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Click here to subscribeA PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI BOWLS, 20TH CENTURY each with gently curved sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, painted around the exterior with floral strapwork, the interior with a floral medallion, the base with apocryphal Daoguang seal mark, fitted box 15cm diameter Provenance: Private European Collection, acquired from Eileen Kershaw, Hong Kong, 1991
A CHINESE WUCAI VASE AND COVER, 19TH CENTURY oviform, decorated with an archer displaying his skill to figures ranged behind him, the scene terminating in a band of cloud scrolls, a band of irregular paving below the neck and domed cover with chrysanthemums, peonies and rocks, underside with underglaze blue apocryphal Kangxi seal mark 40.5cm high, rim chips
Large Chinese Famille Rose Enamel Porcelain plaque with a hand painted bird and bright flowers. The bird is a pheasant, an emblem of beauty and good fortune, and is depicted on the rank badge of second-level Qing dynasty officials.Marked in the upper left. 4-character mark in old seal style reads 乾陵年制 “made in Qianlong (period)” (1736-1795. Qing 清Dynasty). Reign marks are often used in replicating styles of earlier periods and in the absence of evidence to the contrary should not be taken as indicating the date of production.Sight: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Overall: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.Please note that all sales are final. No refunds will be given under any circumstances.
A true mirrored pair of Chinese Republic period Qianlong mark porcelain vases. The hand painted glazed vases of rouleau form depicting birds amongst blooming floral sprays and branches and Chinese scroll work. Some geometric pattern decoration to the neck. Four character red seal mark to underside of foot. Measuring approx 26cm tall.
A superb 19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty silver and zitan wood decorative desk stand bearing marks for Luen Wo of Shanghai. The stand having a central two stepped pen stand in the form branches adorned with floral accents flanked by inkwells to each side having embossed character and floral panel sides. Pen rest to the front with pierced floral lattice worked borders with all being raised on bun feet supports. Impressed Luenwo marks stampe to base with wax seal and collection paper label. Measures 15cm x 22cm x 11cm. Total weight 955 grams.
Y An unusual Chinese walrus ivory archer's ring, Qing Dynasty, 2.8cm high x 2.9cm diameter; and a square Chinese celadon jade seal, with coiled chilong dragon finial, 2.6cm wide (2)清 虬角扳指一件青玉龙钮印章一枚Y - Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. For further details on CITES regulations, visit: www.gov.uk/guidance/cites-imports-and-exports.Condition Report: The archer's ring with natural flawsCondition Report Disclaimer
A group of nine assorted Chinese soapstone seals, of various styles, one signed muqian laoren, possibly by Chen Sui (1607-1692), the largest 13.5cm high (9) 穆倩老人（款）及"齐璜白石为陈半丁先生刀斧一方"寿山石印等一组九件Condition Report: One yellow soapstone seal broken, some with chips to the cornersCondition Report Disclaimer
Y A Chinese porcelain seal, Qing Dynasty, covered overall with red crackle glaze, a paper label for the 'Erik Hancock Collection', 2.8cm long x 2.2cm wide; and a group of three ivory seals, surmounted with beast finials, the highest 3.7cm high (4)Provenance: Property of a Gentleman collected in the 1980's or 1990's, the red seal previously in the Erik Hancock Collection. Born into a privileged Birmingham family, Erik Hancock was one of the best-known collector's through the late 1960s and 70s. Upon his death some of the collection was bequeathed to the Birmingham City Museum. 清 红釉瓷章一枚及象牙印章三枚拍品来源：英国私人收藏，购于上世纪八十-九十年代。红釉印章来自伯明翰Erik Hancock收藏，部分其收藏目前存于伯明翰市博物馆内Y - Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. For further details on CITES regulations, visit: www.gov.uk/guidance/cites-imports-and-exports.Condition Report: General wear to the surface. The porcelain seal with minute chips to the top cornersCondition Report Disclaimer
A group of four Chinese soapstone seals, comprising two square seals possibly by Zhang Yilai (1925-1998) and carved with Chairman Mao's work; one seal signed Chen Sui, 5cm high; and one seal signed Su Daoren, 8.5cm high (4) 张贻来（款）毛主席语录印两方及其他寿山石印两方Condition Report: Stratches to the stones and old chipsCondition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls, Qianlong underglaze blue seal mark and of the period (1736-1795), painted to the exterior and interior with scrolling lotus motifs, the rim mounted with a copper band, 18.4cm diameter清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款缠枝莲纹碗一对Condition Report: Both bowls with cracks to the mouth rim, one with two cracks approximately 2.3cm long each, the other one with one crack 1.7cm longBoth bowls with one chip to the foot ring and general wear to the surfaceCondition Report Disclaimer
A large Chinese 'Hundred Boys' vase, the 'Hundred Boys' celebrating the Spring Festival in extensive lakeside palace gardens with two separate pavilions linked by bridges over the water and set amidst rocky mountains, the waisted neck in bright enamels, the base with six-character Jiaqing seal mark, 74cm high "大清嘉庆年制"粉彩百子图大瓶Condition Report: in good condition other than minor crazing to glazeCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese dehua standing figure of Guanyin, Republican period, the deity finely detailed with the eyes are downcast and lips gently indented to provide a benevolent expression, dressed in a voluminous robe, the back impressed with a four-character 'bo ji yu ren ' seal mark, 44.5cm high民国 德化"博及渔人"款观音Condition Report: One hand restored with two fingers missing, the down side of the robe restoredCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Clair de Lune vase, Republic, the slender baluster body with branch handles, the base with underglaze blue six-character Qianlong seal mark, once converted to a lamp and drilled through base and the surface now painted green, 33cm Provenance: Property from a deceased estate. 民国 "大清乾隆年制"月白釉荸荠瓶拍品来源：英国私人收藏Condition Report: base drilled through seal mark vase later painted in green Condition Report Disclaimer
A small square Chinese qianjiang style brush pot, late 19th/20th century, painted to the exterior with antiquities and signed zi fan, with one seal of the artist, the base inscribed with a four-character tongzhi nianzhi mark, 8.2cm high 浅绛彩小四方"子蕃自制"款笔筒Condition Report: Wear to the gilding on the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese picture of mythological, ghost-like creatures fighting together; the left hand side with inscription and red seal; framed and glazed. Overall dimensions including frame about 72 x 33 cm.Provenance: The Property of a Lady and Gentleman. From a Private UK Collection. By Direct Family Descent from Sir Ernest Wilton KCMG [1870-1952].The reverse of the frame with a label stating: 'A painting of the Battle of the Ghosts-an interesting brushwork in ink by Liang Tao Jen, Lo P'ing on an Autumn Day of the cyclical year Ping Ch'en i.e. 1796/Seal: seal of P'ing/This artist was born in 1733 and died in 1799' Please note that it has not been possible to take this picture from its frame to ascertain the extent of damage. Some areas of damage extant: including creasing, torn or otherwise degraded paper, and soiling.
A Chinese picture on textile of two women, looking at a sword in an interior; the right hand side with a five-line poetic inscription beside a red seal; framed and glazed with overall dimensions of about 96 cm x 43 cm. Provenance: The Property of a Lady and Gentleman. From a Private UK Collection. By Direct Family Descent from Sir Ernest Wilton, KCMG [1870-1952].The poetic prose or poem here apparently refers to the power of General Lau, and the two portraits are thought to be General Lau's wife and sister. Please note that it has not been possible to remove this picture from its frame in order to ascertain the extent of deterioration. Some evident wear, soiling, imperfection or damage; an easily apparent vertical line along the left hand may indicate refurbishment, repair or damage.
A Chinese picture on textile portraying figures in a retreat beside the mountains; with five lines of text and a red seal at the top right corner; a further inscription and red seal at the left side. Framed and glazed with overall dimensions of about 134cm x 50 cm.Provenance: The Property of a Lady and Gentleman. From a Private UK Collection. By Direct Family Descent from Sir Ernest Wilton KCMG [1870-1952]. Please note that it has not been possible to take this picture from the frame in order to check the full extent of deterioration, repair or damage. Areas of textile or pigment wear and imperfection extant with some fugitive colour; a vertical line towards the left corner may indicate re-furbishment, repair or damage.
A Chinese metal alloy vase of double gourd form, decorated with a four-clawed dragon coiled around the exterior. The neck fitted with an integral, matching ewer with hinged cover and knop finial; the base with a bold four-character seal mark. 51 cm high and with base diameter [including the gourd-shaped feet] about 23 cm. Probably Qing Dynasty. Provenance: The Property of a Lady. From a Private UK Collection. The seal mark here may be significant in terms of offering some indication as to the maker of this vase. For other comparable marks, attributed by the author to the late Ming or Qing Periods, see page 57 of Professor Jonathan Hay's 'Sensuous Surfaces/The Decorative Object in Early Modern China' [ISBN 978-0-8248-3361-9]. Tall vases of gourd form were well established by the Ming Dynasty, offering an implied association with the devotion of Daoist thought and belief. See for instance page 93 of Volume 4, 'A Journey into China's Antiquity', compiled by the National Museum of Chinese History [1997]. The authors of this reference work illustrate a 58cm high Ming blue and white vase of gourd form, decorated with the Eight Daoist Immortals, emphasising the gourd's significance. Although the gourd form appears in the Qing Dynasty also, it is notable that Yongle Emperor was a devotee of The Daoist Deity, Zhenwu, restoring Zhenwu's monasteries on Mount Wudang [Source: The BP Exhibition, '50 Years that Changed China'/BM Catalogue page 226]. This Imperial lead, followed by the Daoist following of both the Jiajing Emperor [1507-1567] and The Wanli Emperor [1563-1620], doubtless contributed to a wider inclusion of gourd iconography and art throughout the Ming years. Please note that there are areas of fatigue, wear and repair to this vase. Notably the base has several areas of metal repair.
A Chinese white jade toggle, Qing Dynasty, carved in relief with boss bands, 2.1cm high; a Chinese mottled jade cylindrical bead, possibly Liangzhu culture (ca. 3300-ca. 2250 B.C.), 3.8cm high; and a Chinese white jade seal, Qing Dynasty, on top carved with a lion finial, 6.2cm high (3)Provenance: Formerly in a private South African Collection purchased circa mid 1970's and to the mid 1980's 清 白玉勒子及狮钮印一枚良渚文化（可能） 玉管一枚拍品来源：南非私人收藏，购自上世纪70-80年代Condition Report: The jade seal mottled by the seal oil, white jade toggle with minute chips to the edgesCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Jun-glazed seal paste box and cover, 18th/19th century, of cushion form and covered all over in a glaze of lavender-blue tones with purple splashes, the glaze suffused with crazing, the base with a paper label for the Holtwood Collection, 7.5cm diameter, with carved wood standProvenance: Collected by the current owner's father in the 1960's or early 1970's. J. F Woodthorpe (1897-1966), sold a major part of his collection at Sotheby's in 1954 and then at subsequent sales in 1956, 1958 and 1961. He was also a client of Bluetts between 1948 and 1960. 清18-19世纪 钧釉印泥盒拍品来源：现藏家的父亲于上世纪六十至七十年代所购。此瓶之前曾为英国最高法院大法官及东方陶瓷协会会员 J. F Woodthorpe(1897-1966)所藏Condition Report: Extensive crazing to the surface, the glaze with stains and blemishesCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese ge-type vase, Qing Dynasty, applied overall with an unctuous grey-green glaze irregularly suffused with black and rust-coloured crackles, the Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze blue, 27cm high Provenance: Formerly in the Collection of Quek Kiok Lee 清 "大清雍正年制"款哥釉橄榄瓶拍品来源：新加坡郭克礼（1921 - 2018）旧藏Condition Report: several long cracks to the body and chip to rim and minor loses around cracks and base drilled through mark Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Chinese Famille Rose lobed bowls, six character seal mark of Jiaqing and of the period, finely enamelled to the interior with a central medallion depicting a gathering of ladies, the exterior decorated with four ladies in landscape settings engaging into different activities such as horsing riding and laundry, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiaqing mark in iron red against a bright green background, 27cm diameter (2) Provenance: Private English collection清嘉庆 "大清嘉庆年制"粉彩七美图莲瓣碗一对拍品来源：英国私人收藏Condition Report: One bowl with an area of restoration 14cm x 6cm, and one chip of 3.5cm long to the rim The other bowl with one minute chip to the lobe tip and re-painted, the base with scratches to the glaze and general wear to the interior areaCondition Report Disclaimer
A fine Tibetan Thang-ka, 20th century, pigment with gold on cloth, depicting an arhat seated under a tree outside a cave, an attendant at his side, a small lion in the foreground, figures of Amitayus and Sakyamuni suspended above, with 18th/19th century Chinese brocade surround, the picture 74cm x 49cm and the reverse of the scroll with the hand print of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, the print inscribed with the three-character Tibetan mantra 'Om Ah Hum' [三字明咒], which is used to purify the mind, speech and heart, accompanied with the 14th Dalai Lama's personal seal mark, mounted with 18th or 19th century geometric brocade silk, picture size 72.5cm x 47cm, overall size including brocade 148cm x 76cm, with scroll stand Provenance: 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, of Broadlands and thence by descentAlmost certainly gifted by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in 1974 and thence by descent. Many temples in Tibet were given brocades as offerings from wealthy Chinese through the ages. They were sometimes used as the surround for a Thank-ga, as in this instance. The geometric patterns are associated with the royal household during the Qianlong reign. 20世纪 释迦摩尼佛唐卡一件背面：十四世达赖喇嘛旦增嘉措手印及私印，并墨书三字明咒 拍品来源：十四世达赖旦增嘉于1974年访问亲自赠予英国海军元帅、东南亚盟军总司令蒙巴顿勋爵（现英国菲利普亲王的舅舅）Condition Report: Overall condition is quite good with just some creasing to picture and some minor stains throughout Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese moulded 'Twin bat' bowl, the confronting bats with outstretched wings, painted in iron red and gilt, on a blue enamel wave pattern ground, the interior turquoise, the base inscribed with a six-character daoguang seal mark, 17cm long"大清道光年制"款海水纹双蝠碗Condition Report: Minor scratches to the interior of the bowlCondition Report Disclaimer
A pair of Chinese Famille Rose 'Taming the Tiger' vases, 19th century, well painted each with four figures, in bright enamels, the turquoise glazed bases with iron-red apocryphal Qianlong six-character seal mark, 41.5cm high (2) Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Maximilian Morgenstern, Vienna, gifted in the early 1920's, thence by descent and to the present owner. 清19世纪 粉彩伏虎罗汉图瓶一对拍品来源：维也纳Maximilian Morgenstern家族私人收藏Condition Report: one vase with 1cm x 1cm rim chip the other case with firing crack and fault on baseCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese blue and white puce enamelled bowl, Daoguang underglaze blue seal mark and possibly of the period, the wide bowl rises from a short foot and is decorated to the exterior with the eight Daoist immortals in underglaze blue surrounded by an overglaze ground of crashing waves in puce enamel, the interior is further decorated with a central medallion enclosing Shoulao standing beside a spotted deer, against a background of puce-enamelled waves, 22cm diameterCompare with a similar bowl sold Christies, London, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 15th May 2012, Lot 407 八仙过海图青花加彩碗Condition Report: 1cm vertical firing and some wear to interior of bowlCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Clair-de-Lune vase, Guangxu or Republican, with Qianlong six character seal mark, covered overall and in the interior with a glaze of even pale-blue tone stopping neatly above the foot, the rim glazed in brown, the base with underglaze blue six-character Qianlong seal mark, the base with paper labels for the J. F Woodthorpe Collection and the Holtwood Collection, 27cm highProvenance: Collected by the current owner's father in the 1960's or early 1970's. J. F Woodthorpe (1897-1966), sold a major part of his collection at Sotheby's in 1954 and then at subsequent sales in 1956, 1958 and 1961. He was also a client of Bluetts between 1948 and 1960. John Frederick Woodthorpe (1897-1966), was a Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Division, and an active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society.晚清-民国 "大清乾隆年制"天蓝釉荸荠瓶拍品来源：现藏家的父亲于上世纪六十至七十年代所购。此瓶之前曾为英国最高法院大法官及东方陶瓷协会会员 J. F Woodthorpe(1897-1966)所藏Condition Report: no damage cracks or repair but with a firing blemish to three areas of body where the blue glaze has not covered the white body entirely and other minor firing blemishesCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese millefiori dish, decorated dragons with seal mark to base, 11" dia, two Cantonese polychrome dishes, decorated figures, and a similar rectangular dish Condition: Rectangular dish, edge restored & stapled. One Canton dish glued and the other numerous rim chips. Millefiori dish seems to be free from damage or restoration
A Chinese blue and white bowl, of circular form decorated with a bat and floral motif, seal mark beneath, 19thC, 13cm diameter. No UV or other aides used, on initial inspection, two firing faults to underside going through marks, slight wear, chips, damage, and discolouration to underside, other slight losses, marks and wear, pock marks and losses to decoration in areas to interior, slight losses to decoration overall.
SMALL CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE TANKARD, QING DYNASTY together with other assorted items to include, a hardstone water-dropper, a bronze seal, a silver finial, a pewter globe inkwell, a small blue and white vase, a spinach jade cup, a wucai bowl, and two modern soapstone seals, Cup height: 7cm, Bowl diameter: 10.5cm (10)
19th century Chinese black lacquer and gilt games box, of rectangular form with canted corners, the body decorated with figures amidst pagodas and prunus trees contained within stylised foliate borders, the cover further detailed with the Cook Family crest and moto 'Tutum Monstrat Iter' (He Showeth a safe road). Opening to reveal an interior fitted with twelve trays, mostly decorated as court and pip cards, together with seven lidded boxes containing forty eight narrow rectangular, twenty rectangular, and twenty three circular mother of pearl counters, each engraved with intricate figural narrative scenes to one side, and Cook Family crest to the other, plus a number of small Groatie Buckie Cowrie shell counters, box H12cm, L38cm, D31cm Together with a selection of documents relating to the Cook family, including one entitled 'Royal Company of Archers, Queen's body Guard for Scotland', admitting John Cook Esquire (1813 - 1891), with seal, and another entitled 'The Speculative Society' admitting Mr John Hope Cook, (1918 � 2002), with seal and accompanying envelope. Provenance: From the collection of the Cook Family. - Condition Report
Chinese bronze 'Elephant' censer and cover, of tripod form cast with elephant handles and feet, the trappings inlaid with hardstone cabochons, the pierced domed cover set with a sleeping elephant supporting a basket filled with precious objects, with impressed Ming type seal to base, H26.5cm - Condition Report
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