large taotie masks and yellow reserves with floral and foliate designs divided by the central band of archaistic scroll over a profusion of flying bats and light green cracked ice band at the foot, the base with double circle in underglaze blue, late Qing dynasty, 41 cm high Good condition without damage, small glaze/firing split around the inside of the footrim, some light wear to enamels
A PAIR OF CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND EWERS AND COVERS KANGXI 1662-1722 With pear-shaped bodies, each set with a loop handle and a slender spout joined to the neck with a moulded S-shaped scroll, the flat covers surmounted by simple ovoid finials, decorated with mottled dark blue glazes enhanced with traces of floral decoration in gilt, the interiors and bases glazed white, 20.5cm. (4) Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020). Kate Davson was a prominent dealer in European ceramics. The daughter of Ludovic Foster and Pamela Wilberforce, Kate was brought up near Pulborough in Sussex and educated at Downe House School near Newbury. Kate joined Sotheby's Works of Art Department in 1959. She travelled widely for Sotheby's and set up their Munich office. In 1973, she established the firm of Kate Foster Ltd, with premises in Ryder Street, St. James's. She also founded the French Porcelain Society in 1984. Kate married Christopher Davson (1927-2004) in 1975 and later became Lady Davson in 1998, although she still liked to be known as Kate. She was proud to be the great-great-great grand-daughter of William Wilberforce and was prominent in the bicentenary celebration of Britain's abolition of the Slave Trade in 2007.清康熙 藍釉壺 一對來源：Kate （Davson）née Kate Foster 女士收藏(1938-2020)。
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND PERHAPS OF THE PERIOD Painted to the exterior with many archaistic dragons contained between ruyi-heads and lappets, with stylised foliate sprays and pendant leaves to the tall broad neck, the rim encircled by a band of crashing waves, all raised on a short foot decorated with a continuous scroll, 26.5cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.清乾隆（可能）青花如意龍紋瓶《大清乾隆年製》青花篆書款。來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，1970-1980年代。
A RARE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE WRIST REST MOUNTED IN A WOOD BOX THE JADE MING/QING DYNASTY, THE BOX LATER The hinged cover of the rectangular box inset with the jade wrist rest, the jade formed as a partially opened scroll, decorated with sinuous chilong amidst swirling designs, the reverse of the wrist rest with a poem about the Emperor, the exterior of the box decorated with crushed eggshell, the base of the box with a mark in inlaid wire which reads jing xing zhai, the jade 15.8cm, the box 5cm x 21.2cm x 12.1cm. Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. This lot was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 27th May 1959. A copy of the invoice is available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, p.183, no.167 for a comparable wrist rest.明/清 木雕嵌白玉盒《景行齋》款。來源：倫敦私人舊藏，1959年5月27日購於香港尊古齋（附發票複印件）。
Chinese small blue and white moon flask with two circular panels of bijin on a terrace, on floral and foliate scroll ground with twin dragon handles, recessed foot with four underglaze blue character marks, 15cm high.Condition report:Iron marks and glaze impurities across body. Firing cracks and burst air bubble to rim.
19th or early 20th century Chinese scroll painting (possibly one part of a larger image) depicting various birds including quails, chickens, pheasants and parakeets amongst flowers and fruiting vines, image size 180cm x 45cm,. Damages including wormholes, tears, etc., some scotch taped repairs; also a later Japanese colour print on crepe paper depicting figures on a terrace with cherry trees in blossom, 51cm x 152cm.Condition report:Holes, chipping, tears, taped repairs, worn damage, creases and staining (including rust stains from drawing pins).Crepe panel - Generally ok condition, very slight yellowing to paper.
CHINESE JADE PLAQUE 18thc or later, a pale and dark grey plaque of rounded rectangular shape, the lower section to each side carved with a taotie mask, with a circular hole pierced near to each of the 'eyes', below a horizontal band, with further scroll work to the upper rounded section, the stone with striated pale and darker grey sections, with various linear pale brown flaws and small black mottling. 14cms long
An inlaid black-lacquer box with en-suite coverThe inlay attributed to Hirata Shigekata, 18th centuryOf deep rectangular form with indented corners, bearing a roiro ground, inlaid with a standing nobleman in pale wood, his robe lacquered with kikumon (chrysanthemum crests) and karakusa ('Chinese grasses') and with details of copper, dark wood and shell, a kakejuku (hanging scroll) to the left, decorated with an oni playing a shamisen, inlaid in shibuichi, gilt metal and copper, the mount of cloisonné-enamel with a cloud design, the interior of nashiji, inlaid in Shibayama-style with a wheeled elephant toy, a play ball and a battledore, in ivory, metal and lacquer; signed on an inlaid silver tablet Hirata Shigekata. 12.7cm x 18.5cm x 13.4cm (5in x 7¼in x 5¼in) (2).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し貴人に掛物図象牙七宝象嵌貼付彫金蒔絵箱 銘「平田重賢」 18世紀Provenance: purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1982.Wrangham collection, no.1617.Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.236, Shigekata, Hirata.Hirata Shigekata was the fourth master of the Hirata Family School of metalworkers and enamellers and died in 1714, although the work on the present example appears to be later. It is possible that the kakemono formed part of the decoration on another work and was added to the box shown here.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part IV, lot 344.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20493/lot/344/Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five kakejiku (hanging scroll) paintingsOne by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), late 17th to 19th centuryInk and slight colour on silk, depicting a scarecrow propped up on bamboo stalks beneath a blossoming cherry, signed Hanabusa Itcho sho with a seal; the second in ink and slight colour on silk, depicting a scholar seated in deep slumber at the foot of a two-fold screen decorated with a mountainous landscape, with a signed and sealed seven-line inscription above, signed Nangaku with two seals, with wood storage box bearing an inscription inside the lid; the third, in ink on paper, depicting the great poet, To Enmei (in Chinese, Tao Yuanming, 365-427), holding a paper, with a full transcription of his poetry, titled Kikyorai no ji, signed with three seals; the fourth, in ink, colour and gold on paper, possibly depicting Soto Ori-hime gazing at a spider hanging from its web on the veranda, signed Miwa hitsu with a seal; the last by Ko Suikoku, in ink and colour on paper, depicting a pilgrim looking up at a signboard on a pole behind a bamboo fence, signed Ko Suikoku with a seal. The smallest 73cm x 26cm (28¾in x 10¼in), the largest 103cm x 36cm (40½in x 14 3/16in). (6).Footnotes:リザーブ設定無し掛軸 五幅 (案山子図、学者図、陶淵明図、衣通姫図、巡礼者図） 17世紀後期-19世紀Provenance: the first from the Michael Tomkinson collection, no.166.The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 249.www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/249/Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chinese Porcelain Saucer Dish, 17th century, painted in underglaze blue and green, yellow and red enamels with a figure seated on a cloud scroll and with an inscription within flower sprigs, bears four character mark, 15cm diameter. Crazed all over. Some typical minor surface wear. No chips, cracks or repairs. Glaze and enamels free from notable wear and scratches. Kiln sand attached to foot rim inside and out.
A Chinese Porcelain Ewer and Cover, Kangxi, of pear form with scroll handle and spout, painted in underglaze blue with auspicious objects in panels on a powder blue ground, 33cm high. Cover possibly matched and ill fitting. Some typical minor surface wear. No notable chips. Free from cracks. No restoration.
A Chinese Porcelain Mug, Qianlong, of cylindrical form, painted in famille rose enamels with flowersprays within lattice and scroll panels, 15.5cm high; and A Matching Smaller Mug, 12cm high (2) . Smaller mug with repair to handle and with hairline crack to body. Both with minor surface wear.
A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Sauce Tureens, Covers and Stands, Qianlong, of ovoid form with entwined handles and domed knops, painted in famille rose enamels with figures in panels on an orange scale ground within cell, diaper and scroll borders, 21cm wide. One stand with flat chip to rim. Some wear, particularly to gilding.
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