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Old Chinese brass censor of squat form on three feet with seal mark to base. 15cm diameterCondition report: Good original condition with minor wear, scratches ,small dents and verdigris spots. 1255grams

Chinese yellow-ground porcelain alms bowl, decorated in underglaze blue with dragons chasing a flaming pearl, Qianlong seal mark to base but 19th/20th century, on a carved wooden stand, 25cm diameterCondition report: Good overall condition with no sign of damage or restoration. Some scratching to glaze. Stand has possibly been restuck

Antique 19th century Chinese porcelain coffee pot, decorated with dragons and goldfish emerging from water, with fruiting trees and other painted patterns, seal mark to base, 24.5cm heightCondition report: The spout and handle are both repaired. Otherwise good condition.

Chinese porcelain double-gourd vase with broad flat base and underglaze blue decoration of dragons and waves, seal mark to base for Daoguang (1820-1850)

Probably late 18th century Chinese porcelain mug, cylindrical with underglazed blue lakeside decoration, cane handle, 15cm high (af) and late Georgian porcelain set of eight cups and saucers, London-transfer printed underglazed blue with chinoiserie landscape decoration, pseudo seal mark to base

A Chinese carved soapstone lion dog seal.

A CHINESE WOOLLEN ARTIST RUG China, 20th century. The carpet with a bird perched on a flowering lotus branch, calligraphy, and artist seal, within a diaper-pattern border. Condition: Good condition with some soiling and wear as well as partially faded colors. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Dimensions: 124 x 62 cm

A LARGE AND HEAVILY CAST BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDAI, QING DYNASTY China, 1644-1912. The Laughing Buddha characteristically depicted seated on his sack with strings of cash finely incised around the legs and shoulders, his beard and chest hair also incised, wearing a long flowing robe opening at the chest to reveal his outsized belly. Condition: Good condition with old wear, traces of use and casting flaws. A pole or stick previously held in one hand is missing. Fine dark patina. Minimal scattered nicks and dents. Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Weight: 14.7 kg Dimensions: Width 40 cm Cast on the underside with a four-character seal mark reading Shanying zhizao. Auction result comparison: Compare with a slightly smaller, but gilt bronze figure of Budai, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 29 May 2019, lot 3181, for HKD $625,000. 大型青銅布袋坐像，清代 中國，1644-1912。笑佛的典型特徵是坐在他的麻袋上，袒胸露腹，塑造了一個笑口常開的未來佛形象。 品相：品相良好，老磨損，使用痕跡和鑄造缺陷。以前一隻手握住棍棒缺失。細膩深色包漿。輕微刻痕和凹痕。 來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。 重量：14.7 公斤 尺寸：寬40 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件相似但小些且鎏金的布袋和尚2019年5月29日于香港佳士得《重要中國陶瓷和工藝品》拍號3181，成交價HKD $625,000.

A LARGE BUTTERFLY BOWL, DAOGUANG MARK AND PERIOD Daoguang seal mark in iron red to base and of the period (1821-1850). Foliate gilt rim, vibrantly enameled with four large butterflies amongst lotus, peony, prunus, chrysanthemum, finger citron and melons, the interior with a bat and peaches. Condition: Good condition with old wear mostly inside the bowl, some scratches to base, one microscopic nibble to lip, the gilding to lip partially worn off, few firing flaws. Long, deep and lasting sound (4-5 seconds). Provenance: From an old English private collection. Incised collector’s mark to glaze (see detail image online). Weight: 686 grams Dimensions: 21.8 cm diameter Auction result comparison: Compare with a pair of related yet smaller butterfly bowls from the same period at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on November 30th, 2017, in Chinese Art, lot 649. 道光款與年代大型蝴蝶紋碗 碗底鐵紅釉道光款及年代 (1821-1850)。碗沿鎏金，外壁四朵粉彩琺琅大蝴蝶，四周蓮花、牡丹、櫻花、菊花、佛手瓜及蜜瓜，碗内一隻蝙蝠與壽桃。 品相：品相良好，碗内老磨損，碗底一些刻痕，碗口一道小蠶食細痕，鎏金処局部褪色，一些燒製瑕疵。敲擊后聲音綿長深厚，持續4-5秒鐘。 來源：英國私人舊藏，釉面上陰刻藏家印章 (見圖片細節)。 重量：686 克 尺寸：直徑 21.8 厘米

A PORCELAIN PLAQUE BY WANG QI (1884-1937) China, signed Zushan taotaozhai Wang Qi. Depiction of Lin Bu with a pupil, carrying a branch of plum blossoms. Painted in fine polychrome enamels. One poem in black ink. One seal. Condition: Good condition with some wear and minimal firing flaws. Provenance: From a private estate in the United Kingdom. Weight: 231.6 g including frame Dimensions: 22.2 x 14.5 cm including the frame Lin Bu (967-1028), art name Hejing, was a Chinese poet during the Northern Song dynasty. One of the most famous verse masters of his time. His works and theatrical solitude won him nationwide fame, and he was offered prestigious government posts, although he refused all civic duties in pursuit of his poetry. Long after he died, Lin’s eccentric attitude and his works retained a vivid place in Song cultural imagination and later works. He wrote countless poems on the plum blossom. Among the most famous is ‘Shanyuan Xiaomei’. It reads ‘Among withered flowers plum trees brightly bloom, dominating garden with beauty unsurpassed.’ With a European frame. (2) Wang Qi (1884-1937) Wang Qi was the most outstanding porcelain painter of his day. The present plaques, lot 359, 360, 361 and 362 are fine examples of his use of rapid and expressionistic brush strokes. After the fall of the Qing dynasty, imperial orders for porcelain dwindled at Jingdezhen, the main porcelain production center of China. Porcelain artists, released from imperial restraints, developed their own styles based upon famous scroll painters of earlier periods. Eight of the leading artists formed a group, which despite calling themselves ‘The Full Moon Society’ came to be known as the ‘Eight Friends of Zushan’. The development of Wang Qi’s mature style can be traced to a trip he made to Shanghai in 1916 to see an exhibition of works by a group of painters called Yangzhou Baguai (the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou). Wang was so impressed by the paintings of Huang Shen, one of the Eight Eccentrics, that he started to emulate Huang’s style. This influence can still be seen one some of the present lots with their whimsical, sometimes exaggerated figures and sparse backgrounds juxtaposed with long calligraphic inscriptions in running script. Not content to just emulate Huang’s style, Wang created his own by incrementally incorporating Western techniques in his work. This is also seen in the use of light and shading on faces and clothing of the immortals in the four present plaques, where realism and impressionism are harmoniously blended. 人物瓷板畫，王琦 (1884-1937) 中國，落款“珠山陶陶齋”與“王琦”，描繪詩人林逋植梅圖。設色暈染，題詩，印章。 品相：品相良好，一些磨損和輕微燒製瑕疵 來源：英國私人遺產 重量：231.6 克含框 尺寸：22.2 x 14.5 厘米 含框 王琦 (1884-1937) 王琦是十九世紀末二十世紀初著名陶瓷人物肖像畫藝術家之一。拍號359、360、361及362表現了他部分筆墨特點。王琦是“珠山八友”之首，他的成熟風格的發展可追溯到1916年去上海觀看“揚州八怪”作品展覽，深受黃慎畫風感染。 在他的一些人物肖像瓷板畫中仍然可見黃慎的影響，這些作品構圖誇張，背景稀疏，提款流暢。王琦并不僅僅滿足於模仿黃慎的風格，他不斷在自己的作品中融入西方繪畫技術，由此創造自己的風格。現在的四件肖像瓷板畫中對人物的面部以及衣服部位使用光影都可以看出他把現實主義和印象派和諧地融合在一起。

A DEHUA STYLE CELADON-GLAZED VASE, LATE QING China, 19th to early 20th century. The vase of ovoid form with a lobed cylindrical neck and lobed everted rim, the shoulders with mock ring handles issuing from Buddhist lions’ mouths. Chinese export seal to base. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and firing irregularities. Provenance: Old Austrian private collection. Weight: 2,800 g Dimensions: Height 35.5 cm

A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BOX WITH COVER China, c. 1900 – 1920. The cylindrical box vividly printed and painted with polychrome enamels showing a densely composed ground of scrolling foliage surrounding two reserves, which depict European hunting scenes; the cover similarly decorated. Six-character seal mark on the underside. Condition: Good condition with traces of use and wear. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Weight: 3110 g Dimensions: Height 28 cm, diameter 20.5 cm

A BAMBOO 'BOATING' BRUSH POT BY WANG JICHANG, QIANLONG PERIOD China, 1735-1796. Intricately carved with a majestic lakeshore landscape, depicted with an elderly man looking out from a small open pavilion nestled in a fenced garden grown with bamboo and pines towards two boating parties on the lake, one boat with its sail raised up the mast and seated with eight figures, the other smaller fishing boat being pulled by two boys running across a small bridge, all below rocky mountains and swirling clouds, and above a seal mark reading ‘Wang Jichang Zhi’. Condition: Fine condition with old wear, one tiny loss and several natural age cracks. Provenance: English private collection. Paper label with inventory number to base. Weight: 511.4 g Dimensions: Height 16 cm, Diameter 13.7 cm This cylindrical brush pot is signed Wang Jichang, a bamboo carver active in the mid-Qing dynasty and a native of Jiading, Jiangsu province. In this bucolic boating and fishing scene, Wang skillfully picks out elements of the motif in a range of depths and textures. Note the variation in cuts between the trees, evoking a sense of wild forest, and the carving around the figures that brings them into focus as the principal actors in this narrative. Literature comparison: Compare a brush pot carved with a similar boating scene, but signed Shanmei, in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated in Ip Yee & Laurence C. S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 40, together with a slightly larger example, pl. 67, and three brush pots sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, the first of slightly smaller size, 14th May 1983, lot 648, and the second and third of similar size, 25th May 1979, lot 874, and 10th April 2006, lot 1648. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related bitong by the same artist at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Art, 03 April 2019, lot 3714, bought in at an estimate of HKD $250,000-350,000. 竹雕《汎舟》，王紀常，乾隆時期 中國，1735-1796。錯綜複雜的雕刻，雄偉的湖岸景觀，是一個老人在一個小亭子遠望，這個亭子坐落在一個松竹林中。湖上的兩個划船聚會，一艘船坐著八個人，另一艘較小的漁船被兩個男孩拉著，穿過一個小橋。落款“王紀常制”。 品相：品相良好，老磨損，一道輕微缺損和一些天然年代裂紋。 來源：英國私人收藏。底部有藏家收藏編號。 重量：511.4 克 尺寸：高16 厘米，直徑 13.7 厘米 拍賣結果比較：同一藝術家的相近作品于香港蘇富比《重要中國藝術》，2019年4月3日，拍號3714，估價HKD $250.000-350.000。

‘YAKS’ BY WU ZUOREN (1908-1997) Dated 1978. Chinese ink on paper. Entitled, inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Condition: Some losses and smaller tears to edges as visible on the images. Creasing, soiling and wear. One small repair to center and one to edge. Please check all images at www.zacke.at as they show the overall condition quite well. Provenance: This painting is from a collection in Zagreb, Croatia, owned by a professor with a long and deep interest in Asian philosophy, martial and visual arts. He acquired his Chinese paintings mostly before 2000 from former Yugoslavian diplomats and artists, who traveled to China when both countries enjoyed good relations. Dimensions: 64 x 43 cm. Wu Zuoren (3 November 1908 – 9 April 1997) was a Chinese painter. Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, he successfully practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting.

A CHINESE ‘COURT LADY WITH FAN’ SCROLL PAINTING, REPUBLIC PERIOD China, early 20th century. Painted in various colors on paper, signed, one seal. Well executed portrait of a noble lady standing in a palace patio with bamboo in the background. Condition: Good condition with some wear, minor soiling and creases. Provenance: German private collection. Acquired during the 1980s. Dimensions: ca. 120 x 60 cm

SIX CHINESE COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTS, 18th CENTURY China, 18th century. Color woodblock prints. The six Chinese color woodblock prints from the 18th century originate from one of two famous drawing manuals: The Mustard Seed Garden or the Ten Bamboo Studio. Depicted in this lot are rocks, lingzhi, bamboo, Buddha hand citrus and other nature motifs. Some show an artist seal and calligraphy. Condition: Overall good condition; creases, small tears, browning mostly around the edges; each sheet with centerfold. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Dimensions: Size approx. 29.5 x 25.5 cm

A CHINESE ORIGINAL PRINT OF A BIRD ON A ROCK, 19TH CENTURY China, 20th century. Original color print, matted and framed. This original Chinese color print from the 20th century shows a bird perched on a rock surrounded by bamboo. With seal of the artist. Condition: Good condition; browning and minor stains within the image; centerfold. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Dimensions: Image size approx. 23.5 x 28 cm, Size incl. frame 34.5 x 41.3 cm

Quantity of blue and white porcelain Chinese and Continental, to include two bowls with seal marks to base, a leaf shaped pickle dish, a ginger jar and others (20)

Pair of blue and white vases Chinese, decorated to the body with panel design depicting dragons and foliate splays, seal mark to base, 19cm together with a Chinese plate depicting a mother with her children, 22cm (3)

Porcelain snuff bottle Chinese, decorated to the body with a panel of two figures, with painted seal mark to base, 7.5cm high, together with a jade bi ring 4.5cm across (2)

Chinese School Wood block print, depicting Osmanthus blossoms, inscribed "Osmanthus blossoms like moonlight shining on the branches. The fragrance indicates that autumn has arrived", signed Cheng Yizu & Yi Xian, 23cm x 30cm, with two other woodblock prints, one depicting lilies, with inscriptions to the page detailing how to paint flowers, 23.5cm x 27.5cm and the other depicting a rocky outcrop with plants, with a red seal to the middle right, 23cm x 27cm across (3) Provenance: From the Collection of the late Hans Calmann, and by descent

Collection of items to include: A boxed Chinese seal, Chinese white metal box, pair of 9ct gold cufflinks, 10g approx overall, a yellow metal ring marked '10K', 6g approx overall, a yellow metal ring with inset faceted stone, stamped '18K', 12g approx overall, other cufflinks and a selection of coins

Chinese Antique Carved Ivory Lantern shaped four section seal box, carved to the body with figures in floating clouds. The top in the form of a dragon seal with another to the base. Measures 3" high when closed x 2" wide.

Chinese Republic Period Pair of Bulbous Fishtail Shaped Vases, finely decorated in iron red colours, depicting three scholars sitting at a table drinking tea and reading a scroll in a garden setting, with attendants looking on. Behind is a gnarled shaped tree with unusual bell shaped lanterns hanging from its branches. Red painted seal mark to the base. Size 12.5" height.

Pair of Antique Brass Bulbous Shaped Vases engraved to the body with birds amongst flowers. Chinese seal marks to base. 6" high.

Two Chinese Pewter Metal Tea Canisters, hexagonal shaped with decorated interior panels. Seal character marks to the base. 6.5" and 7.5" high.

Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Vase, with an Iron Red seal mark 'Shen-de-Tang-Zhi' from the Chinese republic period (1912-49) Jingdezhen Kilns. The body finely painted in coloured enamels, depicting geese in flight and feeding on a river's edge amongst roses and rushes. Chinese character marks with a red seal mark painted to the body. Height 11", diameter 7".

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Trumpet Shape Vases, cast to the body with sages reading scrolls and a farmer tending his crops; Chinese seal mark cast to the base; 7 inches (17.5cms) high x 5 inches (12.5cms) in diameter (a/f side handles missing)

Pair of Chinese Republic Vases, decorated to the body with birds perched on branches of blossom and with Chinese poems to the sides; red seal mark to the bases; 7 inches (17.5cms) high, plus a further, smaller vase with a landscape, 4 inches (10cms) high (3)

Chinese Antique Imperial Yellow Crackle Glazed Bulbous Fish Tail Shaped Vase. With a Turquoise Coloured Glaze to the Interior and the Base of the Vase, With an Underglaze Blue Jiajing Character Seal Mark. 17.5 Inches High, Top 5 Inches Diameter & Base 5.5 Inches Diameter.

Qing Dynasty Cinnabar Lacquered Antique Imperial Chinese Quadrafoil form Shaped Dish of extremely fine quality. Depicting a 5 clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl to the centre with several lesser dragons to the perimeter. The border carved with an intricate interlaced pattern, the verso with a silvered metal Qinlong seal mark set into the body with finely carved Chinese symbols around the mark. Measuring 14.5 inches in diameter.

Chinese Republican Period Finely Decorated Porcelain Vase of traditional shape, decorated to the body with a deity (shou) holding a staff with attendants and a small boy with bats flying over his head, all picked out in iron red enamels and highlighted in gilt work, Chinese characteristics and mark to the body of the vase. The base marked with a gold seal mark, Jingdezhen Kilns, 10 " high.

Chinese Stone-Ware Figure of ' Quan Yin ' with Seal Marks to the Front and Back, with a Chinese Pottery Planter with Chinese Scripts to the Sides.

A contemporary 9ct gold dress ring, with central decoration of a pair of dragons either side of a Chinese seal, ring size S, 3.6g

A Chinese Scroll Painting, Late Qing Dynasty/early 20th century, painted with flowering orchids growing from rocks, inscription and seal in red, black ink on paper,196 x 41cm

A Chinese painting, perhaps late Ming/Qing Dynasty, painted with scholars in a pavilion by a lake with trees and a boy with water buffalo, three red seal marks, ink on paper, 218 x 44.5cm

A Chinese painting, 20th century, of a scholar at his desk with books by candlelight, inscription and one red seal, ink and colours on paper, 67 x 37cm

Follower of Qian Songyan: A Chinese scroll painting, of a deep gorge with a pavilion overlooking a waterfall, colours on paper, inscription and red seal, 95 x 51cm

Two 19th century Chinese plates with forest decoration, a Cantonese lidded patterned pot, a quantity of enamel ware, a carved crystal dog seal, an African knobkerrie, two netsuke ornaments and other oddments

20TH CENTURY CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOWL, painted with figures around a central interior panel depicting a dragon, seal mark to base, 25cm diameter

EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE VASE, of tapering cylindrical form, painted with flowers in pink and blue, blue seal mark to base, 21cm high, along with a circular bowl, painted with reserves of figures, animals and landscape, possibly Samson, 28cm wide (2)

20TH CENTURY CHINESE SHAO SHAN STONE SEAL, modelled as a reclining figure and attendant, 11cm long, on a wood stand

A CHINESE LIDDED PORCELAIN POT WITH POLYCHROME DECORATION, RED FOUR CHARACTER SEAL MARK TO UNDERSIDE, ALONG WITH THREE CARVED SOAP STONE FIGURES OF CHINESE SCHOLARS

A Chinese blue and white wall pocket / hook with floral decoration, imprinted 4 character seal mark to back, length 18cm and a Chinese ceramic pen holder / water dropper with handpainted decoration Wall pocket in good condition, pen stand - minor frits to spout otherwise good condition

An early/mid 20th century Chinese pair of small vases of inverted baluster form with crackle glaze, decorated in polychrome with dancing figures holding scarves, impressed seal mark to base, height 11 cm; a similar larger pair of baluster vases, height 23 cm (1 extensively cracked and re-glued; 1 with chips to relief work) As catalogued, 2nd pair of vases measure 26 x 25cm + gilt decorated vase in good condition

A Chinese blue and white bowl with flared rim bearing seal mark to base, decorated with flowers etc (some chipping and restoration), diameter 18cm Repaired chip 4.5cm and other chips to rim and hairline crack

A Chinese bowl with fine polychrome decoration baring seal mark to base, diameter 18cm (hairline crack to one side) Hairline crack is extensive, approx 14cm

A Chinese Yixing tea pot mounted with pewter fittings and decoration including dragons, seal mark to base and 3 similar Chinese items Incense burner, 6 character mark, good condition other pieces w.a.f

A Chinese ceramic hat stand decorated with birds and flowers, faint seal mark to base and a Chinese sleeve vase depicting rural scenes, height 28cm and 28.5cm In good condition

Three Ivory items, comprising: a Chinese carved solid ivory figure of naked woman leaning on a rock, signed beneath, 17cm high, an Indian elephant and howdah group 11cm high, and a desk seal with mother of pearl 'IP' monogram and name stamp 'I Parson' 9cm longCondition report: Figure has small cracks, some on body, some on rock. Howdah group rocks slightly, tiny piece missing on front of howdah canopy. Seal has dirty surfaces

A Chinese famile rose printed and painted wall tile decorated with a marriage ceremony.Bearing apocryphal Qainlong mark in seal. 30 x 30cm 

A Chinese green hard stone seal with horse finial, 8.5cm high

A pair of Chinese blue and white ginger jars and covers decorated in underglaze blue with prunus blossom, four character reign marks. Along with a 19th century Chinese blue and white bowl painted with lotus flowers, seal mark, and four Chinese hardwood stands, bowl 21.25cm diameter. One jar cover broken and repaired. The other cover and both bases in good order. The bowl is in good condition, free from chips, cracks and repair.

A Chinese lacquer brush pot, inscribed in green with a poem, red seal mark, 11cm high, boxed

A Chinese wucai flared bowl, painted with stylised trees, flowers and scroll lappets, 16cm diam, seal mark

A Chinese Yixing teapot, as a house, rustic branch handle, 14.5cm long, impressed seal mark

A large Chinese blue and white cylindrical jar, painted in underglaze blue with flowerheads and foliage, 30cm high, six-character seal mark

Chinese SchoolA set of six, Ornithological Studies, Of Exotic Birdsred seal marks, watercolour and gouache, each 13cm x 10cm, framed as a pair 26cm x 53cm overall

HASEGAWA SETTAN (1778-1843) - JUROJIN, SIGNED HASEGAWA LOGEN SETTAN ROKUJU YON SO HITSU [PAINTED BY HASEGAWA SETTAN AN OLD MAN OF 64] AND WITH THE HOGEN TITLE, HASEGAWA SETTAN SHOGA SEAL IN RED, 80 X 38CM,  AND A PAIR OF 19TH C CHINESE RICE PITH PAINTINGS OF TWO FIGURES IN AN INTERIOR 30 X 18.5CM  EXCLUDING PALE BLUE SILK TAPE SURROUND (3) The first item undisturbed in old early 20th c wood frame and backboard stained and insect damaged in places

An assembled group of Asian works of art, 19th Century and later, including two carved bone gaming companions, a carved ivory snuff bottle, an Indian carved ivory figure of an elephant and cigarette box, a Persian miniature painting on bone, a Chinese hardstone seal and a small blue and white bottle vase.