A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GROUND DAYAZHAI STYLE TWO HANDLED BALUSTER VASE
Late 19th century
Painted en grisaille with birds flying amongst chrysanthemum and other flowers beneath ruyi head borders, set with elephant mask handles, apochryphal four character Chenghua mark,…
Obvious firing crack around footrim, approx. 3cm. length. Some typical wear to the gilding. Some discolouration to the glaze on the interior beneath the rim
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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 rim at each end of the repair. There is another repair to the rim, approx. 6cm by 1cm which has a…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
There is a small triangular shaped loss to the the turquoise enamel to one side just above the foot, approx. 1cm by 0.75cm.
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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…
Some typical wear to the gilding but overall in good condition
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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…
Some natural fissures to the stone, but overall in good condition
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 reverse of the scroll for strengthening. Some discolouration. Top baton has ripped away
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £150 - £250
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
ProvenanceChristie's London, 13 September 2007, lot 1303Condition reportSome wear to the gilding, but generally in good condition.One lion needs tightening to its base
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 hereCONDITION REPORTSome losses and cracks
Hammer price:
£70
Estimate: £80 - £120
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL RECTANGULAR INCENSE BURNER AND…
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…
Minor wear to the gilding and minor pitting to the enamels
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
Good condition
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £150 - £250
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
Good condition
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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…
Some creasing and minor markings, but overall in good condition
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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…
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
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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…
ProvenanceChristie's London, 11 November, 2003, lot 83Condition reportThe hinge pin is later. Some overall wear to the gilding consistent with age
Hammer price:
£5,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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