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20 November | Asian Ceramics & Works of Art

Auction date Wednesday 20 November 2024 10:00 - 17:00 GMT

IMAGE: A  CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL DOUBLE FLASK

Wednesday 20 November
1151- 1349  Asian Ceramics & Works of Art  10am

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Total lots: 199

Lot 1199 Sold
A CHINESE CIZHOU- STYLE POTTERY PILLOW
Probably 19th/20th century
The top painted in brown with a figure attacking tigers, the ends and sides painted with further figures, 31cm wide
Glaze chip to the rim, approx. 1cm by 1cm. Otherwise in overall good condition
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1200 Sold
A TALL CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE BEAKER VASE
Kangxi
Enamelled each side with a panel of ladies in a courtyard and ladies standing along the walls of a palace between pennants, 46cm high
Large section of the rim with plaster repair, approx. 27cm by 5cm at deepest point. Chips to to the…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1201 Sold
A TALL CHINESE TURQUOISE- GROUND CLOISONNE VASE
18th/19th century
Of flattened pear form , decorated each side with gilt peach shaped medallion enclosing a jade character surrounded by flames, the ground decorated with the anbaxian ( Eight Daoist Emblems) the waisted neck with blue and red dragons chasing flaming pearls, 38.5cm high
There is a small triangular shaped loss to the the turquoise enamel to one side just above the foot…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1202 Sold
A SMALL CHINESE CELADON `TWIN FISH' BOWL
Probably Song/ Yuan dynasty
With round sides rising to an everted rim, the interior moulded with two fish, the exterior with vertical petal ribs, 12.5cm diameter by 4.25cm high
Some light surface scratches to the glaze. Some variance in the tone of the glaze from celadon to…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1203 Sold
A PAIR OF LATE WUCAI-STYLE FIGURES OF SMILING BOYS, HEHE (2)
20th century
Each standing holding a vase of lotus, 29cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1204 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER (2)
Circa 1900
In the form of a peach with openwork cover, 11cm high
There is a small pierced hole through the lowest leaf. Otherwise in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1205 Sold
A HEAVY CHINESE BRONZE `DRAGON' SLENDER BALUSTER VASE
Cast in high relief with a dragon, a bat and crane amongst cloud scrolls above breaking waves, two character mark to base, 24.75cm high, weight 2619 grams
Very minor wear to extremities. 
Hammer price: £9,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1206 Sold
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE INCENSE STICK HOLDER
Probably Ming dynasty
Cast as a female in long robes holding up a two-handled vase in both hands, her hair picked out in blue and her lips in red, standing on a rectangular base incised with scrolls, 13.5cm high, 402.6 grams
Some typical wear to the gilding but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1207 Sold
A CHINESE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF WENCHANG
Ming dynasty
The God of Literature seated with benevolent expression, wearing a tall scholar's hat and long robes, 31cm high, 3,500 grams
Some wear consistent with age
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1208 Sold
A CHINESE JADE ARCHAISTIC CUP (2)
Qing dynasty
Flared cylindrical form set with lion mask handles, the sides carved with taotie masks centred with vertical ribs, the stone of greyish celadon tone with russet, black and cream inclusions, 18cm wide across handles by 7cm high, wood stand
Some natural fissures to the stone, but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1209 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO YE GUANG ( CIRCA 1600) A HANGING SCROLL
Landscape during Rain and Wind, ink and colour on silk, 96cm by 49cm
Very creased through rolling with some loss of pigment. There is a strip of green tape on the…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1210 Unsold
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 ground, 26.5cm high
ProvenanceChristie's London, 13 September 2007, lot 1303Condition reportSome wear to the gilding,…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1211 Sold
A PERSIAN RECTANGULAR INLAID RECTANGULAR MIRROR FRAME
19th century
Inlaid with geometric designs and painted with small portrait panels, 55cm by 38.5cm
Provenance:  The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell Further details on the Bellmans website…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £120
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1212 Sold
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, FANGDING
Probably Qianlong
Supported on four archaistic blade supports, each side decorated with taotie masks masks on a turquoise ground between eight vertical flanges, the foliate pierced cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion finial, 18.5cm high
Minor wear to the gilding and minor pitting to the enamels
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1213 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER CARD CASE
Late 19th/early 20th century
The front with repousse decoration of birds amongst blossoming prunus trees around a shield shaped cartouche bearing a monogram, the reverse with cranes amongst bamboo and pine, stamped mark LH, probably for Luen HIng, Shanghai, 11cm by 7.5cm, 123 grams
Good condition
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £150 - £250
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1214 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FOOTED BOWL
Early 20th century
The lobed sides applied with panels enclosing dragons, flowering prunus, bamboo and chrysanthemum, beneath a barbed rim, stamped Wai Kee 90 Silver, 25cm diameter by 16cm high, 1240 grams
Good condition
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1215 Sold
A CHINESE PAINTING OF PEONIES
Ink and watercolour on paper
Signed and with tow iron-red seals, 46cm by 43cm, mounted, framed and glazed
Multiple creases to the paper
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £120
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1216 Sold
A PAIR OF SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BOWLS (2)
Blue Daoguang seal marks, but probably later
Each painted with two birds in flowering branches and on the reverse with two birds in flight, 6.75cm high by 11cm diameter
A tiny amount of wear to the enamels, but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £28,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1217 Sold
TWO LARGE CHINESE PAINTINGS ON SILK
20th century
One painted with two birds in blossoming branches, the other with two cranes amongst flowering shrubs, each with black script and red seals, each 54cm by 104cm, mounted, framed and glazed; also a Chinese embroidered picture of two pheasants in flowering branches, 51cm by 88cm, framed and glazed (3)
Some creasing and minor markings, but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1218 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE WATER DROPPER
Possibly late Ming dynasty
Cast as a crouching Buddhist lion with apertures in its back and nose, 12.5cm length, weight 302 grams
Good condition
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £400
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1219 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: £150 - £250
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1220 Sold
A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL DOUBLE FLASK
Incised four character Qianlong mark to base but later
Formed as two conjoined moonflasks with cylindrical necks and rectangular spreading feet, decorated to one principal side with two confronting dragons amongst clouds and above breaking waves, the secondary side with a phoenix, the reverse with a group of Buddhist lions and qilin, 39.5cm high
Overall in good condition. Some typical pitting to the enamels and wear to the gilding
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1221 Sold
KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA ( 1847-1915) A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT
View of Ishihara Bridge at Okawabata, signed, 21.5cm by 33cm overall size, framed and glazed
Some discolouration, markings and creasing to the paper
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £120
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1222 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIERE
Late 19th century
Painted with a lotus pond with a duck, birds and insects beneath a ruyi head border, 32cm high by 36cm diameter
Minor wear and scuffing to the glaze
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1223 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE VASE
Possibly 17th century
Of elongated pear form set with prunus branch handles, 23.5cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1224 Sold
A TALL CHINESE GILT -SPLASHED BRONZE VASE FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET
Six character Xuande mark but later
Of tapered octagonal form, incised with two rows of script, 39cm high
Condition Report.Some wear to gilt splashes. Its possible that the inscriptions may have been done…
Hammer price: £20,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1225 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE TWO-HANDLED VASE
Six character Xuande mark but 17th/18th century
Of flattened pear form set with elephant head handles, each side applied with a sinuous chilong, 21.5cm high, 1,037 grams. Nicholas Grindley paper label to base
Small nick around footrim. Some typical wear consistent with age.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £300 - £500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1226 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU
Probably Ming dynasty
The Daoist god of the North cast seated wearing loose robes tied at the waist, his left foot resting on a coiled snake and tortoise, 17.75cm high, 1359 grams
Some typical wear consistent with age but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1227 Sold
A CHINESE GILT-SPLASHED `QILIN' CENSER AND COVER
Cast six character Xuande mark but 17th/18th century
Modelled striding and looking to the left, the hinged cover with a small ruyi-shaped aperture, decorated all over with gilt splashed, 28cm wide by 25.5cm high, 3.6 kilograms
ProvenanceChristie's London, 11 November, 2003, lot 83Condition reportThe hinge pin is later. Some…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1228 Unsold
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
Some verdigris to the lower part of the figure at the front. Some wear and minor scratches to the…
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1229 Sold
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
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1230 Sold
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND DAYAZHAI STYLE GARDEN SEAT
Late 19th century
Of barrel with pierced `cash' to the sides and top, painted with two brown and grey dragons amongst grisaille flowers between turquoise borders, 46cm high
Some rubbing to the gilding on the cash and moulded studs. Some surface wear to the top
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1231 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Painted in Ming style with lotus flowers and tendrils, 18.5cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1232 Sold
A CHINESE GREY STONE BUDDHIST STELE
Possibly Northern or Eastern Wei dynasty
carved in relief with Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas, two incised characters to reverse, 27cm high, modern wood base
Some losses and wear
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1233 Unsold
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
Some overall wear to the gilding.Otherwise in good condition
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1234 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN AND WOOD SEVEN PANEL SCREEN
Late 19th century
Painted with rectangular figurative panels and panels of seven of the Immortals separated by smaller foliate blue and white panels, overall size, 80cm high by 115cm wide; together with another Immortals porcelain panel, 13cm square and a blue and white rectangular panel, 26cm by 6cm from the missing eighth end panel
One end panel is lacking. Some wear to the enamels. Minor losses and cracks to the wood frame
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1235 Sold
A NEPALESE GILT-BRONZE TANTRIC GROUP OF BUDDHA SITASAMVARA IN YAB-YUM
Probably first half 20th century
13cm high; together with an associated lotus stand, 12cm high (3)
Some wear to the gilding
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1236 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BLACK-GROUND MAGPIES (2)
Jiaqing
Each modelled standing with heads turned, the wings and tail with multi-coloured feathers, 19.5cm length
ProvenanceBonhams London, Roger Keverne Ltd: Moving On, 11 May 2021, lot 401 Condition report Some…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1237 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE CHARGER (2)
Qianlong
Painted with a crane in a fenced garden amongst flowering shrubs and rocks, 38.5cm diameter; also a Chinese famille-rose plate painted with birds in flowering branches, iron-red six character Guangxu mark, 23cm diameter
Charger- rivetted repairs and long haircrack to the rim. Restored area to the rim, approx. 6cm by…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1238 Sold
A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE INCENSE STICK HOLDER
Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Cast as a male holding aloft a tubular vessel in his right hand, standing on a square plinth and bracket base, 15cm high
Minor wear to the gilding. Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1239 Unsold
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 recumbent goat, 5cm high
The figure with solder repair through both ankles. Some typical wear to the gilding.The seal with…
Estimate: £300 - £400
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1240 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE TURQUOISE-GROUND CLOISONNE VASE
Probably 18th century
Of swollen cylindrical form, decorated with numerous colourful carp swimming amongst lotus pods and reeds above green and white waves, gilt rim and underside, 50.8cm high
ProvenanceChristie's, London, 11 June 2004, lot 338Condition reportOverall in good condition with…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1241 Sold
A CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF AN ELEGANT LADY
Late Qing dynasty
Holding a blue and gilt sash in one hand, her hair swept back into an elaborate top knot, against a pale blue ground, 49cm by 34cm, framed
Some minor losses of paint
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1242 Unsold
A CHINESE WOOD AND BAMBOO BIRD CAGE
Late Qing dynasty
Of rectangular form, with three removable sides held with pins with jadeite bead finials, opening to reveal bamboo cagework with sliding doors and with four blue and white porcelain bird feeders, handle for carrying, 33cm by 16.5cm by 19cm
Overall in good condition
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1243 Sold
A TALL CHINESE BRONZE VASE
Yuan/Ming dynasty
The flattened pear shaped body with a waisted neck decorated with a band of taoitie masks, flanked by two dragon-head handles with loose rings, raised on an oval base, 44cm high
Small losses around the footrim, but overall in good condition with some wear consistent with age
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1244 Sold
UTAGAWA KUNISADA ( TOYOKUNI III) ( 1786-1864). A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT
Depicting two actors with Mount Fuji in the background, 36cm by 24cm, mounted, framed and glazed
Provenance: The Estate of the Late Kenneth PartridgeFurther details can be found here:  https://www…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1245 Sold
A CHINESE BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
17th/18th century
The body cast in relief with with flowers and fruits, the neck flanked by two elephant head handles, four character seal mark to base, 22.5cm high, 1204 grams
Some typical wear consistent with age, but overall in good condition
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1246 Sold
A CHINESE WU SHUANG PU STYLE FAMILLE-ROSE PEAR SHAPED VASE
Enamelled with the Confucian scholar, Fu Sheng, the reverse with lines of calligraphy, 31cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024

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