Summer Catalogue Sale (Three Days):
Thursday 22 July 2010 10:00AM

Lot 201

A Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, early 20th century, with flared rim, painted in famille rose enamels with a dignitary and female attendants, bears Qianlong seal mark, 23.8cm high, hardwood base

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 202

A Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase, late 19th century, with flared neck, painted in underglaze blue with maidens playing an instrument and painting, within foliate cell and arrow head borders, bears seal mark, 45cm high

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 203

A Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, with all over matt green glaze, bears incised mark of Guangxu (1875-1908), 36cm high

Estimate: £1200-1500

Lot 204

A Chinese Porcelain Bowl, 19th century, painted in underglaze blue with dragons amongst foliage below a lattice border, the interior with chrysanthemums in a circular panel, 30cm diameter

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 205

A Chinese Porcelain Ovoid Jar, 19th century, painted in famille rose enamels with dragons amongst foliage, 18.5cm high, later hardwood cover and stand

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 206

A Chinese Porcelain Ovoid Jar and Cover, late 19th century, painted in underglaze blue with a dignitary and attendants in a landscape within lattice and comb borders, 19.5cm high

Estimate: £250-350

Lot 207

A Large Pair of Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vases, 20th century, each with notched everted rims and pairs of cavorting fo dogs to the shoulders, and pairs of dragons, the bodies painted on each side with panels of Manchu equestrian and court scenes against a densely patterned ground, in typical "Canton" famille rose enamel colours, 99.5cm high

Estimate: £3000-5000

Lot 208

A Chinese Porcelain Tulip Vase, 19th century, the tapering central column with bulbous neck, on a cinquefoil base, pained in underglaze blue with scrolling foliage within cloud scroll and panel borders, 24cm high

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 209

A Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Large Models of Cockerels, 20th century, with well detailed plumage, comb and wattle, on pierced rustic brown stump effect bases, impressed Chinese character marks and China, 38cm high

Estimate: £150-250

Lot 210

A Chinese Reticulated Famille Verte Porcelain Bottle Vase, 19th century, the neck carved in relief with clouds, the main body pierced and applied with eighteen lohan in high relief, impressed seal mark, 38cm high, upon carved and ebonised wood stand, 47cm high overall

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 211

A Chinese Sang de Boeuf Glazed Porcelain Arrow Vase, Qianlong (1736-1795), of four-sided bellied metal form, the front and reverse moulded in low relief with a peach, rectangular section shoulder lugs, and with blue/cream edged sang de boeuf deep glaze, impressed seal mark of Qianlong (beneath a brown glazed base), 30cm high (a/f)

Estimate: £1500-2500

Lot 212

A Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase, Qing Dynasty, painted in underglaze blue with scrolling peony within formal borders, bears six character Yongzeng mark, 13.5cm high

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 213

A Chinese Porcelain Saucer Dish, Guanxu mark and period, painted in famille rose enamels with dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds on a yellow ground, six character mark, 20.8cm (yellow ground possibly later)

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 214

A Canton Enamel Tea Bowl, Qianlong, of square for with re-entrant corners, 4.7cm wide; A Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle, in the form of a dog of fo, a pup at its side, picked out in colours, 7.5cm; and A Figure of a Recumbent Dog, with brown markings (3)

Estimate: £80-120

Lot 215

A Chinese Porcelain Saucer Dish, mid 17th century, painted in coloured enamels with a dragon amongst clouds within lattice border with panels of objects, 20cm diameter; A Chinese Porcelain Bowl, 19th century, painted with red dragons chasing the flaming pearl and bats above blue and green waves; A Chinese Porcelain Bowl, painted in famille rose enamels with dragons chasing the flaming pearl, bearing Jiajing seal mark, 17.5cm; and Two Saucer Dishes, one with Qianlong seal mark, the other with Guanxu mark (5)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 216

A Chinese Porcelain Square Bowl, Qianlong (1736-1796), with re-entrant corners, painted in underglazed blue with garden landscapes with vases of flowers, the interior with a spray of flowers within a lattice and scroll border, 24.5cm wide; and A Chinese Imari Meat Plate, painted with a water bird amongst lotus within a foliate order, 47cm wide (2)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 217

A Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, Qing Dynasty, with flared floriform neck and gadrooned body, with allover pale celadon glaze, incised mark, 17cm high

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 218

A Transitional Chinese Porcelain Wine Pot, mid 17th century, of hexagonal ovoid form with overhead angular handle, painted in underglaze blue with scattered flower sprays with a foliage ogee border, 26cm high (cover lacking)

Estimate: £1500-2000

Lot 219

A Chinese Porcelain Baluster Jar, Kangxi (1662-1722), painted in underglaze blue with an official and attendants in an interior, 26.5cm (neck extensively reduced, originally a Yen-Yen vase)

Estimate: £800-1200

Lot 220

A Chinese Porcelain Lavender Glazed Vase, Qing Dynasty, of baluster form with elephant handles, carved with lappet shaped panels and scrollwork, 25.5cm

Estimate: £500-700

Lot 221

A Longquan Celadon Tripod Censer, Ming Dynasty, of globular form with ropetwist handles, on three feet, incised with three diaper panels, 14cm high

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 222

A Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar and Cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), painted in underglaze blue, the cover with a foliate roundel, the jar with foliate and cloud scrolls above ogee panels with foliage and rockwork, 21cm high

With Bluett receipt dated December 21st (19)27 and letter relating to the purchase of the jar.

Estimate: £150-250

Lot 223

A Chinese Celadon Circular Dish, Qing Dynasty, carved with a strapwork roundel within a wave border, 28cm diameter

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 224

A Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar, mid 17th century, painted in red, green and yellow with pheasants amongst peony, 14.5cm, with later hardwood cover and stand

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 225

A Chinese Porcelain Mug, circa 1780, of cylindrical form with ogee moulded rim and entwined strap handle with leaf terminals, painted with initials JEH in a ribbon tied pendant cartouche and with two flower sprays below an underglaze blue Fitzhugh border, 12.5cm

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 226

A Chinese Porcelain Ovoid Jar, Kangxi, painted in underglaze blue with vases of flowers in leaf shaped panels on a cracked ice ground with foliate, 18cm high, later wooden cover

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 227

A Chinese Porcelain Cylindrical Mug, Qianlong, with bamboo moulded handle, painted in famille rose enamels with figures in landscapes within an underglaze blue borders, on a gilt foliate ground with four ogee landscape panels, below a cell border, 11.2cm high; and A Cloisonne Enamel Censer, of globular form with loop handles, decorated with fish and objects on a foliate ground, on three feet, 8.5cm high (2)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 228

Withdrawn

Lot 229

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Vase, late Ming Dynasty, with trumpet neck and baluster body, incised with peony, 27cm high; and Another Celadon Glazed Baluster Vase, possibly Ming Dynasty, 17cm (2)

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 230

A Chinese Celadon Octagonal Dish, probably Northern Song Dynasty, carved with lotus blossom and a leaf, 10cm; and Three Further Celadon Bowls, 7cm 6.5cm and 5.7cm diameter (4)

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 231

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Lot 232

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Lot 233

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Lot 234

A Chinese Celadon Kinuta Vase, in Yuan Dynasty style, of mallet form with angular handle, 15.5cm

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 235

A Chinese Olive Green Glazed Ovoid Jar, possibly Tang Dynasty, with four lug handles, the dipped glaze stops before the foot rim, 16cm

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 236

A Jun Circular Dish, possibly Yuan, with blue/green glaze and fluted rim, 12.5cm diameter; A Celadon Small Jar, of squat globular form, 6cm high; A Similar Small Jar, with moulded decoration, 4.3cm; A Jun Bowl, with two splashed purple areas, 12.5cm; A Similar Shallow Bowl, 25cm diameter; and Another Similar, seal mark, 14cm diameter (6)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 237

Withdrawn

Lot 238

A Chinese Porcelain Gu Shaped Vase, Kangxi period (1868-1912), painted in underglaze blue with scholars and animals in landscapes with flower sprays within foliate and cracked ice and prunus borders, bears Jiajing reign mark, 43.5cm high

Estimate: £3000-5000

Lot 239

A Kutaya Pottery Hanging Ornament, late 18th century, of egg shape, painted in black, brown and turquoise with three seraphim, 9cm, in metal frame

See Watson (Oliver) Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Thames and Hudson, p.447 for a discussion of the use of these hanging ornaments in Armenian churches.

Estimate: £500-700

Lot 240

Two Similar Persian Fritware Baluster Jars, 19th century, pained in Isnik style in blue and green with broad bands of figures and animals in arcaded or ogee panels within scrolling foliate border and lappet rims, 33.5cm and 34cm

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 241

A Peking Green and White Overlay Pink Glass Vase, 19th/20th century, carved with insects amongst flowering branches, bears Qianlong reign mark, 22cm

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 242

A Chinese Bronze Seated Figure of a Meditative Martial Arts Expert, 20th century, wearing robes and upon a wooden stepped plinth, 89cm high overall

Estimate: £500-700

Lot 243

A Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Jar (Fanghu), of square section baluster form, with beast handles, incised with formal scrolls and key pattern, 40.8cm high

Estimate: £2000-3000

Lot 244

A Chinese Export Carved Tortoiseshell Glove Box, circa 1800, rectangular, the lid and side panels carved in flat relief with flowers, leaves and figures amongst willow trees in pavilions, against a ground incised with rich sprays of flowers, 25.5cm wide, 8.2cm high (a/f)

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 245

A Pair of Japanese Bronze Figural Bookends, late Meiji period (1868-1912), as a fisherman and his wife, each handling one half of a large basket brimming with catch, on shaped wave edged rustic bases, signed (triple character mark), 20cm high

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 246

A Chinese Amethyst Overlay Glass Large Double Gourd Snuff Bottle, 20th century, each bulb worked with dragons in high relief pursuing pearls, with leaf collar and basal lotus collar, with carnelian type domed stopper, 15cm high

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 247

A Chinese Three Colour Glass Cameo Snuff Bottle, 19th century, of flattened shouldered form, worked in high relief with a maiden clambering on rocks on an island, cranes flying overhead, with tiger's eye cabochon stopper, 8.5cm high; Another Three Colour Example, of flattened bag form, worked with a carp in a basket, with amber effect stopper, 6.8cm high; and Another, of flattened bag form, worked in high relief on both sides with blossoming lotus, with carnelian type stopper, 6.5cm

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 248

A Chinese Carved Horn Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty, circa 1750-1850, of shouldered blade form, carved on each side with a confronting pair of dragons with dissolved scroll form bodies, associated stopper, 7cm

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 249

A Pair of Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Inlaid Vases, late Meiji period (1868-1912), of pedestal baluster form, with waved trumpet necks over scroll pierced shoulder handles and triple horizontal register of leaf tips and magnolia blossoms, the main bodies with flowering branches inhabited by birds, on circular feet, apparently unsigned, 33cm high

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 250

A Chinese Export Carved Tortoiseshell Box and Cover, circa 1800-1850, circular, the lid painted with figures amongst trees and pavilions by a river with a punt boat, the sides with foliage and small thatched buildings, the underside of the box with figures amongst a pavilion, 6.8cm diameter

Estimate: £200-300