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Click here to subscribeA CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE AND COVER, MID-18TH CENTURY Painted with a scene of ‘Europa and the Bull’ between chain borders, the domed foot with a gilt scrolling relief band, 13.5cm. (2) Cf. D Howard & J Ayers, Chinese for the West, p.338, no.335, where a dish of the same subject is illustrated.
A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND PINK ENAMELLED VASE, QING DYNASTY Painted with scrolling lingzhi fungi and enamelled in pink with six sinuous dragons and further foliage, the shoulder with animal mask handles, the base with a faint six character Daoguang mark which reads Daoguang geng xu nian zhi, corresponding to the year 1850, 23.5cm.
A GOOD JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE, MEIJI 1868-1912 The ovoid body painted with four skeletons, one playing the drum, two doing handstands and the fourth, child-sized, running away from the others, the background left undecorated, the neck with a band of flowerheads and scrolling foliage, the foot with a band of lappets, seal mark for Baikei (possibly Nakamura Baikei), 12.5cm.
A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES, MEIJI 1868-1912 Decorated with a continuous scene of firemen celebrating the New Year, some performing the hashigo nori (ladder climbing), others carrying the matoi (standards) of their brigades, one vase with a hinomi yagura (lookout tower) in the background, the foot and shoulder decorated with petal-shaped panels of brocades, signed Satsuma Nikko to the base under the Shimazu mon, 19.5cm. (2)
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE, KANGXI 1662-1722 The compressed circular body painted with an interlocking design, the ruyi-shaped lappets decorated with a dense peony scroll, with rhomboid cartouches and lotus flowerheads beneath, 37cm across. Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 清康熙 青花如意花卉紋罐 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE RED VASE, 19TH CENTURY The wide cylindrical neck with two lug handles, the ovoid body painted with a phoenix to each side, its wings and long tail feathers extended in flight, encircled by a continuous scroll of peony flowers and foliage, bordered by scrolling bands to the neckrim and foot, 34cm.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE, C.1640 Painted with the Three Friends of Winter emerging from rockwork, the large gnarled pine tree extending to the reverse, and with two small birds in flight above, together with a hardwood reticulated cover carved with scrolling foliage, 27cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 1640年代 青花歲寒三友罐 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE AND PARCEL-GILT ARCHAISTIC VASE, 17TH CENTURY The ovoid body cast in shallow relief with bands of taotie designs and flower roundels above eight taotie mask lappets, the shoulder with two loop handles formed with mythical beasts’ heads, an inscription to the foot which reads ‘SOUVENIR A L.MEGNEN MON GENDRE ET MEILLEUR AMI J.SEBILLE’, 48cm. 十七世紀 銅鎏金仿古饕餮紋雙耳瓶
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE, C.1640 The elongated circular body painted with lily, bamboo and small flowers emerging from rocks, with insects in flight and the distant sun to the reverse, together with a silver cover formed as a flowerhead, 18cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 1640年代 青花松石紋蓮子罐 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL VASE, C.1640 The ovoid body painted with flowering lotus, peony, prunus and other foliate sprays, with insects in flight, all beneath a band of ruyi-shaped flower lappets, the cover a replacement in silver, 22.5cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 1640年代 青花如意花卉紋八棱瓶 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
THREE CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED ITEMS, KANGXI 1662-1722 One a brush washer modelled as a large lotus leaf, a dragon climbing to one side, another a Buddhist lion dog, its forepaws resting on a brocade ball, a vase on its back, the third a model of a boat, decorated in bright turquoise, ochre and aubergine glazes, 24.7cm max. (3) Provenance: a European private collection, acquired 1965-85.
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE AND COVER, KANGXI 1662-1722 The tapering body decorated with many panels, variously depicting rocky mountainous scenes with willow, pine and small dwellings, the neck with two raised bands dividing foliate and landscape designs, the domed cover with a scalloped rim, painted with six triangular landscape cartouches, 60.5cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. Cf. C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.100, no.90b, where a related vase is illustrated. 清康熙 青花山水紋蓋瓶 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER, YOU, 17TH/18TH CENTURY The pear-shaped body raised on a tall flaring foot and cast with flanges, damascened in gold and silver and decorated in relief with taotie masks reserved on a key fret ground, the bail handle formed as twisted rope with animal mask terminals, 35cm. (2) Cf. S L Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age, Later Chinese Metalwork, no.58, for another very similar example dated to the 18th century. 十七/十八世紀 銅錯金銀仿古饕餮紋卣
A CHINESE DRAGON VASE, SHANGPING, SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD Brightly enamelled with two scaly five-clawed dragons and a flaming pearl of wisdom amongst clouds, the neck with many bats beneath a band of ruyi-heads, the shoulder with lotus and shou characters, 40.5cm. Provenance: a European private collection, acquired 1965-85. 清光緒 粉彩趕珠龍紋賞瓶 《大清光緒年製》青花楷書款 來源：歐洲私人收藏，購於1965-85年
A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE, MEIJI 1868-1912 Decorated with butterflies, iris, flowerheads and karakusa, signed Genzan, together with a pair of miniature vases with chickens, signed Fujisan, a small koro with figures and flowers inscribed Hasegawa zo, and a box and cover with a curlew amongst long grass, two character signature, 16cm. (7)
A TIBETAN SILVER METAL VASE AND COVER, 19TH CENTURY The ovoid body mounted with four Chinese pale celadon jade plaques, each carved in relief with a dragon and encircled by red, green and turquoise-coloured stones, the vase with further relief dragons amongst clouds, the stepped foot with waves, the bulbous cover decorated with clouds and surmounted by a finial of two dragons, 36cm. (2) 十九世紀 西藏銀製嵌百寶蓋瓶
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE DOUCAI ROULEAU VASE, KANGXI 1662-1722 The cylindrical body painted with four Immortals riding on the backs of mythical creatures amongst crashing waves and rockwork, the shoulder with a band of lotus panels on a cell ground beneath concentric ruyi and key fret bands, 45.2cm. Provenance: from the collection of David Ferguson Esq. Formerly in the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD, purchased from D & M Freedman. Cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th May 2009, lot 1880 for another Kangxi doucai rouleau vase of similar size.
A CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE VASE, MING DYNASTY The ovoid body painted in brown with hexagonal panels, depicting scenes from the tale of Deng Bodao and the abandonment of his son, all between bands of spirals and chevrons and reserved on a cream ground, 28.5cm. This vase tells the Jin (265-420 AD) story of Deng Bodao, who was taken prisoner while serving as the governor of Hedong by the rebel leader Shi Le. Following his eventual escape, Bodao, along with his wife, son and nephew were pursued by the rebel mounted troop. The couple realised they would be unable to remain uncaptured carrying both young boys. Thus in the knowledge that they could have another child, they agreed to abandon their own son, tying him to a tree, in order to continue the bloodline of his late brother. Cf. Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz’u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D., p.192, fig.231 for a related vase. Together with a copy of Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no.P115e31, dated 24th June 2015. 明 磁州窯鄧伯道棄子救侄瓶
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, KANGXI 1662-1722 The octagonal body with a flaring foot and rim, each facet painted alternately with flowering magnolia, peony and prunus emerging from rockwork and with insects in flight above, 40cm. Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 清康熙 青花花卉紋花觚 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID VASE, REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted with two roundels containing ladies in fenced gardens, with blossoming trees and rockwork, with a moulded ground of bats encircling shou characters and ruyi-heads, six character Qianlong seal mark; and a bowl painted with bats divided by peach trees above waves, the base with a six character Jiaqing mark, 28cm. (2) Provenance: from the collection of David Ferguson Esq. The vase formerly in the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE, SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95 The pear-shaped body painted with eight flowerheads amongst scrolling leafy foliage, all between bands of stylized lappets, the neck with overlapping stiff leaves, paper labels for Marchant and Professor Laurence, 44.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of David Ferguson Esq. Formerly in the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Purchased from Marchant on 13th December 1991. A copy of the original invoice is available. 清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉紋淨瓶 《大清乾隆年製》青花篆書款 來源：David Ferguson先生收藏，D R Laurence MD教授舊藏，1991年12月13日購於Marchant，附發票
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, C.1640 Illustrating a scene from the story of Bing Ji Wen Niu, with a procession walking on a rocky path behind a buffalo, with plantain and pine trees amongst swirling clouds, the shoulder with a band of stylized leaves, 46.3cm. Cf. S Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, p.32, no.43 where a bitong with the same subject is illustrated; see also Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections, p.110 where the story of Bing Ji Wen Niu is explained in more detail. 1640年代 青花丙吉問牛紋瓶
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE, KANGXI 1662-1722 The cylindrical body painted with quatre-lobed, fan-shaped and chamfered cartouches, variously containing mountain landscapes, arrangements of flowers, animals, birds and auspicious things, all reserved on a dense ground of lotus and peony flowers and foliage, the neck with bands of ruyi and key fret, 45.7cm. Provenance: Bonhams London, 7th November 2013, lot 49; previously an English private collection. 清康熙 青花花卉紋棒槌瓶 來源：英國私人舊藏，倫敦邦瀚斯2013年11月7日·編號49
A SMALL CHINESE VASE, 20TH CENTURY Painted with panels depicting mountainous landscapes, with figures in pagodas and small boats, reserved on a faux bois ground with bands of key fret, the neck with a band of stiff leaves and ruyi handles, a mark to the base which reads ting song zhai, 16.5cm.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KENDI, WANLI 1573-1620 The ovoid body with a tall flared neck and a bulbous spout, painted with panels of flowers, birds and fruit, together with a brown-glazed bottle vase, decorated in slip with tall flower stems, and a wucai incense burner painted with figures divided by fish emerging from waves, all beneath lotus flowers, 20.8cm. (3) Provenance: a European private collection, acquired 1965-85.
† A SET OF THREE CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL SQUARE TRAYS, QIANLONG C.1780 With chamfered corners and grisaille and gilt decoration, each depicting a vase containing peacock feathers and a ruyi sceptre, a dish of flowers and precious objects, the reverse with finger citron, 10.2cm. (3) Provenance: formerly an American private collection. 清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯博古紋方碟 一組三件 來源：美國私人收藏
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE, KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with four panels of flowering sprays emerging from rocks, all beneath a band of ruyi lappets containing scrolling designs, the waisted cover in silver with a pointed finial, 15.7cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 清康熙 青花花卉紋罐 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE BRONZE VASES, HU, WITH REMOVABLE CROWNS, WARRING STATES PERIOD 475-221 BC Each pear-shaped body raised on a flaring foot, decorated in relief with four concentric relief bands simulating twisted rope, the shoulder with two mythical beast masks, each supporting a loose-ringed handle decorated with incised lines and scrolls, surmounted by a separate crown, with eight ogee-shaped radiating petals decorated with stylized geometric scrolls, the surface with evidence of malachite encrustations, 40cm overall. (4) Cf. J So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Vol.III, p.255, figs.43.1 & 43.3 for comparable examples; see also W T Chase, Ancient Chinese Bronze Art: Casting the Precious Sacral Vessel, p.62, no.25. and The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935/6 catalogue no.133 for a single similar hu vase lent by Edgar Worch. 戰國時期 青銅玄紋雙耳壶 一對
FOUR CHINESE QINGBAI ITEMS, SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 AD Comprising a lobed vase and three dishes, one of plain conical form, one carved with two mythical creatures, the third with foliate scrolls, the latter with a paper label for R & G McPherson Antiques, 18.5cm max. (4) Provenance: from the collection of David Ferguson Esq.
A LARGE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASE, 19TH CENTURY Painted to each side with a panel containing officials and attendants, with foliate borders of peony, fruiting peach sprays, phoenix and other birds, the shoulder moulded with dragons, the neck with further figural panels and Buddhist lion dog handles, 59.5cm.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE, MID-17TH CENTURY Painted with a single kylin beneath flame wisps, in a fenced garden with plantain and other foliage emerging from rockwork, together with a later wood cover, 27.3cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London. 十七世紀中期 青花麒麟紋罐 來源：倫敦Holland Park私人收藏
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