TWO RARE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE TRIPLE SHELL SWEETMEAT DISHES
Thursday
27 March
Lots 1101- 1261 Asian Ceramics & Works of Art
11am
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Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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1149 |
A JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL
Meiji period
The interior painted with a group of adults and children inside white and blue `jewelled' borders, unmarked, 14cm diameter |
£100 - £150 | £50 | View |
1150 |
TWO RARE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE TRIPLE SHELL SWEETMEAT DISHES (2)
Circa 1765
After Bow porcelain originals, each modelled with a central dolphin handle above three scallop shells painted with flower bouquets beneath a spearhead border, 19cm wide by 12.5cm high.… |
£800 - £1,200 | £700 | View |
1151 |
FIVE CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEABOWLS AND SIX SAUCERS
Qianlong
Each painted with a couple seated in an interior inside a cell pattern border and gilt rims, saucers, 11.25 cm diameter; also a Chinese export saucer painted with a couple, 11.5cm diameter |
£150 - £250 | £1,500 | View |
1152 |
THREE RARE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE BOWLS (3)
Qianlong
Each painted on both each side with scenes depicting a version of the `Sailor's Farewell' with a captain holding his wife's hand, standing above a bay where a three-masted ship awaits, 5.5cm… |
£400 - £600 | £550 | View |
1153 |
A JAPANESE CAST IRON TETSUBIN ( KETTLE) WITH BRONZE COVER (2)
19th century
The sides cast in relief with crabs amongst rockwork, the iron swing handle inlaid in silver wire with flowers, incised signature to the cover, 21cm overall height |
£200 - £300 | £320 | View |
1154 |
TWELVE CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE SOUP PLATES AND SIX DINNER PLATES (18)
Qianlong
Each painted with a vase and censer on a table with rocks and flowering shrubs beside, 23.5cm diameter |
£500 - £700 | £700 | View |
1155 |
SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SAUCERS FROM THE CA MAU SHIPWRECK (6)
Circa 1725
Each painted in the centre with a peacock perched on a rock, inside a panelled border enclosing landscapes and flowers, four with Sotheby's paper labels, 12.5cm diameter |
£100 - £150 | £420 | View |
1156 |
SIX CHINESE `BATAVIAN WARE' TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS FROM THE NANKING CARGO SHIPWRECK (12)
Circa 1750
Each painted to the interior in underglaze blue with bamboo and peony , the exterior with cafe-au-lait ground, Christie's paper labels, saucers 11.75cm diameter |
£200 - £300 | £420 | View |
1157 |
FIVE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE PLATES (5)
Qianlong
Comprising; a pair of plates painted with a gourd and vase of flowers within a fruit and flower spray surround, 23cm diameter; an octagonal plate painted with figures and buildings in a… |
£100 - £150 | £260 | View |
1158 |
A PAIR OF SMALL CANTON FAMILLE-ROSE BALUSTER VASES (3)
Late 19th century
Each painted with panels of figures and birds in branches, the shoulders with four gilt chilong below Buddhist lions around the neck, 25.5cm high; also a late famille-verte plate… |
£100 - £150 | £300 | View |
1159 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI CHARGERS (3)
Meiji/Taisho period
Each painted in the centre with chrysanthemums, inside a panelled border enclosing landscapes, one with alternate patterns of flowers and bamboo, the other with shishi, 37cm… |
£150 - £250 | £130 | View |
1160 |
TWO SIMILAR BRASS STORAGE JARS (2)
Probably Egypt, 20th century
Each with profusely decorated calligraphic and arabesque engraving, each approx. 23.5cm high |
£70 - £100 | £30 | View |
1161 |
A CHINESE CELADON-GLAZE CONG VASE
Impressed six character Kangxi mark but later
Each side moulded with yinyang symbols surrounded by trigrams, 18cm high |
£400 - £600 | £300 | View |
1162 |
A PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON-GLAZED VASES (2)
Qing dynasty
Of baluster form set with animal mask handles, covered in a celadon crackle glaze, 20.5cm high |
£200 - £300 | £650 | View |
1163 |
FOUR JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS (4)
Edo period, 18th century
Each painted with a man on a boat with lines of calligraphy above beneath a brown edged shaped rim, blue character marks, each approx. 15cm diameter. Provenance: Woolley &… |
£100 - £150 | £90 | View |
1164 |
FOUR JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES (4)
Edo period, 18th century
Each painted with pine, bamboo and prunus, 18cm diameter. Provenance: Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 17th May, 2022, part lot 77 |
£100 - £150 | £80 | View |
1165 |
FOUR JAPANESE POLYCHROME DISHES ( 4)
Edo period, 18th/19th century
Each painted in the centre with two Chinese Immortals in a landscape, one holding a double-gourd, inside a border of clouds and Buddhist scrolls, 15cm diameter.… |
£80 - £120 | £40 | View |
1166 |
A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BIJIN BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA
Meiji period
Standing playing a samizen, a parasol across her back, signed, 26cm high |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
1167 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE TWO- HANDLED VASES (2)
Edo/Meiji period
Each with bulbous body and a cylindrical neck cast with cloud scrolls, set with dragon handles, signed, 28cm high |
£200 - £300 | - | View |
1168 |
A CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE CYLINDRICAL BRUSH POT
Painted with two officials seated in a fenced garden playing go, an attendant kneeling beside, 15.5cm high
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£100 - £150 | £550 | View |
1169 |
A CIZHOU TYPE POTTERY VASE (2)
Probably Yuan/Ming dynasty
The compressed globular body painted with brown foliate designs against a deep cream ground, 11cm high; also a Cizhou type small dish, 14cm diameter |
£100 - £150 | £100 | View |
1170 |
THREE CHINESE PORCELAIN HOLLOW RECTANGULAR TILES (3)
Kangxi
Each painted in a doucai-type palette, one with a fisherman with a net, another with two figures on the banks of a river, the third with a building in a mountainous landscape, 8cm by 17.5cm |
£600 - £800 | £3,000 | View |
1171 |
A JAPANESE BRONZE DRAGON VASE
Meiji period
The vase of inverted pear form with flared rim, with applied trails running down the shoulders, supported by a ferocious dragon, 19.75cm high |
£100 - £150 | £110 | View |
1172 |
A JAPANESE SATSUMA MINIATURE VASE AND COVER AND A SMALL BOWL (3)
Meiji/ Taisho period
The vase of globular form raised on three shishi supports, painted each side with a panel of bijin, the cover with shishi knop, signed in red, 10cm high; the bowl painted with a… |
£150 - £250 | £110 | View |
1173 |
A CHINESE DOUCAI-STYLE SHALLOW BOWL
Blue six character Yongzheng mark but later
The exterior painted with four phoenix medallions, the interior with a single phoenix amongst cloud scrolls, 15cm diameter |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
1174 |
TWO CHINESE JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLES (2)
Qing dynasty
Each of greyish celadon tone with russet and cream inclusions, each approx. 7.5cm high |
£300 - £500 | £280 | View |
1175 |
A CHINESE WHITE JADE PEAPOD CARVING
Qing dynasty
Carved with leaves and incised with tendrils, the stone with cream inclusions, 7cm length |
£100 - £200 | £170 | View |
1176 |
THREE CHINESE SMALL ANIMAL CARVINGS (3)
Comprising; a green and black jade seated monkey holding a peach, 4cm high; a brown hardstone recumbent dog, 3.5cm length and a soapstone carving of a recumbent horse, 5cm length
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£200 - £300 | £100 | View |
1177 |
A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE WITH LATER WHITE METAL COLLAR
The porcelain Kangxi
Painted with two rows of lappet shaped panels enclosing flowering plants, artemsia leaf mark, 12.25cm high |
£80 - £120 | £40 | View |
1178 | CHINESE CERAMICS - Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1976-77, 12 volumes, large 4to, text in English and Japanese, mounted coloured plates, original silk boards gilt, slipcases. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 41 OF 300 COPIES. (12) | £400 - £600 | £200 | View |
1179 |
A PAIR OF CHINESE GILT-METAL AND CLOISONNE BUDDHIST LIONS (2)
19th century
Each seated, one with a paw resting on its cub, the other on a brocade ball, raised on a rectangular stepped plinth base decorated with flowers, bats and shou medallions on a turquoise… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £3,800 | View |
1180 |
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PART SERVICE (9)
Qianlong
Possibly for the Dutch market, each piece painted in the centre with two gilt monograms inside oval frames suspended from a green and gilt bow, beneath a coat of arms, inside a border of… |
£200 - £300 | £170 | View |
1181 |
A CHINESE GILT- BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
Standing in long robes with right hand raised, 21.5cm high
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£80 - £120 | £130 | View |
1182 |
A GROUP OF CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART ( 13)
19th/20th century
Comprising; a white glazed porcelain elephant candle holder, 13cm high, wood stand; a brown glazed buffalo water dropper, 8.5cm length; a blue and white teabowl and six blue and… |
£80 - £120 | £750 | View |
1183 |
A CHINESE PALE CELADON-GLAZED CYLINDRICAL BRUSH POT
The sides decorated with lotus flowers and tendrils beneath a hatched border, three painted characters to base, 16cm high
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£100 - £150 | £160 | View |
1184 |
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BLUE-GROUND VASE AND DOMED COVER (2)
Late 19th century
Adapted as a lamp, the slender ovoid body painted each side with two large and four small panels of vases, flowers and tables, against a light blue diaper pattern and deep pink… |
£200 - £300 | £650 | View |
1185 |
A JAPANESE KUTANI RECTANGULAR WRITING BOX AND COVER (SUZURIBAKO) (3)
Meiji period
The cover enamelled with shaped panels enclosing a dragon, buildings in a mountainous landscape and flowers, the interior with fitted compartments and containing a water dropper, 19cm by… |
£200 - £300 | £200 | View |
1186 |
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE WU SHUANG PU TYPE BRUSH POT
Daoguang seal mark but later
The cylindrical sides painted with tow figures from the `Table of Peerless Heroes', 13.25cm high |
£80 - £120 | £90 | View |
1187 |
ELEVEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PLATES (11)
Late 18th century
Comprising; a set of of five plates painted with a river landscape and two figures in a boat, 23cm wide; a single plate painted with a river landscape and a boat, 23cm wide; five… |
£200 - £300 | £200 | View |
1188 |
A CHINESE PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL BRUSH POT
Enamelled in a wucai type palette with two groups of boys with lanterns and with deer, inside ruyi-head, flower and bat borders, 14cm high
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£100 - £150 | £100 | View |
1189 |
A CHINESE SILVER-INLAID PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Qing dynasty
The goddess cast standing on scrolls in long flowing robes with inlaid silver cloud motifs, two character Shi Sou mark to reverse, 32.5cm high |
£200 - £400 | £100 | View |
1190 |
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN (2)
Ming dynasty or later
Cast seated in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra , on a separate lotus base support, 36cm high |
£800 - £1,200 | £250 | View |
1191 |
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE VASE (2)
20th century
Of slender baluster form, painted with a young woman standing beside a basket pouring grain on to the ground, 27cm high; also a Chinese porcelain cylindrical brush pot, painted with two… |
£100 - £150 | £120 | View |
1192 |
A CHINESE EXPORT OVAL SERVING DISH AND FIVE SOUP PLATES (6)
Circa 1800
Each painted in the centre with a deep pink flower and bud with green leaves and stems inside green and gilt chain link borders, dish 37.75cm diameter, plates 23cm diameter |
£250 - £350 | £240 | View |
1193 |
A CHINESE FLAMBE-GLAZED VASE (2)
Baluster form, covered in a deep red glazed with purple streaks, 17cm high; also a Chinese celadon-glazed gu vase, 28cm high
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£100 - £150 | £110 | View |
1194 |
A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE INCENSE STICK HOLDER (2)
Probably Ming dynasty
Cast as a figure standing in long robes with left arm held aloft, supported on two lotus flowers, 15cm high; also a bronze seal, cast as a figure seated on the back of a… |
£200 - £300 | £550 | View |
1195 |
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE COMPOSITE PART DINNER SERVICE (51)
Qianlong
Each piece painted with a figure in a boat being observed by a woman standing on a riverbank, comprising; a circular tureen and cover with hare's head handles; a small oval tureen and cover;… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £4,200 | View |
1196 |
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH
Modern
Painted after a Ming original with a branch of flowering pomegranate, the border with four spaced fruiting branches, apochryphal six character Yongzheng mark, 28.5cm diameter |
£100 - £150 | £160 | View |