848 849 848 850 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KANGXI STYLE ‘QILIN’ BALUSTER VASE 851 PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY 199 Painted with three scaly mythical beasts, each with bulging eyes, mouths agape and emitting wisps of flames, standing on rocks emerging from crashing waves, with bands of dentils, ruyi-heads and wispy clouds, 46.3cm. £1,000-2,000 849 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED ‘DRAGONS’ GARDEN SEAT 19TH CENTURY Painted with two confronting scaly dragons amidst swirling clouds and fire wisps, contesting a flaming pearl above crashing waves, decorated to the top and sides with openwork cash motifs, with bands of raised moulded studs, 47cm. £800-1,200 850 SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS QING DYNASTY Comprising: a pair of baluster jars painted with floral scrolls, a small moon flask with central roundels containing figures to the two sides, a pierced basket and stand and a sauce boat, decorated with landscape scenes, 37cm max. (6) £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection. 851 THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS KANGXI 1662-1722 Comprising: a bowl decorated to the exterior with a continuous scene of the ‘Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove’, a six character Chenghua mark, a the pear-shaped vase painted with archaistic vessels and floral sprays, and an ovoid vase with lotus flowerheads on scrolling tendrils, 20.3cm max. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-300

852 A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS KANGXI PERIOD AND LATER Comprising: a moulded teapot and cover, a small cylindrical vase, two similar small ovoid vases, a saucer, and a bleu de hue flared cup, together with a cloisonné bowl decorated with lotus on a blue ground, 14cm max. (8) £300-500 853 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE EWER AND COVER, A DISH AND A PAIR OF TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS KANGXI 1662-1722 Variously decorated with cartouches containing animals, insects, flowers and other plants, the cups and saucers with seal marks reading shang to the base, 27.2cm max. (7) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £300-500 854 SIX CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Comprising: two turquoise figures of Han Zhongli and Tieguai Li, a blanc de Chine figure of Guanyin, a blanc de Chine archaistic wine vessel, jue, a robin’s egg glazed fluted water dropper, and a crackle glazed waterpot, together with three wood stands, 11cm max. (9) £200-300 Provenance: a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 855 FOUR CHINESE FIGURES OF LION DOGS AND A MODEL OF A PARROT 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Variously decorated with sancai glazes and famille rose enamels, three of the lion dogs with incense stick holders, each lion dog raised on a rectangular plinth, the parrot supported on an openwork rocky base, 28.5cm max. (5) £300-500 Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 200 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

856 SEVEN CHINESE MINIATURE VASES AND A BIRD FEEDER 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Comprising: a pair of yellow ground vases with lotus scrolls; a pair of blue and white vases with flowers and foliage; a pair of blue and white vases with fisherman; a red glazed double gourd vase and a blue and white bird feeder with a two character mark reading gui dong to the base, together with three wood stands, 5.5cm max. (11) £300-500 Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, (1884-1957), and thence by descent. 857 TWO CHINESE JARDINERES SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908 Each with metal side handles, raised on moulded yellow bracket feet, one decorated with a band of breaking waves, the other with lotus and breaking waves, together with an hexagonal bowl, cover and liner and a similar teapot, cover and liner, the teapot with a six character Tongzhi mark, 23cm max. (8) £800-1,000 858 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE OVOID VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with alternate panels of flowers and antiques, together with two famille rose low stands, one with a Jiaqing mark, the other with a Tongzhi mark, and two cups decorated with flowers, panels and roundels, 28.5cm max. (5) £500-800 859 A CHINESE BLUE-GROUND DISH, A FAMILLE NOIRE JAR AND A GREEN GLAZED JAR QING DYNASTY The dish and the green glazed jar incised with two dragons contesting a sacred pearl admist swirling clouds, the dish painted with three iron-red bats and with a Daoguang mark to the reverse, the famille noire jar decorated with a single dragon, with a wood cover, 18.3cm max. (4) £300-500 Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 201

860 A PAIR OF CHINESE CELADON-GROUND CANTON VASES 19TH CENTURY Each decorated with various scattered medallions of floral, foliate and geometric designs, amongst the Eight Daoist Emblems, birds, insects, floral sprays and fruits, the waisted necks with simulated brocade sashes, and a pair of applied handles with chilong and mythical creatures, 63.5cm. (2) £1,500-2,500 Provenance: from an English private collection. 861 A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ VASE 19TH CENTURY Painted with various shaped panels containing figural scenes, divided by interspersed floral sprays, butterflies and precious objects, all between gilt-ground lotus scroll borders, with a simulated brocade sash and applied mythical creatures to the waisted neck, the interior of the rim with four bats, 45.2cm. £600-1,000 860 862 A MASSIVE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ PUNCH BOWL 19TH CENTURY Decorated with shaped panels enclosing courtly scenes, surrounded by gilt scroll borders, reserved on a dense ground of flowers, mythical creatures, bats, butterflies, birds, antiques and auspicious objects, 58cm wide. £800-1,200 863 A PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOUGH POTS AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY Brightly decorated with panels enclosing figures relaxing in gardens and pavilions, with moulded decoration of squirrels amongst fruiting vines dividing the scenes, each with two applied handles highlighted in gilt, the cover of each painted with precious objects and with five circular apertures, with cartouches containing birds reserved on a floral-decorated ground bordering the covers and feet, 26.7cm. (4) £400-600 861 202 862 863 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

864 865 864 A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ VASES 19TH CENTURY Each painted with panels containing dignitaries seated at tables with courtly figures and warriors, the smaller panels depicting scholars with ladies and attendants, divided by scattered fruits and floral sprays, butterflies, auspicious objects and vases, the shoulders with applied chilong and mythical creatures, 63.2cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 865 A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASES 19TH CENTURY Each painted with two large panels enclosing officials with children holding ritual objects and many figures riding on horses, the panels surrounded by birds amongst flowers, fruits and leaves, with applied chilong to the shoulders, the necks flanked by handles formed as pairs of lion dogs, 60.5cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 866 866 A PAIR OF CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ VASES 19TH CENTURY Each painted with large panels containing courtly figures with attendants, fruiting floral branches with birds and insects, all reserved on a gilt-ground of dense lotus scrolls interspersed with precious objects, bats and butterflies, the waisted necks with a simulated brocade sashes, flanked by mythical beast handles, 34.5cm. (2) £400-600 867 A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE VASES 19TH CENTURY Brightly decorated with panels enclosing figures, birds, butterflies and flowers, each applied with three chilong chasing a pearl to the cylindrical neck, 65.5cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 867 203

868 873 A GARNITURE OF THREE CHINESE BLUE AND A PAIR OF SAMSON FAMILLE VERTE WHITE ‘PRUNUS’ VASES HEXAGONAL VASES AND COVERS LATE 19TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY Typically decorated with flowering blossoms on a blue Painted with alternate panels containing ladies in fenced ground, 29.5cm max. (3) gardens and prunus sprays emerging from vases amongst precious objects, all below a diaper-ground border with £200-300 cartouches enclosing birds and flower designs, the cover similarly decorated, 28cm. (4) 869 A PAIR OF CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND £300-500 ‘CARP’ BOTTLE VASES 19TH/20TH CENTURY Provenance: purchased from Kevin Page Oriental Art on 15th January 1988, a copy of the invoice is available. The pear-shaped bodies surmounted by slender necks, each decorated with four carp in iron-red and gilt, 874 confronting each other against a deep cobalt-blue ground, TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER 38.5cm. (2) VASES 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY £1,000-2,000 One painted with a pheasant perched on a rock amidst 870 blossoming peonies, the other with four qilin surrounded A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FIGURAL’ by flames and wispy clouds, each with a wood stand, BALUSTER VASE 44cm and 41cm. (4) 19TH CENTURY £200-300 Each decorated with a scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber, depicting the scholar Zhang, Cui 875 Yingying, her attendant and a monk under a wutong tree in A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DOUBLE a fenced garden, the shoulder with a pair of mythical beast PHOENIX’ BALUSTER VASE mask and ring handles, 44cm. (2) 19TH CENTURY £500-1,000 Painted with a pair of confronting phoenix amongst dense leafy peony branches, the waisted neck applied with Provenance: from an English private collection. chilong and mythical beasts, all between an everted foliate rim and a band of lappets around the foot, 45.4cm. The Romance of the Western Chamber is one of the most famous Chinese dramatic works. It was written by the Yuan £300-500 Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu and is set during the Tang dynasty. It tells the story of a young couple consummating Provenance: from a British private collection, formed their love without parental approval. 1970-2003. 871 876 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ VASES A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ JARS 19TH CENTURY AND COVERS QING DYNASTY Each painted with two rectangular panels enclosing a crowned figure standing with four cheerful boys, the Each decorated with a continuous procession of boys, scenes surrounded by large lotus blooms set amidst some performing a dragon dance, playing musical colourful scrolling leaves, with bands of lappets encircling instruments, sailing on dragon boats and riding hobby the feet, each with a turquoise glaze to the rim interior, horses, the domed covers painted with further boys 36.8cm. (2) lighting firecrackers and holding lanterns, the bases glazed turquoise, 44cm overall. (4) £500-800 £500-700 872 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘EQUESTRIAN Provenance: from the collection of Roland Baker dec’d. SCENE’ BALUSTER VASE 19TH CENTURY Decorated with panels of armed equestrians amidst a rocky landscape, divided by leafy floral sprays reserved on an iron-red stippled ground, the base enamelled green, 56cm. £200-300 204 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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877 878 879 877 A CHINESE CELADON ARCHAISTIC GU-SHAPED VASE 18TH/19TH CENTURY The trumpet-shaped neck and spreading foot decorated with overlapping leaf tips, the central section decorated with a band of coiled kui-dragons with scrolls to their bodies, with a wood stand, 36.8cm. (2) £500-800 Provenance: from the collection of Roland Baker dec’d, purchased in Hong Kong on 14 February 1984, a copy of the invoice is available. 878 A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VASE 19TH CENTURY Painted with a crane perched on a rock amidst blossoming peony branches and daffodils, the waisted neck with further floral sprays, divided by a diaper border with flowerheads to the shoulder, the base with a paper label for J Reis Fernandes, London, 15.2cm. £500-800 Provenance: purchased from J Reis Fernandes, London, on 5th April, 1997, a copy of the invoice is available. 879 880 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘NINE PEACHES’ BOTTLE VASE, TIANQIUPING 20TH CENTURY Painted with two entwined gnarled branches bearing peaches amidst blossoms and curly leaves, with three iron-red bats in flight to the reverse, together with a wood stand, 43cm. (2) £300-500 880 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASES LATE QING DYNASTY The globular bodies painted with continuous scenes depicting pairs of cranes and peacocks perched on rocks amongst blossoming flowers and pine trees, the reverse sides with poetic inscriptions describing the scenes, each signed Ma Qingyun, with six character marks reading Ma Qingyun hua ya ci to the bases, 36cm. (2) £800-1,200 881 THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY The largest vase painted with two shaped panels, each containing a bearded figure with his attendants, reserved on stylised lotus scrolls, the other two vases painted with birds perched on rocks, surrounded by blossoming peony branches, the covers with beast finials, 44cm max. (6) £200-300 Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, (1884-1957), and thence by descent. 881 206 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

882 882 883 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE-SECTION 884 RETICULATED VASE 886 885 QING DYNASTY 887 Each side moulded with two panels depicting scenes 207 from the Romance of the Western Chamber, a short flaring neck decorated with figures standing on swirling clouds, all within geometric and floral borders, the base incised with a six character Kangxi mark, 50cm. £500-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to the 1960s and thence by descent. 883 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU-SHAPED VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The central section decorated with a lion-head masks, the flared neck and foot decorated with stiff leaves, 22.2cm. £1,000-1,500 884 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND LATER-ENAMELLED BALUSTER VASE AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with moulded panels containing dancing ladies, equestrian figures, and jardinières of flowers, the domed cover with a barbed rim, similarly decorated with panels containing floral designs, the base with a Chenghua mark, 52.5cm overall. (2) £300-500 885 A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE YEN YEN VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with a pheasant crouching on rockwork amongst large peony blooms, with insects and smaller birds flying above, the tall flaring neck similarly decorated with blossoming peony and chrysanthemum branches growing around rocks, with iron-red geometric bands to the rim, shoulder and foot, 40.4cm. £1,000-2,000 886 A CHINESE FAMILLE JAUNE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER 19TH CENTURY Brightly painted with panels containing floral designs and figural scenes, depicting dignitaries and warriors in interior settings, all against yellow-ground floral scrolls, the domed cover with further cartouches containing solitary scholars, 46cm. (2) £300-500 887 A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND VASE QING DYNASTY The hexagonal body decorated with a landscape to one side, and a panel of calligraphy to the reverse, mounted with ormolu as a table lamp, 39.5cm the vase, 83cm overall. £800-1,200

888 892 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS A CHINESE SANCAI GLAZED BOWL QING DYNASTY OR LATER KANGXI 1662-1722 Each exterior painted with four beribboned Buddhist The flared sides incised and painted with floral sprays, the emblems, the interior with a central medallion depicting interior with a lingzhi sprig, the base with a fu character a scene with the two lovers Zhinu and Niulang reunited mark, with a wood stand with cabriole legs, 21.2cm. (2) on a bridge formed by a flock of magpies, surround by swirling clouds and further magpies, 12.8cm. (2) £200-300 £800-1,200 893 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HISTORICAL Provenance: by repute, formerly in a Scottish private collection. FIGURES’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND 889 PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD A CHINESE DOUCAI ‘LOTUS AND BATS’ BOWL 19TH CENTURY The exterior painted with various historical figures from the Wu Shuang Pu, including Dong Xian, Fu Sheng and The rounded sides painted with iron-red bats suspending Yan Zi Ling, divided by lines of calligraphy, all below a gilt swastika motifs, surrounded by stylised blossoming lotus, foliate rim, 17.7cm. lingzhi, ruyi-heads amidst scrolling tendrils, with a paper label for C Y Tse, Antiques and Collectibles, the base £300-500 with a six character Jiaqing mark, with a wood stand, 13.7cm. (2) 894 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CUP, COVER AND £1,000-1,500 STAND FOUR CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND Provenance: purchased from C Y Tse Antiques and PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD Collectibles, Hong Kong; formerly in the English private collection of Sir Mark Heath KCVO CMG (1927-2005). Decorated with figures beneath willow trees and on a terrace, 12.5cm. (3) 890 A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND ‘FLORAL’ £300-400 BOWLS REPUBLIC PERIOD 895 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ SQUARE CUP Each with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD tapering foot to a flaring rim, the exteriors brightly painted with exotic floral sprays intertwined with scrolling foliage, The body painted with a continuous scene of boys holding reserved on a rich mustard yellow-ground, each with a six auspicious objects amidst rockwork and pine trees, the character Qianlong mark, 13.2cm and 13.4cm. (2) interior glazed in turquoise, supported by four feet, the base with a four character Jiaqing mark, 12.5cm. £600-800 £400-600 Provenance: an English private collection acquired in the Far East in the 1940s. 896 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘DRAGON’ 891 BOWLS A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘FLORAL’ LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD BOWLS QING DYNASTY OR LATER Each brightly painted with five writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst flames and colourful clouds, the The rounded sides painted with butterflies and interiors similarly decorated with dragons, the bases with grasshoppers amidst blossoming flowers including four character marks which read man tang fu ji, 13.3cm. (2) hibiscus, peony, camellia, morning glory and lotus, the bases with four character marks reading ya wan zhen cong, £500-800 12.8cm. (2) £500-1,000 208 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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897 898 897 A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND DRAGON BOWLS AND A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER 20TH CENTURY The bowls painted with dragons in underglaze blue with six character Xuande marks, the jar in Transitional style, painted with birds, blossoms and a poem, 17.5cm max. (4) £200-300 898 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DISH AND A GILT-DECORATED DOUCAI BOWL QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The dish decorated with butterflies hovering over flowers, the reverse with 899 five iron-red bats and with a four character Guangxu mark to the base; the bowl painted with lotus blooms on scrolling tendrils, the base with a four character Qianlong mark, 23.4cm and 11.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 899 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS AND A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND BOWL 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY The blue and white bowls moulded with petal-shaped panels, painted with equestrian figures with attendants, the interiors with central roundels depicting watery landscape scenes, the bases with a Yu character marks, the blue ground bowl decorated with floral designs, with an iron-red peony spray to the interior, 25.2cm. (3) £500-1,000 900 900 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE U-SHAPED CUPS AND SAUCERS KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with birds perched on flowering leafy branches, the cups with red flower marks, together with a famille rose double walled reticulated cup, 13cm max. (5) £500-1,000 901 FOUR CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PLATES LATE QING DYNASTY Vividly painted with figures in interiors, in a garden and attending fishing traps, 25.5cm. (4) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 901 210 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

902 902 FOUR CHINESE IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ STEM CUPS 903 LATE QING DYNASTY 904 Each with rounded sides painted in iron-red with two striding dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, surrounded by flames and wispy clouds, above bands of upright plantain leaves, the spreading feet with two friezes of foliage scrolls, 9.5cm. (4) £300-500 903 THREE CHINESE YIXING ‘BAMBOO’ TEAPOTS AND COVERS QING DYNASTY AND LATER Each decorated with a bamboo-shaped spout and handle, one brightly painted with cartouches containing flowering blossoms, the base with a four character mark reading Shao Weixin zhi, together with a wood stand, one square section, with a three character mark reads Zhou Jianying, the third with a four character mark which reads Zhongguo Yixing, 22cm max. (7) £400-600 Provenance: from the collection of Roland Baker dec’d. 904 TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS QING DYNASTY AND LATER The smaller flared bowl decorated with large peony heads, marked ruo shen zhen cang, the larger bowl decorated with a mother with her children in the garden, 22cm and 26.5cm. (2) £400-600 905 TWENTY FIVE CHINESE PORCELAIN SPOONS QING DYNASTY AND LATER Variously painted with figures, shou characters, birds, insects, floral and geometric designs, in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels, 17.2cm max. (25) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-300 Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 906 THREE CHINESE MING STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY Comprising: a pair decorated with stylised lotus scrolls, the interiors with central medallions enclosing lotus blooms, the third bowl with birds perching on fruiting branches, the interior painted with a peach, the base with a four character fu gui jia qi mark, each with a paper label for Christie’s, 15.3cm max. (3) £200-300 Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s London, 15th April 1999, lot 353 and part of lot 417. 905 906 211

907 908 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PHOENIX’ DISHES A PAIR OF CHINESE RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE FOUR CHARACTER GUANGXU MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD OCTAGONAL DISHES 1875-1908 18TH CENTURY Each painted with a phoenix perching on a rock next to leafy peony branches, Painted with stylised flowerheads surrounded by floral sprays and encircled by borders of the Eight Daoist Emblems and lotus buds, the reverse intersecting geometric circular bands, the cavettos and rims decorated with decorated with floral sprays, 19.8cm. (2) alternating prunus branches and black-ground lappets containing peonies amidst scrolling chrysanthemum, 21.2cm. (2) £500-700 £800-1,200 909 910 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘FLOWERS’ PLATES EIGHT CHINESE VERTE IMARI PLATES KANGXI 1662-1722 18TH CENTURY Each painted with a central roundel containing floral sprays, the rims similarly Seven decorated with ducks and fish in lotus ponds, the eighth with peony decorated with further scattered blossoming sprays, each base with a lotus and bamboo, 22.5cm. (8) mark, 21.5cm. (2) £200-300 £200-300 911 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE 912 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. THIRTEEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES AND BOWLS WHITE ARMORIAL PLATES 18TH CENTURY 1ST HALF 18TH CENTURY £100-200 The plates painted with peony and magnolia beneath small trees within The borders decorated with crests Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial geometric borders, the bowls variously decorated with peony, pomegranates, of parrots, probably belonging to Porcelain, p.174, no.A6, for a pair finger citron and birds, 22cm. (13) the arms of Lethieullier, and large of plates with the full Lethieullier floral sprays, the centres painted armorials, which incorporate parrot £500-1,000 with traditional Chinese landscapes, crests. 26cm. (2) 212 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

913 914 Cf. D S Howard, Chinese A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE POLYCHROME PLATES TWO CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES Armorial Porcelain, p.552, 1ST HALF 18TH CENTURY MID 18TH CENTURY where a similar plate with the arms of Wood of Barnsley and Decorated with vases of flowers, scrolls and scholar’s objects, the borders One octagonal painted with the arms of Monk Bretton is illustrated, and with fruits, flowers, and scrolling bands, 35cm. (2) Wood of Barnsley and Monk Bretton, with dated to c.1760; p.325, where floral designs and parrots to the cavetto, a similar plate with the arms £300-500 the larger plate with the arms of Mills of Mills impaling Webber is impaling Webber, 29.3cm and 23cm. (2) illustrated, and dated to c.1745. £400-600 915 916 encircled by stylised floral scrolls, A MATCHED SET OF EIGHT CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE 21.8cm. (2) OCTAGONAL PLATES AND SHALLOW BOWLS ROSE OCTAGONAL ‘CHICKEN’ 18TH CENTURY PLATES £800-1,200 YONGZHENG 1723-35 Each decorated with a central figure with a dog on a sampan in a river Provenance: purchased from Cohen \& landscape, 22cm. (8) The central medallions painted Pearce, London, on 24th March 1996, with cockerels, hens and chicks a copy of the invoice is available. £150-250 on grassy mounds, next to poppy sprays emerging from craggy rocks, 917 918 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE FLARED ‘LANDSCAPE’ A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘DRAGON’ DISH AND A BOWLS AND SAUCERS CAFE-AU-LAIT GROUND MEDALLION BOWL KANGXI 1662-1722 QING DYNASTY Painted with watery landscape scenes with pagodas, pavilions and figures in The dish decorated with two scaly five-clawed dragons contesting a sacred sampans and bridges, each with a yu mark to the base, 14.5cm max. (4) pearl amidst stylised flames and wispy clouds, the bowl painted with four roundels containing leafy flower branches, divided by gilt lotus scrolls, the £800-1,200 base with a six character Qianlong mark, 24.2cm and 19.2cm. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. £300-400 213

919 924 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE VALENTINE PATTERN A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FAUX BOIS TEA TEAPOT AND COVER CANISTER MID 18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY Each side painted with a pair of doves beside an altar Of baluster form, painted with a cockerel by a large leafy beneath a breadfruit tree, flanked by pink drapes and peony spray emerging from a rock, all set against a ground floral festoons, 18.5cm. (2) of swirling reddish brown in imitation of wood, 10.8cm. £300-500 £100-200 920 925 A CHINESE EN GRISAILLE AND GILT DECORATED A CHINESE IMARI ‘PEONY’ BOTTLE FAMILLE ROSE COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER 18TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY The globular body raised on a short straight foot, painted Depicting young farmers, their rams and distant with iron-red peonies at different stages of bloom equestrian figures in a watery landscape, with grisaille and emerging from a rock, the neck with a bulbous section gilt borders encircling the rims, 6.8cm and 10.8cm. (2) decorated with a cell pattern in underglazed blue, 25.7cm. £800-1,200 £400-600 921 926 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE AND IMARI TEAPOT AND COVER TUREEN AND COVER 18TH CENTURY KANGXI 1662-1722 The globular body painted with a huntsman and a lady Painted with the Three Friends of Winter, blossoming drinking with linked arms besides two entwined trees, peonies and lingzhi, flanked by a pair of scalloped handles, with his two hounds at his feet, the domed cover similarly the domed cover similarly decorated, surmounted by a decorated, 19.7cm. (2) chrysanthemum finial, the base with a label for Vanderven \& Vanderven Oriental Art, 21.2cm wide. (2) £200-300 £500-800 922 A CHINESE IMARI OCTAGONAL TEAPOT Provenance: purchased from Vanderven \& Vanderven AND COVER Oriental Art, on 28th November 1985, a copy of the invoice KANGXI 1662-1722 is available. Decorated with panels containing leafy floral sprays 927 issuing from rockwork in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt, A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘COCKEREL’ VASE similar decorations to the domed cover, surmounted by a AND COVER chrysanthemum finial, fitted with gilt-metal mounts and 18TH CENTURY chains, 15.6cm. (2) The baluster body painted with two cockerels standing £150-250 amidst rockwork, peony and prunus branches, below a pink geometric border with panels containing flowerheads, 923 the domed cover similarly decorated, 29.6cm overall. (2) A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MUSTARD POT AND COVER £200-300 KANGXI 1662-1722 Provenance: from an English private collection, London, The body moulded with spiral-panels containing figures purchased from Marchant \& Son, London, on 29th May in watery landscape scenes, the domed cover similarly 1990, a copy of the invoice is available. decorated, 12cm overall. (2) £800-1,200 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 214 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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928 FOUR CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SOUP PLATES 18TH CENTURY Each decorated with a central medallion containing a watery landscape scene, with figures, pavilions and distant mountains, the rim painted with leafy floral sprays, 23.2cm. (4) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 929 THREE CHINESE ARMORIAL COFFEE CUPS AND A SUGAR BOWL MID 18TH CENTURY One cup decorated with the arms of Mathew quartering Van Leemput impaling Byam, another the arms of Langton, the third cup and the bowl with 928 the arms of Ross of Balnagowan Castle, 11.8cm max. (4) £150-250 Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, pp.287, 542, and D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain II, p.246, where items from these services are detailed. 930 A CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN TRIO MID 18TH CENTURY Painted with arms of Rice impaling Holcombe, each with a gilt spearhead border and sprays of various blossoms, together with a modern saucer with decoration of The Great Seal of USA, 14.4cm max. (4) £150-250 931 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TUREEN, AN ASSOCIATED COVER AND TWO DISHES 929 18TH CENTURY The tureen and the cover similarly decorated with leafy blossoming branches, the rectangular dish with chamfered corners painted with various floral sprays, the oval dish with a scene depicting Lan Caihe and his attendant next to a lotus pond, 35.8cm max. (4) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 932 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL 18TH CENTURY The interior painted with a kingfisher perched on a peony branch, within a floral border, the exterior with butterflies flying amidst roses, and magnolia, 33.3cm. £800-1,200 930 216 931 932 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

933 934 933 935 A PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE ARMORIAL BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS C.1765. 936 Each with a slightly flattened body painted with the arms of Bonham impaling 937 Richardson, with vignettes of flowers, leaves and butterflies, flanked by a pair of beast 217 mask ring handles to the waisted necks, the covers similarly decorated, surmounted by Buddhist lion finials, 44.5cm overall. (4) £1,000-2,000 Provenance: Sir Samuel George Bonham Bt KCB, Governor of the Straits Settlements and the third Governor of Hong Kong, 1803-1859. Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.617, where a jar with the same coat of arms is illustrated, and dated to 1765. 934 THREE CHINESE MANDARIN PALETTE ‘FIGURAL’ VASES AND COVERS 18TH CENTURY AND LATER Each brightly painted with large panels enclosing figures at leisure in riverside fenced gardens, with smaller panels containing landscape scenes and birds perching on flowering branches, all reserved on an iron-red and gilt-decorated geometric ground, the covers similarly decorated, each surmounted by a mythical beast finial, 36.5cm max. (6) £500-800 935 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE DEEP U-SHAPED CUP AND SAUCER 1ST HALF 18TH CENTURY Brightly painted with panels of flowers, together with an hexagonal spoon tray, 13.5cm max. (3) £150-250 936 THREE CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES 1ST HALF 18TH CENTURY One decorated with the arms of Newland impaling Hutchinson, another with the arms of Lyell impaling Darley, the third a pudding plate painted with the arms of Talbot, 22.5cm max. (3) £500-1,000 Cf. D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, pp.268, 214, 200, where items from these services are detailed. 937 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SQUARE STANDS LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD Each with chamfered corners, the exteriors painted with prunus branches, orchids, asters and bamboo, divided by small sprigs of lingzhi, with iron-red key fret borders to the everted rims, the bases with Qianlong marks, 24.2cm. (2) £400-600

938 943 A CHINESE FACETED EN GRISAILLE ‘DRAGON’ A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CYLINDRICAL JAR VASE AND COVER PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD 20TH CENTURY The mid section painted with a writhing dragon emerging Decorated with vases fruits and calligraphy, a four from the clouds, its tail twisting and extending to the character Zhang Yi Tai zuo mark, 26cm. (2) slender neck, together with a wood stand, 22.7cm. (2) £150-250 £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, 939 Cambridgeshire. A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OCTAGONAL ‘LANDSCAPE’ JARDINIERE 944 REPUBLIC PERIOD A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘FIGURAL’ VASE 19TH CENTURY Decorated with a continuous scene of a watery landscape and distant mountains in the background, The cylindrical body surmounted by a waisted neck, including a figure in a sampan and pavilions, the base painted with a lady and a dignitary with two attendants with a six character Qianlong mark, with a wood stand, and a phoenix, a bonsai and other precious objects, 18.1cm wide. (2) 22.5cm. £300-500 £200-300 Provenance: from the collection of Roland Baker dec’d. 945 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID 940 VASES A CHINESE CYLINDRICAL ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE 20TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY Each painted with birds perching on cherry blossom The body painted with figures in a garden, and in a branches, poetic inscriptions and artist’s seals, each with a sampan beneath tall mountains and a line of calligraphy, four character seal which reads Jingdezhen zhi, 25.4cm. (2) the base with an indistinct mark 28.3cm. £300-400 £150-250 946 941 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURAL BRUSHPOT, A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MILLEFLEURS VASE BITONG LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY The ovoid body surmounted by a short waisted neck, The cylindrical body decorated with Shoulao and his decorated to the exterior with various flowers blossoming attendants in a rocky landscape, all between two amongst leafy tendrils, all raised on a short straight foot, underglaze blue lines, the unglazed base with a glazed 15.2cm. recessed circle to the centre, with a wood stand, 12.7cm. (2) £150-250 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED 942 WITHOUT RESERVE. A CHINESE FAMILLE NOIRE BEEHIVE-SHAPED WATERPOT, TAIBAI ZUN £200-300 PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY Painted with figures at leisure in a fenced garden, amidst pine shrubs and floral sprays on a cliff, reserved on a black ground, the base with a six character Kangxi mark, 12.3cm wide. £150-250 218 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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947 948 949 947 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LADY AND PHOENIX’ VASE 19TH CENTURY The ovoid body painted with a beauty in a fenced garden standing by rockwork and blossoming flower branches, with a phoenix in flight to the waisted neck, the foot glazed turquoise, with a six character Qianlong mark, 21.8cm £800-1,200 948 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ BOTTLE VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER The globular body decorated with a scene depicting five boys playing in a garden, amongst five cockerels, blossoming chrysanthemum and peony branches, intertwining bamboo and double gourd vines, the flared neck with bands of floral scrolls and beaded pendant designs, the base with a six character Guangxu mark, 40.5cm. £800-1,200 949 A CHINESE ‘PATRIOT’ PEAR-SHAPED VASE DATED 1970 950 One side decorated with a worker in a green uniform, the reverse with calligraphy, the base with a mark which reads Zhongguo Jingdezhen, 19.5cm. £500-800 950 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘WU SHANG PU’ VASES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY Painted with figures dressed in colourful robes, with lines of calligraphy, 23cm. (4) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 951 A PAIR OF CHINESE CYLINDRICAL LANDSCAPE VASES REPUBLIC PERIOD Decorated with figures beneath mountains and calligraphy, each with a four character Mao Shen Shun zuo mark, 29cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 220 951 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

952 954 952 A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE QUATREFOIL 953 ‘BRONZE IMITATION’ ABSTINENCE PLAQUE ARCHAISTIC VASE, POU QING DYNASTY OR LATER PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD One side inscribed in Chinese reading zhai jie, the other The bulbous body raised on a slightly side with the Manchu characters bolgomi karga, each panel flared foot, decorated with narrow band within a border of scrolling blossoms on a lime-green of kui dragons and mythical beast masks ground, 6.5cm. divided by flanges, the shoulder with four mask handles, applied with mottled PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED olive-green glaze, splashed in turquoise WITHOUT RESERVE. and gilt to simulate bronze patina and malachite encrustation, the base with £200-300 an impressed four character Qianlong mark, 14.5cm. Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. £1,000-2,000 The characters on both sides mean ‘to fast’. These plaques 953 were worn by court ladies during periods of fasting or at other A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE times to indicate abstinence to their husbands. SQUARE-SECTION BRUSHPOT QING DYNASTY 955 A SMALL CHINESE ENAMELLED BALUSTER VASE Painted with alternate panels of floral REPUBLIC PERIOD sprays and figures, one contain Shoulao depicted riding in a boat, the other side The ovoid body painted with two sparrows amidst grasses, painted with figures below deities in a beside a poetic inscriptions and signature reading Wei floating pavilion, divided by blossoming Xing, the base with a four character mark reading ju ren flower branches emerging from tang zhi, 13.3cm. rockwork, all raised on bracket feet, the base with a six character Qianlong PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED mark, 12.7cm. WITHOUT RESERVE. £1,500-2,000 £150-250 Provenance: from 956 the collection of A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE QIANJIANG STYLE Roland Baker dec’d, BRUSHPOT, BITONG purchased for LATE QING DYNASTY $33,000 (HKD) from CY Tse, Hong Kong, 29th February, a copy Decorated with Li Bai drinking wine with an attendant, of the invoice is available. the reverse with calligraphy and dated jia chen year and inscribed Wang Youtang, the base with a four character mark reading guan yao nei zuo, 12cm. £800-1,200 Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 954 955 956 221

957 961 A CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED VASE A CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED WATERPOT 18TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY The bulbous body surmounted by a tall ribbed neck and The compressed globular body modelled with an inverted galleried rim, covered overall with a light sea-green glaze, rim, the exterior covered in a deep red glaze thinning to thinning to a cream tone at the rim, pooling to sky-blue white at the rim and stopping unevenly above the foot, and darker violet tones at the ridges and foot, suffused 10.3cm wide. with a network of crackles, the base with a thin brown glaze, 37.8cm. £1,500-2,000 £400-600 962 A CHINESE CELADON VASE Provenance: formerly a English private collection, acquired QING DYNASTY in the 1920s. The body carved with a wide band of peony above stiff 958 leaves, 24cm. A CHINESE GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE GLAZED BRUSHPOT, BITONG £300-500 QING DYNASTY OR LATER 963 The cylindrical body inscribed with the text of Gui Qu Lai A CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED CYLINDRICAL Ci by Tao Yuanming, a recluse poet in the Six Dynasties BRUSHPOT, BITONG period, with a four character seal reading Xi chao chuan gu, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the base with a recessed circle in the centre and a gilt six character Kangxi mark, 16.3cm. Covered with a thick mottled deep-red glaze, thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim, the unglazed base with a £600-1,000 recessed circle, 15cm. 959 £200-300 A CHINESE LANGYAO STYLE BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY 964 A CHINESE DARK-PINK ENAMELLED STEM BOWL The globular body rising from a straight high foot to a SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK BUT slightly flared neck, the exterior decorated with a thick PROBABLY LATER crackled red glaze thinning to greyish-pink tone towards the rim, the base with a paper label for Sidney L Moss, The shallow dish raised on a flared, ribbed, high foot, 37cm. the interior white glazed, 20cm. £300-500 £300-500 960 965 A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON MALLET VASE A CHINESE APPLE-GREEN GLAZED BRUSHPOT, QING DYNASTY BITONG QING DYNASTY The cylindrical body tapering slightly towards the foot, surmounted by a tall neck with a pair of phoenix head The wide cylindrical body decorated with a mottled green handles, all below a wide everted mouthrim, covered glaze with a fine crackle, the unglazed base with an ink overall in an even translucent sea-green glaze, 14.5cm. inscription, 19.2cm. £500-800 £600-800 Provenance: from a deceased estate, London. 222 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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966 967 A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC GUAN-TYPE BEAKER VASE, GU A CHINESE TEA-DUST GLAZED BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY OR LATER PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY Covered overall in a bluish-grey glaze, suffused with a dark and russet The compressed body with a tall neck, covered overall with a finely mottled crackle, the foot ring dressed with a brown wash, 19.5cm. opaque glaze that continues into the interior and the base surrounding an incised Qianlong mark, together with a wood stand, 33cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 £1,000-1,500 Provenance: from the collection of Roland Baker dec’d. 968 968A A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASE A PAIR OF CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND BOTTLE VASE PROBABLY KANGXI KANGXI 1662-1722 The circular body decorated to the shoulder with an archaistic design of Each with a globular body and a slightly flaring neck, reserved with four dragon mask and ring handles, the tall neck with stiff leaves, the base with a shaped cartouches enclosing flowerheads and fruits on leafy scrolls, one with four character Chenghua mark, 20cm. a paper label for Sidney L Moss, 25.5cm. (2) £1,500-2,500 £400-600 Provenance: purchased from Christie’s London, 28th October 1998, lot 443. 224 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

969 970 A CHINESE GREEN GLAZED AND INCISED ‘DRAGON’ BOWL A CHINESE CORAL-GROUND AND GILT-DECORATED QING DYNASTY OR LATER INGOT-SHAPED DISH SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD The sides incised with two striding dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flames and clouds above a band of crashing waves, decorated with an Modelled with raised sloping ends, the interior painted with a central lotus, emerald-green glaze to the exterior, the base with a six character Daoguang encircled by butterflies and bats amidst further peaches and blooms on mark, 11.2cm. meandering leafy scrolls, the exterior similarly painted with stylised foliage, the base glazed turquoise, 14.5cm. £1,500-2,000 £1,000-1,500 971 A CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED VASE AND STAND, LIUYEPING PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD Covered with an even deep red glaze below the white rim, the base with a six character Xuantong mark, 21.2cm overall. (2) £500-800 Provenance: an English private collection, Bristol, purchased from Danny Ma Oriental Ceramics, Bath, on 25th September 1994, a copy of the invoice is available. 225

972 977 A CHINESE INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE VASE AND A YIXING SQUARE-SECTION TEAPOT AND COVER FLAMBE GLAZED HU-SHAPED VASE QING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY OR LATER The body tapering towards the rim, incised to one side The former cylindrical, decorated with a band of square with bamboo sprays, the reverse with a calligraphic scrolls and mask handles; the latter with a streaked violet inscription, set with a wood loop handle and a jade knop and lavender glaze, 25.5cm. (2) to the cover, the interior with a four character mark reading Yang Pengnian zhi, 15.3cm wide. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 £150-250 978 A CHINESE YELLOW-ENAMELLED ‘BASKET 973 WEAVE’ BRUSH WASHER A LARGE CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY The plain body set with a loop handle and an upright tapering spout, with a three legged toad Modelled as a bamboo basket, the slightly compressed finial to the flat cover, the base with an artist’s globular body with two circular panels enclosing watery seal Zheng Ninghou, another seal reading Jing xi, landscape scene in pale blue slip, the base with a four 31.5cm wide. (2) character Tongzhi mark, 14.5cm wide. £400-600 £300-500 Provenance: from the collection of George and Cornelia Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly Wingfield Digby and thence by descent. acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 974 979 A CHINESE PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED SEAL PASTE BOX QING DYNASTY AND COVER QING DYNASTY The rectangular stepped and flared body, decorated with an inscription, bamboo and with magnolia to the reverse, Finely incised with chrysanthemum, together with a small the handle and spout in jade, the interior with a sheng blanc de Chine crab water dropper, and a miniature blanc mark 13.5cm. (2) de Chine seal, 6.5cm max. (4) £1,000-2,000 £300-500 975 Provenance: from an English private collection, Derbyshire, A CHINESE MING-STYLE UNDERGLAZE RED purchased from Peter Wain, 30th March 1990, a copy the ‘FISH’ BOWL invoice is available. LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD 980 The interior decorated with a central medallion enclosing A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FLOWER-SHAPED a fish swimming amidst aquatic plants, surrounded by BOWL four further fish, all within a diaper ground border with SIX CHARACTER TONGZHI MARK AND PROBABLY cartouches containing leafty fruiting branches, the exterior OF THE PERIOD similarly decorated, with a reticulated wood stand, the base with a six character Yongzheng seal mark, 28cm. (2) The exterior decorated with a band of lotus and bats on a turquoise ground beneath the bajixiang, the interior £150-250 turquoise, 15cm. 976 £200-300 A CHINESE TURQUOISE-GROUND ‘FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES’ DISH QING DYNASTY OR LATER Painted to the well with butterflies amidst blossoming poppy sprays, surrounded by moulded petals, with further butterflies to the cavetto, the base with a six character Qianlong mark, 19.7cm. £500-800 226 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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981 982 981 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE CANDLESTICK KANGXI 1662-1722 Rising from a domed circular foot, with a knopped stem, painted with scrolling foliage and flowers, divided by chevron and geometric borders, 8.4cm. £500-800 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 982 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE EROTIC SUBJECT WINE CUP KANGXI 1662-1722 The U-shaped body rising to a flaring rim, the exterior painted with a couple in an amorous embrace amidst furnishings and a plantain tree, the base with 983 a six character Chenghua mark, 6.3cm wide. £800-1,200 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. Sotheby’s New York, 19th March 2019, lot 365 for a pair of wine cups with this design. 983 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE DISHES KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with a leafy floral spray to the centre, the flat everted rim and the underside painted with further blossoming foliage, including lotus, orchids and peonies, 10.2cm. (2) £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 984 984 A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING STYLE DISH QING DYNASTY OR LATER Decorated with a central medallion containing a stylised floral scroll, surrounded by further meandering foliage bearing flowerheads, the reverse painted with lingzhi sprays, the base with a four character Xuande mark, 8.9cm. £200-300 985 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The cover painted with a front-facing five-clawed dragon amidst wispy clouds, leaping towards a flaming pearl, the curved sides of the box with turbulent waves breaking against a rock, 8.8cm. (2) 985 £800-1,200 228 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

986 986 TWO BLUE AND WHITE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER’ VASES 987 20TH CENTURY 988 Each decorated with a scene from Xi Xiang Ji, depicting the future scholar Zhang Sheng playing the qin on a terrace at night, and his lover Cui Yingying and her maid Hongniang listening on the other side of the garden, the base with a Yongzheng mark, 21.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 987 A LARGE CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED ‘LANDSCAPE’ DISH QING DYNASTY OR LATER Painted with figures in an idyllic watery landscape scene, with a distant flock of birds flying high, 37.8cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £100-200 988 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOYS’ BOWL DAOGUANG 1821-50 The exterior painted with panels, each enclosing two boys playing games and enjoying daily life, divided by ruyi-heads, the interior decorated with a stylised flowerhead surrounded by scrolling tendrils, all encircled by a diaper-ground border with Fu characters at the rim, the base with a four character mark reading Fuhai cang zhen, 17cm wide. £1,000-1,500 Provenance: from an English private collection, Lancashire, acquired on 17th March 1996. Fuhai is the largest lake located in the Old Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan. The mark Fuhai cang zhen means, precious object from the collection of the lake Fuhai. 989 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRANSITIONAL STYLE SLEEVE VASE 20TH CENTURY The upper section painted with birds amidst the Three Friends of Winter, above fruiting floral branches and a border of stylised leaves, 41.6cm. £300-500 Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003. 990 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED ‘HUNTING’ DISHES KANGXI 1662-1722 Each depicting equestrians in pursuit of their quarry, the borders with stylised lotus and scrolling tendrils, each with a six character Chenghua mark, 20cm. (2) £1,000-1,500 989 990 229

991 TWO CHINESE QIANJIANG STYLE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN PLAQUES LATE QING DYNASTY One painted with figures enjoying an ocean view from a terrace in a mountainous landscape, dated in xin si year, signed Wang Shaoxiang, the other depicting a monkey swinging from a pine tree, with an illegible seal mark, each mounted in a reticulated wood frame, 36.2cm x 24.2cm, 36cm x 12.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £300-500 992 A PAIR OF CHINESE QIANJIANG STYLE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES REPUBLIC PERIOD Painted with extensive mountain landscapes with figures and small huts, beneath calligraphy, one with an artist’s signature reading Cheng Xueli, the other with an artist’s seal reading Men, in wood frames, 25.5cm x 38cm. (2) £2,000-3,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000. 230 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

993 A CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ‘LANDSCAPE’ PLAQUE REPUBLIC PERIOD The rectangular panel painted with pagodas, pavilions and houses in a river landscape, detailed with figures fishing and at leisure on sampans, with mountains in the distance, contained in a wood frame, 33cm x 49cm excluding the frame. £2,500-3,500 994 995 A CHINESE PORCELAIN FAMILLE ROSE CIRCULAR ‘LANDSCAPE’ A CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN SQUARE ‘ANTIQUES’ PLAQUE PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY Depicting a rocky river landscape, with pavilions and figures, inscribed with a Painted with three archaistic vessels, each with mythical animals, short text describing the scene, the seal mark reads Yanzhou Ci Chang, dated geometric decorations and stylised floral designs, with a wood frame, ding yi year, mounted in a circular wood frame, 23.7cm. 26.8cm x 26.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £200-300 £150-250 231

996 997 A CHINESE LIME GREEN GLAZED CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT, A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED MOULDED BRUSHPOT, BITONG BITONG 19TH/20TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY Crisply moulded and applied with a pair of pheasants perching on a rock The exterior moulded with two horses resting beneath amidst bamboo branches on one side, inscribed with zhu a willow tree and prunus branches in a rocky landscape, bao ping an on the other side, the base with an impressed the eyes picked out in black, decorated with a lime-green four character mark reading Wang Bingrong zuo, 14cm. glaze, the base with an impressed four character Qianlong mark, 13cm. £500-800 £800-1,200 Provenance: from a private collection, London, mostly acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. 998 A CHINESE GREEN GLAZED MOULDED BRUSHPOT, BITONG REPUBLIC PERIOD One side decorated in relief with a flowering prunus tree, the base marked Wang Bingrong, 12.5cm. £300-400 232 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

999 999 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LADIES’ PLAQUE 19TH/20TH CENTURY Painted with a lady with three attendants in a mansion, in front of a screen with a crane perched on a pine tree amidst swirling clouds, 37.2cm x 25.4cm. £500-800 1000 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘BOYS’ PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY Painted with a scene depicting sixteen boys at play, variously holding musical instruments and auspicious objects with a crane in flight above them, all within a border of yellow-ground kui-dragons, the lower left corner inscribed with a six character Guangxu mark, 36.7cm x 26.2cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 1001 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN PLAQUE 20TH CENTURY Painted with a lady standing below a pine tree in a fenced garden, dressed in loose flowing robes, holding a fan in her hand, with lines of calligraphy attributed to Wang Qi, with two artist’s seals, contained within a wood frame, with two paper labels for Sotheby’s Australia, 38.5cm x 25.3cm. £1,000-2,000 Provenance: purchased from Sotheby’s Australia, on 24th October 2017, lot 96, a copy of the invoice is available. 1002 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MINIATURE FOUR PANEL SCREEN REPUBLIC PERIOD Each panel set with a porcelain plaque painted with a scholar and a boy standing by a tree, one with a rock, contained in a wood frame with friezes of scrolling foliage, each plaque 9cm x 20cm, 58.8cm x 31.8cm. £300-500 Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, (1884-1957), and thence by descent. 1000 1001 1002 233

1003 1004 1003 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG 20TH CENTURY The corpulent God sits, wearing a yellow robe, the base with a impressed Wan Tong Shun mark, 28cm. £300-500 1004 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG REPUBLIC PERIOD The corpulent God of happiness seated and holding a rosary and a sack, wearing a floral robe, the interior moulded with four character mark, 18cm wide. £300-500 1005 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TABLE SCREEN LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The rectangular plaque painted with a scholar and his attendants standing amongst bamboo and rockwork, the scholar holding a sprig of chrysanthemum and a stalk, mounted within a hardwood frame, carved with scrolls and shaped panels, 42.5cm x 25.5cm the plaque, 76.3cm overall. (2) £500-1,000 234 1005 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1006 1007 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA † A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘LOTUS AND BATS’ DISH SHAKYAMUNI SIX CHARACTER JIAQING MARK BUT PROBABLY LATER QING DYNASTY OR LATER The interior painted with five iron-red bats encircling a gilt Seated in dhyanasana, his hands in dharmachakra mudra, with downcast swastika roundel, surrounded by peaches, pomegranates, eyes, wearing beaded jewellery and bright robes decorated with bats amidst and finger citron above four large lotus blooms, swirling clouds, floral sprays and scrolling tendrils, 26cm. alternating with pink bats and double fish, all interlinked by multi-colour scrolling tendrils, the underside similarly £2,000-3,000 decorated with peaches, blue bats and suspended chimes amidst lotus scrolls, 37.3cm. £4,000-6,000 235

1008 1009 A LARGE CHINESE POTTERY MODEL OF A DANCER A CHINESE SANCAI POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED COURT LADY PROBABLY TANG DYNASTY PROBABLY TANG DYNASTY Standing, with her right arm raised, holding her flowing robes with her left She sits facing forward and holding a single peony bloom before her chest, hand, the unglazed clay burnt to a brick red colour, 65cm. she wears a long dress decorated with moulded flowers, tied with blue sash, her unglazed head and chest picked out in red and black, together with a £300-500 fitted box, 37.5cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, purchased from £1,500-2,500 Philips, 13th June 2001, lot 131, a copy of the invoice is available. Cf. The Phoenix Art Museum, no.2005.35 for a closely related figure. 1010 AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF CHINESE POTTERY MODELS OF EQUESTRIANS PROBABLY SUI DYNASTY The horses with their heads lowered, the riders of Semitic type, each with their right arm folded across their waists, and decorated with a straw-coloured glaze, 28cm. (2) £400-600 Provenance: from the collection of HRH Prince Georg of Denmark, and then an English private collection, West Yorkshire, purchased from John Sparks, 25th April 1988, a copy of the invoice is available. 236 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1011 1012 A CHINESE BLACK POTTERY AMPHORA VESSEL A CHINESE CIZHOU BROWN GLAZED JAR HAN DYNASTY JIN/YUAN DYNASTY The stylised body with handles extending from the flared neck, the body The globular body carved through the dark brown glaze to the biscuit, with applied with bronze bosses (probably later), the surface with extensive two broad bands of scrolling foliage beneath a band of lappets around the encrustation, 33cm wide. mouth rim, 32cm high. £500-1,000 £400-600 Together with a copy of the Thermoluminescence Analysis Report, sample no. Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the C200g46, dated 23th November 2000. 1970s and 1980s. Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, purchased from Philips, on 13th June 2001, lot 129, a copy of the invoice is available. 1013 A LARGE CHINESE GREY POTTERY COCOON JAR HAN DYNASTY The ovoid body decorated with vertical bands and raised on a flared foot, 48cm. £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, purchased from Christie’s London, on 21st June 1991 by private sale, a copy of the invoice is available. 237

1014 1014 1015 A SMALL CHINESE QINGBAI BOWL PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY The conical bowl carved to the interior with floral sprays, covered with a thin translucent sea-green glaze, the base unglazed,12.2cm. £500-800 Provenance: formerly the collection of R Ralph Parks, purchased from Po Yuen Tong, Hong Kong in October 2002. 1015 TWO CHINESE JIAN YAO BOWLS PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY Each decorated with a thick brown glaze, stopping short of the foot, one with a painted yu mark, 11.8cm. (2) £300-500 1016 A CHINESE HENAN-TYPE BLACK GLAZED JAR AND JUN-TYPE GLAZED JAR PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY AND LATER The former with a thick lustrous black glaze stopping unevenly above the foot, with a pair of ribbed strap handles, the other decorated with an opaque greyish-green glaze suffused with fine crackles, 28.5cm and 23cm wide. (2) £400-600 Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000. 1017 A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS SONG/YUAN DYNASTY AND LATER Comprising: three two handled jars, a box and cover, two bowls, a ewer and a small dish, variously decorated with Jun, olive, brown and pale celadon glaze, 16cm max. (9) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £500-1,000 1016 1017 238 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1018 1019 1018 1020 A CHINESE JIAN YAO GLAZED BOWL SONG DYNASTY The gently flared body with a metal rim, decorated with an unctuous glaze of black and brown, and with irregular russet markings draining from the rim and stopping before a short footrim, 13cm. £500-1,000 Provenance: formerly the collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire. Cf. M Tregear, Song Ceramics, p.187, no.257, where a similar bowl is illustrated. 1019 A SMALL CHINESE YAOZHOU STYLE BOWL PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY With flaring sides rising from a short ring foot, the interior decorated with a stylised floral design amongst scrolling tendrils, the exterior freely carved with a simple ribbed band, covered overall with a translucent glaze of a dark greyish-olive tone, 9.5cm. £2,000-3,000 1020 A CHINESE CIZHOU BLACK GLAZED FOLIATE JAR SONG DYNASTY The compressed lower section freely carved with vertical ribs and foliage designs, the wide neck with further horizontal ribs, the flared rim shaped as six lobed petals, covered with mottled brownish-black glaze, 10.8cm wide. £1,000-2,000 Cf. R Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers Chinese Brown And Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art Museums, 1996, p.173, no.60. 1021 A CHINESE JIAN-TYPE BLACK GLAZED BOWL PROBABLY SONG DYNASTY Decorated with an olive-brown glaze with ochre and green streaks draining from the rim, with further russet splashes to the interior, the glaze thinning to paler brown to the mouth rim, the thick glaze stopping unevenly above the foot, exposing the biscuit body, 18.5cm. £2,000-3,000 1021 239

1022 1027 A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE TRIPOD INCENSE A CHINESE SWATOW BLUE AND WHITE BURNER AND COVER PEAR-SHAPED VASE QING DYNASTY 17TH CENTURY The cover with a lion dog finial, the circular body with The bulbous body painted with butterflies flying amidst removable side handles, applied with a band of shou leafy floral sprays and rockwork, with further floral sprigs characters, all raised on three tall mask head feet, and insects to the slender neck, 27cm. 22cm wide. (4) £400-600 £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, London. 1023 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BOTTLE 1028 VASES A LARGE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE LIBATION KANGXI 1662-1722 CUP 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY Painted with bands of flowerheads and foliage, the shoulders with bands of ruyi-heads and stiff leaves, The flared cup moulded in relief with prunus 21cm. (2) blossoms, supported on a base formed as the branches,12.6cm wide. £600-1,000 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED 1024 WITHOUT RESERVE. A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SHALLOW DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 £200-300 The centre painted with a lotus flower, the cavetto crisply 1029 carved with four further lotus sprays, the reverse with a A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF café au lait ground, 27cm. GUANYIN 17TH CENTURY £200-300 The Goddess standing on rockwork, with her right hand Provenance: from an English private collection, London. holding a scroll, wearing long flowing robes and beaded jewellery, her hair arranged in a high chignon and covered 1025 by a veil, mounted on a gilt bronze stand, 24cm. A SMALL CHINESE MARBLED POTTERY PILLOW TANG DYNASTY OR LATER PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. The cartouche shaped pillow gently dished and finely incised with two ducks, 15cm. £200-300 £300-400 1030 A CHINESE WHITE GLAZED TRIPOD INCENSE 1026 BURNER A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PUZZLE JUG QING DYNASTY KANGXI PERIOD The compressed circular body with dragon fish handles, an The baluster form body with a pierced neck, hollow handle indistinct impressed mark which reads Chenghua nian zhi, and set with a monster mask spout, the hexagonal sides together with the remains of the reticulated wood cover decorated with panels of mythical beasts, auspicious and stand, 14cm. (3) objects, geometric and floral designs, 20cm. £200-300 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. £150-250 240 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1031 A CHINESE POLYCHROME BOWL LATE QING DYNASTY The exterior delicately painted in famille rose enamels with two pheasants amidst pink and white flowering prunus, the interior with a famille verte band with peony, magnolia and landscape scenes, a four character Kangxi mark, 19.6cm. £300-500 1032 A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PEONY’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908 The exterior enamelled with peony blooms in shades of pink, yellow, pale green and purple, growing from leafy branches issuing from rockwork, the reverse with two warblers in flight, 19.8cm. £1,500-2,500 1033 A CHINESE LIME-GREEN GROUND ‘DRAGON’ BOWL SIX CHARACTER TONGZHI MARK BUT LATER The exterior incised with two scaly dragons chasing flaming pearls, the interior glazed white, 15.2cm. £800-1,200 242 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1034 1034 A PAIR OF CHINESE WUCAI ‘LANTERNS’ BOWLS 1035 KANGXI 1662-1722 The interiors painted with roundels enclosing lanterns with geometric patterns, flanked by suspended ribbon-tied auspicious emblems, the exteriors decorated with four similar lanterns divided by pole arms, ji, the bases with square seal marks, and a paper label for John Sparks Ltd, 14cm. (2) £1,500-2,500 1035 A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘FLOWER BASKET’ DISHES KANGXI 1662-1722 Each decorated to the centre with a basket containing peony, lotus and aster, within diaper borders with panels of auspicious objects, each with a paper label for Marchant, London, 14.6cm and 15cm. (2) £1,000-1,500 Provenance: purchased from Marchant \& Son, London, on 24th September 1986, a copy of the invoice is available. 1036 A SAMSON FAMILLE ROSE EGGSHELL PORCELAIN RUBY-BACKED DISH 19TH CENTURY Copying a Yongzheng original, finely painted with a beautiful young woman sitting amidst vases and antiques attended by two boys, the border with three floral panels on a pink cell ground, 20.5cm. £800-1,200 1037 A CHINESE PINK-GROUND OGEE-SHAPED BOWL PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD The exterior decorated with geometric stylised kui dragons between bands of ruyi-heads and floral lappets, the base with a six character Qianlong seal mark, 20.7cm. £500-800 1036 1037 243

1038 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL ‘GEESE’ TUREENS AND COVERS REPUBLIC PERIOD Each naturalistically modelled as a goose with a raised head, folded wings and with webbed feet tucked under the bodies, brightly enamelled with colourful plumage, each with a coat of arms painted on their breasts, with inscriptions which read ‘A D Villaleal 1675’, 33.5cm overall. (4) £10,000-20,000 Provenance: from the collection of James Sweeney, Magistrate and land owner in Co. Donegal, Ireland, acquired in the early 1940s. Cf. W Sargent, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics, from the Peabody Essex Museum, pp.378-379, no.206, for an 18th Century original goose tureen and cover. 244 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

1039 1040 A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODELS OF COCKERELS A RARE PAIR OF LARGE CHINESE MODELS OF LION DOGS QIANLONG/JIAQING QIANLONG/JIAQING Proudly standing with their heads turned and cockscombs raised, their Each recumbent, with their heads turned to the sides, with flared cylindrical plumage brightly coloured, each standing on a green enamelled base, vases rising from their backs, each has a single horn, and baring their teeth, 29.5cm. (2) the coats finely detailed, and highlighted in gold, 25cm across. (2) £4,000-6,000 £6,000-8,000 Cf. M Cohen and W Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, p.228, for a related pair Cf. Detroit Institute of Arts, no.55.129 for a similar figure. of cockerels, dated to 1775. 245

1041 1045 A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL VASES MING DYNASTY KANGXI 1662-1722 The rounded sides rising from a gently tapering foot to Each with a globular body surmounted by a slender an everted rim, painted to the exterior with four lotus waisted neck, decorated with cartouches containing flowerheads on a continuous scrolling branch, the well flowering branches emerging from rockwork, divided by decorated with a medallion enclosing a peony branch, meandering peony scrolls on an underglaze blue ground, 15.8cm. 26cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 £300-500 Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased in Provenance: from an English private collection. Hong Kong in the 1990s. 1042 1046 A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘TIAN’ JAR A MASSIVE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE QING DYNASTY OR LATER ‘PEACOCK’ DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 The exterior painted in underglaze blue with hibiscus amidst stylised scrolling leaves, the design contained Painted in the centre with a blossoming peony between bands of lappets enclosing foliate motifs, with a sprig enclosed by petal-shaped panels containing paper label for Christie’s and a mark reading Tian to the chrysanthemum, lotus, peony and camellia blooms, the base, 10.5cm. rim painted with four peacocks reserved on a dense ground of scrolling tendrils divided by lobed fruiting-spray £600-800 cartouches, the underside with beribboned Buddhist emblems, with a lingzhi spray mark to the base, 55.5cm. Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from Christie’s London, 24th June £1,000-1,500 1999, lot 420. Cf. R Krahl and J Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi 1043 Saray Museum Istanbul, p.1050, pl.2300; see also Christie’s A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE New York, 13th September 2019, lot 1102, for a dish of AND COVER this design. MID 17TH CENTURY 1047 Painted with a continuous design depicting birds in flight A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU-SHAPED VASE amidst rockwork, prunus, bamboo and orchids, with TRANSITIONAL PERIOD OR LATER a band of leaves encircling the rim, the cover similarly decorated, 33.2cm. (2) The flared neck painted with birds and butterflies amidst flowering blossoms and bamboo sprays, the central band £1,000-1,500 with ruyi-shaped scrolls, divided by incised anhua lines and borders, all above a band of stylised flames, 19.6cm. Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003. £500-1,000 1044 Cf. T Canepa and K Bulter, Leaping the Dragon Gate, A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘YANG JIA JIANG’ The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century BASIN Chinese Porcelain, p.536, no. IV.4a,b, for a similar gu-shaped SIX CHARACTER KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD vase, and with details regarding the dating of these vases. 1662-1722 1048 Painted with a central roundel containing a scene A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTION depicting Mu Guiying on horseback, and She Saihua with FLASK her attendant carrying a parasol, amidst large leafy floral WANLI 1573-1620 sprays, the cavetto decorated with cartouches enclosing further ladies and flower branches, the reverse with bands Each face painted with differing flowering plants, one face of ruyi-heads and florets, 34.5cm. painted with lotus and two herons, 26cm. £500-800 £400-600 Mu Guiying is a legendary heroine from the Yang Jia Jiang 1049 (Generals of the Yang Family Legends), a Northern Song A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK ZHADOU Dynasty tale and play. The scene depicts Mu Guiying LATE MING DYNASTY capturing the young and handsome Yang Zongbao and demanding a marriage proposal. Mu is the cultural symbol of The compressed globular body decorated with panels a brave, persevering and loyal woman. containing leafy floral sprays, the waisted neck and flared rim painted with further small panels and a geometric border, 7.2cm. £200-300 246 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

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1050 1051 AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOT AND COVER A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE LOBED TEAPOT AND COVER PROBABLY KANGXI KANGXI 1662-1722 The globular body painted with stylised flowerheads on scrolling tendrils, The quatrefoil-section body with panels containing a figure in a landscape the cover similarly decorated, the upright handle moulded with archaistic scene, scholars’ objects and antiques, below a cracked-ice border reserved dragons, 15cm. (2) with prunus blossoms, the curved spout and upright handle with wispy cloud scrolls, fitted with a metal chain, the cover with floral designs, 18.5cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 £2,000-3,000 Cf. Christie’s New York, 17th January 2019, lot 322, for a teapot of this form. 1052 1053 A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘WAN SHOU WU JIANG’ BOWL 16TH CENTURY FOUR CHARACTER JIAQING MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820 The exterior painted with blossoming hibiscus amidst leafy scrolls, the interior with a central roundel similarly decorated, the base with a four character The U-shaped body painted with the four characters wan shou wu jiang, each mark reads bing chen nian zhi, with a paper label for Christie’s, 14.7cm. contained within a roundel enclosed by a band of ruyi-heads, the medallions divided by Buddhist emblems and scrolling lotus, the interior decorated with £1,500-2,500 a shou character encircled by further Buddhist emblems, 18.3cm. Provenance: from a British private collection, formed 1970-2003, purchased from £200-300 Christie’s London, 26th November 1998, lot 599. Provenance: from the Mary and Peter White collection. 248 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices