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Lot 120
A SMALL CHINESE BRONZE WATER POT AND A BRONZE INCENSE STICK HOLDER 16TH/17TH CENTURY The square-section water pot with a chicken head-shaped spout and a loop handle inlaid with silver and copper wire with archaistic scrolling design, raised on four bracket feet, the vase with an ovoid body on a flared foot and a tall neck with two handles and a flared rim, all decorated with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage, 11cm and 6.8cm, 138g and 201g. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter H Plesch and Mrs Traudi Plesch OBE and thence by descent, collection no.Bv7 and Bv11, the water potpurchased from Spink & Son Ltd at the 1968 Antique Dealers Fair for £10, exhibited at the OCS exhibition in 1983, no.44.
Lot 217
A RARE CHINESE POWDER BLUE GROUND AND UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with a figure of a travelling warrior monk carrying a large bundle, a fly whisk and a long stick on his back, all reserved against a powder blue ground, with sprays of bamboo and a flower mark in a double circle to the reverse, 26cm. Cf. C J A Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, pp.127-128, no.132 for a dish of an identical design. The plate probably depicts Monk Hua, a character from Shuihu zhuan, a popular tale of rogues and robbers.
Lot 525
A CHINESE BRONZE RETICULATED INCENSE STICK HOLDER YUAN/MING DYNASTY With cylindrical body, two dragon-shaped handles and reticulated decoration with quatrefoil and cash-shaped openings and four figures of Immortals with attributes cast in high relief, all supported on three short feet, 16cm, 425g. Cf. R Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, pp.29-30 no.16 for a related tripod incense stick holder.
Lot 882
An African tribal walking stick, carved with a female figure, to/w a Kikuyu quiver of arrows - some iron-tipped - with leather thong birdwings, a Masai Mara sword with leather and scabbard, a zebra skin drum and a set of antelope horns on shield (5) Prov: Robert D B Kirkwood British Government Agriculturist in Kenya; These items were gifts from tribal leaders
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