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A Japanese woodblock print: edo period, by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Depicting one scene from the series 'Kayoi Kuruwa Sakari Hakkei' (Eight Views of Flowers of Yoshiwara in Their Bloom also known as Visits to the Flourishing Pleasure District). Published by Omi-ya, Edo, H 36cm x W 24cm £60-80
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An Indian Leopard: An 18th century marble leopard with polychrome gilt decoration and black spots on a red base £80-120
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Two Chinese silver ingots: 19th century, boat shaped and marked, H 3cm x W 6.5cm £80-120
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A Chinese bronze censer: 17th/18th century, of a smooth, compressed and globular shape. Embellished with two lion-dog head handles. Marked 'Xuande nian zhi' to the base. On a bronze tripod stand, H 14cm x D 24cm £800-1200
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Two South-East Asian stone Buddha heads: both finely carved, with serene expression and on a granite base, H 12cm and 13cm respectively £100-200
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A Burmese red and gold lacquered kammavaca: 19th century, the two lacquered teakwood covers decorated with deities. The 16 palm leaves inscribed with black tamarind lacquer text in Pali script, H 13cm x L 56cm £300-500
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A Burmese red and gold lacquered kammavaca: 19th century, the lacquered teakwood cover decorated with deities and lion dogs. The 14 palm leaves inscribed with black tamarind lacquer text in Pali script, H 15cm x L 60cm £300-500
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A Burmese prayer manuscript with Sarsekyo binding ribbon: 19th century, inscribed with ink Buddhist text in Pali script on palm leaves with gilded edges. With two red lacquered wood covers, H 6cm x L 49.5cm £300-500
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A mirror couple of Japanese Satsuma vases: Meiji period, the elongated globular bodies elegantly decorated with a scene of ladies and attendants by a temple in a hilly landscape. Signed by an artist of the Shimazu clan to the base, H 46cm £40-60
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Two Japanese bronze sculptures: Meiji period, realistically modelled as two roaring lions. With inlaid glass eyes. Mark of Genryusai Seiya to the abdomen, H 18cm x L 34cm £200-400
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A Chinese Canton export ivory powder box with lid: 19th century, of cylindrical shape. Intricately decorated throughout with sinuous dragons amidst clouds, D 11cm £100-200
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Three Japanese ivory okimono: Meiji period, to include: two clam shell carvings containing figures in a landscape, artist's mark to the base (H 2.5cm); a carving of the Three Wise Monkeys: See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil on a wooden stand (H 5.5cm). £60-80
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A couple of Chinese famille verte vases: 18th century, delicately decorated with medallions containing ladies, literati and attendants on terraces. Further embellished with two bands of small cartouches with Buddhist symbols. With two couples of applied dragons on the shoulder and two couples of applied lion-dogs to the neck. With everted and lobed mouth rim, H 45cm £800-1200
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An 18th/19th Century Chinese Wall Hanging: Hand painted in gouache on silk depicting a roundel with symmetrical & mythological Buddha figures, the upper section with figures amongst clouds, laid on further silk & covered by a silk hanging, H 89 x W 68cm £300-500
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A Chinese Yixing Teapot: 19th century, of fruit & leaf design with removable lid, H 10cm x W 18cm £200-300
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An Unhallmarked Chinese Silver Cigarette Case: The cover embossed with dragon and prunus blossom, initialled within a shield-shaped cartouche £80-120
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A Chinese silk painting depicting a pheasant £80-120
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A Persian saddle bag & painted silk prayer mat £50-80
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Two Asian Bowls and a Buddha: One bowl of engraved brass with hammered copper and silver deities: the other of octagonal form with eight deities and a cast Buddha on lotus base £50-80
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An 18th Century Celadon Glazed Vase: Of bulbous form with ribbed effect to body, H 24cm £80-120
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A Bronze Figure of a Standing Japanese Warrior: H 132cm £800-1200
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An 18th/19th Century Bronze Guan Yin: Dressed in finery with flowers and ornate clothing seated with hands held in Dhyana and Abhaya Mudra. The plate to the base has detached and has four impressed characters, H 30cm £300-500
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A small Chinese jade carving: 19th century, of a light celadon tone. In the shape of a petalled medallion. Carefully carved with a motif of lingzhi mushroom and two fishes on one side and a motif of deer and bat by a pine tree on the other side. On a damaged but skilfully carved wooden stand, D 7cm £100-200
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A pair of Chinese ivory brush pots: 19th century, reticulated and carved in high relief with sinuous dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst scrolls of clouds. Without ivory base, H 11.5cm £300-500
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Two Chinese blue and white jars: 17th/18th century, to include: a jar decorated with a scene of Buddhist monks visiting their Master, Kangxi (1661-1722) mark to the base and of the period; a jar decorated with alternating with shou (longevity) characters and chrysanthemum flowers below a ruyi-shaped band and above a lappets band. Both: H 21cm £400-600
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A Chinese blue and white teapot with lid: early 20th century, boldly decorated with buildings in a riverine landscape. The sinuous handle and spout to simulate bamboo. Maker's mark to the base, H 19cm £100-200
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A 19th Century Blue and White Charger With Kangxi Marks: Depicting ducks on pond £150-250
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A Chinese dried nuts and fruit stones necklace: possibly 19th century, made of stringed dried nuts and polished fruit stones. £50-80
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A large brown-glazed Martaban storage jar: Ming dynasty, the reddish brown stoneware body covered with a thick and crackled brown glaze, leaving mouth rim, foot and base bare. Decorated with incisesd motifs of two sinuous dragons between wavy bands. Five applied lion dog heads to the shoulder, H 56cm £800-1200
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A collection of Chinese export paintings and popular prints: 19th century, to include: four export watercolours on pith paper on the theme of 'punishments'; Six popular coloured prints representing four Taoist Immortals, an auspicious motif and children dancing on stilts; twelve miniature watercolours on fabric depicting various birds; two Japanese prints of a lady and irises, and of two ducks in a pond respectively. £500-600
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A Chinese gilt-splashed bronze figure: 18th century, modelled in the shape of a Buddha seated on a double lotus base. The tightly-fitting and thin-textured robe embellished with scrolling motifs, H 19cm £500-800
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A Chinese bronze gong: 19th century, decorated with two dragons chasing flaming pearls around a central knob. Buddhist symbols to the sides, D 40cm £100-200
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A large Indian bidri bronze plate: 18th century, with gold? inlays of scrolling motifs. A silver inlay of honeycomb motif to the base, D 40.5cm £200-300
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Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) & Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612): 'Macedonia Epirus et Achaia', a fine early hand coloured engraved map of Macedonia & Corfu, impression size H 36 x W 43cm, sheet size H 49 x W 58cm, original text verso, unframed £150-250
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A Table: Chinese 18/19th century provincial throne table of pegged construction H 82cm x W 104cm £300-400
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A Davenport: 19th century, Indian colonial, hardwood, the pierced fretwork designs with deity figures and leaf designs throughout, the serpentine front above two well carved figures enclosed by snakes on lion mask feet H 132cm x W 67cm XD69cm £300-500
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A 18th Century Chinese Blue & White Export Tankard £50-80
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A Chinese blue and white vase: Kangxi period, the cylindrical body decorated with a scene of officials and attendants by a bridge in a riverine landscape, H 46cm £500-700
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Two Middle-Eastern bronze pots: both of compressed bulbous shape. One with everted mouth rim and a loop handle (one missing), H 17.5cm; the other with everted mouth rim and two loop handles, H 13.5cm (2) £200-400
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Johannes Bouman (Dutch, 1601-1658): Still life of fruit in a wicker basket, oil on panel, signed lower right, H 47 x W 68cm. Note: Born in Strasbourg, Bouman travelled widely and consequently his paintings display varying influences, principally from French and German art. An identical wicker basket to that of the present picture features in many of Bouman's works. Wicker baskets filled with flowers or fruit were a staple element in the French still-life repertoire, occurring in works by Bouman's French contemporaries such as Louise Moillon and Jacques Linard. Such baskets reveal the influence of Flanders where the independent genre of still-life painting originated at the end of the 16th century. £1000-1500
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Bartholomeus van Bassen (Dutch, c. 1590-1652): An ornate church interior with a beggar in the foreground & numerous figures beyond, oil on panel, H 26 x W 35.5cm £3000-5000
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Andries Vermeulen (Dutch, 1763 - 1814): A winter street scene with figures before a church, oil on panel, H 35 x W 43cm £2000-3000
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Follower of Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/9-1682): A rural wooded river landscape with windmill, cattle & figures, oil on mahogany panel, H 25 x W 35cm £120-180
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Follower of Luis de Morales, called el Divino (Spanish, 1512-1586): Christ crowned with thorns carrying the cross, oil on canvas, H 73 x W 60cm £400-600
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Cuzco School (17th century): The Madonna & Child, oil on copper, H 25 x W 18.5cm, label verso for M C de Villas Boas, Portugal £500-800
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After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian (Italian, circa 1485/90-1576): The Venus of Urbino, oil on canvas, incribed verso, H 41 x W 55cm, after Titian's 1538 original in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence £800-1200
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English School (17th/18th century): The Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688, oil on canvas, H 73 x W 59cm, in good quality carved period giltwood frame, stencil numbers verso.
Note: The Seven Bishops of the Church of England were those imprisoned and tried for seditious libel related to their opposition to the second Declaration of Indulgence, issued by James II in 1688. In a major embarrassment to the Crown, they were found not guilty. The present image is likely to derive from an engraving by Peter Schenk the Elder. £800-1200
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Follower of John Wootton (British, c. 1683-1764): Three military gentleman on horseback with soldiers beyond, possibly King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, 1743, oil on canvas, H 88 x W 68cm £800-1200
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English School (17th/18th century): Portrait of William Gibbons Esq. of Ettingsall, holding a folding ruler, emmerging from a feigned oval in a trompe l'oeil manner, oil on canvas, labelled verso, H 75 x W 63cm £600-800
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Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837): A pair of oils on canvas depicting an Anglo-French naval engagement off the Bay of Audierne, Brittany, during the Napoleonic Wars, one signed & dated 1834, each H 76 x W 112cm.
Note: This pair of pictures show Pellew's Action in HMS Indefatigable against the French Droits de l'Homme in the Bay of Audierne, Brittany on the 13th January 1797. The lower picture shows the start of the action, Sir Edward Pellew in HMS Indefatigable (44 guns), ahead of Captain Robert Reynolds in HMS Amazon 36 (a less swift frigate). The upper picture is the end of the night action (4.20am) with the dismasted Droits de l'Homme (74 guns), on the reef (it was low water when she grounded) and HMS Amazon damaged aloft. Amazon later went ashore too, all but 5 of the ship's complement made it to land to become prisoners of war. Droits de l'Homme lost nearly 1000 men in the icy conditions. There was nowhere to shelter on board when the tide rose and the storm increased. There is a monument to their loss on the coast adjacent to the wreck, 1 1/2 miles north of the village of Penhors. Although forced into the bay, Pellew in the Indefatigable, with masterly seamanship, clawed off the lee shore by wearing the ship (his shrouds were cut up and tacking would have brought down his rig in such a gale). £10000-20000
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