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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 1295 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR (2)
Kangxi
Painted with prunus on a `cracked ice' ground, 21.5cm high, pierced wood cover
Good condition
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1296 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR
Kangxi
Painted with prunus on a `cracked ice' ground, 22.75cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1297 Unsold
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 yellow ground painted with lotus scroll, 45cm high (2)
ProvenanceChristie's London, 12 May 2017, lot 420Condition reportMinor wear the enamels and gilding…
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1298 Sold
A JAPANESE CLOISONNE PEDESTAL ADAPTED FROM A STICK STAND
Meiji period
Cylindrical form, worked with a bird and a shishi amongst flowers and insects against a greenish blue ground, wood top and base, 66cm high
The top and base are later. Otherwise in overall good condition
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1299 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE TURQUOISE-GROUND DAYAZHAI- TYPE BALUSTER VASES (3)
Late 19th century
Each painted en grisaille with flowers and set with lion mask and ring handles, 46cm high, one with box
Minor wear to the gilding on rims and handles. Minor nick to one ring handle. Some black specking…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1300 Sold
A TALL CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BEAKER VASE
Yongzheng
Enamelled with cockerels and quails before peonies and camellias issuing from rockwork with birds and insects above, between pink diaper borders reserved with flower panels, 47.7cm high
ProvenanceChristie's, London, 8th November, 2001, lot 466Condition reportOverall in good condition…
Hammer price: £17,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1301 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE TURQUOISE- GROUND DAYAZHAI- TYPE `DRAGONS AND FLOWERS' FLOOR VASE
Late 19th century
Enamelled with variously coloured dragons amongst chrysanthemum and peonies, set with Buddhist lion and cub handles, the shoulders applied each side with a pair of chilong, 92cm high
Overall in good condition. There is some typical wear to the gilding, particularly around the rim,…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1302 Sold
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
18th/19th century
Cast seated in padmasana on a lotus plinth, holding a stem in the raised right hand and a cup in the left, the headdress with traces of red pigment, 13cm high
ProvenanceBonhams London, 12 May 2014, lot 598Condition reportSome verdigris to the back of the…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1303 Sold
A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA
Probably Ming dynasty
The deity cast seated in vajraparyankasana, holding a small vessel in the left hand and a willow stem in the left, his face with downcast eyes, moustache and beard, the curly hair crowned with a circlet centred by Buddha Amitabha seated on a lotus flower, 37cm high
Some wear to the gilding. Small oval hole to the reverse just above the footrim, approx. 0.7cm by…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1304 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE FISHBOWL
Circa 1900
Enamelled on the exterior with birds in flowering branches, beneath an iron-red ruyi-head and whorl pattern border scattered with flowers, 48cm high by 52cm high
Some scattered black specking to the glaze and very minor wear to the enamels. Overall in good…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1305 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE `LUOHAN' BRUSH POT
Iron-red Daoguang seal mark and probably of the period
The cylindrical sides enamelled with the eighteen luohan in a landscape, 13.5cm high by 16cm diameter
ProvenanceSotheby's 08 June 1998, lot 1783Condition reportWear to gilding around the rim. Tiny nick…
Hammer price: £9,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1306 Sold
A CHINESE HANGING SCROLL PAINTING (4)
Ink and colour on paper
Painted with an extensive mountainous landscape with bamboo, signed, 78cm by 36cm; also a scroll painting on cloth of a man on a boat in river landscape, 63cm by 22cm, and two Japanese woodblock prints after Utamaro and Hokusai
Hanging scroll painting on paper- some staining and markings to the paper.Scroll painting on cloth-…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1307 Unsold
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
Overall in good condition. Some minor creasing where rolled. Some discolouration to the back of…
Estimate: £200 - £400
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1308 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE-GLAZED `OLIVE STONE' VASE, GANLANPING
Probably 18th century
With swollen middle section and moulded with ribs, covered in a blue glaze, 43cm high
ProvenancePhillips London, 19 November 1999, lot 68 ( sale 30869)Condition reportGood condition…
Hammer price: £5,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1309 Sold
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE GROUP OF GUANYIN AND A LION (3)
Potter's mark for Xu Youyi, 19th/20th century
The goddess seated on the back of the recumbent Buddhist lion with her left hand resting on its head and with a slender flask in her right hand, impressed Xu Yunlin square mark and Dehua mark in a double gourd, 25.5cm high, wood stand stand and fitted box
ProvenanceChristie's London, 8 November 2005, lot 90Condition reportTwo firing cracks to front of…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1310 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE REVERSE PAINTINGS ON MIRRORED GLASS (2)
19th century
Each painted with an elegant lady seated at a table beneath drapery, 33cm by 23.5cm framed
ProvenanceSotheby's London, 11 November 1997, lot 562Condition reportSome scattered abrasions to…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1311 Unsold
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
ProvenanceSotheby's , 13 May 1988, lot 639 according to lot tagCondition reportSome wear consistent…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1312 Sold
A CHINESE CEALDON JADE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT CAT WITH KITTEN
19th/20th century
The adult holding a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth, the stone of greyish green tone, 7cm length
Good condition
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1313 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT
Probably 19th century
The cylindrical sides painted with an extensive mountainous landscape with pavilions and figures in a sampan on a river, 16.5cm high by 19.5cm diameter
There is a shallow chip to the interior of the rim, approx. 2.5cm by 1.5cm. Some glaze specking…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1314 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT `ROCKEFELLER' PATTERN HOT WATER PLATE
Jiaqing period, circa 1810
Painted with an interior scene with a lady seated with a monkey at her side and two attendants standing behind while another seated woman plays a stringed instrument, beneath a puce scale well reserved with bird and landscape panels, the gilt filigree border reserved with further landscapes, 35.5cm wide
Minor wear and surface scratches to the central panel. Some wear to the gilding, particularly to…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1315 Sold
THREE CHINESE EXPORT ‘ROCKEFELLER' PATTERN HOT WATER PLATES (3)
Jiaqing period, circa 1810
Each painted in the centre with figures at various pursuits, beneath a puce scale pattern well reserved with bird and landscape panels, the gilt filigree border reserved with further sepia and iron-red landscapes, 28.5cm wide
One has chips to the spout and small chips to the edges of the pierced drain.There is some black…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1316 Unsold
A `DEHUA' WINE POT AND COVER (2)
Qing dynasty
Of shouldered cylindrical form with chilong form handle and spout, 15cm high
Firing break through the right front leg of the chilong handle. Haircrack across its left front…
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1317 Sold
A LARGE EARTHENWARE HISPANO MORESQUE STYLE DEEP DISH
19th century
Painted in copper lustre and cobalt blue with a central shield inside faux script borders, 47cm diameter
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1318 Sold
A CHINESE CINNABAR LACQUER DISH (2)
Qianlong seal mark but 19th century
Decorated with figures, buildings and trees on the banks of a river inside a gilt-metal cusped rim, 19cm wide, wood stand
Small loss to the lacquer in the centre of the dish.Some losses on the underside of the rim. 
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1319 Sold
A LARGE CHINESE CLOISONNE JARDINIERE
Late 18th/19th century
The exterior decorated with an extensive landscape inhabited with buildings, bridges crossing a river, animals, figures and fish, 28cm high by 39cm diameter
The exterior with minor bruising and losses. The interior has been painted black and the lower part…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1320 Sold
A LARGE KASHAN CALLIGRAPHIC LUSTRE POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT
Persia, 13th/14th century
Slightly curved, moulded in relief with an opacified tin glaze and lustre, raised cobalt blue inscription, 33cm by 37cm at widest point
Provenance: English private collection
The tile is slightly curved. There are some losses to the front surface and around the edges
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1321 Sold
A CHINESE EMBROIDERED BABY COLLAR
20th century
In the form of an orange tiger, 24cm high, mounted, framed and glazed
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1322 Sold
A SULTANABAD TYPE POTTERY BOWL
Persia, 14th century
The interior painted with a circular panel enclosing two seated figures against a greyish green ground, beneath a blue border lightly moulded with birds in flight, the exterior painted with flowering plants, 21.5cm diameter by 10cm high
Overall in poor condition with some losses and large plaster repairs. Some deterioration to the…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1323 Sold
A CHINESE FLAMBE BALUSTER VASE
Impressed Qianlong seal mark but later
The shoulders applied with three animal masks, covered in purple and blue streaked glazes, 34cm high
Tiny glaze nick to the rim
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £150 - £250
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1324 Unsold
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
Some crazing to the glaze but overall in good condition
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1325 Sold
A VERY LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FISH BOWL
Late 19th century
Painted on the exterior with two writhing dragons amongst chrysanthemum, peony, bamboo and birds, between lappet and diaper borders, the interior with goldfish amongst weeds, 47cm high by 55cm diameter
ProvenanceBonhams London, 09 May 2016, lot 367Condition reportThe exterior is in overall good…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1326 Sold
A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER (4)
Late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising; a pair of glove stretchers, Wing Nam & Co., Hong Kong, 20cm length ( 155.2 g); a milk jug with chrysanthemum relief decoration, Wang Hing & Co, 10cm high ( 226.4 g) and a pair of pepperettes, Wang Hing & Co, 4.5cm high ( 52.6 g)
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1327 Sold
REFERENCE - Edgar GORER & J. F. BLACKER. Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1911, 2 volumes, 4to (311 x 240mm), 254 coloured plates, original buckram. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 592 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
REFERENCE - Edgar GORER (1872-1915) & J. F. BLACKER ([dates unknown]).  Chinese Porcelain and Hard…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1328 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE `SILK PRODUCTION' BOWL
Blue six character Chenghua mark but later
The exterior painted with scenes from the Keng-Chi Tu ( The Pictures of Ploughing and Weaving, published in 1712) accompanied by poems, the interior painted with a figure with two cockerels and baskets of cocoons, 20.5cm diameter
Overall in good condition with very minor wear to the enamels
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £400
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1329 Unsold
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 bamboo, 26cm high
ProvenanceSotheby's, 06 May 1999, lot 64Condition reportA tiny amount of wear to the enamels.…
Estimate: £4,200 - £5,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1330 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU-SHAPED VASE
Kangxi
The flared neck painted with a figure on horseback and attendants approaching a scholar, the swollen middle section with boys at play and the lower part painted with adults and children, blue six character Chenghua mark, 46cm high
Overall in good condition with some typical black specking to the glaze, particularly to the…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1331 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE BOWL (3)
20th century, probably Republic period
Of flared hexagonal form raised on short circular foot, each of the six panels painted with pairs of figures beneath a scalloped rim, blue six character Jiangxi mark, 11.5cm high by 20.5cm diameter, wood stand; also a famille-rose lotus dish, Qianlong, painted with a crane and flowers in a fenced garden, 27.5cm diameter
Bowl- shallow chip to inside of the rim, approx. 2cm by 0.3cm. Shallow chip to the outside of rim,…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1332 Sold
A TALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOTTLE VASE
Kangxi
The bulbous body painted with four dragons amongst cloud scrolls within barbed frames, the long waisted neck painted bands of ruyi heads and wan diaper beneath three phoenix medallions, 46.5cm high
ProvenanceChristie's London, 6 November 1995, lot 77Condition reportSome minor specking to the…
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1333 Sold
A JAPANESE PATINATED METAL `CRANE AND TURTLE' FORM CANDLESTICK (2)
20th century
86cm high; also a large Chinese amber glass snuff bottle, 12cm high
Candlestick- short split to the metal halfway down the bird's neck, approx. 1cm length. Some…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1334 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
Probably Kangxi
Of slender baluster form, painted with two ladies and two boys at leisure in a fenced garden, the reverse with banana plants, artemesia leaf mark, 21.5cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1335 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
Kangxi
The sides painted with three Buddhist lions amongst cloud scrolls, the waisted neck with two Buddhist emblems, 20.75cm high
Good condition
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1336 Sold
A SELJUK STYLE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR
12th/13th century in style but probably later
Cast with two sphinxes amongst foliage within a kufic inscription, 10.5cm diameter
Verdigris to the front. Some wear, possibly artificial
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1337 Sold
A CHINESE IMARI CHARGER (2)
Qianlong
Painted with lotus, peony and chrysanthemum, 36cm diameter; also a Samson armorial punchbowl painted with flowers, 28.5cm diameter
Provenance: The selected contents of Coltmans House, BerkshireCondition ReportCharger- a large…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1338 Sold
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE
17th century
Painted with foliate designs, 25.5cm square
Extensively broken and repaired with some areas of white filler. Some surface chips and some chips…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1339 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD SHAPED VASE
Kangxi
Painted with prunus on a `cracked ice' ground, blue artemesia leaf mark, Spink & Son paper label, 19.5cm high
ProvenanceSotheby's 18th June 1998, lot 1878Spink & Son Ltd, LondonCondition reportGood condition
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1340 Sold
A TALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
Kangxi
Of slender ovoid form with a trumpet shaped neck, painted with a dignitary and attendants in a procession with a horse drawn chariot , the reverse with plantain and rocks, the neck with a ruyi head band beneath a row of auspicious characters, 46cm high
ProvenanceChristie's, The Edward James Collection, West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex, 2-6…
Hammer price: £38,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1341 Unsold
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
There is a shallow glaze chip to one side, possibly a firing flaw, approx. 0.75cm square. Otherwise…
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
20 November 2024
Lot 1342 Sold
A TALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi
Painted with four sennin seated on rockwork, one with a three legged toad at his side, the reverse with calligraphy, the centre of the waisted neck with a band of ruyi heads, 43cm high
ProvenanceChristie's London, 08 May 1997, lot 262Condition reportVery minor specking to the glaze.…
Hammer price: £42,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
20 November 2024

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