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TWO CHINESE ZHAZHENMU STANDS.
Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Each of square section with carved scrolling aprons, one with a central coin motif, each stand with crackled-ice platform, 77cm H. (2)
Provenance: Private Collection, acquired in 1991.
£300-500
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A CHINESE CARVED WOOD SIDE DEMI-LUNE TABLE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
With carved and pierced aprons, stretchers, 85 x 99 x 49cm.
£400-600
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A CHINESE CARVED HARDWOOD SOFA.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The aprons and two arms carved incised with scenes of figures in a landscape, 74 x 215 x 67cm.
£200-300
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A CHINESE BONE-INLAID HARDWOOD TABLE.
Qing Dynasty.
Of scroll form, the top inlaid with a panel depicting a figurative garden landscape scene inlaid and incised in horn, with two figures and ladies beneath pine behind a wall where two children are crouched, with a further group seated on a terrace, two further inlaid panels on the shoulders of the table, with similar scenes, the carved and pierced aprons overlaid with pierced and incised horn as bats, fu characters, coins, ribbons and other auspicious decoration, 32 x 41 x 108cm.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE MARBLE-INLAID JARDINIÈRE STAND.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Of circular section raised on five claw and ball feet with each apron carved with dragon heads beside flaming pearls, 36cm H, 43cm diameter.
£200-300
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A CHINESE HARDSTONE-INLAID FOUR PANEL BLACK LACQUERED SCREEN.
Early 20th Century.
The four panels depicting a continuous landscape scene above square panels enclosing vases of flowers, the reserve side decorated in gold with panels enclosing birds and fruit, 184 x 41cm.
£800-1,200
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A CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED PANEL OF AN OWL.
Qing Dynasty.
Depicted seated on a branch beside a beetle, looking upward towards a pair of cavorting butterflies which also occupy the attention of a bird in flight, 101 x 59cm.
£400-600
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A CHINESE FOUR PANEL EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' SCREEN.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Each panel divided into two further panels enclosing dragons on a red ground above mountains and waves, each panel 170 x 42cm.
£150-200
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A CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED PANEL OF A HAWK.
Qing Dynasty.
The bird seated on a leafy branch with a stern expression, 75 x 64cm.
£1,000-1,500
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A CHINESE KESI 'DRAGON' TEXTILE FRAGMENT.
Early Qing Dynasty.
Depicting a five-clawed dragon among flames and clouds above foaming waves on a lapis blue ground, 38 x 40cm.
£400-600
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' TEXTILE PANEL.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The dragon embroidered in blue and white on a yellow ground above waves, within several decorative borders, 42 x 37cm.
£150-200
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED 'HUNDRED BIRDS' TEXTILE PANEL.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Depicting a range of birds among pines, peonies, bats, fruiting peach branches and rocks, 58 x 40cm.
£250-300
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A CHINESE YELLOW GROUND SILK BROCADE TEXTILE.
Qing Dynasty.
194 x 73cm.
£300-500
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EIGHT CHINESE EMBROIDERED RANK BADGES.
Qing Dynasty.
(8)
£400-600
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A CHINESE EMBROIDERED INFORMAL JACKET.
Republican era.
Of dark blue satin embroidered with flowers and fruit with roundels enclosing a lady and boy in a garden, 114cm H, 148cm across.
Provenance: From the collection of Brian Pearson (1926-). Pearson was posted in Shanghai as the company manager of British American Tobacco in 1946 and returned to England upon the founding of the PRC in 1949. All his acquisitions were made during his first year in China.
£80-120
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SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION.
1954-1999.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, By J. Needham and L. Wang, 19 volumes comprising volumes I, II, III, IV:1-3, V: 1-7,9,13,VI:2-3,5,VII:1, maps, plates and drawings throughout, a few in colour, original cloth with pictorial covers, dust-jackets, 24.5 x 19cm. (19)
£100-200
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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CHINESE ART IN LONDON.
1936.
Nanking: Chinese Organising Committee, 4 volumes, original silk cloth binding, numerous black and white illustrations, the first edition, and most extensive bilingual version of the landmark exhibition organised by the Chinese Nationalist government with significant input from Sir Percival David. The exhibition of 3000 pieces included 800 works from the Chinese Imperial collection, exhibited in London for the first time, 30 x 22cm. (4)
£600-800
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CHINESE CERAMICS IN THE CARL KEMPE COLLECTION.
[1965].
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, by Gyllensvärd, Bo. 268 pages. Illustrated catalogue of 900 ceramics from the Tang through to the Ming Dynasty, 24 x 16cm. Sold together with CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER IN THE KARL KEMPE COLLECTION. 1953. Stockholm: Nordisk Rotogravyr, 255 pages, numerus monochrome illustrations. LIMITED EDITION, number 213 of 1000 copies. Catalogue of 175 works of art, 22.5 x 18.5cm. (2)
£100-200
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THE BAUR COLLECTION - CHINESE JADES AND OTHER HARDSTONES.
1976.
Geneva: C.F. Pezotti, by Schneeberger, Pierre-F. 52 pages of text, followed by a 161 page catalogue, with 24 colour plates, and numerous black and white plates, original publisher's cloth, pictorial dust-jackets. LIMITED EDITION, number 699 of 1600 copies. Catalogue of the 137 jades and hardstones from the famous European collection, including examples of Moghul jades, 29 x 23cm.
£200-300
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS.
Including Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part 1, 1978. (quantity)
£200-300
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS AND CATALOGUES.
Including the Frederick M. Mayer Collection, Christie's, 1974, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Sotheby's 2008, The Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull, Sotheby's, 1983. (quantity)
£100-200
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A RUN OF ORIENTATIONS MAGAZINE.
The majority from the 2000s. (quantity)
£100-200
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A COLLECTION OF CHINESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS.
£100-200
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A CHINESE EROTIC HANDSCROLL FRAGMENT.
Early 20th Century.
Depicting six scenes of couples engaged in amorous pursuits, not for the faint hearted, 8 x 60cm.
£100-200
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A CHINESE PAINTING OF TWO BEAUTIES AND A BOY PLAYING FOOTBALL.
Qing Dynasty.
Framed and glazed, 54 x 43cm.
£400-600
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A CHINESE BIRD AND FLOWERS PAINTING.
20th Century.
Depicting a bird seated on a branch beside chrysanthemums, Peng ying jushi seal to upper left, 31 x 31cm.
£200-300
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A CHINESE INK PAINTING DEPICTING THE EIGHT IMMORTALS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The figures borne on wispy clouds above a sea filled with fantastical creatures, framed and glazed, 94 x 35.5cm.
£120-150
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A CHINESE FIGURATIVE INK PAINTING.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Scroll mounted, 68 x 40cm.
£100-200
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A CHINESE PALACE PAINTING.
Late 19th / early 20th Century.
Depicting palace buildings and pavilions populated by ladies and attendants, among rocks and mountains, shi zhai seal to bottom left, framed and glazed, 49 x 36cm.
£150-200
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A PAIR OF CHINESE PAINTINGS OF BIRDS.
Qing Dynasty.
Ink and colour on paper, framed, 120 x 65cm. (2)
£400-600
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A SET OF FOUR CHINESE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' BAMBOO BLIND PAINTINGS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Each painted with a scene of birds on flowering or fruiting branches, mounted in silk brocade, 167 x 49cm. (4)
£1,500-2,000
Literature: For a related set of four, of which two are illustrated, see Vainker, Chinese Silk: A Cultural History, 2004, pl no 124.
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A CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTED MIRROR.
Qing Dynasty.
Depicting flowers in vases and jardinières, wooden frame, 44 x 60cm.
£500-800
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A COLLECTION OF FIVE CHINESE INK PAINTED ALBUM LEAVES, TOGETHER WITH A BUDDHIST PAINTING.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The album leaves 20 x 24cm, the painting 56 x 40cm, all framed and glazed. (6)
£200-300
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A CHINESE LACQUERED PANEL WITH FIGURATIVE SCENE.
Qing Dynasty.
Depicting figures in a mountainous landscape, 76 x 36cm.
£100-100
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A CHINESE HARDSTONE-INLAID PANEL.
Qing Dynasty.
Inlaid to depict a vase filled with flowers together with other vessels, 38 x 27cm.
£100-120
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Y A CHINESE CANTON CARVED IVORY BRISÉ FAN WITH PAINTED LEAF.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved with figures in a landscape setting, painted with a large group of figures relaxing on a palace veranda, the guard sticks deeply carved with further figures, framed and glazed, 27 x 51cm.
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) and Count R. L. Sangorski (1940-2014) Collection, acquired prior to October 1991.
£400-600
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A PAIR OF FRAMED CHINESE WUCAI FIGURATIVE PANELS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi era.
Each decorated with an exterior scene within a decorative border, one with ladies and children on a veranda, the other with warriors on horseback, 21 x 27.5cm. (2)
£3,500-4,000
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Y AN IVORY CARVING OF A FISHERMAN.
Early 20th Century.
Carved holding a long wooden staff with a pipe in the left hand and a basket hanging from the elbow containing a fish, wooden stand, 50cm H.
£1,000-2,000
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Y A CHINESE CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A LADY AND BIRD.
Qing Dynasty.
23.5cm H.
£800-1,200
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Y A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED IVORY BUDDHIST LION DOGS.
Early 20th Century.
Carved in mirror image, one with the right front foot resting on a ball, the other with the left front paw resting on a tiny pup, inlaid wooden stands, 10.5cm H. (2)
£400-600
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Y A CHINESE IVORY PUZZLE BALL.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Comprising six pierced concentric balls the outer carved as entwined dragons, the stand carved with a figure on a circular base, 26cm H.
Provenance: From the collection of Brian Pearson (1926-). Pearson was posted in Shanghai as the company manager of British American Tobacco in 1946 and returned to England upon the founding of the PRC in 1949. All his acquisitions were made during his first year in China.
£100-200
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Y AN INDIAN IVORY CARVING OF AN ELEPHANT.
19th Century.
Carved carrying three figures, with Chinese carved ivory rockwork base, 11cm H.
Provenance: From the collection of Brian Pearson (1926-). Pearson was posted in Shanghai as the company manager of British American Tobacco in 1946 and returned to England upon the founding of the PRC in 1949. All his acquisitions were made during his first year in China.
£200-300
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Y A CHINESE CARVED AND PIERCED IVORY BOX.
Late Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Of rectangular form, 5 x 8 x 23.5cm.
£100-200
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Y A CHINESE CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF NAGASENA.
Ming Dynasty.
The bald and heavily bearded luohan standing with the body leaning slightly to the left in long flowing robes tied below the open belly, the head turned to the right with eyes downcast and the mouth formed into a wide smile the upper row of teeth on display, the left hand raised to the ear, 22cm H.
£4,000-5,000
The present carving, identified as Nagasena, a luohan which Chinese iconographic convention traditionally depicts scratching or cleaning his ear, is a fine example of the ivory carving tradition of Zhangzhou in Fujian provenance. The region came to prominence during the late 16th Century (Gillman, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, 1984) and lasted around a hundred years as an important centre servicing both domestic and foreign markets.
Nagasena was famous for convincing the great King Menandros to convert to Buddhism following his erudite answering of three hundred and four questions on the matter. However, this intimate and eccentric portrait of the figure in a private moment, his naked flesh intensified by the rich patina of the ivory, creates a playful tension against the luohan's revered status. Further visual tension is derived from the contrast between the naturalistic carving of the face and the linear style in which the garments are carved, argued by some to derive from Ming woodblock prints (Gillman 1984) and characteristic of the Zhangzhou style. All this contributes to the sculptural integrity of the carving whose cheeky grin communicates across the generations.
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Y A CARVED IVORY MODEL OF A CHINESE MAN.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Carved standing, a sheepish expression on the face, turned wooden stand with collector's number, 14cm H.
£500-800
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Y A CHINESE CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A BUDDHA.
17th / 18th Century.
Seated in loose fitting robes with an open chest, a happy expression on the face, the head with tight curls, 7cm H.
£150-200
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Y A CHINESE CARVED IVORY LANDSCAPE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Depicting two figures beneath pines a pine tree and jutting rocks, 8cm H.
£500-800
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Y A RHINOCEROS HORN CANE HANDLE.
c. 1900
£200-300
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Y A CHINESE CARVED TORTOISESHELL PENDANT.
19th / 20th Century.
Each side carved with a pair of qi dragons enclosed within a pierced floral border, 7.5 x 6cm.
£200-300
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Y A CHINESE SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN SWAGGER STICK.
c. 1900.
The silver decorated in repoussé with a scholar under a pine tree, 64cm long.
£800-1,200
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