Asian Art I : Fine Chinese Art to include a private collection of fifty objects, Japanese Art & South East Asian Art

18 May 2021  |  UK, London
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A pair of Chinese porcelain vases, Yongzheng period, painted in famille rose enamels with five of the Eight Immortals, Li Tieguai, Cao Guojiu, Zhongli Quan, Lan Caihe and He Xiangu, all standing amongst swirling polychrome clouds with iron-red bats...

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A Chinese porcelain 'sanduo' dish, 19th century, painted in famille rose enamels on a turquoise ground with lotus blooms and meandering leafy scrolls interspersed with bats and Buddhist chimes, all encircling a central shou character, the underside...

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A Chinese porcelain doucai bottle vase, early 18th century, painted in doucai enamels with lotus flowers and meandering leafy scrolls, apocryphal Wanli mark to base, 15cm high, wood stand

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A Chinese aubergine and green-decorated yellow-ground vase, hu, 19th century, moulded to the body with a flying bat and a leafy branch with nine peaches, each side of the neck applied with two mythical beast handles, 13.5 cm high

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A pair of Chinese famille rose and gilt-decorated porcelain figures on elephants, 18th century, each moulded as a tribute bearer seating sideways on a white elephant, 23.5 cm high (2)

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A Chinese porcelain 'silk production' rouleau vase, late Qing dynasty/ Republic period, painted in famille verte enamels with scenes from the yuzhi gengzhi tu 御製耕織圖, with workers carrying and pounding baskets containing roots to create dye, whilst...

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A Chinese porcelain 'phoenix-tail' vase, 18th century, painted in underglaze blue with scholars in a mountainous river landscape, similar decoration to the neck, 44cm high

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A pair of Chinese doucai porcelain dishes, 18th century, each painted to the interior with a central medallion depicting a deer below a monkey on a pine tree, surrounded by bees and a pair of magpies in flight, all encircled by the 'three friends...

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A pair of Chinese porcelain oval bowls, Jiaqing period, each painted to the exterior with 'tribute bearers' in a mountainous landscape, interior and base covered with a turquoise glaze, 25.5cm wide, on carved hardwood stands (2) Note: The foreign...

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A Chinese porcelain 'peonies' bowl, Qianlong minyao mark and of the period, painted in underglaze blue and famille rose enamels with peonies to the exterior, the flowers picked out in enamels, the leafy stems in underglaze blue, 13cm diameter

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A Chinese porcelain square vase, cong, 19th century, covered in an allover celadon glaze and moulded to the rectangular sides with the Eight Trigrams (bagua), apocryphal six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue to the base, 30.2cm high

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A Chinese porcelain 'lotus' small bottle vase, Qianlong mark and of the period, painted in underglaze blue with leafy flowering lotus stems, underglaze blue seal mark to base, 13cm high, fitted bamboo box

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A Chinese small yellow-ground aubergine and green-decorated porcelain saucer dish, Guangxu mark and of the period, incised to the interior with two dragons amongst flames in pursuit of the flaming pearl, painted to the exterior with two kui...

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A Chinese imperial porcelain saucer dish, Tongzhi mark and of the period, painted in green and aubergine enamels with two five-clawed dragons encircling a flaming pearl amongst stylised clouds and flames, the underside painted with aubergine grapes...

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A Chinese yellow-ground aubergine and green-decorated saucer dish, Kangxi mark and of the period, incised to the central medallion with two five-clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl, painted to the exterior with four bunches of grapes...

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A Chinese porcelain yellow-ground green-enamelled 'dragon medallion' bowl, Kangxi mark and of the period, incised and enamelled in green to the exterior with four roundels of coiled dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, interspersed with cloud swirls...

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A Chinese Dingyao 'floral' bowl, Northern Song - Jin Dynasty, the interior with a moulded lotus bloom sprouting from several layers of leaves, with allover ivory-white glaze and metal rim, 9.2cm diameter Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 November...

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A rare Chinese Junyao quatrilobe cup stand, Song dynasty, the holder moulded with convex sides supported on a quadrilobed saucer with a slightly upturned rim, covered in a thick pale lavender-blue glaze thinning to a buff tone at the rims and...

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A Chinese soapstone carving of a Luohan, 18th/19th, century, finely carved in a seated pose with serene expression, his robes finely incised with decorative motifs and inset with three coral and turquoise beads, the underside incised with clouds...

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A Chinese mottled jade phoenix, Ming dynasty, 17th century, finely carved with head sharply turned backwards with finely detailed wings in three sections and long tail, the underside carved with its legs tucked to its body, the stone of varying...

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A pair of Chinese pale celadon jade bowls, 19th century, each carved with deep sides and a slightly everted mouth rim, base with an incised apocryphal Qianlong mark, 17.5 cm diameter wide, both on finely carved openwork hardwood stands

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A Chinese pale celadon jade ruyi-sceptre, 17th-18th century, carved with a phoenix in a rocky landscape, the long curved shaft decorated with flower tendrils and a phoenix in high-relief, 34cm long, on a fitted wood stand carved with a pair of bats...

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A Chinese carved suanzhi wood treasure box and cover, 18th/19th century, of decagonal lobed form atop a short foot, the cover carved with a flower encircled by birds and archaistic motifs, the sides carved with further archaistic motifs, with two...

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A Chinese hardwood circular box and cover, 18th century, inlaid with a carved ivory handle issuing hardstone branches ending with ivory and mother-of-pearl blossoms amidst jadeite buds, above a carved mother-of-pearl panel with incised flowering...

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A Chinese bronze 'chilong' brush rest, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast as a pair opposing chilong dragons with horned snouts, supported on their hind legs and tails, 18cm long

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A Chinese bronze vase, 17th century, cast with a bulbous, pear-shaped body and two collar bands encircling the slim neck, all resting on a spreading stepped foot, 18 cm high

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A Chinese bronze Islamic market altar vase, 18th/19th century, applied with 's' shaped handles and inscribed with Koranic script to two lobed panels, 16.5cm high

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A Chinese bronze 'Three Friends of Winter' censer, 18th/ 19thcentury, cast in relief with bamboo, pine and prunus, raised on three feet of pine, bamboo and blossom, handles formed of applied branches, 10cm high

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A Chinese bronze two-handled tripod censer, 18th/19th century, of typical bombe form, the base cast with an apocryphal four-character Xuande mark in relief, 16cm diameter

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A Chinese archaistic bronze censer, gui, Ming dynasty, cast with a band of mythical animal-heads amongst kui dragons and raised roundels, applied with a pair of C-shaped zoomorphic handles, all resting on a similarly decorated foot, 26 cm wide...

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A Chinese bronze and silver-inlay two-piece tiger tally, hu-fu, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast as a recumbent tiger in two parts with a silver-inlaid inscription to the exterior, 7.5cm long

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A Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Taeju-Bhawani, 18th century, finely cast standing on two kneeling attendants, the four-headed deity with five pairs of arms invarious mudras or holding symbolic objects, inset with coral and turquoise, 14cm high, on...

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A large Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze standing figure of Avalokiteshvara, 17th century, the right hand is raised in abhayamudra and the left in varadamudra, wearing an elaborate crown and floral earrings, the neck adorned with an engraved necklace...

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The following fifty lots (36-85) are The Property of a Gentleman A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva, 17th/18th century, finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, his hands resting in his lap holding a vessel, the...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze turquoise inlaid standing figure of Avalokiteshvara, 19th century, depicted with eleven heads arranged in five tiers, the top with a small head of Amitabha Buddha, above a slender body...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibeto-Chinese gilt copper alloy figure of Tsongkhapa, 18th/19th century, wearing a tall pandita hat and long flowing robes, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, his right hand holding a vajra, 16cm high

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibetan gilt-bronze bardo Simha-headed dancing deity, 17th century, richly gilded and cast in energetic posture holding a ritual chopper and a kapala, 9cm high, on metal stand Provenance: Ex Seward Kennedy...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibetan gilt-bronze bardo Makara-headed dancing deity, 17th century, richly gilded and cast in energetic posture, 9cm high, on metal stand Provenance: Ex Seward Kennedy Collection Note: In Buddhist scripture...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Green Tara on a Buddhist lion, 18th/19th century, Tara cast seated in lalitasana wearing a five-peaked crown set with turquoise cabochons with her right hand held aloft...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibetan copper alloy figure of a Karmapa, 18th century, wearing a three-peaked crown with painted face and features, holding a vajra in his right hand to his chest and a jar in his left hand in his lap seated...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Kalajambhala, 16th century, cast standing in alidhasana trampling a prone figure, with right hand held to his chest clutching a kapala and the left arm restraining a mongoose, on...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Green Tara, 17th/18th century, finely cast seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with hands held in varada and vitarkamudra, each issuing a flowering lotus stem, her...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibetan gilt-bronze 'jewelled' figure of Maitreya, 17th century, cast standing wearing a long shawl, his left hand placed in the gesture of supreme generosity, his right hand held to his chest clutching a...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Mongolian gilt-bronze figure of Amitabha Buddha, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana with his hands in dhyanana mudra holding an alms bowl, wearing a monk's robe draped over his left shoulder, the hem of which...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Mongolian Zanabazar School gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni Buddha, 18th century, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and the left resting in his lap, incised with...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A large bronze head of Buddha Shakyamuni, 17th/18th century, cast with serene expression and downcast eyes, with elongated earlobes, 24cm high, metal stand

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A large Chinese gilt and lacquered bronze figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast seated in dhyanasana with right hand raised and left hand resting upturned in her lap, wearing loose robes adorned...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese gilt-bronze 'elephant' tripod censer and cover, Xuande mark, 18th century, the cover surmounted with recumbent elephant and pierced with lingzhi sprigs above a Greek key border, the base with two...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese bronze altar vase, Qianlong mark and of the period, the slender neck with mythical beast mask and loose ring handles, decorated with beaded bands set with coral cabochons above a festoon border further...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese bronze scroll weight, Ming dynasty, 17th century modelled as a seated boy playing a large drum, 5cm high

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze 'lotus' bowl, Qianlong mark and probably of the period, of ogee form with flat everted rim, finely cast to the sides with vertical lotus petals, incised with four-character Qianlong...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese bronze scroll weight, Ming dynasty, 17th century, cast as a recumbent lion dog with its head raised looking back over its body, 9cm long

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Tibetan carved hardstone figure of a monk, 18th/19th century, seated on a lotus base with his right hand held to his ear and his left clutching an alms bowl in his lap, his hair and features finely detailed...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A rare Tibetan bone ornament from a necromancer's apron, 16th/17th century, carved with a Buddhist tantric deity inside a beaded and pierced border, 4.5x4cm, silk covered stand

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese carved amber 'fish' pendant, Qing dynasty, late 19th century, carved as two fish amidst pond weeds, 6cm long

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese small amber 'camellia' libation cup, 18th century, finely carved as a leafy branch issuing a large well-hollowed out flower and a smaller flower to its side, 6.5cm high, later metal stand Cf. For a...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A rare Chinese yellow agate abstinence plaque, 18th century, inscribed to a rectangular panel zhaijie (abstinence from eating meat) on one side and with the same phrase in Manchu script (bolgomi karga) to the...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese pale greenish-white jade rotating 'boy' pendant plaque, 18th/19th century, carved to the top edge with stylised clouds above an oval aperture enclosing a rotating plaque carved with a crouching boy...

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AMENDMENT: Please note that there are two short hairline cracks to the cricket's feeler. Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese bluish-grey and green jade 'cricket and pea pod' carving, 18th century, the cricket carved in pale green jade...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese white jade oval 'bat and chrysanthemum' plaque, 18th century, finely carved with a bat in flight above two flowering chrysanthemum stems, 7.5x7cm, on carved wood stand

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese white jade double-gourd shaped 'Da Ji' plaque, 18th/19th century, carved and pierced with two bats and lingzhi sprays encircling an double gourd plaque inscribed with 'Da Ji', which can be translated...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese pale green jade rectangular pendant plaque, Qing dynasty, finely carved in low relief to one side with two boys in a fenced garden beneath an archaistic dragon border and with a poem to the reverse...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese white jade oval plaque, 18th century, carved with a recumbent deer amidst rocks and pine trees, 11.5x6cm

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A small Chinese green jade archaistic bowl, 18th century, finely carved with taotie masks interspersed with six rows of three ingot-shaped flanges, 8cm diameter, later hardwood stand

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese reticulated pale green jade circular box and cover, Qianlong period, carved and pierced to the cover with two fish encircling a flower, inside a border of leafy flowering lotus scrolls, later metal...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese green and russet jade 'tiger' bead, 16th century, carved as a stylised crouching tiger, 3cm long

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese pale green jade cylindrical 'dragon' seal, 18th/19th century, finely carved and reticulated with a sinuous dragon amidst cloud scrolls, 6.5cm high, on wood stand

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese pale green jade 'double badger' group, 18th century, finely carved as two conjoined badgers resting head to tail, 8cm long Note: The depiction of two badgers conveys marital bliss, and the creatures...

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese grey and russet jade lion dog, 17th century, carved in recumbent pose with head over its left shoulder, 6.5cm long

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Property of a Gentleman (lots 36-85) A Chinese celadon green and russet jade bixie carving, 17th/18th century, finely carved seated on its haunch with ruyi-shaped ears and finely detailed tail and feet to underside, with small vertical hole through...

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