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Lot 33
Marcel Dyf, French (1899 - 1985) Oil on canvas " Girl Reading At Table With Vase Of Flowers" Signed lower right. Indistinct French ink stamp on stretcher. Light craquelure or in good condition. Measures 23-1/2" x 28-3/4", frame measures 33" x 38-3/4". Shipping: Third party. (estimate $4000-$6000)
Lot 11
A RED-GLAZED YUHUCHUN VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD ( 1736 - 1795 ) The elegantly potted pear-shaped vase rises from a spreading foot to a slender neck and flaring mouth, the exterior covered in a rich and lustrous red glaze darkening below the mouth rim and above the foot, the interior and base are covered with a transparent bluetinged glaze.From an American private collection30 cm. (H)
Lot 13
A COPPER RED-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) Finely potted with a pear-shaped body raised on a straight foot, gently tapering to a long slender neck rising to a flaring rim, covered overall under a fine glaze of cherry-red tone.From a European private collection 28.5 cm. (H) 18.5 cm. (W)
Lot 26
A RED-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ VASE, GU QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Modelled after an archaic ritual wine vessel, the bulbous central section raised on a bell-shaped foot rising to a flaring trumpet neck, exquisitely decorated in vivid enamels with lotus flower heads borne on scrolling foliage interspersed with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, all reserved on a deep oxblood-red ground beneath a continuous band of ruyi-heads to the rim and key-fret to the foot.A similar item, see Treasures of Imperial Porcelain: Qing Imperial porcelains in Hangzhou Tu Huo Zhai Ancient Ceramics Museum, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, 2001, image 130. Also Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yuzheng and Qianlong regions, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995, image. 95. A pair of Qianlong bajixiang vase sold at Hongkong Sotheby 7th Apr 2015, lot 3707From a British private collection 26.6 cm. (H) 15.2 cm. (D)
Lot 3
A CELADON-GLAZED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Elegantly proportioned, the lower globular section rising to a narrow waist and upper pear-shaped section, gently tapering to a narrow neck, covered overall with an attractive translucent glaze of pale sea-green tone.A similar item see, Qing imperial porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong by the Chinese University of Hongkong, Art Gallery, 1995, No.69; Chinese porcelain, the S.C.Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hongkong: Urban Council 1987, pic 106; Qing imperial monochromes, the Zande Lou Collection, by the Chinese University of Hongkong, Art Museum, 2005, vol.1,pic 118,No.42; The Tsui Museum of Art, vol.4,pic 37BLUETT&SONS 36.5 cm. (H)
Lot 41
A FINE FAMILLE ROSE FACETED SQUARE VASE SEALED JIN PINQING (1862-1908), GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1911), QING DYNASTY The archaic white vase has a classic cong-shaped body with a pair of molded mask and ring handles applied to both sides. Each rectangle panel is finely painted with a different scene referring to traditional Chinese paintings: three depicting poetic scenes of flower-and-bird; and the fourth depicting an old scholar with a round fan in hand, preaching to a child. Three facets are identified with poetic inscriptions; and each scene is followed by varied iron-red seals of the artist, including his name Pingqing, as well as alternative studio name of Hao.Jin Pinqing (1862-1908), whose studio name is Hao, was a late Qing dynasty porcelain artist from Yi County, Anhui Provenance. Along with Cheng Men and Wang Shaowei, Jin Pinqing was one of the three pre-eminent artists of the Qianjiang Cai style of porcelain painting at the Jindezhen kilns. Best known for his excellence in classical Chinese flower-and-bird painting as well as the meticulous techniques in famille-rose palette, Jin Pinqing was appointed to paint the royal porcelain for the Empress Dowager Cixi. While Jin Pinqing merely painted figures, this exquisite faceted square vase with depiction of an old intellectual preaching to a child is undoubtedly a rarely-seen piece made by the artist, which was presumably a present to an important royal officialFrom a European private collection 29 cm. (H) 18 cm. (W)
Lot 6
A CELADON-GLAZED ‘EIGHT TRIGRAMS’ VASE, CONG QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) The square cylindrical vessel supported on a short circular foot ring gently rising to a circular rim, moulded to each side of the body with two of the eight trigrams, all covered under a lustrous glaze of sea-green tone.From a British private collection 30.2 cm. (H) 12.5 cm. (W)
Lot 9
A VERY RARE PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED 'THREE-STRING' VASE, LAIFU ZUN XUANDE XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE KANGXI (1662-1722) The high-shouldered, tapering vase is molded with three bow-strings on the base of the trumpet-form neck, and is covered overall in a glaze of soft pink tone with red speckling on the body and inner mouth rim.A similar Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle of a copper red glaze mitral pot see, Studies of the collections of the National Museum of China, Porcelain, Qing dynasty.Christies HongKong, 5th, Oct, 2016. Lot 366020 cm. (H)
Lot 102
SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'DRAGON-CARP' VASEQING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the vessel formed as a carp metamorphosing into a dragon as it leaps out of waves with its gaping mouth open forming the cavities of the vase, the stone of a deep spinach-green tone with small areas of brown and dark green mottling18cm highProvenance:Private Scottish collection; purchased from William Clayton Fine Chinese Jade, Porcelain and Works of Art, London, in the 1960s and 1970s. Note:For a similar 'dragon-carp' jade vase from the Thompson-Schwab collection, see Sotheby's sale in their London rooms on 9th November 2016, lot 9, sale L16211.
Lot 167
TWO BLUE AND WHITE ARTICLESKANGXI PERIOD the first a lidded mustard pot with silver mount, the bulbous body painted with six oblong panels depicting beauties admiring flowers in a fenced garden, the base with a leaf mark; the second an ovoid vase painted with seasonal flowers, with a pierced wooden cover (2)larger one 16cm high (excluding cover)Provenance:Private Edinburgh collection; both articles purchased from Lyon & Turnbull on 26.06.2012, lot 280 and 430, sale 369.
Lot 170
TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASELATE MING DYNASTY of cylindrical form rising to a short waisted neck with everted rim, painted with a continuous scene in varying shades of underglaze blue with a pair of birds perched on leafless branches, the base unglazed, with fitted Japanese wooden box26.2cm high
Lot 171
BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' VASEKANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK BUT 19TH CENTURY painted in fine shades of cobalt blue with figures in miniature scale in an imposing mountainous landscape, some seated at leisure in a pavilion surrounded by trees and rocks, whilst others stroll across a bridge, the base with a six-character Kangxi reign mark within double circles24cm highProvenance:Private Scottish collection.
Lot 192
RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'CORNUCOPIA' WALL VASE QIANLONG PERIOD the horn painted in polychrome enamels with scrolling tendrils bearing composite flowerheads as botanical specimens, the tip decorated with a small cartouche featuring a traditional Chinese landscape 24.5cm high Note: For a nearly identical vase, see Lyon & Turnbull's London Asian sale on 08.11.2017, lot 282, sale 505. Provenance:Private Scottish collection. For more information, please see lot 176.
Lot 196
SMALL FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' VASEQIANLONG MARK BUT LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD the bulbous pear-shaped body decorated with two circular medallions enclosing an affluent Roman lady holding a fan and a man dressed in a Roman tunic, reserved on a bright turquoise ground painted with lotus scrolls and bats, the base with a four-character Qianlong mark within double squares, mounted on an ivory stand9cm high (excluding stand)Provennance:Select contents of a Scottish country house. For more information, please see lot 194.
Lot 213
GILT AND IRON-RED DECORATED BALUSTER VASEQING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY the baluster body rising from a splayed foot to a gently flared mouthrim, decorated with a continuous scene of a ferocious five-clawed dragon above a giant carp leaping out from turbulent raging waves, mouth sealed for lamp fittings43cm high
Lot 230
FAMILLE ROSE CORAL-RED GROUND 'HUNDRED BUTTERFLIES' BOTTLE VASEGUANGXU MARK, LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD the compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck, decorated with the ‘Hundred Butterflies’ design divided by a band of lotus scrolls and stylised shou characters at the shoulder, the rim and the foot with ruyi and lappet bands, inscribed to the base with a six-character iron-red reign mark36cm high
Lot 238
RARE FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND 'LOTUS' CLOISONNÉ-IMITATION VASEQING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY robustly potted with a globular body surmounted by a tall, waisted neck with a flared rim, the neck flanked by a pair of stylised dragon handles, the body boldly enamelled in vibrant colours with four large lotus flowerheads below bats, interspersed with scattered sprigs of lotus and hibiscus, all reserved on a turquoise ground with a myriad of gilt scrolls imitating the metal wires of cloisonné ware, the neck encircled by a key-fret band, the foot with a stiff-leaf band and the mouth with an archaistic scroll band34.5cm highProvenance:From the collection of the late William Crawford Gray (d.1918); thence by direct family descent.The Collection of the Late William Crawford Gray (d.1918)Gray was founder of the Gray's Carpets Ltd in Ayr, Scotland. Beginning with two hand looms in a small shop in 1876, Gray's later grew to become one of Britain's most successful carpet manufacturers. By the 1930s, it had showrooms in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Dublin, and Belfast, as well as international representatives in Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Known in the carpet trade for having developed the 'seamless kidder', company founder William Gray was a world traveller and avid art collector in his private life. The Chinese and Japanese artworks from his collection, most notably a massive Kinkozan satsuma vase, a large ivory and lacquer Takarabune and the present lot, all reflect the exquisite taste of the Scottish entrepreneur.
Lot 245
FAMILLE ROSE MILLEFLEUR GROUND VASE, LU TOU ZUNQIANLONG MARK BUT 20TH CENTURY the bulbous body decorated with two circular panels, one depicting the Laughing Buddha playing with six boys, the other a luohan reading a book in a rocky setting, reserved on a gilt decorated millefleur ground, flanked by a pair of stag head handles, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark33.5cm high
Lot 255
FAMILLE VERTE BLUE GROUND 'LANDSCAPE' VASEQIANLONG MARK BUT 20TH CENTURY of rectangular section, each side decorated with a mountainous landscape scene within an elongated panel, reserved on a blue ground with lotus scrolls, the base with an apocryphal four-character iron-red Qianlong seal mark20.5cm high
Lot 271
FINE SATSUMA VASEBY SOZAN FOR THE KINKOZAN WORKSHOP, MEIJI PERIOD the ovoid vase painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with two panels containing painterly designs of two pheasants below flowering cherry trees and passerines perched on trailing wisteria branches, the panels framed by a keyfret border entwined with scrolling vines, the base signed Sozan in red enamel and with an impressed 'Kinkozan zo' mark within a gilt square17.2cm highProvenance:Private Edinburgh collection. Note:Sozan was one of the principal artists at the Kinkozan workshop. For a similar ovoid vase painted by Sozan, however depicting figures in a landscape, see Louis Lawrence: Satsuma - The Romance of Japan, page 190.
Lot 122
A LARGE PAIR OF GOOD QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY TUSK VASES, together with fitted wood stands, the ivory itself weighing approx. 1.61Kg, each vase well carved with a continuous scene of villagers engaged in various pursuits, 11.3in & 11.5in high overall, the ivory vases themselves 10.4in high.
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