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A CHINESE YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A FINGER CITRON.
Late Qing.
Carved and pierced to depict the fruit on a branch with curling "fingers", 8cm long.
£500-800
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A CHINESE JADE SECTIONAL BELT BUCKLE.
Late Qing.
The hook as a qilong head, the belt hook and buckle each detailed in reticulation to depict a coiled dragon, from whose mouth issues a spray of lingzhi fungus, 11 x 4cm.
£200-300
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A CHINESE JADE RHYTON WITH PHOENIX BASE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong.
The well-hollowed vessel rises from the back of a phoenix , with an S-scroll band around its body, the phoenix modelled in high relief, with the head slightly lowered and the openwork looping tail feathers sweeping up the spout, 11cm H.
£8,000-12,000
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A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF A HORSE.
Song / Yuan.
Seated with the legs and tail tucked beneath the body, the head slightly raised to the right, the jade of a pale whitish hue, with russet inclusions, 7cm long.
£2,000-3,000
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A PAIR OF TWO COLOUR JADE SPOONS.
Qing Dynasty.
The white jade bowl connected by a white metal rivet to the long elegant tapering emerald green halft, 20cm long.
£3,000-5,000
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A CHINESE NEOLITHIC TRIPOD, LI.
Xiajiadian culture, c 1500 BC.
With a slightly waisted body surmounted by a flared rim, raised on three conical supports issuing from the tri-lobed lower body, 15cm H.
Provenance: Joyce Gallery.
£200-300
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TWO CHINESE POTTERY JARS.
Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
One with a cylindrical body, a waisted neck, with a flaring flattened rim, 26cm H, the other with loop handles, 27cm H. (2)
Provenance: R&G McPherson Antiques and Brian Page Antiques respectively.
£200-300
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THREE CHINESE NEOLITHIC POTTERY VESSELS.
Caiyuan (2600-2200 BC), Qijia<\!s>(2200 BC-1600 BC), and Tangwang, Xindian (1200-500 BC).
Respectively comprising a single handled ewer with globular body, 19cm H, a single handled ewer with a short spout issuing from above the shoulders, 15cm H, and a double handled waisted jar, 22cm H. (3)
Provenance: Brian Page Antiques.
£200-300
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A STONEWARE BOWL AND A BLACK POTTERY COCOON FLASK.
Eastern Zhou and Western Han respectively.
5.5 / 12cm H. (2)
Provenance: Dragon Culture Gallery.
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF FOUR MONOCHROME GLAZED CERAMICS.
Tang-Song.
Comprising a white glazed bowl, 11cm diameter, a Yue ware bowl, 16cm diameter, a ribbed cream glazed jar, 16cm, and a Henan black glazed double handled jar, 12.5cm H.
Provenance: Abhaya Asian Art, Petrie-Rogers Asian Art and Joyce Gallery.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BRONZE FITTING FORMED AS A HUMAN HEAD.
Zhou Dynasty.
Together with fitted stand, 10.5cm H.
£500-800
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE BEAR-FORM SUPPORT.
Han Dynasty.
Cast in the shape of a seated bear with a protruding stomach, the face with an upturned snout, 5cm H.
Provenance: English collection, purchased in auction in the 1970s.
£2,000-3,000
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE TUNING KEY, QIN ZHEN YAO.
Late Warring States Period, 3rd Century BC.
With a square socket surmounted by a faceted stem that rises to a bifurcated support on which sits a monkey holding two young, 9cm long.
£2,000-3,000
Literature: For an almost identical example in silver see, The Sze Yuantang: Archaic Bronzes from the Anthony Hardy Collection, Christie's New York, 2010, lot 910.164
A PAIR OF FIGURATIVE SCROLL WEIGHTS.
Late Ming, 17th Century.
Both standing, one with arms apart, the other carrying a small vessel, 8.5cm H. (2)
£400-600
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A BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A LION AND TIGER FIGHTING.
The two animals locked in combat, the bronze signed to the base, Gyouko saku,
£600-800
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A JAPANESE TOKYO SCHOOL BRONZE OF A SEATED FIGURE.
Meiji Period.
Finely cast with legs crossed, the face and body heavily wrinkled, the hands together, 39cm H.
£800-1200
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TWO JAPANESE BRONZE MONKEY OKIMONO.
Meiji Period.
One wearing a jacket and holding a leafy branch in his left hand, the right hand resting on the raised right knee, the other eating from a bowl of fruit raised above him on the two hands, (2)
£250-300
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A BRONZE CONICAL SECTION VASE.
17th / 18th Century
Decorated with a continuous semi-abstract pattern of taotie masks above a band of lappets enclosing similar decoration, the shoulders surmounted by a pair of Makara-form handles, their mouths raised to the rim, xuande mark to base, 29cm H.
£600-800
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A SILVER INLAID BRONZE OPIUM PIPE FORMED AS AN ELEPHANT.
Late Qing, 19th Century.
Modelled with a long slender pipe extending from the raised trunks of the recumbent elephant, seated with the legs tucked in, the head raised, and eyes closed, the saddle with a dragon on either side, fitted wooden stand, 25cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE ELEPHANT FORM PAPERWEIGHT.
17th Century.
Seated with the body slightly coiled and the head turned to the right, the ears drooping and the trunk raised, 7cm H.
£700-900
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A CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHIST LION DOG CENSER.
Ming.
Cast seated with the front left paw cocked back, the tail raised, the forward-facing head forming the hinged cover, the mouth open for the release of smoke, 37cm H.
£3,000-5,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHIST LION DOG CENSER.
Late Ming.
Cast seated in an upright position, with the left paw resting on a pierced hollow ball, covered with a ribbon which extends up and into the open jaws of the dog, the tail raised, the head forming the cover, and mouth open for the release of smoke, raised on a wooden stand pierced and carved to resemble swirling ribbon, 25cm H.
£1,500-2,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE BELL WITH WOODEN STAND.
Ming.
The bell of lenticular form, with a central panel containing calligraphic inscription above two confronting qi dragons, flanked by horizontal bands of bosses, the bell is held on a carved openwork stand, and is inscribed, presented to Captain J.W. Duncan , M.V. Asiatica by Bosun & Masters & Salor in token affection, S'hai Dec 1918, 39cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BRONZE HAND-WARMER AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
Of rectangular form, with rounded shoulders, the front and back with quatrefoil panels depicting a pine branch, and a deer below a pine tree, reserved on a wan diaper ground, the cover with a band of wan, and the pierced top with a writhing dragon, da ming xuande nian zhi mark to base, 18cm H.
£400-600
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A CHINESE BRASS PEACH FORM CENSER AND COVER WITH OPENWORK STAND.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Shaped as a fruiting peach with incised decoration of butterflies, supported on a gnarled tree branch with blossoming flowers, the pierced cover with a peach-shaped finial, the waisted stand with four peach-shaped feet, 35cm H.
£500-800
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A CHINESE BRONZE RECTANGULAR CENSER.
Resting on four integral corner supports and flanked by a pair of angular handles with pendant ends, mark to base, 6cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BRONZE SILVER INLAID "SHISOU" CENSER.
Late Qing.
Of blombé form, with stylised dragon handles and on a spreading foot, decorated with silver inlaid archaistic taotie masks, Shisou mark to base, 9cm H, 12cm diameter.
£600-800
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A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER.
Late Ming, 17th Century.
The compressed globular body with two loop handles and supported by three short conical feet, 8cm H.
£1,300-1,500
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A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER.
Qianlong mark and of the period.
Decorated with pairs of confronting qilong dragons beneath bats, supported on four round feet, daqing qianlong nianzhi mark to base, 5.5cm H.
£500-800
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A CHINESE BRONZE MIRROR.
Late Qing.
Decorated with figures and boys among auspicious symbols with the four characters each within square borders, xi sheng guizi, around the central knob, 31.5cm diameter.
Provenance: Acquired in China between 1910 and 1930.
£150-250
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A CHINESE BRONZE SEAL.
Ming.
The rectangular seal surmounted by a qilin.
£400-600
Provenance: Formally in the possession of Boshan Wei Yuk CBE (1849-1921).
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A CHINESE BRONZE TWIN-HANDLED PEAR SHAPED VASE.
Yuan Dynasty.
Of attenuated pear shape, raised on a spreading foot cast with a band of archaistic decoration, the waisted neck encircled by a further archaistic band and flanked by a pair of C-scroll handles issuing from horned dragon heads, 27cm H.
£350-400
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A CHINESE PEAR SHAPED VASE WITH FLARING NECK.
Ming.
Of quatre-lobed attenuated pear shape, raised on a spreading foot cast with a band of archaistic decoration, the waisted neck rising to a flaring mouth, the neck encircled by a further archaistic band and flanked by a pair of rectangular handles issuing from horned dragon heads, 24cm H.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE SLENDER BRONZE HEXAGONAL SECTION VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
Of slender form, with twin qilong handles, 27.5cm.
£1,500-2,000
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A CHINESE BRONZE INCENSE-TOOL VASE.
Ming.
Of compressed pear shape, supported on a flaring foot, with finely detailed Buddhist lion handles, the body with a band of ruyi heads inlaid with circular coloured semiprecious stones, 12cm H.
£2,000-3,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BOWL.
Wanli.
The rounded sides supported on a short foot, the body decorated with a continuous scene of two dragons above waves among flames and scrolling clouds, against a lapis blue ground, above foaming green waves and a band of lotus leave lappets, and below a band of scrolling flowers on a white ground, the recessed foot decorated by a lotus flower head surrounded by leafy branches on a lapis blue ground, 7cm H, 16cm diameter.
£6,000-8,000
Provenance: English private collection.
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ DISH.
Ming.
Decorated with scrolling cloisons on a white ground, with a central circular medallion enclosing two flower heads and foliage, on a lapis blue ground, and surrounded by a floral band, 12.5cm diameter.
£150-200
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SCROLL WEIGHT.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong.
Formed as a rectangular block, decorated with diaper pattern, surmounted by a gilt bronze qilong, with bifurcated tail standing on four legs with the body raised, the mouth open, 3 x 11 x 3cm.
£250-350
Literature: For a related example of similar form see Museum of East Asian Art, Inaugural Exhibition, volume 2: Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts, 1993, cat no 309.
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL LOOP HANDLED TRIPOD CENSER.
Early 19th Century, the mark added later.
The compressed body raised on three shaped supports, with twin loop handles, decorated with a leafy lotus flowers picked out in red and white, amidst dense scrolling leaves, the underside with mark, da ming jingtai nianzhi, 8cm H, 11.5cm diameter.
£600-800
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SEA HORSES BOWL.
Qing, early 19th Century.
The deep bowl which flares at the mouth is decorated to the exterior with lotus flowers, the interior with four "sea horses" frolicking among waves above a central medallion decorated with a ribboned double vajra , the base decorated with lotus flowers among scrolling foliage, based on a Wanli original, 9cm H, 18cm diameter.
£1,000-2,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ROULEAU VASE.
Late Qing, 19th Century.
The body decorated with flowering plants issuing from vases, 48.5cm H.
£200-300
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A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ITEMS.
Comprising a tsuba, 7.5 x 7cm, two kozuka, each 10 x 1.5cm, a belt buckle, 11cm long, and a manju netsuke decorated with a luohan suspending a bronze ojime formed as a man with a tiger. (5)
£300-500
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A MINIATURE SURIMONO.
c. 1910.
Used as an illustration for an advert for Letzel and Hora, Architects.
29 x 17cm.
£150-250
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A COLLECTION OF 3 JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS.
Framed and glazed.
Comprising Fifty-three Stations of Suehiro. Goyu Station, Yoshitoshi, printed in 1865, and 2 others, 35 x 24cm. (3)
£100-200
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A JAPANESE SATSUMA MOONFLASK VASE AND COVER
The circular body decorated with battle scenes, the handles formed in high relief as fierce dragons each confronting the Buddhist lion dog surmounting the cover, mark to base, 54cm H.
£500-700
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA HUNDRED BOYS VASES, BY YOZAN
Meiji, 19th Century.
Each decorated with a continuous scene of boys, the base signed Yozan, 9cm H. (2)
£100-200
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A JAPANESE JAR WITH LINER AND COVER.
Meiji, 19th Century.
32cm H.
£300-500
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A JAPANESE JAR DECORATED WITH BIRDS.
42cm H.
£400-600
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A JAPANESE ARITA WARE RAM.
18th / 19th Century.
Modelled seated with the legs tucked under and the head turned back, covered in a whitish glaze, the details highlighted in copper red, 8.5cm H.
£250-350
| ARTWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL MICHAELEDES, lots 200 - | Michael Michaeledes was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, but spent most of his life abroad, first in Italy where he studied architecture, and then in London, where he lived since 1955 establishing his architecture and sculptor workshop. The Indian and Japanese paintings and prints, the former mostly acquired from Kasmin Ltd, and carefully chosen give an indication of the artist's wide-ranging and eclectic taste.|
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YANAGAWA SHIGENOKU (1787<\a>1832)
Court Lady on a Verandah, from the series Ise Shunkyô
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi" format, ink, colour and metallic pigment on paper, 21 x 18cm.
Literature: On Collecting Japanese Colour Prints, Stewart, 1917, plate 3.
£150-250
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UTAGAWA SADAKAGE (1818-1844)
Three scenes from Shikizome no Yusho, from the series Eight Views of the Licensed Quarter, Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono, ink, colour, metallic pigment and embossing on paper, mounted, 20 x 18.5cm. (3)
£300-500
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