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Click here to subscribeChinese 20th century ceramics - A teapot decorated with famille vert enamels, the associated cover with dog of fo finial, metal handle and signed insert, impressed seal and painted marks to base, maximum height 22cm and a blue and white hexagonal teapot with brass handle, maximum height 16.5cm.
A Chinese Late Qing Dynasty 'Robin's Egg' glazed porcelain snuff bottle of rounded form, moulded in relief with brimming vases and precious objects picked out in gilt, before a variegated blue ground, Qianlong seal mark to foot, with associated stopper, height 7cm, C.P. Lee & Son, Perth, Australia collection label.
A Chinese gilt bronze Gui, Hu Wenming, Ming Dynasty, 16th century, of ogee circular form with twin dragon handles, the main frieze cast in relief with Buddhist auspicious animals, within bandings of dissolved dragons and butterflies, on a high outward angled foot, the underside with incised four character seal of Hu Wenming7 x 18 x 12.7cmLiterature:For a similar bronze incnse burner signed by Hu Wenming and decorated with similar auspicious animals, see Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, San Francisco, 2008, p.180 fig.111 Hu Wenming from Songjiang, Jiangsu province, is considered amongst the most skilled and gifted craftsman of the late Ming dynasty. His work was highly sort after by scholars and the literati to decorate their desks. The shape of the incense burner is inspired by an archaic prototype, gui, dating to the Zhou or Shang dynasties. Most examples depict animated creatures which have been drawn from the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas', Shan Hai Jing. However, this example is decorated with some of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang. General rubbing of gilt commensurate with age. Interior oxidisation.
A Chinese porcelain bowl, Tongzhi (1862-1874), of bracketed circular shape painted with seven shubunkin goldfish amongst weed, turquoise glazed interior, seal mark in orange 12.7cm diameter, 5.3cm high;a chalcedony double-gourd snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, with associated jadeite stopper 6.9cm high;a Tang style pottery small standing figure of a caparisoned horse 21cm high (3)Bowl - scuffing inside. rim gilding goods but with some slight rubbing. Old paper labels applied to the base Snuff - natural faults/bruises. Associated stopper horse - chipped ears amd tail. All legs cracked/re-glued.
A pair of Chinese coral ground bowls, Qing Dynasty, early 19th century, of flared square outline, turquoise glazed interior, externally with circular reserves depicting mythical persons, children, maidens, and scholars, enriched with gilt scrolls, with seal marks of Qianlong but later13 x 8cmBowl 1. rim gilding rubbed quite heavily. Slight scratching to turquoise inside walls. Bowl 2. As above. Slightly misshapen
A Chinese porcelain Eight Immortals vase, signed Xiezho Zhuren zao, mid 20th century, finely painted in enamels with the Eight Immortals amongst rocks near scholars and maidens amongst clouds, square seal mark "Made by the Master of Wind Music" in iron red34cm high very small chip on foot rim otherwise in good condition.
An early 20th century Chinese carved soapstone figure group with Shoulao (god of longevity) attendant and deer on a naturalistic hardwood stand,22 cm high to/w a carved soapstone figure of the Daoist immortal Liu Hai (god of wealth) with his three legged money toad, 15 cm high, a Chinese soapstone puzzle ball on stand, 12 cm high and a soapstone chop seal (5)all items in this lot have several small chips, surface scratches and general wear
Early 20th century Chinese school - Women having a meal on a riverfront garden terrace, ink and colour on silk, signed and with red artist seal mark lower left, framed and glazed, image dimensions 83 x 41cmLight discolouring all over, more pronounced at edges.Colour generally good with minor fading only.Some spotting, but the inside of the glass is very dirty so it is hard to tell.Silk appears good, no tears but some light rippling.
THREE DECORATIVE CHINESE PRINTS,the first very large and embellished featuring two tigers with calligraphic text and seal marks, image 93 x 174, the second also embellished featuring an extensive bijin scene on silk and the third contemporary school featuring semi-nude women, all loose and rolled (3)
A large late 19th / early 20th century Chinese porcelain vase; the neck with flaring rim above a ruyi head border, the vase with two 'double' opposing dogs of Foo (lion dogs, temple guardians) handles, each side with a turquoise ground and a lilac ground, applied Chilong dragon and further over two shaped reserves decorated in famille rose enamels with a musician group before mountains and two figures, one with an open-winged tethered stork, the second panel similarly decorated with figures before mountains and two oncoming figures about to light a firework placed upon rockwork and each with hands covering their ears, the main burnt-orange ground decorated with chrysanthemums, a peony and various other flowers in low relief, the base with lappet border in Ming style, the underside of the base with red six-character seal mark (63cm highest)
A bijouterie group of four:a Chinese green hardstone carving of a sage holding a large fish;an early 19th century gilt-metal seal engraved with an armorial crest and with faceted bloodstone handl;a 19th century woven-effect trinket box of ovoid form;a clip-brooch centred with an oval mother of pearl.
Set of ten Chinese small porcelain lidded bowls with saucers decorated with dragons and phoenixes. Each bowl marked with a six character Guangxu mark. Each lid marked with a four character Guangxu mark. With one larger dish or planter decorated with a dragon and a phoenix with a four character seal mark along the underside. One of the smaller bowl lacks a lid.Large dish; height: 3 1/2 in x diameter: 10 1/2 in. Undertrays (each); height: 1 1/4 in x diameter: 4 1/4 in. Bowls (each); height: 2 1/2 in x diameter: 4 1/4 in. Lids (each); height: 1 in x diameter: 3 3/4 in.
Chinese Imperial blue and white porcelain bowl, mark and period of Qianlong. Of hexagonal form with a petal lobed rim, decorated with a motif of lingzhi fungus branches along the exterior, bounded by geometric borders. The interior decorated with a single fungus inside a medallion. Marked along the underside with a six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue. With a Christie's label adhered along the interior. With a custom silk box.Provenance: Christie's Paris, Sale 1008, lot 299, June 6, 2011; Private collection, Minnesota.Bowl; Height: 2 in x diameter: 4 1/2 in.
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEAL carved with a double-headed dragon, on a square plinth, the underside carved "In Jen Ji Zhan" (seal of In Jen), 8cm high x 6cm wide Provenance: A French private collection and thence by descent. The imprint of this seal appears to correspond directly with the one illustrated in the Qing dai di hou xi yin pu, "The imperial seals of Qing dynasty emperors and empresses" vol. 4, concerning the seals of the the emperor Yongzheng.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CUSHION BOX of large size, decorated with stylised 'wheel' flowerheads and scrolling leafy tendrils, with Qianlong seal mark, 26cm diam. x 16.5cm highProvenance: The Collection of Aubrey Ellwood Esq and acquired by him in the 1930s. Inherited from him by the vendor's mother of Sherborne, Dorset. The large size and the Kangxi style blue and white decoration of this cushion-shaped box are atypical. The large Qianlong seal mark on the base is usually associated with Imperial porcelains produced during the early part of the Emperor’s reign.
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE WATER-POT of bulbous lobed oval form, painted with formal scrolling flowers and leaves, the rim and cover with small matched recesses for a spoon, the interior, base and underside of the cover glazed in turquoise, the base with an iron red Jiaqing seal mark, 8cm wide x 5.5cm highProvenance: A 1950's Edinburgh, Scotland collection, dispersed within the family and purchased from a family member in 2006.Compare the decoration to a Jiaqing beehive shaped water pot sold by Christie's, 6 Nov 2012, Lot 248.
A Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Dish, decorated in Kraak style (17th Century Ming), 6.75ins (17.1cm) diameter, a Minyao Ware blue and white dish painted with a dragon, painted seal mark, 6.125ins (15.5cm) diameter, and a small dish with crane motif, square seal mark, 5.25ins (13.3cm) diameter
A Chinese gilt bronze censer. Cast with spurious Ming six character seal mark to base, of compressed globular form, the bowl incised with a figure on horseback and another in landscape, 21cm diam. Condition Report: Overall in good condition. The metal has some small knocks and scratches (the majority likely as a result of the production process). No obvious dents. Interior is tarnished with areas of discolouration. Shows signs of wear consistent with age and usage. Would benefit from a clean.
A Chinese export vase of baluster form on a white ground decorated with an exotic bird perched on a branch amidst flowers having red seal mark verso, height 25cm, together with a famille verte vase height 20cm (2)Both very grubby, especially the smaller vase.No apparent damage, chips or restoration.
A pair of Chinese Nanking blue & white crackle glaze vase and covers each cover surmounted by a fo dog, the body of baluster form, underglaze decorated with dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds, having seal mark verso, height 27cmOne with large chip to rim.Please note that these are Nanking but not Nanking Cargo.
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