Lots marked with Y at start of description are subject to CITES regulations
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A SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE SEATED FIGURE.
18th / 19th Century.
Cast seated on a square cushion, right hand in vitarka mudra left hand in avakasha mudra, 17cm H.
£2,500-3,000
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A TIBETAN GILT AND PAINTED CLAY FIGURE OF MILAREPA.
19th Century.
Covered in loose flowing robes, obscuring the left arm, the other arm raised to his ear, his face in a severe expression, the hair falling in long matted strands along his back, 9.5cm H.
£600-800
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A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF DAKINI WITH APPLIED SILVER.
Cast in the Pala style, the rectangular lotus stand not original to the figure, 11cm H.
£3,500-4,000
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A TIBETAN TURQUOISE AND CORAL-INLAID GILT BRONZE STUPA.
15th Century.
The base with a double-lotus frieze with beaded rim, rising to a stepped plinth supporting the dome adorned with beaded garlands and pendent jewels inset with turquoise, the square harmicka crowned with flaming jewels supporting the conical parasols, richly gilt overall, the base with original seal and stippled with a double-vajra, 17cm H.
Provenance: Purchased by the present owner at Spink & Son in the 1980s.
£3,500-4,000
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A TIBETAN BRONZE STUPA.
17th / 18th Century.
With a cast bija mantra bhrum in the centre, 11.5cm H.
£1,200-1,500
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A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE VAJRA.
c. 18th Century.
The thunderbolt-sceptre is cast with a central bulbous grip that separates two lotus pedestals supporting a central column surrounded by four arched vajra points emerging from the jaws of makara heads, 15cm long.
£1,200-1,500
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A TIBETAN THANGKA DEPICTING LHAMO RIDING A CAMEL.
19th Century.
Painting on cotton, 33 x 26cm.
£300-500
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A TSAKLI DEPICTING PUJA OR A MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
18th / 19th Century.
Painting on paper, with an u-me to the reverse, 16.5 x 11cm.
£450-500
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DÉCORATION TIBÉTAINE.
1925.
Paris: Calavas Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, by Bacot, Jaques. 12 pages, 42 photographic plates, 8 coloured, loose as issued in cloth backed boards with string ties. Rare catalogue of bronzes, Tangka paintings and other artworks from the Guimet Museum and private collections, 33 x 25cm.
£200-300
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A TIBETAN FIGURE OF A STANDING AVALOKITESHVARA.
18th / 19th Century.
Standing dressed in a short, thin dhoti secured by a beaded belt with pendent ribbon, adorned with the sacred thread and sash hanging across the hips, the face with heavily-lidded downcast eyes and gently arching brows flanked by large hoop earrings, the hair piled into a high chignon and secured with a foliate tiara, 34cm H.
Provenance: Reputedly acquired in China in the 1920s or 1930s by a Missionary doctor, acquired from him by the present owner in 1973.
£1,500-2,000
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A MONGOLIAN CARVED WOOD COMPOSITION DEPICTING SAGAAN UBGEN WITH ANIMALS.
19th Century.
The old man of longevity seated beneath rocks and arching branches, besides birds, deer and a gilt bronze censer burning offerings, all raised on a lotus base, 14cm H.
£600-800
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A MONGOLIAN COPPER AND SILVER CENSER AND COVER.
19th Century.
The rectangular censer with silver Buddhist emblem panels worked in repoussé, the silver cover with pierced overlapping cash and surmounted by a chakra flanked by two seated deer on lotus thrones, 16cm x 38.5cm x 8cm.
£500-800
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A MONGOLIAN CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF SHAMAN PLAYING A MORIN KHUUR.
19th Century.
The figure seated on a four-footed base, with a back panel lined with a fragment of Chinese embroidered silk, 15cm H.
£350-400
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS.
19th / 20th Century.
The deity in vajraparyankasana with hands together holding a turquoise-inlaid jivana-kalasha, seated on a plinth with waisted foliate corners, draped in front with a long cloth with a flower head at its centre, before a flaming aureole, 19.5cm H.
£1,200-1,500
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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE STANDING BUDDHA.
19th / 20th Century.
Standing gracefully, the eyes lowered in a benevolent expression, framed by pendulous ears, and standing on a double lotus base in front of a flaming aureole, 18cm H.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE WOODEN CARVING OF THREE BUDDHAS.
70cm H.
Provenance: Acquired in China by an American GI and brought back after the second world war, acquired directly from the family by the present owner.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE PARCEL GILT AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE GUANYIN.
Qing Dynasty.
Seated in long flowing robes with eyes downcast, 8.5cm H.
£250-300
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A STANDING POTTERY ATTENDANT, TWO POTTERY ATTENDANTS AND A COCKEREL.
Han Dynasty and later.
The single attendant standing on a square base, the hands supporting a jar, the gown glazed in green and aubergine glazes, the head detachable, 27cm H, the attendants 22cm H, the cockerel 15cm H. (3)
Provenance: Sotheby's, New Bond Street, June 1987, lot 235 [the standing attendant]; Christie's, South Kensington, 11 August 1988, lot 564 [the cockerel]; John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection.
£100-200
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AN ARCHAIC CIRCULAR FOOD VESSEL AND COVER.
11cm H. (2)
Provenance: Formally in the Wikramaratna collection.
£150-250
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A CHINESE RED POTTERY JAR.
Neolithic period, Siwa culture, late second millennium BC.
Of globular form with waisted neck and twin handles, 13cm H.
£300-500
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A PAIR OF GLAZED POTTERY CHESTS.
Ming Dynasty or later.
Each of rectangular form on decorative stands, covered with an iridescent glaze, with green-glazed locks and handles, 12.5 x 14 x 10cm. (2)
£200-300
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A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE AXE, GE.
Zhou Dynasty or later.
18.5cm long.
£350-400
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A CHINESE MINIATURE DING YAO MODEL OF A BOY HOLDING LOTUS FLOWERS.
Song Dynasty.
Seated with legs crossed, the hands clutching branches of lotus buds, pods and leaves, 6.5cm H.
£1,000-1,500
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A CHINESE QINGBAI CIRCULAR COSMETIC BOX AND COVER.
Song Dynasty.
Of circular form, the gently domed cover carved with a leafy spray of peony, the interior opened to two flower-heads borne on curved leafy stems interspersed with three miniature cups and saucers, covered overall in a transparent greyish-bluish glaze, 14cm diameter.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON VASE.
Ming Dynasty.
The body decorated with swirling foliage, 18.5cm H.
£150-200
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A CHINESE CELADON BOTTLE VASE.
Ming Dynasty, or later.
The body decorated with swirling foliage, 19cm H.
£500-800
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A LARGE CHINESE CELADON 'DRAGON' CHARGER.
Ming Dynasty.
Heavily potted with ribbed sides and a foliate rim, the interior freely carved with scrolling leafy motifs around a dragon within the central roundel, 48cm diameter.
£3,500-4,500
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A CHINESE GLAZED FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA.
Ming Dynasty.
Seated open-chested upon a lotus throne and covered in an orange, green and turquoise glaze, 27.5cm H.
£200-300
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A GREEN GLAZED MARTABAN STORAGE JAR.
Ming Dynasty.
The surface moulded with dragons among scrolling clouds, the shoulder with lug handles, 32cm H.
£200-300
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A LARGE CHINESE 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' BLUE AND WHITE BOWL.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli era.
Decorated to the centre with a basket of fruit surrounded by radiating petal-shaped panels enclosing fruit and floral decoration, the reverse similarly decorated, 15cm H, 35cm diameter.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER.
Ming Dynasty, Wanli period.
The domed cover painted with a central medallion enclosing eight Buddhist emblems around a central flower head, all encircled by four foliate cartouches each enclosing a flower head, the exterior of the box decorated with two floral sprays, 12.5cm diameter.
£400-600
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE GOURD VASE.
Ming Dynasty, Jiajing mark and of the period.
The globular lower body rising from a short spreading foot to a smaller upper globular section with short narrow neck, brightly painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with deer and crane in a landscape, the upper section with birds amidst a shou character and prunus trees, all divided by classic scroll, lotus lappet and peach bands at the base, central section and neck, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with the six-character mark, 47cm H.
£12,000-15,000
Double gourd vases were popular during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and Wen (2012) notes that records tell of an Imperial commission of ten thousand blue and white double gourd vases in the twenty-sixth year of the Jiajing reign, 1547 (Enlightening Elegance, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong). The gourd is a symbol of cosmic unity with popular sayings including yikun tiandi (δΈε£Όε€©ε°) describing the earth and heavens inside a gourd. The decoration adds further to the symbolism with the three friends of winter, pine, bamboo and prunus rubbing noses with auspicious animals painted to the body, and a shou character formed from a continuous branch in the upper section. A closely related example from the Huaihaitang collection is illustrated in Enlightening Elegance, 2012, cat no 64, and a further example in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl 9.
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE.
Transitional Period.
Of slender cylindrical form, painted with a scene of figures in a landscape, below pendent leaf tips on the waisted neck, 46cm H.
Provenance: English private collection prior to 1950.
£200-300
Literature: For a transitional vase with closely related scene see Butler, Medley, and Little: Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990, pl 37.
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A CHINESE TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE VASE, GU.
Transitional Period.
With a flaring rim, decorated to the body with figures in a mountainous landscape above a band of stiff leaves, 43cm H.
£2,000-3,000
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A CHINESE MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE.
Transitional Period.
Of slender cylindrical form decorated with figures in a landscape, 21cm H.
Provenance: Hatcher Collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 12-13 June 1984.
£80-120
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VESSEL.
Transitional Period.
The globular body supported on a spreading foot and decorated with figures on a veranda, later silver mount to the rim and handle, 21cm H.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE FISH BOWL.
Qing Dynasty.
The deep rounded sides rising to a horizontal rim, the exterior painted with mackerel, white fish, carp and freshwater perch among aquatic weeds, 16cm H, 11.5cm diameter.
£2,000-3,000
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A NEAR PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'FISH' TEA BOWLS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period.
The exterior of each decorated with fish, the interiors with a central roundel enclosing a crab, 5cm H. (2)
£80-120
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A CHINESE SANCAI 'FISH' BOWL WITH FOLIATE RIM.
Late Ming / early Qing Dynasty.
The interior decorated and incised with fish among aquatic weeds against a green ground, 30cm diameter.
£300-500
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE RIBBED BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Decorated with figures in a landscape, Da Ming Chenghua nianzhi mark to base, 13cm diameter.
£600-800
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER DISHES, TOGETHER WITH TWO FURTHER DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The saucer dishes decorated within the central raised ring with a hare looking at the moon, with a roundel decorated with a figure on horseback beside another raising a flag, 10-13cm diameter. (4)
£100-200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FIGURATIVE BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
With deeply rounded sides decorated with two panels each enclosing a narrative scene, 15cm H, 22cm diameter.
Provenance: English private collection.
£600-800
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A CHINESE WALL VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Of baluster form, the body and neck decorated with fluted panels containing flower heads among scrolling foliage emerging from two rows of raised lappet bands, 34cm H.
£2,000-3,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The squat body decorated with figures on a garden veranda, below mountain peaks and scrolling clouds along the neck, 19.5cm H.
£1,200-1,500
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A CHINESE SILVER MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The pear-shaped body decorated with ladies between flowering plants, 8cm H.
£100-200
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' YENYEN VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Painted around the body with two figures in conversation or on boats, in an extensive watery landscape, a similar scene on the tall flaring neck, 45cm H.
£500-800
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A CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN BOWL.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period.
With rounded sides rising from a tall foot, covered overall in a yellow glaze, the exterior finely incised with birds among flowering and fruiting peach trees heightened in green enamel, 6.5cm H, 12.5cm diameter.
£4,000-6,000
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A LARGE CHINESE WUCAI CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The central roundel decorated with flowers, rockwork, butterflies and insects, within a continuous band of butterflies and floral spray, 35cm diameter.
£450-500
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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Painted with flowering branches within a central roundel within a border enamelled with fruit on a red diaper ground within a further border in underglaze blue, 21cm diameter.
£300-500
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A LARGE CHINESE WUCAI CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
The central roundel decorated with flowers, rockwork, butterflies and insects, surrounded by four similarly decorated panels, 38cm diameter.
£700-900
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