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27 March| Asian Ceramics & Works of Art

Auction date Thursday 27 March 2025 11:00 - 17:00 GMT

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
1197	A CHINESE FLAMBE- GLAZED HU VASE Qianlong seal mark but later Of flattened pear form moulded with two peach-shaped panels, covered with a deep red glaze with lavender streaks and thinning to a beige tone, 31cm high	£200 - £300	£240	View
1198	FOUR LATE PIECES OF CHINESE PORCELAIN (4) Comprising; a small ovoid vase, painted in underglaze-red with Buddhist emblems, apochryphal Yongzheng mark, 12.5cm high; a doucai style plate painted with pine, prunus and bamboo, apochryphal…	£100 - £150	£400	View
1199	A SMALL JAPANESE CELADON GLAZED TRIPOD CENSER Late 19th century Of compressed globular form raised on three splayed supports, 8.5cm high	£80 - £120	-	View
1200	A `DEHUA' WINE POT AND COVER (2) Qing dynasty Of shouldered cylindrical form with chilong form handle and spout, 15cm high	£200 - £400	£650	View
1201	A CHINESE DAYAZHAI-STYLE YELLOW-GROUND BOWL 20th century The sides painted in grisaille and gilding with two dragons amongst flowers beneath a three character Dayazhai mark and a five character iron-red seal mark, turquoise ground interior and…	£200 - £300	-	View
1202	A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER Cast six character Xuande mark, but 17th/18th century Of bombe form with loop handles, some gilt sprinkling, 14cm across handles, 6.25cm high, 601 grams	£300 - £500	£400	View
1203	A KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE VASE Late 19th century Of pear form, one side painted with chrysanthemums, the reverse with lines of calligraphy, 21cm high	£100 - £150	£100	View
1204	A RED-OVERLAY BLUE-GROUND PEKING GLASS VASE Engraved four character Qianlong mark, but probably 19th century Of baluster form, overlaid and decorated with two ducks swimming in a lotus pond against a deep blue ground incised with waves, 17.5cm…	£500 - £800	£300	View
1205	A LARGE CHINESE PAINTING 19th/20th century Opaque pigments om cloth, painted with a panoramic scene of young ladies fishing from a terrace and boating in a lotus pond, signed, painting 49cm by 150cm, mounted, framed and…	£100 - £200	£170	View
1206	A CHINESE POTTERY JAR Probably Song dynasty Of squat lobed form, the exterior covered in a cream glaze falling short of the foot, 9cm high by 12.5cm diameter	£60 - £80	£100	View
1207	KINOSHITA ITSUUN ( 1799-1866) A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING Mountainous landscape, ink on silk, 123cm by 42cm, mounted on brocade	£200 - £300	£200	View
1208	A CHINESE JUNYAO TYPE BOWL Probably Song dynasty Covered in a lavender glaze falling short of the foot on the exterior, 17.75cm diameter	£80 - £120	£420	View
1209	A MOROCCAN POTTERY BOWL Late 19th century Painted in blue, green, manganese and ochre with a central foliate medallion beneath a panelled border painted with rectangular panels enclosing stylised flowerheads alternating…	£100 - £150	£130	View
1210	A PAIR OF CHINESE BALUSTER YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE `DRAGON AND PHOENIX' VASES Blue six character Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908) Each vase enamelled to the sides with two dragons and two phoenix, a front-facing dragon and another phoenix around the neck, against a…	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,500	View
1211	A TIBETAN STYLE GILT- BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA Seated in padmasana. holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing elaborate inlaid jewellery and a tall crown, 28cm high	£400 - £600	-	View
1212	A COPPER REPOUSSE AND ENGRAVED INCENSE BURNER Northern India, late 19th century With flared circular lip and pierced hinged lid on the centre, with stylised foliate decoration throughout, 40cm diameter	£200 - £300	-	View
1213	A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE SOUP PLATE FROM THE NANKING CARGO Circa 1750 Painted with the `Three Pavilions' pattern inside a wavy rim, Christie's paper label to reverse, 22.5cm diameter	£60 - £80	£140	View
1214	A LARGE CHINESE SCROLL PAINTING 20th century Opaque pigments on paper, painted with a panoramic landscape depicting a pheasant standing on rocks amongst flowering shrubs with birds in branches and in flight, 95cm by 304cm, unframed	£100 - £200	-	View
1215	A CHINESE CLOISONNE TWO-HANDLED VASE ADAPTED AS A LAMP Probably 19th century Bulbous form beneath a slight waisted neck, decorate each side with a dragon above breaking waves, against a deep turquoise ground filled with Buddhist emblems, vases and…	£200 - £300	£100	View
1216	A PERSIAN POTTERY SQUARE TILE Probably 17th/18th century Painted in tones of blue and outlined in black with flowers and leaves, 18cm by 18cm, framed	£100 - £150	£200	View
1217	A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE Probably Kangxi Enamelled with an official and two attendants in a landscape, the shoulders with four panels of Buddhist emblems reserved on an iron-red cell pattern ground, the neck painted with…	£1,000 - £1,500	£3,800	View
1218	A TALL CHINESE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND RED `IMMORTALS' VASE Probably late 19th century The ovoid body painted with with the Eight Immortals carrying their various attributes, riding on deep red foaming waves between key pattern borders, the slight waisted…	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,000	View
1219	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE (2) Probably Kangxi Painted with a pheasant perched on a rock amongst flowering shrubs, 23cm high, pierced wood cover	£200 - £300	£650	View
1220	A TIBETAN GILT- BRONZE FIGURE OF A DHARMAPALA (2) Possibly Dorjesempa, circa 16th century The three-headed six-armed deity standing holding various attributes, his primary left hand raised vitarkamudra, stepping to the right on a raised platform, 13…	£2,000 - £3,000	£9,500	View
1221	AN AYUTHIA BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA Thailand, 16th/17th century With downcast eyes, elongated earlobes and tightly curled hair, 18cm high, wood stand. Provenance: Property of a deceased collector and thence by descent	£400 - £600	£420	View
1222	A RATNAKOSIN BRONZE HAND OF BUDDHA Thailand, 19th century Raised in vitakramudra wearing elaborate rings and bracelets, 18cm high, wood stand. Provenance: Property of a deceased collector and thence by descent	£200 - £300	£300	View
1223	A KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI Angkor Wat style, 12th/13th century The four-armed Buddhist deity holding various attributes, wearing a tall headdress with small Buddha image at the front, 15.5cm high, wood stand. Provenance:…	£500 - £700	£700	View
1224	A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU RECLINING ON THE SERPENT RAFT South India, 17th/18th century Surrounded by female attendants and diminutive figures of Hanuman and Garuda and sheltered by the seven-headed cobra, rectangular pierced raised plinth, 9.5cm high by…	£300 - £500	£1,700	View
1225	A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF KUBERA Circa 18th century Seated on a raised mound holding a parasol and a mongoose vomiting jewels, his face cold-gilded with traces of red and blue pigment, 17cm high. Provenance: Property of a deceased…	£2,000 - £3,000	£18,000	View
1226	A PALA- STYLE SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU Bengal, 12th century style but probably later The four-armed Hindu deity holding various attributes, his primary hand in varadamudra, flanked by a musician and chouri bearer, a diminutive figure of…	£80 - £120	£650	View
1227	A PALA BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI Bengal, 11th/12th century Seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne, his right hand in varadamudra, his left holding the stem of a lotus, wearing a tall headress, surrounded by a scrolling aureole, 9…	£500 - £700	£900	View
1228	THREE INDIAN BRONZE ELEPHANTS (3) 19th/20th century The largest with various apertures and probably part of a lamp, sizes 6cm to 14cm length	£100 - £150	£70	View
1229	A CHINESE MANDARIN-PALETTE GUGLET Qianlong Painted with two figurative panels and two small panels of birds in branches against an underglaze blue diaper pattern ground, 23cm high	£100 - £150	£600	View
1230	A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE `EIGHT IMMORTALS' CENSER 17th century Of cylindrical form raised on three animal mask supports, the sides painted with the Eight Immortals in a fenced garden with Shoulao seated on rock holding a ruyi sceptre, beneath a…	£1,000 - £1,500	£9,500	View
1231	CHINESE SCHOOL. A LARGE FIGURATIVE PAINTING 20th century Opaque pigments on cloth, painting with a dignitary seated in an interior with attendants and children playing in the garden in the foreground, signed, image 88cm by 59cm, mounted,…	£200 - £300	£130	View
1232	A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN Ming dynasty Modelled standing with one hand on hip, wearing uniform and helmet, raised on a circular domed openwork base, 41cm high	£700 - £1,000	£1,600	View
1233	AFTER LIU SONGIAN ( 1155-1218). A LARGE CHINESE PAINTING 20th century Opaque pigments on paper, painted with a monk and young attendant standing beneath a peach tree with two monkeys in its branches and two deer standing below, red seal mark, image 119cm…	£200 - £300	£50	View
1234	UTAGAWA KUNISADA ( TOYOKUNI III) ( 1786-1864). A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK DIPTYCH (4) 19th century Depicting the two Kabuki actors, Mimasu Gennosuka and Nikamura Utaemon IV, signed, 38cm by 52cm, mounted, glazed and framed as a table screen, overall size, 45cm by 70cm; also two…	£200 - £300	£110	View
1235	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE, GU Kangxi The upper part painted with a bird in flight above branches of flowering prunus and rocks, the middle section with cut flowers and the lower register with two wading birds in a lotus pond,…	£3,000 - £5,000	£7,000	View
1236	A PAIR OF LAC-BURGAUTE SNUFF BOTTLES (6) Probably Japanese, 19th century Of flattened ovoid form, each decorated in mother-of-pearl and gilt on a black ground, one side with figures in a lakeside pavilion, the reverse with a bird amongst…	£1,500 - £2,000	£1,000	View
1238	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FOUR-PIECE GARNITURE (4) Kangxi Comprising two baluster vases and two cylindrical vases, each painted with hexagonal panels enclosing mythical creatures inside flower panels and chevron borders, 26cm and 23.5cm high.…	£1,200 - £1,800	£1,400	View
1239	A CHINESE POTTERY HORSE AND RIDER Probably Tang dynasty The animal standing four square on a rectangular base, 21.5cm high	£400 - £600	-	View
1240	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL Six character Chenghua mark but Kangxi Painted to the exterior with four figurative panels, possibly from the Romance of the Western Chamber, the interior painted with five boys at play beneath a…	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
1241	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL Six character Chenghua mark but Kangxi Painted to the exterior with two figurative panels beneath an everted rim reserved with panels of Buddhist emblems on a diaper ground, the interior painted with…	£300 - £400	£600	View
1242	A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVIFORM JAR Circa 1800 Painted with two scholars standing in an extensive mountainous landscape, 22cm high	£80 - £120	£40	View
1243	A CHINESE ROSE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE (5) Late 19th/early 20th century Carved as two boys holding a bow around a vase, the stopper surmounted by a frog, 5.75cm high; also a grey quartz snuff bottle carved with birds amongst flowers, 5.5cm…	£200 - £300	£100	View
1244	EIGHT CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL SMALL PLATES (8) Qianlong Each painted in the centre with a lotus flower inside eight radiating lotus petals enclosing a single lotus flower against a whorl pattern ground, 15cm diameter	£200 - £300	£150	View
1245	A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE- ROSE PUNCH BOWL 20th century, probably Republic period The exterior painted with figures seated around tables and a group inspecting a scroll, the interior with a group seated around a table with two attendants,…	£300 - £500	£2,200	View

Total lots: 160

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