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A CHINESE TRIPOD CENSER.
Late Ming / early Qing Dynasty.
The compressed globular body supported by three conical feet, with a pair of loop handles rising from the rim, the base cast with a six-character reign mark in regular script within a recessed rectangle, 9.5cm H, 12.6cm diameter.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE 'SHOU' CENSER.
Early Qing Dynasty.
Of archaistic gui form, cast with shou characters within quatrefoil panels on a rounded body, 7cm H, 10.5cm diameter.
£600-800
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A CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER.
Early Qing Dynasty, or later.
With square loop handles and long cylindrical legs, 10cm H.
£600-800
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A BRONZE SEAL.
Qing Dynasty.
Modelled as a hut under a flowering plum tree on a square base with rounded corners, 12cm H, the base 5.5 x 5.5cm.
£200-300
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A JAPANESE BRONZE SHIMOKABU VASE.
Monoyama Period, 16th/17th Century.
Modelled as an arrow vase, the swelling body with a band of waves, the shoulders with two cylindrical handles with a further band of decoration, 31cm H.
£400-600
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A CHINESE BRONZE BELL.
Ming Dynasty.
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, 32cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BRONZE LIBATION VESSSEL, JUE.
Ming Dynasty.
The deep body raised on three slightly curved blade-form supports, the body with three horizontal ribs which pass beneath the handle, a pair of tall posts with whorl bosses rising from the rim, 18.5cm H.
£600-800
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A CHINESE BRONZE HANDWARMER.
19th / 20th Century.
Of rectangular shape with rounded shoulders surmounted by a pierced cover decorated with geometrical motifs, 10cm H.
£100-200
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A BRONZE SEAL.
Ming-Qing Dynasty.
Modelled as a Buddhist lion dog on a circular base, 5.5cm diameter.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE GILDED FANGHU BRONZE VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
Of rectangular section, the pear-shaped body rising from a tall splayed foot to a waisted neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of mythical beast head handles, the body decorated with a band of taotie masks, 39.5cm H.
£600-800
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A CHINESE SILVER CIRCULAR TRAY.
Inscribed December 31 1938.
Raised on three semi-spherical feet, the centre inscribed with a dragon, the rim with three further dragons decorated in repoussé, 28cm diameter, 620g.
£100-200
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER DRAGON BOWL.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
With marks 'Hung Chong & Co.' and 'Kun He', 14.5cm H, 21cm diameter, 1260g.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER 'D TRUMP' GOBLET.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
The stem modelled as three entwined bamboo stems, rising from a rocky base, the cup with incised floral decoration, the inscription 'WON BY D TRUMP' mysteriously erased from the exterior surface, Wang Hing 90 mark to base, 20.5cm H, 300g.
£100-200
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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)
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ITEMS.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Comprising a rectangular box, tray, basket and perfume bottle, 580g in total. (4)
£150-250
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF THE TIENTSIN-PUKOW RAILWAY, SOUTHERN SECTION, CHINA.
Late Qing Dynasty, [1909].
An album of station staff, vehicles, landscape views of train tracks, comprising fifty pages of tipped in gelatin silver prints, each with a hand-written annotation below, half bound in leather, the photographs 21x27cm, the album 26 x 32cm, sold together with four calligraphic scrolls inscribed as a gift from Xun Wulao to Mr Li Jiwei. (5)
Provenance: Collection of George Ridgway, chief engineer on the railway between 1905 and 1910, thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-300
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM DEPICTING IMAGES OF CHINA.
1910s.
An album of over four hundred gelatin silver prints depicting portraits, military scenes, architectural views, views of historical sites including the Bund and the Ming tombs, temples, villages, city views and studies of locals, 29 x 38cm.
Provenance: Collection of Corporal Richard Stanley Knott (1888-1916), thence by descent to the present owner. The piece is sold with a hand-written diary which starts from the point when Knott left China to enlist in the Second World War and a note from the Record Office notes that he was honoured posthumously with the British War Medal.
£200-300
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A CHINESE COURT NECKLACE, CHAOZHU.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Provenance: Collection of Corporal Richard Stanley Knott (1888-1916), thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-300
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A COLLECTION OF BRONZE ITEMS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Comprising a twin eared censer, three figurative paper weights and a pair of brass dragon cups. (9)
Provenance: Collection of Corporal Richard Stanley Knott (1888-1916), thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BRONZE BUDDHIST PLAQUE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
One side with a seated Buddha below a seal mark zhangyi zisun ('to benefit future generations forever'), the reverse with a Buddhist inscription, 13 x 8.5cm.
Provenance: Collection of Corporal Richard Stanley Knott (1888-1916), thence by descent to the present owner.
£100-200
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A CHINESE CARVED SANDALWOOD FRAME.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Delicately carved and pierced to depict dragons, phoenixes, egrets and bats around a tiered temple building among densely scrolling clouds and flames, 41 x 35cm.
Provenance: Collection of Corporal Richard Stanley Knott (1888-1916), thence by descent to the present owner.
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE EMBROIDERED TEXTILES.
Qing Dynasty.
Comprising panels and hangings depicting dragons, phoenixes and Buddhist lions, two pieces depicted in a photograph from the album above in lot 267. (8)
Provenance: Collection of Corporal Richard Stanley Knott (1888-1916), thence by descent to the present owner.
£400-600
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM DEPICTING VIEWS OF CHINA.
Republican era, 1916-1920.
An album of approximately 282 gelatin silver prints depicting family photographs, views of the Tianjin floods of 1917, Beidaihe, Badachu, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven, mostly annotated, bound in cloth, 31.5 x 44cm.
Provenance: Collection of Herbert Dixon Summers (1871-1953), Secretary Directorate-General of Posts Peking, and family, thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-300
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TEASET.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Comprising a hot water kettle-on-stand, teapot, cream jug and covered sugar bowl, with marks qi chang, shang and CC marks, 2270g in total. (4)
Provenance: Collection of Herbert Dixon Summers (1871-1953), Secretary Directorate-General of Posts Peking, and family, thence by descent to the present owner.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE SILVER CIGAR BOX.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Rectangular with banded decoration, the top with a circular plaque engraved with the monogram HDS, Cedar wood lining, Zeeshun mark to base, 1000g, 6.5 x 23 x 16cm.
Provenance: Collection of Herbert Dixon Summers (1871-1953), Secretary Directorate-General of Posts Peking, and family, thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-300
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERY IN A CARVED WOODEN FRAME.
Late Qing Dynasty.
43 x 32cm.
Provenance: Collection of Herbert Dixon Summers (1871-1953), Secretary Directorate-General of Posts Peking, and family, thence by descent to the present owner.
£150-250
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A CHINESE CARVED AND PIERCED WOODEN MIRROR FRAME.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
44 x 77cm.
Provenance: Collection of Herbert Dixon Summers (1871-1953), Secretary Directorate-General of Posts Peking, and family, thence by descent to the present owner.
£80-120
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AN ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING VIEWS OF CHINA.
1908-1922.
An album of over a hundred gelatin silver prints depicting family photographs, views of Hong Kong harbour, Beijing, the Ming tombs, the temple of Heaven, the Jinan mountains, views of natives and various other architectural, city and street views, mostly pasted in with annotations from a family member, 36 x 25cm.
Provenance: Dr Edwin Robert Wheeler (1878-1965) of the Peking Union Medical College, and family; thence by descent to the present owner. Dr Wheeler was a keen amateur photographer and many of the photographs were taken by him.
£200-300
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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER CARD CASE.
1900-1920.
Decorated to one side with a dragon, with a shield-shaped plaque, the reverse decorated with flowering plum tree branches, xianggang and julong marks, 10 x 7.5cm, 80g.
Provenance: Dr Edwin Robert Wheeler (1878-1965) of the Peking Union Medical College, and family; thence by descent to the present owner.
£150-200
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FRANCIS WU
(1911-1989).
A Dreamer.
Photographic print, 48 x 34cm, together with 28 photogravures plates, each 27 x 18 cm, from Mennie: The Pageant of Peking. Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co., 1920.
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART AUCTION CATALOGUES.
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS AND CATALOGUES.
To include catalogues from Eskenazi (3), Marchant, Bluetts, Gerard Hawthorn (2), Roger Keverne (2), JJ Lally, the CC Wang Collection, Sotheby's, 1990, the Mrs Alfred Clark Collection, Sotheby's, 1977, Zimmermann, Chinesisches Porzellan und die übrigen keramischen Erzeugnisse Chinas, 2 volumes, and more. (quantity)
£200-300
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART CATALOGUES AND MAGAZINES.
Including Christie's and Sotheby's catalogues and a run of Arts of Asia. (quantity)
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF OLD CHINESE ART CATALOGUES.
Including catalogues from Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams and other auction houses. (quantity)
£100-200
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TWO CHINESE RECTANGULAR INK CAKES, ONE 'JINXI GONG', THE OTHER 'ZHANG FANGHUAN'.
Qing Dynasty.
Each with the characters wannian zhi on one side, the reverse with moulded decoration of a jardinière filled with flowering plants supported on a willowy stand, 12.5 x 3 x 1cm (2)
£200-300
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A CHINESE GILT POWDER BLUE GLAZED ABSTINENCE PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty.
Of quadrefoil form, inscribed to the centre of one side with the character zhaijie, with Manchu script to the reverse, surrounded by a band of lotus blossoms and scrolling leaves, enclosed within raised gilded borders, pierced longitudinally, 5.5cm H.
£300-500
Plaques of this kind were worn by most or all members of the court to remind them to avoid activities including the eating of onions, spicy food or meat, drinking alcohol, or sex in preparation for ritual ceremonies.
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FOUR CHINESE JADE HAIRPINS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
11-14cm long. (4)
£80-120
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period.
The shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted mouth-rim, the interior of the dish with a medallion enclosing a large overhanging pine tree, bamboo shoots and a gnarled tree bearing prunus blossoms and buds, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark, 18.5cm diameter.
£100-200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' ALMS BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era, or later.
With deep tapering sides supported on a rounded base, the exterior painted with large lotus blossoms wreathed by meandering leafy scrolls, below a stylised pendent lappet band, wooden stand, 22cm H, 25cm diameter.
£3,000-5,000
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A SET OF THREE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang yuannian mark, corresponding to 1821 and possibly of the period.
The exterior of each decorated with a continuous scene of ducks in a lotus pond, a reign mark to the interior of each bowl, 17.5cm diameter. (3)
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE CELADON GROUND UNDERGLAZE BLUE VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
The ovoid body below a tall waisted neck flanked by a pair of applied lingzhi fungus handles, moulded and painted in cobalt blue on white slip, with immortals, 61cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CONJOINED VASE.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Potted as six conjoined amphora-shaped vases, decorated all over the body with a leafy lotus scroll and lappet bands to the shoulders and footrim, 21.5cm H.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GINGER JAR WITH FIGURATIVE SCENE.
Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Decorated with a continuous scene of figures in a landscape, wooden stand and reticulated wooden cover, 25.5cm H.
£100-200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE PLAQUE.
20th Century.
Depicting a lady approaching a gentleman in slumber beneath a tree, 44 x 28cm.
£250-300
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A CHINESE 'COCKERELS' BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing mark and of the period.
Decorated with a scene of five birds among rockwork and flowering plants, bamboo, and lingzhi fungus, the interior with a medallion of three bats with a peach, pomegranate and finger citron, 18cm diameter.
£500-800
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A CHINESE YELLOW GROUND 'SHOU' CHARACTER BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and of the period.
The exterior decorated alternately with a stylised shou character surrounded by five bats and a ribboned wan, among fruiting peach branches, all on a yellow ground, 18cm diameter.
£3,000-5,000
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS' BOWL AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and of the period.
The exterior decorated with eight Buddhist emblems in pairs of two between a ruyi band and key-fret border, both in iron red, the cover similarly decorated, the base of the bowl and inside of the circular knop of the cover with a six character Daoguang mark, 8.5cm H. (2)
£1,000-1,500
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A CHINESE PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' SPOON.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and period.
The interior painted in enamels with a green dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the reverse with an iron red square mark, 15cm long.
£80-120
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A SET OF FOUR 'BEAUTIES' OCTAGONAL DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Daoguang mark and of the period.
Each enamelled with a scene of four beauties standing on a garden veranda, 14cm diameter. (4)
£1,000-2,000
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A CHINESE CORAL AND GILT 'FLOWER-BALL' FLANGED BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng mark and of the period.
The deep rounded sides rising from a stepped foot, decorated to the exterior with a profusion of gilt 'flower-balls', arranged asymmetrically and scattered throughout, some freely floating, others overlapping in small clusters of two or three blooms above a coral ground, the interior and base covered in a turquoise glaze, 11cm H.
£1,500-2,000
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