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A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC TWO-HANDLED CUP.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
The rounded sides rising from a stepped foot to a lipped rim, flanked by a pair of handles, the exterior decorated with three horizontal rows of raised circular bosses, 2.5cm H, 5.5cm diameter.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC TWO-HANDLED CUP.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
The rounded sides rising from a stepped foot to a lipped rim, flanked by a pair of handles, the exterior decorated with three horizontal rows of raised circular bosses, 7cm diameter, 4cm H.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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TWO CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC TWO-HANDLED CUPS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Each flanked by a pair of archaistic dragon handles, one with a plain body, the exterior of the other decorated with three horizontal rows of raised circular bosses, wood stands, 5cm H, 11cm wide. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£1,000-2,000
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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE 'CHILONG' CUP, YI.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era.
The archaistic cup carved to the exterior in low relief with a chilong below a key fret border to the mouth ring, another chilong forming the handle, 5cm H. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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A WHITE JADE 'CAT' GROUP.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Carved and pierced with two felines lying side by side, 5cm long.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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A WHITE JADE 'ELEPHANT' OVAL PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
Carved to the exterior in low relief with an elephant, the head curled to the right, standing between two bats with a plant on the reverse, 9 x 10cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£1,500-2,000
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TWO AGATE CARVINGS OF LADIES.
Qing Dynasty.
Each carved in the round in long flowing robes, holding a flower, 7.5cm H. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£500-800
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A JADE PENDANT.
Qing Dynasty.
Of flattened spheroid form, carved in low relief with bats, 4cm long.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£200-300
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A LARGE 'CHILONG' BELT HOOK.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The belt hook is finely carved with a chilong with undulating body grasping a leafy lingzhi sprig in its jaws as it crawls towards the dragon head that forms the hook, 13cm long.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£1,000-2,000
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A JADE 'DUCK' BELT HOOK.
Qing Dynasty.
The smooth hook with a naturalistically carved duck head terminal, 7cm long.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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TWO JADE 'CHILONG' BELT HOOKS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Each shaft finely carved with a chilong crawling towards the dragon headed hook, 12cm long. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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A WHITE JADE BELT HOOK.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
11cm long
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£500-800
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A JADE 'LINGZHI' BELT HOOK.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century.
The shaft with a raised carved and pierced bat and peaches group, the terminal and bottom carved as lingzhi spray, 6.5cm long.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£200-300
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THREE HARDSTONE 'CHILONG' BELT HOOKS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
The terminal of each carved as a dragon's head, 6-8cm. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£600-800
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TWO JADE BELT HOOKS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
The shaft of one finely carved with a chilong crawling towards the dragon headed hook, the other similarly decorated but with a flower head group carved on the shaft, 9.5 / 8cm long. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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A WHITE JADE 'PARROT' CIRCULAR PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty.
Both sides carved with the parrot among scrolling foliage, prunus blossom, and lingzhi within a nodular bamboo stem border, wood stand, 6cm diameter.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
Literature: For a closely related carving see Marchant, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, 1995, cat no 45 where it is stated that the parrot is often thought to represent a warning to wives cuckolding their husbands.
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THREE JADE 'BUDDHIST EMBLEMS' OVAL PANELS.
Qing Dynasty.
Each incised with possibly matching designs, 5-9cm long. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£600-800
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THREE CHINESE JADE PLAQUES.
Qing Dynasty.
One of rectangular form, carved and pierced with a bat and shou character among flowers, another of rectangular form with a bat and deer among pines, and the third of circular form with bats and fish, wood stands, 5.5 x 7.5cm wide. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PENDANT.
Qing Dynasty.
Of rectangular form and deeply incised to one side with a landscape scene, the reverse with a three line inscription of a poem, wood stand, 5 x 4cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
款识：牧童归去横牛背
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A WHITE JADE CIRCULAR 'LANDSCAPE' PENDANT.
Qing Dynasty.
The circular centre carved and pierced to both sides with a landscape scene, freely moving with a ring frame, wood stand, 5.5cm diameter.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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A WHITE JADE BUTTERFLY SHAPED 'HEHE ERXIAN' PENDANT.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved and pierced to depict a stylised butterfly, a leafy spray issuing from the mouth, the reticulated oval wings enclosing the two freely moving boys, 6 x 6cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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TWO CARVED AND PIERCED 'QILIN' RECTANGULAR PLAQUES.
Ming Dynasty.
Wood stands, 6.5 x 7cm and 6 x 7cm. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£1,000-2,000
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A JADE MOUNTED RUYI HEAD TOGETHER WITH TWO JADE BI.
Qing Dynasty.
Incised with an image of Shou Lao beside a boy below a pine tree within a rocky landscape, wood stand, the bi disks incised with geometric patterns, the ruyi head 9.5cm diameter. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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A RECTANGULAR JADE BOX AND COVER, TOGETHER WITH A CIRCULAR ENAMELLED SILVER AND JADE BOX AND COVER.
19th / 20th Century.
The jade box incised with fruit, the enamelled circular box inlaid with jadeite and enclosed by a jade band, 7cm long. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£500-800
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A COLLECTION OF JADE CUPS SAUCERS, AND OTHER VESSELS.
Qing Dynasty, and later.
Comprising a pair of cups and cover, a spinach jade cup and cover, an agate bowl, a spinach jade brush pot, a pale celadon vase, and other vessels, 11cm diameter. (9)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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THREE CARVED JADE OVAL PANELS.
Qing Dynasty.
One incised with a child beside a deer and bat, another with a bat beside chrysanthemum flowers, the third with pomegranate fruits, 6-12.5cm long. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£600-800
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THREE JADE OVAL PANELS AND A RECTANGULAR PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty.
One oval jade panel carved and incised with a bird among flowers within a gilt bronze border, another with a scholar among pines and rocky mountains, a further jade panel with a vase containing floral spray, 5-11cm long. (4)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£1,000-1,500
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TWO FINELY CARVED OLIVE PIT 'PLEASURE BOATS'.
Qing Dynasty.
4.5cm long. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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Y A MINIATURE WOOD TABLE SCREEN MOUNTED WITH AN IVORY PANEL.
Qing Dynasty.
The carved and pierced ivory panel depicting two ladies, set within an ornately carved and pierced wood stand, 16.5cm H.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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A CARVED BAMBOO BIRD FOOD HOLDER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
The body carved and pierced with squirrels among grapes, with key-scroll borders at either end, two floral fasteners at either end, 8cm H.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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A CARVED BAMBOO MINIATURE PARFUMIER.
Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century.
Finely carved and reticulated with scholars in a garden among pines engaged in various leisurely pursuits, 11cm H.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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A TURQUOISE MINIATURE SCHOLAR'S ROCK.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved wood stand, 6cm H. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£200-300
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A SUANZHIMU LOW TABLE.
19th/20th Century
The plain top panel enclosed by a square frame with triple moulded legs and aprons, the two stretchers with a rope twist design that connects to the lower apron section, 40 x 107 x 45cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£1,000-2,000
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QI BAISHI (1864-1957).
Garden Balsam and Butterflies, signed BASHI LAOWENG BAISHI, and with one seal of the artist, ink and colour on paper, 1944, hanging scroll, 101 x 36cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£20,000-30,000
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A COLLECTION OF ALBUM LEAVES BY HU YIZAN (1831-1902), ZHANG SHANGHE (1839-1916) AND OTHERS.
Ink and colour on paper, framed and glazed, the majority 26 x 33cm. (9)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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DENG BANGZHEN (1941 -).
1985.
Si Nuo, oil-based woodblock print on paper depicting the journalist Edgar Snow (1905-1972), 54 x 39.5cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£100-200
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FOLLOWER OF SHI TAO (1642-1707).
Flowers, 86 x 40cm; pine and rocks, 85 x 41cm, ink on paper, hanging scroll. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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PU ZUO (1918-2001).
1990.
Shou, calligraphy on the occasion of Bernard Buckman's eightieth birthday, ink on paper, 69 x 47cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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A COLLECTION OF EMBROIDERED TEXTILES.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century, and later.
Comprising a 'hundred birds' embroidery, three rank badges, eight embroidered figurative roundels and an informal ladies robe. (13)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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A GOLD-PAINTED CARVED WOODEN RECTANGULAR BOX.
Qing Dynasty.
The four sides deeply carved and pierced with figurative scenes, the top with a lacquer painted scene, the box supported on four feet supported on Buddhist lion dogs, 29.5 x 45 x 12cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£100-200
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A CARVED BAMBOO 'FRUIT' SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
Naturalistically carved as a fruit borne on a leafy branch, stopper, 6.5cm long.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£100-200
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A CARVED WOOD ALTAR TABLE FOR A HOUSEHOLD SHRINE.
19th / 20th Century.
Of miniature form, the top inlaid with burl-wood panels, with pierced friezes on square-section end supports, 15cm H.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£400-600
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TWO BAMBOO WRIST RESTS.
Qing Dynasty.
One incised with figures in a boat, the other with flowers and inscribed to the upper left corner, 23.5 x 7cm. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£800-1,200
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Y A COLLECTION OF WOOD STANDS.
The largest 8cm H. (Qty)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£100-200
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A BLANC DE CHINE MODEL OF GUANYIN TOGETHER WITH A LIBATION CUP.
Qing Dynasty.
The Guanyin seated in long flowing robes with hands together and eyes downcast, the cup with flowering plum tree branches modelled up the body, each supported on a silk-mounted stand, 17cm H / 5cm H. (2)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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THREE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASES OF RECTANGULAR SECTION.
20th Century.
Comprising a pair of vases, the bodies decorated with birds and flowers, with a band of scrolling flowers on a yellow ground to the base and neck, Qianlong nianzhi mark to base, wooden bases, together with a vase decorated with a continuous scene of ladies on a garden veranda, Da Qing Qianlong nianzhi mark to base, 32 / 29cm H. (3)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£100-200
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THREE MINIATURE TEA-DUST-GLAZED VESSELS, TOGETHER WITH TWO TURQUOISE VASES AND WHITE-GLAZED VASE.
Qing Dynasty.
The turquoise vases of rectangular baluster form with incised floral patterns, the white glazed compressed quadra-lobed vase with moulded dragons on either side, 5-10.5cm H. (5)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£500-800
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A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN.
Ming and later.
The vase 26cm H. (13)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£300-500
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A COLLECTION OF PENDANTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS JEWELLERY ITEMS.
19th / 20th Century.
Comprising a circular jade pendant on a 14 carat gold chain, a rose quartz pendent, and various other pieces. (13)
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£200-300
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CONSTANCE FREDERICA GORDON CUMMING (1837-1924).
Bridge about 6 miles above Foochow, signed, watercolour on paper, framed and glazed, 33 x 52cm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£600-800
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