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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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1270 |
A Chinese blue and white bowl
blue Daoguang seal mark and probably of the period
painted on the exterior with branches of fruiting peach, pomegranate and gourds beneath a border of classic scroll, the interior painted with… |
£600 - £1,000 | £4,800 | View |
1271 |
A group of sixteen Chinese archaistic jade bi discs and a weaver's weight
of various sizes and colours, sizes 4.5cm to 6.5cm diameter, cased ( 18)
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£200 - £300 | £180 | View |
1272 |
A CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE
20th century and probably Republic period
Of square section, each side painted in muted tones with figure panels beside lines of calligraphy and seal marks, iron-red seal mark to base, 12.5cm high |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
1273 |
A JAPANESE LACQUER TWO-TIER RECTANGULAR BOX
20th century
Decorated with scattered flowers against a black ground, gilt signature, 7.5cm high by 11.5cm wide |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
1274 |
A Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Buddha
probably 19th century
modelled standing with serene expression with right hand in varada mudra, raised on a stepped rectangular base, 38.5cm high |
£200 - £300 | £700 | View |
1275 |
A Japanese Satsuma vase and cover
Okamato Ryozan for the Yasuda Company, Meiji period
of bottle form, finely painted with a frieze of figures at leisure beneath an elaborate panelled neck, signed in gilt Ryozan beneath the Yasuda… |
£700 - £1,000 | £600 | View |
1276 |
A Chinese porcelain bottle vase
20th century
covered in a pale blue glaze, 25cm high |
£100 - £150 | £130 | View |
1277 |
A Japanese porcelain dish
early 20th century
painted in Chinese famille-rose style with two women in a carriage drawn by a deer and crane, 33.5cm diameter |
£80 - £120 | £40 | View |
1278 |
A Japanese Ao Kutani sake pot and cover
19th century
enamelled each side with a panel of a bird amongst cloud scrolls against a ground with iron-red and gilt tendrils, kiku shaped cover, 15.5 cm to top of handle (2) |
£300 - £400 | £280 | View |
1279 |
A tall Japanese Imari vase
Meiji period
slender baluster form with frilled rim, painted on each side with three figures on a terrace, against a ground painted with birds, insects and flowers, signed, 79cm high |
£100 - £150 | £110 | View |
1280 |
A Beijing lavender- ground enamel dish
Qianlong
painted with a vase of flowers surrounded by Buddhist emblems inside a barbed rim, the underside with scattered blue and gilt leafy sprays against a yellow ground, four character mark, 27… |
£3,000 - £4,000 | £2,600 | View |
1281 |
Three Chinese stoneware monochrome glazed bowls
Song/Ming dynasty
the largest with radiating panels, 14cm to 16cm diameter |
£100 - £150 | £100 | View |
1282 |
A Chinese white jade bangle
the stone of even tone, 7.75cm overall diameter
|
£200 - £300 | £450 | View |
1283 |
A Chinese cream glazed pottery vase
possibly Song dynasty
of compressed lobed form, 10cm high |
£80 - £120 | £40 | View |
1284 |
A Cizhou type vase
possibly Yuan/Ming dynasty
the squat body painted with brown foliate designs against a deep cream ground, 11cm high; and a small Cizhou type dish, 14cm diameter (2) |
£150 - £250 | £150 | View |
1285 |
A group of Chinese archaistic jade carvings
comprising: six `alien' figures, tallest 7cm; two cicadas, largest 8cm. high; two rectangular toggles, 3.5cm wide; a bead; three cheuh and a zong, 3cm high, cased ( 16)
|
£150 - £250 | £170 | View |
1286 |
A pair of Chinese brown glazed tea bowls
Song dynasty or later
10cm diameter; and small pottery shallow bowl with brown glazed rim, 9cm diameter (3) |
£0 - £0 | - | View |
1287 |
A Chinese `hare's fur' teabowl
Song dynasty or later
covered in a black glaze with russet streaks, falling short of the footrim on the exterior, incised signature, 11.75cm diameter |
£200 - £300 | £180 | View |
1288 |
A Chinese qingbai shallow bowl
Song dynasty
carved with foliate decoration beneath a blue glaze, 15cm diameter; also two qingbai type teabowls, 9cm and 10cm diameter; and a small stoneware dish, 13cm diameter (4) |
£80 - £120 | £110 | View |
1289 |
A Chinese `hare's fur' teabowl
Song dynasty or later
covered in a jet black glaze with russet streaks, 12.5cm diameter |
£200 - £300 | £180 | View |
1290 |
A Chinese small bronze mirror
possibly Han dynasty
the central knob encircled by characters, 8.5cm diameter |
£80 - £120 | £30 | View |
1291 |
A group of Mughal miniatures of monuments and portraits
Delhi school, late 19th century
gouache on ivory, comprising; in the centre an oval view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi,8.5cm x 13cm; four small oval views of the Taj Mahal, Agra, Humayun's Tomb, Delhi,… |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
1292 |
A pair of Qajar lacquer book boards
19th century
painted with red flowers on a gold ground, 21cm x 14cm (2) |
£0 - £0 | - | View |
1293 |
An Indian bronze relief of Ganesha
probably 19th century
the four-armed elephant god cast seated in traditional pose, 17cm high, wood stand |
£80 - £120 | £50 | View |
1294 |
A Chinese famille-rose baluster two-handled vase
early 20th century
each side painted with figurative panels against a ground filled with birds, fruit and flowers, 32.5cm high |
£100 - £150 | £300 | View |
1295 |
A print of mountains in grey monochrome
38cm x 18cm, together with a Chinese fan painting, painted in blue monochrome on paper with a mountainous landscape against a gold flecked ground, signed, 47cm wide (2)
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£100 - £200 | £180 | View |
1296 |
A Chinese celadon glazed vase adapted as a lamp
late 19th/20th century
the ovoid body moulded with flowering branches, vase only, 40.5cm high |
£100 - £150 | £320 | View |
1297 |
A pair of Chinese paintings
20th century
watercolour on silk, one painted with a peacock perched on rocks, the other with birds and a flowering tree, 101cm by 40cm, framed and glazed (2) |
£80 - £120 | £140 | View |
1298 |
A Chinese famille- rose pear shaped vase
20th century
painted with a man and boy seated in a fenced garden, iron-red four character Qianlong mark, 20cm high; also a pair of porcelain bowls painted with figures in a procession, 12.5cm… |
£70 - £100 | £450 | View |
1299 |
A Chinese paper fan and two others
20th century
the first with bamboo sticks, painted on one side with a landscape, the reverse with calligraphy, the guardsticks with incised inscriptions, 50cm wide open; another paper fan with wooden… |
£200 - £300 | £1,500 | View |
1300 |
A MING STYLE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
Of pear form with garlic mouth, painted with sprays of peach, pomegranate and persimmon issuing from lingzhi, above a band of lotus panels and breaking waves, the shoulder with bands of key pattern…
|
£300 - £500 | - | View |
1301 |
Four Qur'an fragments on vellum
probably North Africa of Near East, probably 9th/10th century
each of elongated kufic script with red vocalization, largest approx. 16cm by 31cm (4) |
£300 - £500 | £4,500 | View |
1302 |
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL
18th/19th century
Painted in iron-red, brown and gilt with a bird perched in flowering branches, 11.75cm diameter, boxed (2) |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
1303 |
A pair of Chinese green-ground cloisonné vase mounted as lamps
20th century
each pear shaped body decorated with a gilt scale pattern, set with animal mask and ring handles, wood bases, vases only, 32cm high (2) |
£100 - £150 | £400 | View |
1304 |
A Chinese white marble Buddhist group
in Northern Qi style
carved as Buddha Maitreya seated in pensive pose with right leg crossed over left knee, the base with a pair of lions flanking a censer, the reverse with an inscription, 27cm high |
£400 - £600 | £200 | View |
1305 |
An unusual Japanese lacquer three-case saya inro
Edo period, 19th century
the saya inlaid in enamel with a bird flying over a shibayama style riverbank, the inro decorated with flowers, the ends in nashiji, 8cm high |
£1,000 - £1,500 | £1,000 | View |
1306 |
A pair of Chinese scrolls and a set of four scrolls
the pair on paper with black characters against a pink and `prunus and cracked ice' ground, 132cm by 31.5cm; and a set of four printed calligraphic scrolls, 102cm by 23cm (6)
|
£150 - £250 | £4,200 | View |
1307 |
A Persian manuscript leaf
modern
painted with a prince and attendants on a terrace flanked by calligraphy, 14cm by 23.5cm; also a Persian hunting miniature, 14cm by 10cm and a painted wood panel, 60cm by 30cm (3) |
£80 - £100 | £50 | View |
1308 |
A small Chinese white jade rectangular plaque
probably 20th century
carved with a ferocious dragon amongst cloud scrolls, 5.75cm by 7cm |
£100 - £150 | £900 | View |
1309 |
A pair of Chinese calligraphy hanging scrolls
on paper, each printed with black characters against a deep pink ground, 79cm by 19cm; also a pair of calligraphy scrolls on a mottled deep yellow/orange ground, 65cm by 24cm and a single…
|
£100 - £200 | £1,500 | View |
1310 |
A large cloisonné egg
decorated with a profusion of flowers against a black ground, 53cm high
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£70 - £100 | £90 | View |
1311 |
A pair of small Canton famille-rose baluster vases
late 19th century
each painted with panels of flowers and insects against an orange ground, 26cm high |
£80 - £120 | £40 | View |
1312 |
A LARGE INDIAN PAINTING
20th century
Opaque pigments on paper laid on to board, painted with Krishna and Radha in a landscape with the gopis, attendants and peafowl, buildings in the distance, image 175cm by 122cm, framed |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
1313 |
A Chinese celadon dish
19th century
incised with a flowerhead, 29cm diameter |
£100 - £150 | £60 | View |
1314 |
A large Chinese yellow-ground famille-rose bottle vase
modern
painted with branches of fruiting peach and bats, 54cm high |
£200 - £300 | £160 | View |
1315 |
A Japanese bronze alloy hand mirror
late 19th/20th century
cast with cranes amongst trees and foliage, 12cm diameter; and three smaller mirrors with various designs (4) |
£150 - £250 | £140 | View |
1316 |
A pair of unusual Chinese porcelain ginger jars and covers
late 19th century
painted in a famille-verte palette with shaped panels of flowers, birds and insects, separated by naked boys against a powder-blue ground, 19.5cm high (4) |
£500 - £700 | £2,000 | View |
1317 |
A CHINESE WOOL CARPET SECTION
Ningxia province, late 19th/early 20th century
The blue wool rectangular section with two long-tailed birds observing a moon behind clouds in a garden, mounted on a wooden frame stretcher, 142cm by… |
£500 - £800 | - | View |