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Lot 63

A Chinese famille verte dish, with a channelled footrim, decorated with a central panel depicting three women making music in a fenced garden, around the cavetto are eight shaped panels illustrating episodes from the Xiyou Ji (The Journey to the West), the reverse with three flower sprays and with an artemesia leaf mark, Kangxi 1662-1722, broken and repaired, 35cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London. Cf. C J A Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, no. 165 for an almost identical dish.

Lot 64

A large Chinese famille verte dish, decorated with a dignitary seated in a pavillion with two attendants and four warriors, the rim with panels of antiques on a diaper ground, the base with a shop mark, Kangxi 1662-1722, extensively damaged and restored, 38.2cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London.

Lot 65

A Chinese famille verte moulded dish, painted with a dignitary seated on a terrace with attendants before a screen, the cavetto with landscape panels of a spotted green ground, an artemesia leaf mark, Kangxi 1662-1722, broken in half and repaired with rivets, 27.5cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London. Previously in the collection of Agatha Christie - purchased at the sale of contents of her holiday home Greenway, Devon, 12th September 2006.

Lot 66

A large Chinese famille verte dish, decorated with a scene from a romance, depicting nine beautiful young ladies, an artemesia leaf mark, Kangxi 1662-1722, extensively damaged and restored, 37cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London.

Lot 67

A large Chinese Swatow-type stoneware dish, painted in underglaze blue with a panel of scrolling flowers and with floral sprays to the cavetto, Fujian province late 16th/early 17th century, old restored rim chips, 41cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London. Cf. Soame Jenyns, Ming Pottery and Porcelain, pl.119b for a related dish in the V&A Museum, London.

Lot 68

A Chinese blue and white potiche and cover, on a high curved foot, painted with two panels enclosing a landscape scene, Kangxi 1662-1722, damages, 16cm. (2) From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London. Cf. C J A Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, No. 108 for a similar example decorated with antiques.

Lot 69

A Chinese pottery model of a standing boar, his head lowered, Sichuan Province, Eastern Han dynasty 25 - 220AD, minor repairs, 37cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques.

Lot 70

A Chinese Qingbai bowl, with lobed sides, the interior carved with a lotus scroll beneath a pale blue/green glaze, Southern Song dynasty 1127 - 1279AD, 18cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD and formerly of Helen Espir. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques.

Lot 71

A Chinese blue and white bowl, painted with two deer and cranes among pine trees, clouds and rocks, Kangxi 1662-1722, extensively damaged and repaired, 20.2cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson Antiques, London.

Lot 72

A Chinese blue and white large saucer dish, with a channel footrim, painted with two scaly four-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl, all reversed in white on a blue wash ground, the reverse with Buddhist emblems, an artemesia leaf mark, Kangxi 1662-1722, rim chips, 34cm dia. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London.

Lot 73

A Chinese blue and white moulded dish, painted in the Kraak style with a central roundel enclosing a scene depicting a scholar and his attendant, the cavetto with twelve panels of landscape scenes, Tianqi period (1622-1627), minor faults, 27cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London.

Lot 74

A Chinese porcelain vase, originally of archaic gu shape, with upper rounded section and tall foot gently spreading towards the base, decorated in underglaze blue with elaborate floral scrolls against a red over-glaze enamel ground, the protruding flanges with wave patterns, Wanli 1573-1620, the neck reduced, 19.5cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance; purchased from JAN Fine Art, London. Cf. A similar complete vase is shown in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ming-style Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, p.31, no.44.

Lot 75

A large Chinese cylindrical brush pot, decorated to the exterior in famille verte enamels with the Hundred Boys, early 20th century, 18.3cm dia. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from Admiral Vernon Antiques Market, London. The Hundred Boys represent the Chinese desire for many sons to carry on the family name and bring honour to the family. There are many traditions associated with achieving this wish such as offering young brides candied lotus seeds at the New Year celebrations, and adding an arrowroot bulb (which resembles a baby boy`s penis) into the New Year`s cooking.

Lot 76

A Chinese rectangular porcelain plaque, painted by Yu Hanqing (1902-1987) in enamels with a scene showing a mountainous landscape, a pavillion by a river, and with two figures looking towards a fisherman and his boat, and with eleven lines of calligraphy including the date for the Summer of Jiashen (1944), 39 x 25cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. The inscription reads: `A trace of the dawn stirs the riverbank, the green of the willows and the mist gradually becomes distinct, Beside the West Bank (?) another boat has appeared, and gentlemen at their leisure are seen as though in a picture`. Cf. Brush and Clay, pls.117-118 for a covered box and rectangular tile by the artist, Innovation and Ceramics, Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum 2004, no.94 for a brush washer in a different style.

Lot 77

A Chinese blue and white meiping vase, with a short narrow neck and flared rim, painted with a band of lotus scroll around the body, a border of rocks and cresting waves around the foot, and a band of peonies within gadroon panels at the shoulder, Ming dynasty 1st half 16th century, glaze defect to the shoulder, glaze degradation probably due to sea immersion, 25cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson, London.

Lot 78

A large Chinese blue and white cylindrical brush pot, with straight sides slightly flared towards the mouth, delicately painted in underglaze blue with a scene from a romance, late Ming dynasty, c.1630-40, extensive damage and restoration, 21.8cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R G McPherson Antiques. Cf. Chinese Porcelains of the 17th century: Landscapes, Scholars` Motifs and Narratives, no.61 for a similar example.

Lot 79

A Chinese blue and white barrel-shaped vase and cover, painted with two birds in flight above chrysanthemum and bamboo issuing from rockwork, c.1640, 20.5cm. (2) From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: the Hatcher Cargo. Purchased from Anthony Gray, London.

Lot 80

A large Chinese blue and white bowl, the exterior painted with the Eight Treasures surrounded by scrolling foliage and lotus flowerheads beneath a key-fret border and above lappets, the interior with a similarly decorated panel, the base with a six character Jiajing mark and of the period 1522-1566, extensive cracks, 33cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London. Cf. 16th Century Ming Treasures from Taipei, published in Japan, copyright Gakken, 1978, pl.10 for a similar example.

Lot 81

A Chinese dish, painted in underglaze blue, wucai enamels and gilt with a kylin beside bamboo, prunus, flowers and rockwork, beneath a flying phoenix, the cavetto with a leaf scroll border, the base with a rare pentafoil medallion containing a phoenix and cloud scrolls, Kangxi 1662-1722, old restoration to the rim, 30.7cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from JAN Fine Art, London. Cf. J Ayers, The Koger Collection, pl.110 for a similar example.

Lot 82

A Chinese blue and white yen yen vase, brightly painted in underglaze blue with a dignitary and his servant being approached by a peasant with a gift, and a water buffalo in the foreground, the neck with sages inspecting a scroll, Kangxi 1662-1722, some damages, 46cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London. Cf. A similar vase from the collection of Avery Brundage is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics, The Standard Guide, no. 589.

Lot 83

A Chinese blue and white sleeve vase, finely painted around the body with a scene depicting a warrior bearing a spear and with two attendants, consulting a sage who holds a gnarled staff and points to the mountains, the central band with four cranes divided by scrolls, all between anhua bands of flowers and chevrons, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, restoration to base, 43cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Cf. Shunzhi Porcelain, Treasures from an Unknown Reign, no.55 for a similar vase.

Lot 150

An ivory seated figure of Buddha, holding an alms bowl in his left hand and raised on a double lotus throne, 18th century or earlier, wood stand, 11.9cm excluding stand. (2) Paper label for Louis Joseph. Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008). Cf. The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, The Royal Academy of Arts, London 1935/6, catalogue no.2925 for a related figure.

Lot 151

A Chinese jadeite carving of a young woman, standing wearing long flowing robes, and holding a pipe in both hands, beside her a fruiting peach branch rises from pierced rockwork, 18th/19th century, 21.5cm, raised on a pierced hardwood stand. Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008). Purchased from Louis Joseph, London, for £120, 13th October 1959. Cf. J. Hartman, Chinese Jade of Five Centuries, pl.49 for a related figure in the University Museum of Pennsylvania.

Lot 152

A rare set of five Chinese ivory armour-clad figures of warriors, comprising: Guandi accompanied by two of his generals and two attendants, each carrying halberds and dressed in chain mail with elaborate mask pendants, mid 19th century, 26cm. (5) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008), purchased from Louis Joseph, Knightsbridge London, April 12th 1958 for £270. Cf. Phillips International Auctioneers and Valuers, Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivory Trust, 9th-20th November 1999, no.32 for a comparable example.

Lot 194

A Chinese pale celadon jade bowl, carved as an open lotus flower, the exterior with the eight auspicious objects in petal-shaped cartouches, Qianlong 1736-95, wood stand, 13cm. (2) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 205

A Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a figure, he stands wearing flowing robes with his right hand raised, 18th/early 19th century, together with a wood stand, chips to one sleeve of his robe, 10.5cm. (2) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 206

A Chinese celadon jade vase, rising from the back of a seated phoenix, the vase carved with a band of stylized fungus and with a bifid kylin dragon to the reverse, all crisply carved and well defined, 18th century, raised on a reticulated wood stand, 11cm. (2) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 246

A massive pair of Chinese fahua pottery models of Buddhistic lion dogs, each beast well modelled with lively expressions, seated on their haunches, adorned with bells, the male with his right paw on a brocade ball, while the female holds her puppy, both raised on elaborate rectangular plinths and glazed in dark aubergine and turquoise with pale yellow and white details, Ming dynasty 16th/17th century, minor restoration, 47cm. (2) Provenance: Christie`s London, 6th December 1993, lot 79. Cf. Maria Antonia Pinto de Matos, Porcelana Chinesa, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, No.39 for a related example of the same size, and R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics: The Anthony de Rothschild Collection 2, no.240.

Lot 278

A Chinese biscuit porcelain ewer, modelled as a crouching hen with two chicks at her feet, decorated with green, yellow and aubergine enamels, 18th century, chips to the comb, beak and wattle, the cover lacking, 15cm. Cf. R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics: The Anthony de Rothschild Collection 2, no.230 for a similar example.

Lot 292

A pair of Chinese famille verte plates, each decorated with the Eight Horses of Mu Wang in a landscape, the borders with rock work and prunus, each with a ding mark, Kangxi 1662-1722, 22cm. (2) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008). One with a paper label, M.Meyer Collection. no.125.

Lot 481

A Chinese carved stone head of Guanyin, with a tall headdress, possibly Tang dynasty, a small turquoise carving a seated figure and a bronze head of Buddha, two with wood stands, 15cm max. (5) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 598

A Korean celadon wine cup, the fluted sides inlaid in slip with flower heads, the associated stand incised with further floral sprigs, Koryo, 12th century, the bowl extensively restored, the stand with a small rim chip, 14.5cm. (2) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 613

A small pair of Chinese Buddhistic lion dogs, raised on tall brown glazed plinths and a hardstone carving of a phoenix standing on a rock, together with a wood stand, 20th century, 22cm. (4) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 638

Literature: R. L. Hobson, The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, Benn Brothers, 1923, no. 232 of ,500.

Lot 794

Two Chinese porcelain figure groups, one of a man and woman in conversation, the other a single figure with his right hand raised, 18th century, the single figure with restoration, 18.5cm max. (2) The double figure with paper labels for S. Marchant & Son and R. & G. McPhearson Antiques.

Lot 876

A Chinese Canton famille rose bowl, typically decorated with panels of figures and with birds flowers and fruit, 19th century, 30cm. Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 882

A pair of Chinese polychrome ovoid vases and covers, painted with fish, crustacea and water weed, each with a six character Yongzheng mark but 19th century, 12.5cm. (4) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 1026

A jade or green stone axe-god pendant, the features boldly defined, probably pre-Columbian, 7.5cm. Provenance: the Ernest Ohly collection. Cf. R Keverne, Jade, p.325, fig.12 for a related figure.

Lot 1062

A Roman pottery model of Aphrodite, together with a pottery model of a horse, a plaster model of a head, a crouching pottery figure and a red resin Egyptian figure, 32.5cm. (4) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 330

A group of five family medals comprising World War I war medal and Victory medal awarded to `24738 PTE R RAY KSLI` mounted on bar with ribbons, and a World War II trio comprising 1939 - 45 war medal, 1939 - 45 Star and the France and Germany Star in cardboard box of issue `MR VM RAY`, also a World War I Victory medal awarded to `315126 PTE WW Davies Monmouth R` and three badges (9)

Lot 372

A 1908 pattern Cavalry sword, with sheet steel bowl guard and pommel, chequered grip with thumb depression, single fullered flat back tapering blade by Mole, steel scabbard with two fixed loops, stamped `R R H G` for Royal Horse Guards, and `S B & N`, blade 88cm long, overall length including scabbard 110.5cm

Lot 471

An H R H Elizabeth II `Royal Pardon` granted to Rita Muriel Hannah Peck, 1963, also various documents relating to Petty Officer Herbert Hicks, and an album containing signed letters from H R H Elizabeth II, Mountbatten of Burma and others

Lot 474

R Walker (publisher), `The Dramatick Works of William Shakespear (sic)`, volume one, published by R Walker, London, 1734, original leather boards, 8vo

Lot 479

Oliver J R `National documents relating to The Isle of Man`, printed for the Manx Society, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1860, green cloth boards, volume one, 4to, also thirty one other volumes published by The Manx Society (32)

Lot 484

Sacheverell, William `An account of The Isle of Man`, published by Thomas Brown, London 1702, original leather boards detached, 8vo, also Feltham John `A tour through the Island of Mann in 1797 and 1798`, published by R Cruttwell, Bath, 1798 and nine other volumes of Manx interest (11)

Lot 490

Sterne, Laurence `The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy`, published by R & J Dodsley, London, 1760, second edition, volume one, original calf boards, 8vo

Lot 512

The Folio Society - Thomas, Dylan, `Under Milk Wood`, published by The Folio Society, London 1972, illustrated by Ceri Richard, decorated green cloth boards, in slip case, 4to, also thirty three other Folio Society volumes including works by R L Stevenson, Siegfried Sassoon, Catherine Mansfield and others, the majority in slip cases (33)

Lot 521

Evans, Thomas, `Old ballads, historical and narrative`, published by R H Evans, London, 1810, leather boards, 4to, also two companions, Shenstone, William, `The works in verse and prose`, published by J Dodsley, London 1773, three volumes, also a quantity of other leather bound volumes including `The works of Pope, Homer, Dibdin and others` (approximately 40)

Lot 553

Leonard R Squirrell `A cargo ship in harbour`, watercolour, signed and dated 1949, unframed, 21.5cm x 35cm, also one other unframed watercolour by the same hand (2)

Lot 601

R Tavelli `Figures in an Italianate coastal landscape`, oil on canvas, signed, 51cm x 61cm, also one other oil by a different hand (2)

Lot 89

Three Royal Worcester fruit decorated plates, each painted with a central reserve of fruit, within a broad claret and gilt decorated border, artists include; R. Price, J. Skerret and P. Stanley, each with gilt printed mark, 27cm diameter (3)

Lot 269

A selection of silver, to include; a silver two handled cup, J & R Griffin, Chester 1910, 9.5cm high, weight 2oz, a silver jug, S W Smith & Co, Birmingham 1914, 8.5cm high, weight 4.5oz and two silver mounted glass toilet jars (4)

Lot 98

After Hy. Martens - `R. Ackermann`s Military Scraps, Royal Artillery - Field Battery in Action`, mid-19th Century hand-coloured aquatint, together with a collection of other prints.

Lot 226

R. Dumont-Smith - Still Life Study of Roses in a Glass Vase, oil on board, signed, within a gilt composition frame, together with three further oils on board by the same hand.

Lot 494

A George V silver quaich with Celtic band rim, Birmingham 1936 by R & Co.

Lot 1076

An anodised and lacquered brass monocular microscope, signed `R & J Beck Ltd, London 23216`, with rack and pinion focusing and plano-concave mirror, cased, together with various eye pieces and other accessories.

Lot 462

A small silver cased key wound half hunter pocket watch with engine turned decoration, blue enamel Roman numerals to the case and the plain white enamel dial with Roman numerals and separate seconds dial (working order) and a gentleman`s silver cased key wound pocket watch, the plain case with engraved cartouches to front and back and the plain white dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and separate seconds hands marked W R Thompson, Liverpool (as viewed, front glass missing).

Lot 323

A folding perforated roll of music for an automated musical instrument bearing a largely illegible label "Wilhelm Bruder Sohne/Waldkirch i.B r".

Lot 31

Dr John Murray (1809-1898). The gateway to the Taj Mahal from the southern wall, ca.1858. Albumen print with waxed paper negative. Watermark reads ‘R. Turner Patent Talbotype’, numbered in ink 17/3 in the negative on the verso. Print: 38 x 47 cm. (15 x 18 1/2 in.). Negative: 37 x 46.5 cm. (14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)

Lot 3010

A collection of 13 postcards of military and transport interest, including photographic postcards titled `Doncaster Aviation Meeting, Oct 13th to 23rd 1909. A Group of Aviators`, `The "Bristol" Biplane`, `King`s Own R. Lancaster Reg`mt Passing a Field…` and `R.H. School Greenwich`.

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