420 † A RARE CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN YUAN DYNASTY Well modelled with his head turned slightly and his eyes half closed, he has elongated ear lobes, and a preternaturally developed forehead, his robes with borders finally incised with flowers and scrolls, traces of cold painted red and gilded decoration, 788g, 13cm. £6,000-8,000 Provenance: purchased from Gerard Hawthorn, London. 元 銅羅漢坐像 來源：購於英國倫敦Gerard Hawthorn。 421 No lot 49

422 A SMALL CHINESE GILT BRONZE ‘BAJIXIANG’ INCENSE BURNER 17TH/18TH CENTURY The body cast in relief with the eight Buddhist emblems between fish handles, the rim with further auspicious emblems, the base with a six character Xuande mark, 848g, 14.5cm. £3,000-5,000 Provenance: the collection of Monsieur Jacques Millett, 1923-84, and thence by descent. Monsieur Jacques Millett was an avid collector of Chinese art, Antiquities, and African art, buying in the 1960s and 1970s. 清十七／十八世紀 銅鎏金八吉祥紋魚耳爐 《大明宣德年製》仿款 來源: Monsieur Jacques Millett (1923-84) 私人收藏，之後由其後人繼 承。Monsieur Jacques Millett是熱愛中國藝術、古董和非洲藝術的收藏 家，其藏品購於1960至1970年代。 50 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

423 A LARGE CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY With a rounded body and a slightly flared rim from which rise loop handles, the exterior with a brown patina decorated with irregular gold splashes, raised on three feet, a six character Xuande mark, 4.5kg, 29cm. £20,000-30,000 Cf. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th October 2014, lot 3407, for a related example from the Ming Dynasty. 清 銅灑金沖天耳三足爐 《大明宣德年製》仿款 51

424 † A PAIR OF CHINESE BLACK LACQUER ‘SHOU’ BOXES AND COVERS 18TH CENTURY Each in the form of a shou character and decorated with red and gold bats amidst clouds, the sides with bats flying amidst surf above waves and rocks, 35cm. (4) £3,000-4,000 清十八世紀 黑漆描金壽字形蓋盒 一對 52 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

425 AN UNUSAL CHINESE ZITAN TABLE SCREEN QING DYNASTY The rectangular glazed screen containing a diorama, depicting a mountain scene with small huts hidden beneath trees and amongst rocky outcrops, the stand, sides and reverse, decorated in gilt on dark brown lacquer, 48cm x 42cm x 24cm. (2) £5,000-8,000 清 紫檀雕描金歲寒三友紋屏 53

426 427 † A RARE CHINESE SPOTTED BAMBOO AND ZITAN BRUSHPOT, † A CHINESE BLACK LACQUERED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG BITONG 18TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY The cylindrical body delicately incised with a design of two pairs of birds The square-section zitan body decorated with panels set with spotted amidst blossoming prunus, bamboo and rocks, heightened in gold, the bamboo stems, the borders carved with a poem, raised on four low bracket interior red, the base with a black and red marbled design, 16.5cm. feet, 13.6cm. £4,000-6,000 £4,000-6,000 Cf. Charm of Bamboo, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, 2011, pp.73-74, item 12, 清 紫檀嵌湘妃竹詩文筆筒 for a similar but smaller brushpot. 清十八世紀 黑漆竹刻填金花鳥紋筆筒 54 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

428 λ A CHINESE HUANGHUALI THREE-TIERED PICNIC BOX AND COVER 17TH/18TH CENTURY The rectangular wood box detailed with a carved lip at each of the three levels, with large ruyi motifs to the ends of the base frame, the upright handle and rounded corners reinforced with baitong mounts, 25cm x 34.5cm × 19cm. (5) £6,000-8,000 Provenance: formerly from a British private collection, purchased from Odile Cavendish on 10th June 1992. A copy of the invoice is available. Cf. Christie’s New York, 22nd-23rd March 2012, lot 1743 for a similar example; see also Sotheby’s New York, 20th March 2012, lot 130 for a comparable two-tiered picnic box also with metal mounts. 清十七/十八世紀 黃花梨三層式提匣 來源：英國私人舊藏，1992年6月10日購於Odile Cavendish （附發票複印件）。 55

429 Illustration from the Mirror of Craftsmanship λ A CHINESE HUANGHUALI SEDAN CHAIR, JIANYU and Guidelines by Lu Ban c.1600 17TH CENTURY The sweeping crest rail terminating in outswept hooks above horseshoe-shaped arms, forming an elegant curve above the splat, extensively carved in high relief with mountainous landscapes, the reverse of the splat inscribed with a poem by Zhang Dai (1597-1624), with one artist’s seal. Above the seat framework are four panels, tuosai, with plum blossom and bamboo motifs, the rectangular rattan seat above four carved legs with makara feet raised on an open framed footrest. The seat is surrounded by four carved panels decorated with the Three Friends of Winter, and the front panel depicting Zhang Dai living in seclusion with his two attendants, each corner of the panel with metal loop mounts for carriage bars, 97cm x 66cm x 48cm. £10,000-20,000 Provenance: from the collection of Mrs M Sergant, bought from Hamadi Oriental Art, The Netherlands. Previously in the collection of Mr Arie Mullieu, Amsterdam. A copy of the invoice is available. A jianyu (sedan chair) was commonly used by the emperors, princes and nobles as transport for short journeys between buildings in the great palaces. According to the Mirror of Craftsmanship and Guidelines by Lu Ban, Chinese sedan chairs come in different types, this particular one is called a Yajiao shi. Zhang Dai (1597-1624) was a famous late Ming dynasty historian and writer, he was born to a noble family and well educated with poetic aesthetic tastes, however he never passed the Imperial examinations to serve the Ming court, his hometown was destroyed with the fall of the Ming dynasty. Reluctant to serve the invader, he decided to live in seclusion with his two attendants, one depicting holding a qin, and the other a ewer, which is explained in the poem. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), Hong Kong, p.36, no.22 for a closely related sedan chair. 十七世紀 黃花梨牙轎式肩輿 銘文：天明晨寒偕二童子隨行，其一抱琴，其一執壺至江邊。山水青綠江風景盛，舟少人稀 飲氣之清畫江之謐，似與天地合而為一，此自達之意深為吾想。張岱。 來源：M Sergant女士收藏, 購於Hamadi Oriental Art (附發票複印件)。阿姆斯特丹Arie Mullieu先 生舊藏。 肩輿，為古時一種作為行山的交通工具，後來發展成皇帝或達官貴人在皇宮內行走的方式。 肩輿不設帷幔，冬季蓋紫貂於坐上，夏季則用緞墊。據《魯班經家鏡》中描繪：“牙轎式： 宦家明轎椅（圖源於《魯班經家境》p.162）”。王世襄先生在《明式家具研究》中也同樣 有提到明代牙轎式的解析， 其上部於圈椅相同，有靠背及扶手，但坐面之上有高束腰及托 腮，另有四個環用以嵌抬桿。由於肩與為出行時乘坐用具，所以存世不多。故宮博物院藏一 件於此拍品極其相似的皇家黃花梨肩輿（《故宮文物院藏文物珍品全集：明清家具（上）》 ，p.34），以供參考。 此次上拍的肩與靠背板後，刻有明末清初時期史學家及文學家張岱（1597-1624）的詩文極 爲難得。張岱爲浙江山陰人，出身顯貴仕宦書香門第，自小聰穎善詩，但屢次參加鄉試不第 而棄仕。清兵入侵，明王朝隕落。爲避戰亂，張岱隱居山中，並潛心著書，其著作有《陶庵 夢憶》、《石匱書》、《自爲墓誌銘》等。正如張岱生平經歷，肩與靠背板背面的行書詩文 便是其生平寫照，前句曰：“天明晨寒偕二童子隨行，其一抱琴，其一執壺至江邊。”與藤心 座面高束腰上刻畫的故事相吻合。又曰：“山水青綠，江風景盛，舟少人稀，飲氣之清，畫 江之謐，似與天地合而為一，此自達之意深爲吾想。”則描繪了靠背板上的浮雕風景及由景 而發的感慨。除此之外，座面上鑲透雕翠竹及臘梅紋飾，座面下高束腰刻歲寒三友紋飾，可 謂前呼後應，相得益彰，人文高士之氣盡顯。而此肩與作爲代步工具經歷數百年的風霜雨淋 還能保存完整，實是一件不可多得的佳器。 56 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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430 λ A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE HONGMU YOKE-BACK SIDE CHAIRS, NANGUANMAO YI 1ST HALF 19TH CENTURY The rectangular backs with curved solid splats, the seats set with the original wicker, and raised on circular section legs, applied with moulded friezes and joined by chamfered stretchers, 92.5cm x 48cm x 39cm. (8) £8,000-10,000 Provenance: purchased in the UK in the 1970s or 1980s. 十九世紀初 紅木南官帽椅 一組八件 來源：1970-1980年代購於英國。 58 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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431 † A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL MEIPING LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY Decorated with large stylised lotus flowerheads on a turquoise ground decorated with scrolling foliage, the foot with a band of lappets, the rim and foot gilded, 1.8kg, 31.5cm. £8,000-12,000 Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Enamels 2, no.44, for a closely related vase. 明末清初 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋梅瓶 60 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

432 † A LARGE CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘PHOENIX AND FLOWERS’ DISH KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with a pair of phoenix flying amidst floral sprays, the reverse with lotus flowers issuing from a leafy stem, all on a turquoise ground and raised on a short foot, 2.8kg, 43.5cm. £20,000-30,000 Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, pl.182, for a cloisonné enamel rectangular dish of a similar design dated to the Kangxi period. 清康熙 掐絲琺瑯龍鳳戲珠紋大盤 61

433 The Hon. Nellie Ionides A RARE CHINESE MARKET GILDED BRONZE EQUESTRIAN TIMEPIECE QIANLONG/JIAQING C.1780-1800 Cast in the form of a stallion, standing with his head lowered and slightly tilted to one side, the front right and rear left legs raised; his back with tasselled trappings and leaf scrolls supporting a thirty hour timepiece by Samuel Biddulph, No.3661, the white enamel dial within red and white paste brilliants, with an eagle finial and a pale yellow marble rectangular plinth, 27cm. (29.5cm overall). £20,000-30,000 Provenance: from the collection of The Hon. Nellie Ionides (1883-1962), of Buxted Park, sold by Sotheby \& Co., London, The Ionides Collections, Part I, 31st May 1963, lot 50. Published: H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, January / February 1951, where the above example and nine further clocks from the Ionides Collection are illustrated. Also Christopher Hussey, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides, Country Life, 18th August 1950, p.519, where this equestrian timepiece is illustrated on the mantelpiece in the Chinese room together with others, including one in the form of a stag (see overleaf). Cf. Sotheby \& Co., London, The Ionides Collections Part II, 1st November 1963, lot 13 for a related musical clock by James Cox in the form of a stag, and lot 14 for a related watch stand by Joseph Silver, cast as a lion. Later sold, Sotheby’s New York, 25th September 2012, lot 495. The Honourable Nellie Ionides (1883-1962), was the daughter of the Shell Oil magnet Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, and Lord Mayor of London, 1902-3. After her first husband, Walter Henry Levy, died in 1923, Nellie married the architect Basil Ionides and they lived at the fine Palladian estate in Sussex, Buxted Park, where they were great entertainers and friends of George V and Queen Mary. Nellie amassed an important collection of Chinese art, part of which was left to the British Museum, and part of which was sold in four sales at Sotheby’s in 1963 and 1964. For further details about Nellie Ionides as a collector, see R Davids \& D Jellinek, Provenance, pp.251-255. 清乾隆/嘉慶 銅鍍金馬馱鼓式鐘 來源: The Hon. Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) 收藏, 購於倫敦蘇富比，1963年5月31日，The Ionides Collections, 第一部分，編號50。 出版：H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, 1950年一/二月, 上 述的馬馱鼓式鐘和Ionides收藏中的另外九個時鐘都有在圖錄中記載; 另見Christopher Hussey所著, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides，發表於1950年8月18日的Country Life雜誌 的第519頁，該書亦記載了這個馬馱鼓式鐘及其他的時鐘收藏，當中包括一個鹿形時鐘(見後頁)。 Buxted Park, Sussex 62 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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The Chinese Room, Buxted Park Sotheby \& Co London, 31st May 1963 64 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

LOTS 434-435 TO BE SOLD ON BEHALF OF PARKINSON’S UK

434 A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IMPERIAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ BOWLS AND STANDS QIANLONG 1736-95 Each bowl exquisitely carved in very high relief with six five-clawed dragons striding across a field of clouds, each dragon’s body naturalistically rendered and with finely incised scales and facial features, the red clouds swelling in ruyi-form spirals toward the surface, all against a black diaper ground meticulously carved in low relief, with red lacquer borders above and below, the short straight feet encircled by keyfret bands, the bases lacquered black, the interiors set with gilt-metal liners. The bowl stands also carved to the tops of the bracket lobed trays and to the rounded bodies with five-clawed dragons amidst ruyi-shaped clouds, the bowls 20.5cm, the stands 18cm across. (4) £100,000-200,000 Provenance: an English private collection, Surrey, UK, purchased from Ben Janssens Oriental Art, 23rd March 1998; sold on behalf of Parkinson’s UK. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, p.21, no.12. for a similar bowl and stand. See also Christie’s Hong Kong, 6th April 2015, lot 20, from the Yaogushanfang Collection for another closely related bowl and stand. The foliate shape of the cup stand is based on Ming prototypes from the Yongle period (1403-24) which are usually carved with a decoration of lotus flowers or phoenixes. Deliberate references to the past are a typical feature of the Qianlong period, the Qianlong Emperor was known for his fondness for the antique. 清乾隆 御製剔紅雲龍紋盌連盞托 一對 來源：英國薩里郡私人收藏，1998年3月23日購於Ben Janssens Oriental Art。成交金額將全數捐贈英國 帕金森基金會。 66 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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435 A PAIR OF RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL SILVER GILT FILIGREE ‘DRAGON’ MALLOW-FORM BOXES AND COVERS QIANLONG 1736-95 The covers exquisitely decorated with pairs of sinuous dragons contesting flaming pearls of virtue within circular borders, surrounded by bands of miscellaneous treasures, each within a cartouche, the sloping sides of the covers with floral sprays, all set against a dense openwork scroll ground of fine silver filigree, and further scrollwork to the vertical sides and to the underside of the bases, each raised on a splayed foot, 544g, 12cm. (4) £20,000-30,000 Provenance: an English private collection, Surrey, UK; sold on behalf of Parkinson’s UK. A near identical, but larger example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Beijing Wenwu Jingpin, no.157. Another example from the Qing Court collection is exhibited in A Garland of Treasures, Masterpieces of Precious Crafts in the Museum Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, cat.no. II-68. See also Christie’s, Hong Kong, 30th November 2011, lot 3092, for another box of this design. 清乾隆 御製鎏金銀纍絲趕珠龍紋葵花式蓋盒 一對 來源：英國薩里郡私人收藏，成交金額將全數捐贈英國帕金森基金會。 68 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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436 † A RARE AND FINE CHINESE SILVER AND GILT-METAL ‘EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF BOX AND COVER QIANLONG 1736-95 The oval body with a slightly domed hinged lid, finely decorated in repoussé, with gold, copper and silver European landscape scenes of animals and buildings beside a river, with trees and shrubs before distant mountains; the rim with a band of ruby-coloured paste, beads, the straight sides with a continuous band reserved with four cartouches, containing weapons and tools, divided by columns and surmounted by a band of entwined scrolls. The interior reveals a mirror to the inside of the lid, 202g, 8.8cm wide, 7cm deep, 3.7cm high. £15,000-20,000 Cf. Hou Yi-Li, Lifting the Spirit and Body, The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, p81, no.1-020, fig.1. For a closely comparable oval gilt-metal snuffbox with a similar design currently in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. 清乾隆 錯金銀嵌玻璃西洋山水建築鼻煙盒 70 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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437 438 † A RARE CHINESE RETICULATED GOLD ORNAMENTAL PLAQUE † A RARE GOLD QUATRE-LOBED PERFUME BOX EARLY MING DYNASTY EARLY 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY STRAITS CHINESE Delicately worked in relief with a dragon amidst clouds and with the head The hinged cover finally chased in shallow relief with foliage and flowers, the of a lion, 20g, 13.6cm. sides with further panels of smaller flower sprays, mounted with a suspension loop to the side of the hinge, 19g, 2.8cm wide, 2.3cm, deep, 5cm high £5,000-8,000 (including the suspension ring). Gold was limited in its use by the Ming dynasty sumptuary laws and was £4,000-6,000 largely restricted to members of the Imperial family. Very few comparables have survived, other than a pair of gold plaques formerly in the collection of George 清十八世紀早期 金雕花卉紋十字形香粉掛盒 Eumorfopoulos and Sir Bernard Eckstein, set with semi-precious stones from the Xuande period (1426-35), which are now in the British Museum, cf. Ming, 50 Years that Changed China, pp. 108-9, fig.98. 明早期 金雲龍紋飾 72 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

439 A RARE CHINESE PARCEL-GILT SILVER QUATREFOIL-SECTION EWER AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722 The lobed body with four panels cast in relief depicting vases of flowers and qin qi shu hua, the four arts of the Chinese scholar, the handle modelled as a gnarled branch, the spout as a tapering section of bamboo, the straight neck with further cartouches containing beribboned auspicious objects above a band of gilt ruyi-heads, the cover surmounted by a gilt Buddhist lion dog, 579g, 19cm overall. (2) £7,000-8,000 Cf. The Victoria \& Albert Museum, London, for a related vessel dated to c.1680, Museum no.M.69:1,2-1955. See also Christie’s, New York, 23rd October 2008, lot 233. 清康熙 銀局部鎏金琴棋書畫竹節式執壺 73

440 441 A RARE CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER BOWL A SMALL CHINESE IMPERIAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND SILVER KANGXI 1662-1722 GILT OVAL ‘DRAGON’ BOX GUANGXU 1875-1908 The rounded bowl decorated to the exterior with four cartouches containing romantic landscapes and with spandrels decorated with flowerheads and The hinged lid set with a green enamelled octofoil plaque with a front facing tendrils, the interior and base mounted with silver linings, together with a five-clawed dragon, with diamond eyes and inscribed: yu ci, Da Qing gong bao, wood stand, 10cm. (2) within white and gilded beaded borders, the sides, base and interior gilded, 49g, 4.7cm. £500-800 £1,500-2,500 清康熙 黑漆描金山水紋碗 清光緒 御製畫琺瑯龍紋盒 《御製大清功寶》 74 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

442 443 A PAIR OF CHINESE ZITAN ‘MAGNOLIA’ CUPS A PAIR OF CHINESE ZITAN RECTANGULAR BOXES AND COVERS 18TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY Carved as large flowerheads supported by a network of branches and buds, Each carved in relief with a panel of prunus in a shaped cartouche to the the interiors lined with silver foil, each with a painted qiao mark, 9.5cm. covers, the plain sides with rounded corners and raised on bracket feet, 10cm. (4) £1,500-2,500 £3,000-4,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, purchased from John Sparks Ltd, 1st May 1986, a copy of the invoice is available. 清 紫檀雕開光梅紋蓋盒一對 十八世紀 紫檀雕玉蘭杯一對 來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，1986年5月1日購於John Sparks Ltd （附發票複印件）。 John Sparks Ltd invoice, 1st May 1986 75

444 445 † A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF DONGFANG SHUO † A GOOD CHINESE BOXWOOD CARVING OF LIU HAI RIDING 18TH CENTURY HIS TOAD QING DYNASTY The smiling God sits comfortably on rocks, his hair tied in a top knot, he wears flowing robes and holds a peach of Immortality, 17cm. The God of Wealth depicted as a young corpulent figure, smiling, pointing to the sky and holding a coin in his left hand, he wears flowing robes and carries £4,000-5,000 a bottle gourd from his sash, his three-legged toad with his head turned to dexter, 11.5cm. Dongfang Shuo was a Han dynasty scholar official, author and court jester to Emperor Wu, in Chinese mythology he is a Daoist Immortal. £6,000-8,000 Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, part 1, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 清 黃楊木雕劉海戲蟾坐像 pp.380-381, for a similar figure of Dongfang Shuo. 清十八世紀 竹雕東方朔坐像 76 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

446 447 † A RARE CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO PERFUMIER † A RARE CHINESE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN QING DYNASTY KANGXI 1662-1722 Carved as a bottle gourd with a reticulated body issuing from a curved stalk The Goddess sits in a position of royal ease with a sutra scroll in her left and carved with an abundance of foliage and small gourds, 8.6cm. hand, adorned with a headdress and long robes incised with stylised leaves, flowing over her knees and open at her neck, the borders finely incised with £4,000-6,000 clouds and waves, the stone of a warm chestnut colour and with traces of red, green and black pigment, the reverse inscribed with two characters Zi Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, part 1, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Xiu, together with a zitan stand, 10cm. (2) pp.438-9, for a related bamboo box. £5,000-8,000 清 竹雕瓜瓞綿綿香珮 Cf. Bonhams, Hong Kong, The Q Collection: Exquisite Soapstones, 25th May 2011, lot 255 for a related figure. 清康熙 壽山芙蓉石雕觀音坐像 《子秀》款 77

448 449 A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS BUDDHA A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS BUDDHA 18TH CENTURY 18TH/19TH CENTURY Sitting in dhyanasana, with his hand held in dyhana mudra, he wears an Sitting in dhyanasana and raised on a double lotus throne, with both elaborate crown and beaded necklace, set with semi-precious beads, raised hands held in dhyana mudra, adorned with elaborate crown and jewellery, on a double lotus throne, 1.1kg, 16cm. 633g, 16cm. £500-1,000 £600-800 Provenance: a private London collection, acquired prior to 2000. Provenance: a private London collection, acquired prior to 2000. 十八世紀 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像 來源：倫敦私人收藏，購於2000年之前。 來源：倫敦私人收藏，購於2000年之前。 78 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

450 451 A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF YAMANTAKA A LARGE TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA VAJRABHAIRAVA AND VAJRAVETALI AND HIS CONSORT 18TH/19TH CENTURY 19TH/20TH CENTURY The wrathful deity standing in alidhasana on animals and prostrate figures Locked in yab-yum, he holds a vajra in each hand, and is raised on a double over a lotus base, holding a kartika and a kapala and his other thirty-two lotus throne, the base plate with a double vajra motif, 9kg, 36.5cm. arms radiating around him in various gestures, the central buffalo-form head flanked by other six ferocious faces and two above, all surmounted by £500-800 flaming hair, the base plate with a double vajra, 540g, 10.5cm. Provenance: from a private collection, London. £600-800 十九/二十世紀 銅鎏金金剛手菩薩雙身歡喜佛 Provenance: from a private collection, London. 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金大威德金剛像 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 79

452 453 A CHINESE GILDED BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MOTHER OF A JAIN BRASS FIGURE OF A JINA THE WEST 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER He sits high on a throne of interlinked cobras in dhyanasana, flanked by The Goddess stands wearing flowing robes with her hands clasped to her two attendants, his chest has a diamond-shaped jewel inlaid in silver, chest, with a phoenix headdress and a shaped collar, raised on a rectangular 1.6kg, 18cm. plinth, 242g, 12.5cm. £500-800 £2,000-3,000 Provenance: from a private collection, London. 十八世紀 銅鎏金西王母像 十八世紀 黃銅耆那教聖人像 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 80 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

454 AN INDIAN COPPER-ALLOY SEATED FIGURE OF SHIVA PROBABLY 16TH/17TH CENTURY Seated in lalitasana on a crouching mythical beast, holding various attributes in her four arms, her almond-shaped eyes and necklace adorned with coloured stones, together with a modern stand, 3.3kg, 21cm. (2) £800-1,200 Provenance: from a private collection, London. 十六／十七世紀（可能） 印度銅鎏金濕婆坐像 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 455 A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA 17TH/18TH CENTURY He sits in dhyanasana with his hands raised in dharmacakra mudra, his lips are picked out in red and he has long Tibetan inscriptions both to the reverse and the front rim of the lotus base, the base plate with a double vajra, 1.4kg, 17cm. £1,500-2,500 Provenance: a private London collection, acquired prior to 2000. 十七/十八世紀 銅鎏金喇嘛坐像 來源：倫敦私人收藏，購於2000年之前。 456 A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN 18TH/19TH CENTURY The monk seated in dhyanasana with his right hand held in shuni mudra, his head, upper body, arms and hands are cold painted in gold, with his eyes and lips picked out in white and red, the reverse inscribed with a long Tibetan inscription, all raised on a lotus throne, 1.3kg, 16.5cm. £500-800 Provenance: from a private collection, London. 十八/十九世紀 銅局部鎏金羅漢坐像 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 81

457 458 A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF A DAKINI A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA 16TH/17TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY Seated in lalitasana upon a prostrate human figure, holding a kartika in her Seated in dhyanasana upon a beaded double lotus throne, he holds his right raised right hand and a kapala in her left, adorned with elaborate jewellery, hand in abhaya mudra and left hand in dyana mudra, dressed in a loose robe a garland of skulls and inlaid turquoise stones, all raised on a double lotus with incised floral borders, his serene face framed by his elongated earlobes, base, 601g, 12cm. with traces of cold painting to his hair, the base plate with a double vajra mark, 652g, 13.2cm. £500-800 £1,000-2,000 Provenance: from a private collection, London. Provenance: from a private collection, London. 十六/十七世紀 銅鎏金空行母坐像 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 十八世紀 銅鎏金佛坐像 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 82 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

459 A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY Depicted seated in dhyanasana, he holds his left hand upon his lap in dhyana mudra and touches the ground with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, wearing loose robes bordered by foliate motifs and bands of small bosses draped over one shoulder, his well-defined face flanked by elongated earlobes, with his hair cast in tight curls, 1.9kg, 20.3cm. £8,000-12,000 十六世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛 83

460 461 A LARGE TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA A NEPALESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF USHNISHAVIJAYA 19TH/20TH CENTURY 17TH CENTURY Depicting Chakrasamvara standing in yab-yum with his consort Vajravarahi The four-headed deity seated in dhyanasana, the twelve arms holding various upon a lotus base, with four heads and twelve arms radiating around him, attributes or in mudras, wearing a multi-strand necklace and a loose dhoti, holding a kartika, a kapala and a vajra, both adorned with elaborate beaded each face modelled with a third eye, all set below an elaborate headdress, jewellery and crowns of skulls, 6kg, 32cm. with a paper label for Sotheby’s London, 21st October 1993, lot 433, 784g, 12cm. £600-1,000 £600-800 Provenance: from a private collection, London. Provenance: from a private collection, London, Sotheby’s, London, 十九/二十世紀 銅鎏金勝樂金剛像 21st October 1993, lot 433. 來源：倫敦私人收藏。 十七世紀 銅鎏金尊勝佛母坐像 來源：英國私人收藏，倫敦蘇富比1993年10月21日·編號433。 84 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

462 A RARE CHINESE GILT AND LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA DALI KINGDOM, 12TH CENTURY Depicting Mahakala erupting into a flurry of motion, standing in pratyalidhansana, his right hand brandishing a dagger above his head while extending his left index finger in tarjani mudra, the whole with a gold lacquer finish and raised on a heavy marble plinth, 10kg, 27.5cm. £12,000-15,000 Provenance: purchased from Antoine Bauernfeind, Vienna, 16th September 2013, a copy of the invoice is available. Cf. The Yunnan Provincial Museum for two similar figures. 十二世紀 雲南大理國銅漆金大黑天立像 來源：2013年9月16日購於維也納Antoine Bauernfeind（附發票複印件）。 Antoine Bauernfeind receipt, 16th September 2013 85

463 464 A RARE CHINESE YELLOW JADE PENDANT A CHINESE YELLOW JADE ‘FINGER CITRON’ PENDANT QIANLONG 1736-95 18TH/19TH CENTURY Carved in the shape of a bell, decorated in low relief to each side with a band Carved in low relief to one side with a leafy branch from which two finger enclosing a pair of mythical creatures, all flanked by two sinuous archaistic citrons grow, the reverse with four seal script characters reading pingan dragons, with a small circular hole for suspension, 5.5cm. fushou meaning ‘quiet and safe’ and ‘good fortune and long life’, all contained between stylised ruyi-shaped clouds, 5.5cm. £3,000-5,000 £2,000-3,000 清乾隆 黃玉雕雙龍佩 十八/十九世紀 黃玉雕如意佛手紋牌 《平安福壽》款 86 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

465 FOUR CHINESE ARCHER’S RINGS 18TH CENTURY One carved in pale celadon jade with four square panels enclosing birds, another worked in spinach-green jade with four medallions containing horses against a pierced diaper ground, the largest in lapis lazuli with roundels enclosing the characters ji xiang ru yi against scrolls, the fourth pierced with sinuous dragons in yellow glass, 3.3cm max. (4) £3,000-5,000 十八世紀 白玉、碧玉、青金、黃料扳指 四件 466 A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘CHILONG’ BELT BUCKLE MING DYNASTY Of rectangular form, carved in relief to one side with a sinuous dragon clutching a long sprig of lingzhi between its jaws, the reverse with a hook shaped as a dragon head and a circular loop for attachment, 6.7cm. £3,000-5,000 明 青白玉雕龍銜芝紋帶扣 467 A CHINESE WHITE JADE ‘PRUNUS’ ARCHER’S RING QING DYNASTY Carved in low relief to the exterior with a crested bird perching on a flowering prunus branch, the white stone of an even tone, 3.5cm. £2,000-3,000 清 白玉冰梅紋扳指 87

468 A CHINESE YELLOW JADE VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY The flattened baluster-shaped body with C-scroll handles to the neck, the cover with an oval flattened knop, the stone with russet inclusions, 14.5cm. (2) £4,000-6,000 清 黃玉蓋瓶 469 A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL ‘BOYS’ BRUSH WASHER 18TH CENTURY The quatre-lobed body with two boys climbing the sides and holding the rim, all raised on four feet, 15cm. £8,000-12,000 十八世紀 水晶雕童子海棠口筆洗 88 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

470 A LARGE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘LION DOGS’ BALUSTER VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY The flattened body raised on a slightly flared foot, the neck with eight bushy-tailed Buddhist lions playing with a ribbon-tied brocade ball, the domed cover with the ninth lion forming the finial, the pale stone with subtle russet striations, 25.5cm. (2) £20,000-30,000 清 青白玉獅子繡球蓋瓶 89

471 472 A CHINESE CELADON JADE ‘LOTUS’ BRUSHWASHER A LARGE CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A QILIN 18TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY Formed as a large lotus leaf issuing from a tied stem with further curled The mythical beast depicted in a recumbent pose with its head turned back, leaves and a single flower bud, together with a wood stand, 14cm. (2) the qilin exhales smoke from its mouth which supports a book on its back, the stone with russet inclusions and striations, 17cm. £800-1,200 £4,000-6,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware III, p.114, no.94 for a related carving of a qilin carrying books on its back dated to 十八世紀 青白玉雕蓮型筆洗 the Qianlong period. 來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，購於1970-80年代。 According to legend, a qilin appeared before the pregnant mother of Confucius and disgorged a jade tablet foretelling the future eminence of her unborn son. The qilin with a book represents the wish that a son will be intellectually gifted and bring honour to his family by passing the civil service examinations with great success. Such pieces were used as ornaments for a scholar’s studio with the hope that they would bring wisdom to their owner. 清 青白玉雕麒麟負書擺件 90 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

473 474 A CHINESE CELADON JADE PHEASANT WITH A ZITAN STAND A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF POMEGRANATES QIANLONG 1736-95 QIANLONG 1736-95 Sitting with its body flattened and tail curved to one side, it holds a fruiting Formed as two fruits issuing from a branch, with the leaves trailing over their peach branch in its beak, the feathers and feet well defined, the stand carved bodies, the larger pomegranate with a section of its skin peeled revealing its with cloud scrolls above a border of stylised ruyi-heads and scrolls, 13cm. (2) many seeds, each fruit carved with a finely defined calyx, with minor white and russet markings in the stone, together with a reticulated wood stand, £1,500-2,500 7.7cm. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the £5,000-7,000 1970s and 1980s. Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.9, p.172, no.162 清乾隆 青玉雕錦雞擺件及紫檀底座 for a related white jade pomegranate carving; see also Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，購於1970-80年代。 8th April 2013, lot 3221 and Sotheby’s London, 17th May 2019, lot 252 for two similar smaller carvings also formed as two pomegranates; see also Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th May 2013, lot 1945 for a comparable example formed as a single fruit. The pomegranate is an auspicious motif in China as it is a symbol of fertility and abundance because of its many seeds. Pomegranates are often depicted, as on this carving, with some of their skin peeled back showing the numerous seeds inside. This image forms the rebus liu kai bai zi, or ‘the pomegranate opens revealing one hundred sons’, and thus conveys the wish of producing many offspring. 清乾隆 青白玉雕榴開百子擺件 91

475 † A RARE CHINESE LAPIS LAZULI MOUNTAIN CARVING QIANLONG 1736-95 The stone of an intense blue with horizontal striations of iron pyrites; one side carved in relief with two figures standing in mountains before distant pagodas, to their side a crane stands beneath a pine tree. The reverse is carved with a recumbent deer which sits on a ledge above a mountain river flanked by three pine trees, together with a wood stand, 9cm high, 19.5cm wide. (2) £40,000-60,000 Cf. Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, an Exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, and the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1975, p.20, no.494, for another lapis lazuli mountain carving from the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. See also Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol.6, Shijazhuang, for another lapis lazuli carved boulder in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1993, pls.262 and 263, and another in the Le Shou Tan (Hall of Joyful Longevity). In China, lapis lazuli is known as qing jin shi (blue-gold stone). Although lapis beads have been excavated, which date to the Han dynasty, there are no records of the use of lapis before the Qing dynasty. Cf. Ming Wilson, the Colour of Stones, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1997-98, vol.62, p.34. Soame Jenyns notes that the stone was imported from Tibet and that the Emperor officiating at the Temple of Heaven wore a rosary of lapis lazuli beads. 清乾隆 青金石雕松鹿同春圖山子 92 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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476 477 A LARGE CHINESE CARVED CHALCEDONY MANDARIN DUCK A CHINESE AGATE ‘PHOENIX AND PEONY’ CARVING QING DYNASTY 18TH CENTURY With its head turned and holding two large lotus stems, one with an opening The mythical bird depicted standing on rockwork, it turns its head back bud, the other a leaf pad, the flower, leaf and duck’s crest in the blue-grey grasping long leafy branches of peony blooms, with finely incised details to stone, 18cm. the phoenix’s feathers, with greyish-lilac and rich amber-coloured sections in the stone, 11cm. £400-600 £2,000-3,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, purchased from Bluett \& Sons Ltd. 24th October 1977, a copy of the invoice is available. Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.9, pp.152-153, no.141 for a comparable celadon jade carving of a phoenix holding a fruiting 清 瑪瑙巧雕鴛鴦銜蓮擺件 branch in its mouth; see also Roger Keverne, Summer Exhibition 2008, p.114, 來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，1977年10月24日購於Bluett \& Sons no.95 for another similar carving in jade. Ltd（附發票複印件）。 十八世紀 瑪瑙雕鳳戲牡丹擺件 Bluett \& Sons Ltd invoice, 24th October 1977 94 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

FINE CHINESE CERAMICS LOTS 478-538 Lot 508

478 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ BALUSTER VASE KANGXI 1662-1772 Brightly painted with four large panels containing scaly qilin standing on rocks amidst crashing waves, the cylindrical neck with auspicious symbols, together with a wood cover and stand, 34cm. (3) £1,000-2,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. 清康熙 青花海水麒麟紋將軍罐 來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，購於1970-80年代。 96 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices

479 A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with running deer and cranes in a mountainous landscape with pine trees and clouds, the cover with three further cranes, the neck with a band of ruyi-heads, 45cm. (2) £1,000-2,000 Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. 清康熙 青花鶴鹿同春將軍罐 來源：英國西約克郡私人收藏，購於1970-80年代。 97

480 A GOOD CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 With a slender baluster-shaped body delicately painted in an intense underglaze cobalt blue with a mountainous river landscape with two figures fishing from sampans and a third figure landing a fish at the water’s edge, two wood-cutters carrying firewood walk down a winding rocky path. The neck is freely painted with bamboo and clouds, a six character Xuande mark, 46.5cm. £15,000-25,000 Provenance: a private collection, London, purchased from Nicholas Grindley in the 1980s. Cf. Qing Dynasty Porcelain in the collection of the Palace Museum, Vol.1, Blue and White Porcelains of the Shunzhi and Kangxi Periods, pp.442-443, no.287, for a related vase, and p.447 no.290 for a rouleau vase with a similar subject. 清康熙 青花山水人物圖瓶 《大明宣德年製》仿款 來源: 英國倫敦私人收藏，於1980年代購於Nicholas Grindley。 98 See paragraphs 4 \& 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices