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Lot 32
A Chinese blue and white vase, 18th century, of rouleau form, painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls among clouds, 42cm high Provenance: from the collection of John Timlin (died 11 September 2020), a world-renowned art psychotherapist. John started collecting Chinese porcelain in the 1950s along with French and German art nouveau objects. He had an extensive library on these subjects and travelled around the world visiting galleries, dealers and collectors. He also visited China in the 1980s. This vase was used as a lamp in his property in Chelsea. 清十八世纪 青花云龙纹棒槌瓶Condition ReportSurface scratches, chips to rim. Drilled to the side near base. Was fitted as a lamp.A 13cm crack to the side of the body.
Lot 330
A large Chinese famille rose vase,19th-20th century, the rounded sides rising from an everted foot, painted with boys in a garden celebrating the new year, the neck painted with precious objects among scrolling lotus against a yellow ground, six-character Qianlong mark to base,68.5cm highCondition ReportSurface scratches, some enamel losses.
Lot 44
A Chinese copper-red and underglaze-blue meiping vase,Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the tapering body sweeping up to a broad rounded shoulder, surmounted by a short, waisted neck and lipped rim, painted with fruiting peaches, pomegranates and finger citrons, six-character Qianlong mark to base,18.5cm high清 青花釉里红三多纹梅瓶 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款Condition ReportSurface scratches.
Lot 45
A Chinese famille noire vase,19th century, the tapering square body rising to a trumpet neck with a flared rim, each side painted with peony, lotus, chrysanthemum or prunus, all enamelled in a famille verte palette on a black enamel ground, six-character Kangxi mark to base,50.2cm high 清十九世纪 墨地素三彩花卉纹天圆地方瓶 《大清康熙年制》青花楷书款 Condition ReportDrilled to base. A repaired chip and a 6cm hairline crack to rim.
Lot 47
A Chinese flambé-glazed meiping vase,Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the tapering body sweeping up to a broad rounded shoulder, surmounted by a short, waisted neck and lipped rim, covered with a lustrous glaze of purplish-red streaked with olive tone,18cm high, wood stand (2)清 窑变釉梅瓶 连木底座Condition ReportChips to glaze of foot rim. Wood stand with surface scratches and losses.
Lot 50
A large Chinese flambé-glazed yuhuchun vase,Qianlong (1736-1795), the pear-shaped body rising from an everted foot to a flared rim, covered with a lustrous glaze of purple streaked with lavender blue,43.5cm high 清乾隆 窑变釉玉壶春瓶Condition ReportBroken in pieces and glued. Chips and losses to mouth, foot rim and various other locations.
Lot 55
A Chinese sang-de-boeuf vase,Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the globular body rising from a circular foot to an inverted rim, applied with a glaze of rich oxblood-red colour thinning to white at the rim,31cm highProvenance: From the Collection of Alfred Augustus Field (1898-1977), who worked in Calcutta as a pharmacist from around 1920 until the early 1950s. During his time in India, his love of ceramics developed and he started collecting various pieces that interested him. His collection later passed to his daughter and thence by descent in the 1980s. 清 祭红釉天球瓶Condition ReportSurface scratches, chips to foot rim.
Lot 57
A Chinese sang-de-boeuf vase,18th-19th century, of baluster form, applied with a glaze of rich oxblood-red colour,27.5cm highProvenance: From the Collection of Alfred Augustus Field (1898-1977), who worked in Calcutta as a pharmacist from around 1920 until the early 1950s. During his time in India, his love of ceramics developed and he started collecting various pieces that interested him. His collection later passed to his daughter and thence by descent in the 1980s. 清十八至十九世纪 祭红釉瓶Condition ReportMouth cut down and grounded, small chips and cracks to rim, small chips to glaze and foot rim. Surface scratches.
Lot 58
A Chinese famille rose guanyin, early 20th century, seated on a double lotus pedestal, wearing a long blue and white robe decorated with scrolls, holding a vase and a rosary in his hands, stamped mark ‘Zhu Maosheng zao’ to the base,35cm highProvenance: From the Collection of Alfred Augustus Field (1898-1977), who worked in Calcutta as a pharmacist from around 1920 until the early 1950s. During his time in India, his love of ceramics developed and he started collecting various pieces that interested him. His collection later passed to his daughter and thence by descent in the 1980s. 二十世纪初 粉彩观音坐像Condition ReportSome enamel and gilt losses. Surface scratches.
Lot 77
A Chinese famille rose gu vase,Republic period (1912-1949), of archaistic gu form, finely modelled with a trumpet neck above a central bulb and a bell-shaped foot, painted with Eight Buddhist Emblems among scrolling lotus against a yellow ground, six-character Qianlong mark within a rectangular cartouche to the neck, the interior of the neck and foot enamelled in turquoise,36.4cm high民国 黄地粉彩缠枝莲八吉祥纹花觚 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款Condition ReportSurface scratches, small chips to rim in various locations.
Lot 79
A Chinese iron-red vase,Guangxu (1875-1908), of baluster form with an inverted rim, flanked by two Buddhist lion and pup handles, painted with Eight Buddhist Emblems among scrolling lotus,61.5cm high清光绪 矾红彩八吉祥缠枝莲纹瓶Condition ReportOne handle chipped to the lion pup's tail. Surface scratches, some minor enamel losses.
Lot 1
BAMBOO CARVING OF MAGU WITH DEER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 竹雕麻姑獻壽擺件 carved with the female immortal riding a deer, her left hand holding lingzhi fungus, right arm with a vase, the deer standing on all fours, its mouth further with a lingzhi fungus, turning back to an attendant presenting a cup on a trayDimensions:13.5cm high
Lot 123
QINGBAI 'FLOWER' LOBED VASE WITH COVER SONG DYNASTY OR LATER 宋或以後 青白釉刻花瓜稜蓋瓶 of baluster shape, the bulbous body curving towards the stepped shoulders and surmounted by a straight neck, further applied with four small lug handles around, the exterior of the body decorated with freely carved design of scrolling flowers, the domed cover moulded with ribs and surmounted by a stalk-shaped finial, covered overall with a pale bluish glaze, leaving the base unglazed revealing the porcelain body with fire marksDimensions:18cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Canadian collectionNote: Note: The rounded baluster form, combined with the domed top and stalk finial appears to be extremely rare. A Northern Song qingbai vase decorated with a petal pattern around the body, similar in size and proportions, but without a cover, is in the Muwen Tang collection. See Song Ceramics – The Muwen Tang Collection Series Vol. 11, Hong Kong, 2012, no. 71, pp. 232-3.
Lot 125
LONGQUAN CELADON RELIEF-DECORATED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE YUAN DYNASTY OR LATER 元或以後 龍泉青釉貼花葫蘆瓶 finely potted with a globular lower section rising to a narrow waist surmounted by a pear-form upper bulb and an upright splayed rim, both the lower and upper bulbs decorated in the round with a lively display of crisply moulded and slip relief decorated scrolling leafy stems issuing luxuriant flower blossoms and tender buds, covered overall with a lustrous, thick sea-green glaze stopping neatly at the foot, the foot rim burnt russet-orange in the firing, with a Japanese wood boxDimensions:24cm highProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in a Private Japanese collection, acquired in 2003Note: Note: There are few Longquan celadon relief-decorated double-gourd bottles of this type are known. Two illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, vol. I, nos. 202 and 203, p. 222 (col. pl.), and pp. 287-8. One in the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, Tokyo, is published in Hatakeyama Hisato, Tsutaetai, bi no kioku, Tokyo, 2011, pl. 32. See also a similar vase from the Dexingshuwu Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th October 1995, lot 679A and again in Sotheby's New York, 18th March 2008, lot 106; a vase of similar form but decorated with scroll of chrysanthemum on the lower bulb and the top with chrysanthemum heads, in the Datong Municipal Museum, Shanxi province, is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese ceramics], vol. 10, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 34.
Lot 133
BLUE-GLAZED VASE QING DYNASTY, JIAQING MARK, 19TH CENTURY 清 嘉慶款 藍釉瓶 帶木座 the spindle shaped body with wide shoulders and waisted neck, terminating to an everted rim, the exterior covered in a dark blue glaze, the interior and the base glazed in white, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiaqing mark in underglaze blueDimensions:26.8cm high
Lot 134
GUAN-TYPE HU-FORM VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 仿官釉貫耳壺 of oval shape, the waisted neck with two raised bands and flanked by a pair of lug handles, covered overall with a thick glaze of pale bluish-grey colour suffused with very subtle craquelure near the footDimensions:19cm highNote: Note: For a similar squatted green-glazed Hu-form vase, also with two bands on the waisted neck, dated to the Ming dynasty and with Qianlong Emperor's inscriptions on the base, is in the collection of The Palace Museum Taipei, museum no. 故瓷9573
Lot 136
GUAN-TYPE CELADON LONG NECK VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 仿官釉青瓷七弦紋長頸瓶 the compressed globular body rising from a short recessed foot to a smooth shoulder and surmounted by a tall tapering neck terminating to a straight mouth rim, both the body and the neck exquisitely potted with three raised horizontal ribs, and a faintly discernible protruding fillet encircling the base of the neck, covered overall with a lustrous bluish-celadon glaze suffused with a network of luminous golden-beige crackles, leaving only the foot ring unglazed and revealing the dark brown bodyDimensions:25.5cm highNote: Note: a comparable Qing dynasty celadon-glazed vase imitating a Guan-ware prototype from the Southern Song dynasty, similar in raised horizontal ribs and shape to the current example, was in the collection of the Qing Court collection with a Qianlong imperial poem inscribed to its base, and currently is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum number Gu Ci 故瓷14085.
Lot 137
RED-GLAZED VASE YONGZHENG MARK 雍正款 紅釉瓶 sturdily potted from a recessed foot rising to a wide shoulder and topped with cylindrical long neck, applied overall with a thick red glaze on the mouth rim, the vase covered in a brown glazeDimensions:31cm highProvenance:With rugged foot ring;Pitting and surface scratches here and there;Otherwise, in good overall condition and no sign of restoration under UV light.
Lot 138
LARGE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED HEXAGONAL VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 乾隆款 窯變釉六方貫耳大瓶 the six-sided vessel rising from a flared foot to a wide belly to a waisted neck, the neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, covered overall in a claret coloured glaze with a milky lavender glaze streaking the neck and along the six corners, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark beneath a brown glazeDimensions:43.5cm highNote: Note: A comparable vase of similar shape, glaze and size was sold at Christie's Paris, 12 Jun 2019, lot 122
Lot 141
GE-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED VASE WITH ELEPHANT HANDLES 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 仿哥釉象耳尊 the bulbous body supported on a short splayed foot, the angled shoulder tapering to a waisted neck flanked by two elephant-headed handles, covered overall with a soft creamy-greyish glaze suffused with a fine russet crackle, save for the foot rim to expose the dark-grey body, the centre of the base drilled throughDimensions:28.5cm high
Lot 147
RED-GLAZED 'YUHUCHUAN' VASE TONGZHI MARK, 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 同治款 紅釉玉壺春瓶 the bulbous sides raised from a slightly everted foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, covered to the exterior with a pale red glaze stopped neatly on the foot, the base inscribed with a six-character Tongzhi mark in underglaze blueDimensions:30cm high
Lot 153
TWO GREEN-GLAZED VESSELS 乾隆款 綠釉太白尊 及 郎窯綠釉瓶（共兩件） one beehive-form water pot taibaijun with the exterior covered in dark green glaze, the base with a six-character apocryphal Qianlong mark in double circle; the other bottle vase covered in a pale green crackled glazeDimensions:heights: 13.2cm and 24cmProvenance:Provenance: Private collection, Cambridge
Lot 157
BLUE AND WHITE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD 清康熙 青花花鳥紋瓶 the ovoid body surmounted with a short taper mouth rim, the exterior painted with various birds in flight or perching on a blossoming tree, the base unglazed and revealing the fine porcelain bodyDimensions:15.9cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired by Lawrence Edward Coleman O.B.E., thence by descent.Lawrence Edward Coleman, awarded O.B.E on 1st January 1943 for his service to the Fire Brigade, was the Great Uncle of the current owner. He was a senior fire officer stationed in Penang, Malaysia during the 1920s/30s and returned to Britain pre-1939 and brought the collection back then.The vendor of this collection has provided a document issued by Penang Municipal Fire Brigade, George Town, Penang, to Lawrence Edward Coleman Esqr. for his “departure on retirement after 11 years of meritorious service with the Brigade”, illustrated below.
Lot 162
GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE WITH COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 灑藍地描金花鳥紋將軍罐 sturdily potted on a gently flared foot, raised to globular body and short straight mouth, painted in gilt with peony sprays and birds below a floral and bat collar, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a knob finial, the base painted with a double-circle in underglaze blue Dimensions:43cm highProvenance:Provenance: From the estate of Sir Ian Tofts Campbell CBE (1923-2022), ScotlandSir Ian Campbell served with the Royal Navy from 1942. Following the end of the war, he left the service in 1946. He retired as managing director of Crown Wallpapers in 1978. He was also an officer of the Order of St John, director of the Conservative Board of Finance from 1978-1990 and director of finance and administration for the Scottish Conservative Party from 1988-90. During the mid 1980s he was an Edinburgh District Council councillor and a JP. Made a CBE in 1984, and he was knighted in the 1988 New Year’s Honours.
Lot 164
BLUE AND WHITE VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD 清康熙 青花人物紋瓶 supported on a splayed foot, the bulbous body painted with a younger officer visiting an elder one seated on a raised chair, with attendants nearby, all set in a pavilion with a large plantain tree in the gardenDimensions:26.5cm high
Lot 169
BLUE AND WHITE SPRINKLER VASE QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 清 青花人物紋長頸瓶 the globular body supported on a tall splayed foot and surmounted by a tapering long neck, the body painted with a young literatus encountering a lady on a rickshaw accompanied by her female attendant, all in a garden setting, the elongated neck adorned with ruyi-head clouds and draping tasselsDimensions:20cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private London collection
Lot 177
BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 清乾隆款及年代 青花海水龍紋膽瓶 the bulbous body surmounted with an elongated neck, finely painted overall with a five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl amidst ruyi-head cloud above swirling waves, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue Dimensions:25.3cm highProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Adrianus Cornelis Maria Verhelst (b. 26th February 1955), The Netherlands.
Lot 179
LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 青花纏枝蓮紋大賞瓶 the robust ovoid body supported on a splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted neck and everted rim, brightly painted in deep shades of cobalt with a wide band of scrolling lotus, all below a ruyi-head band and a lingzhi fungus band in tendrils, the neck and the foot encircled by a band of plantain leavesDimensions:76cm high
Lot 182
HUGE BLUE AND WHITE WITH UNDERGLAZED-RED 'BOYS AT PLAY' BASIN QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 墨書底款 青花釉裏紅嬰戲圖太平有象大盆 the exterior finely painted with various boys playing in a garden setting, including a parade of a large elephant-form trailer carrying a flower vase on its back, the base inscribed in ink with an eight-character inscription meaning 'Commission by Wang ? Mu in the summer of Ji Hai year', corresponding to 1839 or 1899ADDimensions:58.5cm diameter
Lot 185
GROUP OF FOUR LANDSCAPE CERAMIC WARES 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 桂英款 青花釉裏紅山水紋尊、粉彩山水紋小瓶 及 粉彩山水紋杯兩件（共四件） comprising: one large blue and white with underglazed red vase signed 'Gui Ying' and inscribed with the year of Xin Wei, corresponding to 1991AD; one famille rose spindle-shaped vase signed 'Gui Ying' and also dated to the year of Xin Wei, the base inscribed with a red mark; a famille rose cylindrical handled cup signed 'Gui Ying' and inscribed the year of Bing Yin, corresponding to 1986AD, the base stamped with a blue mark of Jingdezhen; and one famille rose lidded cup mentioning the commissioner's name 'Hu Jia An' and the year of 1976ADDimensions:largest: 32cm high
Lot 186
LARGE BLUE AND WHITE VASE WANG XILIANG (1922-), DATED 2003AD 二零零三年 王錫良款 青花奇峰蒼松圖撇口大瓶 painted on the ovoid body with a continuous landscape with pine trees and dramatic peaks from afar, inscribed on one side with a poem, signed 'Wang Xiliang', sealed in iron-red, and dated to the year of Gui Wei, corresponding to 2003, the neck and above the foot ring with a band of celadon glaze, and base inscribed with an artist's mark in iron-redDimensions:41cm high
Lot 187
BLUE AND WHITE WITH FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 青花加彩人物紋瓶 the body and neck similarly painted with various warriors and officers gathering in a garden setting, the shoulder and the foot further adorned with a band with antiquities in cartouches against a continuous key-fret pattern, the neck flanked with a pair of lions in high relief Dimensions:46cm high
Lot 194
LARGE GILT-DECORATED FAMILLE ROSE 'QILIN' BOX WITH COVER QING DYNASTY, JIAQING MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD 清 嘉慶款 粉彩描金麒麟開光博古圖大捧盒 the domed cover finely painted with two qilin with flower vase and books nearby in a flower-band cartouche, the sides of the cover and the box similarly decorated with butterflies, flowers and stylised patterns in cartouches or roundels, all against a continuous key-fret ground with gilt highlights, the base inscribed with a six-character Jiaqing mark in iron-redDimensions:26cm diameter
Lot 204
IRON-RED AND GRISAILLE-DECORATED VASE 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 墨彩礬紅祝壽圖瓶 the bulbous body supported on a tall splayed foot, the waisted neck terminating to an everted rim, both the body and neck painted with immortals holding either ruyi, lingzhi or flower baskets and with auspicious lion dogs and deer around, all in a garden setting Dimensions:39.5cm high
Lot 209
RARE 'FALANGCAI' ENAMEL 'LOVERS' VASE QIANLONG MARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD 民國 乾隆年製藍料底款 仁化、世寧及碧露章款 琺瑯彩西洋人物紋瓶 the body delicately painted with a western couple with golden hair resting under a large tree, a third female with exposed upper body peeking from the bush, the reverse inscribed with an inscription and three seals, the base inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark in double square in blue enamelDimensions:23cm highProvenance:Provenance: Formerly in a private European collectionNote: Note: a closely comparable famille rose garlic-head vase with similar decoration and the same inscription and marks, dated to the Republic period, was sold from Sotheby's Hong Kong on 2nd November 1994, lot 215 then in Beijing Poly auction during 4th-5th November 2021, lot 1301.
Lot 218
FAMILLE ROSE 'BATS' BOTTLE VASE GUANGXU MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD 光緒款或到代 粉彩百蝠賞瓶 sturdily potted with a bulbous body raised to a waisted long neck, finely painted overall with 'hundred bats' motif in iron-red amidst multi-coloured lingzhi-headed clouds, the base inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in iron-redDimensions:38cm high
Lot 223
FAMILLE ROSE RELIEF-MOULDED 'ANTIQUITIES' VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 粉彩描金堆瓷博古圖瓶 the body decorated with moulded 'Hundred Antiquities' in high relief, such as table screen, incense burners and scholar's desk objects, the neck further adorned with lingzhi fungus and rocks, all against a dark-green groundDimensions:40cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private collection, London
Lot 228
FAMILLE ROSE 'FLOWER' VASE HONGXIAN MARK, 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 洪憲款 粉彩堆塑石榴花卉紋賞瓶 sturdily potted with a bulbous body raised to a waisted long neck, the body painted with blossoming chrysanthemum and prunus flowers with butterflies in flight, all below a yellow-ground ruyi-cloud band around the shoulder, the waisted neck adorned with bats and flowers on against a red ground, flanked by two branches of moulded pomegranates as handles, the base inscribed with a four-character Hongxian mark in iron-redDimensions:37.5cm high
Lot 229
LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PHOENIXES' BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 乾隆款 粉彩百鳥朝鳳大天球瓶 sturdily potted, the body finely painted with various birds, including magpies, cranes and mandarin ducks worshipping two large phoenixes on a rock, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in iron redDimensions:56cm high
Lot 232
TWO PORCELAIN PLAQUES 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 癡生款 粉彩馬紋 及 李槃款 墨彩‘受祿於天’瓷板（共兩件） comprising: a famille rose 'horse' plaque, inscribed upper left with a poem, dated to the Ding Mao year, corresponding to 1927, signed 'Chi Sheng', stamped 'Song Sheng'; and a grisaille 'archaic vase' plaque, upper left titled, dated to the year of Ren ShenDimensions:20cm x 13.5cm and 20cm x 13cm
Lot 237
GROUP OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN WARES 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 吳寄甄款 粉彩羅漢圖小瓶兩件、汪野亭款 墨彩山水紋小瓶 及 徐仲南款 粉彩螽斯紋筆舔（共四件） comprising: two small vases depicting a seated arhat surrounded by books and smoke from an incense burner, each respectively holding a rosary and a lingzhi fungus, with inscription and signed by 'Wu Ji Zhen', the base inscribed with 'Ji Zhen' mark in iron-red; one small vase painted in ink with large pine trees in mountainous landscape, signed 'Wang Ye Ting', the base with a seal mark in iron-red; and one lipped rim brush lick with a cricket on grass, with inscription and signed by 'Zhong Nan', the base with a seal mark in iron-redDimensions:largest: 13.5cm high
Lot 239
GROUP OF SEVEN FAMILLE ROSE 'FIGURAL' MINIATURE WARES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 粉彩袖珍人物紋桌屏、瓶、鼓式蓋盒 及 無雙譜圖對瓶（共七件） comprising: a pair of porcelain plaques mounted as table screens; a pair of 'Wushuangpu' vases; a bottle vase; and two gradual sized barrel-form lidded boxesDimensions:heights: 13cm to 3.7cmProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
Lot 243
FAMILLE ROSE 'MAPLE AND PEACOCK' VASE BY ZHAI XIAOXIANG (1944- ) 1995 一九九五 翟筱翔款 景德鎮製底款 粉彩紅霜素羽白孔雀紋燈籠形賞瓶 the lantern-shaped oval body supported on a tall straight foot and terminating to a short inverted mouth rim, the body finely painted with two white peacocks perching on a large maple tree, one side inscribed with the title 'Hong Shuang Su Yu (Red maples with plain feathers)', dated to the Spring of Yi Hai year, corresponding to 1995, signed 'Zhai Xiao Xiang'Dimensions:17.3cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private English collection, London; acquired from Peter Wain, Shropshire during 25th February and 3rd March 1997 at the Olympia Fine Art and Antique Fair, with an original handwritten receipt which states the piece dates to Spring 1995, together with a certification states this vase 'was exhibited at the Olympia London demonstration and exhibition of Master Zhai Xiao Xiang of Jingdezhen, China and is certified an original work by the Master', signed by the artist and the dealer, the base inscribed with 'Jing De Zhen Zhi (Made in Jingdezhen)' mark in double squareNote: Note: Mr Zhai Xiaoxiang is one of eight Senior Masters currently working in Jingdezhen and the only one still painting in the traditional Imperial style. He was born in 1944 in Poyang county, Jiangxi Province. In 1955, he won a scholarship to the Art and Ceramics Training School, attached to the Art Porcelain Factory of Jingdezhen. During his time at the School he quickly earned a reputation for his excellent bird and flower painting. In 1975, he was invited by the Palace Museum, Beijing, to reproduce a copy, a porcelain, of a famous Kangxi Imperial cloisonne vase. The perfect work earned him not only the admiration of the museum and the industry in Jingdezhen but also a gold medal award from the President of the Chinese Republic. He is now a Consultant at the Jingdezhen Art College and the Deputy Director of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Research Institute, and his works are passionately collected in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan with a waiting list for his latest masterpieces.A comparable vase with overglaze decoration of birds on a rock was painted by Zhia Xiaoxiang himself and given to V&A during the Olympia Fine Art and Antique Fair in February 1997, accession number FE.66-1997
Lot 245
GROUP OF SEVEN FAMILLE ROSE 'CARPS' INSCRIBED PORCELAIN WARES 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 鄧肖禹款 粉彩魚藻紋瓶 及 時幻影款 圓蓋盒、筆洗、 小瓶及咖啡杯三件（共七件） comprising: all seven pieces similarly decorated with carps amongst aquatic plants; including one baluster vase, thinly potted signed Deng Xiaoyu (1920-2000) and with the year of Ding Mao, corresponding to 1987, the base with the artist's seal; the other six items all signed Shi Huanying (1908-1968), including a circular covered seal paste box, a circular brush washer, a small cylindrical vase, and three handled coffee cups, each stamped with a blue 'Jing De Zhen Zhi' mark on the baseDimensions:largest: 25.5cm high
Lot 258
ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE ROSE BEAKER VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 鑲銅粉彩花鳥紋瓶 elegantly and thinly potted, the exterior decorated with a bird perching on a blossoming branch, and a deer running in a garden setting, with foliate and flowering French (?) mounts to the mouth and the baseDimensions:15.5cm high; 17cm high with mountProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Stirlingshire
Lot 266
BLUE AND WHITE WITH FAMILLE ROSE 'DEER AND CART' DISH QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 青花加彩祥鹿盤 the interior painted with a striding deer carrying a flower vase on a cart and passing a flowering garden, the cavetto decorated with Daoist motifs in cartouches between flower branches, all between two blue and white key-fret bandsDimensions:22.7cm diameterNote: Note: With a circular label 'R&G McPHERSONE ANTIQUES, LONDON, 24386' on the base
Lot 269
LARGE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 廣彩人物故事紋雙耳大瓶 the neck applied with stylised chi dragons flat handles, decorated with large panels depicting courtly scenes with rulers, officials, and attendants, against a white ground filled with precious objects, flowers and insectsDimensions:62cm highProvenance:Provenance: Careston Castle, Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Lot 282
GROUP OF THREE SATSUMA WARES MEIJI TO TAISHO PERIOD 明治至大正 錦光山、陽山、 軍▢山款 薩摩燒‘能面’碗、‘人物’圓蓋盒 及 ‘楓’瓶 comprising: a big bowl richly painted inside and out with various no-men borne on strings, the base marked 'Kinkozan Zo'; a circular box and cover, finely painted with figures on the lid, interiors of box and cover with butterflies and phoenix, the base marked 'Yozan'; and a tapered triangular vase decorated with maple leaves, the base markedDimensions:largest: 22.1cm diameterProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
Lot 34
BRONZE QUATREFOIL VASE LATE MING TO EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 明末清初 銅鑄如意紋海棠形瓶 of flattened lobed form, elegantly cast raising from an everted foot to waisted neck and lipped rim, the bulging shoulders enclosed by ruyi lappets underneath two mythical beast masks as knob handles in relief on each side, all raised on an openwork integral low stand of conforming shape, with ruyi-form feet joint by stretchers Dimensions:37cm high; 4400gProvenance:Provenance: From a Scottish country house collectionNote: Note: A similar bronze lobed vase with elephant handles, dated to the 17th century, comparable with the ruyi collar and raised on an integral stand, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 March 2015, lot 764
Lot 35
RARE BRONZE 'DANCING FOREIGNER' ARROW VASE, TOUHU MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 明 銅胡人獻舞帶鋪首四出戟投壺 the compressed globular body finely moulded with four mythical beast heads separated by four flanges, the shoulders set with recumbent lions in high relief looking back stepping on ribboned brocade balls on each side against diaper ground, the slender cylindrical neck flanked to both sides with foreigners dancing energetically swinging long sleeves and raising legs above a pair of chi-dragons, all beneath another two short cylinders attached vertically at the mouth, all raised on an octagonal stepped foot further raised on a podium with petal-shaped openwork cartouchesDimensions:44cm high; 5400gProvenance:Provenance: From a Scottish country house collectionNote: Note: Compare to some Ming dynasty bronze arrow vases touhu were sold at Bonham's Hong Kong, 29 May 2022, lot 34, 43, 46; a related bronze arrow vase cast with a large pair of high-relief foreigners, dated to the 14th-15th century, is in the British Museum, accession no. 1993,1028.1; a further comparable bronze arrow vase similarly with a stepped foot is dated to the Ming dynasty and in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, accession number: F1911.67
Lot 45
CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'MILLEFLEUR' BOTTLE VASE LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY 清末民初 德興成造款 銅胎掐絲琺瑯百花不落地瓶 finely enamelled overall with millefleur reserved on a green ground, the base a four-character workshop impress mark 'De Xing Cheng Zao' (Made by De Xing Cheng)Dimensions:23.8cm high; 681g
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