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Lot 332

An engraved Japanese metal vase, signed . Approx 19 cm high.

Lot 338

Two jade archers rings together with a Chinese carved jade vase (8 cm. high).

Lot 349

A Chinese cloissone cup (4.5 cm), a pear shape metal vase (14 cm) and another Chinese metal vase (22 cm).

Lot 348

* ANDREA BRIOSCO, called RICCIO (1470-1532) Virtue rewarded by Fame, bronze plaquette, a winged female figure (Fame) sits on a globe, her right foot on an overturned vase, crowning with a laurel wreath a winged child (Virtue) before her; behind them is a palm tree with two laurel branches, from one of which hangs a tablet inscribed I S A, 50.6mm (Molinier 243; Bange 394; Kress 223; Bekker 154; Planiscig p. 456), a very fine contemporary cast

Lot 390

* PISANELLO Leonello d`Este (1407-1450), bronze medal, bust left, rev., a nude youth reclining beneath a vase, 66mm (Hill 30; Armand I, 4, 10; Pollard 9 = Kress 9), a very fine old cast

Lot 396

* George III, William Hunter (1718-1783) physician and collector, iron medal by William Burch, 1774, bust left wearing cap and gown, rev., vase with scene of a surgical operation, 80mm (BHM 188, this piece illustrated; Cochran-Patrick 109, 29; Storer 1721-3), with black patina, very fine and rare

Lot 417

20th century cloisonne vase, the pale blue ground decorated with a bird amongst cherry blossom, 18cm

Lot 434

Japanes brushpot of lobed lozenge section decorated with rocks and bamboo and a champleve enamel decorated miniature baluster vase, 11cm x 9cm

Lot 441

19th century Chinese powder blue ground baluster vase with reserved floral panels, Kang Xi mark to base, 25cm

Lot 447

Chinese 19th century blue crackle glazed gu shaped vase, 22cm

Lot 465

Canton famille rose squat bottle vase with flaring rim decorated with figures, birds and flowers

Lot 467

18th century Chinese powder blue ground column vase decorated with figure panels and ho ho bird amongst flowering branches reserved on the blue ground,Kang Xi mark to base and a similarly decorated Samson vase, smaller

Lot 476

Japanese blue glazed double gourd bottle vase, wooden stand

Lot 478

Palestinian ware vase of high shouldered form, decorated with trellis and flower design, signed to base, 30cm

Lot 484

Cloisonne vase of high shouldered form decorated with palmate panels of chi lung and phoenix reserved on a blue ground with floral banding, 35cm

Lot 515

Japanese bronze vase with relief decoration of birds and flowers in different metals, and another similar, (2)

Lot 548

Early 20th century Legras enamelled cameo glass vase depicting trees in a winter landscape, graduated yellow to pink, signed, 14.5cm

Lot 553

Continental blue glass "flask" vase with double gilt handles and "Japonaise" bird and floral decoration, stepped stopper with gilt finial, 28cm

Lot 554

Mottled straight sided white glass vase with gilt banding and applied blue and gilt serpent to the centre, 17.5cm high

Lot 570

Emile Galle cameo glass miniature bulbous vase graduated pink colour with cut back overlaid purple glass floral decoration, signed.6.5cm

Lot 585

Murano glass vase with opaque exterior and cranberry interior, 18cm high

Lot 598

Pair of blue Whitefriars bark style vase and another white, 17cm high

Lot 603

Pair of blue Whitefriars style vases and a Whitefriars green crystal vase, Mdina mottled blue glass perfume bottle and stopper, 15cm high,

Lot 624

Crown Staffordshire figure of a kingfisher on rustic pond with lilies vase designed and modelled by J T Jones, 11cm high

Lot 628

WMF copper vase with green enamelled ground and etched insect decoration, stamped verso, 20cm high

Lot 652

19th century gourd style bottle vase with birds head top, the body decorated with, stag and hare landscape, moulded lizard handle, 25cm high

Lot 656

Moorcroft vase with floral decoration on a cream ground, 17cm high

Lot 661

Continental slim neck vase, the body with colbalt blue ground and scrolling gilt floral decoration, 19cm, painted mark SIC to base, old label

Lot 325

William Comyns silver flute vase with embossed floral and reed decoration on circular base, London 1901, 19cm high

Lot 19

A modern glass walking cane, and a coloured glass vase

Lot 281

Timo Sarpaneva Italia, a clear glass blown vase

Lot 282

A Doulton Lambeth silver mounted two handled vase, with applied willow pattern decoration

Lot 290

A Royal Doulton `Flambe` baluster vase, decorated with cattle

Lot 305

A copper kettle, a clear glass vase, a Murano vase and a Foley tyg

Lot 10

A Chinese agate prunus vase, carved in high relief with flowering branches in orangey red over a darker ground, 19th century, 9.5cm. Together with a wood stand. (2) Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough, purchased from John Sparks Ltd., for 40 guineas, and recorded in the Sparks archive.

Lot 45

The following thirty-nine lots (lots 45 - 83) of Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains have been collected over the last thirty years, largely from specialist Asian Art dealers in London. Professor Laurence first became interested in Chinese porcelain around 1946 whilst serving in Japan as a medical specialist in the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. Each lot is accompanied by a copy of Professor Laurence`s 2003 publication: Chinese Porcelain, 25 Years of Unscholarly Collecting, An Entertainment and an Anthology of Scholars` Taste. A small Chinese wucai cylindrical vase, decorated with a scholar in a mountainous landscape, holding a ruyi sceptre next to a crane, his servant who looks away holds a qin wrapped in silk, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, minor damage, 19cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson, London.

Lot 46

A Chinese vase of rolwagen shape, decorated in underglaze blue and wucai enamels with a scene from a romance, the neck with flowering branches and rocks within iron red line borders, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, extensively damaged and restored, 37.7cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Cf. Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasure From an Unknown Reign, no.78 for a related vase.

Lot 47

A Chinese baluster vase, decorated in wucai enamels with a continuous band of flying horses among waves, rocks, flames, flowers and precious objects, c.1630-40, extensively damaged, 29cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London.

Lot 49

A Chinese baluster vase and cover, decorated in underglaze blue and wucai enamels with horses leaping among Buddhist emblems between tall rocks against which crash waves, late Ming dynasty c.1630-40, damage and restoration, 38cm. (2) From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD.

Lot 50

A Chinese baluster vase, with a short neck flaring slightly towards the rim, decorated in underglaze blue and wucai enamels with tree peonies growing among rocks, Shunzhi Period 1644-1661, damages and restoration, 27cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson, London.

Lot 55

A Chinese wucai gu-shaped vase, the centre bulb painted with peony within panels against a diaper ground, the neck with flowering branches among rocks, the foot with fruiting sprays, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, restoration and with the rim reduced, 39cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Cf. Shunzhi Porcelain, Treasure from an Unknown Reign, no.33 for a similarly decorated rolwagen.

Lot 56

A Chinese famille verte octagonal section vase, with a flared neck, decorated with alternating panels of floral sprays and landscapes, the shoulder and neck similarly decorated, the foot with a band of diaper, Kangxi 1662-1722, extensively damaged and restored, 37.2cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from S. Marchant & Son, London.

Lot 57

A Chinese ovoid vase, painted in underglaze blue and wucai enamels with a continuous scene of a procession of boys in a landscape, two bearing pennants, one carrying a parasol, one a flautist and one astride a Buddhist lion, the reverse with palm plant and rocks, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, cracked and chipped, 21cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London.

Lot 58

A Chinese small ovoid vase, decorated in underglaze blue and wucai enamels with a scene from a romance, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, a long body crack, 18.5cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provevance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London. Cf. Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures from an Unknown Reign, no. 70 for a large similar vase in the Butler Family Collection.

Lot 74

A Chinese porcelain vase, originally of archaic gu shape, with upper rounded section and tall foot gently spreading towards the base, decorated in underglaze blue with elaborate floral scrolls against a red over-glaze enamel ground, the protruding flanges with wave patterns, Wanli 1573-1620, the neck reduced, 19.5cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance; purchased from JAN Fine Art, London. Cf. A similar complete vase is shown in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ming-style Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, p.31, no.44.

Lot 77

A Chinese blue and white meiping vase, with a short narrow neck and flared rim, painted with a band of lotus scroll around the body, a border of rocks and cresting waves around the foot, and a band of peonies within gadroon panels at the shoulder, Ming dynasty 1st half 16th century, glaze defect to the shoulder, glaze degradation probably due to sea immersion, 25cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from R & G McPherson, London.

Lot 79

A Chinese blue and white barrel-shaped vase and cover, painted with two birds in flight above chrysanthemum and bamboo issuing from rockwork, c.1640, 20.5cm. (2) From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: the Hatcher Cargo. Purchased from Anthony Gray, London.

Lot 82

A Chinese blue and white yen yen vase, brightly painted in underglaze blue with a dignitary and his servant being approached by a peasant with a gift, and a water buffalo in the foreground, the neck with sages inspecting a scroll, Kangxi 1662-1722, some damages, 46cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London. Cf. A similar vase from the collection of Avery Brundage is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics, The Standard Guide, no. 589.

Lot 83

A Chinese blue and white sleeve vase, finely painted around the body with a scene depicting a warrior bearing a spear and with two attendants, consulting a sage who holds a gnarled staff and points to the mountains, the central band with four cranes divided by scrolls, all between anhua bands of flowers and chevrons, Shunzhi period 1644-1661, restoration to base, 43cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Cf. Shunzhi Porcelain, Treasures from an Unknown Reign, no.55 for a similar vase.

Lot 104

A Chinese cloisonne square-section vase, with a waisted neck and a tapering body, decorated with pomegranate, chrysanthemum, lotus and peony, 18th/19th century, the base drilled, 33cm.

Lot 106

A Chinese cloisonne vase, with a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with one red and one blue sinuous scaly dragon, on a turquoise ground of flowers and foliage, 19th century, a small bruise to the body, 41.3cm.

Lot 107

A Chinese cloisonne lobed ovoid vase, decorated with stylized lotus on a turquoise ground between bands of ruyi and lappets, 18th century, minor faults, 16cm.

Lot 133

A good Chinese signed rhinoceros horn libation cup, of a mellow honey tone, finely carved with a gourd, a ruyi sceptre and a fly whisk, hanging from the rim, the sides carved as a gnarled and knotted tree trunk, the base with an incised square seal mark, 17th century, minor faults, 16cm. Provenance: the Alexander Collection. William Cleverley Alexander (1840-1916) was one of the most noted connoisseurs of his day, an accomplished draughtsman and a member of the Burlington Fine Arts Club, he was renowned for his taste in Western paintings and Asian works of art. The collection was started in 1867 and included items from the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. Alexander lent generously to the exhibitions at the Burlington Fine Art Club, and to the City of Manchester Art Gallery Exhibition, 1913. Woolley and Wallis sold a Yuan dynasty blue and white gourd-shaped vase from this important collection, 15th July 2005 for a hammer price of £ 2,600,000. For further details about The Alexander Collection, cf. Hobson, Rackham and King, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, 1931, where 58 pieces from the collection are illustrated.

Lot 138

A Chinese jade vase-shaped plaque, from a wall panel with scrolling handles, a shallow bowl with a silver coloured metal rim and another incised with fruiting peach branches, 18th/19th century, some damages, 13.5cm. (3) Provenance: an important European private collection formed in the 19th century by a Russian nobleman and diplomat.

Lot 141

A Chinese celadon jade vase, finely carved with a scaly sinuous dragon climbing up one side and with two smaller chilong dragons to the reverse, amidst cloud scrolls in shallow relief, the rim and foot with key fret bands, Qianlong 1736-95, together with a reticulated wood stand, 18cm. (2) Provenance: an important European private collection formed in the 19th century by a Russian nobleman and diplomat.

Lot 159

A Chinese stag horn carving, of two ladies, one holding a large plantain leaf over her shoulder, the other holding a rectangular vase and cover, 18th/19th century, raised on a hardwood stand, minor damages, 15.5cm overall.

Lot 193

A fine Chinese Moghul-style jade vase and cover, the square-section body carved in shallow relief with flowers and foliage, the shoulders with serrated leaves, 20th century, 19.5cm. (2)

Lot 206

A Chinese celadon jade vase, rising from the back of a seated phoenix, the vase carved with a band of stylized fungus and with a bifid kylin dragon to the reverse, all crisply carved and well defined, 18th century, raised on a reticulated wood stand, 11cm. (2) Provenance: collection of Professor R C Cookson, (1922-2008).

Lot 209

A Chinese pale celadon jade vase, of archaic bronze form, with a straight neck and flanges to the rectangular section body, crisply carved with debased taotie, 18th century, 8.1cm.

Lot 219

A large and imposing Chinese spinach-green jade vase and cover, of archaistic form, the flattened body carved to each side with an elaborate design of hibiscus flower heads and foliage around central bianqing or sonorous stone motifs, the handles carved as elaborate fungus like scrolls, 18th/early 19th century, 32cm. (2)

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