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A Chinese Paktong Square Box and Cover, Qing Dynasty, repoussé with dragons in a roundel, 8.5cm wide; An Infant's Silver Long Life Pendant, repoussé with a landscape, 7cm wide; Three Similar Copper Pendants; and A Japanese Mixed Metal Square Box and Cover, Meiji period, cast with a Samurai holding an Oni, the sides with scrolls and foliage, 6.5cm wide (6) £150 - 200
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A Chinese Coral Carving of a Boy, standing beside a tree stump, 7cm high; and A Coral Necklace, 36cm long (2) £200 - 300
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A Chinese Horn and Alloy Official's Badge, Qing Dynasty, of circular form repoussé with a dragon on a multiple link chain, 15cm long £150 - 200
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A Chinese "Chicken Bone" Type Jade Plaque, Qing Dynasty, of oval cartouche form carved in relief with a Kylin amongst lotus, 8cm wide £150 - 200
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A Chinese Ochre Jade Axe Head, of archaistic form carved with a mythical beast, 11.5cm long; A Jade Carving, of a Kylin amongst foliage, 6cm long; A White Jade Sword Slide, carved with a Kylin, 8cm long; and A Jade "Bamboo Section",5.5cm long £150 - 200
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A Chinese Celadon and Russet Jade Pebble, Qing Dynasty, carved with carp amongst waves, 8cm long £150 - 200
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A Chinese Jade Carving, Qing Dynasty, as a money toad on a gourd, 8cm long £150 - 200
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A Chinese Celadon and Russet Jade Pebble, Qing Dynasty, carved with lotus, 7cm long £300 - 400
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A Chinese Celadon and Russet Jade Pebble, Qing Dynasty, carved with a rat amongst foliage, 4.5cm long £150 - 200
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A Chinese "Chicken Bone" Type Stone Seal Box and Cover, in Ming style, modelled as a turtle, the cover with archaistic script, 12cm long £150 - 200
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A Chinese Silver Inlaid Bronze Brush Rest, late Ming Dynasty, with five peaks, 8.5cm wide £150 - 200
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A Chinese Porcelain Brush Rest, Qing Dynasty, with five peaks picked out in ochre and green glazes, 9cm wide £120 - 180
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A Chinese Green Glazed Porcelain Brush Washer, late Qing Dynasty, modelled as ducks in a lotus arbour, 9.5cm wide £150 - 200
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A Chinese Hardwood Official's Document Box, Qing Dynasty, with angular handle and peach cresting, the panelled door enclosing three drawers, 43cm high £200 - 300
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A Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Stand, Qing Dynasty, possibly 18th century, of table form, the square top carved with Buddhistic emblems within a gilt metal border on a geometric ground over pierced aprons, on square section legs, 15cm wide £300 - 400
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After Qi Baishi (1864-1957)ShrimpsA woodblock print published by Rongbaozhai, 134cm by 33cm £120 - 180
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A Chinese Daoist Ceremonial Robe, Qing Dynasty, probably 19th century, worked in coloured silk and gold thread with representations of the Signs of the Zodiac and with roundels and cloud scrolls within foliate and wave scroll borders on a hand-stitched black ground, 116cm long £800 - 1200
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A Collection of Eleven Archaic Chinese Bronze Coins and A Cowrie Shell, in a fitted display case, together with five 20th century Chinese coins £120 - 180
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A Persian Tinned Copper Guglet Vase, probably 15th/16th century, worked with bands of strapwork, foliage and geometric motifs, 30cm high £400 - 600
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A Set of Six Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Plaques, Meiji period, representing the stages of producing cloisonné, each depicting flowers, framed as one, each plaque 9cm by 9cm £150 - 200
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A Pair of Chinese Black Wood Brush Pots, Qing Dynasty, carved with figures amongst trees, 21cm high £500 - 700
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A Japanese Lacquer and Gilt Portable Shrine, Edo period, of rounded cylindrical form enclosing a figure of Buddha on a lotus throne, 21cm high £150 - 200
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A Jade Bangle, of varied green tones, inner diameter 6.5cmProvenance: Purchased by the vendor's family in the 1950's £150 - 200
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A Pair of Jade Bi-Disc Drop Earrings, a white polished drop form suspended on white metal chain links, length 5cm, with screw fittings £120 - 180
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A Jade Ring, the oval cabochon held in yellow claw, to a tapered shoulder plain polished shank, finger size L £250 - 350
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A Jade Bi-Disc Pendant, the stone of various shades from white to green with brown veining, free to spin within its mount on a fancy link chain, chain length 50cm, diameter of the hoop 2.2cm £100 - 150
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A Jade Plaque, in Yuan style, worked to both sides, depicting a hawk and goose, within a cannetille style outer frame with floral decoration, measures 12.5cm by 9.2cmThe mount possibly 18th century for the Russian Imperial market £800 - 1200
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An Art Deco Style Jade and Marcasite Bar Brooch, cased Jieves Ltd, length 4.9cm £150 - 200
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An Art Deco Jade and Diamond Plaque Pendant on Chain, the tapered oblong plaque carved and pierced to depict birds and fruiting vines, total estimated diamond weight 0.40 carat approximately, measures 2.3cm by 5.1cm, chain length 47cm in a fitted case by Carrington & Co Ltd £800 - 1200
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Chinese School (Qing Dynasty)An Ancestor Portrait, depicting nine seated figures before a table with two vases and a table screenInscribed variously to Liu Jia Liu Bangxiang Liu Zheng, Wu Liu Xueyong Liu Banghu Liu Ye and others, citizens of Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province, 148cm by 93cm £700 - 1000
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Chinese School (Qing Dynasty)An Ancestor Portrait, depicting four seated figures, the table behind with precious object and a table screenInscribed to sitters Zhong Sogzhi (1836-1900), Min Fengdi (1801-1862), Min Zhang (1803-1878) and Zhong Xu (1836-1898), citizens of Jingzhao, 145cm by 90cm £700 - 1000
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Chinese School (Qing Dynasty)An Ancestor portrait, depicting four seated figures beside two tables with vases and table screensInscribed to Tan Chunlu (1778-1856), Li Luoniang (1783-1827), Tan Tingshuang (1807-1854) and Tan Meiniang (1809-1850), 135cm by 93cm £300 - 400
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A Chinese Silkwork Panel, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianlong, worked in coloured and gold thread with Magu, the goddess of longevity, flanked by two bats, a deer at her side, 70cm by 43cm £700 - 1000
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A Chinese Export Lacquer Games Box and Cover, mid 19th century, of rectangular form, decorated with a landscape panel on a ground of foliage, containing six similarly decorated rectangular boxes and cover and ten rectangular trays, one inscribed GAME, 36cm wide £300 - 400
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A Chinese Cloisonné Vase, Qing Dynasty, of baluster form, the square neck with loop handles, decorated with dragons on a turquoise ground with foliage and precious objects, bears four character archaic mark, 30cm high; and A Similar Bowl, 22.5cm diameter £200 - 300
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A Pair of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vases, Meiji period, of square section baluster form, decorated with birds amongst blossoming branches on a dark blue ground, 16.5cm high £300 - 500
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A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase, Meiji period, of baluster form with fluted cylindrical neck and yellow ground, indistinctly signed, 23cm high, in presentation wooden box £150 - 200
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A Japanese Ivory and Shibayama Fan, Meiji period, the sticks carved in low relief and partially coloured with monkeys, the guards with birds amongst blossoming branches, 34cm long £400 - 600
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After Giambologna (1529-1608): Cristo Morto, Italian, circa 1600, a gilt bronze figure of the crucified Christ, 31cm high, on a later ebonised cross with gilt scroll plaque inscribed INRISee Sotheby's, New Bond Street, 15 December 1999, lot 79 £2000 - 3000
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R J Gunther: A Bronze Figure of an Officer of the Life Guards, standing on a rectangular base, 73cm high £800 - 1200
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German School (early 20th century): A Bronze Figure of a Skier, walking holding his skis over his shoulder, his poles in his left handle, on a rectangular base and marble plinth, signed H.S.MUNCHEN, 51cm high £700 - 1000
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A Dutch Brass Wine Cistern, late 17th/early 18th century, of oval form with everted rim and lion mask and loop handles, on an oval foot repoussé with bands of stylised figures and strapwork amongst scrolling leaves, 49cm wide £800 - 1200
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A Victorian Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Rosewood Work/Writing Table Cabinet, the hinged top set with a plaque depicting lovers in landscape on a blue ground over two doors with similar plaques enclosing an arrangement of compartments and three drawers, and containing a writing slope, on a scroll apron base, 35cm high £400 - 600
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Two Victorian Stoneware Garden Seats, modelled as entwined branches, 122cm high £1000 - 1500
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A Regency Wrought Iron Garden Bench, early 19th century, white painted with interlaced lunette shaped back support with reeded uprights and frame supporting a slatted seat with four legs terminating in paw feet joined by a curved stretcher, 162cm by 60cm by 110cm £500 - 700
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A Brass Engraved Striking and Repeating Centre Seconds Alarm Carriage Clock, Brevet Dinvention S.G.D.G, circa 1870, carrying handle and repeat button, enamel dial with Roman numerals, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with an engraved brass platform lever escapement, striking on a bell, movement backplate stamped Japy Freres, 17.5cm high over handle £300 - 500
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A Brass Grande Sonnerie Alarm Carriage Clock, circa 1890, carrying handle and repeat button, underside of the base with sonnerie selection lever for hours & quarters, silent and quarters, enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with a silvered platform lever escapement, striking on two blued steel gongs, movement backplate numbered 2128, 18cm high over handle £700 - 900
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A Swiss Brass Atmos Clock, signed Jaeger LeCoultre, No.278313, 20th century, brass case with five glazed panels, 4-3/4-inch white dial with applied dagger and Arabic numerals, central skeletonised view of the movement and with large oscillating balance wheel beneath, spirit level to the base, movement signed and numbered 278313, 23.5cm high £400 - 600
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A French Louis XVI Bronze Ormolu Striking Mantel Clock, signed Courvoister A Paris, circa 1770, surmounted by a winged cherub holding a pen and writing on a scroll, applied leaf and swag decoration, stepped base raised upon turned feet, 4-3/4-inch enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and signed, the reverse of the dial signed by the enameller Barbezat, finely pierced hands, twin barrel movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, movement backplate signed, later spring suspension, later pendulum, 34.5cm by 31.5cmThe signature probably refers to David Louis who became master clockmaker in 1765 and worked from Quai Conti min, Paris. The enamel dial is signed to the reverse by Barbezat. Elie Barbezat specialised in enamelling clock dials and supplied dials to a number of leading Parisian clockmakers of the 18th century. According to the Archives Brateau, Elie Barbezat was admitted as a master painter into the Academie de Saint-Luc on November 6th 1777. £1200 - 1800
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A Late 17th Century Brass Striking Lantern Clock, signed John Knibb, Oxon, circa 1690, four posted lantern frame case, pierced floral pattern frets, latched side doors, turned feet, 6-1/2-inch chapter ring signed John Knibb, Oxon, dial centre with engraved scroll decoration, central alarm disc, blued steel hand, two train movement with a verge escapement and countwheel striking on a top mounted bell, (alarm train is missing) but a vestige of the alarm train visible outside the backplate, hoop and spikes, bob pendulum, 33cm highJohn Knibb (1650-1722) was a member of the famous Knibb family of clockmakers, and was the younger brother of Joseph Knibb (1640-1721). John worked as apprentice to Joseph in Oxford c.1664 and they were clockmakers to Kings Charles II and James II. When Joseph later moved to London, John took charge of the Oxford business and received the Freedom of the City in 1673. In 1700 he was made the Mayor of Oxford. He made many fine and complicated examples on his own, as well as with Joseph. Examples of his work are in collections such as the Wertherfield Collection and the Guildhall Museum. £3000 - 5000
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