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Asian Ceramics & Works of Art

Auction date Wednesday 26 June 2024 10:00 - 13:00 BST

Wednesday 26 June – Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 1051 -  1169 Asian ceramics & Works of Art 10am   

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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
We will be open for collections on sale days 9am -4.30pm and additionally
Wednesday 26 June        9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 27 June             9am - 4.30pm
Friday 28 June                   9am – 4.30pm
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Monday 1  July                  9am – 4.30pm   
Tuesday 2 July                   9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 3 July            9am – 4.30pm

Image Lot 1060 A GOOD CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE VASE, Qianlong seal mark but 19th century

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Total lots: 117

Lot 1051 Sold
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED BLUE SILK JACKET
20th century
With black and pink borders brightly decorated with flowers and insects, approx. 127cm wide by 68cm high
Some staining and fraying to the inside of the collar. Small length of the lining has become…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1052 Sold
FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES (5)
Late 19th/20th century
Comprising; three cylindrical porcelain bottles painted with figures a landscape, two birds amongst pine with calligraphy on the reverse and the third painted with a dragon in clouds, the reverse with calligraphy; also an inside painted glass snuff bottle painted with scholars in a landscape and an inside painted bottle painted each side with a young woman, sizes 7cm to 9.5cm high
Porcelain bottle, figures in a landscape- shallow rim chip, approx. 0.5cm squarePorcelain blue and…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1053 Unsold
A SMALL CHINESE GLASS OVOID JAR AND COVER (2)
18th/19th century
Of milky white tone and carved with lion mask handles, 11cm high
Good condition
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1054 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE `LONGEVITY' DISH
Early 19th century
Painted with a central shou character surrounded by four registers of `om' motifs, 27.5cm diameter, wood stand (2)
Fine haircrack to rim, approx. 5cm length. Fine starcrack. Some light surface scratches and scuffs…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £100
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1055 Sold
A CHINESE LACQUERED WOOD AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID RUYI SCEPTRE
19th century
The head inlaid with a four character mark inside a chequer pattern border, repeated along the shaft, the reveres with a line of calligraphy
Minor losses to the inlay. Some small chips and grazes around the edges
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1056 Sold
A CHINESE SILK JACKET
20th century
Decorated with scattered flowers and roundels against a gold ground, Peony Brand Shanghai label, 96cm length
Some minor markings to the ground, but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1057 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE RECTANGULAR PORCELAIN PANEL
20th century
Painted with an extensive landscape beneath lines of black calligraphy and three iron-red seals, 42cm by 26.5cm
Good condition
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1058 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SLENDER OVOID VASE
Iron-red Daoguang seal mark but 20th century
Painted with officials and attendants around a dining table in a landscape, the reverse with calligraphy and three seals, 26cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1059 Unsold
A PAIR OF CHINESE WHITE MARBLE STANDS (2)
19th century
Of swollen cylindrical form, carved with Buddhist lion mask and ring handles in low relief, 19cm high
Some minor chips and nicks to each
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1060 Sold
A GOOD CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE VASE
Qianlong seal mark but 19th century
Of compressed globular for, the sides crisply moulded with two pink-scaled dragons amongst cloud scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl above breaking waves and beneath an iron-red and gilt ruyi-head border, 12cm high by 15cm diameter, wood stand (2)
There is some staining to the blue glazed interior, but otherwise in good condition 
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1061 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
Six character Xuande mark but later
Of compressed globular form with splayed handles, 15cm wide across handles, 13cm high
Polished but in otherwise good condition
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1062 Unsold
A CHINESE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE AND STOPPER (2)
Late Qing dynasty
Of double gourd form, carved with three wading birds in a lotus pond, 7.5cm length
In overall good condition
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1063 Sold
A TALL CHINESE BRONZE DRAGON-HANDLED VASE, HU
Yuan/Ming dynasty
Of pear form, the waisted neck with a broad band of leiwen flanked by dragon mask and ring handles, the spreading foot cast with taotie masks, 38cm high
Overall in good condition with some typical wear and shallow dents
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1064 Sold
A CHINESE IMARI LARGE PLATE
Qianlong
Painted with buildings and trees on islands, 35.5cm diameter
Rim chip to the underside of the rim, approx.1cm square which extends into a fine haircrack, approx…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1065 Sold
A LARGE CANTON FAMILLE-ROSE YELLOW-GROUND BALUSTER VASE
Mid 19th century
One side painted with an interior scene with dignitaries and attendants, the reverse with a river battle scene, against a yellow ground filled with green flowers and Buddhist emblems, the shoulders applied with four chilong beneath Buddhist lions, 61.5cm high
Four chips to the rim, the largest approx. 2cm by 1cm. Otherwise in overall good condition with…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £250 - £350
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1066 Unsold
A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTED CLAY NODDING HEAD FIGURES
Late 19th century
Each modelled seated, one as an elderly man with two jars, the other as a scholar with a fly whisk and a pile of books at his side, each on an integral wood base, 10cm high, wood stands and under glass domes (6)
Elderly man- section of his collar is lacking. Minor repair and chips. Some losses to the wood base…
Estimate: £300 - £400
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1067 Unsold
A CHINESE GREEN JADE BI DISC (2)
Modern
Carved on one side with a confronting dragon and phoenix around a fu character, 14.5cm diameter, wood stand
Small chip to outer rim. Wood stand with two small chips
Estimate: £50 - £80
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1068 Sold
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
Meiji period
Painted with an official seated on the back of a shishi or a bird with two attendants either side, 39.5cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1069 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL AND A PLATE (3)
Blue six character Guangxu marks but possibly later
The interior of the bowl painted in the centre with an iron-red carp, the exterior painted with four carp leaping above green and white enamel breaking waves, 13cm diameter, wood stand; the doucai style plate painted with a phoenix flying above bamboo, 20.25cm diameter
Bowl- small shallow chip to outside of footrimPlate- very short firing crack to the rim, approx.…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1070 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BOTTLE VASE
Iron-red six character Guangxu mark but probably Republican
Well painted with birds in branches of flowering blossom, 32.5cm high, wood stand (2)
Good condition
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1071 Sold
A CHINESE CELADON GLAZED MOONFLASK
Qing dynasty
Moulded on one side with a dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the reverse moulded with a phoenix, 17.5cm high
Some restoration, a glued break and a haircrack to the rim. Scratch to the glaze on the phoenix…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1072 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL SNUFF BOTTLE
Blue six character Yongzheng mark but later
Painted in underglaze blue and red with an equestrian figure an attendants outside a town's walls, 9cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1073 Sold
TWO LARGE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE CANTED RECTANGULAR SERVING DISHES
Qianlong
Each painted with figures crossing a bridge in an extensive landscape, each 45cm wide (2)
Both in overall good condition with minor glaze chips around the rims
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1074 Sold
THREE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS (3)
Comprising; a pale celadon jade carving of a recumbent cat, 4cm wide; a celadon jade pendant carved with Shoulao, a deer and a bat, 6cm high; a celadon pendant carved with flower panels, 5cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1075 Sold
A HARDWOOD PARCEL-GILT SNUFF BOTTLE WALL CABINET
The glass door opening to an arrangement of shelves with gilt flecking to the edges, 85.5cm by 52cm
The front of the cabinet is Chinese, whereas the construction of the sides and back indicate an…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1076 Sold
A CHINESE WUCAI `CARP' DISH
Probably Kangxi
Painted in the centre with two iron-red carp in a lotus pond, the well painted with five stylised fish swimming among pond weeds, the pattern repeated around the exterior, blue four character zaichuan zhile mark ( `rejoicing in the stream' ), 20.75cm diameter, boxed (2)
Some wear to the enamels, particularly to the iron-red in the centre and well of the dish
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1077 Unsold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE MINIATURE GARDEN SEAT
19th century
The sides pierced with cash and enamelled with a bird in flowering branches, the top painted with flowers on a blue ground, 22cm high
Overall in good condition with a tiny amount of wear
Estimate: £500 - £700
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1078 Sold
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TEABOWL (2)
Blue six character Chenghua mark but later
Painted with a seated scholar and attendant beside a rustic table, with a deer beside rocks and two bats in flight, 7cm diameter, wood stand
Good condition
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1079 Sold
A JAPANESE KAKIEMON CUP
Edo period, circa1700
Painted with red lotus blooms linked with formal scrolls and leaves, 4.75cm high
Shallow chip to outside of footrim, approx. 0.5cm by 0.3cm. Shallow glaze chip to side of the cup,…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1080 Sold
A SMALL INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF KRISHNA
Bengal, probably 19th century
Standing with legs crossed and hands held in a position to play the flute, raised on a circular base, 11.5cm high
Some surface deposits to his legs which could probably be removed. Flute lacking
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1081 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE TWO-HANNDLED TRIPOD CENSER
Xuande seven character seal mark but later
Of compressed form, inlaid with Shisou style taotie masks, 15.25cm wide across handles
Some typical wear to the interior but overall in good condition]The censor weighs 959 grams
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1082 Unsold
A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI DISHES (2)
Edo period, early 18th century
Each painted in the centre with chrysanthemums inside a panelled border enclosing ho-o birds, flowers and branches of prunus and pine, 28cm diameter
Some impurities to the glaze.Minor wear
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1083 Unsold
A CHINESE BRONZE AXLE CAP AND LINCHPIN
Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC)
The cylindrical axle cap with fluted tip, with an aperture for the animal-headed linchpin, 10.5cm length, wood stand (3)
Some wear and verdigris consistent with age
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1084 Sold
A SMALL JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL (2)
Meiji period
The interior painted with shaped panels enclosing seated bijin and arhats, the exterior with a procession beneath a notched rim, signed, 9.3cm diameter; also a Japanese pottery sake flask with iron-red script, signed, 14cm high
PROVENANCE: Property from the collection of the art critic, Terence Mullaly.ConditionBowl- some…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1085 Unsold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE `TEN VIEWS OF JIANGXI PROVINCE' BOWL
Iron-red Daoguang seal mark, but probably later
The steep sides well painted with a riverscape with boats sailing past a pavilion, the reverse inscribed in black, `Teng ge gao feng' ( `High Winds at the Pavilion of Prince Teng'), 16.5cm diameter
Overall in good condition with very minor wear to the gilding around the rim.
Estimate: £300 - £400
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1086 Unsold
A CHINESE GREEN BOWENITE CENSER AND COVER (2)
20th century
Of circular form, carved with dragon mask and ring handles, the pierced cover with a dragon's head finial, 20.5cm high
Very shallow chip to underside of footrim, approx. 1cm by 0.5cm .
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1087 Sold
A SMALL CHINESE PROVINCIAL BLUE AND WHITE BOWL
Ming dynasty
Painted with dragons amongst cloud scrolls beneath a cell pattern border, 12cm diameter
Provenance:  The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell Further details on the Bellmans website…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £80 - £100
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1088 Sold
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE EUROPEAN SUBJECT LACQUERED AND GILT RECTANGULAR PANEL
Early 19th century
Depicting six figures and a dog out walking before a church and pagoda, trees in the background, within a wood framed carved with bats and branches of prunus blossom, 48cm by 66.5cm including frame
Some losses and wear to the panelMissing moulded edge down right hand side of frame. Two slips…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1090 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE & WHITE `LANDSCAPE' BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi
Painted with two figures standing on a rocky outcrop in an extensive river landscape, 26.5cm high, wood cover and stand
The vase has been reduced with some chips chips around the inside of the rim. There is a fine…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1091 Sold
A CHINESE `WU SHUANG PU' SMALL CYLINDRICAL VASE OR BRUSH POT
Iron red Daoguang seal mark but probably later
Painted with two figures form the book of Peerless Heroes beside inscriptions, 12cm high
Minor wear around the rim
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1092 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
Kangxi
Painted with chilong and antiquities suspended from tasselled ribbons, the slender neck with stiff leaves above ruyi heads and tassels, 27cm high
Two large sections of the footrim lacking. Long haircrack running around lower part of the body,…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1093 Sold
THREE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE PLATES (4)
Early Qianlong
Each painted with a central group of flowers inside a brown whorl border painted with flowering prunus, 22.5cm diameter; and a famille-verte plate, Kangxi, painted with a bird and grasshopper amongst peony and bamboo, 22.5cm diameter
One of the famille rose plates with a fine haircrack to the rim approx 4cm. length. Another has a…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1094 Sold
A GROUP OF THIRTEEN BURMESE BRONZE OPIUM WEIGHTS (13)
19th century and later
Comprising a graduated set of six elephants standing on stepped bases, 2.5cm to 5.5cm high and seven various hintha duck weights, 4.5cm to 7cm high
Some overall wear. Some verdigris to the elephantsThe elephants are later, probably 20th century
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1095 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE `PHOENIX' VASE
Kangxi
Painted with phoenixes amongst flowers beneath a ruyi head border, 25cm high, wood cover (2)
There is a glaze starcrack to the base which doesn't extend through to the interior.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1096 Sold
A CHINESE CARVED WOOD TABLE CABINET
20th century
Of rectangular form, the exterior carved with bats and a shou medallion, fitted with two doors carved with vases, opening to reveal six drawers, 39cm length by 26.5cm high
Some small losses
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1097 Unsold
A CANTON ENAMEL LOZENGE-SHAPE BOTTLE VASE
Late 18th/early 19th century
The sides enamelled with the Immortals and two deer beneath a pine tree, 30.25cm high
The base has previously been drilled for electricity and has now been well restored. Some typical…
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1098 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE DISH
Kangxi
Painted with a woman seated holding a scroll, a boy standing beside carrying a chime, apochryphal six character Chenghua mark, 23.75cm diameter
The dish has been broken into three pieces and repaired. There are some losses along the edges of…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Lot 1099 Unsold
TWO SIMILAR BRASS STORAGE JARS (2)
Probably Egypt, 20th century
Each with profusely decorated calligraphic and arabesque engraving, each approx. 23.5cm high
Some overall wear and minor shallow dents
Estimate: £80 - £120
26 June 2024
26 June 2024

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