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A Chinese bronze figure of a seated sage with book, 9.5ins (24.1cm) high £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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An Asian bronze figure of the deity Chakrasambara and his consort Vajravarahi, symbolising the union of wisdom and compassion, trampling on the Hindu deities Bhairava and Kalaratri, with gilt and painted detail, 13ins (33cm) high £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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An Indian bronze standing figure of a dancing female deity, her head turned facing her raised right hand, on circular base, 5.5ins (14cms) high £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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An Indian silver inlaid bronze cylindrical jar and cover decorated with flowerheads and leaves, 3.75ins (9.5cm) diameter x 5ins (12.7cm) high £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A Japanese brown patinated bronze figure of a fisherman standing on a rock, with frog below, 11ins (28cm) high (Meiji period - fishing rod missing) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A Japanese bronze two-handled incense burner and cover supported by three winged dragon on a stepped base, the body modelled with raised mythological creatures within shaped cartouches, 17ins (43.2cm) high, with square seal mark - dainippon brunsei nen seimin cho (Japan bronsei) £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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A Japanese bronze jardinière cast with an elephant and tiger, 13.25ins (33.6cm) diameter x 10.25ins (26cm) high £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A Japanese cloisonné bottle vase of panelled form, the sides with flowering branches within shaped cartouches, on a black ground, 9.5ins (25.4cm) high £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases decorated with all over floral pattern, 8ins (20.2cm) high £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Japanese cloisonné baluster vase decorated with geese on the seashore, the neck with butterflies and leaves, 7.5ins (19cm) diameter x 13ins (33cm) high £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A Japanese squat cloisonné vase with flowers and flowering branches within shaped cartouches, on a deep blue ground, 3.5ins (8.9cm) diameter x 3ins (7.6cm) high, signed, in fitted box £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A Japanese carved hardwood figure of a standing sage with staff, 11.25ins (28.5cm) high £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of Chinese hardwood carved figures of Li-Ti-Guei with a three legged toad on his shoulder, each 13.25ins (31.6cm) high £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese hardwood framed table screen, the hardstone panel carved in relief with two squirrels gathering nuts, 11.5ins (29.2cm) x 9.125ins (23.1cm), and hardwood stand for same, 16.5ins (41.9cm) high (20th Century - slight damage to stand) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese "Cantonese" gilt decorated black lacquer writing slope, the front decorated with an oval scene of figures within a pavilion landscape, the four quadrants with mythological creatures, the fitted interior decorated with figures and pavilions with garden landscapes, 16.125ins (41.5cm) wide x 13.25ins (33.5cm) deep x 4.25ins (10.8cm) high (19th Century) £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese porcelain and hardwood table screen with stand, the porcelain painted with figures in boats gathering waterlilies, with onlookers in a raised pavilion, the frame and stand pierced (late Qing/early Republic), 17.5ins (44.4cm) wide x 27.5ins (69.8cm) high £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese silk scroll painting depicting nine bearded scholars in a mountainous landscape, 37ins (94cm) x 14ins (35.6cm), with five lines of script and red seal mark, framed and glazed, and scroll painting on paper of flowering branches and rockwork, 42ins (106.7cm) x 17.25ins (43.8cm), with a silk border, two lines of script and two red square seal marks £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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Chinese School - Painting on silk - A story from Biographies of the Immortals - Mountain landscape scene with a group of Daoist Immortals looking up at Qin Gao riding a carp, 50.75ins (129cm) x 26.75ins (68cm), with two red seal marks and black character inscription to top £100-200 plus 24% BP*
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In the style of Haruhiko Kawasaki (20th Century Japanese School) - Mixed media - Abstract view (thought to be Mount Fuji), 10ins x 8ins, bears signature, in painted wood frame and glazed £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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Chinese School - Scroll print - Portrait of a standing Bijin - A beautiful woman holding a flower, 23.5ins x 14.5ins with red seal mark, and a scroll print after "Huang Zhou Xin Jing Gu Niang" - A young maiden carrying a basket of her fruit on her head, 30ins x 13.25ins £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Japanese School - Print on silk - "Mount Fuji", 17ins x 21ins, bears signature, in wood frame and glazed £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese hardwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid barrel-shaped stool, the top inlaid with exotic birds, flowers and flowering trees, with five fretted bowed supports and conforming footrim, 15ins diameter x 19ins high £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese hardwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid barrel-shaped stool, the top inlaid with birds and flowering branches (one inlaid bird missing), on eight bowed supports and circular base with bracket feet, 12ins (30.5cm) diameter x 18ins (45.8cm) high £150-250 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese rosewood circular jardiniere stand of slightly shaped outline, inset with pink veined marble slab to top, with bead edge, the apron fretted and carved with leaf and floral ornament, on four carved and square panelled legs with claw and ball feet, 14.75ins (37.5cm) diameter x 15.25ins (38.5cm) high £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A nest of three small Chinese hardwood occasional tables or stands with fretted aprons, 11ins (28cm) x 12.5ins (31.7cm) x 14.5ins (36.8cm) high (largest), and a pair of circular jardinière or vase stands, each supported on five rope-twist carved legs, 7.25ins (18.5cm) diameter x 19.5ins (50.2cm) high £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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An early 20th Century Indian hardwood howdah chair, the shaped cresting carved with floral and leaf ornament, the whole with spindle turnings, wood seat and on X-pattern front supports, 53ins wide x 25ins deep x 32ins high (some stains and tips of two finials missing), and loose squab cushions for same £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese red painted and gilt decorated hardwood rectangular panel fretted and carved with dragons, figures, pagodas, fish and mythical birds amongst cloud motifs, the frame carved with leaf scroll ornament, 37.75ins (96cm) x 76ins (193cm), and a pair of red painted and gilt decorated panels fretted and carved with warrior scene to centre, surrounded by dragons and leaf scroll ornament, in modern gilt frames, 29.25ins (74.5cm) x 18ins (45.5cm) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese elm rectangular altar table on turned legs, 100.25ins (254.6cm) wide x 14.5ins (36.8cm) deep x 35ins (89cm) high £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese panelled elm and metal mounted cupboard, fitted four frieze drawers, three cupboards under each enclosed by a pair of central panelled doors, on bracket feet, 40.25ins (105cm) x 18.75ins (47.6cm) deep x 66ins (167.1cm) high (modern - lacking pins to lock doors) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese camphorwood chest of large proportions, with two metal drop handles to each end, on plinth base, the front carved with trailing leaf ornament, 66ins (167.6cm) wide x 28.5ins (72.5cm) deep x 35ins (89cm) high (crack to top and with some marks) £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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| THE KEITH STEVENS COLLECTION PART II |
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Further to the success of sale of The Keith Stevens Collection last October, here follows the final part of the collection | |
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A Chinese red painted and carved giltwood seated figure of Cai Shen - God of Wealth and Prosperity, wearing a tall hat and holding a tale in each hand, 18.5ins (47cm) high (late 19th Century - some flaking and minor cracks)
Note: Purchased in Bangkok. Chaozhou School £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A large Chinese carved, painted and giltwood seated figure of a long bearded Daoist, thought to be Baosheng Dadi, on red and ochre base, 18.25ins (46.3cm) high (early 20th Century)
Note: Purchased in Hong Kong in 1977. Baosheng Dadi - Song Dynasty Physician and Daoist Practitioner born in Fujian. From Fujian Province. £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A large Chinese carved polychrome figure of a male warrior standing on horseback, right arm raised, with paper label with character inscription to torso, on red painted rectangular base, 24ins (61cm) long x 35.5ins (90.4cm) high (late 19th Century - some flaking)
Note: Purchased in Hong Kong in 1989 for £815. Unidentified General, possibly from Kunming, Yuannan Province. See Keith Stevens "Chinese Gods: The Unseen World of Spirits and Demons", page 27. £600-800 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood seated figure of Guanyin, 7.5ins (19.2cm) high, seated on a detatchable throne with pierced back and bow-front base, 19.75ins (50.2cm) high overall (19th Century - partially repainted)
Note: Purchased in Beijing in 1996. From Shanxi Province. £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved, painted and giltwood figure of a seated bearded Immortal wearing a dragon robe, 16ins (40.6cm) high (late 19th Century - some paint flaking)
Note: Purchased in Macao in 1978. An unidentified deified official. South China Coast Boat People figure. £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved, painted and giltwood seated figure of a female Immortal wearing a dragon robe, 16.25ins (41.2cm) high (late 19th Century - lacking object to one hand - some chipping and paint flaking)
Note: Purchased in Hong Kong in 1981. Pearl River Boat People figure. £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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A large Chinese carved, painted and giltwood seated figure of a lady wearing a headdress, on green and black base, 18.5ins (47cm) high (early 20th Century - may originally have had an emblem to right hand - some flaking)
Note: Purchased in Rye in 1992. Pearl River Boat People ancestral matron. £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood standing Pearl River Boat People figure of a mature male, his right arm raised, and supported on nine mythical beasts, 16.75ins (42.6cm) high
Note: Purchased in Macau in 1978 for £88. £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of Chinese carved polychrome seated figures of bearded Daoist gods, their yellow robes decorated with tri-grams, one holding a bowl and the other a fly whisk and compass, on red painted and stylised lotus bases, each 17ins (43cm) high, and a pair of figures of a seated Zhu Bajue, "Pigsy", the Chinese Spirit of Greed, and a deity, each with grey features, on similar red painted and stylised lotus bases, each 16.5ins (42cm) high
Note: Zhu Bajue - Purchased in Hong Kong in 1976. £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood figure of a seated lady, a sword in her right hand, 9ins (22.8cm) high, a seated figure of Yu Huang Shangdi the Jade Emperor - An Immortal holding a tablet, 11.5ins (29cm) high, a seated figure of an Immortal holding a tablet, 10ins (25.5cm), and nine other carved polychrome and giltwood seated figures, various, mostly Pearl River Boat People £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood standing figure of a stylised warrior with elaborate headdress, his right hand raised, on red painted base, 13.75ins (35cm) high, a figure of a bearded man astride a tiger, his right hand raised, and on red base, 8.75ins (22.4cm) high (some flaking), nine other figures of various animals, and six other figures, various, mostly Pearl River Boat People £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood standing figure of an official with bulging eyes holding a later trident in his right hand, on red painted base, 16.25ins (41cm) high, a seated figure of Pan Ku - A bearded deity holding two cloud mirrors, 12ins (30.5cm) high, a seated figure of a Warrior Soul image, his right hand raised and his right foot resting on a mythical beast, 12ins (30.5cm) high, and nine other Pearl River Boat People figures, various £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood seated figure of a bearded god with bulging eyes, on red throne, 8ins (20.4cm) high (inscribed to rear of base with three characters), a seated figure of Na Mo Lo - An Immortal wearing a harlequin robe, 7ins (18cm) high, a seated figure of a lady wearing blue robes, 5.5ins (14cm) high, and six other Pearl River Boat People figures, various £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved blue painted and giltwood standing figure of Lei Gong, Duke of Thunder - A demonic deity wielding an axe in his raised right hand, 9.5ins (21.6cm) high, a carved polychrome and giltwood standing figure of Mao Shan, 9.5ins (24cm) high, a seated figure of Li Tsang Wang, 9.25ins (23.5cm) high, a pair of ditto standing figures of deities, each with a raised hand, on oval bases, each 8ins (20.3cm) high, and twenty other figures, various
Note: Mostly Pearl River Boat People figures £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved and red painted seated figure of Puan Zushi - A deity holding a tablet in his right hand, 10.5ins (26.6cm) high, a carved polychrome and giltwood seated figure of a bearded deity, 9ins (23cm) high, a standing figure of a young man, his right hand raised and standing on a dragon and a tiger, 9ins (23cm) high, a standing figure of a communist soldier with gun in hand, 9.5ins (24.4cm) high, and eighteen other figures, various
Note: Pearl River Boat People figures. £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood standing figure of a policeman, his gun raised, 8.75ins (22.3cm) high, a standing figure of a man with a fluffy pom-pom to his hat and holding a cup in his left hand, 10ins (25.5cm) high, a carved wood figure of a standing multi-armed deity, 9ins (22.8cm) high, and sixteen other figures, various
Note: Pearl River Boat People figures. Soul images. £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood seated figure of Hou Wang - A deity with a tablet in his right hand, 9.25ins (23.5cm) high, a figure of a deity astride two horses, 8.5ins (21.5cm) high, a seated figure of Chen Wang in front of a separate altar with a fish and two characters, 9.25ins (23.5cm) high, and seven other figures, various
Note: Hou Wang purchased in Macau in 1976. Chen Wang purchased in Hong Kong in 1976. Pearl River Boat People figures. £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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