A KASHMIRI PAINTED LACQUER BINDING
Early 20th century
Front and rear covers, the front painted in the centre in black with the head of an ibex, against a gold ground inside a foliate painted in each corner with flower panels, the rear…
Some rubbing and losses to the spine and corners. Some light wear and staining to the boards. Possibly lacking black silk ties to the interior
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
Guangxu mark and period
Painted in underglaze- blue with cloud scrolls between ruyi, wave, scroll and key-fret borders, Allen Collection paper label, 35cm high
ProvenanceSotheby's London, 09 November 2005, lot 420Condition reportThere is an area of underglaze bluish green paint to the lower body, approx. 2cm by 1cm. Otherwise in good condition
Hammer price:
£4,800
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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AN ISLAMIC SILVER-INLAID RECTANGULAR BRASS AND COPPER CASKET
Egypt or Syria, circa 1900
Engraved and inlaid with foliate motifs, the hinged cover with a silver-inlaid inscription, 15cm wide by 7cm high
Some wear and white paint splashes to the interior but generally in good condition
Hammer price:
£240
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE `THREE STAR GODS' VASE (2)
Yongzheng
Cylindrical form with short neck, enamelled with Fu, Lu and Shou standing amongst boys in a landscape, 27cm high, fitted case
ProvenanceChristie's London, 4 November 2014, lot 10Condition reportGood condition
Hammer price:
£1,600
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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A CHINESE CORAL-GROUND RESERVE-DECORATED `BAMBOO' BOWL (2)
Blue Daoguang seal mark but probably later
The steep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, the exterior with leafy bamboo branches on a coral ground, 18cm diameter; also a smaller example, blue…
The smaller bowl with some black specking to the interior and a tiny nick to the footrim.Otherwise in good condition
Hammer price:
£32,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BALUSTER YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE `DRAGON AND PHOENIX'…
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…
ProvenanceChristie's London, 12 May 2017, lot 420Condition reportMinor wear the enamels and gilding. Some black pitting to the yellow ground, particularly to the side of one vas. Minor shallow chips…
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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
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20 November 2024
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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 to each interior
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 with some rubbing to the enamels and gilding and some minor black pitting to the glaze
Hammer price:
£17,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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A LARGE CHINESE TURQUOISE- GROUND DAYAZHAI- TYPE `DRAGONS AND FLOWERS'…
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, and some very minor wear to the enamels. There is some black specking to the glaze to the interior…
Hammer price:
£4,200
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 neck and collar. Wear to the red pigment and gilding consistent with age
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
Some wear to the gilding. Small oval hole to the reverse just above the footrim, approx. 0.7cm by 3mm.Vertial stress crack to footrim on the reverse, approx. 1cm length
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 condition
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 to the rim.We do not have the invoice and catalogue from Sothebys
Hammer price:
£9,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
Hanging scroll painting on paper- some staining and markings to the paper.Scroll painting on cloth- some discolouration to the cloth. Torn through between top of painting and the border, so in two…
Hammer price:
£170
Estimate: £200 - £300
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 paper at one end
Estimate: £200 - £400
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 overall
Hammer price:
£5,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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,…
ProvenanceChristie's London, 8 November 2005, lot 90Condition reportTwo firing cracks to front of base, but overall in good condition
Hammer price:
£3,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 with age but generally in good condition
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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 particularly to the interior
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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,…
Minor wear and surface scratches to the central panel. Some wear to the gilding, particularly to the border and rim.
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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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…
One has chips to the spout and small chips to the edges of the pierced drain.There is some black specking towards the top of the central panel. Some patches of wear along the edge of the panel.…
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
20 November 2024
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20 November 2024
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