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Asian Art - Live Online Friday 6 November at 10am ORDER OF SALE Lots 1 - 69 The Trevor Barton Collection of Pipes - Part 3 Lots 70 - 184 Chinese Porcelain and Ceramics including: • The D M Jacobs Collection (lots 80-90) • The ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould Collection (lots 154-160) Lots 185 - 197 Chinese Jade Lots 198 - 223 Chinese Metalware and Cloisonné Lots 224 - 263 Chinese Works of Art including: • A Single Owner Collection (lots 228-241) Lots 264 - 268 Chinese Works on Paper Lots 269 - 273 Chinese Textiles Lots 274 - 282 Chinese Furniture Lots 283 - 287 Lots 288 - 292 Lots 293 - 309 Lots 310 - 323 Lots 324 - 326 Lots 327 - 448 Lots 449 - 462

Japanese Porcelain and Ceramics Japanese Metalware and Cloisonné Japanese Works of Art Japanese Works on Paper Asian Art Catalogues Chinese Works of Art - Part 2 Japanese Works of Art - Part 2

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THE TREVOR BARTON COLLECTION OF PIPES PART 3 1-69 Lots 1-69 The Trevor Barton Collection of Pipes - Part 3 Sworders are delighted to have been asked to offer for sale one of the world’s finest collections of pipes and smoking paraphernalia. Gathered together over more than fifty years by Trevor Barton (1920-2008), his vast acquisition and study of the subject justifiably earned him the title of ‘The Pipe Man’.

Trevor’s fascination with collecting pipes and other tobacco-related items began in 1947, shortly after he was demobbed. His son (also Trevor) fondly recalls life in their small cottage in Hertfordshire, surrounded by literally hundreds of pipes, and how other enthusiasts would flock there, including later, fellow members of the L’Académie Internationale de la Pipe (the collecting association formed in 1984): Dad was a true collector. One day he bought an antique pipe at a London street market.

Within a few weeks he had ten, then twenty. The collection then just kept growing for the next fifty years!

Trevor also recalls how, ever on the hunt to add to his collection, his father would unfailingly rise before dawn every Friday to attend Bermondsey market, and then Portobello on Saturdays, ‘The Pipe Man’ becoming a familiar and well-liked face to the stallholders.

Trevor Barton

A career in sales and marketing allowed Trevor to travel widely and this enabled him to broaden his search. Tobacco-smoking had been part of religious rituals in Central America for a millennium before Spanish settlers first brought it to Europe, and Trevor’s collection includes interesting tribal and ethnographic items from all corners of the globe, with examples from North America, Africa and the Far East.

Although Sir Walter Raleigh is credited with bringing tobacco to English shores around 1578, tobacco smoking is known to have been mentioned as early as 1573, with arguments later put forward for the benefits of the plant and the health-giving properties of pipe-smoking.

Not all were in favour, however - after her first smoke, legend has it that Queen Elizabeth I was promptly sick, and James I called the habit ‘loathsome to the eye, harmful to the brain and dangerous for the lungs’.

Any efforts to stop the vogue for tobacco, however, failed miserably, and its continued popularity is highlighted in this collection, which includes many English pipes and tobacco-related items from the Georgian and Victorian centuries. European pipe-making itself came to its zenith in the 19th century with examples made in metal, wood, pottery and the hydrous silicate of magnesium (better known as ‘meerschaum’). These meerschaum pipes could easily be carved into elaborate designs, some of them serious, some of them downright racy!

William Bragge, a 19th century master cutler from Sheffield, was something of a hero to Trevor Barton. He amassed an enormous collection of some 7000 pipes and accessories that was eventually dispersed in the 1880s, with many going to the British Museum. A chance meeting with Bragge’s granddaughter enabled Trevor to purchase some of his notebooks and drawings. This led, in 1991, to Trevor publishing a hardback catalogue, ‘A Portfolio of William Bragge and his Pipes of all Peoples’, itself a collector’s item today and copies of which are included within the sale.

Selected items from the Barton collection were sold at Christie’s in 2010, but the remainder were kept by the family. The pipes here represent the culmination of the collection after two previous auctions in September and October.

It is a hard task to select the best of so many, but highlights in this sale include fabulous examples of Chinese opium pipes, cloisonné water pipes and spectacular Japanese pipes, cases and inros.

Lot 1 Two Northern Indian brass and copper water pipes, with pierced or embossed decoration, with wood shafts, 58cm long, and seven Ceylonese betel nut containers, largest 13cm long (9) £200 - 300

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Lot 2 Nine Burmese clay or metal pipe bowls, 19th century, largest 15cm wide, and a modern porcelain-mounted pipe (10) £200 - 400

Lot 3 Five Burmese clay-mounted pipes, 19th century, each bowl decorated, with banded shafts, one with label ‘Clay pipe with silver stem - These pipes are made at Yaunghwe in the Southern Shan States.

Their manufacture goes as far back as the 14th or 15th Cent: Given by Saw-on-Kya O.R. 1915’, largest 29cm long (5) £250 - 350

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Lot 4 Six Burmese clay-mounted pipes, 19th century, each with metal or clay bowls, wood or horn sectional shafts, largest 50cm long (6) £300 - 500

Lot 5 Two rare softwood double pipe cases, early 18th century, Dutch East Indies, each with chip carved details, with two sliding compartments, and pierced hour glass terminals, 80 and 93cm long (2) £800 - 1,200

Lot 6 Five Indian silver tobacco pouches, each embossed with panels and a hinged cover, largest 9cm long, and two Borneo bamboo pipes, 40cm long (7) £200 - 300

Lot 7 Five Thai silver pipes, 19th and 20th century, each with elaborate woven banding, one labelled ‘Pipe, Moi Annam’, largest 62cm long (5) £300 - 500

Lot 8 Two Thai bamboo and coin-mounted pipes, each decorated with coinage from the Far East, tusks, emblems and badges, 41cm long, an amusing pipe bowl, modelled as a man opening his buttocks, 14cm long, and a carved wood pipe, 27cm long (4) £200 - 300

Lot 9 A South East Asian bone pipe, the bowl with brass and copper, with a leather strap mounted with two coins, a hook-shaped tamper and a bell, 19cm long, and a wood pipe, carved with two fish, 18cm long (2) £200 - 300

Lot 10 A club form wood pipe, the head and bowl carved with scrolled details, the shaft with woven banding, terminating in an octagonal mouthpiece, 53cm long £150 - 250

Lot 11 Four Tibetan steel and metal pipes, two with plain bowls and shafts, two with engraved designs, largest 50.5cm long (4) £300 - 500

Lot 12 Three Tibetan leather tinder pouches or chuckmucks, two with pierced plates, one with a pierced plate with dragons, each with curved iron striking blade, largest 13 x 10cm largest, together with an iron and leather belt, with pouches and a holster (7) £200 - 400

Lot 13 Three Tibetan leather tinder pouches or chuckmucks, each with plain pierced or studwork and with curved iron striking blades, each mounted on belts, with two daggers, one with a pair of iron tongs (3) £200 - 400

Lot 14 Three Persian pipes, 19th century, each mounted with silver and brass, one with a mask head bowl and a taper, another with a chained pierced domed cover, largest 35cm long (3) £200 - 400

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Lot 15 A collection of Far Eastern pipes and bowls, wood, clay and enamelled (approximately 35) £250 - 350

Lot 16 Two Persian silver and enamelled narghile water pipes, 19th century, both with enamel losses, another, with losses, two wood mouthpieces and base (6) £400 - 600

Lot 18 Four Persian carved wood pipes, 19th century and later, with carved shafts, porcelain or metal bowls, 42.5cm long, two narghile water bases, one in the form of a fish, the other engraved with a monkey, 12cm high, a stone-mounted pipe, and two others (9) £200 - 400

Lot 17 Three Persian silvered narghile, 19th century, 16cm high three narghile water basins, one mounted with a coconut, and various accessories including huqqas and pierced chilums (qty.) £600 - 800

Lot 19 A Japanese silver two-part kiseru pipe, Meiji period (1868-1912), decorated with a dragon amongst clouds, with gilt details, signed, 45.5cm long £800 - 1,200

Lot 20 A collection of ten Japanese kiseru tobacco pipes, Meiji period (1868-1912), with various mounts and bamboo shafts, 22.5cm longest (10) £200 - 300

Lot 21 A collection of eight Japanese kiseru tobacco pipes, Meiji period (1868-1912), with various silvered and brass mounts, with bamboo shafts, largest 22cm long (8) £150 - 250

Lot 22 A Japanese silver kiseru tobacco pipe, Meiji period (1868-1912), with a kirin on a rock and chrysanthemums, some applied decoration missing, 29cm long, three further pipes, two brass and bamboo ‘S’ shaped pipes, and two others (10) £250 - 350

Lot 23 Two Japanese shagreen ivory and brassmounted chopstick cases, Meiji period (1868-1912), 29 and 31cm long (2) £100 - 150

Lot 24 One Japanese tortoiseshell and coppermounted chopstick cases, Meiji period (1868-1912), 29cm long, and another, 28cm long (2) £100 - 150

Lot 25 Three Japanese smoking sets, kiseruzutsu (pipecase) with kiseru and tabako-ire (tobacco pouch), Meiji period (1868-1912), the pipecases lacquered or in bamboo, each pouch with a copper mae-kanagu of a Buddhist lion, two quails and two birds, 21.5 to 23cm (3) £250 - 350

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Lot 26 Two Japanese smoking set, tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu, Meiji period (1868-1912), both inlaid with sealife, snail and snake with copper, mother-of-pearl, or bone, 21 and 22cm long (2) £250 - 350

Lot 27 A Japanese smoking set, tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), the bamboo pipe holder as an elongated man with a bird’s head, the tobacco container carved as Daruma waking from his dreams, 21cm long £100 - 150

Lot 28 A Japanese smoking set, Meiji period (1868-1912), tonkotsu (tobacco container) and kiseruzutsu (pipe case) with kiseru, the pipe case of stag antler carved with a frog and a crab under a lotus leaf and a flower, fitted with a pipe with brass mounting engraved with a boy and a tiger under pine, 22.5cm, and the wood tobacco container inlaid with flowering trees with mother-of-pearl, 8.5cm long, with ‘Barton Collection’ label £200 - 300

Lot 29 A Japanese smoking set, tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), the bamboo pipe holder in the form of an elongated man, the tobacco container carved as Daruma waking from his dreams, 20cm long £100 - 150

Lot 30 Two Japanese smoking sets, tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu, Meiji period (1868-1912), the tobacco containers in shells, 18.5 and 19cm long (2) £100 - 200

Lot 31 Two Japanese smoking sets, kiseruzutsu (pipecase) with kiseru and tabako-ire (tobacco pouch), Meiji period (1868-1912), each pouch with a copper mae-kanagu in a warrior with his horse or a dragon, 20 and 20.5cm long (2) £150 - 300

Lot 32 Three Japanese smoking sets, tabako-ire and kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), all leather tobacco container with copper mae-kanagu, 20 to 25.5cm long, and two smoking sets with tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu (5) £200 - 300

Lot 33 Two Japanese kiseruzutsu (pipecase) with kiseru, 19th century, one lacquered imitating rattan with gourds and leaves in relief, 20.8cm long, and another, lacquered, 24.5cm (2) £200 - 300

Lot 34 Two Japanese kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), one lacquered onlaid with Ritekkai standing with his hands resting on his staff, 21.5cm long, and a white metal example, with a vase of pine branches in relief, 20cm long (2) £200 - 300

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Lot 35 Two Japanese stag antler kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), one carved with a hunting scene, the other with figures under a pine tree, 21 and 24cm long (2) £500 - 800

Lot 36 A Japanese ivory kiseruzutsu with kiseru, carved with crabs amongst weed, signed, 19.5cm long £300 - 500

Lot 37 Three Japanese stag antler kiseruzutsu, Meiji period (1868-1912), one carved with peony, 19cm long, one with two warriors, 21.5cm long, and another with kiseru, carved with a literatus standing under a pine tree, signed, 19cm long (3) £500 - 800

Lot 38 Two Japanese kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), one of fruitwood, carved with a pufferfish and a mushroom under a pine tree with inscription, 23cm long, one lacquered, imitating bamboo, 22.5cm long, and another lacquered pipe case, engraved with a fruiting branch in a vase, 18.5cm long (3) £150 - 250

Lot 39 A Japanese smoking set, Meiji period (1868-1912), of kiseruzutsu (pipe case) with kiseru and tabako-ire (tobacco pouch), the pipe case of stag antler, pierced and carved with elongated reishi growing from rocks, fitted with a pipe with brass mounting engraved with sealife, the brass ojime in the shape of a wine jar, 22cm long £200 - 400

Lot 40 Two Japanese smoking set, tonkotsu and kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), the pipe of bamboo, 28.5 and 33cm long, together with two other tobacco pouches and two clay pipes (6) £150 - 250

Lot 41 A Japanese lacquered and mother-of-pearl inlaid water pipe, 19th century, of tapering cylindrical section, with a two-part shaft and brass mouthpiece, on a conical base, with losses, 53.5cm high £100 - 150

Lot 42 A Japanese smoking set, tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu with kiseru, Meiji period (1868-1912), the bamboo pipe holder in the form of an elongated man, the tobacco container carved as Daruma waking from his dreams, 21cm long £100 - 150

Lot 43 A Chinese rootwood pipe, 19th century, the underside carved with a qilin, on a natural shaft, mouthpiece possibly of horn, with a gourd-shaped leather and hide pouch, 25cm long, and a branch pipe, with metal collar, 28.5cm long (2) £150 - 200

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Lot 44 A Chinese rootwood and branch opium pipe, 19th century, with a metal collar, 62cm long £150 - 200

Lot 45 A collection of five Chinese cloisonné water pipes, 20th century, decorated with precious objects or flowers, 18 to 31cm long (5) £200 - 300

Lot 46 Four Chinese bamboo opium pipes, the root balls forming the bowl, metalmounted, two mounted to the bowl, with long tapering shafts and two with silvered mouthpieces, largest 136cm long (4) £150 - 200

Lot 47 Two Chinese rootwood opium pipes, each with a cast flared bowl and petalled rim, decorated with animals and precious objects, the mouthpieces similarly decorated, largest 103cm long (2) £150 - 250

Lot 48 A collection of three Chinese water pipes, 19th-20th century, decorated with shagreen, marble or inscription, 21.5 to 38.5cm long (3) £200 - 300

Lot 49 A collection of four Chinese cloisonné water pipes, 19th-20th century, decorated with butterflies, flowers and precious objects, 24.8 to 43.3cm long (4) £200 - 400

Lot 50 A collection of four Chinese cloisonné water pipes, 19th-20th century, decorated with sealife, flowers, shou, birds and butterflies, 34 to 44.5cm long (4) £200 - 400

Lot 51 A Chinese wood water pipe, 19th century, of cylindrical form with metal mountings, inlaid with figures in a garden and inscription in mother-of-pearl, 21cm long, with a bamboo mouthpiece £100 - 150

Lot 52 A Chinese wood water pipe, 19th century, of octagonal form, inlaid with blossoming trees, bamboo and inscriptions in mother-of-pearl, 17.5cm long £100 - 150

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Lot 53 A Chinese wood water pipe, 19th century, of octagonal form, decorated with birds amongst florets with inscriptions and mother-of-pearl, 18cm long £100 - 150

Lot 54 An unusual Chinese smoking pipe, a cast bronze urn bowl, the collar mounted with flowers and vines, connecting with a gnarled wood shaft, the ivory mouthpiece carved in the form of a scaled monster, with a plain terminal, 63cm long £500 - 700

Lot 56 Two Chinese copper and silvered pipe bowls, each mounted with bamboo shafts, 48 and 50cm long, and two bamboo shafted pipes, 53 and 62cm long (4) £200 - 300

Lot 57 An unusual Chinese carved bamboo pipe bowl, modelled as a figure holding their hands to their face, lying on carved leaves and a flower, with a copper plate to the top, 19.5cm long £200 - 400

Lot 59 A collection of three Chinese water pipes, c.1880, one engraved with a pheasant amongst peony and inscription to the back, one with a poem and ladies in a garden, one with a landscape and a poem, 32 to 42.5cm long (3) £200 - 300

Lot 60 A collection of four Chinese water pipes, c.1880, all engraved with a landscape, figures or fruits, 23.5 to 33cm long (4) £200 - 300

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Lot 55 A Chinese pipe, the metal bowl with a gnarled wood shaft and an ivory mouthpiece, 57cm long, a smaller wood pipe, with a silvered mouthpiece, 27cm long, two futher bamboo pipes, and two bowls, 25 and 38cm long (6) £200 - 300

Lot 58 A Chinese silver opium pipe, 19th century, of double cylindrical form, with pierced decoration of shou characters, stamped marks ‘Yuzhen’ and ‘zuwen’, 44.5cm long, with collector’s label ‘Barton Collection’ £200 - 300

Lot 61 A collection of four Chinese water pipes, c.1880, two engraved with birds, butterflies and fruits, the other two with a bird or a vase in relief in shaped panels, 23 to 33cm long (4) £200 - 300

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Lot 62 A Chinese copper water pipe, 19th century, incised with foliage, engraved Hankou, Yao Chunhe to the base, 106.5cm long £200 - 400

Lot 63 A rare Chinese copper water pipe, in the form of an elephant, with a vessel applied to the back, 34cm long £400 - 600

Lot 64 Three Chinese rootwood opium pipes, each with cast flared bowls and petalled rims, the collars decorated with animals and precious objects, the mouthpieces similarly decorated with Eight Daoist Emblems, largest 101cm long (3) £250 - 350

Lot 65 A collection of four Chinese water pipes, c.1880, of cylindrical form, one pierced with birds and butterflies amongst blossoming trees and bamboo, marks to base, one with magpies amongst prunus, one with birds and dogs, and another with an engraved floral border, 29 to 42cm long (4) £200 - 300

Lot 66 A collection of three Chinese water pipes, c.1880, two engraved with shou characters, one with Eight Daoist Immortals, 40 to 46.5cm long (3) £150 - 250

Lot 67 A Chinese wood and brass-mounted opium pipe, 19th century, the pipe possibly of huanghuali, with an engraved brass collar and bowl with a tapering shaft, 61cm long £250 - 350

Lot 68 A rare Chinese brass water pipe, in the form of an elephant, with a vessel applied to the back, 34cm long £400 - 600

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Lot 69 A collection of Chinese opium pipe terminals and mouthpieces, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of jade, agate or hardstone, various sizes (24) £200 - 300

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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 70-184

Lot 70 A Chinese green glazed stoneware shell, Six dynasties (220-589), covered in an opaque and green glaze, 18.5cm long £100 - 150 六朝 绿釉海螺

Lot 71 A Chinese sancai tazza, Tang dynasty (618-907), the shallow dish raised on an unglazed pedestal foot, the sides covered with green, amber and cream glaze, 24.8cm diameter £100 - 150 唐 三彩浅盘

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Lot 72 A Chinese Changsha ware saucer, Tang dynasty (618-907), the shallow bowl rising from a circular foot, decorated with foliage, covered with an olive glaze, 13.3cm diameter £250 - 350 Provenance: The Clive Collins Collection. 唐 长沙窑花卉纹碟

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Lot 73 A Chinese Yue ware tea bowl, of conical form raised on a circular foot, the body incised with foliage, under a celadon glaze, 15.1cm diameter £200 - 300 越窑划花碗 Lot 74 A Chinese qingbai bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), well potted in conical form with lobed rounded sides, incised with scrolling foliage to the interior, covered in a pale blue glaze, 20.1cm diameter, and another bowl, covered with a crackle-suffused white glaze, 19.5cm diameter (2) £600 - 800

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Lot 75 A Yaozhou ware celadon bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), of conical form with a flared rim, incised with scrolling peony, 10cm diameter £800 - 1,000 宋 耀州窑牡丹纹碗

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Lot 76 A Chinese qingbai bowl, Song-Yuan dynasties (960-1368), of circular form with a slightly everted rim, the interior with combed decoration, covered with a cream glaze, with later inscription to the base, 16.1cm diameter £500 - 700 宋至元 青白釉篾纹碗 Lot 77 A Chinese Cizhou ware jar, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of ovoid form, painted with foliage and scrolls in brown on a white ground, 11.6cm high £300 - 400 元 磁州窑花卉纹罐

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Lot 78 A Chinese blue and white plate, of circular form, the centre painted with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, enclosed with a scrolling lotus border, 34.2cm diameter £6,000 - 8,000

Lot 79 A Chinese celadon bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), of conical form rising from a circular foot, with an inverted rim, carved with lotus petals to the exterior, 13.6cm diameter £300 - 500

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THE D M JACOBS COLLECTION 80-90

Lots 80-90 The D M Jacobs Collection D M Jacobs (1930-2020) was a meticulous collector from a young age. After attending Oxford University, he travelled through the East in the 1950s, eventually becoming an English language newsreader on broadcast radio in Israel. Returning back home he was involved with the Anglo-Jewish Society. He was also a Blue Badge Guide in London and an expert on William Morris, providing talks and lectures.

80 invoices 80 Lot 80 A collection of Chinese pottery, Tang dynasty (618-907), comprising: a large bowl, of conical shape with five spur marks to the interior, under a degraded pale glaze, with a ‘BLUETT & SONS LONDON’ label, 17.5cm diameter, a white glazed dish, the well-potted shallow well on a tapering circular foot, the everted rim divided into five lobes, with a ‘Newton 327’ label, 13cm diameter, a small vase, of ovoid form with four lobes on a tapering foot, with an everted mouth, all under a celadon glaze, with a ‘BLUETT & SONS LONDON’ label and a ‘Newton 222’ label, 8.5cm high, a water well, of globular form with an incised ring around the mouth, under a green translucent glaze, with a ‘Newton 289’ label, 4.5cm diameter, and a small ewer, Six dynasties (220-589), of lobed form with a short straight octagonal spout, a handle in the form of a chicken’s tail and an appliqué on each side of the body to represent wings, covered in a brown glaze, with a ‘Newton 99’ label, 7cm high, three associated wood stands (8) £100 - 150

Lot 81 A Chinese stoneware jar, possibly Song dynasty, of baluster form with a waisted groove below the rim and an incised double ring to the shoulder, painted with splashes of flowers in brown glaze against a black ground, 19.5cm, and another, 17cm high (2) £100 - 150 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection.

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宋(可能) 黑釉罐 一组两件 Lot 82 A collection of Chinese ceramics, Song dynasty (960-1279), comprising: a small bowl, the exterior moulded with stiff leaves, covered with a degraded qingbai glaze, 10.1cm diameter, a saucer dish, of six-lobed form, covered with a slightly degraded qingbai glaze, 10.2cm diameter, a bowl, of lobed circular form, incised with florets, covered with qingbai glaze, with a

‘JOHN SPARKS LTD, 128 MOUNT STREET W’ label, 16.2cm diameter, and a Ding ware dish, of shallow form with ribbed decoration to the sides, incised with a peony spray, metal mounted rim, with a ‘D Jacob’ label, 12.5cm diameter (4) £60 - 80 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 宋 定窑牡丹纹碟 及 青白釉小碟及碗

Provenance: D r Isaac Newton (excluding the white bowl); Bluett & Sons, Ltd.; D M Jacobs collection, purchased from Bluett & Sons Ltd. on 28 April and 3 May 1961 for a total of £26.

It was a family belief that Dr Isaac Newton was a descendant of the great British scientist of the same name. He was a director of Medical Services in Hong Kong while he built up his interest in Chinese jades and early ceramics. His main collection was sold by Bluetts in 1981, in their exhibition of ‘Dr Newton’s Zoo: A Study of Post-Archaic Small Jade Carvings’.

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80-90 THE D M JACOBS COLLECTION Lot 83 A Chinese Longquan celadon ‘twin-fish’ dish, Song dynasty (960-1279), potted with deep, rounded sides rising from the tapering foot to the everted rim, moulded to the exterior with a band of upright petals, the interior with two small fish to the centre, all under a glaze of sea-green colour that also covers the interior of the foot, 13.4cm across, a small celadon oil bottle, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of ovoid form with two loop handles, 7cm wide, a small jar, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of ovoid form with a tapering mouth, all under a cream crackled glaze, with a ‘No.369, f A.K.V.’ label, 9.5cm high, a blue and white teacup, 17th century, of tapering form on a circular foot, painted with precious objects, six-character Jiajing mark, 4.8cm high, a collection of six teacups, two with a ‘JOHN SPARKS LTD, 128, MOUNT STREET, W’ label, 6.5 to 8.5cm wide, and a Korean Goryeo celadon lid, and two associated wood stands (13) £120 - 150

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Lot 84 An unusually large Chinese Jizhou ware bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), well potted with a slightly everted rim, boldly splashed with khaki on a lustrous deep brown ground, with a ‘A. BLANCO WHITE’ label, purchased from Sydney Moss for £18 on 6 October 1960, 16cm diameter, a Jizhou ware tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279), decorated to the interior with

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three formal lozenge-shaped medallions in resist technique with florets reserved in a dark brown glaze, the exterior covered overall with a dark brownish-black glaze and splashed with beige tones simulating tortoiseshell, with a ‘BLUETT & SONS LONDON’ label, 10.7cm diameter, and another similar, with typical glaze falling short above the foot, 11cm diameter (3) £60 - 80 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 宋 吉州窑碗 一组三件

84 invoice Lot 85 A collection of three Chinese Jian ware tea bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279), each well potted in a conical shape with a slightly everted rim, comprising: one with hare’s fur glaze and a later copper rim, 13.3cm diameter, one with brown splashes against a black ground, 13.4cm diameter, one under an iron rust glaze, 9.5cm diameter, and

another similar, under hare’s fur glaze, 10.8cm diameter (4) £100 - 150 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection, two purchased from H R N Norton for £22 on 2 November 1960 and one from William Clayton Ltd. for £30 on 2 March 1961. 宋 建盏 一组四件

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THE D M JACOBS COLLECTION 80-90 Lot 86 A Chinese copper-red glazed bowl, Yongzheng (1723-1735), well potted with deep flaring sides supported on a short circular foot, covered on the exterior with a liver-red glaze, six-character Yongzheng mark in blue to the base, 10.4cm diameter £600 - 800 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 清雍正 祭红釉碗 《大清雍正年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 87 A Chinese silver card case, 19th century, of shaped rectangular form, filigree worked with dragons or flowers in relief in a shaped panel, surrounded by scrolling florets, 10cm long, 57.38g £200 - 300

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Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 清十九世纪 银累丝龙纹名片盒

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Lot 88 A Tibetan Buddhist ghanta and a vajra, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the handle of the ghanta cast with a figure with incised facial features wearing a dome-shaped crown, 16cm high, the vajra with four prongs on either side and a baluster form handle in the centre, 13cm long, and a bronze bodhisattva, standing on a lotus pedestal in front of a flame-shaped mandorla, incised characters to the back, 10cm high (3) £100 - 150 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 清 西藏铜金刚铃 金刚杵 及 佛像 Lot 89 A Japanese Satsuma ware vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), of ovoid form, decorated with a dragon and a Buddhist lion among clouds, 16cm high £80 - 120

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Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 明治時代 薩摩 金彩色絵雲龍図花瓶 Lot 90 Isoda Koryusai (1735–1790) FROM THE SERIES FURYU NANKAI HAKKEI (THE ELEGANT EIGHT VIEWS OF THE SOUTH SEA), WITH SUBTITLE SADO BOSETSU (EVENING SNOW AT SADO) with two courtesans in a room, one kneeling by a brazier, the other standing beside her conversing, a snowy view of the bay of Sado is seen through the halfopened window, a poem inscription above the conventional cloud line, signed Koryu ga, sheet 25 x 18cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection. 礒田湖龍斎 風流南海八景 佐渡暮雪

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70-184 CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS Lot 91 A Chinese Longquan celadon bowl, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of conical shape on a short circular foot, the body moulded with stiff leaves, the shoulder with five-petal florets in relief, and with a lobed rim, 26cm diameter £2,000 - 3,000 明 龙泉窑青釉贴花大碗

91 Lot 92 A Chinese blue and white dish, in the Ming style, of circular form with an everted rim, the centre painted with a dragon amongst scrolling lotus, the underside similarly decorated, six-character Wanli mark, 20.3cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500 青花穿花龙纹盘 《大明万历年制》青花楷书款 Lot 93 A Chinese qingbai ewer, possibly Ming dynasty, the flattened pear-shaped body with a tall flared neck, raised on a spreading foot, incised with a dragon in a moulded peach-shaped panel to each side among scrolling lotus, covered in a pale ice-blue glaze stopping short at the foot, six-character Jiajing mark, 19cm high, associated wood cover (2) £500 - 800

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明(可能) 青白缠枝莲龙纹酒壶 《大明嘉靖年制》楷书款 Lot 94 A Chinese polychrome-decorated jar, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of ovoid form, painted in red, yellow and green overglaze enamels with crickets and butterflies among blossoming florets and rocks, between a scrolling flower and a false gadroon border, six-character Jiajing mark, 18.5cm high, associated wood stand (2) £300 - 500

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A comparable Jiajing mark and period jar, retaining its short slightly everted neck, is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, no: 1991.253.58. Although painted to a slightly better standard, and with horses instead of flowers, its basic decorative scheme is the same as on the present lot.

Provenance: A private collection, London; inherited from grandparents who were in China on diplomatic duty between the wars, and thence by descent. 明 红绿彩虫草纹罐 《大明嘉靖年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 95 A Chinese Longquan celadon plate, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of conical form with rounded sides rising to a flat everted rim, the centre incised with a sprig of florets, with a ‘Catherine Hunt Oriental Antiques 5278’ label, 27.5cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500 明 龙泉窑青釉花卉纹盘

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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 70-184 Lot 96 A Chinese porcelain figure, 17th century, of a seated luohan in a long robe, covered under a crackled glaze, 7.5cm high, and a saucer, of lobed form under a crackled light-blue glaze, the rim mounted with metal, 11.8cm diameter (2) £300 - 500

Lot 97 A Chinese yellow-ground blue and white dish, the rounded sides with an everted rim rising from a circular foot, the centre painted with a sprig of gardenia blooms in blue, encircled by fruiting branches of pomegranate, grape, persimmon and a beribboned lotus bouquet, the underside with scrolling foliage, all against a yellow ground, metal mounted rim, six-character Hongzhi mark, 26.2cm diameter £1,500 - 2,000 黄地青花栀子花盘 《大明弘治年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 98 A Chinese blue and white jar, Wanli (1573-1620), of ovoid form, painted with Wang Xizhi seated in a garden, admiring geese on the river, 18cm high £150 - 200 明万历 青花羲之爱鹅纹罐

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Lot 99 A Chinese celadon charger, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), heavily potted with a flat everted rim, incised with florets enclosed within a key fret border, 36.9cm diameter £1,500 - 2,000

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明 青釉花卉纹大盘

100 Lot 100 Two Chinese celadon dishes, each of lobed form, incised with foliage, 15.8 and 16cm diameter (2) £100 - 150 Provenance: C hristie’s, South Kensington, 15 May 2015, lot 540. 青釉花口碟 一组两件

101 Lot 101 A Chinese pottery roof tile, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), in the form of an official wearing a long robe seated on horseback, with one hand clasped at his chest and the other at his hip, glazed with amber, green and black decoration, 38cm high £300 - 500 Provenance: The Estate of Virginia Chapman, late of Debden Manor. 明 琉璃人物骑像瓦

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Lot 102 A Chinese blue and white bowl, the rounded sides with an everted rim rising from a circular foot, painted with scrolling lotus between a key fret and a false gadroon border, the interior similarly decorated, six-character Xuande mark, 17.6cm diameter £8,000 - 10,000 青花缠枝莲纹碗 《大明宣德年制》青花楷书款

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103 Lot 103 A Chinese blue and white vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of baluster form, painted with literati seated by a river in a mountainous landscape, 27cm high £400 - 600 清康熙 青花山水图瓶

Lot 104 A Chinese blue and white gu vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of tapering cylindrical form with a flared mouth, painted with landscapes and flowers in shaped panels, 34cm high £200 - 300 Provenance: P urchased from Phillips, Son & Neale, 11 August 1971. 清康熙 青花开光山水人物图花觚

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Lot 105 A Chinese clobbered blue and white vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of double gourd form, painted with figures on horseback in shaped panels, 40.5cm high £300 - 400 清康熙 青花开光人物故事图葫芦瓶

Lot 106 A Chinese blue and white vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), of baluster form, painted with a dragon and a phoenix, 18.8cm high £200 - 300 清康熙 青花龙凤纹瓶

106 Lot 107 A Chinese blue and white bowl, Daoguang (1821-1850), the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a wide flared rim, decorated to the exterior with four characters, Shan Gao Shui Chang (lofty mountains, lengthy river), each enclosed by a circle of ruyi-heads flanked by two of the Eight Buddhist Emblems among scrolling lotus, all between a ruyi-head and a false gadroon border, the interior centred with a stylised shou medallion below ruyi at the rim, four-character mark Daoguang Bingwu to the base corresponding to 1846, 16.7cm diameter £4,000 - 6,000 For a similar lot, please see: Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 9 October 2012, lot 3084.

Provenance: Christie's London, 8 November 2016, lot 31. 清道光 青花八宝纹山高水长碗 《道光丙午》青花楷书款

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Lot 108 A pair of Chinese blue and white tulip vases, late 19th century, each with five bulb holders painted with Buddhist Emblems amongst leafy scrolls, between a ruyi and a banana leaf border, below a tapering neck painted with scrolling lotus, 25.5cm high (2) £200 - 300 清十九世纪末 青花八吉祥纹五管花插 一对

Lot 109 A pair of large Chinese blue and white vases, of rouleau form, painted with dragons amongst blossoming peony branches above a ruyi-head shaped border, the rim with key fret, 81cm high (2) £1,500 - 2,500 青花龙穿牡丹纹棒槌瓶 一对

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108 Lot 110 A pair of Chinese blue and white vases, late 19th century, each of ovoid form with an inverted mouth, painted with a blossoming prunus tree against a blue ground, 44cm high (2) £1,200 - 1,500 清十九世纪末 青花梅花纹瓶 一对

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Lot 111 A Chinese blue and white yuhuchun vase, the well potted pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck and trumpet mouth, painted with bamboo and rocks by a fence in a garden, between a ruyi-head and a false gadroon border, the neck with scrolls below banana leaves, six-character Guangxu mark, 29.5cm high £2,000 - 3,000 青花竹石芭蕉图玉壶春瓶 《大清光绪年制》青花楷书款

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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 70-184 Lot 112 A Chinese blue and white bowl, Yongzheng (1723-1735), well potted with rounded sides on a circular foot, painted with a lady bidding farewell to a gentleman, six-character Yongzheng mark, 19.2cm diameter £400 - 600 清雍正 青花人物故事图碗 《大清雍正年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 113 A Chinese famille rose tea service, probably Guangxu (1875-1908), comprising: a teapot, of globular form, painted with roundels enclosing the characters ‘Wanshou Wujiang’ (boundless longevity) and beribboned wan symbols amongst clouds, between a key fret and cresting wave border, a shou medallion to the spout, the cover similarly decorated with a ball finial, all against a yellow ground, six-character Guangxu mark, 12cm high, six cups and saucers, similarly decorated, six-character Guangxu mark, cup 5.1cm diameter, saucer 7cm diameter, and another saucer, 8.2cm diameter (15) £400 - 600 清光绪(可能)黄地粉彩万寿无疆纹茶壶、茶杯及碟《大清光绪年制》矾红楷书款

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Lot 114 A Chinese doucai ‘month cup’, early 20th century, of waisted form, painted with clumps of narcissus and nandina berries issuing from jagged rock, approximately 4.5cm high, on an enamelled lotus stand (2) £100 - 150

Lot 115 A Chinese armorial export blue and white soup tureen with cover and stand, Qianlong (1736-1795), of octagonal form on a flared foot, painted with sprigs of peony and other flowers, with a distinctive crest bearing a bird and crescent moon under a tree, the sides with pig’s head handles, tureen 37cm long stand 37.5cm long (3) £250 - 350

二十世纪初 斗彩加彩水仙花神杯

清乾隆 外销粉彩徽章纹盖碗及托盘

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Lot 116 A Chinese famille rose bowl, the deep rounded sides rising from a circular foot, painted with peony enclosed by foliage and tendrils, against a copper-red glaze, six-character Qianlong mark, 11cm diameter £1,500 - 2,000 红地粉彩开光花卉纹碗 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款

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Lot 117 A Chinese famille rose bowl, Guangxu (1875-1908), of circular form, painted with scattered floral roundels, gilt rim, six-character Guangxu mark, 11.9cm diameter £3,000 - 5,000

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Provenance: Christie’s London, 9 June 1997, lot 105. 清光绪 粉彩皮球花纹碗 《大清光绪年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 118 A Chinese famille rose dish, Tongzhi (1862-1874), painted with numerous magpies amongst blossoming prunus branches against a yellow ground, the underside with scrolling lotus, four-character Tongzhi mark to base, 22.4cm diameter £300 - 500 For a similar lot, see Christie’s, New York, ‘The Private Collection of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan’, 21-22 September 2016, lot 233.

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清同治 黄地粉彩梅雀纹盘 《同治年制》矾红楷书款

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Lot 119 A Chinese unglazed vase, 18th century, the pear-shaped body with rounded sides, resting on a slightly flared foot, rising to an everted rim, the shoulder moulded with a raised band and set with a pair of elephant handles, 31cm high £500 - 800 清十八世纪 素胎象耳尊

Lot 120 A Chinese iron-red cup, Tongzhi (1862-1874), of waisted form, painted with dragons chasing a flaming pearl above spuming waves, six-character Tongzhi mark, 5cm high £100 - 150 清同治 矾红双龙抢珠纹杯 《大清同治年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 121 Two Chinese famille rose chargers, Guangxu (1875-1908), painted with chrysanthemum and other flowers in white against a blue ground, 40.8cm diameter (2) £700 - 1,000 清光绪 蓝地粉彩花卉纹大盘 一组两件

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Lot 122 A Chinese coral-ground famille rose bowl, Daoguang (1821-1850), finely potted, the rounded sides with a slightly everted rim, painted with various butterflies, all reserved on a rich coral-red ground, the interior glazed white, the base with a four-character mark Shende Tang zhi (Made for the Hall of Prudent Virtue) in iron red, 14.3cm diameter £600 - 800 清道光 珊瑚地粉彩蝴蝶纹碗 《慎德堂制》矾红楷书款

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Lot 123 A rare large Chinese famille rose bowl, Jiaqing (1796-1820), the deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, decorated with archaic characters ‘Wanshou Wujiang’ (boundless longevity) in blue in circular roundels, all reserved on a rich yellow ground embellished with scrolling lotus on leafy tendrils and Eight Buddhist Emblems, six-character Jiaqing mark in red to base, 20.3cm diameter £12,000 - 18,000 For a similar lot, see Christie’s, Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3447. 清嘉庆 黄地粉彩勾莲八吉祥开光“万寿无疆”碗 《大清嘉庆年制》矾红篆书款

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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 70-184 Lot 124 A Chinese yellow-glazed bowl, Tongzhi or later, painted with bamboo in green against a yellow ground, four-character Tongzhi mark, 10.7cm diameter £1,000 - 1,200 清同治或更晚 黄地绿彩竹纹碗 《同治年制》矾红楷书款 Lot 125 A Chinese red-glazed vase, late Qing dynasty, of pear shape with a garlic mouth, covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of deep crushed oxblood colour falling above the unglazed foot, 36.5cm high £200 - 300

Lot 126 A Chinese copper-red and underglaze-blue vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of baluster form on an everted foot, painted with two deer under a pine tree, the reverse with two cranes with bamboo and lingzhi, the shoulder moulded with a raised band painted with bats among clouds, the stylised handles imitating pine branches with ruyi scrolls in relief, 47cm high £1,200 - 1,500 清 青花釉里红鹤鹿同春纹瓶

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清晚期 红釉胆瓶

127 Lot 127 A Chinese doucai ‘month cup’, Guangxu (1875-1908), of waisted form, painted with clumps of narcissus 127 mark and nandina berries issuing from jagged rock, 5cm high £100 - 150 For a similar lot, see Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 5 June 2020, lot 544.

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清光绪 斗彩加彩水仙花神杯 Lot 128 A Chinese export ware candlestick figure, Qianlong (1736-1795), in the shape of a lady standing in a long robe, painted with sprigs of flowers and diapered border, holding a vase of lotus form, 29cm high £200 - 300 清乾隆 仕女立像烛台 Lot 129 A Chinese Canton enamelled charger, 19th century, of circular form, painted with canaries on blossoming prunus branches in a vase, surrounded by precious objects and peony, the border with birds and butterflies in shaped panels amongst peony, 36.5cm diameter £600 - 800 清十九世纪 广东粉彩博古图大盘

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Lot 130 A Chinese porcelain water dropper, in the form of a peach, the top pierced with a small circular aperture leading up into the hollow stem that forms the spout, covered in an opaque glaze, 7.5cm long £800 - 1,000

Lot 131 A set of four Chinese famille verte plaques, c.1900, painted with warriors, officials, Daoist immortals or figures in a garden, 22.5cm square (4) £400 - 600 清约1900年 五彩人 物故事图瓷板 一组四件

Lot 132 A Chinese blue-glazed cong vase, of square form with a circular mouth and foot after an archaic jade carving, each side moulded with eight raised bagua bands, covered under a sky-blue glaze, six-character Xuantong mark, 29cm high £1,800 - 2,500 蓝釉琮式瓶 《大清宣统年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 133 A Chinese famille rose vase and cover, probably 19th century, of baluster form, painted with pheasants standing on rocks next to bamboo, peony and other flowers, all against a lime-green ground, the domed cover similarly decorated, with a spear knop, six-character Qianlong mark to base, 46cm high (2) £600 - 800 清十九世纪(可能) 苹果绿地粉彩雏鸡牡丹纹将军盖罐 《大清乾隆年制》青花篆书款

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Lot 134 A large Chinese porcelain ‘Cadogan’ teapot, 18th century, the peachshaped ewer covered with a deep aubergine glaze, the spout and handle in the shape of gnarled branches with leaves under a turquoise glaze, 25cm long £7,000 - 10,000 Provenance: Christie’s, London, 14 May 2019, Lot 156. 清十八世纪 茄皮紫釉桃形倒流壶

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Lot 135 A Chinese famille rose teapot, Qianlong (1736-1795), of oval form in the shape of bamboo, painted with peony and other flowers, decorated with studs, the cover with two bats and two butterflies, 20.5cm long (2) £250 - 350

Lot 136 A Chinese famille rose bowl, Daoguang or later, of waisted form with an inverted rim, painted with a continuous landscape with figures and buildings by a river, six-character Daoguang mark, 13.4cm diameter £1,200 - 1,600 清道光或更晚 山水图折腰碗 《大清道光年制》矾红篆书款

清乾隆 粉彩花卉纹茶壶

Lot 137 A Chinese famille rose lotus cup, Guangxu (1875-1908), modelled in the shape of a large lotus blossom, with incised overlapping petals outlined in black enamel and filled with shades of pink, the outer row of petals rising to form the gently flared wall of the vessel, the centre pierced with a small circular aperture leading up into the hollow lime-green stem that forms the handle, inscribed Daqing Guangxu Jiaotaihu fujin qiucao jinian bei (Cup commemorating the autumn military exercises held near Jiaotaihu during the Guangxu reign of the Great Qing) in black enamel, 19.8cm long £800 - 1,200 For a similar lot, see Christie’s, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1823. 清光绪 粉彩秋操纪念杯

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Lot 138 A Chinese famille rose plate, Xuantong (1909-1911), of circular form, painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, the underside with phoenix medallions, six-character mark of Xuantong, 19.5cm diameter £400 - 600 清宣统 粉彩双龙抢珠纹盘 《大清宣统年制》青花楷书款

Lot 139 A collection of eight Chinese famille rose plates, Guangxu (1875-1908), of circular form with millefleurs pattern, the underside with scrolling flowers, six-character Guangxu mark to the base, 24 to 24.5cm (8) £400 - 600 清光绪 粉彩百花不落地纹盘 《大清光绪年制》矾红楷书款 一组八件

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Lot 140 A pair of Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose vases, 19th century, each modelled in the form of a ribbon-tied pouch, the ovoid body carved with vertical ribs simulating textile pleats, tapering to a fluted neck and ruffled rim, wreathed by a blue sash fastened into a knotted ribbon suspending two flowing tassels, painted with figures in a sitting room at various pursuits in shaped panels, surrounded by butterflies and foliage on a gilt ground, Buddhist lion handles, 25cm high (2) £250 - 350 清十九世纪 广东粉彩人物故事图包袱瓶 一对

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Lot 141 A Chinese turquoise-glazed brush washer, 19th century, of shallow circular form with rounded sides rising to an inverted rim, covered in a turquoise glaze, 18.3cm diameter £200 - 300 清十九世纪 孔雀蓝釉笔洗

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Lot 142 A Chinese famille rose bowl, well potted with an everted rim rising from a circular foot, painted with roundels of precious objects surrounded by scrolling lotus against a pink ground, six-character Jiaqing mark, 20.1cm diameter £1,200 - 1,500 粉彩缠枝莲纹开光博古图碗 《大清嘉庆年制》矾红篆书款

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Lot 143 A Chinese iron-red reversedecorated bowl, Daoguang (1821-1850), decorated on the exterior with shou characters reserved against a rich iron-red ground, a five-character ‘Xiezhu zhuren zao’ seal mark to the base, 11cm diameter £600 - 800

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清道光 矾红留白寿字纹碗 《嶰竹主人造》矾红篆书款

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144 Lot 144 A pair of Chinese famille rose bowls, Daoguang (1821-1850), each with rounded sides with a flared rim, rising from a circular foot, the body painted with butterflies amongst tendrilled gourds and leaves, against a yellow ground, six-character Daoguang mark, 16.5cm diameter (2) £8,000 - 10,000

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清道光 黄地粉彩瓜瓞绵绵纹碗 一对

145 Lot 145 A Chinese famille rose dish, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the rounded sides rising from a circular foot, the centre painted with scrolling lotus in green, encircled by Eight Buddhist Emblems surrounded by foliage, enclosed with a ruyi-head border, the underside with scrolling lotus, six-character Tongzhi mark, 21cm diameter £1,200 - 1,500

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清 粉彩八吉祥纹盘 《大清同治年制》矾红楷书款 Lot 146 A pair of Chinese blue-glazed vases, 19th century, each of compressed tapering form, painted in gilt with a literatus seated under a pine tree by a fence, looking at a bat above, all against a blue ground, shaped handles, 28cm high (2) £300 - 500 清十九世纪 洒蓝地描金人物故事图瓶 一对 Lot 147 A large Chinese famille rose charger, well potted with an everted rim rising from a circular foot, painted with bats in iron red amongst clouds, six-character Guangxu mark, 51.9cm diameter £2,000 - 3,000 粉彩洪福齐天纹大盘 《大清光绪年制》矾红楷书款

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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 70-184 Lot 148 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose charger, late 19th century, of circular form, painted with officials seated in a pavilion surrounded by ladies and servants in a garden, enclosed with a border of foliage and butterflies, 37.5cm diameter £200 - 300

Lot 149 A Chinese blue and iron-red cup, Guangxu (1875-1908), the bell-shaped body painted with bats in iron red among clouds in blue, six-character Guangxu mark, 10.7cm diameter £200 - 300 清光绪 青花矾红彩宏福齐天纹杯 《大清光绪年制》青花楷书款

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Lot 150 A Chinese Canton enamelled famille rose tureen and cover, 19th century, of shaped rectangular form, painted with figures playing doucao (playing with plants) in a garden, 27.3cm long, and a pair of oval dishes, similarly decorated, 37cm long (4) £800 - 1,200 Doucao (playing with plants) is a popular traditional entertainment activity on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival in China. People compete in the tenacity of plant stems, in the number of plants they have picked, or in the number of plant species they know.

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清十九世纪 广东粉彩斗草图盖碗 及 大盘 Lot 151 Three Chinese export armorial plates, 18th century, of octagonal form, each centre with set of arms, comprising: two for a branch of the Mercer family of Huntingtower, Perth, Scotland, painted with a blue fesse in the middle above three crosses and three bezants, above a motto ‘Crux Christi Nostra Corona’ (The cross of Christ is our crown), all under a crest of a stork’s head couped holding a serpent below a ‘Ye Gret Poul’ motto, the side with sprigs of flowers, 41 and 44.5cm long, and another, with the coat of arms for the Garland family, painted with a garland in the dexter chief, 43.2cm long (3) £300 - 500

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清十八世纪 外销粉彩徽章纹大盘 一组三件

Lot 152 A Chinese famille rose bowl, of deep rounded form on a circular foot, painted with four pink medallions enclosing Chinese characters ‘Fori Changming’ (the light of Buddha shines eternally), surrounded by scrolling lotus, all against a yellow ground, 10.7cm diameter £1,500 - 2,000

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黄地粉彩佛日常明碗 《大清道光年制》青花篆书款 Lot 153 A Chinese famille rose figure, late Qing dynasty, probably Han Xiangzi, standing on a shaped square flat base, wearing a long blue robe decorated with sprigs of flowers and a black border with shou roundels and precious objects, 31.5cm high £100 - 200 清晚期 粉彩人物立像

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Lots 154-160 The Property of the Family of Jason ‘Jay’ and George Gould Jay Gould (1836-1892) was a US railroad magnate and financial speculator, one of the famous ‘Industrial Robber Barons’ of the emergent United States. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made him one of the wealthiest men of the late 19th century.

His son George (1864-1923), our vendor’s grandfather, was himself a financier and railroad executive. He married a former Gaiety girl, Guinevere Sinclair, our vendor’s grandmother, and became one of the foremost clients of legendary picture dealer, Joseph Duveen. Sadly he died prematurely, shortly after viewing the tomb of King Tutankhamun - perhaps another victim of the famous curse.

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Lot 154 A Chinese ridge tile model, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of a pony with head raised, astride an arched base, under a turquoise glaze, 29cm high £400 - 600

Lot 155 A pair of Chinese blue and white ewers, Kangxi (1662-1722), each of pear form with a loop handle and scroll spout attached to the neck, painted with scrolls in a shaped panel against a crackled-ice pattern ground, with the collector’s label ‘Morgan Collection 258/86502’ and ‘Morgan Collection 259/96502’, 17.5cm high (2) £1,500 - 2,000

Provenance: F rom the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould.

Provenance: The Pierpont Morgan Collection, from the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould.

明 孔雀蓝琉璃脊兽

清康熙 青花开光卷草纹执壶 一对

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Lot 156 A Chinese sancai bowl, 19th century, the rounded sides with a flared rim rising from a circular foot, decorated with mythical beasts against a green wave-pattern ground, six-character Jiajing mark, 19.7cm diameter £300 - 500 Provenance: From the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould. 清十九世纪 素三彩海水异兽纹碗 《大明嘉靖年制》青花楷书款

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157 Lot 157 A Chinese famille verte figure, 19th century, of Luxing wearing a long robe decorated with crane roundels and flowers against a green ground, standing holding a Chinese character ‘Lu’ (prosperity) in his hands, the bearded face with a serene expression, 44cm high £700 - 1,000 Provenance: F rom the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould. 清十九世纪 五彩禄星立像

Lot 158 Three Chinese ivory carvings, 19th century, each with a bodhisattva wearing beaded jewellery holding a vase or a ruyi sceptre in their hands, seated cross-legged on a lotus pedestal on the back of a Buddhist lion or an elephant standing on clouds, in turn standing on shaped and galleried plinths carved with chilong and archaic scrolls, each figure approximately 28.5cm high, overall 36cm high (6) £1,000 - 1,500 Provenance: From the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould. 清十九世纪 象牙雕菩萨坐像 一组三件

159 Lot 159 Three ivory figures, 19th century, comprising: a Chinese carving of a lady in long robes, with elaborately piled hair, standing with a basket of flowers in her right hand and a ruyi sceptre in her left, 19cm high, a Daoist deity, wearing a long robe with beaded jewellery, seated with her right hand resting on her right knee, 13.5cm high, and an Indian Buddha, seated cross-legged on a lotus pedestal in Bhumiparsha mudra, 10.5cm high (3) £400 - 600

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Provenance: From the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould. 清十九世纪 象牙雕仕女立像 道教人物坐像 及 印度象牙雕释迦牟尼坐像 一组三件 Lot 160 A pair of Chinese four-fold screens, 20th century, inlaid in hardstones, jade and bone with literati in a garden, with attendants at leisure pursuits, the reverse painted with Daoist immortals including Liu Hai and He He Erxian, all above panels with birds and flowers, each fold 203 x 53cm (2) £1,500 - 2,500 Provenance: From the family of ‘Robber Baron’ Jason ‘Jay’ Gould.

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二十世纪 嵌百宝人物故事图四扇屏风 一对

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161 Lot 161 A Chinese zisha box and cover, Republic period (1912-1949), of circular form rising from a short foot, the cover incised with an archaic pendant, inscribed with the signature of Youzhu, the interior under a white glaze, seal mark to base, 10cm diameter (2) £100 - 150 民国 紫砂诗文盖盒

Lot 162 A Chinese Yixing zisha box and cover, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of circular form on a circular foot, enamelled with blossoming prunus, the cover similarly decorated, 22.8cm diameter (2) £150 - 250

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Lot 163 A pair of Chinese zisha cups, Republic period (1911-1949), each of circular form with a loop handle, incised with leaves and inscription, the interior under a crackled glaze, seal marked ‘Daishi’, 11cm long (2) £100 - 150 民国 紫砂诗文杯 《戴氏》款 一对

166 164 Lot 164 A Chinese iron-red and blue vase, the pear-shaped body with a straight neck rising from a circular foot, painted with bats in iron red among clouds in blue, between a key fret and a wave border, six-character Tongzhi mark, 35cm high £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 165 A Chinese iron-red vase, early 20th century, of ovoid form with a flared mouth, painted with a continuous scene of a hundred boys at play, six-character Qianlong mark, 21cm high £500 - 1,000

青花矾红彩宏福齐天纹瓶 《大清同治年制》青花楷书款

二十世纪初 矾红彩百子图瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款

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Lot 166 A Chinese famille verte ginger jar and cover, early 20th century, of ovoid form, painted with numerous figures standing on a bridge or in a street, welcoming a warrior and a lady in a boat on the river, the domed cover with Daoist immortals, 26.5cm high (2) £200 - 300 二十世纪初 五彩人物故事图盖罐

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Lot 168 A Chinese blue and white vase, early 20th century, of rouleau form, painted with figures in a sitting room, 25cm high, and an associated pierced wood cover (2) £150 - 200

Lot 169 A Chinese famille verte vase, early 20th century, of tapering square form, painted with peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and prunus by rocks, 28cm high £100 - 150

二十世纪初 青花人物故事图棒槌瓶

二十世纪初 五彩花卉纹四方瓶

Lot 167 A Chinese iron-red vase, of ovoid form with an inverted rim, painted with shou characters surrounded by scrolling lotus, a ruyi-head border to the shoulder, scroll handles, four-character Shende Tang zhi (Made for the Hall of Prudent Virtue) mark in iron red, 28.5cm high £3,000 - 4,000 矾红彩缠枝莲纹瓶 《慎德堂制》矾红楷书款

171 Lot 170 A Chinese iron-red charger, of circular form on a circular foot, painted with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, enclosed with a ruyi-head border, the underside with scrolling lotus, six-character Guangxu mark, 39.4cm diameter £1,500 - 2,000 矾红彩双龙抢珠纹大盘 《大清光绪年制》矾红楷书款

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Lot 171 A Chinese famille rose bowl, 20th century, of circular form with an inverted rim, on a short circular foot, painted with a literatus seated on a horse receiving a fish from a fisherman, the curled rim painted with scrolls, fourcharacter Qianlong mark, 25.7cm diameter £200 - 300 二十世纪 粉彩人物故事图盘 《乾隆年制》矾红楷书款

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172 Lot 172 A Chinese famille verte charger, early 20th century, the rounded sides rising to an everted rim, all supported on a circular foot, painted with figures in a garden, six-character Chenghua mark, 35.5cm diameter £200 - 400 二十世纪初 五彩人物故事图盘 《大明成化年制》青花楷书款

Lot 173 A Chinese iron-red dou and cover, the archaic stem bowl decorated with dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, the domed cover with a ball knop, six-character Guangxu mark in blue, 30cm high (2) £3,000 - 4,000 矾红彩云龙纹豆 《大清光绪年制》青花楷书款

173 Lot 174 A Chinese famille verte vase, c.1900, of octagonal form, painted with immortals on the back of mythical beasts between a ruyi-head and a diapered border, six-character Chenghua mark, 40cm high, associated wood stand (2) £200 - 300 清约1900年 五彩人物故事图八方瓶 《大明成化年制》青花楷书款

Lot 175 A Chinese porcelain vase, 20th century, of tapering cylindrical form, painted with a continuous landscape with waterfalls, mountains, boats and figures, inscribed, dated year of Wuzi (1948) and signature of zhang Zhitang (1893-1971), Yi Tao Zhai seal mark to the base, 20.5cm high £600 - 800 二十世纪 张志汤款 通景山水瓶 《亦匋斋》款

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CHINESE PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS 70-184 Lot 176 A Chinese famille rose vase, the pear-shaped body with an everted rim, rising from a slightly flared foot rim, painted with quails next to rocks surrounded by blossoming flowers, six-character Qianlong mark, 32cm high £1,500 - 1,800 粉彩安居乐业图瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款

Lot 177 A Chinese famille rose vase, early 20th century, of cylindrical form with a flared mouth on a circular base, painted with figures in a study, Buddhist lion handles in gilt, 17cm high £200 - 300 二十世纪初 浅绛彩人物图瓶

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Lot 178 A Chinese famille rose vase, of globular form with a straight neck, decorated with millefleurs pattern, six-character Qianlong mark to the base, 38cm high £2,000 - 3,000 粉彩百花不落地瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红 篆书款

179 Lot 179 A Chinese famille rose table screen, Republic period (1912-1949), of rectangular form, painted with a planter of narcissus under a fruiting peach tree, next to a rock with lingzhi and ginseng, panel 37 x 24cm, wood stand with scrolls, overall 56.5 x 30.8cm (2) £150 - 200 民国 粉彩芝仙祝寿纹桌屏

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180 Lot 180 A Chinese famille rose bowl, Republic period (1912-1949), of circular form with a sharply flared rim rising from a short foot, painted with fruiting and flowering passion fruits entwining around a spray of bamboo attended by two butterflies, the four large fruits with their skins delicately picked out in yellow, pink and green, the design climbing over the rim and continuing in the interior, six-character Qianlong mark, 12.6cm diameter £200 - 300 民国 粉彩过枝癞瓜纹碗 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款

181 Lot 181 A Chinese porcelain vase, Republic period (1912-1949), the pearshaped body painted with a mountainous landscape, the reverse with inscriptions, signed and dated year of Xinwei (1931), 19.5cm high £500 - 800 民国 浅绛彩山水图象耳尊

182 Lot 182 A Chinese famille rose Budai, 20th century, his garment painted with florets with scroll borders, his right hand with a rosary and his left hand with a sack, surrounded by five boys, stamped mark to base, 26cm high, associated wood stand (2) £200 - 300 二十世纪 粉彩布袋坐像

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183 Lot 183 A Chinese porcelain panel, of rectangular form, painted with a boat on a river in a mountainous landscape, inscribed and dated year of Xinmao, signature of Cheng Yan, 37 x 24cm, wood frame £1,000 - 2,000 程言款 浅绛彩山水图瓷板

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Lot 184 A Chinese famille rose plate, 20th century, of circular form, painted with a lady holding a rabbit in her arms, surrounded by servants in a garden, inscribed ‘For respected Xulun’s refined enjoyment, respectfully presented by Feng Yaoqing’, 23.8cm diameter, a second plate, painted with quails among chrysanthemum, inscribed ‘Guangdong Bowu Shanghui zhi’ (made by Art Object Traders’ Association of Guangdong) and also a seal mark to the base reading the same, 21.8cm diameter, a third plate, with literati and servants standing by a river in a rocky landscape, 21.7cm diameter, and a vase, with Liu Hai and two Daoist immortals in a garden, six-character Qianlong seal mark to base, 17.5cm high (4) £100 - 150 Feng Yaoqing (1880-1943), the founder of Li & Fung Ltd. in 1906, was among the pioneers of the investing industry and export business for national salvation during the war. He presented a vase made by Guangdong Bowu Shanghui to the PanamaPacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 and won a gold medal. 二十世纪 粉彩人物故事图盘 《旭稐先生雅玩 冯耀卿敬赠》 粉彩安居乐业图盘 《广东博物商会制》 粉彩携琴访友图盘 及 粉彩刘海戏蟾蜍图瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款 一组四件

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Lot 185 A Chinese jade carving, early 20th century, of a recumbent buffalo turning its head to the back, the greyishceladon stone suffused with extensive grey colouring, 28cm long £600 - 800

Lot 186 A Chinese jade carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of a phoenix standing on lingzhi stems next to bamboo, 10cm high, wood stand (2) £100 - 150 清 玉雕鸣凤在竹图花插 连木底座

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Lot 187 A Chinese jade cup, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), in the shape of a peach, resting on a blossoming stem that also forms the handle, the stone of greyish-white tone, 8cm long £1,500 - 2,000

Lot 188 A Chinese jade carving, Qianlong (1736-1795), of a boy wearing a long robe and a winter hat, holding a brocade ball in his left hand, playing with a Buddhist lion, the stone of white tone with some cream inclusion to the back, 6.2cm long £500 - 1,000

明 玉雕桃式杯

清乾隆 白玉雕童子戏狮摆件

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Lot 189 A Chinese jade carving, late Qing dynasty, of a boy carrying millet on his shoulder, riding on the back of a carp, the stone of greyish-white tone, 6cm high, wood stand (2) £500 - 1,000 Provenance: Purchased from Dunt King on 12 August 1959 for HK$80. 清晚期 玉雕童子戏鱼摆件 连木底座

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Lot 190 A Chinese hardstone plaque, in the Ming style, carved with a taotie mask with archaic scrolls, 18cm long, associated wood stand (2) £700 - 900 饕餮纹牌

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Lot 191 A Chinese jade carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of a carp in a lotus pond, the stone of greyish-white tone, 7.5cm long £300 - 500 清 玉雕荷塘鱼藻纹瓦子

Lot 192 A Chinese agate cup, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of lobed hexagonal form, the handles carved as leafy branches, 9cm long from handle to handle £800 - 1,000

193 Lot 193 A Chinese soapstone carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), with two literati seated on rocks above a waterfall, surrounded by books, an incense burner and other precious objects, an attendant alongside carrying a tray, 12cm long £600 - 800 清 寿山石雕高士图山子

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Lot 194 A Chinese agate cup, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), in the shape of a peach, nestled in leafy branches and lingzhi, 9.5cm long, the wood stand pierced and carved with lingzhi and bamboo around rocks on a boxwood base (2) £500 - 800

Lot 195 A Chinese agate carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of a recumbent mythical beast turning its head to the back with a lingzhi in its mouth, its fur carved in details, 8.5cm long £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 196 A Chinese smoky quartz brush pot, mid-Qing dynasty, of tapering cylindrical form, deeply carved with a group of chilong fighting over a flaming pearl amongst clouds, between two key fret borders, 12.3cm high £800 - 1,200

清 玛瑙雕桃型杯 连木底座

清 南红玛瑙雕瑞兽

清中期 墨晶雕螭龙纹笔筒

Lot 197 A Chinese jade carving, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of a coiled dragon amongst waves, the stone of a greyish-black tone, 13.6cm long £1,000 - 1,500 明 盘龙玉璧

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Lot 198 A Chinese Canton enamelled vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of lozenge form, finely painted with figures in a garden, surrounded by bamboo, butterflies, birds and flowers, six-character Qianlong mark, 30cm high £800 - 1,200 Provenance: From the collection of Alfred Barge-Perham and thence by descent. He owned and ran a lodging house for sailors in Turner Street, Whitechapel, and formed quite a large collection of Chinese objects, possibly brought to him by the seamen directly from China and Asia in the late 19th century. 清 广东制铜胎画珐琅人物故事图四方瓶

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Lot 199 A pair of Chinese Canton enamelled table lamps and shades, early 20th century, the vases of hexagonal baluster shape on metal bases, painted with birds, flowers and landscapes, vase 33cm high lamps overall 44cm high (2) £800 - 1,200 二十世纪初 广东制铜胎画珐琅花鸟山水图六方瓶 一对

Lot 200 A Chinese Canton enamelled table lamp and shade, 20th century, the vase of lozenge baluster shape on a metal base, painted with a peacock, a pheasant and a landscape, vase 25.5cm high, lamp overall 36cm high £400 - 600 二十世纪初 广东制铜胎画珐琅花鸟山水图瓶

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Lot 201 A Chinese bronze vase, possibly Ming dynasty, of compressed pear form on a raised rectangular foot, decorated with a taotie mask above an archaic band, the foot with waves, mask handles with a looped ring, 34.8cm high £250 - 350 明(可能) 铜饕餮纹扁瓶

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Lot 202 A Chinese gilt-bronze incense burner, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the heavily cast, bulbous body raised on a circular foot, tapering towards the waisted neck from which a pair of faceted openwork handles project below the everted rim, gilt splash decoration, four-character Shijia Guzhi mark to base, 14cm long, 1453.8g £4,000 - 6,000 清 铜洒金戟耳炉 《施家古制》篆书款

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Lot 203 A Chinese bronze incense burner, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of squat circular form on a slightly everted foot, loop handles to the shoulder, six-character Xuande mark, 16cm long from handle to handle, 716.7g £200 - 400

Lot 204 A Chinese bronze vase, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of hexagonal form rising from a spreading foot to a tapering neck flanked by shaped handles, the body cast in relief with leiwen, swastika and swirling waves, 21.5cm high £300 - 500

清 铜铸香炉 《大明宣德年制》楷书模款

明 铜锦地海水纹六方瓶

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Lot 205 A Chinese bronze incense burner, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of squat circular form on three stud feet, with loop handles, six-character Xuande mark, 14cm diameter, 1059.2g £1,000 - 1,500 清 铜铸三足香炉 《大明宣德年制》楷书模款

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Lot 206 A Chinese gilt-bronze incense burner, of compressed globular form rising to a waisted neck and a galleried rim, the sides flanked by a pair of pierced, upright curved handles, all supported on three cabriole legs, with gilt splash decoration, six-character Xuande mark, 11.2cm long from handle to handle, 431.7g £1,500 - 2,000

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Lot 207 A Chinese bronze weight, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), in the form of a recumbent dog, 7.5cm long, 112.3g £400 - 600 Provenance: From the Esbjörn Kronberg Collection. 清 铜铸狗纸镇

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198-223 CHINESE METALWARE AND CLOISONNÉ Lot 209 A Chinese bronze ‘jue’ cup, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), made in imitation of an early bronze form, the body raised on three tall spreading legs, decorated in low relief with a band of leiwen, a pair of posts rising from the shaped rim, the side with a mask and tongue handle, 15cm high £300 - 500 清 铜仿古云雷纹爵杯

208 Lot 208 A Chinese bronze mirror, Qing dyansty (1644-1911), of circular form, cast in relief with Chinese characters ‘wu zi deng ke’ which refers to the supreme achievement of one family whose five sons passed the civil service examination, and ‘zhuang yuan ji di’ (may you become the First Scholar), 18.2cm diameter £300 - 500

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Lot 210 A Chinese gilt-bronze hinged box, of hexagonal form, decorated with warriors in relief in a battle outside a village gate or in a rocky landscape, enclosed with a border of birds and flowers, six-character Tongzhi mark engraved to base, 15.4cm across £3,000 - 4,000 铜鎏金人物故事图盖盒 《大清同治年制》楷书刻款

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Lot 211 A Chinese bronze mirror, 20th century, of circular form, cast in relief with twelve zodiac animals and other mythical beasts encircled by stars and an inscription, 26.8cm diameter £300 - 500

211A Lot 211A A Chinese bronze mirror, in the Tang style, of shaped square form, the centre cast with a loop knop, surrounded by birds and flowers inlaid with silver on a lacquered ground, 13cm long £200 - 300

二十世纪 生肖图铜镜

For a similar example, see Roger Keverne, ‘Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, Summer Exhibition 2002’, p.18, pl.14.

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Lot 213 A Tibetan bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, 16th century, wearing a long robe with scroll borders, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, his hands in Bhumiparsha mudra with a vajra in front of him, 19cm high £700 - 1,000 十六世纪 西藏铜释迦牟尼坐像

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Lot 212 A Tibetan kapala, early 20th century, the domed metal cover decorated with Buddhist deities in flaming arches between Sanskrit characters and scrolling leaves with inlaid turquoise cabochons, surmounted by a four-prong vajra, the skull bowl mounted with a metal liner with an engraved foliate design to the border, raised on a triangular base with three heads separated by flanking flames above a double lotus base, with ox heads to each corner, overall 28.5cm high, and a bronze vajra, with eight prongs on either side and a baluster form handle in the centre, 18cm long (4) £500 - 700 晚清民国 西藏嘎巴拉碗 及 铜金刚杵

213 Lot 214 A Chinese gilt-bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, seated cross-legged wearing an ankle-length long robe with a scroll border, and a crown with long plaits cascading down the shoulders, his hands in Bhumisparsha mudra, 20cm high, fixed on a wood platform £3,000 - 4,000 铜鎏金释迦牟尼坐像 Lot 215 A Tibetan bronze bodhisattva, 17th century, wearing beaded jewellery and an ankle-length dhoti engraved with lotus, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, a pair of his hands in front of his chest forming the Anjali mudra, another pair raised on each side, 8cm high £250 - 350 西藏十七世纪 铜四臂观音坐像

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Lot 216 A Chinese bronze bodhisattva, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), seated in rajalilasana, the posture of royal ease, on a double lotus pedestal, with his right hand resting on his raised knee and the left hand resting to the side, his hair swept back into a topknot beneath the crown with long plaits cascading down his shoulders, eyes downcast with a serene expression, wearing elaborate bracelets, earrings and a beaded necklace, a shawl draped over his shoulder, his dhoti finely detailed with incised foliage to the hem, 29.5cm high £10,000 - 15,000 明 铜铸自在观音坐像

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Lot 217 A Tibetan bronze figure, 13th-14th century, of a monk wearing a long robe with a diapered border, seated cross-legged on a double lotus pedestal, his hands in Bhumiparsha mudra, 10cm high £500 - 800 十三至十四世纪 西藏铜上师坐像

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Lot 218 A Chinese cloisonné incense burner, Qianlong (1736-1795), the compressed globular body rising from a short spreading gilt foot to a short neck with everted gilt rim, set at the shoulder with a pair of stylised dragon handles, brightly decorated around the exterior with taotie masks surrounded by leafy scrolling lotus reserved on a turquoise ground divided by vertical flanges with key frets, the gilt, pierced, domed cover finely decorated with scrolling lotus and lotus petals, surmounted by a bud-shaped finial similarly decorated, censer 17.5cm long, 622.9g overall 17.5cm high, 869.5g (2) £3,000 - 5,000 Provenance: Private collection, London; inherited from grandparents, who travelled and lived in the East in the 1940s and thence by descent. 清乾隆 铜胎掐丝珐琅缠枝莲饕餮纹盖炉

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Lot 219 A Chinese cloisonné stand, late Ming dynasty, of lozenge form on bracket feet, decorated with scrolling flowers, 15cm long £100 - 150 明晚期 铜嵌掐丝珐琅缠枝花卉纹底座

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Lot 220 A Chinese cloisonné tea bowl, with deep sides rising from a circular foot, enamelled with Sanskrit characters divided by scrolling lotus, above a lotus petal border, four-character Qianlong mark, 6.4cm diameter £800 - 1,200 铜胎掐丝珐琅茶杯 《乾隆年制》楷书刻款

Lot 221 A Chinese cloisonné incense burner, 18th-19th century, of globular form on three tapering short feet surmounted by two upright loop handles, enamelled with archaic scrolls and blades, the feet with taotie masks and flanges, the pierced domed cover similarly decorated with a lobed finial above a double lotus pedestal, 35cm high (2) £3,000 - 4,000 清十八至十九世纪 铜胎掐丝珐琅饕餮纹三足香炉

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Lot 222 A Chinese cloisonné weight, Qianlong (1736-1795), of a recumbent mythical beast seated on its haunches, its fur cast in details, its body with green and blue enamels, 7.8cm long £3,000 - 5,000 清乾隆 铜胎掐丝珐琅瑞兽

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Lot 224 A Chinese ivory opium pipe, early 19th century, mounted with a ruyi shaped silver panel engraved with a qilin and a pheonix among peony, a deer and a crane under a pine tree, surrounded by Eight Daoist Emblems between a key fret and a diapered border, 50cm long £1,000 - 1,500 清十九世纪初 象牙镶银八吉祥纹烟枪

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Lot 226 A Chinese ivory tea caddy, 19th century, of rectangular form on bun feet, finely carved with figures in a landscape with buildings, bridges, trees and rivers, in shaped panels within further foliate decorated reserves, all enclosed with a key fret border, the red velvet-lined interior fitted with three floral decorated enamel canisters, 24.6cm wide 14.4cm deep 14.3cm high £800 - 1,200 清十九世纪 象牙雕人物山水图盖盒 Lot 227 A Chinese ivory brisé fan, 19th century, the guards deeply carved with figures in a garden above foliage, the splines pierced and carved with similar decoration, the leaves with innumerable figures in gardens and pavilions, their faces ivory and clothes in silk, 52.5cm open 27.5cm guards fitted case, similarly decorated in gilt (2) £200 - 400 清十九世纪 广东制象牙镂雕彩绘人物故事 图折扇 连黑漆描金盖盒

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228 229 Lot 228 A Chinese Canton ivory brisé fan, 19th century, the guards carved with peony and other flowers, along with figures in a garden, the splines pierced and carved with figures in a shaped panel, the silk leaves embroidered with birds and flowers, the reverse with a dragon among clouds, 46.5cm open 27.7cm guards £150 - 250 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate.

Lot 229 A Chinese ivory brisé fan, 19th century, the guards carved with an oval cartouche of peony, the silk leaves embroidered with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl among clouds, 37.5cm open 22cm guards, fitted case (2) £100 - 150 Provenance: The Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 清十九世纪 广东制象牙折扇 连黑漆描金盖盒

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230 Lot 230 A pair of Chinese famille rose jars and covers, late 19th century, each jar of baluster form, painted with butterflies and dragonflies amongst sprigs of flowers against a powder-blue ground, the shoulder with a ruyi-head shaped border, the domed cover similarly decorated with a Buddhist lion knop, 44cm high (4) £400 - 600

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Lot 231 A Chinese wood carving, early 20th century, of Li Tieguai, standing on a rock with his left foot resting on a gnarled crutch, holding a double gourd in his hands with a fly-whisk on his back, with glass inset eyes, 40cm high £200 - 300 Provenance: The Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 二十世纪初 木雕李铁拐立像

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228-241 A SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION Lot 232 Two Chinese bead rosaries, early 20th century, one of eighteen beads, made of powder compressed into rounded form with green glass spacers, each bead approximately 1.4cm diameter, and another, possibly aloeswood, plain, each bead approximately 2cm diameter, together with a pewter circular box (3) £150 - 250 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 二十世纪初 药珠十八子手串 及 木珠手串 Lot 233 A pair of Chinese gouache paintings, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), with ladies in a garden, ink and colour on silk, 47 x 11.5cm, framed and glazed (2) £100 - 150 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate.

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清 佚名 仕女图 设色绢本 一对 Lot 234 A Chinese gouache painting, with a lady waking up from a coffin surrounded by a group of people in a field, signature of Gaiqi, ink and colour on silk, 94 x 42cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 改琦款 人物故事图 设色绢本 Lot 235 A collection of four Chinese gouache paintings, 19th century, of ladies in elaborate dress, one walking in a garden, one looking at herself in a mirror, another standing on clouds, ink and colour on silk, bound in an album, approximately 19 x 11cm each £100 - 150 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 十九世纪 佚名 仕女图 设色绢本

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Lot 236 A Chinese brocade weave dragon robe, c.1900, woven with eight dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds, cranes, shou roundels, Eight Buddhist Emblems and other precious objects, above spuming waves centred by the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, with black silk bordering the neckline and to the sleeve extensions, 219cm across the arms 141cm long approximately £1,000 - 1,500 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 清约1900年 蓝地八宝龙纹袍

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Lot 237 A Chinese rank badge, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of the seventh civil rank, with the mandarin duck in various colours standing on a rock above waves, surrounded by Eight Buddhist Emblems and other precious objects, 29.5 x 30cm, a baby’s jacket, secured at the sides with ties, the blue silk with precious objects, applied with melons, butterflies and peony, bordered with black silk, 41.5cm across, an embroidery, the orange silk embroidered with He He Erxian and a boy riding on the back of a Buddhist lion surrounded by precious objects, the bottom hung with ‘cash’ netting suspending silk tassels, overall 146cm long, a pair of panels, with a crane above a deer next to blossoming peony, 28 x 38cm, and another panel, with two tigers, 18.7 x 17cm (6) £200 - 300 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 清 刺绣文官七品鸂鶒纹方补 及 其他绣件

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228-241 A SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION Lot 238 A Chinese embroidered robe, early 20th century, in red silk with bats in relief, a black border continuing around the neckline, decorated with crane roundels and foliage, 139cm across the arms 94cm long approximately £300 - 500 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 二十世纪初 红色暗花罗镶边衫

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Lot 239 A Chinese embroidered robe, early 20th century, in red silk with chrysanthemum, decorated with roundels of peony in shades of blue, bordered with black silk along the neckline and sleeves, 116cm across the arms 63cm long approximately £300 - 500 Provenance: T he Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 二十世纪初 红色暗花罗花卉纹镶边衫

Lot 240 A Chinese embroidered silk vest xiapei, early 20th century, with a front opening and secured at the sides by ties, the centre with a silver pheasant from the fifth civil rank on a black silk ground, surrounded by birds and foliage above dragons to the bottom, lishui stripe to the hem, hung with green netting suspending tassels in different colours, 37.5cm across the shoulders 102cm long approximately including tassels £300 - 500 Provenance: The Contents of an East Anglian Estate. 二十世纪初 藏青地刺绣文官五品白鹇纹霞帔

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Lot 241 Utagawa Toyokuni (1769–1825), a triptych with theatrical scenes, 33.5 x 70cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150 Provenance: The Contents of an East Anglian Estate.

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Lot 242 A Chinese stoneware inkstone and cover, possibly chengni, in the form of a recumbent mythical beast, inscribed to the inside of the cover, 12cm long (2) £1,000 - 1,500 异兽诗文砚台

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Lot 243 A Chinese study set, 19th century, of rectangular form, the hinged cover incorporating a paper compartment accessed by a sliding lid, opens to reveal an inset mirror and two tiers with fitted scholar’s objects, including brushes, brass boxes and covers, seals and seal paste, ink and inkstone, a scale and weights, a suanpan, a knife and a tweezer, a hammer and a pick, 26.7cm wide 15cm deep 11.6cm high £1,000 - 1,500

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清十九世纪 文具盒 Lot 244 A Chinese export lacquered box and cover, 18th-19th century, in the form of a peach, the cover painted with a lady and a boy in a raised peach-shaped panel, surrounded by birds and flowers, the sides similarly decorated, all against a black-lacquered ground, 46cm long (2) £300 - 400 清十八至十九世纪 外销婴戏图漆盒 Lot 245 A large Chinese ruyi sceptre, c.1900, the wood handle carved with fruiting peach branches, inserted with cloisonné panels with Eight Daoist Emblems among scrolling lotus, 52cm long £500 - 700 清约1900年 木雕嵌掐丝珐琅缠枝莲八吉祥纹如意 Lot 246 A Chinese scholar’s rock, 19th-20th century, the black limestone of elongated ovoid form with numerous interconnected perforations and jagged outcrops, dated year of Maoyin, inscribed with the signature of Xu Huaide, 19.5cm high, wood stand (2) £500 - 800 Provenance: The property of a West Country gentleman. 十九至二十世纪 赏石 连木底座

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247 Lot 247 A Chinese rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century, the flaring body of octagonal form on a short raised foot, decorated with a taotie mask reserved on a leiwen ground, the handle pierced and carved with a chilong gazing into the deep interior, a smaller chilong underneath clambering to the side, key fret borders to the rim and foot rim, 15.2cm wide 9.5cm high 244.6g, and an associated wood stand, pierced and carved with pine and lingzhi among rocks, 8cm high (2) £12,000 - 15,000

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Lot 248 A Chinese reverse glass painting, c.1900, decorated with Fu, Lu and Shou in a garden with a servant and a boy on the back of a qilin, with mirror verso, the wood frame with key frets, 57 x 42.5cm £200 - 300

Lot 249 A pair of Chinese reverse glass paintings, early 20th century, decorated with precious objects including vases with flowers and censers with scrolls, 40 x 60cm (2) £300 - 400 二十世纪初 博古图镜面画 一对

清约1900年 福禄寿图镜面画

Lot 250 A Chinese gilt bronze ruyi sceptre, 18th century, the head inset with a white jade carving with a shou character surrounded by Buddhist Emblems, enclosed by a scrolling lotus border, the handle with boys among precious objects and auspicious animals, 43cm long £3,000 - 5,000 清十八世纪 铜鎏金嵌白玉八吉祥如意

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Lot 252 A Chinese brown-lacquered cup stand, Song dynasty (960-1279), the cylindrical flaring foot supporting a broad lobed tray upturned at the rim, the globular stand fixed to the tray and opening at the interior forming a hollow column from the rim to the foot, evenly coated overall with a glossy layer of brown lacquer, 17cm long, Japanese wood box (2) £6,000 - 8,000 宋 褐漆莲瓣形素盏托

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Lot 253 Three Chinese underglaze blue and copper-red porcelain snuff bottles, 19th century, the first, painted with a camel and handler approaching a gate which reads ‘Erligou’, the base painted with an underglaze blue dragon, 7.5cm high, the second, painted with fourteen deer and two monkeys in a tree, the base with an underglaze blue mark, 9.4cm high, and the third, cylindrical, painted with figures in a bedroom, the base with a double circle, 7.7cm high (3) £600 - 800

Lot 254 Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, 19th century, the first, of ovoid shape painted in underglaze blue with figures on horseback approaching a gate which reads ‘Deshengmen’, the base with a six-character Yongzheng mark, 7cm high, the second, painted in underglaze blue and copper-red with dragon, turtle, fish and other sea creatures amongst waves, 9cm high, and the third, cylindrical, painted in copper-red with twelve zodiac animals, 7.5cm high (3) £600 - 800

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Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs W B R Neave-Hill (1912-2000) and thence by descent. He and his wife Daphne had inherited a fine collection of Chinese porcelain from her grandfather. They were clients of Bluetts from 1953 until the 1970s. His book ‘Chinese Ceramics’, with a foreward by Sir Harry Garner, was published in New York in 1976.

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255 Lot 255 A Chinese inside-painted rutilated quartz snuff bottle, 20th century, of tapering form, painted with numerous goldfish in red and black, dated year of Bingyin (1926) with the signature of Ye Zhongsan (1875-1945), the stone densely packed with black tourmaline ‘needles’, the silver stopper inlaid with a coral cabochon, 10cm high (2) £1,000 - 1,200 Provenance: Purchased from Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris. 二十世纪 发晶内画鼻烟壶 叶仲三款 连嵌珊瑚银盖

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Lot 257 A Chinese wood brush rest, possibly aloeswood, in the form of a rocky mountain with streams between peaks, 10.5cm high £2,000 - 3,000 木笔架 Lot 258 A Chinese huanghuali toilet box, late Qing dynasty, of rectangular form with the front tier carved with scrolling lotus, the interior fitted with a mirror, the front opening to reveal eight drawers, mounted with brass fittings, 35cm wide 26cm deep 21cm high £300 - 400 清晚期 黄花梨官皮箱

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Lot 259 A Chinese lacquered wood panel, late Qing dynasty, pierced and deeply carved with an official visiting his mother in a rectangular panel, below an arched panel with a bat above scrolling lotus, enclosed by two dragons chasing a flaming pearl, 64cm long £300 - 500 清晚期 木雕花板 Lot 260 A Chinese wood carving, of Budai carrying a gnarled branch hanging with a double gourd over his left shoulder, with his right hand dragging his cloth sack behind him, 11.5cm long £100 - 150

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224-263 CHINESE WORKS OF ART Lot 262 A Chinese wood carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), in the form of a goose, the body from a piece of natural gnarled wood, lacquered, 29cm high £800 - 1,000 清 树廇雕鹅

261 Lot 261 A Chinese boxwood carving, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of a literatus, possibly Zhang Qian, riding a raft formed from a gnarled tree, with a fly-whisk in his right hand, 16.5cm long £600 - 800 清 黄杨木雕仙人乘槎

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Han Xin (died 196 BC) was a military general who served Liu Bang (died 195 BC), assisting him in establishing the Han dynasty.

At first Han Xin’s talents were not recognised and he was merely put in charge of food supplies.

Frustrated by this, Han Xin deserted, but Liu Bang’s minister, Xiao He (died 193 BC), acknowledged Han Xin’s competence and pursued him in the middle of the night, convincing him to continue in his service of Liu Bang’s quest to unify China and in the foundation of the Han dynasty.

This popular tale, recorded in Sima Qian’s Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), became one of the widely used designs among narrative scenes taken from historical texts, novels and dramas reproduced on porcelain wares during the 17th century. No doubt, it would have resonated strongly with many scholar-officials during the late Ming dynasty, who felt their talents to serve in the government were not being appreciated under the declining Ming empire.

This narrative can be found on a Yuan dynasty blue and white meiping vase excavated from the tomb of the early Ming general Mu Ying, exhibited in ‘Splendors in Smalt: Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain’, Shanghai Museum, 2012, Catalogue, pl.64. The same motif is also depicted on a baluster vase, c.1635-40, illustrated in ‘Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection’, Alexandria, 1990, p.78, no.37.

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Lot 264 Liu Kuo-Sung (Liu Guosong) (Chinese, b.1932) AND THERE WAS LIGHT Signed Liu Guosong c.l., dated 1968, with one seal of the artist, ink, colour and mixed media on paper image 46cm diameter, framed and glazed £6,000 - 8,000 Provenance: A private collection in London.

Exhibited: London, Hugh Moss Ltd., 1971. 刘国松 有光 综合媒材纸本 款识：刘国松 艺术家钤印一枚 一九六八

Liu Kuo-Sung’s renowned Spacescape series emerged in 1969, but progressed in later years. Working with his expressionist abstractions and influenced by light from traditional Chinese lanterns, circular shapes became incorporated above structured geometric forms. Later, inspired by films of the Apollo mission, Liu merged the notion of outer space with the artistic practices of the Song Dynasty - the Chinese practice of observing and portraying scenes from an aerial viewpoint. An example of this is the ‘Which is Earth?’ and ‘Moon’ series where Liu envisaged the universe while incorporating the culture of time-honoured Chinese painting and, importantly, transcending the world below. ‘Moon Rising’ (1971) is an example of his life’s work, which also brings the medium of ink to the forefront. It is also suggested that Liu Kuo-Sung is one of the most endorsed present-day artists in contemporary ink.

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Lot 265 A Chinese gouache painting, 19th century, painted with the story of ‘Tao Hua Yuan Ji’ (The Peach Blossom Spring), a chance discovery of an ideal society where people lived in harmony with nature and remained unaware of the outside world for centuries, with the signature and seal of Wang Xiaomou (1794-1877), ink and colour on paper, 32 x 44cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150 王小某款 桃园问津 设色纸本 镜框 Lot 266 Lü Xiaoshu (b.1948) a Chinese gouache painting of a snow scene in Mt. Shu, dated year of Yichou (1985), signed with two artist’s seals, ink and colour on paper, 56 x 45cm £100 - 150 吕效书 蜀山初雪 设色纸本 Lot 267 A large Chinese ancestor portrait painting, 19th century, of an official and two ladies wearing traditional court robes, seated in armchairs with horseshoeshaped back rails covered in red or green cloth, in front of a screen, their rank badges embroidered with a paradise flycatcher from the ninth civil rank, ink and colour on paper, 175 x 120cm, framed and glazed £700 - 1,000 Provenance: T he property of a European gentleman. 清十九世纪 佚名 宗祠画 设色纸本 Lot 268 A pair of Chinese ancestor portrait hanging scrolls, early 20th century, of an elderly couple in their court robes with the fifth civil rank badge of a silver pheasant, each shown seated in an armchair covered with a textile embroidered with dragons, ink and colour on paper, 113 x 68cm (2) £500 - 800

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Lot 269 A Chinese embroidered robe, late Qing dynasty, decorated with dragons in gilt thread surrounded

by Eight Buddhist Emblems on a blue ground, above carps and peony among spuming waves, centred by the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe at the hem, 182cm across the arms 124.5cm long £600 - 800 清晚期 蓝地盘金绣龙袍

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Lot 270 A Chinese carpet, decorated with sprigs of flowers, butterflies and precious objects on a dark yellow ground, 401 x 307.5cm approximately £1,300 - 1,500 Provenance: From a prestigious private collection in Scotland. 折枝花卉纹地毯 Lot 271 A Chinese rectangular carpet, depicting a peacock and a qilin standing below a blossoming tree, 136 x 73cm £100 - 120 麒麟图地毯

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Lot 272 A pair of Chinese embroideries, early 20th century, with ladies in a garden, surrounded by birds and flowers, 53 x 7.5cm, and another, circular, with butterflies and peony against a blue ground, 34cm diameter, all framed and glazed (3) £300 - 500 二十世纪初 绣件 一组三件

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Lot 273 A Chinese embroidered column wrap, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), decorated with scrolling peony and baskets of flowers in different shades of blue, all against a yellow wool felt ground, with straps to the top and buttons to the sides, 248 x 102.5cm overall 274cm long, together with a strap, similarly decorated (2) £500 - 1,000 清 黄羊毡绣花篮纹围帘

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Lot 274 A Chinese vase stand, 19th-20th century, of square form above humpback stretchers, on square tapering legs terminating in horses’ hooves, 41.5cm square 51.5cm high £200 - 300

Lot 275 A Chinese four-fold screen, 20th century, decorated with figures presenting gifts to an official in a garden, the reverse with birds and flowers, each fold 183.2 x 41cm £500 - 700 二十世纪 人物故事图四扇屏风

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Lot 276 A Chinese vase stand, 19th-20th century, of square form above humpback stretchers, on square tapering legs terminating in horses’ hooves, 51.5cm wide 52cm deep 52cm high £250 - 350 十九至二十世纪 方几

275 Lot 277 A Chinese huali folding chair, 20th century, the horseshoe-shaped rail with a pierced and carved panel of a qilin amongst waves to the shaped backrest, with a woven string seat with a chilong carved top rail, sheet metal mounts throughout, 64cm wide 68.5cm deep 109cm high £1,500 - 2,500 二十世纪 花梨木圆后背雕麒麟纹交椅

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278 Lot 278 A pair of Chinese carved hardwood stands, late 19th century, each with rouge marble inset tops over friezes, carved and pierced with foliage and leaves, above shaped legs and stretchers, tops 38cm diameter 50cm high (2) £500 - 800 清十九世纪末 花卉纹嵌大理石花几 一对

279 Lot 279 A pair of Chinese hardwood tables, late 19th century, each with a rattan inset top above shaped friezes and humpback stretchers, tops 59cm square 45.5cm high (2) £300 - 500 清十九世纪末 藤心方几 一对

281 Lot 281 A Chinese bamboo cabinet, c. 1900, with four panelled doors above four sliding panels, on raised legs with shaped aprons, 92cm wide 47cm deep 193.5cm high £300 - 500 清约1900年 竹柜

280 Lot 280 A pair of Chinese hardwood vase stands, late 19th century, each rectangular top above humpback stretchers, on square tapering legs terminating in horses’ hooves, 41cm wide 30.5cm deep 51cm high (2) £200 - 400

282 Lot 282 A pair of Chinese hardwood side tables, 19th-20th century, each top of square form above humpback stretchers, on square tapering legs terminating in horses’ hooves, 53.5cm square 53cm high (2) £400 - 600 十九至二十世纪 硬木方几 一对

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Lot 283 A Japanese Arita blue and white vase, early 18th century, of ovoid form, painted with ho-o standing on a rock by peony in shaped panels, 30cm high, associated wood stand (2) £300 - 400

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Lot 284 A South East Asian celadon bowl, 16th century, probably Cambodian, heavily potted with an everted rim, incised with a border of waves to the interior, stiff leaves to the exterior, 25.6cm diameter £200 - 400

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Lot 285 A Japanese Satsuma ware plate, Meiji period (1868-1912), by Kinkozan, of circular form, painted in a prunus shaped panel with figures in the yard of Kiyomizu-dera, amongst the maple and pine trees of Kyoto, surrounded by scrolling flowers in gilt against a midnight blue ground, Kinkozan mark to base, 25.4cm diameter £1,200 - 1,500 Lot 286 A Japanese Satsuma ware dish, Meiji period (1868-1912), of circular form, painted with a cockerel and hen with chicks under a blossoming tree by a fence, enclosed by a scroll border with diapered panels, signed Setsuzan in gilt reserved on an ingot-shaped black ground, 22.8cm diameter £60 - 80 Lot 287 A Japanese Satsuma ware bowl, Meiji period (1868-1912), by Kinkozan, heavily potted of lobed circular form, painted with figures in a watery landscape with ducks on a lake, surrounded by wisteria, the border with scrolls, Kinkozan seal mark to base in gilt, 19cm diameter, and two saucers, painted with cherry blossoms or chrysanthemum, Oguri su zo mark to base, 12.8cm diameter (3) £100 - 150

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Lot 288 A Japanese cloisonné salt, 20th century, of domed form enamelled with lotus flowers and leaves, with a silver liner, and a silver salt spoon in the shape of a cherry blossom, stamped mark STERLING JAPAN, 4.4cm diameter (2) £200 - 300

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Lot 290 A Japanese bronze Kannon, Meiji period (1868-1912), the goddess seated with her robe falling open exposing an elaborate necklace, framing the downcast head adorned with a high chignon draped with a hooded cape, 46cm high, associated wood platform (2) £400 - 600

291 Lot 291 A Japanese bronze vase, 20th century, of oval form, moulded with phoenix, lions, kirin or Buddhist lions in shaped panels, above a border of ishigame among waves, seal mark to base, 33.5cm high £100 - 150

Lot 292 A Japanese bronze jardinière, Meiji period (1868-1912), of quatrefoil form on four bracket and scroll feet, moulded with rabbits and birds above spuming waves, seal mark to base, 46.5cm long £250 - 350

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Lot 293 A Japanese ivory box and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912), carved in depth with dragons among spuming waves, the cover similarly deocrated, signed Neimin to the inside of the cover, 12.5cm high,, an ivory panel, Meiji period, carved with a deity standing on the back of a dragon, followed by a servant, signed, inscribed to the back, mounted with a silver border with filigree scrolling foliage, panel 14cm, overall 20.8cm long, and a Chinese ivory puzzle ball, late Qing dynasty, pierced and carved with dragons, 7cm diameter (4) £100 - 150

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Lot 294 A Japanese ivory and gold lacquered table cabinet, Meji Period (1868-1912), the rectangular top over four small drawers enclosed by panel doors and a single long drawer below, each panel decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with birds, foliage, or landscape, metal-mounted corners, 10.3cm wide 6cm deep 11.2cm high £400 - 600

Lot 295 A Japanese ivory box and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912), in the shape of a chrysanthemum, deeply carved with numerous petals in layers, on four feet formed of branches and leaves, the base carved with further leaves, the cover in the pistil form with a knop carved with another chrysanthemum and a bee, 11.5cm high (2) £300 - 500

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Lot 296 A collection of Japanese netsuke, 19th-early 20th century, comprising: one ivory, Edo period (1615-1868), of a flattened grazing horse, standing with its head lowered to the right and its tail swishing around at the back, eye pupils inlaid, unsigned, 7.5cm high, another ivory, of a seated monkey wearing a tall hat, 7cm high, and a bone carving, of a standing monkey carrying its infant on its shoulder, 7.5cm high (3) £100 - 150

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297 Lot 297 An Anglo Indian Vizagaptam ivory and sandalwood folding games board and box, late 18th/early 19th century, with decoration of scrolling leaves and flowers, the box containing chess pieces and draughts, the board with an inset section to house the box with a chequerboard interior, board 53cm wide 27cm deep, box 35cm wide 17cm deep 7cm high (2) £800 - 1,200 Lot 298 Two Japanese ivory netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), one with a group of frogs seated on a waraji, 4.5cm long, associated wood stand, and another, with a toad seated on a rock below a pine tree, a snake approaching from above, 6.7cm high (3) £80 - 120 Lot 299 A Japanese ivory okinomo, Meiji period (1868-1912), of Kintaro standing on a rock among waves, trying to capture a giant koi fish, 10cm high £200 - 300

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Lot 300 Two Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), one with a Chinese tale where Zhang Liang picked up the shoe of Huang Shigong that he purposely dropped down from the bridge, and was given a book titled ‘Tai Gong Bing Fa’ (The Art of War by Taigong), believed to be the ‘Six Secret Teachings’ by Jiang Ziya, 8.5cm high, and another, with a group of oni, 6cm long (2) £100 - 200

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Lot 301 A collection of Japanese ivory netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising: a robust dog, with a bow around the neck, crouching on its haunches, 3cm long, a seal, of rectangular form, the finial carved with a squirrel and grapes, 3cm long, a deer, early 20th century, signed,

302 Lot 302 A Japanese stained ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of an old man with a birdcage, on a carved oval base with two inlaid lacquer plaques, signed Soshu saku, 19cm high £1,200 - 1,500

3.5cm long, a grooming cat, early 20th century, signed Baisho, 4cm high, and another, early 20th century, with two rats clambering on a turtle shell, signed Senpo, 5cm long (5) £150 - 250

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Lot 303 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of a man, probably Urashima Tarō, with a pair of turtles and holding a mirror, seemingly dismayed at his reflection, signed to base, 20.5cm high £1,200 - 1,500

Lot 304 A Japanese stained ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), of a scholar standing holding a brush and a scroll, on an oval base, the underside stained and engraved with an inlaid lacquer plaque, signed Ryuzan, 21cm high £1,200 - 1,500 Provenance: Christie’s, ‘Oriental Works of Art’, 4 December 1997, lot 44.

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Lot 305 A lacquered small table, 18th-19th century, possibly Korean, the rectangular top above shaped aprons and scroll feet, decorated overall in black lacquer with crushed mother-of-pearl speckled into the ground, 53.5cm long 33.5cm deep 12.5cm high £500 - 800 Provenance: The property of a West Country gentleman; acquired from Barry Sainsbury (1929-1999), c.1993.

Lot 306 A Japanese lacquered casket, mid-17th century, of rectangular form on four paw feet, the domed top with a sliding cover, one sliding side opening to reveal a secret drawer, brass mountings to corners, re-decorated with foliage, 31.5cm wide 22.3cm deep 27.5cm high £300 - 500

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Lot 307 A Japanese gilt-lacquer and tortoiseshell veneered table cabinet, Meiji period (1868-1912), the rectangular top over four drawers of different sizes, between two single long drawers, each panel decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with birds, foliage, precious objects or a landscape, 10.4cm wide 6.8cm deep 10.5cm high £500 - 700

307 Lot 308 Spare lot Lot 309 Two Japanese gilt lacquered inros, early 20th century, one four-case, decorated with three monkeys with a fruiting tree in a landscape, signed Honma, 8.4cm long, and another, five-case, decorated with cherry blossoms in a mountain next to a pavilion, the reverse by a waterfall, 9.5cm long (2) £150 - 250

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312 Lot 310 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), a diptych, of a samurai presenting a head to a lady by the sea, each 36 x 24.5cm £200 - 250 Lot 311 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), a diptych, of a battle scene in the mountains, each 37 x 24cm £200 - 250

313 Lot 315 Maki Haku (Japanese, 1924-2000) COLLECTION 60 embossed print, signed, dated and numbered 94/120 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal sheet 64.4 x 24.6cm, unframed £100 - 150

Lot 312 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), a diptych, of a samurai in combat with a group of warriors, each 36.5 x 25cm £200 - 250 Lot 313 Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), a diptych, of a samurai riding a boar, in combat with a group of warriors in the mountains, each 37.5 x 25cm £200 - 250 Lot 314 Mg Tun Hla (Burmese, 1874-1946) a Shan woman standing with an umbrella over her shoulder, ink and colour on paper 23 x 14.5cm, framed and glazed £200 - 300 76

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310-323 JAPANESE WORKS ON PAPER Lot 316 Eiichi Kotozuka (Japanese, 1906-1979) BAMBOO a pair, woodblock, c.1960, signed with seals image 39.5 x 25.5cm, framed and glazed (2) £100 - 150

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Lots 317-321 Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japanese, b.1945) Nishijima’s printmaking celebrates an observant view of traditional Japanese cultural history. His style accredits the progression of 19th and 20th century printing methods of ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sosaku hanga. Nishijima employs a simplistic style, free from human life and the influences of modern culture, detailing an authentic and enduring picture of Japan.

Lot 317 Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japanese, b.1945) KUTSUKI NO YUKI (KUTSUKI VILLAGE IN THE SNOW) woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 28/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 37.4cm x 25.5cm, framed; GION NO YUKI (SNOW IN GION) Woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 17/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 40cm x 28.5cm, framed and glazed (2) £100 - 150

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Lot 318 Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japanese, b.1945) UNUMA, FROM THE SERIES KIOKAIDO woodblock, signed and numbered 39/100 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 31.5 x 46.5cm, framed and glazed; NAKA-BASHI (NAKABASHI BRIDGE) woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 99/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 37.5 x 25.5cm, framed and glazed (2) £100 - 150 Lot 319 Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japanese, b.1945) ATAGO-MICHI (ATAGO STREET) Woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 38/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 41 x 28.5cm, framed and glazed; NAGATO NO MINKA (FARMHOUSE AT NAGATO) Woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 387/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 28.5 x 40.2cm, framed and glazed (2) £100 - 150

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320 Lot 320 Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japanese, b.1945) ANEGAWA (ANE RIVER) woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 82/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 25.5 x 37.5cm, glazed and framed; KO NO ASA (MORNING OF THE LAKE) woodblock, signed, titled and numbered 124/500 in pencil on lower margin, with artist’s seal image 37.5 x 25.6cm, framed and glazed; YUKU AKI (AUTUMN TO GO) woodblock, signed and titled in pencil on lower margin image 27 x 19.1cm, framed and glazed (3) £120 - 150

Lot 321 Katsuyuki Nishijima (Japanese, b.1945) NARAI, FROM THE SERIES THE KISKAIDO woodblock, signed and numbered 141/500 in pencil in lower margin, with artist’s seal image 31 x 46.5cm, framed and glazed; SANNENZAKA woodblock, signed and numbered 22/500 in pencil in lower margin, with artist’s seal image 25 x 37.3cm, framed and glazed (2) £100 - 150

Lot 322 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) STATION OTSU: HASHIRII TEAHOUSE (OTSU, HASHIRII CHAYA), FROM THE SERIES FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO (TOKAIDO GOJUSAN TSUGI NO MACHI) woodblock, c.1833-35, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido) image 21.5 x 32.5cm, framed and glazed; STATION SEBA (SEBA JUKU), FROM THE SERIES SIXTY-NINE STATIONS OF THE KISO KAIDŌ (KISO KAIDO ROKUJUKYU TSUGI NO UCHI) woodblock, c.1835-1837, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo) image 21.5 x 32.5cm, framed and glazed (2) £150 - 250

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322 Lot 323 Cho Seok-Jin (Korean, 1853-1920) a Korean gouache study of two birds standing on a rock below a blossoming lilac branch, inscribed and signed Sorim with artist’s seal, ink and colour on paper, cut off in a fan shape, 28cm across, framed and glazed £200 - 300

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Born into a family of royal painters, Cho Seok-Jin (Jo Seokjin) was the last court painter of the Joseon dynasty. After spending a year in China in the 1880s studying with old masters, he became influenced by the Qing painting style, and his use of saturated colours and of shading may reflect this and an adaptation of Western techniques. He successfully continued his career into the early twentieth century, also establishing an Academy of Painting and Calligraphy to pass on his classical method.

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ASIAN ART CATALOGUES 324-326

Lot 324 A collection of auction catalogues, dated 1984 to 1991, relating to Chinese works of art from Sotheby’s, New York, Hong Kong, London, Monaco, Amsterdam and Christie’s, Hong Kong and New York, and a collection from Christie’s, Woolley & Wallis, Bonhams, and Phillips, dated 2001 to 2010 (133) £400 - 600

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Lot 325 A collection of auction catalogues, dated 1992 to 1997, relating to Chinese works of art from Sotheby’s, New York, Hong Kong, London, Monaco, Amsterdam, Taipei and Christie’s, Hong Kong, Amsterdam and New York (124) £400 - 600

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Lot 326 A collection of Chinese art books and catalogues, dated 1978 to 2018, from Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, Christy Swire, Poly Auction, Dong Zheng and Eskenazi exhibition catalogues, comprising: ‘Ancient Chinese Sculpture’, June to July 1978, ‘Chinese porcelain from the 15th to the 18th century’, November 2006 (24) £250 - 350

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Lot 327 A Chinese gourd bowl, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), moulded with wheels and clouds between key fret borders, four-character mark to base, 12cm diameter £100 - 150

Lot 328 A pair of Chinese embroidered panels, early 20th century, decorated with a qilin, phoenix, deer, bat and a crane amongst peony, peaches and other florets against an apricot ground, 97.5 x 76cm, in a carved hardwood frame, pierced with precious obejcts (2) £400 - 600

Lot 329 A Chinese Peking glass vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of ovoid form, imitating marble in red and dark brown, four-character Qianlong mark to base, 10cm high £100 - 150

Lot 330 A Chinese bronze brush pot, of shaped square form, decorated with Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls between scroll borders, two-character Shi Sou mark to base, 10cm high £150 - 250

Lot 331 A Chinese celadon brush wash, of lozenge form, covered with a brownish-green glaze, 13cm long, together with a small incense burner and a spoon, wood box (4) £500 - 1,000

Lot 332 Two Chinese wood stands, early 20th century, one rectangular and one circular, both with inset marble tops on shaped legs, 36 and 21cm long (2) £100 - 150

Lot 333 A Chinese wood seal, of rectangular form, containing two seals diminishing in size, each side carved with a seal, 3.8cm long, wood box (4) £100 - 150

Lot 334 A Chinese hardwood stool, 19th century, the rectangular top above pierced aprons carved with bamboo, the legs similarly decorated, 27cm wide, 21cm deep, 37.5cm high, and a wood stand, decorated with birds and butterflies amongst blossoming trees in mother-of-pearl, 30.2cm long (2) £150 - 250

Lot 335 A pair of famille verte jars and covers, probably early 20th century, each body of ribbed ovoid form, painted with birds in shaped panels surrounded by flowers, the domed cover similarly decorated, 24cm high (4) £600 - 800

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Lot 336 Lao Si (Chinese, b.1938) A LANDSCAPE WITH A CANAL BOAT AFLOAT THROUGH BUILDINGS woodblock, signed, dated March 1985, and numbered 22/100 on lower margin 33.3 x 44cm, framed and glazed £100 - 150

Lot 337 Two Chinese gouache paintings, one circular, painted with literati seated under a pine tree, signed Jiang Lian with two seals, ink and colour on silk, 25cm diameter, and another, with blossoming prunus and lilies in a cloisonné vase and planter, ink and colour on silk, 37 x 29cm, both framed and glazed (2) £150 - 250

Lot 338 A Chinese Yauzhou ware brush rest, in the form of a boy lying on his side resting his head on a pillow, covered under a celadon glaze, 8.8cm long, wood stand (2) £100 - 150

Lot 339 Three Chinese gouache paintings, of a continuous landscape of a village, ink and colour on paper, 56 x 90cm, 56 x 110cm and 56 x 91cm (3) £100 - 150

Lot 340 A collection of four Chinese gouache paintings, of four luohan seated on a chair or a rock, 22 x 18cm, framed and glazed (4) £120 - 150

Lot 341 A Chinese bamboo brush pot, of oval form, carved with chrysanthemum by rocks, the reverse signed and inscribed with a poem, 13cm high £60 - 80

Lot 342 A Chinese hardwood stand, the rectangular top surrounded by pierced and carved aprons on shaped feet, 59.5cm wide, 34.5cm deep, 28.5cm high £100 - 150

Lot 343 A Chinese wood altar and fittings, 19th century, with bracket feet and shaped aprons, fitted with a censer and altar vases, 93cm long £200 - 300

Lot 344 A Chinese jade table screen, early 20th century, of circular form in spinach green, one side carved with flowers by rocks, 24cm diameter, wood stand pierced and carved with florets, overall 40.4cm high (2) £100 - 150

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Lot 345 A Chinese wood box, of rectangular form, the slide cover incised with an inscription and signature of Bailong Shanren Wang Zhen (1867-1938), 26.2cm long, and a bamboo box, of cylindrical form, incised with an inscription and a seal mark, 12.5cm long (2) £100 - 150

Lot 346 A Chinese silver gilt and enamelled box and cover, 20th century, decorated with filigree work with two mounted jade bangles and applied cabochon gemstones, including jade, tourmaline, and peridot, stamped mark ‘SILVER’ to base, 7.8cm high (2) £150 - 250

Lot 347 A Chinese Jian ware tea bowl, the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a rim indented with a thin concave groove, covered with a black glaze with ‘hare’s fur’ streaks, the glaze draining from the rim and falling short of the foot, revealing the dark brown body, 12cm diameter, Japanese wood box (2) £500 - 800

Lot 348 A Chinese porcelain box and cover, of rectangular form, moulded with a landscape in relief, the sides with flowers of the different seasons, all covered under a green glaze, four-character Wang Bingrong mark, 10cm long, a brush pot, moulded with chrysanthemum and peony by rocks, four-character Wang Bingrong mark, 11.8cm high, and an overlaid Peking glass vase, decorated with magpies on blossoming prunus branches in yellow against a blue ground, 21cm high (4) £150 - 250

Lot 349 A collection of earthenware items, probably Han dynasty, of Neolithic style, comprising a large pot, the pear body with two loop handles and painted with red and black decoration, 32cm high, a pair of vases, of baluster form, painted with white, red and black scrolls, 30cm high, a smaller pot with two loop handles, 20cm high, an ewer with a loop handle, 19cm high, all similarly decorated, and a pair of models of rams, 16cm long (7) £300 - 500

Lot 350 A Chinese blanc de Chine figure, 18th century, of a luohan, seated wearing a long robe with the folds spreading naturally to the sides, covered with a smear glaze, 16cm high, a bamboo carving, of three literati appraising a scroll in a garden with rocky landscape, 13.5cm long, and a lacquered box, c.1900, of rectangular form, carved with figures in a garden, the sides with scrolling lotus, 14.5cm long (4) £150 - 200

Lot 351 A Chinese zisha brush washer, of circular form with an incurved rim on a short foot, with a chilong clambering to the side, the interior under a white glaze, seal mark to underside, 8.8cm long £50 - 80

Lot 352 A Chinese wood brush pot, of waisted cylindrical form, decorated with pheasants standing by rocks under a blossoming tree in soapstone, the reverse with a poem and two seals, 20cm high £150 - 250

Lot 353 A Chinese zisha brush washer, of shaped circular form imitating a tree trunk, on three feet in the shape of branches, seal mark to foot, 16cm long £80 - 120

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Lot 354 A Chinese blue and white vase, 19th century, of ovoid form with a flared rim, painted with a pine tree by rocks, the moon above, 19cm high £60 - 80

Lot 355 A Chinese zisha bird feeder, in the form of a drum with key fret borders, inscribed and signed, 5.5cm long £50 - 80

Lot 356 A Chinese bronze incense burner, with a squat body on three stud feet, incised with a phoenix and peony, six-character Xuande mark, 10cm diameter, another censer, of circular form on three stud feet, cast in relief with dragons and Chinese characters, 14.2cm diameter, and a bronze mirror, decorated with Chinese characters ‘xi sheng gui zi’ (congratulations on giving a baby son), 8.5cm diameter (3) £250 - 350

Lot 357 A Chinese famille rose jar and cover, early 20th century, of ovoid form, painted with a bird standing on a rock by peony and other flowers, the domed cover similarly decorated, 27cm high, and a blue and white double gourd vase, painted with prunus against a blue ground, 26cm high (3) £150 - 250

Lot 358 A Chinese zisha teapot and cover, of compressed circular form on three ball feet, incised with bamboo and an inscription, signature of Liansheng, seal mark to the base and inside of the cover, 17cm long (2) £50 - 80

Lot 359 A Chinese lacquered snuff bottle, carved with figures in a garden, the stopper a coral cabochon, 8.5cm high (2) £80 - 120

Lot 360 A pair of Chinese elm armchairs, 20th century, with yoke top rail and shaped splat above a rectangular recessed seat, 63cm wide, 50cm deep, 116cm high (2) £100 - 150

Lot 361 Two Chinese pottery ewers, one a leather pouch-form flask, in the Liao style, with finger-pinched, arched handle and cylindrical neck, covered with a rich amber colour glaze, 21cm high, the other, of ovoid form with loop handles to the shoulder, covered under an olive-green glaze, 24cm high (2) £100 - 150

Lot 362 Hon Chi Fun (Hong Kong, 1922-2019) SUMMER FOLIO screenprint, 1982, signed in pencil, numbered 25/29 image 52 x 57cm approximately, framed and glazed £100 - 150

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Lot 363 A Chinese Canton enamelled cloisonné box and cover, 19th century, of square form, painted with three European figures watching goldfish in a garden, 7.3cm long, a famille rose export ware teapot stand, 18th century, of lobed form, painted with scrolling peony, 13.2cm long, and two spoon trays, painted with figures or an insect amongst petals, 13 and 12.8cm long, together with an enamelled tray, 20th century, 11.5cm long (6) £100 - 150

Lot 364 A Chinese export famille rose dish, Qianlong (1736-1795), of octagonal form, painted with peony, chrysanthemum and other flowers by a rock, the sides with further flowers, 35.4cm across, and a famille rose basin, 19th century, the centre with a lady, the sides with boys in a garden, enclosed within a ruyi border, 37.5cm diameter (2) £100 - 150

Lot 365 A Chinese celadon vase, Republic period (1912-1949), painted with taotie masks against a diapered ground below a key fret and ruyi head border, approximately 42cm high £100 - 150

Lot 366 A collection of Chinese cloisonné stirrups, 20th century, each enamelled with florets against a diapered ground, 9.2 to 15.5cm high (4) £200 - 300

Lot 367 A Chinese blue and white jar and cover, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), of baluster form, painted with grapes and vines, the domed cover with a spear knop, 12.5cm high, and a celadon plate, heavily potted with a flat rim, the centre of the bowl moulded with a twin fish, 19cm diameter (3) £120 - 150

Lot 368 A collection of Chinese blue and white saucers, 19th century, comprising a group of eleven, painted with scrolling lotus, six-character Jiaqing mark, 4.5 to 15.6cm diameter, another group of eight, similarly decorated, 15.8 to 17cm diameter, and another, of lobed form, painted with bamboo and lingzhi by rocks, inscribed, 17.8cm diameter (20) £150 - 250 Further images can be viewed at www.sworder.co.uk

Lot 369 A Chinese blue and white lamp and cover, 19th century, of cylindrical form, the cover pierced and painted with scrolling flowers, overall 19cm high, and a blue and white jar, late 19th century, similarly decorated, 19cm high (3) £100 - 150

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Lot 370 A Chinese blue and white seal, in the Ming style, of tapering square form, painted with scrolling lotus, four-character seal ‘Xing Lin Chun Yan’ (wishing a candidate success in the Imperial examination) to the base, 13cm high £600 - 800

Lot 371 A Chinese carpet, with a bird and a blossoming tree, 61 x 30.5cm, overall 79cm long £50 - 100

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Lot 372 A Chinese bronze Buddha, seated cross-legged in Vitarka mudra on a raised platform covered with drapes, 17cm high £3,000 - 4,000

Lot 373 Two half-circle carpets, each decorated with vine and foliage, 120cm long (2) £50 - 100

Lot 375 A Chinese famille rose dou, the U-shaped body raised on a cylindrical column above a domed base, painted with dragons chasing a flaming pearl above waves against a yellow ground, six-character Daoguang mark, 20cm high £200 - 250

Lot 376 A Chinese wood bead rosary, consisting of 108 wooden beads with glass spacers, overall 66cm long £200 - 400

Lot 377 A Chinese iron-red incense burner, of globular form, applied with dragons chasing a flaming pearl in copper-red in relief, the neck with Buddhist lions playing with a brocade ball, 28.5cm high £100 - 150

Lot 378 A Chinese blue and white vase, c.1900, of cylindrical form with a flared rim, painted with a continuous rocky landscape with figures fishing or boating along a river, between a ruyi-head and a false gadroon border, four-character Xuande mark, 45.5cm high £100 - 150

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Lot 374 A Chinese famille rose vase, of ovoid form on a flared foot, painted with Wang Xizhi seated in a garden, together with his geese and an attendant, two red seal marks to the body, four-character Hongxian mark to base, 22.5cm high £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 379 A Chinese copper-red glazed vase, of pear shape, covered with a deep crushed oxblood-colour glaze falling above the unglazed foot, six-character Tongzhi mark to base, 30.5cm high £400 - 600

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Lot 380 A Chinese bronze Shakyamuni Buddha, wearing a long robe, standing on a lotus pedestal in front of a flame-shaped mandorla, his hands in Abhaya mudra, all on a rectangular four-legged base, 10.3cm high £200 - 300

Lot 381 Two Chinese famille rose bowls, one with ‘Wanshou Wujiang’ (boundless longevity) in circular medallions surrounded by scrolling foliage on a yellow ground, six-character Guangxu mark, 19.5cm diameter, the other, heavily potted, painted with pomegranates, peaches and lychee, six-character Qianlong mark, 18cm diameter (2) £100 - 150

Lot 382 A Chinese famille rose bowl, the rounded sides with a flared rim rising from a circular foot, painted with a grasshopper amongst foliage, four-character Tongzhi mark, 18.4cm diameter £1,200 - 1,500

Lot 383 A Chinese famille rose vase, possibly early 20th century, of ovoid form, painted with figures or a landscape in shaped panels, surrounded by roundels of cranes among Eight Buddhist Emblems and clouds, bat handles to the shoulder, six-character Jiaqing mark, 36cm high £1,500 - 2,000

Lot 384 A Chinese famille rose plate, of circular form with a flared rim, the centre painted with a shou roundel surrounded by five bats in copper-red, the underside with xi characters between a ruyi-head and a false gadroon border, six-character Jiaqing mark, 19.8cm diameter £1,200 - 1,500

Lot 385 A Chinese famille rose tea caddy, Republic period (1912-1949), of rectangular form, painted with chrysanthemum, the sides with scrolling lotus, 14.5cm high £60 - 80

Lot 386 A Chinese official’s hat, with a coral ball finial and a hardstone tube ornament, above red tassels covering the circular domed top, 33.7cm diameter, and a string of 108 wooden beads of rounded form, approximately 1.5cm diameter, overall 70cm long (2) £300 - 500

Lot 387 A Chinese blue and white vase, of baluster form, painted with qilin on rocks among spuming waves, 46.5cm high £1,500 - 2,000

Lot 388 A pair of Chinese blue and white plates, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of circular form, painted with scrolling lotus, six-character Qianlong mark to the base, 20cm diameter (2) £100 - 150

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Lot 389 A Chinese famille rose bowl, of conical form on a circular foot, painted with dragons among waves and clouds, the interior covered with a turquoise glaze, six-character Qianlong mark to base, 11.7cm diameter £2,000 - 2,500

Lot 390 A Chinese agate bowl, the rounded sides with a flared rim rising from a circular foot, six-character Qianlong mark, 10.3cm diameter £200 - 400

Lot 391 A Chinese wood abacus, suanpan, with brass fittings to the corners, 31.8cm wide £50 - 80

Lot 392 A Chinese porcelain bowl and cover, of circular form with loop ring handles, painted with a continuous landscape, the cover similarly decorated, with the signature of Wang Xiaoting and dated 1952, 23.3cm diameter (2) £100 - 150

Lot 393 A Chinese wood Buddha, in the Ming style, seated cross-legged wearing a long robe, 64cm high £100 - 150

Lot 394 A Chinese porcelain plaque, of rectangular form, painted with figures by a river in a rocky landscape, 21.4 x 17cm £100 - 150

Lot 395 A Chinese blue and white saucer, of circular form with a flared rim, painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls, six-character Guangxu mark, 16.3cm diameter £100 - 150

Lot 396 A collection of fabric, 1950s to 1960s, to include: lake green satin, decorated with bamboo, chrysanthemums and a cartouche, 890 x 76cm, burgundy satin, 170 x 145cm, grey satin column wrap, double-sided, 220 x 73cm, lake green silk, 1268 x 106cm, beige silk, 916 x 119cm (5) £100 - 150

Lot 397 A Chinese yellow-glazed dish, well potted with rounded sides rising to an everted rim and supported on a short tapered circular foot, covered overall in an attractive egg-yolk yellow glaze, 18.4cm diameter £100 - 150

Provenance: The Mallory-Brown family, a British diplomatic family who served in Hong Kong.

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Lot 398 A pair of Chinese famille rose bowls and covers, early 20th century, painted with Fu, Lu and Shou in a garden with other Daoist immortals, the cover similarly decorated with an applied peach knop, 12.8cm diameter (4) £200 - 300

Lot 401 A Chinese hardstone phurba, of tri-form, with a tri-headed terminal above a half-vajra, 6cm long £300 - 500

Lot 404 A Chinese soapstone seal, the finial with a mythical beast, the seal face carved with five characters, 4.5cm high £100 - 150

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Lot 399 A Chinese bronze Buddha, seated on a plinth with a Buddhist lion on each side, wearing a long robe, with his hands clasped and resting on his knees, 7.4cm high £200 - 300

Lot 400 A collection of ten blue and white saucers, each decorated with birds, flowers or carp, signed and dated, 15.2 to 17.5cm diameter (10) £100 - 150 Further images can be viewed at www.sworder.co.uk

Lot 402 A Chinese brass paperweight, of rectangular form, incised with inscriptions, four-character seal mark, 21.3cm long £100 - 150

Lot 403 A Chinese yellow-glazed bowl, the rounded sides rising to a flared rim, incised with roundels of dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst clouds, six-character Kangxi mark, 13.5cm diameter £300 - 500

Lot 405 A Chinese jade carving, with a pheasant standing on a rock, surrounded by pine, bamboo and prunus, 12.4cm high, wood stand, a ruyi sceptre, applied with lingzhi and bats by a rock in lapis lazuli, malachite, jasper and other hardstones, 18.5cm long, and a dagger, the handle with a dragon amongst clouds and the sheath in cloisonné, 21.5cm long (4) £1,500 - 2,000

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Lot 406 Two Chinese jade carvings, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), each in the shape of a finger citron, the stone of white or greyish-white tone, 5.8 and 6cm long, and another, of a magnolia, 7.4cm long (3) £200 - 250

Lot 407 A collection of three Chinese rock crystal carvings, 20th century, comprising: a snuff bottle, decorated with birds in a lotus pond, 6.2cm high, one with a dragon encircling an egg, 8cm high, and a group with an ishigame on a rock among swirling and splashing waves, supporting a sphere, 14.5cm long (4) £100 - 150

Lot 408 A Chinese agate carving, of a deer and lingzhi below a fruiting peach tree by a rock, 7.5cm high, the stand in the form of rocks, wood box (3) £400 - 600

Lot 409 A pair of Chinese famille rose bowls, painted with fu, lu, shou, and xi characters surrounded by five bats in roundels against a key fret ground, the interior with double gourds among tendrils and leaves, ruyi-head borders, the base with a brush, ingot, and ruyi sceptre in underglaze blue, representing the phrase ‘biding ruyi’, 12.9cm diameter (2) £800 - 1,000

Lot 410 A Chinese famille rose plaque, of circular form, painted with a cockerel standing on a rock by peony, inscribed with the signature of Huijuan, dated year of Gengwu, 36.4cm diameter £60 - 80

Lot 411 A Chinese porcelain zhadou, of hexagonal form rising from a flared foot, covered under a crackled pale-blue glaze, 14.2cm across £100 - 150

Lot 412 A collection of four Chinese porcelain plates, 20th century, each painted with a literatus, inscribed Xulun Jingzeng (respectfully presented by Xunlun), 23.4 to 24cm diameter, and another, with cockerels standing on rocks by florets, four-character Chenghua mark, 25.5cm diameter (5) £100 - 150

Lot 413 A Chinese famille rose vase, probably Republic period, of compressed globular form, painted with peony and leafy tendrils, 27cm high £100 - 200

Lot 414 A Chinese porcelain plate, by Tu Yibao (b.1957), painted with narcissus, signed, inscribed and dated winter 1999 to the back, 25.9cm diameter £60 - 80

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Lot 415 Two Chinese gouache paintings, of fan shape, painted with landscapes, inscribed with the signature of Fengde, one dated year of Bingyin, ink and colour on paper, 60cm wide, and another, of the Li River, inscribed and signed, ink and colour on paper, 40.5 x 62cm, all framed and glazed (3) £150 - 250

Lot 416 A Chinese hanging scroll, in the style of Zhang Daqian, painted with peony, inscribed, ink and colour on paper, 133 x 67cm, overall 212 x 90cm £200 - 250

Lot 417 Two Chinese pierced and carved panels, Qing dynasty, decorated with peonies, gourds and scrolling foliage, gilt lacquered, each 124.2 x 44cm approximately (2) £100 - 150

Lot 418 A Chinese export famille rose teapoy and cover, Qianlong (1736-1795), of baluster form with moulded scrolls above a spreading foot, painted with figures in shaped panels, the domed cover with a spear knop, 13cm high, and a Japanese Satsuma ware vase, 19th century, painted with a dragon amongst clouds, 12.5cm high (3) £60 - 80

Lot 419 Two Chinese famille rose dishes, 18th century, painted with chrysanthemum and bamboo amongst gourd tendrils, the border with peony, pomegranate and peach, 22.3 and 22.7cm diameter (2) £150 - 200

Lot 420 A Chinese box and cover, of lobed form, decorated with a foliage to the centre surrounded by scrolls against a wave ground, the side with bats and peaches on a diapered ground, 7.8cm diameter £70 - 100

Lot 421 A pair of Chinese blue and white gu vases, c.1900, of weighted cylindrical form, painted with blossoming prunus against a blue ground, 26cm high (2) £100 - 150

Lot 422 A Chinese yellow-glazed dish, in the Qing style, the rounded sides with an everted rim rising from a circular foot, covered in a lemon-yellow glaze, six-character Yongzheng mark, 15.4cm diameter £1,000 - 1,500

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Lot 423 A Chinese qingbai water pot, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), of lobed circular form on three stud feet, covered with a pale blue glaze, 5.2cm diameter, a jade water pot, of compressed globular form on a circular foot, 5.3cm diameter, and a jade ewer, probably a brush lick, in the shape of a peach with a monkey clambering to the side forming the handle, 9.5cm long (3) £200 - 250

Lot 424 A Chinese blue and white tea bowl, of rounded form with a flared rim rising from a circular foot, painted with a literatus, possibly Zhang Qian, riding a raft formed from a gnarled tree, with a book in his right hand, a crane and two bats above, sixcharacter Kangxi mark, 9.1cm diameter £100 - 150

Lot 425 A Chinese stoneware half double gourd, carved with four archaic Chinese characters and a signature of Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), covered under an opaque glaze, the rim mounted with silver, 11.5cm long, wood stand (2) £100 - 150

Lot 426 Two Chinese pith paper paintings, 19th century, of a gentleman and a lady in court robes, 15 x 10cm, mounted in oval gilt frames (2) £60 - 80

Lot 427 Three prints, comprising: one with chickens by a rock below bamboo, 40 x 29.5cm, one with a cat, 44 x 19.5cm, and another, with wild geese, 36 x 17.5cm, all framed and glazed (3) £50 - 80

Lot 428 A Chinese watercolour temple painting, 20th century, decorated with Daoist immortals standing on the clouds, ink and colour on linen with varnished finish on top, 148 x 78.5cm, framed £400 - 600

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Lot 429 A Chinese soapstone seal, the finial carved with a Buddhist lion, the seal face with ‘Ji Gao cang shu’, 3.2cm high £100 - 150

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Lot 430 A Chinese cloisonné bowl, of shallow rounded form, the centre enamelled with a bouquet of lotus flowers and seed pods, the sides with scrolling lotus, the exterior with dragons among clouds, six-character Wanli mark to base, 26.3cm diameter £2,500 - 3,000

Lot 431 A Chinese gilt-bronze bodhisattva, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery and an ankle-length lower garment, standing on a double lotus pedestal, his hands in Abhaya mudra, six-character Yongle mark, 37cm high £800 - 1,000

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Lot 432 A Chinese famille rose wushuangpu bowl, of lobed circular form, painted with renowned historical figures with inscriptions of their stories alongside, six-character Daoguang mark, 14.4cm diameter £200 - 300

Lot 433 Two Chinese famille rose cups and covers, decorated with foliage, one inscribed with the signature of Liu Ping and dated year of Xinwei,14.5 and 14.8cm high (4) £50 - 80

Lot 434 A Chinese rose quartz vase and cover, 20th century, of compressed baluster form pierced and carved with peony, the cover similarly decorated, 20cm high, wood stand, and another in prasiolite quartz, 16cm high, wood stand (6) £100 - 150

Lot 435 A Chinese lapis lazuli brush washer, of oval form with incurved rim, 10cm long £100 - 150

Lot 436 A Chinese court necklace, chaozhu, consisting of 108 lapis lazuli beads with spacers and pendant drops, 97cm long, and two other examples with plastic beads (3) £300 - 500

Lot 437 A Chinese wucai gu vase, early 20th century, of cylindrical form with flared mouth and foot, painted with butterflies and insects amongst flowers and rocks, six-character Kangxi mark, 30cm high £120 - 150

Lot 438 A Chinese box and cover, of octagonal form, the centre decorated with a horse carrying a bundle of books above waves, surrounded by raised bagua horizontal bands, the sides with Eight Buddhist Emblems and Eight Daoist Emblems, all against a diapered ground, 22.5cm wide (2) £500 - 800

Lot 439 A Chinese famille rose punch bowl, 18th century, of circular form, painted with figures in floral panels, 25.5cm diameter, and a blue and white tankard, c.1800, painted with a landscape, 14.3cm high (2) £100 - 150

Lot 440 A pair of Chinese famille rose vases, late 19th century, each of globular form with an elongated neck, painted with dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst sprigs of flowers, 16.5cm high (2) £150 - 200

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Lot 441 A pair of Chinese famille rose incense burners, 19th century, each in the form of a boy, seated with a ruyi sceptre in his left hand, 17cm high (2) £100 - 150

Lot 442 A pair of Chinese blue and white vases, c.1900, each of baluster form, painted with dragons amongst peony between brown borders, four-character Chenghua mark, 27cm high (2) £150 - 250

Lot 443 A pair of Chinese famille rose millefleurs tea caddies, Republic period (1912-1949), of hexagonal form on bracket feet, painted with precious objects in rectangular panels surrounded by numerous flowers, the covers similarly decorated, 16cm high, and another, painted with chrysanthemum and other flowers, the other side with an inscription, 15cm high, and an additional cover (7) £200 - 300

Lot 444 Two Chinese famille rose plates, 18th century, of circular form, one painted with a basket of flowers, the other with precious objects within a shaped diapered border, 22.4 and 23cm diameter (2) £150 - 200

Lot 445 A Chinese famille rose jardinière, early 20th century, painted with phoenixes, cranes, swallows and other birds amongst a bhodi tree and peony, between a diapered and a false gadroon border, 31.5cm high, on an associated wood stand, overall 45cm high (2) £150 - 250

Lot 446 A Chinese famille verte soup plate, early 18th century, of circular form, painted with a blossoming tree in the centre, 22.3cm diameter £100 - 150

Lot 447 A Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot, of globular form, under a mottled jun-type glaze of streaked blue and purple, the base with a four-character seal mark of Ge Mingxiang zao and incised fifty-eighth year of Qianlong, 16.5cm long (2) £120 - 150

Lot 448 A collection of Chinese porcelain, comprising: a famille rose punch bowl, 18th century, painted with pheasants standing on a blossoming tree, 26.7cm diameter, associated wood stand, a pair of famille rose vases,19th century, of ovoid form with flared lobed rim, painted with

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dragons among chrysanthemum against a yellow ground, applied chilong to neck and shoulder,18.5cm high, and a vase, early 20th century, of baluster form, covered under a mirror black glaze, 26cm high (5) £120 - 150 Provenance: The D M Jacobs Collection.

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Lot 449 A large gilt-bronze Thai Buddha, early 20th century, seated cross-legged on a raised pedestal, his hands in Bhumiparsha mudra, 52cm high, together with a bespoke ebonised stand, 35cm wide, 46cm deep, 101cm high (2) £200 - 300

Lot 450 A Japanese incense burner, 19th century, of globular form with an incised scrolling peony, Buddhist lion knop and handles, 12cm long (2) £100 - 150

Lot 451 Two Japanese woodblock prints, late 19th century, hand-printed from Meiji edition woodblocks of the Manga series (1814-1819) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), of people in various activities, approximately 24.5 x 14.5cm (2) £100 - 150 Provenance: The collection of Margaret and David Beaton.

Lot 452 Three Japanese woodblock prints, by Utagawa Toyokuni, of theatrical figures, 37 x 25.5cm, and one, anonymous, of an evening scene by the river, 36 x 24cm (4) £200 - 250 Further images can be viewed at www.sworder.co.uk

Lot 455 A Japanese lacquered box and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912), of globular form, decorated with a rat, signed to the base, 7cm high (2) £80 - 120

Lot 453 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), carved with Ashinaga wrestling with Tenaga, 5.5cm high, and a Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), in the form of a boy lying on a table playing with a reishi, all above an intricately carved base, 3cm high (2) £100 - 150

Lot 456 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), carved with a man and a boy standing on rocks, their arms raised, possibly holding a torch, a flag by their feet, signed Gyokushin, 30.5cm high £150 - 250

Lot 454 A Japanese Satsuma ware vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), of trumpet form, moulded in relief with a bird standing on a blossoming branch against the moon, a diapered border to the rim, 32.4cm high £100 - 150

Lot 457 Two Japanese wood panels, pierced and carved with snarling dragons among clouds, their eyes, teeth and claws painted in white, 112 and 115cm long, and a Chinese embroidery, the centre with peony, peaches, finger citron and lingzhi, 33.5 x 29cm, framed and glazed (3) £100 - 150 Further images can be viewed at www.sworder.co.uk

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Lot 458 A collection of four Japanese bronze vases, Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising: a pear-shaped vase, probably by Inoue Kichibei of Kyoto, decorated in low relief with egrets in a lake in silver, signed to the side, seal mark of Inoue to base, 24.5cm high, one with a blossoming branch around the neck, signed Yoshisei, 24.5cm high, one with two Noh masks, 34.3cm high, and another, of tapering form, carved with a landscape, seal mark to the base, 27.7cm high (4) £100 - 150

Lot 459 Two Japanese hanging scrolls, one with two cranes flying above waves, signed with artist’s seal, ink and colour on paper, 126 x 28cm, the other with a samurai, signed with artist’s seal, ink and colour on paper, 97 x 25.5cm (2) £100 - 150

Lot 460 A pair of Japanese stoneware figures, early 20th century, of Tentoki and Ryutoki, the demon-like oni creatures carrying lanterns as an offering to the Buddha, symbolising the power of the Shitenno to repel and defeat evil, 26cm high, each now fitted on a plaster stand as wall hangings (2) £150 - 200

Lot 461 A Japanese lacquered box, 20th century, the cover decorated with a lady standing on clouds in ivory, bone and mother-of-pearl, the inside of the cover with a bird standing on weeds above a lake, 19.2cm long, and a Chinese box, decorated with a phoenix among a fruiting tree and clouds, against a key fret ground, 24.3cm long (4) £100 - 150 Provenance: Christie’s, London, 12 November 1998, lot 26.

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Lot 462 A Japanese Kakiemon-type dish, 19th century, of lobed hexagonal form, the centre with a roundel encircling ho-o, the side with chrysanthemum and orchid, 13.8cm, and a Kakiemon-type bowl, 20th century, of lobed circular form in the shape of chrysanthemum, painted with a blossoming prunus tree, the underside similarly decorated, 19.3cm (2) £150 - 200

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The London AucTion Wednesday 2 December, 1pm

A rare WWII poster printed by HMSO September 1939 £7,000-10,000

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Bidding Bidders will be required to register with us before the auction starts. We reserve the right to impose a deadline prior to the auction by which you must register or by which we must receive a commission bid. If you wish to bid on high value lots this deadline may be several days before the auction in order to allow us sufficient time to carry out the necessary checks. Lots will be invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. You will need to provide us with proof of your identity in a form acceptable to us and such other information as we may require. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for telephone or online bidding.

Please note that we may refuse to register you if you do not provide us with all the information and documentation that we ask for or at our discretion.

Commission bidding You may leave commission bids with us indicating the maximum amount to be bid against a lot (excluding the buyers’ premium and/or any applicable VAT). We will execute commission bids as cheaply as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit identical commission bids we may prefer the first bid received (where this can be reasonably ascertained). We recommend leaving commission bids online via our website, though please contact us about leaving bids by telephone or fax/email. All absentee bids should be received at least 30 minutes before the auction commences; we cannot guarantee to execute commission bids received after this time.

Telephone Bidding If you are unable to come to the auction it may be possible to bid on the telephone for higher value lots. Please note that this service is for lots with an estimate of £500 or more. The number of lines is limited so we would urge serious telephone bidding only and ask that you be prepared to bid over the top estimate.

It is advisable to leave a maximum covering bid in case we are not able to contact you by telephone. All lines must be booked and confirmed in writing before the day of the auction and preferably some time in advance. Telephone bidding involves many variables and whilst we take every care to ensure the smooth operation of this service, we cannot be held liable if your bids are missed for any reason.

Online Bidding Any lots purchased via a live online bidding service will be subject to an additional commission charge on the hammer price payable by the bidder, in accordance with rates specified by the online service. From 1 January 2020, these charges will be charged at 0% plus VAT while bidding via Sworders website. If bidding through the-saleroom.com this will be charged at 4.95% plus VAT. Both charges will be payable to us on top of the hammer price and our buyer’s commission.

IMPORTANT NOTICES Removal of lots ALL lots are to be removed from the premises by 5.00pm at the latest on the Friday following each sale. Sworders retain the right to remove lots remaining after this time into safe storage, for which a charge will be made.

Electrical Goods All electrical goods offered in this sale have either been tested and certified safe or unsafe by an appropriately qualified electrician. All electrical goods certified safe must be re-commissioned by an appropriately qualified electrician and we recommend those certified safe are similarly re-commissioned.

Post 1950 Upholstered Furniture All items of furniture included in this sale are offered for sale as works of art.

The items may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason, they should not be used in a private dwelling.

Furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia Negra) To comply with CITES Regulations on Post-1947 furniture made of Brazilian Rosewood, all post-war rosewood furniture items have Article 10 certificates.

If you are purchasing rosewood furniture for commercial purposes and not solely for your own use, CITES regulations require you to obtain your own certificate. You would need to contact the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (‘AHVLA’) and, as part of the process of obtaining your document, it is a requirement that you have seen sight of the Sworders’ certificate or are aware of its reference number.

It is therefore the responsibility of commercial buyers to ensure that they obtain a copy of the appropriate certificate, or the certificate reference number, after purchase from Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Items are marked with this sign §.

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TERMS OF SALE Both the sale of goods at our auctions and your relationship with us are governed by the Terms of Consignment (primarily applicable to sellers) the Terms of Sale (primarily applicable to bidders and buyers) and any notices displayed in the saleroom or announced by us at the auction (collectively, the ‘Conditions of Business’). The Terms of Consignment and Terms of Sale are available at our saleroom on request.

Please read these Terms of Sale carefully. Please note that if you register to bid and/or bid at auction this signifies that you agree to and will comply with these Terms of Sale.

Please note that these Terms of Sale relate to auctions held at our premises only. We have separate terms for online only auctions.

1. Definitions and interpretation 1.1 To make these Terms of Consignment easier to read, we have given the following words a specific meaning: ‘Auctioneer’

2.5 Your right to return a Lot and receive a refund if the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery as set out in Clause 13.

3.5 Bidders will be deemed to act as principals, even if the Bidder is acting as an agent for a third party.

2.6 We and Trader Sellers have a legal duty to supply any Lots to you in accordance with these Terms of Sale.

3.6 We may bid on Lots on behalf of the Seller up to one bid below the Reserve.

2.7 If you have any complaints, please send them to us directly at the address set out on our Website.

3.7 We may refuse to accept any bid if it is reasonable for us to do so.

3. Bidding procedures and the Buyer 3.1 You must register your details with us before bidding and provide us with any requested proof of identity and billing information, in a form acceptable to us. You must also satisfy any security arrangements we have in place before entering the auction room to view or bid.

3.8 Bidding increments will be at our sole discretion (but will be in line with standard auction practice).

3.2 We strongly recommend that you attend the auction in person. You are responsible for your decision to bid for a particular Lot. If you bid on a lot, including by telephone and online bidding, or by placing a commission bid, we assume that you have carefully inspected the Lot and satisfied yourself regarding its condition.

means GES & Sons Ltd trading as Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 6858916 and whose registered office is located at Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8GE or its authorised auctioneer, as appropriate;

‘Bidder’

means a person who places a bid for Goods at our auction;

‘Buyer’

means the person who makes the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer;

‘Commission’

means the commission that we charge you on the sale of the Goods as set out in Clause 5 below;

‘Consumer’

means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession;

‘Consumer Contracts Regulations’

means the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013;

‘Deliberate Forgery’

means: (a) an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source; (b) which is described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator without qualification; and (c) which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been as described;

‘FCA’

means the Financial Conduct Authority;

‘Goods’

means the goods that you consign to us for sale at our auction;

‘Hammer Price’

means the level of the highest bid for the Goods accepted by the Auctioneer;

‘Premium’

means the premium charged to the Buyer on the sale of the Goods in accordance with the Terms of Sale;

‘Price’

means the total of the Hammer Price, Premium and any applicable VAT;

‘Proceeds’

means the Price less the Commission, the Premium, any expenses incurred to your account and any applicable VAT;

‘Reserve’

means the minimum price at which the Goods may be sold;

‘Seller’

means the owner of the Goods and any agent who consigns the Goods for sale on the owner’s behalf (if applicable);

‘Terms of Consignment’

means these terms of consignment;

‘Terms of Sale’

means the terms of sale for bidders or buyers at our auctions;

‘Trader’

means a Seller who is acting for purposes relating to that Seller’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf (such as an agent and/or the Auctioneer);

‘VAT’

means any value added tax or equivalent sales tax; and

‘Website’

means our website available at www.sworders.co.uk.

In these Terms of Sale the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to you as the Buyer. The words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneer. Any reference to a ‘Clause’ is to a clause of these Terms of Sale unless stated otherwise.

2. Information that we are required to give to Consumers 2.1 A description of the main characteristics of each Lot as contained in the auction catalogue.

2.2 Our name, address and contact details as set out herein, in our auction catalogues and/or on our Website.

2.3 The price of the Goods and arrangements for payment as described in Clauses 4, 5, 7 and 8.

2.4 The arrangements for collection of the Goods as set out in Clauses 8 and 9.

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3.3 If you instruct us in writing, we may execute commission bids on your behalf. Neither we nor our employees or agents will be responsible for any failure to execute your commission bid, unless our failure to do so is unreasonable. Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded we have the right to prefer the first bid made (where this can be reasonably ascertained).

3.4 The Bidder placing the highest bid for a Lot accepted by the Auctioneer will be the Buyer at the Hammer Price.

Any dispute about a bid will be settled at our discretion.

We may reoffer the Lot during the auction or may settle the dispute in another way. We will act reasonably when deciding how to settle the dispute.

4. The purchase price As Buyer, you will pay: a. the Hammer Price; b. a premium of 25% plus VAT of the Hammer Price or 15% plus VAT for our Fine Wine and Port Auction; c. any artist’s resale right royalty payable on the sale of the Lot; and d. any VAT due.

5. VAT 5.1 You shall be liable for the payment of any VAT applicable on the Hammer Price and premium due for a Lot. Please see the symbols used in the auction catalogue for that Lot and the ‘Information for Buyers’ in our auction catalogue for further information.

5.2 We will charge VAT at the current rate at the date of the auction.

6. The contract between you and the Seller 6.1 The contract for the purchase of the Lot between you and the Seller will be formed after the hammer falls when the highest bid for the Goods at the auction is written into the Auction book by the Auctioneer.

6.2 You may directly enforce any terms in the Terms of Consignment against a Seller to the extent that you suffer damages and/or loss as a result of the Seller’s breach of the Terms of Consignment.

6.3 If you breach these Terms of Sale, you may be responsible for damages and/or losses suffered by a Seller or us. If we are contacted by a Seller who wishes to bring a claim against you, we may in our discretion provide the Seller with information or assistance in relation to that claim.

6.4 We normally act as an agent only and will not have any responsibility for default by you or the Seller (unless we are the Seller of the Lot).

7. Payment 7.1 Immediately following your successful bid on a Lot you will: 7.1.1 give to us, if not already provided to our satisfaction, proof of identity in a form acceptable to us (and any other information that we require in order to comply with our anti-money laundering obligations); and 7.1.2 pay to us the Total Amount Due in any way that we agree to accept payment. Note there is an upper limit of 10,000 euros equivalent for payments in cash.

7.2 If you owe us any money, we may use any payment made by you to repay these debts.

8. Title and collection of purchases 8.1 Once you have paid us in full the Total Amount Due for any Lot, ownership of that Lot will transfer to you. You may not claim or collect a Lot until you have paid for it.

8.2 You will (at your own expense) collect any Lots that you have purchased and paid for not later than 5pm on the Friday following the auction.

8.3 If you do not collect the Lot within this time period, you will be responsible for any reasonable removal and storage charges in relation to that Lot. 8.4 Risk of loss or damage to the Lot will pass to you when you (or your agents) take physical possession of the Lot. 8.5 If you do not collect the Lot that you have paid for within thirty days after the auction, we may sell the Lot. We will pay the proceeds of any such sale to you, but will deduct any storage charges or other sums that we have incurred in the storage and sale of the Lot. We reserve the right to charge you a selling commission at our standard rates on any such resale of the Lot. 9. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 9.1 Please do not bid on a Lot if you do not intend to buy it. If your bid is successful, these Terms of Sale will apply to you.

This means that you will have to carry out your obligations set out in these Terms of Sale. If you do not comply with these Terms of Sale we may (acting on behalf of the Seller and ourselves) pursue one or more of the following measures: 9.1.1 take action against you for damages for breach of contract; 9.1.2 reverse the sale of the Lot to you and/or any other Lots sold by us to you; 9.1.3 resell the Lot by auction or private treaty (in which case you will have to pay any difference between the price you should have paid for the Lot and the price we sell it for as well as the charges outlined in Clause 8.5).

Please note that if we sell the Lot for a higher amount than your winning bid, the extra money will belong to the Seller; 9.1.4 remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense; 9.1.5 if you do not pay us within five business days of your successful bid, we may charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due;

12.2 We will give you a number of opportunities to view and inspect the Lots before the auction. You (and any independent consultants acting on your behalf) must satisfy yourself about the accuracy of any description of a Lot. We shall not be responsible for any failure by you or your consultants to properly inspect a Lot.

or

12.3 Representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that any such opinion will be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently.

a. to us, at our address set out in these Terms of Sale or at our registered office address appearing on our Website; and

12.4 Please note that Lots (in particular second-hand Lots) are unlikely to be in perfect condition. Lots are sold ‘as is’ (i.e. as you see them at the time of the auction). Neither we nor the Seller accept any liability for the condition of second-hand Lots or for any condition issues affecting a Lot if such issues are included in the description of a Lot in the auction catalogue (or in any saleroom notice) and/ or which the inspection of a Lot by the Buyer ought to have revealed.

15.2.3 by email, provided that receipt of the email is acknowledged by the recipient.

15.3 Notices must be sent: 15.3.1 by hand or registered post:

b. to you, at the last postal address that you have given to us as your contact address in writing; or 15.3.2 by email: a. to us, by sending the notice to the following email address: auctions@sworder.co.uk b. to you, by sending the notice to any email address that you have given to us as your contact email address in writing.

15.4 Notices will be deemed to have been received: 15.4.1 if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery; 15.4.2 if sent by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery, two business days after posting, exclusive of the day of posting; or

9.1.8 if we sell any Lots for you, use the money made on these Lots to repay any amount you owe us.

13. Deliberate Forgeries 13.1 You may return any Lot which is found to be a Deliberate Forgery to us within 30 days of the auction provided that you return the Lot to us in the same condition as when it was released to you, accompanied by a written statement identifying the Lot from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects.

9.2 We will act reasonably when exercising our rights under Clause 9.1. We will contact you before exercising these rights and try to work with you to correct any non-compliance by you with these Terms of Sale.

13.2 If we are reasonably satisfied that the Lot is a Deliberate Forgery we will refund the money paid by you for the Lot (including any Premium and applicable VAT) provided that if:

15.5 Any notice or communication given under these Terms of Sale will not be validly given if sent by fax, email, any form of messaging via social media or text message.

13.2.1 the catalogue description reflected the accepted view of experts as at the date of the auction; or

16. Data Protection We will hold and process any personal data in relation to you in accordance with our current privacy policy, a copy of which is available on our website.

9.1.6 keep that Lot or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the Total Amount Due; 9.1.7 reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or impose conditions before we accept bids from you; and/or

10. Health and safety Although we take reasonable precautions regarding health and safety, you are on our premises at your own risk. Please note the lay-out of the premises and security arrangements. Neither we nor our employees or agents are responsible for the safety of you or your property when you visit our premises, unless you suffer any injury to your person or damage to your property as a result of our, our employees’ or our agents’ negligence.

11. Warranties 11.1 The Seller warrants to us and to you that: 11.1.1 the Seller is the true owner of the Lot for sale or is authorised by the true owner to offer and sell the lot at auction; 11.1.2 the Seller is able to transfer good and marketable title to the Lot to you free from any third party rights or claims; and 11.1.3 as far as the Seller is aware, the main characteristics of the Lot set out in the auction catalogue (as amended by any notice displayed in the saleroom or announced by the Auctioneer at the auction) are correct.

11.2 If, after you have placed a successful bid and paid for a Lot, any of the warranties above are found not to be true, please notify us in writing. Neither we nor the Seller will be liable to pay you any sums over and above the Total Amount Due and we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information provided by the Seller except as set out below.

11.3 Please note that many of the Lots that you may bid on at our auction are second-hand.

11.4 If a Lot is not second-hand and you purchase the Lot as a Consumer from a Seller that is a Trader, a number of additional terms may be implied by law in addition to the Seller’s warranties set out at Clause 11.1 (in particular under the Consumer Rights Act 2015).

These Terms of Sale do not seek to exclude your rights under law as they relate to the sale of these Lots.

11.5 Save as expressly set out above, all other warranties, conditions or other terms which might have effect between the Seller and you, or us and you, or be implied or incorporated by statue, common law or otherwise are excluded.

12. Descriptions and condition 12.1 Our descriptions of the Lot will be based on: (a) information provided to us by the Seller of the Lot (for which we are not liable); and (b) our opinion (although it is likely that we will not be able to carry out a detailed inspection of each Lot).

13.2.2 you personally are not able to transfer good and marketable title in the Lot to us, you will have no right to a refund under this Clause 13.2.

13.3 If you have sold the Lot to another person, we will only be liable to refund the price that you paid for the Lot. We will not be responsible for repaying any additional money you may have made from selling the Lot.

15.4.3 if sent by email, at the time of transmission unless sent after 17.00 in the place of receipt in which case they will be deemed to have been received on the next business day in the place of receipt (provided that receipt is acknowledged by the recipient).

17. General 17.1 We may, acting reasonably, refuse admission to our premises or attendance at our auctions by any person.

13.4 Your right to return a Lot that is a Deliberate Forgery does not affect your legal rights and is in addition to any other right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms of Sale.

17.2 We act as an agent for our Sellers. The rights we have to claim against you for breach of these Terms of Sale may be used by either us, our employees or agents, or the Seller, its employees or agents, as appropriate.

Other than as set out in this Clause, these Terms of Sale are between you and us and no other person will have any rights to enforce any of these Terms of Sale.

14. Our liability to you 14.1 We will not be liable for any loss of opportunity or disappointment suffered as a result of participating in our auction.

17.3 We may use special terms in the catalogue descriptions of particular Lots. You must read these terms carefully along with any glossary provided in our auction catalogues.

14.2 In addition to the above, neither we nor the Seller shall be responsible to you and you shall not be responsible to the Seller or us for any other loss or damage that any of us suffer that is not a foreseeable result of any of us not complying with the Conditions of Business. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is obvious that it will happen or if at the time of the sale of the Lot, we, you and the Seller knew it might happen.

17.4 Each of the clauses of these Terms of Sale operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.

14.3 Subject to Clause 14.4, if we are found to be liable to you for any reason (including, amongst others, if we are found to be negligent, in breach of contract or to have made a misrepresentation), our liability will be limited to the total purchase price paid by you to us for any Lot. 14.4 Notwithstanding the above, nothing in these Terms of Sale shall limit our liability (or that of our employees or agents) for: 14.4.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); 14.4.2 fraudulent misrepresentation; or 14.4.3 any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

15. Notices 15.1 All notices between you and us regarding these Terms of Sale must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it.

15.2 Any notice referred in Clause 15.1 may be given: 15.2.1 by delivering it by hand; 15.2.2 by first class pre-paid post or Recorded Delivery;

17.5 We may change these Terms of Sale from time to time, without notice to you. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully, as they may be different from the last time you read them.

17.6 Except as otherwise stated in these Terms of Sale, each of our rights and remedies are: (a) are in addition to and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies under these Terms of Sale or general law; and (b) may be waived only in writing and specifically. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale is not a waiver of that or any other right. Partial exercise of any right under these Terms of Sale will not preclude any further or other exercise of that right or any other right under these Terms of Sale. Waiver of a breach of any term of these Terms of Sale will not operate as a waiver of breach of any other term or any subsequent breach of that term.

17.7 These Terms of Sale and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including any noncontractual claims or disputes) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

These terms are based upon the recommended terms of sale by the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers

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