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A CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER.
20th Century.
The ovoid body raised on three dragon mask feet, further two beasts forming the handles with loose rings, the domed cover with a coiled dragon finial, together with a wood stand, 10.5cm H. (3)
£300-500
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A CELADON JADE HARDSTONE-INLAID TABLE SCREEN.
20th Century.
The rectangular panel decorated to one side with a pair of exotic birds on a blossoming tree issuing from a colourful rockwork, the stand with further inlay of blossoming branches between rows of studs, all inlaid with malachite, carnelian agate, lapis, amethyst, jadeite, turquoise and coral, 24.2 x 18cm. (2)
£300-500
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A 'BOY AND SAGE' BALUSTER VASE.
Republic period.
Painted in a subdued palette with a scholar holding a fan and a small boy leaning over a lotus pond fence, the child pointing towards a skein of geese in the sky, a four character Qianlong mark to the base, 25cm H.
£600-800
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'PEONIES' VASE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The ovoid body painted with peony blossoms of various colours, the tall cylindrical neck with stylised lotus flower heads and foliage on lime-green ground, with a band of ruyi heads to the shoulder and key fret to the rim and foot, with a six character Qianlong mark on the base, 28.5cm H.
£500-800
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'PARROT' VASE.
20th Century, by Huang Xiaocun.
Finely painted with a grey bird perched on a blossoming tree branch, signed and sealed, the base inscribed Jingdezhen yishu cichang zhi, 19.5cm.
£200-300
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A DOUCAI 'ROSES' BOTTLE VASE.
Second half of 20th Century, by Xiao Fang.
The ovoid body with a flared neck finely painted with a spray of rose blossoms and grasses with insects above, the reverse with four lines of calligraphy, Xiao Fang Yao Zhi seal mark to the base, 17cm H.
£300-500
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A FAMILLE ROSE CIRCULAR 'BOYS' BOX AND COVER.
Republic period.
Painted to the cover with a joyful procession of five small boys in a landscape, one holding a lantern, the others carrying various musical instruments, with bands of flower heads to the rims, the body with sprays of fruit and a four character mark reading lin zhi cheng xiang, 9.5cm diameter. (2)
£800-1,200
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A FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PLEASURE BOAT.
Late 19th/early 20th Century.
The biscuit body glazed in colourful enamels and modelled as a dragon boat with the bow formed as the raised head with mouth lined with fangs and the stern as an up-turned curving tail, with a two-story pavilion with reticulated walls and figures enjoying a picnic on board, 23.5cm long.
£1,500-2,000
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'BIRDS AND PRUNUS' BRUSH REST.
20th Century.
Painted with a pair of swallows on a branch of a blossoming prunus tree, with a four character mark reading ju ren tang zhi, 18 x 5.8cm.
£400-600
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A YIXING ZISHA 'PEACH' CUP.
20th Century, signed Yinxian.
Formed as half a peach fruit issuing from a thick gnarled leafy stem with smaller fruit and blossoms forming the base, a two character Yinxian seal impressed to the body near the handle, 8cm H, 10cm diameter.
£800-1,200
Wang Yinxian (1943-2018) studied under the master potter Zhu Kexin (1904-1986) who was invited in 1959 to create a work inspired by the yixing masterpiece the "shengsi peach cup" in the collection of the Nanjing Museum. Wang accompanied Zhu during this process and she created her own version which was selected for exhibition in a Soviet Union exhibition in 1961. The creation of the peach cup, of which very few versions are thought to have been created had a profound and formative impact on her work. For example, a prunus trunk-form teapot similarly decorated and made by Wang in 1990 is reproduced in Selected Works of Contemporary Yixing Potters, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 3. However, the peach cup holds a pre-eminent position within her oeuvre. As such it has been widely published, see for example, Wang Wen and Qiu Chunlin, The Complete Works of Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters - Wang Yuxian volume, 2009, pp 70-71. A closely related cup by the same artist was also sold by lot 2649, in the sale Jing Xi Wonderful Made: Fine Modern & Contemporary Redware Teapots, China Guardian, 3 December 2013.
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'MELONS' BOX AND COVER.
Early 20th Century.
The ovoid body painted with a bird in flight above a cluster of peonies and other blossoms, with yellow and orange melons entwined around a spray of bamboo, with two metal handles and a twin peach-shaped finial to the cover mirroring the painted design of the vessel, a four character Hongxian mark to the base, 21cm H. (2)
£1,500-2,000
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' DISH.
Early 20th Century.
Painted with a confronting dragon and a phoenix with the sacred pearl of wisdom between them, the rim with a key fret border, a six character Guangxu mark to the base, 18.5cm diameter.
£300-500
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'MILLE-FLEURS' DISHES.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and possibly of the period.
Each painted with various blossoms in colourful enames on a gilt ground, the reverse with single flower sprays and six character Qianlong marks to the bases, 23.5cm diameter. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Mr Arnold Mertens, formerly Belgian ambassador to China.
£200-300
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A MASSIVE FAMILLE ROSE CHARGER.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Painted with a dignitary seated on a chair in a fenced garden, surrounded by seven young ladies and nine small boys, all beneath blossoming prunus branches, the rim with floral sprays and rocaille panels with scrolls and diaper pattern, 45cm diameter.
Provenance: from the collection of Lord John Kerr (1942-2018).
£400-600
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A FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'HUNDRED BOYS' CUP.
Qing dynasty, Daoguang period.
The tall flared body painted in enamels and gilt with a colourful procession of boys carrying banners, canopies and musical instruments, all against a bright yellow ground, a four character ji xiang ru yi mark to base, 6.5cm H, 8.5cm diameter.
£800-1,200
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A FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND 'PEONY' CUP.
Late Qing Dynasty.
The tall body painted with sprays of pink peonies against a dense cash pattern, with bands of ruyi heads to the rim and lappets to the foot, the interior with a single peony roundel and a band of fruit and flowers panels, a six character Tongzhi mark to the base, 6cm H, 9cm diameter.
£600-800
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TWO FAMILLE ROSE CUPS.
Late Qing Dynasty.
One painted with sprays of bamboo and fruiting vine, with a six character Guangxu mark, the other with travelling courtiers in a landscape, a four character Xianfeng mark, 9cm diameter. (2)
£800-1,200
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TWO CUPS.
Qing Dynasty, 18th Century and later.
Each with a tall flared body, one blue and white, painted with a vase and floral sprays, with a floral band to the interior of the rim, the other decorated with peach-bloom glaze and with a Daoguang mark to the base, 6.5cm. (2)
£1,200-1,500
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A DOUCAI MONTH CUP.
Qing Dynasty, six-character Tongzhi mark and of the period.
With steep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, painted to the exterior in underglaze-blue and overglaze enamels with figures in a landscape, among trees with mountains in the distance, the reverse inscribed qing xiang he su yu, jia se chu qing yan (The fragrance blends with the flavour of evening rain. The beautiful colour stands out in clear weather like in mist), ending with a single-character seal mark, 7cm diameter.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd November 1998, lot 325 [part].
£3,000-5,000
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A FAMILLE ROSE UNDERGLAZE BLUE CUP.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period.
The gently flaring body painted with wild orchids and chrysanthemums, with w band of ruyi heads to the foot and key fret to the rim, 5cm H, 6.5cm diameter.
£1,000-2,000
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A LARGE DOUCAI AND FAMILLE ROSE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu mark and of the period.
The ovoid body painted with a pair of hwamei birds on a gnarled trunk of a blossoming prunus tree, the waisted neck mirroring the design, framed by twin elephant head handles and rising to a flared rim, the foot, shoulder and rim with colourfully enamelled bands in famille rose and doucai styles, six character mark to base, 60cm H.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: an English private collection, reputedly from 1920s.
The combination of varying techniques of decoration such as famille rose enamel and underglaze doucai, together with the close juxtapositioning of disparate patterns was fundamentally an innovation of the Qianlong era. The present vase with its various horizontal bands emulates the Qianlong protype of which an example is illustrated in The Palace Museum's Essential Collections: Chinese Ceramic Wares with Polychrome Glaze, 2016, cat. no. 231.
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A GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE 'DRAGON' VASE.
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu period.
The hexagonal-section body painted with three dragons chasing sacred pearls of wisdom amidst clouds and fire wisps above stylised waves, with further two beasts to the waisted neck with a flared rim, the shoulder with an enamelled band of flower heads on a diaper pattern, a six character Qianlong mark to the base, 67cm H.
£13,000-15,000
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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON' BOTTLE VASE.
Qing Dynasty, six character Guangxu mark and of the period.
The ovoid body painted with two iron-red confronting dragons contesting a sacred pearl of wisdom amongst stylised colourful clouds, the flared neck with a similar design, with bands of lappets to the foot, lotus to the shoulder and ruyi heads and key fret to the rim, 66cm H.
£15,000-20,000
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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUE.
Qing Dynasty.
Painted with a scholar and his young assistant in a pavilion near a willow tree by a lake, with distant mountains shrouded by stylised colourful clouds, 19.5 x 13cm.
£100-200
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE.
Late Qing Dynasty.
Finely painted with figures in a mountainous landscape, with a small bridge and a fisherman in a sampan and pavilions shrouded by groves of pines and blossoming prunus, contained in a hongmu frame, 30 x 22.5cm.
£1,000-2,000
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'BIRDS AND FLOWERS' PLAQUE.
20th Century.
With six magpies perched on blossoming branches, all within a border painted with enamels and gilt with flower heads and scrolling foliage against a turquoise ground, 32.5 x 24cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s.
£800-1,200
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FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES.
Qing Dynasty.
Comprising: a red-overlay glass bottle decorated with horses, a yellow Beijing glass bottle with blossoms, a mother-of-pearl bottle carved with a carp and a porcelain landscape bottle with a four character Qianlong mark, 6.5 - 7.5cm H. (4)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s.
£400-600
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' VASES.
19th/20th Century.
Each with a compressed ovoid body and a cylindrical neck painted with stylised lotus flower heads and scrolling foliage, with six character marks to the bases, 15cm H. (2)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired from Fukien Exhibit Co., Singapore, March 1971.
£500-800
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λ A COLLECTION OF HARDSTONE CARVINGS.
20th Century.
Including a jadeite plaque, a turquoise vase and cover, a coral carving, an amber carving and a malachite water pot, each with a wood stand, 4-9cm H. (10)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s.
£400-600
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FOUR HARDSTONE VASES AND INCENSE BURNERS.
20th Century.
Comprising: a green jadeite hanging vase and cover, a rose quartz vase and an incense burner and cover, and a brown agate incense burner and cover, together with three wood stands, 10-20.5cm H. (10)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s.
£300-500
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A COLLECTION OF PORCELAIN BIRD FEEDERS.
19th/20th Century.
Comprising four famille rose, and ten blue and white feeders variously shaped and painted with blossoms and foliage, 1.5-3.5cm H, 1.2-4cm diameter. (14)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired from Hong Sung, Singapore, 19 November 1970.
£500-800
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TWELVE PORCELAIN BIRD FEEDERS.
19th/20th Century.
Comprising seven blue and white and five famille rose variously shaped bird feeders, one with a four character Yongzheng mark, another with a Qianlong mark, 3-6cm. (12)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired from Hong Sung, Singapore, 19 November 1970.
£400-600
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A COLLECTION OF ITEMS.
19th/20th Century.
Including four snuff bottles, three miniature vases, a tea bowl and cover and a four-fold medicine bottle, two snuff bottles with Qianlong marks to the bases, 4.5 - 9.5cm H. (14)
Provenance: an English private collection, acquired in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s.
£400-600
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A BRONZE BUST OF LIAO CHENGZHI.
Second half of 20th Century.
His head slightly tilted, with a benign smile on his face, holding his hands together and supporting his chin, 30 x 28 x 19cm, 10.1kg.
Provenance: from an important private collection.
£3,000-5,000
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A PAIR OF DEHUA HAWKS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period.
Each with head slightly turned to the side, raised on a rock base, 11.5cm H. (2)
£800-1,200
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A SMALL BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A BUDAI HESHANG.
Qing Dynasty.
The laughing monk seated, his right arm with a string of prayer beads resting on his raised right knee, a double gourd-shaped illegible seal to the reverse, 7cm H.
£100-200
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A SET OF THREE DEHUA CUPS.
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period.
Each with a conical body and a slightly everted rim, moulded as flower heads with a row of petals with foliage sprays, single character marks to the bases, 3.5cm H. (3)
£400-600
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A BLANC-DE-CHINE VASE, GU.
Qing Dynasty.
The plain body with a flared foot and rim with a raised central section incised with a key fret band and two rows of lappets, together with a wood stand, 25cm H. (2)
£100-200
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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN.
Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th Century.
Wearing long flowing robes, gracefully seated on a tall rocky outcrop, with hair piled in a high chignon, with both hands resting on her raised right knee, holding a scroll in her left hand, her face with a serene expression framed by elongated earlobes, 32cm H.
£4,000-6,000
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A YIXING ZISHA 'DRAGON' TEAPOT AND COVER.
Qing Dynasty.
The dark brown ovoid body with a slender spout and a C-shaped handle applied with two archaistic chilong to each side and six small scroll panels to the shoulder, the domed cover with three roundels containing dragons, a two character junde mark to the base, 8.5cm H. (2)
£600-800
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A HEXAGONAL YIXING ZISHA TEAPOT AND COVER, ATTRIBUTED TO WU YUNGEN (1892-1969).
20th Century.
The ovoid body with a black and buff slip decoration of a landscape to one side, the reverse with calligraphy reading ming yue song jian zhao, qing quan shi shang liu, a four character Wu Yungen zhi mark to the base, a two character Yungen mark to the underside of the handle and the flat cover, potted in zhu ni clay, 10cm H. (3)
£500-800
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A YIXING ZISHA TEA SET.
Early 20th Century.
Comprising: a teapot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover, a milk jug, six coffee cups with saucers, five tea cups and six saucers, each incised with a scholar enjoying tea, rose blossoms and calligraphy, each piece with a Guang Yin mark impressed to the underside, 20cm. (28)
£300-500
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A BROWN-OVERLAY GLASS EROTIC SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
The flattened body carved to each side with a couple making love on a chair, with lion head handles to the sides, 8cm H. (2)
Provenance: an English private collection.
£300-500
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A JADEITE-INLAID GILT-METAL FILIGREE SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark possibly and of the period.
The flattened ovoid body decorated with filigree lotus flower to one side and a cluster of gourds to the reverse, the plants with elements inlaid in green jadeite, all on a scrolling filigree ground, the interior finished with turquoise enamel, a four character seal mark to the base, 6.5cm H. (2)
£200-300
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λ A SILVER-MOUNTED AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
Carved with a bird on a branch of a blossoming magnolia to one side and a peony bush to the reverse, mounted in silver filigree with a rockery design, together with a coral stopper and an original invoice, 7.5cm.（2）
Provenance: Robert Prescott collection label, purchased from Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd., London on July 30th 1970 for £50.
£400-500
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AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
Of irregular pebble shape and deep brown colour with yellow inclusions, 5.6cm long, 25g.
£300-500
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λ A STAINED IVORY 'GOLD FISH' SNUFF BOTTLE.
Early 20th Century.
The ovoid body carved with ten red and gilt fish amongst waves, with trees to either side, borders of scrolls, key fret and petals and at the shoulder and foot, the stopper decorated with petals and scrolling foliage, a four character Qianlong mark to the base, 9cm H, 177g. (2)
£100-200
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A LARGE BROWN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE.
Qing Dynasty.
The flattened ovoid body with two lion head handles with rings in low relief, all raised on an oval foot, 11cm H.
£300-500
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THREE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES.
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.
Comprising: a red-overlay 'dragon and phoenix' bottle with two mythical beasts amongst clouds and lingzhi sprays, a brown-overlay 'oxen' bottle with five bovines and a yellow and blue-overlay 'chilong' bottle with a sinuous dragon to each side, 6 - 7cm H. (6)
Provenance: an English private collection.
£800-1,200
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FIVE SNUFF BOTTLES.
19th Century, Qing Dynasty.
Comprising: one blue and white bottle painted with a continuous scene of two equestrian figures riding towards a bridge by weeping willows, a Qianlong mark to the base, a famille rose 'Immortals' bottle painted with the sages to each side, with a Daoguang mark to the base and a wood stand and three agate bottles, 6-7.5cm H. (11)
£500-800
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