Asian Art I: Fine Chinese Art, Japanese Art, South East Asian Art (Lots 1 - 371)

08 Nov 2022 | UK, London

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The following lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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Lots (1-12) form part of the collection of a wealthy family that moved to China as missionaries in the late 19th century, living in Beijing and later Shanghai. Their son served as Assistant Commissioner to the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1919...

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A Chinese huanghuali tapered cabinet, yuanjiaogui, late Qing dynasty, the flat framed top with tiered edges atop the tapering sides supported on four tall legs of rounded-square form with curved apron joined at all sides, each of the two doors set...

13: A Chinese huanghuali tapered... Estimate: Login

A fine Chinese Huanghuali and Zitan Altar Table, late 19th century, the top constructed with a single board floating panel and everted flanges, the waisted apron carved with key fret and bats, the trestle end supports inset with Zitan frames...

14: A fine Chinese Huanghuali and... Estimate: Login

A pair of large Chinese lacquered jade and hardstone inlaid 'trompe l'oeil' display cabinet panels, late Qing dynasty, formed as a pair of rosewood display shelves with pierced ivory borders housing carved 'precious' vessels with ivory and carved...

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A pair of Chinese mother of pearl inlaid wood barrel stools, late Qing dynasty, the top with a recessed circle enclosing a mother of pearl inlaid panel of phoenixes among flowers, supported by eight outward curved legs, 45cm high. (2) 晚清花梨木雕嵌螺鈿鼓凳一對

16: A pair of Chinese mother of... Estimate: Login

A Chinese provincial lacquered elm three-drawers side table, mid-19th century, 84cm high x 140cm wide x 66cm deep 十九世紀中期榆木桌

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A pair of Chinese huali 'dream stone'-set chairs, 19th century, the central splat inset with two veined marble panels above a reticulated ruyi panel and above the solid seat, 92cm high. (2) 十九世紀花梨嵌雲石椅一對

18: A pair of Chinese huali 'dream... Estimate: Login

A pair of Chinese hongmu chairs, 18th / early 19th century, the shaped top rails above serpentine back splats, each inset with three carved burwood panels, the rattan seats supported by ruyi shaped ornamental stretchers, 94cm high. (2) 十八/十九世紀早期...

19: A pair of Chinese hongmu... Estimate: Login

A set of three Chinese rosewood stools, 20th century, each similarly carved with a flat top set in a frame supported by four square legs with rounded corners terminating in tapered feet, joined by four humpbacked stretchers, 41.5cm x 31.5cm x 51cm...

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A Chinese rosewood horseshoe back armchair, quanyi, 20th century, the crestrail terminating in scrolls supported by curved splat in the centre and shaped splats to the side extended from the back legs, solid seat, 80cm high. 二十世紀花梨雕圈椅

21: A Chinese rosewood horseshoe... Estimate: Login

A pair of Chinese rosewood horseshoe backed armchairs, quanyi, 20th century, with horseshoe top rail terminating in scroll ends, supported by a pierced and carved back splat in scrolling foliage set on top of a square seat supported by four bracket...

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A pair of Chinese hongmu reclining 'moongazing' chairs, late Qing dynasty, the shaped scroll-cared top rail above solid back splat and seat with swept arms and front supports 清晚期紅木躺椅一對

23: A pair of Chinese hongmu... Estimate: Login

A Chinese hardwood corner chair, early 20th century, with pierced lotus splats, raised on stretchered support, 82cm high. 二十世紀早期木椅

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A Chinese hardwood corner chair, early 20th century with pierced scroll splats, raised on stretchered support, 78cm high. 二十世紀早期木椅

25: A Chinese hardwood corner... Estimate: Login

A Chinese tianqi lacquer circular table and four barrel-form stools, early 20th century, all finely decorated with phonixes in flight amidst flowering lotus scrolls, the table 60cm high, 92cm diameter, 二十世紀早期填漆圓桌及鼓凳一組

26: A Chinese tianqi lacquer... Estimate: Login

A Chinese elm wood altar table, early 20th century, the flat top carved from one piece of wood with separate scrolled ends and beaded edge all above scrolling apron, with ruyi stretcher, 229cm x 34.5cm x 100cm 二十世紀早期榆木雕翹頭案

27: A Chinese elm wood altar... Estimate: Login

A Chinese hardwood side table, early 20th century, with a flat top supported by four square legs with slightly curved foot, inset with aprons and skirts each composed of three parts, decorated in red lacquered and gilt on pierced and carved panels...

28: A Chinese hardwood side table... Estimate: Login

A Chinese rosewood table, 20th century, the top composed of two panels set into a rectangular frame, supported by four square legs terminating in tapered feet and connected by stretchers joined by four vertical struts on the long sides and two on...

29: A Chinese rosewood table, 20th... Estimate: Login

Two Chinese rosewood low tables, kang zhuo, 19th century, one carved with scroll frieze, 30cm x 41cm x 76cm, the other 29cm x 40cm x 76cm (2). 十九世紀花梨炕桌一對

30: Two Chinese rosewood low... Estimate: Login

A pair of Chinese lacquered elm armchairs, late 19th century, with central curved splat above solid seats, 110cm high. (2) 十九世紀晚期榆木扶手椅一對

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A Thai carved giltwood small table, 19th century, carved to the sides and legs with flowering lotus scrolls, 41cm wide, 28cm high 泰國十九世紀木雕漆金矮桌

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A Thai carved giltwood square small table, 19th century, decorated to the legs and frieze with meandering prunus blossom, 43cm high, 29cm wide 泰國十九世紀木雕漆金桌

33: A Thai carved giltwood square... Estimate: Login

A Thai giltwood 'jewelled' offering table, 19th century, with carved and pierced lotus bloom apron raised on mythical beast mask capped legs, 26cm high x 52cm x 39cm 泰國十九世紀木雕漆金矮桌

34: A Thai giltwood 'jewelled'... Estimate: Login

A Chinese wood display cabinet, 20th century, with single glazed door enclosing arrangement of shelves, 85x51cm 二十世紀木雕嵌玻璃展櫃

35: A Chinese wood display... Estimate: Login

A Chinese four-poster bed, jia zi chuang, early 20th century, standing on lacquered and gilt painted feet in form of scrolling foliage, the frame supports four square posts to each corner and two additional posts to each side atop the canopy frame...

36: A Chinese four-poster bed, jia... Estimate: Login

A Chinese gilt lacquered opium bed, early 20th century, with solid bed panel, carved to the railings with panels of mythical beasts amidst trees and flower foliage, 191cm x 106cm x 57cm. 二十世紀早期木雕漆金床

37: A Chinese gilt lacquered opium... Estimate: Login

A Chinese gilt lacquer wood panel mounted as wall mirror, early 20th century, pierced and carved with birds on scrolling flower branches, butterflies and figurative scenes, 117cm x 96cm. 二十世紀早期木鏤雕漆金相框

38: A Chinese gilt lacquer wood... Estimate: Login

A Chinese gilt lacquer wood panel mounted as wall mirror, early 20th century, pierced and carved with birds on scrolling flower branches, 171cm x 132cm. 二十世紀早期木鏤雕漆金相框

39: A Chinese gilt lacquer wood... Estimate: Login

A Chinese hongmu opium table, late Qing dynasty, with recessed top and bracket shaped legs, the frieze carved with bamboo sprays, 122cm x 56xm x 35cm. 清晚期紅木雕几

40: A Chinese hongmu opium table... Estimate: Login

A pair of Chinese giltwood panels, early 20th century, carved with ladies walking in landscapes, mounted in ebonised frames, 71x27cm 二十世紀早期木鏤雕描金掛板一對

41: A pair of Chinese giltwood... Estimate: Login

A Chinese lacquered wood 'dragon' longcase clock, early 20th century, with waisted lotus stand inset with a longcase carved to the front with a border of dragons among clouds enclosing an inscribed poem by Tang dynasty poet Zhang Ji, below the...

42: A Chinese lacquered wood... Estimate: Login

A Chinese carved wood-framed mirror, mid-19th century, the frame decorated with foliate spandrels and fylfot motifs, the plate engraved with Masonic symbols, 58x58cm 十九世紀中期木雕鏡框及共濟會紋鏡面

43: A Chinese carved wood-framed... Estimate: Login

A Chinese huali brushpot and travel chest, guanpixiang, late Qing dynasty, the brush pot carved to simulate a tree trunk, 17cm high, the chest carved with a pair of dragons to the front and a front facing dragon to the top, with brass hardware...

44: A Chinese huali brushpot and... Estimate: Login

Three Chinese gilt-wood reticulated rectangular marriage bed panels, late Qing dynasty, the smaller panels depicting scenes of scholars and warriors separately set within rocky landscape, 32.5cm x 22cm, the largest one depicting two dragons chasing...

45: Three Chinese gilt-wood... Estimate: Login

A Chinese coromandel lacquer four-panel 'festival' floor screen, late Qing dynasty, carved to both sides, one side decorated with a festival scene, with boys acting out battle scenes and playing instruments, the other side with figures boating in...

46: A Chinese coromandel lacquer... Estimate: Login

A pair of Chinese 'chilong' hongmu scholar's stands, Republic period, each with a single-plank top with raised central area set within a rectangular frame with curved ends further joined at the corners with openwork scroll-form feet, each apron...

47: A pair of Chinese 'chilong'... Estimate: Login

A Chinese huali scroll-form stand, Republican period, carved from a single piece of wood, the stand with flat top and elegant curved feet, 50.5 x 30 x 10.8cm. Cf. For a similar stand see The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part II...

48: A Chinese huali scroll-form... Estimate: Login

A Chinese huanghuali marble-inset travelling vanity box, early 20th century, with inlaid bone decoration to the exterior, the front doors inset with marble panels, opening to reveal two drawers, the lid enclosing a mirror, 16.7cm high, 21cm wide...

49: A Chinese huanghuali... Estimate: Login

A Chinese hongmu and brass mounted travelling vanity box, 19th century, the hinged top enclosing hinged mirror and pair of hinged compartments which encloses an arrangement of three drawers above a base drawer, raised on plinth carved to the front...

50: A Chinese hongmu and brass... Estimate: Login

A Chinese rosewood low table, kang zhuo, early 19th century, with a flat top and curved ends, supported by s-shaped legs decorated with scrolling motif, bracket shaped stretchers to the sides, 97cm x 37cm x 50cm. 十九世紀早期花梨木雕炕桌

51: A Chinese rosewood low table... Estimate: Login

A Chinese rosewood horseshoe back chair, quanyi, 19th century, the curved crestrail terminates in out-swept hooks supported by a curved back splat in the middle and shaped support splats to the sides, the soft mat seat set into the rectangular...

52: A Chinese rosewood horseshoe... Estimate: Login

A pair of Chinese walnut armchairs, early 19th century, the central splat carved with a ruyi above a shou character, the solid seat above pierced frieze decorated with a further ruyi, 91cm high. (2）十九世紀早期胡桃木雕椅一對

53: A pair of Chinese walnut... Estimate: Login

An Anglo-Chinese huanghuali, teak, ebony, and ivory-strung campaign secretaire chest, Daoguang period, the rectangular teak top with Ceylon ebony moulded edges above secretaire drawer enclosing arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes, above two...

54: An Anglo-Chinese huanghuali... Estimate: Login

Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A large Chinese gilt-lacquered wood figure of eight-armed Guanyin, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana with principal hands clasped together at the chest and two raised arms holding discs inscribed with sun and...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese gilt bronze Zanabazar school figure of Shakyamuni Buddha, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, clutching a bowl in his lap, incised with double vajra to base plate, 15cm high 十八世紀...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese lacquered gilt bronze figure of Green Tara, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast seated in lalitasana on a lotus base, the hands in varada and vitarka mudra, the left hand issuing a flowering lotus stem...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Shakyamuni Buddha, 17th/18th century, cast seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the left hand resting in the lap, draped in a...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese parcel-gilt silver 'twin fish' bowl, Tang dynasty, repoussé-decorated to the interior with two fish and with phoenix roundels to the sides, 9cm diameter x 3cm high, metal stand 唐銀局部鎏金雙魚碗來源：紳士私人收藏

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese bronze duck incense burner, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast standing on one leg with head raised, the cover detailed with feathers, 25cm high, later wood stand 明十七世紀銅鴨形熏爐來源：紳士私人收藏

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese bronze 'twin fish' bowl, Han dynasty, decorated to the interior with two fish and inscribed '富貴昌宜候王', with everted rim and rounded base, 19cm diameter, metal stand 漢代銅雙魚碗來源：紳士私人收藏

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A rare Chinese silver 'duck and phoenix' belt hook, Han dynasty, each head set with turquoise and agate, the hook centred with a black cabochon, the button to the reverse engraved with scroll motifs, 5.5cm long...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese bronze archaistic ritual wine vessel, zun, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast to the bulbous mid-section with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground between two double 'bowstrings', 22.5cm high, later wood...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese bronze figure of a sage riding an ox, Ming dynasty, 17th century, modelled seated atop the ox clutching a scroll, fitted wood stand, 26cm high 明十七世紀壽老騎牛銅像來源：紳士私人收藏

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese dark green jade 'bird' amulet, late Shang/early Western Zhou dynasty, carved with slender neck and elongated beak, decorated to both sides in low relief with archaic scroll motifs, 10x6cm, later metal...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese celadon jade 'bird' pendant, late Shang/early Western Zhou dynasty, carved with crested head and sharp beak, the celadon stone with calcified patches to the edges, 3.5x3.5cm, later metal stand...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A rare Chinese pale green and russet jade human figure, Han dynasty, carved as a standing bearded man, 4cm high, on later horn-mounted carved wood stand 漢青白玉人形擺件來源：紳士私人收藏

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese celadon and russet jade 'Buddhist lion' dish, Ming dynasty, 17th century, carved to the underside with a recumbent Buddhist lion and a cub on her back, 7.5x12cm, later wood stand 明十七世紀青玉佛獅擺件來源：紳士私人收藏

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese spinach jade water pot, 18th/19th century, of lobed ovoid form, carved in low relief with six panels of lotus flowers beneath stiff leaves and scroll motifs, raised on a straight foot carved with ruyi...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese celadon jade archaistic bi, Ming dynasty, 17th century, carved in low relief with archaic scroll motifs, 6cm diameter, suspended by a Qing dynasty coral bead necklace mounted with six glass beads 明...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese pale green jade censer and cover, Republic period, the pierced cover with flowerhead finial suspended four loose ring handles, the base with pierced dragon and loose ring handles above pierced floral...

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Property of a Gentleman (Lots 55-80) A Chinese amber 'squirrel' pendant, 18th/19th century, carved as a squirrel atop a fruiting branch, 4.5x3.5cm, suspended by an amber bead necklace 十八/十九世紀琥珀連珠項鏈及松鼠紋吊墜來源：紳士私人收藏

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