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THE PHILLIP ALLEN COLLECTION

東方陶瓷學會會員菲利普·艾倫私人收藏

THURSDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2023

1.00pm

TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

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Phillip Allen’s home housing his collection

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Phillip Allen was a private but very kind man, who always greeted people with a friendly smile and the utmost

respect. He had a witty sense of humour and a contagious laugh, and will be greatly missed. He was a discerning

and wide-ranging collector, and a valued member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, having done much to help the

organisation and its activities. Phillip contributed six articles to the Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society

between 1988 and 2012, some concerned with visits he had arranged for members, others on Yixing wares, ivories,

the use of porcelain in English houses and the repair of porcelain.

He was born in Birmingham on June 20th 1938, and was schooled in a private Catholic school. He started collecting

antiques at a very young age (around 12 years old), after being influenced by an aunt and uncle of his. He was very

fond of his mother, and often shared little quirks that she had taught him. He was an avid reader, and was always keen

on learning and expanding his knowledge. Phillip’s career was spent at the Birmingham Central Library, where he was

initially the head of language and literature and later the head of the history and geography departments, work that he

greatly enjoyed. He was a great traveller, and in the 1960s and 1970s spent time in Iran, where he made many friends

and gained a lasting respect for Persian culture and cuisine.

While working at the library Phillip met and became friends with Shahid Amin, a friendship that has endured for

more than 50 years. Shahid recalls that: “From the very beginning of our friendship he was warmly respected and

regarded as a member of the family, and later by my three children who also adored him and viewed him as my brother,

their Uncle Phillip. We all went on many outings together, to these great manor houses, museums and of course local

antique shops. Phillip would love sharing his knowledge with the kids, and anyone who asked. As the children grew

older, he also became their mentor and friend, a role he took very seriously and I know enjoyed greatly.”

PHILLIP ALLEN

(1938-2022)

Porcelain display in the dining room

Phillip on a trip to the Far East with

fellow members of the OCS

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I first met Phillip in the late 1970s, when he made frequent visits to the Victoria

and Albert Museum to ask the opinion and advice of John Ayers.

After John retired, Phillip continued to visit and to engage in lively debate with

my colleagues and myself. After retirement, the pace of his collecting accelerated,

and he unearthed many rare treasures at provincial auction houses and antique

stores. He had an unerring eye for a bargain, and for overlooked or mis-catalogued

treasures. A visit to Phillip’s home was a rare treat for anyone interested in objects,

that were housed in every room on shelves, seats and cupboards and manifested

in many media: bronze, porcelain, jade, rhinoceros horn, bamboo, paper, silk

and wood.

Retirement also gave Phillip the opportunity to volunteer for activities connected

to his life interests. He became traveller organiser for the OCS, and managed

several innovative and informative trips for members both in the UK and abroad.

He also worked for the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust, becoming

its Honorary Secretary. In 2016 I was privileged to publish a catalogue of the

Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Collection, together with Phillip, and with a

contributary essay by Shih Ching-fei. Work on the catalogue took more than two years, during which time Phillip and

I reviewed each piece in the collection, and Shahid took excellent photographs which illustrate the book. During the

exercise I marvelled at Phillip’s extensive knowledge and his discerning eye. Through careful handling and discussion of

objects he taught me many things.

Rose Kerr

Reprinted with kind permission of The Oriental Ceramic Society

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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

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THE PHILLIP ALLEN COLLECTION

LOTS 1000-1056

JAPANESE & KOREAN

WORKS OF ART

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1003

TWO JAPANESE LACQUERED

WOOD CABINETS

PROBABLY MOMOYAMA/EDO PERIOD,

17TH/18TH CENTURY

Both with a black lacquer surface, the tallest

with a hinged door fitted with a lockplate

opening to reveal six drawers of various

sizes, with remnants of floral patterns in gold

lacquer; the other with a drop-front door and

with traces of gold lacquer and mother of

pearl decoration, 39cm x 34cm x 44cm and

24cm x 40.5cm x 34.5cm respectively. (8)

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1004

THREE JAPANESE RECTANGULAR

LACQUER FUBAKO (DOCUMENT BOXES

AND COVERS)

EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

The three boxes decorated in gold and black

lacquer, the longest with an inner tray and

painted with bamboo, pine and prunus; the two

others embellished with mon (family crests) and

scrolling tendrils, all three with metal fittings,

41.5cm max. (7)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1005

A RARE JAPANESE LACQUER WINE

BOTTLE AND A FUBAKO (LETTER BOX

AND COVER)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The unusual container of tall rectangular form,

richly decorated in gold lacquer and mother of

pearl inlays on the roiro black lacquer ground,

with patterns of fans amongst flowers and

grasses, three butterflies to the side and a short

cylindrical spout at the top; the long rectangular

box and cover with lacquer and mother of pearl

chrysanthemum mon, 21cm x 11.5cm x 22cm

and 6.8cm x 7.5cm x 24.5cm respectively. (3)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1000

THREE SMALL JAPANESE BLACK AND

GOLD LACQUER PIECES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a cup and saucer decorated with

pavilions in river landscapes, with tall trees beside

them, the dish with a band of cash to the rim;

and a miniature teapot and cover, the bulbous

body and flat lid painted with flowerheads and

scrolling tendrils; 11.2cm max. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Cf. O Impey & C Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer

(1580-1850), p.46 where similar cups and saucers

are illustrated and discussed.

1001

A JAPANESE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO AND

TWO DISHES

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

The rectangular writing box and inner tray

decorated in gold, silver and black lacquer with

many cranes in a mountainous river landscape,

the reverse of the lid with two minogame; the

rectangular tray embellished with figures in a

garden, and the octagonal dish with two seals

depicted in relief, one topped with a shishi,

the other on its side revealing the characters

underneath, 23.3cm max. (5)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1002

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE

LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

All embellished with gold and black lacquer, some

used as kogo (incense boxes); one formed as a

takarabune (treasure ship) laden with auspicious

objects; another with two beauties mending clothes;

the third with a shaped panel enclosing flowers,

signed Ittosai in red lacquer; another a natsume (tea

caddy) with flowers and scrolling tendrils; the fifth of

quatrefoil shape and embellished with flowerheads

and pine needles, with mother of pearl inlays; the

sixth a square-section box and cover painted with

prunus, bamboo and pine, and the last a three-case

cylindrical box with cover, decorated with ferns,

13.4cm max. (16)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1006

A JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER BOX, COVER, INNER TRAY

AND DRAWER

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The tall rectangular body richly decorated with a continuous design of

pavilions in a mountainous river landscape, one on tall stilts reminiscent

of Kiyomizu-dera; with details rendered in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and

kirigane and with minute coral inlays; the sides and drawer with similar

embellishments; the inner tray decorated with fishermen on small boats

casting their nets amongst the waves, the reverse with brocade patterns,

14.5cm x 12cm x 21.5cm. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Detail of the inner tray

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1009

A COLLECTION OF WOVEN

BAMBOO VESSELS

19TH CENTURY AND LATER

Consisting of Chinese and Japanese baskets

of various sizes and shapes, two modelled as

pocket-shaped wall vases and another a basket

of oblong form with a tall bail handle, some with

lids, 43cm max. (10)

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1008

TWO JAPANESE LACQUER INROS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The first with four cases, decorated with bundles

of pine branches and of a leafy plant with red

berries, with a metal ojime and a coral netsuke

carved as the God of Wind Fujin carrying his

bag of air; the other inro with a side door sliding

to reveal two miniature drawers, painted in gold

lacquer with cranes, with a glass ojime and a seed

netsuke; together with a bamboo container and

lid, possibly an Ainu tobacco box, 8.3cm max. (3)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1007

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN

WOOD NETSUKE

EDO AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Variously carved as a carp under lotus, the pod

with movable seeds; a man kneading bread,

signed Masakazu in a mother of pearl tablet

underneath; Raijin, the God of Thunder standing

on scrolling clouds and holding a small lantern,

faintly signed underneath; a crying Daruma doll,

signed; another a mask netsuke, the open mouth

possibly serving as the himotoshi, and two netsuke

depicting tortoises, one signed, 6.5cm max. (7)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1012

TWO JAPANESE BUDDHIST FIGURES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY

AND LATER

The smallest fashioned in plaster and attached to

a modern stand, depicting a bodhisattva on a lotus

throne above swirling clouds, with traces of gilt and

polychromy; the other of Amida Buddha seated

with his hands held before him in a mudra and

holding a begging bowl, the surface with remnants

of gesso, 32cm and 40cm respectively. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1011

A JAPANESE ZUSHI SHRINE AND TWO

BRONZE BUDDHIST FIGURES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY

AND LATER

The portable shrine with typical curved doors

opening to reveal a figure of Buddha Shakyamuni

on an elaborate throne; together with a bronze

seated figure of Budda Nyorai and a reticulated

plaque depicting a multi-armed bodhisattva, the

enlightened being holding many sacred objects and

raised on a lotus throne with curling tendrils, the

surface with traces of gilt, 11.3cm max. (3)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1010

A JAPANESE SHAKU-DOKEI

(PILLAR CLOCK)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Of tall rectangular shape, the weight-driven

movement visible at the top and embellished with

reticulated floral designs, the wood frame with

brass plaques inscribed with numerals at the front,

a small rectangular drawer below; together with an

associated English key, 49.6cm. (2)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

two views

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1013

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ITEMS

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: nine small seashells and two larger ones, each painted in gold and polychrome for the

kai-awase (‘matching shells’) game; a parcel-gilt copper menuki with prancing shishi; an iron tsuba with

radiating design and a large door plate embellished with auspicious objects, 34cm max. (14)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1014

TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON TETSUBIN

AND COVERS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

One decorated with a vase of lotus leaves to

one side and three characters to the reverse;

the other with a monk praying by crashing

waves, his robes billowing around him, the other

side with a fan-shaped panel of calligraphy and a

crab amongst lotus underneath it; the bail handle

inlaid with a flower vase; both covers signed

Ryubundo zo, 21cm and 24.5cm respectively. (4)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1015

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE

ARCHAISTIC VASE AND A JARDINIERE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall neck issuing from the squat body

and with elephant-head handles, the surface

embellished with taotie masks, a parcel-gilt band

of key fret and other archaistic patterns, the base

with a four-character mark; the circular jardinière

with a band of flowerheads and two lion masks

suspending loose rings; 61.5cm and 27.5cm

respectively. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1016

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BRONZE

PIECES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Comprising: eight circular mirrors of various sizes,

decorated with birds, flowers, calligraphy and

other auspicious designs; a double-handled vase

with crashing vases and archaistic patterns, and

another smaller one decorated with spirals; a koro

with a wide rim raised on a tripod stand, signed

underneath; and a tall cylindrical vase decorated

with bamboo, with the Nogawa mark to the base,

31.8cm max. (13)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1017

FOUR SMALL JAPANESE VASES

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND

20TH CENTURY

Two made of porcelain, one painted in

underglaze blue with medallions enclosing

figures and brocade patterns; the other with a

reddish and blue glaze, signed Makuzu Kozan

underneath; the third a plique-à-jour enamel

vase with chrysanthemums, the footrim stamped

jungin (pure silver); the last a tall cloisonné vase

with irises, 15.3cm max. (4)

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1018

A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1854-1927)

MEIJI ERA, c.1905-10

The tall and slender body elegantly decorated with a small bird, possibly a Java sparrow, perched on a flowering branch of prunus, the design rendered in

polychrome enamels and gold wires on the deep aubergine ground, the rims with shakudo rings and the base with a square silver tablet inscribed Kyoto

Namikawa, 14.2cm.

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art: Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, vol.III Enamel, fig.28, and O Impey and M Fairley,

The Dragon King of the Sea, no.19 for other miniature vases by Yasuyuki with related cherry blossom decoration. Also, see the Victoria & Albert

Museum, London, access. no.FE.79-2011, for another example.

1019

1020

1021

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1019

KANO SCHOOL

FURYUJIN (ELEGANT BATTLES) AT THE

CHINESE COURT

EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

A Japanese five-fold byobu (paper screen), lavishly

painted in ink, colour, and gold leaf on paper;

embellished with the Chinese Imperial couple watching

court ladies fencing with bouquets of flowers attached

to long poles, the Emperor sat on a throne to the right of

the composition and the Empress depicted in a pavilion

on the left, both with attendants carrying goods; the

courtyard and pavilions by a lake and with a waterfall

flowing down a mountainous outcrop in the distance,

with gold clouds above; 169.5cm x 315cm overall.

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1020

KUSUMI MORIKAGE (C.1620-90)

SEKKO (DATES UNKNOWN)

KANO RYOMIN TAKANOBU

(ACT. 1716-48)

AND UNIDENTIFIED

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Three Japanese scroll paintings, one depicting

a white magnolia spray, signed Sekko and

inscribed Kanro gannen, Mokutoku o motte osu

(The emperor’s virtue rules the country with

good heavenly decree); another with Chinese

figures and a pavilion in a mountainous river

landscape, with a seal reading Morikage;

the third with Daikoku standing on a hay

bale, signed Kano Ryomin Takanobu hitsu,

123cm x 25cm max. (3)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1021

TSUKIOKA SESSEN (ACT. 19TH CENTURY)

YORYO KANNON (KANNON OF THE WILLOW)

EDO PERIOD, DATED 1857

A Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll painting), ink,

colour and gold on paper, depicting a serene-looking

Kannon wearing long flowing robes, an ornate necklace

and elaborate headdress; the Goddess of Mercy is sitting

on a rock before a tall waterfall, the water meandering

below; a vase with a bamboo sprig standing in a dish to

her left, and a tripod incense burner to her right; with

two lines of calligraphy reading Ansei yon hinoto mi natsu

go chushi hi, Sessen Tsukioka Kiyoshi (Ketsu) kaori ni moku

shi ogami utsusu (Painted by Tsukioka Sessen, artist name

Kiyoshi/Ketsu, bathed in an incense fragrance, in the

middle of the fifth month, during the summer, in the

year of hinoto-mi, Ansei 4th year -1857), and with two

red seal marks, 126.5cm x 53cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1022 part lot illustrated

1023

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1022

YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868)

KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (C.1754-1806)

KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786–1864)

TOSHI YOSHIDA (1911-1995)

EDO AND LATER, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

A collection of Japanese woodblock prints, consisting of a

surimono of Murasaki Shikibu by Gakutei; a print depicting

beauties by a river by Utamaro; another entitled ‘Woman

putting on face powder’ by Eisen; ‘Suzumushi’, from Kunisada’s

series ‘Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji’, and

another Kunisada print entitled ‘Arai’, from ‘Scenes of Famous

Places along the Tokaido Road’; ‘White Wall’ by Yoshida; and

five other woodblock prints by unidentified artists; together

with a painting of a beauty sewing; nine framed and glazed,

35.5cm x 50cm max. (11)

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1023

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERIES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Both of rectangular shape and depicting woodlands, one with

a torii gate rising from a pond and the other with a pavilion

by a river, both in their original glazed wood frame, both

embroideries 17.5cm x 35cm. (2)

£80-120

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1024

THREE JAPANESE OVOID JARS

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

All three of bulbous shape with a straight

neck, one decorated in underglaze blue with

chrysanthemum issuing from rockwork between

bands of lappets, together with a wood box;

another painted in iron-red with peonies and

other blooms under tasselled curtains; the third

an Imari jar with birds perched amongst pine,

prunus and bamboo, the shoulder with panels of

beribboned auspicious objects, 19.7cm max. (4)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1025

THREE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE

PIECES

17TH CENTURY

Comprising: a small dish decorated with a rabbit

to the well, the base left unglazed; a kiln waster

painted with a river landscape and with two

kintsugi gold lacquer repairs, the reverse with a

paper label reading ‘Bought in Arita, April 1990.

Waster’; the third a dish decorated with two

cranes in a fan-shaped cartouche, the reverse

with a two-character inscription and a paper

label for ‘R&G McPherson Antiques, London W8,

21166’, 17.7cm max. (3)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1026

FOUR JAPANESE POLYCHROME PIECES

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY

AND LATER

All variously decorated in underglaze blue

and polychrome enamels with floral designs,

including two tripod boxes and one cover; a

single tier from a stacking box and its cover,

with a gourd-shaped finial; and a footed bowl,

a four-character mark underneath, 14.5cm

max. (6)

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1027

FOUR JAPANESE TEA BOWLS

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The first embellished with flowerheads linked by

leafy scrolls; another with flowering prunus in a

garden; the third left blank, with a subtle white

slip decoration of chrysanthemum flowerheads

and scrolling tendrils; the last with a scalloped

rim and painted with pomegranates to the well,

three floral sprays to the reverse, 8.4cm max. (4)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1028

THREE JAPANESE MOULDED TEAPOTS

AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The smallest decorated with two recessed

cartouches enclosing chickens with eggs to one

side and a peony to the reverse, all rendered

in relief; on a dark blue ground with remnants

of decoration in gilt, the handle a later metal

replacement; another decorated with butterflies

and flowers, the cover with kintsugi gold lacquer

repairs; the third an Imari teapot with two figures

and chickens in relief, one possibly Hotei carrying

his sack of treasures, painted with many blooms

and with a moulded row of studs to the shoulder,

the spout a later metal replacement, 17.5cm

max. (5)

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1029

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE

KAKIEMON-STYLE PIECES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

Comprising: an octagonal cup, each side painted

with flower sprays, the base with a label reading

‘OCS 2006 The World in Colours, no.149’; two

small shaped dishes with prunus issuing from

rockwork, one with a paper label for ‘OCS 2006

The World in Colours, no.150’; two tall cups

with further floral designs, and a small figure of

a bijin, her hair tied up in a knot and her robes

embellished with a pattern of leaves, 10cm

max. (6)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Exhibited: the pieces mentioned, with the Oriental

Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006,

nos.149 & 150.

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1030

A RARE JAPANESE KO-IMARI JAR

EDO PERIOD, C.1660-70

The cylindrical body decorated in iron-red, green, black and yellow enamels, with panels

of flowers and bamboo alternating with brocade patterns and shippo-tsunagi cash designs,

the shoulder with a band of lappets and the neck rim and foot with several concentric rings,

a label reading ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, no.66’, 20.3cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022)

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.66.

See Sotheby’s, London, Fine Japanese Art, 15 May 2020, lot 52, for a comparable jar. Also,

see O Impey, C J A Jörg, C Mason, Dragons, Tigers and Bamboo: Japanese Porcelain and Its

Impact in Europe: The Macdonald Collection, p.98 for another example of a ko-Imari flask with

iron-red decoration.

reverse

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1031

A COLLECTION OF SIX BLUE AND WHITE

MOULDED PIECES

16TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: a Chinese dish painted with a scroll and tassels,

framed by scales and fylfot patterns, the reverse with a paper

label reading ‘O.C.S. 1994 16TH C. STUDY EX. NO.123’; four

Japanese moulded bowls, variously decorated with figures on

boats, flowers, auspicious characters and other formal designs;

and a dish with two figures playing go in a star-shaped panel to

the well, 21.2cm max. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1032

A COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE BLUE AND

WHITE DISHES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

With foliate rims and variously painted with birds, flowers

and other formal designs; three with sumihajiki (wax resist)

decoration; one moulded with radiating panels enclosing

stylised fans and butterflies; some with apocryphal Chinese

marks to the base, 21.5cm max. (6)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1033

A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE BLUE AND

WHITE DISHES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Variously decorated with flowers, bamboo, waves, karakusa

scrolls, and other formal designs; two a pair, one with a paper

label reading ‘The Lost Century Exhibition- 1998, Cambridge

& Edinburgh, Loan number: 202’; another of irregular shape

painted with bamboo over a stencilled star-like design, 21.3cm

max. (9)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). See

I Finch, The Lost Century, Japanese Arita Porcelain 1720-1820 in

Britain: Selective Catalogue, p.34, no.202, where the dish with a

paper label is illustrated and discussed, and the provenance from

the collection of Phillip Allen is mentioned.

Exhibited: The Lost Century, the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)

and the National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh), 1998, no.202.

1034

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE BLUE AND

WHITE PIECES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: four small teabowls and a larger one, a foliate

cup and a cylindrical brushpot; variously decorated with fruits,

flowers, and landscapes; one cup painted to the outside with a

figure on a bridge and another fishing; the brushpot with two

carps swimming up a waterfall, 10cm max. (7)

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1035

THREE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE

POURING VESSELS

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The first a tea kettle of compressed circular shape with a

later wood cover, painted with wheels, hay bales, flowers and

other auspicious objects amongst crashing waves; the other

two modelled as ewers with side handles, the tallest with

figures in a mountainous rivers landscape and with formal

designs to the neck; the third vessel with a long spout and

loosely painted with butterflies and flowers, 23.5cm max. (4)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1036

A COLLECTION OF TEN JAPANESE BLUE AND

WHITE PIECES

EDO AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: four dishes, five bowls and a footed cup;

variously decorated with flowers, birds, figures, and other

formal designs; one a square dish painted with Moso, one of

the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety, depicted digging for

bamboo shoots to feed his sick mother; another plate with

Chokaro Sennin conjuring his horse from his magical gourd;

24.4cm max. (10)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1037

A COLLECTION OF SIX BLUE AND WHITE

PORCELAIN PIECES

18TH CENTURY

Two with the ‘Deshima Island’ pattern after the design by

Frederik van Frytom, depicting three figures and a dog

walking in a coastal landscape, the larger one Chinese and

the other Japanese; another a small Arita lobed dish with

two large European ships and five figures in a smaller boat

in the foreground; a small dish with an elephant and his

handler, and a decagonal dish with figures in a landscape;

the last piece a shallow bowl decorated with three Chinese

figures in a sampan underneath a cloudy sky, the reverse a

dark navy-blue colour, with a paper label reading ‘Stockspring

Antiques, London, c.1760’, 22.2cm max. (6)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1038

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE KRAAK-STYLE DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

Of various sizes and decorated in underglaze blue with birds

and flowers, the cavetti typically painted with panels enclosing

auspicious designs, 45.5cm max. (5)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1041 1042

1039 1040

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1041

A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE GOLD IMARI PIECES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Decorated in gilt and red enamels, some with details highlighted in green;

comprising: a small pair of cups and saucers with landscape panels; two

tripod pouring vessels with chrysanthemum mon and bamboo-shaped

handles; a foliate dish with quails and millet; a scalloped moulded bowl with

further chrysanthemum, and a teapot and cover shaped as a minogame,

20.7cm max. (10)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1042

A LARGE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising ten cups and twenty saucers, some matching; variously decorated

in the Imari palette with birds, flowers, bamboo auspicious objects and other

formal designs, 16.3cm max. (30)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1039

A COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a blue and white dish painted with a vase of flowers and

alternating fans and scrolling tendrils; the other four pieces with polychrome

enamels, including a large Kakiemon-style dish with a duck in flight framed by

a band of peonies; three further dishes with floral designs, and a foliate bowl

embellished with pomegranates, finger citrons and chrysanthemums, 31.3cm

max. (6)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: one of the polychrome dishes with the Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, no.95.

1040

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MINIATURE PIECES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Consisting of a small Imari cup and a ewer inscribed with the initial ‘S’; three

vases of various shapes; a blue and white circular tray with karakusa scrolls

and a Chinese Chenghua mark underneath; and a small dish painted with a

river landscape framed by branches of flowering prunus, 9.2cm max. (7)

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1045 1046

1043 1044

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1045

A COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN JAPANESE POLYCHROME PIECES

EDO AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

All variously decorated in underglaze blue and coloured enamels with birds,

flowers, figures, and other formal designs, including a gallipot, a beaker vase

and a tokkuri with a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, The World in Colours,

no.98’; a teapot and cover; a tall cup painted with beauties and with a paper

label mentioning David Howard; four bowls and three fan-shaped dishes,

25.5cm max. (13)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the bottle vase mentioned, with the Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, no.98.

1046

A COLLECTION OF NINETEEN JAPANESE POLYCHROME DISHES

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Variously decorated in the Imari and Kakiemon palettes; one with a celadon

cavetto painted with cranes in flight, the well with a mountainous river

landscape in underglaze blue, the reverse with a Chenghua mark and a paper

label reading ‘OCS 2006, The World in Colours, no.90’; another a foliate dish

richly painted with panels of birds, chrysanthemum and other formal designs,

a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, The World in Colours, no.134’; a third with

chrysanthemum and tendrils, another paper label for ‘OCS 2006, The World

in Colours, no.135’, 17cm max. (19)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the three mentioned dishes with the Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, nos.90, 134 and 135.

1043

A JAPANESE NABESHIMA POLYCHROME DISH

EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The well brightly decorated in underglaze blue and yellow, cyan and orange

overglaze enamels, the cavetto with a formal band of scrolling tendrils and

five sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum flowerheads, the reverse with three

clusters of shippo-tsunagi (beribboned cash), 20.5cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1044

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PIECES

EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Consisting of four soba cups, variously painted with brocade patterns, figures

and flowers, one with kintsugi gold lacquer repairs; together with a tall

U-shaped bowl painted with various crustaceans, fish, and an octopus, with

another kintsugi repair to the rim and signed to the side, 11.3cm max. (5)

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1047

A LARGE JAPANESE FUKAGAWA CHARGER

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The well decorated with a phoenix in flight

above paulownia, with three shaped panels to

the cavetto variously enclosing cranes, irises and

carps, alternating with brocade medallions, signed

Fukagawa sei to the reverse, 54cm.

£200-400

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1048

TWO JAPANESE HIRADO BLUE AND

WHITE PIECES

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

One a shaped dish with the rim folded to either

side and applied with chrysanthemum flowerheads

and leaves modelled in relief, painted to the well

with flower sprays amongst waves; the other a

brushrest formed as three handscrolls and further

chrysanthemums in relief, 22.3cm and 6.4cm

respectively. (2)

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1049

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE

PORCELAIN PIECES

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: a Hirado surprise cup with a figure

in the well, painted with boys to the outside; a

small rectangular Kakiemon dish with tendrils and

peonies, signed to the reverse; two dishes with

irises; an ovoid waterpot with lotus and a Kutani

bowl with cranes to the well and panels of figures

to the reverse, painted on an iron-red ground,

18.3cm max. (6)

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1050

A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The tall ovoid body decorated with two rectangular panels enclosing luxuriant gardens, one side with small birds pecking underneath

wisteria and by a meandering stream, the reverse with further blooms and bamboo, on a dark mottled ground embellished with further

floral designs and scrolling tendrils in gilt, the base signed Kinkozan zo, 26cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1053

A COLLECTION OF CERAMIC SHARDS AND

ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Consisting of three Japanese roof tiles, two with

mitsu-tomoe designs on the finial and the third with a

double-leaf mon; together with a quantity of blue and white

porcelain shards and other pottery fragments, some with

paper labels relating to their various provenances, 24.5cm

max. (a lot)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1052

A SMALL GROUP OF JAPANESE ITEMS FOR THE

TEA CEREMONY

PROBABLY 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Including: two Seto chaire (tea caddies) with brown

iridescent glazes, the tallest with a silk pouch and presented

in a bamboo box; the smaller one with a kintsugi gold

lacquer repair; together with a small chawan, the tea bowl

with a light crackled glaze partly covering the body, with

further kintsugi repairs to the rim, contained in a woven

pouch attached to a small bamboo container, 15cm max. (8)

£150-250

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1051

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE

STONEWARE PIECES

20TH CENTURY

Consisting of a cylindrical Tamba ware vase with bail handle,

a stamped signature to the base; a Bizen teapot and cover

with a shishi knop; a dish with a white-glazed rabbit to the

well and a bowl painted with gilt and polychrome grasses,

20.2cm max. (5)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1056

A TALL KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ VASE

JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

The tall baluster-shaped body decorated in underglaze cobalt blue

with two writhing dragons, the beasts writhing amongst scrolling

clouds, wispy whorls and bullocho fungi, their jaws open and

baring their fangs, the rim with further clouds, 38.5cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). See

Brooklyn Museum, access. no.80.120.1 for a comparable vase.

1055

A SMALL COLLECTION OF KOREAN ITEMS

KORYO AND CHOSON DYNASTY

Comprising: a sanggam inlaid celadon octagonal bowl with

panels of flowers; a larger celadon bowl moulded with floral

designs; a lacquer and mother of pearl bowl with peonies and

a band of diaper; and a candlestick with a bird perched on

rockwork, 19cm. (4)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the bird candlestick with the Oriental Ceramic Society,

World of Monochromes, 2009, no.131; the octagonal bowl also

with the Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Green Wares, 1997,

no.80.

1054

A TALL KOREAN SANGGAM INLAID CELADON EWER

KORYO DYNASTY, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

The bottle of double-gourd form with a narrow waist and tapered neck,

a long curved spout and slender handle; decorated in slip inlays with

circular panels enclosing flowers underneath a band of ruyi heads and

cranes in flight; with extensive gold lacquer restoration; two paper

labels underneath, one reading ‘the Stanley Smith Collection 1914’

and another for the ‘Oriental Green Wares Exhibition, BM/OCS/1997

no.82’, 35cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Previously in

the collection of Rev Stanley Smith (1876-1954), who served as missionary

in Korea with the English Church Mission (1912-17). Part of his collection is

now at the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Green Wares, 1997, no.82.

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CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA

NEOLITHIC 新石器時代

c.6500-1700 BC

XIA DYNASTY 夏

c.2100-1600 BC

SHANG DYNASTY 商

c.1600-1100 BC

ZHOU DYNASTY 周

c.1100-221 BC

Western Zhou 西周

c.1100-771 BC

Eastern Zhou 東周 770-256 BC

Spring and Autumn Period 春秋

770-476 BC

Warring States Period 戰國

475-221 BC

QIN DYNASTY 秦 221-206 BC

HAN DYNASTY 漢

206 BC-AD 220

Western Han 西漢 206 BC-AD 8

Eastern Han 東漢 AD 25-220

THREE KINGDOMS 三國

220-280

Wei 魏 220-265

Shu Han 蜀漢 221-263

Wu 吳 222-280

JIN DYNASTY 晉 265-420

Western Jin 西晉 265-317

Sixteen Kingdoms 十六國 304-439

Dong Jin 東晉 317-420

SOUTHERN DYNASTIES 南朝

420-589

Liu Song 劉宋 420-479

Southern Qi 南齊 479-502

Liang 梁 502-557

Chen 陳 557-589

NORTHERN DYNASTIES 北朝

386-581

Northern Wei 北魏 386-534

Eastern Wei 東魏 534-550

Western Wei 西魏 535-556

Northern Qi 北齊 550-577

Northern Zhou 北周 557-581

SUI DYNASTY 隋 581-618

TANG DYNASTY 唐 618-907

FIVE DYNASTIES 五代 907-960

Later Liang 後梁 907-923

Later Tang 後唐 923-936

Later Jin 後晋 936-946

Later Han 後漢 947-950

Later Zhou 後周 951-960

LIAO DYNASTY 遼 907-1125

SONG DYNASTY 宋 960-1279

Northern Song 北宋 960-1127

Southern Song 南宋 1127-1279

JIN DYNASTY 金 1115-1234

YUAN DYNASTY 元 1271-1368

MING DYNASTY 明 1368-1644

Hongwu 洪武 1368-1398

Jianwen 建文 1399-1402

Yongle 永樂 1403-1425

Hongxi 洪熙 1425

Xuande 宣德 1426-1435

Zhengtong 正統 1436-1449

Jingtai 景泰 1450-1456

Tianshun 天順 1457-1464

Chenghua 成化 1465-1487

Hongzhi 弘治 1488-1505

Zhengde 正德 1506-1521

Jiajing 嘉靖 1522-1566

Longqing 隆慶 1567-1572

Wanli 萬曆 1573-1620

Taichang 泰昌 1620

Tianqi 天啟 1621-1627

Chongzhen 崇禎 1628-1644

QING DYNASTY 清 1644-1911

Shunzhi 順治 1644-1661

Kangxi 康熙 1662-1722

Yongzheng 雍正 1723-1735

Qianlong 乾隆 1736-1795

Jiaqing 嘉慶 1796-1820

Daoguang 道光 1821-1850

Xianfeng 咸豐 1851-1861

Tongzhi 同治 1862-1874

Guangxu 光緒 1875-1908

Xuantong 宣統 1908-1911

REPUBLIC OF CHINA 中華民國

1912-

HONGXIAN (YUAN SHI KAI) 洪憲

（袁世凱）1915-1916

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

中華人民共和國 1949-

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Lot 1155

CHINESE WORKS OF ART

LOTS 1057-1306

1058

1057

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1057

A LARGE QUANTITY OF WOOD STANDS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Variously carved with scrolls, lappets, flowers, and other designs. (a lot)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1058

A CHINESE HARDWOOD RETICULATED STAND

QING DYNASTY

Formed as a flowerhead, with lappet-like petals on a high foot, 12.5cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1061

1060

1059

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1059

THREE SMALL CHINESE BROWN LACQUER

OCCASIONAL TABLES

19TH CENTURY

With rectangular tops, decorated with figures in gardens and

with flowers and foliage, 68.5cm x 62cm x 37cm max. (3)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1060

THREE TALL CHINESE HARDWOOD STANDS

LATE QING DYNASTY

One with a circular top inset with marble, the others with

square tops raised on tall legs joined by humpback stretchers,

90cm max. (3)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1061

A PAIR OF CHINESE RED LACQUER STANDS

QING DYNASTY

With square tops and bow-shaped aprons, on straight

cylindrical legs joined by stretchers, 86cm x 47cm. (2)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

two views

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1062

A CHINESE HEXAGONAL QIANGJIN AND TIANQI

LACQUER STAND

QING DYNASTY

Decorated with dragons and lotus scrolls, together with five other items in

wood and coconut variously decorated with figures, foliage and Chinese

characters, 42cm. (9)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1063

A CHINESE SILVER ‘DRAGON’ GOBLET

19TH CENTURY

The U-shaped cup embossed with a battle scene beneath city walls, with

a cartouche engraved with a crest, the stem formed as two dragons, the

base with a single punch mark, 654g; together with a silver-mounted ebony

box with a hinged lid and applied with silver crests and elaborate spandrels,

26cm. (2)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1064

A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL-INLAID

BLACK LACQUER SEAL CHEST,

GUANPIXIANG

17TH/18TH CENTURY

The rectangular cover lifting to reveal a shallow

tray above a pair of doors, with various drawers

and shelves to the inside; the sides elaborately

decorated with butterflies amidst gourd vines

and blossoming floral branches and rockwork,

all above a shaped apron, the front with a metal

lock plate and a ruyi-head clasp and set with two

loop handles to the sides, 41cm x 25cm x 41cm,

sold together with the contents, including a

collection of small metal, agate and wooden

items. (a lot)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1065

A MAHOGANY COLLECTOR’S CABINET

19TH CENTURY

Containing many Chinese bronze, stone, and other items,

68cm x 77cm x 41cm. (a lot)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1066

A SMALL MAHOGANY COLLECTOR’S CABINET

19TH CENTURY

Containing many Chinese bronze, stone, bone and other items,

43cm x 56cm x 31cm. (a lot)

£500-1,500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1067

A SMALL CHINESE HARDWOOD AND LACQUER CABINET

LATE QING DYNASTY

The rectangular body with four lacquer panels to the sides and

two further ones forming the doors, with a pair of drawers above

and below, the sides decorated with reverse-painted glass,

39cm x 46cm x 20cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1068

A CHINESE ZITAN SMALL RECTANGULAR CABINET

QING DYNASTY

The rectangular body carved with six panels of chrysanthemum and other

flowers, and a pair of doors to the front opening to reveal an arrangement of

eight drawers, the top with a metal carrying handle, 36cm x 37cm x 21.5cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1069

A CHINESE ZITAN TREASURE CHEST

QING DYNASTY

The rectangular body with a large panel to the front which reveals a

complex arrangements of drawers and compartments, some of the door

fronts with paper labels describing their former contents, and with pull

handles in baitong; the whole with a shaped carrying handle to the top,

35cm x 45cm x 32cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1070

A LARGE CHINESE IMPERIAL ZITAN PANEL

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Applied with elaborately carved trees, rocks, and a pagoda, with a metal suspension bracket, the

reverse painted with sprays of fruiting branches on a black lacquer ground, 95cm x 121cm; raised on an

associated wood stand. (2)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. Screens in the Palace Museum Collection, Classics of the Forbidden City Screens, nos.175-195, for other

Chinese Imperial screens related to the present lot.

1073 1074

1071 1072

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1073

THREE CHINESE HARDWOOD LIBATION CUPS

QING DYNASTY

Two carved with plum blossom, the third with magnolia and two squirrels,

together with a box and cover and two cups carved from coconuts, 13cm

max. (7)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1074

THREE CHINESE LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

QING DYNASTY

One shaped as a large peach, the lid decorated with a finger citron, a peach

and a pomegranate, within a border of flowers and on a dense ground of

geometric designs; another a tixi lacquer box and cover carved with scrolling

tendrils; and a small circular box with figures in a garden, 11cm max. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1071

A COLLECTION OF NINE BRUSHPOTS

MOSTLY QING DYNASTY

Comprising: two large cylindrical bitong in hardwood, another lacquered

brown and incised with a landscape scene and six in bamboo, 29.5cm. (9)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1072

A CHINESE HARDWOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG

QING DYNASTY

The cylindrical body with slightly concave sides, 16.5cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1077 1078

1075 1076

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1077

A CHINESE BAMBOO WRIST REST AND A CARVED HARDWOOD

BELT HOOK

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The wrist rest carved with a small boat on a lake with mountains, huts and

calligraphy; the belthook with a dragon’s head terminal confronting a chilong

hidden beneath leaves, 24.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1078

A CHINESE HORN CARVING OF THE HEHE ERXIAN

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The two boys are carved from a single horn, one holds a bat and the other a

box, a gilt six-character Wanli mark, together with a wood stand, 16.5cm. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1075

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE ITEMS

18TH/19TH CENTURY

All items in black lacquer with decoration rendered in mother of pearl;

comprising: a table screen and stand, embellished with scholars having tea

in a mountainous river landscape to one side, and lines of calligraphy to

the other; a small square-section dish, and three bowls of various sizes, all

decorated with further figures and flowers, 32.2cm max. (6)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1076

A SET OF SIX CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE ‘SIX BEAUTIES’

SMALL DISHES

18TH CENTURY

Each decorated in mother of pearl with a single standing female figure, within

flowers and scrolls, all on a dark brown lacquer ground; each dish inscribed;

12.5cm. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1079

λ A CHINESE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION

CUP AND STAND

19TH CENTURY

The stem intricately carved in high relief and openwork with lotus

flowers, pods and leaves, millet, and narcissus; the wider end

modelled as a lotus leaf; raised on a large hardwood stand shaped as

a gnarly trunk and with an abundance of grapes and leafy tendrils;

1.14kg, the horn 47cm, 68cm overall. (2)

£3,000-5,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

For a closely related example, see T Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros

Horn Carving in China, p.248, no.186.

Please note that an export licence will only be granted for rhinoceros

horn pieces, should the hammer price meet or exceed the value of

100 USD per gram of the item’s weight.

39

EARLY CHINESE CERAMICS

& WORKS OF ART

LOTS 1080-1125

Lots 1123 & 1125

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1080

THREE CHINESE POTTERY VESSELS

HAN DYNASTY OR LATER

One a cocoon vase, another shaped as a drum, the

third with a textured net design, all decorated with

natural earth pigments, 35cm. (3)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1081

THREE CHINESE POTTERY VASES

NEOLITHIC OR LATER

The rounded bodies with loop handles and painted

with geometric designs, in black and brown earth

pigments, 34cm. (3)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1082

A LARGE CHINESE CIZHOU-TYPE

STORAGE JAR

YUAN DYNASTY

The shoulder and body painted with scruffy stylised

flowers and leaves, 63cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1083

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE POTTERY

BURIAL ITEMS

MING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: three vases, five dishes of food, a model

of a screen, a candlestick, and seven other items,

24cm max. (17)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Exhibited: five items with The Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2009, nos.33a, 33b, 33c, 33e

and 33a-h.

1084

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE POTTERY

BURIAL ITEMS

MING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a model of a folding chair, a tall sedan

chair and cover, a table, a model of a cabinet, a

circular stand with four legs, and a second sedan

chair, 34cm. (7)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Exhibited: four items with The Oriental Ceramic Society,

World in Colours, 2009, nos.33d, 33f, 33g and 33h.

1085

SEVEN CHINESE POTTERY FIGURES

HAN DYNASTY AND LATER

All standing, including three wearing green robes

and one with a honey-coloured glaze, 32cm max. (7)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1086

A CHINESE MARBLE STANDING FIGURE OF A LUOHAN

LIAO DYNASTY OR LATER

He stands holding a long strand of beads and wears plain robes; together

with another marble fragment carved with two figures, and a Gandharan grey

schist carving of a seated woman, one figure with a perspex stand, 34cm. (3)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1087

TWO CHINESE POTTERY FIGURES AND A MODEL OF A HORSE

HAN DYNASTY OR LATER

The figures depicted standing and decorated with natural pigments; the

horse in grey pottery and in two sections, together with two wood stands,

51cm. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1088

A CHINESE STONE HEAD OF A LUOHAN

PROBABLY MING DYNASTY

The grey stone with naturalistically carved features and elongated

earlobes, 23cm.

£500-800

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1089

TWO CHINESE POTTERY STANDING MALE FIGURES

PROBABLY HAN DYNASTY

The tall slender figures lacking their arms, decorated with cold-painted red

pigment, together with one wood and one perspex stand, 60cm. (4)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1090

TWO CHINESE CARVED WOOD FIGURES

PROBABLY HAN DYNASTY

One standing wearing flowing robes with their hands clasped before the

waist, the other figure crudely carved with real hair, 48cm. (2)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1091

A CHINESE CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDAI HE SHANG

LATE QING DYNASTY

With traces of lacquer and paint, together with a soapstone ruyi sceptre and

an iron model of a recumbent horse, 47cm. (3)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1094 1095

1092 1093

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1092

FOUR CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY ITEMS

HAN DYNASTY OR LATER

Comprising: a hill censer, a model of a grain silo, a circular incense burner and

cover, and a shallow bowl, 30cm max. (6)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1093

THREE CHINESE STONEWARE VESSELS

TANG DYNASTY AND LATER

One a double-handled phosphatic-glazed jar, the black body with

bluish-white splashes; another a Northern Song model of a grain store with

a warm creamy glaze, a label to the base reading ‘OCS 2009, THE WORLD

IN MONOCHROMES, NO.94’; the third a Jin/Yuan Cizhou jar, the cylindrical

body painted in brown and white slip with panels of birds and flowers,

33.5cm max. (3)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the Northern Song piece, with the Oriental Ceramic Society, The World

in Monochromes, 2009, no.94.

1094

TWO CHINESE STONEWARE VESSELS

TANG DYNASTY

The first a tall sancai jar with a band of green, russet and cream-coloured

glazes to the shoulder, the rest of the body left unglazed; the other a

bulbous olive-green jar and cover, 25.7cm max. (3)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the

Jin and Tang Dynasties, p.199, fig,184 for a similar vessel.

1095

A CHINESE CIZHOU GREEN-GLAZED ‘DEER’ PILLOW

JIN/YUAN DYNASTY OR LATER

The upper part of the rectangular body decorated with an unctuous green

glaze, incised with a panel enclosing a deer prancing amongst foliage, lotus

and other flowers, a paper label to the unglazed base reading ‘OCS 2009,

THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES, NO.16’, 11.5cm x 36.5cm x 17cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 2009,

no.16.

1098 1099

1096 1097

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1098

A CHINESE SANCAI INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, AND A TILE

TANG DYNASTY OR LATER

The bulbous body raised on three cylindrical legs and covered in a green

and yellow glaze; decorated with a pierced band of figures riding qilin and

playing musical instruments, the cover with further openwork decoration

and a dragon-shaped handle, and a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, THE

WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.30’; the green and yellow rectangular tile with

floral designs and a paper label for ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS,

NO.22’, and another about the provenance, 43cm max. (3)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). According to the

paper label at the back of the tile, it originated ‘from the Porcelain Pagoda at

Nanjin. The tile was made at Jubaoshan near Nanjin, PA.26.1.93’.

1099

SIX VARIOUS CHINESE CERAMIC ITEMS

PROBABLY LIAO DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a turquoise-glazed moulded tripod incense burner, three dishes

with green and turquoise glazes, and two ink stones, 19cm max. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World of Monochromes, 2009,

nos.15, 207, 208.

1096

A LARGE CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED AMPHORA VASE

TANG DYNASTY

The upper part of the tall bulbous body covered with an olive-green glaze,

the narrow neck applied with two curved handles terminating with dragon

heads biting the rim, the unglazed base with a paper label reading ‘OCS

2009, THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES, NO.11’, 37.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 2009,

no.11.

1097

A CHINESE ‘PHOENIX’ EWER AND A CIZHOU ‘LOTUS’ PILLOW

POSSIBLY TANG AND SONG/JIN DYNASTY

The upper section of the tall pouring vessel covered in a creamy-white glaze,

the spout modelled as a stylised bird and topped with a foliate cup; the pillow

covered in an ivory-coloured slip incised with a lotus flower and leaves tied

up with a ribbon, 34cm max. (2)

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the

Song Dynasty (I), p.195, fig.177 for a similar pillow.

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1100

A SMALL COLLECTION OF BROWN AND CELADON

GLAZED WARES

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: three brown-glazed jars, four various bowls, two dishes and a

pair of dark celadon glazed lion dogs, 19cm max. (11)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1101

FIVE CHINESE VESSELS

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: a white glazed ewer, a celadon glazed vase decorated with bands

of impressed flowerheads and scale patterns, two black glazed vessels and a

jar with a cream glaze and loop handles to the shoulder, 23cm. (5)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the white glazed ewer with, The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in

Monochromes, 2009, no.95.

1102

THREE CHINESE STONEWARE BOWLS

SONG DYNASTY

The first a brown-glazed bowl, probably Hebei province; with a lustrous russet surface and a paper label reading ‘OCS 2009, THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES,

NO.146’; another a black Jizhou paper-cut ‘phoenix’ bowl; and the third a Jian yao ‘hare’s fur’ bowl, 12.3cm max. (3)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: the brown-glazed bowl, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 2009, no.146.

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1103

A SMALL COLLECTION OF WHITE WARES

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two dishes with incised decoration, a small dish applied with a

fish to the rim, and ten further dishes, 19cm max. (13)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1104

TEN CHINESE BROWN AND BLACK-GLAZED ITEMS

MOSTLY SONG DYNASTY

Comprising: eight small bowls, a compressed circular jar and a small dish with

a metal rim, 12.5cm max. (10)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

1105

A CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED CIZHOU-STYLE CUP STAND

POSSIBLY SONG DYNASTY

Raised on a tall foot and with a wavy rim, the surface covered with a creamy-white glaze and with light crazing, the inside of the foot left unglazed, 12.5cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

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1106

A RARE CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED MOULDED JAR

MING DYNASTY

Possibly Dehua, the compressed circular body raised on a short foot and with

an everted neck; decorated with a continuous band of peonies and leafy

tendrils, between a border of lotus petals above the foot and two smaller

bands of triangular lappets to the neck, 19cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. PJ Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.2b, for a similar example. Also, see Bonhams

London, 2 November 2020, lot 392 for another comparable piece.

1107

A RARE CHINESE BLACK FOOTED CUP

NEOLITHIC, LONGSHAN CULTURE

The burnished earthenware body with a flared cup to the top and raised

on a pierced stem, with a paper label to the base reading ‘OCS 2009,

THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES, NO. 1’, 20.8cm.

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, 2009, no.1.