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Lot 378
A large Chinese burnished pottery ovoid jar, Xindian cultureNeolithic period, 1600-600 BCEPainted in brown pigment to the neck with geometric bands representing clouds and thunder, the body with two 'yoke scroll' motifs and applied with two lug handles, 31.5cm high. 新石器時代 辛店文化 彩陶雙耳罐Provenance: English private collection.來源：英國私人收藏。Footnotes: This large jar has two yoke scroll motifs on the surface, a unique indication of being from the Xindian culture of the early Shang dynasty. There are also some animal figures, most likely to be goats and deer, on top of the yokes. Around the rim there is a wide band composed of painted geometric lines representing "cloud and thunder", classic decorations on early bronzes. The two large ‘ear’ handles are firmly attached to opposite sides of the rounded body. They are large enough to ensure the hands can properly hold them, so this jar is made to be hand-carried. The surface is partially burnished, leaving many scratching traces. The body shows uneven firing patterns similar to the Siwa culture pottery, which could also be resulted from being used for cooking. Xindian jars of such size and finely painted patterns are rare.W. SHANSHAN is a London and Paris based gallery that is specialized in ancient art. The gallery exhibits a selection of rare artworks, particularly Asian ceramics, bronzes, stone sculptures from the Neolithic period to 10th century.
Lot 664
A Chinese rosewood painting tableRepublic periodThe rectangular top above carved frieze decorated with dragons amidst clouds, on cabriole legs to carved scroll feet, 84cm high, 127cm long.民國 花梨雕雲龍紋桌Provenance: Private Collection, London, acquired from Pao & Moltke, Toronto, circa 2007.來源：倫敦私人收藏，購自Pao & Moltke, 多倫多, circa 2007.
Lot 175
A SMALL HUANGHUALI TAPERING ROUND-CORNER CABINET, YUANJIAOGUIQing DynastyThe floating panel top set into a standard mitre, mortise and tenon, tongue and groove frame with rounded corners, the four main stiles gently splayed and double-tenoned into the top, rounded on the exterior edges, each door inset with a well-figured panel, the interior fitted with two shelves, the door frame members and the central stile fitted with two curved rectangular metal plates with a lock receptacle. 72cm (28 2/8in) high x 50cm (19 5/8in) wide x 28cm (11in) deep.Footnotes:清 黃花梨圓角櫃Provenance: Klas E Böök (1909-1980), Sweden, acquired during his service as Swedish Ambassador to Beijing, 1956-1961, and thence by descent来源： Klas E Böök (1909-1980)，瑞典，在擔任瑞典駐北京大使期間獲得，1956-1961，並由後人保存迄今。A Swedish diplomat and civil servant, Mr Böök first had a career in banking, that led up to the position of Governor of the Swedish National Bank from 1948 to 1951. His diplomatic career began when he was appointed head of the Commercial Department of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and envoy from 1947 to 1948. He was Minister in Ottawa from 1951 to 1956, Ambassador in Beijing from 1956 to 1961, and also accredited as envoy to Bangkok from 1956 to 1959. Böök was the Swedish Ambassador to New Delhi, India, and also accredited to Colombo and Kathmandu from 1961 to 1965 and in Bern from 1965 to 1972. He had special assignments for the Swedish Foreign Ministry from 1972 to 1975.The present cabinet epitomises the elegant design of classical Chinese furniture, achieved through a harmonious blend of flat surfaces and rounded elements. Particularly noteworthy are the four recessed stiles, gently sloping outward from the top corners, and the slight outward splay of the four square legs, conveying a sense of upward movement and adding to the overall aesthetic appeal of the cabinet.Round-corner cabinets are one of four distinct styles of cabinets with shelves crafted by Chinese furniture artisans, alongside open-shelf stands jiage, cabinets with open shelves liangegui, and square-corner cabinets fangjiaogui; see Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, vol.1, pp.82 and 85.Historically, the tapered cabinet evolved from the form of large chests with panelled doors, which were utilised for storing silk cloths during the Song period; see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley, 2001, p.244, pl.15.5. These cabinets, such as the present examples, later found a place in scholars' studios, where they were used to store books, scrolls and writing instruments. A depiction in a hanging scroll from the Ming dynasty illustrates a scholar standing beside a small cabinet, poised to select a work from the shelves stocked with books and scrolls; see L.Lin, Catalogue to the Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, Taipei, 1996, pl.9. Compare with a similar small huanghuali round-corner tapered cabinet, Ming dynasty, illustrated by G.Wu Bruce, Two Decades of Ming Furniture, Beijing, 2010, p.220. A pair of related huanghuali, burlwood and fruitwood cabinets, 17th/18th century, was sold at Bonhams London, 13 May 2021, lot 17.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 26
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'WAN SHOU WU JIANG' BAJIXIANG BOWLSJiaqing seal marks and of the periodEach expertly potted with deep sides rising from a short foot to a slightly flaring rim, the exteriors richly decorated with four iron-red roundels containing the characters wan shou wu jiang, meaning 'countless years of long life without limit', all beneath the Bajixiang and lotus flowers on a yellow ground, the interiors with five iron-red bats around a shou character. Each 12.9cm (5 1/8in) diam. (2).Footnotes:清嘉慶 黃地粉彩「萬壽無疆」碗一對礬紅「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865-1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent來源： Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865-1937)，斯德哥爾摩，並由後人保存迄今Gustaf O. Wallenberg was a Swedish businessman, diplomat and active politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (today's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, known as SEB). After a career in the Swedish Navy he turned to the business world and was active in improving the transoceanic shipping industry. Wallenberg was Sweden's Envoy to Tokyo between 1907-1918. In April 1907 he travelled to Beijing to amend the Treaty of Canton (1847) between Sweden-Norway and China and to establish diplomatic relations between Sweden and the Qing Court. As the Swedish Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Peking, he successfully negotiated and signed with Lien Fang, the Guangxu Emperor's High Commissioner Plenipotentiary and Senior Vice-President of the Wai Wu Pu, the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between Sweden and China, which was signed in Beijing on 2 July 1908, with an additional article signed on 24 May 1909.The collection was acquired between 1907 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoy in Tokyo, and possibly during his diplomatic service in China. Documents preserved at the Östasiatiska Museum in Stockholm demonstrate the importance of Gustaf Wallenberg and his extensive connections with the Qing government to the Swedish engineers and businessmen who were in China during this period, such as Johan Gunnar Andersson, Osvald Siren, Orvar Karlbeck, Erik Nordstrom and many more.Gustaf Wallenberg was the grandfather of Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (1912-1945), an architect, businessman, and diplomat. Raoul Wallenberg has been designated by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among Nations, as well as having many monuments and streets named after him in honour of him saving thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Second World War, while serving as Sweden's Special Envoy in Budapest. As he lost his father the same year he was born, he was brought up also by his grandfather Gustaf Wallenberg, with the Chinese porcelain collection around him, inheriting part of the collection when his grandfather passed away in 1937. He died at a time unknown between 1945 and 1947, further to his detention in Budapest by General Malinovsky in 1944, and arrest by the Soviet authorities. Further to his disappearance his part of the Chinese collection was deposited at the Östasiatiska Museum in Stockholm, and later released to the family.Bowls and dishes of this type, with their wish for long life, are often designated 'birthday dishes' and would have been likely commissioned to commemorate the birthday of an important individual of the court. Various versions of decorative elements were produced with the yellow ground, a colour traditionally associated with Imperially-mandated ceramics. The distinctive combination of lotus scroll, Buddhist emblems and four characters against a yellow ground is also known in the Qianlong period in versions painted in enamel on copper. See for example, a Qianlong mark and period bowl in the collection of the Denver Art Museum, (acc.no 2017.42). Compare with a single underglaze blue, but similarly decorated 'wan shou wu jiang' bowl, Jiaqing six-character mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's London, 11 May 2015, lot 11.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 99
A COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE APPLE-SHAPED WATERPOT, PINGGUO ZUNKangxi six-character mark, 19th centuryDensely decorated to the exterior in crushed-raspberry tones with four intricate floral blooms of lotus, hibiscus, chrysanthemum and peony, a band of foliate scrolls within underglaze blue lines encircling the foot, and a floral scroll border between underglaze blue lines to the mouth. 12cm (4 3/4in) diam.Footnotes:十九世紀 青花釉裡紅蘋果尊青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: the Honourable Mrs Nellie Ionides (1883-1962), and thence by descent來源： 尊敬的 Nellie Ionides 夫人 (1883-1962)，並由後人保存迄今Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) was the daughter of Sir Marcus Samuel (1853-1927), one of the founders of Shell Oil, and Lord Mayor of London, 1902-1903. She was a legendary collector with a particular interest in Kangxi porcelain, with parts of her collection published in R.L Hobson's The Later Ceramic Wares of China, 1924, under the name of her first husband, 'The Hon. Mrs Walter Levy'. Much of her collection passed to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, with some pieces being retained by the family. Alongside Chinese ceramics she collected landscapes, enamels, musical instruments, clocks, brass jelly moulds and Victorian genre scenes of dogs. Her own poodle was known as Clicquot, short for Vulcan Champagne Clicquot.The present lot is based on Kangxi period prototypes; see one, Kangxi six-character mark and period, illustrated in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, pp.42-43, no.10. Apple-shaped waterpots belong to a group of vessels for the scholar's table known as Ba da ma, 'Eight Great Numbers', which were made during the Kangxi reign. This group was previously thought to comprise a total of eight differing shapes. John Ayers identified a possible ninth form, however, by pointing out the existence of two slightly different globular water pots. The first is the pingguo zun, 'apple jar' such as the current example; and the other with a raised, low, neck (similar to a stalk) that may be referred to as a shiliu zun, or 'pomegranate jar'. See, J.Ayers, 'The 'Peachbloom Wares of the Kangxi Period (1662-1722), Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 64, 1999-2000, p.49.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 185
A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE 'LORD ARCHIBALD HAMILTON' ARMORIAL DISHKangxi, circa 1720Exquisitely decorated in iron-red, gold and green enamels with an elaborate coat of arms consisting of stars, crowned hearts and ships, with a ducal coronet above and supported by a pair of goats with golden horns and crowns around their necks, attached with chains, the crest an oak tree with a saw cutting through it and the motto 'THROUGH', the rim with four floral sprays, the cavetto with floral panels on a foliate-scroll ground. 39.5cm (15 1/2in) diam. Footnotes:清康熙（約1720年） 五彩描金'阿奇博爾德·漢密爾頓勳爵'紋章盤Provenance: Mr Hyde Smith of Conrall Hall before 21 December 1887 (affixed paper note)L. Fles & Co., Amsterdam (label)Richard Baron Cohen, The Twinight Collection, no.514 (label)來源： 康拉爾莊園的Hyde Smith先生，1887年12月21日之前（所附紙條筆記）L. Fles & Co.，阿姆斯特丹（據標籤）Richard Baron Cohen，Twinight 收藏，編號514（據標籤）The arms depicted on the present lot belong to the Hamilton family, and their quartering reflects the family's historical marriage alliances with the Douglas and Arran families. This service was likely commissioned by Lord Archibald Hamilton of Riccarton in Linlithgow (1673-1754), a naval captain, Governor of Jamaica, and Member of Parliament from 1708 to 1747. His youngest son, Sir William Hamilton, who is famously known for his marriage to Emma, Admiral Lord Nelson's mistress, is documented to have used the service to which this dish belonged during his tenure as Ambassador to Naples (1764-1800).See a very similar dish belonging to the same service, Kangxi, 1715-1722, in the British Museum, London (acc.no.Franks.772.+). See also a saucer from the same service, illustrated by D.S.Howard, Chinese Export and Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p.226.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 43
A HUANGHUALI 'SCROLL-END' STANDMid Qing DynastyThe flat panel elegantly scrolling inwards beneath to form the feet, the wood of warm reddish honey tone. 59cm (23 1/4in) wide.Footnotes:清中期 黃花梨卷足小幾Provenance: Grace Wu Bruce, Hong KongA Danish private collection, acquired from the above on 21 April 2004來源： 香港嘉木堂丹麥私人收藏，從上處獲得於2004年4月21日Compare with a related hongmu, cloud-shaped scroll stand, 18th century, illustrated by M.Flacks, Custodians of the Way: Chinese Scholar's Objects in Precious Woods, London, 2014, p.216. Another similar scroll stand, but in ebony, 18th century, is illustrated in Ibid., p.222, and in longyan wood, p.236.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 121
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'CHILONG' POMMELLate Ming/early Qing DynastyThe attractive stone retaining the original russet skin, boldly worked into the skilful depiction of a chilong with long scaly body writhing around the exterior with a large archaistic monster-face on the side, the pale green background intricately worked with archaistic leiwen scroll, the interior a pale mottled green. 7cm (2 3/4in) long.Footnotes:明末/清初 青玉帶皮雕螭龍柄端飾件Provenance: Mary and George (1920-2009) Bloch Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2010, lot 288A British private collection來源： Mary 和 George (1920-2009) Bloch香港邦瀚斯，2010年11月24日，拍品編號288英國私人收藏This fine collection of jade and hardstone carvings was studiously formed by a London-based British collector over the past fifteen years. The collector, a professional cellist, would regularly visit our London rooms during the Chinese art sales, looking carefully and studying each jade carving, with a fondness to those of animals or mythical beasts. He always visited the exhibition at least twice, with his mantra being that if the object did not make sufficient impression on him to recall it in detail, then it's not for him. The first piece he acquired from Bonhams was the fine yellow hardstone carving of a lion and cub, Qianlong – a truly magnificent piece, of mesmerising colour and exquisite carving. It also benefited from having been collected by R.H.R. Palmer who acquired it in 1936, with a possible earlier connection of the piece to the imperial collections. Also of note in the collection, and of obvious attraction to the collector, was the rare category of yellow jade carvings. These do not come up often and were greatly treasured in the past as indeed today. To have three of those is quite something, particularly with two carvings dating to the Ming and one, a very fine example of the late 17th century. It is now for the next collector to admire and enjoy them.The quality of the stone and workmanship on this pommel is exceptional. The skill of the artisan in incorporating the natural skin colour of the stone into the subject is consistent with that displayed on other jades from the Qing Court Collection, in the Palace Museum, Taipei. Compare the depiction of the chilong to that on a jade 'horn-shaped' censer, illustrated in Through the Prism of the Past: Antiquarian Trends in Chinese Art of the 16th to 18th Century, Taipei, 2003, p.153, pl.III-18. The censer, 17th century, shares the same colour of stone to the current lot. The same scroll motifs worked into the stone closely match those on a jade cup illustrated Ibid, p.162, pl.III-28. See also a green jade sword bi with taotie and chilong, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 9, Beijing, 2011, p.126.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 63
A RARE CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK MANCHU NOBLEWOMANS HAT, JIGUAN, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY of domed shape, the upturned brim embroidered with a polychrome lotus scroll on a black ground, with orange and red silk interior, surmounted by a white metal hat finial, two streamers to the rear, each decorated with gold thread floral and geometric designs, 29cm long; together with a black wool winter hat, a gold thread on black ground embroidered hat; a pair of priest boots; and a silk embroided pouch with tassels清十九世纪 刺绣海狸皮女吉服冠
Lot 52
A RARE CHINESE RED, BLUE AND ANHUA DECORATED BOTTLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) the globular body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall knopped trumpet neck, finely painted in underglaze-blue around the exterior with four medallions enclosing Immortals in landscapes, the knop with a leafy lotus scroll, all reserved against anhua scrolling lotus on a copper-red ground, 35cm high清康熙（1662-1722年）青花釉里红暗刻长颈瓶
Lot 102
A CHINESE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE the tapering cylindrical body with shallow vertical lobes, painted in the Ming-style with simulated 'heaping and piling' within panels of alternating flower stems, all within horizontal borders of floral meander and a classic scroll band at the foot, the angled shoulder with a lotus lappet band and the tall tapering neck with peony stems, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark, 30.5cm high 仿明青花长颈瓶
Lot 99
A CHINESE DOUCAI 'ANBAXIAN' OGEE DISH brightly enamelled to the interior with a ruyi medallion enclosing a full-faced flower-head encircled by four peaches, the flaring rim with the Eight Daoist Emblems, anbaxian, tied to flower sprays with ribbons, the exterior with exotic blooms on a foliate scroll, all above a ruyi band at the foot, the base with apocryphal Yongzheng six-character mark, 22.2cm diameter斗彩暗八仙纹束腰盘
Lot 42
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MIEPING AND COVER, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY the waisted baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a round shoulder set with a narrow and short trumpet neck, painted around the body with a broad lotus scroll band between ruyi and keyfret bands, the bell-shaped cover with a ruyi band and surmounted by a lotus bud finial, 27cm high明十六世纪 青花梅瓶连盖
Lot 83
TWO CHINESE CARVED TRANSPARENT RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES comprising: a flattened globular bottle carved to each face with a pair of dragons amidst cloud scrolls; and an ovoid bottle carved with a lotus scroll band, the tallest bottle 6cm highProvenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960/70s. 雕花宝石红料鼻烟壶一组两件
Lot 355
After Chang Hang Ji (1851-1921)Chinese, early 20th Centurywash scroll, painted with bamboo, a bird and rockwork, the inscription reading 'To Mr ZhiCheng from Tianjuan, painted in the evening of 1934 at Shuangtian Pavilion' and with three red seal signatures for Han Ji, Shuangtian Pavilion and Sheng Cang Zhi Ji, 121cm x 40cmProvenance: inherited by the current Oxford vendor from his father who acquired the scroll during one of his two service periods in China, first in Shanghai just after WW2 and secondly in Beijing (Peking) during the the Cultural Revolution. With some staining and marks.
Lot 228
Chinese school. 19th / 20th century'Peonies' after Yun Shouping, painted with ink and colour on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll, signed by the artist with two seals and two collector's seals,138 x 48cmProvenance: Mu-Fei Collection.惲壽平（傳，十九/二十世紀）設色絹本，立軸，鈴印及鑒藏印各兩枚來源：木扉收藏Condition Report: General fraying, yellowing, foxing, creasing to the painting, minor creasing to the mount. There's a think strip of approx. 3cm long losses to under one bird.
Lot 125A
Three Chinese painted scrolls, 19th century, Qing, including a pair of vertical mountain landscapes, 119x26cm; and a horizontal landscape of figures in a court garden, painted silk laid on paper, 30.5cm x 220cm.Qty: 3Condition report:Foxing to front and back of all three scrolls. Creases to the centre of the landscape scroll, minor loss of paint and fraying to edges. Minor tears to ends of vertical scrolls. Please see additional uploaded images, including the three red marks.
Lot 1873
After Sesshū Tōyō (1420-1506) - 'Long Scroll/Landscape of Four Seasons' , black and white print c.1900, bearing three-character inscription to the osaedake as well as a section of calligraphic text at the end of the scroll, presented in a wooden box with label inscribed 'Long Roll Landscape Painting by Sesshu (original preserved in the Family of Prince Mori)', as stated the original painting resides in the Mori Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan, and is documented in the book 'Long Scroll: A Zen Landscape Journey' ( Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1959), 15 metres long; 37.8 cm wide.Toyo Sesshu's "Long Scroll" (or "Landscape of Four Seasons") is a 15-meter masterpiece of 15th-century Japanese ink painting. Depicting landscapes through the four seasons, Sesshu blends Chinese traditions with Japanese aesthetics using fluid brushstrokes and ink washes. The scroll’s depth and harmony reflect his Zen-inspired style and deep connection to nature.
Lot 245
A GROUP OF REGIONAL MAPS AND RECORDSQing DynastyComprising: one volume of Huaianfuzhi (Local History of Huaian), section 29 includes pages 120 to 170, incomplete, section 30 includes 74 folded pages, possibly incomplete; one volume of Caozhoufuzhi (Local History of Caozhou), the sections arranged in the order of 1, 5, 6 and 3; a folded military map depicting waterways in Xiamen with strategic instructions; a folded map on pink-backed paper, depicting the setallite areas surrounding Dinghai in Zhejiang province; an administrative map of Haitan and the surrounding waters in Fujian province, bound with red brocade boards with the title Haitanzuoyouyingguanxiayangtu; a scroll of a section of an Imperial blue constellation map, including descriptions on weixing and part description on tianhan; three volumes of Zhejiang province maps, brocade-mounted boards and concertina bound with 'Taisanwoosih', 'Tanyang' and 'Kinshan' on the covers; an envelope enclosing a military strategy manuscript displaying weapons and barricades, a sketch of the Chinese position on the Heights of Segoan when attacked by the British on the 15th March 1842, two strategic sketches of the attacks on Tinghae and Ningpo in Zhejiang Province. The largest when folded 39.9cm (15 3/4in) x 21.2cm (8 3/8in) (13).Footnotes:清 地方地圖及記錄一組十三件Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshopFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 224
AN IMPERIAL EDICTXianfeng, dated 1852Horizontal hand scroll, ink on woven brocade, with parallel text in Chinese and Manchurian, dated 'second year of the Xianfeng reign' corresponding to 1852.33.2cm (13 1/8in) high x 369cm (145 1/4in) longFootnotes:咸豐 一八五二年 織錦聖旨誥命Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshopFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1145b
Late 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty horse shoe armchair, in elm, hung mu and Chinese softwood, horse shoe shaped upper rail carved with scroll terminals, shape back carved with solitary figure in robes, rectangular panelled seat in moulded frame, decorated with fretwork panels, on square supports united by stretchers Dimensions: Height: 89cm Length/Width: 54cm Depth/Diameter: 52cm
Lot 296
COLLECTION OF THREE CHINESE ITEMS A vintage scroll print on paper of a painting by Shin Lo Shan Rem Hua Yuan (1682-1756), length of image 142cm; Pith painting of Emperor Daoguang, watercolour on rice paper, 19th Century, frame width 24cm, height 29cm; Embroidered sleeve band with landscape scenes on silk, c1900, frame width 35cm, height 35cm. (3)
Lot 15
An 18th century Chinese plate, decorated in underglaze blue with pagoda and pine trees, diaper border, 23cm diam, c.1770; another, with peony to centre, 23.5cm diam, c.1770; An 18th century Chinese tea bowl, painted in underglaze blue, with pagodas, willow and rockwork, c.1790; a Chinese octagonal tea bowl and saucer, decorated in underglaze blue with alternating panels, c.1800; a Japanese lotus moulded tea bowl; A Chinese flared hexagonal cup, in Kangxi manner with panels of stylised leaves, scroll handles, double concentric circle mark; etc
Lot 289
A Chinese boxwood tea caddy, late 19th century, of square form on scroll feet, carved with butterflies and bats with bamboo, lotus, orchid and prunus in each panel, the domed cover with a pagoda finial, with a pewter liner and a Candareens coin knop, 23.5cm high (2)Condition ReportCover with splits and signs of glue. Chips and losses to edges and corners. Surface scratches.
Lot 159
A Chinese Cherrywood floor lamp, 1920s, with centre turned column mounted on a hexagonal carved base, raised on triple-carved scroll feet, the base decorated with symbols of prosperity, peace and long life, with associated hand painted Chinese silk shade with tassels and fringing (areas of deterioration). 151cm by 46cm.
Lot 15
A MEISSEN STYLE PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER Qianlong, decorated with harbour scenes, the cup exterior with two quatrefoil panels of figures, building and boats, reserved against a sea green ground, the interior with a floral spray and gilt scroll border, the conforming saucer painted with a large quatrefoil panel of figures around a harbour, enclosed by an elaborate design of plants, objects and figures, with a gilt scroll border, the exteriors of both enamelled in sea green, the cup 4cm high, the saucer 11.4cm diameterProvenance: Purchased from Roger Keverne Ltd. London 13th June 2006, formerly in the collection of Robert & Gertrude Anderson, Florida.The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).Note: The finely painted harbour scenes on this cup and saucer are taken directly from Meissen porcelain in the style of Christian Friedrich Herold. See a set dated c.1730-1735 illustrated in Chen, Emerson & Gates, Porcelain Stories from China to Europe, 2000, p.111, pl.9.7. A Chinese tureen with this design is illustrated in Beurdeley, M., Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, p.196, no.197. The turquoise ground is very rare. For a Chinese tea caddy with floral panels in this colour see Jorg, C., Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1997, pp.271-2, no.316.
Lot 262
A pair of unusual Chinese porcelain and ormolu mounted Vases or Urns, each decorated with figures on a balcony by a lake and other smaller panels decorated with birds, each applied with two heavy cast lion mask handles with swags (lacking one swag) under an interlaced bead collar and on ornate cast flower finial on conforming pierced and cast scroll base, with faults and losses, 60cms (23 1/2"). (2)
Lot 25
A 14CT GOLD LAVENDER JADE BRACELET AND EARRING SET, the line bracelet made up of five double polished lavender jade panels, mounted with yellow metal terminals and interspaced with open work Chinese character links, fitted with an integrated box clasp with additional figure of eight safety clasp, stamped 14k, hallmarked 14ct Birmingham, length 190mm, approximate gross weight 19.1 grams, together with a pair of polished lavender drop bar earrings, to the open work Chinese character posts fittings, one scroll is missing, stamped 14k, approximate drop length 31mm, approximate gross weight 3.6 grams (condition report: general light wear, light scuffs to the lade bracelet, clasp in working order, with box)
Lot 231
A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN FLARED BRUSH POT Early Kangxi, waisted sides and flared rim, the walls decorated in scroll shape panel depicting an official donating money, the reverse with inscribed poem, 'generosity pays', two character Qing Wan mark to base Provenance: Sotheby's, Fine Chinese Ceramics Including Export Art, London, 13 November 2002, Lot. 122; thence by family descent 18.5cm diameter Condition: Condition Report There is a fleabite to the rim, and fritting to the foot rim. The rim appears to have possibly been ground down, some scratching and wear to interior and the pot does not sit completely flat with the foot rim raise slightly at one side on a flat surface. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
Lot 178
A Chinese Longquan celadon glazed and biscuit Guanyin shrine probably Ming or later the shrine is modelled with the figure of Guanyin in biscuit seated on a ledge within an arched niche framed with openwork scrollsheight 25cm.Condition:Some good restoration to scroll border and to base on either side
Lot 361
A collection of Chinese export silver c.1900comprising a mustard pot stamped WC90 of drum form with hinged domed cover and simulated bamboo handled decorated in relief with a scrolling dragon, liner absent a baluster form pepper pot stamped WC90 with similar decoration, another mustard pot, stamped KMS 90 of drum form with hinged domed cover and scroll handle pierced with chasing dragons and scrolling clouds, liner absent, a small bud vase stamped WH for Wang Hing, of bottle form, chased with bamboo decoration, a tea stainer lacking handled stamped KC, the rim decorated in relief with. a pair of chasing dragons and a napkin ring, stamped WC pierced with Chinese characters and bamboo, (6)first height 6.2cm., weighable silver approx. 9.10ztCondition:Both mustards lacking liners. Stainer lacking handle and mesh bowl has dings and slight pulled areas
Lot 663
An early 20th Century Chinese rosewood tea table, the fielded panelled top above a dragon carved frieze on scroll end supports, 98 cm wide x 43 cm deep x 34 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Has some scratching to the top particularly to one corner. There is a bit of damage in the same corner on the frame. There are some losses to the moulding on one of the side panels both at the top and further down. There is some cracking to the legs running vertically down from the top. In need of a clean. There is also a large chip from the long edge nearly half way down. See images for further detail. Otherwise general wear and tear conducive with age and use to include surface scratches, etc.
Lot 506
A 20th Century carved giltwood and gesso framed wall mirror in the Chinese Chippendale taste, the pagoda top with bell decoration over a scrolling acanthus and C scroll decorated frame enclosing a rectangular plate, 80 cm wide x 158 cm high CONDITION REPORTS There is a section broken but present from the bottom right hand corner. There are losses to the gilding in various places throughout. General wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for further detail.
Lot 634
A circa 1900 Chinese ebonised urn stand with grotesque mask decoration on three cabriole legs to scroll feet, united a pierced undertier with associated green marble top, approx 45 cm wide x 77 cm high, a green onyx topped brass occasional table, painted occasional table with fruit decoration on a pedestal tripod base, a smoked glass circular two-tier tea trolley, a marble top stained beech side table on fluted legs and an ebonised and gilt decorated salon chair
Lot 335
A set of four Chinese scroll paintings signed Shiyun; and a group of small paintings on pith paper the scrolls depicting figures and buildings in mountainous river landscapes, inscribed 'In the pine tree shade, towards the end of summer, painted by Shiyun the mountain man at Kowloon', 20th century, 58 x 20cm [a lot].
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