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A MASSIVE CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER. Qing Dynasty, early 19th Century. The cylindrical body with three cabriole feet emerging from raised ruyi head panels and rising to a wide flat rim, with a flat circular cover, decorated overall with bands of red, white yellow and blue pendant lotus heads among leafy foliage on a turquoise ground, 31cm H. £2,000-3,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RECTANGULAR PANEL. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era. Attractively enamelled with three lapis coloured chrysanthemum flowers and a branch of red and yellow berries up which climb a beetle and grass hopper, hardwood frame, 34.5 x 27.5cm. £4,000-5,000
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TIBETAN MONK'S CAP EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century / early 20th Century. The tall cylindrical body divided into four sections by raised gilded bands embellished with floral scrolls, each of the horizontal registers containing decoration on a lapis ground of interlocking T-scrolls, kui dragons and lotus flowers, all below a similarly decorated lobed crown rim resembling a monk's cap, the spout with painted blue qi dragons and the handle formed as a chain connecting two rings issuing from the mouths of two lion dog masks, daqing qianlong nianzhi mark to base, 52cm H. £800-1,200 Literature: For a similar piece see Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Sotheby's New York, September 2014.
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A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL YEN YEN VASE. Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. 41.5cm H. £40-60
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A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL BOWL AND COVER. Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The bombé-form bowl decorated with scrolling floral patterns on a pink ground with quatrefoil panels filled with flowers, surrounded by a band of black scrolling leaves on a yellow ground, the lower rim with a band of blue kui dragons, the stepped domed cover with quatrefoil panels filled with flowers, below a band of bats, and surmounted by a gilt bronze Buddhist lion dog, 12cm H. £200-300
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A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL EWER. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Painted with shaped panels of figures at leisure in a garden, all surrounded by scrolling floral sprays on a yellow ground, 29cm H. £300-500
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A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW GROUND BAGU VASES. Late Qing Dynasty. Of baluster form, with twin handles, moulded in relief and enamelled in bright colours with auspicious objects and antiques, 45cm H. (2) £500-800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW GROUND JARS. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Decorated with two birds on branches among flowers, fruit and butterflies, wooden covers, 30cm H. (2) £150-200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE GINGER JAR. Late Qing. With a rectangular bogu and bird and flower panel separated by a circular panel enclosing a butterfly, 21cm H. £100-200
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A PAIR OF PINK GROUND HUNDRED BOYS ROULEAU VASES. Late Qing Dynasty. Decorated overall with a network of flowering branches emerging from behind blue enamelled rockwork and interrupted on the shoulders with a band of scrolling floral patterns, with boys evenly distributed across the branches, 46cm H. (2) £2,000-3,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ROULEAU VASE. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Decorated with a continuous figurative scene, 46cm H. £800-1,200
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A LARGE CHINESE CANTONESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The neck applied with two lion and cub handles and the shoulder applied with four kui dragons, the body decorated with panels of scholars, officials and warriors in a pavilion setting, surrounded by an abundance of flowers and fruits, 59cm H. £300-500
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A CHINESE YELLOW GROUND DRAGON AND PHOENIX BOWL. Qing Dynasty, six character iron red Guangxu mark and of the period. With rounded sides and a slightly everted rim, enamelled in bright colours with four roundels each containing a phoenix and dragon outlined in gilt and encircling a flaming pearl, all reserved on a yellow ground with fruiting and flowering gourd vines, the white ground interior with a circular stylised shou character encircled by five iron red bats all decorated with gilt, 7cm H, 16.6cm diameter. £200-300
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A SET OF SIX CHINESE DRAGON AND PHOENIX PLATES. Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908). The interior of each decorated with a phoenix and dragon among flames and clouds within a decorative border, 24cm diameter. (6) £800-1,200
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A SET OF FIVE CHINESE DRAGON AND PHOENIX PLATES. Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi mark and of the period (1861-1875). The interior of each decorated with a phoenix and dragon among flames and clouds within a decorative border, 27cm diameter. (5) £800-1,200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE DRAGON AND PHOENIX PLATES. Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908). Each plate painted to the interior with a phoenix and dragon applied with gilding and encircling a flaming pearl surrounded by flames and scrolling clouds, 14.8cm diameter. (2) £100-200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE MINIATURE BIRTHDAY BOWL CUPS TOGETHER WITH A SQUARE SECTION TAZZA. Qing Dynasty, the bowls Guangxu mark and of the period, the tazza Tongzhi mark and period. The bowls with four characters enclosed within circular panels against a yellow ground, 6cm H, the tazza of canted square section decorated to the interior with a phoenix within a key scroll border, 9cm diameter, all with iron red marks to base. (3) £100-200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SAUCEBOAT AND ATTACHED STAND. Late Qing Dynasty. The exterior of the oval body painted with a dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, the rim terminating at the back in a modelled dragon head, the interior painted with Liu Hai among clouds suspending cash above a toad, the base spreading to an oval base decorated with floral branches, 14.5cm H. £200-300
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON PLATES. Late Qing, 19th Century. The interior with a central roundel decorated with a dragon among flames and clouds, within a border of four fish among waves, the exterior with a further border of fish, Yongzheng mark to base, 16cm diameter. (2) Provenance: Vermeer & Griggs label to base. £400-600
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TWO CHINESE GRADUATED DRAGON BOWLS. Late Qing, 19th Century. The borders decorated in underglaze blue, with dragons among flaming pearls and flames painted in enamels with a further dragon within a circular roundel to the interior, Guangxu mark to base, 13/14.5cm diameter. (2) Provenance: Vermeer & Griggs collection. £300-400
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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL. Late Qing. The exterior and interior decorated with Buddhist lion dogs chasing ribboned ying yang balls among flames and clouds, 18cm H, 38cm diameter. £80-120
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK VASE. Qing Dynasty, late 19th Century. The body with figurative panels on each side, moulded floral handles applied to the cylindrical neck, 27cm H. £100-200
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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The body decorated with a continuous scene of warriors in a landscape setting, a further scene of mortals on scrolling clouds around the neck, 66cm H. £1,800-2,400
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' DISHES. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Decorated with three lotus heads and attendant buds wreathed in scrolling foliage, all below a lotus band on the interior rim, the exterior with further lotus, the base inscribed tian fu tang zhi in underglaze blue, 14.5cm diameter (2) £200-300
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOGU DECORATED TEA CADDY AND COVER. Late Qing, 19th Century. Of compressed hexagonal section, the main faces painted with the hundred treasures motif, the remaining faces painted with birds, flowers, butterflies and peaches. The shoulders and cylindrical cover painted with butterflies, 24.5cm H. £100-200
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A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE GOURD VASE. 41cm H. £400-600
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A EUROPEAN-GILDED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE. Late Qing Dynasty. Of baluster form with scrolling floral patterns above a band of overlapping lappets, a band of ruyi heads at the rim, with applied two lion handles, the shoulders with four applied qi dragons, 25cm H. £200-300
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A CLOBBERED CHINESE GU-FORM VASE. Qing Dynasty. Decorated with raised and incised decoration on a blue ground, the body with a continuous figurative scene, the flaring neck and base decorated with an arrangement of flowers, peaches and lingzhi fungus, all applied with yellow, green pink enamel and gilt, 38cm H. £200-300
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TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era and 19th Century. The first of octagonal section painted with a figurative scene, 21cm H, the second of gu form decorated with squirrels among fruiting vines, 23.5cm H. (2) £100-200
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TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE JARS AND COVERS TOGETHER WITH A BLUE AND WHITE PLATE. Qing Dynasty. (3) £200-300
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A BLUE AND WHITE VASE. Late Qing. Of pear shaped form on a spreading foot, covered overall with flowers on a scrolling floral ground, 32cm H. £100-200
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A CHINESE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN MILLEFLEUR VASE. 20th Century. Qianlong mark to base, 13cm H. £120-150
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A PAIR OF CHINESE MILLEFLEUR VASES, A MILLEFLEUR PLATE, A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER, A JADE CARVING OF A BIRD, A SILVER BOWL AND TWO SILVER MODELS. 20th Century. (8) £100-200
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A CHINESE EGGSHELL MILLEFLEUR VASE. Third quarter of 20th Century. With two panels depicting landscape scenes, apocryphal Qianlong mark to base, 30.5cm H. £80-120
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A PAIR OF CHINESE 'RELAXING FISHERMAN' BOWLS. Republican era. Painted with a figure and bat, gilt edges. Shanghai xinshenyu chupin mark to base. 6cm H. Provenance: Acquired in the Far East before 1937 and thence by descent to the present owner. (2) £150-250
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BOWLS. 19th / 20th Century. Each with deeply rounded sides and decorated in enamels with a landscape scene, Xishan die cui mark to base, 15cm diameter (2) £500-800
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL. Republican era. Enamelled with a continuous figurative scene to the exterior, Jiaqing mark to base, 12.5cm diameter. £40-60
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL. 20th Century. The exterior delicately enamelled with butterflies and flowers, Yongzheng mark to base, 9.5cm diameter. £600-800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE WALL VASES. Republican era. The rounded rectangular body raised on a slightly splayed foot and giving way to an integral rectangular gilt decorated brown ground stand supported by four feet on a stretcher, the tapering waisted neck beneath a flaring mouth, flanked by a pair of pink ground handles, the central rectangular panel decorated with a landscape scene, enclosed within a border of scrolling foliage, Qianlong mark to base, 25cm H. (2) £3,500-4,000 141<+>Y A CHINESE CARVED IVORY PANEL. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Carved in the form of a wall vase, the body with a hollowed out panel delicately carved with a scene of birds and flowers, the neck carved to simulate craquelure with a lion head and the base with a pair of dragons borne on swirling flames, 15cm. £500-800 142<+>Y A CHINESE IVORY PUZZLE BALL AND STAND. Late Qing Dynasty. The concentric pierced ball carved with scrolling rose sprays, containing balls pierced with a geometric pattern, the stand carved with a standing figure, with fitted wooden box, 29cm H. £100-200 143<+>Y A CHINESE CARVED AND PIERCED IVORY BRISÉ FAN. Qing Dynasty, late 18th / early 19th Century. Decorated with a street scene with various figures, the guard sticks carved on both sides with figures, 18cm long. £100-200 144<+>Y A CHINESE IVORY COURT TABLET, HU. Late Qing Dynasty. Of long arched tapering form, 43cm H. £600-800 Literature: For similar examples see Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, 1985, cat no. 158-159.
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A CHINESE BONE PAGODA. Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. The five tiered building carved and pierced, rising up from a garden terrace, populated by trees and figures beneath a terrace, encased within a glass dome, 45cm H. £100-200 146<+>Y A CHINESE IVORY FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND A CHILD. 17th / 18th Century. Carved standing, wearing long flowing robes and a celestial scarf that billows behind her head, and cradling a small boy in her arms, with prayer beads in the left hand, 19cm H. £100-200 147<+>Y A CHINESE SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN SWAGGER STICK. c. 1900. The silver decorated in repoussé with a scholar under a pine tree, 79cm long. £600-800 148<+>Y A CHINESE IVORY AND SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN WHIP. c. 1900 The silver decorated in repoussé band terminating in an ivory handle, carved as a grotesque dragon head with bulging eyes, 82cm long. £1,000-2,000 149<+>Y A CHINESE SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN SWAGGER STICK. c. 1900. The silver decorated in repoussé with a scholar under a pine tree, with a further silver band, 64cm long. £800-1,200
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A JAPANESE ENAMELLED SILVER MOUNTED CANE HANDLE. Meiji Period. Of spherical form terminating in a large spherical knob, decorated with branches of flowering plum blossom, partially enamelled in green and yellow, 19.5cm long. £220-250
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A SILVER MOUNTED SATSUMA BELT. Meiji Period, c. 1900. Comprising fifteen circular porcelain plaques gilded and enamelled with dragon, flower and butterfly scenes, each mounted into a silver back and connected by links, impressed FS and yin marks to base, 62cm long. £200-300
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A PAIR OF CHINESE ENAMELLED SILVER EARRINGS. Late Qing, 19th Century. Each formed as a pair of confronting bats with two cash, suspending a leaf formed pendant, enamelled in turquoise, lapis blue and aubergine, 5cm long. (2) £200-300
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A PAIR OF ENAMELLED WHITE METAL PANELS. Late 19th / early 20th Century. Each with a circular raised panel with a beauty on a veranda surrounded by four triangular panels of birds and butterflies, 13.5 x 10.5cm. (2) £100-200
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A CHINESE SILVER CIRCULAR LUEN WO TRAY. c. 1900. The centre with flowering chrysanthemums against a stipple ground, within a band of four flowering chrysanthemum branches within a raised semi-cylindrical rim modelled as a continuous bamboo branch with nodular sections, 35cm diameter, 1300g. £600-800
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A SILVER MOUNTED JADEITE BROOCH. Late Qing. Of oval shape carved and pierced to one side with a bird among foliage, the silver mounting to the reverse with scrolling patterns, silver mark, 4cm long. £800-1,200
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A CHINESE JADE-MOUNTED SILVER HAND MIRROR. 19th / 20th Century. The jade belt hook handle with carved dragon-head hook, attached to a silver mount on the underside, the back of the mirror mounted with a pierced plaque decorated with a bird among foliage, set in a silver border, 18cm long. £400-600
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A JADE PENDANT AND SNUFF BOTTLE. Late Qing Dynasty. The pendant 5.5cm H, snuff bottle 6cm H. £150-200
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A JADE SCROLL-FORM STAND, XIAOJI. 19th / 20th Century. Carved in the form of an angular scroll, 3 x 10 x 2.5cm. £250-300
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