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A reproduction Chinese blue and white vase, decorated with dragons and scrolling foliage between lappet and scroll borders, Qianlong seal mark, 28.5cms high; and Chinese reproduction wig stand decorated with boys in a landscape, six character mark, 21cms high. (2)

A rare Turner's Patent Ironstone type punch bowl, 1800-1805, decorated in the Chinese taste with alternating panels of figures and landscapes in colours and iron-red, on a blue and gilt scroll ground, the interior with floral spray within a trellis and flower 'Imari' style border, script mark 'Turner's-Patent.' 28cms diameter. *This body was patented in January 1800 and the rights sold to Spode in 1805.

Large Chinese black lacquer altar table, the narrow top with scroll ends, raised on scroll shaped supports with carved decoration, 111ins wide x 38.75ins x 15.5ins

TWO POTTERY RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSELS AND COVERS, DING, AND A POTTERY GREEN-GLAZED TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, LIANHan DynastyThe first, of compressed globular shape with upright handles and three short legs, washed overall in creamy-white slip and painted on top of the cover with a swan within a C-scroll border,17cm (6 1/2in) wide; the second, of similar form but green-glazed, the cover with two overlapping fish, the surface partially iridescent, 16cm (6 1/2in) wide; and a green-glazed cylindrical tripod incense burner and cover, the body with moulded taotie-mask handles, the cover with geometric bands. 19.5cm (7 3/4in) diam.(6).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價漢 陶蓋鼎兩件 及陶奩式爐 一組三件Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002, no.31 (the cylindrical incense burner and cover).Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.23 (painted ding)展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號31（奩式爐）Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號23（彩繪鼎）For a similar cylindrical tripod jar and cover, Han dynasty, see B.Laufer, Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty, 1962, pl.LIX, no.2; see another tripod jar and cover illustrate by J.P.Dubosc, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, no.287; and one in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated by W.Watson, Pre-Tang Ceramics of China: Chinese Pottery from 4000 BC to 600 AD, London, 1991, pl.78. For a painted pottery ding vessel, unearthed in 1986 in Luoyang City, Henan Province, see G.Wong, Treasures from the Han, Singapore, 1990, p.90,For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A CREAM-GLAZED FOLIATE-RIM 'FLORAL' DISH12th/13th centuryFinely potted with thin sides tapering to the petal-shaped rim, the interior moulded with a composite floral scroll including lotus and chrysanthemums, amidst scrolling acanthus leaves, covered with a creamy, ivory-white glaze.22.7cm (9in) diam.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十二/十三世紀 白釉模印花卉紋花口盤Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2012, no.26.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2012年，編號26Compare with a related Ding example, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei, 1987, no.78. See also another example illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, p.207, no.365.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER15th/16th century Finely decorated with a cusped central panel depicting a lady seated holding a lute in a landscape of pine, willow, bamboo and rockwork, on a ground of floral panels and geometric designs, the box with bracket-rimmed foot.25.5cm (10 1/8in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十五/十六世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿琵琶仕女圖長方蓋盒Compare the cash-pattern and pine-needle inlay in a tray, 14th/15th century, illustrated by J.M.White, Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection, Honolulu, 2005, pl.8; see the cartouche shape on a tiered box and cover, 15th/16th century, illustrated in 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.92; and see the leafy scroll on the reverse of a tray, Wanli mark and period, illustrated by R.Krahl and B.Morgan, From Innovation to Conformity: Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to the 16th centuries, Bluett & Sons, London, 1989, pl.32.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TWO BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYIN17th/18th centuryOne modelled as a seated figure of Guanyin with her left hand resting on her raised left knee, her right hand holding a scroll, cold painted and gilt-lacquered, 17.7cm (7in) high; and a standing figure of Guanyin, modelled with serene face and down-cast eyes, clad in loose flowing robes, 34cm (13 1/4in) high.(2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 德化白釉觀音像 一組兩件See a related blanc-de-Chine figure of Guanyin illustrated by B.Gundestrup, The Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1737, Copenhagen, 1991, pp.148-149; and another example illustrated by Å.Setterwall, S.Fogelmarck and B.Gyllensvärd, The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm, Copenhagen, 1974), pp.168-169. For a related standing figure of Guanyin impressed with a He Chaozong seal mark, see C.J.A.Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, no.281.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

TWO BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF GUANYINKangxiEach dressed in elaborate flowing robes with a high cowl, one holding a scroll, the other with the hand resting on the right knee and with serene expression.The taller 19.5cm (7.5/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清康熙 德化白釉觀音坐像 一組兩件A figure similar to the smaller one is illustrated by Gong Liang, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, 2013, p.88, no.26; see also another related figure of Guanyin, 17th/18th century, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, Vol.I, London, 2016, no.58.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A BRONZE OVAL INCENSE BURNERXuande six-character mark, 17th/18th centuryOf narcissus-bowl form, set on four ruyi feet, with two confronted sinuous chilong clambering at either end of the flattened everted rim, cast apocryphal Xuande six-character mark to the base.17.5cm (6 7/8in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七/十八世紀 銅雙螭龍耳洗式爐「大明宣德年製」楷書款Provenance: an English private collectionBonhams Knightsbridge, 5 September 2012, lot 100Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013, no.2來源：英國私人舊藏邦瀚斯騎士橋，2012年9月5日，拍品編號100展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號2A related bronze oval incense burner, 16th/17th century, is illustrated by P.Moss and G.Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.43. See also R.Krahl, 'The Yongzheng Emperor and the Qing Court Collection', in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol.80, 2015–2016, fig.61, where a related bronze censer and stand is depicted on the Guwantu scroll in the Percival David Collection in the British Museum. See a related bronze incense burner with chilong handles, Ming/Qing dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3666.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A LARGE BRONZE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER IN THE FORM OF DU FULate Ming DynastyCast in two sections, the base as a stubborn mule standing four-square with head lowered and ears pricked, the cover as the poet Du Fu seated in a simple tied robe and holding a rolled scroll in his right hand, the surface irregularly mottled and with some brownish-red lacquer remaining on the harness trappings. 49cm (19 1/2in) long. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 「杜甫騎驢」式銅蓋爐With scholar's cap, the sage of poetry Du Fu (712-770) holds the reins in one hand and a scroll, symbolising his literary erudition, in the other. Depictions of Du Fu travelling by horse or mule to some remote retreat were perennial favourites of painters, and the subject would sit well on the late Ming scholar's desk.Du Fu is considered to be the greatest of Chinese poets who lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), a golden age for Chinese poetry. His poetry was not only praised and enjoyed for its technical brilliance, but also for his moral engagement with current and historical events such as the devastating An Lushan rebellion (755-763) from which the once mighty Tang would never quite recover. For this reason, Du Fu is also known as the 'Poet Historian'.Such depictions of Du Fu on muleback may derive from his poems, which refer to mules frequently as a symbol for the scholar official - either travelling to their next post, tired and emaciated, or well fed and powerful. The mule therefore, had poetic significance for Du Fu and could be used for satire. For example in one poem, Du Fu wrote 'The Dong family promised to lend me an old nag, in the slippery mud I don't dare ride to court 東家蹇驢許借我，泥滑不敢騎朝天.' The 'old nag' refers to Du Fu himself in slippery political circumstances at court.For examples of bronze depictions of Du Fu on muleback, see P.Moss and G.Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.22.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A RARE IMPERIAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL LACQUERED 'RUYI'-BACKED CHAIRKangxiSet with an arch-shaped seat framed by a back splat with a scroll terminal, flanked by open-frame ruyi armrests, all above a shaped apron on all four sides above straight terminating in hoof feet, decorated overall with painted and mother-of-pearl-inlaid designs of flowering shrubs.86.9cm (33 7/8in) high x 50cm (19 5/8in) wide x 38cm (15 2/8in) deep.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清康熙 褐漆彩繪花卉紋嵌螺鈿如意形靠背椅Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002, no.135.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，編號135Chairs such as the present lot are rare due to their delicate nature, and few have survived. M.Beurdeley illustrates a large example, Ming dynasty, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo, 1979, p.116, no.158. Compare also the similar design on a mother-of-pearl inlaid painted lacquered table, early Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Classics of the Forbidden City: Imperial Furniture of the Ming & Qing Dynasties Beijing, 2007, pp.152-153, no.171.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL 'AUSPICIOUS FRUIT AND CHRYSANTHEMUM' SAUCER-DISHESQianlongEach finely painted in the well with finger citrons, chrysanthemums, peaches and a butterfly surrounded by a yellow band of flowers, within a purple diaper-pattern border enriched with bats and ruyi-clouds, the exterior with a dense floral scroll reserved on a yellow ground. 16.2cm (6 3/8in) diam. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯花果紋盤一對Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd., London (label)Sir Harry M. Garner, KBE CB FRAeS (1891-1977)來源：倫敦古董商Bluett & Sons Ltd.（標籤）Harry M. Garner爵士（1891-1977）舊藏Sir Harry Garner published extensively on Chinese art from the 1950s to the 1970s and served as President of the Oriental Ceramic Society from 1967-1971. He and Lady Garner donated much of their collection to the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A FINE WHITE JADE 'FOUR SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS' CARVINGQianlongThe smoothly-polished stone deftly carved in the form of a seven-stringed guqin within a brocade sash loosely tied with a ribbon and partially exposing the instrument, wrapped together with two scroll paintings on the side, a book on the front and a weiqi board on the reverse, finely incised on one side of the instrument with a qian trigram seal, the semi-translucent white stone with faint russet inclusions. 7.2cm (2 3/4in) long.Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清乾隆 白玉雕琴棋書畫把件The carefully-carved qian trigram flanked by two chi-dragons on the present lot can be also found on one of the personal seals of the Qianlong emperor, of which the seal impression is published in the Collections of the Palace Museum: Album of the Seal Impressions of Qing Emperors and Empresses, vol.6, Qianlong part II (Gugong bowuyuan cang: Qingdai Dihou Xiyinpu. Di Liuce. Qianlong juan er), Beijing, 2005, p.127.This delicately-carved jade group depicts 'The Four Scholarly Accomplishments', siyi: the four main academic and artistic accomplishments required of the aristocratic Chinese scholar-gentleman, which comprised playing the seven-stringed zither, qin, the strategy game of qi, writing calligraphy or shu, and painting or hua.The seven-stringed zither or qin was an instrument which every scholar in Imperial China was expected to play. The board game of weiqi was considered equally a pastime and an art form. Chinese calligraphy equally comprises a minimalist set of rules which facilitate a system of complexity and grandeur. Calligraphy was highly regarded as an expression of the practitioner's poetic nature and a significant test of manual dexterity. Finally, every scholar was expected to learn the art of brush painting, which was regarded as the greatest expression of individual creativity, through which a Chinese scholar would demonstrate his mastery over the art of line.Compare with a related white jade 'Four Scholarly Accomplishments' paperweight, 18th century, of slightly larger size, but without the qian trigram, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2010, lot 2196; and another pale green jade carving, 18th century, worked with a similar motif, which was sold at Christie's London, 8 November 2011, lot 172.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A POLYCHROME LACQUER SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVERMid Qing DynastyOf square form with ruyi-shaped corners standing on four canted feet, the exterior lacquered red with painted polychrome and gilt decoration, the cover with a central raised panel of a rosette framed by four ruyi heads, surrounded by scrolling melon vines interspersed with butterflies and scrolling lotus filling each of the ruyi corners, the sides of the cover with stylised lotus sprays alternating with rosettes within square-scroll frames, the sides of the box with continuous key-fret, the interior lacquered black and fitted with nine shaped trays each gilt with lotus sprays, the base lacquered black. 34.6cm (13 5/8in) wide. (11).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價清中期 彩漆描金瓜瓞綿綿攢盒Provenance: Michael C. Hughes LLC., Asian Art, New YorkPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Michael C. Hughes, LLC., Asian Art, An Important Collection of Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan Lacquer, New York, 2006, p.84, no.68.來源：紐約古董商Michael C. Hughes LLC., Asian Art展覽著錄：Michael C. Hughes LLC., Asian Art，《An Important Collection of Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan Lacquer》，紐約，2006年，頁84，編號68The decoration on this large lacquer box is replete with symbolism. The four corners are designed in the form of ruyi heads, which resemble the lingzhi fungus associated with longevity, whereas the design of melons and butterflies form the wish for many descendants.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Chinese School, Fine Watercolor/ink Scroll Painting. Calligraphy ink inscription upper left. With remnants of two faint artist seals upper left. Depicting a scholar seated near a pavilion in a mountainous landscape. Provenance: Private Seattle WA collection. Image Size: 35.5 x 6 in. Overall Framed Size: 43 x 12 in. Framed behind glass.

A CHINESE MANGO WOOD SIDEBOARD With upturned scroll ends, fitted with a pair of cupboard doors flanked drawers 63cm high x 143cm wide x 45cm deep Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use

A LARGE CHINESE WALNUT ALTAR OR SCROLL TABLE The rounded supports joined by humpback stretcher rails 88cm high x 221cm wide x 50cm deep Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use

A Chinese hanging scroll, decorated in watercolour with coastal landscape, watercolour dimensions 66 x 43cm, signed and with studio sealsCondition report: With some foxing.Slightly ragged to edges.

An early 20th century Chinese elm circular centre table, the column issuing floral scroll relief carved panelled decoration, to conforming circular base, dia. 100cm

A Chinese Hardwood Circular Jardiniere Stand, with pink veined marble inset to top, the apron fretted and carved with flowers and leaf scroll ornament, on leaf carved cabriole legs with scroll toes 10.75ins (27.4cm) diameter x 24ins (61cm) high, and a Late Victorian Oak Stationery Box, the leather lined slope enclosing fitted interior, 14ins wide x 8.75ins deep x 10ins high

A Chinese Hardwood Sideboard of Altar Form, Mid 20th Century, the flush panelled top with scroll ends, fitted three frieze drawers above cupboards enclosed by two pairs of panelled doors with raised and carved circular central motifs, panelled sloping sides, 74ins wide x 19ins deep x 36ins high

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A RARE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO WITH OWL AND MOONJapan, c. 1700-1750, Edo period (1615-1868)The rectangular suzuribako (writing box) with a black-lacquered exterior, the cover finely lacquered in gold and silver takamaki-e depicting an owl perched on a leafy oak tree with many acorns, above craggy rockwork, ferns, and small plants, all below the silver moon partially hidden beneath kirikane-inlaid clouds and gold-sprinkled mist. The inside of the cover shows a beautiful reddish nashiji ground and is lacquered in gold and silver takamaki-e depicting various flowers, grasses, and a fence. The interior with further nashiji, a tray showing a blooming flower, and a compartment containing the original suzuri (ink stone), and brass suiteki (water dropper), as well as further takamaki-e plants.SIZE 22.6 x 21 x 4.5 cmCondition: Good overall condition with age-related wear, including some tiny losses and subsequent touch-ups to the cover, some light surface scratches, some crackling and old repairs to the edges of the cover and box, and some general associated wear. The ink stone with a large chip.Provenance: Ex-collection Claudio Perino, a collector with a keen interest in Japanese, Chinese and Far Eastern cultures. His collection consists of over 2000 works of art, partly loaned to the Museum of Oriental Arts (MAO) in Turin, Italy and to the Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, Switzerland. An exhibition of Kakemono scroll paintings is currently on view in the MUSEC until end of April 2021.Auction comparison:A related suzuribako with an owl and dated to the 18th century was sold by Christie’s, Japanese Art and Design, 14 May 2008, London, lot 35 (sold for 4,750 GBP).

A SUPERB AND RARE MOON-SHAPED LACQUER SUZURIBAKO WITH LUNAR HAREJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The suzuribako (writing box) in the shape of the full moon with one straight edge, the domed cover decorated with gold nashiji clouds with some larger kirikane flakes and smaller sparsely sprinkled gold flakes around and inside the design, the design extending to the sides of the cover, all against an attractive silverish ground. The inside of the cover shows a brilliant gold takamaki-e moon rabbit depicted in mid-jump. The interior fitted with a tray to hold the original ink stone, which is set inside a nashiji lacquer frame, and with two original paintbrushes lacquered in black with gold flakes. The underside and entire interior of beautifully dense nashiji lacquer.SIZE 24 x 21.7 x 3.5 cmCondition: Very good condition with minimal surface wear and expected wear to lacquer. The cover with some crackling to the edges and the underside with surface scratches.Provenance: Ex-collection Claudio Perino, a collector with a keen interest in Japanese, Chinese and Far Eastern cultures. His collection consists of over 2000 works of art, partly loaned to the Museum of Oriental Arts (MAO) in Turin, Italy and to the Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, Switzerland. An exhibition of Kakemono scroll paintings was on view in the MUSEC until end of April 2021.The design of the suzuribako is very clever, as it utilizes the shape of the box, already hinting at the possible presence of the lunar hare, which is of course located in all its splendor on the inside cover. This popular motif originates in China, where the rabbit is often portrayed as a companion of the Moon goddess Chang’e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her.

A RARE LACQUER COSMETIC BOX AND COVER WITH CRANES, MINOGAME AND SHOCHIKUBAIJapan, late 17th to early 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The cosmetic box with a domed overhanging kabusebuta cover, covered in fine and densely sprinkled nashiji lacquer, and decorated with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as some aogai (mother-of-pearl) inlays, depicting cranes and minogame amongst pine trees, bamboo, and plum blossoms (also known as the three friends of winter, shochikubai). The inside of nashiji.SIZE 8.2 x 8.5 x 8.5 cmCondition: Good condition with minor expected surface wear and old wear to lacquer, some minor surface scratches on the cover, tiny losses to aogai inlays.Provenance: Ex-collection Claudio Perino, a collector with a keen interest in Japanese, Chinese and Far Eastern cultures. His collection consists of over 2000 works of art, partly loaned to the Museum of Oriental Arts (MAO) in Turin, Italy and to the Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, Switzerland. An exhibition of Kakemono scroll paintings was on view in the MUSEC until end of April 2021.

A RARE GOLD LACQUER KOBAKO WITH SHICHIFUKUJINJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The rectangular kobako (small box) decorated on the cover in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, as well as kirikane flakes, depicting the seven lucky gods (from left to right: Bishamonten, Daikoku, Jurojin, Benten, Ebisu, Daikoku, and Hotei) drawing strings, all against a rich fundame ground. The inside of dense nashiji.SIZE 8.2 x 7 x 2.1 cmCondition: Generally, in very good condition with minor expected surface wear, particularly to the edges.Provenance: Ex-collection Claudio Perino, a collector with a keen interest in Japanese, Chinese and Far Eastern cultures. His collection consists of over 2000 works of art, partly loaned to the Museum of Oriental Arts (MAO) in Turin, Italy and to the Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, Switzerland. An exhibition of Kakemono scroll paintings was on view in the MUSEC until end of April 2021.

A RARE LACQUERED TOKKURI (SAKE FLASK)Japan, late 17th to early 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The tokkuri of classic shape, finely decorated in rich gold and silver lacquer, against a densely sprinkled nashiji ground, featuring elaborate designs of peonies (botan) and hanging fuji (wisteria) mon crests, and some scrolling leafy vines.HEIGHT 20 cmCondition: Good condition with some age-related wear. Old restoration to the lip and some restored cracks around the base. Provenance: B. Altman & Co. with old collection label. B. Altman and Company was a luxury department store and chain, founded in 1865 in New York City, New York, by Benjamin Altman. When Benjamin Altman died in 1913 at the age of 73, his stock in the stores was placed in the Altman Foundation. Altman's art collection, which included many Rembrandts, went to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then ex-collection Claudio Perino, a collector with a keen interest in Japanese, Chinese and Far Eastern cultures. His collection consists of over 2000 works of art, partly loaned to the Museum of Oriental Arts (MAO) in Turin, Italy and to the Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, Switzerland. An exhibition of Kakemono scroll paintings was on view in the MUSEC until end of April 2021.Auction comparison:Lacquer tokkuri are exceptionally rare, for a related but slightly earlier lacquer tokkuri, see Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part III, 15 May 2012, London, lot 398 (sold for 4,375 GBP).

UNTO: AN IVORY NETSUKE OKIMONO OF CHINESE DIGNITARY AND KARAKOBy Unto, signed UntoJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The Chinese dignitary standing and holding a scroll, a kemari ball with stand at his feet, and a karako (Chinese boy) at his side holding the feathered fan of the tengu king Sojobo. Himotoshi through the back and signed underneath UNTO.HEIGHT 6.3 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor expected surface wear.Provenance: German private collection.

MORI SOSEN: A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SCROLL PAINTING OF MONKEYS BY A WATERFALLBy Mori Sosen (1747-1821), signed Sosen with seal MorikataJapan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely painted in ink and watercolors on silk and mounted as a hanging scroll with silk brocade frame, the circular image within a rectangular field, depicting a tribe of monkeys in a rocky landscape with blossoming cherry trees and a waterfall, the monkeys engaged in various activities such as climbing, fighting, grooming, eating, and resting. Note the single white-haired monkey near the center of the image, which is almost hidden due to the similarly colored background. The rectangular field with the signature SOSEN and seal Morikata lower right.With an old wood hakogaki (storage box) with an attached label: 群猿之圖、森狙山筆 “Gun’en no zu, Mori Sosen hitsu” [A painting of a group of monkeys, painted by Mori Sosen]A further label to the side: 狙山筆、円相、郡猿圖 “Sosen hitsu, Enso, Gun’en-zu” [A painting of a group of monkeys, as the Enso (The Circle), painted by Sosen] With a large black lacquered wood box.SIZE 89 x 86.5 cm (image) and 190 x 103.5 cm (incl. mounting)Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, little soiling, few creases. The mounting with some wear, traces of use, tears, and few loose threads. The tomobako with extensive wear, cracks, and minor losses. The black-lacquered wood box with some wear, minor nicks, and light scratches.Provenance: Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, acquired from Shukodo, Kyoto. Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art Including Chinese and Japanese Art from the Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, 16 September 2008, lot 293. US private collection, acquired from the above.Auction comparison: Compare a related painting by Mori Sosen depicting two monkeys and their young, but of considerably smaller size, at Christie’s, Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink: The Irving Collection Day Sale, 21 March 2019, New York, lot 1162 (sold for 15,000 USD).

20th century Chinese hardwood hall stand, the raised back with applied scroll carved decoration and marquetry inlay, the bottom section fitted with one drawer and a cupboard, raised on stile supports W55cm, H178cm, D45cm

Early 20th C Chinese padouk wood open armchair, with floral carved top rail and vase shaped splat, solid seat with scroll arms supports, pierced frieze with cabriole legs

A 20th Century Chinese hardwood altar table, the scroll ended top above a Greek key and medallion style carved frieze on moulded supports united by stretchers, 135 cm wide x 38 cm deep x 86.5 cm high

A Chinese red lacquer pottery vase, decorated with birds and blossom, on a circular stand on five scroll feet, total height 117cm.

A Near Eastern copper ewer, 19th centuryOf helmet shape with brass scroll handle, worked with bands of stylised flowers and foliage with Arabic script, 33cm high, together with a Chinese cloisonne censer, of rounded form and worked with stylised flowers and foliage against a black ground, 21cm wide. (2)Part of a Herefordshire Country House EstateFootnote: Provenance:Part of a Herefordshire Country House Estate. Condition report: Ewer: split to cover rim edge. General signs of age and use throughout.Censer: surface wear inside.

A Chinese Scroll Depicting Robed Scholar Wondering Through Mountainous and Waterfall. Text Describing Item As a Gift Containing a Poem with the Date Included

A long Chinese printed scroll bearing numerous printed red seal marks, depicting a busy harbour scene and surrounding landscape, with numerous figures engaged in their business, overall size 14" x 160".

A rare Chinese nine piece square porcelain dragon & phoenix supper set, each piece decorated with either an Imperial rust red dragon or a phoenix amidst flames & cloud scroll, within fret painted borders, 10" overall - one piece damaged.

A Chinese scroll, boxed.

A large quantity of mostly Chinese and Japanese scroll paintings (qty)Poor condition, all deteriorating, loose pieces, not complete

A Chinese rock crystal pendant (5)Carved with a dragon and lotus flower, 6cm high; also a gold mounted amber cigarette holder, 6.25cm length, cased; a reconstituted amber pendant, 5cm high, and a Chinese scroll depicting a river landscape, 30cm x 72cmCondition Report: The case for the cigarette holder has wear. There is an oval chip/blemish to the amber pendant, approx. 0.75cm. by 0.5cm.. The scroll with some losses of paint, creases and some discolouration to the borders.

MODERN STONEWARE GINGER JAR, 22cm high, decorated with fish, along with a Chinese style horse, Japanese satsuma vase, soapstone carving, white metal censer and a Chinese scroll

A Chinese soapstone carving, together with a pair of Chinese baluster famille rose vases af and a contemporary Chinese scroll (4)

A Chinese hongmu official tea table, 19th century, the rectangular top above a pierced and carved stylised foliate frieze, on four square form legs with scroll feet united by a shelf under tier, 80cm high, 41cm wide, 30.5cm deepCondition report: Somer water mark stains to the top. Joints need a little tightening up.

A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL DISH, 18TH CENTURYpainted with an interior scene with large circular window and two westerners and their dog waiting for their attendant who brings a flask, all within a leafy scroll border, the exterior with fruit laden grapevine, the underside with a cloud scroll medallion16cm diameterProvenance: Private English Collection

A late 19thC Kutani style Chinese vase, with scroll handles and painted body depicting flying birds and flowers, on a gilt and butterfly decorated base, with orange six character stamp to underside and hand painted and applied blue symbol, 30cm high.

An antique 18th / 19th Century Chinese hand painted silk painting scroll depicting an elder / immortal descending from the heavens flanked by two winged angels above a crowd of onlookers among hills and mountains. Set to the original wooden sections however one has come loose but is present. A highly detailed period example. Measures approx  132cm x 72cm.

An antique early 20th Century Chinese Oriental hand carved Celadon green jadeite jade censer bottle and cover of archaic form. The archaistic bottle having a carved Foo dog / Dog of Fo lid with twin scroll / elephant handles over panel cut shaped body. The body decorated with carved scrolls and leaves. Raised on a carved socle wood base. Measures without stand; 12.cm tall.

A Chinese blue and white bowlblue Daoguang seal mark and probably of the periodpainted on the exterior with branches of fruiting peach, pomegranate and gourds beneath a border of classic scroll, the interior painted with further a sprig of peaches, 15.25cm diameterProvenance: Count H. Brockenhuus-Schack, acquired in Shanghai in the 1930's and thence by descentVery small shallow chip to the rim, approx 0.3cm length. Fine haircrack to the rim, approx. 1.25cm length

A pair of Chinese scrolls and a set of four scrollsthe pair on paper with black characters against a pink and `prunus and cracked ice' ground, 132cm by 31.5cm; and a set of four printed calligraphic scrolls, 102cm by 23cm (6)Pair- some tears to the fabric mounts. Some small losses to the paper. Some markings to the paper.Set of four- some brown marks to each scroll

A pair of Chinese calligraphy hanging scrollson paper, each printed with black characters against a deep pink ground, 79cm by 19cm; also a pair of calligraphy scrolls on a mottled deep yellow/orange ground, 65cm by 24cm and a single calligraphy scroll with characters on a brown ground, 27cm by 86cm (5)First pair- some wear losses, tears to the edges, creases where rolledSecond pair- each with extensive pink staining to the bordersSingle scroll- paper discoloured and marked

A Chinese hanging scroll and another scrollthe first printed with a mountainous landscape beneath lines of calligraphy and seals, 88cm by 27cm; the second scroll printed with calligraphy on a speckled gold ground, 64cm by 129cm (2) 6815, 6816The mountain scroll with discolouration to the paper, some stains and markingsThe calligraphy scroll with a tear to bottom right corner. Some light staining in places

A Chinese wood stand, 20th century, the rectangular top with scroll ends, 37.5cm wide, 22.5cm deep, 7cm high, and a wood tray, the square top above two drawers, 34.5cm wide, 34.5cm deep, 5.2cm high (2)Condition report: Stand - surface scratches, general wear. Tray - surface scratches, splits, wood stretched.

A 20th Century Chinese hardwood plant stand, the square top above channelled legs and scroll spandrels, raised on spade feet united by a stretcher, 94 x 30.5 x 30.5cms.

A Japanese Meiji period scroll painting on silk of monkeys amid pine trees, 113 x 55cm, some damageCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China.

A set of ten Chinese scroll paintings on paper of immortals, early 20th century, each image 56 x 29cm, damagedCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China.

A Chinese scroll painting on silk of Guanyin, early 20th century, image 37 x 24.5cm and a Japanese Meiji period scroll painting of Buddhist deities, image 110cm x 36.5cm, some damageCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China.

Two Chinese scroll painting on paper of beautiful ladies, late Qing dynasty, image 105 x 47cm and 100 x 38cm some damageCONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China.

Two Chinese scroll paintings on paper of deities, early 20th century, image 148 x 75cm and two late Qing ancestor scroll paintings, image 123 x 72cm, poor condition.CONDITION: Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China.

A Set of Four Early 20th Century Chinese Hardwood Nesting Tables, of rectangular moulded form, the burr moulded tops above pierced line and scroll decorated friezes, the square form legs, horseshoe feet and humpback stretchers, the largest 45cm by 32cm by 66cm

A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowls and Four Saucers, Qianlong, painted in famille rose enamels with flowersprays; A Similar Set of Four Tea Bowls and Five Saucers, painted with flowersprays within foliate and scroll borders; A Set of Four Tea Bowls, painted with birds and flowersprays; A Quantity of Qianlong Period Serviceware; and A Japanese Saucer (qty) CONDITION REPORT: . Tankard missing its handle, chipped and with a large crack. Jug with loss to the spout. Eleven saucer damaged ranging from missing pieces to small chips. Six saucers free from damage but with wear and fritting. Ten tea bowls with varying degrees of damage. Two tea bowls good condition save for wear and fritting.