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A Chinese Export "Famille Rose" porcelain charger enamelled with a bird, peonies and zig-zag fence, the rim with loosely painted flowering sprays, 15.5ins (394mm) diameter (18th Century) £600-800
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A Chinese "Famille Rose" porcelain tankard, enamelled with flowering sprays, tied garland, and monogram in gilt within gilt and flower cartouche, 7ins (178mm high - later metal handle), and another enamelled in blue and colours with a central reserve panel of a seated figure with two standing figures, 5.5ins (140mm) high (late 18th Century) £200-300
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A Chinese "Famille Rose" porcelain kendi, enamelled with peonies and leaves, with later engraved silvery metal mounts, 9.25ins (235mm) high (Qianlong period) £250-400
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A Chinese "Famille Rose" Export porcelain tankard enamelled with two courtiers in a garden and with lines of calligraphy to reverse, 4.45ins (108mm) high (red painted four character mark to base) £150-200
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A Chinese "Famille Rose" Export porcelain cup and saucer enamelled with flowering peony (Guangxu mark and of period) £80-120
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A Chinese porcelain "Famille Rose" cricket box and pierced cover enamelled with a bird perched on a flowering branch and with calligraphy to reverse, 4.5ins (105mm) wide x 2.75ins (70mm) deep x 1.75ins (45mm) high £120-160
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A Chinese "Famille Rose" porcelain lidded jar of baluster form enamelled with two courtiers and with lines of calligraphy to reverse, 7.75ins (197mm) high £120-160
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Six Chinese Cantonese celadon glazed and "Famille Verte" porcelain plates enamelled with birds and flowers, 7ins and 7.25ins diameter (one chipped), and four other similar plates of shaped outline, various sizes £80-120
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A Chinese "Famille Verte" porcelain circular bowl enamelled in the Cantonese manner with numerous figures on a terrace, within wide green borders inset with oval vignettes depicting birds and floral sprays, 15ins (382mm) diameter x 6.25ins (158mm) high (late 19th Century - unmarked - centre enamels to interior rubbed and with hairline crack) £300-400
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A pair of Chinese blue and white dishes of shaped outline painted with birds, peonies and rocks in a landscape, 13.25ins (338mm) x 9.5ins (241mm), and four plates painted with an "Imari" palette (18th/19th Century) £150-200
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A pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine porcelain baluster shaped vases moulded with dragons to the shoulders, 14ins (356mm) high (base is drilled and converted to electric table lamps) £120-160
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Three pieces of Chinese porcelain, comprising - blue and white octagonal dish painted with figures in a landscape, 1.375ins (315mm) x 9ins (229mm), a blue and white charger, the pencilled decoration of a deer, stork and crane in a landscape, 13.75ins (349mm) diameter, and a punch bowl enamelled in colours with precious objects, 10.25ins (260mm) diameter (18th Century) £150-200
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A Chinese porcelain bowl finely enamelled with a landscape and calligraphy, 5ins (127mm) diameter x 2ins (51mm) high (mid 20th Century) £150-200
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster shaped vase decorated with two five clawed dragons and cloud motifs in the "Kangxi" style, 11.5ins (292mm) high (19th Century - small flake chip to rim) £200-300
Provenance: Purchased Sotheby's Billingshurst, West Sussex, Auction 9th April 1997, Lot 441
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A Chinese Yixing pottery teapot and cover, the sides and lid modelled with vines and squirrels, 3.5ins (89mm) (square seal mark to base) £150-180
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A Chinese green celadon porcelain vase, the bulbous body moulded with overlapping circles and scrolled leafage, and with cast bronze mounts, to form an electric table lamp, 12ins (350mm) high, (base of vase missing - mount slightly dented) £80-120
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A Japanese "Satsuma" pottery three piece tea service of ovoid form decorated with pavilions in a river landscape, comprising - teapot, 5.25ins (134mm) high, two-handled sugar basin with cover and milk jug with cover and a similarly decorated vase of panelled form, 8.75ins (223mm) high (all with painted black and gilt seal marks to base) and one other Japanese "Satsuma" pottery three piece tea service decorated in gilt with birds, shoots and flowers on a royal blue ground (all with painted gilt seal mark to base) £150-200
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A Japanese blue and white porcelain jardinière, the cloisonné centre band decorated with insects and flowers within shaped reserves and on a turquoise ground, 7.5ins diameter x 8.5ins high, and a pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel bottle shaped vases decorated with dragons on a red ground, each 9.75ins high £100-150
Provenance: Part of the remaining stock of Gaby's Clocks, 140 High Street, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6HT
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A Japanese blue and white porcelain cylindrical umbrella stand, the centre band decorated in orange and blue with an "Imari" pattern of flowers, 24.5ins high x 8ins diameter £150-200
Provenance: Part of the remaining stock of Gaby's Clocks, 140 High Street, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6HT
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A Japanese ivory carved as a shell, the interior with figures in a landscape, 4ins (102mm) x 3ins (76mm), signed (Meiji period) £200-300
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A Japanese ivory and shibyama circular three tiered box and cover inset with carved hardstone and other materials with a fan, hand mirror and numerous insects, 2.375ins (60mm) diameter x 2.75ins (70mm) high (Meiji period - some inlay missing in places) £200-300
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A Chinese carved soapstone figure of Guanyin with the sceptre in her hands, 20ins (509mm) overall, and carved hardwood stand for same (late 19th/early 20th Century) £500-700
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A Chinese pale green and white celadon jade carving in the form of a vase of flowers with two birds perched on a branch and with a cat at the base, on four leaf pattern feet, 6.5ins (165mm) high, and hardwood stand for same (20th Century) £200-300
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A Chinese pale green jade carving of a finger citron and monkey, 2.5ins (53mm) £400-600
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A Chinese white jade circular pendant pierced and carved with two standing figures, 2.25ins (57mm) diameter, and three similar carved jade pendants £150-200
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A Chinese pale celadon jade rectangular pendant pierced and carved decoration, 2.75ins (71mm) x 1.875ins (48mm) £200-300
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A Japanese silvery metal covered hardwood box, the lid inset with a bronze plaque depicting Mount Fuji, the details finely engraved and highlighted in silver and gilt, 5.5ins (140mm) x 4ins (102mm) x 1.5ins (38mm) high (signed "Yoshi..." - Meiji/Taisho period) £150-200
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A Chinese silvery metal circular fruit bowl, embossed and pierced with dragons and cloud motifs, 9.5ins (240mm) diameter x 5ins (125mm) high, weight 31ozs (stamped 90 and HM to base) £600-800
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A Siamese silvery metal three piece tea service, the tapered bodies embossed and chased with dancing deities, comprising teapot, 6ins (155mm) high, two handled sugar basin and milk jug (gross weight 24ozs) £200-300
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A pair of Chinese silvery metal rectangular photograph frames cast in relief with dragons, peonies and character motifs on a basket pattern ground (total picture 6ins (153mm) x 4.25ins (107mm), 10ins (254mm) x 7.125ins (182mm) overall) £600-800
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A Chinese two-handled bronze censer of compressed form and standing on three low pad feet, 5.25ins (133mm) diameter (Xuande six character mark) £150-200
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A Chinese bronze two-handled censer, supported on three feet 6ins (152mm) x 5.25ins (133mm) high (20th Century - six character seal mark to base - polished) £100-150
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A pair of Japanese bronze vases of baluster form, each inlaid with coloured metals including gold, silver and red copper of a cockerel on a prunus branch, each 7.25ins (184mm) high (engraved signature "Nobuyoshi kirimono" - Meiji period) £300-500
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A Japanese bronze vase cast with a goose flying above lily pads, the surface finished in a brown and red mottled patina, 11ins (280mm) high, signed "Minko" (Meiji period) £80-120
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A Japanese bronze vase inlaid in silver with bamboo and applied with sparrows with silver and copper detailing, 13.5ins (343mm) high, unsigned (Meiji period) £150-200
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A Chinese stained hardwood carving illustrating the story of the "Eight Horses of Wang Mu", 30.5ins (775mm) x 22ins (559mm) high, with script mark to front of base £150-200
Note: The story tells of King (Wang) Mu's dream of becoming an Immortal God but for this to happen he had to visit the Heavenly Paradise and taste the Peaches of Immortality. A charioteer named Zaofu carried the King to his destination, the chariot being pulled by eight horses named after the colour of their hair
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A Chinese hardwood scale model of a two masted junk, 30.5ins (775mm) X 31.5ins (800mm) high, with box for same (early 20th Century) £250-350
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A Chinese carved bamboo figure of an elephant with laughing children, 8ins (203mm) high £800-1000
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A Chinese lacquer double gourd vase decorated with figures in a landscape on a red ground, 14ins (356mm) high (Tongzhi mark to base) £400-500
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A Chinese cinnabar lacquer heart shaped trinket box, carved in relief with two seated sages in landscape, 4.25ins (105mm) x 4.75ins (120mm) x 1.75ins (40mm - early 20th Century - chipped to interior and base) £80-120
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A Chinese hardwood framed rectangular table screen inset with white soapstone plaque, carved with exotic birds and flowers, 12.25ins (314mm) x 8.5ins (216mm) overall, and conforming stand precedent carved with scroll work, 12.75ins (324mm) high overall (20th Century) £200-300
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A Chinese carved bamboo brush pot carved in relief with pavilions and people within a mountainous landscape, 3.25ins (83mm) diameter x 6ins (152mm) high (19th Century) £200-300
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A Japanese carved wood okimono of an actor wearing an okina mask carved in the "Ittobori" style, 9.5ins (241mm) high (signed with a Kao) £150-200
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A Japanese carved wood and lacquered sculpture depicting Amida Buddha seated on a lotus pedestal, 8.5ins (260mm) high (Edo period) £120-160
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A Japanese lacquer and shibyama panel depicting a dove amid flowers and grasses, the details in gold lacquer, ivory, mother-of-pearl and bone, 16.5ins (419mm) x 10.5ins (267mm) (Meiji period - signed) £120-160
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A Chinese bronze two-handled censer with ram's head pattern handles, 3.5ins (89mm) diameter x 2.5ins (64mm) high (cast seal mark to base), and bronze stand for same £80-120
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A fine Japanese silk embroidered panel depicting a lion and lioness, by The Sozayemon Nishimura company, Kyoto and Tokyo, 16.25ins (413mm) x 24ins (610mm) in figured walnut frame and glazed (manufacturer's label to reverse - small tear to silk ground - Meiji period) £1800-2500
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