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Click here to subscribeA FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED GLASS VASEQianlong mark, Republic periodOf baluster form the body decorated with an exterior archery scene with warriors and officials below a diaper boarder to the neck set with floral panels, the side with a painted Gu Yuexuan seal mark, the base with a four character painted mark encircled by a dragon. 15.5cm (6 1/8in) highFootnotes:民國 料胎畫琺瑯瓶 《乾隆年製》及《古月軒》款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO FAMILLE ROSE VASESQianlongEach vase of baluster form with rounded shoulders and a short neck, decorated with quatrefoil panels with beaded edges enclosing figural scenes among moulded decoration, one vase with branches of flowers against a gilt ground, the other with butterflies and flowers against an underglaze blue stippled ground, hardwood stand. The tallest: 29.5cm (11 1/2in) high (3).Footnotes:清乾隆 粉彩瓶 兩件For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE VASES, FANGCONG19th centuryEach vase of square section raised on a circular foot, the body decorated in mirror image with scenes of ladies and boys in a terraced garden, the shoulder with flower heads at each corner below a stylised foliate lappet band at the neck, all against a bright green background, hardwood stands. 19cm (7 1/2in) high (4).Footnotes:The Property of a LadyProvenance: A Swiss private collection, and thence by descent.十九世紀 五彩琮式瓶 一對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
A FAMILLE VERTE 'BUDDHIST LIONS' BOTTLE VASEKangxiThe large pear-shaped bottle raised on a short foot, the tall waisted cylindrical neck with a slightly everted rim, decorated around the globular body with four Buddhist lions cavorting with two brocade balls trailing ribbons, the shoulder with a band of floral scrolls and a ruyi border, the top of the neck with a diaper-pattern band and pendent tassels.43cm (17in) highFootnotes:清康熙 五彩佛獅紋長頸瓶A similar famille verte bottle vase, Kangxi, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jorg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Lier, 2011, p.43.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' ROULEAU VASE19th centuryOutlined with decorative bands at the rim, neck, shoulder and base, the elongated body depicting a village scene, with fishermen at the shore or on a raft, water buffalo swimming in the river and a farmer crossing on the bridge.35cm (13 3/4in) highFootnotes:十九世紀 青花山水圖棒槌瓶For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF FOUR MONOCHROME VESSELSKangxi six-character marks, 19th centuryComprising: a peach-bloom glazed jarlet, with a six-character reign mark to the recessed base; a sang-de-boeuf bottle vase; an aubergine-glazed bottle vase; and a small celadon and copper-red vase, with a six-character reign mark to the recessed base, four hardwood stands. The tallest: 16.3cm (6 3/8in) high (8).Footnotes:The Property of a LadyProvenance: A Swiss private collection, and thence by descent.十九世紀 單色釉瓷 一組四件《大清康熙年製》款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
A GROUP OF EXPORT WARESQing DynastyComprising: a turquoise-glazed 'bamboo' brushpot; a famille verte handled cup with peony medallions; a famille rose 'lotus' cup with stems in relief; a famille verte lobed bowl with ochre ground exterior; a famille rose 'tiger' cup; a black-glazed double gourd miniature vase; a famille verte 'boy and cat' saucer; and a famille rose 'peony' saucer. The brushpot: 11.7cm (4 5/8in) high (8).Footnotes:清 瓷器 一組Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAINMing Dynasty and laterComprising: a celadon bowl incised with floral patterns around a central animal to the interior and covered in a thick olive green glaze; a seal paste box and cover painted with lotus scroll patterns to the cover and sides in underglaze copper red, underglaze blue Kangxi six-character mark to the base; a flambé-glazed washer of compressed rounded form; a copper red glazed cup with deep rounded sides; a pale celadon bottle vase with incised peaches; and a blue glazed cup with foliate rim and a celadon interior. The bowl 16cm (6 1/4in) diam. (7).Footnotes:Provenance: S.C. Coles collection.明及之後 瓷器 一組For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE VASE, MEIPINGKangxiOf elegant baluster form rising from a broad shallow foot, waisted sides and a high rounded shoulder to a narrow mouth with an everted lip, painted around the body with a continuous scene of a boy riding a buffalo beside a calf overlooking a watery expanse beneath the full moon and a flying bat, the shoulders inscribed yawan with two pictographic seals.16cm (6 1/4in) highFootnotes:清康熙 青花梅瓶《雅玩》款The two-character signature Yawan, a sobriquet for 'Refined Pleasures' is discussed in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong 1998, p.382.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' ARROW VASEYuan to Ming dynastyStanding four-square raised on slim legs with a short trunk raised and turned to the right, the mouth slightly open to reveal three pairs of tusks, the large square section jar set into the body with further large circular jars strapped to the right and left. 42cm (16 1/2in) longFootnotes:元至明 銅象投壺For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FAMILLE ROSE VASE AND A PAIR OF EGGSHELL PORCELAIN VASESRepublic periodThe single vase of compressed pear-shaped form, decorated with a continuous river landscape scene below a widely lipped rim, the shoulders flanked by a pair of deer head handles, the base bearing an iron red ting song zhai mark; the pair of vases decorated in mirror image to depict two circular figurative panels one enclosing Chang'e and her hare, against a gilt ground densely painted with millefleurs, lappets and ruyi heads around the foot neck and rim, the base with a six-character Qianlong mark. 18.5cm (7 1/4in) high (3).Footnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.民國 粉彩瓶及蛋殼瓷瓶一對《聼松齋》《大清乾隆年製》款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX' VASE AND SIX BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER DISHESChenghua four-character marks, KangxiThe baluster vase decorated with two phoenix in flight among clouds and a Buddhist emblems band to the neck; the saucers each decorated at the centre with a lady and a boy in a garden setting, the rim with four peach-spray cartouches against a diaper ground, the exterior with four Buddhist Emblems.The vase: 13cm (5 1/8in) high (7).Footnotes:清康熙 青花鳳凰紋瓶及青花盤六件 《成化年製》款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' VASEYongzheng six-character mark and of the periodDecorated to the body with swirling lotus scrolls below a band of ruyi and foliate motifs at the shoulder, the recessed base with a Yongzheng mark within a double circle.7cm (2 3/4in) high (2).Footnotes:Provenance: Major-General Sir Ivor Philipps, K.C.B., D.S.O. (1861-1940), and thence by descent.Major-General Sir Ivor Philipps served as an officer with the British Forces on the 'China Expeditionary Force' sent to lift the siege of the British Legation in Beijing and quell the Boxer Rebellion in 1900-1901.清雍正 青花蓮紋小瓶 《大清雍正年製》款A blue and white jarlet with almost identical design is illustrated in Sun Yingzhou de taoci shi jie, Palace Museum Press, 2003, p. 201, cat. no. 121. For another example see Christie's New York, 13-14 Sept 2012, lot 1478.Saleroom notices:Please note that the quantity for this lot should read '1'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SANG-DE-BOEUF GARLIC-MOUTH VASETongzhi incised six-character mark and probably of the periodThe pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a slender neck surmounted by a garlic-head mouth and thin lip, covered overall save for the foot ring with a lustruous red glaze, paling to cream at the rim. 42cm (16 1/2in) high.Footnotes:或清同治 紅釉蒜頭瓶《大清同治年製》款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
A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, GUKangxiDecorated in the archaic style with plantain leaves and lappets reserved against geometric designs and smaller decorative panels, the central bulb with taotie masks on a fret work ground.44cm (17 3/8in) highFootnotes:清康熙 青花花觚For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF FOUR MONOCHROME VASESQing DynastyComprising: a mirror black-glazed bottle vase, Kangxi six-character reign mark, hongmu stand; an olive-green crackle-glazed meiping vase; and two small mottled pink-glazed bottle vases.The tallest: 35.5cm (14in) high (5).Footnotes:清 單色釉瓶 一組四件This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASEKangxiThe cylindrical body painted with a continuous scene of two scholars in a landscape overlooking an expanse of swirling and frothing waves with a pavilion below clouds and overhung by pine-studded rocks below a crane, the neck with horizontal bands of ruyi, whorl and linear design, below a key fret patterned rim. 44cm (17 3/8in) highFootnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.清康熙 青花棒槌瓶The motif of a crane carrying a counter over a seaborne pavilion is a rebus expressing a wish for longevity (haiwu tianchou).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PINK-ENAMELLED BLUE-GLAZED 'DRAGONS' VASE, HUQianlong mark, Republic periodThe rounded body raised on a splayed foot, set with elephant-head handles to the shoulders, enamelled with three dragons in flight above a key-scroll band to the foot and a band of ruyi heads to the neck, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. 35cm (13 3/4in) highFootnotes:民國 藍釉龍紋壺 《大清乾隆年製》款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FAMILLE ROSE 'LADIES' VASEShen xiao shan fang mark, Republic periodOf pear-shaped form, the body painted with five ladies standing in a rocky vista beneath a gnarled pine tree, laden with baskets of fruits and flowers, the base with a four-character shen xiao shan fang mark in iron red. 37.5cm (14 3/4in) highFootnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.民國 粉彩彩仕女圖瓶《什嘯山房》款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE19th centuryDecorated with iron red and blue enamelled confronting dragons in pursuit of the flaming pearl, amongst polychrome clouds and above foaming waves. 15.8cm (6 1/4in) high.Footnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.十九世紀 粉彩龍紋長頸瓶For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COPPER-RED BLUE AND WHITE VASE, HU19th centuryRising from a slightly spreading foot to the waisted neck, flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles set above a raised band around the shoulders, the body painted with a sturdy pine tree next to rockwork and lingzhi, with a Buddhist lion on the ground facing a hawk resting on one of the branches. 33.6cm (13 1/4in) highFootnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.十九世紀 青花釉裏紅壺For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO YIXING TEAPOTS AND AN ENAMELLED YIXING WALL VASEEarly 20th CenturyComprising: a small Yixing teapot and cover with Shi de tang mark to the base; a Yixing teapot and cover surmounted by a frog-shaped finial with a Degen mark to the base and interior of the cover; together with a Yixing wall vase, enamelled with a river landscape scene below a poem on a blue ground.15cm (5 7/8in) high (5).Footnotes:Provenance: English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s.二十世紀早期 宜興茶壺兩把及宜興琺瑯壁瓶《古德堂》《德根》款For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF FAMILLE VERTE WARESKangxiComprising: An octagonal dish with moulded rim, decorated with birds in a garden of pine and peonies; a hexagonal puzzle jug with panels of mythical beasts and flowers; and a pear-shaped vase with a bird and insects amongst flowering plants and rockwork, Chenghua four-character mark. The dish 31.5cm (12 3/8in) wide. (3).Footnotes:Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners.Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition.David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989.清康熙 五彩瓷 一組A pair of related puzzle jugs are illustrated in Gorer and Blacker, Chinese Porcelains and Hard Stones, volume I, pl. 135.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF BLUE AND WHITE WARESKangxiComprising: a moulded petal lobed 'Long Elizas' jar; a bottle vase decorated with panels of scholars' objects, antiques and figures in garden settings; and a bowl and cover decorated with shaped floral panels alternating with stylised entwined flowering stems. The vase 25.5cm (10in) high (4).Footnotes:清康熙 青花瓷器組For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'HUNDRED DEER' VASES, HUEarly 20th centuryEach pear-shaped vase decorated with a continuous scene of the 'hundred deer' design showing a gathering of deer amidst trees in a blue-green rocks and mountains landscape, the neck flanked by a pair of deer-heads handles, hardwood stands. 51.5cm (20 1/4in) high (4).Footnotes:二十世紀早期 粉彩百鹿尊 一對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
FOUR MONOCHROME WARESQing and laterComprising: a copper red glazed bowl, Qianlong six-character mark; a copper red glazed vase, Kangxi six-character mark; a flambé glazed meiping vase; and a peach-bloom glazed vase, Kangxi six-character mark, with stand. The largest 19cm (7 1/2in）high (5).Footnotes:Provenance: English private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s.清及之後 單色釉瓷 四件For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Royal Crown Derby "Derby Posies" miniature jug; a Devon Fielding's lustre ware bowl; two Maling lustre pin dishes; a Royal Doulton figurine "Valerie"; a KPM porcelain figure; various other figurines; a Royal Crown Derby blue and white vase AF; a Sileda scent bottle and other decorative china
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