530 531 532

527 528 529

524 525 526

99

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533

A CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

With a compressed circular body and tapering neck moulded with

ribs, the base unglazed, 34cm.

£2,000-3,000

534

A SMALL PAIR OF CHINESE PEACH BLOOM-GLAZED

VASES

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

With globular bodies and waisted necks, each with a six character

Kangxi mark, 10.5cm. (2)

£600-800

535

A PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON GLAZED CONG VASES

LATE QING DYNASTY

Each moulded with the Eight Trigrams, six character Yongzheng

mark, 25.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

536

A CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED VASE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body raised on a tall foot with a flared rim,

the interior and base with a pale celadon crackle glaze, 29cm.

£200-300

537

A CHINESE COBALT-BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE VASE

18TH CENTURY

With a cylindrical neck rising from an ovoid body, the base glazed

white, 37.5cm.

£400-600

538

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANDI

RIDING RED RABBIT

18TH CENTURY

The God of War wears armour with his body turned and his left

arm raised, the horse standing four-square, 27cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT

RESERVE.

£200-300

Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.998 for a related figure.

539

A PAIR OF CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND BOWLS

KANGXI 1662-1722

The deep flared bowls decorated in gilt with flowers, birds, animals

and landscape scenes, each with a fylfot mark, together with wood

stands, 20.5cm. (4)

£1,500-2,500

540

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

LATE QING DYNASTY

The Goddess stands wearing flowing robes with a serene

expression and downcast eyes, 35.5cm.

£150-250

541

A CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND BALUSTER VASE

QING DYNASTY

The interior and base glazed white, 45.5cm.

£200-300

539 540 541

536 537 538

533 534 535

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542

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE MELON-SHAPED

‘LONGEVITY’ VASE

QING DYNASTY

Decorated with Shoulao riding a crane between worshippers and

attendants with a pine tree to the reverse, 19cm.

£1,000-1,500

543

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘DRAGON’ DISH

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF

THE PERIOD 1821-50

The interior decorated with six scaly dragons amidst colourful

clouds and flames, the reverse with five further dragons, 25.5cm.

£200-300

544

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘DRAGON AND

PHOENIX’ MEDALLION VASES AND COVERS

19TH CENTURY

Painted with iron red dragon and phoenix rondels amongst fruit,

flowers and foliage, 42.5cm. (4)

£400-600

Provenance: a private collection, Oxfordshire

545

A PAIR OF CHINESE ‘FU SHOU’ DISHES

SIX-CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF

THE PERIOD 1875-1908

Each decorated with five variously coloured bats encircling central

yellow-ground roundels and with peach branches extending to the

gilt edges, 16.5cm. (2)

£800-1,200

546

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER VASE

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Painted with two panels, one containing Shoulao and an attendant,

the other with three boys on a pale turquoise floral-ground, a four

character Qianlong mark, together with a wood stand, 34cm. (2)

£200-300

547

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX

AND COVER

QING DYNASTY

Painted with the bajixiang amidst scrolling foliage and lotus seed

heads, the base with a six character Wanli mark, 22cm. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Lord Montagu (1926-2015),

Beaulieu, Hampshire.

548

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING STYLE

‘FLOWERS’ BOWL

18TH CENTURY

The rounded sides painted to the exterior with a wide band of

lotus, chrysanthemum and peony issuing from scrolling leafy

tendrils, 26cm.

£300-500

549

A LARGE CHINESE ENAMELLED ‘NINE SCHOLARS’ DISH

QING DYNASTY

Painted with old bearded men in a rocky garden, within a geometric

border, 47.5cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from a private London collection, acquired in the 1960s.

550

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Painted with four panels containing birds, insects and flowers on a

yellow ground decorated with stylised lotus and scrolling tendrils,

six character Qianlong mark, 44cm.

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent.

548 549 550

545 546 547

542 543 544

103

554 555

552 553

551

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551

SIX CHINESE

POTTERY TILEWORK

FIGURES

LATE MING DYNASTY

Comprising: two

equestrian figures and

four standing figures,

all decorated with

green, cream and honey

coloured glazes, five with

wood stands, 40cm. (11)

£300-500

Provenance: from an

English private collection,

West Yorkshire, formed in

the 1970s and 1980s.

552

A PAIR OF CHINESE

CELADON MODELS

OF CROUCHING

LION DOGS

MING DYNASTY

The playful pose depicts

each dog with curved

backs, raised tails

and alert expressions,

21.5cm. (2)

£100-200

Provenance: from an

English private collection,

West Yorkshire, formed in

the 1970s and 1980s.

553

A CHINESE SANCAI

INCENSE BURNER

TANG DYNASTY

The flared circular bowl supported by

five mythical beast legs joined by a

circular foot, together with a pair of

pottery dogs, a small pottery figure and a

pottery standing bullock, the latter with

a paper label for Mr and Mrs Eugene

Bernat, Boston MA,16cm. (5)

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private

collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the

1970s and 1980s.

554

A LARGE CHINESE POTTERY

MODEL OF A HORSE

HAN DYNASTY

The grey pottery body, with a detachable

head, decorated with traces of earth

pigments, the legs lacking, together with

a modern wood stand, 59cm long. (3)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from a private collection,

London.

555

A CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF

A HORSE

TANG DYNASTY

Standing four square with it’s head

lowered, decorated with traces of earth

pigments, 27.5cm.

£200-300

558

556 557

105

556

TWO CHINESE QINGBAI FUNERARY URNS

SONG/YUAN DYNASTY

Each with a faint blue glaze and encircled with applied robed figures beneath

dragons which surround the ribbed necks, together with wood stands,

48.5cm and 46.5cm. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the

1970s and 1980s.

557

A CHINESE STRAW-GLAZED AMPHORA AND A LONGQUAN

CELADON FUNERAL VASE AND COVER

PROBABLY TANG AND NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

The amphora set with a pair of double strap handles with dragon’s head

terminals, the other vase covered in a light sea-green colour and set with six

upright tubular spouts, 39cm and 41cm. (3)

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the

1970s and 1980s.

558

A CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE PILLOW

JIN DYNASTY OR LATER

The oval body with a concaved surfaced inscribed Jian Xian Si Qi, 25cm.

£300-500

106 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

559

TWO CHINESE JUN-TYPE BOWL

PROBABLY QING DYNASTY

Each coated with a creamy pale-blue glaze, with an exposed

unglazed foot, 17cm and 17.5cm. (2)

£200-300

560

TWO CHINESE AND ONE ANNAMESE EARLY POTTERY

JARS, AND A RARE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

NEOLITHIC, HAN DYNASTY AND LATER

One with loop handles and geometric earth pigment decoration,

another Cizhou decorated with stylised flowers, the Annamese jar

with three loop handles to the shoulder, the incense burner with

reticulated sides carved with chrysanthemum, two with paper

labels for Bluett, London and two with labels for John Sparks Ltd.,

14cm. (5)

£400-600

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed

in the 1970s and 1980s.

561

FOUR CHINESE JIZHOU TEA BOWLS

SONG DYNASTY OR LATER

Each decorated with freely drawn flower sprays on a brown

ground, 11.6cm. (4)

£500-1,000

562

A CHINESE OIL-SPOT GLAZED BOWL

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Evenly potted and decorated with a brown glaze with small

iridescent dots, 14cm.

£400-600

563

A SMALL CHINESE QINGBAI LOBED BOWL

SONG DYNASTY

The conical body incised to the interior with freely drawn cloud

motifs, 12.5cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent, purchased

from R&G McPherson Antiques, London.

564

TWO CHINESE BROWN GLAZED TEA BOWLS

SONG DYNASTY OR LATER

One Jizhou decorated papercut flowerheads, the other with an

even brown-black glaze, 11.6cm. (2)

£500-1,000

565

A CHINESE SMALL JUN-TYPE BUBBLE BOWL

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The curved bowl decorated inside and out with a large purple

splash, with a paper label for Karl Floren, no.34, 7cm.

£300-500

566

A CHINESE DING MOULDED BOWL

SONG DYNASTY

The interior moulded with six panels containing gingko,

chrysanthemum, peony, lotus, camellia, plum blossom within a fine

border of scrolls encircling a chrysanthemum roundel, 21.5cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of David and Margaret Mellis,

Presbyterian missionaries in China, c.1900-14.

567

A PAIR OF CHINESE JIZHOU-TYPE BOWLS

SONG DYNASTY OR LATER

Decorated with a brown glaze with ochre streaks, 11.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

Provenance: formerly a French private collection.

565 566 567

562 563 564

559 560 561

107

569 570

568

108 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

568

A CHINESE JIZHOU BROWN GLAZED BOWL

JIN DYNASTY OR LATER

The interior decorated with papercut flower on a streaked brown ground,

15.8cm.

£1,000-2,000

569

A CHINESE BLACK GLAZED JAR AND A WHITE GLAZED

BOTTLE VASE

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The jar with a wide black band and with loop handle to the shoulder, the

bottle vase with a waisted neck and a creamy white glaze, 29cm. (2)

£400-600

570

A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON PETAL-SHAPED DISH

EARLY MING DYNASTY

The centre decorated with an impressed design of flowers and foliage, within

a wide band of flutes and a barbed rim, 34.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from an English private collection, Hampshire.

Cf. R Krahl and J Ayers Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul,

A Complete Catalogue 1, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares, pp.356-357

for related dishes.

573

571 572

109

571

TWO CHINESE CELADON CYLINDIRCAL INCENSE BURNERS

AND A ‘TWIN FISH’ DISH

YUAN DYNASTY OR LATER

The incense burner both moulded with flowers and foliage, and raised on

three feet, the dish with petals to the exterior, all with paper labels for Karl

Floren, numbers nos.42, 44 and 57, 21.5cm. (3)

£4,000-6,000

572

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN

CELADON WARES

MOSTLY YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES

Comprising: eight vases, eight bowls and dishes and a tripod incense burner,

together with a Jun yao bowl, a qingbai dish, a green glazed vase, and two

other items, with twelve wood stands, 30cm. (35)

£2,000-3,000

573

FOUR CHINESE CELADON ITEMS

MING AND QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a double fish dish, a cup stand and two bowls, together with two

wood stands, 23.5cm. (6)

£1,000-2,000

110 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

574

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PRUNUS’ DISH

QING DYNASTY

Painted with a large flowering prunus tree and ornamental rocks from

which grow bamboo and lingzhi fungus, 55cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

575

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE MODELS OF COCKERELS

LATE QING DYNASTY

Standing on rocks with their head turned slightly, their plumage picked out

in green, yellow, aubergine and black, 35cm. (2)

£800-1,000

576

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PRUNUS JAR AND COVER

KANGXI 1662-1722

Typically decorated with blossoming prunus on a cracked-ice ground,

the cover perhaps associated, 24cm. (2)

£600-800

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased

from Christie’s, London, 5th February, 1998, lot 434.

577

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE MODELS OF COCKERELS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Standing proudly on rocks with their heads to the side, their plumage well

defined, 26cm. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the

1970s and 1980s.

Cf. PJ Donnelly Blanc de Chine pl.109, C for a similar example.

578

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING STYLE BOWL

PROBABLY YONGZHENG

After the Xuande original painted with stylised bands with interlaced

scrolls and flowerheads, the exterior with a band of square scrolls above

formal lappets, the base with a six characer Xuande mark, 15.7cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the collection of David and Margaret Mellis, Presbyterian

missionaries in China, c.1900-1914.

Cf. S Pierson, Blue and White for China Porcelain Treasures in the Percival

David Collection, p.24 no.4, where Xuande and Yongzheng bowls of this design

are compared.

579

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODELS

OF COCKERELS

QING DYNASTY

Proudly standing with their heads turned and cockscombs

raised, their plumage brightly coloured, each standing on

a rockwork base, 20.5cm. (2)

£200-300

580

A CHINESE ‘SWATOW’ BLUE AND WHITE DISH

17TH CENTURY

The centre painted with aquatic birds within a border

decorated with panels of prunus and bamboo, 28cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed

1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s London, 29th

October 1998, lot 407.

581

A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a small Kangxi blue and white vase and a

cup, a Nonya ware small bowl, a celadon-ground lotus

dish, a wan shou wu jiang dish, and a bowl decorated with

figures, 18.5cm. (6)

£300-500

582

A CHINESE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTS

BOWL AND COVER

LATE QING / REPUBLIC PERIOD

Decorated with dragons and other mythical creatures on

a bianco-sopra-bianco wave ground, Qianlong seal marks,

10.6cm. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED

WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

580 581 582

577 578 579

574 575 576

111

584 585

583

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583

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE PANEL

QING DYNASTY

Painted with two quail with peony and chrysanthemum issuing from

rockwork, mounted in a wood frame, 31cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Charles William Martin, 1850-96 of Quorn

Place, Leicestershire. In 1886, Martin founded the Quorn Ranch Company in

Alberta, Canada, one of the most famous British North American ranches,

importing British horses and Angus cattle to the area.

584

A CHINESE FIGURE OF ZHANG GUO LAO

20TH CENTURY

The Immortal stands holding a section of bamboo, wearing long flowing robes,

the base with an impressed seal mark of Zeng Longsheng, 1900-64, 37cm.

£800-1,200

585

LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF MAGU

20TH CENTURY

Standing wearing colourful floral robes and holding a vase containing

peaches, 45.5cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

586

587

113

586

THREE CHINESE PORCELAIN

RECTANGULAR PLAQUES

20TH CENTURY

One painted with a landscape, another with figures

beneath a pine tree, a third with scruffy birds on a

branch, all with wood frames, 41cm x 26cm. (3)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED

WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

587

A SET OF FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE

‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ PLAQUES

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each decorated with two of the Eight Immortals

standing next to trees and craggy rocks, all with

calligraphy above, 31cm x 23cm. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: from an English private collection, given to

the current owner’s father in the 1970s.

588

No lot

591 592

589

590

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589

TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OGEE-SHAPED BOWLS

AND COVERS

SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS BUT PROBABLY

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each side painted with a scaly dragon and a phoenix admist colourful swirling

clouds, the interiors with central medallions of writhing dragons encircled by

stylised flames, the covers similarly decorated, 19.5cm and 26cm. (4)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Mr T Szema (d.1954), whose father set up a

sugar business with companies and residences in Shanghai, Kobe, Kaoshung and

Taipei, and thence by descent.

590

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE CUP

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Moulded with three prunus sprigs and with later metal mounts, a paper label

for R&G McPherson, and a qingbai bowl moulded with six ribs, 19cm. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

591

A CHINESE ‘WU SHUANG PU’ FOOTED DISH

LATE QING DYNASTY

Decorated with Fu Sheng and calligraphy within a border of magpies, the

reverse with peaches and bats, a stippled engraved mark, 27cm.

£300-500

592

A PAIR OF CHINESE DOUCAI ‘LOTUS’ SCROLL ENDS, ZHOUTOU

LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each of tapering cylindrical form, decorated with stylised blossoms on leafy

scrolls, 4cm. (2)

£200-300

596

593 594

595

115

593

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BUTTERFIES BOWL

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

1821-50

The exterior painted with twelve colourful butterflies amidst flowers, the

interior with a peach and bat roundel, 17cm.

£1,000-2,000

594

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE MOULDED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL

KANGXI 1662-1722

The exterior painted with three dragons in blue, turquoise and aubergine

chasing pearls and above a moulded band of lotus petals, decorated with

auspicious things, the interior with a single pearl and four flame wisps, the

base with a six character Jiajing mark and a paper label for Bluett & Sons,

20cm.

£2,000-3,000

595

A SMALL CHINESE COPPER-RED ‘CHILONG’ BOTTLE VASE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Painted with a sinuous dragon emitting streams of vapour, the base with a

Kangxi mark, 12.5cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Mr T Szema (d.1954), whose father set up a

sugar business with companies and residences in Shanghai, Kobe, Kaoshung and

Taipei, and thence by descent.

596

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BAJIXIANG’ BEAKER VASE, GU

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Of archaic bronze form, decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems reserved

on a white ground, the interior and base with turquoise enamel, the centre

with a six character Qianlong mark, 24cm.

£1,000-2,000

598 599

597

116 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

597

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND PROBABLY

OF THE PERIOD

The exterior painted with four phoenix divided by stylised

foliage, between fine iron red and gilded line borders,

22.3cm.

£1,000-2,000

598

A CHINESE IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ WINE CUP

SIX CHARACTER TONGZHI MARK AND PERHAPS

OF THE PERIOD

The exterior painted with two striding five-clawed dragons,

divided by flaming pearls above breaking waves, 6cm.

£500-800

599

A CHINESE ‘FU LU SHOU’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE

PERIOD 1821-50

The exterior painted with bats, deer, cranes, a boy carrying an

enormous peach beaneath a pine tree, 17.4cm.

£800-1,200

602

600 601

117

600

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘SANDUO’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

1796-1820

The ogee-shaped bowl decorated to the exterior with

butterflies and other insects on large green leaves, the

interior with the Three Abundances, together with a wood

stand, 14.5cm. (2)

£300-500

601

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BUTTERFLIES’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

The exterior brightly enamelled with three large butterflies

and another smaller amidst bamboo, chrysanthemum, peony

and rockwork, the interior with two peaches and a bat,

10cm.

£500-1,000

602

A CHINESE CARVED WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN

BRUSHPOT, BITONG

QING DYNASTY

Decorated with an elegant mountain landscape, with a lake,

trees, rocks and a fenced garden, the base with a Chen

Guozhi zuo mark,13.6cm.

£400-600

118 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

603

A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN VASE

REPUBLIC PERIOD

The elongated pear-shaped body decorated with small boats on a lake in an

extensive mountainous landscape, the reverse with a poem, the rim and foot

with blue enamelled borders, the base with a four character Qianlong mark,

together with a wood stand and a glazed fitted box, 10cm. (2)

£500-800

604

A FINE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN

‘BUTTERFLIES’ BOTTLE VASE AND A CUP

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each delicately enamelled, the vase with five butterflies and pink petals, the

cup with birds perched on rockwork amidst flowers, both with a poem to the

reverse, a four character Qianlong marks, 13cm. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: From the collection of Rosa Anne Allen (d.2015), purchased in

the 1960s.

607

605 606

119

605

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTION VASE

20TH CENTURY

Each face painted with a single large fruit or vegetable, a four character

Jing de zhen zhi mark, 43cm.

£500-800

606

A CHINESE ‘BATS’ BOWL

PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD

The body decorated with iron-red bats against a turquoise ground, a six

character Qianlong iron-red seal mark to the base, 14.5cm.

£300-500

607

A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE

‘FLOWERS AND WUFU’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND PROBABLY OF

THE PERIOD

Each with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to an

everted rim, the exterior densely decorated with multi-coloured

flowering stylised flowers, including lilies, hibiscus and

finger-citron blossoms, set against curling foliate scrolls, the

white interior decorated in iron-red with five bats, 17.5cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

610 611

608

609

120 See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

608

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘THE ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN

CHAMBER’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

The exterior painted with four panels depicting scenes from the Xi Xiang Ji,

the interior with five boys playing with a ball, 20.3cm.

£800-1,200

609

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL

MID MING DYNASTY

The interior painted with a large panel containing lotus flowers, surrounded

by a wide band of peonies, the exterior with further stylised lotus

flowerheads, a paper label for Robert McPherson, London, 32.5cm.

£500-800

610

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘SOFT PASTE’ VASES

18TH CENTURY

Variously decorated with figures, flowers, and a qilin, 21cm. (4)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence

by descent through the family.

611

FIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

16TH CENTURY AND KANGXI

Variously decorated with rockwork, flowers and insects; an hexagonal Kangxi

saucer and a Japanese blue and white dish, painted with peony and incised

with lotus, 28cm. (7)

£300-500

614

612 613

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612

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VESSEL

KANGXI 1622-1722

The compressed circular body painted with fish, waterweed and crustacea,

the rim with precious things, the shoulder set with metal handles, a

reticulated wood cover, 25cm. (2)

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from

Sotheby’s, 8th April 1997, lot 17.

613

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL

TRANSITIONAL C.1650

The exterior painted with chrysanthemum, prunus and two magpies, the

interior with further flowers, rocks and insects, a six character Shen de Tang

bo gu zhi mark, 19.5cm.

£1,500-2,500

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from

Christie’s London, 22nd January 1998, lot 410.

614

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JAR

TRANSITIONAL C.1650

Painted with seven figures amidst bamboo, the base with a rabbit mark,17cm.

£600-800

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, a paper label

for Phillips, sale number 451, lot 506.

617 618

615 616

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617

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DUCKS’ PLATE

SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1662-1722

Painted with an aquatic scene of two ducks beneath overhanging

branches, the border with the Three Friends of Winter, paper labels for

R&G McPherson, and Nicholas Panes Collection, 20.5cm.

£500-1,000

618

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED

‘LOTUS’ DISHES

SIX-CHARACTER KANGXI MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD

1662-1722

Decorated with flowers radiating to the rim on both the interior and exterior,

the central roundel with lotus and scrolls, paper labels for the Nicholas Panes

Collection, 15.5cm. (2)

£800-1,200

615

THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY’ DISHES

KANGXI 1662-1722

Each boldly painted with an overall design of peony flower-heads and foliage,

39cm. (3)

£300-500

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence

by descent through the family.

These three dishes are recorded in the Christie, Manson & Woods’ inventory at

Broome Park, in December 1916 on page 66, under the title heading of ‘Blue and

White Porcelain’.

616

THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE WINE COOLERS

18TH CENTURY

Each with a shaped rim and moulded upright handles, painted with stylised

flower sprays and complex floral borders, 25cm. (3)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence

by descent through the family.

621 622

619 620

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621

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with figures on a rocky ledge and another in a sampan in a

mountainous river landscape, 26cm.

£1,500-2,500

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from

Christie’s London, 19th February 1998, lot 304.

622

THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID JARS AND COVERS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Each decorated with young ladies engaged in various pursuits, including

playing go and walking in a fenced garden, the covers with boys, two with

artemisia leaf marks, one with a label for Marchant, London, the others with

the covers probably associated, 9.5cm. (6)

£1,500-2,500

619

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK WINE EWER AND COVER

WANLI, 1573-1620

Painted with panels of chrysanthemum, the cover with flower sprays and

perhaps associated, paper labels for R&G McPherson Antiques, and The

Nicholas Panes Collection, 19cm. (2)

£2,000-3,000

620

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

The body painted with alternate lotus and chrysanthemum sprays between

floral lappets, a ribbon tied lozenge mark, 35cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003.

END OF SALE

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CHRONOLOGY OF JAPAN

Jōmon Period

ca.10,000 BC-ca.300 BC

Yayoi Period

ca.300 BC-552 AD

Asuka Period

552-645

Nara Period

645-794

Heian Period

794-1185

Kamakura Period

1185-1333

Muromachi Period

1333-1573

Namboku-Chō Period

1336-1392

Momoyama Period

1568-1615

Bunroku Era 1592-1596

Keicho Era 1596-1615

Edo Period 1615-1868

Kan’ei Era 1624-1644

Kanbun Era 1661-1673

Genroku Era 1688-1704

An’ei Era 1772-1781

Tenmei Era 1781-1789

Kansei Era 1789-1801

Kyowa Era 1801-1804

Bunka Era 1804-1818

Bunsei Era 1818-1830

Tenpo Era 1830-1844

Koka Era 1844-1848

Kaei Era 1848-1854

Ansei Era 1854-1860

Man’ei Era 1860-1861

Bunkyu Era 1861-1864

Genji Era 1864-1865

Keio Era 1865-1868

Meiji Era 1868-1912

Taisho Era 1912-1926

Showa Era 1926-1989

Heisei Era 1989-2019

Reiwa Era 2019-present

JAPANESE & KOREAN

WORKS OF ART

THURSDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2023

10.00am

LOTS 700-894

Lot 861 reverse

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700

A LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH

EDO PERIOD, 1670-90

The foliate dish decorated in underglaze blue and with a brown rim, painted

with two men in Chinese garments seated in a pavilion and two others on a

bridge, with prunus, pine and maple trees issuing from rockwork to the side,

and scrolling clouds above; the reverse painted with a continuous band of

karakusa scrolls and a fuku mark, 29.8cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£100-200

See the Royal Collection Trust, access. no. RCIN 58992 for four other dishes

with the same decoration in the British Royal Collection. Also, see M Fitski,

Kakiemon Porcelain, a Handbook, p.82, no.90 for another example at the

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

702

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH

EDO PERIOD, 1670-1700

Decorated with a small bird perched on a vase containing flowers and leafy

sprigs, the cavetto with a large border of stylised flowerheads and scrolling

tendrils, 27.7cm.

£200-300

703

A PAIR OF JAPANESE MOULDED PEONY DISHES

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Both with light celadon bodies decorated in low relief, moulded with

concentric rings to the reverse, both raised on a short foot and with a

white base, both 18.2cm. (2)

£100-200

701

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE & WHITE BOWL

EDO PERIOD, C.1670-1740

The deep straight body raised on a short foot and with a flared neck, the foliate

rim with a brown edge; decorated in underglaze blue with two figures observing

a butterfly to the well, one holding a parasol; the sides with a flowering prunus

tree and other flowers emerging from behind rockwork; the exterior with a

similar design of a gnarled cherry tree to one side and stylised flowers and rocks

to the reverse; the base with a fuku mark within a doubled-lined square, 11.3cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£100-200

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent, purchased from

R&G McPherson Antiques, London. Formerly in the J Johnston Collection, no.701,

and the J Drew Collection, no.216.

Cf. S Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl.73D for a barbed rim dish with similar decoration.

703

702

701

700

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704

A LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK-STYLE DISH

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

The well painted with large chrysanthemum and peony blossoms beside a

triangular fence, framed by a border of alternating panels enclosing further

flowers; with three Christie’s paper labels underneath, 40.6cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from a British private collection formed between 1970-2003,

purchased from Christie’s London, 5th February 1998, lot 442.

705

A LARGE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK-STYLE DISH

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

The well painted with a large tripod vase containing fruiting branches of

pomegranate and peony flowers, framed by a border of alternating panels

enclosing further pomegranates, peonies and other blooms, 42.2cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from an English private collection, given to the current owner’s father

in the 1970s.

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708

TWO JAPANESE IMARI DISHES

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

Both with a foliate rim and decorated in underglaze blue, gilt and

polychrome enamels with a spray of chrysanthemum to the centre,

framed by alternating panels enclosing ho-o birds, plants and scrolling

tendrils; each with a band of karakusa scrolls to the reverse, 27.8cm and

28.5cm respectively. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

707

A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE BLUE AND WHITE

DISHES

17TH CENTURY

For the Japanese market, each foliate dish decorated to the well with an

egret wading amongst lotus, both with radiating patterns to the cavetto

and a band of chevrons above, the rims with mushikui frits and each with

branches to the reverse, one with a mark reading Dai Ming Chenghua

nian zhi, both with a paper label reading ‘Christie’s 4 February 1999, lot

357’, 21cm and 20.3cm. (2)

£200-300

Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003.

706

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The foliate body painted with a central medallion enclosing two large

peaches on a leafy branch, with a brown rim and three concentric rings

to the reverse, the base with a fuku mark, 21.3cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of David and Margaret Mellis, Presbyterian

missionaries in China, c.1900-14.

Cf. O Impey, C J A Jörg and C Mason, Dragons, Tigers and Bamboo, Japanese

Porcelain and its Impact in Europe, p.77, fig.28 for another dish with the

same decoration. The authors suggest these dishes may be early examples of

the Kakiemon workshop.

708

707

706

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711

A JAPANESE IMARI MOULDED BOWL & COVER

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

The deep U-shaped body raised on a short straight foot, typically decorated

in underglaze blue, gilt, and red enamels; the inside with a chrysanthemum

flowerhead to the centre and three large sprays of chrysanthemum, the

decoration repeated on the inside of the cover; the exteriors with many

shishi prancing amongst flowering branches of chrysanthemum, some of the

blooms moulded in low relief; 17cm max. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of David Stopher, Kent.

710

A TALL JAPANESE IMARI TRUMPET-SHAPED VASE

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

The slender body typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red and pink

enamels, with variously-shaped panels enclosing landscapes and flowers,

on the dark-blue ground embellished with gilt leaves and scrolling tendrils,

34.3cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

709

A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI BOWL

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The deep body decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, yellow, red, orange, green and

purple enamels, the well painted to the centre with a spray of peony and the

cavetto with chrysanthemum tied up to bamboo canes, the rim with a band of

clouds and fruiting branches in gilt on the dark blue ground; the reverse with a

mountainous river landscape above two floral borders; an elderly man and two

boy attendants crossing a bridge to one side, and a pavilion by a waterfall to the

other, the base with a chrysanthemum mon, 37.7cm.

£400-600

711

710

709

712 713

714

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714

A JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE BOWL AND COVER

EDO PERIOD, 1660-80

The bulbous body raised on a flared foot, with curved side handles and the

cover topped with a seated shishi; decorated in underglaze blue and bright

polychrome enamels with pavilions in landscapes, with large trees issuing

from rockwork, in between borders of triangular lappets and flowerheads,

14.2cm. (2)

£200-300

Provenance: the property of a Gentleman.

Cf. C J A Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch collections,

pp.72-73, for a related bowl and cover. The author explains that the unusual

shape may have been inspired by a silver model and was probably made for

export. The decoration places this piece between early enamelled wares and the

developing Kakiemon style.

712

A JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE DECAGONAL DISH

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The foliate body brightly decorated in polychrome enamels on the bright

nigoshide body, with a curled-up dragon to the well and a continuous design

to the cavetto depicting a minogame (flaming tortoise), two cranes, pine,

prunus and bamboo; the reverse left undecorated, 22.3cm.

£600-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of David and Margaret Mellis, Presbyterian

missionaries in China, c.1900-1914.

Cf. J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in

Europe 1650-1750, p.153, no.123 for a dish with the same decoration.

713

A FINE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE MOULDED DISH

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The foliate body decorated in bright polychrome enamels with a finger citron

and leafy spray to the well, the cavetto with a continuous border enclosing

birds in flight in between bamboo, prunus and pine; moulded in shallow relief

with flowers and leafy tendrils; 18.6cm.

£1,000-1,500

Provenance: the property of a Gentleman.

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715

A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA MODELS OF HENS

EDO PERIOD, 1670-1730

Both crisply moulded with long tail feathers painted in underglaze blue, gilt, red, cyan and black enamels; each standing on a rocky

outcrop with a russet-brown glaze, and with green fungi and leaves applied to the sides; the chickens depicted standing in opposite

directions, 23.8cm and 23.5cm respectively. (2)

£3,000-5,000

Cf. see J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.188, no.177 for a similar model of a

hen from a private collection, on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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716

A RARE JAPANESE KAKIEMON ‘HAMPTON COURT’ VASE AND COVER

EDO PERIOD, 1670-90

The slender hexagonal body with tapering sides and a short straight neck, each side painted with tall sprays of iris painted in yellow,

cyan, iron-red, navy-blue and black overglaze enamels; the shoulder and cover with matching patterns of karakusa scrolls and red peony

flowerheads; the neck with a key fret border and the bud-shaped knop both in underglaze blue, 37.5cm. (2)

£4,000-6,000

Cf. J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.173, no.153, for another jar and cover with

similar decoration from a private collection, which is described as ‘almost unique’.

When first produced in Arita for the Western market in the 17th century, these brightly-coloured porcelain pieces caused considerable delight: after

centuries of blue and white China, they offered a bright touch to the fashionably dark interiors of the time. The earliest mention of this type of jar

dates from an account of a sale in Holland in 1680: The red assortment was much desired. 36 show pots for cabinets, cost price 2 florins, nine

s. sold at Enkuisen for 140 florins (the ‘red assortment’ was the term used then for vases with polychrome decoration).

Hexagonal vases of the same distinctive form and decorated in the Kakiemon palette are known as ‘Hampton Court’ jars, after similar examples

that survive at Hampton Court Palace, access. no. RCIN 1094.1-2, 1178.1-2, 1050.1-2, 1047.1-2, 1110.1-2. These vases were originally in the

collection of Mary Stuart and William II of Orange. After marrying the Dutch Stadtholder in 1677, Mary became patroness of the Delft porcelain

factories and a keen collector of ceramics. Together with Huguenot architect Daniel Marot (1661-1752), they created a new style of interior at the

Palace of Het Loo in Apeldoorn, with her collection in pride of place. Paintings were hung between pilasters decked with porcelain on gilt brackets, and

a pediment-shaped pyramid of ceramics took centre stage over the fireplace. The publication of Oeuvres du Sr. D Marot (c.1703 or 1712), including

engravings illustrating this type of interiors, helped to popularise the William and Mary style and the fashion of collecting porcelain.

Jars from the original collection of William and Mary are still housed today in several royal palaces, including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

Some of the pieces were also dispersed, since after Mary’s death a proportion was left to Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albermarle; others are

said to have descended from William IV to his illegitimate daughter Lady Augusta Fitzclarence (1803–65).

Colourful Japanese porcelain made its way into other European courts, including the collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of

Saxony, in Dresden. Fashionable ladies trying to emulate the royal taste would also spend huge amounts of money on porcelain collecting, so much so

that some were said to have ruined their families and estates. Colourful 17th century Japanese porcelain can still be seen today at Burghley House,

Woburn Abbey and other grand houses around Europe.

The ‘Hampton Court’ jars feature a variety of patterns. However, this style of decoration is particularly rare as it seems to be known on only two

pieces: the other jar is illustrated in J Ayers, et. al., ‘Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750’, p.173, no.153. The use of

blue enamels for the scrolls around the shoulder is also less common than most other examples which tend to feature iron-red and green. Due to their

popularity, pieces decorated in the Kakiemon palette became extensively copied, first at Meissen in Germany, and then at many other early porcelain

factories across Europe.

Daniel Marot, interior

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719

A TALL MODEL OF A CAT

PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Realistically modelled after the Arita original, seated with its head turned

towards the back and its front right paw raised; decorated in iron-red, gilt and

black enamels, 25cm.

£300-500

See Sothey’s London, Fine Japanese Art, 3 November 2020, lot 68 for

two examples of the Japanese 17th century original with similar postures

and colouring.

720

A PAIR OF HIRADO MODELS OF SHISHI

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The lion dogs depicted baring their teeth, seated on their haunches with their

paws resting on reticulated balls; their curled manes, tails, and other details

picked out in underglaze blue, both 15cm. (2)

£300-500

717

A PAIR OF JAPANESE MODELS OF KITSUNE (FOXES)

EDO PERIOD, DATED 1769

The two stylised animals modelled seated on their haunches, each raised on

a polygonal base; the male depicted baring its teeth; each with the same long

inscription incised on its back reading ‘Hojo, Hosono mura, Komura Jihei, Meiwa

rokunen, ushi, juichigatsu hi’ (Votive dedication by Mr Komura Jihei of Hosono

village, a day in the 11th month of the Year of Ox, in Meiwa 6th year -1769),

both 26cm. (2)

£150-250

718

TWO JAPANESE HIRADO BLUE AND WHITE MODELS OF

MONKEYS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The two groups depicted in front of a leafy tree, with adults surrounded by

smaller primates, all raised on rocky bases with details highlighted in blue

glaze, both 10.4cm. (2)

£300-500

717

719

718

720

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723

A JAPANESE RED AND GILT DISH

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Richly decorated with a radiating design of various brocade patterns, with

roundels enclosing formal motifs of cash and floral tendrils, 21.3cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of David and Margaret Mellis, Presbyterian

missionaries in China, c.1900-1914.

724

TWO JAPANESE POLYCHROME BOWLS

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

The first with a foliate body, decorated in the Kakiemon style with a

prancing kirin, the cavetto with pomegranates and prunus flowers on leafy

branches, the reverse with another spray of prunus and flowers floating on

the breeze; the other shaped as a curled-up lotus leaf, with various insects

painted inside and out, the base impressed with a seal mark; together with

a Chinese mammoth tooth seal with two lion dogs disputing a brocade ball,

13.2cm max. (3)

£200-300

721

A JAPANESE BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The tall high-waisted body with splashes of lustrous russet glaze, on a matt

silvery-black ground; the rim with a kintsugi gold lacquer repair; together with

a wood box and cover, 26cm. (2)

£300-500

722

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall bulbous body raised on a splayed foot, richly decorated in underglaze

blue with shaped panels enclosing figures in landscapes, on a dense ground

of flowers and bamboo, with birds perched amongst the foliage; between

borders of reishi heads, lappets, jewels and other formal designs, the

underside of the lid signed Ryuho seisei, 20cm.(2)

£200-300

723 724

721 722

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726

A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY KOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall slender bodies richly painted in gilt and polychrome enamels,

each with a large rectangular panel enclosing figures before pavilions in

mountainous landscapes, on a dense background of wisteria, chrysanthemum

and other flowers by a stream, each signed Kozan and with remnants of

paper labels reading ‘Y Taniguchi, Kobe, Japan’, 31.6cm. (2)

£200-400

727

725 726

725

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY SHOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall square-section bodies each with a circular foot and rim; both

decorated with rectangular panels enclosing many figures in interiors and

in luxuriant gardens; framed by bands of chevrons and with a dense border

of flowerheads to the shoulders; each vase signed Shozan zo under the

Shimazu mon, both 25cm. (2)

£300-500

727

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES BY GYOKUZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each decorated in gilt and polychrome enamels with shaped panels enclosing

figures in luxuriant gardens and interiors, on a dense ground of brocade

patterns, flowers, and other formal designs, both signed underneath

Satsuma yaki, Dai Nihon, Gyokuzan zo, 16cm. (2)

£100-200

137

728

A JAPANESE SATSUMA TRUMPET-SHAPED VASE BY GYOKUZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall body with a flared neck and raised on four bamboo-shaped legs,

decorated with three rectangular panels enclosing figures in landscapes,

one a small boy running whilst playing with his kite; on a dark-blue ground

painted with flowers and brocade patterns in gilt, signed Gyokuzan zo under

the Shimazu mon underneath, 15cm.

£300-500

730

729 728

729

A TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY HOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The baluster body delicately painted with a daimyo and his retinue

travelling to Edo for the sankin kotai; the winding procession of samurai

painted in diminishing sizes creating an impression of perspective; some on

horseback, others on foot carrying banners, boxes and other paraphernalia;

between dense bands of flowers above the foot and to the shoulder, and

with various mon and keyfret borders; the base signed Hozan under the

Shimazu mon, 30.8cm.

£1,000-2,000

730

TWO JAPANESE SATSUMA DISHES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both painted with figures, in an interior and in a

garden by a lake; the largest dish with a border of

cell diaper and stylised birds, the other with leafy

foliage; the reverse of both dishes with a deep

navy-blue ground, the largest signed Hozan

and the other Hasegawa, 18.8cm and 15.5cm

respectively. (2)

£400-600

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733

A LARGE JAPANESE VASE

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The bulbous body with a tall straight neck, decorated with large sprays

of white and orange chrysanthemum on a blue graduated ground, with a

lustrous green glaze dripping from the rim and a band of key fret in gilt to

the foot, a six-character signature reading Shinto Kaisha seizo (for the Kobe

Porcelain Company) and with two further impressed marks, 39.3cm.

£200-300

732

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY SEIKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The bulbous body raised on a short foot and with an elongated neck,

elegantly decorated in gilt and polychrome enamels with large flowering

sprays of chrysanthemum and peony on a coral-red ground; with a wide

band of flowerheads amongst stylised waves below the rim; the base signed

Seikozan, 18.5cm.

£150-250

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the

1970s and 1980s.

731

A FINE JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Delicately painted to the interior with three petal-shaped panels enclosing

many figures, including boys playing go; the cavetto with a border of

rectangular cartouches variously painted with landscapes, birds and flowers,

and further figures, in between borders of key fret and triangular patterns;

the reverse with three large peony flowerheads, brocade patterns and

shippo-tsunagi coin designs; the base with a square gilt cartouche reading

Kinkozan zo and with another Kinkozan impressed mark, 12.6cm.

£1,000-1,500

733 732

731

736 737

734 735

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TWO KOREAN CELADON BOWLS

POSSIBLY GORYEO, 13TH CENTURY OR LATER

The largest incised with patterns of flowers and scrolling tendrils to the well;

the other with petals to the exterior; 20cm and 16.6cm respectively. (2)

£500-1,000

737

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND KOREAN PIECES

ALL PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

Comprising: a white-glazed bowl with a wide rim; two small celadon

bowls, a hexagonal cup and a Shino ware footed cup painted with foliage,

12.2cm max. (5)

£150-250

734

TWO JAPANESE BIZEN WARE PIECES

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

One a small rounded jar with a waisted neck, the other a rectangular kogo box

and cover decorated with a shishi in low relief; together with a celadon footed

cup, possibly Korean, 13cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£150-250

735

THREE KOREAN SANGGAM SLIP-INLAID CELADON PIECES

POSSIBLY GORYEO, 13TH CENTURY OR LATER

All three decorated with flower sprays, two shaped as footed bowls and the

third a small shallow dish; the largest bowl with butterflies and flowers to

the well, 20.8cm max. (3)

£1,000-2,000

738

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738

A KOREAN TEN-FOLD HWAJO (BIRDS AND FLOWERS) SCREEN

JOSEON DYNASTY AND LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

In minhwa (folk) style, each panel painted in ink and colour on paper, with

stylised birds and other animals depicted in vivid colours on the buff ground,

each panel with calligraphy, signed by various artists including Yi Dong-Myeong,

183.5cm x 445cm.

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: a private English collection, acquired in Seoul in the 1960s.

Birds and flowers were the most common and popular subjects in minhwa paintings

due to their brilliant colours. Birds are usually depicted as a male and female pair,

which symbolizes conjugal harmony and a peaceful home.

739

739

A KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE DRAGON VASE

JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

The globular body with an uneven straight neck, decorated with a large writhing

dragon chasing a flaming pearl of wisdom underneath a band of stylised bullocho

fungi of immortality, 18.2cm.

£700-1,000

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A KOREAN BRASS CANDLESTICK WITH BUTTERFLY

20TH CENTURY

The tall stem raised on a stepped base and with a large butterfly reflector to the top; a

rectangular panel to the side decorated in openwork with a small bird perched on a flower and

with bamboo branches beside it, 157.5cm. (2)

£200-300

740

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742

AFTER KANMEI HIROAKI

BAKEMONO NO E (ILLUSTRATIONS OF SUPERNATURAL CREATURES)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

A Japanese bakemono makimono (handscroll paintings of monsters) forming an illustrated index of fantastic creatures; painted in ink and colour on thin,

lightweight paper; starting with a group of figures seated around a lantern, followed by a large number of ghosts, monsters, and other mythical creatures,

each otherworldly creature identified by an inscription handwritten above it, with a long inscription at the end translating as ‘the sun is bright, the shadows

are diminished [...], the mind is strange, the heart is strange, and the mind is attached to the spirits’, 26cm x 1792cm. (4)

£500-1,000

741

KANO DOSHUN FUKUNOBU (D.1723)

VIEW OF LAKE BIWA

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

A Japanese six-fold miniature byobu screen, in ink, colour and gold leaf on

paper, decorated with an extensive view of Lake Biwa in the Omi Province,

with many figures engaged in daily pursuits, some riding horses and others on

small boats; with a temple on stilts on the right, and Mount Fuji towering in the

distance; signed lower right corner Doshun hitsu (Painted by Doshun) and with

a gourd-shaped red seal mark reading Shosei; mounted with a silk frame; the

reverse with a paper label reading ‘Loan 293’, 49cm x 119.5cm; together with a

purpose-built cardboard box from the Museum of Applied Arts and Science to

house the screen. (2)

£1,500-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Lt Col. William Albert Harrison (1867-1947), and

thence by descent. On loan from 1923-2023 to the Museum of Applied Arts and

Science, Sydney, Australia.

Harrison was born in Calcutta, India, and attended the Royal Military Academy in

Woolwich. He served in the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force (1889-1890), the China

Expeditionary Force (1900, Boxer Rebellion) and World War I (1914-1918). He retired

from the army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1919, emigrating to Australia in 1923 and

settling in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood where he died on the 8 October 1948.

The screen was acquired by Harrison whilst serving in China in 1900 and was loaned

to the Sydney Technological Museum (later the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences)

very soon after his arrival in Australia in 1923. In 2023, on the expiry date of the full

loan, the museum traced Harrison’s surviving descendant in the UK and the screen was

subsequently returned to the family.

Doshun (also known as Shuseisai) studied under master Kano Masunobu (Toun,

1625-94). Together with other artists including Kano Tsunenobu (1636–1713), he

painted inner walls of the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto. He is also known to have

produced screens with other painters such as Kano Chikanobu (1636-1713), as

tributes to the Korean King of the Joseon Dynasty.

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ANONYMOUS

KITSUNE AND BAKEMONO

EDO OR MEIJI,

19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese makimono

(handscroll paintings), probably

from a set of three; in ink and

colour and mounted on paper

with gold flakes; depicting the

story of a cursed man and

his unfortunate encounters

with kitsune (fox spirits),

followed by his peregrination

in Hell, where he meets a

large number of bakemono

(monsters); 26.5cm x 1200cm

and 26.5cm x 1394cm

respectively. (2)

£800-1,200

743

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744

KANO SCHOOL

BIRDS AND PINE

PROBABLY EDO, 18TH CENTURY

A Japanese two-fold byobu (paper screen), ink, colour and gold on paper, painted with birds in flight and perched amongst pine, bamboo and leafy peony sprays;

a stream meandering behind them and with dark clouds above, 147cm x 134cm.

£500-800

Provenance: a private English collection, acquired in Tokyo c.1969.

Baroness Juli

Bodenhausen

Degener (Luli Deste)

Schloss Neubeuern, Bavaria

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ANONYMOUS

THE SHAKA TRIAD

MUROMACHI OR LATER, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER

A large and impressive Japanese painting, in ink, colour and gilt on

silk, with the central figure of Buddha Shakyamuni raised on a lotus

throne, with a jewelled canopy above him and a double halo behind,

his hands in the vitarka mudra; Fugen Bosatsu seated beside him on

his white elephant and holding the long stem of a lotus flower, Monju

Bosatsu on the other side riding his shishi whilst holding a nyoi sceptre,

the Historical Buddha and the two bodhisattvas depicted in gilt; the

Shaka Triad surrounded by twenty other guardian deities, protectors

of the Sutra and all those who recite it, including Xuanzang (602-664),

the translator of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra painted in

the lower right corner, the Chinese Buddhist monk holding a scroll

and brush, his protector the Great General of the Desert Jinja Daisho

standing before him; the central panel surrounded by a painted border

of gilt dragons amongst scrolling clouds, and large peony flowerheads

amongst scrolling tendrils imitating a silk mount, framed and glazed,

the central panel 129.5cm x 57.5cm, 211.5cm x 85.5cm overall.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the estate of the late Baroness von Hohenberg,

formerly, from the collection of Baron Eberhard Bodenhausen-Degener

(1868-1918) of Schloss Neubeuern, Bavaria; by descent to Baroness

Juli (Luli) Bodenhausen Degener, who married Baron Gottfried von

Meyern Hohenberg; by descent to Baron Gottfried Eberhard von Meyern

Hohenberg, and thence by descent.

Baroness Juli Bodenhausen-Degener (1902-51) was a German-American

actress also known under the name ‘Luli Deste’. She grew up at Schloss

Neubeuern in Bavaria. The castle was owned by her uncle, Jan von

Wendelstadt (1856-1909), who was an avid art collector. He often invited

her father, Baron Eberhard Bodenhausen-Degener (1868-1918), to stay

with him at the castle. Under Jan, the Schloss also became a cultural

centre with many German artists and intellectuals visiting him.

Jan brought back a large number of souvenirs from his trips to the East,

including Chinese bronzes, Japanese screens, and porcelain. A massive

pair of Chinese lion dogs were displayed in pride of place in the gardens of

the castle.

See the Metropolitan Museum, New York, access. no. 2012.18 for

another painting of the Historical Buddha with attendants with a similar

composition dated to the late 14th century.

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746

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746

ANONYMOUS

BEAUTY AT HER DESK

PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

A Japanese painting, ink and colour on paper, depicting a beauty

wearing a Chinese dress by a desk laden with vessels, one a

vase with a peacock feather, inscribed at the back Hyaku-juusan,

Fujiaki Tadashi zo (Number 113, in the collection of Fujiaki

Tadashi), 33.5cm x 47.5cm, framed and glazed.

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Major-General Ian Lyall Grant

MC, RE (1915-2020), and thence by descent. After World War II,

Major-General Grant co-founded the Burma Campaign Fellowship

Group to reconcile those who had fought each other in Burma. He

published a number of works about his experience in the Army,

including ‘Burma 1942: The Japanese Invasion’ (1999). He was

a keen collector of antiques and gems, travelling extensively in

Japan, China and the Far East, and he later became a Fellow of the

Gemmolological Association of Great Britain (FGA).

747

KANO KOI (C.1569-1636)

PAVILIONS IN A LANDSCAPE

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

A Japanese Kano School scroll painting, ink on paper, depicting

small figures in buildings in a mountainous landscape, with a red

seal mark lower left corner, 79cm x 27.5cm.

£100-150

Provenance: from the collection of the Rev. Cyril Chase.

748

MIO GOSEKI (1885-1946)

TIGER

20TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll painting), ink and colour on

silk, depicting a large roaring tiger baring its teeth whilst crouching

on a rocky outcrop, signed Goseki and sealed Mio Goseki lower left

corner, together with two wood boxes, 124.5cm x 42.5cm. (3)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£100-200

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

750

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KANO GYOKUEN NAGANOBU (1816-80)

SHOKA/SHOKO (DATES UNKNOWN)

EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), both ink and colour on paper, one in Chinese style

depicting travellers visiting a scholar, his young attendant receiving the visitors at the door of the thatched

pavilion; the mountainous river landscape extending beyond them, signed lower left Gyokuen Naganobu hitsu

and with the seal Kano, 123.5cm x 54cm; the other painting depicting a flowering branch of camellia, signed

Shoka/ Shoko and with a red seal mark, 26.6cm x 31.2cm. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

£200-300

750

YOSHIZAWA SOZAN (ACT. 1875-85)

SHIBA KEISEN (ACT. 1900-30)

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Two Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), ink and colour on paper, the

first depicting an armour-clad samurai beating a drum, with line of calligraphy

above reading ‘Hiroyasu Kyosaku was taken ill on the 21st of June in Showa

21 (1946) and passed away at 5:10pm on the 26th of the same month, with

the posthumous Buddhist name Tenko Seiren Doji (a little boy called Heaven’s

Light and Blue Lotus)’, his collar inscribed ‘Harima Ako-roshi, Oishi Kuranosuke’

and signed lower right corner Sozan ga (Painted by Sozan) and sealed Sozan,

102.5cm x 36.5cm; the other with a samurai helmet and sword, possibly a

reference to the Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Festival), signed Keisen and sealed

Kamo agata nushi and Kohei; 120cm x 41cm. (2)

£200-300

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.

The first painting depicts Oishi Kuranosuke, also known as Oishi Yoshio (1659-1703),

who was the chamberlain (Karo) of the Ako Domain, Harima Province. Oishi was

the leader of the Forty-Seven Rōnin (1702), and the hero of the Chūshingura

(The Treasury of Loyal Retainers).

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751

ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-90)

UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825)

EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese woodblock prints, the first by Koryusai depicting an oiran with two attendants, all three standing by a well, probably from the series Hinagata

wakana no hatsu moyo (Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves), signed Koryu ga and with kakihan, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi

(Eijudo), c.1777, 38cm x 25.3cm; the other by Toyokuni depicting a Kabuki actor and an onnagata, signed Toyokuni ga, 37.4cm x 24.7cm. (2)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Brian McElney OBE (1932-2023), and thence by descent.

MR BRIAN McELNEY OBE

(1932-2023)

A prominent lawyer, Brian McElney started collecting Asian Art in 1955,

his first piece being a 17th century gilt brass figure of Sakyamuni Buddha.

Over the years, he amassed a large number of Chinese and Japanese works

of art, sourcing the majority of his collection in Hong Kong between the

1950s and 1990s. In 1993, he donated his collection to form the Museum

of East Asian Art in Bath, Somerset. This year marks the 30th anniversary

of the opening of the Museum as an independent and educational charity,

with many of Brian McElney’s pieces still on display alongside items

donated by other collectors.