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Click here to subscribe* Chinese archaic bronze Gu-shaped vase, early Qing Dynasty (17th/18th century), the body (between trumpet rim and foot) fully decorated with low relief of flying Chilongs (dragons) amongst clouds, base mark engraved “Daming Xuande Nianzhi” in a rectangular frame, base also with ink manuscript label RK 0117, height 26.5 cm, weight 1700 gQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* A Japanese hexagonal polychrome porcelain vase, Meiji (1868-1912), the double gourd vase decorated in Kangxi style, the neck with panels of boys and scholars in landscapes, the central section with Shinu (Noble Ladies) in the garden on a spread foot, the base marked with a Japanese inscriptions within a rectangular frame, 28.5 cm high, together with a pair Japanese polychrome porcelain hexagonal vases, decorated with flowers in alternating red and green panels, a band of lotus petals on the shoulders as well as on the feet, unmarked, both damaged one more obviously, 19.8 cm highQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* A Japanese Seto blue and white porcelain vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), of baluster form decorated with chrysanthemum and foliage with two elephant head handles, marked on the base in blue “Nippon Seto To aka Tsukuru Seu”, small chip to neck rim, 22.5 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese bronze vase, early Edo period, of trumpet shape form, hexagonal petal rim, slender cylindrical body on a flared foot, a decorative pierced rectangular banner on each side of the body, base marked 'Tateyama' (??) and 'Supervised by Hiragana' (???? in a square frame, height 24 cm, together with Chinese archaic bronze form vase, petal-shaped rim, geometric patterns on the middle section of the body and on the foot, two dragon head handles, base mark ?????height 26 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Bawden (Edward, 1903-1989). Day and Night, screenprint on heavy cotton, triptych design of pointed ovals, with vase of flowers in the centre, flanked by plants and insects, initialled lower right, Warner Fabrics label on verso, 63.5 x 116.5 cm (25 x 46 ins), framed (67.5 x 120 cm) QTY: (1)
* Chinese crackle glazed earthenwares, 18/19th century, comprising a white glaze wine ewer of baluster form with faux bamboo handle and spout, the spout moulded with a snail, on a flared foot with an ebony cover, 19 cm high, together with a bowl with everted rim probably a Zhadou, with incised central band of key fret decoration, the base incised with a square mark, plus a miniature vase, of plain slender baluster form, 7.3 cm high with a carved wooden stand QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese 'Hatcher Cargo' porcelain blue and white vase and cover, transitional period circa 1643, of ovoid form decorated with flowers and prunus blossom, 20 cm high, with R & G McPherson Hatcher Cargo label to base plus the original retail price of £1250QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Private Collection, Bristol, UK.The Hatcher Cargo was recovered from the wreck of a Chinese junk which sank in 1646 in the South China seas port of Batavia (now Jakarta). It gained it's name from it's finder Captain Michael Hatcher who discovered the wreck in 1983. The collection comprising around 25,000 pieces of unbroken Chinese porcelain was sold in four auctions conducted by Christie's in the Netherlands in 1984.
* A rare Chinese porcelain blue and white flower vase, Qing, formed as five vases merged into one, with six holes for flower arranging, decorated with a prunus design, the base with six footrings and in the centre with underglaze blue mark for “Qianlong Nianzhi”, damaged, 12 cm high x 17 cm wideQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese bronze bottle vase, Song to Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century, of plain undecorated form, the compressed globular body with elongated slender neck with wide band around the rim and conforming decoration on the foot, both decorated with crisply cast stylised cresting waves within a raised border, the base with label 'Oriental Ceramic Society, 124, 1921 Centenary 2021', 23 cm high QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.Oriental Ceramic Society, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of The Oriental Ceramic Society 1921-2021, catalogue 124: '...probably intended as a flower vase, perhaps for use in a scholar’s studio.... The motif of cresting waves was popular on Chinese bronzes from around the twelfth century while on ceramics it is found as the main motif on JIzhou wares of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The rich brownish-black patina of the bronze was probably deliberately induced, in keeping with the interest in archaic bronzes and antiquarianism during this period.'
* Chinese Scholar’s miniature bronze vessel, 17th century, a vase of baluster form, the body decorated with sea waves, lotus petal-shaped panels on the long neck, flanked with two stylised elephant mask handles, a band of Greek key motifs on the foot, 12cm high, together with a small Chinese bronze baluster form vase, 17th century, plain body, a band of waves on the middle of the neck, flanked by two circular hoop handles, flared rim and foot, height 9 cm, plus a Chinese bronze teapot form water dropper, 17th century, ball-shaped body with a wide band of Taotie masks at the middle section, the tapering long neck with a hat shaped top, a floral band linking the spout and neck, stylised handle, short foot decorated with patterns, height 10.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese white-glazed porcelain vase, Kangxi (1661-1722), of slender tapering form with everted rim, two dog of Fo mask handles, the body incised in black calligraphy 'Huang Da Zong' (the name of the owner), the neck chipped with some pieces missing, 28 cm high, together with a Daoguang white glaze vase,1820-1850, of plain form moulded in low relief with a blooming prunus tree and magpie (Xi Shang Mei Shao), two dog of Fo mask handles, the neck with a band of ruyi clouds pattern, vertical hairline crack, 17.5 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese archaic style bronze vase, 12th-14th Century, of baluster form with a wide flared petal shaped rim, the neck decorated with low relief of dragon swimming in the sea, with two dragon mask handles, the slightly flared circular foot with a band of similar design, 21.8 cm high, together with another similar vase, of quadrilateral shape, neck and foot with similar low relief patterns of objects and waves, similar dragon mask handles, 21.6 cm highQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese bronze baluster vase, 18th century, decorated with cartouches enclosing low relief Taotie mask motifs on the wider shoulder flanked with two beast mask handles, flared rim and short foot, a couple of shallow dents to body,14 cm high, together with three cylindrical vases, circa 18/19th century, one decorated with low relief butterflies flying among flowers on brocade ground, a band of Ruyi cloud patterns above the flared foot with diaper ground, the base missing, 11.5 cm high, the second decorated with three string patterns on plain body, 15 cm high, the third decorated with six low relief string patterns on the plain body as well as small low relief patterns, a line of inscription like motifs and a tiny loop handle at the middle of the body, two tiny punched holes right under the rim, 14 cm highQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
*A large Chinese Tiexiuhua craquelure glaze celadon vase, 19th century, celadon porcelain vase with iron rust decoration, of baluster form with trumpet shape rim, bands of low relief brown ruyi yuntou, dog of Fo mask handles and a brown unglazed coloured base, large chips to the rim and some restoration, 56 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese Hutian kiln Yingqing two-handle vase, 12th-14th century, probably for purposes of worship, baluster form in an archaic bronze style mounted on an integral pierced stand, the neck moulded with stylised banana leaves and stylised Taotie mask motifs on the body, 14.8 cm high, together with a bowl from the same kiln, of moulded lobed form, with floral petal rim and eight lines from the rim to the centre, 15.4 cm diameterQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese wooden lacquer tray, 18th or 19th century, of round-corner rectangular shape, painted with polychrome figures in a gazebo, admiring a giant vase and surrounded by further porcelain vases, teapots and other symbols, background of river, boats and dwellings (perhaps depicting ceramic exporting at the port of Imari), 32 x 24 cm, together with wooden brush pot, similar age, with gold paint on black lacquered ground, of tapering shape in three stepped sections, the top part decorated with a band of grapes and leaves, the middle with figures enjoying the scenery in a park, the bottom a band of floral design, also florets on the circular foot, rubbed with vertical split, 10 cm high, plus four other Oriental treen vessels, comprising: a wooden jar with stopper, decorated with string patterns, used possibly for carrying incense powders, 14.6 cm high; a round column shaped vessel with lid, raised from a circular base, carved with geometric motifs, perhaps for incense sticks, 15.8 cm high; a burr wood roundel shaped snuff bottle with stopper, two low relief eree along the edge (with two small chips), their tails coiling onto each side, width 10 cm; and an oak vase with string decoration, 16.5 cm high, 10 cm diameterQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Needlework Pictures. Jacob and Rachel at the Well, circa 1790s, finely-embroidered and painted picture, depicting Jacob and Rachel in neo-classical garb, Jacob on the left and holding a shepherd's crook, and Rachel on the right holding a staff, with sheep beside water and a large rock in the foreground, against a tree, and with a large castellated building in the background, stitched using stumpwork and long and short stitch, with the faces, arms, and legs carefully drawn in, and the sky painted in watercolour, 31.5 x 27.5 cm (12.5 x 10.75 ins), glazed gilt moulded frame (49 x 43 cm), together with:Vase of flowers on a table, circa 1830, finely embroidered in silk threads and metalwork on a ground of cream silk, the vase worked in bullion stitch in metallised gold and silver threads, the table and flowers (faded) stitched in shades of pink, green, and cream, in long and short stitch and french knots, various flowers, including a camellia, delphinium, and roses, 36.5 x 29 cm (14.5 x 11.25 ins), framed and glazed (48 x 40 cm), and 2 others: a petit point picture of 2 young girls beside a garden wall, one carrying a basket of flowers, 17 x 14.5 cm (6.75 x 5.75 ins), glazed gilt moulded frame (27.5 x 26 cm), with engraved label on verso of James Anderson, Carver & Gilder, 103 Nethergate, Dundee; and a beadwork picture of a parrot, 28 x 20 cm (11 x 8 ins), framed and glazed (38 x 30.5 cm)QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Japanese porcelain vase, 20th century, the tall cylindrical body raised from a short foot, everted rim, decorated with alternating mountainous landscapes and animals with flowers in shaped panels on crane-motif blue ground, base mark double blue encircled “???”(Tomiyoshi Sei), 33 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* A large collection of mixed ceramics, including a large Staffordshire vase/figure of a cow suckling her calf, 28 cm high, a pair of Staffordshire figures each holding a young child within a garden setting, 29 cm high, a blue and white earthenware plate, showing an early version of Willow Pattern, chipped, 28. 5 cm diameter, An English Delftware plate, circa 1780, hand painted with blue Chinese landscape, cracked ice pattern with a Chinese inspired building to the central panel beneath a weeping willow border intersected by the cracked ice motif, 23 cm diameter, a Poole pottery volcano vase, 11 cm high, plus other itemsQTY: (23)
* Miniature Chinese porcelain, 17th/18th century, including a bullet shape teapot, decorated with tulips (probably for the Dutch export market), the spout replaced with metal, 8 cm high, a vase and cover of hexagonal form, decorated with alternating floral and landscape panels, with a high rim, flat shoulder and flared circular foot, the base marked with a symbol of “Wanzi” with 'Christie’s, VungTau Cargo, Lot 777' label, 15.8 cm high, various blue and white double gourd vases plus a baluster black glaze vase with gold floral decoration, 6 cm high QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.NOTE:Provenance (for the first item): Christie's Amsterdam, The Vung Tau Cargo, Chinese Export Porcelain, 7-8 April 1992, lot 777.For a similar example, see Sotheby’s Amsterdam, Made In Imperial China, January 2007, lot 780.
* Japanese bronze vase, Meiji period, of hexagonal archaic form, the top section engraved with stylised lotus leaves, the middle and lower sections with dragons flying among clouds, inscribed on the base 'Imarisuke [and seven people names], on the 15th October of the 18th year of Meiji period' (possibly indicating the craftsmen), height 18.5 cm, weight 1700 gQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Chinese bronze vase, Qing Dynasty, of a quatrefoil robed form, raised from a short foot, the body decorated with low relief of Taotie masks, water waves, Greek keys and trees etc., flanked by two stylised elephant mask handles, the base unusually also decorated with low relief motifs, 17 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
*Chinese cloisonné enamel vase, mid-Qing Dynasty, of a tapering quadrilateral column form, gilt decorated, the four sides with cloisonné panels of archaic mask heads and foliages, round disc foot with flying dragon roundel bask mark, height 16 cm, weight 800 gQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
* Attic Greek krater, probably 4th century BC, the terracotta two handle vessel of baluster form decorated in black with figures, one side showing a warrior with sword and shield, the other with a satyr chasing a woman, each bordered with Greek key and geometric decoration, one handle restored, 28 cm high QTY: (1)NOTE:A large two-handled shape vase used as a mixing vessel in Ancient Greece, usually for mixing wine with water.
* A large Dutch delft shoulder vase circa 1680, decorated the 'transitional' style in blue with Chinese figures and landscapes with a banana leaf border to the foot, old chips to the neck and foot and general age damage, 39 cm highQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The David & Sarah Battie Collection.
Royal Worcester twin handled vase, ovoid form raised on a circular foot, hand painted highland glen with croft, bridge and highland cattle, signed Harry Stinton, date coded 1923, height 21.5cm.CONDITION REPORT:The vase is in excellent condition throughout, some very very minor rubbing to gilt.
Early Chinese Kraak Blue and white bottle vase, of moulded pear-shaped form, decorated with stylised flowers, foliage and birds, height 31cm CONDITION REPORTThe vase is in good condition. However it does have some minor nibbles (6) round the lower surface of the vase and a firing crack on the neck of the vase.Please see additional imagesPROVENANCE: From a private collection.
Early Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, possible Kangxi period baluster form, decorated with a continuous scene of figures in a landscape of rocks and trees, raised on a hardwood stand (Damage to vase lip) height 26cm CONDITION REPORTThe vase is in good all round condition with exception to the obvious damage to the rim of the vase. Approximately 4.5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from the lip of the vase. There is also a small hairline crack to the inside lip but not visible to the exteriorSee additional imagesPROVENANCE: From a private collection.
Royal Worcester twin handled bottle shaped vase, raised on a circular foot, decorated with hand painted spider and autumn leaves, No 1445, Rd No 145756, date coded 1892, height 29cm.CONDITION REPORT:The vase is in good condition however the handle has been restored. Some rubbing and minor gilt loss to lip of vase.
Clarice Cliff Bizarre vase in the crocus design, hand painted floral spray between brown and yellow bands, height 21cm CONDITION REPORTThe vase is in very good condition, there are some minor nibbles to the enamels, particularly to the lower brown band. The vase would benefit from a clean.See additional images
Royal Worcester vase, baluster form, pinched neck with Bacchus mask handles, raised on a circular foot and decorated with hand painted wild roses, gilt enrichments, No 1407 Rd No 141378, height 40cm.CONDITION REPORT:The vase is in very good condition throughout, some rubbing and minor loss to gilt lip of vase, and one of the 'tops' of the right hand scroll finial has been restored, see extra images.
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