CHINESE PORCELAIN AND WORKS OF ART
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A Chinese armorial polychrome enamelled porcelain tureen and cover, the cover with moulded cauliflower knop and enamelled twice with the arms of "De Visdelou", the rim with running border of flowers and four miniature cartouches containing female busts, the base with boars head pattern handles, and enamelled with the coat of arms for "De Visdelou" to both sides under a floral border, 11.5ins (292mm) x 8.75ins (222mm) x 9ins (229mm) high (18th Century), and a dish from the same service of shaped outline, 15ins (381mm) x 11.5ins (292mm), with arms within floral border (central decoration worn) £1500-2500
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A large Chinese "Famille Rose" enamelled porcelain punch bowl depicting figures at leisure within an extensive landscape, the base of the interior painted with a loose spray of flowers and fruits, the interior rim lined in a gilt band of fleur de lis motifs, 15.25ins (388mm) diameter x 6.25ins (159mm) high (18th Century) £800-1200
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A Chinese "Cantonese" porcelain punch bowl enamelled with typical scenes of people before buildings, flowers and birds, 15.75ins (400mm) diameter x 6.5ins (165mm) high (19th Century) £400-600
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A Chinese porcelain polychrome bowl enamelled with fruit, leaves, flowers and bamboo, 4.375ins (111mm) diameter x 2.5ins (64mm) high (Qianlong seal marks and of period - 1736-1795 - damaged) £200-300
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A Chinese "Famille Rose" porcelain punch bowl, enamelled with flowers within shaped panels and butterflies, 11.25ins (285mm) diameter x 5ins (127mm) high (cracked) (18th Century) £80-120
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A pair of Chinese "Cantonese" porcelain vases, the necks with applied Salamanders and Shishi, the whole enamelled in colours with figures within shaped panels and floral borders, 14.25ins (362mm) high £400-600
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A Chinese porcelain rectangular vase with raised panels to all sides, the front and back enamelled in colours with river landscapes, the sides enamelled in red with calligraphy, all within borders enamelled with scrolling flowers on a yellow ground and with gilt rims, 7ins (178mm) high (apocryphal Qianlong red seal mark to base - 20th Century) £600-800
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A pair of Chinese porcelain jars and covers painted in the "Famille Rose" palette with flowering shrubs and rock work within reserve panels on a background of flowering shrubs and leaves, each 8ins (203mm) diameter x 9ins (228mm) high (double blue concentric circle marks to bases) £300-400
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A Chinese porcelain baluster shaped vase painted in colours with flowers, fish and insects, 20.5ins (521mm) high (19th/20th Century - rim repaired) £100-150
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A Chinese "Famille Verte" porcelain baluster shaped vase painted with flowering chrysanthemum and a bird between stylised borders, 12.5ins (318mm) high (now converted to an electric table lamp) £100-150
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A Chinese porcelain circular jardinière, the baluster shaped body with moulded kylin pattern handles, the body enamelled in "Famille Rose" enamels, and exotic birds on flowering branches, 15.75ins (400mm) diameter x 13ins (330mm) high (hairline crack to interior of base) £200-300
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A Chinese porcelain celadon glazed Cong vase, the square section with moulded faces, 9.75ins (248mm) high (bears Guangxu six character mark in underglazed blue to base) £600-800
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A Chinese porcelain bottle shaped vase, the turquoise glaze lightly incised with flowering stems, 12ins (305mm) high (19th Century) £300-400
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A Chinese porcelain yellow glazed bottle vase, the body incised and enamelled in colours with two five clawed dragons chasing the Sacred Pearl amongst clouds, 12ins (304mm) high (now converted to electric table lamp - hairline crack) £150-200
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A Chinese blanc de chine figure of standing Guanyin, 10ins high, together with a small quantity of late 18th and 19th century Chinese polychrome decorated porcelain, various (some damage) £80-120
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain moulded dish painted in underglazed blue with two standing female figures in a landscape, 8.5ins (260mm) diameter x 1.5ins (38mm) high (Kangxi six character mark and of period) £500-700
Provenance: R. & G. McPherson Antiques, London
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain tureen and cover, the cover with knop finial and painted with a vase of flowers and scattered moths, the base with rabbit head pattern handles and matching decoration, 11.75in (298mm) x 8.75ins (223mm) x 9ins (227mm) high (Qianlong period - circa 1785) £150-200
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain moulded jar (cover missing) painted with four Phoenix within circular panels, the shoulder and base painted with precious objects, 7.5ins (190mm) diameter x 8.5ins (216mm) high (double blue concentric circle mark to base - Kangxi period - the top with drilled cork bung to hold a lamp) £300-400
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Five Chinese blue and white porcelain cylindrical vases painted with flowering branches, rocks and birds on branches, 7.5ins (190mm) high to 8.5ins (216mm) high (17th Century - possibly shipwreck cargo) £400-600
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl in the Jiaqing manner, the exterior decorated with carp and flowers and the interior with central conforming panel within twin lined circular borders, 15.25ins diameter x 6.5ins high (six character mark in underglazed blue to base - slight flake chips, fritting and small crack to rim) £200-300
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain "Ginger Jar" painted with two reserve panels of an attendant offering a lady fruit from a dish within a fenced landscape, 8.75ins (222mm) high (double blue concentric circle marks to base – lid missing) £150-200
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain hexagonal two-handled vase, painted with trailing floral ornament within geometric borders, 16.75ins (426mm) high £150-200
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle shaped vase painted with Shishi amongst clouds, 8ins (203mm) high, and another similar painted with birds amongst flowering branches, 8ins (203mm) high (both with four character marks - some damage) £120-160
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A Chinese blue and white porcelain ovoid jar in the Kangxi manner, painted with stylised peonies amidst cloud scrolls, 6ins (152mm) high (blue double concentric circle mark to base - 19th Century - lacking cover) £200-300
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"Tek Sing Cargo" - Four porcelain circular bowls, various sizes, and three saucer shaped dishes painted with flowers (all with Nagel Auctions labels) £80-120
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A pair of late 19th/early 20th Century stained and varnished wood panels, each mounted with a circular porcelain plaque enamelled in colours with mountain and lake scenes, each 14.5ins (368mm) diameter, the panels 37.5ins (952mm) high x 25.25ins (641mm) wide £300-500
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A Japanese ivory tusk section and shibyama box and cover with silvery metal mounts, the oval lid boldly carved with a flowerhead and inlaid with insects, the front and back inlaid in carved ivory and variously coloured shibyama work with exotic birds and flowering trees, on carved hardwood oval base, 11.75ins (300mm high - Meiji period - small black lacquer seal mark to side of tusk - some stress flaws to tusk section, silvery metal mounts loose and various pieces of shibyama missing especially to the back) £2000-3000
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A pair of Japanese silvery metal and enamel mounted ivory and shibyama two-handled vases of slender baluster form, the oval bodies inlaid in carved mother of pearl and various colours in hardstone with a hanging basket of flowers and teapot, and a large vase on stand with flowering tree to background, the verses with birds on flowering trees and with carved ivory kylin mask pattern handles, the silvery metal and enamel mounts with fluted and shaped rims above filigree banding, and with silvery metal and enamel oval lower section, on circular ivory and silvery metal mounted bases, 13ins (330mm) high (Meiji period - one with twisted silvery metal rim and stress cracks to ivory to reverse and some minor pieces of shibyama missing) £4000-6000
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A good Japanese silvery metal and enamel mounted ivory and shibyama two-handled vase and cover with dragon pattern handles, the domed cover with two figures of cranes and the silvery metal mounts enamelled in colours with circular flowerhead and leaf scroll ornament, the lobed ivory body inlaid in variously coloured mother of pearl and hardstones with birds on flowering branches, on shaped oval base, 9ins (228mm) high (raised rectangular seal mark to base - Meiji period) (head of one of the dragon handles broken but present and some of the shibyama missing to both front and reverse) £2000-3000
Provenance: The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 14/16th April 2015, Lot 272
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A Japanese silvery metal and enamel mounted ivory and shibyama two-handled vase of slender bulbous form, the narrow neck with flared rim of shaped outline and with small cast dragon and scroll pattern handles, the ivory body finely inlaid in shibyama work with variously coloured mother-of pearl with birds and flowering tree, and an egret beneath a flowering tree, on shaped silvery metal enamel base, 9.75ins (248mm) high (Meiji period with raised rectangular seal mark to base - handles a little loose and neck slightly out of alignment, and slight stress crack in the ivory body) £1000-1500
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A pair of Chinese "Cantonese" ivory oval section two handled vases and covers, the bodies finely carved with shaped vignettes depicting birds and flowering trees within carved scroll work borders, the neck with raised carved birds on prunus blossoms, and with ring pattern handles, the covers carved with figures of kylin, 9.625ins (244mm) high, and with hardwood oval stands for same £1500-2000
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A good Japanese carved ivory and hardwood figure of a bearded man carrying an umbrella in his right hand with a barrel on his back from which emerges a devil like figure, on his feet he wears carved hardwood pattens, on boldly carved rustic pattern base, 12.25ins (318mm) high (Meiji period - with inset red lacquer seal mark to underside - shaft of umbrella broken - foot cracked and opened and fingers of devil slightly chipped) £1800-2500
Note: The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 7th/8th October 2014, Lot 761
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A fine Japanese carved ivory okimono of a basket maker carrying his stock, inlaid with circular mon in mother of pearl and greed and red lacquer, on oval base, 6.875ins (174mm) high (Meiji period - red lacquer rectangular seal mark to base) and carved hardwood stand for same £2000-3000
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A fine Japanese carved ivory okimono of Jourojin dancing and wearing a long nosed tengu mask and holding aloft a puppet of a small boy, on oval base with three figures of rats, 6.5ins (165mm) high, signed "Ichiryusai Nagamitsu" in shaped reserve to underside (Meiji period) £1500-2000
Note: Laura Bordignon, PO Box 6247, Finchingfield, Essex CM7 4ER and latterly The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 8th/9th April 2014, Lot 571
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A fine Japanese carved ivory okimono of Handaka Sonja with dragon around his robe and carrying a staff, with four Oni around his feet, on oval base, 6ins (153mm) high, signed Hideyuki to base (Meiji period) £1200-1500
Note: Laura Bordignon, P.O. Box 6247, Finchingfield, Essex, CM7 4ER, and latterly The Canterbury Auction Galleries, 8th/9th April 2014, Lot 572
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a fisherman carrying an oval basket and standing on a rock, 7.5ins (190mm) high (Meiji period) and hardwood naturalistic base for same £600-800
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a seated and standing male figure with fire and cooking pot, 5.25ins (133mm) high (early 20th Century - signed - some damage) £150-200
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a Geisha holding a model of a seated male figure with a young child by her feet playing with a ball with a small dog, 9.75ins (248mm) high, signed with incised and stained characters (Meiji period - slight damage) £1000-1500
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a standing farmer with an implement in his raised hand a goose hanging from his other hand and a dog by his feet, 7.25ins (184mm) high, signed with incised and stained characters (Meiji period) £150-250
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a standing woodcutter with an axe in one hand, a pipe in the other and carrying a flowering branch on his back, with a basket by his feet, 4.25ins (108mm) high, signed with incised and stained characters in rectangular seal (Meiji period - repair to base) £200-300
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of a standing fisherman and child holding a basket with a fish and another child playing in a basket, 2.75ins (70mm) high, signed with red seal mark (Meiji period - element to base missing) £400-600
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of a seated artisan painting a Noh mask, surrounded by a small chest, two other masks and two bowls, 2.25ins (59mm) high, signed with red seal mark to base (Meiji period) £800-1200
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a large and small rat on top of a carp, 2.25ins (58mm) high, unsigned (Meiji period) £300-400
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of ten rats climbing on a cylindrical frame, 5.75ins (144mm) long, unsigned (Meiji period) £200-300
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of a standing and seated monkey making music and four climbing rats behind, 4.125ins (104mm) high, unsigned £100-200
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of an artisan kneeling before a basket with a pipe and fan in his hands, 1.5ins (39mm) high, signed with red seal mark to base (slight damage and element under basket missing) £200-300
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of a seated artisan holding a doll with a tool resting on the log by his side, 1.75ins (45mm) high (minor chip to edge) £100-150
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A Japanese carved ivory okimono in the form of a mythical demon astride a dome topped panelled basket with a figure inside, 2.5ins (64mm) high, signed with incised and stained characters to base (element from demon's left hand missing) £200-300
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Two Japanese carved ivory netsukes - Monkey dressed as a Samurai balance on one foot, 1.125ins (28mm) high, standing Sage holding a staff and scroll with child kneeling in front, 2ins (51mm) high, latter signed with incised and stained character to base £150-200
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