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Tuesday
25 May
The
Charles Finch Collection of Smoking Pipes - at 10am Lots 1-83
Old Master, British and European Pictures - at 2pm Lots 351-535
Wednesday
26 May
Works of Art - at 10am Lots 551-727
Carpets - at 12 Noon Lots 778-800
Furniture and Garden Statuary - at 1pm Lots 901-1200
Thursday
27 May
Asian Ceramics and Works of Art - at 10am Lots 1201-1333
Watches - at 2.00pm Lots 1501- 1515
Jewellery - at 2.15pm Lots 1631- 1800
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Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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1222 |
A Chinese bronze two-handled archaistic vase, Hu
18th/19th century
the pear shaped body cast with taotie masks beneath formal lappets, set with mythical beast mask handles, 35.5cm high |
£400 - £600 | £380 | View |
1223 |
A group of three Chinese carved celadon vases
20th century
comprising; a pair of vases carved with a lotus pattern and set with elephant head handles, blue apochryphal Qianlong seal marks, 22.5cm high; the third vase carved with lotus and set… |
£400 - £500 | £400 | View |
1224 |
A late Chinese bamboo brush pot
probably modern
carved with a figure riding a buffalo with attendant in a landcsape, bearing incised signature Wu Zhi Pan, 15.25cm high |
£100 - £150 | £110 | View |
1225 |
A Chinese coral-ground medallion bowl
blue Qianlong seal mark but probably 19th century
painted with four circular landscape panels reserved on a coral ground gilt with foliate scrolls, 18cm diameter |
£120 - £180 | £170 | View |
1226 |
A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI CANISTERS AND TWO COVERS
Meiji period
Of square section, each side painted with branches of chrysanthemum alternating with vases of peony, 24cm high (4) |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
1227 |
A Chinese Imari dish
Qianlong
painted in the centre with bamboo and flowering prunus, inside a border painted with flowering shrubs, 28 cm diameter |
£150 - £250 | £380 | View |
1228 |
A Chinese flambé vase
blue six character Kangxi mark but later, of double gourd form covered in a deep red glaze, 17.25cm high
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£0 - £0 | - | View |
1229 |
A group of Chinese hardstone carvings
20th century, including; a pair of rock crystal hens, 9cm high; two rock crystal birds, each approx. 10.5cm high; a pair of green hardstone ducks, 9cm wide; a lotus leaf shaped brushwasher, 13cm wide…
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£100 - £150 | £450 | View |
1230 |
A Chinese famille-verte `rouleau' vase
Kangxi
painted with court ladies pursuing the `Four Accompishments' of reading, appreciating art, playing the qin and the game of weiqi , in a garden setting, the shoulders reserved with four panels… |
£600 - £1,000 | £4,000 | View |
1231 |
A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain dish.
early 17th century
painted with two deer in a landscape beneath a border reserved with panels of insects and flowers, 33.5cm diameter |
£200 - £300 | £900 | View |
1232 |
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE HEXAGONAL BOWL
Iron-red Tongzhi seal mark and possibly of the period
The exterior enamelled with flowering branches and insects, the flared foot with breaking waves, the interior a solid turquoise beneath a gilt… |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
1233 |
A Japanese ivory sashi netsuke of a sennin
Edo period, 18th century
carved standing in long robes, carrying a flowering branch over his left shoulder, 10.25 cm high |
£450 - £550 | - | View |
1234 |
A Chinese green glazed pottery vase, Hu
Han dynasty
set with taotie mask and ring handles, 30cm high |
£150 - £250 | £240 | View |
1235 |
A Japanese ivory netsuke of a sennin
Edo period, 18th century
carved standing, carrying a double gourd across his shoulders, 7cm high |
£250 - £350 | - | View |
1236 |
A Japanese stained ivory netsuke of three fishermen
Meiji period
two carved standing , one pointing at the other's clenched fist, the third kneeling below beside a basket of fish, signed, 5.75 cm high |
£250 - £350 | - | View |
1237 |
Four small Chinese famille-verte dishes
19th century
painted with figures at leisure, inside diaper pattern borders reserved with panels of birds in branches, 15.25 cm diameter (4) |
£300 - £400 | £320 | View |
1238 |
A Chinese green fluorite vase and cover and a figural group
late 19th/20th century
the vase and cover carved in high relief with birds in branches, the group carved with two figures in a boat, 23cm and 15cm high, wood stands, (5) |
£80 - £120 | £120 | View |
1239 |
A Japanese ivory netsuke of two blind men
Meiji period
one leading with a stick, the other following behind holding a rope, signed on a red tablet, 4cm high |
£100 - £150 | £100 | View |
1240 |
A Japanese ivory netsuke of a man and boy
Meiji period
each carved seated, the man with one hand on head, carrying a cup, a double gourd flask at his feet, signed, 3.5 cm high |
£200 - £300 | - | View |
1241 |
A Japanese ivory netsuke
Meiji period
carved as a man seated with a monkey and a boy dressed as a samurai, signed, chip, 3.75 cm high |
£200 - £300 | - | View |
1242 |
A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES AND COVERS
Kangxi
Of lobed form, painted with panels of flowers between whorl and lappet borders, 9.75 cm high (2) |
£500 - £700 | - | View |
1243 |
A Japanese velvet hanging
19th century
painted and woven with tigers amongst bamboo on the banks of a mountain stream, 208cm by 148cm |
£400 - £600 | £400 | View |
1244 |
A Japanese ivory netsuke
Meiji period
carved as two boys washing a horse which stands in a tub, signed, 3.5 cm high |
£150 - £250 | £200 | View |
1245 |
A Japanese ivory netsuke of a bearded old man
first half 20th century
carved standing holding a goblet and double gourd flask, signed, 5 cm high |
£100 - £150 | £160 | View |
1246 |
A Chinese blue-ground vase ( Cong)
gilt six character Guangxu mark, but possibly later
of square section, each side moulded with trigrams beneath a blue glaze, 28 cm high |
£200 - £300 | £300 | View |
1247 |
A CHINESE BAMBOO BRUSHWASHER
Qing dynasty, probably 19th century
Carved as a group of lingzhi fungus, 9 cm wide |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
1248 |
A Chinese stoneware shallow bowl
probably 20th century
the exterior glazed in cobalt blue, the interior decorated in relief with fish amongst lotus, bears impressed Wang Bingrong mark, 22cm diameter |
£80 - £100 | £70 | View |
1249 |
A Japanese embroidered hanging
late 19th century
embroidered with three tigers roaring on the banks of a river, 122cm by 76cm; and three other velvet hangings (4) |
£300 - £500 | £280 | View |
1250 |
A Japanese lacquer two-case inro
Edo period
decorated in iro-takamaki-e depicting various coins against a nashiji ground, unsigned, 8.5cm high |
£400 - £600 | £850 | View |
1251 |
A pair of Chinese rose quartz figures of Guanyin and a rose quartz censer
late 19th/20th century
each goddess carved standing holding a lotus flower, the tripod censer with animal mask and ring handles, the cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion, figures 19cm high, censer 17… |
£80 - £120 | £350 | View |
1252 |
A Chinese bamboo veneer rectangular box and cover
20th century
carved with twin fish suspended from chimes, within borders of bats, their outstretched wings inerlinked, 20cm length (2) |
£400 - £600 | £400 | View |
1253 |
A Chinese blue and white `crane and trigram' bowl
blue Jiaqing seal mark but probably later
the exterior painted with cranes amongst the eight trigrams and cloud scrolls, the interior with central waves beneath a trellis pattern border, 14 cm… |
£200 - £300 | £6,500 | View |
1254 |
Four Japanese ivory okimono
Meiji period
comprising; a falconer standing with a bird, signed on red tablet, 17cm high; a man standing with boy on his shoulder, signed; a Chinese style figure of an official, 18cm high and a… |
£100 - £150 | £180 | View |
1255 |
A CHINESE PORCELAIN SHALLOW BOX AND COVER
20th century
The cover enamelled with a puce-scaled dragon amongst iron-red and blue cloud scrolls, flowers and foliage, the interior of each painted with an erotic scene, iron-red four character… |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
1256 |
A pair of Chinese green fluorite censers
late 19th/20th century
each carved with animal mask and ring handles supported on three paw feet, the covers surmounted by a chilong, 19cm high, wood stands (6) |
£100 - £150 | £120 | View |
1257 |
A GROUP OF THREE CHINESE QINGBAI BOWLS
Song/Yuan dynasty
One with carved lotus medallion to the centre, another with carved lotus petals to the exterior, the third with radiating ribbed bands to the interior, sizes 15 cm to 17 cm diameter… |
£200 - £300 | - | View |
1258 |
A GROUP OF CHINESE MINIATURE VESSELS
Tang to Song/Yuan dynasty
Comprising: four pale celadon glazed stoneware vases, a russet glazed waterpot, and a stem dish with sancai glaze to the rim, tallest vase 7.5cm high, stem dish 12cm… |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
1259 |
A pair of Chinese jadeite figures of pheasants
20th century
each carved standing with a flowering branch in its beak, the stone with apple and brown inclusions, 17.5cm high, wood stands (4) |
£80 - £120 | £500 | View |
1260 |
A rare Chinese famille-rose opium pipe
19th century
of cylindrical form in two parts, painted with figures in an extensive landscape, a frog in relief emerging from breaking waves beside the white metal mount, the ivory ends carved with… |
£1,000 - £1,500 | £20,000 | View |
1261 |
A group of seven Chinese funerary figures
Tang dynasty and later
each unglazed figure standing with an implement, tallest 20cm high (7) |
£300 - £500 | £300 | View |
1262 |
Three Japanese ivory carvings
Meiji period
comprising; a netsuke of Daikoku tying a bail of rice, a boy seated at his side, signed, 4cm high; a netsuke of a fisherman with a crab nipping at his feet, 6cm wide; a small figure of a… |
£100 - £150 | £170 | View |
1263 |
A group of Chinese agate carvings
20th century
comprising; a small tripod censer and cover, 14cm high, wood stand; a cagework vase and cover, 10cm high, wood stand; a figure of a qilin, 15cm high, wood stand; also two glass imitation… |
£100 - £150 | £450 | View |
1264 |
A Chinese agate vase and stopper and two agate brushwashers
20th century
the vase carved in high relief with a chilong and a pheasant, the stopper with a further chilong and pheasant, 15cm high; the brushwashers carved as leaves and flowers, each approx. 8… |
£150 - £250 | £160 | View |
1265 |
A large Japanese Imari vase
Edo period, late 17th/early 18th century
painted with a man and young woman in a pavilion, another woman seated on the terrace outside, flanked by flowering trees, the short waisted neck painted with… |
£600 - £1,000 | £1,700 | View |
1266 |
A small Chinese clair-de-lune glazed vase
blue six character Kangxi mark but later
bulbous body beneath a gently waisted neck, 12cm high |
£250 - £350 | £300 | View |
1267 |
A group of twenty three Chinese wood stands and two covers
late 19th/20th century
of various forms and sizes, (25) |
£100 - £150 | £140 | View |
1268 |
A Chinese qingbai `boy' pillow
Song dynasty or later
modelled as a boy lying on his back supported a lotus leaf forming the headrest, 18.5cm wide |
£300 - £400 | £280 | View |
1269 |
A large Chinese cylindrical blue and white brush pot
decorated with lines of calligraphy against a powder-blue ground, 15.75cm high x 19.5cm
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£100 - £150 | £170 | View |