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Click here to subscribeA COLLECTION OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN18th/19th centuryComprising a large prunus pattern baluster vase, 44.5cm high; a baluster vase painted with precious objects, 27.5cm high; a charger decorated with central floral basket within lappet border, Kangxi, underglaze blue leaf mark to base, 31cm diameter; together with four further dishes. (7).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COLLECTION OF VUNG TAU CARGO CHINESE CELADON VASESCirca 1690Of high shouldered circular form,Each approximately 15cm diameter, 19.5cm high (10).Footnotes:In 1989 a Vietnamese fisherman made the chance discovery of the 'Vung Tau Cargo' by trawling the sea-bed on the Southern Coast of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The cargo was salvaged by the state owned Vietnam Salvage Corporation in a joint-venture operation with the Singapore based Swedish diving expert, Sverker Hallstrom. The salvaged contents was subsequently sold at Christie's Amsterdam in a two-day sale of 1011 lots on 7th and 8th April 1992. The ship was an Asian trading vessel that had been burnt to the waterline as it was almost certainly bound for Indonesia from China. Batavia (now Jakarta) was the centre of the enormous Dutch East India Company (VOC) where a mixed consignment would have been prepared for the homeward run to Amsterdam or elsewhere along the Nederlandish seaboard. There was little to date the wreck except a few coins of the reign of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) and an inkstick bearing the cyclical date corresponding to AD 1690.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COLLECTION OF VUNG TAU CARGO CHINESE CELADON VASESCirca 1690Of high shouldered tapered circular form.The largest 29cm high (10).Footnotes:In 1989 a Vietnamese fisherman made the chance discovery of the 'Vung Tau Cargo' by trawling the sea-bed on the Southern Coast of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The cargo was salvaged by the state owned Vietnam Salvage Corporation in a joint-venture operation with the Singapore based Swedish diving expert, Sverker Hallstrom. The salvaged contents was subsequently sold at Christie's Amsterdam in a two-day sale of 1011 lots on 7th and 8th April 1992. The ship was an Asian trading vessel that had been burnt to the waterline as it was almost certainly bound for Indonesia from China. Batavia (now Jakarta) was the centre of the enormous Dutch East India Company (VOC) where a mixed consignment would have been prepared for the homeward run to Amsterdam or elsewhere along the Nederlandish seaboard. There was little to date the wreck except a few coins of the reign of the emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) and an inkstick bearing the cyclical date corresponding to AD 1690.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PAIR OF CHINESE KANGXI BOWLS a large pair of Kangxi famille verte bowls, painted to the exterior with various military figures including one on horseback, court figures, and flowering trees. The interior with a circular panel painted with children playing, and further painted panels and borders to the inside rim. One bowl broken and repaired, one bowl broken with loose pieces (see images online). 33.5cms diameter, 17cms high. (2)
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN VASE Kangxi period and now converted into a lamp, the curved neck painted with a variety of foliage and with a square sided body painted on each side with a variety of figures in conversation, trees and buildings. With a painted leaf to the base, with restoration to neck and some damages, now fitted with a light fitting and drilled. 51cms high
COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN a collection of mostly 18thc and 19thc Chinese porcelain (all with damages), including a small fluted blue and white teapot painted with flowers, Kangxi period, 11cms high, lid damaged. With a wide variety of bowls, saucers, punch bowl, teapots, miniature items etc. Also with a late 19thc Japanese Arita bowl, the exterior painted with a variety of figures including one on horseback, the interior painted with blue and white flowers and foliage (good condition, 18cms diameter).
CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE late 19thc but with Kangxi four character marks, of baluster form and painted with chrysanthemum's, flowering trees and insects. Various damages, 29.5cms high. Also with a Yongzheng style famille rose vase, probably late 19thc and painted with a bird amongst flowering trees, painted to the base with a dragon within double circles, chips to rim 36cms high. (2)
CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE CUP Kangxi marks but late Qing Dynasty, the small cup painted with flowers and insects amongst rocky outcrops. Character marks to base, chip to rim. 7.5cms high. Also with a small Chinese blue and white bowl, a small Japanese ivory netsuke of a buddhist lion (3.5cms high), and two ivory cat groups mounted on a wooden stand. (4)
CHINESE BLUE & WHITE CIRCULAR PORCELAIN DISH - KANGXI Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, painted to the centre of the interior with a foliate shaped cartouche enclosing a design of scrolling peony, with a border of ruyi below pendant motifs at the rim, the exterior with precious objects alternating with cloud scrolls. 33cms diameter
A KANGXI STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ROULEAU VASE, BANGCHUIPINGChina, Qing Dynasty, 19th centuryThe outer continuously adorned in cobalt blue with a heavenly palace scene with numerous characters, next to it a horse ridder and banana trees. A cobalt blue double ring to the below.H: 29 cmSold together with a Kangxi style blue and white dish adorned with the Sanxing gods triad, the base inscribed with an apocryphal mark of Emperor Xuande.D: 27,7 cm
A LARGE YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ‘PALACE SCENE AND WARRIOR’ MOONFLASK, BIANHUChina, Late Qing Dynasty, Late 19th centuryRaised on a high foot, with a round flat body and a tubular neck applied with two ‘buttefly’ handles. The body adorned with lotus scrolls against a yellow ground. With two reserved medallions, one adorned with a palace scene, the other one adorned with warriors / horse riders. The base inscribed with a four-character cobalt blue apocryphal mark of Emperor Kangxi.H: 44,9 cmCondition Report: Condition report:- faded gilt to several parts;- some losses of enamels on different parts;- a firing crack to the inner collar;- firing cracks to the base.
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS CROSSING THE SEA’ PORCELAIN LIDDED GINGER JAR China, Late Qing Dynasty, Late 19th century Finely painted in cobalt blue shades with the Eight Daoist immortals crossing the sea. The base is inscribed in cobalt blue with an apocryphal four-character mark of Emperor Kangxi in cobalt blue. H: 23,2 cmCondition Report: Condition report: - the lid is not the original one, not matching the pattern of the jar; - chips to the lid; - a chip near the foot.
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUNDRED FLOWERS’ PORCELAIN BOWL China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi periodThe base inscribed in cobalt blue with an apocryphal mark of Emperor Xuande within a double circle. H: 10 cm - D: 20 cmCondition Report: Condition report: - chips to the rim;- firing cracks to the base with hairlines.
A FAMILLE VERTE 'EIGHT DAOIST IMMORTALS' PORCELAIN BEAKER VASE, YENYENChina, Kangxi style, 19th centuryRichly adorned ijn the famille verte palette with the eight daoist immortals together with attendants. A red Artemisa leaf to the base.H: 45 cmCondition Report: Condition report:- The below is drilled;- UV / black light checked.
A SUITE OF FOUR (4) CHINESE EXPORT HAND-PAINTED WALLPAPER PANELSChina, Qing Dynasty, 19th centuryInk and colour on paper, each variously depicting ladies and boys in a garden landscape with pavilions and trees.Dimensions (each, approximately): 367 x 117,5 cmProvenance: Christie's, ‘Mount Congreve: The House Sale’, 2012/07/11-12, lot 924.Notes: 1. Mount Congreve – which was originally called ‘Brauchaille’ meaning the edge of a cliff in Irish - stands majestically above the River Suir, not far from the city of Waterford in the south east corner of Ireland. The house was built circa 1760 by the most-renowned local architect John Roberts for John Congreve, the son of a reputed politician and banker.2. Wallpaper was considered the height of desirability and rarity during the Qing Dynasty and was extremely expensive. The French dealer Lazare Duvaux (c. 1703-1758), amidst others, records the sale of six sheets of ‘China paper’ to the Countess of Valentinois in 1756 for 144 livres (Carl L. Crossman, The China Trade, Woodbridge, 1991, p. 390).3. The main subject is that of the sericulture. Those scenes may have been taken from the Yuzhi gengzhi tu 御製耕織圖 (Imperially Commissioned Illustrations of Agriculture and Sericulture) which was illustrated by Jiao Bingzhen 焦秉貞 (1680-1720, Kangxi period). [INTERNET KEYWORDS] CHINA, CHINESE, QING, ANTIQUE, CERAMIC, PORCELAIN, PAINTING, SCROLL, JADE, DYNASTIE, JAPANESE, VIETNAMESECondition Report: Condition report:- each rolled up;- each laid on fabric;- folds;- tears;- restorations;- stains;- globally fresh colours and good condition;- the main subject is that of the sericulture. Those scenes may have been taken from the Yuzhi gengzhi tu 御製耕織圖 (Imperially Commissioned Illustrations of Agriculture and Sericulture) which was illustrated by Jiao Bingzhen 焦秉貞 (1680-1720, Kangxi period);- WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PICTURE THE WHOLE WALL PAPERS ARE WE HAD TO ROLL THEM PARTIALLY TO DISPLAY THEM (PLEASE REFER TO ALL THE HR PICTURES OF THE CATALOG TO SEE HOW THEY LOOK LIKE WHEN COMPLETELY UNROLLED);- Provenance: Christie's, ‘Mount Congreve: The House Sale’, 2012/07/11-12, lot 924 (SEE CAPTIONS OF THE CATALOG);- follow this link to review the original catalog of the sale with that lot (not illustrated): https://issuu.com/mealys/docs/mealys_mount_congreve_sale
A Chinese wucai plate, Kangxi (1662-1722), of circular form, the centre painted with blossoming prunus by a rock, surrounded by sprigs of foliage in shaped panels, six-character Kangxi mark to base, 21.8cm diameter, 清康熙 五彩花卉纹盘 《大清康熙年制》青花楷书款Condition report: Chips to rim and foot rim. Restoration to the centre. Please see images.
A Chinese pottery incense burner, of squat form with two handles, covered under a brown glaze, 8cm long, two Jian-ware tea bowls, 6.2cm diameter, two associated wood stands, and a lobed tea bowl, six-character Kangxi mark, 7.5cm diameter (6)Condition report: Jian ware tea bowls - both with small chips to rim or foot rim.
Two Chinese blue and white moulded dishes: each painted with lotus, other flowers and foliage, one with apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within double circles, Kangxi, 21cm [glued section to rim]; the other with conch shell mark within double circles, Kangxi, 21cm [interior crack] and wood stands.
A Chinese blue and white 'Sixteen Sons' ovoid jar: painted with four lotus-tied cusped panels each depicting a female figure and four boys at play on a terrace, Lingzhi fungus mark, Kangxi, 21.5cm high [firing crack and related short hair crack to rim] with reticulated wood cover and a stand.]*Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese verte-imari chrysanthemum moulded bowl: with lobed sides and scalloped rim, painted in famille verte, iron-red and underglaze blue with an interior medallion of a lady in a fenced garden, the exterior with alternate panels of flower sprays, landscapes and auspicious objects, Kangxi, 20cm [minor rim frits].*Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese blue and white 'lotus' bowl: of conical form, the interior painted with a medallion of a single lotus flower within lappets and double line border, the exterior with a continuous design of lotus and scrolling stems within lappets, apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, probably Kangxi, 17.5cm [rim with hair crack and minor firing fault].
A large Chinese Imperial yellow-ground 'dragon' charger: with Chuxiugong mark, incised and painted in green, white and aubergine with two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst cloud scrolls and flames within a central medallion, the sides with prunus, peony, chrysanthemum and lotus, the rim with six further dragons, the underside with four dragons and five cranes in flight, underglaze blue four-character seal mark 'Chu Xiu Gong Zhi' [Produced for the Palace of Assembled Elegance], Guangxu period, 47.5 cm diameter [crack to rim with associated filled chip].*PLEASE NOTE - There will be no internet bidding on this lot and all requests for telephone or absentee bidding must be received by 16.30pm GMT on Monday 17th January 2022 together with a deposit of £1,000 paid by debit card or bank transfer. (If unsuccessful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days)* Notes Bears part of a paper label 'Ashmolean Museum/On loan from Mr.F.C.Harrison/78'. Francis Capel Harrison [1863-1938] was Conservative MP for Kennington in 1922/3 and a renowned private collector of Chinese works of art who retained a long connection with the Ashmolean Museum, the British Museum and the London dealer Bluett and Sons. It appears that this dish (with another) was included in Bluett's 1925 Exhibition 'A Collection of Old Chinese Monochrome Porcelain' no.57 and was sold to John Sparks on 10th June 1925 for £40. According to the exhibition catalogue it was taken from the Imperial Palace, Peking in 1899/1900.*Notes The Chuxiugong Palace is located to the North East of the Six Western Palaces in the Forbidden City, Beijing and together with the Six Eastern Palaces accommodated the concubines and the Emperor's wives, including the Empress Dowager Cixi [1835-1908]. In the 1880s Empress Cixi carried out a refurbishment of the Palace, including objects of imposing size, many modelled after Kangxi originals.*Notes Literature Gunhild Avitabile 'Vom Schatz der Drachen-From the Dragon's Treasure' pages 108 and 109 for a discussion of 'Chuxiu gong zhi' dishes. Roy Davids & Dominic Jellinek 'Provenance' page 223 for details of the F.C.Harrison provenance.
A large Chinese blue and white cylindrical brush pot, Bitong: painted with a continuous lake landscape scene with buildings and a fisherman in a sanpan, mountain peaks in the background, lingzhi fungus mark, Kangxi, 18cm diameter [cracked, firing fault].*PLEASE NOTE - There will be no internet bidding on this lot and all requests for telephone or absentee bidding must be received by 16.30pm GMT on Monday 17th January 2022 together with a deposit of £1,000 paid by debit card or bank transfer. (If unsuccessful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days)
A Chinese verte-imari and incised bowl: the interior painted with a medallion of a jardiniere of flowers within a border of flowers on a seeded ground reserved with cartouches of insects and floral sprays, incised overall with wide bands of lotus and chrysanthemum, Kangxi/Yongzheng, 25cm [two hair cracks, minor rim chips]. *Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte 'birds and peony' charger: painted with two colourful long-tailed birds amongst flowering peony, the rim with an inner border of peony branches and an outer border with cartouches of birds and insects divided by peony flowers on a stippled green ground, double circles mark, Kangxi, 39cm together with a mahogany adjustable stand.*Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte saucer dish: painted with two butterflies flying above tree peonies issuing from green and aubergine pierced rockwork, ribbon tied artemisia leaf mark within double circles, Kangxi, 21.5cm [some tiny frits] together with a Liberty ebonised stand.* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte 'basket of flowers' charger: finely enamelled with a large basket of flowers and foliage within a rim border of panels of mythical creatures and stylised chrysanthemum on a green lattice ground, artemisia leaf mark within double circles, Kangxi, 39cm [hair crack to rim].
A Chinese famille verte two-handled circular bowl and cover: with lion dog finial and mythical beast mask and tongue handles, painted with panels of birds, water plants, flowering shrubs and foliage, double circles mark, Kangxi, 26cm wide [loss to finial, some hair cracks around handles].* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A matched pair of Chinese famille verte jugs and covers: of baluster form with Dutch gilt-metal mounts, the bodies moulded with lotus shaped panels and painted overall with flowering tree peonies and pierced green rockwork, Kangxi, 18.5 and 19cm [some damage].* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte cafe-au-lait saucer dish: probably for the Islamic market, painted with six floral palmettes around an underglaze blue peony medallion within a similar peony border to the rim, the reverse with cafe-au-lait ground, hare mark within double circles, Kangxi, 21cm together with a Liberty ebonised stand.* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte decagonal bowl: finely enamelled overall with flowering shrubs and sprays, the interior with a flying bird and a grasshopper, the rim with scrolling lotus border, the exterior chrysanthemum and diaper border, Kangxi, 30cm [riveted repair].* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A group of three Chinese famille verte bowls and a teabowl: one with lotus medallion to the interior, the exterior with lotus shaped panels of auspicious objects and peony issuing from rockwork, square seal mark within double circles, Kangxi, 20cm [hair crack]; the second painted with mythical beasts on a seeded butterfly and floral green ground, lozenge mark within double circles, Kangxi, 19cm [damaged and riveted]; the third painted with palmette shaped floral panels on a cafe-au-lait ground, lotus mark within double circles, Kangxi, 16cm [significant damage]; the hexagonal teabowl painted with panels of flowering shrubs, Kangxi, 6.5cm high [some damage] 4.* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte yen-yen vase: the ribbed waisted slender neck with flared rim, painted with pierced green rockwork and insects flying amongst flowering shrubs and floral sprays divided by an iron-red peony scroll border, double circles mark, Kangxi, 38cm [damage to rim, minor chips to base].* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte square section triple-gourd vase: painted with alternating panels of butterflies, auspicious objects, river landscapes and mythical beasts divided by waisted sections painted with hanging chimes, galloping horses and floral scrolls, Kangxi, 31cm [glue repair to rim, some chips/frits].* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A pair of Chinese famille verte hexagonal section double-gourd vases: painted with alternating panels of figures in gardens, mythical beasts, dancing boys, lake landscapes and auspicious objects divided by shaped sections painted with hanging chimes, galloping horses, butterflies and flower sprays, Kangxi, 31cm [some chips/frits, slight variation between iron-red borders]. * Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of Guanyin: seated cross-legged, her face with gentle smile, wearing flowing robes decorated in green, yellow, black and aubergine with flowers, tendrils and foliage, Kangxi, 23cm [some damage/losses] on pierced hardwood stand.* Provenance Leighon House, Manaton, Devon.
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