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Cato Crane Auctioneers
Lot 31

18th/19th oak works table. Approx. 71 x 117 x 60cms reasonable used condition

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Cato Crane Auctioneers
Lot 380

G PLAN STYLE MID 20TH CENTURY TEAK GATELEG DINING TABLE. APPROX. 74.5cms H x 107cms W x 154cms D reasonable used condition with scuffs and scratches etc

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Cato Crane Auctioneers
Lot 71

20th century oak half moon side table. Approx. 80 x 76 x 40cms reasonable used condition with minor scuffs and scratches

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Cato Crane Auctioneers
Lot 91

Sundry lot Inc. mantle clock, barometer, dressing table set, vintage bowling bowls, etc all used and unchecked

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Cato Crane Auctioneers
Lot 97

Sundry lot Inc. small table, mirror, jug and bowl set, pictures, glassware, etc all used and unchecked

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Bonhams
Lot 324

TWO LARGE FAMILLE VERTE 'LADIES' DISHESKangxiThe first, with rounded sides rising from a channelled foot ring to a slightly everted rim, brightly enamelled with three elegant Court ladies dressed in long flowing robes, seated by a table with some scholar's objects including an inkstone, two writing brushes, a brushrest, an incense burner and so on, all within a terraced garden setting, the base with a leaf within a double circle; the second, enamelled to the interior with an elegant lady peering out from the window of a pavilion, gazing at a lady and four young boys playing around in a terraced garden, the base with channelled foot and a ruyi within a double circle. The largest, 34.9cm (13 3/4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:清康熙 五彩仕女圖大盤一組兩件Provenance: a Swiss private collection, and thence by descent來源：瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今In later Imperial Chinese society, women were largely confined to the home and were not encouraged to be educated. During the late Ming dynasty, however, against a background of social change and economic prosperity, some women managed to challenge these conventions. The famous late Ming philosopher Li Zhi (1527-1602) even declared in his ironically titled Book to be Burned that women were equally intelligent to men and took female students, much to general surprise. Celebrity courtesans accomplished in the genteel arts of music and literature entered male society, heralding a new model of feminine identity almost equal to the male literati. By The Kangxi reign, emerged a new ideal of accomplished females; see S.McCausland and Lizhong Ling, Telling Images of China: Narrative and Figure Paintings 15th-20th Century from the Shanghai Museum, London, 2010, pp.65-67. See also a related Kangxi vase depicting ladies engaged in the Four Elegant Accomplishments, in The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, no.93.A related famille verte 'ladies' dish, Kangxi mark and of the period, is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, p.302, pl.634.See a related famille verte 'lady and boy' dish, Kangxi, which was sold at Bonhams London, 2 November 2021, lot 264. Compare also with a related famille verte 'ladies' dish, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 530.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 317

A RARE 'CRANE-CRY AUTUMN MOON' STYLE LACQUERED 'HUNDRED-PATCH' GUQINMing DynastySuperbly constructed with the top section made of patches of wutong wood cut hexagonally imitating Buddhist patchwork vestments, the lower section of zimu, the flat elongated body with waisted bulbous central section, the top with thirteen inlaid mother-of-pearl studs (hui), seven strings threaded through tasseled wood pegs (qinzhen) running over the top and tied to either of the two button-like 'goose-feet' (yanzu) on the back, with two rectangular openings, the large one termed 'dragon pool' (longchi), with a seal, and the smaller 'phoenix pond' (fengzhao), all covered in mottled red and black lacquer, metal case and packets of strings. 122.5cm (48 1/4in) long. (3).Footnotes:明 鶴鳴秋月式百衲琴Provenance: Cecilia Lindqvist (1932-2021), Stockholm, acquired in Beijing in 1962Published and Illustrated: C.Lindqvist, Qin, Beijing, 2017, p.33來源：林西莉（1932-2021），斯德哥爾摩，在1962年獲得於北京著錄：林西莉，《古琴》，北京，2017年，第33頁Cecilia Lindqvist was a famous Swedish sinologist and musician of the guqin. She was born in Lund, Sweden, in 1932, and had long held a fascination with China and its ancient history. She first visited China when she was 28 with letters of recommendation including one from the King of Sweden. It was there that she learnt to play the guqin in 'Beijing Guqin Research Association' (北京古琴研究會) under the tutelage of Wang Di. She wrote in the preface to her book Qin:In the early spring of 1961 I saw a Chinese qin at close quarters for the first time. It was lying in front of me on a wooden table in a bare classroom at the University of Peking. Seven strings of tightly twisted silk stretched over a sound box made of black lacquered wood. After a certain amount of difficulty I had managed to get hold of a Chinese student who had promised to try to teach me the basics of playing the qin, and we were due to have our first lesson. He had brought his instrument with him. It dated from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), and had been passed down through his family since that time.When I touched one of the strings, the tone that was released made the whole room vibrate. It was as clear as silver, but remarkably it also had a kind of metallic dullness, as if the instrument were made not of wood, but of bronze. During the years which followed it was precisely the tone of the instrument that captivated me the most, from the finest bell-like tones or fanyin, 'the floating sounds' as they are called in Chinese – delicate as the sound of the tiny temple bells right on the edge of the roof timbers when the wind gently stirs them – to the vibrating depths of the thick bass strings.The present lot was given to her by the 'Beijing Guqin Research Association' as a gift, which was of great significance to her career as a musician and sinologist. In her own words, 'this qin, and the people that I met in the Beijing Guqin Research Association are the important reasons why I write this book (Qin)'. She included the present lot in her monograph on qin as an example of the 'hundred-patch' qin (百衲琴) that is made of many hexagonal wutong wood sections and requires a high level of adhesive technique to enable an impeccable sound. See Cecilia Lindqvist, Qin, Beijing, 2017, pp.30-33. Apart from the rare 'hundred-patch' construction, its rare shape is known as 'Crane-cry Autumn Moon' (鶴鳴秋月), as it was said to resemble a crane with its wings tucked and standing upright. Compare with a related 'crane-cry Autumn Moon' style guqin, Ming dynasty, in the Hunan Provincial Museum, cited in 'Hunan sheng bowuguan guancang guqin zhi kaobian yu yanjiu (zai xu), Hunan sheng bowuguan guankan, 4, 2007, pp.424-428. See a 'Confucius-style' huanghuali and zitan 'hundred-patch' guqin, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2020, lot 13.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 355

A RARE WOODBLOCK PRINT OF LADIES AND BOYCirca 1750-1800 Ink and colours on paper, depicting a boy carrying a blue vase issuing a cloud with five bats, behind him an elegant lady sits beside a table, her sleeves decorated with orchids, her left hand raised, behind her another elegant lady stands before a table with vases and antique vessels, collector's seal of van Gulik. 96cm (37 3/4in) long x 46.5cm (13 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:約1750-1800，版畫美人嬰戲圖Provenance: R.H.van Gulik (1910-1967), acquired in 1936, and thence by descent來源：高羅佩（1910-1967）獲得於1936年，並由後人保存迄今Robert Hans van Gulik (1910-1967), also known as Gao Luopei (高罗佩) was a famous Dutch diplomat, musician, writer and sinologist. He was a great admirer of traditional Chinese literati culture and apart from practicing Chinese calligraphy everyday (the cover of the box on the present lot was written by him), he also learnt to play the guqin, of which, the present lot was said to be his favourite instrument. The guqin was often played by van Gulik at diplomatic events, helping him to forge close ties with China's elite; and his book The Lore of the Lute was the first academic study of the instrument and its role in Chinese culture, introducing it to a Western audience for the first time. Van Gulik was one of the rare and great sinologists at the time who embodied the literati ideal and through his rigorous study and translations of classical Chinese texts allowed Chinese culture to speak for itself, acting as a bridge of understanding between East and West.Van Gulik was born in Zutphen in the Netherlands, but from the age of three he lived in Jakarta, with his father who was a medical officer in the Dutch East Indies. While there, he learned Indonesian and Chinese as well as other languages. In 1935, van Gulik earned his PhD from Utrecht University with a dissertation on Hayagriva, the Mantrayanic aspect of Horse-cult in China and Japan. His linguistic skills allowed him to have a position in the Dutch Foreign Service from 1935 where he was largely based in Japan and China. During the Second World War he was with the Dutch mission in Chongqing. While in Chongqing, he married Shui Shifang (1912-2005), the daughter of a Qing dynasty official.Van Gulik was a polymath with broad interests and expertise. Aside from his interests in the guqin and traditional Chinese culture, van Gulik was a writer of Detective fiction. His 'Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee' (first published in Tokyo in 1949, with illustrations by himself) was based on the 7th century statesman and detective Di Renjie. Based on this, his earned a reputation as an expert on Imperial Chinese jurisprudence. His other pioneering scholarly works were in sexuality and his Sexual Life in Ancient China and Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period are still major reference works in the field. Van Gulik was also an enthusiast of gibbons and kept them as pets as well as writing a study of them: The Gibbon in China.Compare with two rare Suzhou prints of ladies with children, 18th century, which were sold at Bonhams New York, 10 September 2018, lot 216. See also a rare set of three Suzhou prints, Qianlong, by Guan Ruiyu, which were sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 128.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 384

A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE 'FLOWER AND BIRD' PLAQUESSigned Jin Pinqing (active 1862-1908), and cyclically dated to the Gengchen year, corresponding to 1880 and of the periodEach rectangular porcelain placque delicately decorated with vibrant peonies and dense foliage issuing from rockwork with various birds, each with calligraphic inscription, signature and seal of the artist Jin Pinqing, wood frames. 62cm (24 1/2in) wide x 48cm (19in) high. (4).Footnotes:1880年 金誥款粉彩花鳥圖瓷板 一組四件Provenance: Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915), and thence by descent to his niece Mary Menary, wife of James Wright who purchased Gilford Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland, from where the collection comes from.來源：第一代從男爵Thomas Jackson爵士（1841-1915 年），後由他的侄女Mary Menary繼承，Mary的丈夫James Wright在北愛爾蘭唐郡購買了吉爾福德城堡，該收藏就是從那裡購買的。Sir Thomas Jackson (昃臣) was the third Chief Manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and known as the bank's 'Great Architect', as well as one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He was born in County Leitrim, Ireland. Jackson joined the Belfast branch of the Bank of Ireland at the age of 19 before accepting a position in Hong Kong in 1860 with Agra and Masterbank. In 1865, he joined HSBC, which had only been established in 1864. He first worked for HSBC as an accountant in Shanghai, and later spent several years in Japan as the manager of the Yokohama branch. At the early age of 35, he was appointed as Chief Manager of HSBC, and under his business leadership the bank became the premiere bank in Asia. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1891, taking charge of the company's office in London. He was knighted in 1899 and three years later in 1902 he received the title of Baronet. In 1906, a statue of Sir Thomas Jackson was unveiled in Statue Square in front of HSBC in Hong Kong, in recognition of his services to HSBC and Hong Kong, where Jackson Road is also named after him. Jin Gao (active 1862-1908), styled Pinqing, Hanfeng Shanren and Yishan Qiaozi, was a native of Yi County, Anhui Province. During the Tongzhi and Guangxu reigns, he worked in the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. An early pioneer of painting on plaques in the literati style, he was particularly good at drawing flowers and birds. Together with Wang Shaowei, they were known as the 'Two Brushes of the Imperial Kilns'. The two artists are also sometimes paired with Cheng Men, and known as the 'Three Masters of the Pale Umber style of Porcelain Painting'.See a famille rose table screen, signature and seal of Jin Pinqing, late Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 10 December 2015, lot 8189.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 390

ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL19th centuryOil on canvas. Depicting a domestic interior, a brightly-robed lady adjusting her elaborate formal hair ware seated at a table with a traveling mirror, her attendant holding up a robe, a young male attendant standing at the left in the ante-chamber, framed. 78cm (30 3/4in) x 64cm (25 1/4in).Footnotes:十九世紀 外銷庭院人物畫 布面油畫 有框 Compare with a very similar painting, oil on canvas, circa 1835, illustrated by C.L.Crossman, The Decorative Arts of The China Trade: Paintings, Furnishings and Exotic Curiosities, p.159, pl.75.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 135

A VERY RARE CLAIR-DE-LUNE-GLAZED BRUSHWASHER, TANGLUOXIKangxi six-character mark and of the periodThinly potted with steeply incurving wide aperture at the top, the interior and visible exterior all under a very even limpid pale lavender-blue glaze, reserved white within the short incurving foot with the mark. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) wide.Footnotes:清康熙 天藍釉筆洗青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New YorkA European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約歐洲私人收藏Notable for its elegant form and subtle glaze colour, the present vessel is a remarkable testament to the technical advances made at the Imperial kilns in Jingdezhen at the beginning of the Qing dynasty, which saw the creation of numerous monochrome glazes. The sky-blue glaze, referred to as tianlan, was achieved by diminishing the amount of cobalt oxide in the glaze mix. Vessels covered in this delicate glaze are often very finely potted, an indication that they were probably made during the later phases of the Kangxi reign; see S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, p.241.Brushwashers were an essential part of the scholar's accoutrements as they enabled their owners to elegantly express their visions through ink. Throughout the Qing dynasty, small porcelain objects designed for the scholar's table were produced in two new glazes, referred to as peachbloom and clair-de-lune, fewer brush washers coated in clair-de-lune glaze appear to have been produced, compared to peachbloom-glazed examples. Compare with two similar clair-de-lune brushwashers, Kangxi marks and of the period; the first illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese ceramics in the Baur Collecion, Geneva, 1999, p.57; and the second in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc.no.64.279.2. A further clair-de-lune brushwasher, Kangxi mark and of the period, is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Ware from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl.218.A similar clair-de-lune brushwasher, Kangxi mark and of the period, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 13 September 2017, lot 7.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 170

A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE VERTE NINETEEN-DISH SWEETMEAT SETKangxiVariously shaped as five-and-six-sided shallow trays with flat rims, all fitting tightly together to form a complete table accessory for a variety of flavoured foods, each enamelled with a shaped medallion containing clusters of lotus, plum blossoms, and other leafy shrubs, all reserved on a yellow ground enriched with brown flower heads, all contained in a fitted wood stand. Overall width 44cm (17 1/4in) (20).Footnotes:清康熙 素三彩花卉紋攢盒Provenance: Dr Carlo Maria Franzero (1892-1986), EnglandRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 11 November 2003A European private collection来源：Carlo Maria Franzero (1892-1986)博士，英格蘭Ralph M. Chait Galleries，纽约，2003年11月11日歐洲私人收藏Dr Carlo Maria Franzero (1892-1986), an Italian who visited China in 1921-1922 and settled in England for around 50 years, and who was a noted Chinese porcelain collector, a journalist, and an author of a vast range of historical biographies.Complete sets of sweetmeat dishes of this type are rare. See a similar yellow ground sancai-glazed sweatmeat set, Kangxi, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Shenzhen, 2009, p.261, no.210. See also a related wucai set, Kangxi, in the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.96. Another set is in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.66.Compare with a related but smaller famille verte sweetmeat set, Kangxi, comprising 12 pieces, which was sold at Bonhams London, 27 February 2013, lot 109.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 153

A LARGE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE DELFT-STYLE TULIP HOLDERKangxiElaborately constructed in the manner of a Dutch Delft original as a five-storey tiered room decoration, the top section as a tapering pyramid, above three tiers each set with four spouts at an angle to hold fresh flowers, the fourth tier as the base of a table with a recumbent bird between each leg, the lowest section as a square plinth painted on the four faces with alternate figures crossing a bridge and rocky clusters of shrubs. 62cm (24 1/2in) high.Footnotes:清康熙 代爾夫特風格青花山水圖花塔Provenance: A Scandinavia private collectionVanderven Oriental Art, 'S-Hertogenbosch, 31 October 2016A European private collection來源：斯堪的納維亞私人收藏斯海爾托亨博斯古董商Vanderven Oriental Art，2016年10月31日歐洲私人收藏The tulip-holder is modelled after a Dutch prototype produced in Delft porcelain by Adriaen Kocx from the De Grieksche A factory, which specialised in these items. The obelisk shape, associated with classical antiquity, is also reminiscent of Chinese pagodas. The Delft prototypes were in turn inspired by Moresque spouted flower holders from the Middle East. The Chinese porcelain versions of this form are very rare and some examples replicated the AK mark of Adriaen Kocx on the base. The tulip flower was introduced in Holland during the late sixteenth century and highly appreciated by connoisseurs and scholars, and then speculators and traders moved in, seizing upon the bulbs with the recklessness of Wall Street bankers chasing collateralised debt obligations. By the early 1630s a madness had gripped Holland and in 1634 one bulb of the Viceroy type sold for 2500 florins (a sheep cost 10 florins). By 1636-1637, the price of a single tulip bulb fetched even larger prices, sometime selling for the price of a house. Compare with a similar blue and white tulip-holder, Kangxi, in the collection of the Groninger Museum, illustrated by D.F.Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 1974, no.108. A similar pair of blue and white tulip vases, Kangxi, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 January 2020, lot 473. See also another pair which was sold at Christie's London, 30 September 2014, lot 60.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 218

A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL TEABOWLS AND SAUCERSYongzhengEach saucer very delicately enamelled at the centre of the interior with a dignitary seated on a barrel-shaped stool besides a table laden with scholar's objects, books, a basket of fruit and incense burner, attended by an elegant lady holding a bird toy and another with a fan, all within an elaborate coral-ground border richly gilt with six profile flowers in a continuous leafy meander, the tea bowls with similar smaller cartouches on the exterior on the same elaborate ground. The saucers 11.5 cm (2 1/2in) diam. (4).Footnotes:清雍正 粉彩仕女嬰戲圖薄胎瓷杯及盤一對Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New YorkA European private collection來源：Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約歐洲私人收藏Compare the decorative style and subject matter of the present dishes and bowl with a pair of famille rose eggshell dishes, Yongzheng, which was sold at Bonhams London, 29 February 2012, lot 374.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 125

TWO YELLOW-GLAZED VASES18th centuryA pear-shaped vase under a rich slightly dark yellow-caramel glaze moulded with five horizontal ribs around the broad body, wood stand, 12.5cm (5in) high; and an unusual small baluster vase with a large central aperture at the top, possibly a water dropper for the scholar's table, 11cm (4 3/8in) high. (3).Footnotes:十八世紀 黃釉梅瓶 及黃釉弦紋瓶 一組兩件Provenance:Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943), New York (ribbed vase)Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, New York, 15 October 1943, lot 108 (ribbed vase)Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976) acquired from the above (ribbed vase)(according to collector's index card)Seidel and Son, Berlin (meiping vase)(according to the collector's documents) A European private collection來源：Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) 夫人，紐約（弦紋瓶）Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc，紐約，1943年10月15日，拍品編號108 （弦紋瓶）Hans (1888-1966)和 Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976)伉儷從上處購得（弦紋瓶）（據藏家索引卡）柏林古董商Seidel and Son（黃釉梅瓶）（據藏家檔案）歐洲私人收藏Samuel T. Peters (1854-1921) and his wife Adeline (1859-1943) were known as great collectors and amassed an impressive and large collection of Chinese works of art. In the obituary of Samuel T. Peters, the New York Times noted that Peters' gift of about 400 jades to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 'form a collection probably unsurpassed anywhere.'Compare the meiping-shaped vase with a small turquoise-glazed meiping, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot 2995; for the other vase, compare the shape with a related white-glazed vase, hu, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's London, 8 April 2014, lot 14.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 114

A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BEEHIVE WATERPOT, TAIBO ZUNKangxi six-character mark and of the periodFinely potted of classic domed taibo zun form, the slightly tapering sides rising to a rounded shoulder and short waisted neck below a lipped mouth-rim, the exterior evenly applied overall save for the rim and base with a sumptuous crimson-red glaze suffused with pink sprinkles imitating the skin of a ripening peach, the body further faintly incised with three roundels enclosing archaistic dragons, the recessed white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark in three columns. 12cm (4 6/8in) diam.Footnotes:清康熙 豇豆紅釉團龍紋太白尊青花「大清康熙年製」楷書款Provenance: Alexander von Frey, ParisRalph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 20 September 1944Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976) acquired from the aboveA European private collection來源： Alexander von Frey，巴黎Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，1944年9月20日Hans (1888-1966)和Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976)伉儷從上處購得歐洲私人收藏Evenly coated with a lustrous glaze of crushed raspberry tone, ending evenly beneath the lipped rim and thickening around the base, the present waterpot is one of the finest examples of its type.Waterpots shaped as beehives are known as taibo zun after poet Li Taibai of the Tang dynasty, who is often depicted leaning against a large wine jar of a similar form. The shape was also referred to as jizhao zun as it resembled a chicken coop.The attractive peachbloom glaze was notoriously difficult to achieve due to the temperamental nature of the copper pigment and appears to have been only employed on a small number of shapes reserved for use on the scholar's table and created during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor.Copper-red glazes were produced since at least the Ming dynasty, however, they were greatly improved during the Kangxi reign, likely under the supervision of Zang Yingxuan, the Imperial supervisor who was sent to Jingdezhen in 1681 to oversee the rebuilding of the kilns. The fugitive copper-lime pigment, rather difficult to manage, would have been sprayed onto a layer of transparent glaze via a long bamboo tube and then fixed with another coat of clear glaze. A similar peachbloom-glazed waterpot, Kangxi mark and period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong. Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p.142, pl.125; three further 'peachbloom'-glazed beehive waterpots, Kangxi marks and period, are illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 206, and M.Medley, Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, pl.580, and S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl. 234.Two similar peachbloom-glazed beehive waterpots, Kangxi marks and period, were sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2013, lot 1904 and 31 May 2017, lot 3012.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Leighton Hall Auctions
Lot 49

Hallmarked continental silver, believed to be Austrian, Art Nouveau table centre piece with glass liner, with pierced decoration, 176.5 grams of silver, 16cm wide. In good condition, odd minor nibbles to the glass insert, one leg is a little bent.

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Leighton Hall Auctions
Lot 84

Hallmarked silver table centrepiece / two handled bowl, with shaped edge, 769.2 grams / 24.73 oz, 35cm diameter, Sheffield 1905.

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Bonhams
Lot 224

MARUKI COMPANY OF TOKYOA Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) of a Horse Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely cast with its mane falling short of a well-detailed saddle, ornamented harness and stirrups, carved with the aoi-mon (hollycock crest) of the Tokugawa Family, signed on the belly with a seal-form square cartouche Maruki shachu sei; with the door of the tomobako storage box (the box missing) inscribed Rogata chudosei Shogun no shunba (Shogun's steed in lost-wax cast bronze) and signed Zuisho tskuru with a seal Zuishodo sei and an unrelated wood stand. 27.5cm X 36cm (10¾in x 14 1/8in). (3).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 226

SOSAIA Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) Troupe of Seven Monkeys Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryCast with the adult seated in the middle and surrounded by six offspring, attempting to restrain them as they clamber and reach for the only peach held in the hand of one monkey seated at the front; signed on the base of the adult Shosai iru (cast by Shosai) within a rectangular reserve.14cm x 18.5cm (5½in x 7¼in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 228

A PAIR OF SILVER AND SHAKUDO OKIMONO (TABLE ORNAMENTS) OF CRANESMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryEach cast standing, one with its head lowered, stepping forward, 13cm (5 1/16in), its mate looking ahead, 21.5cm (8½in) high; the details of the feathers and the scaly legs finely chiselled, the beaks of gilt and the tail of shakudo; unsigned. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 229

MARUKI COMPANY OF TOKYOA Pair of Bronze Okimono (Table Ornaments) of Doves Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryBoth naturalistically modelled, each with its head lowered to the ground foraging for food, the eyes gilt with black pupils, both birds signed in a square reserve Nihonkoku Maruki sei; each on an unrelated European detachable malachite and gilt stand. Both quails: 8.4cm x 18.2cm (3 3/8in x 7 1/8in); both stands: 2.5cm x 13.2cm (1in x 5 3/16in). (4).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 230

KOSEIA Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) of Three Turtles Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically cast, showing two smaller turtles attempting to climb on the back of the adult turtle, the smallest crawling on the adult's carapace, the details finely wrought, signed on the base of the largest turtle with chiselled characters Kosei; with a wood storage box. 3.2cm x 13.5cm (1¼in x 5¼in). (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 244

A SILVERED OKIMONO (TABLE ORNAMENT) OF JUROJINTaisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th centuryA cast and chiselled standing figure of the God of Longevity, represented with the standard iconography of a long beard, scholar's robe, headdress, slippers, a separate staff in one hand, and a minogame (bushy-tailed turtle) in the other, inscribed on the reverse Joun, with a wood storage box inscribed outside the lid Kijuro; signed Joun saku, 38cm (15in) high. (3).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 246

ATTRIBUTED TO YAMAGUCHI FOR THE KINSHODO COMPANYAn Inlaid Silver or Shibuichi, Gilt, and Shakudo Koro (Incense Burner) and Cover in the form of a Drum Surmounted by a Cockerel (Kankodori) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe silver cockerel standing on the top of a drum forming the removable, pierced cover, set on a four-legged stand, the body of the drum of shakudo carved with a simulated mokume (woodgrain) design, atop of which trailing vines are applied along one side in silver and shakudo high relief, the vine continuing over one foot, the ends carved with the typical three-comma motif, the edges applied with shakudo studs, the legs of the stand chiselled with repeated hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crests) patterns, signed on the underside of one leg with chiselled characters Tankin sei; with a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside the lid Hakugin sei toan okimono (Silver table ornament), titled inside the lid Kankodori okimono (Cockerel table ornament), signed inside the lid, Yamaguchi Kinshodo tsukuru with a seal Kinshodo. 28cm (11in) high. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 251

AFTER TAKAGAWA JOSHIN (1858-1940)A Pair of Silvered-Metal Okimono (Table Ornaments) of Swimming Carp Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th centuryCast and standing on their pectoral fins, the surface naturalistically worked to resemble the skin and scales of the fish, the eyes finished in shakudo and gilt, inscribed on the belly Joshin saku and stamped Gin sei; with a wood storage box inscribed Sori (Pair of Carps) signed Nyoshi tsukuru. The smaller: 27.5cm x 11cm (10 13/16in x 4 5/16in); the larger: 32.6cm x 12.5cm (12 13/16in x 4 15/16in). (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 1006

Solid Pine Dressing table with central kneehole with three banks of drawers each side. Measures H:30 x W:55 x D:16 inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 101A

Lovely 1950's Silver edged dressing table set by Broadway. Comes in original display case. Pieces hallmarked for Birmingham 1959. see photos.

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Lot 1052

Late 20th Century Teak Oval topped coffee table with delta shaped supports… H:18 x W:42 x D:22 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1053

Good quality Mahogany narrow hall table or TV stand. Beautifully made with a large base plinth with Greco style carved top supported by a pair of twin columns with carved decoration to top Excellent condition and measuring H:35 x W:50 x D:12 Inches. see photos. S2

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Lot 1054

Stylish Light oak gate leg drop leaf table of good construction. H:29 x W:50 x D:36 inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1055

Extending oval topped table with four turned and tapered legs. Lovely grain to table top. Measures (extended) H:28 x W:65 x D:36 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1062

Nest of three graduated stacking table with Cool Grain & White designs to tops. Largest measures H:16 x W:24 x D:15 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1075A

Very pretty little turned Oak wine table with circular top measuring 12 inches in Diameter. 19 inches tall. See photos.

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Lot 1076

Nest of three pine stacking tables. Largest is H:19 x W:22 x D:16 Inches plus an Oak Bergere topped small table 18 inches tall. See photos. S2

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Lot 1076A

Very handsome and well constructed Oval Mahogany sewing table with inlaid parquetry decoration to sides and lid. Inside the table is finished in the original blue silk and velvet lining. Piano hinged lid which works well . Raised on ball and claw feet with carved decoration to leg tops, it measures H:17 x W:24 x D:17 Inches. see photos.

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Lot 1093

Very pretty Circular topped wine table. Raised on three bracket feet with spiral turned centre column it measures 28 inches tall . See photos. S2

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Lot 1095

Pretty sewing table in Walnut veneer with inlaid satinwood decoration. Made by Woollen & Fordham of Sheffield. See photos.. S2

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Lot 1108

Mid Victorian Mahogany Two tier circular serving table . Raised on four bracket feet and turned centre column it measures H:35 x Diameter 24 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1110

Circular Dining table raised on four bracket feet with central turned column. Has the benefit of a removeable extending centre segement. See photos. S2

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Lot 1111

Interesting Low table made from a single slice of Oak. H:13 x W:50 x D:20 approx Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1115

Rustic knotty pine circular low table 16 inches tall along with a small beech stool with webbing seat. See photos. S2

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Lot 1116

Gilt metal and glass occasional table trio. The largest measures H:18 x W:18 x D:22 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1117

Country style Oak Table with metal re-enforcements . Inlaid with parquetry design to top. H:20 x W:31 x D:21 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1118

Mid to late 20th Century Teak low table with full width and length shelf under. On barrel turned legs it measures H:20 x W:43 x D:21 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1124

Stag Dressing table with kneehole and upholstered matching seat. Bevelled glass mirrors. All in great condition. Measures :28 x W:53 x D:18 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1127

Circular low table raised on ball and claw feet with carved frieze around the perimiter. Centre table is carved with Chinese figures and background, all covered in a circular glass top. H:18 x W:32 diameter. See photos . S2

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Lot 1129

Circular G-Plan Table with built in folding extention segement to make oval dining table. Very good condition, matches previous lot.. Extended measures H:29 x W:66 x D:48 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1146

Beautifully carved Opium style table believed to have been brought from Thailand. Raised on carved bracket feet with carved frieze under. The detachable glass top protects the carving to top. Measures H:16 x W:50 x D:25 Inches. see photos. S2

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Lot 1147

Beautifully carved Opium style table believed to have been brought from Thailand. Raised on carved bracket feet with carved frieze under. The detachable glass top protects the mother of pearl Wushu figures. Measures H:19 x W:42 x D:21 Inches. see photos. S2

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Lot 1156

Brass table lamp with fancy frilled shade. Will need attention to work. 31 inches tall. See photos. S2

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Lot 1157

Large Georgian Carving table with plinth moulding cupboards and drawer 40" tall, 86" wide 27" deep

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Lot 1158

Flamed mahogany large reception table supported by 6 spiral tapered legs and button moulding to the front and rear 36" tall, 85" wide, 27" deep

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Lot 1160

Metal Garden table with four maching chairs. Table has a mosaic centre to the top which is mirrored in each folding metal chair. Table height 28 inches. See photos. RR

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Lot 1178

Late 19th Century Waring and Gillows hallway table cabinet in mahogany. Raised on Ball and claw feet with cabriole legs which are decorated with carved acanthus leaves to hip. H:34 x W:42 x D:22 inches. Tall. See photos. RR

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Lot 1193

Outdoor twin garden seat with fixed centre table with provision for sunshade. H:24 x W:63 x D:22 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1203

Nicely made Beech table with small fold out extending flaps. Comes with a pair of Leather upholsterd dining chairs in excellent condition. Table measures H:29 x W:50 x D:31 Inches. See photos S2

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Lot 1218

Beech and Tiled top kitchen table with green painted legs, four matching Wheelbacked chairs. All in excellent condition. Table measures H:29 x W:47 x D:30 Inches. See photos. S2

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Lot 1227

Pretty pair of Bamboo summerhouse chairs with matching glass topped bamboo table. All in good condition. See photos. S2

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Lot 1240

Metal garden set to include four chairs with garden rose motif to backrest, Circular metal table with stylised Dolphin base. Part dismantled ready for collection. See photos. S2

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