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1108

A CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED DING DISH WITH GUAN

(OFFICIAL) MARK

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Covered in a lustrous creamy-white glaze and with a copper rim, raised on

a short foot and the base incised with the character guan; a paper label to

the side reading ‘OCS 2009, THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES, NO.105’,

12.4cm.

£300-500

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

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

2009, no.105.

1109

A CHINESE JIAN YAO ‘IMPERIAL TRIBUTE’ BOWL

SONG DYNASTY

The conical body with an unctuous black and brown glaze stopping short

of the foot; the rim with irregular russet markings, and the unglazed base

incised with the characters Gong yu; a paper label to the side reading ‘Jian tea

bowl bought from Govt shop at Wuyishan Apr 2002’, 13cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World of

Monochromes, 2009, no.145.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace

Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong,

p.227, no.209 for a closely related bowl.

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1110

SIX CELADON SHALLOW BOWLS AND DISHES

YUAN DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two bowls with incised decoration, the larger with a character to

the centre, two dishes moulded with flutes, a bowl moulded with petals to

the exterior and a Japanese dish moulded with dragons, 27.5cm max. (6)

£1,000-2,000

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

Cf. The Oriental Ceramic Society 1997 Oriental Green Wares Exhibition, nos.59

& 90; and The Oriental Ceramic Society 2009 World in Monochromes Exhibition,

nos.50 & 74, where the smaller incised bowl and the Japanese dragon dish

are illustrated.

1111

THREE CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON DISHES

MING DYNASTY

One with a barbed rim, two moulded with flutes, and one moulded with a

floral design, 35cm max. (3)

£400-600

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

1112

A STUDY COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMIC SHARDS

YUAN AND LATER

Comprising various types of wares including pieces with blue and white,

doucai, underglaze red and celadon decoration, some contained in an

envelope inscribed ‘Bought at the Ru kiln, PA’; together with an ink stone,

13cm max. (a lot)

£200-300

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

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1113

A CHINESE YAOZHOU BOWL

SONG DYNASTY

The deep conical body covered in a lustrous olive-green glaze, raised on

a short unglazed foot, with a paper label reading ‘BM/OCS 1997 Oriental

Green Wares Exhibition, no.67’, 10.6cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

Exhibited: The British Museum & The Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Green

Wares,1997, no,67.

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

Song Dynasty (I), p.135, fig.121 for a similar bowl.

1114

A CHINESE YAOZHOU CARVED ‘PEONY’ BOWL

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

The wide conical body decorated to the well with a band of peonies and

scrolling tendrils; with an olive-green glaze and raised on a short circular

foot, 14.8cm.

£1,000-2,000

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.161, fig.147 for a similar bowl.

1115

A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON ‘SHOU CHARACTER’ VASE

YUAN DYNASTY

The flattened pear-shaped body with ring handles and moulded to both sides

with a shou character within a shaped panel; the quatrelobed rim with a metal

repair, a paper label reading ‘OCS 2009, THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES,

NO.44’, 18cm.

£800-1,200

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

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

no.44.

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1116

SEVEN CELADON VESSELS

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two incense burners, two moulded ovoid jars, two small guan,

one with a cover, and a small Cizhou-type bowl, 14cm max. (8)

£1,000-2,000

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

Cf. The guan and cover, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in

Monochromes, 2009, no.40.

1117

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CELADON WARES

MING DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two small dishes moulded with pairs of fish, three stem bowls,

eight various bowls and dishes, a Korean cup stand and three other items,

15cm max. (17)

£1,500-2,500

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

Cf. The Korean cup stand, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in

Monochromes, 2009, no.55b.

1118

A CHINESE CELADON ‘CHICKEN-HEAD’ EWER

WESTERN JIN DYNASTY

With a rounded body and loop handle, together with a tall celadon arrow

vase, four small moulded vases and three white-glazed vases, 33cm max. (9)

£1,000-2,000

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

Cf. The ewer, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes,

2009, no.24.

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1119

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE WHITE AND CELADON WARES

MOSTLY SONG DYNASTY

Comprising: six footed bowls, four dishes, two further bowls and a near pair

of small vases, 16cm max. (14)

£500-1,000

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

footed bowls with a paper label for the Oriental Ceramic Society 2009 World in

Monochromes Exhibition, no.108.

1120

EIGHT CHINESE PALE CELADON-GLAZED BOWLS AND DISHES

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Including: a qingbai bowl carved with a repeating cloud pattern and with the

remains of a silver rim, a bowl with similar decoration and two further qingbai

bowls, 20.8cm max. (8)

£500-1,000

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

qingbai bowl with a paper label for the Oriental Ceramic Society 2009 World

in Monochromes Exhibition, no.117.

1121

A SMALL COLLECTION OF WHITE AND CELADON-GLAZED

WARES

SONG DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: four wine pots, one with a stand, an incense burner and cover,

a cup stand, a standing figure, a small water dropper and three circular boxes

and covers, the smallest box with a paper label for the Vung Tau Cargo, 18cm

max. (18)

£1,000-2,000

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

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1122

A CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL

SONG DYNASTY

The exterior moulded with overlapping lotus petals, the rim mounted in silver

and with kintsugi gol lacquer repairs, 14.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

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

no.43.

Cf. Chinese Ceramics, Selected articles from Orientations 1982-2003, p.296,

fig.27 for a similar bowl.

1123

A SMALL CHINESE JUN YAO PURPLE-SPLASHED TRIPOD

INCENSE BURNER

NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY OR LATER

The compressed circular body raised on three cabriole legs, with a straight

narrow neck and an everted rim, the surface covered with a mottled

light-blue glaze and with a lavender splash to the inside; the legs and base

left unglazed; a paper label underneath reading ‘OCS 2009, THE WORLD OF

MONOCHROMES, NO.82’, 5.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

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

no.82.

Cf. Selection of Jun Ware, the Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological

Excavation, pp.88-91, nos.27 and 28 for related examples.

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1124

TWO CHINESE JUN YAO DISHES AND A BOWL

JIN AND YUAN DYNASTY

All three covered in light-blue glazes, the larger dish with a darker blue splash

to the well; the smaller dish with purple mottling and the rim mounted with a

metal ring, the reverse left unglazed; the shallow bowl raised on a neatly cut

foot, 16cm max. (3)

£1,000-2,000

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

1125

A SMALL CHINESE JUN YAO ‘BUBBLE’ BOWL

NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY

The rounded body rising from a short straight foot, the surface covered with

an unctuous pale blue glaze stopping short of the foot, with a kintsugi gold

lacquer repair to the rim; a paper label reading ‘EZEKIEL’ and another ‘OCS

2009, THE WORLD IN MONOCHROMES NO.83’, 8.8cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

collection of Marcus D Ezekiel (d.1927). See R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance,

pp.171-175 for more information on Ezekiel’s collection.

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, no.83.

Cf. M Tregear Song Ceramics, p.135, pl.166, and Illustrated

Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace

Museum, pl.76, for similar examples.

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CHINESE METALWORKS

LOTS 1126-1144

Lot 1144

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1126

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BRONZE FRAGMENTS

SHANG DYNASTY OR LATER

Consisting of a large archaic zun decorated with taotie masks; fragments of

two circular lids raised on modern stands, and many other smaller pieces from

various vessels, all encrusted in verdigris, 41cm max. (a lot)

£1,000-2,000

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

1127

TWENTY VARIOUS BRONZE MIRRORS

HAN DYNASTY AND LATER

Variously decorated with squirrels, birds, fish, and geometric designs,

together with a bronze bowl, a dish and a cover, 26.5cm max. (23)

£1,000-2,000

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

1128

A BRONZE VASE AND COVER, FANGHU

HAN DYNASTY OR LATER

The square-section body cast with animal mask handles, the cover with

scroll-shaped projections, all raised on a flared foot, 5.3kg, 41.5cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

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

1129

A RECONSTRUCTED SECTION OF A MASSIVE CHINESE

BRONZE DING

SHANG DYNASTY OR LATER

Consisting of sections of the rim extending down for up to 25cm, with two

upright square loop handles, decorated with elaborate geometric interlocking

scrolls incorporating ram’s head motifs, one section of the interior of the

rim with columns of calligraphy, 68cm across, raised on a modern cast iron

stand. (3)

£2,000-3,000

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

1126 1127

1128

1129

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1130

A CHINESE HEAVILY CAST

GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE

INCENSE BURNER

17TH/18TH CENTURY

The circular body set with scroll-shaped side

handles and raised on a short flared foot, a

six-character Xuande mark, 2.7kg, 20cm.

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1131

TWO CHINESE BRONZE COMPRESSED

CIRCULAR INCENSE BURNERS

17TH/18TH CENTURY

Both with animal mask handles, the larger one

with a Xuande mark, the other with a fanggu

mark, 460g and 527g respectively, 14.5cm

max. (2)

£600-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1132

A CHINESE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE

TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

18TH CENTURY

The compressed circular body with a flared flat

rim, the base with a circular Xuande mark, 738g,

12.8cm.

£600-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1133

A COLLECTION OF TEN BRONZE TRIPOD

INCENSE BURNERS

MOSTLY QING DYNASTY

Three inlaid with silver wire, one with a lion dog

finial, together with three covers, 21cm. (13)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1134

A CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAISTIC

TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, DING

17TH CENTURY

The rounded bowl cast with a band of taotie and

pendent stiff leaves, the rim with loop handles,

together with a wood cover with a jade finial and

wood stand, 1.5kg, 21cm. (3)

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1135

TWO CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE

VASES AND AN INCENSE BURNER

QING DYNASTY

One vase with an ovoid body, the base inscribed

wan shou wu jiang (everlasting life), the other of

rectangular section; the incense burner cast with

dragons and waves and raised on four feet, one

with a wood stand, 46cm. (4)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1136

A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A

BODHISATTVA

LATE MING DYNASTY

Wearing an elaborate headdress and seated in

dhyanasana, raised on a high double lotus throne,

the reverse with an inscription, 855g, 20cm.

£800-1,200

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1137

TWO CHINESE SCHOLAR’S ROCKS

QING DYNASTY

Both with wood stands, together with a flat

iron sculpture and a stand, and another piece

in bronze modelled as breaking waves, 42cm

max. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1138

A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED

BODHISATTVA

MING DYNASTY

Raised on a high plinth, seated in lalitasana,

wearing an elaborate headdress and beaded

necklaces, holding a small shell in her left hand,

with a long inscription including a Hongzhi mark,

together with a wood stand, 2.9kg, 35.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1139

SIX CHINESE BRONZE VESSELS AND

A MODEL OF A QILIN

MING AND QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a champion vase, a jue vessel, a

tripod incense burner and cover, and three vases,

one with a cover, another with a liner, the qilin

with a wood stand, 22cm. (11)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1140

NINE SMALL BRONZE ITEMS, A CARVED

WOOD FIGURE AND TWO LOCKS

17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Including: four bronze figures, a vase, a lotus

cup, a water dropper, a small ewer and a seal,

19.5cm. (12)

£500-800

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1141

THIRTEEN SMALL CHINESE BRONZE

VASES AND A JUE VESSEL

MING DYNASTY AND LATER

Variously cast with archaic designs and monster

masks, 26.5cm. (14)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1142

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ITEMS

MING AND QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a dish, a bowl, a mountain brush rest, a belt buckle in two

sections, and five other items, 26cm max. (13)

£300-500

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

1143

TWO CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL DISHES AND A

U-SHAPED CUP

MING AND QING DYNASTY

One dish decorated with two cranes amidst flowers and leaves, the other

with stylised flowers and foliage, the cup with a band of lotus, all with a

turquoise ground, 523g, 14cm max. (3)

£1,000-2,000

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

1144

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

With a tall slender neck set with gilt phoenix-head handles, the body

decorated with four stylised lotus flowerheads and scrolling leaves on a

turquoise ground, 606g, 18cm.

£600-1,000

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

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LATER CHINESE CERAMICS

& WORKS OF ART

LOTS 1145-1236

Lot 1233

1147 1148

1145 1146

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1147

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES

LATE MING DYNASTY AND KANGXI

The Ming vase of octagonal section painted with figures in a landscape, the

other vases decorated with further figures and flowers, 27cm max. (4)

£400-600

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

1148

NINE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES

MING AND QING DYNASTY

Variously decorated with deer, flowers, stylised scrolls and a landscape scene,

26cm max. (9)

£500-800

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

1145

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GOURD-SHAPED VASE AND

TWO DISHES

17TH CENTURY

The vase painted with flowers, one dish with deer, the other with pheasants,

the vase with a paper label reading ‘O.C.S. 1994 16TH C. STUDY EX.

NO.127’ 20.5cm. (3)

£200-300

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 16th c. Study Exhibition, no.127.

1146

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES

MING AND QING DYNASTY

Variously painted with figures, flowers, phoenix, and a watery landscape,

35cm max. (4)

£500-1,000

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

Exhibited: the landscape dish, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, Study Exhibition,

1994, no.190.

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1149

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE WARMER BOWL

LATE MING DYNASTY

The interior painted with Dong Fangshuo holding an enormous peach he has

stolen, the underside with flower sprays and a large central hole, with a paper

label reading ‘O.C.S. 1994 16TH C. STUDY EX. NO.89’, 14.5cm.

£1,000-2,000

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 16th c. Study Exhibition, 1994, no.89.

1150

A CHINESE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL

QING DYNASTY

The interior painted with a stylised flowerhead within a scroll border, the

exterior with a wide band of overlapping petals, a six character Xuande mark,

14.3cm.

£800-1,200

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

1153 1154

1151 1152

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1153

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID ‘QILIN’ JAR

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with two large panels enclosing qilin standing on rocks amidst

breaking waves, together with a reticulated wood cover, 17cm. (2)

£400-600

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

1154

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SLENDER OVOID VASE

TRANSITIONAL C.1640

Painted with two figures, one with his attendant in a mountainous landscape

with a large willow tree to the reverse, the neck with a band of flowers, 19cm.

£600-1,000

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

1151

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTION FLASK

WANLI 1573-1620

Two faces painted with geese and lotus, the others with flowering prunus,

the neck with a metal mount, 15.5cm.

£400-600

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

1152

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ JAR

17TH CENTURY

Painted with the mythical beast facing backwards and breathing flames,

the reverse with a plantain tree, together with a reticulated wood cover,

23.5cm. (2)

£200-300

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

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1155

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ DISH

EARLY KANGXI, 17TH CENTURY

Boldly painted with a scaly fire-breathing qilin beside a plantain tree,

with a channelled foot rim and with a yu tang jia qi mark, 35.5cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

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1158

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID ‘PRUNUS’ JAR

KANGXI 1662-1722

The body brightly painted with prunus on a cracked-ice ground, together

with a wood cover, 17.5cm. (2)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2023).

1157

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with a wide band of lotus flowerheads growing from scrolling stems

on a leafy ground between bands of lappets and chevrons, 44cm.

£1,500-2,500

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

1156

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR TILE

KANGXI 1662-1722

One side painted with a lone fisherman on a rocky ledge beside a lake with

distant mountains, the reverse with magpies and flowering prunus, 27.5cm.

£500-1,000

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

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1161

TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PRUNUS’ BALUSTER VASES

KANGXI 1662-1722

Each painted with blossoming prunus branches on a cracked-ice ground,

the rims with bands of ruyi-heads, 35cm. (2)

£1,500-2,500

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

1160

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH

KANGXI 1662-1722

The deep body painted to the well with flowering prunus and butterflies,

the cavetto and rim with panels alternating auspicious objects and further

blossoms; the reverse with ruyi heads and a square mark, 21cm.

£200-300

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

1159

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ YEN YEN VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with eight cartouches containing the Immortals on a blue diaper

ground, with an artemisia leaf mark to the base, 44.5cm.

£800-1,200

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

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1162

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS

17TH CENTURY AND KANGXI

Comprising: three teapots and covers, a punch pot, three ewers and

a covered jug; variously decorated with figures, landscapes, flowers

and foliage, together with five covers, 26cm max. (9)

£1,000-2,000

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

1163

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: three pairs of plates decorated with figures, baskets

and flowers, four small dishes and a teapot and cover, 26.5cm

max. (12)

£500-1,000

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

1164

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: two small vases, a seal paste box and cover, a spittoon,

a lotus water dropper, two tiles and three bowls, one with a cover,

22.5cm max. (12)

£500-1,000

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

1165

SIXTEEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS

LATE MING AND QING DYNASTY

Variously decorated with figures, animals, flowers, landscapes,

trees, and bats, 20cm max. (16)

£1,000-2,000

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

bowls with paper labels for the Oriental Ceramic Society 1994 Study

Exhibition, nos.176/132 and 177/133.

1166

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VASES

17TH AND 18TH CENTURY

One decorated with prunus blossoms on a cracked-ice ground, the

others with figures, a landscape and panels of incense burners and

auspicious things, one with a wood cover, 33cm max. (5)

£500-1,000

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

1167

EIGHT CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND QING

DYNASTY

Comprising: three brushpots, one converted

from a vase neck, three rose water sprinklers,

and two vases, 19cm max. (8)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1168

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND

WHITE ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a double cruet bottle and ten

various vases, two with wooden covers, 25cm

max. (13)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1169

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID

JAR AND TWO INCENSE BURNERS

17TH/18TH CENTURY

The jar decorated with five figures outside a

pagoda, one incense burner painted with a

dragon, and the other with small figures and huts

in a mountainous landscape, 17cm. (3)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1170

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE BLUE AND

WHITE ITEMS

MOSTLY KANGXI

Comprising: an erotic subject tea bowl and

saucer, six further tea bowls, twenty-one

saucers, three various cups, and a salt converted

into a candlestick, 42cm max. (33)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1168 1169 1170

1165 1166 1167

1162 1163 1164

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1173 1174

1171 1172

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1173

FOUR CHINESE DISHES

KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: a pair of blue and white moulded dishes painted with panels of

young ladies and flowers, with a yu mark to the bases, another painted with

a pheasant beneath a flowering tree, with a conch mark; the fourth dish

delicately painted with chrysanthemum in underglaze blue and red, with a six

character Xuande mark, 16cm. (4)

£500-1,000

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

1174

A SMALL CHINESE SAUCER DISH AND A BLUE AND

WHITE BOWL

18TH CENTURY

The dish painted with a fruiting peach branch and with bats to the border

on a yellow ground, a square seal mark to the reverse, the bowl painted with

three fruit sprays, 20cm. (2)

£500-800

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

1171

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH AND A ‘ROMANCE OF THE

WESTERN CHAMBER’ BOWL

KANGXI 1662-1722

The dish painted with a roundel containing a dignitary seated at a table within

a border of the flowers of the Four Seasons, the bowl painted with panels of

figures from Xi Xiang Ji, a six character Kangxi mark, 35.5cm max. (2)

£600-1,000

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

1172

THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TEAPOTS AND COVERS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Variously shaped and painted with panels of flowers, boys, and auspicious

objects; one with a double-walled hexagonal body and with openwork

honeycomb panels to the sides; the others with tall bail handles and one with

a metal replacement spout, 19cm max. (6)

£300-500

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

1177 1178

1175 1176

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1175

A CHINESE WUCAI JAR AND A STEM CUP

17TH CENTURY

The jar decorated with fruiting sprays of pomegranate and an iron-red

hatched band to the shoulder, the stem cup with large iron-red peonies,

the jar with a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS,

NO.62’, 20cm. (2)

£200-300

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006. no.62.

1176

A CHINESE WUCAI EWER AND TWO SMALL OVOID JARS

17TH CENTURY

Each decorated with freely-drawn qilin, the jars with large peonies, the ewer

with wispy flames, 16.5cm. (4)

£300-500

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

1177

TWO CHINESE ‘SWATOW’ DISHES AND A WUCAI VASE AND

COVER

17TH CENTURY

The larger dish painted in underglaze blue with a marine rose, two European

ships and a gigantic fish, the other dish painted in polychrome with a central

roundel inscribed with the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly

Branches, the vase painted with three lion dogs amidst flowering peony,

42cm max. (4)

£400-600

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

Cf. J Welsh, Zhangzhou Export Ceramics, the So-Called Swatow Wares, p.27 and

pp.133-137, for two closely related dishes.

1178

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘QILIN’ DISH AND AN OVOID JAR

KANGXI 1662-1722

The dish decorated with a qilin in a fenced garden beneath swirling clouds

and a swallow, the base with an artemisia leaf mark, the jar with floral

roundels in between borders of lotus and tendrils, 21.5cm. (2)

£500-1,000

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

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1181

FIVE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE DISHES,

AN OVOID VASE AND A BOWL

KANGXI 1662-1722

One dish decorated with Laozi and inscribed yao ran chu

han gu piao piao bu ji nian, the others variously decorated

with figures, flowers, trees, birds and insects, 36.5cm

max. (7)

£1,000-2,000

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

Exhibited: the ‘bird’ dish, with The Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, no.106.

1180

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE

VERTE CERAMICS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: a brushpot painted with a bird, a small vase

and cover, a teapot, a pouring vessel, a jug, a U-shaped

bowl and cover, a shell-shaped dish, a saucer and six

various dishes, 27cm. (16)

£1,500-2,500

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

Exhibited: the large jug, with The Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, no.99.

1179

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS

MING AND QING DYNASTY

Including four shaped dishes from supper sets, a powder

blue-ground cup and cover, three vases, three bowls and

a pair of famille verte saucers, 19cm max. (14)

£1,000-2,000

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

Exhibited: the green bowl, with The Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, no.43.

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1184

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE

VERTE ITEMS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: three vases and two cups, the vases painted

with figures and one with two dragons, the cups with

flower sprays, together with two wood covers, 22cm. (7)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1183

A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘GENGZHI TU’

DISH AND A PAIR OF ‘DEER’ BOWLS

KANGXI 1662-1722

The dish painted with a scene of a farmer tilling a paddy

field, after the Song dynasty painting by Lou Shu, all

beneath a poem; the two bowls painted with deer,

cranes, pine trees, and lingzhi, 35cm max. (3)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1182

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ‘LOTUS’ DISH

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted all over with a stylised design of lotus

flowerheads and leaves on a green ground, the base with

a lingzhi mark, 37cm.

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

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1185

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE

ARMORIAL PIECES

18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a famille verte charger with a large shield

enclosing a lion and the name ‘BRABANDT’ to the

well, framed by petal-shaped panels enclosing figures

and plants; another dish with the arms of Godfrey

of Kent, with a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, THE

WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.194’; a saucer and three

bowls, all variously decorated in the famille rose

palette and with armorial designs, 34cm max. (6)

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Exhibited: the Godfrey of Kent dish, with the Oriental

Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.194.

1186

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE

EN GRISAILLE PORCELAINS

18TH CENTURY

Comprising: three Jesuit ware plates and a tea bowl,

four further tea bowls, one with a saucer, the teapot

and a cover painted with a derivative of the Valentine

pattern and a tea canister and cover, 23cm. (13)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1187

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN

18TH CENTURY

Comprising: an oval tobacco leaf tureen base, two

plates, a mug, a tobacco leaf salt, and fourteen other

items, 30cm max. (19)

£1,000-2,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1188

SIX POLYCHROME ENAMELLED ITEMS

JIN DYNASTY AND LATER

Comprising: two bottle vases, three dishes, and a

Japanese U-shaped bowl, variously decorated with

flowers and figures, 21cm max. (6)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1189

EIGHTEEN CHINESE BOWLS AND EIGHT SAUCERS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Variously decorated in the famille verte and Imari palettes,

others with café-au-lait grounds and in wucai, 13cm max. (26)

£500-1,000

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

1190

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE

PORCELAIN

18TH CENTURY

Comprising: two teapots and covers, a bowl, two jugs, nine

other items and a Chinese Imari jug and cover, 23cm max. (18)

£500-1,000

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

Exhibited: the tea bowl, saucer, and jug and cover with The

Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, nos. 172

and 72.

1191

THREE CHINESE THAI MARKET BOWLS AND

COVERS

19TH CENTURY

Brightly enamelled with flowers, figures and with geometric

floral bands, 22cm. (6)

£500-1,000

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

1192

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE

LATER-ENAMELLED ITEMS

THE PORCELAIN MOSTLY 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: a Dehua mug, a seated figure, a Cadogan teapot,

two libation cups, three various cups, one with a paper label

for the Watney Collection; and a teapot stand, together with

a saucer with a later-gilded rim and four saucers imitating the

Meissen Kakiemon style, 15cm max. (14)

£1,000-2,000

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

1193

A SMALL COLLECTION OF CHINESE

LATER-ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE ITEMS

THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY

Comprising: two vases, a bowl and cover, a teapot and cover,

a goblet, a small ewer and a plate, 26cm max. (9)

£400-600

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

1191 1192 1193

1188 1189 1190

1185 1186 1187

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1196

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE MODELS OF BIRDS, FIGURES

AND ANIMALS

18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising: a pair of egg and spinach-glazed doves, a cockerel, two parrots, four

figures, a pair of lion dog incense holders and two elephants, 23.5cm max. (13)

£1,000-2,000

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

Exhibited: the green parrot, with The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours,

2006, no.52.

1195

FOUR CHINESE WALL POCKETS

QING DYNASTY

One formed as a vase flanked by two boys, the others

variously formed as a bat, a gourd, and a bird perched on a

melon vine, 23cm max. (4)

£200-300

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

1194

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE WALL VASE AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

Painted with flowers and foliage, together with a later hexagonal-section

flask, 44.5cm max. (3)

£300-500

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

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1199

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODELS OF CRANES

REPUBLIC PERIOD

Each standing on rocks which are moulded with tree peony and pine, their

plumage picked out in black, their heads with red crests, together with a

fitted box, 31cm. (3)

£400-600

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

1198

A CHINESE PALE CELADON-GLAZED MODEL OF A COCKEREL

18TH CENTURY

Standing with its unglazed head turned to dexter and cold painted with red,

the plumage finely incised, the legs and rockwork brown, 38.5cm.

£400-600

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

1197

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PHOENIX

LATE QING DYNASTY

With its head raised, it stands on rocks and with one foot on a large red

fungus, 36cm.

£400-600

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

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1200

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ DISH

SIX-CHARACTER YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

1723-35

Painted with six lotus flowers amongst leafy scrolling tendrils, with five shou

character below the rim; the reverse with four stylised floral sprays, 20cm.

£500-1,000

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

1201

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWERS’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

The flared bowl with a shaped rim, the exterior painted with a wide band of

four large flowerheads issuing from scrolling leafy tendrils, the inner rim with

a band of lingzhi with a single fungus to the centre, 13cm.

£800-1,200

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

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1202

A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL MOULDED GOURD ‘DRAGONS’ BOWL

FOUR-CHARACTER QIANLONG SHANGWAN MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The deep body with a gently flaring rim and raised on a short foot, the sides decorated with a continuous band of dragons chasing pearls of wisdom framed by

key fret borders; the mythical beasts are depicted writhing above crashing waves and amongst swirling clouds; the inside in black lacquer and the base marked

Qianlong Shangwan (appreciated by the Qianlong Emperor) within a double ring, 15.1cm.

£800-1,200

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

The Kangxi Emperor commissioned gourd vessels to be made in the Palace Workshops, transforming what was folk craft into an Imperial art form. For a detailed discussion

of the early history of moulded Imperial gourds, see Wang Shixiang, ‘Moulded Gourds’, Gugong Bowuyuan Yuankan, 1979, no. 1, pp. 86-91, translated

by Craig Clunas in the Oriental Ceramic Society Chinese Transactions, no.10, London, 1981, pp.16-30.

Three Qianlong gourd bowls from the collection of Sir John Addis in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, are illustrated in Craig Clunas, Chinese

Carving, Singapore, 1996; one bearing the mark Qianlong shangwan on the base, pl.79; a bowl with an identical mark but with an everted rim, pl.80;

and an unmarked example attributed to the 18th century, pl.82. Another moulded gourd bowl of this form with similar Qianlong shangwan mark is

illustrated in Wang Shixiang, The Charms of the Gourd, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 43, fig. 9, and p. 76, fig. 9.

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1203

A CHINESE DOUCAI JARDINIERE

18TH CENTURY

The exterior painted with two large panels, each enclosing a qilin standing

on green rocks and breathing fire, the panels divided by smaller panels with

a magpie on a prunus branch and butterflies amidst chrysanthemum, all on

a cell-diaper ground, with a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN

COLOURS, NO.81’, 22.5cm.

£500-1,000

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006. no.81.

1204

A FINE CHINESE DOUCAI ‘MEDALLION’ BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1735-96

The tall flaring sides delicately painted in underglaze blue and polychrome

enamels, with five roundels formed as fruiting peach trees with leafy

branches, alternating with stylised pomegranates and further leaves; a

colourful border of lappets with scroll details above the foot; a paper label

reading ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.79’, 15.2cm.

£5,000-8,000

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.79.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in

Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, p.216, no.197 for a closely

related medallion design. This decoration on bowls is based

on Kangxi period prototypes, such as the example in the Qing

Court collection. The pattern continued in the subsequent

reigns, with known examples from the Qianlong, Jiaqing and

Daoguang periods. Cf. Christie’s London, 6th November

2018, lot 38, for another Qianlong doucai bowl with

this shape and decoration from the collection of the late

Soame Jenyns.

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1205

A RARE CHINESE DOUCAI ‘BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS’ BOWL AND COVER

SIX-CHARACTER JIAQING MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD 1796-1820

Delicately painted in underglaze blue, gilt and polychrome enamels with butterflies fluttering amongst lotus flowers, prunus and peonies;

with bands of petal-shaped panels encircling the foot and the top of the lid, each enclosing a different plant; the foliate bowl and the cover

moulded with petals and swirls; a paper label for ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.80’, 11.4cm. (2)

£800-1,200

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.80.

1208 1209

1206 1207

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1208

A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED ‘BUDDHIST LION

DOGS’ BOWL

SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Together with a small flared blue and white bajixiang bowl with a Chenghua

mark, and a blue and white ‘flowers’ bowl with a celadon glaze to the reverse,

20.5cm. (3)

£1,000-2,000

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

1209

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE WATER POT

18TH CENTURY

The exterior painted with an old man sitting beneath a wutong tree while a

boy pulls in a net, the reverse with a bridge; a paper label underneath reading

‘EX COLLECTIS ERIK HANCOCK’, 5.5cm.

£300-500

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

collection of Erik Hancock. See R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.217 for

more information about Hancock.

1206

A CHINESE DOUCAI ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM MEDALLION’ JAR AND

A COVER

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

1821-50

Typically decorated with roundels of flowerheads on a ground of scrolling

tendrils, together with a famille rose phoenix jar, six character Qianlong mark

but 19th century, 13.5cm. (3)

£500-800

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

1207

THREE SMALL CHINESE BOWLS

18TH CENTURY

One a yellow-ground gardenia bowl, another a conical double-phoenix bowl,

the third painted with flowers and fruit sprays, all with Chenghua marks,

10cm. (3)

£1,000-2,000

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

1212 1213

1210 1211

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1212

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: five bowls, one with a cover, a small dish, a saucer and a brush

rest, variously painted with flowers, fruits, figures, bats, lion dogs, and floral

roundels, 17.5cm max. (9)

£500-1,000

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

1213

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ITEMS

QING DYNASTY AND REPUBLIC PERIOD

Comprising: a pair of millefleurs plates, each with a six-character Qianlong

mark, two dishes, and three other items, 27cm max. (9)

£500-1,000

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

Exhibited: one of the millefleurs dishes, with The Oriental Ceramic Society,

The World in Colours, 2006, no.184.

1210

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL ITEMS

QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD

Comprising: a large dish with figures beneath castellated city walls, a tray

decorated with ladies in a garden, a rose water sprinkler, and eight other

items, 38cm max. (11)

£300-500

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

1211

A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PAINTED ENAMEL ITEMS

QING DYNASTY

Comprising: a turquoise box and cover, two yellow-ground stands, a cup and

cover, a tea bowl and a plaque depicting a boy riding a qilin, 8.5cm max. (8)

£400-600

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

1215 1216

1214

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1214

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CYLINDRICAL STICK STAND

LATE QING DYNASTY

Each side painted with a flowering prunus tree on a blue ground, 60.5cm.

£300-500

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

1215

TWO CHINESE VASES

MING AND QING DYNASTY

One a Longquan celadon vase carved with peony, the other decorated in

gilt on a powder-blue ground, both mounted as lamps, 42cm and 35cm

respectively. (2)

£300-500

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

1216

A CHINESE ENAMELLED JARDINIERE

LATE QING DYNASTY

Painted with large pink flowerheads, growing from scrolling stems on a

black ground with small green curling tendrils, 31cm.

£300-500

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

1217

1218 1219

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1217

A MASSIVE BLUE-GLAZED STANDING FIGURE

OF GUANDI

LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD

The God of War stands, wearing an elaborate battle

dress and a tall headdress, holding a scroll in his right

hand, his hat, collar, cuffs and scroll picked out in green,

94cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1218

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGONS’

BRUSHPOT, BITONG

19TH CENTURY

The exterior painted with vigorous dragons contesting

a flaming pearl above breaking waves, 21cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1219

A LARGE CHINESE FLAMBE VASE

QING DYNASTY

With an elongated ovoid body and flared neck, the rim

and foot with European ormolu mounts, 66cm.

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1222

1221

1220

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1220

A CHINESE BEIJING GLASS RED OVERLAID

BOTTLE VASE AND THREE GLASS BOWLS

QING DYNASTY

The vase decorated with prunus on a white

ground, the bowls in green and amethyst-coloured

glass, 24.5cm max. (4)

£200-300

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1221

FOUR CHINESE VASES, A LARGE INCENSE

BURNER AND A DISH

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Three vases decorated with crackle glazes, the

fourth with a flambé glaze, the incense burner

with a ru-type glaze, the dish decorated with

green enamel, 38.5cm max. (6)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1222

A COLLECTION OF TWENTY

SMALL CHINESE VASES AND TWO

INCENSE BURNERS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

The vases decorated with monochrome, marbled

and crackle glazes, the incense burners glazed

purpleish-blue, and in imitation of ge-ware,

18cm max. (22)

£2,000-3,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Exhibited: the ge-type incense burner, with The

Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes,

2009 no.87.

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1223

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID JAR

LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD

The bulbous body colourfully painted in polychrome enamels

and gilt with two birds in a luxuriant garden, with large peonies,

chrysanthemum and branches of flowering prunus issuing from

rockwork; between a border of iron-red ruyi heads around the rim

and a band of lappets above the foot, 13cm.

£400-600

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

1225

A CHINESE ‘LANDSCAPE’ BOWL AND A VASE

19TH CENTURY

The octagonal bowl brightly painted with figures and pavilions

in a mountainous river landscape, the side with a four-character

inscription and a Tongzhi mark underneath; the vase of tall baluster

shape painted with another landscape and with three lines of

calligraphy to the side, 28.5cm max. (2)

£500-800

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

1226

THREE CHINESE BOWLS

QING DYNASTY

One painted with the Sanxing, another with xi characters on a

green-enamelled lotus ground, the third bowl with three lion dogs,

17cm max. (3)

£500-1,000

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

1224

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE JARDINIERE

LATE QING DYNASTY/ REPUBLIC PERIOD

Painted with four scholarly beauties, one playing a qin, another

painting, a third playing weiqi, the fourth holds a scroll, all divided by

calligraphy, 36.5cm.

£400-600

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

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1229

TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN BELT HOOKS

19TH CENTURY

One a rare famille rose example painted with scrolling tendrils on a pink

ground, the head and a smaller dragon emerging from crashing waves

covered with a turquoise glaze; the other with an openwork design of a

chilong amongst lingzhi and scrolling tendrils, the finial with a monster’s head;

the colouring imitating jadeite; 11.3cm max. (2)

£500-800

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

1228

A LARGE CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED

RUYI SCEPTRE

19TH CENTURY

Moulded with shou and fu characters on a complex

diaper ground, together with a coral-glazed

cong-shaped vase, with a six character Qianlong mark,

53cm. (2)

£500-1,000

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

Exhibited: the cong vase with The Oriental Ceramic

Society, The World of Monochromes, 2009, no.249.

1227

A CHINESE RED-GROUND DISH AND A CAFE-AU-LAIT CUP

QING DYNASTY

The dish painted with leafy bamboo and a bat above, the reverse with a

similar design and flowers; inscribed with a four character iron-red seal mark

reading xie zhu zhuren zao; the cup unusually decorated with a continuous

landscape in sepia on the lustrous café-au-lait ground, contrasting with

the turquoise enamel to the interior; the base with a four-character

Qianlong mark, 13.2cm max. (2)

£300-500

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

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1232

A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND ‘FU SHOU’ BOWL

SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

1875-1908

Painted in polychrome enamels with four shou characters, each encircled by

five bats; in between peaches and beribboned fylfots, all on a bright yellow

ground, 12.2cm.

£500-1,000

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

Cf. X K Guo, Imperial Porcelain; the Palace Museum Collection of

Qing Dynasty Porcelains, pp.100-101, pl.17 for a related dish with

this pattern.

1231

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND

‘EIGHT IMMORTALS’ BOWL

DAOGUANG, 1821-50

The deities standing amongst scrolling clouds, each depicted with their

individual attribute above a band of crashing waves encircling the foot; the

base inscribed with an iron-red Shende Tang mark (The Hall for the Cultivation

of Virtue), 4.6cm.

£500-1,000

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

1230

A CHINESE ‘BARAGON TUMED’ DISH

DAOGUANG 1821-50

Colourfully painted to the well with the Seven Regal Treasures (the wheel

of the law, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the Queen, the Minister and

the General), all between bands of shou characters and Buddhist emblems,

set upon stylized waves and lotus blossoms, the interior with a single lotus

blossom; the base painted in iron-red with the two-character Mongolian

name of the prince of the Tumed banner, 23.5cm.

£400-600

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

Cf. S Jennings, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.CXII for another

bowl from the same service. The service was made for

the daughter of the Daoguang Emperor, who married a

Mongolian prince of the Tumed banner.

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1233

A RARE CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND AND EN GRISAILLE

DAYAZHAI BOWL

GUANGXU 1875-1908

The octagonal body with a flared rim, painted en grisaille with a magpie

perched amongst flowering branches of wisteria and peony, on a vibrant

lemon-yellow ground; with the characters dayazhai followed by an oval

seal tian xia di yi chun written in iron-red below the gilt rim; the base with

a four-character Yong qing chang chun mark (eternal prosperity and spring);

a paper label reading ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, NO.208’,

17.4cm.

£4,000-6,000

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in

Colours, 2006. no.208.

Cf. Chinese Ceramics, Selected articles from Orientations

1982-1998, R W Longsdorf, Dayazhai Ware: Porcelains

of the Empress Dowager, p.295, fig.26 for another yellow

ground bowl with similar decoration in the Percival David

Collection, London.

1234

A CHINESE BLUE AND GILT ‘SHOU CHARACTER’ CUP

SIX CHARACTER DAOGUANG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

1821-50

The slightly flaring sides decorated with four shou characters framed by

stylised kui dragons, all rendered in relief on the warm gilded ground;

raised on a short straight foot, 6.3cm.

£800-1,200

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

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous

Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, p.306, no.256 for a related

wine cup; see also Christie’s London, 5th November 2013, lot 458 for another

comparable piece; see also Shanghai Museum, Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the

Shanghai Museum Collection, pp.352-353, no.236 for a

pair of Kangxi bowls also decorated with a gold glaze.

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1235

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HIBISCUS, BAMBOO AND

PRUNUS’ BOWL

DAOGUANG, 1821-50

The deep body elegantly painted to the side with a bright orange hibiscus

blossom, leafy bamboo sprigs and flowering branches of prunus, the

decoration extending inside the well, with three small flowers floating on the

breeze; the base inscribed with an iron-red Shende Tang mark (The Hall for

the Cultivation of Virtue), 12.9cm.

£2,000-3,000

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

1236

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PARROT’ VASE

FOUR-CHARACTER HONGXIAN MARK AND PROBABLY OF

THE PERIOD

The tall baluster body delicately painted in polychrome enamels with a parrot

in flight above leafy sprays of chrysanthemum, with yellow, orange, pink and

blue blossoms, a paper label to the base reading ‘OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN

COLOURS’, NO.212, 15cm.

£1,000-2,000

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

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in

Colours, 2006, no.212.

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CHINESE PAINTINGS & TEXTILES

LOTS 1237-1257

Lot 1240 detail

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part lot illustrated

1237

FEI YIGENG (?/1870)

LADY IN A GARDEN

A Chinese watercolour painting, ink and colour on

silk, signed Fei Yigeng with an artist’s seal which

reads Yubo, framed and glazed, 70cm x 32cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1238

JIN QIUSHENG (19TH CENTURY)

SCHOLARS UNDER A WILLOW TREE

A Chinese watercolour painting, ink and

colour on paper, inscribed with a date which

reads wuying signed with an artist’s seal,

together with a stone rubbing depicting

bamboo with an inscription and signatures,

framed and glazed, 130cm x 51cm. (2)

£600-800

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1239

WANG SU (LATE QING DYNASTY)

LADY AND ATTENDANTS IN A GARDEN

A Chinese watercolour painting, ink and colour

on paper, inscribed with a signature which reads

Wang Su with two artist’s seals, framed and glazed,

106cm x 50cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1240

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1240

ATTRIBUTED TO ZHOU YIGUI (LATE QING DYNASTY)

HUNDREDS OF FLOWERS

A Chinese handscroll painting, ink and colour on silk, inscribed with a date and signature, with two artist’s seals and two collectors’ seals, framed and glazed,

31cm x 260cm.

£1,000-2,000

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

part lot illustrated

1241

A CHINESE SQUARE BLACK LACQUER TRAY

QING DYNASTY

Carved with designs of fruits, an incense burner, a coin, an ink stone and seal faces, the reverse with a seal mark; together with two lacquered boxes decorated

in gilt with figures in gardens and containing paintings of further figures, 55cm max. (3)

£200-300

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

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1242

SHANGGUAN ZHUZHUANG

FISHERMEN

Three Chinese scroll paintings, ink and colour on paper, all with title slips, together with five other scrolls,

some painted and others printed, 94cm x 42cm. (8)

£100-200

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

1243

ATTRIBUTED TO LI JIAN

(19TH CENTURY)

MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE

A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on

silk, inscribed and dated second of the sixth

month, signed Erqiao Shanren Li Jian, with two

artist’s seals, framed and glazed, 56cm x 36cm.

£300-500

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

part lot illustrated

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1244

SIX CHINESE FANS

QING DYNASTY AND LATER

Two on paper painted with landscape scenes, two on silk with figures

and calligraphy, another a reticulated boxwood fan, and the sixth a

paper fan decorated with gold on a black ground with a seal which

reads Shulian ji, together with a watercolour and pencil drawing,

inscribed ‘Treaty of Peace, Nankin 1843’, 51cm x 50cm max. (7)

£200-300

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

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1246

TWO CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK

PANELS AND TWO RANK BADGES

QING DYNASTY

Depicting cranes, a peacock, and a silver

pheasant, mounted in three glazed frames,

27cm x 28cm max. (3)

£400-600

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen

(1938-2022).

1245

THREE CHINESE RANK BADGES

QING DYNASTY

Decorated with a crane, a silver pheasant and a mandarin duck, together with a panel depicting three fruits, all framed and glazed, 30cm x 31cm max. (4)

£400-600

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

part lot illustrated

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1247

THREE CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGON’ PANELS

QING DYNASTY

The smaller panel with a ferocious dragon clutching a flaming pearl

on a gold silk ground, the other panels forming a pair, with dragons

writhing above breaking waves beneath smaller dragon roundels, all

framed and glazed, 53cm x 67cm and 43cm x 37cm. (3)

£800-1,200

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

1248

A CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK ‘DRAGON’ PANEL

QING DYNASTY

With a central five-clawed front facing dragon in gold thread above

breaking waves, together with a small kesi landscape and four framed

heart-shaped pockets, all framed and glazed, 40.5cm max. (3)

£200-300

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

part lot illustrated