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An Early 19th Century Chinese Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the seventeen inner sticks and two guards having a central oval left plain for initials, the main body carved with figures and stylised trees,6.5 inches or 16.5cm £100 - 150
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Five Fans, to include: A good 18th century ivory fan, the monture carved, pierced and painted in soft colour, the double paper leaf showing possibly Venus and Mars with attendants in the countryside, the verso with a solitary lady at rest in a clearing. 10.5 inches or 26.5cm T/w a circa 1890's black gauze fan, mounted on black wood, painted with two adult and clusters of immature birds, all with red head feathers. Guard length 14 inches or 35.5cm; a further late 19th c fan of cream gauze, mounted on serpentine bone sticks, the gauze painted with flowers and edged with cream machine lace. Guard length 12.75 inches or 32cm; a small cream pierced celluloid brisé fan; and a 1920's feather fan of fontange form, the monture painted cream, the feathers white and painted with tiny blue birds, attached to a layer of silk cream, the verso plain. Guard length 13.5 inches or 34.5cm £120 - 150
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A Chinese Jade Type Figure of a Dragon, in Ming style, 35cm long £300 - 400
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A Chinese Jade Figure of a Recumbent Buffalo, in Ming style, 33cm wide £300 - 400
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A Cantonese Porcelain Vase, mid 19th century, of baluster form with mythical beast handles, typically painted with birds amongst foliage and figures in gardens in panels on a foliate ground, 62cm high £200 - 400
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A Chinese Bronze Censer, Xuande reign mark but not of the period, of semi-ovoid form with a border of mythical beasts, on three stylised animal feet, 18cm high, the matched hardwood cover with jade knop £300 - 400
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A Large Late 18th Century Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the very finely carved 25 inner sticks and two guards all with rounded tips. Centrally, the main feature comprises a shield containing initials, surrounded by extravagant drapery. To either side, a large oval, containing pagodas, other buildings, and stylised trees. Both guards are more deeply carved with fine blossoms and foliage. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm £100 - 150
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A Chinese Jade Plaque, of oval form, carved and pierced with birds amongst foliage, 9cm long, framed and glazed; and A Yixing Stoneware Teapot and Cover, bears Qianlong reign mark, 10cm long (2) £70 - 100
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Chinese School (Qing Dynasty)
Portraits of Ancestors wearing traditional robes, sitting in upholstered armchairs
Watercolours, 112cm by 65cm (a pair) £300 - 500
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A Good and Fine Late 18th Century Chinese Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty, the twenty-eight inner sticks and two guards delicately carved with a mainly floral design. The guards, more deeply carved, feature birds and flowers. Alternate rounded tips feature a bird or flower. Centrally, a shield containing the initials MM is contained within drapes with tassels and too each side three pairs of smaller roundels contain the same floral sprays that fill the rest of the central panel. A distinctive and unusual border divides the central section form the lower gorge, this featuring two further roundels carved with birds and a decorative urn filled with flowers. The verso is flat. Contained in a modern hinged fan box. Guard length 10 inches or 25.5c £400 - 800
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An Early 19th Century Chinese Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, the twenty-one inner sticks and two guards are wedge-shaped. The fan is carved in seven main bands, and centrally a small oval within a medium size oval present a detailed scene of two figures of some import and a servant, amidst unusual flowers, a pagoda, with birds in flight. The guards feature tiny buildings, and flowers, and the tip sticks feature different shells. The first band after the ribbon creates a border that wholly encloses the other bands. Delicate bands feature minutely carved roundels, waves, tiny flower sprays, which also feature in the lower gorge. The verso is plain. Guard length 7 inches or 17.75c £180 - 280
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A Pair of Chinese Bronze Temple Dogs, late 19th/20th century, crouching with their hind quarters raised, 17cm long £80 - 120
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A Chinese Bronze Figure of Buddha, Ming Dynasty, probably late 16th century, the cross-legged figure with right hand raised, on a shaped oval base, 18cm high £200 - 300
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A South East Asian Bronze Figure of Buddha, probably 17th century, seated cross-legged on a lotus base, 10cm high £80 - 120
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A Chinese Agate Censer and Cover, of ovoid form with Dog of Fo knop and elephant's mask and ring handles, on three paw feet, 11.5cm high, with hardwood base £200 - 300
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A Chinese Jadeite Censer and Cover, of ovoid form carved with Taotie and with mythical beast knop and handles, on three paw feet, 14cm high £150 - 200
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A Chinese Jade Libation Cup, in the form of a peach with pierced foliate scroll handle, 12cm long, on hardwood base £300 - 500
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A Chinese Jade Libation Cup, of peach form with carved and pierced flowering and fruiting branch handle, 14.5cm long, on hardwood base £300 - 500
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A Chinese Jade Oval Plaque, carved with a bird amongst foliage, 9.5cm wide; and A Similar Plaque, 6.5cm wide (2) £200 - 300
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A Chinese Jade Plaque/Pendant, carved and pierced with a jardiniere of flowers, 8cm long; A Similar Rectangular Plaque, with flowers, 5.5cm long; and An Archaic Style Plaque, as a stylised pheasant, 9cm long (3) £250 - 350
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A Chinese Jade Figure, of a boy carrying a flower over his shoulder, 6.5cm high £150 - 200
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A Chinese Figure of a Recumbent Horse, 6cm long, on hardwood stand; A Similar Figure of a Boy, carrying a flower over his shoulder, 5cm high; and Another Figure of a Boy, 4.5cm high, on a hardwood base (3) £200 - 300
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A Chinese Rock Crystal Figure of an Immortal, standing holding a branch over his shoulder, on an hexagonal base, 19cm high; A Rose Quartz Figure of Guanyin, standing, wearing flowing robes, 20cm high, on hardwood base; A Similar Bottle Vase and Cover, of baluster form, carved and pierced with kylin, 13cm high; A Soapstone Dog of Fo, on a table base, 15.5cm high; A Soapstone Bottle Vase, carved and pierced with flowers, on a circular base, 18cm high; and A Hardstone Model of Tree, in a planter, 23cm high (6) £200 - 300
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A Cantonese Ivory Card Case, mid 19th century, of rectangular form, carved with cross shaped panels of figures amongst trees, 8.5cm high; Two Japanese Coral Figures of Daikokuten, 5.5cm and 5cm high; A Chinese Amethyst Snuff Bottle and Stopper, of flattened ovoid form, carved with figures in panels, 7cm high; A Maori Style Jade Hei-Tiki, 7cm high; A Jadeite Bird, 6.5cm high; and A Collection of Hardstone and Other Miniature Items (qty) £200 - 300
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A Japanese Bronze Figure of an Elephant, Meiji period, one foreleg on a ball, impressed marks, 28cm long £400 - 500
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A Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase, 20th century, of baluster form with flared neck, decorated with geese amongst lilies on a blue ground, 46cm high £200 - 300
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A Japanese Ivory and Shibayama Figure of an Immortal, early 20th century, standing wearing flowing robes holding a staff and a gourd, decorated with mons, signed to red tablet, 33cm high £800 - 1200
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A Japanese Ivory Figure of a Fisherman, Meiji period, standing wearing flowing traditional robes holding a fishing rod in his right, a basket in his left, signed, 33cm high £700 - 1000
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A Set of Three Japanese Gilt and Patinated Menu Holders, Meiji period, each as three fans decorated with cranes amongst foliage, 8cm high; and A Similar Fan Shaped Menu Holder (4) £70 - 100
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A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Meiji period, as Daikokuten sitting, playing a biwa, signed, 3.5cm high; and A Similar Figure of Benzaiten, seated, playing a biwa, signed, 3.5cm high (2) £200 - 300
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A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Meiji period, as Daikokuten standing, his hands on his head, signed, 4cm high; and A Similar Figure of a Man, holding a leaf fan over his head, signed, 4cm high (2) £200 - 300
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A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Meiji period, as Jurojin carrying a large hat and a peach, signed, 4cm high £150 - 150
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A Set of Six Japanese Ivory Netsukes, Meiji period, each as a seated figure holding various items, signed, tallest 4cm high £200 - 300
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A French Bronze Ormolu Striking Mantel Clock, circa 1830, case is depicting a figure of a lady holding a child and looking towards a bust of a centurion, base with applied mounts, 3-inch Roman numeral dial, twin barrel movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, silk suspension, 38cm high £250 - 350
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A White Marble and Bronze Cherub Globe Form Mantel Timepiece, circa 1890, seated bronze winged cherub holding star decorated globe and with Roman numerals, central marble fluted column with gilt bronze applied acanthus leaf and swag mounts, square form base with acanthus leaf feet, single barrel movement with a platform cylinder escapement, 35cm high £300 - 400
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A Mahogany Striking Table Clock, signed James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, mid-19th century, arched pediment, floral and swag carved mounts, pull repeat cord, 8-inch painted dial with Roman numerals and bearing an inscription, twin fusee movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell, 42cm high £400 - 600
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A Brass Skeleton Timepiece with Passing Strike, circa 1880, single fusee movement with an anchor escapement and passing hour strike on a top mounted bell, four spoke wheels, 6-1/4-inch silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, white marble base, glass dome, 34cm high £250 - 350
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Mahogany Striking Table Clock, 19th century, pagoda pediment with carrying handle, pierced side frets, 9-1/2-inch circular dial signed John Hamilton, Glasgow, date dial, twin fusee movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell, possibly later case, 54cm high £400 - 600
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Walnut Longcase Clock, arched pediment, trunk and base with well figured veneers and crossbanding, later 15-inch arch brass dial, arch bearing a later inscription George Willson Swalwell, large five pillar movement with an anchor escapement and inside countwheel striking on a bell, later dial, 240cm high £500 - 700
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock with Unusual Calendar and Zodiac Displays, 18th century, flat top pediment, Corinthian capped columns, arched trunk door flanked by inlaid canted corners, 11-1/2-inch circular silvered regulator type dial inscribed Jno Wilson, Newcastle, large minute hand, three subsidiary dials for hours, seconds and a calendar dial for the date/month and signs of the Zodiac, floral swag engraved decoration and signed, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, dial is possibly later, 218cm high £500 - 700
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Joshua Harrocks, Emont Bridge, circa 1780, flat top pediment, Corinthian capitals, 13-inch arch brass dial, seconds dial, date aperture, arch with moonphase and signed above, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 218cm high £400 - 600
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Hills, Sunderland, circa 1780, flat top pediment, Corinthian capped columns, trunk with blind fret canted corners, quatre form base, 13-1/4-inch arch brass dial, two dials for seconds and date, arch with a silvered plaque signed, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 219cm high £400 - 600
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, signed H.Lough, Penrith, circa 1784, flat top pediment, 11-1/2-inch square brass dial, dial centre with a recessed plaque inscribed, date aperture with an inscription below Elizabeth Thompson Dacre 1784, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell, 190cm high £300 - 500
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
An Oak Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Walton, Haltwhistle, circa 1780, broken arched pediment, arched trunk door, 12-1/4-inch arch brass dial, dial centre signed and with an inner date ring, arch with moonphase, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 216cm high £300 - 500
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, signed Joseph Monkhouse, Fecit, circa 1780, broken arch pediment, 12-inch square brass dial, dial centre signed, date aperture, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and countwheel striking on a bell, 214cm high £300 - 400
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock with a Rocking Skeleton Automata, signed Jno Lewis, Handloes, circa 1770, swan neck pediment, inset fluted pilasters, recessed base, 12-inch arch brass dial, dial centre signed, date aperture, arch with a rocking skeleton automata and inscribed above "Set thime hour in order for thou shaft die isaiah 38 vers 1", four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and countwheel striking on a bell, 214cm high £300 - 500
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
An Oak Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, signed Wilkinson, Wigton, circa 1770, flat top pediment, double arch trunk door, canted base, 11-1/2-inch square brass dial, dial centre signed, "penny moon" and lunar apertures, date aperture, four pillar movement with an anchor escapement and countwheel striking on a bell, 208cm high £250 - 350
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Small Mahogany Longcase Clock, late 19th/early 20th century, pagoda pediment, arched trunk door, 4-3/4-inch arch brass dial, arch with Tempus Fugit, wooden framed movement with a tic-tac anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a bell, 184cm high £300 - 400
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Green Chinoiserie Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Wm Anthony, Truro, circa 1770, pagoda pediment, Oriental painted scenes with pagodas, figures and animals, 12-inch arch brass dial, seconds dial and date aperture, arch with a circular plaque signed, five pillar movement with an anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, 237cm high £500 - 800
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From the Eric Morton Clock Collection
A Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Timepiece, signed T.Hammond, 5 Victoria St, Manchester, 19th century, scroll carved "ears", side doors, 14-inch painted dial with Roman numerals, shaped movement plates, single fusee movement with an anchor escapement, 78cm high £200 - 300
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